Chapter 17
"So, which one will you take?" Etienne asked Archon, with a predator smile.
"Just as we talked I'll fight Oleg and you the others." Archon replied him turning with his head in order to starch it.
"I think you should take the girl too." Etienne said seeing how their enemies started to change their position, "Don't forget that our mission is just to buy us sometime, so don't come into rage."
"Don't worry, I remember everything perfect." Etienne said.
"Boy." Splash turned to Tatsurou, "Try not to stand in my way and join only then when you see that I'll need some help."
"Got it." Tatsurou nodded.
"Yukikaze, you'll help to the teacher." he ordered then.
"From where did you know my name?" Yukikaze asked him with a risen voice, "And these guns…" she looked at them, "Where the hell did you get them!"
"Everything will be answered lately." Splash referred firmly, "First we must deal with them."
"He is right Yukikaze." Oleg got up, also taking a deep breath, "I'll fight him close and at the same time will create some distance try to use them for attack."
"Understood." Yukikaze responded.
"Ready?" Splash asked Oleg, but the teacher wasn't able to answer as their enemies were on their way to attack them.
Etienne rushed at Tatsurou, he knew that the boy was weak and it was beneficial to take him out of the game first, but Splash stemmed the flood to the French, the sword of the man clashed with the hilt of the two handed sword of the blue haired man. Archon followed the same example, but his opponent was the Russian teacher, as he understood that Yukikaze is not as strong as the teacher, and the last one was weak at the same time what gave him a perfect opportunity. Oleg quickly jumped aside exposing her enemy to Yukikaze; the girl didn't tarry and did two strong shoots of lighting, at their opponent, the shot were quick and strong at the same time.
'Wow! The shots are so fast and strong!' Yukikaze thought as they were done.
'Damn girl!' the man with claws thought, and jumped away from the line of the fire, he decided to avoid Oleg and rushed to the opponent who was fighting on far distance.
"Won't get her." Oleg smirked clashing his sword with the claws of Archon.
"Who said that I'm going to get her?" Archon asked him and tried to grab his hand, but Oleg quickly pulled his hand and jumped away, and when Archon was going to do another try to catch two lightning bolt were flew between them.
"You won't get away that easily from me." Yukikaze chuckled and did another series of shots.
The fight of Splash and Etienne was instance too, with the difference that he fought almost alone the battle was equal, but in some ways Splash tried to get Etienne with his water using it for ranged attacks, while Etienne used his tentacle trying to capture him, but Splash was pretty fast for him. The fight Oleg and Yukikaze was difficult too, Archon wasn't a weak opponent and Oleg tried to fight with everything what he got, he started to use his daggers rarely, when the situation demanded.
Suddenly Splash decided to jump over the scientist and this was his fault, the hand that was holding a sword released another pair of tentacles and grabbed Splash's leg, Etienne pulled his arm making Splash fall down onto his back, and when Etienne was about to threw his needles at him, Tatsurou appeared straight between them repelling them, and also cutting the tentacles.
'Darn boy!' Etienne thought.
"Not bad kid." Splash praised the boy getting free from what still was coiling him. Etienne's hand became normal so he could be quick again. But suddenly the wind became really strong and all of them were unable to fight, trying not to fall down from the roof top of the skyscraper.
"The hell is it?" Yukikaze shouted.
"Don't know, but try not to fall down!" Oleg commanded.
'It seems that everything is done, isn't it?' Etienne asked his companion in his head.
'I don't know, but I hope so.' he stated.
'To all!' they heard Mystics voice, 'The seal is destroyed, wait for retreating.'
"Finally." Archon said.
The wind started to slow down and when the four was ready to fight again, they were surprised quite a lot; they could see a new person, who was standing between two criminals, 'Their reinforcements?' Oleg thought along with Splash, even kids prepared for worst.
"Well our job is done here." Etienne said suddenly, "And there's no need for us to lose our powers and resources here on you."
"Oleg." Archon turned to the teacher, "Next time we meet, I hope you'll fight better." he chuckled, "Or I'll get you easily."
"Won't escape." Oleg spitted and tried to run to them, but the new comer put his hands onto their shoulders and the three of them quickly disappeared in a white cold steam, "Blast." he spitted again.
"Don't worry teacher, we will get them next time." Splash came to him, and stretched his hand, Oleg accepted it.
"Yeah, I hope so too." Oleg replied, "By the way, why are you here, if I remember it right you never try to fight side by side with Taimanin."
"We are here because of the same reason as you." he replied.
"The seal?" Oleg asked him in Russian.
"Yeah." he heard a reply, "And it seems that it was destroyed according with that strong wind, what seal it was by the way?"
"If I understand it right the second one." Oleg replied.
"Hey you!" they heard a strong and serious shout; they turned and saw Yukikaze who was going straight to them, "Where did you get these guns?"
"Yeah, completely forgotten to explain this." Splash said to Oleg.
"What guns?" Oleg didn't understand what Yukikaze was talking about.
"The ones that belong to her father." he explained separating his sword and putting both parts on their sides.
