Mika Shiranui's Story

"And now, gentlemen, it's the girl you all have been waiting for. Let's have a big round of applause for Ichi Soumna~"
Ichi could practically feel the deafening roar of the crowd of horny males. Staring at them from center stage, the girl held in a sigh. She was dressed in a black bra, black short shorts, a magenta long jacket that was completely unzipped to expose her chest and bra and magenta boots that went to her knees. Her dark pink eyes conveyed a sense of defeat as long black hair moved and swayed with her movements. Another day of being considered a piece of meat... It ended soon enough. Ichi stared at the mirror as she changed back into her school uniform. She sighed.
"One more shitty day... How many more must I go through?"
When the question left her lips, she felt bitter all over again.
"Oh, right... When I'm dead and have payed for my crimes, that's when all of this ends. At least half of the deal was made..."
She faintly grazed the scar on her chest from where she was shot. She started to walk out and turned to Yukina.
"Yukina, I'm on break. I'll be back in an hour."
She walked outside, entering a restaurant and sighed in defeat.
"Waiter. I need a hot chocolate over here. Now."

"Move your asses, men! One, two! One, two!"
Terao watched as the men and women underneath him continued to work on their training regimen. It had been four months since his father disappeared and he was growing more and more irksome with each passing day.
"Dammit... How am I to know if he died out there or not?"
He quickly shook the thought aside. No, his father was too strong to just die like that... He was just busy is all. He soon heard a knock on the door.
"Yasukawa, sir! I've brought Shiranui, Falcor and Vantrice as requested!"
"Send them in."
Terao turned to face the two Hunters.
"Shiranui. Vantrice. Falcor. I am Terao Yasukawa but you are to address me as Yasukawa. I'm calling you two over to give an important mission. You are to survey Otogibanashi Town with me to search and eliminate any and all Nightmares."

Sachi was still hiding her head in her arms as she fell asleep during class for the fifth time today. It wasn't like she could help it though... It's not her fault that the classroom was so boring...
"... Kunisada... Kunisada...! Wake up, Kunisada!!"
Sachi blinked awake and yawned.
"Huh...? Oh, sorry sensei... I just had the greatest dream is all..."
The teacher sighed heavily.
"Kunisada, need I remind you that you cannot be allowed to sleep during class? Especially since your grades are so terrible?"
"You insist on making lectures boring..."
"Boring- Kunisada! You are hardly in the position to criticize me over my lectures!!"
Unfortunately for the teacher, Sachi fell asleep again. What was the point of learning the lessons during the day when there were so many interesting things happening in the night? Nightmare, Hunters, so many other night owls. Yes... The daytime just wasn't the time for her. Her parents wouldn't care either way so she should try to be happy at least once. Sachi awoke to hear footsteps and found her classroom empty.
"Nn...? How long was I asleep...?"

Mika sighed as she listened to her leader speak. The mission seemed straight forward. Survey the town and search and destroy any and all nightmares. She nodded her head. "Seems like a straightforward mission Sir. I am sure I-I mean, we, won't fail you in this task." she stated in an orderly fashion. She also gave wary glances to those who would be in her group.

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In the old shrine where people or victims of nightmares or the crossfire of hunters were at, Masenai was tending to their needs with a small smile and gave people reassurances that everything would be alright. He had slowly begun to note the time of day as his shift would be over. But to him, that didn't matter. The real work would begin when he returned home and donned a certain armor and made sure his version of peace was met.

"Majinn will wake soon." he said to himself as he walked to his motorbike when he saw the next volunteer shift coming to the shrine and drove off when they gave him the signal to leave. He had to go home on the double.

Gillion rocked back and forth on his heels while listening to his new commander. It didn't bother him one bit that his new leader was younger then him. "Well seems like this could be fun. No need to worry Yasukawa, just leave it to us." After throwing a few glances at his new team he gave a small smirk. Shiranui looked very capable as a hunter and wasn't to bad on the eyes either while Vantrice on the other hand he didn't know much about him but maybe this would be a good chance to see what he could do. "Ah Yasukawa, are then any leads we should be aware of or are we just going to wing it this time. I'm good either way."

Terao looked over at Shiranui and Falcor. Against his better judgement, they seemed plenty capable enough and Falcor was even asking for details on the mission.
"There's a clubhouse known as Secret Desires. I'm told that there are two Nightmares that live there. One is a bartender, the other is a local stripper. Surely such wastes won't be missed. We'll leave during the night. We'll attract too much attention if we kill them during the day due to their business hours."

