Order 2: Demons, Hybrids, and Cleaners, Oh My!

They were first generation Lycans: feral, lupine, and powerful. A dozen or more of them jumped from the rooftops into a circle around the group. The Lycans, being first generation and therefore not possessing the intelligence needed for theatrics, didn't bother with any slow, intimidating pre-attack movements. They charged almost as soon as they landed.

The Inu gang quickly recovered from their shock. Kogome shot her arrows at two, and Miroku and Sango fought the monsters by hitting them with priest staff and giant boomerang. They quickly found out, much to their shock and dismay, their attacks had little to no effect. Three lycans jumped at Kogome; Koga unleashed a devastating barrage of kicks on them and Inu Yasha slashed at the other one with his Tetsaiga. That was effective. Shippo was throwing bursts of fox fire at whatever lycan took a step closer to him. While their fur was flammable, the lycans didn't seem to care that they were getting barbecued. They just shook it off like they would water. Sesshomaru had Rin behind him and was fending off the monsters with his energy whip. Unlike the others, he could tell these weren't ordinary demons (if they were even demons at all) the minute that they had attacked. He, therefore, wouldn't waste his energy against opponents he knew nothing about.

One of the Lycans managed to get close to Kogome and almost bit her. Before either Inuyasha or Koga could react, something punched the lycan into a wall. The group stared at the creature, luckily it seemed to intimidate the lycans so none of them got sucker-punched. It was about five and a half feet high, with black skin, black eyes and claws, fangs, and braided blond hair. Wait , braided! It didn't take them very long to figure out the creature was Edward, who at this point was getting attacked by three lycans at once, a challenge even for a hybridFortunately for Ed, the three monsters were shot multiple times. Everyone turned around and saw Rose' quickly lock the clips into her guns. What was really surprising, though, was that her eyes had changed from brown to bright silver. The pair continued to fight off the lycans while the Inu gang had to watch, completely clueless as to what was happening.

That turned out to be a bad idea. One of the lycans was smarter than the rest. Instead of trying to fight openly, it snuck up behind Sesshomaru and tried to bite RinThe lycan, however, was not smart enough to manage stealth. As soon as it got close, it roared and leapt at the girl.

It's hard to tell when Sesshomaru is angry. He doesn't show a lot of emotion, so guessing what he's feeling is usually pretty hard. Sometimes though, there are clues. For example: when the afore mentioned lycan attacked Rin, Sesshomaru didn't attack it with an energy whip. What he did do is draw his sword and run it through the creature's neck into the sidewalk. He was probably a little ticked off.

Some of the lycan's blood fell on Rin, some landed in her mouth. She spat it out quickly.

At this point, there were only three lycans left standing. These lycans were smart enough to know that they wouldn't be finding a meal among these guys. They decided to run away with their hides mostly intact. They didn't get very far when a man in a red coat and hat came out of an alley and shot down two of them with a pair of large guns. The third was blown away by a sniper on a rooftop.

The sniper jumped down from the roof, landing without any effort. It turned out the sniper was a blond haired girl (well, young woman at least). She looked a little surprised for a moment then started jogging over to the man, who hadn't moved except to put his guns away.

"Nice night," he said. No one said anything in reply. Then, the Inu gang heard a click and turned to see Rose pointing her guns at the two strangers and Edward in a combat position. Neither of them looked pleased to see the two.

"Get lost, Death Dealers," Rose said cooly. "I don't have any problem shooting you full of UV bullets . . . and I think Ed doesn't have a problem dismembering you, either." The others looked confused, and for good reason. What was a "Death Dealer," what were the monsters that attacked them, who were these people? Most importantly, why weren't they getting along?

The man in red just kept grinning. "Entertaining as that would be, you don't need to do it Ms. Rose. We're on your side."

Rose opened here mouth to respond, but before she could, several armored vans pulled up, out of which came black clad soldiers. She recognized them instantly. "Cleaners," she whispered.

The man nodded. "Not all of us live, or rather lived, on the Sancta Winria. Now come on, my boss is expecting you two," he glanced over at the Inu gang, "along with those guys."

The gang was about to object, when they heard the sound of a creature in terrible pain behind them. "Lord . . . Sesshomaru," Rin coughed pitifully. The girl was doubled over in pain.

"Oh, great," Rose moaned. "She's ingested lycan blood." Why hadn't she noticed earlier?

"What difference does that make?" Sesshomaru asked.

"It means that if we don't help her soon, she's going to die," the red clad man said calmly.

That more or less got everyone's compliance. The gang got into the vans willingly enough (although Sesshomaru refused to let Rin out of his sight so he got into the medical one with her), and after a short telepathic debate with Rose, Edward changed back, and the two of them got into the vans too (though Rose glared at anyone who looked her way).

The man in red stayed with the blond girl for a few moments, watching it all happen. The young woman finally said to her comrade, "Things are going to get strange again, aren't they master? Strange for us, I mean"

"Yes, Police Girl," He replied at last. "I think they will." He then began to walk off after the vans.

The "Police Girl" simply muttered, "I thought you had stopped calling me that," before walking off after her master. Soon the pair had disappeared from sight.