Chapter: 5

Three weeks later

15 years old

Madara's:P.O.V

Location: kingdom of vale, city of vale, city red light district, club.

It had been three weeks since I had left atlas and I have been getting to know vale in and out, now though I'm here in a club to meet a well known information broker called junior, to gain in-depth information on the goings on in vale, as I reach the bar I sit down across from the bar tender and ask "can I just have whatever you thinks good and can you call junior here?, I want to buy some information from him" when I had finished the bartender nodded his head and poured me a drink before turning around and calling someone, I guess junior on the phone behind the bar, after about a minute he turned back around to me and said "junior'll be down in a minute and the drink is called the reapers delight" I just chuckled at the irony of the name and waited.

Five minutes later a man in a black suit with gray eyes, short black hair, along with a matching beard and mustache approached me and asked "so what can I do for you?" When he finished two girls, one in red and one in white walked up behind him, I then stated "I need you to work for me" junior and the two girls stared at me, then they burst out laughing, after about a minute of them laughing uncontrollably they stopped and they looked at me as I stared back with a deadpan stare, junior noticing I'm being serious asked "your serious aren't you?, do you know how much it'll cost you to get me to work for you?" I just raised a scroll in my hand showing him a bank account with seven million lien in it before saying "this is a bank account under your name if you work for me this bank account will be refilled daily and all you have to do is report to me all and anything you hear which is interesting in vale as well as send some of your informants over to mistral, atlas and vacuo in the future, any questions?" they just stared at me gaping, a minute later they regain focus and junior looks at me in the eyes before asking "and whats stopping me from just taking all of that money off of you then leaving you for dead?" I had a little chuckle and smirked back at him before stating "the fact that if you did the entirety of the branwen tribe will come screaming for your head, you see im the tribe leaders son, as well as the fact you wouldn't be able to even if you tried" now he was frozen again while the girls at his side looked about ready to fight or run away, I couldn't tell really.

Getting annoyed at them for being frozen for too long I cleared my throat loudly alerting them and getting them out of their thoughts, then I said "well are you going to work for me or do I need to find another informant to present this deal to? And you two disguised enforcers dont even think about it" I finished with weak and wordless shinra tensei increasing the gravity on them by about 10 times making their knees almost buckle, releasing it i then ask again this time getting rather aggravated at his lack of answer "SO IS THAT A YES OR A NO" when I asked that I pushed a bit of Chakra into my eyes causing them to glow an eerie crimson and the tomoes to spin faster as I stared into his eyes, I then held out my hand.

Same time

Junior Xiong's :P.O.V

Location: kingdom of vale, city of vale, city red light district, club.

I stared back at this young teen who had just walked into my bar and made me an offer to work for him, I stared at his demonic looking crimson eyes which put a grimms to shame, I looked down at his hand which was outstretched to me and i thought to myself 'its not a bad deal and i he seems interesting, i want to see where this could go' as i finished that thought i grabbed his hand in a shake as stated "alright kid you gotta deal, now are you gonna tell me who im working for or not?" Then the teen grinned before answering "its not kid its madara, madara branwen owner as well as creator of corvus works and next in line to be tribe leader after my mother steps down and soon to be ruler of this world"

I could do nothing but grin as I heard this, i like this kid hes got ambition, i then asked "so what first boss" the kid then said "I need you to get me into contact with Roman torchwich, I've got a job for him" I just took out my scroll and called Roman.

A day later

16 years old

Neapolitan's:P.O.V

Location: kingdom of vale, city of vale, vale docks, abandoned warehouse.

I stood beside Roman as this guy who had contracted us through junior, walked in to the warehouse which we had chosen for this meeting, I noticed that he was about my age he had long unruly hair which looked like a ravens feathers, pale white almost unblemished skin and the most unique soul penetrating eyes I had ever seen, they where crimson in colour with rings surrounding the pupils in a ripple like pattern and nine tomoes which where slowly rotating around his pupils(link{https/naruto./wiki/Rinne_Sharingan?file=Rinne_Sharingan.svg}, he was dress in a suit of Karuta armour (link{https/image./v2/image/Y29tLmtleWFwcC5tYWRhcmF1Y2hpaGF3YWxscGFwZXJhcnRfc2NyZWVuXzNfMTUyMzQ2ODI1OV8wOTk/screen-3.jpg?fakeurl=1type=.jpg} as well as from what I could spot a pair of red bladed katanas strapped to his hip, two large pistols on his opposite hip and back respectively, he also had a giant curved thing wrapped in fabric on his back.

