BLACKBERRY MIX

Both of them just stood still in that alley as if time were stop, Waiting for those moment which and who will take the first move to attack. Loud noise can be heard from the main street, buzzing car and train nearby filled the place. Which can concealed their fight and make it easier from them to avoid civilian from harm. The heart beat fast as she can heard it drumming inside her chest. She was ready to strike if the person try to attack her first, her hand felt a bit numb due to the intense vibe both of them immitted to the air.

The 'hoodie' person just keep their mouth shut and was mumbling certain word "I fianskl foiwjkn you."

"HUH?" as it slowly raise one of the hand like sending a signal and from the pocket it flip a nickel into the air. That make Riz distracted upon it by the sudden move been distracted the person took those up opportunity by dashing toward her. Her eyes were still on the nickel, that still spinning in the mid air as it stop like the time be freeze. That person already near her by the time she realized that her opponent were infront of her, a sudden spurn of kick was land at her. That spun it made; cause a huge blow caused her to been throw back toward the ground. She was laying on the ground growling in pain since the shock of the impact was just now kick in, as she try to stand up; a feet stomp at her stomach cause her to even wailing in pain.

"Hah...as I expected you not invinsable at all..." as that person took a knife out from the pocket and grab her hair roughly .

"WHY YOU!!!" she quckly use her claw to strike back, but it end up cutting her hair a bit. That caused her to be free from the grips.

That person flick from her action and take a step back.

"Hmmm... Riz, age unknown, a young woman that look like in her twenty... yet she was older than that."

Riz stand up and her eye seem to be glow from the anger that she let her guard down. She let a big growl, that cause a sound of a tiger that was mad growling was emitted from her. The person was intrigued by it and seem to laugh by her sight.

"Ah..and you a tiger beast...but not just any tiger from what I see..."

"YOU!! WHAT DO YOU WANT! I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY AROUND" as she sprint to strike that person with her claw multiple time.

Each time she strikes that person manages to avoid it easily. It grabs her hand and pulls it down by breaking her hand. 'He was fast!' She wail from the pain and is unable to react to the shock of the punch that lands on her. She has to suck up and use her leg to lock a kick on that person. It manages to avoid Riz kick and let out a chuckle, seems like that person enjoys her pain and the failure of her attempt to take it down. They use the knife that was still in the hand and slash her on both of her hand cause her to flinch and pull back her hand. The sound of a chuckle makes it even provokes her and a let bit of hint, that it seem the person was a man around in his twenty as well.

"Well for now I will play with you...so entertain me while you can."

That person dashed toward her as well grab her hand and pull her toward himself, He smirked and then he grip his hand by pulling out a pack of punches at her face as well her stomach. She fell down from it and was being stepped on. A loud wail from Riz was been out, she take those blows and cause her more pain after the damage was too strong from the stomp that she take. He then ran away, after giving her several blows of a hit. Just to make sure she can't catch up, as he fled from the alley.

He came near Riz who still was not in the right condition to fight back. He grabs her hair harshly and cuts some of her hair.

"That's not good her hair is beautiful if it was long...I can't let you cut her hair more than that"

A swing of the tail hit him and crashed him on the wall. The men use his claw to scratch the tail but the scale seems to be strong the attack didn't affect it. But still, he manage to run away from the tail by wiggling his body to escape.

Riz who was in pain, still can't get herself a grip on the pain that she have to endure. The wailing can't be heard as it was deflected by the sound of the main street had been amplified. Her vision became blurry and she heard a slithering noise come by near her. "For now I Let him go cause you need to be treated first than rather catching him." She lost consciousness as her last vision show a black scale and a person laughing at her pitiful sight.

Smell of wine and perfume, voice of woman and man having fun. Loud music and people cheering, echo through out the room. That what Riz sense were came back to her see.. She see that her room was separate from the other people by the wall; and yet she can sense that this place is the place she need to be. What more shock is that her cloth changed into more seduced one than she wore before. Just who in the world would do that, she don't need to finish the sentence cause she can guess by the place and the room she was. That the only person that dare to do is only him. The huge bed with many petal of rose and room look like a nest can be only one mean. This person was….

"Oh my! You woke up already! I was about to get some dessert for you Riz…" the sound of scale that been dragged around echoing in the room, but no sight of the person that said the word was on her sight.

