l AU: well, ppl, u asked for it! Here's the next Chapter for the Next Generation ^_^

* Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Tail! (

Some where in Tokyo.

Mayu Sendo had just received a letter from Seika city:

Dear Miss Sendo:
I would appreciate it so much if you were to come down to
Seika City. I would like to discuss your knowledge of the
thieves Saint Tail and Fallen Angel. We have a new thief in
town, who calls herself Dark Rosary, and I think these 3
may have a link. I have talked to Detective Asuka- I believe
you may know him- and have gotten some information from
him. Please accept my request.

Sincerely,
Masami Tenkida. "Well, well, well," said Mayu, "Meimi Haneoka has a daughter. I wonder if it belongs to Asuka Jr. I guess it's time to pay a little visit to Seika City."

St. Paulia's academy.

"Hey did you all hear?" Aivi asked.

"Hear what?" Dena asked.

"The Pandora fortune telling shop from a few years ago opened up again."

Everyone in the classroom awed, but Dena, Masahiro, and Sister Seira who had just walked in fell silent. "Hey, isn't that the same shop with the owners who kidnapped your father one time?" Masahiro whispered.

Dena kept quiet but nodded. * This isn't good. Why are they here? I have to tell mom. *

At the chapel.

Dena paced back and forth until Seira came back into the chapel. "I see Mayu Sendo has come back to Seika city, but there is no explanation as to why, Dena. It looks like you will have to investigate on your own. But, be warned now. Mayu Sendo has great hypnotic skill. You have to be very careful," said Seira.

"Yes, I will," said Dena.

Her and Masahiro left the chapel and headed over to Dena's house. They didn't know it, but Mayu Sendo was "Hey, Mom, are you home?"

"Yes, Dena, what is it?" Meimi asked when she stepped by the front door. "We have a problem. May-"

But before Dena could say a word, her dad had just gotten home. "Hey, I'm home."

*Great, this is just my luck * thought Dena.

"Um, uh, I think I'll just head home now," said Masahiro, stepping out of the door.

"I sure hope I'm not interrupting anything," said a voice behind Masahiro. He moved out of the way to reveal Mayu Sendo standing in the front of the Asuka residence. Meimi stood dead in her tracks with little fear behind her eyes, while Dena and Detective Asuka stood defensive. "I guess it is right. You did marry Asuka Jr. May I come in?"

Everyone sat in the family room to some tea. "I had received a letter from a Miss Masami Tenkida."

*I knew Tenkida had something to do with this! * thought Dena.

"She had informed me of a new thief in Seika city," Mayu continued. She took out a little incense tin with a lavender scent. Before Meimi could warn anyone, Dena had already breathed the smell in, and she was caught in the hypnotic spell. "Dena Asuka, just tell me one thing: Are you or are you not Dark Rosary?" *No, Dena, fight it. * thought Meimi.

But, it was too late; Dena had started to speak, "Yes, I am Dark Rosary."

Everyone gasped. Dena had confessed in front of a complete stranger and.HER FATHER! Mayu snapped her fingers and ended the hypnotism. Detective Asuka sat in shock, as Dena stared at her dad's eyes with tears falling down her face. "I-I- I'm sorry, Dad," she said, racing to go up the stairs.

Masahiro got up, "I'll go up the with her."

After Masahiro went upstairs Mayu Sendo stood up. "I assure you that this information will be confidential. I will not spread her identity."

"You never do," said Meimi, "but you still shouldn't have done that. Please leave, Mayu Sendo."

"I understand. Goodbye." Mayu Sendo then walked outside of the Asuka house.

Dena's room.

Masahiro walked into Dena's room to see her sitting on the bed with her face buried in the pillows. He sat himself at the foot of the bed. "Come on, Dena, I'm sure your dad is fine."

"He could be very mad. What if I have to stop being Dark Rosary? What if he grounds me? Or even worse: What if her kicks me out?!" Dena exclaimed, lifting her head slowly.

Masahiro sweat dropped, "Okay, now you're talking crazy ^_^"

"What if he tells Tenkida? v_v"

"Fat chance ^_^*"

"But what if he sends me away?!"

"Not likely. T_T"

Dena a smiled little bit, but turned back to a frown quickly and looked down to the ground as she spilled her last thought, "Then, what if he arrests me? I am a thief. My dad might do just that.and I'll be thought of as a criminal at school."

