Anu Naito [APPROVED, 3-2-]

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Anu was born in rural town Nagiso-cho, Nagano. There, she was born into the world by a woman by the name of Rohana and a mysterious man whose name is unknown. Said mystery man disappeared almost immediately after her birth, as he viewed the child as a mistake, an accident after a one-night stand with her mother. Rohana had a completely different mindset with the situation, however. Contrasting the disgust of her child's father, the young Indian woman adored the child even before Anu's birth. She wasn't rich, but provided what she could in preparation for the new life that was to appear soon. All this she did alone, but it bothered her none. All she really wanted was companionship, after all. She was a lonely woman, being the only living member of her immediate family after a tragic car accident when Rohana was sixteen years old. Her extended family members turned her away when she came for help, all for their own petty reasons, with the most common being that she was disowned by the family due to her "promiscuous" ways. It was all gossip between the elders, honestly, and none of it made any difference to Rohana. Instead, she trudged on, new child in toe, as she attempted to better her life after becoming a mother, even going as far as to rent out an old, raggedy apartment with the spare money she had, all for the fact that she didn't want the girl to be born homeless into the world. And with that, barely scraping by as a Lady of the Night to provide for both herself and her child, Rohana somehow managed to create and maintain the illusion of a steady life and home for young Anu Naito.

As such, due to all her mother's hard work throughout a healthy four-year span, Anu was your almost average, happy four-year-old. She attended school, made friends easily because of her bubbly nature, making the young four-year old’s life seem like a fairy tale, at least to her. Her mother cared for adoringly, each day was like some new adventure, and she had friends that she loved to play with. It was more than what she could ever hope for. However, like the reality of all “fairy tales”, every beautiful thing Anu experienced, came at the expense of her mother’s well-being. She wasn’t sick, no, but with each new year, things got more and more expensive, which in turn required for Rohana to spend more time out at night to pay for their bills and Anu’s increasing amount of care she required. Being a Lady of the Night was no easy job, especially when she had a young girl at home to think about, someone she had to set an example for as a woman. She wanted to do better for her child, to be better. So, at the cost of her physical wellness and mental state, Rohana made her choice of sacrifice. She would continue this job, but with a new twist to her desperate life with the help of a mysteriously cloaked man. Only later, once she was in too deep to fall back, did she realize the horrors of her choice. It was only when it came to the young girl’s seventh birthday did the force of stress on her body and mind finally take their toll on the woman.

It was deep in winter when it crashed into their lives like the unwanted guest it was, crashing rudely upon Anu's sixth birthday. Anu didn’t exactly know why her mom seemed so sick suddenly, was it because she was always out so late? Her eyebrows would always furrow at the thought, pondering at the memories of her pretending to sleep while she watched her mom get all dressed up in some very unsafe clothing and leave her home alone, not returning until her young daughter had two hours to get ready for school. She didn’t know much about the world, but she knew that was not usually what mommies did, as she would compare with her classmates. But instead the girl shrugged it off, it was always the possibility her mother was special, after all. Instead of worrying about it, Anu waved it off, besides, Rohana was already trying to distract the girl from it by spoiling and splurging her with sweets and all kinds of things. A decision the girl came to regret years later, but what could she really do? It didn’t matter what she could have did anyway, because in a few months things got much worse.

