The Dawn of a New Threat

[lily]

Hotaru was closely following Lucci but knew he must have been going easy on her because in reality there was no way that Hotaru would have been able to keep up with Lucci's full speed and she was correct about this as Lucci finally began to test her skill to the full extent it could be used at. He suddenly began moving so erratically that if Hotaru hadn't known he was there and that she was following him he would've disappeared completely from her sight. However she barely kept her eye on him as he zipped off into the distance.

She saw him zip off into a building into the distance and so Hotaru pulled out her pudao and a card with it and swiped it through the slot in her weapon. The blade then began to glow pink as Hotaru took the weapon and tapped herself on the chest which caused the number 10 to appear on her and she kept using Vanish until she came to noticeably large gap between the first one and the second building. So she leapt directly at the building wall and to much surprise of everyone who would be watching she phased right through it. She began to follow Lucci through buildings and finally caught up to him and then she climbed the top building that Lucci was on. Then she appeared next to Lucci and smiled at him with her usual devilish manner no matter how strong he was she doubted he had ever seen a wide variety of abilities like this on one girl. "Now what~?" she said before putting her weapon away.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

-|| Rob Lucci ||-

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Lucci smiled to himself and nodded as he watched his first chosen disciple made her way through the buildings showing incredible skills in speed, movement, agility and observation in order to keep up. He didn't waste any more time on the girl but sent his gaze back down upon the rat-faced man. Lucci already knew who this man was and what he was doing here... It would be Hotaru's task to prise that information out of this man and a little bit more. Hotaru had managed to reach his side and asked in a casual manner, "What now?"

"Now begins your first real test. I want you to use your interogation skills and find out who this man is, who is he waiting for and what information he is looking to pass on," Lucci informed her. "But this task must be carried out discreetly. Nobody should know we are behind this task." Lucci continued before passing a face mask over to Hotaru. It was white with sequins lining the sides and a long nose that came across the front. "Here, take this. Use it to conceal your identity. Lose your identity and this whole operation becomes pointless."

Lucci stopped talking as he felt the information Hotaru needed had already been passed on but not having worked with her before, he offered her a chance to ask any question she may have. "Any questions?" Lucci asked but his attention had diverted back upon the man. Callum Ferguson, that was the name he used and he hid behind the identity of a salesman but the truth was much different. There was much more to this guy than what met the eye.[/blockquote][/blockquote]

[lily]

Hotaru took the mask in one hand and looked it all over it was...different to say the least but to her it actually seemed nice so she smiled when she felt the material it was made of and put it on. She then took off her top hat and placed it on the ground next to Lucci. She then took off her cape and extra accessories and threw them on the ground as well. She looked up at Lucci and noted the way he looked and said "Well..if i'm gonna join you. I'll need a suit and a makeover. These clothes are too festive for covert things." she said as she took the ribbon out of her hair and cut it into pieces which let the ponytail part of her hair come down and flow by the back of her neck.

Hotaru then said "While i'm getting this guy..would you mind finding me some new clothes?" She pulled out some beri and handed it to Lucci "Also some brighter red hair dye since now...i'm going to need to lose this identity and become someone else." She then took out her pudao (which still was activated with her special ability) and suddenly disappeared through the building. She then got down to where the man was standing and reached out before pulling him through the building and climbing back to the top with him with her. She then threw him on the ground and held the sharp point of her weapon to his neck and said "Now..i'm only gonna ask you once...who are you? And what are you planning?"

OOC:Shaki basically Hotaru's new look is gonna be this one...

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

-|| Rob Lucci ||-

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"Well..if i'm gonna join you. I'll need a suit and a makeover. These clothes are too festive for covert things." The girl said before cutting her hair short, immediately changing her appearance. This meant she was ready to leave her old life behind and begin the new one. The one where she would fight for the cause."While i'm getting this guy..would you mind finding me some new clothes?" She asked him with confidence. "Also some brighter red hair dye since now...i'm going to need to lose this identity and become someone else."

Lucci can't help but turn his stern expression into a smile as the young girl offers a handful of beri to the former World Government assassin. Although Lucci wasn't used to running errands for others but his newest recruit seemed to have got him to change his mind for he found himself accepting her request.

"Red dye? I think you could pull it off but try not to draw attention to yourself, otherwise you'll just have to kill off anybody who may notice you." Lucci warns her before producing a mask of his own. Once placed over his face he disappears from sight with an incredibly fast 'soru'.

Meanwhile, Hotaru had managed to grab a-hold of the man within moments and had begun her interrogation. "Now..i'm only gonna ask you once...who are you? And what are you planning?" She asked him.

Scared and looking as confused as possible the man spoke through quivering lips, "Ferguson... Callum Ferguson. I'm waiting for a client. I'm not planning anything. I swear, I'm not looking to scam him or anything. I work honestly... Please don't hurt me..." He says, cowering in fear whilst saying so.


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[lily]

"Callum Ferguson.." Hotaru said to herself trying to remember if she had ever heard the man's name from somewhere before but she couldn't. As she listened to him speak about what he was doing and why he was there she tightened the grip around his collar and lowered the blade so it was almost touching his nose and said "I'm gonna ask you another couple of questions...and you're going to answer...or else!" she said tapping his nose with the blade which would hurt but wouldn't break the skin. She paused for a moment and then said "Who is it that you are waiting for...and what are you going to tell them?" she narrowed her eyes and waited for his answer. She was also going to wait to put him back onto the street until Lucci got back so when or if he tried to tell anyone that Hotaru had kidnapped him she would've changed her identity and also would use her weapon to place a "curse" on his tongue so if he spoke about anything they didn't want him to say she could detonate it and end him talking...forever.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

-|| Rob Lucci ||-

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"Who is it that you are waiting for...and what are you going to tell them?" Came a question as sharp as the blade she carried. The sweat on the man's nose was now being penetrated by the tip of the blade.

