like that for the past 4 days. Mainly because she was hoping to catch Kyouya on patrol out on Namimori's streets.

hasn't seen him since their last encounter, where her attempt to catch up with what was happening with him... resulted with her taking an -

unexpected walk alone.

sighed and adjusted the school bag on her shoulder. She shouldn't let herself be distracted with thoughts of Mukuro-sama this time around.

on the town beat. Crime has gone down to controllable levels, but there are still those few pests floating around in his territory.

busied currently busied himself with beating up some of those thugs. No one pickpockets in the Shopping District unless he says so.

rounded the corner and entered the first few blocks of the Shopping District when she heard the sound of someone being thoroughly beaten up.

*Ah, found him* and quickens her pace, eventually finding him from behind one of the storefronts.

one of the thugs on the floor, holding his arm at a bad angle, pushing with almost sexual care to eke out the most amount of pain.

whether he should start breaking fingers first or just get on with it. It's not like any of his buddies will get up to help him just yet.

that, anyway. He could be wrong.

stays silent as she watches him from behind, Kyouya oh-so-surely starting to twist the man's arm to an unnatural angle.

notices, though, that one of the thugs sprawled on the floor behind him was starting to regain consciousness. Reacting swiftly,

materialized her trident and drove it down towards the man's throat, his neck just barely escaping being pierced by either of the 3 tines.

saw the man's surprised expression as a strangled cry of pain was wrenched out of him as his neck was now trapped between two trident tines.

blinked when he heard the sound of somebody dying, and turned about to find that Chrome had been responsible for it.

.....

raised an eyebrow at the girl in place of asking any questions.

made sure that she twisted the tines as far as she can take them before looking up to see Kyouya's raised eyebrow directed at her.

shrugs and says "You were busy, and he was waking up to take another shot at you."

"Of course," in a neutral tone. He'd take the girl's word for it. She wasn't a cold-blooded killer, after all.

turned back then, remembering the person he had pinned underneath. The boy broke the first of ten fingers.

made sure that the thug underneath her wasn't going to twitch anymore and drew her trident up, watching as Kyouya started going through -

each and every one of the thugs fingers with... interest.

finished up with a few kicks to the stomach, then rose to his feet, sweeping his hair out of his eyes. A haircut appeared to be in order.

surveys the damage he's done for a bit before moving back to the streets. His connections at the police station can take it from here.

takes up her position walking just behind the prefect, to the side. Tagging behind him, again. Not asking if she could join him, her -

matched walking pace with his saying that she was going along with him.

opted not to answer, a little irked that Chrome was trailing him again. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

what she could be interested in this time.

"You're looking better now.", after a bit of silence from end.

What do you mean?

shrugged. "Better. I mean, you're back to patrolling, beating up people, color in your cheeks... that better."

...Ah.

decides not to say anything else.