Chapter 13: Dreams and Nightmares

"Hey, who...IsSAHHAKABANE!"

Ginji jumped behind Constantina, taking his usual frightened chibi form whenever the good doctor happened to be around, glancing around at the flowers and back at Akabane.

"Hey what are we doing here?"

"You don't appreciate the scenery Ginji?" Akabane asked politely, "and it isn't like you to be so rude as to hang off my assistant like that."

Ginji winced and jumped away from both of them, looking as though he didn't know if he should fight or flee.

"We're going to speak with some people my Ginji," the doctor purred with the grin on his face, "you will be accompanying us won't you? Your the guest of honor."

"Guest of honor?" Ginji looked more confused at that, still not sure what to do with the situation. It was like his worst nightmare was politely inviting him out in a field of dreams...less than anything he'd ever wanted. More freaky too.

"It would be rude to be late Ginji," though his grin widened as he drew the scaples from his wrist, "Do I have to discipline you and make you come along?"

"No..." Ginji whined quickly, "no...I'll come. Sounds fun hehe, I'll go."

"There see, we can be perfectly plesant together." Akabane nodded and continued off, "you can leave that Constantina dear, I doubt we'll need it."

"Yes doctor," the assistant followed after him, repressing her own grin at Ginji's expense.

Ginji frowned to himself as he fell in line behind them. Not letting himself get too far back.

-What do they mean 'guest of honor'? Why are we on the beltline? Unless...! No...why would Akabane want to take me to Babylon City? That would just be weird. Still...wonder what's up.-

"You gonna tell me what's going on?" he finally got the bravery stocked up to ask.

"We're going to Babylon City." Akabane dashed his confidence in the most amiable way possible. "I believe they wanted you asleep, but this makes things more fun doesn't it?"

-Aw man! Ban, where are you?-

switch

"You two should just get out of the way and tell me where Akabane is going." Ban said to the odd duo blocking his path. "I really don't want to fall too far behind so make your minds up quick."

The brother and sister looked at each other and laughed before they disappeared. Blue eyes widened behind mirrored glasses as he slipped out of the way of a strike to his head but still was taken in the kindey, knocking his jump off so he sort of half-slid to a standing position a little further back than when he had started.

"Who says..." the brother started.

"...that you'll be..." the sister continued flawlessly.

"...following at all." they finished together, each dissapearing again.

Ban blocked a kick aimed for his chest but then took a blow in the back of his leg that nearly (but not quite) knocked him over. He recovered and stared at where the two twins we're next to each other in the same way they'd been moments before.

"I have to give you that your fast," Ban admired warily, "but not so fast that I can't..."

He stopped as each attacked again. He managed to block a blow to his waist but took a hit to his shoulder. The wounds weren't much, but if he didn't start doing something soon, then they would add up after a while. Quite a stradegy, not a bad one either.

"...keep up?" the two mocked in perfect unison. None of the griping at each other that they had been doing shortly before. They were complimenting one another so perfectly and yet uniquely enough that it was difficult to follow that the battle style was different than anything he'd experienced before.

Ban returned the speedy jump behind them move, though was surprised to find his block deflected by the sister when he'd been aiming at the brother. Then while he was open, the male kicked him in the head, this blow knocking him back several paces and making him dizzy.

"All the other hits must have been the woman." he thought vaguely, "great, I don't have time for this."

He lowered his hand and started to chant, but before he could get out much of anything, both came on in such a rush that he couldn't follow most of it enough. He managed to block all the man's blows, but took several successive hits from the female. He grimiced as he stared at the matched and yet mismatched pair before him, there was something he was missing.

"Having fun yet sis?" the man asked cheerfully.

"Stay serious," she returned but smiled. "No reason to let our gaurd down against the mighty Ban Midou."

Ban twitched with irritation.

"Don't let them get to you." he told himself, "if the sister is getting all the hits and they're a team, I'll have to break it up by using my Evil eye on her."

He took a few more hits while waiting for an opening...and then...

He was blasted backward and into a wall...less surprised by the impact than the fact that his evil eye hadn't worked on her!

End Chapter...(just kidding, had to try it lol)

"How can you not be subject to...?"

"...the evil eye?" they finished with an aire of superiority. "We are both always one and always two."

"Great," Ban muttered in annoyance of the riddle. "You can't just give it a break and let me through I suppose?"

"You..." brother.

"know..." sister.

"better." both.

"Yeah yeah, cut the cute act though, your annoying enough already without it." He sighed as he re-evaluated, taking more blows as they came at him again. If she was immune that would mean he could be too...maybe the immunity passed between them. Either way, he didn't have an endless amount of uses to test the theory at the moment.

He finally settled for punching the girl and running after the direction of Dr. Jackal. Maybe once he got Ginji the idiot could help him electrocute the cutesy twins. He didn't need to be anymore beaten before he caught up to Akabane though.

"Running away!" they called after him indignantly.

"Gah!" He yelled as he ran. "I'll get you for this Ginji!"

End Chapter (sorry it's for real this time :( )