Ah and I deliver with another chapter for you pretty people. Spelling and grammatical errors get much worse because it's late and I want to sleep. I'm only going to ask you to review at the end of the last chapter, but feel free to review anytime, yeah?


The entire group was looking around for any sign of the two members of their group that had taken off.

"Miyabi!" Tsukune called.

"Gin!" Omote shouted.

"Where could those two imbeciles have gone?" Mizore snarled, her eyes surveying the area coolly.

"Yeah, why would they think they could take the killer on alone?" Mizore scoffed.

"Maybe they're taking him on together?" Aqua suggested, keeping Kokoa close to her.

"I doubt that." Mizore sniffed. "They don't seem the type to actually get along with each other."

"But if rivals in love can band together, I'm certain those two can to get the person that killed their sort-of girlfriends." Kurumu pointed out.

"For their sake, I hope so." Kokoa sighed.

Just then, a howl cut the air, ending in a strangled gurgling sound. The group turned in the direction it had come from and glanced at each other. Pausing, the entire group listened for any further sound and when none came, they began to grow worried.

"That was Gin." Kokoa breathed, trembling as she and Aqua moved over to stand near Omote and Ura.

"Come on!" Tsukune commanded, shooting off down the hall. The others watched him dubiously for a few seconds before following after.

Running along the halls, the group avoided any doors that already had blood coming from beneath them and checked all of the rooms they could. Kokoa came to a door that was locked and she moved back, running at the door and kicking it in. The others joined her moments later and peered inside.

"Whoa!" Tsukune and Mizore stopped at the sight of Gin standing by the window, facing them. He had completely wolfed out to the point of only his clothes and headband being recognizable. He was frozen in a pouncing position, his body leaning forward, legs spread slightly and his back hunched. His snout was dripping a dark red liquid and there was a body lying at his feet.

"Yes!" Kurumu cheered happily, leaping forward. "Go Wolfboy! We knew you'd get whoever was doing this to us!"

As Kurumu jumped at Gin and sent the two of them sprawling to the ground as she hugged him, Omote moved over to the body on the ground, a look of confusion passing her features. Ura moved forward as well. "How could something so small have defeated someone like Kahlua?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Tsukune asked.

"Well, the body of the shadow we saw was definitely bigger than this and they had much longer hair."

"What?" the others shouted, turning to the body. Sure enough, it was fairly small to be the person that had been terrorizing them. Mizore moved over to the window and lifted the shade, everyone gasping as she did.

On the ground lay Yukari's body, her head grafted in a way to make it seem as if someone had tried to rip it off or chew it off. Her blood had congealed by now and so everyone turned to look at Gin's body. Ever since Kurumu had landed on him, the succubus had felt that something was off. Now, as she looked down, she noticed why. Gin was completely motionless, wires keeping his body in the shape it was in when they arrived. The liquid dripping from his mouth was most likely due to his eye sockets being empty like all of the other victims. There were also multiple stab wounds all over his body, blood still dribbling from the cuts.

Kurumu backed into the others and they all huddled together, Ura and Omote on either side of their friends to make certain nothing jumped out of the shadows.

Kokoa and Aqua moved closer to Omote and Ura, feeling the girl's calmness giving them a sense of protection. Kurumu noticed the closeness and her eyes narrowed, her mind quickly going through the calculations and coming to one conclusion.

Rounding on the four girls grouped together, the succubus elongated her talons and brandished them at the girls. "Kurumu, what are you doing?" Ura snapped, keeping the other three girls out of range of the slashing claws.

"Only a vampire could have taken Gin out!" Kurumu shrieked, making a slash through the air. Ura screamed out in pain as the talons caught her face. Falling to her knees, the albino held the wounds, her face bleeding profusely.

"Ura!" Kokoa and Omote shouted, both kneeling beside the silver-haired girl. Aqua moved quick as lightning and slammed her fist into Kurumu's stomach, sending the succubus flying into the wall.

"How could she have done it?" Aqua snarled angrily. "She was with the rest of us when it happened."

"Yeah, but she was at the back of the group." Kurumu snarled. "And if that's the case, how come I didn't see her until we actually got to this room here?"

"Maybe you need glasses." Kokoa spat, hefting her ever-changing bat and getting ready to order him to transform. "She was even right next to us, you big-breasted bimbo!"

On the ground, Ura slowly pulled her hand away from her face to let Omote take a look at it and the pinkette jumped back in shock. There was a deep gouge on her sister's cheek and another slice down the middle of her face, right over her nose. Had the middle talon cut any deeper over her eye, the red-eyed girl would have lost her eyesight completely. Blood spilled from the wounds and splattered across the ground beneath them.

"We should probably treat those wounds before they get worse." Tsukune murmured, helping the girl to her feet. "Mizore, could you give us some ice?" The snow woman walked over and pressed an ice-covered hand to the albino's face. Ura flinched slightly, but forced herself to stay under the touch.

"Come on, we need to get you some bandages and we all need to get out of the open." The pair began leading the girl from the room with Omote on their tails. Aqua and Kokoa kept a close eye on Kurumu, their lips forming growls of outrage at what the azulette had done.

"Why are you mad at me?" Kurumu huffed. "She's the one who killed your sister!"

"From what we just saw," Aqua began in a low voice. "It could have very well been you."

"W-what are you talking about?" Kurumu demanded uncertainly.

"When you told Mizore earlier that the gouge in the victims' eye sockets were too shallow to be your talons, everyone took it in stride because those nails of yours are pretty long."

"But from how Ura's face looked just now, it's possible that you could have cut the eyes out only using a small portion of your claws." Kokoa added.

"That's ridiculous!" the succubus snapped, taking a step back from the two.

"Maybe." Aqua shrugged. "But you're not getting anywhere near Ura from now on."

"Like I would want to get anywhere near that murderous blood-sucker anyway!" Kurumu hissed.

Kokoa swung her fist, not even bothering with Kou. Kurumu slammed against the wall and groaned, glaring at the orange-haired girl as she and Aqua turned and strode from the room. The succubus huffed and growled, standing and brushing herself off. Realizing that she was alone, the azulette hurried to catch up with the others, not wanting to be caught alone when the murderer came prowling.

From the shadows, a pair of red eyes looked on with interest, one dripping slightly as the wound slowly closed. Receding into the shadows, the figure gave a glinted smile. It seems I'm doing a good job of fooling them all.


Hm, that's interesting... Make sure you review, I'm getting sleepy.