Yukkuri Academy

Sam could almost feel the cold stare Airi gave Aika before she stalked off to clean her weapons. Sam gave him a quick just give her time glance before walking over to her. He paused to grab a couple of beers before sitting beside her.

"Hey killer, remember when you said you wanted to do something nice for me? How's sharing a drink sound?"

He said as he motioned to the beers in his hand. He opened one casually, the familair pop of the bottle cap disconnecting from the base sounded off. He handed her the bottle before opening his own. He took a long sip before looking at her curiously. He'd never met anyone like her before and he couldn't help but be more than a little captivated by her.

"Can I ask you something? And feel free to tell me off if I'm outta line but, are you happy? Like with your life? As a zombie hunter I mean. It just hit me that you and Takeo probably missed out on a lot of little things kids like me or like Laz may take for granted. Like stupid shit. First county fair. Hot dogs at a ball game. Making out on a ferris wheel. Skipping school to watch a new movie at the theater. You know, kid stuff."

Sam asked honestly curious.

"Can I ask you something? And feel free to tell me off if I'm outta line but, are you happy? Like with your life? As a zombie hunter I mean. It just hit me that you and Takeo probably missed out on a lot of litle things kids like me or like Laz may take for granted. Like stupid shit. First county fair. Hot dogs at a ball game. Making out on a ferris wheel. Skipping school to watch a new movie at the theater."

Airi took the bottle and thought about it. "I'm... I'm content... Sure zombie killing doesn't get me a boyfriend or the newest pair of cute boots but..." she leaned back against the wall. "I'm saving lives! Even if they don't know it, I'm keeping their asses out of the Rotten Realm!" she took a drink before sighing. "I'd love to do some of that stuff, sure, who wouldn't..? But, in the Blood Rose, duty comes before pleasure... It's a sad thing, but the pay out of being able to look at all these normal humans and not brain eaters, it's kind of a reward..." Bandit curled up in her lap and she ran a hand through his fur.

"Plus, I get cool toys and pets. Bandy's one of them. He's a joy, can smell out anything dangerous in a heartbeat. Then there's my dog, Asher. Well, he's kinda like a dog... He's a zombie that's taken a liking to his friends flesh... I love 'em both like family..."

Sam smiled at her response. She was strong, stronger than anyone he'd met. Willing to sacrifice her won happiness, her own pursuits for others. Self sacrifice was an underrated quality these days. Sam reached down and stuck his fingers out to Bandit who was lovingly curled up in Airi's lap. Bandit sniffed his hand for all of a second before pushing his head into his hand allowing Shepard to pet him. Sam's warm smile widened as he pet Bandit for a few seconds before looking back up to Airi.

"You're a veritable superhero you know that?"

He said, complimenting her with a bright eyed smile.

"I may have to take you out one night though, let you see enjoy some of your hard work."

"The Blood Rose Guild, one of a handful of groups that are specially designed to combat against what we term 'Zombies' or the 'Undead'. In my knowledge, it seems that the Blood Rose is the only guild that is currently active in their activities. " he pointed at her and Takeo with pin-point accuracy without his 'specs'.

"Blood Rose Guild participated in several extermination programs, sometimes alongside another guild, but usually alone. Top-most honored guild within the Zombie Extermination Program. Well-known even amongst the other guilds. "

"Brazil Event - Reports show that the cause of the outbreak was voodoo and black magic. Luckily, the event was finished before any casualty was caused, safe for the dead bodies used by the shaman. Mission taken by: Blood Rose. "

"China Event - Seemingly a different cause due to a facial wash product. According to the records, they were not deemed as complete zombies, but merely subs. However, before any casualties spread, once again the Blood Roses stopped the outbreak. The Yu San Company, producer of the facial wash product, disrupted and disbanded in the process. "

"Miami Event - This one was caused by what the doctors claim to be a drug. Only one person was affected and one person was injured in the process. However, no casualties were documented. This was a report written by a member of the Blood Rose, the police were on the scene before any members could arrive. "

