-Chapter 2.5 -- Hell Meets Girls-

Cocking his head back, Kei stared empty-minded up at the blue sky. A few dangerous looking grey clouds floated by slowly, followed closely by a few pure white replicas. There were no birds flying today, which was strange, considering the extremely fair weather. This town differed ever so slightly from where his most recently client had lived; it was quiet, where most everybody knew everybody else and everyone was financially stable. The only differance between the two was the noticeable feminine overtone; especially in the school. This time, Kei had decided to stay afar from his potential client, watching them in their everyday life, instead of being a part of their everyday life and later having to hide his face from them when proposing the contract.

"I told you Sir, it's my job to investigate. You sit this one out," Ichimaku Ren told Kei, stepping in front of him. They was standing in front of a local library, where their next potential client was reading.

"You just want this client because she is a girl, so I know you won't take no for an answer," Kei replied, clentching his fist, "we can both investigate her, I don't want to be stuck around doing nothing in that boring world of mine.." Ichimaku Ren sighed, running his fingers through his hair stressfully.

"As you wish, Sir," He responded, reluctantly. Just then, a girl opened the door to the library that they were standing in front of. She was about 5'7", with short light brown hair just down to her shoulders with bangs that ended just before her eyes, which were a tinted brown, almost orange. She was wearing a black coat over a white polo shirt, with a matching black and white skirt, obviously not part of a normal school's uniform. She was holding two large sized books in her hands; Kei could only make out the title of one, which was "The History of Voodoo and It's Teachings." The girl looked surprised at Kei's eyes, which were still blood-red, and at his snow-white hair. However, in a matter of seconds, she gathered herself and briskly trotted past the two in silence. Without turning to see her leave or to see if she was listening, Kei began to speak.

"She's the one," Kei stated.

"Are you sure, Sir?" Ichimaku Ren questioned, uncertain of how exactly he knew.

"I saw it in her eyes. All of their eyes are the same as mine."

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The girl slowly closed the door to her apartment, tossing the two books she had borrowed from the library onto the kitchen table. She opened her refrigirator and let out a long dissatisfied sigh, seeing that there was nothing left for her to eat. She whipped off her black jacket, and plopped down on the couch, staring up at the plain white cieling. An olive green eye was staring at her from the other side of the room, in the corner of the cieling. It blinked twice and disappeared. Ichimaku Ren and Kei were standing together on the roof of a tall building, most likely the same apartment building the girl was in. "It seems that she lives alone. So far, I haven't seen anything irregular," Ichimaku Ren informed Kei, wincing. Kei scratched his white hair, closing his eyes slowly. The sun had almost finished setting, painting the sky a dark red.

"If only you could see them like I can see them," Kei bragged, opening his red eyes back up, "do you at least know her name by now?"

"Kurao Anai," Ichimaku Ren replied.

"Anai? Interesting name..."

"I thought so too, considering she goes to such an average school with average humans."

"Well, we're done for tonight, you can go do whatever you'd like, Ichimaku Ren," Kei frowned, "I'll be back home." Ichimaku Ren nodded, stepping off of the side of the building. Kei's frown remained, with the illusion that it was getting worse by the second. Before Kei began to head back home, he noticed a pair of red glowing objects across a few buildings. Curious, he decided to find out what they were; anything so that he wouldn't have to go home. After getting within a few hundred feet, the red objects began to move away from Kei, which startled him. "What could this be?" He asked himself aloud, picking up his pace to gain on the mysterious red objects. After a bit of chasing, the objects dropped down to ground level, about 12 stories below. Kei followed suit, landing right beside the objects.

That was when he saw it. That was when he saw the girl with red eyes.