A/N: Hi all, this is going to be a lengthy chapter compared to the last, but I hope the extra detail is going to be worth he read. Hope you all enjoy.

Edited 27/6/17: Correcting spelling and grammar errors. Also, Linimal should be Liminal, only just realised this after 11 chapters, oops.


''Mommy, I'm scared…'' A young, 7-year old girl teared up, obviously worried about what the bad men holding then captive might do to them.

''It's okay Yui, everything is going to be okay.'' Her mother doing her best to comfort her, despite the situation the found themselves in. Today was just meant to be a quick trip to the bank, but unfortunately, things had turned out the way they had, and all the woman could do was try and stay calm for the sake of her daughter, and homestay that accompanied them.

''Why would they do something like this? Don't they know that they're jeopardizing relations between liminals and humans by doing this?'' The Dragonewt girl exclaimed.

''Don't worry Sulphira, I'm sure most aren't like this.'' Yui's mother was doing her best to keep her homestay calm.

'That may be true, but we're the representatives of our species. How are people going to trust us if all they see are liminals that would take advantage of them?' Sulphira was not about to let this go. She was a proud member of the Dragonewt race, so to be held captive like this against her will infuriated her to no end, but she realized that getting angry right now would make the situation worse, especially for her host family. They practically treated her like one of their own. Yui treated her like the big sister she never had, though Sulphira was not prepared for a human so young to be so forward with her. Eventually the young girl's innocence and curiosity grew on the Dragonewt, and she was not about to lose that bond to a bunch of petty thugs.

'Quiet down!' The centaur shouted at the top of his lungs, pointing his rifle at the young dragonewt. ''If you don't want to be filled with lead, then I'd suggest you keep that scaly trap of yours shut!''

All Sulphira did was stare straight into the eyes of the centaur, refusing to be terrorized by such a low life, refusing to look away out of fear, to deny her captor the satisfaction that he sought.

'Or maybe I should make an example out of you.'

Before he could so much as think about pulling the trigger, he heard a struggle from the other side of the building, where the safes were located. Suddenly, the door to the front room was swung open to reveal a man, possibly in his late forties, restraining a school girl with short, raven hair, struggling to escape his grasp.

'I said let me go!' The girl screamed in protest.

''Not before you tell me why you were hiding back there, and you'd better have a damned good reason.'' The man restraining her appeared to be the only human amongst the criminals. He had a shaved head, dark brown eyes, wearing a black suit, and sporting a large scar across his right cheek. As it turned out, he was a member of the Yakuza, though it appeared that he was acting alone to pull off this heist. He pointed the pistol he was holding to the girl's head to coax an answer out of her.

'I hid in the office at the back to avoid getting caught, what did you expect me to do?!'

''Well I suggest you join the others here if you don't wish to die today.'' He threw the girl towards one of the trolls standing guard over the hostages, not caring about the girl's well-being. 'You, keep your eyes on this one, she might be trouble.'

'Sure thing, Boss.' The troll replied, while wrapping his free arm around her to prevent her escape.

''Hey, doesn't she look like that Teen Witch Mako-Chan you like so much, Drek?'' The cyclops asked the lizardman near the entrance of the building.

''Th-the fuck are you talking about?! I don't read that shit!'' Drek protested, trying to hide his embarrassment with his hood.

'Enough!'

The man in charge of the heist was about to lose his patience. Since the start, it had been nothing but problems. First, Burter and Minos causing havoc outside, then the code for the safe he got from the staff didn't work, now he had a cosplayer that seemed to appear out of thin air screaming her head off. The last thing he wanted was to hear his men bicker like children over a manga character. He walked over to one of the hostages, a man in his fifties, dressed in the bank's uniform, and put a gun to his head. He then raised a hand, holding a scrap of paper with the safe's code written on it.

'You told me this was the code to the safe! Are you trying to make a fool out of me?!'

''What?! That's impossible!'' The bank manager panicked. ''I'm the only one that knows the code, and even I can't change it without authorization!''

''Then if it wasn't you, who did?!'' The boss pulled the hammer back on his pistol.

''I don't know! Please don't shoot!''

Suddenly, the lights in the room went out without warning. It was hard to see anything that wasn't near the windows at the front of the building.

