A girl called misfortune

It was roughly close to closing time when the door to the flower shop swung lightly open. A woman appeared donned in her usual attire of crimson three-piece skirt suit to match her hair, the only thing throwing the outfit off were the yellow socks she wore. But somehow this fit just her. The unique outfit suiting Manx just right, something very few could pull off. Her gaze darted around the quaint shop and should her pleasure to see that very few people were there. Just a few fan girls trying to make the best of the ten or so minutes they had left before everything was done for the day. Now where were the boys? Aww yes. There was one. The genki sandy haired teen who looked about three or four years younger then he truly was. Omi being the one nice enough to tend to the last remaining girls while Ken was working the register. The brunette slightly older one catching a glimpse of Manx sent a smile her way in acknowledgement over her presence then returned back to work. A smile started to curl to her lips when she felt a hand slip around her waist causing her to instantly freeze up.

"Youji!" The effects wore off quickly as she hissed out the offender's name then swatted at him with the manila folder.

She must have missed seeing him on the way in, most likely he was lazing about with his tasks and taking up sweeping outside where smoking was a lot more accessible. Still, that was three… which meant one was still missing. A certain crimson-haired, overly silent man. Manx was about to question Aya's whereabouts when Youji answered as if having previous knowledge of the inquiry.

"He's out in back taking inventory on the supplies… God I swear that guy doesn't know when to quit! He'd already done the check three times before earlier today" Youji's statement trailed off as he went to return the broom to it's resting place behind the register counter.

"Maybe he's only doing it to keep himself away from killing you, you were in his way quite a bit today Youji" Ken informed his fellow daytime florist with a mildly playful grin as he rung up the last of the customers. All the while Omi ushered them out getting a few complaints on 'how come she gets to stay' as all Manx could do was smile when finally the sign had been flipped to 'closed'

"By the way Manx San, you're here kind of early" The bright young genki one pointed out then looked to the clock on the wall. Sea blue eyes widened. "A whole LOT early… What's the reason?"

She gave him a nod then began the reasoning "Well your next mission's a serious delicate matter and I mean very delicate. I thought it would be best to show up ahead of time and go over a few things. Background, people involved, you know… the basics."

This sent Omi off kilter as he shook his head to attempt to rid the confusion "Demo…. Doesn't Persia normally do that for us?"

Manx gave an understanding nod, "Hai he does… but this matter is different and the one that's involved couldn't even meet with him of the matter…" She frowned from the confusion spread 'round the room. "Long story, but once I've explained it you'll get what I mean… so someone go fetch Aya and have him meet us down in the mission room."

A few minutes later

All four boys where down in the meeting area waiting for the assessment of the up and coming mission. The lights were dim and a small projector set up started reeling as Manx when over the images that appeared on the wall.

"This is the Kotori institute. A place for bio and medical study. Recently we've been discovering that a few of the doctors have been doing some in depth research on their patients of a different kind." Manx stated as an image of an overly white building, odd in structure, looking like four ivory pillars supporting what looked to be a circular center made entirely out of glass. Next came an image of what appeared to be two middle aged men in white lab jackets (too lazy to go into greater detail for the moment please forgive X3).

" Doctor Yui Oragata and Ryouga Takaboshi have been suspected of working with and altering a few genes in their patients in an attempt to try and make a super human with special abilities. Now sadly, just about all those that were unluckily chosen for this have died. Say for one special case that has managed to catch our eye." Next on the screen appeared a young girl who could quite possibly be caught in between Omi's and ken's ages. She looked every bit foreign from her bronzy skin tone to matching brunette hair and eyes. Thick black tipped lashed covered the littlest amount of sorrow that swept over her crestfallen gaze. She was blessed in her build, not heavy in her body set, with curves that were another obvious sign of her being foreign. Yet despite the physical picture of her there was something off. Even the image was sending out a foreboding feeling that had even Aya squirming unnoticeably in his seat. Manx Continued.

"This is Sekai Yaku… I'm certain as you can tell that she doesn't look like she's from around here and that's because she isn't despite the name. Her story as follows. After the incident of her mother's death, it was confirmed that Yaku had been gifted with something powerful. To profit from this existence, her stepfather shipped her off to Kotori to do some experimenting and hopefully gain knowledge of this cause as well as enhance her genes."

Aya finally spoke up. "So you want us to go in there and bring her back?" there were mild hints of disinterest he was dropping that all where picking up on but Manx only proceeded with a gentle shake of the head.

" Actually no. We were fortunate to have a few people on the inside working as night security and it just so happens the same night she was trying to escape, we were going to pick her up."

Ken's eyes widening in bewilderment "Just how far did she get before getting caught?" He inquired with full interest.

"This may come to a shock to you all but… She got out all the way. From the secret underground experiment chambers, to about a few yards away from the actual building itself." This was like story hour for the boys as they piped up with growing amusement. "How come she only got that far?" Omi chimed in.

"Collapsed from shear exhaustion. The adrenaline rush must have been a bit too much and pushed her over. We happened to get a few of our men there first to get her from the scene…. After a bit of squabbling and a tranquilizer dart that is." Adding the last portion under her breath.

Youji by this point was growing flustered. One girl in their possession and nothing to do about "So we're supposed to baby-sit this kid or something?" he drawled out, chin propped to palm over the arm of the chair he took over, other hand toying around with a lighter.

"Not quite…actually not even close, this one may come in handy for you guys"

Objection soon started to show around the room about introducing a civilian into the group of already claimed outsiders.

This was going to be far more harder then Manx's original thought.