I still don't own anything. This is the sequel to my story Lycanthrope. It takes place ten years after the last chapter of Lycanthrope.

Lycanthrope 2: The Prophecy

Chapter Four: Can you hold my hair?

"We have completed our final preparations." Shinji glanced at the elder out of the corner of his eye.

"You are now free to begin your hunt of the humans known as SEELE," another elder said. "You are clear on your orders?"

"Find SEELE and kill them by any means necessary," Shinji recited. "Correct?"

"Yes," yet another elder answered.

"I have a question," Shinji said.

"Go ahead." Shinji recognized the voice of the vampire elder.

"What exactly were your preparations?" Shinji asked.

"We needed to secure transportation and funds for you and your team," a large red creature said. "The lycan elder will explain it further."

"Thank you," Shinji said calmly.

"You may leave," the vampire elder said. Shinji bowed and walked through the doors that led to the meeting room. The large double doors slammed shut behind him.

"Well?" Mana asked.

"We're free to go," Shinji said.

"Great," Mana said simply. One of the guards stepped forward and handed Shinji the revolver he had been forced to turn over before the meeting.

"Nice piece by the way," Mana commented. Shinji grinned and holstered the .357 magnum revolver.

"I took this off a vampire who tried to assassinate me with it," he explained.

"Oh," Mana said simply. "Let's go give the good news to Asuka and Yuki."

"And hope they don't celebrate by ripping you apart," Shinji said as he stepped out into the cool night air.

"So where are we going?" Mana asked.

"Tokyo-3," Shinji said. "I've got a few connections to check there."

"Connections?"

"Yeah."

"Can you get me an apartment there?" Mana asked. "Rent is out of control."

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"So we're finally aloud to leave this God forsaken city?"

"Yeah," Shinji said. "Our flight leaves tomorrow at midnight."

"What about our weapons?" Yuki asked.

"They'll be fine," Shinji said. "The elders are better connected then I am."

"Almost all your 'connections' are bartenders," Asuka said in annoyance. "Damn drunk."

"You'd be amazed how much bartenders know about what's happening in their areas," Shinji said. "And I am not a drunk."

"You're a bigger lush then Misato!" Asuka shrieked.

"I think I preferred 'drunk'," Shinji said. Asuka sighed and massaged her temples.

"What about ammo and supplies?" Yuki asked.

"Along with a list of approved transporters," Shinji began. "The elders have given us a rather large expense account."

"Can I go shopping?" Asuka asked without hesitation.

"Wait till we're in Tokyo-3," Shinji said.

"Just how large is the expense account?" Yuki asked nervously.

"Limitless," Shinji said. "Knock yourself out Asuka."

"Literally," Mana said.

"Bad!" Shinji yelped as he jumped in between the two women. "No fighting!"

"That sounds really funny coming from you," Yuki commented.

"I know," Shinji said with a frown. "When did I become the referee?"

"More importantly," Asuka began.

"What idiot would make you the referee?" Mana finished. Shinji looked between them and rubbed his temples.

"So you noticed?" Yuki asked.

"That they only work together to pick on me?"

"Yup," Yuki said. Shinji sighed and sat down beside his mate.

"I'm going to go hunt," Mana said as she pulled on her trench coat.

"I'm going with her," Asuka said as she followed her out.

"Is that a good idea?" Yuki asked.

"I just don't care any more," Shinji said simply. "Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll take each other out."

"You don't mean that," Yuki said. Shinji glared at her out of the corner of his eye. "Don't give me that look."

"Sorry."

"And I thought I was bad," Bob commented as he walked into the room. "I only get bossed around by one woman. You're well on your way to three." He turned to make another comment and Shinji made his move.

"Any other comments smart ass?" Shinji asked as he pulled back the hammer on his Python.

"Mph," Bob said around the steel barrel in his mouth. Shinji retracted his arm slightly, but kept the weapon pointed at the older lycan. "You wouldn't kill your sire, would you?"