"Do you mean Yasuhiro?" Oleg did the same with his sword and started to summon his own blades, they still were talking in Russian, but then Yukikaze burst out.
"Are you listening to me?!"
Oleg and Splash looked at her, but then Oleg looked at Tatsurou, and decided to go to the boy who was sitting at the leaning onto the ledge of the building, leaving the girl with the man with blue haired man. When he came to the boy he gave him a cuff on his nape.
"Didn't I tell you not to practice with seals until the mission is done?" Oleg asked him seriously as he saw puzzled expression on Tatsurou's face.
"Please forgive me." Tatsurou excused, "I put all of you in a grave danger." he felt that the boy was upset and bowled down; Oleg exhaled and sat next to him.
"But you know." Oleg somehow strange attracting boy's attention, "I'm really glad that you could understand their principle of work in such short period of time, you also could create one of them in no time during the battle." Oleg smiled to the boy.
"Thank you." the boy answered to the teacher, "If not your trainings I would never be able to know that much."
"It's not because of me." Oleg said, making Tatsurou puzzled more, "I only explain some information, while you train yourself and have extra practice even behind back that what made you stronger."
"Do you really think so?" Tatsurou asked him Oleg only nodded.
"Practicing with you remind times of practices with Pavel." Oleg still was speaking with the same smile, his eyes were directed to Splash and Yukikaze, who were having an energetic talk he even could hear some oaths.
"What do you mean?" he asked his teacher.
"He always was from those who learn everything during practices." Oleg responded, "And as I see you're the same."
"Maybe you're right; Yatsu-sensei always tries to explain theory first, while Igawa-sensei tries to focus on combat practice, I always found too difficult to remember their remarks." Oleg looked at the boy and saw that he still was upset, but not as much as before.
"Still thinking about the words of that man?" Oleg asked him, the boy nodded.
"What did he mean when he met my mother, is he responsible for her disappearance or he is just was lying?" Oleg didn't replied, the boy's questions were really impressive and well-formulated, "If he wouldn't encountered her then he wouldn't know about me at all, but if he really did then how did he knew me?"
"Let's not think about right now." Oleg said, "These questions should be asked to Asagi, maybe she must know about it something, after all she must know almost everything about other Taimanin."
"Do you really think so?" Tatsurou asked him.
"I don't know." Oleg confessed, "But it's the best idea, I can give to you." the kept silence for a minute, but then Oleg said to the boy, "Almost forgot to tell you." Oleg got up, "I'll need your help in the near future, so don't disappear." and then went to the other two.
"Hey! Tatsurou, Yukikaze, what enemies have you met?" Maki asked the boy and the girl, but they didn't react as they were pondered about something really deep. Yukikaze was watching at Oleg, while Tatsurou was watching somewhere onto the ground, "Hey, Yukikaze!" Maki tried to shake the girl by her shoulder.
"Huh?" Yukikaze snapped out of her thoughts.
"I've wanted to know what enemies, have you fought." Maki repeated her question.
"Ah, the French scum and the one with claws." she responded.
"When we encountered them first, we were fighting them." Aki looked at Rinko.
"Yes, they are pretty dangerous opponents." Rinko agreed, "Haven't you got any problems with them?" Rinko asked them.
"No." Yukikaze shook with her head, "We almost could get that French."
"Wow, really?" Aki was astonished of what he had just heard.
"But when I've launched my thunder bolts he did something with his arm and could avoid it." she explained.
"And what members did you encounter?" Yukikaze asked Tatsurou's sister.
"I'll tell you later." Rinko replied looking at Sakura who was discussing something with Asagi.
"I see." Yukikaze replied.
"I wanted to thank you Ren." Pavel said to the tanned girl.
"For what?" she asked him.
"Well, you saved me from the maw of that slobber mouth, if not you he would get me." Pavel flinched of that thought.
"Don't mention it." she replied him; "You saved me twice in the past."
"Yeah and one time was like today, the same enemy." he chuckled, "By the way, are you free today?" he suddenly asked her, starting to mumble.
"Depends on what you want to offer." she replied him.
"Well, I just wanted to thank you for saving me, maybe we could go to that sweet-shop and I could buy something to you?"
"I'll think." Ikenami said, "I think I'll have nothing special tomorrow."
"Sweet." Pavel was really happy to hear this, "I'll buy you whatever you want."
"Sis, what are you thinking about?" Sakura asked Asagi who was walking pretty fast by the streets of Gosha village, "Are you thinking about Naomi?" Sakura suggested.
"Yes." Asagi nodded, "I think what could bind her with that organization." However, Asagi lied Naomi was the second person she was thinking about, the first one was that man in gray armor who proclaimed himself the second demon lord of the second line, 'Who the hell it was, even with the power of four we weren't able to defeat him, she looked at Kurenai who was talking with Chikeko and Oleg about something, 'As I understand he can manipulate with corpse, could it mean that he has some bounds with the Corpse Lord?' she pondered more, 'And the way he called Black a traitor and also about how their names were removed from the history, what the hell was it?' she asked herself.
