Authors note: I appreciate the reviews, i just wanted to say that i know the first three chapters are a little sloppy, i was in a rush to get them uploaded. I'm going to go back and correct my spelling/gramatical errors. If there is something that you are not happy with or not sure of don't hesitate to ask, and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. Remember this is my first Fanfic so please don't be too hard on me. Thanks, and i hope that you enjoy the next chapter of Getbackers: Fire At Will.
Chapter four Different paths
The group of four ran up the stairs of the warehouse taking two at a time.They had arrived at the top floor of the building in just a matter of minutes. They found a sign on a nearby wall that said south. They were on the south side of the building. Ban looked around but there was no one to be seen, was this the right place? "Ban didn't you say that they were at the top floor?"Jubei asked listening for the sounds of people.
"Yeah, thats what they said" Ban replied, he was worried, did they go over their time limit? Were those guys lying to him?
"Maybe..." Kazuki started. Everyone's gaze was draw to Kazuki. They were all listening intently. "Maybe, we are just at the wrong end, the north, west, east, and south ends are all separated. I suggest that we check them out." It wasn't the best plan but it was all that they had, and who knew maybe Kazuki was right.
"Okay, we ..." Ban started but he was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps coming up the stairs they had just climbed. Everyone prepared themselves for the worst, maybe they wouldn't have to search, maybe they would run right into their hands. The sounds grew louder and louder, a battle was going to ensue. They group heard a loud bang, it sounded as if one of them had fallen.
"Come on you idiot we don't have all day!" A very familliar voice called out from the stair case.
"I know, I know, I just didn't expect that step to be there" retorted another familliar voice.
"You didn't expect it to be there? We are running up the stairs how did you not expet it to be there?" The first voice came back, the more the voice spoke the more familliar it became.
"I dunno, I forgot" the second voice seemed embarrased, but they were getting louder. Soon the owners of these voice would show themselves at the top of the stairs. Ban readied himself for an attack, he saw a shadow at the top of the stairs and he headed straight for it ready to launch his attack 'The snake bite'. Just as Ban was inches away from the shadow it leapt into the air with the speed of a lion and completely dodged his attack. Ban looked dumbfounded there were not very many people who were able to dodge his snake bite, aside from the evil eye, the snakebite was the most powerful attack the he had. Who on earth had enough skil to dodge it? The shadow started out towards the lightened area, soon Ban would see the face of the man who avoided his attack, it was...Shido?
"You idiot! what is the idea of attacking me?" Shido yelled his face contorted with rage. "Monkey Boy? What the hell are you doing here? Wait better question how did you know that i was here? Who is with you?" Ban didn't even take a breath between any of these questions. "Which would you like me to answer first?" Shido asked sarcastically.
"You asshole, your lucky i didn't rip your throat out!" Ban retorted trying his best to hold himself back. "No i don't think so, i clearly dodged you, the look on your face told me so." Shido said confidently "I'm gonna..." Ban started but was interrupted by Shido "Shut up before i go Beast Mimicry on your ass!"
"Can't we all just get along?" The second voice asked from the stairwell. Everybody was so wrapped up in the fight between Ban and Shido that they had all forgotten that Shido was not climbing the stairs alone. They turned around and standing in the doorway was none other than the Bloody Joker himself Emishi Haruki. "Yay Emishi!" Ginji yelled a leapt toward him, but Ban grabbed onto the back of his shirt. "Ginji, focus, the case remember"
"Like your the one to talk" Ginji said but Ban didn't hear him he was back to Shido. "Hey Monkey Boy how did you know that we were here?"
"MakubeX contacted us, he knew that you would need help. But at the looks of things you would think that we missed all the fun" Shido said looking around at the empty room. "Actually the fun hasn't even started yet. We just got here and nobody was around. We figured that maybe we were in the wrong end of the building so we are going to split up and search each end in pairs" Ban told him. They decided that Emishi go with Shido to search the West end, Jubei and Kazuki will take the North, while him and Ginji went to the East.
"Uh wait if there are four ends then why to we have only three groups?" Emishi asked holding up three fingers on one hand and four on the other. "Because, we are already in the South end of this floor and clearly there is nobody here" Kazuki said matter of factly, with a grin on his face. "Oh" Emishi said blushing slightly from embrassment. "I knew that, i was just testing you! Kazuki you pass!"
"Okay lets get going" Ban said and the three groups separated all going in different directions.