Lirin: so here we are at chapter 6...

Kai: yup...

Tyson: Wow you two seem so excited.

Lirin: Ty we've had a drop in fans, of course we're dragging our feet. We're not loved anymore.

Tyson: Oh come on now, we're not completely unloved. Beywriter, beckylovesgigs, The Only Love For Soujiro Seta and yukikittycatofwisdom still love us. And for reviewing you all get autographed photos of me and Maxie. And if anyone needs a small reminder, our disclaimer is in the first chapter. Now I'm going to shut up and try to get those two to stop dragging thier feet. Enjoy the read.


Chapter 6: Planning

As soon as Kai walked into the building he was hit was a serious feeling of dread. He could sense Voltaire's anger coming from his office and knew that this was going to be bad.

He took his time walking down the hall just to prolong his doom. He even poked his head into a couple of rooms and realized that Tala and Bryan were missing, but they could have been easily out on a task.

Finally after just under a minute, he was at the last door and knocked softly and waited to be told to enter. When he got the response he slowly turned the knob and walked into the office. Voltaire was leaning on the front of his desk waiting for him with his arms crossed. And obvious sign he was very angry.

"Sir" Kai said which caused Voltaire to move closer to him.

"Why the HELL are you just reporting in now?" Voltaire demanded as he back hand Kai across the face whipping the teens head to the right.

Kai raised a hand to rub the sore spot as he righted himself to speak. "I'm sorry sir, I had forgotten my phone at the dojo."

"You know we are in the middle of an investigation here. That phone should always be with you."

"I'm sorry sir. But I'm here now so what is the emergency?"

"I had to send Tala and Bryan to help in China, there was a pack of Neko-jins there. So as of today you will be working alone. Which means you must come here when you are not working with your team."

"What of my life, shouldn't I act like nothing is wrong?"

"There's no time for that" Voltaire hissed hitting his desk. "We must find the monster before the next full moon."

"We have less time then that if I'm working alone."

"What do you mean?"

"The tournament my team has entered is in right before the new moon, we'll be going to China for then."

"Then you better get working on solving our situation here. If not I will not allow you to leave the county."

"I'll do what I can" Kai growled and turned to leave. "I'll be in the lab if you need anything else."

XxXxXx

Kai slammed the door closed to the lab and pulled out his phone, he had to call Rei and tell him he'd be gone all night and not to worry. And also ask that he handle morning practice too.

He searched his contact list for Tyson's house, he hated that he couldn't prioritize the list, it had to be alphabetical. When he found the right number he hit is send button and started the call.

After six rings the answering machine picked up which was a good sign meaning Rei had them out training, so he left them a message explaining only that he was staying with his grandfather tonight and Rei would be in charge of morning practice too.

Kai flipped his phone shut after that and shoved it in his pocket as he went to grab a book off the selves. He didn't know much about Neko-jin Vampires and thought reading up on them would be a good idea.

Neko-jins: An almost extinct breed of vampire. Neko-jins can easily be discovered by their cat like qualities which include, but not limited to, their pointed ear, small fangs which grow longer during the new moon, golden or some shade of orange eyes that have the ability to slit like normal cats, and overly heightened senses, and abilities. And unlike typical vampires, their cat blood allows them to be out in the daylight and only feed on blood once a month. Not much else is known on these creatures as they are extremely rare.

As Kai read the small passage an image of Rei's smiling face appeared in his head, but he didn't know why. There was no way Rei could possibly be a Neko-jin, he would have figured that out by now...wouldn't he have?

Behind him the computer screen began to flash the word match, but went unnoticed since Kai was too caught up in the books trying to learn all he could.

XxXxXx

"Guys it's greet to see you again" Ian was jumping up and down next to Spencer as Tala and Bryan approached them. It had only been a few days since they were sent on different mission, and the snake was acting like it had been months.

"Shut up midget" Tala growled still grumpy that Kai was not with them. "So what's the full situation here?"

"Not here" Spencer said looking around. They were still in the middle of a crowded airport and if someone heard the wrong part of their conversation it would be trouble. "We'll brief you guys back at the hotel room we're staying at."

"Fine, let's go then." Tala began walking off towards the door with the others following behind.

"So what crawled up his ass and died?" Ian asked.

"He's grumpy we had to leave Kai behind to deal with a single vamp. And that I came instead of the Phoenix."

"Kai's strong and smart. He'll have it dead before you guys return home" Spencer commented. "But I guess he's still trying to get Kai back and saw this trip as a good opportunity for it."

"Yeah."

The rest of the trip to the hotel was silent as each teen was lost his own thoughts about one thing or another.

XxXxXx

The hotel room was small with two full beds, a TV and lamp on top of a short dress, one night table between the beds and near the window was a round table covered in maps and some gear was out and the bathroom was right as you walked in on the left with a closet on the right. Spencer and Ian had the rest of their equipment organized in the closet space with the door closed should anyone walk in.

"Alright" Spencer said getting them right down to business. It might have been late, but they had to move quickly. "Ian and I have been working this out since we got back here" he pulled on of the maps off the table and placed it on his bed so everyone could see it. "Their base is about here" he pointed to a red circle on the paper.

"And we followed the pink hair girl up this path" Ian followed a purple line going to the circle.

"So what are these other lines?" Tala asked looking at the green and blue lines.

"Other paths so we can surround them" Spence informed. "They branch off the main one we have so we can go in together."

"Fine, we go at first light" Tala said. "Bryan and I will check into a room here. I suggest we get some sleep now. Morning will be here before we know it."


Lirin: Hunters with a plan. Scary thought for any Vampires around.

Rei: Too bad it won't work. My family is better then those stupid hunters.

Lirin: Rei you shouldn't be talking so much, after all it's only a matter of time before they pick up on your trail. I'm mean leaving Tom there to be found was really kind of stupid.

Rei: ... (begins packing things) please review...i have to move...i have to move...

Kai: Rei why are you packing? it's starting to get good...itsn't it? readers please review and convince my Kitten it's worth sticking around. He listens to you people, so please.

Lirin: thanks