"Sis!" Sakura shouted.
"Ah?! What is it Sakura?" Asagi asked her sister.
"I asked you what you think if they could brain wash Naomi? I mean I don't think that she could betray us on her own."
"No, I don't think so." Asagi replied, "She always was from those who wanted to have more, and in her wish to get more power I think she joined them, but the most interesting reason is what could bind them." she pondered again.
"Maybe she dates someone of them?" Sakura asked her.
"Don't be stupid I." Asagi lectured Sakura, "There must be something greater than that. Who was with her by the way."
"Well, there was the girl, who we met during our first sortie together." Sakura started, "And the other girl, I think she must be Naomi's subordinate, and at the end that Polish came to help them."
"Have this barriers worked?" Sakura asked her.
"Of course, when he grabbed Maki and Aki, he was puzzled and wondered why his despicable trick didn't work on them, and Rinko was able to give him a scratch." then she looked at Pavel and Oleg who were pretty far from them, "The only thing I don't understand."
"What is it?" Asagi asked her.
"Oleg said that he is not strong, but you know he was really impressive in fighting."
"Really?" Asagi narrowed her eyes, "Did you fight him too."
"No, my attention was devoted to Naomi, how do you think I have so many wounds?" Sakura posed to Asagi the result of her fight, "But then another strange person appeared." Asagi looked at Sakura with questioning eyes, "That one was absolutely white because of his armor, and when it appeared he disappeared pretty fast along with these bastards." Sakura concluded.
"White person?" Asagi asked her.
"Yes, he exhaled white cold steam, and when it vanished they vanished too."
'White person…' Asagi started to debilitate about something again, 'If I remember it right Murasaki once met this person, but it was really long ago.' then Asagi turned to Sakura again, "Did he use ice abilities?"
"No." Sakura was surprised of such serious and firm tone, "I mean, he even haven't fought us, just appeared and disappeared." Sakura answered, "You mean you can know who it could be?"
"I don't know, but I think I've heard about someone like him." Asagi replied.
"So you're that new teacher everyone talking about?" Kurenai asked Oleg examining him.
"Yes." he merely replied, "But I don't think that everyone talks about me now."
"And this boy is Russian too, isn't he?" Kurenai looked at Pavel.
"Yes, his name is Pavel." Chikeko answered for Oleg, "By the way Kurenai where have you been?"
"Lots of different and strange things happened to me." Kurenai responded, "I'll tell you later." Oleg watched at Kurenai with interest, "What is it?" she asked him.
"I've just noticed, are you a half human?" he asked her looking at her ears.
"Yes, so what?" she asked him again, but her voice changed a little.
"No, it's nothing I'm just surprised to see a half blood person." Oleg said, "If it's not a secret what other part of your blood."
"Vampire." she replied merely and quickly.
"I see." Oleg said pondering.
"What you see?" Kurenai didn't understand, "If you have something to say then do it." Kurenai didn't like his attitude
"Hey Kurenai." Chikeko couldn't see that the fair haired woman was about to argue with Russian hunter, "Isn't it a bit rude to speak in such manner?"
"I just want know his attitude towards me nothing more. If he has something to say then just let him speak."
"I think you have some problems with it among the other hunters, haven't you?" Oleg replied attracting the attention of both huntresses, "If you want to know my opinion on your half-blood situation I feel absolutely nothing, if you fight for good, people protect the world from the demons' threat then you're a good person, if you join them you'll be in the enemy list of all hunters."
"Is it everything?" Kurenai asked him the answer was fine for her, so she decided not to push at him anymore.
"If you want to hear more, I can even say that there are some good demons who fight along with us. Some of them prefer to work for money."
"Did you work with them?" this time Chikeko was the one who asked him.
"Sometimes, and some of them are really good guys, so I hope will become some sort of good friends." he stretched his hand to Kurenai, the woman accepted his handshake.
"Everyone." Asagi suddenly stopped and turned to the crowed, "I think for it's useless to make a big meeting now, so it's better to go and sleep well, and in the afternoon, we will conclude our thoughts and ideas about this mission, are you agree with this?" everyone agreed with that idea, and each of them headed to their directions, Kurenai went on her own, Yukikaze went with two Akiyama, Oleg and Pavel decided to go to the hostel, while Chikeko decided to conduct him Sakura wanted to go too, but she suddenly was called by Asagi, and Aki along with Maki decided to go to their homes together.
"Ha, didn't think that just a mere student will get you like this." Etienne laughed as he saw Wojciechowski who was hold by Liza and Izumi, "How could they get you like this?"
"Ta dziewczyna1…" he spitted, "That purple haired girl with katana, "Zrobiłem zły ruch2…If only I was a bit faster."
"It was stupid idea to start fight with her." Izumi said, "No wonder why she got you like this."
Etienne came closer to him, unbuttoning his robe, the French squatted and looked at the wound that was on his hip, "Nothing serious, he took a syringe out of his robe, and removes the glove of the Polish, he pierced the hand of the Polish and injected the contents of it, "The pain must remove after sometime, rest and everything will be fine."
