Chapter 17

"Well class, the lesson is over; don't forget to prepare the material about werewolves for the next lesson, their weaknesses, strong sides and also about others abilities, that they possess, and how to withstand to it." the teacher did a short pause, but then added, "If you want you can prepare and answer in pairs, but not more than three pupils per group. Is it clear?" Oleg Semenovich interested that everyone understood what he wanted form them.

"Yes!" he heard a respond of the class.

"Now you may be free." he said and came closer to the desk that was in the last line there was a boy who was having a cat-nap. The teacher slightly hit him with his book that he was holding in his hand, "I hope you heard the lesson."

Pavel raised his head, and saw frown Oleg Semenovich, who was standing and watching straight at the boy. Pavel quickly tried to put on a semblance, that he wasn't sleeping at all, but it came out pretty bad.

"Yeah, something about group work, to have a talk about werewolves. Their powers, abilities and etc." the boy tried to remember what his teacher was talking about.

"I'm glad that you heard something from my, speech." and left the pupil, "By the way I wanted to talk with you, so go with me." the teacher said while he was going to his work place.

'Man, give some time to rest!' Pavel thought, not wanting to get up from his chair, but still he got up, put his school supplies into his school bag and ran after his teacher who has been already near with the door.

"How was your mission?" Oleg asked Pavel when the boy cought up him.

"Pretty good." the boy yawn, trying to ward off sleep, "We supposed to clean a demon nest, but we encounter with 'The Third Law'." the boy said.

"Again?" Oleg was surprised with such information. "What members did you encounter?" Oleg wanted to know more.

"Well, the first their member we saw was that Pegasus we had fought during our first mission." the boy said and then pondered, "You know, I wanted to ask you about something…" the boy said to the teacher, but wasn't sure was it a good idea to tell this or not.

"What is it?" Oleg looked at his student, he was surprised seeing him such thoughtful.

"We faced a very strange person during our mission." the boy started, "He was wearing white armor and fighting with blades. Ah, he also was used lighting abilities."

"No, I don't know such persons." Oleg referred and continued to listen to his pupil.

"But it's not all. We combined our powers with that Pegasus to defeat that man and when we defeated him he suddenly disappeared." the boy was puzzled now too.

"Sorry, but I know nothing about him." Oleg said, but then he was interrupted, by his student again.

"By the way, Maria Sergeievna and that boy who looks like a girl helped us again." Pavel decided to tell this information too. As he didn't see anything wrong in telling this, "They came just in time to help us, the boy fought with us, while Maria Sergeievna and Hirata-sensei were opposing enemies inside of the building…" the boy wanted to say something else, but he was interrupted by soft woman's voice.

"Oleg-sensei." they turned their heads, and saw whited haired Chikeko who was in her usual grey costume, "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but Igawa-sensei is looking for you."

"I see." he said, and then turned and followed the teacher of music, 'Interesting, why have I needed to Asagi?' he thought and then a notion quickly, came into his mind, 'Of course, how stupid of me, because of Maria and Ilya.' he remembered Pavel's words about their help, 'But the most interesting thing, why does she need me? I wasn't with them during this mission, so I have nothing to tell her.' he was continuing his ponderings, but then he decided to ask his colleague. "Chikeko, maybe Igawa-sensei told what she wants?"

"Don't worry, there's nothing to worry about." she said with a smile, seeing such smile he started calm down, but still lots of questions were whirling in his head, he was trying to answer on each by himself, but when he found an answer another question was born. However they finally reached Asagi's office, Chikeko knocked at the door and then opened it, Oleg entered the office straight after the musician teacher, he glance the office and saw Sakura and her elder sister. The strongest Taimanin was sitting at her work place looking some documents, while Sakura was sitting on the sofa, with a telephone in her hands and earphones in her ears. Sakura raised her head and when she saw Oleg she was looking at him for some seconds wanting to say something, but then turned off her head. He was looking at her, when she turned away. It seemed to him that he saw notes of regrets on her face, but he decided not to bring up the problem that was between them.

"I'm glad that you came Tereshkov-sensei." Asagi said with her enchanting smile, "I think that you're a bit worried, from hearing that I called you, I ensure you that there's nothing to worry about." the woman said and then continued, "I'd like to talk with you about the mission that Pavel, Ren and Chikeko received."

"Did Pavel do something?" Oleg turned his head to the teacher of music asking her.

"No, it's not the case." Chikeko waved with her arms, "He was doing pretty well, I must admit."

"The problem is not in Pavel." Asagi interrupted Chikeko. "The problem that two of your countrymen are in the village now." she said watching at his eyes; Oleg was amused hearing that Asagi saw his puzzlement and continued, "Maria Sergeievna Vlasova and Ilya Vladimirovich Potapov."

"What?" Oleg's amusement was stronger when he heard those names, "Have you captured them? Where are they?!" Oleg raised his voice, and Sakura with Chikeko started to worry they didn't know what to say, so Asagi quickly took the floor.

"As you were said before there's nothing to be worry about, right now Maria Sergeievna is in the hospital in charge of the doctors and nurses. Ilya on the other hand leaves with her in the same ward."