"I-I-I'm not allowed to name my clients- BUT I WILL. I'll tell you." He squeaked like a pig, "Just don't hurt me. I'll tell you everything you want." This man was a profound actor. He was used to situations like these. What Hotaru didn't know was he carried weapons of his knife. Several small knives were hidden all around his body. Having spent many years in the circus business, he had perfected his knife throw during his time as a carny.

"Aiden Cooper! I'm waiting for Aiden Cooper. He's a tall man with very long legs and he'll be carrying a briefcase. Usually wears a very long top hat." The fat man confessed like a puppet on strings. "I will be delivering this briefcase to them. I don't know what it contains. All I know is, they requested this from my company manager... I work for 'Shoes and Shine' ... We produce customized shoes. Mr Cooper has abnormal feet and I believe he requires a new pair of shoes."

The plump man always had answers ready should someone question him. Only under very serious threat would he break out of character. At the moment his lies were working well and his cover was still intact. "There I told you. Can you please let me go. I don't know anything else, I swear to you." He lied to Hotaru as honestly as he could.

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Lucci had approached a young boy in an alley wearing a mask of his own to cover his face. Offering him the beri Hotaru had given him, he set him on the task to buy what she required and told him to return to the same point. Lucci had offered him a reward for carrying the task out and warned him he would be watching should he decide to make do with the money.

The young boy complied with Lucci's instructions and without much effort, the former CP9 agent had a smart and elegant uniform for his newest acquaintance along with some red hair dye.


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[lily]

As the panicked man told Hotaru that he wasn't allowed to say his name but would tell her anyways her eyes immediately narrowed as she silently listened to all of the information that he gave her and she then smiled as if to give him some sort of confidence that she has believed but with lightning speed she turned her Pudao to the ring part at the end and shoved it in his mouth having it touch his tongue and the number 2 appeared on it as she smiled again in an almost crazy, unnerving manner and said quietly "I just placed a curse on your tongue. If you lie or try anything...I will blow it up. Along with your head as a firework. Now...let's try this again...with the truth. Who are you and what did you come here for?" she held the blade at his neck this time in case he tried to move she could easily just take it away or cut him into mini pieces. She waited for Lucci to come back with her clothes so when he went to report her for kidnapping him she would change into her new outfit and go about her new general identity.

[|The SHAKINATOR|]

-|| Rob Lucci ||-

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There is scowl on the man's face and suddenly he is no longer the scared, innocent salesman but an arrogant and evil man. Even his voice changes to a deeper and more sinister tone. "Listen you silly girl, you're messing with the wrong sort of people here. I can honestly say this will not end well for you. I suggest you leave now before it ends up getting worse for you..." He tells Hotaru but after a moment of silence, he realises the girl means business and is not afraid of the consequences. "Fine, if that's the way you want it... But this sort of information will end up being the death of you. Mark my words... You won't last long." He warns her before spilling the beans. "You want to know who I am? I'm part of a secret service for the World Government. I'm a Cipher Pol recruiter. We find young children with potential and kidnap them and then tell their parent's their children died in an accident. Is that enough truth for you? He asked her in a sarcastic manner as if this wasn't what she wanted to here but it was enough for Lucci who had now arrived.

"That is indeed what we wanted to hear Grimbles." Lucci said and as he slowly removed the mask from his face, the expression on Grimbles' face turned into a horrific sight of pure fear. The last thing he had expected was to run into the most fearsome Cipher Pol agent ever. And agent gone rogue who was after his blood. The man who had recruited him. "Well done Hotaru," he said turning to his partner. "Here's what you requested," Lucci told her as he handed her a bag. "I'll let you finish him off. I'll be back at the place where we first met. It's time for us to move on now." He ordered her before disappearing.

"NO! NO! OH PLEASE NO!" He screamed in distress. "Missy, I told you what you wanted to know. Spare oh please spare me child. I didn't mean anyone any harm. This is my job. I don't take pleasure in it. LUCCIIIII~ FORGIVE ME PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!!!" He pleaded but it was too late. His sentence had been declared.

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[lily]

"LUCCI PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" Hotaru had heard Lucci come back but didn't take her eyes off the man as if he tried something she'd be ready for it. So as he begged for his life and began screaming Hotaru retracted the blade from his face and with great speed suddenly stabbed him into the chest where his heart was and then stood up and detonated the charge in his mouth before he could scream in pain which would blow up his head. She then pulled her weapon out of him and shook it to shake off the blood so that she could not leave a trail she then walked over to Lucci and took the stuff she asked for from him before moving to the side of the building saying "Don't watch." as she stripped down, dyed her hair letting it fall to it's natural length before cutting a few pieces off of it and then changing into her new suit that came with a tie and black high heels which were something Hotaru would never think of herself wearing.

She then gathered up her old clothes and walked over towards Lucci saying "Now where do we go from her Lucci?" as she twisted the ends of her hair in her fingers making them not so straight as before. She took her Pudao and unscrewed the blade on the top before wrapping it up in the ribbon that had been in her hair and then folded the staff part into a 3 part triangle and attached it to her hip.