Chapter 11
"So, what do you want to talk with about?" Oleg asked Asagi as the last person left the office.
"Recently, I've heard that you had trainings with Akiyama Tatsurou, what made you to train him?" she asked him straight, the woman continued to sit on her place, Oleg decided to do the same.
"Let me guess, Yatsu told you this isn't it?" Asagi only nodded, "How should I say, I wasn't the one who offered him to train him."
"What do you mean?" Asagi asked him.
"Tatsurou and Pavel attend the same club, and as I understood Pavel told him to ask me to train the boy. Firstly, I didn't want to spend my time for this, but still I couldn't reject him, his face reminded a small kitten, that must be taken home and warmed up."
"Yes sometimes I can see such expression too." Asagi smiled, "So, what can you say about him as a Taimanin."
"He has got good potential, sometimes he really knows what to do in battle, but his indecisiveness… Well it really distracts him from battles."
Asagi sighed, "Yes it is his problem, and ours problem that we don't know what to do. Murasaki always gets mad at him when he is in such state, Sakura tries to encourage him."
"And what about you?" Oleg asked her.
"Both at the same time." she replied with a smile, "He even tried to go to training camp, but still his indecisiveness didn't disappear."
"I want ask you something." Asagi nodded allowing him to what he wanted, "The girl named Yukikaze, what binds them?"
"Didn't he tell you?" Asagi asked him in returned, Oleg only shook with his head, "They're childhood friends and at the same time their lovers."
"I see, then there's another question what binds him along with Mizuki Shiranui."
Asagi frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Yesterday, Tatsurou was looking for Yukikaze and followed him they were talking about her."
"So that's what you mean." Asagi alertness was decreased, "Fine, I'll tell about Tatsurou since you're his personal trainer, so you even understand where his indecisiveness came from." Oleg was interested, "As I have already told you Yukikaze and Tatsurou are childhood friends, what can you give to know that he know Shiranui. Tatsurou's mother was a Taimanin too, one day she was sent on a mission and suddenly disappeared; we even aren't able to find any information till this day about her. Rinko and Tatsurou's father was a really strict man, and want Tatsurou to be the next leader of Akiyama clan. Tatsurou tried his best to do this, but wasn't able to fulfill the dream of his father, and Rinko was assigned to be a temporal leader, while Tatsurou won't be a strong Taimanin. Tatsurou's mother disappeared, when he still was a little child, and being friends with Yukikaze he often spent his time in Yukikaze's home. Her mother, Shiranui, became somewhat of adoptive mother to him and Rinko, they even called her Aunty." she did a pause, and put her hands in a lock, and then continued, "And then Yukikaze's mother disappeared, later we knew that she was captured by Incubus King and was turned into his loyal servant. Her father tied to save her, but he suddenly disappeared."
"Her father?" Oleg asked.
"Yes, Yasuhiro Mizuki." Asagi answered.
'Yasuhiro?' Oleg shouted in his mind, however he could remain still, 'Wasn't he the one, Cyclops was telling me something about him?'
"And now, we don't know what happened neither with Tatsurou's mother, neither with Yukikaze's father."
"Yes, it's really terrible with them." Oleg responded, "To lose such important people in such young age, I'm glad that they can remain in such good mood after everything what happened with them." Oleg did a small pause, and asked Asagi again, "But what happened to Akiyama's father? You said that he was a strict man, is he…?"
"Yes, he died too. And that's why he became so indecisive, however, I'm glad that he still want to become a Taimanin and tries his best to do this." Asagi stopped for a while, "And at the same time, I'm the one who is responsible for Shiranui's disappearance." Asagi sighed.
"How is it possible?" Oleg didn't understand what she was meaning.
"When Yukikaze was born, Yasuhiro and Shiranui, decided to go for a retirement, and stopped their activity of being active Taimanin. But one day, I asked her to take a mission that was really important and I couldn't give it other Taimanin, thus she was the only one who was well fitted for it. She accepted it and then she disappeared during it, I belive that Yukikaze still blames me for this and for that I didn't do anything for her rescuing." Asagi stopped, "We understood too late that she was trapped and captured by Incubus King, if only we knew it faster, maybe then we could rescue her."
