Chapter 17
"Phew, just in time." Everyone heard a merry but tired and trembling female voice, everyone turned around and saw Sakura in the company of Ogawa Mai, "Have some problems?" she chuckled.
"Sakura?!" Oleg was surprised seeing the orange haired Taimanin, who had just hit the skeleton, "The hell you're doing here?"
"I just thought you'll need some help." she merely replied and spun her daggers in her hands, "And as I see I was right."
"You can't even believe how in time you've arrived." Aki looked at his teacher lying on the sand.
"Maki changing!" Ogawa exclaimed and headed to fight the skeleton she started to fight.
Maki jumped aside giving the blonde Taimanin to deal with the enemy.
"Aki, are you alright?" Maki asked him with a worried voice, "If not me, you wouldn't put yourself in danger."
"No, just was too careless." Aki tried to move with his fingers, but everything was fruitless.
"Everything will be good in several minutes." Sakura replied him still shaking a little.
"How will you fight? You can barely stand; do you really think you'll be able to help?" Sakura was asked by Oleg.
"A little help is never extra." Sakura only chuckled, and tried to help Mai to deal with the skeleton.
Oleg was watching at the dead duo and was thinking something. Maki returned to fight and the balance seemed to return back to normal.
'We can't know which one is real.' Oleg frowned seeing Sakura's fight, 'And as I see, she still can't use her abilities. We shout have some with distanced attacks in order to get the skeleton.' Suddenly he looked at the zombie, who was fight now Ren and Pavel, 'Since these two are elder undead, we should know their weak spots, as for this one that's his saber, and for the skeleton…' he mumbled sending the dagger at the skeleton, but the back of the corpse was protected by the sand, 'Well I have an idea, but I don't think it'll be good.' then he quickly took some blood from his arm and started to draw some circle with letter and his palm, "Everyone!" Oleg exclaimed, "I'll try to find who is the real one, you should attack him as fast as it only will be known ready?!"
"Yes!" he heard the replied of the group.
Oleg stretched out his hand, and aimed it at one skeleton. Suddenly he flew to the zombie, but the zombie was protected with a sand wall, an as the dead guy hit the wall he turned into sand.
"One." Oleg replied.
Then he aimed the skeleton, which fought Maki. The skeleton wanted to attack her, but could as he was flying now at the other skeleton, which was fight ting Mai, he hit it, but both of them turned into sand.
"Two." he coughed heavily, "The two left."
He stretched his arm again and took the one who fought Sakura and hit with the other one that started to fight Mai. The hit each other, but one of them fall onto the sand and didn't turn in the pile of sand.
"This one!" he commanded.
And Mai quickly chopped its head with her katana with a graceful attack.
The head of the corpse fell onto the sand, but the body continued to stand. Then there appeared other five copies, of the dead guy, but they were with heads, while the only one was headless.
'So he can't imitate them without heads.' Oleg coughed, 'Now we have an advantage against it.'
"Man how long can he summon these damn copies?" Sakura moaned.
The fight continued, the state of Pavel and Ren was problematic too, the zombie didn't allow them to get close to him, and only protected itself with traps and other sand constructions. All of a sudden when Ren did a jump, her leg was captured by sand and the tanned girl was thrown at the water.
"Scum, you'll pay for that!" Pavel became angry of what has happened.
And started trying to break through the obstacles, but everything was pointless and he was only jumping from one place to another one.
'Shit I can't get him.' Pavel started to become irritated.
The state of the other fight was intensive too. Skeletons started to fight more coordinated and dangerously, so the students and the teachers were to be very careful. Mai and Maki could perfectly protect each other, while Oleg tried to help Sakura and protected Aki, although his powers seemed to be running out..
'I won't be able to hold it for long.' Oleg exhaled and dodged the lunge of the skeleton; 'If everything goes the same, I'll be done…' he glanced at Sakura, who was fighting only on her will, "There must be a way to stop them at least just something."
Suddenly he saw how Pavel was grabbed by a sand hand, and was about to be thrown at the rock, but suddenly the sand object turned into pile of sand, and Pavel could safely jump land onto the shore.
"What the…?" Pavel didn't understand what was going on, but saw how zombie was holding its hand, but then something hit his leg, Pavel turned around and saw Ren who was standing in water with stretched arm, "Ren? Did you do that?"
"It… It seems so." Ren said being surprised too as well.
The zombie snarled something incomprehensible, and wanted to create something of sand, but this time his creations became slower.
"Did you do that to it?" Pavel didn't feel problems to avoid it.
"I guess so." Ren replied him and headed to help.
The zombie took out his saber and started to protect itself with it. The sand attack really became slow, and most all of them were concentrated on Pavel and Ren leaving the skeleton without additional help.
'It's our chance.' Sakura thought, trying to gather all her powers for fighting their enemy.
The skeleton still was headless, whilst his copies were with heads, so the real one tried to hide behind the copies.
"Sensei, what could be his weakness?" Maki grunted killing another copy.
"I don't know, from his appearance it's not possible to see." Oleg kicked anther copy, but then was hit by another one, "Damn it!" he rapped out an oath, "Fuck, I'm on my limits, he got up shacking."
"Sensei!" he heard Aki's voice, "It's head! He doesn't hurry to take it so it must be that!"
Oleg's eyes widened, "Of course." he turned around and saw the head which was not far from Aki.
He ran to it, but there appeared another copy in front of him.
"Just stop already!" Oleg shouted.
The headless one rushed to the head, but the skeleton was stopped by Mai, who started to attack it with everything she got, but the corpse could parry all her lunges and tried to find a moment to overrun her.
