Train: Where's Riuko?

Caress: In the corner crying 'cause someone flamed her.

Riuko: * bawling *

Angsty: I'm gonna kill you Too Many Ideas! You DO NOT flame my friends! For one thing CARESS IS NOT AN F*ING MARY-SUE! SHE HAS SERIOUS POWER FLAWS! Do you even know what a Mary-Sue is?! And another thing, SHE DOESN'T SPROUT WINGS BECAUSE SHE WAS EXPERIMENTED ON! HER GRANDMOTHER WAS AN ANGEL! THE NANOTECH EXPERIMENT WAS A FAILURE! DID YOU EVEN READ THE STORY CAREFULLY?! And the third thing! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE STORY BEHIND RIUKO COMING UP WITH THE NAME CARESS SO SHUT THE F*CK UP! ONE MORE THING! DID YOU EVER THINK THERE WAS A PATH FROM A PARK OR SOMETHING NEAR WHERE CARESS FELL?! AND SHE DIDN'T TRIP OVER A TREE ROOT AND FALL OFF THE CLIFF, SHE CAUGHT HERSELF, KEPT RUNNING THEN CAME TO THE CLIFF WHERE SHE JUMPED OFF!

Riuko: * comes out of the corner, still crying * This is what happens to people who flame me. * sniff * I have one thing to say; if you don't like my story, don't read it! Get on with your life and don't make mine any more miserable! * sniffs * I have better stuff to do at three in the morning... like sleeping and not killing myself inside over a flame comment.

Angsty: I am very protective of her, and if you have anything mean to say about this conversation just now, shut it. Riuko doesn't deserve this!

Riuko: I've decided that at the end of this chapter, I'm going to tell you the story of how I came up with Caress' name. It's actually quite funny.

Angsty: Quit acting all happy, I know you're still sad.

Riuko: * hangs head * I know. * sobs *

Caress: Riuko doesn't own Black Cat. ... And I am not a freaking Mary-Sue!

Caress POV

"You have to eat eventually Caress-Chan," Train said. I was once again, sitting at the table with my face in my arms.

"I told you, I can take care of myself, so quit worrying you idiot," I hissed.

"This coming from the person who hasn't eaten anything but a pint of blueberries in the past three days," Train laughed.

"Shut up, just shut up," I growled.

"Someone's cranky!"

"Don't make me hit you with a book again Heartnet."

"Fine, geez."

"Want to go after a local target?" Eve asked.

"I'd love to," I replied, "anything to get away from this nut." I pointed to Train.

"Hey!" I stood up, completely ignoring Train.

"Time to go get some exercise," I said stretching. "C'mon Eve."

"Okay," the little blond replied as she followed me out the door.

Train POV

"That girl is seriously starting to piss me off," I growled to Sven, who sat at the table with a cigarette in his mouth.

"She can't help it," he replied, "she's still not used to us."

"Yeah, you don't have to be used to someone to constantly destroy their brain cells with a book." Sven broke into laughter. I growled at him.

"Anyways, I think having Caress around is a good thing. She's like a big sister to Eve."

"She wasn't always like that," I said casually.

"Who wasn't always like what?"

"Caress," I replied. "We ran into each other once when I was with Zagine. Zagine and her caretaker didn't like each other at all. Back then, she cowered behind her caretaker like Zagine and I were the devil himself. She even started crying."

"Are you sure it was Caress?" Sven asked. I nodded.

"Yeah, even she remembers it," I replied. "Why do you think she reacted the way she did when she saw me?"

"I guess," Sven said as he slumped down in his chair. "But from what I understand, the girl you met all those years ago and Caress are complete opposites."

"Yeah, I don't really know what happened, but I'm sure that little girl was Caress. You just don't meet that many people with long blond hair and piercing blue eyes like hers."

"Only you notice those kinds of things about people Train," Sven replied, letting a puff of smoke out of his mouth. I rolled my eyes.

Caress POV

"So, any idea who you want to go after?" Eve asked. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the bounty on Kiley McLaren I'd grabbed earlier.

"He's a local arsonist. Someone probably knows where he's hiding, can't hide too many explosions in a town this small," I replied.

After an hour of asking around, we finally came to a worn down brick building. Ivy was growing up the sides and rust stains streaked the walls.

"This just screams 'Villain's Hideout'," I muttered. Eve nodded in agreement. "Wanna bet there's a motion sensor bomb?" Eve didn't say anything. She just raised her right arm and let a wing form on it. Then, she shot out the feathers at the building and the alley. I whistled as the bombs went off. "That was impressive. I wish I could do that."

"I was built as a bio-weapon," Eve replied. "I can use my body as a weapon." (Riuko: For all the perverts out there, don't say anything!)

"I-I didn't mean the feathers, I meant spreading wings without pain." Eve looked at me curiously as I gasped and covered my mouth, realizing what I'd said.

"You have wings?"

"N-N-N-N-No! I mean! Wings would be so cool to have!" I replied. "I would just wonder h-how the bones would get out of you without injuring your flesh is all." Eve continued to stare at me, then shrugged and turned away. Phew! That was close.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine, but until then..." Eve trailed off as a metal door slammed open. In the doorway was Kiley; in his hand was a semi-automatic. (A.N. I don't know a lot about guns, just the point away from yourself and shoot part, and that X.X mm/caliber is the size of the bullet. I don't even know what the safety does. * sighs * Angsty: This coming from the person in love with an ex-assassin! Riuko: Shut up!)

"Shit! Eve, move!" I managed to yell as Kiley opened fire on us. Please let me have enough power for this! I thought to myself before putting my hands up in front of me to create a shield. The bullets disintegrated as they hit my barrier. "Eve, do something!" I yelled as a bullet broke through a weak spot and grazed my arm. "I can't hold this up much longer!" This was such a bad idea! I knew I didn't have enough power! I am going to be so beyond drained after this. Eve nodded and fired the projectile feathers out of her arm again, knocking the gun away and pinning Kiley to the wall. I lowered the shield and patted Eve on the back. "Nice Eve!"

After we turned Kiley in, we stopped and grabbed something to eat. Eve had a burger and I had a hot dog.

"So Onee-san," Eve began. Uh oh. "What was that you did back there?"

"I-I put up a shield, w-what else?" I replied.

"But how did you do it?"

"It was nanotech," I lied. "When I was with Rumors, they experimented on me by putting a nanotech device in me. That's how I got the scar on my stomach." Actually, the experiment failed… miserably. I almost died and the device was destroyed by my immune system. Don't ask how, it just was.

"When you're ready to tell me the truth, I'll listen." That sentence made a pang of guilt enter my heart.

"It's complicated Eve."

"It probably is," she replied. "But we can't help you if you don't tell us what's wrong." Alright Caress, suck it up!

"Fine, I'll tell you. I'm ¼ angel."

Riuko: Finally! I also re-did chapters 1-10, so read them again please.

Angsty: *ahem* Riuko!

Riuko: Oh yeah! So here's the story. Angsty and I are on our way to swim practice and I'd just started reading Black Cat.

*Flashback*

Riuko: Hey Angsty! I got an idea for a Black Cat OC!

Angsty: Cool, what's her name.

Riuko: I haven't thought of anything yet.

Angsty: Think of something in the next five seconds.

Riuko: WHAT?! Well… um… Caress. How about that?

Angsty: Sounds cool.

Riuko: I know, but I've heard that word somewhere before.

*End of Flashback*

Riuko: Then I looked the word up in the dictionary and found out what it meant. Then I called Angsty up and told her. She laughed at me and wouldn't let me change it.

Train: Haha! Funny!

Caress: R&R Curse you Angsty!