Masahiro frowned, "That won't happen."

Dena looked up, "It won't?"

"No, I won't let it happen to my best friend."

Dena smiled sweetly and gave Masahiro a hug and a..A KISS ON THE CHEEK?! "Thanks, Masahiro. That really means a lot to me."

Masahiro had a deep red blush on his face. * Maybe she. Maybe I can. * " Uh, Dena, I.Um.I."

"Yes, Masahiro?" Dena inquired.

"I, uh, I just remembered I have to go sort some pics at home. You can come if you want."

Dena stood up, "Right now that sounds better than being here ^_^" Dena and Masahiro headed back down the stairs to see both of her parents sitting in the living room. "if it's okay, I'll be going over to Masahiro's."

Detective Asuka looked at Meimi then nodded. Once Masahiro and Dena went outside she decided it would be wise to go to the chapel first to inform Sister Seira on what's going on. "I see, so Mayu Sendo did just as I predicted, and now your father knows."

"I'm so sorry, Seira. I know you warned me. I just wasn't careful enough. v_v" said Dena, looking to the ground.

"No, it's okay. Your mother couldn't fight back the hypnotism either." Seira then took out a piece of paper, which had a picture. "Listen, Dena, I know you probably won't be able to accomplish this task, but please do try."

Dena looked at a picture of a small black dog. "He's so cute, but what am I supposed to do about a dog?"

"That dog is your task," said Seira. "His name is Daihiko, and he belongs to a little boy named Iwa. Iwa was playing with Daihiko in the park, but he didn't have a collar on him, so Daihiko ran away. The next thing you know, the little dog was taken to the pound. The pound will not let Iwa take Daihiko home, and his parents just think a friend is taking care of him for a while. Iwa didn't have the heart to tell them. A family is thinking of adopting Daihiko next week, and Iwa misses him a lot."

"And you were hoping the Dark Rosary could save the day," said Dena in a saddened voice. Tears once again started to form on her face.

Dena ran outside and headed towards the school where she bumped into Rohiroshi. "Dena, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Rohiroshi! Um, nothing, I'm fine."

Masahiro finally caught up and ran to see Dena in Rohiroshi's arms. * Well, it looks like Dena is in good hands. * He said, walking away.

"Something has got to be bothering you. There's no way you can be crying out of happiness," said Rohiroshi, still holding on to her.

Dena closed her eyes and tried to stop the tears. "Rohiroshi, I'm sorry, but I need to go," she said, getting away from his grip, heading towards Masahiro's house. She knocked right on his door, where Mr. Sawatari opened it.

"Oh hello, Dena, Masahiro just walked in. You can go up and see him if you want," he said.

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Sawatari."

Dena walked upstairs to see Masahiro sitting on top of his bed. He turned to finally see Dena standing at his door. "Oh, hey." Dena sat herself right next to Masahiro and leaned on his shoulder. His face turned red, "Aren't you doing that to the wrong person?"

"Do I have another best friend that I should know about?" she asked.

"You seemed pretty cozy with that Rohiroshi ."

"Oh, please," said Dena. She then looked up with a determined look her face. "I'm going to save that dog."

" What?! Are you nuts?! Your dad knows who you are, Dena. Shouldn't you wait till we figure out what your dad is thinking of doing?"

"I don't care. We both knew that I would get caught someday. It was just a matter of time. That boy needs my help, so I'll help him no matter what," said Dena as she stood up. "^_^ By the way, Masahiro, may I stay here for a while? You know, until my dad cools down and all?"

*Her mood sure changed quickly * thought Masahiro T_T.*

Next Day at school.

"Hey, were you cozy with Rohiroshi yesterday, Dena?" Aivi asked her out of the blue, while Dena was looking out of the window.

"What?! I_I* you were there?" Dena asked, finally getting out of her dazed state. "It was nothing really! I just slipped and he was just in the right place at the right time. That's all, I promise! ^_^*"

"Aaaha," said Aivi, with a cat look on her face.

Rohiroshi pulled Masahiro over for a little side conversation. "Hey, is everything alright with Dena? I sort of bumped into her yesterday, and she looked a little sad," said Rohiroshi.

"She's okay, she's just having a little trouble with her family. Thanks for asking though," said Masahiro.

"Well, if there's anything I can do to help." Rohiroshi trailed off.

