Chapter 17: Golden Darkness

Being a good boss, Ronin ushered the injured himself to Ryouko's clinic.

"Oh my, another big mission?" Ryouko saw that this time, there were a couple of injured.

Knives can get dull, humans too. Even if they were trained since they could walk. Assassins also get a bit careless.

"Yeah, you could say that." Ronin shrugged and he thought that Ryouko would see it in the international news later.

But while he was waiting for the treatments to finish, Ronin saw golden threads in his peripheral vision.

"Hello, you look injured." Ronin greeted calmly at the girl that was wearing a black, goth outfit. (Pic)

She had a look of surprise on her face. After all, she always goes there at the dead of night. When Ryouko had no more appointments.

"Ryouko is busy right now, here. I'll patch you up for now." Ronin took a basic med kit and he started preparing to clean up her wounds.

"You don't need to." She thought that he was a civillian that doesn't know her. Which was true, but he could smell it on her.

The blood of countless people. She's just like them. in fact, she has killed more people than him. The smell of blood on her was so strong.

"I insist." Ronin put on a glove and he started dabbing her wound with some antiseptic.

She just stared at him, trying to get a feel of him. "Why?" She asked him and he looked at her in the eye.

Red and blue met, their stare off was tense. "Because you're hurt, isn't that reason enough?" Ronin broke off their staring match and he continued to disinfect her wounds.

She went quiet and just let him do what he wanted. "I'm Ronin. Kuki, Ronin. What's your name?"

He tried breaking the ice. She is like them, and sometimes. People just need someone to acknowledge their existence.

"Does it matter?" She replied plainly, her apathetic expression and monotone voice, unfaltering.

"Yes, it does. You know me, but I do not know you." He rebutted.

"Everybody calls me golden darkness." She replied after being quiet for a few seconds.

"Konjiki no Yami? Too long, I'll call you Yami." Ronin took charge of the conversation.

Because with types like her, they would just blow you off if you didn't.

"Yami... Huh?" He could feel her eyes on the top of his head.

"What? Don't like it?" Ronin asked and he finished up.

She shook her head and he started rummaging inside of his bag.

"Here, you're tired right? Let's say that this is a token of our meeting, Yami." Ronin took out one of his home made brownies.

He always had a pack of them for emergency rations.

They were delicious, full of calories, and compact.

Yami received it and she just stared at it. Ronin almost sighed. He tore off the wrapper and Yami started sniffing it.

It smelled heavenly, like the essence of chocolate. And it didn't smell too sweet as well.

"Go on, try it. I made it myself." Ronin urged her and Yami didn't smell any poison, so she took a bite.

"Hmm!?" Her eyes widened and he nodded in satisfaction.

She started eating it pretty quickly. Then, his operators exited Ryouko's clinic.

"Well, we part ways here. See you later, Yami." Ronin left with his entourage and Ryouko saw that Yami was there.

"Oh my, sorry that you had to wait. You weren't the last one who visited." Ryouko chuckled as she saw some crumbs on her lips.

"Dr. Mikado... It does not matter, the usual please." Yami stared at Ronin's retreating back while following Ryouko.

'Who are you?' Yami's interest was piqued and she thought of researching about him later.

__After School__

Aka and Miyo were making sure that the major news in which Mexican cartels were killed off weren't traced back to them.

And Ronin was feeling a bit tired. He bares most of the workload in running the company.

So seeing that he had some time to spare and the afternoon weather was great. He went under a tree and lied down under the shade.

"Hmm, I still have to train with master Tesshin. Review the emails, approve of major decisions. When did I become so busy?" He yawned and his eyes watched the blue sky.

Clouds moved slowly and the leaves above him rustled due to the gentle wind.

He started closing his eyes and he fell asleep. "Hmmm~ isn't that boss Ronin? Hey~ oh?" Tatsuko who was looking for a good spot to nap saw him sleeping.

"I should use that technique that Shakadou-san taught us. How does it go again?" Tatsuko put a hand on her chin and she looked dopey.

"Ahh! It's like holding in your pee, right? Or it will be like a golden shower, that's what Shakadou-san said." Tatsuko misremembered.

It was a lesson in hiding their ki. And Shakadou even had to teach it to her more clearly, because Tatsuko has tons of it.

His words were if you don't hold it in, your bold power would alert everyone in a 100 kilometer radius.

So she tried it. "Gunununu! I think I did it." Tatsuko felt like there was something inside of her that was tightly wound up.

She then carefully went to him and Tatsuko touched his hair softly and carefully.

"Hmm~ Ronin's hair is so soft..." Tatsuko started caressing his locks and she thought it was relaxing.

And after a few minutes, her eyes started to droop. "I can nap for a bit, right?" Tatsuko put his head under her thigh as she smiled.

"Sweet dreams Ronin, I hope you'll dream of what you want. Just like I'll be dreaming of your food." Tatsuko smiled softly and she fell asleep.

After an hour, he stirred. "Hmm, Aka. I told you that you don't need to give me a lap pillow..." Ronin sobered up and he knew that wasn't Aka.

The thigh was a bit softer and bigger. Her smell was also different.

So he looked upwards and what he saw was black. "Only a few people have boobs that big."

He then saw blue locks of hair. "Tatsuko? How did she creep up to me? I must have let myself go, how careless of me. I should sleep more."

Ronin slowly sat up and he saw Tatsuko's sleeping expression.

She looked so peaceful and serene, like she wasn't even breathing.

But he couldn't just leave her there. "Tatsuko, hey, Tatsuko." Ronin shook her shoulders softly.

