Dinner with Killers (Closed Social)

[Deleted]

What do you mean? Like, go scope out the back rooms? You may have to dress differently or something so that no one thinks it's weird how some random guy walked in, looked around and walked back out. That's even more suspicious than anything else." Shizuka said. The man who sat across from her watched her, staring into her eyes and cracking a small smile. He forgot that Shizuka didn't know what he could do and what his particular set of skills happened to be. He chuckled slightly, his smirk growing as he lowered his gaze down her body then at the food on his table. "Do you remember, Shizuka, when you asked if you could see what I could do back in that strip club?" Zack asked, picking up his knife and cutting some into his meal to get another piece.

He ate another small portion of his meal and cleaned his lips with his napkin before returning his gaze to his date. Was he planning on showing her his powers? No. He was simply letting her know that his card was still on the table. Shizuka didn't know what his powers were or his particular skills at all. All she knew was that he had dispatched a small army of assassins by himself, and had risen to the rank of Sword in a ridiculous short amount of time. At his current speed of growth he could possibly become a Gun soon. At this time, all Shizuka knew was that he was a skilled assassin.

"If he isn't back there, then he isn't back there." Zack asked, giving her a playful smile as he gave the other diners a quick gaze. "Though, to be honest.." he began to say, giving Shizuka another look as he rested his hands on top of one another. "I can't tell whether I want to find him sooner or later. Later means that you and I get to stay like this, enjoying the others company. Though if we find him sooner..." he had begun to say before shutting his mouth and smiling. He then calmly stood up and walked to the other side of Shizuka, stopping when he was beside her. "I will be right back." he said, giving her a warm smile as he made his way to a set of doors built into one of the walls.

Stepping through the doors, Zack spied the bathrooms at the other end of the hall as well as a set of stairs going up to a second floor. The man sighed, running his hand through his hair as he walked down the hall. Spending time with that woman made his head feel hot and his pants tight. He needed just a few minutes to cool off and get the job done. He wasn't sure what was going to happen between the two of them once this job was done. Would they go their separate ways or would they adjourn to his apartment. He wasn't sure. He was normally a confident man and could tell where he stood after a few minutes of conversation. But Shizuka was different. Maybe he was nervous because she was his superior? Maybe it was because she was stronger than him? Regardless, Zack stopped when he reached the stair case and gazed upwards to it. Was this the private room? He checked to make sure nobody was coming down the hall and decided to just go for it. He silently ascended the stair case, checking for any sounds. It was oddly quiet. Zack got the feeling that the room was empty, and upon finishing his ascent he saw that the private rooms where in fact empty. He couldn't help but smile and shake his head before laughing.

Hide and go seek cases were always fun, but this one was just ridiculous. Well, he could now go back and tell Shizuka that the private rooms were empty. As he was about to head back Zack noticed a book resting on a table. Walking over to it he inspected its contents and noticed it was a roster, containing the names and times of the guests. Sure enough the private room had been booked for a party of ten in two hours. Zack shook his head, decided to tell his date about this. He gave the dinning room a look over, noting its rather large size, the massive table, and the private tables with some cushioned seats.

Heading back down the hall Zack reentered the dinning room and made his way back to Shizukas table. As he sat down he looked at her and then started to laugh. He shook his head as he chuckled, taking a sip of his drink and smiling at her. "Well, it was empty! And it isn't being used for two whole hours." he told her, putting his drink down and scanning through the guests again. "Well, what do you want to do Shizuka? I'm getting anxious to find this guy. Do you want to bring your pet in? Or should we try something else?" Zack asked, giving her a look. "Or we could go do something else while we wait?" he suggested before suddenly turning his head when he heard a woman scream.

