Code: Execute

Code: We Meet Again

(Y/n) used one hand to block the woman's attacks as she brought her hand to her face and said, "Code: Paste."

The familiar mask began to materialize onto her face as she began to fight the woman with both arms once again.

(Y/n)'s  comments caused Higuchi to get heated, and with anger came sloppiness. Perfect... [Y/n] needed to get a hold of the target's head in order to use this code.  As if on cue, the sloppy fighter presented a perfect one!

The blonde sent a strong punch to the left side of [Y/n]'s face, big mistake! [Y/n] grabbed the girl's wrist before using the force of her punch to pull her forward and allow [Y/n] to get behind her before she placed both her palms on either side of the girl's head and said, "Code: Sleep Mode."

The soft blue lights from the girl's palm wrapped around the blonde's head before her eyes lazily shut. Within a second, the mafia gunner was forced into a small nap. Unfortunately, she'd be awake again in a few minutes and that trick rarely worked twice... she would be aware of her tricks next time.

All that was left was to get Akutagawa to leave the tiger-- no—Atsushi alone.

(Y/n) smiled to herself before waiting for the perfect opportunity to use one of her favorite abilities.  It was a code that seemed to always annoy the ability user she used it on.

She waited for an opportunity to interrupt the high-speed battle before jumping into one of the Rashoumon that the gothic boy controlled as she yelled, "Code: Null."

The beast-like ability that was one about to rip through her body had suddenly begun to disappear into light blue flakes of light as a look of hatred seeped onto the mafioso's face.

"You remind me of him."

[Y/n] fake scoffed before holding a hand up to Atsushi's tiger's head and saying, "Code: Null.  Aren't you getting tired of this?  Can't you see you'll have to approach this from a different angle to beat me?"

Atsushi slowly reverted into his normal form and she quickly held him up with her back.

She then turned to the goth boy and pointed a finger towards him and scolded, "And listen here you low-life mafia- piece -of-shit- I should never remind anyone of a guy, I've got way too much feminine charm for that.  Second of all, you should know by now you can't win against me.  I've got far too many weapons in my arsenal that anything you try at this point will make you end up like sleeping beauty over there."

She thrust a finger in the direction of the unconscious blonde before hearing the hiss of his ability again.

Akutagawa gritted his teeth once more before he yelled out, "Rashomon: Agito!"

[Y/n] quickly held up a hand and prepared to nullify his attack once more, but another body giddily bounced in-between her, the tiger-boy, and the attack before saying, "Now-now, that's enough of that!"

A man with short-unruly-brown hair held up a hand as the attack disappeared just as it had with hers, only his disappeared instantly instead of it fizzling away with her own. Who was this man who saved her and the other kids--

"Thank you for helping Atsushi and the others, I can handle it from here.  I know you probably don't want to stick around too long."

Ah, he's here for them. Of course, a handsome stranger wouldn't be there to protect her.

[Y/n] felt oddly confident in his abilities so she simply nodded and walked Atsushi's unconscious form over to the wall as the blonde woman began to stir again.

She squatted next to the boy before taking her hands and setting them on either side of his cheeks before saying, "Code: Recovery Mode"

The boys' eyes began to slowly flutter open before he sunk back slightly at the close proximity of the masked girl. Then he remembered, "Wait... you were-- we met a few days ago, you're (Y/n)?"

She held a finger up to the lips of the mask and said, "Shhhh, I'd rather we kept this our little secret, enough people have seen my ugly mug today, let's keep this between us. Okay, Atushi-kun?"

The boy nodded slowly in understanding before she stood to her feet and began to walk away. The tiger boy quickly grabbed her wrist before she walked out of reach and stuttered out, "T--thank you... for the other day and today... I owe you..." (Y/n) smiled softly behind her mask before slipping her wrist from his grasp and ruffling his hair while saying, "You're too nice. I' sure I'll see you around, Kid.  Especially if you work with the Agency, that ability of yours is magnificent by the way."

As she headed out of the alleyway, the blonde held a gun to the brunette who had come to their aid, but her actions were stalled by her mentor. "You can't beat him, Higuchi. Stand down.  He's stronger than our masked friend over there..."

[Y/n]'s eye widened a bit at the recognition given by the mafioso in regards to herself and this seemingly random stranger. Just who was this man that the demonic murderer acknowledged the abilities of?

She knew her abilities had been on the radar of the mafia for a while, but this guy was not someone she'd ever heard of or seen before.  She'd have to ask the President about it when he undoubtedly heard about the incidents from today.

(Y/n) continued on her way to the exit of the alleyway and towards her bag. She grabbed it off the ground, slung it over her shoulder.

She walked over to the forms of the other two teens before frowning a bit at their state.  Both are alive but in a lot of pain.  She set a hand on the pair's backs before hearing the young girl stir and turn to her.  "I know you... I've seen you—I-in the office..." [Y/n] smiled, though it was hidden by her mask, and she said, "Well, I couldn't let some kids get killed, especially when they're technically my coworkers."   The ravenette smiled softly before the redhead spoke next and said, "thank you— for saving us...  For saving Naomi."

She nodded and said, "It's what any of you would have done.  Now get some rest, Code: Sleep Mode." 

Sleep overtook the pair as her ability encouraged their minds to fall asleep.  They wouldn't be in pain until they woke up, and their hearts would slow down to reduce blood loss.  Unfortunately, that's all she could do for the pair.

She stood and walked back to the coffee shop where she grabbed her other computer and other items, removed her hoodie and mask to avoid being followed by anyone who'd seen the scene, and then she headed home for a nice bath. She had to get this blood out of her hair... and put a band-aid on her scratched face.

[End Chapter]