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Sven heard Train's voice, and felt his heart drop to his stomach. Something wasn't right; he didn't know what to do about the girl, and why she wanted to find Train. Eve was also worrying him, and frustration flooded his senses. He ran to the door, and pushed Jiyu and Train back outside before anyone could see them through the steam.
Train grinned and leaned towards Sven. "You didn't set my house on fire, did you?"
Sven, in return, lit a cigarette and inhaled it; anger dancing in his eyes. "Listen…I have a lot going on right now. You just can't disappear for a night and then come barging back in, expecting me to have taken care of everything perfectly! I'm cooking breakfast…and…" Sven's mind raced as he looked for a lie to release. He didn't want Train to be around Eve, and he figured he could take care of the mysterious girl by himself. "And…I need you to buy some garlic! Yes, garlic! Now go…and take that boy with you!!!" Sven turned quickly and stepped inside. "Now go!" he said, pointing towards the way to the store. "And don't come back until you have it!" With that he slammed the door and sighed heavily. Resting his head against the door, he closed his eyes until he heard footsteps approaching.
"Who was at the door?" It was the girl who claimed to be Saya. Sven's cigarette dropped from his mouth in surprise.
"No one special. Damn marketers." He walked back towards the kitchen, thoughts flooding his mind. Pacing back and forth he eyed the girl carefully. "Okay…I'm not going to pretend to be stupid any longer! You aren't Saya. So who are you?" The girl rolled her eyes and went back towards the couch.
"Finally. Geez. And you know Black Cat? If you really did, you would have known I don't look a thing like her." She ran her fingers through her white bangs, biting her lip at the same time. "I'm a sweeper. My name is Cheiko, and I'm after Black Cat. Or, if you prefer, Train Heartnet. I thought that using you would be the easiest way to get to him. Because-here she paused to lift her lips into a smirk- I wouldn't want to alarm the Black Cat." Sven eyed her carefully before letting out a childish laugh. His head fell to his hand, and he moved it back and forth.
"You must know," he said with a wry smile, "that Train is a sweeper. Not black cat. Why would sweeper hunt sweeper?" He gave a sardonic smile, stemmed from irony and despair, and the smile soon swept into a small chuckle when he saw the tiny bit of comedy the situation withheld. He wondered how she knew, a stranger who he had never met before, that the Black Cat was alive. Rumors? A sweeper hunting sweeper by dressing as other sweeper's dead girlfriend and using sweeper's friend to capture the said dead assassin! Sven jumped out of his thoughts and gave a full out grin. Just stick with the death card. Yeah…heh… "Besides, Black Cat was killed years ago. You are causing many flashes of unpleasant memories." Cheiko's eyes glimmered as she laughed sinisterly; her voice was clear, and icy, but she topped it with snow. Sven cursed under his breath. No, no act like you mean what you say.
"You're a bad liar, especially since your oh so apparent denial of his being alive failed to appear earlier." She mocked him with morbid enjoyment, and her voice became as slicing as a fresh-sharpened sword. 'Where's Mister Black Cat? Oh, I don't know! He went out!' Well and then that bio weapon over there clearly reinforced my suspicions. Especially when she repeated his name in an almost dreamy tone. Hah." She became thoughtful for a second as Sven fell to his knees in his overly dramatic manner. Damn, how much does she know?
Cheiko kept on talking, ignoring his actions. Her voice lost the edge and had a pondering tone to it, making her sound almost nice."Well I suppose that's impressive for a robot, but that's not the point. Honestly though, why would you keep her? Isn't that illegal? Maybe I could arrest you too!" Her eyes filled up with sparkling clouds at the thought of a double pay check. All the while Sven kneeled on his knees. DAMN! "OOoh and I might be able to buy a new outfit…" DAMN IT! A few moments passed, and then she snapped out of her reverie. Her eyes grew darker and her smile evil, "So…take me to him."