The Almighty Shrimp
Fumiya wasn't worried.
He. Was. Not.
Not when he saw how bad Naomi's bruises were. And definitely not when he saw how badly Alexandra was wounded. She was fine. Alexandra could get hit by a bus and jump right back into the action. A few (dozens) of cuts won't affect her.
Sure she cried in pain when Fadeyka ran upto hug her. But it was fine, Yosano had said her wounds were superficial. She was fine. Alexandra was never in serious danger. Sure it was possibly his fault that she got caught since he was the one to throw that charcoal to the fire and send them back in time.
It's not like he planned her to fall in the same place as a group of Ring soldiers. Also she was fine! She said so herself. She walked around easily, even if she clutched her abdomen a little bit more often. But she was fine. She sat and got up easily when she was wearing her boots.
Fumiya ignored the way she clutched her brother's hand tightly when they started to walk.
Alexandra was fine. Everyone was fine. Daishiro was fine, Takashi was fine, Fadeyka was fine, Ryutaro was fine. His family was... He would find his sister soon. She was strong. Strongest in the Stray's. She was fine too. Somewhere in the city, currently missing, but fine.
He took a deep breath. It was not fine. The situation was not fine, his sister not was fine, the group was not fine. Fumiya was not fine. He did not worry. He was a Dazai and a Nakahara. Getting emotional was not a choice.
Still his eyes caught his partner's movements. The slight limp she had on her left leg. He could see the blood on the fabric of her pyjamas. She pretended it was fine but Fumiya's trained eyes saw it. This was his fault. But feeling guilt wouldn't help them. His dad had always said emotions could ruin a mission. Still he tapped on the Russian's shoulder when he was close enough. Alexandra turned unceremoniously. The circles under her eyes were much more darker and her voice lacked her usual flair.
"And how may I help you, darling? If you want hugs from your bestest friend in the world, I fear your request is denied." she smirked. And Fumiya was already regretting this.
"Well my bestest friend in the world would be my sister. When she doesn't make me want to throw her out of the window." he grinned. "After her it would be your brother." The Russian rolled her eyes.
"Well then traitor." she pouted. Fumiya sighed. Let's just get this over with.
"I'll treat you to a meal. Or books. Whichever you want." the bandaged boy declared. The younger turned around, walking backwards.
"I accept the offer. Free stuff is the best stuff... but why?"
Instead of answering her Fumiya turned towards Daishiro "Say captain, if I were to, hypothetically, use that charcoal would you tell my parents?"
Daishiro looked sighed, poker face breaking just enough to show his irritation. Still, his answer was what Fumiya was expecting.
"You know I won't."
"Well them I'm the one who used the charcoal and brought us all here." he smiled. Only Alexandra laughed at him.
"I shouldn't have given it to you." she giggled.
"I fucking knew it." Fadeyka groaned. "You shouldn't have carried one at all!" he scolded. Alexandra smiled shyly.
"Go easy on me! I was held captive for the past twenty fourish hours! And tortured too." she complained.
"We're gonna fix you once we get back. Don't worry." Yosano-sensei smiled empathetically. Alexandra glanced at her before cluthing Fadeyka's arm tightly. She whispered to him in Russian but she spoke too low for Fumiya to understand.
Fadeyka laughed at her sister and patted her head. He answered back in Ukrainian. Show off. Fumiya hated when those two could just switch up languages and have privacy. The hypocrites always listened in on his conversations. Whaever Fadeyka said, made Alexandra frown. Which was enough for Fumiya to enjoy it.
"Well that was entertaining to watch," his dad interrupted "but we got company. On the outside." he tapped the glass one the window.
The company was worse than a relative meeting during holidays (which Fumiya had only learned thanks to Higuchi's sister and her very, very large family). There was at least two dozens of guards, all armed, surrounding their exit. Well... maybe they should have thought this through more carefully.
