New Boss

"Will you let Aidou go if I promise to help you?" Zero asked.

"I don't believe in promises," Yuuki answered. She walked over to Aidou and forced opened his mouth, placing a drug into it then forcing him to swallow. "I can give him the cure for this poison once I'm satisfied. It's a long term poison so you won't be able to see the affects immediately but I assure you he will die without cure. Like this, a deal is more secure than promises."

Zero laughed, "fine with me."

Kaien clicked her fingers at her men, "release him and get the best doctor here right now to treat Zero's wounds."

As Aidou was released, he quickly tore the blindfold from his eyes and looked around to only register what kind of a situation he was in. "What's going on? Who forced me to eat whatever that was?" He quickly ran towards Zero who was already free but who still had an obvious gun-shot wound on his shoulder. "Are you ok? Who did this to you? I was suddenly approached by the Bloody Shears weirdo's so are you ok? Did they do anything bad to you?" Aidou stopped questioning Zero suddenly remembering he was still in the territory of his enemies. He turned and saw Yuuki. He was too shocked to even say anything, pointing at Yuuki with his mouth hanging open and looking at Zero.

Zero sighed, "Aidou, I'll explain this later to you but at the minute I think you already know how bad our situation is."

"Yuuki, that annoying brat is actually a girl," Aidou said, "no-no way...and a pretty girl to add. Zero, did you know she was a girl all along? Is your phobia cured?"

Zero grabbed Aidou's face and glared at him with the face that said, I'm already very annoyed so don't piss me off anymore. Seeing Zero's scary face, Aidou quickly shut himself up. He sat quietly in the room with Yuuki and another guy as they watched a doctor treat Zero's wound. It didn't take long.

"Zero, I think I should return this to you now," Kaien said handing the bloody Rose gun back to Zero.

Aidou watched as Zero took the gun. He had an uneasy feeling in his chest.

"Well, I'll sort out the preparations," Kaien said exiting the room.

Aidou couldn't stop himself from asking anymore and said, "Zero, I don't know much about the Bloody Shears but I do know a little. Can you tell me-"

"You know the time when I disappeared from you I joined the Bloody Shears," Zero began, "when I reappeared before you, I told you briefly it was just a group of outlaws and thugs but I wished to change my life and start over."

"I remember," Aidou said, "we had to fight a few times because the Bloody Shears kept coming after you but after awhile it was fine and we thought that they'd given up in pestering you. After those fights, we were just normal, but to be honest, I always wondered why a normal group of thugs would care so much about one person quitting."

"That's because Bloody Shears isn't just a normal group of thugs and I was quite a known member at the time," Zero slowly said, "It isn't a wonder that they refused to leave me alone since it is-"

"Bloody Shears is one of the top three groups within the underworld," Yuuki interrupted, "in a more simplistic term, when we say underworld we really mean the Mafia society."

Aidou was gob smacked. With his mouth gaping open from shock, Aidou stared at Zero and had a face that said, are you for real? Impossible...what did she just say? Since when did you join a Mafia?

Zero sighed, "Its as she said. Bloody Shears is actually a Mafia group. You understand now don't you Aidou? That's why they can't allow someone to quit and whoever gets involved must either stay in the group or die. I think I'm the only exception there is that I've managed to survive for this long."

Aidou snapped out of his little shock that is more appropriately described as a heat attack. He always knew Zero had a very dodgy past and to Aidou this didn't matter at all. They are still friends no matter what happens, what he must do now is try to help Zero. Aidou glared at Yuuki, "hey brat, even if you are a girl and look pretty – it doesn't change the fact that you are one. Who the hell are you and brat; give me the cure right now."

Yuuki twitched, finding herself irritated more than angry, "Aidou, I really do wonder if you are deaf? Would you like me to pay for your ear operation?"

"What is that you little..." Aidou snarled, "Don't you start picking a fight with me. You super clingy good for nothing annoying and cross-dressing freaky girl. I'm telling you, save that money of yours for yourself. You seriously need to get plastic surgery."

"Why are you calling me clingy when you're the one who is clinging to Zero right now?" Yuuki protested, even more annoyed to see Aidou holding Zero's arm. She got so annoyed she went and wrapped herself around Zero's other arm and smiled at Aidou, which made him glare at her.

"Get off Zero now," both Aidou and Yuuki shouted glaring at each other.

"Both of you get of me," Zero shouted, pushing both of them off him. He stood with distance from both Aidou and Yuuki. Somehow the anger he felt before had disappeared. He was mad and there was an undeniable feeling of hatred towards Yuuki that he felt only minutes ago but... everything went away. As soon as he saw Yuuki and Aidou bickering like their usual-selves the anger and hatred was replaced by calmness. Zero was so confused at the minute he didn't know what he truly felt or thought. "Seriously, don't you two understand what kind of a situation we are in?"

Both Aidou and Yuuki were very silent.

Zero sighed, "Aidou, you are technically a hostage at the moment. I'm being threatened and Yuu- that girl there is supposed to be controlling everything. Take this situation a little more seriously and stop messing around."

"She was the one who started it," Aidou protested but seeing Zero give him a sharp look he stopped.

"Now, can you please get this over and done with," Zero said, "what is it exactly you want me to do?"

"We wait until Kaien gets back," Yuuki spoke but very weakly. She noticed how zero had avoided saying her name now and that upset her greatly. "All you have to do is be yourself. You only need to stand behind me during the ceremony."

"What ceremony?" Aidou questioned.