Rohana couldn’t pay the bills anymore, she was too sick to go out and ‘work’, and the landlord was starting to get annoyed. Anu was getting scared, the landlord was a much older man and known for his rough handling of tenants who attempted to out of paying rent. Every now and then he would come and pound upon their door, demanding her mother to pay the bills, lest he forcefully kick them onto the curb. It would frighten Anu with each of his visits, especially as his demands and threats starting getting much more violent. They became so much more frequent and worrisome, that Rohana had even forbidden Anu from going to school, in fear of him catching her going to and from school and holding her as a trading token. At first, staying home from school was cool for the young girl, minus the scary landlord, with eating as much cereal as she wanted and watching cartoons 24/7. Eventually, she became restless and wanted out of their small apartment, whining to Rohana ad throwing fits as her mother tried shushing her. Rohana was getting weary, the threats and demands of the landlord finally wearing in on her. She was especially cautious one particular day, due to Ishiwaka not coming to their door and do his usual banging of demands. It left a puddle of unease in her gut. However, this opportunity left her able to do what she dreaded doing, but the situation was forcing her hand. It pained her, as she told Anu to pack a backpack of clothes, tearfully grabbing her daughter's hand and guiding her down the fire escape, trying her best to block out the innocent curious and trusting eyes that stared back up at her.

This felt wrong.

Hitoka's Caring Orphanage wasn't known for its sanitation or well upkeep, but what mattered right now was that they actually care for their orphans. Besides, it's not like Anu would be staying long, Rohana would say to herself, tightening her grip on her daughter's hand as they walked through the raggedy double doors. Once inside, a small and shriveled elderly woman accompanied by a taller and a younger woman approached the duo. Rohana bowed and began to discuss that seemed to be of utter importance in hushed whispers. Anu looked at her mother and then to the two ladies she was taking to, trying her best to stay hidden behind her mother's pant-leg. Her efforts were in vain, as the elderly woman looked down at the young girl, reaching out a delicate and weak hand to pull her away from Rohana, and with kind words, directed Anu to meet the other children running around the orphanage. They took to the dark skinned girl quickly despite her shy nature. The girls wanted to show her their dolls and the boys wanted to play tag. With so much excitement happening around her, Anu nearly forgot all about her mother and the worried look on her face as the elderly woman took her away earlier. That is, until it was bedtime for he orphans and Anu, also being tired from a day of endless play, began searching for Rohana. But, alas, no matter how high or low she looked, the young girl couldn't find her mother. Worried she had wandered around outside and had possibly collapsed because of her sickness, Anu tried to leave the orphanage in search for her mother, but the tall young woman from earlier stopped her, telling her it was time for bed. Confused, the Naito girl tried telling the woman that her mother needed her help and that she wanted to go home. The blonde's formerly steely eyes softened and she bent down to be on eye level with the frightened girl. She introduced herself as Kimiko and gently told her that her mum would e back later to pick her up and questioned if she would mind staying here with them and the other kids until she returned. Even more confused and slightly fearful from being from being away from her mother with worry about her health, Anu hesitated. However, with Kimiko's warm smile and promise that Rohana would be back for her, the girl slowly agreed. Carefully, the the blonde led the dark skinned child to a bed where the other girls slept. With slight caution and intense worry, Anu slowly fell asleep, where she shut her eyes and later awoke to a new world. Without Rohana.

It had been nearly four years since that fateful day, and since then Anu had almost fit snugly in with the orphan children. Almost. One year ago, while watching one of her friends be adopted, she slipped away from the celebration the other children were having and had wanted to talk to Kimiko and Granny Hitomi about when her mother was supposed to come and get her. She was getting worried and restless after all, her mother hated leaving her alone for long, and vice versa. She could only imagine how much pain she was and knew she needed her to be there for her. However, upon getting closer to Granny's door, Anu slowed her walk as she could here them discussing her at that very much, up until she went to a complete stop. She wasn't sure if she heard them right, nothing seemed real, everything looked like a dream. Stock still, Anu stayed rooted to the spot until Kimiko exited Granny's room and gave a surprised yelp at the sight of Anu just standing there, eyes as wide as saucer plates, the words uttered by Granny swirling around her head, not wanting to believe them, and yet, wanting to cry in that very moment. Kimiko sputtered and tried to think of something to say, but it was too late. The damage had been done.

"Did you hear, Kimiko? The police say they've found a woman dead in a park in Osaka. They say her name was..ah, what was it again? Something kinda foreign...Rohana Naito!"

