Akira's pov

The ball's tomorrow evening and my stomach feels just how it did before my first mission. That day, after practice and throwing up, Kai drove me back here. To say the least, everybody was worried.

Diana has refused to let me practice these days because I am not eating enough and also that I 'need rest'. Thankfully Kai didn't say shit about what happened.

Leo has refused to go to practice and instead always enters my room at exactly 4 in the evening to play video games. We also watched all of the movies of a series called 'star wars'. Diana got me lots of chocolates and a rubber bag in which you put hot water to ease stomach aches.

They've been treating me like I'm fucking made of glass. I hate it. Both Diana and Eiran have been making all sorts of different dishes in hopes that I would eat more. I've only stopped feeling nauseous today because the periods ended. I can finally go back to normal life.

Eiran was insisting on getting me new clothes for the ball. I kept refusing. I don't care what they feel, they won't get to waste money on me. Boss hasn't been at home lately, I think he's planning something big. Because the movement of our troops has been concentrated in our city, along with new weapons coming in.

I turn under the blanket for the umpteenth time and extend my arm outside to grab my phone lying on bedside table. It's bright light scorches my eyes. 01 : 45 a.m, it shows on the screen in bold letters. Better get some sleep.

Time skip

"Loser" I state as the screen fades on Leo's end.

"Don't forget who taught you" He says, smirking and getting up.

"That's what losers say" I say, noticing he said the same thing last time.

"Catch!" He shouts throwing me a drink from the mini fridge.

I catch it and open the can to hissing noises. He plops beside me and takes a sip of his own drink.

"Another game?" He asks picking up his controller.

"Hmm" I agree, picking up mine.

He was about to restart when his phone starts ringing, disrupting his action.

"Yeah mom?" He asks placing the phone of speaker and turning back to the screen in front of us.

"It's almost four, get ready." Her voice echoes in the room.

"Alright" He says through a sigh, putting down his controller.

The call ends and he gets up, offering me his hand. I take his hand and he pulls me up. We both walk out and up into the living room.

"I would've absolutely destroyed you in this round of mom hadn't called" he brags as we climb the stairs.

"Sure" I agree, sarcastically.

"See you in a bit" he says, entering his room.

"Hmm"

I enter my room. As soon as I turn towards my bed, after shutting the door, my heart stops. Not literally- ok maybe literally. There is something lying on me bed. Clothes, I notice. I move closer and before I could decide that they are probably for someone else, the dress comes into view.

There's a long black dress and an all black suit. I notice something shining between them both and realize that there's a black card lying on a peice of paper. I pick them both up, confused.

The paper's folded, so I open it.

'I hope you will like one of these. If you don't, just use the card to buy anything you like.'

I have no idea whose handwriting this is. It surely isn't Leo's or Kai's because I know theirs from school. I put the card and the paper aside and pick up both the dress and the suit and enter my wardrobe. I come to a stop infront of the huge ass mirror and test both of them placing them infront of me.

I, once again, come to stand before the mirror, now buttoning up the black shirt. I brush my hair with my fingers, put on the black jacket and test the look. Wow. I look...very nice.

Who would have gotten me this? Why?

My stomach feels kind of giddy, either from the fact that I am going to be announced as the youngest member of one the biggest mafia or because someone got clothes for me. Someone spent so much money on...me.

I grab my knives and the gun and hide them on me. This suit better able to hide this stuff as compared to what the dress would have been. Somebody knocks and I go outside to open the door.

Eiran stands there, looking flabbergasted, as he looks at me.

"Wow..you look.. absolutely beautiful" He says slowly catching his breath.

My face feels warm. My ears even more. They're burning.

He smiles "ready to go ma'am?"

"Yes" I say grabbing my phone and walking out with him.

We find everybody, including boss, standing in the foyer. They all collectively stop their chatting when the notice me.

"You look beautiful" Kai says with a smile on his face.

"So you had this suit?" Leo asks and I shake my head.

He looks confused but Diana cuts him off before he could say anything else.

"You look like you. Very beautiful." Diana says warmly.

"Thank you" I say as we finally exit the front doors.

I noticed that boss looked the least shocked among everyone. Could it be that..? No he wouldn't. He didn't even know that I didn't get anything for the ball.

Diana tells me to get in the car with boss while she gets in the car with Eiran and Leo and Kai in another. I get in the passenger seat while boss gets into the driver seat.

