A Fresh New Start (Hawk)

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Life could be a frustrating thing sometimes. Life always had this tendency of making the things one wanted harder to achieve than it should be, or to take all your hard work and planning and throw it back in your face. There were plenty of people in the world, and outside of it that had to live with failure. Most of those people could embrace that fact and try to make the best of it with little complaints. But Kojireru was not one of those people. Far from it. Koji was the kind of man that always got his way in the end, and liked it. When Koji wanted something he always got it. If he wanted a woman to bed he could just step outside and find a suitable woman. If he wanted riches they would always come to him, and if he felt like taking the head of his enemies people would be rushing to be the first to deliver their heads to him, very rarely did he not get his way. Ever since he had lost his childhood home the spoiled demon got everything he ever wanted. Until he came here and met Alessandria.

Anger and frustration filled his mind at the mere thought of that woman. Though she was pretty to look out Aless had become a nuisance that had to be dealt with. She had been nothing more than a stepping stone for the young demonic male when he first partnered with her. While he admired her intellect, strength, and tenacity, he had little interest in sharing his glory with her. Aless’s goals were simply too small. While she sought to completely control the black market, Koji wanted to control the world. Working in the black market was just one way for him to get to that final goal. Just like it had been back during his early years in the human realm with his prostitute mother, money equaled power. While Koji was the leader of the one and only clan of dream eaters and always had wealth and control, he had next to nothing here. His mother died a horrible death and left him nothing, and any relative of hers, even if they hadn’t abandoned her before he was born probably had very little to give. Not like that would do him any good when he only returned to the world about 400 years after they had long died.

He needed to work his way to wealth and thus power, so he joined Aless in the hopes that he could take her place when she least expected it. The problem was she found out before he could do it. It angered him to no end that she found out about his plans! Now all his hard work had been thrown out the window and he had to start fresh. Well, at least not completely fresh. In the end he escaped the Nymph’s clutches and now took over one of her competitors. Now he had money, not as much money but it was a good damn start. If he played his cards right he could still take Aless down and steal her company from her. He couldn’t wait to put some fear in that damn arrogant woman and teach her, her damn place. But he needed a lot of assistance to do that. Kojireru watched the clock on the wall tick by as he sat at his new desk, his fingers tapping on the desk in impatience. Today he was suppose to meet with some of the hired help for just that, but it seemed that they were running a little late. Where the hell were they?

The door to the office opened and Koji watched as an old man entered the room. His mood lightened a little at the sight of his loyal servant. “Oyaji.” He cooed. “It’s nice of you to pay a visit…I trust you have some good news for me?” the old man bowed to him before he spoke.

“The mercenary has arrived.”

“Good, send him in.” Koji watched Hermes open the door to let their guest in and smiled once more. “Nice of you to show up.” He greeted the man.

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The Cyborg waits patiently in the waiting room of the company building, he didn't seem to care that everyone in the room were sitting three chairs away and staring at him. He looked around and examined the architect of the building's insides, everything here would be modern to most people in this timeline but to Hawk it was ancient compared to the buildings back in his timeline. Staring at the walls, he found himself relaxed and nostalgic even though this was his first time in the building. Hawk began to feel homesick as he continued comparing the building to the buildings back home, guilty that there was nothing he can do to prevent the world from ending and no way back to his time. He snapped out of his deep thinking as an old man buzzed him in.

He got up and started making his way to the main office, where his client lies ahead. He wondered who his client would be, could it be an old man or a beautiful woman? either way, it mattered little to him; he just came for the money and that's it. Hawk steps into the office and he is greeted by his client, he nods respectfully. "You may call me Hawk. I handle all kinds of jobs: bodyguard, escort, rescue, even assassinations; I can do it all, but I expect to be paid in cash first." He said. Suddenly Hawk's visor activates and starts to scan the individual before him, it always does that automatically....saves him the trouble. He remembers dream eaters back in his time, there weren't many left but he does remember battling them as they made formidable opponents except this one is half human and half dream eater. He wonders why this demon has to hire someone rather than doing the job himself.

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Koji smiled as he eyed the mercenary that stepped into his office. This new comer looked like what he came to expect from a mercenary. He looked like the strong, take no bullshit sort that he needed. But sadly he didn’t look like he could do much as an undercover type. It was too early to judge though, for all he knew the man’s choice of attire today was just his way of impressing potential clients. Koji couldn’t blame him for that, he was a slave for fashion and dressed to shock others. Right now he was dressed more like a J-rocker, dressed up in black leather, over the top accessories, and shocking red hair to reflect his bloodthirsty mood, Koji looked nothing like one would expect to see from a business man. While he could still look good in the proper attire he preferred this look.

The demon chuckled as the mercenary introduced himself. “You get right down to business don’t you? Sit down first and we will talk.” Hermes pulled out a chair and placed it directly across Koji and handed his master the file with the man’s ‘resume’ as it were. “Thank you Oyaji. You may go now.” With another bow the older looking man left the room. Koji watched his beloved servant leave before turning his ebony eyes back at the human before him. There was no mistaking that the being before him was human, it was clear enough by his scent. But there was something about him that screamed that he was different. Koji couldn’t place it but he had a feeling that he was a little different than the rest. That was good, since his enemies were by no means normal either.

“You don’t have to worry about being paid by me. I have more than enough money to please you, and plenty of missions to keep you busy.” He said. Koji looked over at the file Hawk had given to Hermes beforehand, detailing the work that he was trained to do. “I don’t think I will need you as a bodyguard for now…I already have someone for that, and he isn’t fond of dealing with partners. You said that you are trained to handle assassination missions correct? Now that is something I need.” He mused. “For what I have planned I will need plenty of people dead. I’ll give you the names and information I can to help you do your task as well as payment as they come. But for now there is one person that I want dead the most, and I am willing to pay generously for her head.” He pulled out a picture and handed it to the man named Hawk. “Her name is Alessandra Ricardo, also known as the Queen of the drug cartel. I want her head, as well as her assets.”

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Hawk walked over to the comfortable looking chair and sat on it, boy this guy must run his business really well to afford all of this, he thought. He grabbed the picture from Koji's hand and before inspecting it, his attention drew to Koji's own attire. He examined the outfit and his hair color and he thought to himself: the fuck is he even wearing? he looks more like a teenager than a corporate business man, although he did think that the outfit was nice regardless but that's not really important to Hawke; What IS important is the job and more importantly, the money. He had to make by somehow in the past since he lost everything back in the future.

"Beautiful woman. Shame." He said as he looked at the picture, suspecting there just might be more to this little conflict. Hawk leaned forward from his chair So how much are you going to pay me to cut this woman's head off and put it on a pike for you to rejoice upon? He takes his unique sniper katana and sets it on his lap and leaned back again. "My services don't come exactly cheap and I believe I said cash first hand." He moves his hand around the weapon, inspecting any sort damage from the last mission and specking off dust. He lifts the weapon and sets it next to the chair.