"It's not your fault, Asagi." Oleg sighed, Asagi looked at him, "Who could know that it was a trap, and who could know that she will be captured."
"I should know it." she replied with the sad smile.
Oleg's eyes widened, 'These eyes…' he wanted to say, something, but Asagi got up.
"Well, I told you pretty much, let's return to our duties."
"Wait!" Oleg got up, "Don't let this feeling prevail over you!" Asagi turned around, "Once you start think this way, you will just get yourself in the pit you'll never ever be able to return from…" he stumbled, "I belive that you'll be able to return Shiranui back safe and sound."
"Thank you." Asagi smiled him, "Who taught you to calm down people like this?"
"Well, I had a good teacher." he said frowning.
"I see, nevertheless thank you for your support. And I'll think about taking Yukikaze with Tatsurou for this mission." Oleg nodded and left the hall along with Asagi. Asagi decided to return to her office, while Oleg went to his classroom in order to have the talk with one of his students.
When Oleg Semenovich was near with his classroom he saw a male student with purple hair and purple eyes, he was standing by the door of the classroom. It seemed that he was thinking about something, and didn't see at all what was happening around him.
"Akiyama, why you're not on a lesson?" Oleg asked the younger Akiyama.
"Sensei..." Tatsurou was slightly surprised, "We have a gap today, because Sakura sensei was taken somewhere."
"I see." the Russian quickly understood what the boy mentioned. Oleg opened the classroom and said, "Come in, then." the boy nodded and entered the classroom. Oleg told him to sit close to his place and decided to start, "How do you feel yourself today?"
"Like always, I think." the boy shrugged with his shoulders.
"I see." Oleg said and then continued after a brief pause, "I wanted to speak about trainings." Tatsurou grew circumspect, "They're going well I must admit, but still you have lots of things to work with." Tatsurou nodded, "I also wanted to discuss with you one thing, have you ever heard something about seals?"
"As I remember we use them to close the rifts of demonic world and something like that."
Oleg sighed, "Is it everything what you know about them?"
"Yes." he merely replied.
"Well, since you have a gap, don't you mind to have a lesson instead of it?" Oleg asked his student.
"I don't mind at all." Tatsurou said, 'After all Yukikaze in the swimming club now."
"Nice to hear." Oleg was glad that the boy was intended to have an extra lesson with him, "You will need something to write, since this information is new to you." the boy took out a copybook and the pen, "Well, yes you're right, we use seals in order to close the rifts that connect our world with the world of demons, but sometimes we use the seal for to increase our powers or create absolutely new attack."
"What do you mean sensei?" Tatsurou asked him.
"I think you remember that I use telekinesis." the boy nodded, "On my daggers I have special seals that allow me to control them much easier and switch between them faster."
"So you want to say that without those seals, you wouldn't be able to control them?"
"Wrong, I could control them, but I wasn't able to control them with such speed, between my attack there was some delay, however I know those who use the same power, but don't use seal, as they fight with only one weapon, I on the contrary, prefer to amuse my enemies, with such extraordinary style."
"You said that these seals can create absolutely a new attack what did you mean?"
"Frankly speaking, they're not absolutely new, but they will be depending form the element of the user, since yours one is wind, it makes things much easier. There are several types of seals, for now we will take only attacking ones." he did a short pause, and then continued, "Attacking seals, which I also call manipulating, allow us to manipulate with our powers for attacking or defense."
"You want to say that I'll be able increase my manipulating power with it?"
"In your case no, all powers are specific and seals work entirely different with different powers, for example, since Yukikaze uses lighting she will need the other bunch of seals while you'll use another one."
"Understood." the boy nodded, "And how can I use them?" Oleg saw that Tatsurou started to become lively, he like the boy's determination.
"Don't hurry." he lectured the boy, "Seals are pretty difficult thing to deal with, only those who is really strong enough can use them, however even they don't use them during the battle."
"But why? If they really can help a lot then why not to use them?"
