-Mai's P.O.V.-
I walked back to my dad's shop, a sucker in my mouth. I had my black case flung over my shoulder, black shades over my eyes. My blonde hair was up in a high ponytail, it being tossed in the wind. My blue eyes scanned the deserted parking lot, only one car on the property.
"I'm home, dad!" I announced, walking into the shop, seeing Ban and another blond male sitting at the counter. "Yo, Ban."
"Welcome back, Mai." Dad said, setting a mug of coffee in front of me. "How'd the job go?"
"The client was a jerk, gave me half the promised money. The job itself was easy, though. Charmed them into just giving me the pendant." I sighed, drinking the coffee. "To top it off, the client tried some voodoo shit on me. Course, it didn't work."
"Voodoo?" The blond male asked, me rolling my eyes.
"Yeah, they tried to take control over me. Geez, how stupid are you?" I asked, turning around. "Who are you, anyways?"
"Ginji Amano. I'm Ban's new partner. Pleased to meet you." The blond, Ginji, stated, smiling.
"Beware, the kid's bad news." I joked, turning back around.
"You had several job offers while you were out. I gave some of them to Ban and Ginji, but, some of them were specified for you." Dad stated, tossing me some papers. "One of which, I'm not sure if you should take."
"Gee, thanks for looking down on my capabilities, old geezer." I muttered,looking through the jobs. "Get my cat back, get my necklace back, get my book collection back. Hm, get my memories back? Who looses their memory, anyways?"
"This one is the one I was talking about. Not sure about you, but I can't see you getting this back." Dad sighed, pointing at a paper.
"Get my girlfriend back from London? She's been kidnapped, gangsters, possibly killed. Optimistic there. London is a long trip, and I'm not dealing with kidnappings, that's the police's job, kiddo. Dad, why is this even a thing? Let me ask again, why is the summary here shady? I mean, yeah, kidnapping and that, but, the address of this guy's house is in the limitless fortress." I sighed, looking at the job description. "Something's up here. Who wants to cheek it out?"
"We can go. We're waiting for jobs for us." Ban stated, standing up.
"Fine, but you gotta take your can. I'm taking my bike." I stated, finishing my coffee. "Make sure you have some pizza waiting for me when we get back."
"Okay, can do. Careful." Paul said, wiping down the counter.
"Will do, old man. C'mon, then." I said, walking out and to my bike. "Smoke?"
"Here." Ban sighed, flicking me a cigarette and lighter, me catching the two.
"Thanks." I muttered, lighting the cigarette, tossing Ban the lighter back. "Glad you have better taste than pops in there."
"Whatever. Let's get going." Ban growled, getting into his rusty car, Ginji getting into the passenger side.
"Better keep up, kiddo." I muttered, both me and Ban starting up our vehicles, me blasting off ahead.
"According to the job description, it's about two minutes into the city, twenty minutes into the fortress. A guy's supposed to be there waiting for you. Be careful."
"Just like that job. Dad picked something up that he didn't like. But, what was it?" I asked, thinking back to the previous kidnapped job I did with dad. "The guy ended up killing the girl, but to release a spirit from her body. This time, it's the same situation, and the address of both clients are five minute walk from each other. To add to it, the last client made a trap to encase me away from dad, and attempted to use me to unleash this spirit."
"Mai, we're here." Ban stated, pulling up next to me, knocking me back to reality. "You go in, and if you're not back out in five minutes, we're going in after you."
"I'd say ten minutes. If you don't get anything from me saying I'm doing good within a five minute period, then come in. Something doesn't feel right." I sighed, walking up to a door and knocking on it.
"Hello?" A young man asked, opening the door.
The man had dark black hair that reached below his ears. The hair looked like he had just woken up (in the fact that it was messy), but well taken care of. His eyes were a deep, chocolate brown. But, the eyes didn't look like they were hurt by a kidnapping.
"Shinju, here for this girlfriend recovery." I replied, looking him in the eyes.
"Ah, then you're looking for my friend. Kinto, get in here! Someone picked your request up!" The man exclaimed, walking into the house. "Follow me into the living room."
Nodding, I glanced back at Ban, and followed the man into the house. The house was decently kept, dirty here and there, but clean altogether. I sat in a chair, observing my surroundings, I noticed that there were plenty of pictures of a man and woman together.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting." A man stated, walking into the living room and sitting in the couch across from the chair.
"Not waiting, really." I replied, checking my cell phone for the time. "Even at that, three minutes isn't all that long."
"For someone as busy as you, I shouldn't keep you long. The job I asked for you to do, is to get my girlfriend back. Someone kidnapped her while me and my friend were at work, leaving this note behind. I fear the worst, and I know you have a service that gets anything back. I just recieved a new message from the kidnapper, saying that I have four days to give him the ransom money, or he's gonna kill her." He explained, his dark blue eyes hurt. "I've been dating her for three years, and I'll die if I loose her."
"Ya won't die, but it'll hurt so much that it'll drive you to suicide. It's a common feeling after a breakup or you loosing the partner some other way." I stated, nodding. "But, I understand. Where did the guy say he was last at?"
"He's back in Japan, in Hiroshima." Kinto replied, looking down, then muttered, "She shouldn't of been caught in the middle of all this. Damn it."
"Yo, it's gonna be okay. Hiroshima isn't all that far, I'll be able to find her in less than a day, and get her within two." I stated, standing up. "You got anything of hers with DNA?"
"Yeah, I've got her brush." Kinto replied, pulling out an expensive looking brush out from a drawer nearby, handing it to me.
"Now it'll be ten times easier to track her. Thank you for your time, sir." I said, bowing, then making a leave for the door, opening it. "I'll call you once I got her, safely."
"Thank you, miss. I'll never be able to repay you." Kinto replied, bowing to me as I closed the door on him.
"Smokes and a good amount of cash'll always do it." I muttered, waljing up to Ban and Ginji. "The guy's constantly on the move. Gonna have dad track her via DNA tests and so on. Let's head back so I can fill you in."
"Always business with you. Why don't ya ever have fun between jobs?" Ban asked, me getting on my bike, him in his car.
"Lives are always on the line, Ban." I replied, turning the bike on and heading back to the Honky Tonk.

A/N- I DO NOT own GetBackers, its plot, or its characters. I only own Mai.