IV Gehenna War

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"OP: YDSL"

The operation that only Odin knows what it stands for, even the team of assassins that were gathered at the Gladsheim Hall, known as the meeting place of the Zodiacs, are not well informed about the operation.

 Odin scanned the room and took a deep breath as he glanced at the guy in his black denim pants and black long sleeves, 'Kill', at his early twenties is already a cross assassin, the highest rank someone in the creed that Shin leads can have, was tasked to lead the team on their mission, and still not aware that someone will be joining his team. Odin heard how good he is in stealth missions but a shadow that was never heard of and never seen in the training school joining them is something Odin doubts Kill can easily accept. Then he looked at the guy standing beside Kill near the window, 'Blood' a Lyncher of the second highest rank executioner from Freya's justice, is the only person aside from the gods who discovered the shadow's existence by accident when they were young, but has to seal his lips if he wants to survive.

 Standing in the doorway is a knight,'Abyss' who specializes in hand to hand combat a master martial artist is currently bandaging her arms looking bored; in the couch is the notorious Sniper who over flows with blood lust 'Mist' wearing transparent shades in a fitted black jeans and tops with her beloved gun in her sides.

Odin glanced at his fossil watch, 9:45 in the morning, the meeting should start at 10:00 but the other gods are not present and the representatives of Eir, the twin mad scientists.

"Kill, get the gods here if you must" Odin made it clear it was an order. Kill glared at him,

"I only take orders from people I recognize" after saying that he looked outside the window. Blood just sighed and started walking,,

"I'll get them" and he's no more

"Kill, don't dare my patience, I'm telling you I can break your neck in a second" Odin was not amused in the way the young lad talks back

"You can try if you want" Kill's comment made Mist smile,

"Respect the old man Kill, I'll play with you if you want" Mist stood up getting her gun ready.

Kill smirked, "Since when did you win against me? Remember you are the sub-leader, I'd love to see your defeated face and in your knees again"

That pricked her anger, she strode to his place and pointed the gun in the guy's forehead.

"You just got lucky! The next time I see you at Gehenna I'm gonna shoot you like there's no tomorrow! Bastard!"

Odin just sighed on the childishness of the two who are supposed to lead the team, Abyss chuckling decided to just watch the two lashing out each other.

"The Gehenna is for duel, training and to settle decisions and not for some empty threats, if you have a death wish I'll accept any duel request, Bitch" amused on how absurd the idea of Mist winning over him is just too funny.

Mist was to talk back but decided to lower her gun when she noticed a dagger flying towards the two of them; they made swift motion and the dagger passed through them going outside breaking the window. The Killing intent was too strong that they knew who it was.

"What warm greetings do I see between the team leader and the sub-leader isn't it just lovely?"

Shin in his all glory and together with the other gods. On their back are Blood and the twins.

"Whatever arguments and sweet threats you want to throw with each other please do it after the meeting" Freya was not in the mood to be patient and understanding to the antics of the young assassins.

The assassins fell into silence when they saw Freya, she is one the understanding and kind hearted gods but she seem to be edgy today.

"Now are you all ready?" Eir interrupted the silence

"Is this for the OP:YDSL?" Kill asked

The gods looked at each other which raised a brow to the team.

"Yes, but other than that we would have an announcement to make" Myddrin trying to gauge the assassins. He looked at Odin and Gandulf asking them to explain when Kill talked

"We have a problem on the OP details so I hope you'll have to enlighten us first with information before you add another shitload" He retorted. The tension between the gods was too obvious that even the other assassins are on their guard as to what the announcement will be.

Shin sighed and looked at Kill with warning

"Kill, our situation is already dire don't add bullshit, we know what we do and for some ignorant kid you better shut it" that shut him up, Kill knows too well how bad the temper of their creed head is, besides no matter how high his rank in the order, angering the gods are the last thing Kill would wish for.

"Do the talking Gandulf cause I've been trying my best not to impale Shin's asshole pet to death" Odin sighed. The tension is too much that he's becoming temperamental.

