ACT'S ARE OVER! You have no idea how happy I am! I finished this chapter so here it is! Sorry for the long wait and faking you guys out with the "Author's Note"
So...
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Camilla looked out the window and saw the 'quintet' unloading the instruments from the van.
"Carry that very gently okay?" Hevn told Ginji.
"I know, I know."
'Camilla, I know you're in there.' Ban thought looking at the mansion. He was going to find her.
"Alright, let's get going."
**Scene change**
Camilla looked at the Stradivarius sitting on her couch. She laughed. The one that they were protecting was the fake. 'Madoka's search will be in vain.' She thought.
"They're here." Karina said over the phone. "Is that so? Thank you." He hung up.
"Stupid girl, she should have just minded her own business!" Akutsu said silently cursing Madoka for the mess she was creating.
"Pardon me sir, but the musicians have arrived and are waiting at the gate."
"I am well aware, let's greet them, and tell Ms. Ramirez to stay hidden until further notice. We don't want our trump card going to waist now do we?"
He handed the Stradivarius to the large man, "Let's go greet them. While I'm gone, your task will be to protect the violin. I'm counting on you Mr. Hishiki. Aiko,"
"Yes brother?"
"Let's go."
**Scene Change**
Camilla watched as the recovery service entered the grand foyer. She stayed hidden behind the third pillar on the right, at the top of the stair case.
"Wow! What an estate!" Natsumi said in awe.
"I wonder what he did to earn this kind of money." Hevn said skeptically.
"Do not say that too loudly Hevn." Said Paul.
Ginji pushed the Instruments towards the stair case, "Ban, help me out here."
"Members of the quintet. I bid you welcome, we've been expecting you."
Ban and Ginji stared at the man.
"Wait a minute, I don't remember any of you from this group."
"Oh right, the group you reserved ran into some trouble and couldn't make it. We rushed right over to serve as their replacements. I assure you, there's no need to worry."
Akutsu approached Hevn, "Our skills are more than up to the task."
"Is that so? The guests we're entertaining tonight are some important business partners of mine. The kind of people who would be insulted by anything less than a brilliant performance."
They looked at him angrily.
"I wonder if you could play your violin for me."
"But we haven't had a chance to tune up yet." Hevn stammered.
"If your skills are unsatisfactory then just say so." A group of his men stood in front of them.
"So the maestro of the underworld shows his true face. And these business partners from Italy have got to be Mafia or something." Hevn whispered to Ban.
"Now then, what's the matter? Is there some sort of problem?" Aiko asked innocently.
"Or perhaps-"
Ban took out a violin and placed his chin on the chin rest. He began to play. Camilla pretty much knew everything there was to know about Ban, but even this shocked her.
The melody was sad but beautiful.
Even Akutsu and Aiko were shocked.
Ban stopped playing, "Magnificent, your skill is impressive," Akutsu praised, "By all means make yourselves at home before the performance tonight. Karobe,"
"Yes sir."
"Don't just stand there, show them to their room."
"Right away."
He led them up the stairs, "Your room is this way,"
Camilla was excited, she couldn't wait to see how the situation would turn out. She turned around and left to go to her room.
As Ban rounded the corner he saw her walk into her room and disappear. He planned on paying her a visit later.
**Scene Change**
"Thank you for your hospitality." Hevn said as he closed the door.
The moment the door shut behind him, the crew relaxed and stretched out their muscles.
"That was close, that Jagan of yours really saved our asses back there Ban." Ginji said relieved.
"You idiot. Why in the hell would I use the Jagan on you guys too?"
"Huh?! You mean you were actually playing back there?" Ginji sat up.
"No way!" Hevn yelled.
"That's amazing!" yelled Natsumi.
"I had no idea you were so talented." Paul said.
"It's really not that big a deal, okay?" Ban said as if he had other things in his mind. Which he did, "Now come one, let the girl out of there."
Ginji and Paul opened the violin, "Sorry about that, was it uncomfortable in there?"
"Not at all." She sat up.
**Scene Change**
"Let me get this straight, all I have to do is protect the violin from those intruders?" Shido asked.
"Precisely. They've manage to prove themselves. They are most certainly more of a threat I thought they were going to be."