'What a firm saber.' Mai thought hitting it with her katana.
The skeleton, dodged another lunge and headed to his skull, but this time Sakura stood on the way of the corpse.
"Sorry but I can't let you get this brainless thing." she chuckled, and started fighting him.
Sakura's moves were slowed, but still careful and unpredictable, although the lack of powers reminded her about itself, and she tried not to do stupid things.
Oleg stretched out his arm and focused his eyes on the skull; the skull flinched and flew to him. Oleg grabbed it, and the skeleton kicked Sakura at her him and then at her stomach.
"I hope you're right." Oleg coughed remembering Aki's idea, "Maki! Destroy it!" with these words he threw her the skull and tried to jumped aside from the enemies lunge.
"Got it!" Maki exclaimed, and jumped to the side of the skull, she hit it with dangerous power, but it only flew aside, "What?" Maki didn't understand why the skull wasn't crushed, how suddenly her body was bound with tentacles, "Let me go you freak!" she ordered him.
"Maki!" Aki shouted as he saw how his girlfriend was tied up with tentacles.
"Damn!" Oleg coughed, "Pavel, try you!" he stretched his arm and sent the skull to the Russian boy.
It fell next him, Pavel turned around, and with one swing tried to pierce the head and his sword successfully did the job. Suddenly the headless one that held Maki in tight grip, started to glow, and in next moment, started to burn. The corpse released Maki and started to cry something incomprehensible. And after a second it completely burnt.
"Did it work?" Pavel didn't know what to think.
"It seems so." Sakura nodded as the copies started to turn back into sand.
Maki got up and looked at the ashes, which were their enemy a while ago, "Man that's scaring." Maki flinch.
"Quickly we're to help to Ren!" Mai shouted and headed to help her friend.
The teachers nodded and headed to the zombie. The fight continued the zombie didn't seem tired, while the Taimanin were; the fight was really difficult the fighting eternal arrival of sand clones in th beginning and now fighting the enemy that can use sand for attack and defense at the same time.
The moves of the zombie were slowed, but still well-coordinated and well-thought. He compensated the lack in numbers with his abilities and possibility to be not tired, while his opponents were running out of powers.
"I can't belive it, we can't defeat just a single enemy." Oleg spitted as he squatted, "These guys are really dangerous."
"Yeah, even Oboro is not that strong." Sakura jumped aside from another trap, "How can we get through his defense?"
"I have an idea, but I don't think you'll like it." Oleg frowned, he saw Sakura's glance and continued, "Someone should jump to him and get this damn saber."
"Can't you take it with your power?" Sakura asked him.
"No." he shook with his head, "I've run out of powers, I don't even know, how I'm still fighting, but one more time and I'll lie here down."
"I see, then who it should be?" Sakura looked at him.
"Someone distracts and Maki is trying to destroy the weapon." Oleg mumbled, "Mai, Maki!" he coughed, "Try to destroy the saber, while he is opened!"
"The saber?" Mai looked at the weapon, which parried Pavel's sword, "Understood." both of them understood the idea.
Mai quickly rushed to the corpse, overrunning and jumping through the obstacles, while Maki tried to wait for a good moment to strike. Suddenly the zombie created two walls that hit each other trying to deal with Mai, but Ogawa jumped gracefully and avoided the clash. Mai did a wide swing and made the zombie opened.
"Maki now!" Mai commanded.
Maki ran fast, her way was clear and she didn't waste too much time to get their enemy. When she was next to him, he hit the sword making out it fall out of his hand. She jumped and grabbed the saber, and quickly hit it with everything she got.
"Yes!" she exclaimed with joy when the sword was destroyed in two.
She landed onto the ground and turned around. Next moment the zombie started to glow and then burned in flame like the zombie did and after a second the zombie turned into the ashes.
"Did we do this?" Maki decided to announce the question after some period of time.
"I think yes." Oleg tried to get up, but failed and fell onto the sand, "Damn it!" he shouted, "Lost too much power."
"Let me help you this time." Sakura chuckled, helping him to get up.
"Thanks." Oleg accepted the help of the woman, their eyes encountered, but then they quickly turned their heads away.
"Hey, Aki how are you?" Pavel looked at Aki, who could now move with his limbs finally.
"A little better." Aki replied trying to get up, but couldn't as he couldn't stand his legs right, "But still not perfect."
"Let me help." Pavel put his sword into the sheath and helped his friend to get up, "Can you move with your legs in that state?"
"Kinda, if we don't go fast, I think everything will be fine." Aki nodded.
"I hope you belive me know that I didn't licked Maki." Pavel smiled to the boy.
"Please, don't remind me." Aki flinched, "Knowing what did that, make me feel creepy."
"By the way, Ren how did you do that to the zombie? Why it suddenly slowed down?" Pavel turned his head to the tanned girl.
"I still can't understand that, but I think it was my power." Ren looked at her hands.
"So you finally revealed your powers." Mai looked at Ren, "And that's water, quite interesting, how you'll use it."
"Is it really so?" Ren still couldn't belive to the words of Mai.
"Yeah, now you'll be able to fight at one hundred percent." Maki clapped Ren at her shoulders.
"Ah!" Ren stopped her pondering and returned to the Earth.
"By the way, sensei!" Maki chuckled, "How about tomorrow training? You said you thought something special."
"Very funny." Oleg coughed, "If you want you can do it for the class. One more thing, don't tell anything to the classmates, they shouldn't know what happened here today."
"Why?" Ren looked at him, "Shouldn't they be warned?"
