A/N: My first "Get Backers" fanfiction. I started it off pretty quick, because I wasn't in the mood for an entire introductory chapter. It might seem rushed, and pointless, and short, and over-all not good, but, it'll get better. Well, I don't own anything related to Get Backers, etc. Hope you enjoy.

What I Want

Chapter 1

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DROPPED THE NECKLACE!?" Ban yelled, hovering over his partner Ginji, in the most menacing way imaginable.

"I-I'm sorry Ban-chan, I though I had a hold on it, but it must've slipped out of my hand when we jumped into the water," Ginji replied, shrinking under his looming partner.

Ban threw himself back onto his stool by the counter, at the café known as the 'Honky Tonk'. After pulling out his box of cigarettes, and placing one in between his lips, he lit it and followed it up with a sigh of frustration. Placing his head in his hands, he glowered at his coffee mug sitting idly by.

Ginji sat next to him, melancholy, hands in his lap, starring down at the floor in between him and the counter. Ginji shot up spontaneous, nervous, glances at his fuming friend, but only to end in him returning to the view of the wooden floor.

"How long are you two going to keep this up," Paul, the owner of the Honky Tonk, questioned. He was sick of these two's arguing time and again. He needed the recovery service to get in better spirits, so they'd accept a new job, so they could finally pay off their ever growing tab.

Before Paul was ever able to get a reply, the jingle of the café door opening sounded.

"Hey Recovery Boys, I got a new job for you," Hevn, a negotiator, sung, as she made her way to the stool on the other side of Ban. "Alright, this one's going to pay up really well, but first, I need to get the necklace from the previous-"

"We don't have it," Ban interjected, starring at the wall behind the counter.

"What?" Hevn asked, slightly confused. "How can you not have it?"

"Easy, we don't have it," Ban replied, caustically. "Ginji lost-"

"I lost it, Hevn. I dropped it while we were making out way to shore from the ship, I'm really sorry." Ginji cut in, warily bringing his eyes up to meet with the woman's.

"Oh, Ginji…well, I'm sure you two can get it back, you are the 'Get Backers' after all," replied Hevn, smiling. "Well, I'll leave that to you two then," she said, standing up from her seat, and heading towards the door.

"Wait a second, Hevn," Ban said, before Hevn made it to the door. "You weren't planning on giving this new assignment…to anyone else, were you?" he questioned suspiciously, "Knowing now that we can't take it on this instant?" he continued, having a certain beast-master named Shido, in mind.

"Well, my client wishes for this object to be recovered as soon as possible, so, since you two can't do it, I was planning on asking Shido." Hevn replied, moving once again towards the door.

"W-Wait, Miss Hevn," Ginji called out, "We can get the necklace back. Let us have the new assignment; we can do it, right Ban-chan?" Ginji asked, glancing over at Ban.

"…" Ban sat silent.

"Ban-chan?" Ginji pried.

"…Ya…we'll do it," Ban replied, pushing his sunglasses up further on his nose.

"sigh, Alright," Hevn responded reluctantly. "But, I'm going to need that necklace no later that 10pm tonight, understood?" she stated.

"You can count on us," Ginji replied, now in a much better mood than he had been in previously. Hevn left the café, leaving Ban, Ginji, and Paul alone.

"Well, you two had better get going, it's getting close to three o'clock now, only seven hours to finish the assignment. Plus, you don't want your '100 success rate' to go down the tube, do you?" Paul said, from behind his newspaper, trying to get the two loafers out of his café.

"Right," Ginji exclaimed, turning towards the door. "Ready Ban-chan?" Ginji asked, as he turned around, expecting his partner to be right behind him, but much to he surprise, he found him still sitting at the counter. "…Ban-chan?" Ginji whispered, as he approached Ban and placed a hand on his shoulder to signal to him that they were going.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Ban said, standing up, smothering his cigarette in the nearby ashtray.

The two recoverers made their way towards the door of the café, heading outside to their nearby car.

"Hey Ban-chan, do you think before we go to the ocean, we can get a bite to eat first?" Ginji asked. This caused Ban, who was walking in front of Ginji, to stop short and tense up a bit.

"Ginji, we don't have the money right now," Ban replied, unhappily, "and we won't have the money until we get that necklace back, so let's get going."

"Awww, alright," Ginji replied disappointedly, walking to the passenger side of the car.

"Don't worry, we can have dinner as soon as we give Hevn the necklace, alright," Ban said to his friend, pushing the fact that Ginji had lost the recovery, to the back of his mind. Ban climbed into the driver's seat, turning on the ignition. Ginji clambered into the passenger seat, closing the door behind him. "Alright, we're off to recover our recovery," Ban said, half gung-ho, half annoyed at the fact that they had just done this a few hours earlier.