We pull out of the driveway in silence and onto the main road. Eiran pulls out right after us and Leo and Kai after them. Five minutes into the drive, I start to notice something odd.

There are snipers, well hidden, but snipers none the less, on every second building. My hand subconsciously goes to my gun and I look towards the other side of the road if they are there too.

There are. We are being watched. Possibly followed too.

I open my mouth to speak up but get confused in how to address him. Boss? Sir? He has said not to.. Sebastian? His name?

"Umm Sebastian?" His name sounds odd on my tongue.

He immediately perks up "yeah?"

"We are being watched. There are snipers" I inform him seriously.

"Hmm" he says calmly, looking straight ahead.

I have a hard time veiwing him in the same light as I used to after Leo told me his story last night. And seeing what scars and cuts his arm holds doesn't help with it. He glances at me briefly to find me staring at his arm. I quickly look down at my hands.

"The sniper are ours" he states.

So much for protection.

"The suit looks good" He says, his voice still as blank as his facial expression.

"Thank you" I reply quitely.

It's either him, Eiran or Diana who got me this. I like it nonetheless. So I ain't complaining.

His phone's ringtone disturbs the silence inside the car.

"Yeah?" He puts it on speaker.

"It's online and running, connect your phone." Kai's voice fills the car.

"Ok, upload it on the base server" He tells him before ending the call.

He picks up his phone and starts tapping away at his screen. After about a minute of doing this, his hand extends towards me.

"Can you do it?" He offers me his phone while looking straight ahead "I'm driving"

"Ok" I take his phone and notice information portals left unfilled.

One portal stumps me, password.

"What's the password?" I ask concentrated on putting in correct information.

"Password" he clears his throat and looks to side and then forward "it's I-R-I-S-1-6"

I quickly tap away at the letters. Where's six? Oh right- I veiw the password to double check that it's correct and that's when I realise what I typed in. Iris. 16.

My old name's his password. My ears feel like someone set them on fire. Look away Akira. Look away. I look out of the window, at the hidden snipers.

**

"Why would you keep a random name as your password?" A ten year old Akira asks the only guy that was nice to her about his phone password.

"What? Did you see it?" He asks embarassed, hiding his phone in his pocket.

"Yeah, it's lilah right?" She asks innocently.

He takes a deep breath and nods gravely "yes it is."

"That's not your name" she states, trying to logically understand this "so why would you have some random name as your password?"

"It's my daughter's name" He informs her, hoping she would let it go.

"But you don't have a daughter" she states once again "you don't have any family"

He takes a deep breath at that and explains it to her "I used to. I had a daughter. She would've been 11 by now."

"Oh-so she's dead?" She asks, trying to understand the situation.

He nods, unable to speak.

"Why would you still have her name as your password if she's dead?" She asks, not understanding his logic.

"People have the names of people they love as their passwords" he tries to explain through his grief.

"But she's dead. Why would you love her now?" She gets confused.

"Love doesn't stop at death"

**

"Akira?" He snaps me out of my daydream.

"Yes si- I mean yes?" I ask, startled.

"Update the software in your phone, Kai's added some important features" he says while checking the rear view mirror and making a turn.

I nod and turn my phone on. An update screen pops up and I click it. So this is what Kai does. Software, computers and shit.

"How many mafia's are going to be there?" I don't know where that came from.

"4, apart from us. Japanese, spanish, brazillian and portugese" He explains.

It feels so out of place to go into such a huge gathering with next to no information about them. I know the Brazilian mafia, I think. I killed their second in command a few years ago.

What if they kill me for that? I need more information.

"The Santo family in Brazil?" I ask to double check.

"Yes. You know them?" He asks stealing a glance at me.

"Yes, my history with them isn't..the best" I try to clear it up.

"Why? There was nothing in your file about it" He states thinking back to my file.

Carlos didn't show any of my kills before I turned fifteen. It went against some of his allies' laws.

"Yeah, I killed their second in command" I say, sitting straighter.

He raises an eyebrow "weren't you supposed be 12?"

"Yeah I was"

"That was a good assassination" he states.

No it wasn't. There was more bloodshed than I was allowed. I remember all too well the punishments that followed.

I nod.

"Which other families will be there?" I ask, trying to formulate some views.

"The Yoshida family from Japan, Alvarez from spain, Costeira from Portugal" He names them and turns the car into large metal gates.

The car comes to a halt. I turn around to open the door but it opens before I could reach it, revealing Sebastian offering his hand. This family and their obsession with opening doors. I feel like I haven't opened a single door since I came here.

