By this chapter up it's clear to see that the seventh story to my series is now on From the title and summary of the story you may have already guess that this series is coming to its end and you would be right. More than half of the series has been completed and there is only a few more to go.

Now, I'm not going to waste anymore of your time and allow you to go read this chapter and this shouldn't come must as a surprise but I don't own digimon.

In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.
Rupert Giles, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Battles Before The War

Chapter 1:
Slay

"Look out behind you." Following her comrade's advice the young woman turned around and with a swing of her sword the cut off the head of the creature resulting in its death. Soon the only ones that were left standing were the woman and her comrade.

"Well, wasn't that exhilarating?" ribbed the woman. After the battle the two of them were currently relaxing at a small bar.

"If that's what you consider fun then we have two entirely different opinions." He only received a hearty laugh from the woman. "You're definitely stranger than I thought you were Sora and that's saying something."

The woman, now identified as Sora, once again laughed at her friend's comment. "Come on, I don't think that you don't have any right to say something like that to me. Remember, I know you as well as you know yourself."

While it may have seemed that Sora was berating her friend he knew that she was only playing around with him. "You're right. We've know each other since we were kids." Becoming serious he reached into his coat and pulled out a large envelope. Putting it on the table he slid it over to Sora. "We got our next assignment. We'll have to leave first thing tomorrow if we wish to get there as soon as possible. Does that sound good?"

Sora glanced over what was in the envelope before she gave her response. "It sounds good to me. The sooner we get the assignment done the better." She allowed the item that was in her hands to fall onto the table it was revealed that it was a photo. What was interesting though was that the photo was of none other than Daisuke Motomiya.

-/-/-/-/-

"I don't see why we're doing this."

"Because it could be fun." answered James casually. He only got an annoyed looked from his companion as a response. "Oh, come on Mimi. Is what we're going to do such a bad thing?"

"Yes it is." Mimi responded quickly. "In my opinion I don't believe that now isn't the time to do such a thing."

"We're only going on vacation." True to his word, the two of them were going to go on a vacation but they had to make a stop first. They soon reached their destination however they didn't go in right away as the two of them needed to talk. "Listen Mimi, do you truly believe that taking some time off is such a bad idea? If so give me a reason."

Instead of answering right away, Mimi thought it over. "There's nothing actually wrong with it." she reluctantly admitted. "It's just that there's still so much to do. Can we really take the time and relax?"

Reaching over, James put his hand under Mimi's chin and tenderly turned her head so that she was looking at him. "Maybe that's why we should be going on this vacation." He could tell by his girlfriend's look of confusion James continued. "It's true that there's still so much to do before we're done. But honestly we should be doing this because if we keep going without taking a break from time to time we'd burn ourselves out which would make us useless when we're needed. Besides, not much time has passed since the whole Dai incident and what you had to give up. It'll give you time to recover from it."

"I didn't do that much. I only did what I thought had to be done. I'm fine." That last part sounded like it was force and her boyfriend didn't miss it.

"You gave up something that has been apart of you for so long so that you could help a friend. Maybe by taking this break would help you get use to no longer having your premonition power." It seemed like Mimi wanted to argue but just couldn't. Wanting to comfort her in some way, James leaned over and gave her a loving kiss. "Now, why don't we get this over with so we can go?" Getting a nod of head from Mimi the two of them went to their slight detour.

-/-/-/-/-

"Be sure that you guys carefully examine everything and not over look anything."

"We know Daisuke." retorted an annoyed Miyako. "You told us several times already. There's no need to keep reminding us."

"Sorry you guys." apologized Daisuke. "I realize that I've been a real pain these past few days and I can only hope that you can understand why." Throughout Daisuke's house Daisuke and the others were checking out everything that was there.

"We understand." Ken muttered as he was examining the inside of the computer with Miyako assisting him. "After finding out that Samuel Bentson was one of the higher ups it does cause concern."

