A.N.: I just wanted to clarify, for anyone who reads the reviews, and/or has thought the same thing while reading the story, the character Rouga Shiro is not from the series Triage X. He is an OC I came up with solely for the story. If there is a person named Rouga in Triage X with the same last name I came up with for him, the same origin, the same looks and everything, then that is an amazing coincidence. There is only one person who has a similar description to Rouga but he is an entire foot taller and has yet to show his face. I just wanted that to be clear while you read this story. Also, for the newcomers, please, don't forget to list your harem preferences and let me know what you think of the story! Thanks and enjoy!

"Hurry, Onee-chan! The toy store's gonna close!"

"Alright." She laughed. "I'm coming, I'm coming."

"Come on!"

"Hurry, hurry!"

Yuu walked the streets with her triplet brothers, the excited little buggers sprinting to the toy store, eager to buy new action figures and race car toys.

"Damn TV ads and sugar..." Stopping at the store, she opened the door for them and the green-haired boys excitedly ran inside. She smiled softly upon seeing them run, remembering when they were babies. Her smile slowly disappeared when her mind began recalling her mother and, perhaps even worse, her father. She shut her eyes, forcing the images to disappear. "Scum… both of them..."

"Yuu-chan!"

Yuu opened her eyes upon seeing her best friend, Hinako, standing in front of her. Yuu smiled widely, reaching and hugging her tightly.

"Hinako, it's good to see you again. What are you doing here?"

"I'm buying some toys for the kids at the daycare. They wanted all sorts of things and I had to put it on the list. At this rate, I'm gonna end up broke." She glanced behind her, seeing Yuu's brothers pick out toys and coloring books. "Aw, they're so cute..."

Yuu tilted her head, her eyes glistening in maternal sweetness. "Yeah… they're angels." She turned her attention back to her friend. "Listen, I want to apologize for being so busy… When I have time, I wanna come by and eat at your restaurant again."

Hinako nodded bubbly. "Yeah! That would be great!"

The two were interrupted by the ringing of Yuu's phone. She reached into her pocket and pulled it out, seeing a text message from Konomi. 'Something's wrong.' It read. Yuu glanced up at her friend, stowing away her phone.

"Listen, Hinako, I'm sorry for asking you to do this for the umpteenth time but-"

"You want me to take them to the daycare with me, right?"

"Yes, if it's no trouble."

"Of course not! Do what you have to do. I'll look after them, don't worry."

"Thanks, Hinako." She put some money in her hand for her brothers' toys. "Sorry about this!" Yuu turned and ran out of the store without a second thought, leaving Hinako to glanced down at the money in wonderment. "What does she have to do… I wonder?"

"Huh? Hinako-san? Where is Onee-chan?" One of the boys walked up to Hinako and asked. The other two, hearing the proposed question, walked up beside their brother and looked up to Hinako for answers.

"Um..." Hinako awkwardly began, unsure of what to say exactly. She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and smiled down at them. "Onee-chan had something she has to do so you guys will be hanging out with me for a little while! We're gonna have fun, me and you guys."

"So… Onee-chan left?" The boys looked down sadly, each a mirror of the other.

"Oh, but s-she'll be back! She'll be back real soon, I promise!" The triplets didn't look convinced and simply exchanged looks of doubt amongst each other.

Akemi walked out of the police station, having just finished answering their many questions. When she had be called to the hospital after hearing what happened to her father, she couldn't bear to look under the white sheet he was blanketed with. The police had requested she answer a few of their questions ranging from "Did he have any enemies" to "Do you know anyone who might have done this". She stopped on the sidewalk, standing outside of the station and just stared at the ground blankly.

"Once again… My family… has been taken from me with the bullets of a gun…" Without warning, an image of her father flew through her head. A kind image with him smiling and hugging his daughter, kissing her on the cheek. "Don't cry… Don't cry..." She told herself, squeezing her thigh painfully. She exhaled, knowing she would have to deal with the funeral arrangements and watch another parent be dropped into the ground. She nearly looked away in disgust at seeing, from her peripheral vision, Aranami and his son walking up to her.

"Fujino-san!" He greeted louder than she would have liked. "I've just heard what happened. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss."

"Thank you, sir." She replied politely.

"This is my son, Taisei Aranami."

She bowed politely in greeting. "Nice to meet you. I'm Akemi Fujino."