Oleg calmed down a bit but then asked Asagi again, "She is at hospital because of her arm, isn't it?" Asagi was surprised of Oleg's insight, she wondered how this man could now this, Oleg saw that Asagi was surprised of his question and calmed her down, "The problem is that I know her well and know that she has some medical problems with her right arm." Oleg said, "But I have another question, how did she injure it?" this time Chikeko decided to take the floor.

"I think her arm was injured while we were fighting, the man with a cloak and a hood, and the one with claws." Chikeko explained looking at the Russian teacher. Oleg squeezed his hands, but quickly unbraced them, he didn't want to answer the questions about Anatoly, but still prepared himself for the worst. Each of present saw this Sakura downed her head and Asagi still was thinking about what to say in order to disturb that uneasy silence and Chikeko was the first one who did it.

"She was fighting that mysterious man, while I was fighting the man with gloves; they're pretty strong I've never fought against such strong enemies." Oleg was reviled hearing that Maria was fighting Mystic. He knew the potential of both men and to lose to Mystic is not a shame at all, sometimes Oleg thought that he can even be equaled with such strong hunters as Sakura and Murasaki or maybe even with Asagi herself.

"I'd like to know one more thing." Asagi asked him still with her soft smile, but still he could easily to understand that the next question will be serious, "Is she the woman that helped you during your first mission and is she has mental abilities?"

Oleg quickly understood that this question must be answered fairly, because he can have lots of troubles lying now, he also thought that the principle had still some conversation with Maria. "Yes, she is." Oleg nodded.

"That's the only thing I wanted to hear." she moved in her office chair, "If you want you can visit her, in the hospital, as I said before she is not a prisoner, but a guest so there's no need for you to worry about."

"Thank you a lot, Igawa-san." Oleg bowed to her, and the heard next.

"Chikeko will lead you there then." Asagi pointed with her hand at the teacher of music, and the woman with white hair nodded in agreement. "Well, I think that we've finished, with this business. Chikeko could you please leave us for now?" Asagi said still looking at the white haired woman. Chikeko nodded and left the office. When the only three of them left in Asagi's office she turned to Oleg again, "How do you think, why did I left you here?" Oleg turned and looked at Sakura who casted her eyes down.

"I think I know why I'm still here." he remembered his conflict with Sakura over Masami "Is it because of Masami Andou?" he asked Asagi just to be sure that he is right.

"Yes, as I know you attitude with Sakura became worse." the woman started, "I'm asking for your forgiveness, because it was my idea, to try to know about the relation between you, Maria and that Archon. I know it was a bad way to do it, but I have no others ones." the woman stopped for a while, "If it interests you, Sakura was against that idea."

"So my guesses were right after all." Oleg wasn't surprised, because he had already thought about it, "And I think I know why. You still don't believe us."

"You understand everything quickly." Asagi liked that this man was penetrating and analyst, "I wanted to check your attitude towards students so that why I used Andou as an excuse and try to know you better, and as I thought we can trust to you and to Pavel too."

"So does it mean that Masami has no problems?" Oleg didn't like what the woman in the chair meant.

"No, she has them." Sakura said quietly, but then she was interrupted by her elder sister.

"Yes. I think you have already been told that we tried to help her." Oleg nodded, he heard it from Chikeko, but he decided to listen to Asagi's point of view, "But the problem is that Masami is the person who never accepts other's help, she always tries to help to everyone with everything what she got, but never ask for a help when she needs it. Eight months ago she received a mission, which she was in charge of. All of her comrades were killed or captured they still weren't found." Asagi stopped for a while and Sakura continued.

"However, it wasn't her fault at all." Oleg turned his head towards the red hair woman; he saw how Sakura squeezed her left arm with her right hand.

"What do you mean?" Oleg didn't understand what Sakura was meaning.

"The fault was ours, because we got wrong date on the enemies they had to kill. There were too many of them, we barely could save Masami, but the fate of the others you've already know. We tried to explain everything to her, but she started to belive that it was really her fault, and shut herself in." she said and then a silence covered the office, but Oleg disturbed it suddenly.

"I don't know why have you stopped trying to help her, but I'll try to do everything what is in my powers to help her." Sakura looked at him with widened eyes; she was surprised to hear such things from that person. "I'm not from those who throw those who need help."

"I'm glad to hear it." Asagi said with still smiling, "But don't overdo when you help her, as you can do only worse."

"Don't worry; I know what I should do." Oleg said, nodded and left the office.

"I hope that you really know what you're doing." Asagi sighed, and after Oleg Sakura left her office too.

