Man I'm so happy right now. I got my paycheck yesterday. Now I can buy the things I couldn't be able to buy with my other paycheck. I'm also happy because I don't have to work today. It's a good thing that 4th of July (today) falls on a Wednesday. I also get to spend time with my family. Also, today is my little brother's birthday, and he is fourteen. Anyways, let's get on with the story.

Chapter 11: Catching Up

At School

3 Days Later

Lunchtime

Ayame, Kikyou, Soten, Kaede, and Renkotsu are sitting outside at a table off from everybody else discussing the killings they had so far. "Now I want everybody to listen up while Kaede give us a brief on our progress so far." Ayame said as she looked at Soten, Kikyou, and Renkotsu who're sitting in front of her and then she looked at Kaede who's sitting to her right.

"Thank you captain, and anyways, we have ten killings so far and both the werewolves and vampires are tied. They killed both killed five people, but coming from different tribes. With those killings put together and two people out of those ten killings, we've identified and exposed them to the public. They are Shina Hara and Yoko Tiaku and the rest we kept how they were killed confidential." Then she looked up from the folder where she was reading the brief from, and looked at Ayame and then at her teammates in front of her and said, "Just so you guys know, it wasn't easy for Soten and I to makeup a cover up on how the other eight were killed." Then she looked back down at the folder where she was reading the brief from and continued where she left off. "One of the two people we've identified who is Yoko is missing. Even though she's missing, she's dead because on that night at the scene of the crime, I saw her body lying on the ground and I noticed two holes on her neck. Later that night I talked to her parents about what had happened to her. I showed them some pictures of her dead body and then another picture of what had resulted after she was killed. Even though the pictures aren't real, I had Soten to make them look real for her parent's sake. They decided for her to stay missing because they don't want the whole town to know what a monster their daughter become. Two sisters were kidnapped after leaving the theater on their way home on Saturday night. Their names are Asahina and Izubaki Tehomaru. There was a guy in his mid-twenties saw them being kidnapped and went to the police. When Renkotsu went to his house to question him, he told him something he didn't tell the police. The driver didn't look normal. After him and his accomplice who is a female, had put the two sisters in the back of the van had looked back at him but didn't saw him. When he did look back, he had red eyes and fangs. We're keeping this guys name and whereabouts confidential. Our captain know these two girls are still alive as of now, but don't know for how long." She looked up from the folder with her eyes. "Our captain won't let us know how she knows that." Then she looked back down at the folder. "The fifteen people we had to save at once, we couldn't have done it without the help of our allies. I have discovered that their hideout is somewhere in town and not in the country or out of town. Both theirs and our hideout must be kept secret for their and our protection from our enemies." As she closed the folder as she looked up at her teammates she said, "That's concludes the brief." Then she put the folder down on the table in front of her. And then she looked at Ayame who's looking at her.

As Ayame looked away from Kaede to look at her other three squad members she asked, "Does anybody have any questions?" She saw Renkotsu and Kikyou shook their heads.

"Well...this doesn't have anything to do with our mission and I don't know if it'll help, but that lady Shina Hara who got killed by that werewolf was dating my dad. They haven't been dating for a month and he's just starting to get back into dating since him and my mom got a divorce. He really liked her as he put it and I was starting to like her as well. She was a really nice lady and easy to get along with." Soten said as he looked at everybody. Then he leaned forward a little to look at Renkotsu. As he did, his butt came up off the seat a little. "Oh and Renkotsu, I need you to supply me with some more stuff because I got a lot of updating to do to my things back at the hideout." He saw that Kikyou was getting ready to say something so he sat back down.

"That reminds me." Kikyou said as she looked at Renkotsu who's sitting on her left. "I do need some supplies as well."

"Okay and I'll talk to you guys about that later but here comes captain's friends and they look pissed." Renkotsu said while looking in front of him. Then he looked at Ayame. "We're going to let you have your privacy and we'll catch you later captain." Then Kikyou, Kaede, Soten, and him picked up their things, got up, and left in their separate directions.

As Ayame turned around, she saw her two best friends walking toward her looking pissed off. "Hi guys." She said with a smile on her face and as Sango and Kagome walked toward her.

"Don't you hi us and what the hell do you think you're doing?" Sango said with a mad voice and a really mad look on her face.

"Huh," Ayame said as her smile went away. "What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean." Sango said while still looking really mad.

"Yeah." Kagome said looking really mad herself. "You skip having lunch with us so that you can have lunch with Miss. Brainiac, Mr. Computer Geek, Mr. Athletic, and little Miss. Preppy." She said sounding really mad and raising her voice a little.

