Catse: Yay! It's up on time! Okay, well this is the last chapter for France. I don't have much time to talk but I hope you all enjoy it! All thanks for Beta-ing goes to Dragon and Sword Master! Thank you and Happy Birthday! Okay well, Ja Ne!

Disclaimer: See chapter one...
Seika was starting to get annoyed. Not only annoyed, but also worried. The sky had already taken to a dark color, and it was only eleven, at most. He didn't believe France had a few hours of daylight and then darkness.

"We're going to go out and see if we can't find out why the darkness has occurred." Katai announced, grabbing her coat, Richard was with her.

"Are you sure you should? It may be nothing." Seika said, hoping that this wasn't another trick. After all, he didn't trust Richard in the least, and he was getting awfully close to Katai.

Katai, on the other hand, wasn't the least bit worried and Seika had to reassure himself that no matter who attacked Katai, she'd probably give them a good beating. If not, he'd feel it. He had developed a sort of sense to her, that when she was really in danger, he could save her.

It didn't work that well though, so he wasn't sure if it would this time.

"I still have to check it out and Richard's coming with me. Can you stay and watch the girls?" she asked. She already knew he would.

"Yeah, just get back soon. I don't need two parties to worry about."

Katai nodded, she, and Richard, both with coats, disappeared out the door.

Tsuki and Satou, both rather bored, were watching TV, some cartoon channel in French, and Seika kept his eyes on the outside through the window.

A good ten minutes after Katai and Richard left, Seika began to get the feeling that something was wrong, only stronger than before. As if not only one group in his team was in trouble, another was. He stood up, instantly running outside. Both girls, watching him take off out the door, let their curiosity get the better of them and followed Seika.

Seika halted right out the door, Satou running into his back as Tsuki timidly stepped out the door way.

"What's wrong?" Satou snapped up, rubbing her nose with a look of agitation on her face.

"We've got company girls." Seika told them, as the small cloud of demons in the sky grew closer. "Lot's of company."

"So, any ideas to why the sky is black all of a sudden?" Katai asked Richard as they strode down the side walk. They'd been walking for five minutes, and Richard wasn't much into talking now, so Katai was bored. She hated it when there was no noise…she had to hear something! Not only that, but she was beginning to get worried about the scarcity of people on the streets. It was as if people knew what was happening and didn't want to get in the middle of it.

"No clue." Richard replied, glancing at Katai. She didn't glance back, but kept her eyes straight forward. "Wait, I think I saw something down there." He pointed down an alleyway entrance they were in front of, and Katai, anxious for a fight hoping that it was a demon who wanted to get its ass kicked.

"Really? What was it? Do you know?" Katai replied as her fists clenching, as she tried to hide the smile on her face. A fight, finally!

"It looked like a demon." Richard replied.

"Yes!" Katai took off at a dead run down the alley way, Richard following with a smirk on his face, a simple canter his way of getting to the destination.

When Katai reached the end of the alley, to a fence, and noticed that the other side was only a bunch of trash cans and abandoned streets, she sighed and leaned against the wall.

"Grrr…Stupid coward demon…."

"What's wrong?" Richard asked, walking into the area.

"That demon you said you saw ain't anywhere! Now tell me! Was he walking, running, or looking mischievous?"

Richard smiled plainly at her, walking up to her.

"Katai…there was no demon."

"Then why'd you lie to me!" She hollered at him. She began to glare when he put his hands on either side of her head and leaned down over her.

"How else would I get you into a secluded area?"

"You better not be thinking what I think you are!" She snapped, her fists clenching even tighter. It looked as if she might have her fight after all. "After all, I actually thought you were nice."

"Yes well, those that work for the Dark Lord, can't be nice can they?"

"What?"

"That's right. You all are such foolish detectives. I'm surprised you got as far as you did. Yes, I've been working with the Dark Lord. He promised me great power if I did, and alas, he hasn't failed. My illusions are quite powerful."

"Your illusions?"

"Yes, what else do you think my brothers and your friend are fighting with now, eh? My puppet is very lifelike, and a very good time keeper."

"But what about Amelia?" Katai growled.

"Oh her?" Richard chuckled. "She's been in the attic this entire time, tied up nice and tight. I may want power, but I'm not about to put my little sister in danger."

"Then why'd you put your brother's in danger!"

"They're not in danger. But your boyfriend is…"

"What!"

"Why else did you think I dragged you out here? We needed Seika by himself. Together, you are all a nuisance, but alone, you're all weaklings. The Dark Lord asked me to set things up, so I stuck Amelia in the attic, wrote out the letter on her bed, sent my brothers and Haku to the Eiffel Tower, and dragged you out here with me, now Seika is virtually helpless."

