Bungou Stray Dogs Season lll

Only a Diamond Can Polish

I only have memories. Only part of my life. Unlike you, I didn't loose it from trauma. My life only started eight years ago. Before that, everything was just... darkness. Somewhere in that darkness, I was floating aimlessly. Eventually, someone's hand came in the outer edges of it, and dragged me to the outside world. That hand was yours, wasn't it?" said Chuuya. Rando was smiling and didn't respond to him. " Where did you find me? To find the answer, I decided to follow this case. Now, I want to know everything you know." said Chuuya. " Very well then. If anyone, you have the right to know." said Rando. Ema gasps seeing Rando activating his ability " Chuuya, move!" she said as she grabs him by his hoodie from behind and attempted to push him to the side, but Rando was quick and sent them both flying backwards. They grunted as they crashed. " Why didn't his gravity power work?" said Dazai. " Unlike a bullet, space doesn't abide to the laws of physics. It is of another world entirely. Closed off from an entire world. Am I alone key." he said creating a dome around Dazai and the warehouse, shielding them off from the outside world. " As such, if I allow you to enter and if only I let you leave." said Rando. " You left us outside with the subspace you deployed. Meaning you must know what my ability is." said Dazai. " Son of a—!" said Chuuya as he lifts himself into the air " That blast didn't kill you both? Nothing less from Arahabaki." said Rando. " You're gonna have to try a whole lot harder to kill me, bastard!" she yells as she tries to kick him but he moves away and Chuuya moves away as he launches forward but Rando holds him back with his ability " Nice try, but it is no use. You cannot harm me while I'm in this space. I, on the other hand, can do whatever I will." he said. She grunts in fright as he sends them both flying and crashing into the floor he sends more blocks. Chuuya and Ema emerge as they ran around the dome while dodging the incoming blasts. They hid behind the dome and looks " Any kind ability that kid touches gets nullified, if you tried and quarantined him in your sub space, it'd make a good opening for me." said Chuuya. " His existence is truly heretical. The ultimate anti-gifted. A rival back in the West." said Rando. " The West?" said Dazai. " What does the West have to do with anything?" said Ema. " But that's fine." said Rando. Dazai turns seeing the former boss as he was carrying a death scythe and cut him right across his chest. He falls onto the ground on his butt " Dazai!" yells Ema in worry. The former boss chuckles as he lifts his scythe and places it on his shoulder " It's been a while. Hasn't it?" said the former boss. " You look good for someone who's been dead, boss. Ughh... we'll, former boss." said Dazai. " There's no way he could've hurt that idiot with that ability." said Chuuya. " You're wrong. That death scythe isn't a part of a gifted ability. That's the real deal." said Ema. " She's right. It's as real as you two or me." said Dazai. " So, in other words, there's a possibility it could really kill you then." said Chuuya. " The former boss is dead. What exactly did you do, Rando?" said Dazai. " My ability can turn corpses that reside in my mind into supernatural beings which I command. The only draw back is that I can only control one at a time." said Rando. " Quite impressive. You've been hiding that ability from the organization this whole time? Just who are you, really? " said Dazai. " Before I joined the Port Mafia, I was a gifted spy from the West. I traveled to this country to obtain a being one with incredible power the government of Japan offered. Or so they say." said Rando. " And that being was Arahabaki. Meaning you were after Chuuya." she said. " Exactly. The sole purpose of my plan from the very beginning was to Jill you, Chuuya. Lose my powers to control you and Arahabaki. From beyond the grave. Dazai, Ema, what you just learned about me I will attempt to have me assassinated. Because of that, die here along with Ema and Chuuya. " Its nothing serious. You won't be in any danger. No big deal." said Mori. " Danger is fine with me. Hey. I say we kill them both. Together." said Dazai. " Huh? You actually wanna live now?" said Chuuya. " Believe it or not, I'm starting to like working for the Port Mafia. In the outside world, death is kept away from everyday life. But, in the Mafia world, death and mention of it, is of everyday life. I personally find more truly interesting in thinking of things that way. After all, dying is the same as living if people think it is. If the experience is of itself. By observing death, one can't capture