"Ryutaro? Are we ready?" Alexandra asked to the racoon on Fadeyka's shoulder. The animal gave a small squek. Alexandra smiled.
"Perfect! Let's just hope we don't die. Dazai-san," Alex walked upto the bandaged detective. "May I have your phone?"
Dazai raised his eyebrows. One of the good side of being clones of their parents was actually having the talents they had. So it would be no surprise if Dazai couldn't have any idea what Alexandra was thinking. And looking at his face, Fumiya was sure that was the case. Still, Dazai gave the phone to the Russian. Despite being confused, Dazai only questioned Alexandra after a minute of her fiddling with his phone.
"Hey little miss, may I ask what you're doing with my phone?" Dazai smiled towards the girl. Alex replied without looking up.
"Right now, I'm trying to find someone on your contacts. Three years yet reading this damn language is still so hard." Alexandra huffed.
"Need help?" Fumiya asked, knowing very well that the girl would refuse it. She didn't even answer him.
"Why aren't they coming in?" Takashi asked.
"They think we have set up a trap." Dazai said nonchalantly. Ryutaro jumped on his head with a squek. He was oddly verbal tonight.
"Well, we are the one's who are trapped." Takashi huffed.
"Not anymore! This must be it!" Alexandra smiled triumphantly. She had opened a contact in Dazai's phone. Fumiya only seen the name for a second before she pressed the call.
"What are you doing!?" Fumiya felt his heart beating like he ran a marathon. "I want my dad alive and well in the future, not murdered by my father!"
"Wait what?" Dazai asked, slowly realising who the girl was calling.
"Oh relax." Alexandra waved him off "If they exchanged numbers they should expect a call. Also it's not your father I want to talk to and if the plan- Oh hello!"
And immediately there's a scream coming from the other side. It's not clear enough to be heard but loud enough for Alexandra to extent the phone away from her ear with a flinch and hissing with distaste.
"Chuuya? Why are you answering?" she asked when the executive finally stopped yelling. Chuuya must have said something like "It's my phone" because Akexandra continued with:
"Yes I know it's your phone but it shouldn't be in your hand. We kind of had a plan."
Meanwhile everyone was eyeing Dazai with strange expressions. Only Yosano seemed amused.
"So," she grinned "You have fancy hat boy's number?"
Though Fumiya could see the small pink painting Dazai's cheek, he doubted anyone else saw it. He was good at hiding his emotions even when it was his body involuntarily reacting.
"I know, such a misfortune isn't it?" he asked dramatically, "Since Mori-san was too fixated on making us work together I decided someone needed to get a headache for punishment-"
"Hey Dazai?" Alexandra interrupted. The bandaged detective turned to her. "Chuuya here says your existence causes a headache and you are a major bottom organ of a male. Though he said it in a different word."
"Well you tell him- Give that to me for a second!" Dazai snatched the phone from the Russian and answered Chuuya himself.
"Well chibikko-"
"Nice job." Fumiya smiled at the girl. "Only my dad can distract my father."
"Learned from the best." Alexandra winked at him.
"Just what are you planning?" Takashi grinned.
"Okay the plan belonged to Ryutaro." she gestured the racoon. In the background Sigma groaned and whispered something like "A raccoon can't do that."
"AND! Don't yell at me, you're awfully loud for someo- Chuuya..? Chibi?" Dazai called out. What got the attention was the serious tone. "Chuuya, you there? Something is odd." he mumbled the last part to himself.
"Put it on speaker." Fadeyka said. Dazai did, and it was odd. There were grunts and yelling on the other side. It almost sounded like a fight.
"Someone just grab it!" a girl yelled suddenly.
"If it's so easy, you do it yourself!" another voice retorted.
"Get off of me!" Chuuya yelled. "Oi Tachihara stop standing there like a goddamn tree stump and help me out!"
"Why is Ane-san and Gin attacking you!?" Tachihara's distant yell came through.
"What is going on there!?" Fumiya asked. Everyone had huddled close to the phone. Everyone except a certain Russian and the racoon in her arms.
