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Shinku felt himself leaving Hitomi's heart and said quietly. "We should wait a bit, I've a feeling we'll be having two guests of honor tonight..." He said quietly. He had a feeling that The Gyrfalcon and The Silverwing, maybe along with The Kestrel, were going to pay them a visit, and he actually wanted to see those people for once. He was proud he was engaged to such a beautiful young woman like Hitomi. He waited in his private booth as usual, a glass of fresh bourbon on the table in front of him. Besides, if Kleptos was dead, he had no reason to hunt Rivera and Kira anymore. He could open himself to them, maybe even become a friend.

"She said no... So leave us alone you b*****d..." Kira said quietly, after the man, even after being kicked in the jaw, tried to still make an advance. Kira snapped his fingers, darkness engulfed the man, and he was sent straight to the Himalayas. "Let's see if he can find the Abominable Snow Man..." Kira joked lightly.

Shinku heard the massive commotion, then the two voices. He knew those two anywhere. He walked out of his booth for a few minutes. "Kira, Rivera, I've been expecting you two." He called out calmly, without a single not of hatred or anything of that type. He returned to his booth and sat beside Hitomi, taking a sip of his bourbon.

"Of course I haven't heard from Kestrel, I don't know her as well as you do, Gyrfalcon..." Shinku said simply, smiling lightly as his hand went up and pushed a few red bangs away from his eyes. Kira was tense the whole time, like a cat ready to pounce or a snake coiled and ready to strike. "Kira, you should relax, I'm thinking of leaving assassinations to tell you both the truth... I have a life long committment that says I would be better off living than dead..." He told them, looking at Hitomi's hand for a few seconds. "Well anyways... What's the reason you two are here? Can I offer you both a drink?" He said blandly before continuing on.

"Red tip... Hmm... " Shinku took the needle quietly and examined it over and over. "So Silverwing... Your girlfriend was injected with this? I can't believe you couldn't protect your beloved from a small little needle..." Shinku said arrogantly. Kira wanted nothing more than to strike Shinku, perhaps even kill him if he had the chance. The b*****d had caused him and Rivera enough trouble. "You don't have to rub salt in the wound..." He growled to Shinku's smirking face.

"Well it is quite a shame... I was just informed of Kleptos death and one of the Hitmen he had finally stopped tracking me... How long has the a** been dead?" Shinku asked curiously. Then he finally took the time to notice the red tip completely and what it meant. "Well... Seems the Constellation is trying their damnedest alright... Just promise me a big paycheck and I'll protect more than myself and my fiance..." He said simply. "And all I can tell you is that that red dart belongs to one of the best in The Constellation Alliance..." He said simply, handing it back over.

Kira took in everything and then noticed an out of place word. "Wait a minute... FIANCE!? You're getting married!?" Kira was shocked and surprised. "How the hell did this happen! You were an a** at the high school and you had no right to any woman and now all of a sudden you're getting married! How is that possible?" Kira was shouting his surprise.

Rivera blinked. Her eyes suddenly narrowed when she heard about the red tip... must be a new calling card. Her memories were coming back slowly. The one constellation contractee she had never been able to defeat because he was a true assassin, not a fighter... the one that always ran before she could land a fatal blow... Not even the news of Shinku having a fiance would phase her. She as all business now. Rivera's innocent tranquility hardened and she seemed to change. The warrior's expression overtook all. One of the best that the constellation has... "Orion... The Hunter..." She quickly wrote the golden symbol of summoning in the air. Vesper appeared instantaneously.

"--And there was--" She had apparently been talking to someone when she was summoned. "Oh, hey Rivera. What's with the face... ?"

Rivera didn't explain. "I need you to change, and find Kestrel."

Vesper blinked, her face growing serious as well. "Change? Which form?"

"Sparrow." Rivera said softly and clearly.

Vesper's eyes widened slightly in surprise, but she knew better than the question the urgency. "As you wish." Almost instantly, a woman about twenty stood before them, with golden-amber hair braided into pigtails. Vesper had a black coat on. It was long enough to completely hide her black shorts if she buttoned it. A wine colored t-shirt went under the coat, plain in design. She wore black sneakers and a belt with a neat row of slender throwing knives on one side and a silencer on the other.

Rivera introduced her. "This is sparrow. We'll say she's my back up." She turned to Vesper and gave her command, "Get Kestrel, and if you can, try to contact Osprey. Give him my cell number, but make sure he's using an untracable phone."

"Consider it done." Vesper nodded and unfurled her dragon wings, ready to take off the moment she exited.

Rivera sighed and tried to dial Sara's number one more time. It was still turned off... what was she doing?

"For your information, Shinko... we'll need your help as much as you need ours... in fact, you'll be needing our help more because you're a one-man business. With Kestrel, Sparrow, Osprey and I, we've got four. And I suppose... if we properly train Ki, we'll have five. We have a pretty good advantage against the odds. Chances are we'll survive better than you will. We're simply saying this..." Rivera's eyes were cold. "If you choose not to join us, then fine... but if you cause us any trouble by getting caught or accidentally leaking info..." Rivera's eyes flickered from Shinko to Hitomi, then slowly looked back to him again. "You understand... right? Why don't we say the pay check doesn't exist until you do something of use... and when you do... we'll CONSIDER it."

Rivera sighed and walked away, but not towards the entrance. Instead, she turned into the lounge area and pulled herself into one of the armchairs, curling up as she did. "First step to being an efficient killer. Never work when you're about to fall asleep... I'm still waiting for Sparrow to get back with Kes and Osprey." She murmured and felt her mind slipping away. Her body was still trying to get rid of the contaminants left by the poison's invasion, and that meant it needed lots and lost of rest. "It's times like these that I mess my Teddy Bear." She drifted off.