Guess what guys. I'll be getting my apartment at housing authority this month on the 24th or sooner, but I have to give Marilyn a call before the 17th. If I don't, she'll give it to someone else. I'm not going to let that happen because I'm going to be giving her a call tomorrow. I thank God for finally answering my prayer about me wanting a place of my own. You guys don't know how happy I am. I'm going to tell my friend John (my first ex-boyfriend) and my friend who I'm currently talking to right now about this. I might tell my second ex-boyfriend about this as well. Of course I'm going to let my family know. Alright now, let's get on with the story.

Chapter 12: Filling You In

The Next Day at Night

In an Abandon Warehouse

Ayame and her Uncle Miyoga just got through sparing and sat down on a bench facing one another. Ayame took her sweat towel from around her neck and wiped off the sweat on her face and around her neck. Then she put it back around her and then she picked up her water bottle that's between her legs and drunk some of her water. When she was through, she let out a big sigh and started breathing hard a little. "That was refreshing." Ayame said as she put her water bottle back down between her legs. "Okay Miyoga what is it that you want to talk to me about. And are you sure it's fine that I call you Miyoga?" She said while looking at her Miyoga.

"Well I want you to fill me in on your squad and you, and yes I'm sure it's fine that you call me Miyoga. Well I prefer that you call me that." Miyoga said while looking at Ayame.

"Oh okay. Well what is it that you want to know. I been done told you how some of our missions have gone so far. Some with good endings and some with bad endings. You already know that I'm a great leader well I meant captain."

"Yes you're right I already know that stuff, but I want to know who you assigned to be in charge of weapons, armory, training, or whatever."

"In...charge." Ayame said while looking down, and her eyes moving around in confusion.

"Yes in charge."

She looked up at Miyoga and said, "I don't know what you're talking about I'm the one in charge."

"Oh now come on Ayame. I don't want to have to explain it to you. Especially when it's so easy for you to perfectly understand what I meant. And you know I really hate doing that."

"Yeah I know and I'm only joking. I know what you mean and I been did that." She looked up to her right at the ceiling. "I did that like on the second day after my squad and I first mission." Then she looked back down at her Uncle.

"What seriously? You didn't need more extra time to spend with them to study them so more before you decided what position they should have. That's the shortest I've ever seen in years."

"Yeah and plus I was studying them when we was at your house training for the summer. I didn't know it was going to help me in the long at that time. Just you know, I was only doing that when I had free time or nothing to do."

"Okay then thanks for the record, but who did you assign to what position?"

"Alright then since you want me to fill you in on that I will." She said as she wiped the sweat from her face and neck once again. When she was through, she put the towel on her right shoulder. " Let's see...I have Renkotsu in charge of the weapons and also suppling us with more that are new and improve. He knows what you all need to know about them. He knows the name of them, how to use them, and he knows which enemy to use it on. And he also know our enemies weapons as well. For instance, it could be his first time ever seeing a weapon that our enemy use and he'll already know what kind of weapon it is, how to use it, and what it's used for. He keep our weak weapons stored away in a cabinet because, we only use them when we fight weak enemies. As for our strong weapons, he keeps them in another storage room under tight surveillance. He's also in charge of our armor that we wear with our uniforms. He'll have some of our armor turn into weapons, and that's why he like to hand-make our armor." Then she drunk some more of her water, and put the bottle back down between her legs and she continued with what she was saying. "As for Kaede, I got her in charge of investigation. In other words, she's like our detective. She goes back to the scene of the crime and find clues that'll help us catch our culprit. She can find clues that the real detectives could find or over looked. It's like she got microscopic vision and I mean literally it's like she really got microscopic vision. She can find these really and I mean really small clues that can't be seen by the human eye. She also have photographic memory. All she have to do is blink her eyes and she'll have a photographic memory of whatever she took at the scene of the crime. She very good at questioning people and getting information from them as well. Her photographic memory is so good that she sometimes don't even take pictures at the scene of the crime. All she does is scan over the crime scene with her eyes and bam it's stuck right there in her head. It's like she's scanning through a book by flipping through the pages really fast, for an example. I have her to write a report after every crime she investigated. They be so good that it feels like you're actually there with her." Then she wiped some more sweat that had formed on her forehead before looking Miyoga straight in the eyes. "What do you think so far?"

"I think you did a very good judgement of those to squad members. And I want to hear how good I hope you have judged the others." He said while looking Ayame straight in the eyes.