A larger woman was pointing at the table with the fat man with his two friends. One of the men, not the fat one, touched his face. When he pulled his hand away, Zack thought that he saw blood in his hand. Zacks eyes narrowed as he watched and noticed the mans face seemed to be peeling off. The fat mans eyes widened, looking around the room at all the people staring. The other man leaned forward and said something in German that Zack picked up on just barely. His eyes widened and he looked at Shizuka, tapping on the table with his finger and then pointing at the man whos face was bleeding. He silently nodded. The playfulness in his eyes were gone, replaced by full blown seriousness. He was asking if the two should move in now or wait.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Do you remember, Shizuka, when you asked if you could see what I could do back in that strip club?"

Shizuka thought for a moment. She realized that she did not remember much about that day, especially since it happened some time ago. She did remember, however, that Zack's powers scared even him, and he is the one who wields his Fullbring. She knew, of course, that times had changed and he had grown accustomed to these new abilities. She was still curious about them, and though she feared she may never see him in action, she was wondering how easy it would be to get him to show her. She looked at him, her heterochromatic blue and green eyes betraying her curious nature. She knew it was obvious to anybody walking by that she had a question on her mind, an important one, which no one could answer. In her mind, asking someone to show you their powers was basically like asking them to strip, and that was not going to happen. She liked Zack. He seemed nice enough. She did not want to make him feel too uncomfortable about anything, so she wanted to keep her mouth shut for now. Shizuka knew how intimidating it could be to be invited in to Xcution and pretty much given just one specific job meant for you to follow, no questions asked. Maybe he felt the same? She was not sure. Honestly, that was her only guess and it was probably wrong, anyway. Keeping all of that in mind, she played along, not letting him realize she had forgotten their first encounter.

"Um, yeah! I think you just kind of brushed it aside or something, though. I never wanted to badger you about it because I thought you used that as some sort of leverage. I'm totally not judging you! Everyone has that one thing they use as leverage!" Shizuka paused, trying not to ramble on too much. She needed to get back on track. "Well, anyway, you never answered my question. Do we need to check the rooms to see if he's there?"

At this point, she was not too sure what to make of the mission anymore. Shizuka knew it was crucial for them to find this guy and get rid of him, but if he changed everything about himself and might not even be at the restaurant in the first place, then what the heck is going on? Were they completely mislead? Was this guy more crafty than anyone else who they have been sent after? None of it made sense. Shizuka stared down at her half-eaten dinner. Suddenly not feeling very hungry anymore, she frowned. This was becoming much more confusing than she originally thought. She knew this guy was good and had great forces of protection. What she did not know was if he was even here in the first place. Would Xcution really get a location wrong? In all the years she has worked for these guys, never once did they get a location or target wrong. It was unheard of. So what did this mean? Or, perhaps, Shizuka was simply thinking too much into it. That was possible. She had an overactive imagination that tended to go wild when she did not know what was really happening or something confused her, such as this entire mission. She sighed and glanced over at the table with the large man and his party, then slowly moved her focus around the room in different directions. Nothing seemed off. Nothing seemed like it was even remotely suspicious. Glancing down at her plate one last time, Shizuka was lost in her own thoughts until the sound of her partner's voice brought her back out of her daze. Her eyes darted back up to Zack just in time to watch a smile form on his lips.

"If he isn't back there, then he isn't back there. Though, to be honest., I can't tell whether I want to find him sooner or later. Later means that you and I get to stay like this, enjoying the other's company. Though if we find him sooner..." Shizuka knew what he was getting at, but before she could say anything, he got up and started moving. "I will be right back."