"A pleasure, Fujino-san." The tall, white haired, pale-faced boy replied. He had a strange glint reflecting off his eye, something that made Akemi queasy. "I'm sorry to hear about your father. I heard about his work with my dad and he seemed to be a very hard worker."

"Thank you… Um, if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to be."

"Oh, of course." Aranami replied quickly. "Please, don't let us hold you up."

"Goodbye, Aranami-san. Nice meeting you, Taisei-san."

Fujino rushed off, happy to be away from them. Taisei watched her run away, smiling to himself, his face resembling a fox. His eyes remained fixed on her until she was out of his sight. "Hmm… Look's like little red riding hood… has lost her grandma..." He licked his lips. "My, what smooth skin you have."

"A plan?" Miki repeated.

"Tsurugi-sensei," Arashi began with a cough, "When you killed that man, you found a phone, correct?"

"That's right." She affirmed.

"I think that man was the Red Vixen's lieutenant… if the Red Vixen is truly working for the Batman, then if we could trace her location with it, we could find his location. They seem to use a special phone that only connects to her server so, it should work."

"I see..." Miki reached into her back pocket and pulled out the phone, glancing at Oriha, who looked up at her. Miki grimaced, sympathy washing over her for the poor girl. She walked over to her, kneeling down to her eye level.

"Oriha… Listen, I know it's hard to move past what happened last night. However… we can't let that stop us. You can't let that stop you. We know you know a bit about computers and… we need your help." Miki held out the phone. "Can you try it? For Sensei's sake?"

Oriha closed her eyes and exhaled slowly before reopening them, showing determination in her light purple eyes. She nodded and took the phone. She stood and began walking over to a laptop sitting on the couch. She put the laptop in her lap and began working.

"If Oriha can trace the signal back, it's crucial you interrogate the Red Vixen using that truth serum you developed, Tsurugi-sensei. It's likely that they're not keeping Mochizuki-sensei in their hideout. In order to keep the Batman occupied, we may have to do something which we won't be proud of doing..."

"Like what?" Yuko asked.

"We have the location of the hideout. We can leak it to the criminal organizations all over the city. They will send all types of firepower to try and eliminate the Batman. We can use this – while they're trying to do that, we'll destroy their base, force any members he has to scramble and hope that they kill each other. In order to keep the chaos contained, we'll have both Yuko-sensei and Hitsugi-san positioned on different ends of the area. They can excise any tumors that try to escape. Once Tsurugi-sensei and Mikoto have extracted the information, Oriha can travel and retrieve Fiona and Mochizuki-sensei. When all is said and done, Oriha… you can destroy the facility and have the police deal with the rest of the criminals."

"I see…" Yuko contemplated. "That could work..."

"I hope so..." Arashi began getting out of bed, his body violently coughing as he did so.

"Arashi! What are you doing?" Yuko exclaimed, pushing him back into bed.

"I'm fine..." He panted. "I want to see the doctor… When we rescue him..."

"Listen, Arashi," Mikoto started, walking up to the bed. "We got this! Your plan is solid, just leave it to us to execute it. You can't do anything the way you are. You'll only help us by resting."

"She's right." Miki chimed.

Arashi sighed and laid back down, pulling the covers over him.

"I did it! I traced it back!" Oriha exclaimed proudly, pumping her fist in the air.

"Good..." Arashi coughed, relaxing his head on his pillow. "Yuko-sensei… I'll leave the rest to you."

"Right. Good job, Arashi. Rest easy now."

Oriha clenched her fist, her face steeled. "Payback time… Now, we know where you are. We're coming for you, Sensei!"

The elevator to the Batcave came down, Yuu standing on it. She jumped off and ran up to the computer where Konomi sat with Nao standing beside her, smoking. In Yuu's hand was Bruce's broken cellphone.

"Konomi, I found it!" She handed her the phone, the red-haired computer whiz looking it over.

"I thought so… the tracking device on his phone went offline. This had to have happened not too long ago…"

"What happened to him?! Did someone take him?!"

"Calm down, Hunter." Konomi replied, her eyes still on the phone.

"But-!"

"She's right, kid." Nao responded, blowing out her smoke. "Did the Bat teach you to panic at times like this? Thinking about this with a cool and collected manner is the only way we're gonna save him."