"Sure whatever and you know I'm good at judging. For Soten, he's in charge of electronics. He's the computer mastermind or genius. He knows everything you need to know about electronics and computers. He's the only one who knows how to use the big computer we got back at our hideout. He got a record of our enemies and allies on it. It'll just give the basic about this or that person. He have he computer to where it can tell you a lot about this person along with a picture by DNA, address, or name. He have it programmed to where the computer can tell you about this person's whole life from birth to death or from birth to present. He also have records of people's birth certificate, dental records, hospital records, school records, and among other things. Basically, he got your whole background on the computer. He also have it programmed to self destruct when someone/body is trying to hack into it or tries to infect it with a virus. But get this, after it self destructs, all he have to say a secret word and it comes back on and saves everything that's on the computer onto a really small chip once it's completed. You know the computer is completely destroyed and done for, but I don't know how he got it programmed to come back on and do all of that stuff. And once it's completed saving everything it dies. Oh and I almost forgot, he keep a record and location on the computer of every crime that has been committed to see if he can find a connection or pattern. And last but not least, I have Kikyou in charge of training to keep herself and her other three squad members in top shape to make sure they don't get soft or anything. I've watched her trained and she's very good at it. It makes me feel like I'm back at your house. She got all the tools and equipment to help her out with the training. Right now she's centering on everybody's weakness and when she's done with it, she'll go back to the basic training and all that stuff. She doesn't have to go back and do research on the things that they're suppose to be doing in their training sessions. She perfectly remembers every single thing you and your wife taught us back at your house during the summer. I don't know how she does it but, it's like once she sees something being done for the first time it's stuck in her head and she can never forget it. For an example, it can be her first time seeing a fighting technique or hearing about a fighting technique that took this person months, years, or weeks to learn and she learns it in a matter of minutes all in one day. I don't know how she could remember all of that stuff you and your wife taught us, but she did. So, what do you think Uncle? Well I meant Miyoga."

"Well...I think that you did a mighty fine job at judging your squad members and putting them in charge of something they're very good at. I see that I picked the right captain for squad 1. You guys are the best."

"Yes and thank you. And you assigned me to just the right squad members. You picked the right people to be in my squad as well. How do you know we are the best? We haven't gotten way down deep into everything yet. Today is only the fourth day."

"Yes I know, but I'm good at judging which squad is the best of the best. Why else would I pick you guys to be the first squad? You know top of everybody else."

"If you say so Miyoga." Ayame said while looking down at the bench as if she's daydreaming and thinking at the same time. Then she shot her head up really fast all of a sudden. "Do you smell that?"

"Smell what?"

"The scent of a very strong vampire. It coming from the direction right behind you. It's far but not that far."

"Now that you mention it. I do sense it." Miyoga said as he looked behind himself sniffing the air. "You can tell I'm getting old cause you sensed it before I could." Then he saw Ayame stuck out running pass him. "HEY." He shouted and Ayame stopped in her tracks by the doorway. She stood there looking at all of the weapons on the wall. "You don't need any backup?"

"No I'm fine I can handle it by myself." Then she took a medium-size, thick knife off the wall. Then she turned her head and looked at her Uncle. "If I need backup, I'll call my squad."

"Okay and are you sure you can handle him with that knife at that size, and not a bigger longer sword?" He asked while looking at Ayame.

"Yes I can if I play my cards right."

"Wait Ayame there's something I forgot to tell you." Miyoga shouted as Ayame ran towards the door.

"Tell me later." She shouted back and ran on out the door and turned to her right.

Meanwhile...

In an Abandon Building

Shippo and his Aunt Yura are sitting on the floor facing one another while they're on their little snack break. Shippo is telling her who he put in charge of armory, training, weapons, or whatever. "Let's see, where should I start? Oh yes. I got Kiara in charge of the big computer back at the hideout and she's also in charge of armor. She knows everthing you need to know about computers and everything about them. She keeps all of the information on our attacks on it as well as other stuff. She got our attacks marked on a map on the computer. She information like: location, victim's name, age, occupation (if one), or whatever the victim do for a living. She also have info like time of day and the time as well. That keeps our enemies from finding a pattern in our attacks, and so that we know not to attack so many time in that same location and all of that other stuff. She's also very good at breaking codes, hacking into anyone's computer, creating codes of her own, cracking peoples' password's, and etc. The only reason we put her in charge of armor is because she knows someone who can supply us with all of the armor we need. She even know everthing about armor and what they're used for. She know the name of them as well. Her and this guy have made armor back in their day and still do and she came up with the name for them. I got Jakotsu in charge of weapons. Even though him and his brother Bankotsu are dense when it comes to attacking our victims (sometimes) and other stuff, they're really smart and not so dense when it comes comes down to their job. Jakotsu is an expert when it comes down to weapons. He supplies us with new and improve weapons as well as the best. He even supply us with weapons that isn't all that. I quote, "You'll never know what kind of enemies you'll come across, so you want to be ready and prepared when you come across your enemies. Even though these weapons doesn't look that, they come in handy when you come across an enemy that isn't worth fighting for. And you don't want to use your best weapons when fighting them." And unquote. He can find a weakness and strength in every weapon that there is as well as our enemies. It's not easy to find a weakness in every weapon that there is but he can. He knows that even before that weapon is used or fired. You know some weapons you can't use against this or that enemy because it won't penetrate, it'll break, or it'll bounce off. So, in other words, a weakness in a weapon is knowing what it can't be used against and strength is knowing what it can be used against. And he knows how to make weapons as well."

