Riuko: Okay, it's official, I LOVE THE PSYCHOTIC CHERRY BLOSSOM! Your reviews are so nice! Thank you!

Angsty: … Why the hell am I here?

Riuko: Cause you is my sissy and I love my sissy very much.

Angsty: We're in high school Riuko, don't talk like that.

Riuko: Aww, but it's fun!

Train: I'm still staying far away from you.

Riuko: *starts crying* W-Why?!

Train: Remember that fan girl moment? I am NOT putting up with another Kyoko.

Riuko: I hate Kyoko. She likes you way too much. I'm not a lovesick idiot. I've only ever had one boyfriend and I still haven't had my first kiss. When you've been emotionally scarred like me, loving a person is hard.

Angsty: My poor squat. *shakes head*

Caress: I'd pity you but…

Riuko: Pity me I kill you.

Caress: Meanie.

Train: What the hell is a 'squat'?

Riuko: Anyways, this chapter is now about Caress getting her sweeper license and since I have no idea how that's done, I'm making it up.

Caress: Riuko does not own Black Cat.

Caress POV

"Is getting a sweeper's license hard?" I asked Eve.

"I wouldn't know," she replied in her monotonous voice. "I'm too young to apply." I looked away, trying to find something to change the subject. Although she didn't show much emotion, I could tell I'd hit a touchy subject with her.

Today, Eve was taking me to a building run by the Global Alliance so I could get my license to sweep. It'd been a week since I'd joined up with Train, Sven, and Eve, and frankly, I was enjoying myself. I'd applied about three days ago, there was a lot of paperwork involved, and finally, I got a letter saying to go to a Global Alliance building in Rochelle. (A/N I don't know where the sweeper's café from book thirteen was, I tried looking, but found nothing, so I tried for a random city I thought I'd heard in the anime. Sorry.) So here I am. Train and Sven would've come with us, but they got a tip on a bounty hiding here and went charging off. I'd told them they could use the over $1 million in Rumors and Chronos paychecks I had in the bank, but Sven insisted against it, saying it wouldn't be right. It probably just went against his self-morals to borrow money from a woman. And he calls himself a gentleman.

"Well, here it is," Eve said, snapping me out of my little world. Only four words described what I thought of this place; not what I expected.

"You sure Eve?"

"Yeah, I've been here with Train before. It's a Sweeper's Café run by the global alliance." I smiled at her.

"Okay, let's go in."

"I can't, I'm not a registered sweeper, nor am I with one. You have to go on your own." I suddenly felt nervous, I'd thought that as long Eve or someone was there, I'd be fine but…

"Well what do ya know, hey there Eve!" We spun around to face a tall, muscular man with spiked, blond hair that reminded me of lightning. Eve just nodded.

"You know him?" I asked. Eve nodded again.

"He helped bring down the Apostles of the Stars."

"Hey, I'm River Zastory, nice to meet you! And you are…?"

"I'm Caress, I'm here to get a sweeper's license." I saw the guy bite his lip trying to hold back laughter. "Laugh and I kick you in the balls," I hissed. The guy's expression immediately changed from one of 'I-want-to-laugh-my-ass-off-even-though-I-know-it's-rude' to one that said 'okay-note-to-self-don't-mess-with-her'. I smirked. I felt so much better.

"Anyways, I can get her inside," River offered. "That is if she wants to go in." I looked at Eve, who just shrugged. "Alright, let's go."

Inside, I slipped eve a couple of dollars so she could get something to drink.

"Don't tell Sven," I whispered in her ear as River showed his license to the guards.

"C'mon Eve." Eve nodded and followed suit. Then the guards turned to me.

"I'm here to get a license," I said, answering their unasked question. They looked at one another and nodded. Then the one on the right motioned for me to follow. I obeyed, but stayed wary of my surroundings, quietly noting anything I could use to beat the crap out of someone if needed.

I was led past the bar where Eve and River sat, quietly drinking their beverages, past the tables of sweepers exchanging leads, past a wall of bounties, and down a pure white hallway. It was so dazzlingly white, it would've hurt was not for the fact I was used to this shade of white. At last, I was led into a room near the end of the corridor where a man sat at a table, twiddling his thumbs. His hair was graying, but the hair that wisped around the bald spot on the top of his head were a chestnut brown like his mustache. His eyes were small and beady, despite the square glasses on his face. He looked kind of like an accountant or an old fashioned bank teller. He motioned for me to take a seat and I obeyed, taking the seat opposite him at the wooden table.

"So, you're Caress I take it?" I nodded, my grimace turning into a frown. I suddenly realized that he knew something I didn't want him to, something that would surely be about what I am. "I've heard through the grapevine that you are considerably powerful, is that true?"

"Maybe, I don't like using my powers, it attracts attention as you can imagine," I replied.

"True, very true," he said nodding. "Why do you want to be a sweeper?"

"I'm sure you've already heard," I replied snidely.

"Perhaps, but maybe what I've heard is wrong." I sighed. He was insisting on making this difficult.

"Point-blank; I want to bring down Rumors. I'm the only one who can, but I need to get stronger first, and I need to protect my friends. They're involved now weather they know it or not."

"Seems like a good enough reason to me, all I want now is a display of the power I've heard so much about."

"Fine, but only a little, it drains me when I'm not at full power."

"And when are you at full power?" I glared at the man.

"You don't need to know," I replied. The man stood up and chuckled.

"Okay then, follow me," he said, motioning for me to stand too.

Again I was led down the bright corridor, this time, towards the café. The old man stopped at a door about half way down and opened it. Inside was a room full of mechanical targets. They sprang out of the walls, the floor, the ceiling … the light bulb.

"The task is actually quite simple; destroy the targets in under five minutes." I looked around, bored. This was hardly a test, it was more like he just wanted me to show off. I sighed and let my power build and increase. I let my hairs swirl around in it and allowed myself to be engulfed in it.

"Here's what I can do," I said. And as the words left my mouth, my power surged out of me, bursting the wooden targets into smithereens. The man smiled.

"You pass." I almost sensed a hidden meaning in those two words, but I let it slide. "Here is your license," he said, handing me a plastic card.

"Thanks."

"No problem," he replied. "You may leave now." I nodded and headed back to the café to sit next to Eve.

"How was it?" River asked.

"Perfectly fine," I lied.

Angsty: R&R. Flame her, and I'll freaking kill you.

Riuko: Angsty! Don't threaten my readers!