"Try me old man," Shinji growled.

"Let him go Shinji," Yuki said in annoyance. "And you keep your massive yap shut."

"Yes ma'am," Bob said quickly. He disappeared into the kitchen before Shinji could blink.

"Yap?" he asked.

"Shut up and kiss me."

"Okay."

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"So this is Tokyo-3?" Mana asked.

"No," Shinji said. "This is Hawaii. Yuki and I got us transferred."

"What?" Mana asked.

"He's kidding," Asuka said.

"And how do you know that?" Yuki asked.

"This doesn't look like the Hawaiian airport," Asuka said proudly.

"Yeah," Shinji said. "They did some renovations since the last time we were here." Mana looked at Asuka and noticed that the red head looked uncertain. That wasn't reassuring.

"Fenrir!"

"Bardiel!" Shinji called as he spotted the gray-haired man.

"Hurry up!" Touji yelled. "Last call is in ten minutes!"

"Shit," Shinji growled. "Come on people!" Mana watched in amusement and Yuki grabbed Shinji's wrist and nearly slammed him into the ground.

"Shinji?"

"Yes?"

"We just arrived," Yuki said calmly. "You can go get drunk when the bars reopen later."

"Awe." Mana was rather shocked by how cute Shinji could look when he pouted.

"Don't bother," Yuki said. "That stopped working about two years ago."

"It did?" Shinji asked, his pout dropping quickly.

"Did I miss something?" Touji asked.

"Don't you always?" Shinji asked.

"Funny," Touji said. "Come on, are we getting drunk or what?"

"What," Shinji said in annoyance. "No drinking for me."

"Harsh," Touji said. "We could stop by General Katsuragi's place. I'm sure she has liquor."

"I haven't spoken with Misato in ten years," Shinji said.

"Neither have I," Touji said with a shrug. "I'm sure she'd be happy enough to see you to hand out the booze."

"Why don't they just go to a liquor store?" Mana asked.

"Because they're cheapskates," Yuki said in annoyance. "The only place they will willingly spend money on alcohol is at a bar."

"They're bums," Asuka said. "Why do the cheap asses have to be rich?"

"They're rich?" Mana asked.

"You won't believe this," Asuka said. "But those two idiots are experts at playing the global stock markets."

"Really?" Mana asked in amazement.

"But I want to go get drunk!" Shinji whined to Yuki, oblivious to Asuka and Mana.

"Really," Asuka said.

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"Well I haven't seen you around here in years." Shinji looked up and grinned at the man.

"How are you doing Jake?"

"I'm fine," the older man said. "What brings you back to town?"

"Business," Shinji said. "Did you get my letter?"

"A letter," Jake said with a derisive snort. "A little behind times, aren't we?"

"Just a little," Shinji said with a chuckle. "Or maybe I'm so far ahead that I seem like I'm behind. Do you have it?"

"Of course I do," Jake said as he reached behind the counter. He drew a large polished chrome semi-auto pistol with hardwood grip panels. "This hardballer is perfection itself. I used a Para Ordinance P14-45 handgun as a base instead of a Colt M1911. The P14s accept double-stack magazines and carry twice as much ammo as the Colts." Shinji took the handgun and whistled appreciatively.

"Very nice."

"I knew you'd like it," Jake said. "Anything else you need?"

"Information," Shinji said as he laid a large wad of bills on the table. "I need the home address of a lieutenant in the UN."

"An address?" Jake asked in surprise.

"It's unlisted."

"I take it that the lieutenant did that for a good reason," Jake commented.

"He's in the UN Intelligence Agency," Shinji said.

"Ooh. Those guys know they're stuff," Jake said with a grin. "He's going to be a hard little bastard to track down."

"Just do it," Shinji said in annoyance. "This city is just too damn big to track anyone by scent so you're my only hope."