When Oleg left Pavel the boy was merely standing at the corridor of the academy. The boy had an idea why the principle could call him, and this idea was idea was countrywoman Maria Sergeievna. The boy was revealed that he warned his teacher a bit about her. Pavel didn't know what he should do right now. He didn't want to go to the club, because there was no Rinko or Aki who was perfect opponents for him. Tatsurou, who was an acting head right now as his elder sister and Aki were on a mission, didn't ask him for training, that's why he decided to visit club after lessons. He didn't want to disturb Ren too as he knew she was practicing for some tournament. Suddenly he remembered his talk with Masami and how she agreed to let him to listen to her playing the piano. He quickly spunk up and went by the direction to the class of music. It didn't take much time for him to reach it, as he had already known where this class was. When he started to came to it he heard some sounds. When he got closer and closer he started to understand that it was music, the sounds belonged to piano. When he came to the door he leaned to it with his ear and started to listen. The music that was played was sad and hard, the heart of the Russian boy was squeezed under such hard notes. The boy opened the door slightly trying not to creaking with it; he opened it for an opportunity to see who was playing such sad music. Pavel saw a girl with long curly hair that reached her shoulder blades. The piano was in the left corner of the class and the girl was sitting sideways to the door. The weather was sunny so he could see how the sun was shining her face, the girl's eyes were closed, and her fingers were being quickly moving over the clavecin. He distracted a bit and didn't hear how the door creaked. And at the next moment he saw how the girl was watching straight at him. He quickly understood that it was his classmate Masami Andou.

"If you wanted to hear my playing you could just enter the class." she said calmly stopping her playing.

"Honestly, I was charmed of your playing." the boy said putting his hand onto the back of his head. He entered the class and continued, "Frankly speaking, I don't like to play instruments I don't understand them."

"I see." the girl said somehow emotionlessly.

"However, I admire those who can play them." Pavel added, "I'd tried to play the piano before, but my fingers start to falter when I increase the pace."

"I see." the girl said with the same voice.

'Man, what should I say?' Pavel thought trying to think of something, "By the way, is the piano the only instrument you play?" Pavel decided to expend the theme of their talk.

"No. I play many instruments, but the piano is my favorite." she only said, and turned his head to him.

"What instruments do you play?" Pavel asked another question.

"Flute, guitar, violin."

"Wow, do you play the so good too?" the boy was surprised of versatility of his classmate.

"As usual." she shrugged, the boy wanted to add something, but the girl interrupted him, "Listen, I know why you're here. You came to talk about what happened during the practice, and in the sick-room." Pavel was taken aback with such candor, "I don't like when people sneak in someone's personal life."

"I would never…" the boy couldn't finish his speech as he was interrupted again.

"I know that you always near with Tereshkov-sensei, and always have a talk with him. And I guess you're trying to do absolutely the same, I'll repeat you this again, I don't need any help."

Pavel didn't know what to say, he was surprised to hear such things from a calm girl that always prefers to be alone. Pavel was thinking too carefully, he didn't know what to answer, he didn't want to make Masami angrier or frighten, and then suddenly he said her.

"I don't know what you have imagined." he saw how Masami's eyes were staring at him, "But I heard that you're a good piano player, so I thought to ask you give me some lessons. I hope that you could teach how to handle it." Pavel said with a stretched smile, 'Man, what am I driveling?' Pavel thought understanding how he said it to her.

"Well, if it's the only thing you want." she said, "Then I won't decline you." she got up from the chair, and added.

"Sit down please." Pavel obediently sat onto the chair and moved slightly to the piano, "No need to get too close to it." she said, and the boy returned onto the same position.

"Sorry, I always was sitting on that distance."

She said him to put his hands on the keys and said him to push some of them in order to give some notes that would give a tune. Pavel tried to do so, but only separated sounds that had no sequence between each other, but only some disturbed sounds were coming out. Masami slightly squeezed her face; it was pretty difficult to see how the boy was pressing the keys.

"Please wait." she stopped him for a second, "You press them too absentmindedly, have you ever seen how the professional are playing?"

"Well." the boy pondered, "Does my former teacher count?"

"No." the woman quickly answered.

"Then I've never seen them." the boy said with a lowered voice.

The girl with brown hair looked at him and then said, "Don't worry I'll try to show you." she took another chair and moved it to Pavel, the boy slightly moved over, to give the girl space for play this instrument. The girl put her hands onto the keys and started to press them, her hands were moving smoothly, the girl closed her eyes, her hands were moving pretty quickly by the keys, suddenly she stopped, "Sorry, my attention was captured." the girl excused and started to press them slower, "When you're playing the instrument there's no need to worry, you must play it calmed. Let's try with a simple thing, I'll play a melody and you'll try to repeat it." the boy nodded and started to watch how Masami pressed some keys, the boy tried to remember the sequence of her moves, and tried to repeat it, however the first try wasn't successful. They continued to practice almost till the end of the break; Pavel was amused how the time was passing. He admitted that Masami is a good teacher and it won't be a surprise if she once becomes one. They left the class of music and headed to their class.

"Masami…" Pavel started, "You're a good teacher, one lesson with you equals to ten with our previous teacher."

"Thank you." she said with the same calm voice, "But still, you mix up the keys, that you should play."

"Yes, my bad." Pavel lowered his head playfully, "Next time I'll be more careful.

"I hope so." she said and they continued their way to their class.

"We must report everything to Igawa-san!" Murasaki shouted at Kuro.

"What you'll report her that we lost another two members?" Kuro asked his sister.

"At least we will inform her!" Murasaki continued to speak with raised voice, "I don't know what she will say, of course her reaction won't be good, but since Naomi and Miyata joined their forces with those criminals we have to call her personally to deal with them!"

"Commander is a busy person. She will send someone else here and there will be no guarantee that they also won't send here their strong members."

"What do you mean?" Murasaki didn't understand what her brother was meaning.