Plus, I used to be the one opening doors for my boss. Now it's the other way around. I take his hand step out and notice Eiran and another car pulling up behind him. Eiran opens the door for Diana while Leo and Kai walk out from their car.

All of them meet up with us and we walk in. We walk towards the back door and onto the first floor using an elevator. The elevtor pings and opens to shouting hall full of men. I and boss walking forward and the hall goes silent, the men looking up at us.

I feel very vulnerable. I am infront of the eyes of hundreds of men, that is the opposite of what I am trained for. I am open to way too many possible attacks, along with boss.

"I welcome you all to another annual ball. I would like to announce Akira Volkov as the youngest member of the Volkov family." His voice booms across the silent hall.

The men and women stare at me shock and confusion while I keep my face absolutely blank. The hall breaks into shouts and sheers as soon as he stops speaking.

He offers me his arm as we walk down the stairs and I take it, not knowing what else to do. There's too many eyes on me. I don't like this. There's something odd with boss's arm. My hand feels another texture under his coat and shirt. I know this. Gauze.

Before I realise, we are at the bottom of the stairs and surrounded by people. Too many people. They part to make way for us.

A man, clean shaven with short hair, hazel eyes with a powerful looking woman, wearing long black dress and sharp features, walk toward us.

He and boss shake hands and exchange formalities. Then he turns to me.

"Fernando Alvarez" he introduces himself for formally forwarding his hand.

"Akira Volkov" I say, shaking his hand firmly.

"Valeria Alvarez" his wife shakes my hand with the same authority.

"Akira Volkov" I repeat, looking her in the eye and giving a firm handshake.

We go around while everyone introduces themselves to me and I do the same. This is also an authority game where they test how much power you can hold in these settings. I know these games.

Finally after the last of families have been introduced, Leo pulls me to the side.

"What?" I ask, still in my formal demeanor.

"Come on you gotta meet some people" I takes my arm leads me through the crowd to a side.

I notice a secluded area with young people chatting amongst themselves. Leo happily pulls me towards them and the all stop their chatting midway, to stare at us.

"I introduce you our little sis!" He says almost jumping with happiness.

A tall woman in a short black dress, wearing gold jewellery which complimented her tanned skin very well, stepped forward.

"Sylvie Costeira" She says formally, extending her hand.

"Akira Volkov" I say equally formally, giving a firm handshake.

She gives me a nod and then like six more people continue to introduce themselves. This girl also has younger brother, Atlas, he looks my age.

"So you're that legendary assasin that everybody was talking for all these years?" Nova Alvarez, the daughter of the Spanish mafia, asks.

I just stare at her, not knowing what to answer. How am I supposed to know this shit?

"Guys tell her your ages and specialisations first" Kai speaks up from beside me.

"18, hacker and heir" Takashi Yoshida, the oldest of the japanese speaks up.

"17, Combat and weapons" Kaito Yoshida, Takashi's younger brother, adds.

"17, business and negotiations" Nova Alvarez, from the Spanish mafia.

"18, Combat and weapons" Sylvie Costeira, the daughter of the Portuguese.

"16, assassin in traning" Atlas Costeira, Sylvie's younger brother.

"19, business and logistics" Theodore Santo, the oldest of the Brazillains.

"17, sniper and strategist" Rhea Santo, the youngest of the brazillians adds.

"16, assasin and trainer" I introduce myself.

They all stare at me before erupting in chatter.

"These guys look like they won the lottery" Atlas laughs as he gestures to Leo and Kai, who were

They both laugh at it too.

"The group chat's been dry as fuck, where'd you go?" Nova asks.

A few people reply to her and they engage in conversation.

"Hey Akira?" Nova, who seemed so serious, walks up to me smiling with two drinks in her hand.

I stare at her, waiting for her to say something.

"Girl, you look hot" she says, emphasising the word hot, and offers me a drink.

I take the drink and stare at it, looking for anything out of ordinary, to see if it's poisoned or drugged.

"Thanks" I reply, looking back up at her.

"Hey I didn't poison your shit" she says through a smile and then gestures for my drink.

I give her the drink and she sips it and hands it to me.

"There" she says almost laughing "who knew we'd be meeting the legendary assasin herself at this ball."

I should say something or it will appear weird. What? Uhh she's from the Spanish mafia. That's all I know. Their history? No. I will appear ignorant then.

