"For a top hunter..." Zaizen's voice could be heard as the door opened then closed. "...unbleaveable how simply this misson..." Everyone listened in from their posts at STN-J base, or Raven's Flat as they called it. During Robin's first misson, she thought she could trap the witch by using her power, but the only thing she did was aid the witch in getting away. She ended up trapping her teammates and put a large gap between the hunters and their prey. At the moment, Amon was getting the worst of Zaizen's temper, as Robin soon found out, always happens when a misson goes wrong.
Everyone jumped as the door slamed open and Amon exited Zaizen's office. Although his face expression had not changed, everyone, even Robin, could tell Amon was very pissed. "Robin," Zaizen, now calmed, called from his office as the door slowly began to close. "Please come here so I..." The door closed cutting Zaizen's voice of. Robin took in a deep breath. That was almost exactly how Zaizen called Amon into his office. As Robin walked over to the door, the hunter's eyes followed her every move. "You think he'll yell at her?" One asked. "Nah, she's too new." Another replyed. "Where is he?" Amon demanded as he pointed to one of the computers, just as Robin entered Zaizen's office. "Please close the door, Robin." Zaizen spoke politly to his new hunter. "Have a seat." He smiled.
Robin closed the door and then sat down in the rickety old brown chair which sat directly across from Zaizen's old wooden desk. Zaizen, a man of his late 50's if not older, sat with his back to Robin, facing the large window. He had greying hair and his ahnds had very small lines which also showed his age. As he turned around, there were also a few lines on his face. His voice wasn't the kind one would expect from their boss. It wasn't mean nor was it plesant.
"Now lets see here...Robin is it? Robin Sena?" Zaizen opened a minila folder which lay on his desk and thumbed through the papers. Papercliped on the inside cover of the folder was a back and white photograph of Robin, one that seemed to be taken recently at one of her concerts over in Italy. Robin stared at the photograph, the angle wasn't one that would suggest the photographer was in the audeance. It almost looked as if the photograph was taken from a high point, like a building top, but since she never preformed near buildings, maybe it was taken from a tree or an airplane. "Now," Zaizen's voice sudenly broke the silence. "It says here you were born in Japan, both parents are..." Robin inturupted him, "I have only one parent. A mother. That is all. No father." Robin looked straight in to Zaizen's eyes. "Yes, yes of coarse. I'll just jot that down... okay." Zaizen crossed things out and added things in to Robin's file. "So you were born in Japan, your 'mother' is Japanese and you were raised in Italy by your Grandfather, Father Julliano. It also says, you gained your crafting power at an early age of 3, and had complete control by 5. Thats quite impressive." Zaizen looked up from the file. Robin smiled and thanked him for the complement. "It also says here that you are not oly talented in your crafting, but also in school and preforming as well." Robin blushed slightly as Zaizen read her talentes back to her. "Yes, but I would prefer to keep them to myself, if you don't mind." Robin asked and looked down into her lap. "Of corse." Zaizen looked back down at the file and made a few more marks. "Now, according to Amon, you spoke earlier to him that you don't believe you need the orbo gun or orbo protection pendent? Is this true?" Zaizen looked up at Robin as he pulled out a form from one of his desk drawers. "Yes. I don't feel quite right using a gun to hunt people and I feel as though I can protect myself using my own special ability." Robin replyed. "Yes. Okay." Zaizen made some checks on the form and had Robin inital next to them proving that she did not want the orbo.
