Kairi: I'm back! Anyway, I was planning on coming back yesterday, but we had this really weird storm system and mom was keeping everyone off of the computers.

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Kairi: And I messed up last week, since I updated on a Tuesday, the next update day would have been a Tuesday… (Whoops…) Oh well. Reviewer Responses!

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Destiny: Kairi does not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, but any and all OC's are hers.

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Kairi: She had nothing better to do, so I let her help out with this one. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

"So, why are you two here, exactly? You didn't look too happy when you walked through that door," Jack asked. Broder sighed as Dragan helped Crow to his feet.

"Halldor is missing."

"He went out a few weeks ago to investigate a disappearance in a mountain range. There's a valley deep within the mountains," Dragan explained an hour later as the six adults sat in the living room. "Aerial photos of the valley have been taken before, and they all show the same thing. Forests, a lake at one end, and a clearing with an old castle at the other."

"And whenever someone goes to investigate, they disappear," Broder added.

"We were planning on heading into the mountains next week, but then Jean called us up. It seems Breo and Andre also went to investigate the disappearances and went missing themselves," Dragan explained.

"Let me guess; you want us to come with you guys," Crow said. Dragan shook his head.

"Jean asked us to update you; whether you come or not is entirely up to you… But with the way things have been going, I wouldn't suggest it," he told him. Jack glared at him.

"I'm not going to sit back knowing that my friends could be in danger. I'm coming with you!" he grumbled. Kalin and Akiza exchanged a look and sighed.

"I guess that's that, then. Where one of us goes, the others tend to follow," Akiza said. Kalin smiled slightly.

"So, when are we leaving?" he asked.

Broder smiled. "We're meeting up with Jean on Tuesday. We'll leave the following Thursday."

(Three weeks later…)

"Does anyone else feel like they're being watched?"

"For the thousandth time, Crow, shut up!" Jack snapped at the orange-haired man. Crow sighed.

"Seriously, though. Is it just me being paranoid or what?" he asked. Jean looked up at the tree branches arching overhead.

"It's not just you," he said. "But I've also got this really bad feeling in my stomach."

"Yeah… Like something's watching us, just waiting to make us its next meal," Broder mumbled. Far above them in the tree branches, however, five shadows snickered quietly.

"Maybe something is," a strange, hissing voice told the group on the ground. The snickering above stopped immediately. A brown-haired woman with dark crimson eyes and pale skin emerged from the shadows. Her hair had a silvery quality to it. Behind her, two wolves and another woman stepped out of the shadows. The second woman had hair that was so silvery that it was hard to tell that it was actually black, and her eyes were a bright red.

One of the wolves was black, and the other, taller wolf was light brown. They snarled at the group, and the humans shrunk back into a huddle.

"Well that explains why everyone goes missing when they come here," Crow stated. The women smiled, leaving their fangs bare and easy to see.

"Dinnertime, Lolly," the brunette said, the hiss of her voice barely reaching the humans' ears. The wolves snarled, and the brunette hissed at them. "Ladies first."

Then, without warning, the brunette rushed forward, the smaller woman following her quickly. Crow closed his eyes, waiting for the pain of being bitten… but it never came.

His eyes shot open to see three werewolves and two more vampires standing between them and the quartet from before. A rust-colored werewolf stood in the middle, with a sandy-gold wolf to his left. The largest wolf was silver, and stood to the rust-colored wolf's right. Between the rust-colored wolf and the wolf with the sandy-gold coat was a male vampire, and the other, standing in a similar position on the other side of the rust-colored wolf, was female. The vampires both wore hoods.

"Talia, Lolliette, Armand, Rosco," the new female greeted them. The addressed quartet snarled at her.

"Rosalie," the brunette, Talia, hissed. Rosalie lowered her hood, revealing short, spiky, ash-blonde hair and silvery-gray eyes. "And Lucian. How good to see you two again." The silver wolf growled at Talia.

"You four were outlawed by the Shadow Guild for a reason. Leave this land, or leave us with no alternative but to terminate the four of you," Rosalie said calmly but coldly. Talia scowled.

"We're not leaving until we've fed," she informed them. Rosalie sighed.

"Then you should have caught these guys two miles back. They're on our land now. You've got once last chance to turn around and leave," she replied. Talia and Lolliette exchanged a glance.

"Fine," Lolliette said clearly in a bell-like voice. "We don't need to cause any trouble here." She turned away and began walking through the forest. The werewolves followed her, but her vampire companion didn't. She looked over her shoulder. "Talia," she called. Talia bared her teeth.

"No!" the brunette screamed, running towards the male vampire. As Rosalie and her companion rushed forward to meet the brunette, Lolliette watched. When the three vampires slowed enough that the humans could see them, Talia was bloody and unsteady on her feet, whereas neither Rosalie nor her companion had a scratch on their bodies.

"No," Talia whispered, falling forward. Lolliette sighed.

"I'm sorry. I wish things hadn't come to that," she told the group of werewolves and vampires. "We'll be leaving then." And with that, she and the two werewolves with her turned around, and, after walking a few yards, ran off into the forest.

That was interesting, one of the werewolves commented. Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"Talia was the entire reason that group was exiled. With her gone, it's like those three will redeem themselves," she said. "Although I've got to admit, I don't think I've seen this large of a group of humans come through that pass… ever. Have you, Lucian?"

Nope, the silver wolf replied.

"We're heading back," the male vampire whispered. Rosalie looked at him, confused.

"Why?" she asked. Before he could answer, a red-haired vampire male burst out of the forest, invisible to the human eye. Rosalie and her companions rushed forward, attacking the male before he could bite one of the humans.

When the five of them slowed down so the humans could see them, Akiza gasped. In the fight, the male vampire's hood had fallen.

"It can't be…" Crow whispered. The vampire's hand shot up to his raven hair, feeling that the hood was no longer there. He sighed and turned to look at the humans.

"Well, crap," he muttered. Then, looking the shocked Jack in the eye, he added, "Hey guys. Long time no see."

Kairi: Hehehe…

Lillith: Well, that was nice. Oh well. At least you updated.

Kairi: Yeah… Hehehe… Four reviews for an early update! Otherwise, it's next Monday.

Destiny: We'll be back as soon as possible. –poofs-

Kairi: Yup, she said it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have her story to work on… -poofs-

Lillith: Review please. –poofs-