A/N: Things might get a little far in-between. I am very, very busy for the time being. I'm hoping to write at least a chapter a day. I know a good part of what I want to write already, but there's still more planning to do. Please bear with me.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Salvatore characters, they're his. Kagome belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Kitana and Hitori/Luna are mine.

You gotta read if you wanna know more.

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Chapter Two: Disappearances

"A guild master from one of the minor houses in Memnon is missing. Presumed dead. No one knows a thing about it, or either they just don't want to. This is Memnon after all." Luna was saying. The change had been a short one. "The house itself remains intact. All of the furnishings and servants are still there. Yet the master is missing. That's all my informant could find. She's looking into it more as she can. I think we should see."

"We can't just walk right in there. We'd be killed on sight." Entreri stated. Truthfully, the former assassin was safe enough going about the city. Nira looked enough like an elf to pass for one. The three drow and Kagome were another story.

The drow were not very well liked in the Calimshan area. There had been trouble with the ones in the Forest of Mir for a very long time. For the most part, those drow stayed away. But when one was spotted they were usually killed.

Kagome would fight a different battle all together. In Memnon, women were normally regarded to be the property of men. Any and all women were up for grabs. However, her weapons would most likely deter most of who tried to take her. Not to mention that she was a very skilled fighter. Kagome would most likely fare better than the drow.

Luna thought a moment on Entreri's statement. Actually, it was a fairly obvious one. People couldn't just walk into guild houses after all. She rolled her eyes. "Well, obviously. We have to find a way to get them to let us in."

"And how do you propose we do that? Entreri said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You're an assassin, aren't you?" Luna asked. "Get them to hire you. I'm sure someone inside wants someone taken care of."

"I'm not an assassin anymore." Entreri said. "I'm done with that."

"Do they know that?"

"No."

"Then what's the problem?"

Entreri looked up at her. He didn't know what the problem was. But that wasn't who he was anymore. He had given that up.

But it wasn't like he would be killing the people for money, that was how he had mde his living and he still did just that sometimes. He was getting information to catch, and kill, some crazy demon bent on taking over the world. So what was the problem? Entreri let out a frustrated sigh. So far, he could think of nothing. "When do we go?" he asked.

"I think we should wait a few days." Luna replied. "To wait to see if something happens. We must be absolutely sure that this is the place he's hiding."

The half drow did not receive any arguments. They would continue to wait for a few more days, then they would send Entreri and Kagome to the house. Those two would have an easier time finding out the truth than any of the others.

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Later that evening...

Zakhra stood in the throne room with one of his minions before him. "We will move tonight. Staying in one place will only compromise our plans. I have already located another guild house to take over. We will take only a few of the slaves from this one. Everything else must be destroyed. Leave no evidence of our presence."

His minion bowed deeply and nodded to his master. The place would be destroyed easily enough. By the time the night was over, there would be nothing left but the empty husk of a guild house. "And what of the new location Master?"

"I will see to that." The demon lord answered as he stepped into a teleportation ring. He vanished in a flash of bright blue light. The minion took this as his cue to begin the assault. At his call a hundred demons swarmed the inside of the guild house. The screams of dying slaves filled the air as they feasted. The whole thing took only ten minutes.

The minion let loose a spell and fire consumed the remainder of the guild house's occupants. After a short while, only the burnt out building remained.

During the "cleaning" of the other house Zakhra entered another, more extravagant one. He smiled wickedly as his eyes took in all the riches around him. This place would do nicely. He forced open the doors to the guild master's chambers. This would be too easy. The human didn't even wake.

The house was his in only an hour. Once the soldiers learned of their master's demise few of them were foolish enough to fight the demon lord. The ones that had been were slaughtered before the others and left on the floors to rot. After the first three were killed, no more dared rise against the demon.

Zakhra's minions filled the house before sunrise.