"Hurry it up will you?" she called from her place.
The fight appearantly continued for a couple of seconds before the second voice yelled again.
"Got it!" her voice was much louder. "Ane-san hold them there!"
"Finally." Alexandra took the phone from a confused Dazai's hand. "You were supposed to get it before I called you." she pouted.
"Yeah yeah. You tackle Nakahara Chuuya youself if its that easy." the girl grunted. "Well, where are you? Do I need to pick you up?"
"You need to pick all of us up. At Mukurotoride. There are, like twenty guards."
There was a mocking laugh from the other side "You can't handle twenty guards?"
"Hey we just beat forty of them! Fotry-ish." Fumiya huffed. "We're tired! And only half of us are fighting here."
It was true. Despite their large numbers, most weren't good at fighting. Tanizaki and Fumiya weren't strong enough to handle too many guards. Fyodor, Alexandra, Dazai and Sigma hadn't even bothered to fight. This left Atsushi, Yosano, Fadeyka, Kunikida and Daishiro the main fighters.
"Right. I forget forty guys are too much for one person. Well I'm on my way. I believe daddy dearest wouldn't be opposed to me stealing his bike."
"I- what!?" Chuuya exclaimed.
The fighting noise from back had cut off. Fumiya assumed whoever was there explained the situation to Chuuya. Alex (or Ryutaro. Probably Ryutaro. It would need two kidnappings and five explosions before Alex finally considered asking for help) figured they might need help. So they made a plan with the rest of the group. One would go find her, and the others would wait for a call.
Since their phones didn't work in this timeline, it was not unusual for them to use phones from the past. The unusual thing was that Dazai and Chuuya had exchanged numbers. Now their parents loves them, and they love their parents but almost all of them (with the exception of Atsushi and Akutagawa given how eager Dazai was to tell people) had kept their past as a secret.
Sure you learned things as you grew up. For example Fumiya knew his parents met at fifteen. Or that Koyo and Yosano hadn't even properly met until after the vampire incident. But when almost all of them were enemies at start, it's no surprise that some details are never brought up.
Fumiya sighed as he listened to his father and sister bicker on the phone. Meanwhile his dad had come next to him, trying not to laugh as Chuuya's voice got louder and louder. It felt like he was back at home and everything was normal. If only.
Still... It was nice. After all his sister was fine, and from the looks of it, so was the rest of the his team. Maybe they could finally turn things around and everything else would be fine too.
~~~
They waited for roughly twenty minutes before Ryutaro chirped and led them all outside. Meanwhile they had called the Agency, telling them what had happened.
"We need to have a meeting to discuss things." Kunikida sternly said as they walked outside.
"Oh come on Kunikida. We are all tired!" Yosano sighed "Look, Naomi has already fell asleep!" she gestured the younger Tanizaki. The girl was standing but her head was on Junichiro's shoulder and he was supporting her as she walked, which meant she was actually awake but Yosano decided to ignore it. "We can do it tomorrow morning."
"I second this..." Alexandra raised her hand. Though she hadn't even raised her head or opened her eyes from her place on Fadeyka's back. Her voice was muffled and slurry. Towards the end of the wait she had fallen asleep and now her brother was carrying her. Although she too, seemed to be awake. At least partially.
"I can't handle meeting right now." she yawned. Her accent was thicker than before.
"There's an 'a' there." Takashi softly corrected.
"Whatever..."
Kunikida looked at both girls, his eyes narrowed.
"Let's just wait for little shrimpy. Then we can decide." Fumiya smiled at the idealist. He thought about it for a moment before nodding. Their walk continued in idle chatter, most on the front. Fadeyka was walking a bit behind, with the extra weight.
"Well you're okay with this." Alexandra mumbled. Fadeyka half turned his head to her, clearly confused. She raised her head a bit.
"I mean Captain." she whispered. Daishiro turned to the younger, brows raised.
