Chapter 3

"There's a witch living inside this castle boss" the henchman said. "And after we capture her soul my family will be the strongest, Ya Know?" "Don Al Capone" The second henchmen said as he pointed at Mifune. "So al Capone, What could possibly bring a dirty mob boss like yourself to this castle? And if I don't like your answer you die." "Well what do you know a tough guy? Kill him!" The mob raised there weapons. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." I said calmly from my stance at the top of the gate wall. Everyone looked up except Mifune, I jumped down and landed on my feet. "If you want to kill him why don't you fight me first? Or is the great Al Capone to scared to fight a girl?" I grinned. The men looked at each other then at Capone. "Why would I be scared of a little girl like you? Fine I'll kill you first! Men attack!" The men raised there guns and started shooting I dodged all the bullets cartwheeling while taking out my swords. I used the swords to guard all the bullets after a few moments the stopped firing. "What are you all waiting for? Keep shooting!" In that moment of hesitation I sped toward them slitting necks and slicing my way thru the crowd while still dodging a few stray bullets. It wasn't long before it was just me and Capone." AGGH if u want anything done you have to do it yourself!" He picked up a gun and started firing, he was a better shot than I expected but I was still able to dodge the attacks one grazed my leg and I gasped but kept dodging until I was right in front of him, he shot one more time and it hit me in the thigh. I looked at him and growled, he was shocked I could tell. I leaned in and bit him on the neck drawing blood. He screamed and I kicked the gun out of his hand and into he air and pulled out Mira and cut his throat where I bit him on the jugular vein, he collapsed and the gun landed in his hands. "You can have that back now." I put the knife in his heart and he changed into a Kishin soul. I went around killing the ones that I had only vitally injured and gathered the souls and put them in a green bag to be divided later. Mifune looked at me in shock, "Who are you?" "I am Weapon Meister Dawn, Humble servant of Lord Death." He stood quickly and took out his sword. "Your here to take Angela after all!" "I'm not here to kill Angela. That was never my intention. I'm here for both of you, But not for the reason you think. Meister Black Star will be here any minute for Al Capone and Angela, He does not know of me yet. He needs a lesson in fighting I would appreciate it if you fought him but not kill him. I will protect Angela, That is my duty. You do not understand and it may be confusing but I will explain later. Please, help me?" I pulled my shirt down slightly at the top (not that much you dirty minded people!). He stood there in shock for a moment. I felt Black Star's soul approaching. "Please he is almost here." "Very Well." He nodded and I bowed. and ran inside to protect Angela.

(Battle Between Mifune and Black Star)

(Begins when black star turns to leave)

"Wait, Don't go." He turned around at the new voice. I ran to him and bowed. "I would like to battle you, I am Meister Dawn. I saw your performance and I want a piece of it. We will battle for the bag of souls over there." I nodded my head in the direction of the souls. "Oh you do huh? Well fine its up to you! I am the Great assassin Black Star! I'm ready when you are!" I pulled out my dual swords (See Website) and got into a fighting stance. "Bring it on kid!" "Your calling me a kid?! How can you say such a thing when you're a kid yourself?" " I may be young more mature than you, I have the mind and heart of an adult. Where as yours is naïve and ignorant. That's why I classified as a child." He growled and charged at me swinging his Chain Scythe (Kusarigama) Wildly, I dodged them easy. He jumped up and attacked on his way down but I deflected each strike. "Why only defense Dawn? Afraid you're gonna get beat?" "Your even more ridiculous than I thought if you honestly think I'm scared." I continued only defending for a few minutes and as I expected he dropped his defense completely. I moved in quickly for a slice to his leg followed quickly by a strike to his gut with the handle of my blade. He fell but quickly recovered, "Tsubaki, smoke bomb mode!" Smoke quickly surrounded me, I stood still blades ready listening and using soul sight I saw he was going for and aerial attack. I spun my swords and put them away and as he fell toward me I used several quick jabs resulting in chi blocking. Hitting his pressure points was so simple with the way he fights. He fell to the ground unable to move, transformed and ran to him. "Is he..." "He's fine, his chi is blocked he cant move. It will wear off in about an hour but he can still talk, but I doubt he will his ego is bruised I suppose." I stepped closer and crouched down" " You are a strong fighter but you are arrogant, you leave yourself unguarded and susceptible to fatal attacks. If you want to be Number one you have to train, I can help you there, I can even teach you to chi block. However, You need to grow up some before I do, even though you are wild you still have to change to become stronger. You have the potential to do just that, all you need is the will. you simply wont listen of obey. If you truly want to be the god of assassination give me a mirror call My number is 66613, and if your ready I will be happy to train you." I stood up. "Tsubaki you might wanna carry him home." I walked away. "Oh and one more thing, you can keep the souls. If you don't take them they might get into the wrong hands because I'm not taking them." When I got to the gate she had picked him and the souls up and left the courtyard.

