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The ginger just stared at his partner with eyebrows furrowed. He just couldn’t help it, that weird
feeling keeps haunting him ever since that day.
The day when he hold the brunette’s hand for the first time. The day when he saved the brunette
from drowning— preventing the brunette from committing suicide.
Right now, they were in the middle of a mission. A mission of infiltrating an enemy’s hideout.
Information of the enemy’s identity is already leaked to them. It’s a private organization called
‘Devil’s Pawn’.
The ginger— Chuuya Nakahara— and the brunette— Osamu Dazai— are two out of the five
Port Mafia Executives who are paired up for doing most of their missions.
Sure, Dazai loves to toy with Chuuya and sometimes even order the ginger around like a sheep
dog. And when the brunette does, Chuuya will just shout at him, saying “You jerk!” while
throwing a punch, which Dazai will be able to dodge easily.
It was like a usual thing for them.
“Hey, is it still far ahead?” asked Chuuya, which Dazai reply with a shrug. Then, the brunette’s
lips curved in a teasing smile.
“Hey, is my heart still far ahead?”
The ginger immediately reddened at his work partner’s words. Did Dazai read his mind again,
like he often does?
“What do you mean?!”
“Of course, I’m just kidding,” answered Dazai calmly, earning a light kick from Chuuya—
which he dodged, obviously. “After all, I have no interest in men.”
———
They entered the enemy’s hideout quietly. They were supposed to remain unnoticed.
Supposed to.
But, unfortunately, things aren’t as smooth as they thought it would be.
Armed soldiers began to come out from all sides of the hideout— which in this case, tents—
surrounding them, blocking all possible escapes routes. It seems like they had heard about Port
Mafia’s plan to infiltrate their hideout.
Dazai and Chuuya glanced at each other, sending a secret code that only both of them
understands.
Then, they began to mercilessly attack the guards.
The enemies doesn’t know that they both have an Ability— a rare supernatural powers that
comes in many forms. Only 5% out of all people in Yokohama that possesses an Ability.
Chuuya’s Ability— For The Tainted Sorrow— allows him to manipulate gravity of the things he
touched or encountered and also himself.
Dazai’s Ability— No Longer Human— can nullify other’s Abilities through simple touch.
Which means, all Abilities will have no effect on him no matter how strong they are.
“Gravity manipulation.”
About ten armed soldiers began glowing red. Then just a split second later, the armed soldiers
were slammed to the ground really hard, creating a large hole on where they were slammed.
The ginger smiled, satisfied with his own powers. Another ten armed soldiers who attacked him
was also defeated easily.
Meanwhile, Dazai wasn’t very fortunate. His Ability doesn’t work for non- Ability user. No
Longer Human only works for people who are also using their Ability.
Right now, the brunette was at his limits.
He only had a gun at both of his hands, and even his right hand is wounded. One versus twenty?
It’s already obvious who would win and who would lose.
Seeing his partner— his beloved partner— in trouble, Chuuya’s rage began to pile up. The
ginger closed his eyes, letting his Ability take over.
Corruption.
It was the real form of his Ability, which even he himself couldn’t control. It’ll consume up all of
his energy until he dies.
His rage is devastating. Destructive.
The ginger’s small body began to glow red, and gravity is radiating around him like a black hole.
Even the ground near him is crushed.
The armed soldiers who is in the middle of torturing Dazai freezes at their spot and looked at
Chuuya with horror. There is only one thing on their mind.
'What the hell is that?'
Dazai himself looked pretty surprised. But he didn’t come close to Chuuya. He knew when is the
time he should help his partner. Actually, he had predicted that this kind of thing will happen.
All he needed to do now is watch the ginger annihilate their enemy, and then nullify his Ability
so that he’ll still be alive.
After all, Chuuya is like a brother to him.
And he couldn’t possibly let his brother die.
———
While the brunette is plotting their next move, a distant scream was heard. It’s not a painful
scream, it’s more like an enraged scream.
Dazai turned to the source of the scream.
Blood.
Dead human flesh.
Crushed ground.
Evil laugh.
Apparently Chuuya had defeated— no, murdered— the Devil’s Pawn Leader. And that’s the end.
They defeated an entire organization overnight.
Without hesitation, the brunette grabbed his partner’s slender wrist while whispering ‘No Longer
Human’ quietly under his breath. Frost blue light began to glow from his palms.
In just a split second, the ginger’s Ability was nullified. He was back to normal.
But he was bleeding. Badly.
His energy was completely drained.
And he fainted.
Slowly, Dazai’s lips curved into a smile. He then patted Chuuya’s head gently while saying
something. Something that he rarely says.
A praise.
———
The news of Devil’s Pawn annihilation spread like wildfire, and before long all of the organizations in
Yokohama were talking about them.
And that day, was the birth of their— Dazai and Chuuya’s— partnership.
People call them the devastating rivals.
The Double Black.