"And lastly...the Africa event...the largest outbreak that the Zombie Extermination Program has ever seen. Caused by a combination of black magic and a certain chemical that couldn't be discerned. The outbreak suffered several casualties: nearly 40 from the Blood Rose Guild and a near 3000 in the public. The outbreak was contagious and the dead rose. However, in the end the Blood Rose Guild managed to stop the shaman and begin exterminating the rest of those infected by the chemical. "

"And now here, I assume it'll be called the 'Yukkuri Event'. " Aika finished, staring at the girl with his crimson coloured eyes. "You have the entire truth, I've only listed several of the things that the Blood Rose Guild have done, and I can list more. You can hand me over to custody once this is all over. " He replaced his 'specs' back onto his nose and turned around.

"But the reason I asked...was because I admired such a group. Saving lives. It's a good thing to do...and not just one, two or even 10 lives, but perhaps even the entire world population. That's worth admiring. "

"I'm... Impressed. We could use someone like you in the Blood Rose... If you're up for being a part of us..." she told Aika, smiling softly. "Actually, I take that back, we need someone like you. You're damn smart... It's a shame you hide it... Sorry for calling you a liar back there... forgive me..?" she asked, somewhat sheepishly.

Airi looked at Sam with a smile. "Sure, I'd like that..." she stood up, Bandit climbing up to her shoulder. "Now, if you excuse me, I'm gonna wash all this Behemoth goop off me. Again... Gai si, verdammit and merde..." she muttered in various languages before trotted into the bathroom and looked at Kukai's wounds. "Hey, partner, you okay..?" she ran a gentle hand over them before taking off the jacket and holding it out. "Sorry about taking this... I don't have any clean clothes but what's drying over there..." she gestured to her still drying school uniform.

She walked into the shower, stripping as she went. She turned on the water, singing "Sexy, Free and Single" and dancing a bit as she went.

"I'm... Impressed. We could use someone like you in the Blood Rose... If you're up for being a part of us..." Aika turned around in surprise and saw the girl smiling softly.

"Actually, I take that back-"

Wait,what?!

"-we need someone like you. You're damn smart... It's a shame you hide it... Sorry for calling you a liar back there... forgive me..?"

Aika lower his 'specs' and peered over the edge of the frame at Airi, breaking into a wide smile.

"Join the Blood Rose Guild eh? Sounds like fun. Much better than lounging around going from school to school, waiting for college. " he said in a cheery voice and winked, before pushing back his 'specs', going back into a more monotone voice. "Being smart isn't fun, and neither is being perfect. "

To prove that point, he grabbed a nearby bottle of beer and rubbed his arm over the cap before making a twisting motion.

POP!

The lid came off and he took the cap, handing the bottle of opened beer over to Sam. "Care for another beer big guy? "

He flipped the beer cap like he would flip a coin. As quick as a flash, he pulled off his 'specs' in a graceful motion and tossed it into the air. Bringing his hand down, he grabbed the flipping beer cap and chucked it in a motion similar to throwing a poker card, sending the golden beer cap flying like a super-mini frisbee. Without looking up, he reached out and his 'specs' landed right on top of his palm, just at the exact moment the beer cap slipped right into the one of the slits of one of the lockers. He put on his 'specs' again.

"I can't do anything wrong. I can't make any mistakes. It feels like a curse. " he told them, before falling flat on his face when he tried to walk away. He got up and dusted himself down, his wrist didn't hurt so much now after Tenno fixed it.

"Heh, I feel more human after falling like that. And, dear lady? Apology accepted. " he told the girl, thumbing up at the blurry outline of Sam instead of Airi. Then he non-chalantly walked off, waving his good hand in the air. "Oh, about joining the Guild...how about I join once this is all over? "

He walked smack-dab right into a locker.