'You two,' He pointed at the centaur and cyclops. 'cover the front of the building. No one should be able to get in from the back.' He was aware that the back entrance of the building was secured by an electronic lock, and no one, besides the staff, could gain access, even with a power out. The two thugs moved to the windows where Burter and Minos were stationed, and checked outside to see what the police were up to.

'No change Boss.'

At that moment, the rifle the minotaur was holding exploded into shrapnel, sending him flying backwards, his arms and chest in agony.

'The fuck was that?!' Burter shouted in panic.

Before long, the same thing happened to him, as well as the centaur and cyclops, all dropping to the floor.

'The hell are you idiots doing?! Get the hell up!' Drek moved up to window, taking cover behind the wall to avoid the same thing happening to him. 'They have a fucking sniper! Where the hell are they?!'


About 1.5 kilometres away, on top of an apartment complex, a woman wearing a black and yellow body suit, was staring down the barrel of her sniper rifle, scanning for targets. The intriguing thing was that there was no scope on her rifle, so hitting a target from that distance, even with one, would be considered a miracle. Though the sniper in question was no ordinary woman, considering that she had a massive purple eye instead of two.

'Four hits confirmed. Targets retreating from the entrance.'

'Nice one Manachi!' The squad captain responded. ''We'll take it from here!''

Manako stood up from her position, brushing her hair from her face, her eye tearing up. The wind made it hard for her to see for long.

'Where did I put my eye drops?' She complained to herself, patting herself over trying to find them. It was bad enough that she had to hoof it all the way to where the incident was taking place, not to mention the trip down from the top of the 30-story building she was dropped off at. She had no choice but to leave it to the others now.


'Damn it! The fuck is going on?!' Drek was getting pissed at the rapidly deteriorating situation they were in now. It was just one problem after the other, but at least they still had hostages.

'What else can go wrong?' The human Ringleader muttered to himself, getting visibly irate.

As if on cue, the grating from the air duct came crashing down, landing on top of one of the troll's head, causing him to stumble backwards. From the gap in the vent, a red-headed woman came flying out, drawing a pair of sub-machine guns, aiming at the unarmed liminals near the entrance of the building.

'Yippee Ki Yay, Motherfuckers!'

A hail of bullets came spurting out of the SMG's, causing chaos near the building's entrance. The lizardman dodged to the side, as the other four liminals were caught in the crossfire. Luckily for them, they were only rubber bullets, though it was enough to incapacitate the targets. The gunfire stopped, as the woman landed on one knee. She stood up, her back facing the hostages, as she turned her head to the side, revealing a patchwork of skin and stitches, sporting a grin full of fanged teeth, and a pair of yellow and green eyes, eying up the ringleader.

''You have no idea how long I've wanted to say that.''

'What are you waiting for?! Kill her!' The scarred human raises his gun to open fire on the intruder.

Suddenly, the wall behind him and the trolls exploded, sending the ringleader flying. From the breach, a large figure comes striding through, wearing full body armour, and carrying two large custom riot shields. Before the trolls could react, the armoured giant came charging in, slamming the butt of one of her shields into his face, knocking him unconscious. The other troll, still clutching to the schoolgirl, opened fire on her, but the ogress raises her other shield in time to block the bullet storm. Suddenly, the troll received a large impact to his jaw. Looking down, he saw a large fist manifesting from locks of silver hair, though to his surprise, it was coming from the girl he held captive. She opened her eyes, revealing two, golden eyes with black sclera, staring back at him. The girl's left arm suddenly manifested into a hulking mass of flesh, and she drove it into his gut at full force. Loosening his grip, the troll stumbled back and fell to the ground.

'I always seem to get the worst jobs.' The girl complained to no one in particular, as the hostages watched on in awe. Without warning, her form unravelled into a mass of long silver hair, slowly revealing a small, dark-skinned girl, her naked form covered only by her hair which seemed to have a life of their own. The armoured figure moved up to the group of hostages and took off her helmet. To their surprise, what they thought was an ornament, was in fact a horn that was attached to the woman's forehead, as it revealed the face of an attractive, tanned, blonde haired ogre, with a sweet smile on her face.

''It's okay everyone, you're all safe now, just head out the hole through the side of the building.''

With that, the group started shuffling out with the two girls helping with the escort.

'I love it when a plan co- 'Zombina is cut off as she is struck by bullet fire from behind, the bullet storm firing from and irate lizardman.