"You know... This. Not leading. It not like you." she slurred. "I think they gave me something. Things not make sense."
It was obvious. She was becoming more and more unintelligible with her accent and mistakes. Fadeyka took a deep breath in and out. Daishiro patted the boy in the arm, trying his best to reassure him.
"Sensei will heal you." Daishiro reassured. "Let me answer your question alright?" it was for the best if she stayed awake until they got her to the Agency.
"I don't need Yosano-san. I need sleep." she mumbled. "I just think you like being leader."
"I do but it's not an easy task. It is refreshing when someone else handles it once a while. After all we're only human." Daishiro explained.
"That's what Ane-san is for after all." Alexandra said, mostly to herself.
"Good girl. If you ever become a leader you will need help too. Both to help you and stop you if you make stupid decisions." the swordsman patted her arm. Alexandra chuckled. It was a quiet one, opposed to her usual loud, theatrical cackle.
"As if. Leading is not my type. If I ever did though, I know who I want as my second."
"Me?" Fadeyka asked.
"Fumiya." his sister hummed. Fadeyka huffed.
"I guessed but still..."
"It's not personal." Alexandra raised her head. She seemed less sleepy compared to before. "You judge me so much. Fumiya gets my thinking. Just like Alexei and Ran-" she cut herself off.
And surprising Daishiro, she blushed. She burried her head in Fadeyka's nape, muttering a "nevermind". Daishiro looked at the other boy but he shrugged. Well... Alexandra was weird like that.
"Okay let's wait here." Takashi said. Then they turned around. Their coat started to flutter even if there was no wind. Then it twisted and got shorter and shorter until Takashi was wearing nothing but their white shirt and there was a tiger.
Yes. A tiger. Fully black, with so little white in there. Though that might be the ability. It wasn't as big as a normal tiger and if you looked at it carefuly you could see the belt and buttons of the coat. Takashi smiled and patted the "tiger" on the head.
"Everyone, meet Aki. In her full form." they smiled. "I'm gonna send her to scout the area."
"Of course. First a racoon makes plans, now a coat is a tiger who can scout the area. Why not!?" Sigma groaned. "What's next, we all are actually stray dogs or something!?"
"Ugh bite your tongue." Dazai frowned. "Who would want to be dog? Dogs are disgusting."
"You're much worse, shitty mackerel." a voice said from aboce. Dazai dramatically groaned. Unlike everyone else he didn't look up to see a small figure was floating above them.
"Is that a dog barking?" Dazai smirked. Immediately Chuuya kicked him in the head.
"Shut it bastard." he said as he easily landed next to them. "I'm not in the mood."
"Must be embarrasing to get beaten by three kids, huh?" Alexandra grinned and Fumiya was pretty sure his father would have beat her into the next month if she were not half of his age.
"What are you even doing here?" Fadeyka asked.
"Little brat almost stole my bike so I had to give her a ride. Also don't send that tiger thing. She told me to keep the area clear. And I'm only telling you because I feel like it! I'm not a messenger!" Chuuya answered, looking rather annoyed.
"What brat?" Kunikida asked.
Suddenly there was a loud crash. They all turned towards the open area where soldiers were waiting for them. Instead of people with loaded guns, there was a giant boulder crushing a truck under it. The soldiers had scattered around, most fallen to the ground because of the impact.
"This is much more pathetic than I thought!"
"That brat." Chuuya pointed.
Nakahara Shizuko: The Muscle The One Who Always Saves The Day
Ability: No Room For Gravity
On top of the boulder there was a figure. Had she not yelled they wouldn't have guessed her to be a girl at all. She was quite far away and her hair was short, barely reaching her nape. She laughed gleefully.
"Shizuko..." Fumiya smiled.
"This is the bunch you couldn't handle? Seriously!? Should I do everything for you?"
"What are you waiting for!?" a soldier got up and raised her gun. "Shoot that shrimp."
