The next day, Omi was troubled by something. The others noticed his unease and asked him what was wrong. His only reply was, "I don't know."

As the day progressed, Shiro failed to come to the flower shop. Thus deepening Omi's worry. The day passed without any sign from Shiro. However Omi didn't have time to dwell on his worries for long.

Night came, and he and the others moved into the basement. A large screen came to life with a bright background and a shadowy figure in the center.

"Gentlemen, you have been chosen for a type of search-and-rescue mission. Your objective is to find 13 year old Kanashimi Shiro, and retrieve her." As Persia said all of this, a picture of the young girl appeared on screen, making Omi's gut wrench.

Persia continued, "Our only suspect is Takatori Reiji, and therefore your target is either Takatori himself, or whichever of his henchmen are holding the girl. Hunters on the night, deny these dark creatures their tomorrow." Then the screen went blank.

"Any questions?" Asked a sexy red head coming down the stairs.

"Do we have any clue specifically where the target might be?" Omi asked, recovering from his momentary shock and getting himself in gear.

"No, not specifically. All we know is that they're somewhere near Kyoto. We know this because of a tracking bracelet the girl wore, but it went offline about an hour ago. It's location then was in a warehouse in Kyoto." Manx replied.

"What does Takatori want with a little girl?" Yohji wondered out loud.

Manx turned to him. "She's the daughter of the wealthy businessmen Kanashimi Matsume. He was doing business with Takatori, but something went foul. Takatori kidnapped the girl and is holding her for a ransom of some sort."

Omi nodded. No one else seemed to have any questions. Manx then asked, "Are you all in?"

None of them, not even Yohji, said no. Over the next day they made arrangements and a mission plan, and that night set them into action.

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N/A: What cha all think so far? Should I keep it up or stop? Please be honest. (Even though I'll ignore all of you who tell me to dump the story) I'll keep working on ch. 2 for now and try and get it up soon. C-yaz ~supalley.