Konomi glanced up at Nao, her eyebrow raised slightly. "'We'? I'm surprised to hear you actually care."

"No offense, but if the Bat dies, my chances for safety and protection are next to none with just you two." She inhaled her smoke again before blowing out softly. "If he dies, I'm doomed. Securing his life insurances my own safety. That's all."

Konomi turned her chair back to the computer screen. "I can have detectives from the police station comb the crime scene, see what they can find. More than likely, he was kidnapped by someone who made sure not to leave too much evidence. At the very least, nothing that can be pinned on them. With the phone and anything else there, it can just seem like a random fight in the street. It happens in the city enough, especially around that area. Still, we can use the police for this..."

"What about that detective, Benzaiten?" Yuu suggested. "Ryu-kun didn't tell us much about them, in respect for their identity, but if he was working with him, do you think this person can be trusted?"

"Hmm… I wonder..." Nao thoughtfully remarked. "Did the Bat not tell you guys out of respect for a person he barely knows or perhaps, he just trusted himself with that information more than you two?"

Konomi turned her head over her shoulder, glaring at Nao. If one could see her green pupils, you would swear they resembled a snake's. "Shut up."

Nao just raised her hands as a sign of peace, though the small smirk on her face remained. Konomi turned back to the computer screen, sighing with contemplation. After a moment, she sighed again and bowed her head in defeat.

"Call him..."

Nao took out her phone and began dialing a phone number, putting the phone on speaker. It rang several times before an answer was heard.

'Vixen.'

"It's been a while, Benzaiten."

'Why are you calling me?'

"Listen, this time around, I need your services… the Batman's gone missing."

There was a slight pause in the moment until the disguised voice was heard again. 'When?'

"About an hour ago, near Central Square. We found his phone but it was broken. There was nothing else… right?" Nao glanced at Yuu.

"Just a broken bat. I didn't see anything else other than that."

'I see… The only person who would gain from this kidnapping is Tobishiro, the man Komori used to fund.'

Yuu's and Konomi's eyes widened when they heard Benzaiten speak Batman's name. Nao just smirked. "You deduced it, huh?"

'Yes. I've deduced who he is and who his associates are. Konomi Suzue and Yuu Momokino. My deducing this has allowed your previous plan against Black Label to succeed as knowing your identity, Suzue, has placed you in control of the police. I even know who you are, Vixen. Or should I say… Nao Sakurada?'

Konomi just stared at the phone in shock, Yuu was gaping and Nao shook her head, the smirk still on her face. "Why do I get the feeling you've known that for awhile… Akemi?"

"Akemi?" Yuu and Konomi repeated in unison.

'Now that everyone's identity is out in the open, shall we get back to the topic at hand?' Her voice was no longer disguised. 'Like I said earlier, it's very likely he was captured Kyoji Tobishiro. It's also very likely that Rouga Shiro, his business partner, was kidnapped as well, considering Komori was operating as the Batman for the night and a few hours after that. If that is the case, we should assume they are both being held captive somewhere in the city, in one of Tobishiro's facilities.'

"That's a pretty good guess… Yeah, we should do that." Konomi said, turning her chair back to the computer screen and began typing. "Why? Why didn't he tell me about her?"

'Well then, I'll leave the rest to you.'

Akemi turned off the communication line, sitting back in her chair. She turned her head upon hearing the entrance to the room open, her maid, Memma, walking in.

"My lady, do you require anything?"

Akemi looked away, lowering head. "No… thank you."

"Forgive me, your lady!" Memma took a desperate step forward. "If I were there, perhaps, I could've protected your father and-"

"Memma!"

She stopped, staring at Akemi as she stood up and walked over to her. The next moment included Akemi suddenly wrapping her arms around the woman, burying her head in her shoulder.

"It's not your fault… I don't blame you… I know how you feel, not being able to protect my family but… it's not your fault. There's nothing to forgive… I-" Fujino was cut off mid-sentence as her throat choked and her eyes became watery. Memma wrapped her arms around her master, comforting her. The only light came from the computer but Memma could see Fujino's tears as clear as day. She sobbed with her master, unable to do anything more except share her pain.

