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Chapter Two

The morning sun rose the following morning, the apartment building was pumping with music from other residents in the building. Misaki was disturbed from her sleep feeling the floor vibrate. There was something that she never got from her old place of residence. Misaki awoke in her bed and searched around for glasses, ready to slip them on. Her glasses were slipped onto her face and before she groaned. It wasn't the best sleep she has had but that was due to the fact that she still wasn't familiar in this territory, if she was then she would have gotten the better sleep. Misaki got out from under the futon covers and walked towards the kitchen area of the apartment. Reaching for the cupboards she retrieved the cereal, a bowl and a spoon while she got her breakfast ready. Today was going to be a full day of working in the police, getting used to it and leaning about the city. Her mind wandered back to Li who was currently sleeping next door, in room 201. She had a look around the cupboards in her apartment and remembered that she needed to go shopping for her supplies. The door knocked. She needed to get out of her pyjamas and into practical clothes for the day.

"In a minute," she called to the person behind the door. She walked back into the main apartment room, rolled up her futon and sorted that out before she opened her suitcase and searched around for a fresh set of clothes. Once she had sorted herself out, a simple black t-shirt and a pair of navy blue shorts, she unhooked the chain and unlocked the door before she pushed open the door.

"Hey there neighbour," Li's cheerful voice was heard. Misaki felt herself smiling happily when she saw Li standing there.

"What a surprise to see someone up this early. Is there something I can help you with?" She asked him.

"Since you just moved in, I thought I'd come and make you breakfast," Li offered.

"That's very kind of you but I don't have anything in my apartment...I haven't gone shopping yet."

"That's fine, Hei and I will happily make you breakfast this morning and any other mornings you want."

"Well, just this once. Okay?" Misaki was going to feel bad if she said that she rejected Li's offer. The male had come over to her home and asked if she was hungry. She never thought that he'd be kind enough to let her have some of his food after only meeting the previous day. Li seemed to have noticed how she was feeling and gave her a cheerful smile. A reassuring smile that only Li seemed to be able to pull off which made her feel slightly better. Most other smiles failed to do.

"No problem," Li said as Misaki took the door off the chain and opened it further for her to slip out. She couldn't help but take notice on what Li was wearing. A simple black tank-top covered the top half of his body, she could see his collarbones sticking out from his body, begging to be touched, Misaki couldn't help but feel that Li was exposing a weakness of his. She felt that if she touched the collar bones, something bad will happen to Li. She froze, what was she thinking?

Looking further down, a simple pair of black shorts on with two pockets, she looked further down, admiring Li's body structure. If the dictionary had pictures in it, Misaki would have put Li next to the definition of fit. He was physically perfect, something that not any man can pull successfully without resorting to drugs...or was Li doing that? What was she saying? There wasn't any sign that Li was using drugs, his actions were normal...hopefully...Yes, of course they were. She didn't have any reason to suspect that Li was using drugs in any form. She mentally slapped herself for being in a work-type mood already. It was too early in the morning to be switched onto work already. She half cursed it to be from the lack of sleep she received from the night.

"Shall we head off?" Misaki asked.

"You don't need to go far."

"I know...why don't you have anything on your feet?"

"Slippers went missing. Hei's probably hiding them somewhere like I'm hiding his slippers."

"You hide each other's slippers?" She asked him confused before they reached the door.

"Yup, it's a game," Li told her before he took out his keys from his pocket and unlocked the door. Misaki felt the warmth of the apartment room, the strong scent of food brought Misaki to salivate slightly in her mouth. The scent was something that would be only found in well known restaurants. It didn't smell like the everyday apartment building would do with the cooking. She could tell that the food was fresh off the frying pan and onto the plates. Li let Misaki in first before he followed her. Misaki walked towards the kitchen where the sound of frying in the frying pan, her eyes widened when she saw Hei, Li's identical twin busy cooking up breakfast. She watched the male work his way around the kitchen, getting all the ingredients ready for the fresh pancake being made. Misaki couldn't help but look around the apartment she was invited into. Nothing was out of the ordinary but it was a mirror reflection to her apartment. She didn't hate it but there was something that struck her as odd...the basis that Li and Hei didn't have much furniture in their apartment. Hei watched her out of the corner of his eye.