"Stop hitting on her Nova" Atlas walks up to us with a smile on his face.

Nova turns around dramatically.

"Fuck off" She says, swaying her hand as if trying to sway a fly away.

"Nice to meet you Akira" He says with a little bow.

I nod.

"Honestly, I feel like a fan meeting their idol because our trainer used to show so many of your works to us which we could never replicate" He says through a dramatic sigh.

He continues when I just nod as a response.

"Come on, some drinks will make you loosen up, if you want?" He asks offering me his hand with a smile.

"No" I answer shortly.

"Hey Atlas! Your shit got leaked" Rhea says laughing loudly.

He turns around, panicked "what?"

My phone, along with others', ringed with notification. I unlocked it to find myself added in a group chat and a new message there. It's a video. I click on it and it starts playing, showing someone, I think Atlas, wearing a skincare face mask.

'just wait' Atlas in the video says and bends down, trying to lift a bed.

A loud fart noise echoes from all of our phones. He farted. In the video. Trying to lift a bed. Everybody breaks into laughter while Atlas tries to snatch their phones, his face turning red.

"Sylvie, I told you to delete it!" He shouts, red faced, at his sister.

"Oops" she says with a smirk on her face.

He turns his back to her and glares at Rhea, accidently makes eye contact with me. His face flushes even more and Rhea breaks out laughing.

"That's what happens when you try to embarass me" She says coming to stand beside me.

"You waited a entire fucking year for it?!" He asks, exasperated.

"Yup" she sweetly agrees and smiles.

"You're petty" he says turning away from us.

"You mean pretty?" She shouts as he walks away.

"Hah" she lets out a laugh "last year he tried to show one of my embarassing pictures..I had to get him back you know?"

"Yes" I say, enjoying the pettiness.

Time skip

I sit in the passenger seat, staring ahead, as boss drives beside me. The exhaustion is taking over me too quick. Everybody there was very nice. Very fun and interesting people.

What felt odd was how I was just immediately a part of their group. Like they just took me in. No questions. That was new. Never in my life have such a big and important group of people been nice to meet just for thesake of it.

They always wanted something out of me. But they didn't. They even exchanged numbers with me. Future heirs of big Mafias complimented by past works. What a crazy day.

"Enjoyed?" A voice from beside me startles me just as I was slipping into sleep.

"Yes" I say turning to look at him.

He's driving. Staring straight ahead. His eyes look very similar to mine. Se-ba-stian, I try his name on my tongue. Feels weird. Akira Volkov. That's me now. A Volkov...

Third person pov

Three cars pull up into the drive way one after another. Sebastian exits and carefully closes door as quitely as possible and walks over to Akira's side. He opens the door and leans in.

A sleeping Akira slumps against his chest as he picks her up and walks towards the house. Eiran and Diana, along with the twins, follow behind him. Exhaustion is clear on everybody's face as they walk to their rooms.

Akira snuggles closer to him, as he climbs up the stairs to her room. He opens the door as quitely as possible and enters, trying to breathe slowly so as not to disturb her.

He lays her down and removes the gun and knives from their sheaths. He chose a good suit, he thinks to himself. She takes a hold of his thumb as pulls the blanket over her after removing her jacket.

He freezes. Staring down at her calm face, he ceases movement all together. He stands there contemplating, still hunched over with the way she's got a hold on his hand now. Should he gently open her fist and try to get free?

No. Her grip is strong enough that it'll wake her. He pulls a chair closer to the bed and sits there, staring at her and thinking about all the ways he'll torture Carlos for what he'd done to her.

Preparations were made, planning was done. Now all that was left was killing him. But death was too easy a path. He'd pay for his deeds. That kill was for no one but him. He had kept his mom and brothers unaware of this, not wanting to have to explain how much Carlos hurt her.

As compared to all those videos and pictures of her past, she looked peaceful right now. He had noticed how there was always a weary watchfulness in her actions and on her face. That mask never truly dropped.

He felt so proud of her when she confidently introduced herself to the other leaders today and maintained authority while at it. His heart swelled with love for her that it felt like it might burst. She was truly a Volkov. The best one...

A.N---

Hey guys:)

First and foremost, I am sorry for the shitty ass writing. Just bear this one chapter.

I had a maths final today, so I just didn't have the time to write.

Anyways, chapters will be regular now.

Again, I apologised for the writing. It sucks and I know:)

The next chapter will be better.

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