Anu had cried that entire day, the heartbroken pain wracking through her small body. She had pushed everyone away since that day, no longer playing with the other children and sitting of by herself. It worried the two women, as the light that once shown in Anu's violet colored eyes disappeared and became cold. It didn't help business, as many rumors began to fly around, saying Hitoka's Caring Orphanage haunted by a dark purple spirit of vengeance. This in turn did not go well with the children, as they began to outcast Anu, even going as far as to bully her and call her names. This got no reaction from said girl, who would stand there under their abuse and stare at them expressionlessly. Kimiko and Granny Hitomi tried to stop the bullying, but eventually stopped trying and would look away guiltily when these things would occur, which was a rather daily occurrence. As such, when a group of rough looking men came bursting into the orphanage. This, too, was becoming part of the norm. It started about three months ago, when Granny Hitomi was struggling to get out of a money rut. Unlike the other children, Anu wasn't stupid, instead being very observant to everything around her. She that these men were part of some sort of gang, identifiable by the skull tattoo with wings stamped onto their bodies, and Granny Hitomi had obviously borrowed money from them, judging by how they came every month asking for their repayment. Kimiko and Granny Hitomi would scramble around every time they came, gathering up their payment for that month in a hurry to send them on their way. As such, today was no different, except for Anu who stayed where she was and stared down the rowdy group of men while the other children ran and hid in their rooms. It wasn't like the gangsters scared her, they were no different than the children who threw scathing looks at her or the fake guilty looking faces of Kimiko and Granny Hitomi.

Slowly, the girl rose up from her seating position, not caring about how dirty her white dress was, or how scraped her little knees were. She ignored the women scrambling around and walked right up to one of the gangsters and tugged at one of their pant leg, effectively drawing his attention as he look down at her in annoyed confusion. Examining his facial features, he reminded her of Ishiwaka, lineaments rough with dyed blonde hair and an absurd amount of piercings. The man sneered at her, but Anu just stared back listlessly as he barked at her to beat it, saying how this was adult business. Instead, Anu tugged again, murmuring a question. Fake Blondie squinted at her and was going to tell her to repeat what she said when the dark skinned young girl was suddenly pulled away from him abruptly by Kimiko who looked frighteningly between the ten year old and the thug. She jutted out her hand with a grocery bag full of money that, with a bit of grumbling, the thug snatched out of the young woman's hands, calling out that there business here was done to the other thugs and started for the exit when they stopped by a black haired man entering. The dye head called him boss, which made her look up from Kimiko's tight grip on her head to stare at the man in slight curiosity. She wasn't trying to talk to these people for no reason, she needed them to take an interest in her, even if it was the tiniest amount. They were gonna get her out of here, they had. She couldn't stay there, she had no reason to stay there if her mother wasn't going to come get here. A tense moment passed as Anu stared down the looming black haired man in the doorway, and the next few moments went almost too quick for the girl to understand.

Anu had bitten Kimiko's hand, causing the woman to yelp and shove the blonde onto the ground and ran over to attempt tackling the raven haired man's leg, only to be grabbed by the dyed blonde and picked up by the scruff of her dress, where she kicked and struggled in the grip for a moment, only to go limp in the next. Eyes widened in bewildered astonishment as everyone in the room stared at the dark skinned girl in the man's hand. Said man was about to question what the hell was going on, when a foot suddenly connected with his nose, and then his mouth. Another was aimed at his stomach as Anu continued assault only to be shaken harshly by the man, but this didn't stop her. Instead, girl continued, regardless of the violent shaking that eventually began to slow as she landed a particularly hard jab into his stomach, causing the brown eyed man to take a second to catch his breath and growl at the young girl, preparing to backhand her. However, he was stopped by the group boss stopping him. His voice boomed across the orphanage, drawing everyone's attention who had forgotten the man was there. Once he had everyone's attention, the man gave a slight cough to clear his throat and a drag of his cigarette, introducing himself as Kengo Tanaka and gruffly asked the young girl why she was attacking one of his men. His features were sharp and strict, with an aura that basically screamed yakuza, definitely showing he was above the basic grunts like the man who was holding her suspended in air, who's name she learned was Ryu. Anu bit her lip in hesitation, realizing just how dangerous this man could be, but it was too late for her to back down now. Looking up with eyes of determination, she demanded to be let out of the orphanage, saying how she didn't belong here. Kengo blinked at her in shock for a moment, as he was definitely sure that her eyes didn't show emotion from what he remembered. He hid a smirk behind his cigarette and took another long drag of his handheld cancer stick, blowing out the smoke as it were a water stream. His next set of words, however, struck the girl in the heart.

