Emerald eyes flicked once to the mirror and and then went back to what she was busy doing. She shoved one of her guns in her waist band and checked the other to make sure she had clipped in the round. Checking herself over once more, Ying Fa looked at her image in the mirror. She seemed lost in her own thoughts. She was dressed in a long dark trench coat, that hid all the weaponry that she actually had on her.

' A long time ago I thought I had no clue who I was except maybe the image of a street urchin that I had created for my self. I shaped my image and let it become me, letting it give me something that I never had, could never remember - hope and faith. My earliest memories that I can recollect are those of fear and destruction. The feeeling of hopelessness when I was taken. I know I was taken from those that I loved, because sometimes in my dreams and ever in my nightmares, if I try really hard, I can make out blurred images of those people that I know in my cold heart that I loved and that loved me in return. Sometimes when I was really desperate, I'd find that the blurred image of the woman that I classed as 'mother', would blend and mix and I would find myself starring up at Trinity. This image at first scarred me. Becuase I knew that my heart and my soul, two which had been wrongly tortured and hurt, were starting to move on and accept what was around me, as what had always been.

Keir, someone I hardly ever think about anymore, something I should feel guilty over, but feel nothing, was the one that gave me the real purpose to pick up a gun. No, it wasn't what you think. I wasn't trying to kill myself, though I often wondered why the hell I didn't. It was because I knew that I needed to live. Something in my would never let go. Some determination that would not let me end it so meaninglessly. I actualy remember something that Keir once told me. Up until now I had forgetten it. He stood in front of me one day, watching me play with the gun. I must have given him some indication of what I had been thinking for he suddenly looked at me and said:

" Life isn't something that comes freely. It's given to us for a price. We're born, we live, we suffer and we prosper, but like you and many others, we suffer more because of things that none of us can help, but must bare. Who will care if you end the contract suddenly? Most likely - no one. Something that I have always said and stand by is one thing and one thing alone. If you're gonna end it, make sure that you end it right. Make sure that when your gone, you'll be a legend, someone that will be remembered, admired. Otherwise what's the point? If you end so meaninglessly, then you are just something meaningless, something that deserves to die without rememberance. "

I think it was after that moment that I really sat down and started to think, sort through all the blurred images I had, and came to the conclusion that there was only one person in the world that could ever help me, and that was Komoji. The one person I decided that could make it there to him, was myself. I knew no one would make it and therefore made me realise that that blew my idea of others being able to help me. That was probably also the same time, that I started to distance myself from the others. I was shaping myself yet again and making something much stronger, more durable, more resistant to the pain I knew I was bound to suffer. . . . "

Ying Fa shifted and checked to make sure she had the 2 grenades in each side pocket and smiled faintly when she felt them safely tucked away.

" When people asked me where I aquired the attitude, [ mostly teachers in my younger

years ] I would tell them without shame or embarrassment that I was raised on the streets

and that was something that we all had to have - attitude. I still smile when I think of the shocked look on one of my teachers faces when I turned to her and had simply said:

' Hey it's a fact of life, I share the code of the alley streets both day and at night, I'm apart of their society and they have accepted me. If I hadn't learnt the attitude and much more, [ I left out no possibilities to her imagination mind you ] I wouldn't be standing here in front of you and in fact my body would probably be laying back in some dump decaying and being eaten by god knows what that plague the streets at night. Be thankful for my attitude miss, because quite frankly it's the only thing that's keeping me here on this wonderful earth. '

I can't remember how old I was then. Even now I'm not sure of exactly how old I am. A year passes for me, just like the seasons. It has no meaning for me, just it's significance that something has changed, taken another step forward in time. Maybe if I actually had the time and had stopped once in a while to admire the seasons or something else, instead of always trying to find my way home as people often described it, then maybe I would be able to appriciate something beautiful in this world other than the cruelness that I have been handed to accept. "



Ying Fa smiled softly as she reached forward and grabbed her knife, the light reflecting in the two new shiny cherry red streaks at each end of her long fringe.

" Then came along Black. He waltzed in that bar and starred at me as if I were ghost. I starred straight back at him maybe hoping in a small desolate place in the back of my mind that he may have been someone to know me and hopefully be someone that had been looking for me. Well I was wrong about hoping that he was a part of my family, but I know even to this day, that even back then he thought he knew me, even before he said to me years later the words that would change my life: ' I believe I know what happened to you Ying Fa. I believe I know who you and your family are. ' He hasn't told me yet, and I don't think even now I want him to.

My training was hard. Keir had taught me nothing compared to what Black put me through. At times I thought of throwing it all away, but I remembered that he was the small glimer of light at the end of the long and a dark and blurry tunnel that seemed to be my existance. How much has happened since that fateful day when I stepped out of that limo into the rain to be re-united with my 'adopted' family, only to be thrown into the charity ball and all that was soon to follow?