Airi heard all the noise and finished up quickly. She grabbed her shorts and shirt before putting it all back on and laughing as Aika ran into a locker. She walked over and pulled his specs off before giving him a big grin.

"You can join us then. If Kukai's alright with that... We are co-leaders now..." she stuck the specs on her own face and fell backwards on her butt. "By the gods! How do you function with these on?! I can't get up!" she whined, flailing her arms around. She couldn't really. If she did, she'd fall again. "Ow, my butt..." she managed to get the specs off before shakily standing and handing them back to him.

"You, Aika, are amazing, if you can function normally with those on... Though, once you join us, they're going right..? Please say yes..." she leaned on the locker, still dizzy from that. Bandit merely snorted at her making her flip the bird at the cat, who merely snorted again.

"Come say it to my face, dumb bitch cat..." Bandit merely tripped her when she went to walk and snorted in her face. "Ass..."

"Hey, partner, you okay..?"

"Yeah, I'm fine...it's just...I cant believe this happened!" he yelled smacking his hand against the shower wall. "I should have listened to my brothers, and moved to Shanghai with them.

"Sorry about taking this... I don't have any clean clothes but what's drying over there..."

He pushed the jacket back towards her. "Keep it." he said. "I don't really need it anyway."

He laughed at her dancing. "Nevermind, moving would have meant I would have had to leave you, and hearing you sing in the shower..." he continued laughing. "Makes my day."

If Lazarus was anything right now, it'd be bored. And if Mokou was anything right now, it'd be annoyed.

"Dammit. Why would that Yakuza fucker even try and tend my wounds? Did he honestly think I'd let him?".

"He was just trying to be nice, Mokou. Calm down and let him fix ya up".

"N-No! He's a Yakuza! I HATE the Yakuza! Even more than the Triads!".

"So you hate almost every criminal organisation, here in Japan and everywhere else?".

"If I could, I'd murder all of them, even the small-fry's".

Lazarus looked down, his face grave.

'She knows what I did, but not why I did it'.

Lazarus sighed, and took a few steps towards the door, but he didn't get very far before Mokou propped herself up on her arm and glared at him. "Where the hell are you going?".

"I need some air".

"O-Okay... then".



Lazarus stood outside the Gym, looking out over the oval. His cigarette tasted like crap for some reason, and he sighed. He laughed lightly and spoke: "Oh boy, wait until she finds out why I did what I did... Ugh, she's gonna wanna kill me too". He grinned as he took another drag of his smoke, and he dropped it on the ground, stomping on it and crushing it into oblivion. "I honestly don't mind this situation. A Sadist like me... in a School filled with zombies? What do you think's gonna happen? HAHAHAAA!".

He grinned even wider and took in the fact that he was probably the only person in the group that had been looking forward to this, loved the feel of blood on him, the sight of someone being cleaved in half, the pained screams of his opponents and victims. Yep, he was a sadist alright. But....

'But...'

"But there are some people I wouldn't even think of hurting".

Lazarus closed his eyes, and leaned back on the glass, his iPod playing.

"Silver Forest - Sadistic Love. Pretty darn ironic thing to have on, eh Shuffle?".



"Okay, seriously? Where did he go, home?".

Mokou's voiced flowed out from her mouth as she sat up, her eyes shooting around the room, taking everything in, and she realised the one person she actually knew, wasn't there. Well, she knew Tenno, she just had a major dislike for him. She sat up, flinging her legs over the table, and stood.

"He'll come back inside later... Yeah, he's not gonna ditch us. Heh". She rubbed her forehead and took a step, grimacing slightly. She realised that Laz wasn't lying when he said she'd been fucked up by that clawed thing. She took a few more steps adjusting to the pain, and she eventually arrived at Tenno. She grabbed him by the collar quickly, and slammed him into the wall. "You think that being nice and playing medic's gonna erase all the shit you Yakuza scum have done!? Huh!? You truly, sincerely, sicken me. You all do, and.... Why am I explaining myself to you, scumbag".