"Co… what have you injected into me?" the Polish asked him.
"Nothing to worry about." the French said, "Just a mere injection that will increase the work of your body and allow you to heal yourself better and faster."
"Rozumiem3." the Polish replied and then both girls conducted him somewhere.
"Naomi, how do you feel yourself?" Mystic asked the woman coming to her; he saw that she was holding her hand with another one, like it was aching.
"As the French said nothing to worry about." she merely responded.
"Stop lying, if you feel bad you can ask Etienne he will give a look over you." he said to her again.
Etienne saw them and decided to come, "Has our Mistress received a painful lunge?"
"Etienne." Mystic said to him, not giving an opportunity to start another argy bargy.
"Don't worry, I just asked her." then he turned his head to the woman, "You could return my assistant so in exchange I can examine your body."
Naomi didn't want to listen to the scientist, but Mystic took her arm and stretched it, Naomi squeezed her eye slightly, because of unexpectedness, but still she admitted that the move was pretty careful and tender. Etienne took her arm and started to look at her arm. He saw a fresh bruise on her arm and asked her.
"With whom have you fought?"
"Sakura and some metal bastard, I've already fought."
"No wonder that it hurts." Etienne concluded, "It seems that he got you with his leg, didn't he?" Naomi nodded, he took out anther syringe and injected it into the woman this time, "This one will remove the pain, and I think you won't see this bruise after several hours." then he hid the syringe and went somewhere and Archon followed them too. The only who left with the two was Celine and Walter. The last came to Mystic and whispered something into his ear, Mystic nodded and then the two demons disappeared.
"If not that protection of that girl I wouldn't be gotten so easily." Naomi replied him.
"What do you mean?" the man asked her.
"When that Hush appeared, I focused on fighting him and Sakura, but that idiot came to help me as that Polish arrived, and her act put me and him into a grave danger." Mystic was listening to her very attentively, "Izumi and the Polish fought three opponents at one time, that Liza didn't give me much effort, but only was standing in my way, and when she was about get by Sakura, I helped her just standing at the attack of Hush." she told him.
"I see." Mystic said pondering, "You're really a good girl." he put his hand onto her head, "You did a great work today." he started to caress her, and that made her slightly red, she leaned her head onto his shoulder and said.
"Why these moments can last for eternity."
Mystic responded nothing, but only continued to caress her further, but suddenly Naomi broke that silence with a strange question that Mystic did await.
"I wanted to ask you, what that person with white metal armor is doing in your lines?"
"What do you want to say?" Mystic didn't understand.
"I want to say that I've already met him, and even fought." Naomi responded, she felt how Mystic tensed, "And don't tell me that you don't know about him."
"I'll tell you, but later." Mystic said, continuing the caressing, and Naomi agreed with this answer.
"Why the hell did you fight with that purple haired girl?" the girl with the scarf asked Przemislav, helping him to lie onto the bed, "She could finish you fast with her katana."
"Yeah, it was a really reckless thing." Liza admitted too.
"Chciałem tylko4 to help you." he referred, "Or the one who was sliced could be you, if not me that girl could easily chop your head off." he put his hand onto his wound he untied the belt of his armor and exhaled with pleasure, but still gritted his teeth too as he felt some pain, "Pierdolić5!"
"Don't make such moves." Izumi order him.
"What a concern." the Polish chuckled.
"Well, I'll go I think master can wait me." Liza waved with her hand and left the room pretty fast, she was concerned was Etienne looked for her or not, when the door was closed, hard silence covered the room, both of them didn't know what to talk about, Wojciechowski looked at the girl from time to time, he saw that the girl was firm, and in some ways too energetic, but at the same time also was tougher than the other girl, he remembered that she was an energetic in Sapporo and liked to provoke people, but right now she was absolutely another person, but she suddenly decided to break the silence.
"It was stupid to put yourself in such danger." Izumi said, "What if she got you?" her voice wasn't worried or concerned, it was firm as usually, "Especially if you fought two opponents in one time, why did you ran to help me?"
Wojciechowski was listening her very attentively and also was watching at her likewise examining, he chuckled, "You know…" he did a pause, like he wanted to say something in Polish, "Just didn't want to see how the life of such young girl would be zakończone6… ended."
"But what would your comrades say if you would die there? They would blame my Mistress in this mistake." the girl responded, her voice was the same.
"It seems… that Naomi means a lot for you, prawda7?" he asked her narrowing his eyes.
"None of your business." Izumi answered.
"Don't lie, I know." he did a pause and the added, "When they do so. I can see that she means a lot for you."
"Then if you see then why do you ask?"
"Just want to talk." the Polish said with a sigh, but still it was not of tiredness, but of insularity of his interlocutor.
"I wanted to know, for how long you know Torch?" she suddenly asked him.
Przemislav started to count on his fingers like he was counting some example, "For four years." he merely responded, "Dobry chłopak8 I must say."
