Kindaka collapsed in a pool of blood due to the poison coursing through his veins. Akao and I stood on the level above looking at the scene unfold from the hole in the ground.

And then it happened.

My body moved on its own. My vision changed to the outerdimensional vision and time seemed to slow

I see.... So that's my answer.... I'll do whatever it takes to protect those I care about..... damm Akao making me soft

I dashed at Uzuki and punctured a hole in his chest, his blood splattering on my face. I pulled my arm out of his chest. Blood dripped out of his mouth and he collapsed on the ground dead.

"Finally..... I'm free....." Uzuki said with his last breath

"Well he had it coming for doing something so stupid." Akao said putting an arm around my shoulder

"Right.... I never imagined Kindaka on the brink of death before......" I say turning to Kindaka's body

"Hmm.... Are you sad?" Akao asked

"Who knows". I say picking up his body

Timeskip(2 years.)

We were chilling in the order lounge

"So that's the oldie that made you into an assassin." Akao said pointing at the asleep takamura

"Basically. He may look senile but he's like the manifestation of all the bloodlust in the JAA.... Scary...." I say shaking

"Heh~ I've never seen you scared before.... Maybe I should fight him." Akao said giggling

"You'd be dead in a minute." I say shaking my head

Akao relents and pouts before lighting her ciggy

Nagumo walks into the room with a smirk on his face with a piece of paper in his hands.

"Updated assassin rankings

1. Sakamoto

2. Sano

3. Nagumo

4. Akao.

Looks like I've overtaken you Akao." Nagumo said smirking

Akao doesn't seem to look too bothered which is odd.

"Who cares about the stupid rankings anyway." Akao says brushing it off before walking out the room

Odd.... I thought she would have said something along the lines of "I'd beat your ass butt head just you wait I'll be no. 1 next week." But she genuinely didn't seem bothered.... Hmm.....

"What's wrong with her?" Nagumo asked

"Who knows.... Maybe she's on.... Nevermind." I say stopping myself from saying the word

"Perhaps." Nagumo said

I get up to go after her. I see her go to the roof. She sits on the roof and continues to smoke.

"What's up with you? You've been out of it the past couple weeks." I ask

She glances at me before looking straight again

"I'm bored of this whole thing already..... i thought I could've done this my whole life.... But killing so much gets boring....." Akao said with a sigh

"Uhuh...... So you want to quit? What would you even do with yourself if you quit?" I ask

"Dunno.... I've made more than enough money though.... "Akao said pondering

"I see.... Well don't let us hold you here.... If you wanna quit then do it....." I say trying my best to understand her feelings. But I'm still learning this whole empathy thing

Suddenly Akao seemed like she had a eureka moment

"Remember that conversation we had in school." Akao said looking at me with a gleam in her eyes

"You're gonna need to be more specific." I deadpan

"Tch- you know what I'm talking about. On the rooftop." Akao said annoyed

"Oh... yeah why?" I ask

She points her finger at me

"Give me babies." Akao said bluntly

"HAH?! Don't just drop that like it's nothing." I say

"Let's be honest. Where are you gonna find a better catch than me. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity ya know!" Akao said puffing her chest out proudly

"Why me?" I say feeling an emotion I haven't felt before

"Because I like you butthead. Nagumo's annoying and Sakamoto's..... Sakamoto." Akao said pointing at me again

This was not what I was expecting at all when I clocked into work today. The logical part of me wanted to just tell her to go away cause I already spend too much time with her.... But a small part of me....

"Ah fine whatever." I say relenting

"You're so cute when you're embarrassed. We'll be the best couple ever! BWAHAHAHAHA" Akao said like she was gonna take over the world

Timeskip(5 years.)

The reactions when we told everybody that we were ehem.... Dating.... Was pretty expected.... Nagumo laughed wishing me good luck and Sakamoto kind of just stared dumbfounded. Who would of thought Sakamoto would follow our lead

A few months later. After Akao left the order she started a little fast food shop nearby where we lived. She got the world record for the world's fastest patty flipper. With her voracious appetite and lack of activity Akao also got fat. Who would've thought. Sakamoto also got fat.

But the biggest news of the 5 years is that Akao and I had a son. We named him Rin. He looked and acted just like Akao. Why couldn't he turn out like me.....