"No, we will report everything straight to Asagi, the students must rest here but not feel stress and be afraid of each moves and rustle." Oleg shook with his head.
"Understood." Ren nodded and then they headed to Chikeko, who was trying to get now.
"Nice to see, you could deal with these bastards." Chieko was glad to see her colleagues and students were the winners of the battle.
"Yes, nice to see you're fine too." Oleg exhaled seeing Chikeko in a good condition, "Nothing aches?"
"No, just can't stand well." Chikeko replied him avoiding eye contact, "The best thing I would do right now is to take bath and fall asleep for several days."
Maki and Mai helped their teacher to get up and get accustomed to be standing.
"It seems that the poison should vanish in some period of time, so there's nothing to worry." Oleg suddenly said seeing everyone, who was poisoned, started to move with their limbs.
Then they slowly went to the direction of the resting facility, but with the stop at the springs in order to rest after troublesome fight. Maki quickly changed with Pavel and now the boy was carrying the teacher, when Maki started to remember the details of the fight, Chikeko wanted to say something, but Pavel whispered her something into the ear. The woman looked at him with puzzlement, but then after another whispering nodded at something. Sakura was joking over powerless Oleg, but the man only stayed calm as he was thinking about something personal, while Ren did the same, still not understanding how she released water at the zombie.
"Master Walter." Walter heard a voice behind his back, "I'm with the report." the silver man who was speaking to Etienne turned around and saw a woman in white and purple suit with a demon mask on her face appeared behind the vampire lord.
"And what do you want me to report? Don't you see I'm speaking?" Walter wasn't glad that that his talk was interrupt so rudely.
"It's important." the woman said to him with a bow.
"I see." Walter replied her, "Wait a second, you'll tell me everything more properly." he looked at Etienne then.
"With pleasure." Etienne smiled to the man and looked how; the man in the armor went to the woman.
"What happened? And why are you alone?" Walter looked at the woman with surprise, "Have you already captured someone?"
"I'm sorry, but no." the woman, confessed fairly, "The two idiots you gave me are dead."
"What?!" Walter exclaimed making her and even Etienne to flinch, "How did that happened?!"
"These two disobeyed my order and decided to attack the hunters, I had no other option but to retreat, as there were quite a lot of skillful hunters." the woman started explanation, "They even went pretty far from the returning point, so I couldn't help them in time."
Walter smiled, "I think, it's chatter. Those two couldn't disobey me, if only you didn't help them or something like that."
"If you don't belive me, you can read my memories to make sure, I'm not lying to you." the woman was watching straight at his eyes, "I would never lie to you."
"As if I don't know that you can create false thoughts." Walter looked at her with displeased eyes, "Have you found Igawa Asagi there or someone who could be suited for serving to me?"
"I'm sorry, but no." the woman shook with her head, "If only younger Igawa or some man with mental abilities."
"A man with mental abilities?" Walter narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, he is not Japanese, so I don't know who is he."
"I've met someone with mental abilities during break the seal the last seal." Walter pondered, "Does he wear a strange uniform?"
"Yes, it's entirely different from ordinary Taimanin or other hunters' ones." the woman nodded.
"Yes, it's him." Walter nodded, "What a scarce report, I thought you would give more persons for that." Walter sighed, "Fine you can be free for now, return to my castle, if I need you I'll let you know."
"Understood, Lord Walter!" the woman saluted and disappeared.
"You became a little kinder." Etienne chuckled, "What happened?"
"None of your business." Walter smirked, "There's no opportunity to loose such a good fighter as she is. So I'm just giving her to overthink her behavior, and at the same time knowing those two, I'm not surprised if they did something stupid."
"And what if she lied, probably she is still resistant to your will?" Etienne asked the man.
"I always can take her under my total control, but the problem is that I'm to follow her everywhere. Her mind can be damaged too, and it'll be important to see what she is doing."
"I see." Etienne nodded.
"Well, what with these instances you're working with, have the cells started their work?" Walter changed their theme.
"Well, better than I thought in the beginning." Etienne smiled as if he was glad Walter decided to talk about his favorite area of occupy, "The instances changed the color of their skin, as if their started to become demonized."
"Really?" Walter was glad to hear that, "What prognosis can you predict?"
"Difficult to say, if such simple changing was so long, I can't tell you what can happen next." Etienne answered him fairly, "If you want, I can try to experiment over them, but I don't know how the cells react to that."
"I see." Walter frowned, "I don't think it'll be a good idea, so let's wait further changing. I can't wait these two returning." Walter chuckled, "Will they be as strong as they were?"
Suddenly they heard steps not far from them. They turned around and saw Mystic, he was in the company of Archon and Tardis, who slowly walked behind the man in the cloak with the hood.
"What is it?" Walter looked at the company, "Have something happened?"
"Yes, the seal is started to reveal itself." Mystic replied, "And as Celine suggests it must be somewhere under the ground." Walter looked at Mystic with interested eyes, "As we suggest it must be somewhere in Yomihara."
"Yomihara?" Walter raised his eyebrow.
"The city under Tokyo." Archon explained, "The place is really disgusting."
"Archon." Mystic looked at him, "We should act now if we want to break it in time. This time Taimanin will react better, and if 'Red Division' will interfere too, we will have lots of problems."
"Yes, Igawa and that one eyed gave me some troubles." Walter remembered his fight, "And at the same time Igawa could defeat you."
"I wasn't prepared to fight her, so I couldn't fight well." Mystic peacefully replied, "But this time if you want me to destroy it faster, you should take her for yourself."
