It Was…

After a ride on the bus and a few jokes on how angry Yukari would be that they didn't visit her at the school they arrived at the hospital. They made it to hallway where Riddick's room was but just before they reach the door a nurse called out to them.

"Excuse me but the patient already has three visitors currently inside. I'm sorry but you will have to wait, it wouldn't be a good idea to overexcite him." The nurse said walking up to the duo. Tsukune and Moka looked at each other with eyebrows raised.

'You can't really expect her to know Riddick" Tsukune commented. "True." Moka replied. The both of them looked back at the nurse who was now staring at them in a curious manner. Moka opened the door and walked leaving Tsukune to defuse the situation.

"There she is. It looks like you would have owned me 1000 yen if you agreed to our bet Akuha." Riddick said smirking at Akuha who was leaning up against a wall.

"After all the years I've known you I have learned not to make bets with you." Akuha replied coolly. Maz, who was also in the room rolled her eyes. Ignoring the two of them Riddick focused his attention on Moka. Moka did the same though a lump on Riddick's hospital bed distracted her. It only took a second however to realized that said lump was none other the Riddick's and Maz's daughter. Tsugumi was sleeping peacefully, happy to have her dad back.

'I'm guessing you're here to listening to what happened" Riddick said. Moka nodded but then added. "But it is just good to see that you're ok non-the-less."

Riddick's mouth curved into a slight smile. "So much love, I bet Tsukune is going be jealous if he heard that."

"Hear what?" came the voice of the before mention man.

"We were talking about how much I am loved by everyone in this room. " Riddick laughed.

After a round of faceplams and eye rolls the group was ready to move the conversation forward. Riddick shift his body slightly to get more comfortable all the while trying not to disturb Tsugumi. Finally stratified with his position he rested his head back down on his pillow.

"Tsukune, Akuha remember ten years ago when I disappeared while in the castle." Both individuals looked at each other before nodding at Riddick.

"Well while we were running through the lab I happen to see an old looking guy run off to an adjacent corridor. I, being the curious sort chased after him." Riddick paused for a moment to take note that his visitors were becoming more interested in the information he was giving them.

"I caught up to him and from what I could tell he had a briefcase in his hand. He saw me turned into smoke then disappeared."

Akuha let out a sigh "So you're telling us that the one who wanted your head was some guy from Fairy Tale."

"…Yea but that's not all." He said giving Akuha a goofy smile. "It has been ten years, enough time to do some investigations." Riddick cleared his throat before continuing. "Over the years I would search for clues on my down time-" Riddick looked down at Tsugumi and smiled. "While I didn't find out his name I did find out that his presence has had some influence in the underground crime circles. More recently they have been more active…moving around more than usual. It also appears he isn't working alone."

"How do you know this?" Moka asked.

"Because I got word that the guy I saw had a meeting with some raunchy characters then not to long after a shipment came in for said raunchy characters and the short guy was mention during the exchange." Riddick became silent while the other leaned in waiting for more. "Um…that's all folks."

Akuha and Moka let out an agitated sigh. Tsukune merely frowned at the lack of information. "That isn't much to go on…maybe we can contact Gin he might be able to find something if the Monster underground is involved. " Akuha suggested.

All of the occupancies minus the child nodding in agreement. "Let me contact-" Tsukune stopped as the sound of multiple footsteps were heard running down the hall. Running at a hospital was against the rules unless there was "A major accident has occurred." Akuha spoke with curiosity. "Those footsteps probably belonged to nurses and doctors."

"Only one way to find out." Moka spun around leaving the room.

The hallway had since been emptied of nurses and doctors but noises could be heard coming from the lobby. Tsukune and Akuha caught up with Moka as she headed towards the noises. What they saw confused them. A number of medical staff were huddled together listening to who could only be the head doctor.

"OK, everyone go their assignments…good now let's get ready." The crowd instantly broke apart leaving in all sorts of directions.

Tsukune gently grabbed one of the doctors "What's going on?" he asked.

The doctor, who was female tugged away from his loose grasp. "Sorry I'm in a hurry ask someone else or wait till it shows on the news…you'll know what I mean." With that she left.

Tsukune caught Moka and Akuha looking at him, He shrugged. Understanding what Tsukune was doing the two females pitched in and began asking the fleeing medical staff what was going on. It was to no avail. Either they were told the same thing as Tsukune or were ignored completely.

About time the lobby was cleared out the three were left without a hint of what was going on. Looking defeated Moka was about to speak of a different approach when a male voice called out to them.

"It was an attack."

The trio expressed their slight confusion as the traced where the voice came from. It came from an old man sitting not too far away. With the attention of the three vampires on him the old man spoke again. "They say someone destroyed some building downtown."

"What you mean a terrorist?" Akuha asked sternly.

"No, monsters."

On top of the rubble that once was a forty story building three figures stood watching the mass ran away in terror. "Master Alucard, You know, we had other plans pretending to this matters." The short and nearly bald Jinn said emotionlessly.

A tall man with black hair that reached the bottom of his neck turned his head slightly toward the Jinn. "I know, but this is much faster then slowly installing fear through the killing of government officials. Everyone has told me that I am ready, so it is wrong for me to strike out on my own?"

The Jinn said nothing, but sighed in annoyance.

"Besides I do believe that your puppet doesn't mind one bit, am I right?" Alucard motion with his hand to the third member of their group. A female wearing leather clothing and a motorcycle helmet turned her head toward the other two. The stare didn't last long and the female returned to her previous posture.

The assassin's head tilted upward slightly as she became aware of something in the distance.

"It seem like we will be receiving guests shortly." Alucard grinned maliciously.