"Oh really?" Katai smirked, as Richard leaned in.

"Yes, he is. Now, since we're here, you might as well kiss me. If you don't, I'll have to force you to."

"Kiss this!"

"Seika, What's going on?" Satou shouted, staring at the demons.

"Apparently the Dark Lord planned it out. Where's my staff? Do you girls know?" Seika asked, glancing at the girls.

Both shook their heads.

"I think it's at the hotel." Tsuki replied.

"No time for thinking that! They're here!" Satou cried, pulling the dagger from her belt. Tsuki followed suite and pulled her yo-yo out, spinning it around as she prepared to fight.

Seika glanced around. The demons were coming in, and he was alone without anyone with experience to help him. He'd have to handle it alone, unless he wanted his father and Hiei after him for letting the girls fight.

"Inside!" He hollered, pushing the girls through the open door.

"Hey! We want to help! We're on this mission too!" Satou shouted.

"You're here to watch, not fight. That comes later! Get your butts inside now!"

"But—!"

"No buts!"

He slammed the door on the girls, making sure to lock it as he did, and he sighed as they began to beat on it, yelling that they wanted to help too.

Knowing this was the best way to keep them safe, and that these demons were after him and would leave the girls alone, he balled up his fists, and waited for the demons to come.

When they came close, he released an array of spirit daggers at them, his best airborne offense, but, apparently, the demons had a shield that deflected spirit energy, for it made no affect on them.

"Damn!" He hollered. A few demons landed away from him and with a growl, he began to take a fighting stance, prepared to fight him the best way he could.

The demons came up to him, about a foot away. The first one smirked, showing bloody teeth.

"Now now, you know why we're here." He cackled.

"Yeah, to get your asses kicked!"

"Seika!" he heard the voice just as his staff flew through the air, and struck the demon ear. It came out the other side and the demon fell, his blood splattering the ground. Just as the blood hit, a mass of green flew up in front of Seika's nose, and spread over the entire street before where he stood, killing all of the demons that were on the ground and within reach with sharp spikes on the end. He watched their blood ooze down the flanks as Katai came running in next to him.

"You okay." She asked huffing, before her eyes caught to the bamboo. "What the hell happened?"

"That's what I want to know. Where'd you get my staff?"

"I teleported and picked it up; figured you'd need it."

"How'd you know I would need it?"

"Richard told me you were getting attacked. Apparently, he's the one that kidnapped Amelia and sent Haku and the others over to the Eiffel Tower, and to keep you by yourself, so he dragged me off. He's been working for the Dark Lord since before we got here."

"So the Dark Lord knew we'd be here. Wait, if he told you that, then where is he?"

"Oh him? He tried to kiss me so I whooped his ass. He's now hanging from a lantern somewhere down there. Where's Satou and Tsuki?" Katai replied, pointing down the side walk.

"We're in here! Seika won't let us out! We want to kick ass too!" Satou shouted through the door.

"Hey! I better not here that word come out of your mouth again." Seika shouted at the door.

"Yeah, well you're not my brother."

"No, I'm your cousin! But I can tell your brother!"

"But you cuss too!"

"I'm old enough. You're eight."

"But Haku cussed at this age!"

"Are you Haku?"

"No."

"Okay then. Argument settled." Seika replied as he opened up the door to let the girls out.

"So, you say Amelia's in the attic?"

Katai nodded. "Yep, I guess we should let her out huh?"

"Yeah, and I have a feeling Haku sent us the bamboo. We'll have to thank him when he gets back."

"Yeah, once he figures out he's beating an illusion."

"I don't think we'll have to wait long." Seika replied, pointing at the sky. It was suddenly clearing up, revealing a nice blue color and some white clouds. The bamboo shrunk down as people came out of their homes, and the demons began to evaporate on the ground.

"We better get to Amelia." Katai replied, jogging up the stairs two at a time.

Seika nodded and followed, along with Tsuki and a very agitated Satou at their heels.

Once at the top, they managed to locate Amelia behind a few boxes, and instantly untied her ropes and gag.

"Where's Richard?" She asked instantly. Katai took her arm, dragged her to the window, and pointed down the side walk.

"Get a pair of binoculars, magnify them by two fold, and you'll see him hanging under a light down that way."

"Okay." Amelia sighed in relief. "I'm glad you did that. Donce would have made the punishment much worse."

"Worse? How can he make it worse?" He asked as the group headed down the stairs.

"He walks out in public and spanks him as if he's a little kid. It's very embarrassing to him."

"Donce doesn't get embarrassed?" Katai asked, a brow cocked.