"Now Kagome, you know that's not their names. I had to have lunch with them this time because we were discussing something really important. And there might be other times when I'll have lunch with them again." Sango and Kagome just looked at her with angry looks on their faces. Then she stood up facing Sango and Kagome. "I know that me having lunch with people who we haven't gotten along with or just didn't like isn't the only reason you guys are mad at me with. You're also mad at me because I forgot that after school of the first day of school is a tradition for us. But, you guys have to admit that tradition is starting to get old and stupid. We should come up with some kind of new tradition."

"I know you didn't just say that you back stabber." Sango said as she got all in Ayame's face that they were eye to eye and their nose is almost touching one another.

"Yes I did say that and what are you going to do about it?"

"I'm not going to do nothing, but we've been doing that tradition since grade school."

"Yeah since 3rd or 4th grade so what. I'm doing something that's way more important than worrying about something like that, and doing it for that matter."

"Oh, it's that more important than doing a tradition you've been doing since grade school with your two best friends, and also that important for you not to worry about it."

"Yes it is, and now back up off of me." Ayame said as she gave Sango a hard push.

"You bi..." Sango said as she was about to throw a punch at Ayame.

Kagome interrupted her by wrapping her arms around her from behind, and while saying "No." Then she turned Sango so that she was facing the back of the school house. "It's not good to say or do something out of anger."

"You two need to go and cool off and calm down somewhere, especially you Sango."

Then Kagome looked at Ayame. "You need to go somewhere yourself and think about what you've just said." Then she took her sister by the arm and stormed off.

Ayame looked after them with an angry look on her. "Whatever." Then she picked up her tote bag and stormed off as well.

Meanwhile

Shippo and his squad are sitting at a table far off from everybody talking about who they done killed or turned. "Kiara and I have turned someone into one of us, and what about you two? Did you guys manage to turn anybody?" Shippo said as he looked at both Jakotsu and Bankotsu who're sitting in front of him.

"Well...not exactly." Bankotsu said as he looked at Jakotsu who's sitting on the right of him. "We were about to until we got interrupted by those vampire and demon slayers." He said while looking at Shippo.

"Yeah, we had them right there in our grasp. But...we decided to let them put up a fight before we turned them. They took off running and that's when we sensed those slayers." Jakotsu said as he looked to and from Bankotsu and Shippo.

"We split up because our prey split up. But when we caught up with them, that's when those slayers had showed up." Bankotsu said as he looked from Shippo to Kiara and back at Shippo.

"We manage to put up a good fight before we fled the scene. I didn't left with any injuries, but I did manage to injure one of the slayers I was fighting." Jakotsu said as he looked from Kiara to Shippo.

"And, one of the slayers I'd fought manages to cut me on my left arm. It's nothing serious though. It's a long cut and it's not that deep." Bankotsu said while looking at Shippo.

"Both of your story is them same. Isn't that weird, and how come you couldn't turn your prey while you was fighting a slayer?" Kiara said as she looked from Jakotsu to Bankotsu.

"Yeah we know, and don't you know why we couldn't?" Jakotsu said while looking at Kiara.

Kiara shook her head as she said, "No."

"Because it was a trap." Shippo said as he looked at Kiara. Who's looking at him and then looked back at Jakotsu. As he looked at Jakotsu, he said, "And the reason you couldn't turn your prey was because they were slayers as well."

"Yup, that's right." Jakotsu said while looking at Shippo.

"Hey, how did you know that captain?" Kiara said as she looked away from Jakotsu and looked at Shippo.

"Easy. Because I listened very closely to what they said, and I gather up all the facts." He said while looking at Kiara. "And they gave away a clue as well." He said as he looked Jakotsu and then at Bankotsu. Then he looked between both of them, so that he was looking behind them. "They said ONE of the slayers they were fight and so on. Then I started putting all of the other stuff together. And when their prey split up, that's when they sensed a slayer." Then Shippo looked to and from Bankotsu and Jakotsu, as he said, "Well in their case, slayers." Then he looked at Kiara. "The only way somebody's attack or whatever you want to call it, is the same, is when somebody plan it that way. Common sense will let you know that." "And what about those other two days you guys had?" He said as he looked at Jakotsu and then at Bankotsu.

"We couldn't because, every time we got ready to, one or two slayers jumped out and interrupted us." Bankotsu said as he looked at Shippo.

"Don't tell me you guys were already in your vampire when or before you got ready to attack."

"Yes why?" Bankotsu asked.

"Oh my goodness." Shippo said as he closed his eyes and as he bent his head down and put his right hand on his forehead.

"What? What's wrong?" Jakotsu asked as he looked at Shippo.

"How many times does he have to tell you guys to never do that when you get ready to attack your prey? Or, when you're staking out your prey? It automatically give your position away. And you're supposed to do it at the last minute." Kiara said as she looked to and from Jakotsu and Bankotsu.