"The members of this organization are real professionals, all of them have their unique quality, know nothing about them and we can't risk too much sending lots of hunters to fight strangeness."

"So you think that the three of us will deal with them?" Murasaki said with wondered voice, "The man that can block your physical activity with only a single touch, the man that can fix his cut limbs and I'm not even speaking about Miyata and Naomi you know their powers personally. And do you really think that the three of us can deal with them?!"

While Murasaki and Kuro were Maki was sitting on the chair quietly, she wasn't intended to join their arguing, the last raid was a real mess, they lost two members at once, if Aki didn't supposed to fight the most fearful thing was that they lost Rinko, who was a very strong sword player. Maki was blaming herself for being useless, indeed she had special power, but she always fight with her instincts never thinking or trying to make a good plan how to fight her opponents. She used to have Aki who always told her what should she do in battle, but now he isn't near with her and she doesn't know what she must do.

"And if tell that this man with a hood that strong, how we suppose to fight them at once, are you crazy?"

Kuro calmed down for a while, he didn't know what to say, indeed his sister was right, according with laws and rules they have to inform Asagi about the happened, but at the same time, he didn't disturb Asagi especially with such lousy report.

"Let's wait for a day." he started, "If nothing changes then we will report her everything."

Murasaki wanted to say something, but she didn't. She nodded and then added, "One day, no more."

Then Kuro left the room they were in. Murasaki turned her head towards Maki; the woman saw that her student was suppressed. She wanted somehow to cheer her up, but didn't know how she must to it. Sometimes Murasaki was jealous to Sakura. She envied her not only in being the sister of Asagi; she also was envy to her attitude. Always merry and positive, almost all students were coming to her if they had questions, or just to try to have some fun with her, while Murasaki was absolutely another person, who never liked these tomfooleries, she was a straight person that told everything straight to the person's face. However she came to Maki and put her hand onto her shoulder and said, "Don't worry we will save them." Maki raised her head, she was surprised to hear something like this from Yatsu-sensei, she awaited that the blue haired woman will lecture her, but she didn't hear even a single word of scolding.

"I hope so." the only thing she muttered.

"Do you really thing that he will come?" the boy asked the man with sun glasses and a vest above his singlet. There also were jeans on his legs. The boy was wearing a spot costume that consisted of trousers and a jogging jacket.

"I don't know, but I hope that he comes." the man with glasses said.

"I don't think that Hush will be glad when he hears that we will work side by said with Taimanin."

"Right now, I'm in charge of our mission Kangaroo." the man said turning his head to the boy, "Since Avalanche was captured I'm the next in line who can give orders."

"I know, but he can report everything to Commander and he won't be glad hearing that we cooperated with our opponents."

"Don't worry, I'll think something." Mechanic said, and pondered. He knew that Hush was a truly faithful member of 'Red Division' and if he sends Hush with someone, then this mission is really important. He also knew that Hush reported everything to Commander down the smallest details. Mechanic had mixed emotions towards the silent person. No one knew what he was thinking about not even speaking about his secrets. Hush was from those who kept all secrets no matter were they significant or not. He heard a lot of stories how some member of his structure shared their feelings, thoughts and other thing with Hush. And no one knew why that mysterious man never speaks.

"How do you think will we be able to rescue Avalanche?" Kangaroo asked Mechanic with suppressed voice.

"No need to be worried, we will save him somehow." the man in a vest stopped, but then continued, "Hush is trying to find something that will help us to find him."

"Never knew that he was a hacker." Kangaroo said with surprised voice.

"Me too, I only thought that he is a good sniper and fighter, nothing more."

"And a good listener!" the boy added, Mechanic smiled at the boy's last phrase; "By the way, I'm sorry." the boy said suppressed, "It was my fault that Massimo got wounded, if I didn't distract my attention everything would be a bit better than it now."

"Don't worry, each of us makes mistakes, but they teach us a lot, and in the future we won't do them ever again." Mechanic said, with a smile.

"Have you ever done any mistakes?" Kangaroo asked all of a sudden the man, he saw how the man with sun glasses put his right hand onto the left arm and said.

"As I said before, each of us did." he referred, "However, maybe only Hush is an exception." he chuckled.

"Maybe." the boy chuckled too.

"There he is!" Mechanic suddenly raised his voice and got up from the chair. The boy on the other hand continued to sit onto his chair. Two persons were sitting in the verandah of the bar where Kuro met Mechanic before. The table was separating them. Mechanic knew that Kuro likes to drink sometimes and he tried to use this habit and try to hound down the blind Taimanin. When Kuro was passing their table, Mechanic said, "Kuro, we have to talk."

Kuro turned his head, he didn't see, but he heard familiar voice. "Paul?" the bald man asked him.

"Yeah." he referred, "Please have a sit."

Kuro nodded and sat between the boy and the man with glasses. "Did you want something?" Kuro asked him, "Have something happened?"

"Yeah, we have some problems and need your help." Paul started, Kuro strained and prepared his ear to listen to the man very attentively, "This night we lost one our comrade and another one was wounded."

"What do you mean was lost? I thought all members of 'Red Division' are strong fighters."

The boy wanted to say something, but Paul stopped him, "He was captured, he decided to be bait and tried to give us an opportunity to find our enemies, however we messed up."