Zack moved and Shizuka's focus followed him until he was out of her sight. She decided that instead of following him, she would just relax and enjoy herself and finish off her dinner. It was her favorite dish, after all. Why let it go to waste? Besides, now she had the chance to really spy on everyone else in the room without being distracted by Zack. To be honest, while that may have sounded insulting, it should not have been. Zack was being really sweet to her and she was incredibly thankful for that. Most of the time, at least in her experience, the members of Xcution are colder to her or are too focused on their job because they want raises or higher ranks. She had never been challenged before, but that did not mean it could not happen. In fact, she was worried that it might. She did not know some of the members super personally, and even when she did, she was not familiar with their powers. Zack was the best example she could think of for this case, since he had been a member for a while now and she did not even know what on Earth he could do with his Fullbring. She had shown him her dragon, and that was a big enough deal on its own since Blaize was supposed to be the research department's secret. She, however, thought otherwise. Now she was sitting here at a beautiful restaurant, hunting down a man who might not even be in the room at all. Worse yet, during her mind babble and subtly checking out other people in the dining area, Shizuka's food was gone. She whimpered quietly, realizing she must have eaten it all while she was thinking about the problems of her life or something. Well, it was supposed to be eaten. So at least that got done, right?

"Well, it was empty! And it isn't being used for two whole hours," Zack said as he sat down and laughed a bit.

"Wait, you looked at the private rooms? Ugh, and they're seriously not even being used? Well, I guess that's good and bad. Good because it means he's gotta be around here somewhere and we're just stupid for not locating him sooner. Bad because it means he's around here somewhere and we're stupid for not locating him sooner," she replied, moving her hand behind her head to play with her hair the way she did when she was nervous or annoyed.

"Well, what do you want to do Shizuka? I'm getting anxious to find this guy. Do you want to bring your pet in? Or should we try something else? Or we could go do something else while we wait?"

"Something else? What do you m--"

Shizuka was interrupted by a sudden scream from a woman. She turned quickly in the direction of the noise and focused in on where it was coming from. There was this fat (like, obese) lady figuratively throwing her finger at this one guy who was sitting at a table by her. Shizuka followed where she was pointing with her eyes and saw the most disgusting thing she had ever seen in her entire life. This man was literally ripping off his face. As she gagged a bit, watching in pure horror and fascination, remembering to remind herself that not all villains are fat, the rest of his face slowly tore away in his hand. Blood covered it and Shizuka was now officially mortified. With her gaze glued to the guy performing self-mutilation, she had hardly enough sense left to realize that someone else was whispering something in German and Zack was already attempting to ask her if they should continue on with the mission. She noticed his finger taps on the table, snapping her out of her trance-like state, forcing her to respond to him. She quickly turned her head in his direction and locked eyes with him, exchanging her expression from frightened and intrigued to completely serious and combat-ready. Her options now would be to seize this man under the general assumption that he was the target, or to bring in Blaize and have her confirm any doubt. On the one hand, Shizuka was pretty sure that this guy was the culprit. On the other hand, she loved using Blaize.

"Zack, we need to make sure this guy is the one we need. Taking him right now would not only cause a scene, but also give us a chance of being wrong. I highly doubt this isn't the guy we need, but I'm also not about to make any mistakes," Shizuka told him, forcing herself to sound as authoritative as possible.

Shizuka looked around the room at the other guests. One by one, they were all quickly catching on to the guy who was literally defacing himself and freaking out. She had to get every innocent person out of that restaurant, because she was planning on using her Fullbring. That alone could potentially be enough to cause some major damage to the entire building depending on which liquid she used. Once everyone was out, Shizuka could whistle for Blaize to come into the building and signal whether or not this was the guy. That way, Zack and Shizuka could take him out without hurting anybody else and finally end this confusing mission. The first thing they needed to do, though, was get everybody out. Shizuka already started trying to herd people towards the doors to get them to leave as quickly as possible. She knew Blaize was outside, but that dragon could very easily hide and was incredibly intelligent, so she was not too worried. One by one, people started leaving. At times, Shizuka even pretended to leave in order to get people to go. Occasionally she would glance back at the man with his weird face, making sure he had not moved. Everything seemed fine so far. She did not think he caught on to them spying on him yet, which hopefully was still the case.

"Get everyone else out and keep an eye on him," Shizuka ordered, pointing towards the suspect. "We can't let him or his table get away."