"No matter or whatever kind of assholes and douchbags I train, you're not the executioner's justice to judge people" Shin getting irritated

"Shut it, damn it not again, will the two of you threat each other later , and you kids take your seat in the long table" Gandulf ordered and so they did

"Just what is this all about?" Blood whispered to Freya

Freya sighed and whispered back "She'll be joining you this time"

Blood didn't get that the first time and looked at her with questioning eyes. Freya covered half of her face with her hands for Blood to have an idea who it is.

.................

Blood's jaw dropped and eyes widened at Freya

"She you mean.., her.., the phantom shadow?Killer?"

Freya nodded

"Seriously? Kill and the others won't even agree to that, you'll have to see blood before that happens, gosh this is just absurd!"

'Just what fucked up shit is this?' Blood thought to himself

Blood trying to compose himself, the other gods expecting Freya to brief him first just nodded in secret to confirm, Blood looked at Freya intently as the god took a deep breath.

"That's why everybody's edgy, just keep quiet and observe this time" then she looked away

Gandulf stood there as the assassins sat down and the other gods standing beside him, looking at their anticipating faces.

"A new team member will be joining you" Odin

Shock was registered in their faces. Kill's jaw hardened

" We were screened in our creed, we have to fight each other to know who to represent the creed, when the other sect have their representatives, we then have to fight again to determine the leader, and some fucked up sanovanitch will be joining us?!? now explain this bullshit!" kill trying to control his temper and voice in order not to shout..

Just as how the gods expected he'll react.

"Why the sudden add to the team?" Akatsuki the youngest in the twin playing with her pink long hair not minding the addition since she really is not the combat type but more into science together with her twin brother Tsuki.

"You'll need her as your back up; you don't have to worry since she will be in the shadows and won't be necessarily being in contact with you."

That made Mist angry

"I don't know anybody in Order, not even in the creed that can be better than us in this room! Aside from the twins who are mad scientists, everyone is the top choice for the OP in terms of assassination and combat!!"

"And besides, even with combat, no bitches here can be better than me!" Abyss challenging the gods.

"This is interesting, why don't you say something Blood?" Tsuki wondering why Blood is just observing

"If the Order says so then I don't have any say" He reasoned, aware that his reason was a crap

Kill laughed sardonically "You've always been the Order's pet! I didn't expect this from you" then he looked at the gods disdainfully

"Who is the Bitch that'll be joining us? Nymph is likely to be the person since she fell second to Mist" Still not settled with the sudden add up.

"No, she's new to you" Eir spoke

"Wwhhaatt?!?

Mist,Kill and Abyss altogether, the twin just uninterested and Blood getting nervous.

"A newbie!?!" Abyss now hysterically stood up with disbelief in her face.

"And she serves as a backup? Meaning you're telling me the bitch is better than any of us that she has to be in the shadows? C'mon!" Mist gripping tight on her gun, feeling so underestimated

Kill stood up and slammed the table

"She is new?!? We have been together for years now, training so hard to be in our ranks and someone who doesn't belong to the order walks in like some kind of a hero would backed us up? No way will I trust my ass to some greenhorn!" Kill with uncontrolled temper

"She's not some outsider! She is from the Order!" Shin trying his best to be calm, he does understand where Kill is coming from.

"Then she should be someone we know" Tsuki being curious.

"No you don't know her" Odin answered

"The heck is she from the Order if we don't know her; we've been here for years already! Crawled our asses to be in the highest rank of our expertise! We should know her!" Kill

"Abyss, whoever that mole is, we are from the different sect of the Order, it's impossible to miss her out!" Mist

"She is from the Order but doesn't belong to any sec the gods lead" Myddrin speaking the words carefully for them to understand it.

"How is that?" Akatsuki wondering why,

"All should be under a sec! That's the rule!" Abyss

Eir, trying to explain things carefully, the shadow is a special entity and they need to understand the fact.

"She's been here, in the shadows for 12 years now and moves in great secrecy, consider yourselves lucky to even work with her" Eir explained

Kill raised his brow, still not convinced

"Just why and how is she special that we have to consider ourselves lucky to work with a jerk bitch? Whatever an old hag she is!"

