“Absolute Supremacy” Chapter 2
“Time To Talk”


Ban and Ginji arrive at The Limitless Fortress, while they are walking up the alleyway to get inside they run into Haruki Emishi.

“Ginji, Ban,” Emishi yells out to them just before they walk in the doors.

“Emishi, what are you doing here,” Ginji says.

“I was told to detain you for a few minutes, while Kazuki and Juubei catch up.” Emishi says with a laugh.

“Now what do those two think they are going to do, this is our job not theirs,” Ban says.

“Well Ban if your going after the Nori I am thinking you are going after, you two are going to need the help of everyone that is willing to help you,” Emishi tells him.

“So you know her Emishi?” Ginji says.

“HA… Know her, she is known quite well in here by the people she comes across,” Emishi tells Ginji.

“So we have been told she is not very nice,” Ginji says.

“Kagami has her wrapped around his little finger, I think the only thing she has not done for him is…” Emishi gets cut off by a voice calling down from the building above them,

“You know you have a big mouth Haruki Emishi, I should have shut it when I had the chance the first time.” Ban, Ginji, and Emishi look up to see a silhouette of a young women looking down on them in the alleyway.


She steps off the building walking down to the alley as if she was walking down a flight of stairs. As she gets closer to them, they see a very attractive young woman, as her long golden hair flowed behind her in the breeze, wrapping around her shapely body, she is wearing a white V-cut jacket and white pants that hug every curve of her body. She walks over to where the three young men were standing.

“So Emishi do tell me who your friends are they are quite cute,” She says as she reaches out and touches Bans cheek with her fingertips. Ban stands there letting her touch his cheek, when he goes to grab her arm. The movement was so quick between the two of them Ginji and Emishi did not even know they had moved. Until the young women laughed saying, “Sorry honey you’re just not fast enough, but I do believe you could be a lot of fun,” she reaches up pulling down Ban’s shades to look into his eyes, “You have beautiful blue eyes,” she tells him.

“Yours is quite lovely as well,” Ban tells her.

Ban goes to grab her again, she laughs, “Your quite persistent aren’t you Ban Midou.”

She then turns her attention to Ginji, “So the ever famous Lighting Emperor, Ginji Amano. I am not sure if I should be afraid or flattered by your presents,” looking at Ginji she smiles at him, “You look just like my little brother, Ginji.” She tells him walking toward him.

Ginji holds his ground; she steps forward touching his chest. “Nori… Nori Nanba Mutsu, is that your name?” Ginji asks her.

“Why yes it is, and just like Kyouji said, you two would be here to get me.” Nori says. Ban turns with an angered look on his face as he steps forward toward Nori and Ginji.

“Now, Now Ban honey, calm down and back away, or Ginji here will no longer be.” She tells him, as she looks at her hand on Ginji’s chest that has a blade tip pointed at Ginji’s heart ready to be drove into him if one wrong move was made by any of them.

“Nori please, we are only here to help you,” Ginji says to her,

“HA… what makes you think I need your help… now or ever for that fact,” She says looking at Ginji.

“We were told by…” Ban started to say as she cut him off,

“I know why you’re here, and if you think you are going to kill -.” Nori was cut off as one of Kazuki’s threads wraps around her wrist and jerks her hand from Ginji’s chest cutting into his shirt. Nori jumps back out of the circle of the three as Kazuki and Juubei come running up to them.

“Are you alright Mr. Ginji,” Kazuki asks him.

“I am fine, Thanks,” He replies.

“Well Juubei Kakei, I did not think I would ever see you again handsome, how is life been treating you, I see you have recovered since our last run in together. Glad to see that, you were a lot of fun to play with.” Nori says.

Ban steps forward just as they hear a familiar voice, “Are you having fun my dear, playing with your new friends?”

“Kagami!!” Ban says as they watch him walk from the shadows of the alleyway. Kagami walks over placing his arm around Nori’s waist smiling.

“I see you all have met my darling Nori,” he says as he kisses her. Ban steps forward again.

“Now, now Ban, that would not be a good thing, Nori here is much faster and much stronger then you, and I would know. Seeing how you and I had a chance to be opponents at one time.” Kagami tells him with a smile. “See you and Nori are a like, one of the last children, and it was just my luck that she and I happened to cross paths that one day.” Kagami says.

“Yeah I bet it was,” Ban says in a sarcastic tone.

“Well now, I hate to chat and run, but we must be on your way. We have someone waiting to meet with us.” Kagami and Nori disappear into the shadows as they hear Kagami’s last words.

“Oh, and please do tell Laney that we said Hello, and if she would like to see her friend she knows where to find us.”