”You're a feisty one, I'll admit. But, you just blatantly attacked a member of the Gashadokuro. Do you even know the penalties of such a crime? Death just happens to be the better of the options, if you're lucky.”

She had to admit to herself that she was scared, even being a bit doubtful of her course of action. Attacking a gang member wasn't the best idea when she thought about it as she sat in the backseat of Kengo's car, a bit after he told the grunts to go finish their usual collecting rounds, excluding Ryu, who joined Kengo. The look on everyone's faces back at the orphanage were full of shock, dread, and another emotion that the girl couldn't quite place until they were entering the Gashadokuro Estate. She clenched her hands in her lap and grit her teeth as she realized that the expressions of their faces was relief. They were relived to get rid of her, she thought, as multiple emotions began to swirl around in her as she gripped at her chest, unsure of the emotions rising in her chest. In all her mixed emotions, Anu didn't take notice of Kengo watching intently her from the drivers seat, observing her actions through his rear view mirror, earning a strange look from the dyed blonde next to him. He gave a slight chuckle but said nothing else as he pulled up to the front doors, exiting the car as Ryu went to yank the the biracial girl out of the car and dragged her up the stairs and through the doors, pulling her along the hallway to the big boss's room. His handling of the child was rough, practically dragging her feet along the expensive dark purple carpet, only stopping once they were directly in front of a large pair of dark brown double doors. Anu struggled against Ryu's grip until he suddenly tossed the girl into the Patriarch's hardwood floor. With his job finished, Kengo waved off Ryu in dismissal. The dye head nodded and trudged off, throwing back the occasional glance to the pathetic looking heap that lay on the leader's floor. Said pathetic looking heap's thud on the floorboards caused the older man in the room to look up from a mountain of paperwork to glance at her and then to Kengo with questioning eyes. The black haired man took a long drag of his cigarette and began to explain what happened at Hitoka's Caring Orphanage. During his whole recollection, Anu sat there on her knees as the men talked, trying to think of what she could do to make the situation better and not die before she could go searching for information on Roman, when the older man stood up, causing his chair to squeak and have Anu look up at the him.

The Patriarch wasn't as old as she thought once she actually looked at him, his face seemed actually quite young. His fine, black and greying hair was swept back with what seemed to be a decent amount of hair gel, along with soft honey colored eyes that made her forget her train of thought. The older man knelt down before and beckoned her further and laughed heartily when he noticed her hesitation. He pointed to himself and gave his name, Takeshi Sato, and pointed out about how Kengo wanted her killed for her assault on Ryu, but rejected with another idea. Sato then went on to explain how he and his wife had recently lost their child to a shoot out with a rival gang and that she was practically grieving her heart out. Anu remained unfazed as he went on to explain that he would deliver her to his wife as a gift of sorts, that he could make her life much better than going out on those rough, cold streets. The ten year old bit the inside of her cheek, she couldn't accept, she had to go, she had to find more info about her mum. Sato noticed her reluctance and questioned Anu about what she expected to find out in harsh earth other than death. Slowly, and with careful thought on what words she used, Anu told the man her past and how she ended up in the orphanage and her quest for the truth. Upon hearing her story, Sato's eyes hardened at the mention of Rohana's name but the look in his eyes disappeared almost immediately afterwards. The Patriarch hummed as he rubbed his stubby chin, then broke into a giant grin as he gave a hearty laugh and slapped the girl on her back. Just then, a tall, beautifully exotic woman entered the office and started speaking her apologies, but gave a pause at the site of Anu sitting before her husband. Sato beckoned his wife over while dismissing Kengo at the same time. The black haired man gave a bow to the boss and tossed the young girl a glance as the Matriarch knelt with the leader on the ground, looking at the biracial child with almost unreal gentleness. He gave a puff of his cigarette as he walked out, knowing that the nest time he'd see that little girl, she'd be drawn in by the Matriarch's motherly love and would become part of the Gashadokuro Yakuza family.

