"Sumimasen…" Quietus, playing the role of the blue-haired pink-eyed Hiro again knocked on the door of Hakkai's apartment. The mark of the immortal was hidden under his disguise, "I'm here to see Mr. Kawaji Hakkai. Is he home right now?"
"What's your business, bub?" Gojyo opened the door.
"I'd like to talk to him about what happened last night." Hiro smiled, "I'm sure he's curious about that immortal who stabbed Genjo Kouryuu."
"Go right inside. I'd like to hear what you have to say." Hakkai appeared before the shape shifter.
"So tell me about that immortal. Why does she know our names? Why did she stab Kouryuu? Why did she find me in the first place?" Hakkai started to ask.
"All I can tell you for now is that she was supposed to be dead a century ago. Do you know about the Hoshizora family?" Hiro acted, hiding his knowledge.
"You mean that millionaire family that suddenly died a century ago. You mean she's one of them?" Hakkai asked back.
"Hai. Hoshizora Hibiemi. She still keeps that money up. She was the one who stabbed Kouryuu last night." Hiro answered.
"Why?" Hakkai asked again.
"I really don't know. That immortal's got tricks up her sleeves. I suggest you see her personally with Kouryuu. You can bring your friends along." Hiro smiled calmly, "I'm her subordinate… Hiro. Cho Hiro…"
Cho Hiro? Hakkai paused. There's something familiar about his name… I just can't tell what it is though…
"Are you sure you have nothing up your sleeves?" Hakkai continued to pry.
"Iie. I assure you that Hoshizora-san has no ill will against you or Kouryuu…"
"So you mean that me and Kouryuu should see this Hoshizora in her mansion…?"
"Hai. Please come by tomorrow afternoon. It would be fun to spend a day with mortals like you…" Hiro smiled.
"Matte." Hakkai stopped Hiro as he was about to leave the apartment, "You're an immortal, too?"
"Hai. We just keep it secret…" Hiro smiled as he finally left.
"Quietus, how did it go?" Hibiemi asked her subordinate as he got into the car.
"He agrees to come by tomorrow…" Quietus smiled ominously.
"Good. Saa… Let's get ready for tomorrow's little 'reunion'…" Hibiemi smiled as the older immortal started the car up.
That night, Hakkai couldn't sleep. There were so many things swimming in his mind.
"It's only been a day since I've met Kouryuu, but I feel as if I've known him all my life… Ever since that immortal came into the picture, I felt so… different. It's as if I've been lured into something… Maybe that immortal does have a trick up her sleeve… Maybe there's something about me only she knows… I must find out the truth…"
But unknown to either of them, there was a strange man in glasses walking down the streets of the city on that night. Draped in a trench coat with a cigarette hanging from his mouth, he smiled as he continued walking unnoticed.
"Oh where, oh where has my little puppet gone? Oh where, oh where could she be? Immortal or not, I'll find her soon, oh where, oh where could she be…"