Shinichi walked briskly down the hallways of the hunter building. Flanked on his either side were two other hunters. He was not sure of their names as they had never interacted with each other before, but he had seen them previously he was sure. Coming to a stop in front of a large door, their escort opened the door and shooed them in. The three stood straight and in a line as their new commander introduced himself. Yasukawa. Commander Yasukawa.
Shinichi stood with his hands clasped tightly behind his back. A mission! He tried to force down the manic grin that was threatening to spread across his face. He ducked his head towards Yasukawa in confirmation. They would begin tonight. When dusk fell. He could not deny that he was excited. An anxious bundle of nerves. Two nightmares. So close to him too!
He rolled his shoulders in effort to ease himself, and ran his long fingers through his snowy hair. Giving Yasukawa an informal two finger salute, he openly grinned. Which caused him to look quite feral, in his little sister's opinion. "No problem boss." He told him lightly. "We are just the men for job!" Shinichi added with a laugh, wrapping his arms around the two other hunter's shoulders and giving a quick squeeze before releasing his hold.
"Well. . . And woman." He amended. Shooting the blonde lady next to him a flirty smile.

Sachi blinked at Kanako. She soon dug around a satchel and handed the girl a pen. It was light green with pink and orange flower designs and a pink rose charm at the end.
"The teacher makes the lectures such a bore so why should I try to pay attention? The ink is black, don't worry. You can keep it if you want. I'll find an interesting one tonight anyway."
She handed the pen to Kanako and stretched as she stood.
"Have fun in art, Shiina. I'm going home. The fun hour is about to start soon and I've gotten enough rest."
As Sachi walked out of Gingeki high, her sleepy expression soon grew into a mysterious smile as she pulled the cat like hood over her head. She soon jumped up on a building and surveyed the late night area, smile growing across her face.
"Well, Otogibanashi, what stories do you have for me today~?"

Mika only nodded when the information was relayed and shot a quick glare at Vantrice when he made his mistake and amended it. "I may be a woman, but I have plenty of guts to get the job done period. I don't know about you guys, but I am just about prepared and ready to get my things together for tonight." she stated as she stretched her legs in looked at Terao for a sign to give the group the signal to move out.

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Masenai returned to his penthouse home, where he lived away from his family and their nagging ways. The penthouse was close to modern day tech as it gets. He wandered towards a small collection of wine in a compartment as he pulled out the largest bottle to reveal a more secret compartment containing a gauntlet as he grabbed it and slipped it on his arm and walked outside to his balcony.

"The Majinn awakens now. Let's see what troubles we can prevent and wrongs to right." he muttered as he pushes a button in the gauntlet as a suit of armor covered his whole body, with a helmet covering his head. The Majinn Wolf looked down at the city and leapt off the balcony and activated jets attached to his boots and flew off into the oncoming night on his patrol.

"Let's appease the God of Retribution tonight!"

Terao nodded.
"We'll see those guts in action then, Shiranui. As for you, Vantrice, I pray that your skills in the battlefront aren't a joke. Night has fallen. Let's move out."
Terao walked the streets with Shiranui, Vantrice and Falcor. On his way over, he picked up on two unfamiliar prescences. One was an assassin. The other was... A high school girl?
"Falcor. There's a high school girl here. Intercept her. Vantrice, you go after the assassin. Shiranui, you're with me on the way to Secret Desires."
He waited until the other two dispersed before continuing his walk over there. He decided to keep his silence for the moment.

Sachi felt like someone was following her. Sighing, she decided to stay where she was. After all, how bad could the person really be? She pulled out her 3DS to play Trials and Tribulations as she waited.

Mika nodded and continued her walk with Terao as she looked around to make sure nothing else was going to distract their objective. "Understood sir, though in observation, a high school student out in the night is not an uncommon thing. If she's not a nightmare the division might get charged for harrassment." she stated in an aside manner, but knew she was possibly gonna get scolded for giving advice to the leader of the group and so kept her mouth firmly shut after speaking. She knew full well something said like that is one sure way of making a leader mad at her. She was only stating her opinion on the high schooler.

"Any of the targets have priors we should be aware of? Would be a good excuse to have in case the news media hounds us."

James sat in an empty ally way. A red lance sitting against him. He absentmindedly whistling an out of key tune. He sensed many people around him a few of note. Mostly hunters, a few oddities, and even a few nightmares though they were much farther away. "Should I attack or let them seek me out." he opened his eyes and stood up the lance he carried vanished into thin air. Slowly he moved out from his hiding place. Searching the streets for the people he sensed.

Terao looked over at Shiranui.
"You are correct, Shiranui. Forgive me. I'm merely being overly cautious. I'm glad you stated your opinion. I need at least one person around here to keep me in check. However, if she isn't a Nightmare, then Falcor should be able to persuade her to go home easily enough."
He pulled out two photographs of two women and gave them to Shiranui.
"Our primary targets are a bartender named Akazawa Yukina and a stripper named Ichi Soumna."