"Consider it done," Jake said. "I'll have it by tomorrow night. Meet me at the usual place. Anything else?"

"I'll call you when I think of it," Shinji said. "Magazines?"

"Here." Shinji picked up one of the polished double-stack magazines and slid it into the hardballer's pistol grip. He drew the slide back and slid it into the holster under his left arm.

"Thanks Jake."

"No problem," the older man said. Shinji turned and walked out of the store.

"So?" Yuki asked.

"He's on it," Shinji said. "Kaji is as good as found."

"Are you sure that this guy is that good?" Yuki asked.

"He used to keep me informed about Bob," Shinji said.

"But Bob found us," Yuki said.

"No," Shinji said. "Bardiel and Lilith found us."

"My mistake."

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"So what's the plan?" Asuka watched as Shinji methodically took apart a large shiny pistol. "Shinji?"

"Huh?" Shinji jerked and looked up. "Oh. Hi Asuka. When did you get here?" Asuka's eye twitched slightly and she collapsed onto the couch next to Shinji.

"You're obsessing on something," she accused.

"I am not," Shinji said as he began to clean his pistol.

"Yes you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes your are!"

"No I'm not!" Asuka took a deep breath and fought down her urge to smack her sire.

"So why haven't you gone to see Misato?" she asked finally.

"We just got here," Shinji said simply. He put his pistol together again. "God this thing is sweet."

"What is it?" Asuka asked. She hadn't seen Shinji use a semi-auto in many years.

"It's a hardballer," Shinji said. "Jake customized it for me."

"A hardballer?" Asuka asked. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I don't know, but it sounds cool." Asuka sighed and rubbed her temples. "You were nicer when you had your little lapse in sanity."

"I'm nice!" Asuka yelled.

"Okay," Shinji said peaceable. "Please don't hurt me." Shinji stood and holstered the pistol under his arm.

"Where's Yuki anyway?"

"She wanted to go see some old friends," Shinji said.

"Oh," Asuka said. "So you found that thing?"

"What thing?" Shinji asked. Asuka reached up and tugged the string of over- sized black beads around his neck. She smirked slightly as Shinji stumbled and landed face first on the coffee table. "If I wasn't such a nice guy," Shinji growled. "I would really despise you." Shinji climbed to his feet and straightened his necklace.

"Sun's down," Asuka noted. "The parasite will be waking up soon."

"Asuka," Shinji began warningly.

"Fine," Asuka growled. "The vampire will be waking up soon. You just pissed away yet another day doing nothing but drinking."

"I didn't drink anything today," Shinji said tiredly. "I spent most of the day visiting contacts."

"Really?" Asuka asked. "So your stone-cold sober right now?"

"Not for long," Shinji said as he walked towards the front door. The door to Mana's room opened and she stepped out.

"Where are you going?"

"Drinking," Shinji said. "Want to come?"

"You're inviting her?" Asuka demanded.

"You know the rules," Shinji said. "Never drink alone. Besides, she's not a bitchy drunk," Shinji shot before disappearing out the door with Mana in tow.

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"Hey Shinji." Shinji looked up and grinned.

"Hiya Jake!"

"Are you drunk?" Jake asked as he sat down.

"I haven't even started yet," Shinji slurred.

"Maybe I should hold onto these for a little while," Jake said as he shook the folders in his hand.

"I'll take them!" Shinji declared as he took a swipe at them. He missed and face planted on the bar. "I think. . .I chipped a tooth."

"God you're a loud drunk," Jake said as he set down the folders. "Sorry I can't stay longer."

"No problem." Shinji watched as the man left and took another shot.

"So you came here just to get information?" Mana asked. Shinji nodded. "Then why are you drinking so much?"

"For fun," Shinji said. He plopped down some money and stood up. "Whoa."

"Shit!" Mana grabbed his arm and helped him sit again. "Apparently even you have your limits."

"What else was I supposed to do while I waited?" Shinji asked.