"What?" Izumi didn't understand him.
"Sorry, I mean he is a good boy." he repeated what he said in Japanese.
"You know you're kinda weird with this reservations." she admitted, "As I heard you're a psychiatric, aren't you?"
"Was once." he answered with a smile.
"Doesn't it mean that you could do something with your reservations?"
"Ha! Easy to say then do." he laughed, but then tensed as he felt a pain in his right hip.
'Idiot.' Izumi thought looking at him, but still it was strange for her, usually she felt nothing to other people except her sister, who she used to protect in her life, Naomi who gave them a reason in their life and Miyata who taught them everything they knew, she even felt nothing toward that boy with blue hair, she even couldn't understand what Azumi found in him could it be only compassion to each other. She even always accepted missions which demanded to tempt someone, instead of her sisters, but only if Mistress allowed, so all her emotions were vanished long ago, and people could see just a good pageant of hers. But this Polish was absolutely another one, she felt herself comfortable with him, she didn't know why, but his reservations, and even his attempt to save her from a deadly lunge of Rinko, she still was wondered how he could close himself that fast, one mistake and the Polish wouldn't survive it, she looked at him, and then said, "Thank you." her voice was the same.
"For what?" he asked her, he understood what she meant, but still decided to ask a stupid question.
"Likewise you don't know." she responded, "For helping me twice."
"Pierwszy9… the first time was because of my fault, as I didn't know that you." he stopped for a second, "Doesn't suit for mental abilities, so let's just say that it was only once."
"If you think so." Izumi replied, she didn't know what to say anymore so she decided to leave the Polish, but she wasn't able to get up from the chair as she heard his voice again.
"Prawie10… I wanted to ask you something." he said, and the girl started to listen to him again, "Give me your hand."
"Why?" she asked him.
"It's difficult to explain, not using Polski11." he said, "Just give it." Izumi starched her right arm, and Wojciechowski covered her palm with his one. He closed his eyes and focused on something.
They were in that position for some period of time, when Izumi suddenly felt strange warmth, 'What the…?' she asked in her head.
'Don't worry, I won't harm you.' she heard a voice of the Polish, 'I just want to clean your… channels.'
'What do you mean?' she asked him.
'Ja… I'm cleaning your channels. Because of them I can't use my powers on you. You have lots of bad and trash thoughts, that doesn't allow me to use it.' he explained her, it was easy for him to understand that the girl understood nothing, but still he could feel how she relaxed.
Little by little Izumi felt how her head started to feel fresh and better, she felt warmth and she somehow understood that there was nothing to worry about. The time passed and suddenly they heard a ringing of a telephone, both of them opened their eyes, and the man released the girl's palm.
"Czy mógłbyś to dać12?" he wanted to translate it, but the girl got up, took it from the table and then stretched it to him, "Thank you." he thanked her, and then answered for the call, "Tak? Ah it you." it seemed that Przemislav knew the person he was talking with, and Izumi was surprised that he was using Japanese, "You have some work for me, prawda? Must meet?" Wojciechowski pondered, "Right now, I can't…" but then he looked at Izumi and smiled, "But I know someone who can. Today, dobry13, I'll tell you about the time." then he put his telephone onto the bed, he wanted to say something to Izumi when they heard a knock at the door, "Come in." he said, the door was opened, and they saw a man in the cloak and the hood.
"How are you?" Mystic asked him in a strange language seeing that he was in the company of a young beautiful girl, "Is the injection working?" Naomi wanted to leave them, but Przemislav told her to stay.
"Yeah, the pain started to disappear, but the wound still is there." he chuckled, "Have something happened?" Wojciechowski asked Mystic, "I don't think that you would come here just because of mere interest."
"Eugene Fedorov will come to Japan soon; according to the information I've received he will come the day after tomorrow."
"And what do you want?"
"I was told to fright him a little." Mystic replied, "He thinks that he can deal with us, but I want to show opposite."
"I have got a counter-offer." the Polish continued to speak in the same language, "Our political ally said that we must neutralize someone who could be an obstacle for us in the future, he said that he will give us all information during the meeting." he understood that Mystic wanted to hear more details so the Polish continued, "I'm planning to send her with my guys to get the needed information."
"I see." he pondered, at the same time, "We could kill two birds with one stone, I think all forces will be thrown to protect Eugene, while that needed person will be left aside."
"Not a bad plan too." the Polish responded, "But wouldn't is good to kill him rather than just to fright?"
"No, with the new Minister can be change the main stuff, it's more dangerous for us." Mystic replied, "I you are good enough tomorrow then I'd took you for the mission."
"Do you know his route?"
"Yes, but I still thinking of a plan, and I wanted to see you in it."
"I'll try, but only if Etienne let me go." he laughed.
"He said that you'll be able to run tomorrow so don't worry." after these words Mystic left the room, and Przemislav recalled to that person he was talking a while ago, and after a little period of time he turned to Izumi.