The boy ran through the alleyway, sprinting full speed. He saw them – two people falling to the ground, blood flying out of their chests. As they fell, the man in front of them was shown holding a gun, smoke spewing out of it. The boy tried to run faster, but his legs felt heavier with each step until the gravity forced him to his knees and he was kneeling at the corpse of their bodies, crying tears of blood. He heard a screech and glanced up to see a red-winged, red eyed black bat flying towards him. It dove down, opened its fangs and bit him in the neck. The boy cried out but no sound escaped his throat. The boy died but didn't die, lived but never lived again.

Bruce opened his eyes with a start, breathing a bit quick. He blinked twice, reacquainting himself with reality.

"Finally awake, huh?"

Bruce, his hands chained and arms raised over his head, glanced to his right to see Rouga in the same bonds. "Rouga!"

The man groaned, closing his eyes in pain. "Yeah, welcome to the party…"

"Did Tobishiro do this to you?" He looked over his chest, the man's brown skin riddled with lash marks. One could see a tattoo of the sun on his right pectoral.

"That fat bastard is too weak to do anything himself. He had his slave do it for him… I'm fine, though. How are you, man?"

Bruce looked around the room, seeing it was nothing but an empty cell. He and Rouga were shirtless, wearing only their pants and shoes.

"I'm fine, but we have to get out of here."

"How? You a magician or something?" Rouga asked humorously.

"Something." Bruce replied seriously. Rouga looked at him, perplexed but wasn't able to pursue the question as the door to the cell room opened, Tobishiro, with his mask on, and Goryu walking in.

"Welcome, gentlemen. I want to apologize for the rough sleeping conditions I put you under, Komori-san. However, I needed to make sure you would come without a fight." Tobishiro clapped his hands together, chuckling. "Now, I'm going to give you two a once in the lifetime offer – if you two agree, we won't have to horribly torture you to your deaths. If you shut down your businesses and come back to work under me, I will let you go peacefully. After all, it'll show the other business partners that they can't start a business and hope to run it without me."

Bruce and Rouga glanced at each other briefly before nodding.

"No."

"Not gonna happen, ya tub of lard."

Tobishiro angrily slapped both of them in the face, seething. "Fine, you stupid bitches! Goryu!"

"Yes, Kyoji-sama." She took out two blindfolds and began wrapping it around their heads. The chains were undone and two could hear a gun being cocked back.

"Walk." Tobishiro ordered. The two, directed by Goryu, were being led down the corridor. "Well, I suppose if you won't stop your 'holy-than-thou' business venture, than I'll just torture you, maim and kill you, record the whole thing and then send it to my business partners. None of them will think of quitting or trying to take me to the police if they know who they're dealing with."

Rouga and Bruce suddenly stopped and were pushed into a room. The two were then sat down and individually strapped to separate chairs. The blindfolds were removed and the two could see they were now in a bigger room, almost like an emergency, hospital room. The table in front of them held various tools of torture. Goryu strapped on some gloves while Tobishiro stood behind some glass, recording with it a camera, gleeful and giddy.

"And… action!"

Konomi sat at the computer, inputting commands at the speed of sound. She nearly broke the keys with how fast she typed. Her eyes, not blinking, were glued to the screen, her thoughts focused on one objective.

"Ryu… please be safe..."

Unbeknownst to her, Miki and Yuko stood on a building that overlooked the abandoned shipping yard she was under. The two staked it out, planning and waiting.

"Miki."

"Hm?"

"On the news, the other day, when that girl was holding the policemen and women hostage, there was a suspected sniper that took out the girl and a female officer. Tell me… was that you?"

"You figured it out, huh?"

"I'm not going to ask why you did it. I just want to make sure that your loyalty is set, that you realize that we will have to kill him."

There was low sigh followed by a nod. "I know..."

"Good."

'Yuko-sensei, all the bombs have been set! I've notified some of the criminal leaders too! The plan is a-go!'

Yuko nodded. "Begin the operation!"

A.N.: Hope you've enjoyed the chapter! I also want to let you guys know that updates may stagger a little bit with this story for a little bit because of my other stories I'm working on behind-the-scenes. I won't stop, of course, but I won't be going as hard with the updates as I was last month. This will probably be the last update of this month but I do plan on updating my Batman/Black Cat and Batman/Black Widow stories before the end of the month too, so those who follow it, please look forward to those and for those who are interested, here are the links:

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s/11721138/1/Batman-Adventure-Chronicles-War-of-the-Witches

Until next chapter!

Green out.