Just as she stand up from the bed, a long tail fall in front of her giving a glass of wine from ceiling. She look up and see him, That right it was Night. He look at her with a smile as it greeted her. Wearing a red suit that show his charm that was put nice together with his scale, that seem can bee see since his lower body is a snake part right now. He seem to enjoy climbing the wall and slithering everywhere.

Taking the glass of wine that been serve by him from the tail and drink it. The smell of the wine was so strong, she only sip a bit since she was on duty. He seem excited that Riz take the Wine he serve and decided to flopped down from up there. His body that been let loose to hit the ground make a loud noise from the fall. Than he straighten his self up like it was nothing. " 'HISS' I was shock when seeing you laying there on the road…You usually not this careless Riz" his face is really near her almost as it touched her.

Riz use her hand and push his head back a bit " It my fault to let my guard down but that not the reason I'm here…..I have a work to do…."

"My~my… I thought you came to get my head or want this place…. Since my business is quite blooming right now or perhaps want to surrender some of your place in the territory to me?" he said it with a hint of teasing and finish it with a half-hearted laugh. He uses his tail and binds it to her body by doing a circle around her. "But seriously what do you want Riz?" as he nuzzled his head at her showing affection, which for Riz it wasn't a bother at all.

"I want some information….this past few days, that had to do with recent people dying" as she take another sip of the wine. He still nuzzle her and careless her face and was thinking. He seems to take a hint from it, seems like he knows something about this case.

His face changed even more intensely than before as he whisper at her ear "I see." He turns around, letting her go from his grasp of bind tail. He went to the bed and lay his body there as he twirled his glass of wine on his hand, and he just pour the new one. "Then, I need you to do me a favor…for the payment of giving you this 'IMPORTANT' information." He sip the wine until it was no longer visible to the eye and lick his mouth. He put the empty glass down and posed in front of her in a seducing way.

"Fine anything as long I got what I came for." She know that if it from him, It was a trusted information. He never give a false one and for the payment it depend on his mood, he want it then you must get it. Sometime it for his sheer pleasure, as long that it pay him.

She accept her fait of what kind of payment that she need to do just to get it....

"Ahh~ a bath with Riz...I always want to do this with my lover but since people afraid with me, I never had the chance to do it" As he play Riz hair that been put with a shampoo.

Both of them were taking a bath in the bathtub right now. Riz who been dragged to do this just stay silent, while been washed her hair by Night. He seem to be enjoying this situation, and started humming some tune. Riz who just silent was actually blushed by this request of payment and just try to keep herself busy by playing the bubble. Her butt was touching his another half of body that was in his snake form. His tail can be seen swinging at the end of the bathtub since it was big. Their body was touching with each other since her backside were on his chest. After, washing her hair he hug her and nuzzle again on her cheek, while still humming the tune.

He peek at her face that already turn red as well her ear from embarrassment. "Why so serious Riz...cat got your tongue?" he let out a loud chuckle and enjoyed his time in the bath with her.

"Nothing, I'm… just shy that all" as she try to avoid her eye from stare with his by looking at the bubble..

"That was cute..." he smile sweetly to her while whisper on her ear.

"SHUT UP!!..."said Riz with her face felt burning sensation and a laugh can be heard came from Night that was amused by it, echo in the room.

After the bath...

"See you next time Riz…. Don't forget to come visit me" Night wave his tail and hand up high in the air. After she was no longer in his vision, he can only let out a sigh. "I hope she came back again….*snake noise" his voice that was not to loud was diluted with the noise of the street, he then slithering back inside his tower.

After gaining, what I was coming for, I walk out back to my territory. I sent a signal to my assistant Hikkun to do some of investigation as well by putting on high security system due to this situation. Huh…talk about a lot of information that need to cramp inside this head. A new illegal drug, what just going on now. This idiotic people, just buying this thing just because it's a new item, that was recently been released. It seem even night did not know where and who the one that keep supplies it.

FLASHBACK.

"Who ever behind it, I don't want to be a part of this business. Even thought, I did illegal stuff doesn't mean. I will let other buy it if it was this dangerous…." Said Night while pipe down his smoke. The dripping water from, after the bath still can be seen; as he dry him self with the towel. His bare body can be seem by her but still, he seem like he didn't care at all if it was visible to other can be see.