"Tomorrow in that club." he took out a notebook out of the pocket of his uniform and a pen, and put down the location of the club, and the time when the meeting must pass, the thing that amused Izumi a little was that the meeting was in the evening about five o'clock, "He will meet you." he did a pause, and then added, "Tell Mystic and he will let you go."
"Got it." Izumi nodded, "This person will tell me everything I need, am I right?" she asked the Polish then.
"Tak, he will tell you everything."
"Then I'll prepare myself." she said, and got up from the chair.
"Good luck." the man smiled to the leaving girl." and she left his room.
"Finally we are on the base!" Splash exhaled exhausted.
"Yeah, this mission was pretty tough." Avalanche agreed with his colleague, "I didn't think that I'll encounter two strong demons."
"You're telling me?" Splash said taking out a metal box, out of his pocket, and quickly lighting it, "I was fighting that frog eater with the clawed one these are real opponents."
"I don't know." the man in white uniform crossed his arms on his chest, "These monsters were pretty tremendous, the one I fought was able to melt my ice with his flame."
"Dodging the needles and tentacles of that freak is a troublesome act, so don't tell me about all that shit." Splash responded inhaling the smoke of his cigarette.
While the two were discussing whose opponents were stronger, Commander came to Hush and started to discuss something with him, but it seemed like Commander was just telling his thoughts and Hush was merely listened to him.
"Hush, do you remember a person with silver armor, and gray cape who could be working in their organization?" Hush only shook with his head, and bent down his head putting on a semblance like was asking his interlocutor, "The problem is that I don't know him too, but as I understood he is working with them, the only thing that made surprised is that he was using aura." he stopped for a second, but then continued, "However it's not what surprised me more, me and Igawa were fighting him on equal." Hush narrowed to Commander like he started to became interested, their comrades were pretty far from them, so they could ponder well, "But then another Taimanin came, and only then we started to take him over, but still I felt like he wasn't fighting us seriously even in that situation." Hush was listening to him very attentively; "Could he be from noble demons?" he looked at him, Hush only shrugged with his shoulders, giving to understand that this question shouldn't be asked to him.
"Professor." Commander heard his own voice, but it seemed that it was recorded as it was in bad quality.
"Not a bad idea." he admitted and then their heard a female voice.
"Man! Could you please be more quite, someone is trying to sleep here after a difficult mission!" they heard slight steps ad a soft voice that was yawing, in a few second there appeared a beautiful woman out of the corner. She had long blonde hair and dark blue eyes; her skin was pale, but not much, what gave her some specific charm, she was wearing a uniform that consisted of shorts, which were closed with some sort of clothes from her hips. It was possible to see that she was wearing a shirt without sleeves and vest above it; she had metal gloves and metal boots which protected half of her limbs.
"Man, you're finally here." Splash said spitting, although it was also noticeable that he was glad to see that woman. Everyone turned too.
"Sorry." Avalanche apologies, "We've just head an exciting mission so I and Splash are just discussing it."
"Apologies is accepted." the woman said and then turned to Splash, "Why such reaction? Glad to see me?" she asked him with a smile, "Never thought that you'll be glad to see someone someday."
"Watch your mouth." Splash raised his voice, "You and I have a mission, and this time it's really important."
"Why do you think that it's so special from the others?" she asked him, then she felt how someone appeared near with them, it was the man with the eye patch.
"In some ways it really special, as it relates to all of us." Commander started and attracted woman's attention, "I hope you remember Mizuki Yasuhiro." the woman tensed and started to listen more attentively, "We have to find a save his wife Mizuki Shiranui."
"Since when we do such generous actions?" she asked him.
"Do you have something against it?" Splash interfered into their talk, but quickly was cooled down by the glance of Commander.
"We encountered his daughter, and if we can't repay him our debt we should repay it to his daughter." he explained.
"If I remember it right, you've already tried to find her." the woman said, "And during it you and Hush almost said goodbye to your lives." she looked at Splash, "If not his sacrifice you two would die there." her words reminded lecturing rather than statement, "Do you want to be in such danger again?"
"If you want to deny this mission just say straight?" Splash's voice became cold and firm, Avalanche tensed and wanted to interfere.
"I'm not against it." she referred, "But knowing that you were good friends with him, wouldn't it be much better to send for it someone else? I mean Hush, Haze or Mechanic."
"Hush will go with you two." Commander answered her question, "The leader of the operation is Splash, but if Hush find a better decision than he will do on his own." Hush nodded, "And at the same time, another person will help you."
"What?" Splash and the woman were surprised of what they heard.
"Right know he is working on gathering information of criminal structures in Tokyo Kingdom, but I think he will have some free time to help you, and at the same time give you what he could find about them."
"And you won't tell us who he is, will you?" the woman asked him taking purchase onto the wall.
"Let's keep as a surprise Doppel." he said, but still with a serious and tough voice, "You three will go tomorrow in the evening."
"And what about you?" Splash asked Commander.
"I and Avalanche will continue gathering information on our friends." he answered.
"I see." Splash said, but then added more lively, "We will try to finish that mission as fast as we only can in order to help you."