"What would you like on your pancakes?" Hei's voice cut though the air so suddenly Misaki turned to face him. Just by the sound of Hei's voice she could tell the difference between him and Li, but this was also taking into measure that Hei didn't get enough sleep or it was just the fact that Hei wasn't a morning person. While Li looked and appeared to be a morning person, Hei didn't seem to fit into the criteria of a morning person. It was amazing how different the Shengshun twins were when compared to each other. While Li looked to be more light and friendly, Hei seemed to be the opposite, dark and cold.

"Just golden syrup will do me fine, thank you." Hei nodded and placed a third pancake on a plate. A nice fluffy pancake was placed on top of the previous two fluffy pancakes, they were all cooked perfectly. Hei reached for the golden syrup. The container was shaped like a bear with the paw in the air. The yellow cap was unscrewed and pulled as the container was tipped upside down. The golden syrup slowly slid out the container and onto the pancakes, dribbling down the sides, falling down onto the plate below where it started to collect. Hei waited for a little more syrup to fall onto his creation before he tilted the container up and smiled as the syrup started to stop flowing and settled back down in the container. Placing the top back onto the container and screwing it back on again, Hei replaced the bottle down onto the table top. He held out the plate for Misaki to take.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

The streets were filled with students walking towards the local school building; a huge university building could easily fit over a thousand people inside, both students and professors alike. Li waved at Hei as he left the apartment complex and headed off towards school. Misaki had already left to head to her work and it was reaching the time that Li headed off towards the university, mixing in with the huge crowd of students already making their way. Everyone had their own group of friends with whom they stayed with and talked together, doing all forms of social things which groups do together. Li couldn't help but smile seeing everyone so happy with each other. He picked up some topic of conversation.

"Did you watch Sing Your Heart Out? Kyij Tamsh's voice was perfect!" or "Heard about the new glitch in Hunting Shadows?" or even the casual gossip from students which always turned to rumours and then disproved by the victim of the rumour. The gossip wasn't something that Li paid too much attention to. Sure there were some interesting rumours and gossip but nothing that really interested Li. Li mainly blocked out most silly conversations but there were some talk which did catch his interest. He soon felt a prod in his back.

"You could have called," He heard a voice behind him. Looking over his shoulder Li saw one of his rare friends. A young female with amber coloured eyes and very light coloured hair. She wore the female student uniform consisting of a blue blazer with golden buttons and a breast pocket covering her left breast, on the right hand side was a shield with a large owl pictured inside the shield. The shield symbol itself was white with the black own inside so it stood out from the rest of the blazer. Under the blazer was a white shirt with a neatly done black tie knotted at the top, covering the top button of the shirt. Dark blue trousers covered her legs with smart looking shoes.

"Sorry Amber, I was busy in the morning," Li replied to Amber. She blinked up at him with a small childish smile plastered across her face. Li wasn't even sure why he and Amber became friends; it was something that just...happened. Amber was normally cheerful and always seemed to know when her friends weren't feeling their usual way and provided the answer to them which gave out a positive result.

"You're always busy."

"Sorry..." Amber couldn't help but giggle causing Li to look at her confused.

"That's fine; I know both you and your brother work in order to pay for the rent and stuff."

"Okay." The two of them continued to walk towards the university building. Amber and Li were soon joined by a younger student named Yin; she was Icelandic and was blind as well. Her violent eyes and silver hair flowing behind her in a long ponytail had won the male gaze but with the brilliant look that she had, she also had a good brain in her head which sadly, some students in the university failed to use sometimes. Li's first day at the university was when he bumped into Yin, dropping his books and her books on the floor. Li was embarrassed and their friendship was planted then grew to them. Because of how close both Li and Yin had gotten, people had believed them to have a strong bond like a brother and sister share. A couple of male students join in the small group starting to form with Li; some were members of the basketball team and the cross-country team.

"So Li, getting ready for practise tonight?" A student called Takashi Yuu asked Li.