"They're nothing I can't handle."
"Ms. Ramirez, will be nearby if need be, but we rather not let them know she's there but if the time comes she'll be ready."
"Don't worry, I'll get the job done."
"I'm counting on you," Shido began to walk out of his office, "Oh and another thing," he stopped, "I could use your expertise, I could use a little, shall you say, Roman civilization entertainment."
"Entertainment you say?"
"Yes, a show if you will, in place of the quintet."
**Scene Change**
Ginji looked around the room anxiously as the tuned up the instruments.
"So what exactly are you looking for anyway?"
"Oh, nothing, n-nothing at all."
"Are you still looking for that guy who was standing behind Akutsu in the magazine?"
"You noticed."
"Of course I did."
"I told, he was a part of my old gang, the volts. He was one of the four kings, Shido, the beast master."
"Yeah you told me about him a while back, but what do you mean by beast master?"
"He commands animals by whistling, he says he can even communicate with them."
"Oh really now? So what's a guy like that doing in this place?"
"I wish I knew the answer. But if I had to guess, because I left the limitless fortress, the volts just can't stay together. He's probably angry with me about that."
"He was one of your own wasn't he?"
"Yeah."
"So it's not like he's a bad guy right?"
Ginji wasn't sure where Ban was going with this conversation.
"When we look for the violin, find him and see if you can iron things out with him."
"But Ban, I-" He stopped himself and then agreed.
Akutsu walked in with his business associates. He placed a violin on the table beside him, "Well, let's get started shall we?"
"There's the violin." Ginji whispered.
Ban and Ginji were ready to get things started.
"Alright, we'll do everything exactly as planned. I'll use the Jagan on them and then while their confused and then we'll snatch the violin and any other one lying around anywhere. Kay?"
"Right, got it." Ginji smiled.
"Okay, let's get to work." Ban pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose, "Jagan-"
Ban was about to use one of his trump cards, but before he could, metal bars surrounded them.
"What the hell?" Ban exclaimed.
"What's this?" Paul asked.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Hevn sighed.
"Gentlemen, we have a first class piece of entertainment ready, starring the Get Backers recovery service."
"How did he?-" Ginji started.
"A little birdy told me about your plans, did you think I'd honestly would fall for something as stupid as that?"
"But how-"
"What really pissed me off was those dirty looks coming from your friends, Lightening Emperor."
"What? How did you know that?" Ginji asked.
"Again, a little birdy told me." Akutsu laughed, "Now, without further ado,"
"Huh?" they all asked.
"What is he talking about?" Ginji asked.
As he was waiting for answers a Lion jumped into the cage.
"Oh, that kind of entertainment." Ginji said laughing nervously.
**Scene Change**
Madoka got impatient and decided to go look for the violin while the others had them distracted.
"Mozart, take me to the room that smells like musical instruments."
She opened the door and let Mozart lead her to the violin.
A few doors down Mozart stopped in front of it.
She opened the door and the aroma of wood and varnish flooded her nostrils. "Good boy."
She stood in the middle of the room, "There's gotta be tons of them in here, but which one is it."
She pondered on what to do, "I know." She walked over to the window and opened it. She cupped her ears and listed as the wind glided over the strings of the violin, she listened to the sound that resonated off of them.
'There's nothing but excellent violins here, but the one with the richest sound must be my violin.' She thought to herself.
She heard it. Madoka walked over to the violin she got on her toes to try to reach it but she still couldn't reach it. Someone grabbed it, "Who's there?" she asked startled.
"Will you play this one for me?"
"Will I-"
"You wanted to play this didn't you?" He asked.
She played for him, and he closed his eyes and listened to her music. After a few seconds she stopped abruptly, "What the matter?" he asked concerned.
"It's different, this one isn't my violin after all."
"Sorry to hear that young lady."
"Um, who are you after all."
"My name is Shido, I was hired by Akutsu to protect the violin."
Madoka gasped, "And Karina?"
"How do you know about Karina?"
"I smelled her scent. B-but your g-going to t-turn me I-in to Akutsu?"
"Don't worry I won't do you any harm. But I can't let you have the violin either. Sorry, but a job is a job."
