Natsuno growled, his own eyes turning to match Miko's eyes, and in turn almost all the other Shiki took an offensive stance. Toshio sighed and put his hand on Natsuno's shoulder. "For now, we'll back down, but don't think your safe. We'll find others, and then we'll hunt you down one by one until your all gone." Miko laughed, it echoed threw the night; maybe during the day it would have been sweet, and whimsical. But tonight it sounded ominous and evil. "Your a toughie, I like that in a man." she licked over her lips and smirked, waving her hand, and the others seemed to relax. But there was a certain tenseness in the air. "I really hope you'll change your minds, I would have to ruin such pretty faces." she smirked and flipped her dark hair over her shoulder. "But it's your funeral if you choose to continue along this path." she said . With that, quicker than a shadow they disappeared in separate directions. Natsuno relaxed completely now and sighed deeply. "They said there's more... that couldn't be right. There were about thirty of them alone." he frowned and crossed his arms over his chest as Toshio stared blankly at the spot where they had been.

"Do you think they could be trying to scare us?" Natsuno asked, and Toshio shook his head in response. "Something tells me, that bitch doesn't lie." Hearing those words Natsuno nodded and turned to leave, but froze. The sound of a bell caught his attention and he shuddered, taking a step back. He felt the tip of wood touch between his shoulder blade and he growled low in his throat. Toshio was caught off guard as well. He was grabbed from behind by a man at least twice his size; in weight and almost in height. He struggled but it was no use. The next thing either of them knew was a blunt hit to the head and then darkness, of course, they had to hit Natsuno more than once. Something he would personally kill them for later. The smaller of the boys threw Natsuno over his shoulder and grinned. "Its rare we find someone who'll stand up to them, don't ya think?" his voice held an accent and he definitely wasn't a native of Japan, his Japanese patchy if not distorted, but his friends had learned to understand it.

"Shut it Ricky, if they wake up before we get back to the boss, it'll be your ass that gets skinned." the biggest of them said holding Toshio by his legs and the third sighed. "You can't carry him like that, at least carry him like a sack of potato's, they'll be pissed if you harm him, Juka." Juka sighed and grumbled picking Toshio up so he wouldn't be dragged along, but still treated him as if he was nothing more than a rag doll. The eldest sighed and shook his head. "Lets go." He sometimes wondered how he got pulled in with these guys.. if they weren't such good friends, he would have probably slapped them silly already.

It wasn't long until they came to an abandoned warehouse. On the inside however, it was decorated quite... Gothic. Dark colors and lace decorated the once dreary place. Of course, it couldn't cover it all up; Scorch marks from fires, broken board, spider and cobwebs all lined the walls, ceiling and dark corners. It was still dark and dusty that was for sure ,but its décor did distract from it, for a little while. The two men were set on pile of pillows and a young girl slipped off the chair she was sat at. She smiled softly and knelt in front of them. "Natsuno, Toshio.. wake up." she said and gently slapped their cheeks before sighing. "Seishin..." the young girl moved over to her companion and took his hand. Her eyes then left his too look at the three other men in the room."How hard did you hit them?" Sunako's gentle disposition suddenly became violent and the three men froze. Ricky scratched the back of his head, blond hair becoming more disheveled. "Well, Natsuno is a Shiki... so, I kind a... had to hit him a couple of times."

A slap rang throughout the room. Sunako's hand had collided squarely with Ricky's cheek. "What did I tell you! Be gentle! He isn't a toy you know!" She raised her hand again but Seishin gently grabbed it and held her close. "Leave him be, Natsuno would not have come willingly." Sunako fell silent. "So be it." the gentleness returned to her voice and she smiled softly. "Its good you brought them.. lets hope they wake up soon.. dawn isn't too far away." she said and yawned, moving over to her table and waiting as Seishin poured her a cup of tea. It was thirty minutes later that Natsuo came to. They had taken precautions, tying his hands behind his back so that he wouldn't be able to break out easily. Chains were used, of course, rope was just too easy.