"I'll be in the gym after lunch break is over, I've got a free period then so I can train then," Li told the student. He seemed pleased with the answer and dropped the subject. As much as Li hated it, he was a popular student with both students and teachers alike. With high grades, charming personality and a friendly aura, he naturally drew many students near him and he offered his hand when people needed to be picked up. Being physically fit, mentally well adapt to learn anything in class and often took extra classes outside of the school's normal hours, teachers knew that if they had Li in their class, they were going to have a brilliant student. Working a part-time job with his school life also aided Li's tuition for the university courses he was taking.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

Misaki was busy typing away on her computer at her desk in the police force. They weren't bad people and were very focused on their tasks given. Even if some of the police members didn't quite look the age to really focus. Her main partner was Saito, the male wasn't quite what Misaki was used to but he was a nice change to have as he would help make sure that she was eating when she needed along with aiding her with other important information about the cases which Misaki questioned. A case in particular was when there was a serial killer staking the streets of Tokyo. An individual who preyed on young males who were always at their most vulnerable time, many of the victims were from local high schools that had broken up with their respective lover. What was interesting was that the police never caught the serial killer themselves; the body was delivered to the police station, unconscious with evidence that this is the person that the police were after but couldn't catch them.

"Saito, what's the Black Spirit?" Misaki asked, this wasn't something she had heard about before.

"The Black Spirit, that's the name people have come up with when we fail to catch the criminal based on the fact we have little evidence." Saito explained to Misaki. The Black Spirit sounded like an interesting entity.

"Has anyone caught a glimpse on what the Black Spirit looks like?" Misaki asked.

"We don't know, no one has reported anything strange going on in Tokyo," Saito told Misaki, already aware on how much work she was likely to do and how effective she was as a police officer. Misaki wasn't sure what was going on, the information of the Black Spirit in Tokyo was interesting but it was likely that the Black Spirit was some form of organisation that planned to do what the police failed to do based on evidence. She needed to check on how much the organisation that the Black Spirit was in knew how to get into the security cameras...a possible dark organisation that use ruthless methods to serve the people when the police failed? She didn't know. It wasn't something she was used to but she was willing to take the challenge that this 'Black Spirit' provided her. She'll uncover the truth about the spirit and shove it into light.

"So, what do you think of Tokyo?" Misaki looked up to see a young female officer on the opposite side of the desk, short brown hair with chocolate coloured eyes.

"I haven't actually seen much of Tokyo; I only know where my apartment is located and how to get here."

"If you want, I can take you on a tour? I'm Otsuka Mayu," Mayu offered her hand towards Misaki; she smiled and shook her hand. They both smiled at each other, the simple fact that Mayu wasn't the only female police officer in the section was much of a relief to her. She didn't complain but it would be nice to have more female company when the other members were all males. Most were single. So for another female police officer being part of the team was a major change for her and she welcomed her with open arms.

"That would be great, but only when I get a day off." Misaki told Mayu who frowned slightly before she sighed.

"You're a work-a-holic, aren't you?"

"Yes why?"

"That would explain why you look so tense."

Misaki shrugged and quickly got back to work to continue getting used to her new working conditions, team and more about the previous cases which the police dealt with. Occasionally another case reported aid from the Black Spirit.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

Hei arrived at his work place; the scent of food cooking brought a smile to Hei's face. Hei headed towards the staff door and punched in the key code into the lock on the door. Twisting the knob, he pushed open the door and walked inside making sure that the door closed behind him. He was met by a set of stairs. One set of stairs led upwards while the other set led towards the basement of the building. Hei took the right hand set of stairs leading to the first floor of the building. Entering the male locker room, Hei took out his small locker key and unlocked the locker. In the locket went his phone, wallet, keys and everything Hei had on him which he was going to need later. Shutting the locker door he locked it and slipped the key down his sock, it was easier to detect when they key was there instead of in a pocket which could easily be pick pocketed. Hei left the locker room and headed downstairs.

The small cafe was full already and orders were filling into the kitchens and the chefs were busy working their socks off trying to get all the orders filled and delivered. Hei pushed open the kitchen doors and walked inside. The chefs turned their attention to Hei and smiled in relief.

"Good timing as usual Hei," the head chef named Takinet spoke. Takinet used to be Hei's supervisor when he first started working there. After working a year there, Hei's skills outmatched Takinet's skills and deemed Hei a place on the kitchen staff with ease. The members of staff were all friendly with each other and to their customers, bringing up their customer satisfactory points a lot.

"Hey there Takinet, little understaffed are we?" Hei asked to receive a nod. He couldn't help but smile, washed his hands and set off to work. For the mornings, Hei worked hard in the kitchens of the cafe making sure that the orders were helped but during the afternoon the atmosphere turned calm and relaxing, allowing Hei to take the job as a waiter to those around. Hei was a popular waiter who attracted the female gaze frequently. Hei didn't mind, it was the same with Li at his university, they were identical twins.