the picture of." said Dazai. " Really? The suicidal maniac actually wanna lives? You serious?" said Chuuya. " It's worth giving it a shot. I can't promise more than that." said Dazai. " You don't have too. Time to die, children." said the former boss. " Oh, really?" said Dazai as he dodged the former boss blows and causes Rando to push him back as he digs his feet into the ground. " You see it now, right? You know what you need to do?" said Dazai. " Don't you dare give me orders." said Chuuya. He launches into the air along with Ema as he dodged the blasts as he tries to kick him. He grunts " Eight years ago, I attempted to take Arahabaki as my supernatural being. But the moment that Arahabaki emerged, it obliterated its surroundings in a blink of an eye. I won't make the same mistake twice. This time, I'll make certain to end your life and then subsume you!" he said. He clenched his fist twisting his ankle. Chuuya yells in agony as he grabs him and throws him onto the floor. He laughs manically as he threw a cube at him and crashed into the ground, but Ema blocks the attack with her ability standing right in front of Chuuya. His ability glows bright red " What? She was able to absorb the impact by increasing the density. Using your ability?" said Rando. " Hey." said Chuuya. " Hmm?" said Rando. " Wanna know why I've been keeping my hands tucked away this whole time? It's a simple way for me to keep my cool. It's to help me keep me rooted when I'm afraid I'm gonna loose." he said lifting his head " But the gloves are coming off now." said Chuuya. " Marvelous! Once I've supsumed you, this cold feeling I feel will disappear!" said Rando. " Let's go, Ema and Chuuya!" said Dazai. Chuuya used his gravity to keep his foot cemented onto the ground " Better move your ass. Dazai, you piece of shit." said Chuuya. He smirks and ducks " This is the end of you!" said the former boss strikes his arm with the tip of the scythe. Chuuya and Ema's eyes widen in fear " Dazai!" they said. Rando smirks widely chuckles. But, the cast shattered and shows a metal guard around his arm. " What?!" said the former boss. Dazai holds his hands out for them. " You both ready?!" said Dazai. " Yeah! Let's go!" said Chuuya and Ema. " You can't!" said Rando pulls back as he shatters the area " Impossible!" said Rando. Dazai yells as he grabs" both their hands and interlocks it. Dazai activates his ability and nullify the dome area " It's over, Rando. Not even someone despicable as you can escape gravity." said Ema she grunts and punches him into the ground. The former boss growling " If Rando's sup space vanishes, so do you. Anyway." said Dazai. The former boss yells and went to deliver one final blow only for Dazai to slam his fist into his throat " I won't get another chance to say this, but thank you." said Dazai. His subspace disappears along the former boss. The sun was setting at the port. The metal cast slips down his sleeve and clanks onto the floor. Chuuya and Ema slowly lowers themselves down onto the ground. Dazai walks up to the two of them " Are you some kind of shitty magician or something?" said Chuuya. " Really Chuuya? I wasn't wearing a cast for no good reason. You tell us what we want to know, won't you Rando? said Dazai " It was on that day eight years ago, when I infiltrated this country with my colleague. And that is when it all happened." said Rando " What did?" said Dazai. " We came here in order to steal a remarkable power, housed in a secret facility. But upon reaching our target, I was able to obtain it. But my partner betrayed both me and our country. He and I fought over it, in a struggle, we were apprehended by the Japanese government. In order to escape with my life, I had no choice but to release the being I had stolen in your dark prison and I used my ability to control. But, before I could react, the facility in an instant were destroyed and the records were lost and along with my memories. My name isn't Rando. Someone I met simply mistook me the hat I wore as I was and that became my name." said Rando. " What happened to your partner?" said Dazai. " I killed him. With my own hands. Chuuya. I suspect you're, in fact, Arahabaki, but a human vessel meant to keep it restrain. You are very strong with Arahabaki it is simply your strength being." said Rando. " Sure." said Chuuya. " Regardless of that side of you, you will always be yourself. Solid's is enough. Every human being, every living creature, they go about their lives on Earth without knowing what they truly are. How strange. For the first time, my body feels warm." said Rando before dying right then and there. Chuuya turns his body away from Rando as a ship horn blares in the distance.