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The voices started to get louder and louder, Atsushi couldn’t handle those voices anymore, their muffled whatever they were saying was bothering him, once or twice he could make out ‘why’ and ‘please!’ from the voices, sometimes even screams that hurt him, he just wanted a quiet place to stay to gather his thoughts, he got up from the ground and left the unsettling alley.
He heard some people yell but he couldn't make sense of it but one word caught him off guard, ‘Tiger’ , it was following him again wasn't it? Atsushi quickly turned around to look behind him and saw a couple of men in suits run towards him. Was the tiger behind them? He shouldn’t just stand there, the young boy turned away and quickly ran away. There's no way he’s becoming a beast's meal! Besides, he doesn't have a lot of meat on him!
A while later Atsushi found himself in front of a warehouse, a quick glance behind him, those men in suits were quite far away.. But they are coming, Atsushi tried opening the large door to get in but it was too heavy, he was too weak to get it to open, well fuck! Just great! He went to the side of the warehouse to look for a way in, the window was broken but he can’t really pull himself up there to get in, a shame, he needs to find another way in.
He went behind the warehouse and a slight opening at the corner caught his eyes. A grown adult or a healthy teen can’t get in but a small and skinny person like himself definitely can!
A yell scared him, ‘’over here!’’ they’re coming closer and that's with the tiger! Atsushi took a deep breath and crawled in through the hole, he’s pretty sure that he scratched himself with the metal drawing some blood.
The silver haired boy hissed at the slight pain, he looked around and hid behind a crate, he looked up to the broken window, the sun was setting down, The sky which used to be blue, changed into beautiful bright colors. Purple mixed with light pink and then turned into orange and red, much like paints merging on a surface.
Atsushi couldn’t help but think how beautiful the sky was during this time. As time passed, Atsushi got worried, just how long has it been since, well, him getting chased? Are those men okay? Did the tiger catch them? He really doesn’t wanna die, yet again who would care? He had been kicked out of the orphanage weeks ago and here he is, living like a stray dog.
There was only silence, until the warehouse doors opened, the door screeched, how long has it been since someone opened those doors? Is this place abandoned or something? Atsushi peeked to look at the entrance, the men in suits were there, guns?
One of the men saw Atsushi and pointed his gun at Atsushi and everything went dark
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Atsushi opened his eyes, he was laying down on concrete, he was staring up at the ceiling or so he thinks, it's dark here, way too dark, did night-time finally come? Also what’s that smell.. It smells of iron and blood? He slightly sat up to look, the moon light acted as his light source and revealed what he was seeing,
His eyes widened at the view, blood almost everywhere, a few corpses around too, some had very little flesh on while other corpses had no flesh at all, Atsushi looked down at his shaking hands which were covered in blood.
Did he do this? Did he actually do this? Did he murder and eat these people? He stands up. He… He needs to get out of here, he doesn’t know how he did this but he needs to get away, go to a river or something to wash up and… where would he get different clothes though?
The warehouse’s doors opened and the screech hurt his sensitive ears. The white haired boy looked over his shoulder and was met with a small group looking at him, a fancy looking ginger, and… one of the men or so he thinks got in a fighting stance, he was holding onto a blade of some sorts, with the help with the moonlight it reflected Atsushi’s face, his mouth has covered in blood, it looked fresh, the blood was still dripping down his face.
He probably looks crazy or creepy in their eyes right now, Atsushi started to feel odd, his head started to spin. Is he hearing the voices again? This time it's just screaming, the screaming of the voices gave him a headache.
He passed out but not entirely, he was half awake dozing off, the group walked over and the ginger said something he couldn’t make out, something with ‘boss’ ’tiger’ ‘found’ What did he mean by that? He kept passing out and awaking over and over, he felt someone pick him up before feeling like he’s flying. He couldn’t struggle with staying awake anymore, so much of willpower he has. He's worried about what will happen to him now… I guess this is a problem for when he's not passing out and awaking over and over, he finally shut his eyes and passed out for good.
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Serval hours ago
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Chuuya hums to himself but stopped when someone knocked, before chuuya could say anything the door swung open and a man entered, chuuya looked at the man unfazed “You know Mr. Andrej you could close the door behind you’’ Chuuya sighed as the man looked over his shoulder and back at chuuya “i don’t think it’s necessary sir , after all i'm only here to give you and then leave, anyways i have what you asked for, the reports and documents have been gathered about the man eating tiger, good chance it's an ability user who doesn't know how to use it yet’’ Andrej placed the papers on the table and dropped a USB on the table “video footage were found, i highly recommend not watching those, it’s fucking disgusting, seeing that tiger rip those humans like they’re nothing’’ the brown haired man sighs, he probably saw all of the videos already, Chuuya nods “Anything else?” the ginger questions the man, “Not at all” Andrej stares and Chuuya stares back at him “Don’t tell me you are waiting for an order?” Chuuya sighs, Andrej sighs and groans “C’mon man! Gimme an order! I'm so bored and if i return to my teammates well… at least one of them or almost all of them are gonna whine and yell and so much more”
Chuuya rolls his eyes and sighs “Fine go… I don't know, scout the area and look for the man eating-’’ Before Chuuya could finish, the door slammed closed, did Andrej really just do that? That brat sure is fast.
Chuuya Took a look through the papers while the USB sat to the side, Why does that person even wanna capture the man eating tiger? The tiger might as well eat him! But if the tiger really is an ability user.. maybe he can be used in some sorts.. Should he ask his boss about this? Maybe he will after the tiger has been taken in.
Chuuya sighs, he just wants to be back in his apartment and drink till he can't or just relax. Today was supposed to be his day off but oh well.
No he shouldn't think about that and instead focus on his work for today along with other coworkers, it's to find that darn tiger, he has no idea what will happen to it once they capture it and bring it to mori.
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2 hours later
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Chuuya got a report from Andrej saying that the tiger might be in this location. He and others went to said location, they looked around before Higuchi spoke up “Are we entirely sure that the man eating tiger is here sir?” Chuuya looked over to her “No one would lie about an animal being here, maybe it already left? We should look elsewhere nearby.. “ He answered the blonde haired woman
Akutagawa looked away and up at the sky, the sun was setting down, how long will it take until they find that stupid tiger? He sighed and looked back at the group. Soon enough they were in front of a warehouse. The place looked rusted and abandoned. Chuuya opened the doors to the warehouse and it screeched.
When they entered they saw a boy in front of a pool of blood with corpses, some had little flesh left while some had no flesh at all. Did this scrawny looking kid do all of this? A cannibal? The boy reacted to the noise and Gin took out a blade and got in a fighting stance. The teen looked over his shoulder and everyone looked unsettled. Akutagawa looked closer at the teen, bloodied face and clothing, hands too. He felt pity for the boy.
And then the boy slumped over falling, they all looked at each other before making their way over to the boy, Chuuya was in deep thought before Gin spoke up “Could the man eating tiger just be.. This boy?” chuuya shrugs and took his phone out to call someone and the call got picked up “Boss we believe we have found the man eating tiger” The audio from the other end wasn’t really heard so the rest didn’t know what was said, a few mins later chuuya ended up picking up Atsushi before using his ability to make him float “We should return, boss is waiting for us to return” The others nod and followed along. Tomorrow is gonna be tiring, won't it?