"Don't be in a hurry." Hush put his hand onto the shoulder of Splash, "If you want really find and return her back to her daughter that don't even think to appear in front of me until you do this." the man with the eye patch smirked.
"Don't worry, I'll find her." he chuckled, "I'd rather return back to the governmental hunters, then appear in front of you one eyed."
"Any questions?" he looked at Doppel and Hush, both of them shook with their heads, if Hush kept silence the woman only smiled, "By the way have Haze went to Mechanic's squad?"
"Yes, he departed before you came." she responded.
"Good, then go and rest, tomorrow you'll have a very difficult day." and after these words everyone went to rest, before their missions.
The wind started to calm down little by little, but still it was pretty strong, especially on a top of skyscrapers. A lonely girl was standing on it absolutely alone, wind was waving her hair that was tied into a ponytail, she was wearing a coat that protected her from the cold wind.
"If not that coat, I would already get a cold." Stephanie thought. She took out her hand out of it and felt how a cold wind hit her hand, thus she quickly returned it, "Why is she trying so much because of me? I'm just an obstacle and ordinary obstacle for her, so why is she trying to protect me every time?" the girl raised her head and started to watch at night sky, "And at the same time, she save me from that demon, am I really just a guide for her?" she was thinking a lot, but suddenly asked herself again, "Interesting, is it her true form or she covers herself under that fearsome armor?" she squeezed her cape from inside and whispered, "If only I could somehow repay her, not only being a guide…" she wasn't able to finish her thoughts as she felt some strange cold behind her and the same cold and strange voice.
"Thinking how to serve?" Stephanie turned around and saw Celine.
"Oh you have returned?" Stephanie was frightened a little, "Yes." she confessed her, "I want to help you somehow better, not being just a guide." Celine was watching at the girl, "And if there was a way to help you in fights I would agree."
"Everything comes in needed time." Celine responded coming to her, the wind started to calm down and they could hear each other well, suddenly Celine heard a strange sound and looked at the girl, "Come." she only said. Stephanie came to the armored demon and she felt how a hand laid down onto her shoulder and then the disappeared in a white cold steam.
They appeared in front a small eatery they'd already eaten. It was absolutely the same like several days ago they entered it and saw the same design however the most peculiar thing was that they had a bit more visitors this time. They took the same place as the previous time, the waiter came to them and started to listen to their orders, Celine looked at him with her eyes, and Stephanie noticed that man's eyes became a bit darkened, and then Celine turned to her guide.
"Order."
"Well, I'll eat mushed potatoes with fried chicken, salad and bring me some juice, please." the girl said, and when the man left she exhaled, "Still can't get used to it."
"Hypnosis is beneficial." Celine responded, "Could take something else." she added then.
"I don't want to rub their establishment." she confessed, "I know, they won't become poor from one client, but still I feel that it's wrong." Celine's fingers that were on the table flinched, Stephanie noticed it, "Did I say something wrong?" she started to worry.
"No." she merely responded, "Just reminded someone. From the past." she added after a brief pause.
"I see." Stephanie said and calmed down. Silence that surrounded them was awkward Celine seemed like always, but the girl was tensed, she didn't know was it good or bad.
After sometime the waiter brought her order, Stephanie took a fork and a knife, and started to slice the chicken, she looked at it, and ten smiled she pierced a piece of it and stretched it to Celine, "Here, say ah."
"Don't need to eat." she responded, "Better to eat by yourself."
"It's the only thing how I can thank you, so please don't reject." Stephanie said with pleading voice.
Celine tried to reject her gratitude, but the girl didn't want to hear anything about this. Then Celine put her hand onto the part of her helmet that closed her mouth, and in time this part vanished, exposing her mouth, Stephanie could see it properly, a pale mouth and blue lips that were bloodless, but a little bit plump, 'So she is really not a human.' the girl thought, and stretched the food to Celine, which was immideately eaten.
'Just like her.' Celine thought and then Celine heard some words in her head, 'I just won't let you go until you eat, and eat properly.' Celine's fingers trembled again, 'Definitely, just like she was.'
"Here let's balance meet with vegetables." she pierced some vegetables with her fork, and then stretched it again, "Ah…"
"Not a child." Celine referred, likewise she didn't like such attitude, but still she wasn't against it. She ate what was offered, and then heard the voice of the wheat haired girl again.
"How was it? Isn't it delicious?"
"In some ways." the demon responded.
Stephanie saw how her lips were moving; they weren't talking fast, but not slow too. Then Celine put her hand onto her mouth and it was closed with the lower part of her helmet again.
"So what's our further acts?" Celine was asked.
"Looking for allies."
"While, I was staying on the roof one idea visited me, if you want you can hear it out." Celine nodded, "I think it would be really good for you to find some strong ally, not an ordinary thugs and scums, so why you won't ask for a help for example Incubus King?"
"Incubus King?" Celine asked her and breathed out a cold steam.
"Yes, I've heard that he is really strong and that one of the strongest Taimanin serves him as a faithful slave?"