"They take quite a lot powers and during our trainings you'll start to feel tiredness and even some pain. Usually skillful hunters in our country use them when they work in pairs or even in groups." he came to the blackboard and took the chalk, "I'll show some common seals for wind users that we will use in future." then he started to draw with it, he drew three circles, while he was drawing them he looked at Tatsurou, the boy was drawing them too, "Now, we go to a bit difficult thing." he came to the first circle, and draw spirals and some letters around each spiral, there were three spirals and four letters next to each theirs sides, "This one will allow you to summon a strong puff of wind, that can be even stronger that you can breathe out." he came to the second circle and started to draw again, this time his drawings remind a cross that had wavy lines around it, and even this time he draw some letters that were on the horizontal line of the cross, "This one will allow you to call cold wind, sometimes it's really effective especially if you work with someone who uses water abilities." then he came to the third circle and started to draw another lines this time it remained bows and here were the same letters as on the previous circles, "Well, this one will allow you to call the wind that will realize wind blades, however you are to control them that if you don't want to harm your allies or be sure that you're absolutely alone, because it will start blow, to the different sides straight out of you."
"Wow!" the boy was surprised, "And you know all of this?"
"In our country it's not secret information and all hunters are taught to use them, but to use them or not is up to them."
"And Pavel can use them too can't he?"
"No, he still hasn't revealed his power, so he doesn't use them." Oleg put the chalk back onto the desk, "The other think you must remember is that the only way to make the seal work is draw it with the blood." he saw puzzled eyes of the boy, "You can use your own or if you have an opportunity you can use demons one, during our fights you can be wounded so if you have a little time you can use yours."
"I understand it sensei."
"One more thing Tatsurou, when the seal is drawn you must focus on it, and put some of you power into it, I'll teach you this in the future. And don't practice it until tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Igawa-sensei thinks to take you for the mission with us, so we will need you having full powers." Oleg smiled, Tatsurou nodded, "By the way, don't tell about it to Hizemo-sensei and to others let's leaving our secret."
"I wanted to ask you about the same." Tatsurou said with a smile too, "Thank you sensei." he said with a worried voice, likewise the same Tatsurou started to return.
"For what?" Oleg asked him.
"For the information." he said, "This one is absolutely new for me."
"Right now it's everything what I can tell you, so for now you're free, if you have any question just come and ask me."
"Got it." Tatsurou nodded and left the classroom, as Tatsurou left the office he thought, 'Wow! Knowing this information I'll be one step closer to save aunty! I mustn't fail sensei and understand how these seals work."
As the younger Akiyama left the office Oleg heard how his phone started to ring, he looked at the screen of it and saw that the number was unauthorized, suddenly his eyes narrowed and he said, "Quite interesting, what he will say me this time…" he accepted the calling and attached the phone the phone to his ear
"You're becoming better and better Pavel." Masami said to Pavel, who was sitting next to her and was playing the piano, "I think soon, you'll be able to play it without my help."
"It's only because of you." Pavel said closing the cover of the piano, "Without you, I would never be able to do this. You know, you could be a musician teacher."
"Thank you." Masami merely replied him and got up, from her place, "Practice this today's melody, and tomorrow we will practice it again."
"Got it." Pavel answered her, he got up too Pavel got up from his place too, and suddenly said to Masami his voice was unsure, but still he tried to stay calm, "Listen, if there's something you want me to do or if you want to say me something, just give me know it, I want to repay you for your lessons, so…"
"No need." Masami rejected his offer, "I'm not from those who awaits something in return for a doing a favor."
"I didn't mean this." Pavel answered her, "I always see that you prefer to stay alone, you eat spend your time and even wandering absolutely alone, it's not normally." he decided to be straight, "Well if you whenever want some company, you just can…"
"Join you company?" Masami interrupted him, Pavel nodded, "I'm sorry, but I'll reject it too."
"But why?!" Pavel raised his voice, of course he knew the reason, but still he couldn't belive that this girl in front of him, closed herself even from just mere casual things like talking with friends and something like this."
"There's no need for me to answer this question. You know nothing about me, as I know nothing about you, so why should I do this?" Masami became a bit frown.
Pavel stumbled, 'Damn… She is right. But I can't let her go like this." the Russian boy didn't know what to say, however he decided to continue the talk, "Everyone need friends…"
"Then I'm front those who don't need them." she took her bag and was about to leave the class, Pavel wanted to stop her, but he didn't decide to provoke her any longer. He grabbed his schoolbag too and then left the classroom too.