"Please-"
"You should hurry up and get out of here. The recovery service will never succeed, at least not while I'm here. See you later Motzart."
"How did you know his name?"
He didn't answer, he just closed the door behind him. He thought about the girl. He honestly wished he could help her out. If he got the opportunity to he would. Shido wondered how she knew Karina. He needed to ask he about it when he saw her.
**Scene Change**
"AHHHH!" Natsumi, Hevn and Paul screamed.
"Don't worry Natsumi, I'll protect you!" Ginji said stepping in front of them.
The lion wasn't paying any attention to them, he was clawing at Ban, who climbed up the bars, "Hey! Don't I deserve a little protection too?"
The men watching laughed.
"Well, gentlemen, how are you liking the show?"
"Damn it." Ban said, "I have no choice."
Ban looked into the lion's eyes, now it was dreaming. All of the men looked like zebras in the Sahara.
"Go." Ban said.
The lion began ramming the bars with his head. This alarmed the men, "Shunsuke! The situation is getting out of hand."
The lion's head bent the bars. And eventually he got out, the men ran for their lives.
Camilla couldn't help but laugh. But as a result, she gave herself away. Ban looked at her, she had on black jeggings with a skin tight red t-shit that cut off right about her belly button, and she had on a black leather jacket and red 6 inch heels. The moment she locked eyes with him, she ran out of the room as fast as she could and down the hall.
"Hey, it's the girl that was at the café today." Natsumi said.
"Yeah. Ban-" Ginji stopped as he saw Ban's face, it was odd, why was he smiling?
"What is it Ginji?"
"What should we do now?"
"Find the violin, and get out of here." Ban took off after Camilla, "We'll meet up once we find it."
'Damn, just wait till I find you.'
**Scene Change**
"Shido, their coming this way." Karina said running toward him.
"I take it they saw you."
She rubbed the back of her head and laughed nervously. "Yeah, kind of."
Shido could put his finger on it, but there was something that seemed familiar about her.
A mouse crawled up Shido's soldier, "So he used the Jagan once?"
"The Jagan can only be used three times in 24 hours." She told him.
"So you know about it?"
She nodded, "More than you know."
"Madoka said she knew you." He said changing the subject, looking at her skeptically.
Karina stiffened, "Oh really… she said that?"
"Not that exactly but yes. How is that so?"
"Honestly I should be asking you the same question, seeing as you spoke to her, about me. Now if you'll excuse me, they are coming this way." Karina cut through using one of the many rooms in the estate, "I'll be nearby if you need me."
"Right." Shido said as he summoned his rats.
'2 more uses of his Jagan left.'
**Scene Change**
Ban ran down the hall looking for Camilla, 'Where the hell is she?' As he rounded the corner he lost her.
Just as he ran a swarm of rats ran toward him.
"Damn."
"Why don't you go ahead and use your Jagan power."
"You must be Shido. You wouldn't have happened to see Camilla around here recently would you?"
"You must have the wrong person."
"Blonde hair blue eyes?"
"You must mean Karina."
"Okay then… have you seen her?"
"And what if I did?"
"Is that a challenge?"
Shido put his fingers to his lips and whistled.
The rats jumped on him. 'Okay little rodents, look this way!' He flashed his Jagan and the rats ran in the other direction.
"Only one use left." Shido whistled again this time sending in crows. Ban used his Jagan on the crows.
"You've used up that precious trump card of yours haven't you? Ban Mido, your nothing special, I don't know what Ginji sees in you."
"You talk too much." Ban said taking off his black coat.
Shido looked at Ban confused.
"Why don't we take this outside." Ban glared at him.
**Scene Change**
Camilla ran down the hall way looking for Madoka. Just as she was about to open the door to find her, "Hey you."
"Huh?"
"What are you doing?"
It was Ginji.
"Nothing." She said letting it roll off her tongue, "It's the wrong room anyway, oh well, and I think I'll take my leave." She pushed the door open and walked away.
"Hey wait!" Ginji was about to run after her until he saw who was inside the room.
"Madoka! There you are!"
"Ginji! I need you to take me to where that sound is coming from."
"Sure- Whoa!" Madoka pulled Ginji into the hallway.