To say Kengo Tanaka was dead on would be understatement.

No one except Takeshi Sato and his wife Maria knew what happened in his office the day Anu Naito was adopted into the Gashadokuro/Sato family, but no one dared to object to the Patriarch's final words and worked on fully integrating the young girl into the family and its business. Be that as it may, however, that is not to say it was an easy task. Introverted and continuously showing a lack of emotions, she proved to be a difficult person for everyone else in the clan to get along with. No one knew that the only person she showed her kindness to was the Matriarch, Maria, who reminded the girl of her mother and thus gained her favor due to her gentle and caring nature. The orange haired woman was equally becoming quite attached to the quiet and solitary girl, often bringing snacks and checking up on the now fourteen year old girl throughout the day. It had been four years since they allowed the child into the family and since then they began to “toughen her up”. Her aggressiveness at the orphanage had gained Kengo's interest and he offered himself to train her himself in self defense and make her strong enough to “repeat another Anna instance”. Maria had readily agreed, despite never again ringing up Anna, but it wasn't like the girl didn't know who she was. While Maria and Anu steadily grew a trusting bond, but that did not imply that the blossoming young girl told the woman everything.

A year after her fifteenth birthday and earning the Gashadokuro tattoo, the little Naito began noticing what seemed to be a strange bundle of lights that seemed to be following her around the estate and hanging around her during her times in the gym. With each passing day, the bundle would get closer to her and slowly start to take a shape, along with a voice that she's hear every now and then like a passing whisper. It was ten days of this before the lights revealed themselves to be a spirit. But, not just any spirit, but rather the spirit of Anna Sato, Maria and Takeshi's deceased child. She appeared before Anu in her room as the girl was leaving her training with Kengo when she came across the young spirit sitting upon her bed, almost like she was waiting for the girl to return. The sight of someone who should no longer be existing made the teenager pause in the doorway, staring at the figure in her bedroom with the color draining slightly from her face. The orange haired girl smiled at her as she noticed Anu's hesitation in the doorway. Anna promised that she meant no harm and wanted to simply talk about her mother. Unsure of exactly how to deal with the situation the teen slowly walked into the room and sat on a chair in her bedroom, seated far away from the girl relaxing on her bed with a mysterious chain in the middle of her chest, playing with and hugging her pillows. The two stared intently at each until Anna began to speak which, after some time, prompted Anu to start replying. They talked from dusk till dawn, with their subjects ranging from the Gashadokuro to Maria to Kengo to Rohana and so forth, giggles here and there. Anu found it bit odd that the girl never brought up Takeshi, but decided to not question it. Apparently, the original reason Anna began to haunt her was due to her jealousy with Anu and Maria's budding relationship, as she felt like her mother was replacing her. But, after watching the dark skinned teenager for some and feeling her inner sorrow, she began feeling pity for the young girl and instead changed her . Needless to say, the two girls created a bond that night, a bond of companionship. It was a relationship that made the biracial girl feel like what she had for the first time was something like a friend, and just in time. The next week after Anna and Anu started talking and releasing their frustrations to each other in secrecy, when Kengo announced to her that she would be starting “special training””. Confused by what he meant by special, she confronted Anna about what he could be talking about. The spirit girl perked up and excitedly began to tell the teen about Chi and about how she was learning to control it before the accident. Slightly intrigued by this newfound information, Anu listened to Anna intently as she explained what Chi was and its benefits and downsides. By the time it was time for Kengo to teach the girl about Chi, she wasn't completely clueless to it thanks to Anna's crash course.

