"We'll be infiltrating next week Wednesday," Mizuki explains to you. Namjoon continues for him, "At nighttime. Remember, our sole mission is to kill those bloody demons and help the people escape. We'll be dividing into two teams."

Mizuki steps forward, speaking, "One team will be in charge of the escape, and the other will be in charge of the demon extermination. In the escape team, Kai, Namjoon and Jungkook. In the demon extermination team, Y/N, Bruno, Yoongi and me."

Jungkook stands up, shaking his head, "I refuse. Put Y/N into the escape team and me in the extermination one; I don't want her to fight."

You stand up, raising an eyebrow at Jungkook's words before replying, "Jungkook, I can do it. Stop worrying."

Jungkook looks into your eyes, crossing his arms on his chest, "If you die-"

Kai cuts him off, stepping in, "She won't. She has Yoongi, Mizuki and Bruno, the three are all practically killing machines." Kai looks into Jungkook's eyes, a reassuring glint in his own, "Y/N's one of the strongest people I know as well, and she definitely won't die. She managed to injure the leader on her own, so I don't think you should be worrying too much."

Jungkook grits his teeth, a look of hesitation passing through his expression. He sighs, looking at Kai, "I need more than just words to stop worrying."

Kai raises an eyebrow, as if testing him before nodding, "All right. Mizuki, Yoongi, go at it."

Yoongi stands up, cracking his neck before scratching his head, "Ah, I really didn't think I'd have to fight today." Mizuki shrugs, cracking his fingers and mumbling with a smirk, "What Master wants, Master gets. I'll try not to go too hard on you, Yoongi." Yoongi scoffs, smiling evilly, "It's me who has to control myself. Bring it on, M."

You watch as Mizuki launches the first attack, a high kick to Yoongi's face. Yoongi easily blocks the attack with his forearm, smirking to himself while grabbing Mizuki's leg and flipping his whole body over. Mizuki was sent flying, but he easily flipped in the air, landing on his feet and running over to Yoongi again, this time throwing a quick punch. Yoongi easily dodges it, grabbing Mizuki's fist with his hand and lifting his leg over his outstretched arm, causing Mizuki to lose his balance. But he regains it in almost an instant, causing his body to be released.

Yours and Jungkook's eyes were wide, watching the constant back and forth between the two martial arts masters. You were amazed as fuck. Are they even human?, Jungkook thinks to himself, mouth falling open.

Finally, Kai raises his hand up, pressing his palm flat against the air in front of him, as a sign for them to stop. Mizuki and Yoongi immediately jump away from each other, standing back. "You've lost your touch," Yoongi says with a smirk. Mizuki shuts his eyes, stretching, "Ah, I was just going easy on you." Yoongi rolls his eyes, running over and playfully wrapping his arm around Mizuki's shoulders.

"So, you believe me now?" Kai asks, turning to Jungkook who's mouth was still hanging open. He gulps, nodding, "Y-Yeah, I believe you."

Bruno purses his lips, sitting down, "Damn. That was cool."

Namjoon nods, smiling, "It's refreshing to see them at it like the old days." Namjoon had been with Yoongi and Mizuki most of his life, and it had been a while since they fought like this so seeing them do it again after a year was nice for Namjoon. It made him think things were back to normal.

Mizuki walks up to Jungkook, hands in his pockets, a cocky expression on his face as he speaks, "So, how'd you like our mock battle?"

Jungkook rolls his eyes, not wanting to feed Mizuki's ego. He mumbles, "It was fine, I've seen better." Yoongi snorts, smiling, "Oh really? No one cares."

Kai holds Jungkook back so he doesn't attack Yoongi and pull his head off. Yoongi laughs evilly, hiding behind Mizuki. You laugh at their antics, feeling the mood light and happy all over again. You look at Namjoon, seeing a smile on his face as he looked at Yoongi. "That's the first time he's laughed like that in a while," Namjoon says, looking at you, "He'll probably be sad once this whole thing's over."

That reminded you of yourself and Jungkook. Looking at all the people in front of you and all the new friends you've made ever since starting out on this journey, you couldn't help but feel like crying out of happiness. This group of people in front of you was some people you did not wanna leave, nor lose. Assuming you got out of this situation alive, what was gonna happen after that? You just stop talking to each other and go back to living how you used to? It pained you just to think about it.

You look up at Namjoon, "I think we're all gonna be sad once this whole thing's over."

His eyes soften at your pained expression, and he proceeds to pat your head softly. You chuckle at his actions, feeling your heart aching more each passing second. He sighs, "It's okay, it's all gonna work out in the end."

You nod, mumbling, "It's all gonna work out in the end."

And then your eyes find their way to Jungkook, who was smiling at you. Your eyes fill with tears and you turn away, thinking to yourself, It's all gonna work out in the end.

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A/N:

little bit of a short chapter here but only because I wanted to build up the suspense a little, ya feel?

unrelated but yo, bp absolutely slayed the comeback. we must stan.

love,

nim