"I'm home." I say entering the house and loosening my tie

I was met by a force to my gut

"Dad! Look mom thought me how to sharpen a chicken bone." Rin said showing me his knife shaped chicken bone

"That's cool Rin. Where's mom?" I say patting him on the head

"In the kitchen. She's cooking more than usual." Rin said perplexed

"Well yeah. Sakamoto's family is coming over for dinner." I say walking towards the kitchen

"HAH?! No..." Rin said shuddering

"Eh? What's wrong Rin?" I ask

"Their daughter is the devil incarnate." Rin said pale faced

"Huh? Hana?" I say thinking about their daughter she was the most innocent girl in the world. Who's parents weren't constantly teaching her about knives unlike a certain someone.

"Yeah. She's a bully." Rin said pouting

"She's like the most innocent, sweet girl ever. Unlike you. I heard from the teacher you got in a fight again." I said ruffling his hair

"Dad! You've gotta believe me Hana's a demon, her nice act is a front. About the fight...." Rin said looking away

"Look I'm sure your mom was like did you win? And I'm in the same boat. If you fight your not allowed to lose. But make sure you don't get expelled because of it okay? Now I need to find mom. Go play with your toys or something." I say gently pushing his back

As I walk into the kitchen I don't see anyone. Then a large force lands on me.

"I got you." Akao said landing on me and repeatedly smooching my face

"I think I broke my back." I say kissing Akao on the forehead before pushing her off me

"I'm not that fat butthead." Akao said pouting

"If you say so. When are you gonna get new clothes anyway. You're still wearing the same stuff from the JCC. It's not exactly helping your case.. it looks like a crop top now" I say squishing her cheeks

She bites my finger causing me to let go

"Tasty~" she said before going back to the cooking

"What are you cooking?" I say resting my chin on her head

"Burgers and fries!" Akao said excited

"I guess I should have expected that. That's all you know how to cook." I say absentmindedly rubbing her fat belly. It was kinda like a stress ball

"How was work?" Akao asked flipping the patty

"Pretty fun for once. I fought this blonde woman who could control electromagnetic waves Convinced her to join the order, she said she knew me from somewhere but I don't really remember her. She was pretty tough...." I noticed Akao had stopped cooking

"But you're tougher of course!" I say not wanting to die

"Thought so." Akao said smiling

Of course that was what she was worried about

DING DONG

"Oh must be sakamoto." Akao said glancing at the door

"Wonder who's fatter out of you 2."

I was swiftly wacked on the head by a spatula

"Obviously me!" Akao said

She just has to win at everything.....

I open the door and was met by Akira not Sakamoto. Akira was a student at the JCC now. She might be able to join the order in the future who knows

"Oh. Akao didn't tell me you were coming over." I said letting her in

"Y-yeah I was in the area so I-I-I just thought I'd pop by." Akira explained

"Sure." I said

"Big sis Akira." Rin said running and hugging her

"H-hi rin. H-h-have you been well." Akira asks

"Mhm! Come play with me!" Rin said

"O-ok." Akira said getting dragged by Rin

Sakamoto texted me he that was gonna be late, because Hana was asleep and he didn't want to wake her. He's really became such a softie. Akao would just slap Rin to wake him up. Lovingly though.... I think

I decided to go take a quick shower since I had time. I could hear Rin giggling downstairs, he loved Akira's company. He also kind of bullies her into doing things. You can blame akao for that

"H-h-hey don't play with that it's dangerous." Akira said worrying about Rin's safety

He was probably playing with his knives again.

Short timeskip

After Akira and Akao catch up, Akira gets up to leave saying she has school tomorrow, much to Rin's dismay.

After an hour Sakamoto and his family arrive at our house. Hana cheerfully runs in

"Hi Mr and Mrs Sano! Oh hi Rin! Let's have fun today ok!" Hana says with a smile on her face

Rin recoils in fear, his face turning pale

"Hello Hana. Come let's eat the food's going to get cold." Akao says ruffling her hair

"Ok!" Hana grabs Aoi's hand and drags her to the dining table

Soon everyone is seated at the dining table. Hana and Rin are sat next to each other and the guy's and girls are sat next to each other.