Two years passed since Anu started training her Chi and passing with flying colors. The Patriarch and Matriarch was quite impressed and happy with her success, but Anu knew it was mostly thanks to Anna who had been her teacher and helping her better understand things where Kengo couldn't. Her genius-like skill also earned her the respect from the rest of the clan, who thought it would be best to through a party of sorts to celebrate Anu's graduation from her training with Kengo to a fully fledged member of the Gashadokuro. Unbeknownst to everyone but his most trusted confidants, Takeshi had also planned to announce that him and Maria were to be officially adopting Anu and that she would be the next head of the family once he and Maria passed their prime. As such, the party was supposed to be used to announce many things that would effect the future of the Gashadokuro Yakuza heavily. So needless to say that when Anu was invited to Takeshi's study to discuss something of importance, Anna tagged along out of curiosity. The entirety of her slow walk there, Anu felt immense unease as numerous what ifs passed through her head about what the man could want to talk to her about. Had they caught her sneaking out at night to search for clues about Rohana? Did he change his mind about allowing her position in the clan? It wasn't like the Patriarch was a bad man, but something about him just always put her off and she hated being around him. His eyes hid many secrets and tales of unspoken bloodshed. Anna tried her best to perk her friend up and brush off her worries, but to no avail. Once she arrived, however, was when the real Hell broke loose.

Takeshi sat at his desk, waiting for her and looking like he suddenly aged ten years, and had instructed Anu to take a seat. Kengo sat off to the side, taking long drags of his cigarette. Idly, she wondered if he was ever gonna get some kind of sickness because of how many of those cancer sticks he went through in a day. Takeshi cleared his throat to gather back her attention and slowly set about trying to explain to her that he and Maria, along with Kengo as his opinion was also highly valued, would be placing her as their heir and that this party would double as her initiation into the role. As he went on into details about how proud he was of accomplishments and so forth, Anu noticed that Anna had gotten quiet. It seemed that with every compliment Anna shrunk into herself more. Anu attempted to get the girl's attention when she heard a chair scrapping against the hardwood floorboards and saw Kengo had stood up suddenly, looking sharply at her, or rather, what was beside her. Confused, Takeshi questioned the man about the interruption when a suddenly burst of spiritual energy filled the room. It pushed Anu from her seat and into the wall while Kengo jumped over to protect the Patriarch from the brunt of the blast. Soon, a distorted wailing sound could be heard emerging from where Anna previously stood. It took a moment, but when Anu opened her eyes to the sight a monstrous looking being with tentacle-like hair flying about everywhere, she knew what had became of Anna at that very moment. She knew that this would happen eventually, her chain had slowly been getting low and Kengo had told her what happened to spirits who's chains broke. But the real question is what accelerated her transformation? She looked over to Kengo and Takeshi, with the latter looking not surprised at all and the former completely shocked. She quickly pushed herself to her feet and stood in front of the hollow that used to be Anna with her arms spread out in an attempt to block her from attacking Takeshi, who seemed to be her target. She tried to get her attention, but to avail as the hollow flung her large body about and trashed the office. The real problem, however, was that Kengo wasn't fighting the creature, despite Takeshi's orders for him to kill it. Then second-in-command just stood there, staring at the creature in shock.

His biggest mistake.

The hollow flung the sharp tentacle-like claw froward and slashed through Kengo while simultaneously picking up the Patriarch as he yelled curses at it, while also taking out his pistol and attempting to cause it harm by shooting it in its face. During his yelling the man must have said something that was never supposed to be spoken, as he shut up just as the words left his mouth.

