A/N: Ah-ha, I return. Yes, I kind of forgot about this one...My bad. Anyways, not a very long one and not very serious. As a side note, I decided to name the guy with magenta hair Bogan and the guy that wears a metal bowl on his head with a sensor, Sensa. I'm uncreative and those are the names given by the show. Obviously, they were going for Bow Gun Man and Sensor Man. I wasn't about to be that uncreative and decided to write their names as they appear in katakana. That was my justification. So, without further ado, please enjoy.

I do not own S7.

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The halls of the palace were silent. Chirping crickets and the occasional buzzing of a cicada were the only noises to break the silence. The imperial magistrate of Kougakyo was making his yearly visit to the capital taking a handful of his assassins and bodyguards with him leaving the palace filled with nothing but the various servants and those assassins who remained.

A scream suddenly echoed from somewhere within the palace walls followed by the soft yet rapid footsteps. The man was running as quietly as he could in order to devoid detection. There was a whirl as something grazed by his head. Ducking his head and swerving while silently cursing, the man on the run began zig-zagging around the large outdoor garden.

He was followed by more footsteps and more things rushing past his body as he danced around any impending objects. Seeing a large tree to the side, he quickly made a powerful leap into the tree and held his breath. His pursuer paused as he approached the tree realizing that his target must be hiding somewhere. Fully confident in his position, the attacker called out to his target.

"Come out, come out wherever you are! I know you're hiding somewhere, Bogan-dono."

The man in the tree remained silent. There were multiple trees in the vicinity and he was positive he could not be seen even with his brightly colored hair. He studied the individual below him in an attempt to formulate a plan of attack.

Bogan had the disadvantage of not having a special sensor like the other. His pursuer kept a large, dome-like piece of metal on his head that contained a highly tuned sensor designed to analyze and pick up any targets. Not much time was left so he took the opportunity to use the element of surprise.

Leaping out of the tree, the magenta haired warrior extended his arm revealing that it was in fact prosthetic and a small opening appeared on the bottom of his wrist revealing a bow gun. Aiming for his target, he let loose the projectiles kept within his arm forcing the other to dodge around and retreat. He took the time to ditch his opponent. Another of his disadvantage was that his opponent not only had a sensor, but long extending arms. However, he had a long-distance weapon ideal for taking out his attacker.

Maneuvering around various objects, Bogan continued to look back and fire off another projectile. Too caught up in his attempt to escape, he almost ran into another with a sword. He had to dive to the side in order to avoid it. In the time it took for him to regain his footing, the original attacker had caught up.

"No more running now!"

"I don't need to Sensa-dono...I've got you where I want you!"

With a whirl of speed, Bogan jumped into the air and fired off more from his bow gun. The other two had to quickly move out of the way. As they scrambled for cover, Bogan ran into the palace sliding the door shut behind him. He took a moment to catch his breath and plan another attack.

However, his respite was short lived when the two came charging into the room.

"You were careless!"

He cursed to himself at now being caught in close quarters. In a quick analysis of the situation, he determined that all of them were actually at a disadvantage being in a smaller room instead of outdoors.

They stood facing each other in a stare down. The silence and tension was thick in the air and in an instant, they dove at each other. Long arms reached out for him while a blade came rushing down creating a catastrophic three-way. Bogan rolled to the side while firing projectiles here and there.

However, as he did, the door to the room suddenly opened and before anybody could do anything, one of his bow gun projectiles hit the person standing in the doorway.

"Oh...crap..."

The person in the doorway was no other than their fellow assassin, Kyuzo. The door slid open a little further revealing the other two, Hyogo and Tessai as well.

"'Oh crap' indeed..."

Hyogo turned his head to see the damage. The silent samurai stood stoically with the same blank, uncaring expression. The pale samurai pursed his lips as he reached over and gently pulled off a sticky dart from Kyuzo's forehead. Tessai just sighed and shook his head while Hyogo held the offending little object questioningly.

"W-we d-didn't expect you all to be back so soon..."

Bogan brushed a few stray strands of magenta hair from his face while he looked over at his partner in crime.

"I-it was just a little fun. That's all. You know, to stay sharp and practice..."

His metallic arm scratched sheepishly at the back of his neck while the third just stood silently and nodded in agreement.

"...Let's practice then..."

Kyuzo's voice betrayed no emotion though the deep, penetrating stare he gave each of them was enough to freeze the blood in their veins. The blond samurai's hand drifted to the hilt of one of his swords while the other gently slid the door shut leaving Hyogo and Tessai to themselves.

"Would you care for some tea, Tessai-dono?"

"That would be nice."

They walked off leaving Kyuzo to punish the insolent wretches as he saw fit. Now the sounds were ones of screams and pleading.

"IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE!!!"

"UWAAAAA!!! KYUZO-DONO!! WE WERE USING FAKE WEAPONS!!!"

"IT WAS ONLY A STICKY DART!!!"

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A/N: You do not know how much sticky darts rule. Anyways, I got this idea when I was talking with my brother and we reminisced about the times when we were young and would play this game at night with our father. We turned out the lights and each took a Nerf gun (Nerf, that's a funny word when you think about it). Then, we prowled around the house trying to shoot each other. I don't know why I imagine these bad guys doing something like that, but then again, what else do they do with their time when they aren't bullying people for Ayamaro? Oh right, and Kyuzo wouldn't care because Kyuzo is apparently quite vindictive. Whatever the reasoning behind the oddness, I do hope you all enjoyed.