"You're too persistent." he heard a voice behind him; Pavel turned around and saw the teacher of music lessons.
"It's you sensei?" Pavel was slightly surprised, "Yes, I think the same." he exhaled, "I should ask her for forgiveness."
"Wait a minute." Chikeko said him, "Let her cool down first, or you'll create lots of problems for yourself. By the way, it seems that near with you she behaves a bit different."
"What do you mean?"
"How should I say it, if I heard it right she doesn't reveal her aggression to you." she explained him.
"Did she show it?" Pavel was wondered.
"When someone tried to talk to her too often and tried to do this the way you tried to do this now, she started to become irritated and gave them to know that it's absolutely bad idea to irritate her." she did a small pause, "At the same time, a you're the first one who decided to start talking with in such way, maybe she appreciate it and she is much easier with you?"
"What will you advise sensei?"
"First thing, don't bother her and give her rest until we finish our mission, then try to apologize and after this call her somewhere, just in the sign of helping you with the piano."
"Well, it's not a bad plan." Pavel agreed with such plan.
"By the way, you were talking of creating some barriers for some protection, what did you mean by that?" Chikeko wanted to change the theme of their talk, and at the same time to know what she should do for this.
"Well, to be shortening this barrier will allow reflecting, the attack of mental users, me and Oleg Semenovich has them, and if everything goes right, Marina Sergeievna will create an analog of it." he saw that Chikeko wanted to ask him something else so he decided to tell everything straight to her, the boy felt that he can trust her, so he decided to be fair with her, "She won't make the same as our, but she will make some kind of analogs of ours ones. They will be able to protect you from one or two their attacks."
"I still can't understand how they attack their opponents, how do they use their power?"
"When he grabs your hand he send a bunch of emotions to you, this bunch is combined into one strong emotion, it can be pain, pleasure or even paralyzing."
"But how is it possible to paralyze people with this ability? Paralysis isn't an emotion."
"Yes, it's not, but they create a sense that your muscles became really tired and you aren't able to move even with your finger. The best way to protect you is just to start to think a lot about lots of things; this will give them some troubles in making you feel they attack."
"Finally I understood who it works." Chikeko smiled, "You know, I'll become a good teacher in the future, don't you won't to become a Taimanin?"
"Well I…" Pavel stumbled he became slightly red, "I don't know about being a Taimanin, but I really would like to be a teacher and teach young hunters."
"It's a good dream." she put her hand onto his shoulder and added, "I belive you'll be able to fulfill it."
"Thank you sensei." Pavel thanked the teacher and went ahead the corridor thinking about something, while Chikeko entered her class and started to prepare for her next lesson.
Pavel was going by the corridors slowly thinking about everything, about their mission, Masami, Ren, Vlasova Maria and etc. 'Well, to call Masami somewhere? Maybe to that sweetshop? This place is popular among students; I even could buy her something that she really would like to eat. Maybe to the cinema? No she won't agree, the sweetshop is really good idea. Yes, let's do this so then.' he agreed with his idea and went further the corridor
"Finally you're here." Walter said to Celine who appeared behind him, "I thought you wouldn't come."
"Was delayed." Celine only responded.
"How is the process of searching allies is going?" Walter decided to ask the demon, knowing her task.
"Found several. But not much yet." she added after a pause.
"I see." Walter was sitting on the edge of some skyscraper and was watching somewhere in front of him. He wasn't turning to Celine; he even didn't do this when she suddenly appeared. The wind was blowing, it was waving Walter's hair along with his tunic, one his leg was hanging from the edge while the second one was squatted on the edge, "Soon, another seal will be destroyed, and the time of our vengeance will come, and all of those who betrayed us will pay dearly."
"Still want to avenge?" Celine asked him breathing out cold air.
"And what about you?" this time he looked at Celine, "Don't you want to pay those bastards for what they've done to us?" Celine didn't respond, "Don't tell me that you forgave them." he turned away and continued to watch somewhere in front of him.
"No." Celine responded, "I haven't."
