Project

It was early morning and a fox was sleeping peacefully, until…

The telephone rang.

A wrinkle appeared on his forehead, as he reached for the phone, he slid his finger over and hung up, returning to his peaceful expression, which became unbalanced as soon as the phone rang again.

She took the object, answered, and put it to her fox ear with no choice but to get up.

"Who...?"

“Dare you to hang up on me Takashi”

“W-wu Qian… I-I mean, boss, what's wrong?”

"I need you to come to my office"

"Now? It's my day off... I can't go ma-"

"You're going to come now" A shiver ran down his spine.

"O-okay"

"I wait for you," said and hung up.

The Kitsune took the phone from his ear and looked at it, was it him, or was Wu Qian in a terrible mood? Without getting any answers he got out of bed and proceeded to shower.

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He went down to the kitchen, finding his sister and friend having breakfast.

"Come on Ikki, what are you doing up so early?"

"Your cousin should have his voice as an alarm tone"

"And so?"

"No idea, but he was more upset than usual, do you know what's wrong with him?"

"Oh well…"

"Oh, well what?"

"I don't know if I should tell you"

"Tell me if?"

“No… I prefer not to be strangled by QianQian”

"Mmm... fine, then I'm going ahead" taking a few pieces of toast "Bye Kira, have a good time at school" she is with a piece of toast in her mouth she nods and waves him off.

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He got off his motorcycle, took off his helmet, and after being held back by recruits and other agents, he went to his boss's office, slowly opening the door, finding a very heavy atmosphere and an oni with a very upset frown.

"Hello boss, what's on offer?" he gave a nervous laugh at the atmosphere.

"Sit down, there is something I want to talk to you about and that I will make public if it is successful"

"What thing?"

"You see, recently the close human association contacted me, and they want to create a kind of alliance between humans and demons so that the missions are more productive and coexistence between the races is encouraged"

"And what is it intended to do?"

"We will do the UNION project, in which groups of humans and demons will be made to improve coexistence and acceptance, after all, we have the same enemies to face so it would be a good step forward"

"It would be great, don't doubt that I agree"

"Well, I already spoke with four other agents, thus forming 5 groups to test how good the idea is"

"So when will I meet my partner?"

"I will notify you when they confirm that all those selected have accepted"

"Okay" he got up and was going to the door when he remembered something and turned to face the oni "Hey Wu Qian, I want to know something"

"That?" he looked up from the documents he was signing.

"Why are you in such a bad mood? Something bad happened?"

"..." Only his amber gaze remained on the kitsune, making him nervous so he would reply "Nothing that interests you" Saying this he returned to his business, while the kitsune letting out a sigh left the office still with you doubt what could be happening to your boss and friend.

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Keitaro got out of his car and went to the substitute boss's office, entered and sat down as requested, and turned his attention to the laptop that was on the table, in which a video call began in which his boss showed himself.

"Hello Keitaro, I'm glad to see you, and I'm sorry I sent for you during your break"

"It doesn't matter boss, if there's anything you need me to do, I'll do it"

“Hehe, I'm glad to hear that. Well, you'll see..." he began to explain everything related to the UNION project, as well as the one who has been chosen for this project, causing the boy to be disconcerted, clearly, the boss named Kenshin realized he already knew that he would react that way.

“A collaboration with demons? And why do I have to be part of this? Couldn't it have been someone else?"

“I know you are confused and quite upset, but you are one of the best agents in the organization. Together with another 4 more, the tests will be carried out and if it is successful, the efficiency will be made public, and it is expected that other organizations will implement it in the future”

"But because I?"

"I know your past and your contempt for demons very well, but I think this would be an opportunity for you to realize that you can't put everyone in the same bag, more than anything to promote coexistence and improve our social relationships, perhaps even in the distant future the two societies will end up being one"

The young man in the office frowned, a mixed company? With all the people he had to deal with, he wasn't sure something like that would ever happen. Even so, he raised his head to the screen "Just let me think about it, okay?"

"Take your time, if you want not to participate then I'll call someone else," said the call ended and the deputy boss looked at the jet.

“As Mr. Miyamoto said, you have time to think about it…. Although I don't want to pressure you, you must give me an answer as soon as possible, because if you refuse we must talk to someone else." Rather than say, he made a little bow and left the office thinking about what he should do.

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He walked through the association in which other agents were either training or chatting with each other.

"Oh, Keitaro" he stopped and turned in the direction from which he had been called, meeting Hanae, "didn't you say you were free today?"

"Yes, but I was called to join the Project"

"Oh, you too?"

"Too?"

“Yes, I am part of the project, so we could…”

"I haven't accepted yet"

“Oh… well… sure, you hate demons… I guess that makes sense, but you know? It can't be that bad to live with them, maybe they're not as bad as we think, it's something I started thinking about a while ago, but if you don't want that, you have every right to refuse. Well bye"

The man saw how the woman's back was moving away from her, then he remembered her words.

'It can not be so bad'

If he thought about it, maybe he was putting all the demons in one bag, but nothing took away from the fact that his possible partner was good. Even so, it was better for him to keep an eye on his partner if it was necessary to unmask him, with that in mind he headed back to the office to give his verdict.