"Shrimp..?" the girl echoed. "SHRIMP!? HOW DARE YOU!?" she roared with fury. "I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW I AM AVARAGE!"
She raised her foot up and hit the boulder. It immediately cracked. She hit it again and this time the boulder broke into to four pieces. The soldiers got up and readied their guns.
"Oh this is gonna be fun." she grinned.
"Should we help?" Yosano asked. Fumiya laughed. It was the same as Shizuko's.
"Do you ask to help when he gets into a fight?" he gestured Chuuya. "She'll destroy them."
Destroy was the wrong word. Annihilate or obliterate was a better choice. It became obvious that Shizuko's ability was related to gravity manipulation. She easily kicked the rock pieces all around, crushing soldiers like she was playing bowling. And when they tried to shoot her he bullet stopped mid-air and flew right back at them.
She was done under a minute.
"Damn... If she's gonna be like this I'm okay with a kid." Chuuya grinned. Dazai looked at him as if he were a five headed giraffe.
"That's my Shizuko!" Fumiya yelled as he ran towards his sister and crushed her in a hug. She rolled her eyes.
"What's with you?" she asked frowning. "It was hardly different than my normal routine." Fumiya laughed as he let her go. He mumbled something to her which caused the girl soften her expression. She ruffled his hair, or at least tried to. They had a bit of a height difference.
As they walked closer Shizuko's features became more visible. Despite the original thought she had a soft face. She had round grey eyes and freckles adorning her nose and cheeks. She had dark auburn hair that was cut similar to Chuuya's, though it was short.
"Wow it's like seeing you in Suribachi for the first time again." Dazai said to Chuuya. All mafiosi could was to nod. Both kids walked side by side, resembling the duo so much. Though Shizuko's posture resembled Dazai more than Fumiya's did.
"Well?" the girl asked when she was in the earshot. "Aren't you gonna bow down and beg?"
"That's not in your normal routine though, is it?" Fadeyka smirked. Shizuko scoffed.
"Whatever... Catch!" she threw something to Fadeyka which easily caught. It was a white fluffy looking hat. A familiar one.
"You found it!" Alexandra smiled as she got the ushanka from Fadeyka. Her brother frowned.
"You lost it!?"
"Is that my hat?" Fyodor asked examining it.
"One at a time boys." Alexandra grinned, though she didn't answer at the both of them. She threw the hat her brother "Hold on to it Deyka. I'm gonna need spare clothes too. They ruined my pyjamas."
"Honey it was already ruined when you bought it." Shizuko said. Alexandra ignored her as well.
"Soooooo are we going now or..?" Takashi asked.
"To Port Mafia you are." Chuuya said. "Boss wants to talk to you kids."
"Nope. Denied. It's sleep time." Alexandra said. "We can talk tomorrow."
"I'm not sure what you're used to but you don't deny the boss of the Port Mafia-"
"Sure you do. I always do it." Alexandra interrupted.
Sensing Chuuya's incoming anger Daishiro took control of the situation.
"Why don't we all meet up tomorrow to disguss things?" he suggested. "At least that way we don't deal with explaning the situation over and over again. And us falling asleep mid-meeting."
Chuuya glanced back at the group. Naomi was already asleep on Tanizaki's shoulder and Alexandra was getting there. Though they weren't the only ones who were sleepy. The rest was appearantly exhausted too. The mafiosi sighed.
"Tomorrow then. My boss will call yours later."
"Deal."
Chuuya didn't seem glad whatsoever but he seemed to have realised it was a lost cause.
"Whatever. I'll send the other two to wherever you kids are staying. Good night." and without another word he walked away.
"And the trouble continues." Dazai muttered. Then he turned to Kunikida and asked, "What are the chances of the president giving me an off day tomorrow?"
The blond didn't even bother to answer, he was too busy dreading the meeting. Just like everyone else was.
Everyone except the cause of the problem. The kids. They were just grinning from ear to ear, happily talking to Shizuko.