"By the way, what about your guide? Is she still wandering by your side?" Walter asked Celine this time his voice was like always, not gloomy and irritated.
"Yes. The girl knows a lot. Still useful." Celine responded watching at the same side. Suddenly there was a strong puff of wind, but they didn't react on it Walter didn't close even a single eye.
"I still can't understand, what made you to take her with yourself." he smirked, "You could bring her to Archon or at least Przemislav and they could read her mind and then they would give you the notes where you must look for allies, but you did absolutely another thing instead of this."
"Can not to answer this question." Celine responded her voice changed a little, like she didn't want to talk about this with Walter.
"No need to be irritated." Walter felt the changes and decided to cool her down, "I don't say that you supposed are had to do this I just said what I would do on your place."
"Not interested… in what you… would do."
"Don't be so cold, I know that you differ from all of us." Walter grinned, "After all, you always were the only one who preferred to work with humans more in the past." Celine didn't react on such provocation, "However, it's not bad to have a company, especially for you, after all you always were strange and sometime even I didn't understand you not speaking about the rest."
"I am who I am." Celine only responded, "Still have some places to visit. And look for allies."
"And after you will find all of them, what you are going to do? I mean with the girl." he asked her, "Will you let her go?"
Celine bowed her head a little, 'What should I do… with her?'
Walter understood that this question was extra as his demonic friend became too thoughtful. He decided to change the theme of their talk, "However, I think that you will need her for some period of time, since she is too helpful to you after all you're not good in diplomacy, but your guide will be really helpful." he did a small pause but then continued, "By the way, I think I will need you this time on our mission."
"Why?" she asked him.
"Mystic thinks that they will be well prepared and will send a bigger squad, for interrupting, at the same time there lots of different demons that will also be a good interference, I think it will be enough for you to warm the bench, and wait for the moment to join the fun."
"Understood."
"If only I could destroy them myself." Walter mumbled, "These damn humans and elves know how to create problems for demons." Walter calmed down for a minute, but then continued, "I would never cooperate with humans if I didn't need their assistance. Pathetic, worthless, dirty creatures." Walter spitted, "Always focused only on them, if they see an opportunity or some benefits are ready to betray or sell out and say that it was the only way for them, always lie and tell that it was necessary. And if I tell about politicians…"
"We are… the same." Celine responded.
"But we don't hide our nature. That's what makes us better." Walter disagreed with her.
"On the contrary, they forgive… Help… Share their problems… that's… what make them better." Celine responded.
"Think what you want, but I won't change my mind." he responded, "I say what I know; life with humans gave me the full picture about them. I started to get acquainted and examining them since the creation of ancient Greece, and every century not watching on their achievements and discovering they always were the same never changing, and I supposed to live in their lines for a long time, how I could stay sane?" he smirked.
Celine didn't say a word she also knew people and she knew that Walter was right in some ways, but for her his point of view was right only on a half.
"It was really funny to see, how they start wars because of nothing lands, resources, authority and etc. The only thing that entertained me in my life among them was seeing it, but even then these damn elves and humans were standing in my way." he squeezed his fist, but then unclenched it, "But this time is absolutely another, this time I'll avenge to all who was in my way, and the scums like Edwin will pay." suddenly the wind became stronger and Walter got up, "Interesting, when Mystic is going to appear? I just can't wait."
"Still not cracked." Celine said, "Have some time."
"I know this, but still I…" Walter suddenly stopped, "Did you feel this?" Walter turned to his strange interlocutor, "Like there was some strange sense." Celine nodded. Walter pondered, "Could it be that the third seal starts to reveal itself?" Walter asked rather himself then Celine, he grinned, "After this one, I hope we will be able to break another one." then he returned to his place and sat onto the edge of the building again, "Soon, we will get them, Celine, I promise you."