“Ban what happened to you,” Ginji said. Ban looks at Ginji,

“I am not sure she either has contacts in that can repel my Jagan or she is immune.” Ban says.

“Someone can be immune to the Jagan,” Emishi says in shock.

“I do not know I have never come across someone like that, but I guess anything is possible.” Ban said.

“This is not going to be an easy one is it Ban?” Ginji asks.

“No it is not Ginji… I really think we need to go back to the Honky Tonk and get a hold of Laney, she has got some explaining to do, about her and Kagami, and I want answers before I take one more step into this job.” Ban says as he starts to walk back to his car, calling Laney.


They all finally get back to the Honky Tonk, as they wait for Laney to show up. “So you really think there is more to this Nori Mutsu, Ban,” Paul asks.

“Yes I do, and I have this feeling that if Kagami knows she has a brother his next move will be on him.” He tells Paul.

“That bastard better not come close to Senichi, if he knows what’s good for him.” Laney says as she walks into the Honky Tonk walking up to Ginji.

“Laney, we did not even hear you come in,” Ginji says.

Laney smiles at Ginji, “I walked right in the door; you all must have just been too deep into thought to hear the bell.” Laney tells him.

Laney looks at Ban, “So you saw her, is she all right?” She asks him.

“Yes…” Ban says. “And we were told by Kagami to tell you Hello, and if you wanted to see your friend you knew were to find her.” Ban said in an aggravate tone.

“He told you that did he?” Laney said laughing, “What an arrogant ass, he will never change.” She says.

“How do you know Kyouji Kagami, Laney?” Ban asks her.

“First I want to know about Nori, and then I will tell you all you want to know about that pompous jerk Kyouji Kagami.” Laney tells him.

“Well there is really not much to tell Laney,” Ginji says.

“She looks good,” Ginji adds.

“Boy does she look GOOD!” Ban adds, Ginji flashes a look of discontent at Ban,

“Sorry,” Ban says.

“She seems to have powers, that Kagami has helped her harness and learn.” Ginji tells her.

“She’s very powerful and dangerous, not just to others, but her self as well.” Ban said, “I could feel so much strength in her when she touched me. It actually made me hesitate.” He added.

“I thought it was unusual when she has walking toward us,” Ginji said.

“How do you get that Ginji?” Emishi asks him.

“Well you saw what she was wearing right, she had high heels on, and not a single click came from those heels as she walked across the concrete toward us.” Ginji said.

“Well you saw how she got down to us from the roof top.” Ban said. “She was probably still floating, and what about that blade she had, where did that come from, did she just pull it from thin air?” He added.

Laney laughs, “You make her sound like a freak, you know this right.”

“Well if she is a freak, then I guess that makes all of us here freaks,” Ban says, as he gestures to everyone standing in the Honky Tonk.

As everyone sat around a table, they made themselves comfortable. Ban asked Paul to get some tea around as they were in for a long night. Ginji sank down into the sofa and started to recall the events that took place between Ban, him, Nori and Kagami. As he told them what happened he noticed Laney’s expression, concern appeared on Ginji’s face.

“Laney-chan?” Ginji broke his sentence “Are you ok?”

Laney was facing the window and looking outside. She turned her head and looked back at the gang sitting around the table.

“I do not know, I have a strange feeling from what you told me… it is not her,” As Laney said her few words, she saw everyone’s jaw drop.

“I am being serious, I know that is not her,” Laney voice has more of a strain on her. She could tell that her words were not having any impact on the team.

“You said she jumped off a building and did not hurt herself right?” Laney began to question Ban and Ginji, they nodded as a response.

“Well, she has tapped in to her powers earlier than I thought she did but in the wrong way,” Laney said to herself and looks down.

“What do you mean?!” Ban slammed his hands on the table and looked at Laney

“You knew she had powers!” Ban threw back at Laney.

Laney sat back into her chair and sighed. “Yes I did”

“Then why the hell did you not tell us!” Ban said in more a furious tone. At this point, Laney bolted up to her feet knocking the chair behind her to the ground.

“Maybe because I thought you could handle it!” Laney shouted back at Ban. Her eyes started to turn red and her hands formed in to fists.

“Maybe I was wrong!” She continued her sentence on. “I came to you for help thinking, maybe, just maybe you could bring her back so that I…” Laney stopped talking and gathered her breath back.

“So that you could what, Laney?” Ginji asked her in a calm tone.

“So that I would not have to go there myself.” Laney finished off. She knocked her tea over and walked towards the bathroom. Tears streamed down from her eyes, she turned to look at Ban who was in shock to hear what was said.

“Well that went well,” Emishi said.

“I could not agree more,” Paul added to his sentence, he began to wipe up the tea which Laney has spilt. Ban sighed loudly and sat back down on the sofa next to Ginji. He stared at the table and then faced Ginji.