"With pleasure." Walter chuckled, "I'm still interested in getting her. by the way Archon." Walter looked at the man with scars on his face, "Has Torch and the kid returned?"
"Yes, why?" the man didn't understood the question.
"We'll take them with us." Walter replied, "I want to check something."
"Are you sure it's a good to take the kid with us, Master?" Tardis joined the talk, "He will only interrupt us."
"No need to worry, I've said, I just to check something, so no need to be so worried." Walter smirked, "After all, I'll look after him, so nothing will happen to him."
"Captain!" the door of Asagi's office opened with a thrust at the wall.
The woman, who was packing some papers into her handbag quickly turned around and saw a bald man with sunglasses on his eyes.
"What is it Kuro?" Asagi was shocked of such coming, "Why not knocking first?"
"I'm sorry for that." The man came to her working place, "But we have bad news. We found anomaly in Yomihara."
"What anomaly?" Asagi put her bag onto the chair and turned to the man, "Don't tell me it's the seal." Asagi became serious.
"We don't know, but demons have started to behave strangely." Kuro explained her.
"It's bad." Asagi pondered, "If they're in Yomihara, they can do something with greater Demon Gates, we can't let them do that."
"Do you think they want to do something to the Gates?" Kuro was puzzled with her answer.
"I don't know, if the seal is there then they can have possible relations." Asagi replied and quickly took the phone from her desk, "Wait a second." Kuro nodded and Asagi pressed several times at the screen of her phone and put it to her ear, after several second she said, "Doesn't taking." she tried again, "Nothing."
"Who did you call?"
"To Oleg, maybe he knows something about it." Asagi replied him.
"Well according to the time, he should rest now or to do something." Kuro said to her.
"Well, let's try to call Maria." Asagi decided another way.
She did the same procedures and put her phone to her ear.
"Yes?" Asagi heard a voice in the phone.
"Maria, I'm sorry for such a late call, but I need you to answer a question." Asagi apologized to the woman and continued, "Is there some connection between seals and greater Demon gates in Yomihara?"
"Why do you ask?" Maria asked her.
"Some anomaly was detected in Yomihara so we think it can be the seal." Asagi explained.
"What?!" Maria shouted, "We're to investigate it immideately!" Maria shouted, Asagi even removed the phone from her ear.
"The situation is still unclear." Asagi said, "Our Taimanin are investigating Yomihara on presence of 'The Third Law' there. If someone will be detected, I'll give you know."
"I see." Maria replied her, 'Well, about your question, I don't know, but as I remember I wasn't told about it so as Oleg. If you want you can ask, Eugene Alexeyevich about that straight, if there's something, he should know better."
"I don't have his number." Asagi replied, she wanted to add something, but was interrupted.
"I'll send you it." the woman with mental abilities replied fast.
"Thank you, I'll wait."
In a minute Asagi received an message, she quickly opened it and pressed at the number, which was in there.
"They should have afternoon in Russia, so I don't think I'll bother him too much." Asagi thought as the beeps started to sound in the phone.
"Yes?" she heard a male firm voice in the voice, "Who is that?"
"Eugene Alexeyevich, it's Igawa Asagi, aren't you busy right now?" Asagi asked the man with the same firm voice.
"Oh, Miss Igawa, nice to hear you." Eugene replied her, "No, I'm on a dinner right now, what is it? Something important if you decided to take my personal phone from our countrymen." Eugene chuckled.
"Yes, it about the seals, and it seems we detected another one." Asagi replied making the Minister of foreign affairs to choke.
"I see." the Minister replied, "What do you want to know?"
"I hope you know about Yomihara." Asagi Said him.
"The city under Tokyo, yes, what with that?" Eugene asked her.
"The seal was detected there; I want to know is there some connection of the seals to the greater Gates?" Asagi asked the other question putting her phone onto the desk and turning on the dynamic of the phone, she offered Kuro to sit down, what he did.
"Well, it's only suggestion, but we think there's some connection between, them and the gates. After all, as we think they were created by the same technology."
"What do you mean?" Asagi asked him as she sat back onto the chair.
"Miss Igawa, it's secret information, so I hope you won't tell it someone else. I'll tell that only because of emergency."
"I understand, and promise not to tell anyone about it." she looked at Kuro,
"The gates in Yomihara, are created not be demons at all, but by humans." Eugene replied her, he didn't let her ask her question as he quickly continued, "In our country we have three such gates, one of them is under our control, while the location of the other two is unknown."
"So you could examine these gates?" Asagi asked him.
"Certainly, and as we found the seals and the gates have the same method in constructing. I don't know how hat can be possible, but you're to stop them."
'I think I understand.' Asagi frowned, "Can I ask you another question." she decided to ask he again, "Can it be possible that some demon lord would like to destroy the seals on purpose?"
"What do you mean?" this time Eugene didn't understand her.
"Do you know something about true demon lords, not about Edwin Black or Astaroth." this question made even Kuro surprised.
"You mean those from the legends?" Eugene didn't know what Asagi meant.
"Yes, the demon lords of three lines." Asagi remembered Pavel's stories.
"Where did you hear it? I thought Taimanin hadn't got these stories."
"Let's just say, I knew it occasionally." Asagi smiled not wishing to give Pavel troubles.
"Well, it's only legend. As for me, I don't belive in that, and if someone decided to take their title, I think it's just some really strong demon."
"I see." Asagi responded, 'Probably it could be so, but this one is incredibly strong, I even couldn't do anything again him alone, if not that mercenary and Kurenai with the vampire, I would definitely lose to him.'