The room was lit poorly, it was possible to see several wardrobes and a table in it, there also was a chair by the table. The man was sitting at the chair and was reading something, he had brownish hair and pointed ears, the man had red eyes, and gray skin. He was holding some book, but still it reminded a diary more than a book, his eyes were running by the letters of it pretty fast, 'Well, what should I do?' Ezekiel asked himself, turning the page of it, 'The northern district is checked fully and I got no clues at all about his presence there, maybe I should check the western one? No, it won't be a good idea, Black is ruling there, however I could try to deal with him first…' he closed the book and leaned onto the back of the chair, 'Maybe if Kurenai could help me, together we could defeat him. After all he is one from noble demons, and it will be really messy if I lose this opportunity.' he raised his head, 'Kuroi, Astaroth, Teutates and the rest, well still have lots of plans, but none of them is completed.' he sighed, "If only father was here, maybe he would advised me something." suddenly he heard a knock at the door, he said, "Come in." the door was opened and he saw a fair haired woman that was wearing white and blue uniform, "Did you want something Kurenai?" he asked the woman.
"Are you busy?" she asked him entering the room, she saw that he had a book on the table and wasn't sure that it was a good moment for interrupting her rescuer.
"No, not at all." he took away the book from the table into it, and prepared to listen to her.
"I just can't sleep here, especially when my friends doesn't know that I'm fine." she referred him fairly.
"I understand you." Ezekiel answered her, "Sorry for keeping you here that long, but I have no other choice, but do this since I hadn't got any missions, however I'll rejoice you, tomorrow in the night I'll have to go, so if you want I can lead you to some place where you meet your allies."
"I see." the woman said, "By the way, are you hungry?"
"Ha?" the man didn't understand.
"If you want, I found something and cooked it, after all it would be much better to eat well cooked food, than raw one."
Suddenly both of them heard a strange noise, "Well, I don't mind at all." he referred her with a nod, both of them left the room and headed right by the corridor, "By the way, sorry again for letting you be here longer than planned I didn't know that my mission would be broken."
"Don't mention it." Kurenai answered him, "After all it was really good to do absolutely nothing for some period of time, I also wanted to leave you tomorrow I think Ayame worries a lot."
"Ayame?" Ezekiel asked her.
"One of my friends."
"I see."
They entered another room, it was kitchen, the place was battered and old, but still it was possible to see a cook a table and some chairs there, the fridge was standing in the left part of it, there also were some cupboards, right now they all were closed. When Ezekiel was by the table he saw two plates with fried eggs, there also were a bowl of salad and some coffee in mugs.
"Have I really had all of it?" the demon was surprised to see all this food, he even stopped for a while in order to overthink what he just saw.
"Yes, it's the only thing I could do with your products; I thought you supposed to have a bit more since you don't eat here."
They sat at the table and the demon decided to have a try the cooking of the half-blooded, "Wow, delicious." he was amused of the taste, "Just ordinary eggs, but the taste."
"Nice to hear that you like it." Kurenai was glad that that she could satisfy her rescuer, "Don't forget about the salad." she lectured him like a mother or a wife. The male demon nodded and started to eat it too, "I wanted to ask you about those two demons you mentioned, Tardis and…" she forgot the name of the second one.
"Tiradex." Ezekiel answered after swallowing of another piece of salad.
"Yes, you told that your haunting them what did you mean by that?" the male demon put the fork and became frown, Kurenai understood that it wasn't polite to ask him that straight about it so she decided to try to change the situation, "Well if you don't want to talk about it, then…"
"Well, let's do and exchange." Kurenai was puzzled, "I'll tell you a bit about myself and you'll tell about yourself."
"Deal." Kurenai responded.
"These two demons serve to one bastard whose neck I really want to claim." he squeezed his fists, "But still this scum is really fast and I when I find his trial he suddenly disappears and appears in absolutely another place."
"Maybe he afraid of you?" she asked him.
"Very funny." Ezekiel responded, "This bastard afraid no one, he is a really strong demon and I think he can be as strong as Black and other noble demons, or stronger."
"You're kidding." Kurenai couldn't belive in what she had just heard, "There's no demons that could be stronger than they are."
"I just tell what I know." he answered her, "As I told you, Tardis is a really strong demon and can be compared with hell knight Ingrid herself, a demon like him won't serve those who are weak. And if Tardis was defeated that means that e is really strong. I know that he is in Japan now, I also know that he is working with some people, and that make things more difficult for me." he raised his head and asked Kurenai this time, "And what binds you with Edwin Black?"
This time Kurenai frowned, "How did you find about that?"