*I guess Azuma isn't that bad. * "Don't worry, I'll inform you if she needs any help," said Masahiro with a little smile.

Masami Tenkida was just sitting at her desk staring down at it. "It's been so long. I haven't gotten a single calling card from Dark Rosary!" Tenkida said in a mild tone. "Why haven't I gotten a calling card?!" she shouted to the ceiling.

Everyone stared at her with sweat-drops as her face turned plain and red. "Would you relax, you big baby! It's been a week. You just need to chill," said Dena with a vein popping out of her head.

"You sure got some nerve talking to me like that, Asuka," said Tenkida, getting out of her seat.

"So sue me!"

"Maybe I wi-" *poof* "What the?!" Masami Tenkida looked up at her head to see, "A calling card from Dark Rosary!"

Rohiroshi took the calling card off from Tenkida's head. "Tomorrow night I will be at the city pound to steal a puppy- Dark Rosary" he read.

"At least it's not a top or a pair of goggles this time," said Tenkida.

Everyone in the classroom suddenly heard a bunch of books fall to the floor and turned around. Sister Seira had a shocked look on her face. "Huh, are you okay, Sister Seira?" Gyoko asked.

"Oh, yes, I'm fine. I just had a little dizzy moment ^_^ " said Seira, "I sure hope that Dark Rosary knows what she is doing. She may get caught some day."

At the chapel.

"Are you sure this is a wise decision, Dena? I agree with Masahiro: you should wait until your father has talked to you about his new discovery," said Seira in a concerned voice.

"I know what I'm doing. Everything will be fine, I promise," said Dena starting to walk towards the exit. "Come on Masahiro, we have to pay a little visit to Mayu Sendo."

Pandora Shop.

Dena and Masahiro walked in the entrance of the Pandora Shop where they saw Mayu sitting at her crystal ball. " Dena Asuka, what a surprise."

"Miss Sendo, my father didn't know who I was. Why did you do that to me?" Dena asked, standing right next to Masahiro.

"I did it only to find out who Dark Rosary was. You and your mom are alike. Both of you kept your identity from Asuka Jr. But if you wish to erase your father's memory, just hand him this. It will make it seem that it was just a dream find out you are Dark Rosary," said Mayu, handing a bottle to Dena.

Dena took the bottle out of her hands, "How can I trust you? You tried to sabotage my mom and dad's relationship, and tried to ruin my mom's life as a thief."

"I do that no longer. My mother helped me learn that to have someone love you no matter what would be something worth cherishing. I'm willing to give you a second chance to have a normal life with your father, so that's why you should trust me," said Mayu.

"uh, um, Thank you," said Dena, bowing and taking Masahiro along with her.

"Dena, can we really trust her?" Masahiro asked as soon as they went out of the shop.

"I don't know, but for some reason I.I believed her."

A few minutes later.

Masami Tenkida had finally gotten a chance to go to the Pandora Fortune telling shop to discuss Dark Rosary with Mayu Sendo. "Hello, Miss Sendo, I'm Masami Tenkida."

"Oh, so you are Miss Tenkida then."

"Yes, I was wondering. If you by any chance would happen to know Dark Rosary's true identity."

"Yes, I do."

"Really, then who is it?"

Mayu paused for a moment as she left Tenkida in suspense. "I'm sorry, that information is confidential," she finally said.

"Miss Sendo, I'll have you know that it is mandatory that the detective agency know about this. You can be arrested for refusing to answer!"

"But, you are not a detective, and if you were, I still would not speak."

Tenkida looked at Mayu angrily. "I will be back, Miss Sendo, so don't even think about leaving Seika city."

"Very well. Good day to you, Miss Tenkida."

um..somewhere(back to Dena and Masahiro)

Dena and Masahiro were both heading back to his house. "I think I should go home," said Dena, looking down at the ground.

Masahiro looked over to her, "Yeah, me too. Want me to come with you?" he said.

"No, I have to do this on my own," she said clenching onto the bottle Mayu gave to her.

Dena walked into her the door of her house, not expecting her dad to be home. He was sitting down on the couch, "It's been a couple of days," he said.

"Yeah, it has," said Dena uncomfortably. She went to sit down on the couch so her and Detective Asuka could talk. "Listen, Dad, I-"

"It's okay. I don't know how I couldn't have seen it sooner. You have your mom's spirit. I should have expected you to be Dark Rosary."