Kuro was surprised to hear something like that.
'I hope she doesn't mean there are demons more powerful than Black and the rest.' Kuro thought too.
"I'm sorry, Miss Igawa, but I must return to work, dinner time is almost finished. If something bothers you about the seals or our criminal friends, just call me and we discuss everything." Eugene replied her.
"Thank you for your help." Asagi nodded, "It was a pleasure to talk to you." then both of them hung the phones, "Still not much help." Asagi sighed.
"What did you mean by true demon lords?" Kuro asked her, "I've never heard anything about that."
"Me too." Asagi answered him, "But during our fight with 'The Third Law', I've encountered a really strong demon who proclaimed himself the second Demon Lord of the second line."
"What a strange title." Kuro smirked.
"I would react so if he wasn't so strong." Asagi didn't share the same attitude.
"What do you mean?"
"I could do nothing alone against him, it took Kurenai and the help of two other persons to equal our chances." Asagi started explanation, "However, I doubt if the four of us could do something to him." She did a pause, "When we returned, I tried to find some information about him, but didn't. Then I decided to ask Pavel, as he was the first one I could ask about it and he told me about that legend."
"What legend?" Kuro was puzzled and surprised.
"About ten demon lords of three lines. The first lord of the first line was defeated or something like that." Asagi tried to remember the legend, "The three of the second line disappeared, and six of the third one, were defeated by some heroes of the past."
"What a strange legend." Kuro replied her.
"I thought so too, but Pavel said it's just a story nothing more, and there was no evidence of existing of these demons. However, both us think that this legend is not a legend after all."
"Captain, did you ask about it Oleg or Maria?"
"No, I don't think they know more than Pavel." Asagi shook with her head, "At the same time, I still don't sure was this demon telling the truth, but if he could use aura, that means he isn't weak at all."
"Problems after problems." Kura sighed, "If you see Russian, then wait problems."
"I hope you won't tell that them." Asagi smiled.
"Of course not." Kuro chuckled too, "Right now, we are to concentrate on the problem with the seal, and protect it, by the way, how we can do that?"
"I don't know, but we'll take Maria and Ilya, they know better what to do."
Asagi put her phone into her hand bag and headed to the door, "Right now we should rest, as tomorrow we'll have more problems than today."
"Yeah, I'll follow your advice." Kuro got up too and both of them left the principal's office.
The team quickly reached the training facility, however their way was leading them to the hot springs. When they were on the place, the male part headed to right and the female part headed to the left.
Aki and Chikeko could move now, but still not well, as their walking was tensed, Oleg on the other hand was held by Pavel, as without someone's help the man would fall onto the ground.
"Oleg Semenovich." Pavel said, "Let's take a good bath and then let's go to sleep."
"I'm a child to be treated like that?" Oleg wasn't glad that Pavel talked with him in such manner.
"Of course not, but I waited to say something like that." the boy chuckled.
"Yes, and not to be seemed stupid in front of Ren." Oleg parried.
"What?" Pavel became slightly red, Aki chuckled at this retort, "I didn't… I'm sorry that won't happen again." Pavel quickly gave up, "By the way, Aki, how are you now?"
"Much netter." Aki chuckled, "Not perfect, but still."
"Man, if not Sakura and Mai, I don't even know what could happen." Pavel flinched.
"Yes their help was significant." Oleg nodded, "But still it was reckless for her to risk with her life that way."
"Sensei, are do you worry about Igawa-sensei?" Aki asked the man.
"I'm worrying about her the same, I do it about you." Oleg merely replied, "Nothing more or less." then he thought, "Or maybe not that way.'
"And if Ren has awakened her powers it would be really great." Pavel said suddenly, "She will be able to open new horizons for her. Frankly speaking, I'm jealous to her." he added after a while.
"Me too." Aki chuckled then, "The boys are supposed to protect girls, but tight now we have vice versa."
"You have a lot of time to do that." Oleg responded him.
"By the way, sensei, what will we do tomorrow?" Aki asked him, "If you're in such state, you won't be able to make training."
"Well, for tomorrow you all will have a day off." Oleg sighed, "Tell the rest, we' just overdid with our training, so we're unable to do that."
"I see." Aki nodded, "Then I'll better have a good sleep."
"And I would like to have some massage." Oleg stated, "I hope you have something like that here?"
"Yes, but it'll be available only tomorrow." Aki replied him.
The trio headed to the hot spring in order to remove the stress and tiredness they received today.
The female part was in the hot spring again. All of them were relaxing talking to each other and at the same time thinking about personal.
"Man, these two freaks were really strong." Maki stretched her arms, "Even guys from that organization weren't so powerful."
"I think they were the same." Sakura replied, "However, in some ways you're right, they were really powerful. I can't even know how they could get here."
"And if these guys were working for these guys could it mean they will attack us again?" Maki asked Sakura again.
"Difficult to say." Sakura bowed her head, "I don't think it'll happen near time. Hey Chikeko, what happened why so gloomy?"
"Ah?" Chikeko was snapped out of her thoughts, "No, just think about something." Chikeko replied her.
"What is it?" Sakura go closer to her, "Is it about those dead guys?"
"Well, yeah." Chikeko nodded, but remembered, what Pavel whispered her decided to change the theme of the talk, "I also thought about you coming in time to save me with Pavel."
"Hey, Ren." Maki touched the hand of the tanned girl, "Don't you want try your power?"
"It's not a bad idea, by the way." Mai agreed too.
