"We've never been here during the day before." Shiro mutters as the two of you stand off to the side, observing the busy crowd rushing to their destinations.
"Nope." You agreed, arms crossed.
"Kinda boring...."
"We don't have time for you to go to a dirty ass love hotel." You commented, looking at Shiro who huffed.
"No pretty girls around anyway." Shiro grumbles, "And they're not all dirty!"
"Oh, just girls?" You smirk.
"Don't you have a boyfriend to find?" Shiro bit.
"Don't you have a school yard to harass?" You bite back.
"We are never gonna find any of Kitsune's people in this kind of crowd." Shiro gestured to the bystanders.
"We don't really have a choice." You muttered, knowing Shiro was right.
Kitsune was one of the people you had to give up to the police, he got away before the police broke in, but it meant his operation had been moved, and you had no idea where, Kuro was useless in giving this detail, you had to ask around and deal with a few sewer rats before finally getting a lead.
"We are going off of old tips that might not even be true." Shiro crammed his hands into his pockets. "I hate to say it, but we might have to wait until night-"
"Then don't say it." You glared; your tone dripped with your annoyance, Shiro just sighed, leaning back against the wall you two were currently occupying.
After what felt like hours of watching hundreds of faceless people go by, you glanced over to Shiro only to do a double take. You pinched your expression, confused by Shiro's puffed out face.
"Do you have to take a shit or something-?"
"No-!" Shiro snapped, "-I'm trying to remember Kitsune and why I feel like I know him."
"You do?"
"We never dealt with him personally."
"Yeah, we did."
"No way!"
"Yeah-" You chuckled; "-Four blew up his first meth lab."
"Why don't I remember that!?"
"You did get a concussion from that mission...maybe that's why."
"Hm..." Shiro hummed, returning to scanning the crowd. "...I remember a few of his right-hand men, but I can't quite place a face to that name...ugh-!" Shiro gripped his head. "-it's driving me insane!"
You smirked, lazily looking away only to freeze, spotting the thick haired man with sunglasses. You smacked Shiro, never removing your eyes off your new target.
"Shiro-"
"Ow!" Shiro complained, knowing it didn't hurt, his gaze followed yours. "Isn't that um..." Shiro snapped his fingers, "...that weird one, with the hard on for being a tough guy, what is his name!?"
"Fumio." You kicked yourself off the wall, swiftly weaving through the crowd to stay on his trail.
"Yeah-!" Shiro grins as it clicks into his head. "-why don't we just jump into the Deep really quick and follow-"
"Because he could be going somewhere I can't track him, it's broad daylight, do you see a lot of shadows?"
"Yeah, that's true." Shiro sighed, "Alright, let's do this the hard way."
You and Shiro tailed the villain known as Fumio, one of the growing drug lords' right-hand men, you furrowed your brow's, realizing Fumio was picking up his pace as he weaved through the crowd.
"He totally knows he has something stuck on his shoe." Shiro sighed, how did he know the two of you were following him?
"Figures-" You grumbled, eyes sliding over to him. "-your tall bean stalk ass gave us away."
"Me-!?" Shiro gasped, putting a hand on his chest. "-have you seen yourself!?" He gestured, "You look like that one chick while driving her car-" Shiro snapped his fingers, "-oh! Cruella Deville."
"You wanna feel how hard I can punch?" You wondered.
"Yes please." Shiro smirked, you rolled your eyes following Fumio around the sharp corner in between two rustic brick buildings after a second you followed suit, your eyes widened, quickly taking a step back a gloved fist flew past your face.
You blinked, pinched your brows, whipped your hand out, gripping the wrist, you stepped forward into the alleyway, throwing a punch across the scrawny villain. His head whipped to the side; you didn't let him fall by catching the side of his jacket.
You didn't have time for this!
Gripping his jacket tighter, placing a rough hand on the back of his neck, you swung him face first into the brick building wall, he grunted, bits of brick dusted his short black hair.
You stepped back, watching him fall onto his side unmoving. You tilt your head, lightly kicking him to see if he would stir, he didn't.
You looked over, Shiro dropped the muscular villain while Fumio had been pinned to the side of the brick building by Shiro's metal quirk.
"Why do I always get the small ones?" You wondered, stepping beside Shiro gazing down at the unconscious man.
"Because they have to send their best to take me down." Shiro flexes his arms.
"Alright toothpick, calm down." You walk away.
"Toothpick!?" Shiro belts, following you.
"S-Seven-" Fumio noticeably swallows, "-Fi-Five, what-what are you doing back here?"
"Cut the bullshit-" You sneered, "-where's the hero?"
"Hero?" Fumio frowns, "What hero-?" He was cut off by your fist flying across his face, blood sprayed from between his lips, he coughed while struggling against his restraints.
"I'm out of patience-" You growled, taking a warning step closer. "-where is he!?"
"Who!?"
"The hero who was jacked last night!" You matched the venom in his voice, "Blond, red eyes explosive quirk, you of him?"
"N-No-!" Fumio shakes his head, "-I-I have no idea-"
"You were already ratted out by your dear old friend Kuro." Shiro crossed his arms over his broad chest. "So again, cut the bullshit."
"I-I have no idea what he told you, but I had nothing to do with-" You swung again, hitting him harder this time, gripping his neck you forced him to look at you.
"You keep spouting off bullshit-" You warned, "-and I'll cut out your tongue and put it to better use."
"You-You wouldn't-" Fumio glances at Shiro for comfort, but all he did was shrug, the smug expression on his face sent chills down Fumio's spine. "-I really don't know anything-!"
"Ok-" You nod, pulling the switch blade from your pants pocket, flipping it open.
"O-Ok-!" Fumio tears up, Shiro rolls his eyes. "-I-I'll talk!" You bring the tip of your blade to the edge of his mouth, eyes burning with rage.
"If it's more bullshit-" You smile, "-then I'll start cutting pieces out."
"But-But don't I need my tongue to talk!?"
"Mm-" You hummed, "-for now you still have fingers to write with."
"Ah-" Fumio flitches, feeling the cool steel against his flesh. Shiro's eyes flicker down, only to shake his head seeing how Fumio just pissed himself, he rolled his eyes, how did this punk have a reputation for being a hard ass? But...Shiro glanced at you, if there was one thing Shiro truly knew about you, it's your scare tactic was always on point.
"You waiting for a fucking standing ovation?" Shiro looked up from his phone.
"I-I-" Fumio swallowed the lump in his throat, hesitating. You sighed, applying more pressure to the blade, drawing a line of red causing Fumio to whimper. "-it-it was Akui!"
You glanced at Shiro, not expecting to hear that name.
"All I know is Akui grabbed your hero, I don't know what for or where they went ok! Now please, let me go!"
Shiro and you exchanged looks, could you believe this information?
"I swear, that's all I know!"
"Now was that so hard?" Shiro wondered, putting his phone away.
"Now-Now you can let me go now, right?"
"Mm-" Shiro pulled his lips into a thin line, "-not right. See, while you two were having your little play date, I was texting the police your location."
"What!?" Fumio gasped, "You bastard-!" Fumio thrashes against the metal restraints. "-you said you'd let me go!"
"Those words never left either of our mouths." Shiro retorted, you moved to his side. "We have to you know, being on the straightened arrow and all, we can't just let a drug dealing back on the streets, how would that make us look?"
"You're the fucking canaries-!" Fumio cursed as you and Shiro began to walk away. "-you better watch your backs you fucking rats!"
"Yeah-Yeah." Shiro waved over his shoulder, already knowing for as long as they live, the Seven Bullets will always be looking over their shoulder.
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