"Hmmm...not bad nephew. You doing a good judgement of your team." Yura said with a little smile on her face while looking at Shippo.

"Oh I am. Why thank you Aunt Yura." He said while smiling at his Aunt.

"You welcome and so far you are. But, please call me Yura. And what about Bankotsu?" She asked while looking down at the tray of sandwhiches that sat between her and Shippo. She picked up one and start eating on it.

"And for Bankotsu, I got him in charge of training. He remembers everything about training people and how to go about it. Not only does he remember everything you and your husband taught us, he remembers how you guys went about it and all the way down to the very tee. So, like in other words, he's very good at mimicking. This is totally off the subject but, we call him "The Mimicker" because of that. Anyways back to the subject. He knows how to go about training people in his own way as well. He centers on their weaknessess before he takes them to the next level of their training. One or both of them learns at a slower pace so, he have to slow it down and explain things in simplist term so that he/she or both of them can learn. He comes up with his own fighting style and throw them in his training every now and then so that his training won't become a routine. Fighting styles that takes weeks, months, or years to learn he can learn them in a matter of hours. So, what do you think of my judgement now Yura?" He asked while looking at his Aunt. With the kind of look that you didn't know that I was that good kind of look.

Yura just looked right into Shippo's eyes as she said, "You did a very good job Shippo. And to think that you would give Bankotsu the right job. I knew that he should be the one in charge of training when I had first saw him back at my house. I thought that you was going to give him something else to do. Not a lot of people can see that in him or know that about him. And I didn't know that you saw that in him as well as I did."

"Why thank you Yura and to tell you the truth. I..." He stopped in mid-sentence and started looking all over the place like he was searching for something as he was sniffing the air.

"What? What's wrong Shippo? Do you smell something?"

"Yes and I smell a slayer nearby."

"Huh? I must be getting rusty or somehting because I don't sense or smell it."

"Well, she's not that nearby."

"You know the sex of this slayer as well."

"Yes and the sent if very familiar." He looked at his Aunt. "I'll catch you later." He picked up a sandwich and popped it in his mouth and started chewing on it as he got up.

"Wait, aren't you going to take something with you?"

"No I'll use my bare hands this time." Then he took off running out the door.

Somewhere in a Park

Ayame got her back against a tall wall as she moved towards the end of it very slowly and quietly. Little as she knew it, Shippo is on the other side of it doing the same thing she's doing. When they got to the end of the wall, they jumped out as they said, "I got 'cha." Then they jumped as they saw who one another was. Ayame quickly hid the knife behind her back.

"Ayame what are you doing here?" Shippo asked as he looked at her with a smile on his face.

"That's what I was about to ask you that too. And I was just passing through when I saw you." She answered while looking at Shippo with a smile on her face as well.

"What a coinisidence so did I."

"Man I'm such a liar." They both thought in unison.

"I wish I could stay longer and talk to you, but I have something that I have to return back to my Uncle immediately."

"Yeah and I have somewhere to go right now. I just can't remember right now though because I'm surprised and still in shock a little but, I'll remember as I'm on my way there."

"Yeah I'm surprised and shocked myself too. And how will you remember on your way there, when you don't remember where you're going. You won't even know which way to go."

"Yeah I know and that tells you how surprise and shock I am that I don't even know what to say to make the words come out right."

"Yeah I can tell. Anyways, I guess I'll see you later then."

"Yeah, guess so then."

Then they both turned around and left walking in seperate directions. "What a coinisidence to see Shippo/Ayame here when I sensed a slayer/vampire." They both thought in unison as they continued to walk away.

Do you guys think that Shippo and Ayame suspect something of one another now? Hmmm... who knows. Sorry for really late review you guys, but I've been really busy. And as ya'll know, I already got my apartment. And I'm loving the freedom and the fact that I got privacy now. DON'T FORGET TO SEND REVIEWS!!!