Kuro became frowned, "We did the same, and lost our comrades too, we fought that French bastard with the boy that was using flame abilities."

"Torch!" the boy interfered into the talk of elders.

"Yeah, and there also was Miyata Ioshito, do you know him?" Kuro asked the man.

"Just heard something about him." Mechanic answered simply.

Kuro squeezes his fists and continued, "We didn't suggest that they would work so well coordinated."

"Wait a minute, do you mean that Miyata form 'Black Wing'?" Mechanic was a bit surprised.

"Yes I mean him." Kuro said nodding.

"Then we have a lot of problems if those two structures joined their forces." Paul didn't like how the case was taking a shape, but then he said somehow inspired, "Then how about to join our forces?"

"Huh?" Kuro was dumbfounded with such idea.

"Just think, there just three of us. Me, Kangaroo and Hush, we're not weak members of 'Red Division', as I also heard Hush and Kangaroo could fight four of your teammates at the same time."

"Well this idea is tempting." Kuro said leaning his hand to his chin. He knew that all veteran hunters are busy with other important work, and Asagi could send another kids to them or even send no one, because it would be too risky to send people to fight such strong opponents, and at the same time the help is coming straight to them, and it would be too reckless no to except it.

The only one who wasn't speaking too much was Kangaroo, the boy decided not to disturb the conversation of two strong hunters, indeed the boy was strong too, but no so skillful as they were, so he decided to listen to them and derive something useful from their talk.

"So, what do you think? We know each other well and you know that I won't betray you or something else."

"And what about your third member?" Kuro asked, remembering that there was third member of their division.

"Don't worry if we agree, then he will be agree to cooperate too." the boy said smiling.

"Well if you say so, then I'll speak with my comrades about it too." Kuro smiled too, he was really glad and revealed that the decision was found itself somehow, "By the way, what is you third partner is doing now?"

"To put it shortly, he is trying to find clues where the enemy's base must be."

"In the day time?" Kuro wasn't sure that he understood it right and decided to ask again, "Isn't it too revealing?"

"Don't worry." Paul chuckled, "He is trying just to hack something."

"I see." the man said.

"While we are still here, where should we meet, I think he will be able to find something till the evening, so we must know where to meet."

"You can come to our temporary base."

"Do you trust us that much?" Paul was surprised of such invitation.

"Didn't you tell me that you never lied to me and there's nothing me to worry about?" Kuro raised his brow.

"Yeah really." the man with the vest scratched the back of his head and heard next.

"Here." he took out a paper and a pen he wrote something on it and stretched it to Mechanic, "It's our location."

The man took the paper, and glanced it, then he crushed it and said, "We will come at ten o'clock in the evening."

"Roger." Kuro nodded.

Mechanic got up and the boy did the same, "Then we're leaving for now, see you in the evening."

"See you." Kuro said and when those too left the verandah, he did the same heading to the place of where their base was, 'Man, I hope that Murasaki won't get into a tantrum.'

The school day started to over, the sun still was high in the sky, but the students of Gosha Academy started to leave their classes, some of them preferred to go and train their battle skills, some of them decided to go on their business, and the third part decided to go to their clubs. Pavel and Ren did the third and Oleg Semenovich decided to visit his wounded countrywoman. He arranged to meet with Chikeko after the end of the lessons, the man had one extra lesson, and the woman was waiting him by the entrance of the Academy. She was thinking a lot, she tried to understand what was binding that woman with Oleg, and with the man that she was fighting. She remembered that the man with claws called that woman his sister, and if he knows that she had some problems with her arm that means that he know her for a pretty long time. The only thing she didn't know, does Oleg know that man or no. Suddenly she saw how the man she was thinking about appeared went out of the doors of the Academy.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." the man apologized.

"There's no need to worry." the woman tried to ensure that there was nothing serious, "I've could finish some extra work too."

"I see." the man smiled, he didn't want to disturb that woman, but she insisted to lead him to the hospital, "I was afraid that your plans would be disturbed." he wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Chikeko.

"No need to worry! I had nothing for today, so let me accompany you!" Chikeko theatrically raised her voice, in order to proclaim that there was nothing to worry about. The woman attracted extraneous attention, some teachers and students glanced. Oleg seeing such reaction smiled and said.

"If you say so, then it's fine." they turned and headed to the exit from the territory of the Academy.

While they were walking they were talking about their regular work. They met lots of people some of them were adults and some of them were students, almost all of them were coupled.

"Oleg-san…" she said suddenly.

"Didn't I tell you to call me just Oleg?" Oleg said to the woman.

"Sorry." the woman apologized.

"Don't mention it." the man chuckled.

"Oleg, I wanted to ask you about something." the man turned his head to the woman, and was waiting for her question, "How do you know that woman?"

"Do you mean Maria?" Oleg asked, just to be sure that his colleague asked about the same what he thought, when Chikeko nodded he continued, "Well, we know each other form child, as I remember we always were hand in glove."

"Well, sorry for such question, but what type of relations do you have with her?" she asked him getting a bit red.

The man exhaled, "Right now we're just friends nothing more."

"Did something happen?" Chikeko wasn't sure that it was a good idea to pry into the personal life, but this question was asked somehow itself.

