Tokyo

There was an invader in Ayukis headquarters. Ayuki heard the quiet footsteps. She held a knife in her hand. Then the door opened and she threw the knife. The invader hung against the wall with the knife in his hand. The knife held his hand to the wall and he screamed in agony. "So you came here believing you could attack me?" Ayuki said and smiled. "Why dont I just tear your head off here on the spot? No. I have a better idea." Then a needle came out of Ayukis finger and she slapped the back of the mans head. A small gap opened up at his ear and Ayuki stuck her finger into it. "It might be a slow plug since it is so small but I can force the data in at a higher speed. Uploading virus." The man went blank. Ayuki then tossed him out and said: "The virus will count down and in 24 hours you will be braindead like a formatted hard drive."

Ren was in his garden when the man approached. "My lord our informant in the Shinogawa clan has told that their headquarters is under siege," the man says. "Then we shall pray for their safety," Ren his back still to the man says. "You should worry about your self foo.." the mans says as his body is riddled with needles. Rising and walking over to the would be assassin Ren says, "Those needles contain a powerful chemical agent soon your insides will be little more then soup. Remember this for your next life, your mistakes where saying that mentioning an informant that does not exist, and addressing me as 'my lord'. I am the Dragon."

"Kind honorable lady Ayuki! I heard a scream. Everything alright?" A man said as he came in. Then Ayuki said: "It was nothing. I will be heading out to the cafe." "The cafe? Why did you hire girls at the cafe to turn them into battle cyborgs?" "Because a maid cafe owned by me needs security. It is best to have loyal employees that are wandering arsenals." Ayuki said and went to her room to change. She put on a red pleated skirt with lace trim and lace thigh highs, a white shirt and a black lace choker. Then Ayuki left the building to go down the street to the maid cafe. At the maid cafe, her employees greeted her. There were no customers yet. "Everybody. I have come to upgrade you weapons systems." Ayuki said and pointed to the first person to come with her to the lab. At the lab, Ayuki told the maid to take off her clothes and slip off her artificial skin. The maid did so and then laid down on a table. The only part that still had skin was the face. "This will upgrade your fire rate and reduce energy use." Ayuki said and began working on the girl.

Ren leaves the garden and as he does the two men on ether side of the door ask, "Dragon, did the meeting with the associate go well?" "Yes it did my Claws, but now there is trash in their that needs cleaning up," he replies. "We will get that cleaned up right away," the men respond. Continuing down the hallway Ren ponders what to do next. After a few moments he decides to visit his smuggling operation. After a few minuets he and is two most trusted lieutenants are in the garage. As they climb into the nondescript black car the men ask him where they are going. "We are going to the port. Yes to the port." Then the car pulls away driving toward the other side of the city.

After working on the girls Ayuki went back to the main part of the cafe. The first customers were coming in. One person came in and pulled a weapon on Ayuki. The maids immediately responded and turrets came out of their arms, shoulders and mouths. They shot the attacker up. Afterwards Ayuki said to the maids: "Good job. I will give you five percent more pay. Now just someone clean up the mess while I go take care of this corpse." Ayuki then left with the corpse and put its parts in a bag. She then headed towards the port to dump it into the ocean. Some people on the way were shocked when they saw the blood drip from the bag. Soon she got to port.

Once at the port Ren quickly surveys the area. He is pleased to note that the everything is running smoothly. He grinned as people unloaded cargo from one of his smuggling ships and loading it into the nondescript vans to be driven deep into the city and unloaded. I bet some of them don't even know that they are working for me, he thinks. Deciding that he did not need to stay and watch, so he decides to take a stroll. As he sets off he notices that the Claws also in black suits have fallen in behind him. After traveling a short distance he sees a strange woman with a bag that seems to be dripping some liquid. Approaching her he picks up the faint coppery smell of blood. His curiosity peeked he asks politely, "Miss what are you doing here today?" As he does this the Claws move to stand behind him once again.