Ren wasn't able to respond as even Sakura and Chikeko wanted to see Ren's new power. The girl nodded and gulped being nervous, she stretched her hand out, but nothing happened.
"What?" Ren wasn't glad that there was nothing.
"Look!" Maki pointed at the water around Ren.
Ren bowed her head and saw that water acted strange, the spring, where was no stream at all had it. It wasn't strong, but still was.
"So, water is your element after all." Mai, looked at Ren with a smile, "Now, you're to practice it to use it in battle."
"Finally!" Ren squeezed her fist, "I can become start becoming as good as Igawa-sensei."
"Just don't overdo it Ren." Sakura chuckled, "Or you'll have some problems if you go to your mission powerless."
"Don't worry, sensei." Ren replied her, "I won't."
"Interesting, what Pavel will say to this." Chikeko said playfully too, "I hope he won't be eager."
"Why he should be?" Ren raised her eyebrow, "I think on the contrary, he will be glad."
"Since when you know Pavel that well?" Mai pointed with her elbow at Ren's side.
"Ah?" Ren flinched.
"Yeah, as I remember you said something like I won't trust him and everything like that." Maki joined to teasing."
"Well, I didn't mean I know him well." Ren replied them, "I've just said what I have been thinking." she protested then.
"Come on, now you can tell us everything." Sakura chuckled, "Do you like him?"
"Hell no!" Ren exclaimed, but her voice wasn't firm it was rather uncertain as if she didn't want to say that.
"Girls." Chikeko joined Ren's side, "Stop bothering her. We had a difficult fight a while ago, so let's have a break." her voice was tired, 'Can't belive that someone can like this naughty woman.' Chikeko glanced at Sakura, 'I won't allow her having Oleg.'
Is this the place we need?" Yukikaze looked at the bar, which was in the middle of the street, "It thought, the place we were heading was much more secret and hid better."
"Sometimes it's better to have a crowded place." Doppel replied her, "It's much easier to gather information in that way."
"Especially, when you have smart assholes working on you." Splash replied, "This place is our guidance so no one would dare to attack it."
"Cool." Yukikaze chuckled.
"But still I don't understand, why did you go with us?" Drunkard looked at Haze, "Didn't you want to rest or something like that?"
"If I have some free time, why not to spend it with usefulness?" Haze replied him.
"Is it because one eyed took Hush, you decided not to fall behind him?" Splash smirked looking at her.
"Think what you want." the woman replied him angrily, "I still can't understand, what you do in the organization."
"Little brat."
"Bubble head idiot." Haze retorted him.
"Let's not fight okay?" Tatsurou tried to calm them down, "After all we're on a mission."
"Don't pay attention it's just an ordinary talk in our company," Drunkard replied him taking out his flask and doing three sips of it.
"When do you stop drinking being on work?" Doppel asked him.
"We're always working." the man put his flask back under his great cloak, "Fine, let's go."
They jumped off the building all together and headed to the bar. They entered it qpretty fast, and as Drunkard entered he saluted to the barman at the counter.
"Hello from Semberia!"
"Semberia?" Tatsurou reasked Doppel.
"Don't pay attention." the woman sighed looking at the people who turned to the company.
They came to the counter, however there were no many places and the team decided to stand.
"What a big company." the barman greeted the members of 'Red Division', it was a long time when I saw you coming that number."
"Things changes" Splash answered the elf, "We've came because Commander said to do that."
"I'm glad he decided to do everything fast." the elf smiled, and looked at two new faces, "And they're…"
"Yukikaze and Tatsurou." Doppel presented them in a half voice.
"Yukikaze Mizuki." the elf stretched his hand out, "Nice to meet you, finally I have such a chance."
"Do you know about me too?" Yukikaze was shocked that she was quite popular last time.
"Certainly." the elf smiled, "After all, your father was a guest of this place." after a pause he added, "I hope you'll become too. And the young man is Tatsurou." the elf stretched his hand out, "Nice to meet you too."
"It's a pleasure for me too." Tatsurou replied politely.
"Well, go to that table, I'll come to you soon." the elf pointed to the table which was in the farthest part of the bar, which was a restaurant.
When they took their places, a waiter came to them and stretched menus, however the hunters ordered nothing except drinks.
Doppel ordered some champagne; Haze and Drunkard ordered rakia, while Splash decided to have whisky. The younger Taimanin decided to order juice with mixed fruits.
After a while the elf came to them, when he was changed by another barman.
"Well, why such hurry?" Drunkard asked him, "If you look us this way, the case must be really messy."
"That is." the elf nodded, "Have you already found Shiranui?" Yukikaze hand trembled when she heard mother's name.
"No, we almost got her, but she retreated." Doppel replied seeing Yukikaze's worrying.
"I see." the elf nodded, "Then you must hurry."
"Why?" Splash asked the man with wondered voice after he took a sip of his drink.
"You don't know that because you don't have too much demon blood in your body, but soon Shiranui can be turned into Demon."
"What?!" all of them exclaimed.
"A little quietly please." the elf said them, "The needed planet phase is almost in the needed position, when everything is done, demonization can be used without losing much power."
"What do you mean?" Drunkard asked the barman.
"Well, in brief words, demonization demon's do demands a lot of powers, and the rarely use it, but there's a peculiar event, one time in six years, when demons can turn other species in demons without losing much power."
"I won't let this happen!" Yukikaze exclaimed hitting the table with her hands, "We're to go save her now."
"Don't rush ahead the train." Drunkard said to her, "We still don't know here she can be."
"And if that's true, she won't escape her shelter in a while." Splash replied, "Do you know where she can be, by the way?"