"No. Not really, because he knows that it's effective; otherwise Rick would be grounded on a daily basis with Richard across the hall from him with the same punishment. They're usually rather rowdy."

"Why would Rick get punished?"

"He's a thief. He steals things. He stopped though, considering he doesn't want the embarrassment. But he's good at what he does."

"Yeah, we noticed." Seika replied, thinking about when Rick picked the lock to Amelia's room. He wondered if she ever had trouble with privacy.

"Don't worry about the lock." Amelia replied. "I usually put some energy into it so Rick doesn't pick it."

Seika nearly tripped when he heard that.

"What!"

"I read minds. It's a skill of mine. Just like Richard can create Illusions, Rick can pick locks and use Chinese needles, and Donce can make people invisible."

"Wow? I'm amazed you guys haven't become famous thieves right now, with all of those skills under your command as a family. Richard can make the guards think no one's there, Donce can make you invisible passing up people in the halls, you could read minds to find out where the stuff you want is, and then Rick could pick the locks and get to it.

"Amazing." Katai said, thinking about all of the money that she could get her hands on if she had those abilities.

"Yes. We thought about it once before, but Donce wouldn't have it. He wanted us to be honest like our parents were. We decided to respect the decision."

"Yeah, well Richard apparently forgot that."

"Are you all, all right?" They heard a voice shout from downstairs. The group instantly ran downstairs to find Haku, Donce, and Rick huffing in the door way, Niko shrinking down in size, as he was apparently their mode of transportation.

"Amelia!" Haku shouted, running over to her and hugging her.

"Aw, how adorable!" Seika murmured just to tease, and Haku instantly jumped away from her, his cheeks red as he glared at the other detective.

"No, go on Haku! We don't mind." Katai added on to it, a big smile plastered to her face.

"I'm glad you all are all right." Donce replied, coming over to Seika and the others.

"What happened to the road outside?"

"That was me." Haku answered instead. "I put that there."

"But Haku, how did you know?" Seika asked as he took a seat on the couch. Tsuki and Satou had already forgotten the moment and were again transfixed on their cartoons.

Haku smiled, slumped in a chair with Amelia sitting next to him, and waited for everyone else to sit down. When they did, he explained himself.

"Well, when Seika told me he had had a dream of bamboo tickling him, it got me thinking. Then when we found out that Amelia had been kidnapped, I almost certainly knew they were trying to separate us from you in one way or another, so I figured I would set that trap up just in case. It's triggered by blood so, any sort of fight would start them growing."

"Didn't you think about what would happen if we got in the way?" Katai hollered, jumping to her feet. "Like what if I wanted to kick ass and I was in the way!"

"Katai, that's no language to speak in front of the children." Donce replied as he glanced at Tsuki and Satou.

"You might as well hold your tongue man. She doesn't care." Seika whispered as Katai had indeed ignored him and continued with her rant.

When she was finished, Haku smirked.

"Seika said he was tickled by bamboo in the dream. Not being cut up or watching you die in the process. Gaia would tell him such if it happened."

Katai stopped talking, glared at Haku, and then sat down with a huff and folded her arms.

They were silent for a moment, before Rick finally asked the question he was dying to ask.

"Guys…Why was Richard hanging from a lamp post a few blocks down from here?"

At that, Katai and Seika busted out laughing, with Amelia giving off a small chuckle and Satou and Tsuki just laughing so that they could laugh.

Rick glared as if it were stupid to give this reply, and Donce shrugged at him, as he was wondering the same thing. Haku sighed, assuming that he already knew the answer.

"He was trying to come on to me, so I kicked his ass!"

"You did what!" Rick shouted, leaping to his feet.

"Yeah, what are you so worked up about!"

"You…you beat him in…But…But I can't even do that and he's deserved it for a while now…"

"I don't understand…"Katai mumbled.

"You never do." Haku replied as Donce scratched the back of his head.

"What Rick means is that he spars with Richard quite a bit and he usually loses. To have him be beaten by some one else, and if I'm right coming from Rick's way of thought, to a girl, is almost embarrassing to him.

"No kidding." Seika whispered to himself, watching as Katai quirked a brow.

Rick growled and walked around the couches, leaving towards his room.

"Hey! Don't tell me you're just walking away!" Donce shouted up.

"What else does it look like to you?" Rick replied, before slamming his door.

Donce sighed again, rubbing his temples. "Excuse him. He's a little mad now. He'll be better later when he cools off."

They talked a little after, explaining to Donce and Haku what happened and why Richard was where he was, when Seika instantly shot to his feet.

