JackalGod: (Runs on and almost collapses panting) I'm sorry it took so long!

Ban: You should be sorry we've been standing around waiting for you to finish.

JackalGod: (Wails loudly) I'm sorry I has writers block. I couldn't write anything that made sense.

Ban: (Reads through chapter) Well this doesn't make a huge much of sense. (Eyes widen) Is that biologically possible?

JackalGod: (Sighs)

"Ginji! Where are you?" cried Ban as he wandered around in the Limitless Fortress. He was lost and he knew it. For the first time in ages, he was nervous. He knew the Limitless Fortress was dangerous and frankly, he didn't want to be there any longer because as soon as he got tired and hungry he'd be vulnerable. "Damn it. All I had to do was be nicer to Ginji but no. I chose to be a royal ass hole and now I'm stuck here without a friend in the world."

"YAWN!" exclaimed Ginji stretching until his back cricked. It had been forever since he'd had such a good nights sleep. He got dressed and bounced into the lounge room to find that Akabane was nowhere to be found. Just as he was starting to get worried, he noticed a key and a note on the dining room table. Ginji ran to the note and read it

Dear Ginji-kun,

I'm sorry I couldn't stay but I had a job today. I should be back home around 9 O'clock tonight. This is a spare key to the front door in case you wanted to go out. I'll see you tonight Ginji-kun.

Akabane

Ginji smiled and folded the letter; he didn't feel right about throwing it away. He took the key and left the apartment making sure he locked the door on the way out. The last thing he wanted was for someone to come into the apartment and take stuff. He'd just started being Akabane's friend he didn't want to ruin it.

"I'll go to the Honky Tonk and talk to Ban. He's probably fighting with Shido or something and I need to apologise to him." Ginji took the elevator to the ground floor and jogged to the Honky Tonk. He hadn't had this much energy in the morning since his days as the Lightning Emperor.

"Good morning!" cried Ginji happily as he bounced into the Honky Tonk

"Good morning Ginji-san" called Natsumi "How's your arm?"

"Much better. Akabane told me to take it easy when I got home so I did." Said Ginji sitting down next to Shido who was fast asleep on the bench. A bird was nesting in his hair and he hadn't noticed.

"Umm, Shido?" asked Ginji poking Shido slightly waking the Beast Master up

"Mmm? Oh hi Ginji. What's up?"

"There a bird in your hair." said Ginji pointing

"There is?" asked Shido sleepily reaching up making the bird fly out the door as Kazuki entered

"Playing with birds again Shido?" asked Kazuki good naturedly as Shido rubbed his eyes

"Oh put a cork in it Kazuki I'm exhausted." Moaned Shido letting his head lay on the bench again.

"Umm, Shido have you seen Ban?" asked Ginji

"Why would you be looking for him?" asked Kazuki letting Shido sleep

"I wanted to apologise to him."

"Why would you need to apologise to him Ginji-san?" asked Kazuki shocked

"I feel bad about leaving him like that. So I want to say sorry." explained Ginji. Suddenly the door of the Honky Tonk opened and the guys from the Limitless Fortress ran in (A/N You know the guys you attacked Madoka in episode 6 then turned up again at Gen's pharmacy when Kazuki was hurt.)

"Mr. Kazuki!" one cried

"What's wrong?" asked Kazuki facing them

"Something's wrong in the Lower Levels. This guy with brown hair and weird glasses is rampaging around demanding to see the Lightning Emperor."

"Sounds like Mido." said Shido lifting his head again

"No it can't be. Ban wouldn't do that." said Ginji

"What else do you know about this guy?" asked Kazuki

"Well the guys he's beat up says he can crush your arm in one hand and, and this one guy said his got coldest blue eyes you'd ever seen." Said another

"Snake bite and the Jagan." said Kazuki "Don't worry boys we'll take care of this."

"Yeah we can't let him go around just pulverising people at random." agreed Shido standing up. Ginji hesitated he couldn't believe that Ban would do something like that.

"Ginji are you coming?" asked Shido halfway out the door

"Yeah, I'm coming." said Ginji and followed his friends out.

"Get out of my way!" ordered Ban throwing another random guy into a wall "What part of move don't you get."

Ban was getting more and more annoyed. It seemed like everyone was out to get him and not one person would tell him where Ginji was.

"I'm going to ask you one last time where is Ginji Amano?" demanded Ban holding a guy up against a building

"I'm not saying anything to you." said the guy before Ban threw him across the street "Wrong answer." snapped Ban before continuing down the street. After a while, guys stopped attacking him and the trail of bodies disappeared. Ban stopped for a smoke after he was sure he wouldn't be jumped

"Look at the shiny snake." came a creepy high pitched voice "Snake is all alone."

"Who's there?" demanded Ban looking around angry at himself for not sensing the guys approach.

"Me thinks the snake is pretty, yes I do." continued the voice as if Ban hadn't spoken

"Where are you?" shouted Ban looking around franticly

"I is above you little snake." replied the voice and Ban looked up. Directly above him was a huge web strung up across the street. In the middle of the web was what looked like a black furry person with long silver hair

"What on earth are you?" asked Ban his smoke falling out of his mouth

"They call me Sanke." replied the creature smiling showing rows of razor sharp fangs. "Why are you here Snake?"

"My name is Ban Mido not Snake." snapped Ban angrily

"Why are you hear Ban Mido?" re-asked Sanke his smile widening

"Look I'm hurting my neck doing this you come down here cause I'm not coming up there." Suddenly threads shot down from the web, wrapped tightly around Bans waist and pulled him up to sit on the web

"I try to refrain from going on the ground." said Sanke cocking his head to the side slightly. On closer inspection, Ban noted that Sanke had eight legs like a spider, two built as back legs, and two built as front with a thumb so he could pick things up. However, each hand and foot had inch long claws that Ban would prefer stay away from him. He had yellow eyes with slits for pupils and to long fangs that extended over his bottom lip and his head was very much like a cats.

"What are you?" asked Ban again

"I'm from Babylon City but I like it down here lot's more places to spin my webs." said Sanke gesturing to where his web extended across several blocks in every direction.

"I see." said Ban slowly "Do you know where Ginji is?"

"I know everyone in the Limitless Fortress. I've extra sensitive sight and hearing so I know everything and everyone. There isn't a single person in the Limitless Fortress that I don't know." said Sanke proudly

"So you know Ginji?" said Ban

"Nope never heard of him." said Sanke

"But you just said!" roared Ban but Sanke put a hand over his mouth

"I said I know everyone inside the Limitless Fortress. Your friend isn't in the Limitless Fortress." said Sanke letting go of Bans mouth

"Fine have you heard of The Lightning Emperor?"

"Of course who hasn't?" said Sanke shrugging "But he's not here so..." he paused his long ears twitching like mad "He's at the South Block."

"What?"

"I can't hear him if he's outside the Limitless Fortress."

"So you can hear as far as to the border of the Limitless Fortress?"

"Yep. Convenient huh?"

"Yeah. Say Sanke can you leave the Limitless Fortress?" asked Ban

"If I want to why?"

"Can you take me to Ginji?"

TO BE CONTINUED...

JackalGod: I know it's horribly short and very bad but I had to write something. (cries pathetically)