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Yoite took one last drag from his cigarette before flicking it out the open window of the cramped van.

"Shit..." he cursed.

"Yo, boss, you ok?" a gruff voice came from beside him. Yoite looked over to see one of his gunman, Yun, extending a lit cigarette to him.

Yoite took his hand off the steering wheel long enough to grab the object and stick it between his teeth.

"Thanks."

Yun smiled a crooked smile at his superior as he fumbled with a button on his jacket.

"Any time. How far are we from the city, man, I'm tired."

Yoite turned his head and looked out the windshield. The sky was dark, and the street leading to Tokyo was lit only with dim streetlamps and the headlights of passing cars.

"About...twenty minutes, I'd say."

"Whatever. Hopefully, the next job won't involve this much damn driving."

Yoite threw up his hands in frustration.

"Look, the sooner you stop bitching, the faster I drive. Got it?"

"Yeah, I got it."

Yoite narrowed his eyes and kept driving towards the city lights.

A shattering noise sounded out from the back of the van, and Yoite's eyes shot up to look in the rear-view mirror. Two of his snipers were sitting cross-legged on the dirty van floor, a broken beer bottle sitting between them. The tow men were laughing insanely, and Yoite could easily infer that they had been drinking, and more than just one beer. A quick glance at the surrounding floor revealed four more empty containers, and Yoite rolled hi eyes and went back to driving.

They're better that nothing, Yoite. They're better than doing this all by yourself again. Yoite thought. He smirked as he thought the last bit. At least they're all under you.

His thoughts were interrupted by Yun's astonished tone.

"Wow...there it is..." the man said in awe.

Yoite looked up from the road long enough to let out a small gasp.

There was Tokyo, sitting before their van like a landscape photograph, the perfect urban panorama.

"Yeah...there it is." he whispered, half to himself.

The windshield was suddenly smudged with droplets of water that obscured Yoite's view. He realized that it had begun to rain, and, without looking down, he found the button on the door that closed and locked the windows. The sound of the windows closing him off from the outside world filled Yoite's ears, and he sighed.

A piece of black hair fell in front of his eye, and Yoite ran his fingers through his choppy black hair, which was tied back in a ponytail. He turned on the windshield wipers, and watched them swish back and forth across the glass.

Yoite's partially-tattooed hands flexed on the leather-covered steering wheel, and laughed to himself.

Only three years ago, I wouldn't have even asked Yukimi if I could drive the car...

Yoite patted the leather wallet in his jacket pocket, which held about seven hundred dollars and his driver's license.

Over the pounding of the rain outside, Yoite heard a distant train whistle.

"The Trans-Asian railway comes in to Tokyo...I'd forgotten."

"What was that?' Yun said. Yoite had forgotten that the paunchy man had even been sitting in the seat next to his.

"Talking to myself Yun."

The man rolled his eyes and took a swig from the bottle in his hand.

"Saayyy..." the man drawled, the alcohol thickening his voice. "You seem reeeeally uptight this evenin'."

Yoite clenched his jaw and allowed himself an eye-roll.

"Ya want one, boss?" Yun slurred.

Yoite looked at his companion through the corner of his eye. The man was holding an open beer towards him.

Knowing that the next ten minutes were going to be long without the drink, Yoite snatched the bottle away and took a swig.

Sorry it's short, but I had to go and continue on with my non-nerdy alter-ego (seriously, my friends all think I like to watch Pretty Little Liars.)

And, just to make this an official fanfic, Nabari No Ou is not associated with me in any way.

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