"It's a bit personal question." Oleg said becoming frown.

"Ah, sorry, my bad." the woman started to apologies immideately, "If you don't want to answer this question that don't do it."

"Could you wait me for a minute?" Oleg stopped and pointed at the shop that was on their right, "I want to buy them some fairings, and I don't think that hospital's food is as tasty as some fruits." Chikeko nodded and then started to wait for him. She started to blame herself for asking that kind of question, indeed it wasn't polite to ask such thing, but for some reasons she didn't know why did she ask it. When Oleg finished his shopping Chikeko saw that the Russian teacher was holding to bags in two hands the one that was in the right hand was a bit smaller than the one in the left hand. Whilst they were continuing their way further Oleg noticed that Chikeko became gloomy. He quickly realized that it was his fault, so he decided to fresh their conversation up, "I wanted to ask you, how was your fight side by side with her?"

"Well." Chikeko pondered, "When we fought that man with claws…"

"Archon." Oleg corrected her.

"Yes, thank you." she nodded, "So, when we fought Archon we were fighting like a real team. While I was using my ability she protected me." she did a pause and then continued, "But when the man with a hood and cloak appeared… Mystic as I remember, am I right." Oleg nodded, "We started to give ground."

"Not surprising, Mystic is very strong opponent, even I don't think that I will be able to fight him for long in a fair fight."

"Is he strong?"

"Honestly, I think he is as strong a Miss Igawa." Oleg said comparing them with each other.

"But the strangest thing happened when we were fighting Archon." Oleg was interested to hear what strange she saw in th man that was brother of his childhood friend, "My power is in creating sounds, I tried to paralyze him with my ability, but somehow he still could fight, less intense of course, but still could."

"All members of their organization have supernatural powers." Oleg said, "Archon is not an exception, Etienne Richar, Przemislav Wojciechowski and some are not even like us. This organization recruits only those that in their opinion can bring some value to them. Richar is a scientist, Przemislav is a perfect user of mental abilities and there also was another member that was eliminated." Oleg tried to remember the name of the third person, "Doppelganger was his nickname. He was able to take the shape of different human beings, and this gave him a perfect opportunity to assassinate his targets quietly not making even a single extra action."

Chikeko was surprised hearing this information; she quickly understood that this organization was a real danger. She started to think what they should do if there much more of such people, like the ones he mentioned, however she decided to ask him again.

"I also wanted to know. Maria told me not to be touched by Archon, because of his abilities?"

"Um, have you read the information about the members if 'The Third Law'?"

"Indeed, but there were so much information, that I don't remember some things." Chikeko excused herself.

"Yeah, there too much of it." Oleg said, and then continued, "Archon possesses mental abilities, this power is quite fascinating, and at the same time it has lots of secrets and mysteries. Its user can increase someone's power, speed, intellect and etc. for a brief period of time, however it can block something with it, he can paralyze, bring the sense of pain and other things. Their power work on subconscious level, so there's no perfect ways to resist it."

"I have a question. You say that their powers can make you suffering, is it compare with our special trainings?"

"No, because you can resist to machines, and if you're not prepared mental breaking with such powers always will be successful."

"I see." Chikeko said.

They haven't noticed how they reached the hospital. It was a massive white building, that wasn't like the other buildings in the village. There were some people near with that building, he could see an entrance and heard Chikeko's voice.

"Here we are." she did a pause and continued, "Well, my work is done, the rest you will be able to do by yourself."

"If you want you can go with me. I don't think that she will mind of your presence."

"No, I think I'll only meddle to you, after all, you're good friends with her so you have lots of things to discuss, so I don't think that I'll suit to your company."

"If you say so." Oleg was surprised to see how this woman excepted it, if Sakura was with him, she would definitely decided to come with him, "Then here." he stretched his right hand where he was holding a smaller package, "Thank you for a good company."

"What?" the teacher of music was surprised, she bushed slightly, and started to reject his gift, "There's no need in it! It was a pleasure for me to accompany you!"

"Don't worry it also a help for your information about Masami after all, frankly speaking I don't know what you like so I decided to take oranges, lots of people like them."

"You're about that." she remembered their talk about Masami Andou, she took the package and thanked him, then they went to different sides Oleg went at the building of the hospital. And Chikeko went for the same way they were walking.

Oleg came to the nurses that were sitting at the reception Desk, he asked for Maria Sergeievna Vlasova and Ilya Vladimirovich Potapov. The nurse that was sitting there opened her journal and started to search the names that he said. She didn't found them there and took another one it took some time, but she found those names and said him that they are on the third floor in the ward number thirty seven. Oleg nodded and went to the ladder that led to the upper floors. While he was going up the ladder, he was thinking a lot about Maria, how her arm, about her fight with Mystic and about other different things. He quickly reached the third floor and then started to search the ward number thirsty seven, it didn't take much time to find it. When he was at the door he needed he took a deep breath and knocked at the door. "Coming." he heard from behind the door. He opened the door and said, "Good afternoon."

"Wow, Oleg Semenovich! What are you doing here?" the boy that looked like a girl quickly jumped off from the bunk and ran to the teacher.

