"Just who are you?!" Mugen yelled to her backside. He knew it was a dream but he had to know! Who was this girl who kept singing, and why couldn't he figure it out?! It was the same dream for the past month!! It was making him crazy!

"Someone from the Dark," she giggled, not turning at all. "You'll see me soon enough…"

"That's not the point! I wanna know now!!" he screamed; the whole mystery was pissing him off! He grabbed her shoulder and turned her and just as her face came to contact with his eyes—

"Mugen! Get up, we gotta go!!" yelled Fuu, her hands grasping his shirt frantically

Damn…he had almost seen her. He was sure that she was pretty, and that she had this weird thing for him. He wondered if she was real, or if she was a figment of his imagination.

"Mugen!!"

They were fugitives again…man, the police just loved theses guys; it was almost saddening. Mugen snatched up his sword from the wooden floor (some kind stranger had let them stay the night), and let Fuu lead the way. He kept the Mystery girl in the back of his head, and he occasionally fell behind. When this happened Fuu grabbed him by the wrist and drug him the needed distance. Minutes later, the duo had burst through a hidden exit, where Jin was waiting.

"…What took you so long?" he inquired, shifting his weight. Mugen replied with a rude

"Shut up!" while Fuu explained that Mugen just couldn't keep up. Jin said nothing in response, but raised a brow.

Mugen…slow? I mean, mentally maybe, but his running speed matches mine…

How could it be that Mugen couldn't keep up with Fuu? That was what was weird. At this point, the bespectacled man began his figuring of what was really going on. It wasn't like Mugen to fall behind, especially when running from the police…again.

"We need to go. They'll catch us." Jin broke the silence, and pointed in the direction they were to go. Jin began to lead, followed by Fuu, and lastly the currently thought filled Mugen. Jin broke into a sprint when unknown voices were heard behind them. Fuu had to grab onto him in order to keep up.

"Jin! You gotta slow down!!" she exclaimed, nearly tripping over her own feet.

"We can't. We'll be captured." He replied shortly.

"But I think they've got Mugen!"

Jin's running stopped so abruptly that Fuu ran into his back. He turned around to only Fuu: had Mugen fallen behind so quickly?

Meanwhile, Mugen smirked at the five or six officers that circled him. Man, what was the government coming to? Just six? That was it? Just six?

"Man, I thought I'd be able to get more than this." Mugen laughed, "I don't even wanna waste a good blade on you bastards…"

One of the officers, whose sword was already drawn, charged at him; Mugen simply stepped to the side, and then formed a full force kick into his back. He jumped to dodge the next attacks, and it was all downhill for the cops from there.

"Aw, man…this (record scratches) never gets old," Mugen smirked.

"Mugen! Behind you!!" Fuu yelled. They'd made in time to see the sixth officer fall. Jin stood behind her, partially hidden in shadow. Just as she screamed, a hidden enemy hit the fuzzy haired man in his pressure point, and he dropped onto the ground.

The enemy, obviously of law enforcement stood with a smug look about him….It was another "one of those wanna-be badass cops", as Mugen would've put it.

Jin stepped in front of the girl, as to protect her. He let only one word leave his lips:

"Run."

Fuu was hesitant at first: she couldn't leave them there!

"But Ji--"

"I think it's best for now. I'll catch up." Jin repeated. He eyed the policeman closely, making sure he was not to do anything harmful to them.

Fuu pouted, and then refused even more.

"Hey… will you both run?...get outta here…seriously…" Mugen moaned sleepily. He looked up at them, his body weight (not that there was much) resting on his hands. He was soon on his feet. Fuu's face lit up as she watched him struggle to his feet.

"I got this…" Mugen smirked, though he stumbled a bit. "C'mon! I'm waitin' fer ya…" he groaned lazily. As provoked, the policeman came for him, sword drawn, ready to take him down. Just as he was in range, Mugen's leg made a full circle and crashed into the policeman's face, and he dropped into the dirt, unconscious.

Mugen yawned rudely, stretching his arms as far as he could. He looked at the other two-thirds of the trio: Fuu, who now was starting to rely on Jin for support…and Fish-Face, whose pale skin looked even paler in the dim light.

"We should go." Jin interrupted the silence, and also causing Fuu to stand upright once more. "We need to get out of town. Otherwise, they'll keep looking for us."

"And don't get left behind again, OK?!" Fuu scolded, not that Mugen cared, for he'd started back at his contemplating about the girl from his dream.

Jin stopped in his tracks, and turned to Mugen.

"It's your turn to hold her." The bespectacled man adjusted his arms to move the dead weight of the sleeping girl. He'd been carrying her on his back for the past…who knows how long.

"Alright already!" Mugen grumbled. He took up the girl from Jin's arms reluctantly. They started walking again…crap! Fuu's head leaned over his left shoulder so lifelessly that for a moment…Mugen thought she was dead, but then she shifted (to Mugen's displeasure), and sighed sleepily. Her hair kept rubbing against his nose, filling it with a now familiar scent.

"You smell like her…" he whispered, though it wouldn't matter. Jin had heard him anyway.

"Who's her?" Jin asked. Of course, he has to, considering that Mugen was a hit it-and-run kind of guy. He actually had thought about a particular girl? That…was weird. It was very far from his usual character.

"She's none-ah-yer business!" Mugen yelled defensively.

"Tell me this then…is she really that important?"

"You bet, y'little bitch." Mugen replied darkly.