She would've punched him right then and there, but she felt the soft tap of something on her shoulder. She turned and was greeted by Lazarus, who was giving her a 'You've got to be fucking kidding me' look. She dropped Tenno and stormed off, angrily announcing that she was taking a shower and borrowing some of Lazarus' clothes. The latter sighed and grinned.

"Yeah, she really hates the Yakuza, so she's gonna be a tough cookie to speak to on your part.... She has a good reason to hate them though, but it isn't for me to tell ya, Tenno".

Hearing this Tenno perked up a bit. "Whats this about your group? Are you accepting recruits?" Tenno asked Airi. He was curious to know because it sounded like the others were in, he didn't want to be left out. Some experience in this sort of stuff would be useful for a break from his family.

Airi made a noise of surprise. "You're kiddin' me!? Those devil thing made your eyesight better? I would ask for a pair but I don't think my body would agree with me... I'd be covered in bruises and that's just at school..." she pouted before she grabbed her mp3player from her pile of clothes and turned it up, a song, One of Repetition, came out. It was soft and calm, unlike the singer. Anyone who's heard Airi would recognize her voice as the singer. The song was beautiful but the sound of Airi's voice made it sound, better...

"Oh, shit..! Not now!" she rushed to turn it off, blushing. She hated when other people heard her sing. She held the little device close and sighed as the song ended, allowing her to turn it back up at a reasonable volume. "Sorry guys, that song's a bit... Uh... Personal to my heart..."

Mokou sighed as the warm water washed over her. She would've loved to just have been able to take the day off, but she came to school specifically to give Lazarus a present, since it was one of those 'I'm generous so I feel like giving someone something' days. She smirked as she remembered what she'd gotten him, and she turned the water off. She draped a towel around herself and left the showers, moving over to Lazarus' locker, opening it and sighing.

"Laz! I told ya to keep some of my spares in your locker!".

Lazarus turned and stifled a laugh. "She actually thought I'd do that?".

Lazarus grinned and went over to his friend, passing her and continuing to her locker, which he opened with a replicated key. "Yeah, I have a habit of making replicas, so here, catch". He threw the Key to Mokou, knowing that she'd probably left hers at home. She caught it and scowled. "You're so unreliable sometimes, but I have a gift for you too. Here, put these on!".

Lazarus just glared.



Lazarus walked back out to the group, his cheeks slightly red and his eyes filled with anger. "I'm gonna kill you for this, woman". Mokou just grinned, and announced to the group.

"This here, is Lazarus J. Inaba, and now he's even more of a rabbit with these Rabbit ears I got him! Hooray!". Mokou held her hand over her mouth to stop herself from bursting out laughing, and laughed even harder when Laz gave her the bird. His rabbit ears bounced as he turned his head and glared.

"Yep, definitely gonna kill you".

"What the hell." Tenno said as that new girl left. Why did she hate the Yakuza so much? He wanted to know why and put this petty unknown hate aside until this whole situation was done. He made sure his right hand was on his gun and left on his knife when he started to walk off. If she tried to come at her he'd pin, full nelson then go for a full body lock until she listened to reason. If all else failed he might have to resort to lethal violence to force her to listen. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that.

Tenno walked to where Lazarus and the girl were to speak to them 5 meters away. "Hey whats with all the hostility here? What did I ever do to you?" he asked her with an annoyed tone. He still had his gun, if she tried to take it she'd die trying.

