The Beginning
Everything was black. The last thing that you recalled was reaching up in the water as you tried to claw your way back up as you drowned. Your chest aching for air. With no air in your body your eyes felt heavy as you closed them. You heard muffled screams and shouts, but to you it didn’t matter. Nothing did. That’s when everything became black. Everything seemingly still, at least to you.
Your eyes slowly fluttered open. You groaned as you sat up, your head throbbing. You looked around to see that you're in some sort of medical room. You noticed someone asleep in a chair next to you. You furrowed your eyebrows as you didn’t recognize them. They had blonde short hair and had a cowboy hat. He seemed familiar… Like you saw him in a picture that you saw from a book or something.
He stirs awake. He saw that you were awake and he smiled brightly as he spoke, “You’re awake! I’m so glad! Why were you just laying on the ground in an alleyway? You know that can be dangerous! Good thing I found you first though!”
Alleyway? That can’t be possible… You were in water… you thought to yourself. You shake your head. “I… Don’t know… I don’t remember what happened… Who are you?” you asked.
“Oh, right! I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Kenji! What’s your name?” he asks back.
“I’m y/n,” you told him.
“Nice to meet you y/n!” His smile brightens if that was possible.
“Nice to meet you too, Kenji,” you said. His name is repeating in your head, trying to recall when you heard his name before.
His smile disappeared. “So, you really don’t remember why you were in the alleyway passed out?” he questioned again.
You shook your head no and looked down at your lap. “No… I don’t… The last thing I remember is being under water…” You said.
“Hmmm… Maybe Yosano will know,” he said.
“Yosano?” you ask the name also familiar.
He nods. “Yeah, she’s our doctor here at the agency,” he said getting up. “I’ll be back, Ima let her know that you're awake,” he adds as he leaves the room.
You sat there processing what he said. Agency. Kenji. Yosano. Am I in Bungou Stray Dogs? You asked yourself. Things were starting to make sense, somewhat.
A female with dark chin length hair walked in. You assumed it was Yosano. “Where am I? Why was I brought here?” You asked.
“You're at the Armed Detective Agency and you're here because Kenji found you and decided to bring you here,” she sighed.
You nodded, which confirmed your suspicion. “So… Your Yosano?” you asked.
She nods. “That’s correct. You can leave whenever you want. You're physically fine, so not really our problem. Though from the sounds of it, you have some amnesia,” she simply stated.
You nodded again and got up. “I understand… Thank you…”
“Heh. don’t think me, I wasn’t the one that found you,” she stated and left leaving you alone.
You sigh and walk out, the main office was pretty empty. Maybe one or two people are currently working. You didn’t say anything and walked out. You went down the many flights of stairs and went outside. You began walking down the sidewalk, not really knowing where you're going to go. After all, you're not their problem. Plus you knew what would happen if you stayed there as they are in constant danger. The best that you could do is try and blend in.
As time passed you walked along the river. You smiled softly to yourself remembering that Astushi did the same before he joined the Agency. The sky was already dark. Street lamps were the only light you had. You saw a bridge ahead of you. Deciding it was the best shelter you’ll find tonight you decided to walk over to it. You laid down on cement on your side and stared at the river. A million thoughts crowded your head such as how you even got into this world. What was really happening? And why were you in an alleyway? You sighed as you knew you’ll never get any of your questions answered. You closed your eyes as you tried to fall asleep on the hard surface. Your body shivered slightly from the cool air. You slowly fell asleep as the exhaustion took over.
You woke up yawning. Sitting up you found yourself in the same place as before. You got to your feet and stretched your sore body. Your stomach growled. You roll your eyes at it and begin walking. You knew it would take a bit before you die from starvation, however you still needed money. Maybe you could pickpocket someone?
You walked for at least an hour before going into an alleyway. You had to wait till there weren't as many people as they could get in the way if you were caught and had to make a run for it. You sighed as you leaned against a building. You heard people talking deeper in the alleyway. You debated whether or not you should investigate it or not, however before you could decide your legs began moving on their own. You walked deeper into the alleyway, soon you saw two people talking. You quickly hid behind the nearby dumpster that was a lil bit away, but close enough to listen in. It seemed like they didn’t notice you. You kept your mouth shut as you listened.
“Look, I don’t plan on taking it easy on him. He has grown a lot, yes, but this is the mafia. If you don’t fight your way then you might as well have never joined,” someone said.
“He’s a kid, Dazai, and an orphan at that. You need to have some patience as he learns to control his ability that he didn’t even know he had,” the other person spoke.
Is Dazai still in the mafia? But I thought he joined the Agency by now. Am I in the past of the series? You thought to yourself. However you couldn’t help wondering about which orphan they were talking about as there were many. As it seemed the mafia had a habit of taking them in, especially if they proved themselves as useful.
“I am well aware, yet you’re missing the big picture. If he doesn’t learn quickly then he will die,” he simply said.
The other one sighed. “You know, you're a pain in the ass, but what are we going to do with the one that’s eavesdropping on us?”
Shit.
“Well they didn’t hear anything of much importance, but it isn’t polite to eavesdrop either. Kid, come on out from behind the dumpster before my partner pulls you out instead.”
You sighed and stood up and came out of hiding. They were both looking at you.
“Who the hell are you?” the one with the orange hair spoke.
“I’m y/n…” you slowly said looking at them uncertain if you should run or not.
The one with brown hair, you assumed was Dazai due to the anime, then spoke before his partner could. “Are you a spy?” his voice came out a bit harsher than before.
“A spy? No,” you said more calmly then you thought it would come out as.
“Great! Though we still have to take you in, procedure after all. It's that or we kill you,” he said.
“I’ve already died once, what makes you think I would stay dead?” you said before you could stop yourself. Well, technically it wasn’t a lie as you did drown, but not in this universe. “Besides all I heard was you talking about some orphan that I don’t even know about.”
Dazai looked at you excited. “So what’s being dead like?” he asked. “Do you want to do a double suicide with me??” he adds onto his questions.
Before you could even answer the orange haired male spoke up first. “Dazai, Focus! For once in your life!” he yelled at his partner. You assumed his name was Chuuya.
You couldn’t help but to laugh. Both looking at you in confusion. You soon stopped and looked at them with amusement at their banter. You saw their confusion from your laughter at the situation. “Sorry, I shouldn’t be laughing. To answer your question, no. I will not commit suicide with you, as clearly you don’t want to die alone, that or you tried many times before however failed to do so.” you accidentally say too much.
Dazai looks at you then at Chuuya and nods.
Before you could process what’s happening you fell back a bit due to a kick to your face. You landed on your back. It knocks the air out of you. You quickly got up however and barely dodged the punch from Chuuya. “Fucking hell,” you muttered as the breath came back to you. Hot pain throughout your face where he had kicked you. Your chest aching from the lack of air for a few moments.
Chuuya sped up his attacks, somehow you keep barely keeping up. You noticed a faint orangish reddish glow around him. He’s using his abilities, you realized.
“Impressive, you can keep up,” Dazai commented.
That comment however distracted you and his attack hit you in the gut causing you to fly backwards and hit the building. You gasped as the air was knocked out of you again. Your vision is blurry. Darkness starts to cloud your vision.
“ability user… copies… like,” you heard a voice say. You couldn’t make it on whose voice it was or all of the words.
“Taking her in?” another voice asked before your vision became completely black.