"Ken's right." added Hikari who also was checking out stuff. "Samuel was the one who graciously help fix this place. You can't help but to wonder if he left anything behind."

"Such as bugs that would allow him to spy on us." enlighten Daisuke. "So far nothing has been found but we can't be certain until we sweep this entire place."

"Is that why we're here?" Over by the doorway was James and Mimi. "Did you ask us to come here to help you check out your home?"

"No, that isn't the reason." Walking over to them, Daisuke grabbed Mimi's hand which he covered with his. "I know that you two are going on vacation and I just wanted to give you guys something before you go." Daisuke removed his hand from Mimi's and in her palm were a few rolled up dollar bills that were high currency. "Consider it thanks for helping make me whole. Even though it was something that I wish didn't happen." Daisuke explained when he noticed the confused looks on the faces of James and Mimi.

"You're too kind Daisuke but we can't accept your gracious offer." Mimi tried to hand the money back to Daisuke but he simply shook his head.

"Keep it. Like I said before it's just a way for me to say thanks for helping me out and I mean the both of you." He made that it known that he was referring to both of them. "I mean Mimi; you gave up your power so that I could rejoin with my demonic half. And you James, it was your knowledge about the Yin-Yang demons that helped us to put an end to that entire situation."

Reaching over Daisuke placed a hand on each of their shoulder. "What I'm trying to say is I appreciate what you guys have done and have fun on your time off."

"Don't worry, we'll have fun." informed James. "It's just that a certain someone feels a little reluctant to go because she believes that we'd be abandoning you guys."

"Is that the problem?" Despite himself Daisuke couldn't help but laugh a little. "There's no need for you to feel that way Mimi. The two of you deserve this time off. Besides, you're not the only ones who'll have a break. Both Ken and Miyako are going on vacation once they're done here." Getting nods from the two aforementioned people confirmed his statement. "Also, if we need you we'll call you. Does that suite you Mimi?"

It seemed like it was good enough for Mimi but she wouldn't say it as a knocking at the door was heard. Being the closest, Daisuke opened the door and was surprised by who was at the other end. "Oh my, it's you."

"Indeed it is." Standing in the doorway was a man who had to be in his mid twenties with wild brown hair and was a wearing casual blue t-shirt and black jeans. "It's good to see you again Daisuke."

The vampire with a soul was going to respond but someone beat him to it. "I don't believe it." Behind Daisuke was Hikari who was just as shock by who showed up. To some of them what she did next came as a surprise as Hikari ran over and hugged the man. "It's so good to see you brother."

"The feeling is mutual my little sister." With the man being identified as Hikari's brother the others relaxed as they didn't see any harm in him being there. "Well, are you going to introduce me to your friends or what?"

"Oh, where are my manners? Well you already know Daiuske."

"How could I forget? He was after all the kid who would constantly bug you to go out with him. I guess he finally wore you down." Hikari's response was a simple one as she gave her brother a not so light punch to the arm.

"I would resent that remark if the worn down part wasn't close from the truth." Much like with the brother, Daisuke received a punch from Hikari only it was much harder. "I was only joking."

Soon everyone was properly introduced and it seemed like Hikari's brother was cool with all of them. "What are you doing here Taichi?"

The brother, now known as Taichi smiled at his sister. "I thought that I would be a kind older brother and take you out to go get some lunch." A nod of the head from his sister was all that Taichi needed to know what Hikari thought about the idea. "If you want your friends can join us if they want."

"I'm afraid we can't do that." answered Daisuke before Hikari could. "I've got some important stuff that needs to be done and the others are heading out for their vacations. Hopefully you can understand."

"It's completely understandable. Maybe we can do it another time." Sticking his hand out Taichi wanted for Daisuke to accept it. Daisuke would soon shake his hand but while he was doing that he felt an uneasy feeling coming from Taichi. Fortunately Daisuke was able to keep it hidden without drawing any suspicion. "Shall we get going Hikari?"

