It had been about a week since Shinoa had heard anything of the Kyuuketsuki. What she had heard back then was the fact that they were buying little girls to research on magical girls. It had been on that night when she and Mitsuba were on that mission.

Today another mission had been assigned to them that involved the Kyuuketsuki. Guren had told Shinoa that a member had started to drink blood from random people around town and leave them in alleys. The signs on the victims were much similar to what you would read about vampires from fantasy-books. The attacks would take place about two or three days after the previous one, and now, two days had passed since the last attack, so Shinoa and her squad were now on patrol around town to find the Kyuuketsuki member and stop him.

Right now, all five of them were sitting on a rooftop in the area where all the victims had been located so far. It was an area with lots of alleys. In fact there were one alley on either side of this building and across from them, there were a lot more.

"What are we even doing up here?" Yuu asked. He was lying on his back with his hands placed behind his neck. He looked pretty relaxed.

"We're watching out for a bloodsucker," Kimizuki answered. Opposite of Yuu, he was standing by the edge of the rooftop, looking down on the streets below them. He wasn't tense, but one could tell he was ready for combat at any time. He had already transformed. So had everyone else, but Yuu.

"Any sight of them yet, Yoichi-san?" Shinoa asked Yoichi who was also sitting by the edge of the rooftop, using his sight, which has increased due to his transformation.

"Not yet," Yoichi turned to look in another direction. "But they could easily be within one of my blind spots."

Shinoa nodded. "I see, is there a way to have them covered?"

"I don't know," Yoichi answered. "Most of it is right below us and at the other side of the building."

"ARGH!" Yuu exclaimed just after Yoichi had finished speaking. He suddenly started rolling around on his back. "I can't take it anymore!"

"Then shut up!" Mitsuba yelled at him. She was sitting on the roof but her body was tense. She was continuously looking around, impatiently watching everyone wait as well.

"But I'm hungry!" Yuu declared. "Haven't we been up here for half a day by now?" He sat up and looked at Shinoa who was also standing by the edge and looking down.

"Since morning," she confirmed. "I'll admit, I'm a bit hungry too."

"But we don't know when they will strike, so until then, we have to stay here, if we want to stick to the plan," Mitsuba said. A hint of irritation was in her voice.

"Actually…" Shinoa smiled as an idea popped into her head. "One of us could go down and buy some fast-food for everyone and we can eat up here. While they are down they can walk around the building and check Yoichi-san's blind spots."

"I approve," Yoichi said.

"It's not a bad idea," Kimizuki agreed.

"Who's going?" Yuu asked.

"I'll go," Shinoa said. "If I see anything, I'll call Mi-chan and you'll all come down."

Mitsuba nodded. "I'm fine with that. Then am I in charge?"

Shinoa nodded. "You're in charge. Try to do it okay," she smiled.

Mitsuba nodded.

"What does everyone want?" Shinoa asked.

"Curry!" Yuu yelled and then hesitated. "Or chicken nuggets, depending on where you go."

"You've become fond of chicken nuggets, haven't you, Yuu-kun?" Yoichi asked with an amused smile.

"So what?" Yuu asked. "They taste good!"

"I don't care," Yoichi said. "But if possible, Napolitan would be nice," he added.

The other two gave their orders, or rather, declared that they didn't care what Shinoa got them as long as it was eatable. Shinoa accepted their orders and then started heading down from the building.

As she reached street level she looked around to try and find some place where she could buy something for them to eat on the roof.

She spotted a restaurant on the corner, by the end of the street, and decided to go down there and then check the blind spots on the way back. But soon she should wish that she had chosen differently, and checked the blind spots first.

At the restaurant they didn't have curry or chicken nuggets, but apparently they had the Napolitan that Yoichi had requested. She also found something for herself and the others. Therefore she had to look for another place.

Thankfully this wasn't hard either. She located a McDonalds and went there, knowing they would have chicken nuggets, although not the same as those Yuu had had the first time, but chicken nuggets were chicken nuggets after all. No matter where you bought them, they had to be the same, right?

After buying the chicken nuggets, it was time to check the blind spot. Shinoa started walking around the building and continuously watched the opposite side of the road she was heading towards. She wondered if the Kyuuketsuki member would be here today at all. It didn't seem like it, but then she turned the last corner and there she saw something that nearly made her drop the food she had bought.

In front of Shinoa, a man with silver hair pulled back in a ponytail was standing, holding the dead body of a young woman. Shinoa could see the woman's face. She was pale and looked like she had been in pain in the moments before she died. She could also see a bite-mark on the side of the neck.

"It appears I've been found," the man, because this was indeed a man, turned around and faced Shinoa. In the same time he dropped the woman's body on the ground.

Shinoa had to take a step back because she realized that she knew this man's face. The silver hair and the way it was pulled into that ponytail and those red eyes that stared at her with an amused look in them. She had seen him a couple of times now, always with Mika somewhere nearby. Was he here too?

"Who are you?" Shinoa asked, trying to keep herself as calm as possible.

"Me?" The man smiled widely at her. Had Shinoa ever seen him when he wasn't smiling? "I'm Ferid Bathory," he said.

"You are with the Kyuuketsuki?" Shinoa asked.

"My, how did you know?" Ferid was obviously not surprised, but he made a pretty big deal out of pretending to be.

"I heard a member of the Kyuuketsuki was sucking blood from innocent people in this area," Shinoa answered.

"Your superiors are good at gathering information," Ferid answered her in a calm manner. He wasn't at all bothered by being caught in the act of killing someone.

"If you are here, then where is Mika-san?" Shinoa asked the question she was the most concerned about at the moment. If Mika was here she would have to take Yuu into consideration and find out what to do, how to tell him that Mika was involved with the bad guys. It was needless to say that this was a conversation that she would rather not have.

"Mika-kun?" Ferid smiled. "Oh yeah, you have seen him and me walk together. Well he isn't here. If he was here, I wouldn't have been in need of her." He gestured to the body behind him and Shinoa's eyes narrowed slightly at this.

"You drink his blood?" she asked.

"He has such delicious blood, don't worry, I have no intentions of killing him," Ferid smiled before looking up at the sky. "Well, look at the time, I was supposed to be back by now so I must get going." He turned and waved a hand at Shinoa. "See you some other time. And say hello to Yuuichiro Hyakuya for me."

With that final line, Ferid Bathory left the alley and the woman's corps. Shinoa could only stand and watch his back while admitting that this certainly hadn't played out the way she had wanted it to.