"Hey whats with all the hostility here? What did I ever do to you?". Tenno's tone pissed Mokou off, and she turned instantly and glared. "Oh, I'll show you exactly what you did, fuckhead". With that, Mokou slipped her top down slightly, showcasing the Yakuza sigil that had been burned into her skin. She growled at Tenno, eyes sparking dangerously. "My brother, my father and one of my friends are all dead because of the Yakuza, and since you're Yakuza, I hate you. That's what you've done. You ruined my hopes of living a good life, and forced me into hatred THAT's what you've done!". She drew back her fist in anger, her lips drawn back in a snarl, and she flung her fist forward, aiming straight at Tenno's ja- "Cut it out, Mokou". The hand grabbed her arm and spun her around, facing away from Tenno. Lazarus sighed. "It would help if you weren't aiming your goddamn gun at her, idiot. Put it down, you're making a bad impression". By this time, Mokou had spun around, the fire in her eyes blazing brighter than Lazarus had ever seen before. She looked down, and growled. "Bastard...". She turned and whacked Lazarus across the face, a gesture that he barely dodged, but her fist still grazed his chin. She glared right at him and shouted. "JUST WHO'S GODDAMN SIDE ARE YOU ON, HUH!?". She was about to storm off when Lazarus caught her arm.

"Listen to me, dumbass. How about you can up your fucking feelings for a hour or two, before you end up getting us all killed with you bitchy attitude. In case you haven't noticed, there's zombies outside, and now there's fucking demons too! So just keep a lid on your hate for a while, dammit". Lazarus spoke with a tone that demanded authority, and Mokou's mouth dropped open. Lazarus realised his mistake and covered it with words. "My Mother.... my real mother... told me that I should only speak like that when I had to, and this is one of those times". Mokou's mouth moved, but nothing came out. She swallowed and then started again. "Are you really alright? You seem..... stressed. Badly stressed".

Lazarus just ignored her, pulling out a cigarette and walking over to Airi. "Hey, just wondering if you knew, but would the forcefield penetrate the ground? Or would we be able to go under it?".

"Hey, just wondering if you knew, but would the forcefield penetrate the ground? Or would we be able to go under it?"

Airi thought about it. "Well, since the person summoned Behemoths and Rakes, that'd be a no we can't dig. In order to summon either you'd need a full barrier. I think this one intents to kill everyone here..." she leaned against the lockers. "I really wanna kill this bastard now..." she messed with the volume on her mp3player before sighing. "Look, it's late... Everyone head to bed. I'll take first watch." when only a few people moved, she poked Bandit. "That's an order from your leader in this shit. Go. Fucking. Rest." she ran a hand through her hair and stood.

She moved to the door and sat, pulling the jacket around her more. Her hand went around her dog tags and she squeezed them. It had been a while since she had to use that phrase. She only hoped she'd be able to get everyone out of this alive or she'd die trying.

Tenno put his gun away. "A Triad huh? Not a bright one either if she was willing to charge a gun point blank." Tenno thought to himself. His family had respected the Triads to begin with for their bravery. They never backed down even when the odds were stacked against them, though that was probably why they lost the war.

Tenno walked into the locker room to grab his things and stuff them into a backpack that he found in a locker. Coming out he saw the two talking to Airi, at this Tenno started to eye at Mokou. She looked pretty beat up with a wound in her stomach plus he thought she might have some broken ribs by the way she was walking. It didn't matter whether or not they were even neutral to each other, if she didn't get treatment soon there could be a chance of infection. That always meant trouble.

Walking up to them he caught on to what Lazarus was saying." Hold on." he told Airi "Look Mokou..." he trailed off to think "I'm sorry that people important to you were killed in that war and you can blame me for all of it if you want. But if you don't get treated soon things could get messy. How about this. If you let me patch you up, then I'll let you take a free swing at me. Is it a deal?"

Lazarus swore, and hit his Bat on the ground. He rubbed his forehead and turned to Mokou. "Yes, I happen to be stressed, and your bitchiness ain't helping at all". He looked at Tenno and grinned. "Heh, I heard about that War, but Mokou hates the Triads almost as much as the Yakuza".

Mokou turned to face Tenno, unaware of what he was talking about. "What war? My Family wasn't associated with any Gangs. Your goddamn thugs came and killed my family for no reason". Mokou glared at Tenno even more, but finally she sighed. "Fine, but it's two hits, alright?".