"Nice to see that you are as energetic as always." Oleg said with a smile putting and disarranging his hair, and then he turned his head to the woman that was lying in the bunk, "How is your arm?"

"Thanks much better." Maria nodded, "How did you know that we're here?" she was interested to hear how he found out that they were in hospital.

"Asagi told me this personally." he merely said, coming to her putting the package onto the bedside table, that was near with Maria's bunk, he saw that her arm was covered with a gypsum and the whole arm was fixed by a bandage that was passing through the woman's neck.

"Was it broken?" Oleg asked with a worried voice, it was really visible that he was worrying for Maria.

"No." she shook with her head, "It was damaged not so seriously, the bone wasn't broken, and as I was said it's just an incomplete fracture so I won't be here for long."

"Nice to hear that." Oleg was relief to here that Maria wasn't wounded seriously. "You know that you shouldn't strain your arm too much, because of your injury."

"I know but it became worse, because Mystic hit it with his knee."

"I see." Oleg said and then heard Ilya's voice this time, the boy wanted to disturb this awkward silence.

"By the way how this boy that was fighting with us is doing?" Ilya remembered about Pavel.

Oleg took some pears out of the package gave one to Maria and threw one to Ilya, the boy's reaction perfect he captured the fruit easily.

"Thank you a lot." Maria said looking at her the fruit.

"So I was right that you will be glad to eat pears." Oleg smiled to her, "Pavel is doing well, and he quickly dropped into the life of Taimanin. At the same time, his marks became better here than they were in Russia."

"Isn't it because one of a tanned girl?" she asked Oleg remembering how her former pupil was talking with the tanned Taimanin in blue uniform.

"So you've seen Ren too, huh? And how she was fighting?" Oleg asked interested.

"This question is better to be asked to him." she nodded at Ilya, "He was fighting with them." and as she said it she did a bite of the pear that Oleg gave her.

"She is a skillful girl." Ilya pondered remembering their fight, "Indeed she has lots of things to study, but she is very has good potential."

"I think the same." Oleg nodded, fully agreeing with th boy's point of view, "By the way what with the warrior you've met?"

Maria became frowned and Ilya became the same slightly too. "Give me your hand." Maria said, and did another bite. Oleg stretched his hand to her, she took it with the intact one and closed her eyes, and after a while he heard her voice in his head.

'I'm sure that they can eavesdrop so extra caution won't be bad.' Oleg nodded and she continued, 'First of all I wasn't fighting with this knight, because I ran to fight with my brother, Ilya was fighting with him. As I think he wasn't human, because when they defeated them he suddenly disappeared, so I even don't think that he is a demon either.'

'Then who it could be?' Oleg was interested and intrigued.

'This question I must ask to you. You're the teacher of demonic biology.' she said him.

'Only if I had an opportunity to see him, maybe I knew something, but only form words I have nothing to catch on.' He did a brief pause and then added, 'Could they destroy the seal? If Mystic joins Anatoly, then the case must be really serous.'

'No, I don't think that they could do this, because there were no anomalies like earthquakes or other natural peculiarities.'

'Then the situation is not bad after all.' Oleg sighed with a relief understanding that things were not so bad as he thought.

'Have you heard that Eugene Alexeyevich will arrive to Japan soon?' Maria asked the man.

'No, why is he going to visit it?' Oleg asked his childhood friend.

'The first reason is we, I think.' Maria said pointed at herself, 'The other reason must be the telling the truth about our presence in Japan.'

'The seals.' Oleg realized why the minister for foreign affairs of Russia is going to visit Japan.

'Yes, we can't fight 'The Third Law' without the help of Taimanins. We have already failed with one seal; we can't fail with the others.'

'Yes, I agree with this idea too keeping everything secret will only make everything worse, however another question is still opened what they're going to do destroying them?'

'I don't know, but we must stop them at any cost.' she threw the core of her pear into the bucket that was near with her bunk.

They were talking pretty long with them, he shared his ideas what can happen with his countrymen, according his thought Maria could take the place of a teacher who will teach the main features of mental abilities, how to withstand it and everything like this. Ilya on the other hand could become the student as Pavel. The also talked about Chikeko, Maria liked their work together; she admitted that the teacher of music was a real professional. However the time was passing quickly and it was time for Oleg to depart.

"Well I'll go." he said watching at the clocks, "I still have some work to finish for tomorrow's lessons. I'll visit you tomorrow." Oleg smile as he got up from the chair.

"I'm not a little girl, to check me every day." Maria said somehow irritated.

"Can't I come and have a talk with my old friend?" Oleg put on a semblance that he is surprised and upset.

"You can, but only not to the detriment of work." she lectured him.

"I know, I know." Oleg said coming to the door of the ward, "However it was nice to meet you again."

"The same ot you." she nodded.

"Get well." he said her.

"Thanks." she referred taking another pear.

"Well our catching was better than expected." Torch said to Etienne, after all we could catch one of those Taimanins.

"Yes, I'm jumping from joy." Etienne wasn't in good mood to participate the hoy of his comrade.

"Why are you so gloomy?" Torch asked the French who was still holding Rinko in his tentacles.

"Because of him." he nodded at Miyata, who was going in front of them, "If not his idiotic order we could also get Yatsu Murasaki."