"As I've heard some gossips, she is Under Eden." the barman replied.
"What?" this time only the members of 'Red Division' were surprised, "This is totally bad."
"Why?" Tatsurou asked them.
"This is the place where Incubus King rules." Doppel replied him, "And if the words about the phase are right, we can be sure he will be there."
"And what do you suggest?" Splash asked her, "Stop the mission just because of that?"
"I didn't say that." Doppel replied quickly, "I just want to say sneaking there will be very difficult."
"So what?" Splash didn't calm down, "We had events much worse and more difficult than sneaking into some brothel."
"Idiot! Do you think you can be able to stand against the Incubus King?" Doppel looked at the man angrily, "If he was the one who captured Shiranui than you won't stand against him for long."
"Clam down you two." Haze interrupted their discussion, "How much time do we have?" she turned to the elf then.
"I belive a week, maybe days five or six." he replied as he closed his eyes, "I'm not sure, but you have six day."
"I see." Haze said.
"Can I ask the quest on?" Tatsurou decided to interfere into their discussion, "If this place is really that dangerous, how we'll be able to sneak there?" Yukikaze who was gloomy looked at him with shiny eyes as she wanted to hear that question.
"Difficult question." Splash mumbled, "Just striking it will be a very stupid idea."
"But how we'll get inside?" Doppel looked at him.
"I have an idea, but you definitely won't like it." Drunkard suddenly said.
"Say away." Doppel, Yukikaze and Splash at the same time.
"We can split in two groups, one of which will play the role of slaves and the other part will play the role of customers."
"What do you mean?" Yukikaze didn't understand the plan, however only Haze chuckled at his words.
"For example, I'll be a customer, and Yukikaze with Doppel will play the role of slaves that will be brought by Haze."
"I don't agree." Tatsurou protested.
"I'm too." Splash joined his side pretty fast too, "She isn't ready for that mission."
"And what will you offer?" Drunkard asked Splash and Tatsurou.
There was no answer, "Haze isn't good in playing role of slave, at the same time her abilities are important for escaping." Drunkard did a pause, "You'll help them from inside." he looked at Splash, "As I remember you could hide yourself inside Doppel, and could do investigations leaving her."
"We really did that." Doppel chuckled, "But the after effects are not the best."
"I'm still not sure Yukikaze will be good for that." Splash replied him.
"I agree!" Yukikaze took the floor, "If it's for saving mom I'll bear everything to save her, no matter what happens to me."
"Just like Yasuhiro." Doppel chuckled seeing the girl was ready for everything, "The same temper."
"Yes bald and stupid." Haze drank her rakia.
"What did you say?" Yukikaze looked angrily at the woman.
"By the way, won't he hide her in demons world and do that ritual there?" Haze looked at the elf.
"No, the demonization must be done here, these two worlds are in different places so doing it there will give no effect as the conditions are different."
"I see." Haze replied, "But can't he hide her there and then return her and do the ritual?"
"Also no." the elf shook with his head, "He should put a special seal on her, it'll allow her to gather needed amount of energy, which will be needed for turning her into demon."
"Is there a way to remove it?" Tatsurou ask the elf.
"To remove the seal is not a problem, the problem is to find her in Under Eden." the point eared man replied.
"So, the plan is next, we sneak there, in next formation." Doppel said, "I and Yukikaze are slaves, Splash is in me. Haze will bring us and you'll be a customer." she whistled, "That's the craziest sneaking in my life."
"And what about me?" Tatsurou got up this time, "I can't do nothing, while Yukikaze doing the hardest job."
"Tatsurou…" Yukikaze said, but she was interrupted.
"You'll help us if something goes wrong." Splash sighed, "If Hush comes in time he'll aid us. I don't like the plan, but the formation is really good, I'll always be inside the brothel in order to check on you and help if needed."
"We too." Doppel said and Drunkard replied with nods.
"And at the same time, I belive we'll be trained together." Doppel smiled to the girl, "So we'll share everything together."
"Okay." Yukikaze nodded.
"Yukikaze, are you really sure?" Tatsurou asked his girlfriend, "If you agree, there no other way back. I can't let anything bad happen to you."
Yukikaze put her hand, onto Tatsurou's one, "I agree, if it's for Mom, I'll do anything, after all you will be in my protection, so you won't be sitting doing nothing." Yukikaze chuckled, "When we find mom, you'll join and help me to bring her back, as promised."
Tatsurou covered her hand with his, "I will." he said firmly to her.
"Well, if everything settled, we can go to that damn pit." Drunkard drank his rakia and got up.
"Right now?" Doppel removed her eyes from the young pair to the man, "Why so urgent?"
"We'll have some time to prepare ourselves, mentally and physically." Drunkard replied, "If we have six days, we can spend one in Yomihara, and the second will the beginning of our work."
"Well thought." the man with blue hair chuckled, and drunk his whisky.
"If you're agreed follow me." the elf said to them.
Tatsurou and Yukikaze looked at each other and Doppel quickly pushed them, while Haze and Drunkard were in first line. The elf led them to the corridor, where was the personal places. After a while the came to the door which was locked, the elf took out the key, and opened it. The room they entered was empty, but spacy. There was a big drawing on the floor, which reminded a seal.
"Stand inside of it." the elf told them.
"First time can be strange." Splash said to the young hunters.
"So don't whine if you feel yourself strange." Haze added too.
"What do you mean?" Yukikaze didn't understand the reasons of warning.
"If nothing happens, just don't pay attention." Doppel replied with a mysterious smile.