After saying her goodbyes to her friends and wishing them fun vacations, Hikari hurried off with her brother. As they left, Daisuke watched them from the safety of the shadows. "What was that feeling that I got from Taichi?" Daisuke wanted to go with them but knew that was impossible. "Damn sun. If it wasn't for it I would've been able to tail them. However, I shouldn't worry be worrying that much. After all, it's her brother. There's no way that Taichi would hurt her. At least I hope so."

-/-/-/-/-

"I hope you're okay with having lunch at this kind of place." spoke Taichi. "I'm not familiar with this town and this is the only place that seemed good."

"No, it's all right." The two siblings were having lunch at a small but cozy café and were seemingly having a good time.

"Have you heard from mom and dad lately?" Taichi asked hopping that it would help start up a conversation. "Yeah, I have. They phoned me a few weeks ago. They seem to be doing well with them leaving Odiaba for Aizu." Soon their lunches came and after eating some of their food it was Hikari who would restart the conversation. "So, what brings you to Kyoto, brother?"

"Nothing really." he answered simply. "I had some time off and I thought it was a good time as any to spend some of that time by visiting my sister to see how she was doing."

By the expression on Hikari's face she was clearly not buying it. "Why don't you cut the crap and tell me why you're really here? It's not like that I'm not glad to see you but I can tell that you're lying to me."

Realizing that he was found out, Taichi laughed a bit. "I guess I can't hide anything form you. Even when we were kids it was hard to pull anything over you." It was obvious that his sister wanted him to get to the point. "I'm here for a job related assignment and I thought that I'd visit you while I was here."

That explanation seemed to be good enough for Hikari as she gave him an understanding nod. "That's good to hear. You're still working in that business in England?"

"Yes, I am. But like I told you before I can't discuss what I do for them. I could get into trouble if I were to say something that I shouldn't." For a while nothing was said between the two until Taichi spoke up again. "So, what's going on between you and Daisuke? Is there more than friendship between the two of you?"

The question came so out of the blue that Hikari chocked while drinking. "No, of course not." she sputtered out. "What would you get such an idea?"

"Come on now, I may not be the brightest person around but I could tell that there some kind of connection that more than simply friends." Hikari only helped to confirm Taichi's accusation by trying to hide the blush that was coming over her face. "Are you two…together? If you know what I mean."

After composing herself as best as she could, Hikari went ahead and tell him what her brother wanted to hear. "If you're trying to ask if we're a couple, then yes we are. We've been together for a few months."

"And there hasn't been any problems since you two have become a couple?"

"Of course we have our share of problems. What couple doesn't? Fortunately we've been able to get over them and grow stronger. But there are things that still bug me. Not being able to go out expect during the night since he's busy during the day being the main inconvenience."

That last part appeared to get Taichi's attention. "Do you believe that your relationship could become more serious?"

"Becoming more serious?" It sounded like Hikari was saying that more for herself than her brother. "I don't know. Maybe there's a chance but I can't be certain. Why are you so concern about my love life? And don't say that it's because you're being the protective older brother."

Once again being figured out, Taichi went ahead and told her. "All I'm saying is do you like being in Kyoto? I mean, I check out the news and I have to say that it's been really strange. For example, the building for that big corporation blowing up, a strange white light appearing and all the cases of missing or dead people." Unnoticed by her brother was that Hikari became a bit nervous as she knew the reason for most of those incidents happening. "Perhaps you should think about starting over in a new town."

"That's not an option." Hikari quickly retorted. "Despite the strange things that have been happen I've managed to make a good life for myself. I've made great friends and got a caring boyfriend."

Hikari's tirade would've continued but stopped when she placed a hand on her forehead and started to sway slightly in her seat. The bout of dizziness would soon pass and would wave away her brother's concern. "I'm fine, just a little dizzy spell. It's nothing to worry about."