Hei was busy cleaning the unused tables in the safe, spraying the disinfectant on the table tops before he pulled out the cleaning towel and wiped the coffee stain off the table. The scent of the disinfectant was something Hei found himself slowly and slowly getting used to so it wasn't much of a pain any more. The scent of food was stronger than the disinfectant was so Hei didn't mind. Hei let his mind wander slightly to what Li was learning in class, maths was something both Hei and Li were gifted in but it wasn't something they would happily do every day so Li often juggled different projects of his own while still working on his maths. Hei felt a pair of eyes following his hand moving in a circular motion while cleaning. Lifting his head up he took a quick glance around the cafe, seeing a young female (possible student) watching his every move. She blushed quickly when she caught him looking at her and tore her gaze off him. She looked pretty innocent, looked healthy meaning that she had a healthy diet and did exercise. She didn't look too bright but she wasn't dumb and she had painfully fallen for Hei's charming good looks. She wasn't a special in terms of school. Hei looked back to the table below him and finished wiping the table and straightened himself up to move on to the next table.

"Excuse me sir...can you please take my order?" Hei heard her voice. He turned to face her with a pleasant smile on his face.

"Of course, let me just put my cleaning utensils away and I'll be right with you," Hei spoke in his pleasant voice. She smiled and nodded, Hei nodded and moved to the supply closet. Stripping away the cleaning products, Hei washed his hands quickly and went to take her order.

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Time had moved swiftly and before Hei knew it, it was closing time. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief inside. He would be heading home and Li would be there waiting for him so the two of them could go out to the arcade. A good time in the arcade was something the twins did one day during the week. Today was Friday, the best time to head to the arcade if you wanted to play multiplayer games; other times...it was just another struggle to get to the ever-growing popular game which was always a zombie apocalypse shoot 'em up type of games. With the best graphics, sound effects, realistic zombies with a well done story told at the same time. It was so popular that many people had spent many hours playing the game as well as many yen spent on the game itself.

"Heading home?" Takinet asked Hei.

"Yeah, since me and Li both have time off, we're going to be heading to the arcade."

"Going to play that zombie game again? The kids love it."

"We've only been able to play that once and completed the story." Hei smiled. "Took us a good couple of hours but we got the high score and no one has been able to beat us." Takinet laughed waved Hei off. Hei chuckled and punched in the key code and returned back to his locker to take his belongings. Upon opening his locker, he reached for his phone and switched it on. Typing in the code he unlocked his phone. 3 missed calls and 1 text message flashed up on the screen. Hei went to see who had tried to call him during his hours of work, three missed calls from Carmine and one text from Li. Opening the text from Li he found himself smiling.

Hei, I've got a little something for you when you come home~ (^w^)

Hei quickly sent a reply back to his beloved brother.

Just finished work (^o^) I'll be home shortly, has Carmine tried calling you today?

Nope, she doesn't have my number.

I'll call her on the way home and see what she's after. I'll let you know when I get home. Take care. Hei

With that, Hei sorted himself out and left the building, he lifted his phone up to his ear and waited. His phone was calling Carmine. She tried to call him 3 times all failing so it must have been something important or she wouldn't have done it. Many would say that Carmine was his girlfriend but that wasn't the case. She was his best friend who both he and Li had met during their childhood while travelling around with their parents. She liked to check up on he and Li every once in a while to make sure that they were both find and happy. She was kind of an older sister to the two of them and had adopted a motherly nature towards the two of them. She would always fight for the death if Hei and Li had managed to get into a fight and neither of them could help each other. She had this sixth sense (as she called it) which alerted her when either one was in trouble.

"Hello there Hei, sorry I tried to call you during work hours but it was important." Carmine's voice came through the phone. Hei let out a small chuckle.

"That's fine, how are you?"

"I've been doing well; work has been good now that I'm working in the shop I've always wanted to work in."

"That's good to hear. Were you just checking up on me and Li?"

"Of course, I don't have Li's number and I'm more worried about him than you."

"I'm hurt Carmine," Hei teased her. Carmine let out a small laugh on the other end of the phone.

"Come on, he's a university student. There is always the peer pressure of his friends."

"Have faith in Li, he's doing well to keep his grades up high and doing so much after his classes as well as having a part time job. Li's doing great."

"Is he still doing maths?"

"Yes he is." Hei told her proudly.

"I've just about finished work myself, would it be possible for e to come and pay you two a visit soon?"

"I'll ask Li when I get home. I'll send you a text when you can come over."