Not even in my wildest dreams would I be able to believe all that has happened. When I think all the way through it again I still wonder if that was me. I seemed like such a cocky, smart-mouthed rookie that thought she knew everything. But the slums that I was brought up in, could never have prepared me for the tidy little town of Tomoeda that sparkled in the sunlight after a storm. Black had prepared me, taught me every defense, but he had nothing to offer me against Tomoeda. What was it about this place, even still now, that disturbs me so? It was like home, a dream, a memory, deva`ju all in one.

Then here comes the hardest part of my life. Even more painful than the fact that I am alone. . . The Wolf by the name of Tristan Hirragizawa. If Tomoeda hasn't knocked me flat on my back, he certainly did in many ways the one. "

Ying Fa cringed and grabbed the keys and headed down the hallway.

" Tristan, Tristan, Tristan. How could you possible knock me defenseless, make me love you, make love to you, give you my soul and then have you tear it apart and throw it to the wind all so quickly? That still leaves me wondering as to why I let it go so far? I knew better, god look where I grew up. My life is full of regrets many of them in fact. I'm still wondering if Tristan is one of them.

The only time I feel calm and at ease is when I doing a job or being in the middle of a killer gun fight. Maybe it's something about the tormoil around me that makes me forget about it in me. "

Ying Fa stopped and smiled up at the people in the doorway waiting for her that were dressed a like to her.

" Today is judgement day. Maybe for me, maybe mostly for Komoji, but maybe it's a judgement of all of us. I wouldn't blame anyone if they judged us. Look at all the s.hit we've done and continue do. But I don't do it for fun like most. I do it because it has to be done or because it's necessary. "

Shinji dressed all in black - black trench coat, black leather gloves, boots and gear, held the huge missle gun up and rested it over his shoulder as he smiled encouragingly at her.

" Dear Shinji. He has no idea how much I love him. He is my pillar of strength, my guide and in some ways my over protective brother. I wouldn't be here if it weren't also for him. "

Ying Fa stood and looked lovingly at Black, Trinity, Cleo, Shinji and Koji. Each were dressed accordingly - all in black, and each had their weapons, each willing to lay their lives on the line to help her.

" This is my family. These are the people I love. These are the people that have always been here for me and if I had to chose between my real family and these people, I'm starting to think that my heart would chose these people for all their love and innocence and kindness. "

" Ready? " Koji asked watching her intently.

Ying Fa smiled and sighed nervously.

" You can back out sugar if you're not ready. " Trinity said understandedly.

" If I don't do it now, then I might as well give up right here. " Ying Fa stated firmly.

" Kite iru jiyu na. Takakai hone no oreru. Iie jiken nani, anat no ni watakushi kokoro imouta. " Shinji stated firmly.

[ Live free. Fight hard. No matter what, you're in my heart little sister. "

" Arigato Oni-chan. " Ying Fa said to Shinji and nodded. " Are the cars ready? "

" Sure thing sugar. " Trinity confirmed.

" Then lets do this. " Ying Fa stated and walked out the door.

* * *

An hour later

Down a busy street of down town Tomoeda, 4 different coloured cars roared down the street in a v formation, and came to a stop in a side street. In one yellow flash car, sat Ying Fa, gripping the steering wheel tightly as she begain to realise what they were about to do, Shinji sitting beside her.

To her left beside her was a shiny red car that held Black and Trinity. Next to them in a shiny blue car was Koji and in a shiny light green car next to him was Cleo. Ying Fa turned and starred shakily at Black and Trinity. They were starring back at her waiting. Into the communicator Ying Fa spoke.

" You all know your places? "

" Yep. " came the replies.

Ying Fa looked up through the shadows of the sky scrapers in front and around her and looked at one in particuar. Desoto corp. was marked on the side of the grey building in huge red letters. Right in front of them was the run down part of town, where most gangs hung out, but were no real hords of people. This was the run down area of down town Tomoeda and where Komoji's signal from the tracking device Trinity had gotten on him in their last encounter, was coming from.

" Koji, I want those buildings to go bang, taking Desoto with it got it? Do you think you can do it without getting caught? "

" Don't insult me Ying Fa. " Koji shot back revving his engine loudly. " Hey I ho, I ho, it's off to work I go . . " he smirked as he slammed on the gas and spun smoke up from the wheels as he shot forward and raced through the dark streets and disappeared, his engine disappearing with it. But he had done what he had wanted . . . he had made her smile.

* * *

" I don't want anyone hurt Shinji. " Ying Fa said as they both got out of her yellow car that glistened in the light.

" No one will . . if they obey. " Shinji shot back softly as they walked towards the main street, trench coats billowing out behind them.

Shinji was about to lift the heavy missle gun onto his shoulder, when Ying Fa's arm crossed his chest and stopped him.

" Look. " she said looking up.

Shinji looked up.

" So? "

" Do you want to risk getting your face on tv? " she demanded looking up at the tv station.