'Hah, serves you right, bitch!' Drek screamed as he continued to riddle the woman full of lead until he ran out of ammo. Tio was quick enough to raise her shield to protect Doppel and the hostages from the incoming fire.

'Bina-chan!' The ogress screamed in distress.

Just as her body was about to collapse, she forced her left leg forward, stopping herself from hitting the floor. The lizard man was in shock as she turned around to face him, her chest bloodied and full of holes, and a massive grin on her face.

''You're going to have to do better than that.'' Giving him a playful wink.

'AAAAAARRRRRRRHHHHHHHH!'

He dropped his rifle, charging head long towards the zombie, intent on ending her un-life. Zombina raised her arms to take aim at her foe, but the lizardman skilfully dodged the fire, and as he closed the distance, he plunged his claw into her right shoulder, and proceeded to rip her arm off. With a grin, she swept her leg under her attacker, and tripped him up. Just as he was about land on his back, the zombie raised her intact arm and brought her elbow down to his face at full force.

It was at this moment that Drek knew, he fucked up.

The back of his head collided with the ground beneath him, causing the tiles to shatter, leaving a small crater where his head landed.

'That should keep him quiet for a while.' Zombina complimented herself, satisfied with the results of her brawl. She quickly checked herself over to assess the damage caused to her. ''Damn, it's gonna take forever to fix this mess up.'' Pouting as she complained.

'Bina-chan!'

Zombina suddenly found herself caught in the tight embrace of the towering ogress, though with her body armour on, even the zombie found it less then comfortable.

'You alright there?' Doppel asked with concern on her face.

''Yeah I'll manage. Geez where the hell did my other arm go?''

'AAAAHHHH- '

The three of them heard a scream behind them that was suddenly muffled, turning to find the dragonewt girl being held captive by the ringleader, who currently had his gun pressed against her temple. Zombina broke from Tio's embrace and raised her SMG at the man.

'Freeze, Asshole.'

''Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you.'' The man had a deranged look on his face has he slowly stepped back from the three liminals in front of him. 'I'm sure you're aware what'll happen if you harm me, right? You monsters are powerless now.'

'The only monster I see right now is you.' Doppel retorted.

''Please don't hurt her, she hasn't done anything wrong!'' Tio was pleading with the man not to make any rash decisions.

''Oh, but she'll be coming with me. This heist may have been a bust, but I think I can make a pretty penny out of a ransom, don't you think? And I should thank you for dealing with these dolts for me, to think that they'd expect me to share the profits with them.''

Disgusted by the man's lack of concern for anything, even for his own men, they failed to notice the grenade that was strapped to his belt. Without warning, he threw Sulphira through the door behind him, reaching for the grenade with his now free hand, and opened fire on the MON agents. Tio managed to raise her shields in time to block the shots. The gun fire stopped, only to be followed by a loud 'thud' against the shields. Before they could process what happened, they were sent flying backwards from a small explosion, though thankfully Tio's shields absorbed most of the blast. By the time they got up though, the doorway in front of them had collapsed, and there was no easy way of getting through.

''Yuuto, we've got a situation! Human suspect with a young dragonewt hostage is attempting to escape!'' Zombina yelled down the radio.

''Don't worry, I've got the situation covered, trust me.'' The voice of the young man came through.

'You better.' The captain replied. ''We're kind of blocked off down here. I'm counting on you.''


The man was making his way up to the roof, with the hostage in tow. He had made plans to escape by helicopter to avoid any further shoot-outs on the way out.

'Where are you taking me?!' Sulphira exclaimed.

''We're going for a little flight.'' He explained to the girl. ''Don't you dragons like to fly? Because I sure do.'' Determination filled his lungs, with everything else that had gone wrong today, he was sure that his escape plan was fool-proof, it had to be. The noise of a helicopter landing on the roof of the bank could be heard from the stairwell. As they made their way to the door of the roof though, the ringleader noticed that the engine of the helicopter began to die down.

'Oh, what the fuck are those idiots doing?!'

He kicked the door down as the stepped onto the roof top. The helicopter was there, engines fully died down, with a human pilot at the front, and a man with an AK47 in the main compartment, though the two men in question were unconscious upon his arrival. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the men had tranquilizer darts embedded in their skin, responsible for their current state. The scarred man panicked, pointing his gun in every direction, trying to find the person responsible.