"I see," Zero said, "I understand. Just standing besides you is enough isn't it? Then after I do that, please do as you promised and give the cure to Aidou."

The door opened and Kaien reappeared into the room, carrying with him some clothes. He went straight towards Zero, "these are your clothes."

Zero stared at the black jacket that was in Kaien's hands, recognising it was his own. He took it, remembering what it was a sign of then and now.

"What are we doing with him?" Kaien asked Yuuki, pointing at Aidou.

"He's a special guest," Yuuki simply said. "You can keep a good watch over him whilst the ceremony happens. Actually take him to that place and I'll join you shortly."

Kaien grabbed Aidou's arm and began to drag him out the room.

"Hey, wait what ceremony?" Aidou protested as he was forced to exit the room.

Yuuki stood back to back with Zero, facing the other side of the room. She heard him undressing and putting on the clothes Kaien gave him. She felt a little awkward being there but there was something she wanted to know before everything started.

"There is something I wish to ask you," Yuuki began, "I want to know the answer."

There was silence so Yuuki continued, "Before that, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I lied to you from the start. There really isn't a good excuse for what I did but will you tell me truthfully... before you knew I lied to you, did you think of me as a friend?"

Yuuki turned around to face Zero who was already turned to look at her. She gasped at the way he looked with his new outfit. He looked exactly nothing else but dangerous and almost like a true devil with the chains that hung from his pocket and the gun in his hand. He gave off such a dark presence dressed the way he was now that Yuuki almost didn't recognise him. She understood why he was deemed one of the four knights. He certainly gave off the feeling that he was someone powerful.

"Well, what difference would it make if you knew?" he asked her back.

"Its fine," Yuuki said, feeling a little scared of him. Was it his change in appearance or something else? It felt like he changed but she couldn't say exactly what. "Even if you don't tell me right now, it's fine. I can tell you though, that I truthfully thought of you and Aidou as my friend before this. Let's not waste anymore time."

Yuuki walked out the room with Zero following behind her. They made their way through the long corridors until they reached a massive big door with two men stood waiting.

"Please enter," one of the men said opening the big door, "we are waiting."

"You wait here until you are needed," Yuuki told Zero as she entered the room alone.

The room was filled with thugs and seeing Kaien standing with Aidou at the front, Yuuki joined them.

"All of you be quiet," Kaien shouted over the mutterings of the thugs. "You do know that your boss Kaname Kuran is currently missing. As one of the big three, Bloody Shears cannot run without a boss. So right here and now, we will elect our new boss."

There was complete silence as everyone in the room focussed their attention on Kaien.

Kaien continued, "After illumination of the candidates, we are left with but one suitable person to ascend to the position of the Bloody Shears boss. This person is no other than Yuuki Cross. Now we will begin the official ceremony to confirm this if there are no questions."

Kaien looked around and seeing that there was no reaction, he motioned for his servant to bring over a box. He opened it and from it, retrieved a golden ring which bore the symbol of the Bloody Shears. Yuuki held her hand before Kaien and he was about to place the ring on her finger when someone shouted, "Stop."

From the back of the room, a small group of people began to make their way towards the front.

"I don't agree that a girl should take over Bloody Shears," the leader of that small group stepped up and said. "Under Lord Kuran, Bloody Shears has earned such a good reputation; do you think a girl can handle this?" He turned to face the crowd of the crowd of thugs, "how can we trust this girl? I'd say for the good of Bloody Shears we ignore this girl's connection to Lord Kuran and reconsider the candidates. I mean, look at us. Look at Bloody Shears now, its pathetic. It's become the laughing stock of the other groups, Why?" He paused before continuing, "Because the four knights left Bloody Shears. The four knights that stood for the ultimate power in the underworld where practically every other group feared their power, they are gone, gone along with our boss. Now we go and place a girl to be our boss and our reputation will go down even more."

"Out of all the possible candidates," Kaien shouted, "Yuuki Cross is the most suitable."

"Suitable in what sense?" the gang leader questioned, "she is being targeted by others. She can't even protect herself, don't even think about Bloody Shears."

"Then you are suggesting someone else should become the boss?" Yuuki said, "how about you? Would you say, you are a better candidate to being the boss?"

"Of course," he said.

"Don't joke around," Kaien said, "Yuuki is the strongest-"

"Then let me test her," the gang leader shouted, aiming his fist at Yuuki suddenly.

There were a lot of gasps and whispers, especially the faces of horror as the gang leader knelt onto the floor, his fist flying through the air onto the ground and he stared at his wrist which gushed out blood. It took him seconds to realise the person standing before him and that made him quiver more than the loss of his hand.

"It couldn't be… the worst knight out of the four… you're back."

Whispers began circling the room now. "…impossible…"

"…Z-zero Kiryu, he's back…"

"There's no way, the devil is back."

"It is him, it is the devil…"

"As expected, he's strong. He cut off his hand using a gun…"

"…no way, didn't he disappear ages ago. Why is he here? We're doomed…"

"Your presence is quite a poison to one's composure," Yuuki whispered. "It seems like they still hold fear to you."

Zero looked at her but said nothing.

Unable too believe what he had just seen though, Aidou shouted over the whisperings, "What are you doing Zero?" Aidou understood he wanted to protect Yuuki but this was going to far. "What have you done?"

Yuuki shot Aidou a warning glance, "he's my knight, understand that."

There was silence in the room.

Yuuki smiled, "does anyone else want to oppose me? If not then I am officially Bloody Shears New Boss."