A/N: Trying something differnt with the seperation in the story, the pritty little stars weren't transfering. But I told some people that chapter four would be out at the end of the week end, and I ment it...ZZZZZZZZZ

Chapter Four

With Siki's help, both Kai and Tobi managed to get some sleep. She had woken Kai close to Moki's midnight rounds and when he check her room, she feigned sleep and then waited untill he had gone to sleep himself.

Kai had then woke Tobi up and together they snuck out. They walked to the nearest bus station and took the first one out of the region. She signed under a false name and paid the ticket price in cash.

"We're going to visit Grandma, and Mother said that this was the cheapest time." She explained at the guy whom she bought the tickets from's curious glances. He seemed to buy the story, as if he had seen kids doing this before.

They boarded the bus and took middle seats. Tobi soon fell asleep, and Kai, even though she tried to stay awake, she was soon sleeping as well.

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Tobi had never been to a city before, and the dirt made every thing seem foreboding. Tobi clung to Kai's leg as he looked around at all the tall buildings. He had never been this far home before, but he was okay, because Kai was there.

But he was starting to tire. Kai stopped and picked him up, carrying him on her hip as she always did. Her smell calmed him even more and soon he was sleeping in her arms. They had walked almost the whole day, and would soon need to find a place to sleep.

"Hey! Lady!" called a gruff voice from behind Kai. She turned around to see a group of guys behind her. They all had the same symbol on their right arm. The man at the head of the group wasn't wearing a shirt, revealing a well muscled chest covered in tattoos. His piercings glinted in the sun and he gave a lewd grin. "Give us the boy, lady. Along with any money that you got on ya. If you're real nice to me, I might let you stay around."

Kai took a step back as the guy continued to leer at her. She bumped into someone as she considered running. Strong arms enclosed around her shoulders, shielding her.

"You hunters do realize that you're on shadow territory, right? You're off grounds." came a deep, obviously male voice. She looked over her shoulder to get a better view of her "savior". He looked a little older than she was, a little scuffed up. He was dressed entirely in black: a tight black leather shirt and baggy black jeans. His hair, whether bleached or natural, was one of the whitest blondes she had ever seen. It was short and spiked, the tips of it dyed an electrifying pink. He flicked his tongue out, revealing a small metal ball, a piercing. Kai dimly wondered what she had gotten into.

"Hi-zu-ki! Can I do it? Puh-lease?" A girl's voice came and the guy spoke again, in his deep rumbling voice.

"Bu, we can't afford to kill these guys, they're only branch lackeys."

"Aw! Zu-zu, you're no fun!" came the girl's voice again, and she poked her head around from behind the guy. She was wearing a black jean plated miniskirt with a matching red and black halter top. Her hair matched, it was long and black, with streaks of red. Her olive green eyes glinted deviously behind her bangs.

"Come on, guys, let's split. The kid ain't worth messin' with Shadow," the shirtless guy said, motioning for the others to follow as he turned and walked away.

There was a brief silence before the girl spoke up again.

"So, Hizuki. Who are our new friends?" she asked, observing them, apparently interested.

"Sabuki, cut it out, you're scaring her. Anyway, Hunters will be after them again, once those guys report to their higher-ups. I'd bet the kid is a 'bounty' or something. Those guys hinted at it when they left," Hizuki said. "Follow us, cutie pie. We'll take good care of you."

Enter Sabuki and Hizuki. I realized while typing this that Bu is alot like Sunako from "The Wallflower" (which is a great series I found durring my trip to the library, I was way overdo for some good books...) Uhhh, now I'm going to go eat some icecream, then I'm going to sleep, I'll update when I update... ... on second thought, forget the icecream...zzzzzzz