Arriving at Duo's hotel room left the other pilots feeling put out. To their embarrassment, he had set up shop across the street from their base camp. Parked in front of the room was an old Ford pick-up, with a cab attached to the back, as well as a small mobile home. When they entered the room, Duo warning them to watch their steps, they noticed a line of salt that circled the entire room. His bed was made, and they noticed a pattern surrounding some writing in a language even Wufei couldn't translate.

"So, as promised, I'll answer your questions." Duo said as he sat on his bed.

"Okay, for starters, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Wufei asked, barely keeping himself composed.

"That," Duo said, gesturing in the direction of the cemetery. "That was the angry spirit of a Ms. Melanie Crawford. She was killed a year ago. Since then, she's been attacking men that remind her of her killer. Killing them, and feeling, I guess, that it's justified, or they deserve it."

"Angry spirit?" Trowa asked, he could believe that one, she looked plenty angry to him. "So we reminded her of her killer?"

"What, no, we're too young. But if your talking about her attacking back there. Nah, that's just because I was trying to force her to move on. They don't like that much. Always try to stop me." He explained.

"They always...Duo, what have you been doing this past year." Quatre asked, obviously spooked by what he'd just seen.

"To put it simply, hunting." Duo said, as if it was just as regular as going into the woods and tracking a deer.

"Hunting what exactly?" Heero said, glaring at his friend. "Because that out there was not any kind of animal that I'd ever heard of." He continued, pointing in the direction of the cemetery they had just been in.

"Well, there are a lot of things I hunt." Duo said, not quite looking into Heero's eyes. Which they all knew was a habit he had when he tried to lie or omit the truth to them.

"I think a list would come in handy." Trowa said, knowing Duo well enough to ask exactly what needs to be known, otherwise this could go on for hours. "Exactly what are you hunting, why, and why are you not wanting to tell us?"

"You want the truth?" Duo asked, looking at them. "You really want to know, because to answer your third question, I don't want to talk about it because you guys would think I was insane and cart me off to an asylum or something."

"After what we've just seen, and I know for a fact I wasn't drugged, I'm pretty convinced we could believe almost anything at this point." Heero said, appealing to the logical side of Duo's brain, though he couldn't see how logic had anything to do with any of this anymore. "Duo, we're your friends. We don't want to see you captured by an army of Preventors and put you in a prison that won't allow you anything out of fear that you could use it to break out. Just start at the beginning, and make us believe you." He finished, to a few surprised looks. He hadn't spoken that much in awhile.

"Well, Okay, but I warn you, you won't believe it." Duo said. "So, when Hilde died, you know she was murdered, right?" Duo said, and to their nods, he continued. "Well, no one would have believed me if I told them what I really saw that day. She wasn't killed by someone, it was a something. There wasn't actually anything, just a shadow. Apparently she'd accidentally pissed off a witch in the area. The witches way of dealing with that was to send a freaking Deava after her."

"A what?" Wufei asked.

"A Deava, a kinda shadow creature or demon. Usually they stay in Hell, but every so often someone will summon one and use it to do it's bidding." Duo explained.

"Your saying that Hilde was killed by some sort of shadow demon?" Wufei asked.

"Yep." Duo answered, then continued to explain. "Well, after that, needless to say, I was a bit confused and terrified, and very angry. She was my best friend after all. I was trying to figure out what had happened. So I did a bit of research. What's more, in my research, I ran into this guy who was there, hunting for the witch who was controlling the Deava. Hilde wasn't the first victim, and this guy was trying to track down the witch and kill her. Apparently, witches can just cause plenty trouble while in prison, so he needed to kill her. He needed help, and I was anxious just sitting there with my hands tied. We managed to track her down and take care of her. But after words, he took me out for a drink. Then he tells me about what he does, and tells me that with my skills and knack for seeing patterns, as well as my tracking abilities, I would make a good hunter. I went with him for a couple of months, and he showed me the ropes. Eventually, I started taking hunts on my own. After finding out what was really out there, I decided, I couldn't just go back to civilian life. There are monsters out there hurting and killing people, hunters are few and far between, so I've been doing this since." Duo finished.

"Duo, we're sorry, why didn't you tell us?" Quatre asked.

"I figured you guys would have some trouble believing me. Tell me to see some psychiatrist, that I was seeing things. Or that the grief was getting to me." Duo answered.

"Well after what we just saw, we are more inclined to believe you." Trowa said, feeling a slight chill run down his spine.

"So, witches, Deavas, and ghost. Is that all you hunt?" Wufei asked. "No, there are other things, like werewolves, and vampires. The occasional shapeshifter, you know, the stuff of myths." Duo said.

"So your saying all these things are real. All those stories that parents tell their children about monsters to make them behave are actually out there, doing the things people say they do?" Wufei asked.

"Correct, they sure are." Duo said.

"So, ghost, or ghouls, or specters, whatever you want to call that thing back there..." Heero started.

"Ghost, ghouls and specters are two completely different things from ghost." Duo corrected.

"Right, they require a shot gun to kill. But bullets seemed to have no affect on them." Heero inquired.

"Oh, that's because I don't have bullets in my shot gun. And the gun didn't kill her, it would just shock and make her disappear for a bit. Killing her requires me to burn her bones. But no, regular bullets have no affect on ghost. The ammunition in my gun is actually salt, ghost and demons can't cross it, and it hurts them or makes them dissapate." Duo explained.

"Well, I see no other alternative. Duo, would like a few partners?" Quatre inquired.

"What?" Duo asked, looking puzzled.

"Would you like some partners?" Quatre asked. "We are a team, this seems very interesting, and important to you. I can't speak for everyone, but I kinda want to see what it's about. Besides, it's very dangerous, and I don't want to hear about your death because no one else was there. And this seems a lot more fun then managing an industry that my sisters are actually taking care of while I go to business school." Quatre asked.

"Really?" Duo asked. There was a chorus of 'I'm in." and 'I'm interested" in the room.

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