I walked over to Mifune and Angela he was still sitting on the ground. "Take of the coat and shirt" He looked at me funny but did as I told him. I bent over and laid my hand on his back where he had been hit with Black Star's soul wavelength, and I watched the bruise disappear and did the same with his other injuries. "How did you do that?" I Ignored him and watched as he put his clothes back on. "Anymore injuries I should know about?" "No that's it." I nodded and bent down. "What about you sweetie?" "No I'm ok miss Dawn." "Well good, An angel like you shouldn't get hurt!" I smiled and held a hand out to mifune. He took it and I helped him up. "Shall we go inside and talk?"

"So let me get this strait...Lord Death wants me to guard the academy?" Mifune said in an unbelieving tone. "Yea kind of, mostly he wants you to join us but that's not what I'm trying to get across. He wants you to protect the academy in return for me guarding Angela. She needs protecting and after the fight with that kid you must agree that you can have instances where you can't protect her. You have seen me fight, do you feel I can't protect her?"

"It's not that you aren't capable of protecting her, it's that I don't believe you will." I was hurt that he didn't trust me. "I swear on my life I will protect her, she will always come first. That is my duty and my moral belief, allow me to introduce you to my weapons." I pulled out my swords first. "Human form please boys." The transformed into two teenage boys with black hair and brown eyes. (see website) "This is Ren and Shin, they are 17." Then I pulled out two Ninja stars, blue and purple hair and golden eyes. "And this is Vladimir and Demetri, they are 16." Next I pulled out 2 Pistols, Black hair and purple eyes and Cat ears and tail. "This is Bella and Ella, their 8." Lastly I pulled out my two knifes, "And Last but not least Mira and Cleo, who are 4." They all bowed at the same time "Nice to meet you!" They said. "These are my kids, They are all adopted just so you know, but they will always be my children. We have been together for many years and I love and protect them as my own. I plan to do the same for Angela." He looked shocked, he always seems shocked by the things I do. "And you would just accept her so easily? Just like that?" "Of course I would, I see a lot of myself in her. she already feels like family." He thought about it a moment when my youngest girls spoke up. ""Come on Angela we will be just like sisters!" The said together. "What do you think Angela?" Mifune crouched to her level. "It would be nice to have other kids to play with...can I mifune?" She looked at him with big eyes. "It seems ok to me, its your decision. I will follow you anywhere." "YAY! Thank you! I'll go pack! Come on Mifune!" She ran off laughing the whole way. "We will go pack and meet you here soon." He bowed and went after Angela.

"All done miss Dawn!" Angela ran into the living room carrying several bags with Mifune right behind her. "All right ill go with you to the car and put the bags away while Mifune locks up ok?" "Ok! Lets go!" I took the bags from him and we went to the street, I pulled the box out of my pocket and switched to car mode. Angela's eyes bugged, "How did you do that?!" I laughed oh the simple minds of children. "Its Magic!" I added a car seat to the back and put the 3 girls in their seats then loaded the trunk. Mifune came a few seconds later and got in the front seat. When we got to the academy I unloaded Mifune's half of the bags. "Alright my house is two blocks over if you go to the death room someone will take you to your room and explain your duty's I will take her home and get her unpacked since its getting late. I'll call Death and have him get you a mirror phone and a number so I can contact you call me at 66613 when you get it. Good luck!" I gave him a warm smile and Angela hugged him goodbye. "We will see you soon! Don't worry she's in good hands!" He nodded and headed up the steps. I got in the car and called Death to let him know about the phone and mission completion. "Now let's have some fun!" I turned up the music and drove to main street singing with the girls the whole way. "Who wants ice cream?" "We do!" said all three girls. "Well then SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!" "ICE CREAMMMMM!" "Alright! Lets go!" When we got there everyone changed to human form and ate their hearts out. I had a Dr. Pepper and watched, "Don't you want some miss Dawn?" Angela whispered. "No thank you sweetie I don't like ice cream." "Why not?" "Its to cold Brrr." I Shivered and smiled. The girls giggled and kept eating.

Around 8pm we got home and I helped her unpack and get settled. I slept on the couch as always, We only had a 2 bedroom apartment. So the boys shared and the girls shared, I wanted them to have so much better than this...that is my goal. I woke up to an alarm it was 3 am, I jumped up and looked out the window. Looks like Lupin is stealing from someone again...some boy had him cornered in the alley below us, he looked familiar but I couldn't tell from the back. He was yelling at his weapons, for what I don't know but if he didn't stop soon he was gonna get away again. Uhh to late he is gone..oh well. I Pulled the curtain closed and went back to sleep.