Being content with his sister's words, Taichi let it go. Not long after they finished their lunches. After paying the bill they were about to leave but Taichi said that he had to make an important call. Leaving Hikari so that he could talk in private he made the call. "Yeah, it's me. I've made contact with the target. Commence with the plan."

-/-/-/-/-

"That about does it." In his basement Daisuke had just finished with the examination of any hidden spy devices. Finding any of the devices was harder than he originally thought. Especially since he was doing by himself since the others had left for their vacations. "Perhaps I was too quick by allowing the others to go when I did. Oh well, there's nothing that can be done about it now."

As Daisuke wrapped up his search he was about to go back upstairs when he faintly heard something. Thinking that it may be Hikari he went up but remained cautious until it could be confirm.

When he got upstairs he saw standing at the window was a woman who appeared to be a few years older than he was. She had shoulder length orange hair and reddish brown eyes. What she was wearing was a white t-shirt that was tucked into her black jeans. "Hello. May I help you?"

"Perhaps you can." The woman slowly walked over to him but remained close to the uncovered windows which didn't go unnoticed by Daisuke. "Mine name is Sora Takenouchi. I've heard that you're good at handling things."

Curious at what the woman, identified as Sora was talking about, Daisuke asked. "That really depends. What kind of things are we talking about here?"

"I'm talking about strange things. I'm referring to the things that are kept from the public's eye." Catching her drift, Daisuke sat on his desk and motioned for Sora to continue. "Just recently there's been a vampire that has been causing trouble."

With the topic of the conversation involving a touchy subject, Daisuke did his best to act as if he wasn't a vampire himself. "Yeah, vampires are a real hassle. It would perhaps help if you were able to give me information about this vampire. Anything could be useful."

"Well, he's average height, about your height, shaggy brown hair that's similar to yours."

Getting a sinking feeling at what Sora getting at, he asked the question that would very well determine what was to happen next. "By any chance would you know the name of this vampire?"

"As a matter of fact I do." It was at that moment that Sora's attitude changed from passive to hostile. "His name is Dai. However, he has also used the name of Daisuke." As if that was some kind of starting signal, Sora reached into her pocket and pulled out a stake and charged at Daisuke.

With already having the suspicion that this would happen, Daisuke moved out of harm's way. Not allowing this to discourage Sora tried to attack again but was meeting the same results. "Okay, it appears as though you got a problem with me. Care to tell me what that problem is?"

"Like you don't know what's going on." Sora spat out as she continued to try and stake her confused adversary.

Starting to become fed up with the continuous attacks on him, Daisuke decided to stop being on the defensive. On Sora's next lunge with the stake he grabbed the oncoming weapon. "As a matter of act, I don't." With the momentum being on his side at the moment Daisuke used his free hand to grab the front of the shirt of the surprised woman which he then used to help spin around and slam her onto his desk. "Now, are you going to corporate and tell me why you're doing this?"

As he waited for an answer he looked at Sora. It was as though he was trying to find something more to her. When it seemed like he actually found something Daisuke unknowingly loosen his grip on her and a shocked expression came across his face. "Oh, my God. You're a-"

He wouldn't finish what he was going to say as Sora used the slight opening by kicking him in the gut. She followed it up by running for the door. Once regaining his composure, Daisuke went after her and would probably have gotten her if it wasn't for the fact that when she opened the door and allowed the sunlight to come in.

The reaction was immediate as Daisuke quickly hid in the shade to avoid the burning rays of the sun. With no way to prevent her escape he could only look on as Sora ran off. "I never thought that one of them would come after me. What am I going to do about this?"

-/-/-/-/-

Not long after that, Hikari had driven back Daisuke home. She didn't immediately go in as she sat in the driver's seat as another dizzy spell came over her. "This is becoming a pain. These little spells are happening more frequently with each pass day." Much like with the previous spells the dizziness was gone as soon as it came.

When she was sure that she was okay, Hikari went inside and was met with what resembled a war zone. "What in the hell happen here? It looks as though a street fight went through this place."