"The puzzle piece…It's…Its here…"

"Where?" Katai and Haku said at the same time, also leaping to their feet.

Seika turned and pointed up at Rick's room. "There. It's in there."

"Rick has it?" Donce inquired as he and Amelia stood up and led them up to the room.

Donce opened the door, surprised to find it open, as Rick sat on his bed, the puzzle piece in his hands.

"Fredrick! You had it!" Donce shouted, coming into the room.

Rick didn't even look up when he answered. "Yeah, what's it to you?"

"You know they've been looking for that, and you hid it from them!"

"We didn't know you had it! How'd you get it out?" Seika inquired, his eyes stuck on the piece in Rick's hands.

They heard Rick sigh. "It ain't from me. It's from a very good friend of mine."

"What friend? I don't remember this…oh…wait…"

"Yeah…Lenny…He…He had it…You see, about a year ago, I was good friends with this guy named Lenny." Rick began as everyone else flooded into the room and found themselves seats. "He was the only person I could ever trust, even over my family…and seeing Richard's actions, you can tell why…But, Lenny had trouble with some sort of gang here…So much trouble he was afraid for his life….Well, one day I was walking with him to school, when he suddenly shoved me into a garbage can…I tried to ask him what was wrong but he held his hand over the lid and Lenny…Lenny was strong…I couldn't see what happened but…I heard gun shots and suddenly…everything was quiet…When I came out, I only found blood and Lenny was staring at the sky…dead…I tried to save him…I hoped he were still alive, but he died as soon as the bullets hit him…" Rick fought with his tears, running his arm over his eyes wildly and angrily as if it would help. "But…I couldn't help and he was dead. I went to leave, when this appeared out of Lenny's body. I took it, and ran, and…I've had it ever since. I didn't tell you guys because I didn't want to loose the only thing I had of Lenny…but, when I was with Haku and we went after Amelia…I came to realize something…You're trying to save someone that died to you…and considering I couldn't save my friend, doesn't mean I should stop you from saving yours…I want you to take this puzzle piece with you, and bring your leader back." Rick stood up and placed the puzzle piece in Seika's hands. "But I better not hear you failed otherwise I'm gonna come lookin' for you!"

"Ah!" Katai shouted, leaping up and hugging Rick. He fell back on the bed as Seika began to growl silently. 'Katai!'

"Sorry about that!" Katai apologized when she let Rick go and stood up. "I was just so glad you gave us that piece. You don't know how much you just helped us with it."

"Yes, thank you very much." Haku replied as Satou and Tsuki came over and hugged Rick around the waist.

"I'll be able to see my brother again!" Satou shouted up, squeezing Rick tight.

"Kenya'll be saved!" Tsuki added.

Rick's look of surprise was priceless, as he rarely showed anything other than anger, and Donce and Amelia couldn't help but smile…

When all thank yous and apologies completed, the Japanese detectives headed back to the hotel to gather their luggage. Haku called his mother to inform her that they needed plane tickets to their next destination, Spain, and then the group met back up with Donce and the others, as they had already decided that they would accompany the detectives to Paris, where their flight would take off in two hours.

They clambered into the train, rode it over, with Richard tied up in a compartment as Donce had decided to pull him off the lamp post, all beaten and bloody, and take him with them, and then they waved good bye as they climbed on the plane. Haku waved good bye to Amelia, and the family itself, as Yoru suddenly showed up at the plane station to take her ticket.

"About time you showed up!" Seika snarled as Yoru glared at him.

"Like you ever need me. You can handle things yourself I'm sure." She told him as she boarded the plane with everyone else. Once there, she sat near a window and smirked at Rick, whom glared back at her. It only helped to broaden her smile.

The plane took off ten minutes later, and the group was off to Spain.

"Hey Haku." Seika smiled, poking the young boy in the shoulder. Katai smirked from next to him. "Are you going to miss Amelia?"

"Yeah, you guys looked like you would make a nice couple back there! It almost made me sick 'cuz it was so cute!" Katai replied, a large grin on her face.

"I may miss seeing her, but I have her e-mail address, her phone number, and her cell number should we need to talk to each other."

The plane seemed very quiet after that, as Seika and Katai stared at Haku as if there was something wrong.

"I'm just kidding guys. She doesn't have a cell phone and I only have her e-mail address. Calm down." He told them.

It didn't really help much, for they were stuck in shock, and Haku was stuck listening to him comment on it for the rest of the trip to the next place.

Catse: Okay, now I know I ended it off rather quick, but there wasn't much else for them to say in my opinion. So now their going to Spain. Please, if anyone has some tips on the customs or even the area layout they would be of much help! Thanks a bunch! Ja Ne for now!