The next day...
"Come on Jiro! We have to be at the Adoption Center in twenty minutes", said Mimiko who was excited to adopt Alice. "Im right here Mimiko. You look even more excited than you did this morning", said Jiro. "Of course I am. I get to be a mom", said Mimiko before she got a little dizzy. Jiro walked over to her incase she fell. "Are you ok Mimiko?" Jiro asked. "Im fine. Its been happening for a few weeks. Thats why I made a doctors appointment", said Mimiko. "Ok, but if you need help with anything let me know", said Jiro as he opened the door for Mimiko, "After you". "Thank you Jiro", said Mimiko as she walked out the door followed by Jiro who locked it behind him. Jiro got a cab, then he and Mimiko were off to the adoption Center.
As the cab pulled up to the adoption center, Jiro and Mimiko got out, Jiro paid the driver and they went inside. When they went inside, they saw some kids running around in another room that had it's door open, they saw people sitting in chairs waiting to be called to the desk. Jiro and Mimiko walked up to the desk. "Hello. How my I help you?" asked the receptionist. "Im Mimiko Katsuragi. I was supposed to come here to adopt a baby named Alice", said Mimiko. "Ok. Let me check", said the receptionist as she started looking for Mimiko's name on the computer, "Here you are. It says here that you want to adopt Alice Mochizuki". "Yes thats right", said Mimiko. "Ok. Go and sit down until I call your name", said the receptionist. "Ok. Thank you", said Mimiko before she and Jiro went to sit down. After a few minutes Jiro looked at Mimiko to said if she was nervous, but instead she looked like she was sick. "Are you ok Mimiko? You look sick", said Jiro. "I have a doctors appointment after this remember. I'll find out if there's anything wrong after that", said Mimiko. "Ok. If you want, I could take Alice home and look after her while your at your doctors appointment", said Jiro. "Ok. Thanks Jiro", said Mimiko as she smiled. "Mimiko Katsuragi. You my go into the office now", said the receptionist. "Lets go Jiro", said Mimiko as she and Jiro stood up and walked towards the office.
Knock Knock. "Come in", said a woman's voice. Mimiko and Jiro walked into the office. The woman smiled at Mimiko, but looked confused when she saw Jiro. "You must be Mimiko", said the woman, "Whats your name, sir?" "My name is Jiro, Jiro Mochizuki. Im Alice's uncle", said Jiro. "Oh! I wasn't aware that she had any family left. Are you from Alice's father's or mother's side?" she asked. "Her father was my brother. He died during the accident at The Company last week. I almost died, but I made it out", Jiro explained. "I see. Im not trying to be rude, but, why are you here?" asked the woman. "I'm here to make sure that Mimiko doesn't have any trouble adopting Alice", Jiro said. "Ok. Just out of curiostity, why is it you don't adopt her?" the woman asked. "I end up putting myself in danger while working for The Company all the time. I want Mimiko to take care of her incase anything happens to me", said Jiro, "Plus I trust her more than anyone". Mimiko looked at Jiro confused, "Really Jiro?" Mimiko asked. "Of course. I mean, I know she would be safe in the care of The Company like you were, she would be safe with Lord Dragon who would most likely take care of her if he could, but I know that you'll always take care of her", Jiro said smiling. "Thank you Jiro", said Mimiko looking like she was about to cry. "Thats sweet. Now lets get back on the topic of you adopting Alice Ms. Katsuragi", said the woman as she looked at something on her computer, "It looks like your qualified to adopt Alice, but this says that you live in a warehouse that what cleaned up and remodeled on the inside to make it more of a house. It wouldn't be the best place to raise her". "We started looking for other places to live shortly before what happened at The Company. We couldn't find any that we could afford", said Mimiko. "The three of us didn't, but I did", said Jiro smiling. "Hm, what do mean Jiro?" asked Mimiko. "After we all moved into the warehouse five years ago, I started saving some extra money incase anything happened. When we started looking for places, I noticed that you, Kataro, and