"Not quite but something that was as bad if not worse." answered Daisuke when he walked into the room. "Don't worry, I'm fine." he added when he noticed the concerned look on Hikari's face. "Just a couple bruises here and there. It's nothing to get concerned over."

"Could you at lease tell me what happen?" For the next half hour Hikari was told about what went on while she was gone. "Are you telling me that all this happened because you fought against a woman?" The only answer she got was a nod of the head from Daisuke. "That's odd. With the exception of Miyako and Serenity there hasn't been a woman who could stand toe to toe with you. Could she be involved with the Takenaka Corporation or even Shishio?"

"It a possibility but I highly doubt it. She didn't seem to be evil. However, there have been accounts of one of them being on the dark side."

"What do you mean by 'them'? I thought you said that there was only one person here?"

"There was one, Hikari. I was referring to what she was." That seemed to confuse Hikari even further. "She's a slayer. To be more precise, she's a vampire slayer." While that was a direct and simplified statement it still didn't help to treat his girlfriend's confuse about the whole situation.

"Sorry if this sounds stupid but what's a slayer? Sounds like a name that would be used for a rock group." Despite himself Daisuke slightly laughed at that comment.

"A slayer is a girl who inherits increased strength, speed and endurance." Daisuke started to explain. "It all started centuries ago when the first slayer infused with the essence of a pure demon so that she could fight the demonic evil of the world. Originally there was only one slayer per generation which only happened when the previous one had died. That all changed when a slayer by the name of Buffy I believe had a spell done to allow every potential slayer to become an actual one. Apparently the woman that was here was one of those potentials."

Before saying anything, Hikari allowed what Daisuke said to sink in. "Then if what you said is true wouldn't that mean that she's one of the good guys? Or did she perhaps switch sides?"

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time something like that to happen. However I doubt it." disputed Daisuke. "She mostly referred me as Dai which means that whatever information she has on me is of my not so better half."

"Then shouldn't we think about calling our friends back? I mean, if we run into trouble it would be good to have some back up." stated Hikari as if it was the most obvious thing to think.

"No." was Daisuke's simple reply. "Ken, Miyako, Mimi and James are overdue for this time off. Anyways, I think that the two of us can handle this on our own. Wouldn't you say so Hikari?" When no answer came, Daisuke looked to where the girl in question was and saw that she was leaning against a wall and holding her head. Going over he put his hands on her shoulders until she was all right. "You had one of those spells again didn't you?" Daisuke asked even though he already knew the answer.

Seeing that there was no point of denying it, Hikari decided to be honest. "Yeah, it was. But I'm okay now." If that was suppose to help ease her boyfriend's concern it failed.

"This has been going on for a few weeks. Maybe you should go see a doctor." It didn't take a genius to see that Daisuke was worried about his girlfriend's well being.

Touched by his concern for her condition, Hikari looked lovingly at the ensouled vampire. "Don't worry; I already scheduled an appointment for later today. However, maybe I should reschedule it so I can help you with this problem." When she said that, the hold that Daisuke had on her shoulder tightened slightly.

"No. You're rescheduling nothing. You're going to that appointment and that's it." Hikari wanted to argue about it but was stopped when Daisuke continued. "I know that you want to help me with what's going on and I appreciate that. But nothing is more important to me than knowing that you're all right."

Once again Daisuke's words had an affect on Hikari as it stopped any type of argument from starting. "It's unfair. When I want to argue against his request and he goes ahead and say something like that." Leaning over, Hikari gave her boyfriend a short but caring kiss on the lips. "All right, you win. I'll go to my doctor's appointment. Just call me if you find anything."

Similar to what she did, Daisuke gave Hikari a tender kiss. "I promise you I'll call you if anything comes up. Now get going so you're not late." Not wasting another moment, Hikari hurried out of the home but not before giving Daisuke one last look as she went. "Okay, now it's only finding out more about our unexpected slayer guest."