Sachi blinked and looked up from her game to see a Hunter talking to her.
"Who really knows why I'm here? Maybe I'm just bored and looking for attention. It may be a bloodless night if everyone manages to keep their cool."
The girl smiled at him.
"Who are you, Mr. Hunter? My name's Sachi."

Ichi finally finished her drink and sensed someone looking for her.
"Oh, for fuck's sake..."
Leaving the money on the counter, she hid the waiter farewell and found the person pursuing her.
"Oi! You! What the hell do you even want? Why the fuck are you searching for me?"
She got out her sledgehammer, ready to swing if he was a threat.

Mika merely nodded at his appreciation of her opinion. The fact is when she was of some help to people, and they express gratitude and not see her as a monster, it made her feel slightly happy that she as a hunter was doing some good. At least, since the day she was forced to...

No. She had work to do. A month more, then she'll have all that day to mourn what she felt was her one singular mistake. She saw Terao whip out some pictures of the targets and looked them over. "Wow, I can see why men go to this parlor. Maybe I can do undercover work there sometime.~ Um, ahem. Sorry, just slightly got a tad inappropriate there. So when do you think we'll be able to intercept one of them?"

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The Majinn Wolf eventually made a landing on top of a building, on a borderline between known nightmare and yakuza territory and observed very carefully for any disturbances in terms of crime there. He didn't want to also run into any uneccesary fights. He pushed several buttons on his gauntlet and waited several seconds before a silver feathered robotic hawk lands on his shoulders.

"Scout the Area." ordered the Majinn Wolf as the robot started to fly, whilst a hologram of the Robot's camera came into view from within the helmet. "Now, let's see what's going on with this clan tonight."

Ichi felt her eye twitch before she let the hammer drop.
"You have a point... So, what are you doing here anyway?"

Terao was about to answer when he soon pulled out his bayonet.
"There are two Nightmares in this area... Shiranui. Intercept Soumna while I try to intercept the unfamiliar one."

Sachi reached up and touched the lance, feeling the texture of it until she accidentally cut herself. Aside from sucking the blood a little, she made no move to treat herself.
"Ow... Well, it certainly is a powerful tool, Gill. You seem to care for it very much given how good its condition is."
Sachi smiled before her eyes caught onto something. Her eyes seemed to sparkle.
"It's going to start soon, Gill~"

"Now apparently." thought Mika as she nodded her head as she gripped the hilt of her sword and started moving at a fast pace to where she believed Ichi would end up if she ran her way. "This is the end of the line for you dreaded nightmare. I hope you find peace." she stated, slowly drawing her claymore before noting a silver feathered hawk flying around some of the area she was in.

"Shit, Majinn Wolf's prowling again? Doesn't that civilian ever learn?" she muttered to herself as she readied to fight Ichi if need be.

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"Let's see, drug trade, drug trade, drug bust, and the usual hunter campaign against the nightmares in the town. When will those factions ever learn that both tend to do harm and not cast blame to each other? People just don't learn." The Majinn Wolf muttered as he looked around, making sure no one actually thought of following him.

Terao sliced at the unfamiliar Nightmare with his Bayonet.
"It's time you returned to hell, you monstrosity."
Ichi's eye twitched at the girl's statement.
"Was that a joke?! It's not a fucking funny one. I'll never get peace. Not until I find out what killed me."
Her grip tightened on the sledgehammer when she saw an unfamiliar bird fly across.
"That fucking Majinn again... Tch, if you're looking for a fight then bring it on. Come out of hiding, you fucking coward!"

Shinichi let out a snort. His skills were no joke. Many people thought that he might be all talk and no bite, but he absolutely loved proving them wrong. His parents and uncle were all hunters. He had experience and undeniable skill. "Yeah. . ." He hummed as he followed his team out.

Night was finally falling. Every minute the sky became darker. Walking down the streets, he fingered his saber. They were so close. Yasukawa's authoritative voice brought Shinichi out of his thrill induced trance. Huh? An assassin? He pursed his lips as he honed his senses in on whoever Yasukawa was talking about. He let out a sigh. He really wanted to take down a nightmare tonight. Oh well. "Fine." He drawled.

Turning on the ball of his foot, he set out to track down this assassin. His leisurely pace, quickly morphed into a lightning fast sprint. Chasing down his target. Shinichi, had to hand it to whoever this was. They were fast. He wondered briefly how they were flying. A hopeful voice in his mind suggested maybe it was in fact a nightmare. Maybe the night would not be an entire bust after all.