"Interesting." Celine responded, "But not now. Have another task."
"Another mission?" Stephanie was surprised.
"Yes. Must look for information about Taimanin."
"And what kind of information do we need?" the girl asked the armored one.
"Where Taimanin hides in Tokyo Kingdom." Celine did a pause, "Then we can visit Incubus King." Stephanie continued eating and heard another question, "Know him?"
"That king?" the girl didn't understood, the demon nodded, "No, I only heard about him. According with the gossips, he is really scaring and careful; he always tries to get what he wants, I also heard that his powers can be compared with the Vampire King's."
"Walter?" she asked her, but Stephanie corrected her.
"Edwin Black."
"I see." Celine remembered how Walter told something like this, but not well, "Later… We meet him."
"Of course." Stephanie nodded and continued her eating.
"Finally going to Japan." Dmitry said standing in the airport waiting for a special plane, that belongs to government.
"Can't wait to see Japanese hunters?" the man in the black official costume said looking at the boy.
"Of course, Eugene Alexeyevich." Dmitry answered, "Especially their strongest Taimanin Igawa Asagi."
"Don't hurry; first thing we must meet with their Minister of interior, Yamamoto Nobushige, and only then I think we will visit Gosha village."
"What do you mean?" the young helper of the Minister of foreign affairs asked.
"It's up to him to let us go there, remember we shouldn't be persistent and ask to visit it. It's absolutely the same, if he would come and asked us to visit our hunting facility."
"I understand, but on your place I'd let him do this." Dmitry responded, sitting onto the chair next to Eugene, he opened the case that was by his seat, and started to watch through the papers which were inside of it, checking did they take everything, but suddenly his eyes stopped on one bunch, which consisted of three papers, "Wait a minute, do you want to tell about the seals?" the boys was astonished of what he had just seen.
"Yes, we have already failed with two seals, we can't afford them to destroy the rest, even protection of one seal will give us a lot."
"I see, so there's now only four." the boy pondered, and Penetrator with Seer weren't able to find it in time."
"As I understood Taimanin were there in time, but they were unable to stop 'The Third Law', one more thing, our suspicions weren't in vain, they are working with demons after all."
"Just as I thought, no wonder they became so powerful in such small period of time." Dmitry stated.
"You didn't understood, first we thought that they are hiring demons to help them, but now we are well-aware that they are working side by side."
"It's absolutely the same for me."
"I wouldn't agree with you." Eugene smiled, "Hiring demons demands a possession of big number of money, but when they work with someone they can have some benefits." he explained, "That's why we try to offer demons to work with us."
"Yeah, I know this, but still I'm wondered, why Japan doesn't use such method often."
"Because it surrounded, by lots different strong demons, Japan is small and it's better for them to start conquering from, while our country is much bigger what give them much problems to develop."
"I always wanted to ask you about something." Dmitry said indecisively, "But it's up to you to answer it or not." the minister nodded, "I've heard about something of it, but still what binds our country with Vereshagin's family?"
Eugene tensed, it was easy to say that he didn't want to answer this question, but still decided to explain it somehow, 'I must be careful, he is still young, and I should tell him a lot about them.' after a brief pondering he started, "Well, long ago our country felt itself really bad, messy I must admit, and was about to fall to pieces. And then his family started to create one business after another one, fast and locally. And one day they started to support the country with their project, first they were little and not big, but little by little they became really valuable and important. The ideas of Vereshagin ancestor worked well even the high nobles, pondered why they were so successful."
"But why they are allowed to do whatever they want? I mean why doo even hire them if they work for our country."
"Everything about them is deeper than you think." Eugene said, "It's impossible to compare them with just mere businessmen, but still they don't disturb the laws of our country, so we have no intentions to suspect them, 'I think he will eat this.'
"I still can't understand why do we work with him rather than with other countries, especially on these seals, I don't think he is interested in this work, and what if he can give information to these scums?"
"You're still young to understand their game; even I don't understand some of their motifs not speaking about you."
"But what about Savrasov, I've heard that he works with them quite a lot."
"Because they help us in all demon hunting aspects too and it's one of the points I don't know, as they work with demons from time to time." after these words Dmitry pondered too, "But let's not think about it right now, but only focus on our work in Japan." the man added.
"Yes, it's our primal work." Dmitry nodded.
After sometime the plane landed and they went to it in order to start one of their important missions.
1) Ta dziewczyna – that girl
2) Zrobiłem zły ruch – I made the wrong move
3) Rozumiem – Got it
4) Chciałem tylko – I just wanted to
5) Pierdolić – Fuck
6) Zakończone – Completed
7) Prawda – truth
8) Dobry chłopak – Good boy
9) Pierwszy – First
10) Prawie – Almost
11) Polski – Polish
12) Czy mógłbyś to dać – Could you please give it
13) Dobry – Good
Chapter from my vacation, having some free time I decided to write something firstly I thought I would delete it or rewrite, but little by little I liked it so decided not to do this, I hope you'll like it.