Code: Execute

Code: Join 2.0

She sat up straight and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt before whisper-yelling, "YOU WILL NOT TELL HIM ANYTHING OF THE SORTS!"

The man defensively held his hands up before saying, "Too late!"

As if on cue, the older gentleman opened the door with a young girl with black hair and a bandage on her cheek following him in with excitement on her face.

[Y/n] began to shake the brunette detective by his shirt while whispering, "I swear to God I will stab you in the throat if he actually believed you, you waste of air!"

"(Y/n), what's this I hear about your sleeping habits."

Dazai gave her a cat-like face before whispering back, "I knew you wouldn't want to leave little Atsushi,  so I brought the President to you. You can thank me over lunch, love."

The man slipped from her grasp before saluting the now shocked and blushing woman as he left the room with the phrase, "See you at lunch, you can keep the coat until then, (Y/n)-chan.  Hey!  Maybe I'll just get you a coat of your own?  A nice black one to match mine!"

(Y/n) brought a hand to the bridge of her nose and sighed before facing the stoic man that stood next to the couch she was seated on. The President was expecting an answer, she could see it in his eyes as he stared down at her form. Those his face was stoic, his eyes always revealed his intentions to her.

She rubbed the bridge of her nose before saying, "Did you really believe that lie he told you?"

The man's face remained blank before he nodded firmly and said, "Of course. I take everything I hear about you seriously."

[Y/n] smiled at the implications of his words, I worry about you. "You're such a softy, Yukichi-san."

She saw his mouth lift barely at the corners of his lips. "Anyways, there is someone who would like to thank you for helping her and her brother yesterday.   She requested to speak with you first thing this morning, and I couldn't deny her request as you were actually here.   I believe she is familiar with you from your information drops. Naomi, if you would."

The young girl behind him was fully visible now as he moved out of the way and motioned towards Naomi, who took a nervous step toward the now fully awake woman.

The ravenette bowed towards [Y/n] and said, "Thank you for saving us. I'd never have known you were the ability user from yesterday if your mask hadn't fallen off for a moment.  I can't believe you have an ability like the others, you're very good at hiding it."

(Y/n) smiled softly at the girl before lifting her hand and setting it on the prostrate girl's shoulder before saying, "You don't need to bow. Please stand, you'll make me feel as old at the President here."

"I'm only 45."

"Yeah, okay, ye old ancient one. Don't let his words fool you Naomi-chan."

The younger girl straightened her back before a small smile appeared on her face as the President she worked closely with, and the information broker she barely knew gave off a familiar feeling. It was an energy that seemed almost familial. These two are so close.

"I had no idea that you had a daughter, President."

[Y/n] smirked and pointed towards the Yukichi before saying, "There's no way I'm related to this big lug, though he did take me in when I was younger to try to keep me out of trouble."

The President smiled slightly before crossing his arms and strongly saying, "And look at how you've turned out, it seems you're a hero now."

The (h/c) woman smiled softly before saying, "If that makes me a hero, what does that make you and your agents?"

The man simply shrugged his shoulders before saying, "We're simply detectives. Naomi, if you would."

The younger girl nodded before revealing a silver envelope she had been holding behind her back. It had a small red wax seal with the all-to-familiar agency logo imprinted in it. Naomi held it out to (Y/n) as Yukichi said, "You've declined to join as anything other than an information broker, but I'd like to extend the offer for a promotion once more, as would a few others in the agency."

(Y/n) looked behind the two in the room to see a few sets of eyes peeking around the door frame:  a pair of glasses, a short blonde head, a woman with black hair was peeking above the blonde's hair, a man with a close-eyed smile, and an all too familiar brunette with bandages wrapped around his arms and neck.

"Yukichi... you know I--"

"Yes, I know your reasons for declining were that you felt you wouldn't be able to work in the field. Yet you fail to realize that your actions yesterday prove you have the means to protect not only yourself but most importantly you can protect those around you.  You successfully protected Atsushi, Naomi, and Junichirou, so you should have no doubt you can be a field officer.  You've also proved you can protect without using the codes you call curses."

She frowned slightly before scratching the back of her neck and saying, "This is the fourteenth time you've asked me to do more than just give you information...but--"

She took a glance at Atsushi who'd yet to budge at the commotion in his recovery room before sighing and saying, "The circumstances have changed..."

The girl stood to her feet before gently folding the coat Dazai had given her for a blanket in her hands and saying, "It appears an unknown entity has placed a bounty on a young boy from the streets--"

[Y/n] then scowled at and clenched her fists before saying, "--And you know I can't stand anyone who targets orphans. I'm in, but only temporary. I expect to return to my lame life when this is over, got it?"

She held out her bandaged hand to the older gentleman who extended his own hand and shook it before saying, "Then I know the perfect first assignment for you."

She nodded and looked into the man's eye's before saying, "I got it, find whoever set the bounty--"

"No."

Her eye's widened slightly as the man interrupted what she thought was her assignment. She saw him look towards the boy and say, "You are to keep him safe and to find the bounty.  Keep him calm as well, I get the feeling he is just like you were."

She nodded with a small smile decorating her lips while she spoke out,  "Roger."

[end chapter]