-/-/-/-/-

On the other side of town at a moderate motel was the slayer in question. Looking to see that there was no one around Sora went into one of the rooms. "So, how did everything go?" questioned someone that was already in the room.

Turning around Sora was ready to fight whoever was in the room with her but relaxed once she saw who it was. "Oh, it's only you. Back so soon?"

In a chair at the corner of the room was none other than Taichi, the older brother of Hikari. "You're one to talk. Were you already taken care of the target?"

"No I wasn't. He proved to be more formidable than we originally believed. I got the bruises to prove it." Sora lifted up the bottom of her shirt to reveal some dark patches that no doubt would become deep bruising later. "Thankfully by this time tomorrow the bruising will be gone."

"Yeah and you have the quick slayer healing to thank for that." stated Taichi as if it was the most common thing to say.

"I may be thankful but I think it's only to make up for what I'm destined to do." Sora was obviously meaning to what she was bestowed not so long ago. Before they could say anything else, there was a knock at the door. Instantly both of them went on guard as they were prepared for the worse. "Don't worry, it's him." Sora informed after looking through the peephole.

With the worry now gone the door was opened and was greeted by a familiar person. The man was a few years older than the other two were, with slicked down bluish hair and black eyes that were behind some small framed glasses. He had an about average physic and that wasn't hidden by the black dress suit that he was wearing. "We were starting to wonder if you would show up at all Mr. Kido."

Even with the hospitality being nearly nonexistent, Kido entered the hotel room. "Please Miss Takenouchi, I asked you numerous times to call me Jyou."

"I'll start calling you Jyou when you call me Sora." said the orange haired slayer. "Why are you here anyways? I thought that people in your position didn't get actually involved in the battlefield like Taichi and I."

"While that maybe the usual case, this is a special situation." remarked Jyou. "As a representative of the watcher's council I'm here to evaluate you two to see if you're ready for whatever is to come or if you are in need of retraining."

"I don't see what the big deal is." exclaimed Taichi who was obviously not amused with their newest guest as well. "If you look at it it's nothing more than taking care of a vampire that has been causing trouble. It's that simple."

"It's not that simple and you know it Yagami." rebutted Jyou and as much as Taichi hated to admit it but he made a good point. "There was a reason why we allowed you to have this assignment. As time goes on you may have to face people that were once your friend, such as now. When the time comes you have to decide if you'll be willing to put an end to them if you have the chance."

Not liking what Jyou was getting at, Taichi got up and got face to face with him. "Now you listen to me you stuck up prick. I might still be new to this whole thing but not once have I done anything that would cause doubt of my loyalty to the cause. Also, don't give us this crap about retraining. Out of all the rookies that the council has, Sora and I are right there at the top and we'll prove it by dealing with Daisuke or Dai or whatever he calls himself, no matter what it takes."

"But what about your sister?" asked Sora, who decided to step in before things became physical. "What if she finds out that you had a part in all of this? Hikari may not realize who the target truly is but she'll be upset if she finds out later." Thankfully Taichi didn't come back with any kind of retort.

"I advice that you listen to Miss Takenouchi's words Yagami." advice Jyou. "There's more to this mission then a simple staking of a vampire. Also you don't even know where he is. Fortunately for you I had an informant who told me where he's heading."

-/-/-/-/-

"Great, it's another bar." Immediately after Hikari left, Daisuke started to search for information on the whereabouts of the orange haired slayer. So for every place he went to he got the same results. Either they had no information or they were too scared to say anything. Whether they didn't want to get on the bad side of a slayer or didn't want to help someone who was killing off other demons, who knows.

At the moment he was at a rundown bar that had both humans and demons in it. The instant he walked in Daisuke could feel the hard stares that he was getting from the people, the majority of them coming from the demons. "It's looks as though I'm not the most popular person here. Not surprising seeing as how I've killed so many demons."