His eyes were blury at first before they focused and what he saw made them widened farther and focus on the scene before him. "Your awake." Sunako smiled softly, sitting only a few feet away from him. "Your dead!" She only smiled slightly. "So are you." she moved away from him a bit as he continued to struggle before relaxing a bit as he felt Toshio stir as well. "What the hell hit me?" he grumbled and shook his head. He pulled at the chains on his wrists and looked up, he froze completely, his eyes locking with Seishin's, for a moment before Seishin tilted his head and broke contact. "You bastard!" Toshio growled and tried to lunge at him, only to be held back. He was shaking in rage.

Sunako waited a moment before moving to stand in front of them again, than knelt down, smoothing her dress over her knees. "I need your help." she said and Toshio scoffed. "I will never help you!" he growled and she sighed, pouting slightly. "Even if it was for the same cause? We want them dead.. the other Shiki.. They're over powering us.. I don't like it.. I want them gone." she said her voice turning dangerous once more, even Natsuno was surprised.. He had never really seen her angry.. well, he had rarely seen her at all. "You want.. the Ikebukuro killed?" he asked, cautiously and a smile spread over her lips. "Yes, as well as the Shinjuku and the rest.. almost each district has their own Duke or Lady.. and I want them eliminated... Tokyo was mine first." She was spoiled.. had Seishin been babying her this whole time? No wonder she had been overthrown so easily. These thoughts brought a smirk to Natsuno's face. "Why should we help you, you'll just kills us in the end, right?"

Sunako narrowed her eyes and moved to stand. "I could kill you now, if that makes it any better." she nodded her head and Ricky and Juka stepped forward. She noticed that Kita hung back a little, not moving towards them. "Kita, why are you hesitating?" She demanded and he shuddered. "You know I don't like violence." he spoke and stepped back. She watched a moment before she nodded. "I understand." she understood it well. She at first, hadn't wanted any violence, just peace. To build herself a new little home, maybe not as big as she wanted in Sotoba.. but, still she wanted something.. Seishin, just wasn't enough.

Toshio looked to Natsuno who just shrugged. They both sighed. Neither of them wanted to agree, that much was certain. But given their situation, the smartest plan would be to go along with it. Both of them were unarmed, so there wasn't much they could do. "Fine, we'll help you.. but only because, we want to rid this place of Shiki. All of them, so don't think we won't turn on you the moment this is over with." Toshio said and glared slightly. Sunako only smiled. "I look forward too it, I would like to destroy those who ruined my hopes of a peaceful life." she waved her hand and moved back to climb into Seishin's lap.

Juka moved to untie both Natsuno and Toshio, both of which rubbed at their reddened wrists. "So do you have a plan?" Sunako stared at them then looked to Seishin. "Seishin has one.. don't you?" she asked, running her fingers along his cheek and smiled softly. He returned it and nodded. "Unlike the others, neither I nor Sunako have gotten any kind of special power. Except for, whoever I bite, regardless, rises. Those three, are just a few of the Shiki we have collected from renegade groups among the districts. They will fill you in on any of the abilities their respective, clans, as they call them, have."

Juka stepped forward and grinned. "I'm from the Tsukuji district, the ability they share is a slight control over water. They can take liquid from the air and turn it into a solid object, that while its still water, if they used it like a bullet, it would hit like one, yet would devolve into nothing but water." he explained and grinned, "So course during summer, they're normally s.o.l. Gets too hot, not enough water in the air. They have to breath it in, which is why it only works when there's water in the air." he moved to sit down as well, stealing a cookie off of Sunako's plate, a disdainful glance was all he received.

Ricky sighed and rubbed his cheek. "Let see, the clan I was with was Shibuya.. they control all districts in Shibuya, however there are smaller clans mixed in here and there who are always at war with the Shibuya.. the clan I'm from has a control over sound.. they create auditory hallucinations, mess with radio signals, make it that weird pitch where your ear drums burst. Anything to do with sound pretty much. Its kinda fun to see peoples heads explode." he grinned and neither Natsuno nor Toshio looked amused so he frowned and scratched his head. "That leaves you Kita."