"That woman with massive axe?" Torch asked him.

"Yes, she is one of the strongest hunters, of this country." Etienne explained, "And she almost was in my hands, but this bastard gave the order to leave her."

"Why did he do this?" Torch was surprised hearing this.

"I don't know, but I hope that his favorite mistress will punish him properly." Etienne grinned.

The team was walking by the corridors of their base the girl with the green scarf was in front of them. When they came to the wide room they saw another team that consisted from several cyborgs Wojciechowski and the other girl that was looking like the girl with the green scarf, but the girl that was standing near with the Polish had the blue scarf. And in front of them was the woman in the tight blue dress with black hair. She was talking about something with them. When they're steps became closer to them she turned her head to them and greeted the team.

"It seems that you could capture someone else." Naomi said as she saw unconscious Rinko in Richar's tentacles, "And here we have…" the woman examined the girl closely, "Akiyama Rinko."

Etienne released Rinko out of his grip throwing her onto the floor. "If not you faithful hound we also could capture Yatsu Murasaki."

Naomi looked at Miyata, who only merely turned his head away. "I'll deal with it later." she said frowned, "Well show whom you have captured." Naomi said then.

The cyborgs that were near with the Polish's group threw the person who had white hair to the legs of the Mistress, he was wearing white shirt with short sleeves and short the same color. "What the…?" Etienne said gaspingly. Another group threw to the legs of the Mistress the boy who was wearing a sport costume he had short dark hair. "What the hell is going on here?" he said with the same voice watching at the second person.

"What happened Richar?" Wojciechowski asked Naomi asked him, the woman was a bit worried seeing him in such state. His comrades were worried too.

"Do you even realize whom you captured?" Naomi did understand what the man mentioned; the French saw this and didn't give her even a single opportunity to say something, "This one." he pointed, at the brown haired boy, "Is one of those hunters and this one." he pointed at the white haired man, "Is from 'Red Division'."

"What?!" Torch exclaimed with Przemislav at the same time.

Miyata only looked at the man with white hair, it was impossible to see his emotions because of his helmet. Naomi had no amusement on her face too. "And what should I do? Tremble in fear?" she asked Etienne.

"Do you even realize what you're doing?!" Etienne started to raise his voice, "Have you ever hear about 'Red Division'?"

"Heard something before, so I'm asking you again should I start tremble or what?"

"Are you an idiot? Don't you know that it's a real dangerous thing to cross the road to them?"

Naomi said nothing, she heard about 'Red Division' before, but she didn't find them as real opponents. "What so especial in that division?" the girl with blue scarf asked the French.

"They are a strong bunch of mercenaries that work all over the world, taking different work and asking an incredibly high payment for their work, and the most interesting thing is that they know nothing about fail." Torch explained them, "Our structures always in compete with each other."

"Not only this important." Etienne interrupted him, "This one is my weakness. He could destroy my arm with his ice once." The silence covered the room; Miyata was waiting for what Naomi will say, however Richar took the floor first, "Who were you fighting?" he asked Wojciechowski.

"Mechanic and Hush." he merely replied.

"Do you realize what will happen if those two will find your place? I don't even think that they are the only ones who are here."

"They won't find us." Naomi said, "I they some devices with them, they won't work because this place turn off unauthorized signals."

"Do you hear what I'm talking about? They will find a way to rescue him, and if they cooperate with these hunters you'll have double trouble." he put his hand onto the hilt of his sword and quickly grabbed it out of its sheath and what about to strike that person, but his sword met an obstacle in the face of Miyata's halberd.

"Mistress told you that they won't find us then they won't find us."

"Like when she told me to inject that poison into those hunters?" Etienne asked Miyata. The man pushed the French off, and stood at the battle stance.

"Remember your proud one day will…" Etienne could finish his speech as they heard a female's scream.

"What the hell is happening to me?!" the girl with a green scarf said as she fell down on the floor.

"Izumi!" the girl with yellow hair quickly ran to her twin she put her hand onto the back of the girl with the green scarf, and turned her head to the Polish doctor who was standing near with them. "What's happening with her?!"

Wojciechowski quickly came to the girl Etienne did absolutely the same, but if the doctor was worried and in hurry the French man did this imposing.

"My body! It's burning!" the girl with green scarf screamed.

"It seems… That you don't suit to mental abilities." the psychiatric said slowly, "It's a side-effect of it."

"What do you mean?" Azumi asked him, "I feel well myself! Then why is she…?"

"It's long and difficult to explain." Richar said. Wojciechowski put his hand onto the lass's back and closed his eyes. Izumi started to vomit her body was in agony every part of it was in pain. The face of the Polish strained Etienne quickly understood that the man started to use more of his powers." After some minutes Izumi calmed down.

"Is she?" Azumi asked the doctor.

"Just sleeping." he, merely said, "No it's up to you." he said turning his head to Etienne. Etienne took the girl in his arms and said to Naomi, "Lead me to your laboratory."

"Azumi lead him." the girl nodded at the request of her mistress and ran to the direction of the laboratory the French and the Polish followed her, and then she turned her head to Miyata, "Come we have something to discuss." Miyata nodded and followed Naomi to the other direction leaving Torch all alone.