Double Chapter Today!

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Indeed Guren had been waiting for them. They found him in his office where he had been sitting behind his desk until the five of them entered. He looked up at them.

"So you made it back alive." A sarcastic smile appeared on his face and Yuu wondered if Shinoa had infected him.

"Of course we did," Shinoa answered in the same tone. "After all, they were led by me." an aura of confidence could be sensed around her.

"Did you successfully kill it?" Guren asked. He stood up from behind his desk and went to stand in front of it instead.

"Of course we did!" Yuu exclaimed with a wide smile.

"I was talking to the short Hiragi, not the idiotic brat," Guren answered while pulling an irritated expression at the unbelievable case that reminded him way too much of himself.

"You do realize I'm not short," Shinoa said. "If you want to call anyone short, then look at Mi-chan." She pointed out the shortest member of the group.

"Yeah, yeah." Guren didn't care if what he had said was right or wrong. To him it didn't matter who was short and who wasn't. He had to get back at Shinoa somehow, for teasing him so much. He couldn't find any better way to do it than her height.

"Anyway," Guren now changed the subject. "Did you run into any Kyuuketsuki?" he asked.

Shinoa hesitated before giving her reply. "We actually did," she said, looking a bit shamefully at her shoes. "We ran into three of high ranking in fact," she said.

Guren nodded. "Then I really am surprised you made it," he answered. "You'll write a report to me about how things went, Shinoa," he said to the squad leader. "And now that that's over with, I have your rewards."

Guren reached down and handed each of them a bottle of a greenish liquid. They were small. They could lie in Shinoa's palm easily.

"This is as good as a vaccine," Guren informed them. "Drink the content and you should be fine," he explained to them. "You're dismissed. Remember to transform back before you leave."

All five nodded and turned their backs to each other before they transformed back. They did this out of respect to their squad-mates. When transforming back, you could only see the pink cloud that was hiding your body from the others, and yet wasn't really hiding anything at all. After the first incident, Yuu still couldn't transform without blushing, due to this detail.

After they had transformed back to their normal selves, each of them accepted their medicine and headed out of the office together.

"Kimizuki," Yuu said as soon as the door closed behind them. As soon as the glasses-guy looked up, Yuu tossed his medicine bottle at him and Kimizuki caught it, not letting the surprise he felt show on his face.

"Wow, Yuu-san is very generous," Shinoa smiled at Yuu.

"Yeah right," Yuu said.

"Take it back," Kimizuki demanded.

"As I said before, your family would be sad if you died because you spend your medicine on them," Yuu said as a response.

"What about yourself, Yuu-kun?" Yoichi asked.

Yuu smiled cheerfully. "Mika and I will manage fine without medicine," he declared.

"That reminds me," Shinoa said. "I got my vaccine when I turned 13, so I don't need this." She handed her bottle to Yuu. "What about you, Mi-chan?"

Mitsuba nodded. "I got my vaccine around the same age," she answered before she too handed her medicine over to Yuu.

"Why do you both give it to me?" Yuu asked while giving the two bottles in his hand a confused look. Then he looked back up at the girls.

Shinoa was the one to answer, because she was the only one who knew. "Because you donated your medicine to Kimizuki-san, and because you have Mika-san as well."

"But then, what about Yoichi?" Yuu asked.

Yoichi smiled. "I've been living on my own for years now," he said

Yuu looked confused. "Didn't you once say you have a sister?" he asked.

Yoichi shook his head. "I said I had a sister," he corrected.

"Anyways, you should all go home," Shinoa interrupted the conversation. "Yoichi-san and Yuu-san will have school tomorrow and then it's over. From then on, you are expected to show up here every day."

Yuu, Yoichi and Kimizuki nodded.

"Now," Shinoa smiled at them. "Please go home and we'll see you on the day after tomorrow." She walked down the hallway with Mitsuba in toe. She heard as the boys left in the opposite direction.

Mitsuba and Shinoa were in the showers. They had to wash the sweat off their bodies. No matter if you were a magical girl or just an ordinary girl, you would always sweat during physical activity. For this reason, there were shower rooms near every training hall, both for men and women. Shinoa and Mitsuba were currently using the only all-female shower room. It was located in another part of the building, owned more by the Majika no Oni than the Majika no Tsuki. This was a floor, only for magical girls and females working with the organization.

"I never imagined we would be put on a squad together," Mitsuba said, starting the conversation.

"Oh?" Shinoa smiled at this. "I certainly didn't either, but honestly, I'm happy it's you and not some grown-up stuck up serving the Hiragi family," she said.

"Aren't you a Hiragi yourself?" Mitsuba asked.

"Because of my genius sister, I have never really belonged to the Hiragi family," Shinoa said.

Mitsuba didn't know how to get back at Shinoa on that one, so she stayed silent for now, until Shinoa started speaking to her.

"What do you think of the boys in our squad?" she asked.

"They're a bunch of newbies, they don't know what they're doing, especially Hyakuya," Mitsuba said.

"Uh? Are you in love, Mi-chan?" Shinoa asked while peaking at Mitsuba in the showers.

"No I'm not!" Mitsuba declared while blushing madly. "And would you stop looking in here!"

Shinoa giggled. "What harm does that do?" she asked before running in to Mitsuba in the shower to annoy her as best as she could, while Mitsuba did her best to push Shinoa off.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in town, two men were discussing an important matter at hand. They were sitting in a mansion in the very center of town, owned by the Kyuuketsuki queen, Krul Tepes. These men were Ferid Bathory and Crowley Eusford.

"I heard you ran into some magical girls today," Ferid said. "They weren't causing any trouble?"

"Actually …" Crowley looked out at the town through the window. "There were three boys and only two girls among them," he said.

"So?" Ferid tilted his head.

"Nothing much. We would have killed them if it weren't for you calling for us," Crowley answered.

Ferid nodded once. "I see, that's a shame." An amused smile played on his lips.

"Ferid Bathory?" The owner of the mansion, Krul Tepes, came walking down the hallway. She was sending little, dangerous, but also aware looks at Ferid.

"My, Krul, how rare it is to see you on this floor," Ferid said with a faked smile on his face as he stood up to greet her. "What may I do for you on this beautiful night, my queen," He bowed much deeper than policy craved of him.

"Drop the sarcasm Ferid," Krul said coldly. "Have you found someone with the required power?" she asked.

Ferid smiled as he shook his head. "Not yet," he said.

"Liar." Krul looked at him, strictly. "You were spotted in town today, with a blonde teenage boy of just the right age," she accused. "Don't tell me that was nothing." The tone in her voice was so sharp it could cut through about anything. Crowley wished to leave, but Ferid didn't seem to be affected by this.

"Oh, you're talking about Mika-kun?" he asked. "He is nothing more than a human with delicious blood."

"Is that so?" Krul asked.

"It is so," Ferid answered with that smile on his face.

Krul didn't answer that. She had a feeling Ferid was lying to her face, but she didn't say a thing about it. She would investigate this matter on her own, since Ferid was as trustworthy as a stray cat.

Since I'll be gone for the next two days, I've uploaded two chapters today. The next chapter will be uploaded on Saturday

Jackie