"So you were saying that…this thing just suddenly existed without anyone knowing who the salesperson was ?" while wearing her original cloth that was been fix by Night servant. She put on the last bit of cloth that need to wear onto the body. His eye never left his sight when seeing her wearing her cloth in front of him. He drag his body by slithering toward the couch and lay down on it.

"But as for the weird symbol; that you said Riz…,I don't think it was the effect of the drug. It more like a brand symbol if you ask me…Why? cause some of it that I found, who consume did not have it…." He put down his pipe and put in some kind of sustain in it before resume what he about to said. "From what you said the people that had those symbol were rich people right?" as he keep puffing the smoke until the air in the room was fill with the purple smoke.

"What do you mean? So, you found other that taken this drug?... why didn't you told Evan about this information?" she has her doubt on the word that night just spoken to her. She try to understand his word but it don't make senses at all.

"I don't trust him…."

Suddenly a sound of alert and a screen pop up and state an incoming message. That make her awake from the flashback. She regain her composed and touch the screen to answer the call. The first that pop up was Hikkun face. "It seem that we have found a new body nearby section A under the bridge. A civilian found it, so we make sure this founding didn't leak out to other." He then pause a bit from continued talking. "I, think you better came her Riz…I sure you don't like to know who the corpse was." he look at her thought the screen, the sound from his word might be state that this corpse no like any other normal one they had found like before.

He said that the newest corpse has been found was inside her own territory and what more shocked from this news, was that the corpse is one of the territory leader beside those three. "How am I suppose to write this report..." She look at the corpse and identified is the leader of the territory eight, Vex. " It seem that this corpse not only been burn but the evidence that, He also have the substance that same as the other corpse only it no been consumed. But on his surface of his skin…." Hikkun have gather his sample of DNA and start doing his research on the founding from it.

"He is a nice guy and a good leader… it's a shame he die…"she touch the corpse and see the same symbol were on his body as well. Hikkun were busy giving other to the other to secure the scene. Riz take her chance to look upon the corpse body. She was just want to see the condition of the corpse that had been burn, But what took turn is she found a finding instated. A simple locket that has a weird engraved on it. She took it and put it inside her pocket and decided not to give it to Hikkun to check it out.

She stand up and make her self proper like she didn't found anything when Hikkun back to her side after finish giving the other to work. Just her luck, this corpse might be the started of war if other know. She give order to collect the corpse and make sure it was intact every last of piece and keep this information hidden from his follower. Her head feel like it was going to exploded from this case. It seem it was a lot difficult than the other that she have manage to solve.

" I'm going back first….just make sure everything is done after I gone back"

"YES MISS!!" Riz who was in rush changed into her beast form the tiger and start running back to her secret base.

*kon* a fox noise from afar can be heard as it ear perk up.

"My head hurt can I just rest a bit…" she said as she put down the glass of medicine that was given to her by Hikkun. She felt like she was suffocating from all of this. She lay down onto the sofa that was inside the laboratory. Maybe she should just give her placed as leader to other that want to replace her, 'that what she think after this case is over'. Hikkun who standing for hour, just doing his autopsy toward the corpse and ignoring her yelping and groaning from headache.

"Riz….You're the only one that capable to make sure this territory don't end up blow" He keep working as he said those work and he pick up the tweezer and pluck one by one of the tree from the flash. The root were penetrated the flesh and growth inside the vein. The smell of rotting flesh and a smell from the tree and flower that growth seem to be mixed. It give and odour that hard to described, it was so horrific that make people go puke. Even maggot that supposed to be there can't be seen because the tree and flower took it as nutrition.

"Yeah, I know…"

"Riz this corpse seem to be have been a week, still yet it seem like those tree and flower preserve the body from decomposed like a pot." He put down the last flower that he pluck out, he walk over to the other side of the room and took a chainsaw to dissemble the limb and arm. He look over toward Riz and found that she was playing with his one of experiment. He just ignore her as long she didn't do anything that can harm her and this place.

"You mean like a doll or those preserved animal that people do when hunting? What they call again?" she tossed and turn to look at Hikkun who about to cut the limb. "Whatever is it, He been burn and preserved…then he been used to use the drug" the sound of the chainsaw echo inside the lab.

"YUP" He then cut Vex into pieces….

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Inside Night mind:

"I like to tease her more, but she might bite me if this keep doing..." while still washing Riz hair.

Inside Riz mind:

"He always ask weird payment method?? Just finish this already!!" still blushing from bathing with him.