Ignoring the glares, Daisuke sat himself down at the bar. "Blood, preferably animal." After paying the bartender gave him his cup of blood. Sniffing it to make sure that it was animal blood and not human he took a drink. As he drank he took further notice of who was in the bar. "It seems like it'll be close to impossible to get anything from these people. Not willingly that is."

"What are you doing here vampire?" questioned the bartender in a demanding manner. It was clear that he answer if not to cause a problem.

"Can't I be here just to get a drink of blood?" By the expression on the bartender's face he didn't believe his lame excuse. Deciding that it was pointless to lie, Daisuke went straight to the point. "I'm here to get some information. Tell me, what do you know about a slayer with orange being here in town?"

"I know nothing about any slayer. Now finish your drink and get out." Without waiting for a retort the bartender left Daisuke to his own, not caring what he thought.

Not letting that get him down, the ensouled vampire push that little conversation aside and continued to have his drink. As he drank he would be joined by what could be best described as a man lizard who was wearing all black. "Rumor has it that you want to know about a certain slayer."

Before replying Daisuke took another sip of his drink. "It depends really. How accurate is the information? Be advice that I'm not in the mood to hear anything that isn't useful."

"Oh, it's very useful. But first you need to do something that'll make me tell you what I know." For a while Daisuke simply continued to have his drink. Putting the drink he reached for something inside his coat. Expecting some kind of weapon, the lizard man was ready to run but was surprised that instead of a weapon Daisuke pulled out a small envelope.

Laying it down on the bar Daisuke slid the envelope over. Taking it the lizard man opened it to see that inside it was a large sum of money. "Now that's what I'm talking about. However, this doesn't quite make up for what I want for my information." He patted the money filled envelope to drive his point home. "You need to add more to it if you want what I know."

"Is that a fact?" Once again Daisuke reached into his coat. However, this time it wasn't money that he was reaching for. In an instant he pulled out a knife and rove it through the informant's hand with enough force that part of the knife went through the hand and embedded itself into the bar.

"Now you listen to me you greedy son of a bitch. You tell me everything you know and I may consider letting you go with only a knife wound." To make sure that his threat wasn't taken lightly Daisuke twisted the knife from side to side.

When it became clear that the vampire wasn't kidding around, the lizard man decided to come clean. "All right, I'll tell you everything. I saw the person that you're looking for hanging around the demolished building on Fifth and Astoria. That's all I know, I swear."

"That better be the truth." With a quick yank, Daisuke pulled out his knife and put it back into his coat. "Because if I find out that you're lying to me I'll find you and make you regret it." Not even bothering to response to the not so kind looks from the other occupants in the bar Daisuke walked out, heading for a fight that couldn't be prevent.

-/-/-/-/-

As he was told Daisuke arrived at the demolished building. From what could be gathered it appeared that the building was once a small apartment complex. Most of it was destroyed but there were portions of it still standing. By how all of it was situated it made it hard to see that far ahead. After walking around for a while he stopped and let out an exhausted breath. "I'm getting tired of this. Why don't you stop with the hiding game and show yourself?"

For a while it seemed like he was talking to nobody in particular. That would be proven wrong when coming out from behind one of the destroyed walls was the slayer, Sora. "Apparently it's pointless to hide from you."

"There's that but mostly I just wanted to skip the whole hide in seek part and get right to the actual fighting." There was clearly no fear from both the vampire and slayer as they stared intensely at one another. "Why don't you go ahead and call your friends out as well?"

Caught completely off by his words, Sora lost the intensity on her face and was replaced by confusion. "How did you know? There's no way that you could know that there was anyone else here."

Somewhat taking pleasure of causing his opposition to lose their composure, Daisuke smiled slightly. "I've known of their presence ever since I got here. It wasn't that hard either due to my heighten vampire senses. I thought all slayers knew this." It was than that Daisuke noticed it. It may have been quick but he noticed the twitch of Sora's eyes. "Oh, I see. You're a newbie." His words were proven to be correct as the eye twitching returned to the slayer. "I can't help but be a little offended. Wasn't I worthy enough of having a slayer coming after me that wasn't a rookie?"