'Alright, come the fuck out! No more games!' He was starting to get furious.

While distracted by his own panic, he suddenly felt a fist collide with his right cheek, sending him tumbling to the ground, losing his grip on his weapon, and the dragonewt. After hitting the ground, Sulphira got up onto her knees, looking up to see her saviour. There stood a young man, a human, with short, spiky blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing the same black and yellow body suit the zombie woman downstairs was. He was looking right at her, with a barely visible grin at the corner of his lips.

'You alright there, Miss?'

She only nodded her head in response, too dumbstruck to utter a word after what happened. It wasn't long until the ringleader stood back up, with blood dripping from his lip, staring daggers at the MON agent. At this, Sulphira got up and ran to hide behind the agent for protection.

''Oh, sorry about that, didn't realise that was your ride. You could always ask the police for a ride if you want.'' The young man's sarcastic remark really got at the ringleader. He was already having a bad day, and now he was being made a fool of by someone who probably wasn't even half his age. Though despite his anger, he cracked a wicked grin as he pulled a knife that he had hidden in his jacket.

''You know, Kid, I've been having a really bad day, what with those monster girls and all, but the fact that you've probably been waiting up here this whole time, just so you could kick me while I'm down on my luck, I must admit, has really fucking ticked me off. So, if you don't mind just dying for me right now, at least I can get some sort of satisfaction out of that.''

Sulphira flinched as the ringleader slowly stepped towards her and the blonde man she was hiding behind, but Yuuto calmly turned his head to face her, despite the immediate danger.

''Miss, go hide behind the copter over there. I'll take care of this psychopath.'' He grinned as he raised a thump to help reassure her.

''But what about you?! You're unarmed!''

''I'd be more worried about him right now. I've been trained to deal with situations like this, and in his current state of mind, he'll be a piece of cake. Now go on, I'll be fine.''

Without another word, she did as she was instructed, and made her way to safety, keeping an eye on the man that helped her only moments ago. The ringleader made a lunge at the agent, thrusting his dagger forward towards his chest, but Yuuto easily stepped to the side to avoid the attack, and responded in kind with a quick right-hook to his face. Regaining his stance, the ringleader stepped forward and stared slashing at his opponent. Yuuto continued to evade his attacks with ease, though he was unable to find an opening to disarm his foe.

'Just die already!'

Under the constant barrage of attacks, he didn't watch where he was stepping, and his foot slipped on a small pool of blood, presumably belonging to the ringleader.

'Hah! Gotcha now!'

In a split second, Yuuto managed to regain his footing, and managed to push himself away from the attacker, but not far enough to avoid the slash fully. The tip of the blade succeeded to make a light cut to his right cheek just under his eye. Yuuto brought up his hand to cover the wound, annoyed that he let his guard down.

''Not so confident now, are you?! I've been in the Yakusa for years, and not once have I lost in a knife fight! So, what chance do you think you have when your fucking unarmed?!''

Yuuto looked back at the scarred criminal, who had clearly lost all sense of control by now. He had to be stopped. The young man took up a defensive stance, and merely grinned at his foe, gesturing him to come at him. In that instance, the Yakuza charged forwards at him, intent on making the killing blow, but Yuuto was ready for him this time, he had his opening.

As the dagger lunged forward at him, he stepped to the side and grabbed the ringleader by the wrist with his left hand, and with his right, he thrust the palm of his hand at the joint of the attacker's arm. The Yakusa lost his grip on his dagger upon the force of the impact, but before the knife could hit the floor, Yuuto force his back into the ringleader, and gripped both hands onto his opponent's arm. He put all his strength into his next attack, pulling his arm forwards, and forcing his opponent over his shoulder. The Yakuza's back slammed onto the rooftop at full force causing the man to gasp in pain, he was unable to move.

Yuuto released his grip on the ringleader, but he wasn't satisfied, before the Yakusa could have a chance to get up again, he pulled a pistol from his side, and fired a tranquilizer dart at the man's chest. The man stared at the foreign object lodged in his chest, then stared back at the agent standing above him.

'Who…the fuck…are…you…' He trailed off as the drugs took their effect on him as he slipped into unconsciousness.

'Yuuto Kazama, Monster Operations: Neutralization.' He muttered under his breath, satisfied with his victory.