" Easily solved. " he said pulling out his dark shades, that reflected the sun.

Ying Fa pulled hers out and slipped them on, flicking back her long tresses.

" Hey I like you red bangs. " Shinji suddenly said.

Above the rim of the sun glasses, Ying Fa's eyebrow rose.

" You pick now of all times to notice and compliment me? "

Shinji shrugged.

" Just noticed. "

" Forget it. Lets get this over and done with. " she said and steped out into the main sidewalk and placed her fingers in her mouth and gave a loud shrill whistle and people turned to look at the two dark figures, their dark trenchcoats blowing out behind them, and the young woman's hair billowing out every so often with the wind.

" Ok listen up people. You have exactly two seconds to clear the area! "

At that Shinji smirked and hefted the missle gun up and steadied it on his shoulder as he took aim. People screamed and started running in all directions as Shinji fired and a nearby car exploded.

" Trigermaniac! " Ying Fa seethed. " I said no casualties! " she yelled and coughed with the smoke that blew their way.

" Your welcome. " Shinji said. " But at least the area's clear just like you wanted. "

" Remind me to kick your a.rse when I'm through kicking Komoji's. " Ying Fa spat.

Shinji smirked.

" I imagine you want road blocks now imouta? "

" How far can that thing fire?" Ying Fa asked.

Shinji smirked and two huge ' throomp, throomp ' went through thr air and Ying Fa watched as the missles hit the road 100 metres down the road and two cars jumped, exploded and promptly burst into flames and crashed together, preventing any way out.

" Nice, too nice. " Ying Fa said suspiciously.

" Hush, you're breaking my concentration. " Shinji said as he did the same thing in 3 other directions smirking.

Ying Fa stood and watched the thick black smoke billow up into the air.

* * *

` We'd like to interrupt this program for an important news bulletin. Terrorists have started attacking down town Tomoeda. I repeat terrorists have started attacking down town Tomoeda .` the news reporter stated loud and clear.

Tori sat up and lost the news paper on the floor as he watched the picture of the flaming cars and the smoke billowing up into the air. He ran to the window and sure enough he could see the fire and the smoke from where his apartment was.

` The terrorists gave warning to public before they broke out into fire only a few moments ago outside channel 4's station building. These images are from out the front of our building complex. `

Tori turned back in time to see the two figures emerge out of the smoke and walk back the way they had come and he growled low in his throat.

" I know those bangs anywhere. Saaakkkkuuurrraaa! " he growled and jumped over his chair and dove for the phone.

* * *

" Moshi, moshi. " came Sakura's voice as she answered the phone from the bed, where Li was laying beside her.

" SAKURA! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU INSANE?!! "

Sakura held the offending phone and its caller away from her ear as the tirade continued. Li blinked and sat up watching as Sakura tried to talk.

" Tor-. . wha. .. wil . . " this continued for several minutes.

" Tori! SHUT UP!! " she finally screamed back, making Li's ears ring.

There was dead silence on the other end of the phone.

" I think you killed your own oni-chan. " Li whispered smirking.

" Tell that baka in the background that I am not talking to him and I'll deal with him later. " Tori spat.

" Why don't you tell me yourself? " Li said into the phone, managing to get it from Sakura's grip.

" Fine. WHY ARE YOU LETTING MY SISTER ATTACK DOWN TOWN TOMOEDA?!! "

Li held the phone away from his own ringing ears.

" Nani? " he asked puzzled.

" SHE IS ALL OVER THE CHANNEL FOUR NEWS!! "

Li continued to frown as he turned the tv on and flicked it to channel four.

What they saw made both Wolves gasp.

" Oh .. . my. . . " Sakura began.

" Kami-sama. " Li breathed.

The guy in the trench coat shouldered his weapon and together the two figured walked back the way they came through the dark black smoke from the burning carnage around them and the tv crew bolted across the street filming everything as watched as the two figures got into a flashy yellow car and continued to film as the yellow, light green, and the red cars revved their engines loudly, their tyres spinning causing smoke to rise up on the tar beneath them, and then letting the yellow car go first, they shot forward at i60 km/h and were lost in the destruction.

Sakura turned to Li and they both looked at each other, blocking out Tori's rampage on the phone and both seeming to come to the same conclusion.

Something big was going on and the Wolves were going to go in and investigate.

* * *

" They can't just have disappeared! " the vein stood out on the sergent's neck as he fumed at his worthless crew.

" Three cars can't just grow freaking wings and fly off to la, la land! "

" But serg. "

" O' Brien don't push me! " the vien was throbbing and pulsating and he was becoming extremely red in the face.

" But - "

" Help clean this flamathon up and afterwards, report back to me with information on where the hell the people that did this are! " he stormed and jumped in his car and sped off.

" Jesus. " one cop sighed rubbing his neck. " His lordship is not happy today is he? "

His comrad sighed and looked at all the damage.

" Who would be? "

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