I all liked the same house. Shortly before the accident at The Company, I bought it for us with some of that money. I was going to tell you two, but we got called to The Company, so I decided to tell you guys after we got back", Jiro's smile changed to a frown, "Things didn't go as planned". "Really? Thats so sweet. Which house was it?" said Mimiko. "This one", said Jiro as he took a picture out from under his unaturally large trench coat and handed it to Mimiko, "Its the one near the Twilight Bridge". "Wow Jiro. How much money did you have saved?" asked Mimiko. "Well...I had somewhere around...", Jiro whispered the amount into Mimiko's ear and she looked like she was going to pass out. "Are you serious! How did you get so much in only five years?" asked Mimiko. "I helped some people out around town. They paid me even though I said that they didn't have to", Jiro explained. "Excuse me. May I see the house to make sure its sutable to raise Alice in", asked the woman. "Of course", said Jiro as he handed her the picture with the address on it. She typed address in on her computer to see if it was good enough for Mimiko to raise Alice in, "Hmm...It looks like you'll be able to raise Alice here. All you need to do is sign these forms and you can take Alice home". She handed the forms to Mimiko and went to get Alice. Mimiko was almost done sighning the forms when she got to the last part, she didn't know what to do. "Last name? Do I make it Katsuagi or Mochizuki? She might go off with Jiro and he might think of her like he did Kataro. What do I do?" Mimiko thought, "Hmm...I know what to do". Just as Mimiko finished the forms and set them on the woman's desk, the woman walked in carrying Alice and a bag of what Mimiko asumed were baby things. "Wow. She looks just like Kataro did" ,thought Jiro as he smiled. "Ok. This is what you'll need to get started" ,the woman said as she went to hand the bag to Mimiko. "I'll carry it. You can carry Alice if you want" ,said Jiro as he took the bag. "Thanks Jiro" ,said Mimiko as she took Alice from the woman. "You're all set. Just give these to the receptionist and you can leave" ,said the woman as she handed Mimiko the forms that she had signed. Jiro and Mimiko walked out of the office and towards the receptionist's desk. "We were told to give these to you" ,said Mimiko as she set the forms on the desk. "Thats correct" ,said the receptionist as she took the forms, "Have a nice day". As they were walking towards the door, Alice started pulling on Mimiko's hair, making Jiro smile. When Jiro smiled, the receptionist saw his fangs. She was ready to scream, but thought that he would kill her. The Kowloon Children scared her and her mind label all vampires as cold-blooded killers that will drain a body of all its blood.
Jiro was about to get a cab for him, Alice, and Mimiko, when they heard a scream from inside. "Stay here" ,said Jiro as he set down the bag. Mimiko nodded as Jiro ran inside, ready to unsheath his katana if neccesary. When he got inside, he was shocked at what, or rather who, he saw. "Wha-What! You!" said Jiro as he saw someone who looked like Cassa, "Wait...are you Cassa or her daughter? Either way I saw the deaths of both. "Im her daughter...the one you killed was a realist illusion that I created...well...it was more of a clone than an illusion, but deadly either way" ,said Jasmine, "I managed to track you down with the help of some very nice black bloods. I think you might know them. They were friends of your after all." At that moment, a katana stabbed through the closet door, went back in, and the door went flying off its hinges. Jiro was surprised to see his old friend Crow step out of the closet carrying The Dark Princess of the North, who was unconcious. "Crow!" said a surprised Jiro. "Jiro? What are you doing here?" Crow asked. "We can talk about that later. Right now we have to take care of her!" said Jiro as he unsheathed his blade so fast that it was beyond unatural, "Get the princess and the other people to safety. Then join me in here" ,said Jiro as he jumped at Jasmine with his blade out infront of him, only to have a Kowloon Child get in his way. "No...this can't be happening...not again" ,thought Jiro.