Sam watched the going on's between Mokou, Tenno and Laz. He groaned and shook his head with more than a little frustration. The beer shared with Airi and Aika helped some and once they walked off he finished another two on his own. Watching the drama over the whole Triad, Yakuza gangland bs was ridiculous. Normally this would be some serious shit but with hordes of undead, demons and who knows what else lurking outside this was a colossal waste of time and energy. Sam heard Airi order everyone to bed but couldn't imagine getting any rest, not now. He got up and walked up the bleachers surrounding the gymnasium and sat on the window sill. Casually lounging there he let one leg hang off while he looked out of the window. He looked out on the school grounds and took in the terrible sight. All the bodies of friends and classmates that littered the ground. All the blood, all the savagery and for what? Who would do this? Why? Shepard looked on to watch the zombies as they shuffled about. Knowing nothing but the hunger that drives them. The more dangerous demons were hidden from sight. Sam's fists clenched as he though about the one that was responsible for this. He could almost feel their bones breaking in his hands for this. Then Airi's words echoed in his mind. "In the Blood Rose, duty comes before pleasure... It's a sad thing, but the pay out of being able to look at all these normal humans and not brain eaters, it's kind of a reward..." Sam's fists clenched as he set his jaw in determination. He'd join. He'd give everything to make sure this never happened to anyone ever again. He'd join the Blood Rose. He'd give his blood, his mind, his will. He'd spent his whole damn life reading comic books about people giving of themselves for the greater good. It was about time he did something similar.

After two punches from Mokou and Tenno began. He took out his whiskey and poured to over her stomach to clean the wound, the he then cracked the gunpowder from his bullets over it. "The saltpeter will help close the wound." he told her as he washed it away with more whiskey. He took strips of fabric from shirts to wrap over it into two layer, applying pressure to it two help stop any potential bleeding reactions. Examining her chest Tenno said "at least your ribs only have an incomplete fracture" as he began to wrap 5 layers of cloth tightly around her chest to hold it firm in place.

"Now for the other stuff you just need to rest" he told her. "By the way" Tenno continued "As far as what war, there was a large Yakuza-Triad war in Japan when the Triads tried to set up shop in Tokyo. Trust me if you hate some rogue Yakuza then you would hate a lawful Triad even more. They were annihilated but it cost us good men. As far as your family goes, it's illegal to attack civilians. If you ever want to tell me about their decriptions including tattoos then I could find them when we're done here and they would answer for it. Who knows? They could even be charged with the wheel. But I see no reason why we can't be even neutral towards each other? My great grandfather died at Midway but I don't hate Sam for it because he wasn't the one who did it. So I hope we be allies in this struggle?" he told her with a smile on his face and holding out his hand for a handshake

Chiyo was in her classroom when the attacks seemed to start. She quickly went out of the classroom. It was chaotic when she got out. She didn't know what was attacking, but it seemed to be her classmates. She didn't know them that well, but something seemed wrong with them. They sort of look like zombies, she thought, I'd better find a place to hide. Making her way through all the people she then found a closet and hid in it. She couldn't really see what was in it, so she sat down huddled in a corner. After a while she fell asleep.

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When Chiyo awoke it was pitch black inside the closet. She slowly opened the door to see people sprawled around. There was also a lot of blood. Surprisingly there didn't seem to be any zombies in the hallway she was in. She knew she had to find a weapon, so she decided to go to the kitchen. Running over their she passed a few zombies, but none of them seemed to notice her.

When she reached the kitchen she found a knife. It seemed to be a fairly new one. She then opened the door to find 2 zombies right in front of the door. Chiyo quickly cut off their heads and ran out. She didn't know what to expect at this moment. She just knew she had to get away from all the zombies. She quickly thought to herself and wondered where best place would be. I need to know what to do right now. I'll try and find people. I don't really want to, but it seems to be my best choice.She laughed. This might be the most fun I've had in a while. She then ran off to go find someone.