"Okay, I'll be waiting. Bye."

"Bye," Hei said before he hung up the phone and continued his journey back home. The rest of the journey was quite peaceful.

Returning home, Hei brought out his keys and unlocked the front door. He could already feel Li dangerously close to the door making Hei smile. He loved it when Li was energetic over something, just seeing his smiling face told Hei that he was doing a good job looking after Li and for being a good brother to him. He hated it if Li was upset over something and refused to tell Hei. He was glad that those times were rare and that Li was naturally happy. Pushing open the door, Hei blinked before Li had grabbed hold of his arm and dragged Hei inside, pulling Hei off his feet as he was pulled inside by a hyper Li.

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Chapter Two

The morning sun rose the following morning, the apartment building was pumping with music from other residents in the building. Misaki was disturbed from her sleep feeling the floor vibrate. There was something that she never got from her old place of residence. Misaki awoke in her bed and searched around for glasses, ready to slip them on. Her glasses were slipped onto her face and before she groaned. It wasn't the best sleep she has had but that was due to the fact that she still wasn't familiar in this territory, if she was then she would have gotten the better sleep. Misaki got out from under the futon covers and walked towards the kitchen area of the apartment. Reaching for the cupboards she retrieved the cereal, a bowl and a spoon while she got her breakfast ready. Today was going to be a full day of working in the police, getting used to it and leaning about the city. Her mind wandered back to Li who was currently sleeping next door, in room 201. She had a look around the cupboards in her apartment and remembered that she needed to go shopping for her supplies. The door knocked. She needed to get out of her pyjamas and into practical clothes for the day.

"In a minute," she called to the person behind the door. She walked back into the main apartment room, rolled up her futon and sorted that out before she opened her suitcase and searched around for a fresh set of clothes. Once she had sorted herself out, a simple black t-shirt and a pair of navy blue shorts, she unhooked the chain and unlocked the door before she pushed open the door.

"Hey there neighbour," Li's cheerful voice was heard. Misaki felt herself smiling happily when she saw Li standing there.

"What a surprise to see someone up this early. Is there something I can help you with?" She asked him.

"Since you just moved in, I thought I'd come and make you breakfast," Li offered.

"That's very kind of you but I don't have anything in my apartment...I haven't gone shopping yet."

"That's fine, Hei and I will happily make you breakfast this morning and any other mornings you want."

"Well, just this once. Okay?" Misaki was going to feel bad if she said that she rejected Li's offer. The male had come over to her home and asked if she was hungry. She never thought that he'd be kind enough to let her have some of his food after only meeting the previous day. Li seemed to have noticed how she was feeling and gave her a cheerful smile. A reassuring smile that only Li seemed to be able to pull off which made her feel slightly better. Most other smiles failed to do.

"No problem," Li said as Misaki took the door off the chain and opened it further for her to slip out. She couldn't help but take notice on what Li was wearing. A simple black tank-top covered the top half of his body, she could see his collarbones sticking out from his body, begging to be touched, Misaki couldn't help but feel that Li was exposing a weakness of his. She felt that if she touched the collar bones, something bad will happen to Li. She froze, what was she thinking?

Looking further down, a simple pair of black shorts on with two pockets, she looked further down, admiring Li's body structure. If the dictionary had pictures in it, Misaki would have put Li next to the definition of fit. He was physically perfect, something that not any man can pull successfully without resorting to drugs...or was Li doing that? What was she saying? There wasn't any sign that Li was using drugs, his actions were normal...hopefully...Yes, of course they were. She didn't have any reason to suspect that Li was using drugs in any form. She mentally slapped herself for being in a work-type mood already. It was too early in the morning to be switched onto work already. She half cursed it to be from the lack of sleep she received from the night.

"Shall we head off?" Misaki asked.

"You don't need to go far."

"I know...why don't you have anything on your feet?"

"Slippers went missing. Hei's probably hiding them somewhere like I'm hiding his slippers."

"You hide each other's slippers?" She asked him confused before they reached the door.