"Play pool?" Mana ventured.

"I like drinking more," Shinji said as he stood up. "Let's go."

"Where?"

"To Kaji's house," Shinji answered. He tried to take a step and nearly fell over. Mana sighed and threw his arm over her shoulder to help support him.

"So who's this human you're tracking down?" Mana asked as she helped Shinji through the front door.

"Kaji Ryoji," Shinji said. "I helped him fake his death to save his life."

"Oh," Mana said. "That makes perfect sense. What's the address?"

"Lakeshore Apartments," Shinji said.

"I know where that is," Mana said proudly.

"It's on the lakeshore," Shinji said.

"Halt vile creature of the night!" Mana glanced over her shoulder and stared at the four people standing behind them.

"Who are you?" she asked,

"We are warriors for God!" one of them declared.

"Hippies," Shinji hissed. "I hate hippies!"

"They're not hippies!" Mana screamed in utter aggravation. "They're vampire hunters."

"Oh," Shinji said. "I like them just fine."

"Get away from that woman!" one of the yelled. "She's a vampire."

"Vampire?" Shinji shrieked, flailing wildly. "Where?" Mana sighed and watched as one of the most dangerous creatures she had ever seen collapsed to the ground.

"I'm going to kill all four you," she growled tiredly. "As quickly as I can."

"Mana?" Mana turned and glanced at Shinji.

"Yes?"

"I'm going to be sick," Shinji said weakly. "Can you hold my hair?"

"Sure," Mana said. She glanced up at the hunters and smiled sheepishly. "This should only take a minute."

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Kaji Ryoji pushed open the door to his apartment and nearly gagged. "What the hell?"

"Sorry about that," a deep voice said. "I tried to air the place out, but your AC is broken." Kaji stared silently at the young man sitting on the couch.

"Shinji?"

"Yep," Shinji crooned and then massaged his temples. "Oh my head."

"Are you okay?"

"He's fine," a new voice said. Kaji turned and watched as a beautiful young woman walked out of his kitchen holding a bottle of pills. She sat down next to Shinji and handed him the bottle. Shinji downed several pills and laid back.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I have a severe hangover," Shinji said. "My body goes from drinking to drunk to hung over faster then any human. You might want to get someone to clean your bathroom."

"So," Kaji began. "You need something, or did you just swing by after ten years to puke in my bathroom?"

"Ah. . ." Shinji began. "I can't remember. It'll come to me."

"Why are your clothes covered in blood?" Kaji asked.

"Because he stepped into the middle of my fight," the woman said.

"Oh," Kaji said. "I'm Jonathan Fly by the way. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Crank down the 'charm' a little," Shinji said. "She'll drain you dry." Kaji looked at the woman. She grinned and bared two long fangs in place of her canines.

"Lycan?"

"She'll kill you for that," Shinji said. "She's a vampire."

"And I'm proud of it," the woman sneered. "I'm Mana."

"Okay," Kaji said. "A vampire. I'm cool with that."

"We need information," Shinji said. "On SEELE."

"Alright. I'll see what I can do," Kaji said. "But you're going to help me if I need to die again, right?"

"If you need to die again," Shinji began in annoyance. "Maybe it's nature's just telling you that its time to slow down."

"Maybe," Kaji said. Shinji stood up and walked to the door with Mana behind him.

"We're even now," Shinji said.

"What?" Kaji asked in confusion.

"I saved your life and I puked in your bathroom," Shinji said. "Fair and square."

"Fine by me."

-End

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-Author's notes. I really don't have much to say. This was just for laughs. It's a gag chapter. It did almost nothing to move the story along. It's four in the mourning I just finished watching the replay of Wolf's Rain because Galerians: Rion was on at the same time as the first. Oh. . .a cross-over with Wolf's Rain. And yes, the hardballer is 47's weapon of choice. I'm going to take a nap. Good night.