”You were supposed to die and stay dead, damnit!”

This made Kengo cough out a bloody “what?” as he lay there, dying on the floor. Anu's eyes widened and then narrowed dangerously as she tried tending to Kengo's injuries. He seemed to remember that she was there as he called for her help. Briefly, she ignored him as she picked up the sound of the others finally rushing to see what the commotion was. She doubted if they could do anything but get themsleves killed by the beast, but then she remebered that Maria was home. The last thing she wanted was for Maria to be hurt. That meant she didnt have much time. Calmly, she asked him to explain what did he meant his words, or she would wait for him to be devoured before killing the beast. He seemed annoyed by her proposal but forced out the truth as the hollow took a bite of one of his arms. Quickly, and filled with the fear of dying, the man spilled his guts to the teenager. He spoke about his suspcions of Maria and Kengo's close realtionship, and about how Anna looked nothing like him. He spoke about how he knew the child wasnt his and called Maria a cheating whore who deserved to die with the girl. He told her how he had ordered the hit on the girl to make it look like an accident. Takeshi even told her that he had met her mother, about she had come to the estate looking for a loan for healthcare. He had denied her and told her to scram, even mentioning the irony in when he learned of Rohana's death six years prior to meeting her. All of his words did nothing but enraged her. She clenched Kengo's dead body close to her, his red blood soaking her pure white dress, sobbing slightly and ignoring Takeshi's pleas for help. Her teacher and the man who tried to save her from herself aly dead in a puddle of his own blood because of the man he trusted own selfish reasons. The young girl allowed hollow Anna to take a few more nibbles of the man efore standing up and walking over to them. Inside, she swirled with the many emotions that boiled her insides, but her face displayed nothing but frigidness and cold purple eyes. Her right hand began to glow and spark with colors of black, red and violet and aiming it right at Takeshi and the monster that used to be her friend, ignoring the slashes that attacked her. With slow and deliberate movements, Anu gathered her Dou Chi into the calm of her hand, imprinting the image Takeshi Sato's eys full of dread and horror into her mind as she murmured her relase for her uncontrollable blast, ignoring the sound of the door to the study opening.

”Yoh.”

The hollow's shrieks of pain and death would be heard echoing in her head for days, but none ever more than that moment. The blast had thrown her back into the wall and neraly destroyed half the house, and what looked to be...Maria Sato. Or, what was left of the italian woman. The sight of the tatters of cloth that used to be Maria's dress made Anu sick as she began to softly cry, ignoring the curses and yells of the Gashadokuro clan members asking about what happened. Ryu came rushing forward and shook Anu, demanding she tell him “what the hell happened!?”. Still sobbing, Anu knew that no matter what she told them, she couldnt stay there. She had killed the Patriarch and Matriarch, even if one was accidental, and Kengo had died so he couldnt defend her. All she could manage out was a “I killed them.” This stunned everyone in the room, causing them to take a pause to let the words sink in. Good. Anu took advantage of this to run and jump out of the window, ignoring Ryu's cry of surprise that was her name. She couldnt stay there, not after everything that happened. So she did the only thing that she could do. She ran.

It had been three years since what transpired at the Gashadokuro Estate. Three years since she'd run away and right into the Samaapt, where they accepted someone of her skills into their ranks. A group of assassins, ironically the same people who Takeshi had hired to assassinate Anna Tanaka. Apparently, when she ran into them, they were on their way to kill Takeshi Sato for skimping out on his payment but didn't need to anymore, thanks to Anu doing the job for them. They offered her a posistion within them when learning that a girl of her capabilities had no where else, offering her a new family while also allowing her the pursuit of searching for information on her mother. Although hesitate at first, it didn't take Anu long to embrace her role as an assassin. Thus, the Samaapt started a new life for, beginning with faking her death and having Anu Naito reborn as Black Cat.