As I finished my observation of him he sat down accross from us confidently sitting in the chair which we had hooked a bomb to the bottom of, looking like he has everything under his control and that nothing could do anything to stop that, he caught my eye with one of his and winked before grinning at me as he leaned forward, he placed both of his elbows on the table before bridging his fingers infront of his face and saying "well I am not disappointed, you both had me made three blocks away before I even made it to this warehouse, you both searched my body with your eyes, identifying all of my weapons as well as possible weapons and you've also rigged this chair, might I make a guess that its either set to explode if I get up or its connected to a trigger one of you has in your possession, you two are very good" after he had said that both me and Roman grinned in pride i could see Roman was gonna speak but before he could the guy spoke again "its a shame im better" he then grinned then when. both me and roman blinked, the next millisecond we're seeing him standing their infront of us grinning as he pressed both of his revolvers to our foreheads as he says "your about a thousand years to young to get the drop on me, now I would like to offer the both of you a deal, would you like to hear it?" After he had asked that both me and Roman glanced at each other, both of us having a silent conversation for a minute before we both nodded to each other, we both got comfortable in our seats before Roman said "alright lets hear it, we haven't got all day im a busy guy" the guy accross from us actually chuckled at Romans blatant disrespect before stating "I knew I would enjoy your company, you remind me of an old acquaintance I met a long time ago, he was just like you same mouth and all" but as soon as he finished saying that it was like a switch had been flipped inside him and his demeanour change from that of slightly playful and joking, to that of stonefaced and strict, it was slightly unnerving as all emotion drain from his face before he began to speak again in a strictly business-like tone "I need you to work as informants for me, you see I have a feeling that some very big players are going to reveal themselves soon and I have a hunch that they will seek you out for your particular set of 'skills', all I need from you is to play along with them, report to me whatever they have you doing and whatever they are planning to do" once he had finished both me and Roman looked at him as if he was the dimmest person on remnant as I thought 'is he serious, doesn't he know how much it would cost to hire us for an extended period of time like that and what guaranty do we have that we wont get caught and killed by these as he put it 'big players', the guy accross from us stared at us gauging our expression before stating "I see the way your looking at me and I know what your thinking ;this deal sucks, would he even be able to pay us; and all that but I haven't finished yet, you see I so happen to be one of if not the most wealthy men on remnant and I have the the backing of the new tech/mercenary company corvus works as well as the most powerful bandit tribe on remnant the branwens, so if anyone messes with you from now on we will have your back also you will be receiving a substantial pay check every week, enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life, i will also make so that any new tech that corvus works cranks out would be readily available to you both, so what do say partners?" He finished with question while holding out his hand towards Roman, after we had both gathered our thoughts Roman said "can you give us a minute?" As he pull me away from the table by my shoulders.

Reaching a corner Roman asks me "so what do think Neo?, it sounds like a good deal to me, all we have to do is be a double agent for this guy then we get protection and money, it sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me" I tapped my index finger on my chin in thought before I began to type on my scroll, a second later I held it up infront of his face, on the screen it said "/its up to you Roman, I know that you will make the right choice for us, but I also think it sounds like a good deal and I think we both could tell that hes not lying/" Roman just reached forward and rubbed my head, smiling as he ruffled my hair while saying "Neo you always know what to say to get me focused, okay Neo lets do this" we then both turned back around, walked back to the table and sat accross from the guy, as Roman said "alright we've come to a decision" after he had said that he extended his hand while saying "when do we start boss?" The guy smirked before reaching forward and shaking Romans hand while saying "immediately, and its madara, madara branwen son of raven branwen the chief of the branwen tribe, im also the founder and CEO of corvus works, so if any of you have any questions please just ask, I would like to get the technicality's out of the way" Roman and i just sat here a bit dumbfounded as the now named madara branwen sat across from us still smirking.

Two hours later

15 years old

Madara's:P.O.V

Location: kingdom of vale, city of vale, city red light district, club.

I had finished talking to Roman and Neo an hour ago after we had ironed out some of the finer details, I had also started to get to know them slightly better, such as their likes, dislikes and parts of their backgrounds, like I learnt that Neo had grown up on the streets of vacuo and had been taken in by Roman when she was eight years old, while Roman was still learning the ropes of being a good thief, i had also learnt that she has an eidetic memory (a.n: photographic memory)meaning that she can see or read something and remember it all perfectly, this also includes fighting styles, she had used this certain skill of hers to learn all she could at a combat school back when they were staying in vacuo, I had also learnt that she has selective mutism and can only talk when she is only in the presence of someone she trusts completely, she also can be triggered by extreme trauma or extreme emotions.

I also learnt that Roman used to live on a farm before it was wiped out by Grimm, that he had taken up the hobby of being a hatter when he was taken in by an old man who owned a hat store, that he only started being a thief when the store started to go bankrupt and he was let go, though the old man gave him his hat as a goodbye present and hes worn it since, also funnily enough Roman said that his first heist was a mansion of rich Noble who had been extorting money from the hat shop.

Now im back in juniors night club as I sat in a booth with both Melanie and Miltia on either side of me as I listened to junior give me a report on the whats going on in vale, both girl thought they were sneaky with their hands feeling up my sides and arms as well as their lustful glances they kept sending me when they thought I couldn't see them, but I knew what they wanted but they'll have to wait till later to get what they want.

As im listening to junior i hear him mention the island of patch and that signal academy is where he recruits most of his henchmen from as most students who get rejected from hunter academies dont have any other choices for employment as they have been training to fight not do anything else really, I decide to myself to go visit that academy before I leave vale on my way to vacuo, as I think this I feel both of the girls hands running along my thigh in between my legs near my crotch as I decide to humour them i say "thanks for the report junior, now I've got to deal with these two", getting up i turn back around so that im facing them then I grab both of them before throwing them over my shoulders and heading up the stairs to the upstairs rooms as I feel both of them giggling on my shoulders.