This is just a teaser.

A/N: I am not dead! I wanted to apologize to those that actually are awaiting updates on my work. Life has suddenly become rather crazy and if anyone possesses any of the following I could ensure that more story for "Tying the Knot", "Speak", and "Acceleration" would be updated with great swiftness:

1) More brain space

2) Money, so I can eat.

3) A job for the summer for a Field Biologists.

4) Magical potions that can recover missing/dead people.

5) Graduate research position for a biology major.

In an attempt at apology I will be posting teasers for all of my Ronin stories. I've actually been working on all of them, I just don't have time to get all of my tidbits to a reasonable posting length.

Chapter 4

Touma didn't laugh for very long and didn't chase Shin like he might've before. Instead he picked up the canister and began to wander the streets. Finding the cars wasn't difficult, they littered the streets and sometimes sidewalks. A few had even found their way into the front of stores. What was difficult was finding the older cars, where you could pop the panel to the gas tank from the outside. After several blocks he growled in frustration, kicking a hubcap hard enough that the car jumped with the force, wheel twisting inwards.

If Shuu had done it, he was sure it would be several streets down right now, a trail of carnage in its path. He glanced around, looking for Shin. Mentally he could feel him nearby, brooding. Touma smirked as he pried a piece of rebar from a tumbled wall. Shin was the one who insisted that they not damage the cars as compensation for stealing. Personally, Touma didn't care in the slightest. Once he smashed in the cap cover, the process was much quicker. Pleased, he went looking for Shin.