Tenno saw Mokou's hesitation to accept his peace terms. "It's OK. You can think about, there's no rush" he told her.

He walked to where Airi was for some questions. He sat down next to her, looking forward said "So who are you really? I don't mean zombie hunter or soldier or a student. I mean what do you like? Hobbies, movies, what your family's like? Then I'll tell you the same." He smiled at how that sounded so he began to explain "You see my friend Satou and I did this with other Yakuza when they were injured after a fight. It helped take the stress of knowing its not OK off. I know this is a different sort of situation, but I just want to take my mind off the zombies before I go to sleep."

Airi looked up from her dogtags to look at Tenno. He came over quite randomly. She sighed and shook her head. Somethings never changed. Her old team didn't sleep until she had.

"So who are you really? I don't mean zombie hunter or soldier or a student. I mean what do you like? Hobbies, movies, what your family's like? Then I'll tell you the same."

Airi raised an eyebrow at him but let him continue.

"You see my friend Satou and I did this with other Yakuza when they were injured after a fight. It helped take the stress of knowing its not OK off. I know this is a different sort of situation, but I just want to take my mind off the zombies before I go to sleep."

"Ah, I see... Well, why don't we make it a game? It's called 2 truths, 1 lie. I'll say three things about myself, one isn't true. You guess which one is the lie. Then it's your turn." she smiled and turned to Sam. "Hey, Sam! Come play with us?" she called over to him. She smiled at Kukai. "Yo, you up for a game of 2 truths, 1 lie?" then leaned on the wall. "We played this during missions with new recruits. A good way to get your mind off the Hoard and it allows you to get to know everyone. So, everyone up for it?"

"OK I'll start." Tenno began saying trying to think of past events.

1st. "I met with the Dalai Lama on a vacation once."

2nd. "I took a trip to Shanghai"

3rd. "I've met the Pope"

"What is truth, what is a lie"

"Yo, you up for a game of 2 truths, 1 lie?"

Takeo sighed audibly, then smiled "Alright, I'll bite."

1st. "I met with the Dalai Lama on a vacation once."

2nd. "I took a trip to Shanghai"

3rd. "I've met the Pope"

"What is truth, what is a lie"

"I'd say that the Dalai Lama one is a lie." He said.

"Nope" Tenno said with a thin smile. "I have never been to Shanghai, let alone anywhere in China. I did meet the Dalai Lama on a vacation to India where he lives in exile. I also met the Pope once when I tagged along with my dad on a business trip to the Vatican. My family has several financial links to the church." he said.

"Who else wants a try?"

(OOC: Sorry about the late reply, but I've been working on T7C's OOC Stuff for a while and I wanted to finish it asap)



Mokou would've shaken Tenno's hand, but he'd already walked off before she could. She grumbled to herself and went over to where he and the others were currently sitting, shuffling awkwardly. "Listen, Tenno. I'll have your back until all of this is over, but when we're out of here, don't expect me to stop beating up any Yakuza scum I find, alright? You might even be on my hitlist too, so don't piss me off. Oh.... and thanks, I guess". Mokou coughed and turned away, making sure to avoid contact. Lazarus snickered at this and nudged her with his foot. "Aww, did you like it when he fixed your wounds, eh Mokou?". He snickered again as Mokou gave him an 'I will murder you. Brutally' look, and this only served to make him laugh harder. He looked at the others, blinking a few times.

"Who else wants a try?".

"Count me out for this one, Tenno". Mokou sighed and sat down on the table she'd been laying on earlier, stating that she'd be going back to sleep to try and see if she'd feel better when she woke up. Lazarus nodded, and said "Sweet dreams, 'Princess'". Apparently, Mokou was capable of ignoring his mocking tone, and simply shut her eyes. Lazarus wiggled a tiny bit to try and get comfier where he was, but only succeeded in making himself look weird. He grinned and asked. "Anyone got anything to drink? I could go for something right now".