"Miss what are you doing here today?" Ayuki heard coming from the side. Ayuki opened the bag and tossed the severed limbs into the water. She then said: "I am disposing this cowardly meatbag who pulled a gun on me in my cafe." She then folded the bag together. "Why are you talking like we dont know each other?" Ayuki said and turned towards Ren. "Do you not remember me? We are practically in the same league fighting the larger, wealthier, dishonorable, corporate yakuza clans." Ayuki then tilted her head and waited for a response.

Looking at the body parts fall into the water Ren says, "Bye, Flesh-sac." Turning back to Ayuki he gives a slight bow. "Of course I remember you, Lady Shinogawa, or if you prefer Ayuki. However I like to ere on the side of caution," he says. He looks around cautiously and says, "one never knows, who may be watching or listening out in the open." A morbid grin spreads across his face, "I think one attempt on my life is enough for one day, don't you agree?" To himself he thinks, I like living, and plan to stay that way.

Ayuki looked at Ren and said: "You can call me Ayuki. Today I was attacked two times. Both times by hitmen of the corporate yakuza. They might have the numbers but they are weak. I sent a package to them earlier. The sensors are saying that it is being opened right now." There was an explosion coming from a skyscraper. "No one messes with me. I recommend you get battle cyborgs. They are very useful in defense and attack. Look at the maids at my cafe."

A smile spreads across Ren's face at the sound of the explosion. "Good thing I'm not your enemy, the last thing I need is bombs turning up at my house," he says. He pauses to consider her recommendation before saying, " I should invest in battle cyborgs, but I can't get over the feeling that someone will hack them. Of course this could just be a hackers paranoia. Is not the saying 'it takes a hacker to suspect a hacker'." Gesturing the way he had come from Ren asks, "Would you like to come over this way for a bit? Perhaps this months goods will have something that I can interest you in?"

"My battle cyborgs should be safe from hacking since when they connect to the cybernet or to a server, they dont do a direct connection and if the download skills or other stuff, it is saved on an extra memory chip and not in their brain. Their brains are still original, you know." Ayuki said and took a pause. Then she continued: "I will come to look at your wares." Ayuki then noticed a woman coming towards them. "Crap. Not her. I thought I killed her." Ayuki said. The woman then said: "Hehe. I am here for revenge Ayuki! You almost killed me when I was a human but brother turned me into a transformable mechanoid." The womans body then split apart and grew longer, her body formed into a tank chassis and her head transformed into a turret. The young woman had turned into a black metal tank. The tank began to speed towards Ayuki with a psychotic metallic laughter and shot at Ayuki. Ayuki dodged the shot and punched into the tank. The tank tipped over but a mechanical arm then came out and tipped the tank back over. Ayuki was already on top of the tank and tore the top part with the turret off. There was a metallic scream and yellow and black fluids shot everywhere. The turret transform back to a head but Ayuki opened up the face and stuck two fingers in: "Time to reprogram this girl." Ayuki said and was done after 20 seconds. She then turned back to Ren and said: "Now where were we?"

"I see," Ren says, "that might work." He watches as the berserk mechanoid attacks Ayuki. He had to admit that he was impressed with her speed and strength. This once more reminded him that she was a mechanoid even if she did not look like it. just proves that she is a custom job, he thinks. Answering her question he says, "We where going to look at this months shipment." Looking over at one off his guards he tells him to move the now shut down mechanoid out of the way. Turning around he sets off for the ship.

"Just load the girl off at my place. She already has be reprogrammed. Now she wont turn against me anymore and see me as a sister." Ayuki said then followed. "She tried to kill me once but I thought I had killed her. She is the sister of a corporate boss. Now she is under my control and will turn against her brother and his dirty schemes. She cant beat me with that factory made body. I made my body myself. I can transfer my memory to a machine that can put a body together. So Ren what kind of wares do you have?"