Freya finally speaking up

"She never works with anyone, and the only people who know her existence are the gods and Blood who accidentally discovered her"

Everyone looked at Blood, so that's why he was quiet..

"You knew?" Mist asked disgusted that he kept a secret.

Blood sighed and looked at the look of Kill like someone betrayed,

"I was just informed right now, I wasn't aware she'll be joining us"

Kill still at his temper

"That doesn't answer anything, why should we trust someone who never works in a team mission, I don't care what a fucked up lone wolf she is, I want to see her skills!"

"I also give a challenge to the loco!" Mist

"Of course I won't miss the chance to kill a shadow the Order is keeping!" Abyss

The gods knew there was no other way to convince them but to give in

"Kill I don't want any casualties before a mission starts, especially this one" Shin trying to convince the leader to stop the nonsense, they don't know what they're getting into.

"I won't back down! You're surely under estimating us! You trained us well, I can kill the old buffoon by myself, 12 years is making her old!" Kill with a confident smile

'Dumb ass, you don't know what you're getting into, even I wasn't able to handle her' Shin thought to himself.

"Let them taste death for once to keep them in the ground, they'll learn the hard way" Gandulf gave up long ago stopping the stubbornness of the young ones.

"You won't join us Blood?" Abyss glanced at Blood

" I value my life and I know where my ability lies" Blood just trying to give them a warning

Mist looked at him with disdain

"When did you become a coward?"

"There's no stopping us now Blood, I'll show you how you over estimated this bitch" Kill sitting down in his chair and looked at Odin

"So, when is the lone wolf coming? Its past 10 already and I want to duel with her today!" He said demandingly,

"Should we decide who to take her on first?" Mist complaining

Abyss wanted to talk when Myddrin butted in

"You can team up fighting her, not that it'll do you any better"

That made the three furious,

"Yeah we'll do just that! Don't come complaining if your wolf will die cause we won't be holding back!" Kill

Blood just stared there,

"Is she that strong?" Akatsuki asked Eir

"You see, to put a lot of trust in that assassin, the ones she'll be fighting are few of the considered the strongest in the Order" Tsuki with a follow up.

Eir looked at them, her apprentices..

"She is beyond the word strong, she is something you've never seen before, you'll understand later"

The twins just nodded not really interested with the assassins' issues.

"Will you fetch her Blood?" Odin looking at Blood,

Blood just stared at Odin, "Is she even in her room?"

Shin chuckled, "now why don't you send her a message?"

The assassins looking confused

"Why don't you give her an order?" Mist

"No one orders her casually; she is not controlled by the Order to do as we please" Freya explained

"Oh, she is the oh so important now, the gods should be able to command her" Kill being sarcastic

Odin emailed the shadow and waiting impatiently for a reply when a beep behind the window covered by the curtains broke the silence. They all looked at the area where Kill and Blood stood before the meeting started.

"Are you there?" Eir not so sure and even feels stupid talking to the air, but she knows better, the gods had a firsthand experience in her invisibility.

"There's no one there, we were just standing there a while ago" Kill looking at Eir stupidly.

But to their surprise, the curtain was moved and a hand tied the curtain from behind, and there standing a figure in her tight black over alls, daggers and two gun hooked at her tights. Unlike the last time they can see half of her face, but this time she's wearing a mask, totally covering her face.

"Since when.." Mist was shocked, it was impossible for them to miss her presence

"Don't worry, we also weren't able to sense her, and this is not the first time" Shin explaining to the assassins to enlighten the stupefied face of Mist and Abyss, Kill on the other side is oozing with killer intent.

Kill stood up and walked like he owned the hall, he towered the so-called new member, he couldn't feel anything from her, not even blood lust or killing intent, he moved his hand to touch her mask. The gods numb at their feet by the bold action of Kill and anticipating the shadow's action.

Kill moved away when he felt something in his stomach, he didn't notice her move but it was surely the nose of a gun, the cold steel is something he's familiar with. He glared at the figure trying to see between the two holes of the mask but it was plain darkness.

"If you were here since a while ago, then you know we have to kill you in order to prove yourself worthy in our team" Kill challenging.