As he followed the assassin into the more disreputable parts of town, a frown tugged at the corners of his lips. His apartment was around here. Strange, as this was practically nightmare and yakuza territory, but he liked living wild. Hopefully Momo had already gotten home. Shinichi saw the outline of his target land atop a building and grinned.

Using the fire escape along the side of the building, he scaled up the rungs silently. Reaching the edge, he stopped and just watched. Only a few feet away, Shinichi could now tell that this assassin was definitely male. Now he would not feel too bad when he finally took him out. "Scout the area. Now, let's see what is going on with this clan tonight." 'Cool.' He thought to himself as the man set his robotic hawk loose on the skies. Where could he get one of those?

He listened a bit more and committed what the assassin was saying to memory. "Let's see, drug trade, drug trade, drug bust, and the usual hunter campaign against the nightmares in the town. When will those factions ever learn that both tend to do harm and not cast blame to each other? People just don't learn." Without a sound, Shinichi pulled himself up and stood fully on the roof behind the assassin. As the unaware man turned to look behind him, Shinichi already had his sleek saber held out. Stiff and poised for battle.

" 'Lo there Mr. Assassin." He greeted easily. Running a hand through his hair, he slicked his bangs back. The rain made them stick to his forehead and hard to see. "Mind telling me who you were after tonight?"

Majinn Wolf only grinned under his helmet. "There's a fine line between Assassin and Vigilante and I am the latter of the subject, hunter." he stated as he took a small flourished bow, "Majinn Wolf, Avatar of Retribution and current Terror of the Yakuza and more Murderous Nightmares."

He took a step backwards. "And I do not wish to be crossed while I'm on patrol." he flicked a finger and caused a smokescreen to occur before he leapt off the building and used his boosters to make a more smaller landing before running towards where he heard that vocal challenge from the nightmare via his Hawk.

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"Why would I hide?" a voice from the Shadows occurred as Mika turned her Claymore to the Shadows as the Majinn wolf emerged from it.

"For the same reason you go about fighting Yakuza and killing nightmares without hunter sanctions." Mika stated in a stoic orderly reply as the Majinn laughed. "What's so damn funny? Even you cannot argue the charges I've gone over the last time we encountered each other."

"I hunt down the extremely murderous Nightmares instead of putting all the nightmares in a lump sum like your order does. Remember two years ago when that one hunter killed that nightmare that had the body of a nine year old? Bad press day for you folks. Yasukawa had to put a lot of hush money to shut them up." Mika held her sword threateningly at Majinn when those words were stated.

"I had to kill that man." Mika coldly replied trying to restrain her emotion,"He lost all faith in the hunters."

"And I wish I did not have to kill my brother....Oh Akira forgive me."

"Good for you. But that won't stop anyone from having their opinions about it. That's why I'm with humanity. So how about it girls? Are you going to fight me or each other? Don't mistake my observing and vigilantism for cowardice! Honestly I was getting a bit bored watching you throw words and I want to see where this cat fight leads!" Majinn stated almost casually as he had his right hand gripped to the side of his waist, where his own weapon was in compact form.

Ichi narrowed her eyes at the bastard who was talking. Terao was too preoccupied with fighting the other Nightmare. Eventually, Ichi slammed her sledgehammer right into the assassin's stomach.
"How's that for an answer? Fucking Majinn..."

Sachi sighed.
"Ichi always starts the battles... Are you going to help out, Gill? I can come with you. I feel like participating this time."

With a surpised yelp the hammer to the stomach sent the Majinn wolf flying, hitting the wall. "Ow. you're lucky that my armor is a few times stronger then Kevlar otherwise-"


"You monster!" Mika shouted as she began to charge at Ichi only to meet The Majinn once more in between them as he pushed a button on the object he held in his hand and a blade extended from the hilt and blocked Mika's swing and kicked her in the stomach sending her to the wall as well.

"A monster is a being who kills people and I'm still breathing. Maybe it's because I am the Avatar of Retribution."

"Bullshit." Mika stated firmly. Majinn sighed a long drawn out sigh.

"I'm sure that's ridiculous to believe but, huh?" the Hawk screeched as an image of several Yakuza men preparing to terrorize a known bar establishment appeared on his helmet. "Okay, look ladies, I have just been alerted by my eyes of a terror mission by the Yakuza. Don't kill each other, don't move, I'll be right back." Mika swung at Majiinn again but he jumped backwards and began running.

"See you guys in several minutes!"

Terao narrowed his eyes as he charged in for another attack. Ichi just sighed and stayed put.
"May as well be a good girl once in my life. What about you, Huntress? Willing to listen to the fucking Majinn?"

Sachi blinked as Gill vanished. Staying where she was, she shrugged and started to watch the events. She soon saw a mechanical owl fly past her.
"The Majinn Wolf really does cut no corners in his search..."