“You think she has powers don’t cha?” Ban asked Ginji. Ginji looked in the direction of where Laney disappeared,

“Well, I do not want to jump to conclusions, she could have many reasons why she did not want to go there,” Ginji said to Ban and the others trying his best to defend Laney.

“Why are you defending her?” Shido says as he walks in to the café.

“Where have you been? Took your sweet time, did your animal friends not get to you on time?” Ban said to him.

Shido’s eye twitched at Ban’s remark and looked at him, Shido then grabbed a chair and pulled it up alongside Emishi and sat down.

“Do you need to be clued in, or do you know?” Emishi asked him.

“I know.” Shido said back to him.

“Where were we,” Ban carried on “Oh, you think she has powers, am I right Ginji?” Ban continued to question his friend.

“How am I supposed to know, it’s not like I can sniff it out of her!”

Shido’s eyes glanced at Ginji when he heard his remarks.

“This does not make sense, why would she not want to go there,” Emishi said as he scratched his head.

“Maybe because she does not want to hurt her friend,” Shido said to them.

The group stared back at the animal man. “What makes you think that?” Ginji asked Shido.

“Because she did not want to go there herself, unless she is afraid.” Shido replied.

“Afraid, you think I might be afraid Shido-kun,” Laney walked back up to the gang and sat back down on her chair. Paul arrived next her filling another cup of tea up for her.

“No, I am not… just to let you know.” Laney shot a look at Ban and then at Ginji. She took another deep breath in and exhaled.

“When me and Nori first met,” Laney started to recall the event of the past “We knew that we were special for we had gifts, I could tell she was tapping into them, she was trying to harness her power, but that all went wrong when she disappeared on that day.” Laney told them.

“And now you have told me she is like this, what else am I supposed to do, I need your help.” Laney pleaded to them.

“You need our help, but you are only telling us half the story Laney! How do you know Kagami? How did you know she had powers? And why do you think they are wrong for her?!” Ban questioned her.

“Fine,” Laney said. “Kagami right” Laney took another deep breath in and exhaled; she took a sip of her tea and placed the cup firmly on the table.

“Nori first met Kagami at one of her conferences, the strange thing about it is that I never saw him, Nori said he only talked about him and the ways which he could help her harness her powers. I began to think that he was imaginary seeing that I had gone AWOL then. But then, on one of the days when Nori and I were to meet up, he tagged along with her as she insisted that he and I meet finally. So, we met at the lunch diner and when I first met him I felt a chill go up my spine and since then I knew he was no good. He did not feel real enough to me; it was like he was an illusion. I played along just to keep her happy; I did not want to tell her to stay away from him because I knew that she would retaliate against me.”

“What makes you think that?” Akabane cut in.

“Because she has an evil streak within her, she can switch at anytime and all she needed was a push in that direction and it happened that night. The night before she went and I never saw her again. She does not remember the events of that night, where as I remember it as clear as day. It was a few nights after me and Kagami came face to face in the street, I did not expect him to be there. He said to me ‘She will be mine and there is nothing you can do about it,’ so I assumed that he would take her. I tried to tell her what he said but she would not listen to me she went over the edge telling me that I was holding her back and that Kagami was only trying to help her. I keep her close by after that, but I lost track of her one day, she had gotten away from me and he got a hold of her.”

“But that does not explain why you do not want to go there to save her yourself, why us?” Ban said to Laney.

“Because I do not want to fight, I refuse to let my powers loose.” Laney said to them.

“What do you mean?” Ginji asked her.

“Because if I was to go there I know Kagami will cut her loose and everything will be destroyed. That is why I did not go there, that is why I do not want to go there, because if her ropes are cut, then I will have to release my powers to fight her, and it will not be nice.” Laney said to the group.

“So tell us the plan?” Emishi says to Ban. Ban sat there in shock again after hearing what Laney said.

“I do not know, it has just all become so unpredictable and by the looks of things I think we might need you then like as you need us.” Ban said looking at Laney. Laney’s head tilted to the side a bit, she was confused to hear what Ban was saying.

“You have a gift which we need… and if you can get to Nori and get her to let hers out for us to see what she has… then there might be a weak spot which we can find to stop her,” Ban said to the group.

“You make it sound so easy,” Laney, said to him, “It is not like that, she is flawless when she is in that mood and with Kagami by her side, it is going to be hard he will protect her at any cost.”

“At any cost?” Kazuki says to Laney.

“You mean he will do anything for her?” Himiko added to Kazuki remark.

“You sound like you have a plan.” Laney said to them.

“I guess we do by the looks of things,” they smiled and looked at the rest of the group.



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