"Mama look. This fry looks like a knife. Hana looks like a ninja now right!" Hana said picking up a fry and swinging it around

"Haha yes Hana." Aoi says ruffling her hair

Sakamoto's glasses crack in anger as he looks at Akao. Not wanting her to negatively influence her innocent daughter. Akao just smirks deviously.

Meanwhile Rin is cowering in fear. In his head he's imagining Hana with a demonic Aura threatening him with the knife. He scoots his chair a little closer to mine. I just give him a puzzled look.

"Neh so how's business at your convenience store been? Are you still a noob at using the cash register." Akao asks Sakamoto

Aoi answers in his stead.

"Business has been alright, we've been green for a year now so I'd say that's good. At the start it was a struggle, we're doing much better now. How's your business doing Akao." Aoi said smiling with a finger on her chin

"Great! Business is booming! I'm thinking of starting a second store soon. Also I got a golden spatula!" Akao said excited pulling out the spatula from one of her fat rolls

I wonder what else she keeps in there. I'm sure there's some knives.

"When did you get that?" I ask

"I bought it yesterday as a reward for making 1 million burgers." Akao said smiling

"Haha that's great to hear." Aoi said giggling

"Wow Mrs Sano is so cool." Hana said eyes sparkling

"Hehe. This kid's woke. You should learn something from her Rin." Akao said patting Hana's head

"What does Mr Sano do as a job?" Hana inquired tilting her head

I could feel Sakamoto's eyes burning into my head, as if warning me to be careful with my words.

"Erm..... I guess you could say I work in law enforcement, but I work in a special department." I say twisting the truth

"Oooh. So your like a secret agent police officer?" Hana asked

"Yeah.... sort of." I say looking away sheepishly

"Hah? Why're you ly-"

Before Akao could speak her mind I shoved a burger into her mouth.

"Mmph. Tasty~" Akao said while pinching my side

After dinner,

"Let's go play dress up in your room Rin!" Hana said dragging Rin with her

"Noooooooooo!" Rin said

He gripped the table leg of the dining table trying not to get dragged. But Hana managed to yank him with her.

"Ah. So cute! If only they could remain kids forever." Aoi said admiring the scene

"Yeah....." I say looking bewildered at the scene. Maybe Rin wasn't exaggerating. Does Hana have Sakamoto's strength or something......



The adults sit on the couch in the living room. But of course it couldn't fit all of us because of sakamoto and Akao. So Akao did the most logical thing..... to her at least.... She just sat on my lap. I could feel the bones in my leg strain under her weight

"It's so cool seeing you 3 together. You've been friends since for almost 12 years right? I don't have any friendships that have lasted that long" Aoi said starting the conversation

"I've known this smartass since the start of school. But I guess going through so many life or death scenarios together really strengthens bonds." Akao said trapping me under her armpit and ruffling my hair

"I see." Aoi said

"Y'know I never thought Sakamoto would leave the whole assassin business. you must've really changed him." Akao said letting me go

"Well. I can't take all the credit. He put in a lot of effort to become a kinder person. He's our neighbourhood jack of all trades now." Aoi said giggling looking at Sakamoto who just gives a sheepish look

"This butthead changed a lot too. At the start of the JCC he was completely clueless when it came to stuff like empathy and emotions. You should have seen him on our first date, he was so lost on what to do. But that's what makes him my butthead. But now he's gotten better at emotions, he knows what I want now without me having to spell it out. I'd say I'm the only one who hasn't changed." Akao said proud

"Just look at yourself." I say pinching her back fat

"I'm still the same. There's just more Rion now!" Akao said sticking her tongue out at me

"Oh yeah speaking of our friend group. I wonder where Nagumo is." Akao said looking at me

"Uhm.... I don't know I'm pretty sure he has no missions today." I say pondering

Meanwhile in the kids room,

"Wow Hana you're a natural at this disguise thing." Nagumo said kneeling looking at Rin who was now dressed as a princess

"Haha it's all thanks to you Nagumo sensei." Hana said

"Save me......" Rin said tears streaming out of his eyes.



This was just a filler chapter. I've just been tryna figure out where and how to introduce Sano in the main story, since the first few chapters were kinda slice of lifey.