Chapter IX: Teamwork

The scent of blood lingers in the air. They did not show remorse to those who do not deserve it. The zero squad is the elite squad that is also the pride of the Tokyo Security Committee also known as Countermeasures Bureau. The said squad is composed of elites and skilled hunters in their own rights yet most of them have a questionable family background but since they are above everyone else, no one has dared to question them.

"W-wah! You cheated!" Shio, the youngest within the group whined. The older male smirked haughtily once he defeated the child in their little game.

"I did not" Leaning forward albeit lazily, he pinched Shio's cheeks. "You are really a loser" He added to which earned more huffing from the small boy.

"Furuta it's not good to call anyone a loser" Hairu scolded the older investigator. She's reading a book that Ui told her to read about how ethics and manners after she reached the quota she is maintaining.

"Oh yeah?" The said man rolled his eyes. "You are one to talk to Ihei" He refuted as he still continuously harass Shio's cheeks more.

"Don't start another fight Furuta" Ui said upon his arrival, he too had finished checking his area to ensure that no vampire has escaped them. He overheard everything and he took note to make Nimura Furuta read the same book that Hairu is reading so he too can correct his awful attitude.

"And there comes in the Bowl cut prince" Souta let go of Shio and he told him to do his whims for he'll be his slave for a whole week after he was defeated by Furuta. Awhile ago they had a bet on whoever got the highest killing rate between the two of them will be the winner and the loser will be the winner's slave for a week. Shio puffed his cheeks but nevertheless he agreed.

"What did you—" Ui is about to scold the younger male when Yusa grabbed his wrist and shook his head. Rikai muttered incoherent words and Ching-Li pats her head to which earned a smile on the stoic girl.

Hirako showed up at last along with Haise, Akira, Takatsuki and Kishou. Souta had the urged to stab Haise right there for taking his brother's attention again and even Hairu wants to hurt Haise till he cannot take it anymore as a punishment for taking all of Kishou's time and attention that he stole from them. Kishou saw how the two younger hybrids are looking at Haise but he paid no heed to it for he knows that both Hairu and Souta are young adults who failed to mature.

"We received an order that we'll have to help the other squad in mopping up the whole place" Akira told the younger members of the squad. She's always been Kishou's spokesperson even when she first joined the zero squad. "We had decided to split the squad into four groups will have 3 people each. Take Hirako, Arima Kishou, Sen Takatsuki and I will be the head for each sub squad" She continued. "Hirako's group will compose of Shio and Rikai. Yusa and Ching-Li will be part of my group—" She paused when she sensed the tense in the air. The remaining members are those who want to be part of Kishou's group more than anyone else in their squad so most of them are glaring at each other. "Special Class Arima's group will be composed of Haise and Koori. The last group—" She was rudely cut off by Takatsuki, Hairu and Nimura who started screaming at each other. The rest except for Kishou rolled their eyes or they simply snorted.

"What the fuck? Why would I even be group with these freaks?" Takatsuki snarled.

"Excuse me but I'd rather eat my arm than to be paired with the two of you!" Hairu snapped.

"As much as I want women to be part of my group— I'd rather not have an airhead and a bitch in my group" Nimura said to which earned a glare from both girls.

"Enough" Kishou said at last. He knew that the trio will disagree because among the members of the zero squad the three of them are the ones who cannot get along well so Kishou wants to test how well they could work despite the fact that they hate each other.

"Damn it Kishou! What did I do again this time that you have to punish me by grouping me up with them?" She hissed, her arms gripping Kishou's own and staring at those silvery eyes that shine mischievously.

"I did everything you told me even if they are trivial things so why would you punish me too?" Nimura whined. He too cannot accept why Arima Kishou would betray him like this.

"Arima-san" Hairu almost wants to cry at how unfair this grouping has become.

"You'll understand soon" With that Kishou turned his back on them. He brought with him his members and the rest moved out too.

Meanwhile to the locations where the other squads are still fighting the other vampires from Aogiri Tree, blood of humans has been sipped away from their bodies only those who are strong or lucky enough had managed to survive. There's no doubt that Aogiri Tree is a real piece of work not only they have high level vampires within their ranks, they too has gifted vampires among their league.

"They'll need half an hour to reach our location" Deputy Investigators told their own squads. They've contacted the main command to ask for back up and they were informed that the zero squad has already been informed and they'll show up as soon as they are done with their work.

"We'll give them time" Special Class Tanakamaru said to his underlings.

"But sir at this rate—" His underling stuttered.

"We have no other choice but to comply and give zero squad the time they need to reach here" Another one said.

"Okay we have to give our best shot and give those brats the time they need to reach us but that doesn't mean that you'll slack off! We'll give our best!" Marude barked and he gave his orders to his own underlings.

"Special Class Marude is really energetic right now huh" Takizawa observed how his superior chuckled.

"He's always been competing with the Zero Squad and Special Class Arima" Houji answered his underling. He sliced the vampires on their way.

"Well the zero squad is top tier so it's only normal for all the squad to compete with them" Amon used his quinque to kill the vampire who jumped on top of him.

"Kukuku I for once also want to compete with those brats" Kureo's victims has become mangled after they were killed by him.