Skavnema: Ditto.

DragonessWarrior: It's ok.

MissQuestionMark: Ya I totally understand I hang out with TWO people like that.

Roxy: To ease up on the confusion I'll just type my answer to reviews in bold.

Carmen: I made a deviant.art account it's under the name Katrisha.

Roxy: Ya with my scanner. Anways people I'm working on a title page and character profile for this fanfic it's still in progress but if you would ever like to see it go to my profile Black-Dragon-Rock and click on the link.

Chapter 10

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Carmen gave Reno the address of the restaurant they were going to, "Redemption" A new place Carmen's friend Queenie had created. Reno and the Turks climbed into the van as Carmen jammed a helmet on Kadaj's head while putting her own on, already on the motorcycle. She turned to Roxy, who was in the parking lot listening to some rock station on full blast; beside her was Lisa in a blue SUV.

"It's at the corner of 20th avenue and 50th street. Meet ya there." Carmen called out over her motorcycle before speeding towards the place.

"Why can't she just show us the way?"

Lisa sighed before heading off as well. Roxy just shrugged as she drove off with Reno's van or what she liked to call a 'fat ass' car.

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The door to the restaurant opened, revealing Carmen.

"Hey! Queenie! You in?"

Carmen asked as a girl with shoulder length black hair wearing a cute waitress dress. That looked a little sluttish in Roxy's opinion but if she was that desperate for customers who could complain? Well then again her skirt might've ripped by catching something. Shit happens right? Roxy glared and smacked Yazoo up the head. Who just managed to fit in her 5-person car.

"Oh hey Carmen. What's up?"

"Do you have a table for… uhh… lets see… uhh…16 people?"

"Wha…? That many people?"

"Yup… it's a long story…"

Carmen sighed as Roxy, Lisa and everyone else walked in. Roxy sighed and pulled in Vincent by the scruff of the shirt he was wearing. God for some bad ass vampire gun-wielding dude he sure was chicken when it came to showing off new clothing. Kadaj glared at Carmen.

"Could you have waited up for us?"

He spat, just as Carmen glared at him in cold fury. Never mess with her unless you were ready for a serious ass-kicking.

"Uh… never mind…"

"So anyways Queenie, do you have a table for that much?"

Carmen asked her friend politely in a scary-sweet voice. Queenie made a weirded out face then replied.

"Eh, two tables of eight… sorry but that's the best I have. They are in that room."

As she pointed to a room with two tables.

"Meh, it's to be expected. Everyone in my house, and Lisa and Loz, sit at the left table, everyone at Roxy's on the right. We're going to have two dinners for 8."

"Ok then, and when it's cooking, you can tell me WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!"

Queenie screamed.

"Ok…ok…" Carmen smiled, acting as if nothing was wrong.

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"So that's what happened…"

Queenie mumbled, after about 20 minutes. Who knew it would talk almost a half hour to explain something so simple.

"Yup."

Carmen murmured as she popped another California roll in her mouth.

"But uh Carmen… did you tell them about your…job…yet?"

A resonating crack rang through the room as Carmen's chopsticks snapped loudly. A silence filled the room as Carmen stood up abruptly. Roxy glanced in her direction breaking the glare down she was having with Vincent. Lisa stopped talking animatedly and stared at Carmen.

"What I do for a living is none of their business. I have my reasons for not telling anyone. Maybe YOU could tell everyone about it but I sure as hell won't."

She absentmindedly touched a large scar on her left cheek, just as her phone rang, she quickly answered it.

"What? Oh I see…alright… I'll be there… WHAT? You BASTARD! You let him get killed like that? That scale? I'll be right there!"

She quickly hung up, handed her credit card to Queenie even though Roxy insisted on paying; quickly she turned to everyone else

"SorryIhavetorunIjustpayedthebillRenoyoudrivethembackokbye!!!"

She quickly ran out the door, unsheathing her soul's bane which turned out to be a black katana.

"What?"

Kadaj quickly stood up and ran after her. Everyone else quickly followed them. Queenie looked at the table and blinked.

"Wow, they managed to wolf down all that food in 10 minutes…"

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"Carmen! Wait up!"

Kadaj called after her.

"Vincent I have a bad feeling about this…"

Roxy whispered. An ominous feeling welling up inside of her.

"Everyone look!!!"

Yuffie cried out. Roxy snapped her head to the direction Yuffie was pointing and her heart started beating faster and sweat started to pour down her face. A gigantic, black, demonic thing emerged and suddenly she knew where the feeling had come from.

"Bout time you got here Carm!"

A man in a black cloak shouted. Everyone stood paralyzed as Carmen hacked at the demon.

"Shut up! How's Gotz?"

Carmen shouted back as she slashed at the demon's arm, only grazing it.

Dammit!