Without warning, Sulphira tackled him from behind, holding him in an embrace, but Yuuto was able to keep his balance. He suddenly noticed that she was pressing her particularly perky breasts against him, which cause his cheeks to go bright red, as the girl sobbed, her cheek press against the back of his neck.

'Thank you,' as she continued to weep. ''I don't know what they would've done to me if you weren't here.''

Yuuto placed a hand on her arm she had wrapped around his chest to reassure the young dragonewt. ''Hey, it's ok, you're safe now.''

Sulphira squeezed harder at that statement, smiling to herself. 'But really, thank you. You were amazing back there. I never knew that humans were capable of fighting like that.'

''Well, can't say I'm a total badass like my squad mates, but I guess this is pretty good too.''

The two chuckled at the statement, enjoying the now tranquil atmosphere they had, only to have it ruined when a certain, red headed zombie, came barrelling through the door, causing the pair to jump back from each other in shock at the new arrival, who had obviously seen better days, if the missing arm and bullet holes had anything to do with it.

'Alright, nobody mo-' Zombina stopped herself when she realised the ringleader that was lying unconscious at her feet, she then looked to Yuuto with a puzzled look on her face.

'Targets neutralized.' Yuuto composed himself, noticing the state that the zombie was in. 'You need a hand?'

'Pfft…' She chuckled to herself before unleashing an uproar of laughing, dropping her gun to clutch at her stomach, trying to stop her stitches from splitting presumably. The young man smirked at the sight of his superior in stitches, as the dragonewt girl just stared at the scene in confusion. Once Zombina finally calmed herself down from her laughing fit, she strutted over to the blonde human, a toothy grin plastering her face. She wrapped her intact arm around the back of his neck, and pulled him in close, much to his surprise.

'Nice one, Rookie!' She complimented him. 'Not a bad job for your first operation, but…' She plants a kiss on his cheek where he was cut, causing his face to flush a bright crimson before she pulled her face away from his. ''you could do with some more hand-to-hand training. Don't want some asshole ruining that pretty face of yours.'' She then proceeded to lick her lips where Yuuto's blood left its mark. 'Mmm, not bad.' Giving him a playful wink and a smirk.

'Says the one-armed zombie currently caked in preservatives.' He replied bluntly. ''Also, I hope I don't have to worry about turning any time soon because of your blatant sexual harassment.'' Smirking to himself, not that he really minded getting that sort of attention.

''Geez, quit your whining Yuuto. You'll be fine as long as you're not dying, but if you want…'' She pulled him in closer, purposely pressing her bloodied breasts against him in an attempt to embarrass him.

'Pass!' Yuuto pulled himself away from her embrace, trying to hide his embarrassment from her, as Zombina laughed it up, satisfied with her junior's reaction. ''Anyway, we should probably meet up with Smith and the rest of the team, and maybe retrieve your other arm while we're at it.''

'Heh, good point, the cops and detainment units should be able to handle the rest.' As Zombina walked past him, she playfully slapped his ass, causing him to flinch. ''Anyone tell you how cute you are when you're all flustered?'' She teased him with a wink as she headed down the stairwell to meetup with Tio and Doppel. Yuuto looked back to the dragonewt standing behind him, her face bright red, struggling to comprehend the exchange that just happened between the two MON agents.

'Sorry about that.' He nervously rubbed the back of his neck 'I guess my co-workers can be a bit,' he hesitated for a moment, 'quirky at times.'

Sulphira snapped herself back into reality at the remark. ''Oh, don't worry,'' her face still bright red. 'I guess a team like yours need to be close to work well together like that. Though, you and your girlfriend might want to keep the flirting off the job at least' she stated, trying to cover her embarrassment.

'What?! Girlfriend?! Oh, no!' He waved his hands in protest. ''The two of us aren't like that! She just gets a kick out of teasing me, that's all!''

'Oh, well I guess you guys are pretty close then.' She twirled a strand of her hair in her fingers. 'Must be nice.'

'Yeah, well it can be a pain in the ass at times.' He proceeded to rub where Zombina smacked him earlier. 'Anyway, we should head back ourselves, your host family will be worried about you.'

Before she could reply, Yuuto grabbed her by the hand, causing her to flinch briefly. 'Wait, what are you '

''C'mon, better not keep them waiting.''

At that, the two of them made their way down from the rooftop, finally able to relax, relieved that the ordeal was finally over.