Kita just stared at the ground and he moved over to Natsuno, picking him up easily with one hand. "I can pick up a car with just a little trouble.. but its really tiring." he laughed a little and set him down before moving away. "You didn't say which district your with." Toshio said and Kita shrugged. "You'll know them when you see them, not all of them are skinny like me.. in fact most are really muscular, and some can pick up things three time the size of cars, but those are the ones who tend to die off quickly." he explained and sighed a little, sitting amongst the pillows. "All of us are Jinrou as well, so we'll be able to help you two out during the day."

Toshio nodded. "Sounds good." he said and then turned to look at Seishin. He then moved over and Sunako moved out of the way and Toshio punched him hard enough that he fell out of his chair. Seishin;s eyes flashed and he glared, but just stayed on the ground holding his cheek. "None of this would have happened had you not helped them." he growled, eyes narrowing. Sunako stepped between them, stopping Natsuno from going any closer. "Really now If he hadn't, would I still be here? Would you have men, and women willing to help you rid the world of the extras? Well, at least Tokyo, no one knows how many are spread over the world.. but Tokyo is all that matters me. I want it too be mine, and without your help I couldn't have that, and without my help you wouldn't be able to fight your way out of a paper bag." Toshio growled and pulled away. "Whatever, but keep him out of my sight." He stormed off.

As he neared the wall it blasted apart, and he quickly raised his arms to cover his face. "Well now, your conspiring against us, hmm? Do you not remember what I told you!" He was pinned down by Miko, a smirk on her lips as three men appeared out of the settling dust. Natsuno took a defensive stance, and Seishin pressed Sunako behind him. Toshio growled and kicked her off. She let out a 'oomph' and growled. "You'll regret that." she ran at him and he didn't have even a chance to dodge before he was sent flying into the wall. He coughed and struggled to sit up. Natsuno was already on her, grabbing her long hair and snapping her head back. She screamed and turned, clawing him across the face. "You bitch! No one touches the hair!" she screeched and charged him.

Ricky was there though, and he boxed her ears hard. She screamed and stumbled back, head spinning. "F-fuck you." she growled and gasped as she saw two of her men get taken down, one had multiple, what looked like bullet holes, spread throughout his body and Juka was working on chopping off his head. The other was laying with his head turned the wrong way. Sunako moved forward. "Back off Miko.. you won't win this fight now." Miko narrowed her eyes and backed off. "You may have one this fight, but this war your plotting, won't go unnoticed, you'll be dealing with more than just the Ikebukuro soon you stupid child." she growled and they fled, disappearing like shadows once more.

They all just stood there for a moment and then relaxed when it seemed like there would be no more attacks. Sunako was leaning heavily against Seishin, it was only a few more hours until dawn, but she had yet to feed. "I'm hungry Seishin." she said softly and he nodded, sitting her down before he left without a word. They sat in the silence and then Natsuno sighed. "We're going home. None of you can enter my house, you knock and I will come out." he said and he moved to go. "Natsuno.." he turned to look at Sunako who smiled softly. 'Be careful." she said and he just stared before nodding. He and Toshio headed to Natsuno's place, already having decided that Toshio would stay with him. It was safer. The next couple of days would be long, they had to find out where they were hiding. Had to find out.. a lot of things. They would get it this time. They would make sure all of them were dead before moving on.

A/N; I really dislike Sunako.. so I might kill her later on(sorry to those who like her) but she fits with my ideas so there she is. There will be quite a few characters from the series reappearing.. some of them might just get axed though. We'll see. Next chapter there will be a POV shift and we'll leave Natsuno and Toshio alone for a while. Sorry for any spelling/grammar/any other mistakes. I do my best to proof read before I post but I know some slip past.

Have a good night, I'm crashing now -yawns-. Reviews make me giddy and give my plot grunnies food :3