"Not good! We can't save him!"

A different guy shouted as he too began to attack, only to get whacked away by the demon.

"Ben! That's it, ogre! Time for my wrath!"

Carmen glared at the demon, and expectedly leaped up into the air and poised her sword into a dangerous slashing position. Fire sprung up around it and lit up Carmen's pist off face.

"What?"

Kadaj wondered just as Carmen jumped at the ogre, raising her blade. As the steel made contact with flesh fireballs shot out in random directions.

"Fire Comets!"

Carmen shouted as she slashed the demon in half. She landed perfectly, panting heavily.

"Damn…used too much energy."

Carmen groaned as she walked over to the cloaked man and the other four.

"How are they?"

"Not so good, but they'd be dead if you weren't here Carmen. Thanks, you're the best on the team. Next time, we're going to call before we go into battle."

The cloaked man smiled at Carmen, causing her to blush slightly. She looked at him then replied in a higher tone than usual.

"Yeah whatever. I gotta go."

She turned around to face Roxy arms crossed and a freakishly calm face. Good thing Carmen knew her well enough to know she was seething inside.

"An explanation is in order."

She grinded out obviously ready to shout but was fighting between killing Carmen and keeping a cool demeanor.

"Uh… I may have forgotten to tell you this over the years that we've known each other but I'm an Oni Slayer. I became one when I was 15. Do you remember that day I came with a large bandage on my cheek and carrying that katana?"

A younger looking Carmen ran down the street towards the school bus. Suddenly a large slash appeared on her cheek and she fell down onto the ground. Blood spooled out and Carmen looked at her attacker.

An Oni…

The Oni attempted to attack again. But without warning its arm got slashed off by a long haired woman. She turned to Carmen, her blue black eyes glaring.

"Stay back, Oni slaying is not for…commoners."

She spat. Her eyes widened and she turned to stare at the claw that was through her stomach.

"What?"

The woman fell to the ground, near dead. Carmen quickly grabbed the blade, not sure of what to do, but attacked.

"Uh… how did I… all I did was attack blindly…"

Carmen whimpered.

"You…mastered…my…blade? B-but…how?"

"Mastered? You've gotta be kidding me! I did nothing of the sort… anyways, here's your blade back I gotta get to school. Ta-ta!!!"

Carmen began but the woman shook her head weakly.

"I was wrong… you're a better Oni Slayer than I ever was and I'm the best in the business… good…luck."

The woman whispered before she died.

"I'm… I'M NOT AN ONI SLAYER!!!"

Carmen screamed.

"But you're carrying an Oni Slayer's blade. That special blade to be precise."

A cloaked man looked at her, his aqua blue hair covering his face, where two cerulean eyes peeked out.

"What?"

Carmen looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Let me train you…"

"That's what happened…"

Carmen ended. She had sat down beside the cloaked man while she told her story.

"I didn't want anyone to know about it though…"

"Why not Carmen? Your friends look like they can help slay Oni."

"Two reasons really. If they knew, they would try to stop me from continuing, and two, if they couldn't do that they would try to help. And I don't want them to die like Katherine did."

"Katherine?" Lisa asked "who is she?"

"She WAS my partner… but she died… in our 20th battle together…"

Carmen whispered, as the cloaked man put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hn…Shit happens."

Roxy shrugged. Carmen sighed and was about to beat the crap out of Roxy.

"You are so damn inconsiderate!"

"Carmen just let it go."

The blue-haired guy whispered and Carmen sat down. Roxy coughed and her face turned back to normal, instead of Why-Me?

"Now Rango, this guy right here… is my partner. He was my trainer and mentor before."

"We could have at LEAST backed you up."

Lisa screamed hysterically.

"Lisa either your implying you're a moron or maybe you forgot that YOU invited me and the other peoples and we were just going to the mall. I had to practically wrestle Vincent to leave Cerberus at home."

"That's enough…" Kadaj growled. "Carmen, its time to go home"

"Home? Is this your little boyfriend, Carmen?"

"No! I like someone else... uh… forget I said anything."

Carmen began to stare at the ground blushing heavily.

Rango laughed, causing Carmen to turn to him. Roxy sighed and smacked her head. Lisa just stuttered and glared at her. What a predicament they were in.

"Oh and who do you like?"

Rango asked curiously.

"Uh… I…um… forget it…" Carmen stood up, her hair covering her face, "let's go. I'll meet you back at HQ tomorrow."

"Bout time!"

Kadaj growled as he stomped away

"Why do I have the feeling I'm not liked by that guy?"

Rango asked to Gotz, who was laying on the ground.

"Call…the…damned…MEDICS!!!"

"Oops…"

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Roxy: Man what a pain what a pain. I swear sometimes you…Agh forget it.

Carmen: stfu…