"I noticed that something should bind you with him. Your attitude was another when I said that I'm not working with him."
"He has something to pay for." she answered, "This bastard won't live with what he did."
"What did he do?" he asked her narrowing his eyes.
"I don't want to talk about it." Kurenai responded, "The only thing that you should know is that I'm the only one who will get him, and save our world from him."
"How about to join our forces?" he suddenly asked her, Kurenai was astonished with such idea she even didn't know what to answer, "You're a really strong Taimanin, you were able to fight four strong demons at the same time, you also can control your inner demon, together we could put an end to Black's cruelty over humans and demons."
"You saw my inner demon?" Kurenai became wary.
"Yes, and you did really good controlling it." he answered her, "We even could defeat…" he stopped suddenly, but then decided to continue, "Walter."
"Walter is the name of the one you want to avenge?"
"Yes, and together we could help each other in fulfilling our vengeances."
Kurenai put her fork too, 'To join forces?' she asked herself, 'Well, that doesn't sound bad, if he is really a strong demon we could get Black, but still if he is working for him? Could it be a trick?' she looked at the red eyed demon, who was sitting in front of her, 'I must think everything carefully, this offer can be really a trap.'
"So what do you think about it?" he asked her.
"I must think." she answered him after she swallowed her meal, "This notion will demand leaving Taimanin squads for an uncertain period of time. I must think everything perfectly." she answered him, 'However, it sounds really tempting, if Ayame agrees then we will have more chances to get Black. And at the same time together with her I'll be ready for everything what this one can pull gimmick.'
"Don't worry I don't insist, after all it's you who wants to get even with Black, not me. I just think that soon I'll get the work for his head."
"You what?!" Kurenai exclaimed.
"As I told you before, I'm a vigilante who does all kind of work that can only be gotten. Usually, I kill demons, rarely humans." he saw Kurenai's glance so he decided to understand his last words, "Don't be so tensed this humans are always have connection with criminal world and I just kill one criminal for another criminal."
"Understood." Kurenai's tension started to disappear, however it didn't vanish completely.
"Recently, I started to get information that Black started to meddle to someone, and I understood that soon someone will give a contract for getting his head, so I hope that this one will be me, so if you want you can join me, and the last strike will be after you."
"I see." Kurenai pondered, "How do you think who could give this contract?"
"I don't know, maybe someone from other noble demons perhaps, or someone from those, whom he have crossed the road. There're can be really a lot of ideas."
"I will think about your offer." Kurenai answered him, "If everything what you have told is true, then I can trust you."
"Still don't trust me." Ezekiel sighed, "After all, you'll know the place of my shelter so if you want to join just come and let me know."
"But what if you are in some other place?" Kurenai asked him, "How I'll be able to inform you?"
Ezekiel got up, he came to the cupboard and took out a small knife, Kurenai tensed she hadn't got her sword with her, but she quickly put her hand onto the dagger that was under her coat, however she was really surprised seeing next. Ezekiel cut his palm, the blood started to poor out of it he smeared two fingers of another hand, while he was coming to the wall and then he drew a circle on it, then he did several lines and wrote some letters by each line, "Here, if you come and you won't see me, just put some of your blood onto this seal and I understand that you're here."
"What do you mean?"
"This thing is a beacon for me, if you cut your hand pour some blood on it, I'll know that you're here, so then I'll come here as fast as I can."
"But how is possible?"
"Haven't you practiced with seals in your academy?" she only shook with her head, "Well, if you join me then I'll show you some secrets." he smiled to her, "Let's just call it…" he pondered, "A second motivation to join me."
'This demon can amuse. How many secrets has he got inside of him?' Kurenai thought taking the dishes away from the table.
"Preparing for your mission?" Archon asked entering Etienne's laboratory, the French scientist was sitting at table and working with some needles and syringes.
"Don't you see this?" Richar answered him not turning back as he was holding the needle in his hand and in another one he was holding a bulb, he lowered the needle into a bulb and then took out it after some seconds, "Have you prepared yourself?"
"Yes, just wanted to see what you're doing here." he looked a side and saw a boy about fifteen years old he was sitting on the chair and was watching at his fingers that were changed slightly, "I thought he was supposed to train on your instances, didn't he?"