"Oh we're sorry we weren't thinking." Bankotsu and Jakotsu said unison and as they looked at Shippo.

"We were so roused up and caught up in all of the excitement." Bankotsu said.

Shippo opened his eyes as he looked up and took his hand off his forehead. He looked to and from Bankotsu and Jakotsu as he said, "People are right when they say two think alike. And it's a good thing that Kiara and I kidnapped two girls for you guys."

"Oh really? We thank you two very much." Jakotsu said with a little excitement in his voice.

"Yeah you welcome and there's no need for the excitement." Shippo said.

"Hey captain what are you going to do with that girl Yoko you turned? And, where is you keeping her?" Kiara said while looking at Shippo.

Shippo looked at Kiara. "Don't need to know that, and don't worry about it." She spotted someone from afar when he looked to the left of Kiara as he said, "And the same goes for you twins."

"What are you looking at captain?" Kiara asked as her, Jakotsu, and Bankotsu looked in the same direction as Shippo.

"Don't worry about it." He said while still looking at the person he spotted from afar. "It's her. I better catch up with her before she gets to far up into the crowd." He thought. Shippo looked to his right down at the ground and took the strap of his bag by the hand. "I'll catch you guys later." He said as he got up and as he still had the strap of his bag in his hand. He picked up his bag and put it on his shoulder and then he took off running.

"Who do you guys think he saw?" Kiara asked as she looked to and from Jakotsu and Bankotsu.

"We don't know. It might be that girl he likes so much or his best friends. Who knows?" Bankotsu said as he looked at Kiara.

Meanwhile...

"Hey Ayame wait up." Shippo said with a loud voice as he was still running towards Ayame.

"Who is that calling me?" Ayame thought as she stopped in her tracks and turned around. "Oh, its you and hi there." Ayame said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah it's me. And hi there yourself." Shippo said with a smile on his face as well and as he stop running and started walking. "I want to ask you something." He stopped walking and stood close in front of Ayame, but not that close.

"Okay. Go ahead I'm listening."

"Okay. I'm going to come straight out with it. Would you...go on a date with me tonight?"

"Oh I would, but I can't tonight."

"Why not?" He said sounding a little disappointed.

My little sister and brother and I got something going on after school. As for me, I got cheerleading practice and I can't remember what my little sister and brother got going on. But, when I get through with cheerleading practice, I have to wait on my little sister Rin to get through with what she's doing so that we can go and pick up our little brother from school and go home. After that, I'll be swamped with homework, chores, and other stuff. What about tomorrow?" Ayame asked as she looked from the person who was passing by Shippo on his left and back to Shippo.

"Sorry I can't. I got football practice and after that, my best friends and I will be busy for the rest of the day after that. Doing guy stuff of course. You know like for old time's sake." He said as he looked at a group of girls passing by Ayame from behind and then he looked back at Ayame. "What about the day after that which is Wednesday?"

"Got volunteer work after school with my little sister. What about Thursday?"

"Got work after school that day, Friday, and Saturday."

"Well dang. I see that you're really busy. More busy than I am."

There was silence for a few minutes before Shippo said something. "Now I could take you Saturday, if my boss lets me off of work early." He said as he looked up from the ground.

"Okay then and maybe I'll take you up on that offer."

"Alright then and may I have your number just in case that might happen?"

"No I don't know you that good yet. But maybe I could stop by your job. Where do you work?"

"At the mall and I can't tell you where I work at because my boss doesn't like for a lot of strangers to know where he work. Especially, if he doesn't know you personally or as a regular customer. So... I'll be either outside in the front I don't know which entrance, or either inside at the food court. You might see me talking to guys that I know who work there at the mall. It wouldn't be too much trouble for you to look for me now would it?"

"No it won't. It's better than you searching for me if I had you to do it. But there's one problem though."

"Oh really huh. What problem is there?"

"We have more than one mall."

"Oh yeah we show 'nough do don't we." He said with his hand in front of his mouth, but it's not touching his mouth. Then he brought his hand down from in front of his mouth as he said, "I'm sorry I don't know what I was thinking. It's the mall on the east side."

"Now that's more like it. And I guess it's a date then." Then the bell rang.

"Well I guess I'll see you later then."

"Yeah I guess so." Ayame smiled as she turned around and left. Shippo just stood there watching her with a little smile on his face until she was out of sight. Then he turned to his left and followed the crowd into the building.

Boy I'm still tired from work last night. I just want to lie back down and go to sleep. I can't because I need to get up and do something, because lying in bed all day will take your strength away from you. Anyways, DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME REVIEWS. (I know people are reading this story, but they're not sending me any reviews. You guys need to let me know something or else. I'm just kidding about the or else, but seriously send me some reviews.)