"Now, I'm sure Amon has already informed you, he is your partner. He will be in charge of you on and off missions. You will report directly to him and anything he feels is important, whe will report to me. Now, as for your work schedual. You you have your own transportation?" Zaizen asked. "No, sir i do not." Robin replied. "Okay, do you have a place to stay?" Zaizen asked. "No sir." robin replied. "Okay, strike two. Do you know what your job is here at the STN-J?" Zaizen tried once more. "Robin thought for a moment. "Well sir, not really. Amon and Mr. Kosaka only explained it alittle to me." She answered. "Well, your job here at the STN-J is to hunt dangerous witches. We are funded by the governmental section Solomon Headquarters which is under the comand of Solomon. We do not nesseseraly 'kill' the witches unless that advasive action is needed due to failure of all other options. The witches are usualy captured and sent to Solomon Hedquarter's section called 'Factory' where they are studied by hightly procalimed doctors to see why the witch went haywire and what the main cause was and is there a way we can prevent this from happeneing again in the future." Zaizen turned his chair around away from Robin and faced the window. "And thats your job description in a nut shell. Any questions can be brought to my attention now, or to Amon later. I will have you fitted with a speicaly designed STN-J headset and cell phone communicator by the end of today. As for transportation and living quarters, I'll get back to you. right now, let me introduce you to your new co-workers." Zaizen got up from his chair and headed for the door. He opened it and called forth all the hunters to meet him in the breifing room for a quick meeting.
As he left the room, Robin stuck her hands in her trench coat pockets and started to follow. In her left pocket, she felt a pice of paper. She stoped walking and removed it. There was an 5x7 color photograph of her and her three friends with their arms around eachother's shoulders. On the back was a small note.
'Robin, Good luck in Japan. Keep in touch. We'll be thinking of you always. Remember when things get to rough out there, you've always got a place to come running home to. Your friends forever, Kat, Val, and Mikey'
Robin put the photograph back in her pocket and fought back tears as she followed the people into the breifing room. "Hunters,...and Michael." Zaizen said as the four hunters looked over at Zaizen from thier chairs around the black oval table, and one kid slightly raised his hand up from his spot at the very end. In the center of the table was a large triangualar screen that streched from one end of the table to the other. At each end, was another, smaller screen. In front of each chair were keyboards. "Ahem...Michael, scan for hunts in a moment please. Oh, Robin you can take that seat, right there." Zaizen said as the boy at the end stoped typing and Robin sat down in the black chair across the table from Amon. Amon shot Robin glare so cold it sent chilld up her spin. "Anyways, today's mission did not go as well as planed but according to SHQ, the backup team was able to catch the witch while he was retreating to his hideout." Zaizen stoped while a couple of the hunters complained about how the backup team has been getting too much credit lately. "Silence please. Thats not why I called you in here. I called you in here to announce, as most of you already know, we have a new member on out team. Her name is Robin Sena and he has come to us from Italy. solomon had personaly hightly requested her and so she shall be Kate's replacement. She much as you don't wish to replace Kate, it must be done. Yes Kate's death is a tragidy, but we all must move on. So that being said, Amon, you shall be working with robin. I expect you to assist her in understanding her role as an STN-J hunter and to train herso she may pass regualtion tests." Zaizen paused once more as the other three hunters also shot robin a cold glare, only thankfuly, not as cold as Amon's. "Now, hunters...and Michael. I expect you to treat Robin with as much respect as you would any member of this team, as I'm sure she will do the same to you. Now, Robin, you've already met Amon," Zaizen aved his hand in Amon's dirrection. "Next to him is Miho Karasuma, then next to her is Yurika Dojima." Zaizen's hand floped at each name. "Next to you, is Haruto Sakaki and at the end is our computer man, Michael Lee." Robin turned to face Micheal, the only one she hasn't met, and froze when he saw his face. He looked identical to her best friends Mikey. The only differnce was that Michael Lee's glasses frames were black and a little thinker then Mikey's. "Now that we have all been aquantied, back to work." Zaizen ordered as he left the room. "Amon, my office, I need to speek with you again"
Amon followed Zaizen as the others crowded around Robin.
"Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. I'm Miho Karasuma. I'm the other headhunter, along with Amon." The woman with short brown hair introduced herself and smiled. She was dressed for success, and looked like she was going to a high profile buisness meeting not out chasing witches. She wore a dusty rose colored skirted suit set with black short heeled shoes. "I'm Haruto Sakaki. I was the youngest hunter, well until you came,... probie." The boy with messy brown hair said as he shook Robin's hand and smiled. Robin figured he was the one that drove the motocycle from the jeans with the riped knee and the Yamaha denim jacket. "And I'm Yurika Dojima, fashion extrodinar!" The blonde girl said with a very hyper tone and she shook Robin's hand quite briskly. She was deffinetly the fashion type, but with a laided back flare, from her denim jeans to her designer blue over coat and silk tanktop. "And late extrodinar." Sakaki added in. Dojima stuck out her toung and followed Karasuma and Sakaki out of the room. Robin smiled at the three. They seemed to be about 4-5 years older then her, as did Amon. "I'm Micheal Lee, I usually just sit on the computer and dig up the information Zaizen or the hunters need." He walked right by Robin and left the room. He looked to be about Robin's age, only a year older at the most. Everything about him reminded her about Mikey, the way he loved computers and technology and the look, the only major difference was the personality.
Robin got up and hwas heading back into the main office room when Amon appered in front of her. "I'll be your transportation during hunts and in severe weather until you can arrange otherwise and aprove it by Zaizen. At the end of today, find me and I'll bring you to the house you'll be staying at." Amon turned and walked away. Robin gulped and then entered the main room. The rest of the day went by quickly and soon it was 7pm and everyone was leaving. "Robin, please come here." Zaizen called for Robin. In his office, robin was handed a semi large cell phone and a headset. "This is your offical STN-J communicator. When we need you, we'll call. When you need us, call either Amon or the office depending on the curcumstance." Robin thanks him and left the room. "Robin. Let's go." Amon's voice was heard from the exit door. Robin stood back up, grabed her coat off the chair she was siting on and followed him down to his car. "G'night Amon. G'night Robin-chan. Oh, don't forget your bag." Kosaka carried Robin's bag out to the car and Amon drove off.
"Her name is Touko Masaki. She lives alone in a small apartment and has been looking for someone to split the rent with. "Amon spoke coldly as he drove down the street, his headlights cutting into the night. "She knows about the STN-J but does not aprove conversations revolving around it, so talking about your work day isn't a topic she'll be pleased about. She works days and usually parties nights, so you'll end up taking care of yourself which I'm guessing you can do considering your age." Amon turned the corner and slowed his speed down a bit. He shut his headlights off and parked his car against the curb in front of a large apartment building whose entranceway was brightly lit up. A doorman exited the building and held the door open. Amon shut his car off. "Let me see the phone." Amon put his hand out and Robin handed him her STN-J phone. He tunred it on and pushed a bunch of buttons then entered some numbers and names, and handed it back to her. "Always leave the phone on. It has a very long battary life. I just entered Raven flat's office number, Chief Kosaka's office number and my cell number. These numbers are for STN-J buisness only or an emergancy. You are allowed to use the phone as a regualr cell phone, put when a STN-J number tries to reach you, your conversation will be cut off. I'm sure you can fugure out how to ad numbers on your own." Amon unbuckled and got out of his car. Robin did the same and went to the back of the car where Amon unlocked his trunkc and handed Robin her bag. The doorman aproched and amon told him what apartment. "Ah, Miss Masaki. I'll take your bag Ma'am." The doorman took robin's bag and started twoards the appartment. Amon slamed his trunck closed and headed back twoards his car door. "I'm sorry Amon if my mistake today got you in trouble with Mr Zaizen." Robin bowed herhead and Amon hesitated. "Just learn from your mistakes, tomorrow, you start your taining so this don't happen again." Amon said and opened his door. Robin hesitated, but soon followed the doorman. "Thank you for the ride." Robin entered the building behind the doorman and followed him to the elevator.
Amon stood outside his car, oor open and key alarm dinging in the background. He looked up twoards the appartment windows. There on the very top floor, floor 7, stood a slender silouet of a girl on a balcony looking down at him. The girl moved her arm slightly in a small waving motion then headed back inside the building. Amon looked up for a moment more, then got into his car and drove off.
