A/N: AHHHH! So late! At least I finished (around tweleve in the morning but who's counting?)

Chapter 5

"Good care" apparently meant space in Shadow's sanctuary: an old steeple church. The door had the Shadow crest was inscribed on the door: a black bird with it's wings spread wide, with a cross behind it, inside a thorny circle.

"We're an odd bunch. Everything from runaways to street orphans." Sabuki explained. "Most of us only have a middle school education."

She was leading Kai, who was still carrying Tobi, down a hall, and when she reached a door with the Shadow crest on it, she stopped and knocked.

"Come in," came a gruff, raspy voice. Sabuki pushed open the door and beckoned in Kai. Kai set her brother down and followed Sabuki in.

The air was heavy with cigarette smoke, causing the smoke coming threw the grimy windows to look hazy. Kai felt Tobi's grip around her leg tighten.

A man was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, a cigarette held between two long fingers. He had long brown hair, a bright smile and dark eyes. His hair was casually thrown into a ponytail at the base of his neck, pulling it off of his broad shoulders, but his bangs, which were not long enough to go into the ponytail, framed his face with a sort of elegance. He wore a tight black tank top, showing his rippling muscles.

"So, my sly, little Hachibi, you brought back new pets?" he asked, his jaded gaze landing on the two blondes.

Hachibi, as in the giant snake of legend? Kai briefly wondered how the girl had earned such a powerful nickname.

"I did indeed, Shichibi-sama. " Sabuki replied, flashing a dangerous, reptilian like smile which seemed to explain the street-name. "I think I'll leave them in your care." She added as she left the two runaways in the room.

Shichibi? As in the badger? Seriously, does everyone here have a funky nickname? Kai could barely think with all the smoky haze.

"So, my new pets, what are your names?" He asked, a wide smile gracing his handsome visage.

"My name is Kai, and this is Tobi." Kai introduce, using polite and formal language, not wanting to get on his bad side. If this guy was a gang-leader, he could kill them in less than a heart beat.

"You wouldn't happen to be the Taichue child, would you, boy?" The grin told Kai that he already knew the answer to his question. "It doesn't really matter to me, but if Hunters are going to be after you, you're obviously worth some street money."

"He's not going back!" Kai replied, still polite but a firmness in her voice that left no room for arguments.

"Calm down, I already said that I didn't care." The man stood up, an impressive seven foot one. "My name is Urueaya Tachu. I'm also known on the streets as the Shichibi, as Bu was so kind to point out." He reached a large, long-fingered hand out (not the one that was holding the cigarette) and, as she shook it, he let his eyes observe her. They were runaways, probably rich suburbs, judging by the clothing. It was also pretty obvious that they were siblings, they had the same face structure and build, and even though Kai had a deeper tan, he could tell by their palms that their skin tones were the same as well.

"You can stay," Tachu said, noting how she seemed to relax at those words. " I don't remember the missing children report mentioning a missing daughter. I wasn't even aware that Taichue had a daughter." He said, slightly confused.

"That's because he never wanted one. Tobi and I are both results of our parent's 'flings' but Tobi is the only child he ever showed any interest in." Kai replied with a certain venom in her voice.

Tachu nodded, he understood the feeling well.

Tachu's history will appear ... In a much much later chapter, I don't even know what it is yet.