"Hngh~ cake..." Tatsuko mumbled and she grabbed him.

"Hey! Tatsuko?" Ronin didn't want to pry her off as that might hurt her, but her bearhug was really strong.

He felt like her arms were a hydraulic press. "Cake~" Tatsuko started licking his face like she was eating icing.

"Damn, Tatsuko. Snap out of it." Ronin tried pinching her leg a bit.

"Mister cake is fighting back~ then I'll just eat you nicely." Tatsuko opened her mouth and was about to get close to his face again.

When a hand went to her mouth. "You could've gotten out of that easily, Ronin..." Miyo was there and she raised a brow at him.

"Thanks for the save, Miyo." Ronin sighed and Aka squinted her eyes at him.

"Yeah, save... Like you couldn't escape from Tatsuko." The twins glared at him.

"I just didn't want to pry her off of me forcefully. She was asleep, Tatsuko might get hurt. Her grip was strong too." Ronin explained.

"Yeah, you were really waiting for her to eat mister cake eh? And you let her lick your face." Miyo stated the events that happened.

He actually looked a bit sheepish at that. After all, he was too surprised to dodge Tatsuko.

"Fueh? Aka, Miyo? Why are you here? And Ronin is already awake~" Tatsuko stretched her arms.

"Yeah, did you dream of cakes, Tatsuko?" Aka asked with a sweet smile.

"Ohh! Yeah, it was a good dream. I almost got it too, but it ran away." Tatsuko looked sad about it.

"Oh, it definitely didn't try to run away." The twins gave him an incredulous look.

"Hah, here Tatsuko. Buy some cake, thanks for watching over me." Ronin gave her his credit card, and it was the black one.

"Really? Yatta~ thanks Ronin~" Tatsuko hugged him tightly and her huge breasts squished on his chest.

Aka and Miyo saw it from a mile away, but they were still surprised by Tatsuko's clingy nature.

Tatsuko then skipped away to buy some cake and Ronin had a stone cold face on.

"It was nice and soft wasn't it?" Aka looked at him coldly.

"It was." Ronin answered immediately and they gasped.

"She smelled sweet huh?" Miyo tried to guilt trip him.

"Yeah, she smelled like vanilla and pastries." Ronin nodded immediately.

"Kuu! Yeah, yeah, we'll drop it." The twins received emotional damage instead.

__Secret base__

They were currently celebrating at the behest of the Kuki famiglia. They didn't know why, but eating grilled meat that their families can't afford for was the best.

And it was even better that it was free. Miyako was already there as Ronin's free time was rare.

"Hello dear, do you want a bath? Dinner? Or perhaps, me?" Miyako asked like it was natural.

"I want a divorce, I don't see a future between us." Ronin shot her down immediately as Miyako would keep at it if he didn't.

"I never knew that playing house could turn so mercilessly realistic..." Miyako was shocked.

"Yo! We've arrived! I'm so going to grill everything to perfection!" Capt went in, his excitement was through the roof.

He was prepared for this, he worked at a yakiniku restaurant after all. Capt had a myriad of part time job experience.

"Hmm? Moro and Gakuto aren't here yet?" Yamato looked around.

"Ora! We came here as fast as we could!" Momoyo was hauling Kazuko.

"I smell meat! I am the bone of my meat, steel is my body and fire is my stomach." Kazuko was drooling like a waterfall.

"Moro said he was watching some anime with a friend." Capt just called Moro.

"Then I'll call Gakuto." Yamato took out his phone.

"Will grilled marshmallows go well with that I wonder?" Koyuki tilted her head as she took out a bag od marshmallows.

"I have some graham crackers for you Koyuki, make some s'mores." Ronin was prepared for the marshmallow lover.

"Yatta~ thanks Ronin." Koyuki grabbed the bag of crackers and the twins had a feeling of deja vu.

But Koyuki was too timid to hug him. Especially in front of them.

"Oi? I'm in the process of getting laid." Gakuto's voice was heard through Yamato's phone and he immediately ended the call.

"Gakuto's busy." Yamato said with a straight face.

His ringtone resounded once again. "You didn't have to end the call on me." Gakuto whined.

"Senpai brought some wagyu, tons of it. Wanko is already eyeing it." Yamato warned him.

And Momoyo was also looking at the meat like she wants to destroy it.

"Shit, okay. I'm jerking off right now, I'll come when I finish nutting." Gakuto ended the call.

"Gakuto said he's coming." Yamato said with a straight face once again.

"We could basically hear him through your phone, Yamato... I feel dirty and sexually harassed." Miyako squinted her eyes.

"Maybe I'll roast him in a spit later?" Koyuki tilted her head and her bangs covered her eyes a bit. Making her look like a serial killer.

"He must've forgot that we are here. We'll show him a lesson later. Maybe he doesn't need his little friend." Aka squeezed a pair of walnuts and it was crushed into dust.

Yamato and Capt winced and they held on to their family jewels. Gakuto was in huge fucking trouble.

"Meat! Meat! Who cares about that stinky Gakuto!" Kazuko protested.

"Yeah! We came here for meat and we'll grill some meat!" Momoyo agreed with Kazuko.

"Capt, go on and start cooking." Ronin nodded at him as the Kuki famiglia sliced the beef paper thin.

"Ohh! Leave it to me!" Capt started grilling the meat and they had a yakiniku party.

Not knowing that they were partying due to the extermination of a major parasite in society.

__

Thanks for reading everyone, ciao.