Volume One::8 "Contract II"

                                                             Chapter Eight

An artificial left arm. Is anything not artificial on this guy?! "Orchilam. The strongest metal on the Earth. It is said that Orchilam is the metal of the Gods." Keisuke said, throwing the lance (and Black Sheep) to the side with a flick of his arm. "Which explains everything, since my birth mother is God Genesis." he said, wiping the metal down. There wasn't even a scratch on his arm where her lance struck. Black Sheep smiled, though her eyebrows furrowed angrily. Anri had taken this momentum and swung her foot down onto the back of Black Sheep's head, the force enough to break her skull. Amazingly, Black Sheep retaliated; she grabbed Anri's foot and tripped her. They were both on the ground now, Black Sheep's head bleeding badly and Anri getting strangled. "Keisuke, help her!" Yuri snapped, panicking. 

                                           "Pay me." he said. Yuri was in shock for a second. "P-Pay you?! What?!" she shouted, stepping back. Keisuke turned to face her, his eye cold. "Pay. Me. I'm not free." he said. "W-Why now?!" Yuri demanded. "Because you're breaking the Rules." someone said from behind them. They turned. Ichihari, red, sick, and panting stood there, his glasses lopsided. "If you don't pay Keisuke for his services, even Anri would have to kill you." Ichihari said. "The only reason Anri is free is because she isn't owned by PandorA, and you signed a contract with her." he explained, coughing. Anri and Black Sheep were still struggling in the snow, only Black Sheep was winning. Anri's face was going red, as she tried to remove Black Sheep's hands from her throat. "H-How much?!" Yuri demanded. Ichihari said a number so big, that if I put it in this blog it would give readers a heart attack.

                                             "I-I-I-I. . .I can't possibly pay that!! That's insane! No normal person would be able top pay that! Give me a discount or something!" Yuri snapped. "Oh, not to mention, because of my genius father, I have a debt of three FREAKING million!!!" she screamed. ". . .I do have a discount. For you alone. It only lasts an hour. But dealing with Black Sheep, I only need a few seconds." he said. "What?! What?!" Yuri said. Keisuke looked away. "WHAT?! Can I afford it?" Yuri demanded. Anri was hardly struggling anymore, making only a few breathy noises. "She's dying! Please, I'll pay anything!!!" Yuri was screaming. "Ryuji!!" Ichihari snapped, looking wildly from Anri to Keisuke. "Kiss." Keisuke said, turning to face her. "One kiss. That's all. And you can order me for an hour." he said. "FINE, done deal! Save Anri!" Yuri said, pointing. Keisuke shrugged, then walked over to Black Sheep. Black Sheep looked up.

                                                Yuri was unable to see Keisuke, but Black Sheep's hands released Anri's throat. Her face drained of colour, and for once she stopped freaking smiling. "R-Requiem, don't be m-mad. . ." she managed. "I was paid to do this." she said. Anri was staring up at Keisuke like God had come down and started juggling. Then, it happened. Yuri's eyes couldn't keep up, and even Ichihari had a hard time seeing what happened. Black Sheep's lance, lying only inches from her thigh, was scooped up. This was where it got fast. It appeared as if Keisuke flicked his hand, and Black Sheep flew back, cut in four places. The lance was then lying on the ground again, and Keisuke was in the air beside Black Sheep. Using his Orchilam arm, he elbowed her to the ground, but stopped her inches from impact by grabbing her shirt. Black Sheep looked up, terrified. "R-R-Requiem. . .?!" she hissed. Keisuke hesitated. Anri, over the side, was struggling to breath. Her trachea had almost been broken by the force of Black Sheep's death grip. "KEISUKE!!" Yuri snapped, suddenly furious at Black Sheep for hurting Anri. "KILL HER!!" she screamed, before she realized what she was saying. Ichihari swiveled his head to stare at Yuri, then started, "Ryuji, no—" 

                                               Anri snapped, "Yuri?!" Keisuke stared at Black Sheep, then his face split into an awful smile. "Yes, my Lady." he said.

                                               The last thing Black Sheep saw was her beloved lance going straight at her face. 

                                               Yuri covered her mouth, stepping backwards. She felt Ichihari come behind her and slam his hand over her eyes. Anri stared. Keisuke removed the lance and threw it to the side. "W-What do I do? I just killed someone. . ." Yuri managed. Ichihari's hand tensed, and it was snapped to the side. Keisuke had gripped his hand and threw it to the side. "I'm not so good at the advice. . .Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?" he said, bowing. Yuri was speechless. I just ordered someone to kill someone else. 

                                                "R-Ryuji! Was that necessary?!" Ichihari snapped. "She bought me. What could I do? You know what would happen to me if God Genesis found out." Keisuke said. "You scared her half to death!" Anri said from behind him. "She ordered it." he replied flatly. "Yea, but—" Anri started. "How did I become the bad guy? Have the two of you, Sweepers, never seen death? And if Yuri is to survive. . ." Keisuke said, his voice eerily low. Anri and Ichihari were silent. Keisuke raised an eyebrow, daring them to tick him off. 

                                                 "Y-You really d-did it." Yuri said. Keisuke only nodded. "I ordered you to do it." Yuri said, as if making sure that this was indeed what happened. Again, a nod. "What now?" Yuri asked. "You pay me." Keisuke said. "Unless you have another order." he said. "And you'll do whatever I want?" Yuri confirmed. Another nod, only this one more amused. Yuri stared at her feet. "I don't think I have any other orders—" she choked. "Good. I can't wait to see what the sister tastes like." Keisuke said. Yuri somehow knew he wanted to make her mad, but she didn't know why. And she was, indeed, angry. "Keisuke! Take me back to Ichihari's house. And when we get there, let me drop you and kick the daylights out of you." she snapped. Anri and Ichihari were surprised by her rage, but they were more surprised from Keisuke's reaction. Yuri expected something different as well. Keisuke smiled, as if he had won something, and said, "Yes, my Lady." 
                                                   Yuri had it in her. She had given Keisuke a black eye and a bloody nose. It wasn't just the sister thing. Somehow, she had let pent up anger out on Keisuke. Anger from her father, from her situation, from being alone at school, everything. She felt bad for Keisuke, after seeing his face. Bloodied and bruised. But she noticed something again. His real eye was strange. Not because of the purple colour, though that was weird, but because of his pupil. His pupil was purple too. The only way Yuri could tell he had a pupil at all was because his black iris outlined it. Hmmm.
                                                   The most memorable thing about that day, however, never left her mind. Is Black Sheep gone? Forever? Of course she is. She's dead. Yuri gritted her teeth as Ichihari and Anri spoke silently to each other, Keisuke in the bathroom cleaning the blood from his face. Anri and Ichihari considered themselves the sanest people there. Innocent Yuri and not-so-innocent Keisuke had just committed murder together, in one form or another. Now they only spoke to each other, whispering back and forth. Then Yuri saw it.