USEFUL ➴ Illumi x Reader

LXV. Assassin's Tests

Illumi seemed oddly amused, as he walked out of his room. "Y/N"

"Love of my life, my future husband and father of my future children." I spit out with a sarcastic smirk on my face even though the thought of it chilled my spine. It didn't even make him flinch, I guess after the other incidents I'd have to raise my stakes to draw out any reaction. A small "Hmph" left my lips as I nodded to Gotoh and proceeded to follow him. I didn't have to deal with this Zoldyck problem just yet.

When we turned around the second corner, I cursed myself, I had forgotten the blueprints in the room. Well, that was a problem for the Y/N that survived whatever was coming her way.

We walked longer than usual, my hairs standing up as chills ran through my body. Kikyo could be cruel, I knew she had it in her.

I was about to joke about how the whole long walk to my demise was just building in the suspense, but we had arrived. Gotoh looked at me as he opened the metal door with only a small square window at the top, yet even that small window had bars. Ah, yes these must be the dungeons. I tiptoed inside, Kikyo stood in the nearly empty room, she was wearing yellow today.

Her broad brimmed hat, with small pink flowers, was matching the bustle gown. She looked like a cupcake as the top of the gown was yellow yet the under fabric that ran to her feet was the same pink as the flowers in the hat. I wondered how many sets of matching outfits she had. Behind her hung chains from the ceiling with large thick wrist shackles at the ends.

"Oh my, the madame brought me to the sex dungeon." I heard myself say aloud, it had to be said. It was worth it. I knew she was going to punish me for that later... Hinted by her devious smile.

"Y/N, darling there's nothing to fear in the morning phase, I'll test your body. Assassins must be strong." I smiled, so I was right, it was physical.

"Let's not wait more then. The sooner we're done the better, can't wait to pass this test and see the look on your son's face." Spite would keep me alive, yes it would.

I neared her, and she locked the cold metal shackles around my lovely S/C wrists. The walls were all the same cold grey stone as the corridors, and I sighed, so much money and we poor tortured souls don't get nice decor in the pain room.

She nodded to Gotoh, who promptly left the room, probably to grab something for the test as she grabbed a whip that was hanging on the wall. Without warning she whipped me, I wanted to gasp and maybe whine a little in pain, but I knew what was up. I could bet my ass that her eyes had the same cruel and sadistic glimmer Feitan's had during torture. They could totally hit it off, drink some tea. I could imagine Feitan cursing as Kikyo used the fanciest words. My lips curled, my skin burnt as the warm leader hit my skin, displeased she soon changed to hard chains, those hurt a lot more. Instead of whining, I was trying to hold down my laughter because yeah, we get tortured once in a while but it's not every day one can imagine the hilarious conversations between Kikyo and Feitan.

It was when she stopped that it all piled up, my warm body cooling down, wounds aching, blood dripping over sore spots. I tasted something metallic in my mouth but how impolite would it be to spit blood out?

This all made me reminisce the times with the troupe. The cookie lord had blessed me when he gave me a sadistic angry cat to train me.

"Very well Y/N. I am very impressed, surpassing both physical and psychological direct hits." Psychological? Oh my god, had I ignored everything that Kikyo had been saying? Well, my body did go into torture mode so that made sense. "I was a bit disappointed with the poison resistance, but this was perfect."

"In my defence, I do not have access to as many poisons as you do, but I can surely improve that." I smiled; this torture couldn't be possibly over yet. As I thought about that, Gotoh walked inside pushing a metal machine in wheels. Ah crap, were they going to electrocute me?

I wasn't as good with that as I was with knifes, whips, chains... As kinky as that sounds.

Kikyo pulled my tank top up with her frilly yellow hand fan, I almost felt bad for her, it would get dirtied up with blood, but then I remembered that she was super rich she could definitely buy new clothes. Gotoh placed the cold sticky receivers in my lower abdomen, and along my back.

Kikyo stared, the worst part of this were these breaks. "Just do it. I'm kind of getting hungry." It was a good call, wouldn't want to throw up my breakfast after the zappidy zaps. She turned a lever and I felt the hot pickling energy crossing through my body like needles on a field trip. I trembled, closing my eyes not to cry in front of Kikyo, god knew what else would she do if she saw the pain through my mask. That is how they get riled up.

She kept turning up the voltage, I let my body snap, twitch, tremble. The pain was getting unbearable, I wanted to bite my lip make sure not a sound could come out but I couldn't control my body, the waves of current passing through the muscles made them snap I was afraid I'd bite my own tongue off, so biting my lips was a big no-no. I tried to keep my poker face, but the feeling of being stabbed by a bunch of really sharp objects that prickled and made my brain feel wobbly, wasn't really a walk in the park.

It stopped but the aftermath was still going on. Oh, I would've totally thrown up if I had any food in my stomach, a huge nausea hit me, my eyes were still closed, thank god I thought. I couldn't take more time though, I sighed and opened my eyes, seeing a yellow splotch that I assumed to be Kikyo through a view filled with too many black dots.

"Kikyo..." I cleared my throat, since it was too rough. Giving me time to compose myself, "I really need to ask..."

"What is it, Y/N? Want to quit?" The amusement in her voice would've made me roll my eyes, but my brain was mushy, and my body would rather to be dead.

"No." I blink as my vision slowly gets less spotty. "Why do you wear a hat inside?"

Author's Note: Kikyo's exam has started, what do you think she'll test next?