"You should?"

"Yes, I completely understand why you had to keep it a secret from me."

Dena sweat-dropped, "Uh, you do?" She then looked at the bottle in her hand.

"Yes, I do. And I know I can't stop you from being what's in your blood."

"Really, um thanks, Dad," said Dena. * Since when is he so understanding?! *

"Well, you should go get washed up for dinner then," he finally said.

"I uh will," said Dena, still sweat-dropping. She then got on the phone and called Masahiro right away.

"Hahahahaha," laughed Masahiro.

"Hey, that was totally freaky! How can he be so damn calm?!" Dena exclaimed in her quietist voice. (AU: does that make sense?)

"Now, to think I was worried."

"I still can't believe it v_v," said Dena with a heavy sigh.

Next night.

Tenkida brought her men to the pound where they guarded all the dogs and cats. And, as usual, Masahiro was there with his camera. "You have no chance this time, Tenkida," said Masahiro, getting ready to shoot (his camera that is).

"You know, for once I agree with you, Sawatari v_v," said Tenkida.

* Huh?! * "What.did you just?" Masahiro asked in shock.

"I said that I agr- What are you doing?" Tenkida asked at the boy who was feeling her forehead.

"You must be sick. And I don't even know what's even more scary: the fact that you agreed with me, or the fact that you agreed that you wouldn't catch Dark Rosary," said Masahiro.

Tenkida once again hit Masahiro in the head, "Would you use your brain for once? Dark Rosary said she was coming to steal a puppy. Look around! Couldn't she be a little more specific?!" she said right before the lights went out. * Great, does she like the dark? *

"Sorry, Tenkida, but I need to make this quick," said Dark Rosary.

Tenkida took out a huge, bright flashlight, "Hold it, Dark Rosary! I may not even have a chance, but you're not getting away that easily!"

Tenkida then turned to her right to see Dark Rosary bending down, with her back away from Tenkida, facing a little black puppy. "Oh you little cutie! ^_^"

"T_T+ Did you not here a word I just said?" Tenkida asked confused. Dark Rosary still didn't answer. "Hello?"

Tenkida then went over to Dark Rosary and prepared to grab her, but missed. "Why are you over there for?" Dark Rosary asked, who was outside on the roof, looking down through a glass window.

Tenkida hurried outside to meet Dark Rosary. "So, that's the dog."

"Yep, I need to get this little fellow home," said Dark Rosary.

Tenkida just brought out something from her wrist that caught onto Dark Rosary's leg. "Heh, I'd like to see you get away now."

"You're good, Tenkida, but you're not good enough," said Dark Rosary, taking out two cards. "Haha! Black Jack!" she said, throwing the two cards, cutting the string that held her leg to Tenkida's device.

"Oh, no!" said Tenkida.

Dark Rosary managed to get away safely and headed towards the Takeda residence. Masahiro was able to get one shot before she disappeared completely. She slipped Daihiko right in Iwa's room where he was sound asleep. "He really missed you, cutie, don't worry him anymore okay ^_^," she said. Dark Rosary then headed out the window and back to the chapel.

At school.

"So, Tenkida, I hear you actually agreed with Masahiro that you couldn't catch Dark Rosary, heh heh ^_^" said Dena, patting Tenkida hard on the back.

"I_I+ Oh, shut up! Why does your boyfriend have to tell you everything?" said Tenkida.

"_! WHAT WAS THAT?!" Dena shouted, pulling Tenkida's hair.

"Ouch, you little pest! Watch it!"

Everyone in the room sweat-dropped. "Tenkida, Asuka, outside," said Sister Seira gently. * Even Dark Rosary needs to be taught a lesson some time ^_^*

Tenkida and Dena looked at each other furiously, "Ngh! See what you did?!" The both yelled.

"Are those two always going to be like this? ^_^*" Rohiroshi asked Masahiro.

"Afraid so, Azuma," said Masahiro.

"Hey, Sawatari, how bout we be friends?" said Rohiroshi holding out his hand.

Masahiro hesitated, then smiled and shook Rohiroshi's hand, "I'd like that."

So how did everyone like that chapter? Sorry it took a little longer than suspected, but my mom is getting on my case about my grades in writing v_v (out of all classes) Well, I sure hope you review ^_^ I hope I get to start another chapter soon.