The group did what was ordered, and after a while the elf took out some tube of his pocket and poured onto the seal. Then he pressed his palm to it and in next moment the group disappeared in flash.
"I hope you'll be alright, and save her. Such team… will be able to do that." the elf said out loud and wiped his hands.
"Eugene Alexeyevich, has something happened?" Dmitry asked the minister as he entered his office, "You was so gloomy today on the meeting, you never think that much during them."
"Ah, good that you decided to come Dmitry." Eugene rubbed his nasal bridge, "Just received a call from Igawa Asagi."
"Wow, didn't think she'll call you first." Dmitry took the place in front of the man with glasses, "And what is it?"
"They found another seal as she suggest." Eugene replied quickly, "And it's in Yomihara."
"Yomihara?" Dmitry seemed worried too, "I hope you told her about our suggestions."
"Of course, I did." the man said, "I know Pavlov won't be happy hearing that so just don't tell him and nothing will happen."
"Savrasov would be glad hearing you told that to Miss Igawa." Dmitry said with a smile.
"Yes, but it's not the biggest problem." Eugene seemed tired, "She also asked me about demons lords of three lines."
"The one from old fairytales?" Dmitry raised his eyebrow with surprise, "I thought they are popular here, but not in Japan, even hunters in Europe and USA don't know them."
"Yes, still can't understand who told her that." Eugene smiled, "And is he really belive to that?"
"I think it was Pavel." Dmitry smiled, "He was the one liked these stories. Oleg Semenovich and Maria Sergeievna don't belive in them."
"And for Ilya?" Eugene looked at Dmitry.
"Never noticed he liked to read nothing but comics and small books." Dmitry replied him.
"I see." then Eugene took out some envelope out of his desk and stretched it to young man, "Here."
"What is it?" Dmitry took the envelope.
"Tarasov's family is going to visit him. So I want you to bring them there, and at the same time to discuss, with Asagi about seals." Eugene leaned back onto the back of his chair, "If they need your help in missions do as you wish. But when they return you return with them."
"Got it." Dmitry replied with a smile, "It'll be pretty good to see them again."
"After all you're in charge of that integration." Eugene said, "So you're to visit them."
"May she defend our laws, and ever give us course!" the heard singing behind the door.
"Please, you should sign for meeting first! What if he has a meeting?" a woman voice said, but then there was an answer.
"Then I'll wait in doors." a male voice replied.
"Not allowed." the woman protested, "What if you're a spy?"
Suddenly the door was opened and they could see a man about thirty or thirty five years old.
"Eugene Alexeyevich." the man knocked at the opened door, "Not busy?"
"No." the man said being frowned, "At least you could call me first." the minister didn't seem happy.
"Well, I'll account it and do next time." the chuckled, "I came with a report to you. My guys detect something." he looked at the secretary, Eugene showed they she could be free, and when the door was closed, "The detected the seal in Yomihara."
"I know." Eugene said.
"Where from?" the man seemed surprised, "No one told you about it."
"Soon you'll never be able to surprise me." Eugene smiled, "Igawa told me directly."
"I see." the newcomer said, "Contacts become more trustful, nice to hear." the man chuckled after that.
"If that's all you can go." Eugene replied him, while Dmitry was only watching at the man with distrust.
"Well, no." the man said, "I would like you to return me some documents on Mizuki Yasuhiro, my father gave."
"What?" the young man was surprised with the words of the man.
"You want a lot Andrew." Eugene put his hands in a lock.
"I only want what belongs my family, these documents were given because of my old man stupidity, while, I need them urgently."
"What will you do with them." the minister frowned.
"None of your business." Andrew replied him.
"Then I won't give you it." the man in the glasses replied him, "How can I know you won't lose them or sell to someone else?"
"If I remember it right, Yasuhiro wasn't working for Russian government, so guess to whom these documents should belong."
"Your father gave them, so it's only him who should take them." Eugene answered the man, "And as I remember your courses were different, you always worked in western direction, while he worked on Asian one."
"I worked on both." Andrew replied him, "If ot my attempts, we would lose Serbia as our ally, but now we have stronger relations with reborn Yugoslavia, and can help them whenever it's needed throw Bulgaria territory."
"And you father helped to prevent Taiwan crisis." Eugene said, "Whom should I trust in that situation?"
"If you want I can do a direct call to some person above you and she will solve everything." Andrew smirked.
"Using your position?" Eugene smirked too.
"How dare you talk like that with an official, you scum!" Dmitry didn't like the behavior of the man.
"The younger ones shouldn't interrupt." Andrew answered, "But I like your attitude."
'Bastard.' Dmitry thought, but still said nothing.
"These documents have nothing with Russian policy or structure; they're only about one direct person. So, i just want them back, they will do nothing bad to you."
"Fine, you won't shut, and I don't have interest in talking to president about your whining." Eugene replied him, "I'll give you them in the evening, happy?"
"More than you think." Andrew got up and about to leave the office.
"Was it the purpose to come?" Eugene raised hi eyebrow.
"Yeah, to tell about the seal and take documents, now I'll let you work." the man waved with his hand and left the office.
"Eugene Alexeyevich, I still don't understand, why do you allow him to act like that?" Dmitry asked the man, "On my place, I would let him know his place."
"You would do nothing as I do." Eugene got up, "The work his family did and still doing to this country compares with nothing, so we're to bear him every time he comes."
"I see, but still we should give him some scolding." Dmitry said getting up too.
"Maybe, next time you'll do that." Eugene looked at the young man and added, "Let's go, we're to talk with Home Security, I think he is waiting us."