**Scene Change**
Ban and Shido went outside. Camilla lit a cigarette and watch the scene unfold from the comfort of a window sill.
"Are you really this stupid? How could you bring us out here into the garden. Don't you feel it? Don't you sense the countless animals targeting you in the darkness. They're there. My friends are right there, waiting with sharpened fangs and claws. And now that your trump card is used up there's nothing you-"
"I told you. Now shut the fuck up."
Shido glared at Ban.
"You've got guts picking a fight with me. And now you've gone and made me really mad. Its time you learn what it really means, to be in over your head." Ban said with blood lust in his eyes. Camilla knew that look, she wondered if Ban had learned some self-control since then.
Shido smirked, "Mr. Get Backer, come and be pray for my beasts." Shido used his beast whistle and sent his cats, K-9s, and Lion after Ban.
He didn't move, he let the animal tackle him to the ground. Shido smirked successfully, "No need to hold back beasts, chew him into pieces."
"You're the one who's gonna get chewed up bastard." Ban called out. One by one the animals were knocked unconscious.
"Impossible!" Shido said angrily. This was turning out to be more of a challenge than her thought, "How can he dodge so many that quickly?! Where the hell did he go?"
"Up here." Ban's killing aura scared away all of the birds. He stood on the underside of the branch. And jumped down and used his snake bite on Shido's right shoulder. Spilling blood on Shido's vest.
Shido howled in pain, "Birds of the air, attack." He whistled and the birds charged at Ban. Shido jumped onto the roof and watched. As he was trying to catch his breath Ban tightly grasped the back of Shido's neck.
"Well beast master, have you figured out your place in the food chain?"
"Damn you!"
"Don't bother struggling. If I applied just a little more force into my snake bite, you'd be a dead man. Unless you're eager to die, I suggest you quit giving me and Ginji so much trouble understand?"
"Me and Ginji? How can you keep pretending you're on his side, when I know full well the kind of bastard you really are. The Volts need Ginji a hell of a lot more than you do. I won't let him waste his time on you and this waist of a recovery service chump!"
"So your saying you're gonna keep giving us trouble huh?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying!"
"It's been nice knowing ya." Just as he raised his right hand to deal out the final blow, Kazuki's koto strings wrapped around his wrist. Shido took the opportunity to put distance between him and the blue eyed recoverer.
"Don't move," Kazuki demanded, and if you just try to escape these threads, they'll sever your fingers."
Ban placed a hand on his hip and just listened to the two bicker.
"Kazuki! I never told you to help out!"
Shido jumped and landed next to his friend.
"So you're the thread master Kazuki… huh… odd… I've heard the rumors."
"Please stand down Ban Mido. I don't intend to join the fight. But I can't very well let shido die. Even a man of your power would be so foolish to make enemies of us both."
"Doesn't matter to me," Ban pinched the thread and it broke off, "I'll take you both on, and I'll take you both down."
They looked at him with fear in their eyes.
"JUST KIDDING!" yelled Ban, "Come on, you didn't think I was serious did you?"
Kazuki and Shido had a complete look of surprise on their faces.
"I didn't come out her to participate in a death match." Ban lit a cigarette, "As long as I get the violin back, I'll be a happy man."
Ban's phone rang, " Hello? This is Ban hurdling along the high way of invincibility."
"Hi Ban can you hear me?"
"Oh Ginji is that you?"
"Madoka found our target, and we're headed into the recovery phase."
"Cool, I'll be there in a few." Ban hung up.
"If you'll be so good as to pardon me." Ban jumped off the roof and onto the ground. He overheard a conversation.
"Ms. Ramirez, it seems you were seen." Aiko said.
"Yeah and…?"
"My brother will not be happy about this."
"So. What the fuck is he gonna do? The more important question is why the fuck are you talking to me. You already know I can't stand your ass."
Ban smirked, 'That's her alright.'
"If it weren't for the fact that you're our trump card, I'd kill you myself here and now."
"You know the term trump card means the strongest card in the player's hand. The card that can 'trump' any other card in the opponent's hands. What makes you think you could kill the trump card?"
"Asshole."
Karina laughed, "Oh stop you're making me blush."
Aiko huffed and walked away.
Ban chuckled and ran into the estate looking for the others.
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