Me: I'm back! And I brought the coffee!

Everyone: Yay!

Disclaimer: Yadda yadda, we the authors only own our OC, blah blah blah… lets continue with the story, shall we?

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"HOLD IT!" WG shouted. "Are you saying that Fangpuss has a twin sister… and no one ever TOLD ME?"

It had been two minutes since the girls rescued Stutz and Claw was introduced to the authors… and believe me this isn't the first time someone shocked the authoress with the matter of a long-lost twin sibling.

"You never asked," Fangs replied, shrugging.

"Glad to know my family talks so much about me," Erica huffed, crossing her arms.

"So what happened, Stutz?" Tracker asked, deciding to get back to the previous matter before the topic took another turn. "How did you get ambushed?"

"Yeah, I thought your were-cat prowess would be strong enough to detect danger," Luca commented. "Backbiter said he had trained you…"

"H-He trained me, b-but I n-never g-got the hang of it," Stutz replied, sighing. "I d-don't know how it h-happened. B-Benny sent me a t-text d-during my b-biology c-class, and I w-w-was on my w-w-way to meet up w-with you g-guys, and s-suddenly some k-kid yanked me o-out of the h-hall, d-dragged me to the s-stage, and t-told me to keep out of the V-Veni Con Yei's p-plans, o-or he'd…"

"He'd…?" Brielle asked.

"He didn't f-finished, because by t-that time, C-Claw leaped d-down from the c-catwalk and w-w-wrestled him t-to the ground,"

"It wasn't too hard," Erica stated with a shrug. "The kid was only 14, and didn't really have much fighting experience against she-wolves,"

"They're recruiting kids, now?" Kim asked, surprised.

"They've always recruited kids, namely ones who's parents are part of the group," Brielle replied. "When Vincent and I were in the group, there was no age-limit. As soon as you learned to walk and talk, you were put through training."

"Sometimes they even recruited orphans, or children who were raised by abusive parents," Vincent added. "If they had a scarring childhood, they were worthy to join, Marlow telling them their experience would only make them stronger in training."

"I'm glad I wasn't part of the group," Benny said. He had been kidnapped and thrown into an orphanage by Vincent, being adopted by the hunter, along with Brody, when the hunter decided it was time for him to be reunited with his family… though Brody was adopted because of his fighting skills. Vincent trained them both in self-defense in case the VCY caught on to them.

"So, how many kids are in the group, do you think?" Stalker asked. "I mean, not many parents would want to put their kids in the line of fire like that… especially under Marlow and Finneas."

"Most of the parents were trained not to care for their kids," Vincent answered. "Marlow believed emotions caused weakness, and didn't want half his group grieving over the loss of a loved one. …One of the many reasons why I wanted to quit. I couldn't be that heartless, especially with Brielle. …Though Marlow seized that as a weakness and used it to get me to do his bidding."

Kasandra tightened her fists, knowing what Vincent was talking about. When Brielle ran away from the hunter, Marlow forced him to kill her own parents, otherwise the villain would send the group on a manhunt after Brielle. For years she had blamed Vincent, hated him with every fiber of her being, wanting him to suffer for what he had done… but when she realized who was really responsible for her parents' deaths, she released her grudge.

…a little.

"That's so wrong…" Tracker said, bitterly. "Telling parents to disregard their own children just so Marlow doesn't look weak… How would he like it if someone killed Keith?"

"He only sees Keith as an heir, nothing more." Brielle replied. "If he got killed, he'd just find someone else to take over as leader after he died. …Though since he's a ghost now, I doubt he'd have any use for an heir now, so he probably wouldn't care whether Keith lived or not."

"Geez, how heartless can you get?" Samantha scoffed. "He's got to at least have SOME feelings,"

"The only feeling he has is anger, and the desire to spread cruelty." Kite retorted. "My mom could tell you THAT much,"

"Then we'd better trackify him and Finneas down before they get started on that ritual," Puggsy said. "According to Lamone, they'll do it in a month, during the-"

"Next full moon… right?" Drew asked, critically.

"Um… right."

Drew rolled her eyes. "Figures they'd go with that cliché… again."

FF2 entered the room just then. "My cell phone just beeped. Looks like we're needed in Japan," he said.

WG ran out of the room, then came back wearing karate gear. "Lets go, then!" she exclaimed.

"What about college?" Timothy asked.

"Just tell your professor's it's a family emergency, and you'll be gone for the next couple weeks," Samantha replied. "It worked for me,"

"Lets do it, then. I want to see what my brother's been up to," Erica said with a smirk.

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The gang of girls gathered at the abandoned airport, where Edward Jr. awaited them. "Alright, Junior, we've got a bone to pick with you," Di sneered. "We just did a little research on this Ouran Academy, and there is no way we're following their uniform-code and wearing dresses!" The rest of the girls jeered in agreement.

"Do you want to help your father, or not?" Edward Jr. retorted. "Besides, this way no one will suspect you… and the long-skirts will help you conceal your weapons."

"I don't mind wearing a dress," Di's little sister said.

"Hush, Dawn," Di snapped, then turned back to Edward Jr. "You'd better hope to God that this mission goes well,"

"That all depends on your competence. Now, lets move." Edward Jr. sneered, and they got on the plane.

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Two days later, the gang stood on the boat-docks. "Why couldn't we take a plane or open a portal, again?" WG asked, impatiently.

"All the nearest airlines were booked, and Edwin said opening a portal would alert Finneas' supernatural-senses and make it easier for the VCY to track us down," Silver answered. "Besides, taking a boat might be fun!"

"Easy for you to say…" Brielle said, looking at the water, nervously.

"What's wrong, Brie? You know how to swim, don't you?" Samantha joked, catching her expression.

"Of course I do!"

"Yeah, I taught her after she almost drowned in a pond-" Kasandra began, but Brielle shot her a glare that obviously told her to shut up. "Never mind."

Hardy looked at Drew. "You know how to swim too, right?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." Drew replied.

"Okay, just checking (grr)."

"So… where's our ship?" Erica asked, looking out to the sea.

"We contacted an old friend, he should be here in a minute," Biff replied. "There's the ship now!"

Everyone looked over, seeing an old-fashioned ship with black sails pulling into port. Gin grinned, though Fangs groaned nervously. "What's wrong, Fangs?" Kim asked.

"I always thought I'd never have to be on that ship again, after Family Traits…" Fangs replied.

The Black Pearl floated in front of them, and Jack Sparrow looked at them from over the helm. "Welcome aboard, lads." he said. "What danger would we be sailing into now?"

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A/N: Sorry for the short chapter, there'll be longer ones later. Next chapter- a music number, and our sailing goes anywhere but smooth.

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