Kire nodded at her response, then raised a brow, curious at the favor she was talking about. “He should be with Envy right now, preparing for tomorrow. I’ll go find you when we’re ready, then.” She nodded once, then went back to the kitchen, putting together a simple meal from leftovers. Though she did know that it was a terrible idea and that Envy was right, she spent the meal imagining the many ways she would dispose of Akuma and Itallo in front of their guests. Kire sighed. Even this wasn’t satisfying, not without Ikegai in the picture. [i]And not without finding out why this Gemini is here.[/i] 

That doll. Rulitus was right, of course, and Kire knew this, that she wasn’t real. An image of her another man had built up in his mind and poisoned. Rather than a beating heart, Akuma had a gem. Kire rubbed her face, feeling the contours, the scar. [i]But that evil, she had gotten that from me.[/i] A twisted version of her, but a version of her, nonetheless. Ikegai knew that. He had merely drawn out the darkness that already existed deep within Kire and gave it form, a deadly beauty. “Pulls yourself together, Kay,” she muttered, finishing her meager supper before going to Rulitus and Envy.