"So what if I'm a rookie?" an irate Sora questioned. "Are you saying that I'm not good enough to go against you?" She got her answer as Daisuke simply smirked. "What right do you have to think that?"

As soon as the smirk came it left as Daisuke became serious. "Maybe I have the right because I certainly have more experience in this area than you do." While he spoke he began to head towards her. To Sora's credit the orange haired slayer showed no sign of backing down. "Let's face it. If I were to fight you without holding back you would certainly be on the losing end."

Whether it was the words, the determined look in his eyes or a combination of the two but Sora actually started to become frighten of the vampire with a soul. She even took a step back for everyone that Daisuke took. "What is this sudden feeling of fear? I've dealt with vampires before so I shouldn't be this scared. However, this time is different. Is it because he's different from any other vampire that I've faced? Or is it because deep down I believe that he may actually end my life?" The fear only continued as Sora couldn't sake the feeling that she got whenever she saw the stare that Daisuke was giving her.

Soon Daisuke was within arms reach of Sora and was about to grab her only for him to be stopped when a kunai flew in and struck the ground that was between them. "It would be wise to step away from my friend." informed someone that couldn't be seen. That would be resolved when emerging from his hiding spot was Taichi Yagami.

If this was suppose to shock Daisuke he didn't show it. In fact, it seemed as though he was amused. "Well, I would say that this is a surprise but I would be lying. I already knew that you would be here." For his part Taichi couldn't hide the surprise from hearing that information.

"I knew that something was up when you happen to show up on the same day that a slayer would appear. It was too much of a coincidence if you ask me. Add that to me being able to sense you since I got here and it wasn't hard to figure it out. Speaking of which, you might as well tell that other guy to come out seeing as how he sucks at hiding more than you."

With no point of hiding anymore the other member of their group showed himself and he was Jyou Kido. "So this is all of you that have been trying to take me out. A rookie slayer, a guy trying to be a big man and a man dressed as though he's going to a dinner party. Let me guess, you're from the watcher's council? That question was directed toward Jyou who was a little off about how accurate that Daisuke was about their plans. "Just out of curiosity, what is the council's opinion about the slayers becoming 'close' with those who they fight with?"

Understanding what he was saying, Taichi became furious and was on the verge of attacking the vampire. "That's none of your business!" The enraged many only became more angered when he saw the amused smile on Daisuke face. "That's enough of this. It's time to end this." Daisuke seemed to be okay with that suggestion and they were about to go at it until spoke out.

"Stop it! Stop it this instant." To the surprise of everyone there the one that yelled out was Hikari as she ran into the scene. "What the hell is going on?" When she wasn't getting any answers from her boyfriend she turned to her brother. "Why are you after Daisuke?" She didn't get her answer as he looked away from his sister. "Damn it Taichi, tell me why?"

Hikari's tirade would've continued if she didn't notice one of the others that was with Taichi. "What are you doing here Sora? Why are you taking part in this?" Much like with her brother, Sora was unable to answer her. "I'm totally confused about what's going on here."

"You're not the only one Hikari." thought Daisuke. "While we may get some answers something tells me that we may end up with even more questions than what we started out with."

I bet that some of you weren't expecting that to happen, weren't you? I wasn't thinking about having an actually vampire slayer appear in this story but obviously that isn't the case anymore. Originally I was going to have the slayer be some made up character and have Xander Harris from 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' be her watcher. Of course, you can see that I went a different direction.

The reason why I put Sora, Taichi and Jyou into those particular roles is because I thought that those parts really suited them and it gave me a chance to set up some possible problems that can develop between Daisuke and Taichi. As for the dizzy spells that Hikari was having in this chapter, let's just say that it'll be touched on more as the story goes on.

So, until I update again, which will most likely in a day or two, see ya.