"Yes, but after my guidance he could change his finger slightly, so Walter decided to let me train him."
"You a teacher? Don't make me laugh." Archon said him laughing, "I can't imagine you in the role of a teacher."
"If you envy, do it quietly." Etienne answered him, after he put the needle under his doctor's robe, "After all he can change his fingers now, so I think soon, he will be able to work with his arm. Hey, boy!" Etienne shouted to the boy. He got up and came to the French, "Show him what you can do."
"Yes, mister Richar." the boy nodded, and focused his eyes on his hand, the fingers started to become bigger along with his nails that also started to become sharper.
"Not bad." Archon said, "If only he could change his palm too, maybe he could fight like I do."
"Interesting idea." Etienne turned around on his chair, "This really will be a perfect thing, but still I want him to change it into a claw."
"Why?" Archon asked him.
"I always found crabs interesting, so that's why I'd like to see it." then he took a syringe from the table and put it in his robe.
Suddenly the boy started to shake, "Hey are you alright?" Etienne asked him worrying.
"Yes." he only replied, but still was trying to change his arm.
"That's enough for today." Richar told him with a serious voice, "Go and have some rest."
"Thank you a lot mister Richar." the boy said to the French and changed his finger back, then he left the lab leaving two men alone.
"Still don't understand what Walter wants to do with him." Archon said as the boy left the laboratory.
"Neither do I, but still his ability is really interesting, to change the structure of the DNA turning humans' bodies in something really new, that will remind demons' bodies."
"I wouldn't say that it's rare, lots of noble demons can do this." Archon disagreed with him.
"But not the one who are like Taimanin." Etienne corrected him, "I've never hear that there's some demon hunter with such ability."
"Your truth." Archon answered him.
"I always wanted to ask you why do you always mad at Przemislav?" Etienne asked him like he really wanted to know the answer for this question and wanted to ask it for a long time.
"None of your business." Anatoly referred him.
"I've seen this a lot of times, when you're with him you always try to start fight with him."
"Just hate his damn questioning." Archon replied, "Always wants to know that doesn't have any relation to him, I still can't understand how you all tolerate him."
"Don't know about you, but I find him really interesting. He is really a good interlocutor, and the way that he wants to know all about all impress me and reminds about myself."
"You tell this like you're an old man." Archon smirked.
"Maybe I'm really old." Etienne said rather himself then Archon.
"Well, I almost forgot to say that Mystic gave an order to fight with full power and if you want to capture someone don't hesitate and do this."
"Finally!" Etienne was glad to hear these news, "And this scum Naomi won't interfere in plans, one good news after another ones."
"It seems that you have someone in your mind to capture don't you?" archon asked him, "Aren't they those kids that you were fighting during our first encounter with Taimanin?"
"Yes, I also met them in Sapporo. And you know, I find them really interesting, they have got a lot of potential and in the future they could become really good hunters, so it will be really bad to loose such a perfect opportunity to lose them."
"By the way, what about Liza? Is she ready for the mission?"
"Indeed she is." Richar quickly answered, "Why she shouldn't be? I let her go to prepare for it." then Etienne turned to him and said "I wanted to ask you about something."
"What is it?" Archon asked him, changing his voice; he knew that if Etienne asks about something then it really can be only something serious.
"If we meet these kids again, allow me to deal with them, I want to repay them for what have happened not so long enough."
"Well, then I want something in exchange too." Archon chuckled.
"Everything what you want my dear friend." Etienne said like an aristocrat.
"If we meet Oleg, I'll fight him, but not you." Archon responded seriously.
"Deal." the French said to the Russian traitor.
They talked with each other for a little more time and then Archon decided to leave the French scientist and do something else. Etienne left to sit in his chair and continued to watch at his computer, where was a display of some schemes, "Well, it seems that I can finally start the cloning process." he smiled to himself and took two stone from the table and put them into different bulbs that were full of some liquid, when the stones were in it he took another test-tube where was another green liquid he poured it into the bulbs and then put them onto another table that was fully free, like he didn't want to lose them, "No, I only must wait." he said to himself again, and then returned to the computer, and continued his examination of the scheme that was on the screen.