"Yup, it's a game," Li told her before he took out his keys from his pocket and unlocked the door. Misaki felt the warmth of the apartment room, the strong scent of food brought Misaki to salivate slightly in her mouth. The scent was something that would be only found in well known restaurants. It didn't smell like the everyday apartment building would do with the cooking. She could tell that the food was fresh off the frying pan and onto the plates. Li let Misaki in first before he followed her. Misaki walked towards the kitchen where the sound of frying in the frying pan, her eyes widened when she saw Hei, Li's identical twin busy cooking up breakfast. She watched the male work his way around the kitchen, getting all the ingredients ready for the fresh pancake being made. Misaki couldn't help but look around the apartment she was invited into. Nothing was out of the ordinary but it was a mirror reflection to her apartment. She didn't hate it but there was something that struck her as odd...the basis that Li and Hei didn't have much furniture in their apartment. Hei watched her out of the corner of his eye.

"What would you like on your pancakes?" Hei's voice cut though the air so suddenly Misaki turned to face him. Just by the sound of Hei's voice she could tell the difference between him and Li, but this was also taking into measure that Hei didn't get enough sleep or it was just the fact that Hei wasn't a morning person. While Li looked and appeared to be a morning person, Hei didn't seem to fit into the criteria of a morning person. It was amazing how different the Shengshun twins were when compared to each other. While Li looked to be more light and friendly, Hei seemed to be the opposite, dark and cold.

"Just golden syrup will do me fine, thank you." Hei nodded and placed a third pancake on a plate. A nice fluffy pancake was placed on top of the previous two fluffy pancakes, they were all cooked perfectly. Hei reached for the golden syrup. The container was shaped like a bear with the paw in the air. The yellow cap was unscrewed and pulled as the container was tipped upside down. The golden syrup slowly slid out the container and onto the pancakes, dribbling down the sides, falling down onto the plate below where it started to collect. Hei waited for a little more syrup to fall onto his creation before he tilted the container up and smiled as the syrup started to stop flowing and settled back down in the container. Placing the top back onto the container and screwing it back on again, Hei replaced the bottle down onto the table top. He held out the plate for Misaki to take.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

The streets were filled with students walking towards the local school building; a huge university building could easily fit over a thousand people inside, both students and professors alike. Li waved at Hei as he left the apartment complex and headed off towards school. Misaki had already left to head to her work and it was reaching the time that Li headed off towards the university, mixing in with the huge crowd of students already making their way. Everyone had their own group of friends with whom they stayed with and talked together, doing all forms of social things which groups do together. Li couldn't help but smile seeing everyone so happy with each other. He picked up some topic of conversation.

"Did you watch Sing Your Heart Out? Kyij Tamsh's voice was perfect!" or "Heard about the new glitch in Hunting Shadows?" or even the casual gossip from students which always turned to rumours and then disproved by the victim of the rumour. The gossip wasn't something that Li paid too much attention to. Sure there were some interesting rumours and gossip but nothing that really interested Li. Li mainly blocked out most silly conversations but there were some talk which did catch his interest. He soon felt a prod in his back.

"You could have called," He heard a voice behind him. Looking over his shoulder Li saw one of his rare friends. A young female with amber coloured eyes and very light coloured hair. She wore the female student uniform consisting of a blue blazer with golden buttons and a breast pocket covering her left breast, on the right hand side was a shield with a large owl pictured inside the shield. The shield symbol itself was white with the black own inside so it stood out from the rest of the blazer. Under the blazer was a white shirt with a neatly done black tie knotted at the top, covering the top button of the shirt. Dark blue trousers covered her legs with smart looking shoes.

"Sorry Amber, I was busy in the morning," Li replied to Amber. She blinked up at him with a small childish smile plastered across her face. Li wasn't even sure why he and Amber became friends; it was something that just...happened. Amber was normally cheerful and always seemed to know when her friends weren't feeling their usual way and provided the answer to them which gave out a positive result.

"You're always busy."

"Sorry..." Amber couldn't help but giggle causing Li to look at her confused.

"That's fine; I know both you and your brother work in order to pay for the rent and stuff."

"Okay." The two of them continued to walk towards the university building. Amber and Li were soon joined by a younger student named Yin; she was Icelandic and was blind as well. Her violent eyes and silver hair flowing behind her in a long ponytail had won the male gaze but with the brilliant look that she had, she also had a good brain in her head which sadly, some students in the university failed to use sometimes. Li's first day at the university was when he bumped into Yin, dropping his books and her books on the floor. Li was embarrassed and their friendship was planted then grew to them. Because of how close both Li and Yin had gotten, people had believed them to have a strong bond like a brother and sister share. A couple of male students join in the small group starting to form with Li; some were members of the basketball team and the cross-country team.

"So Li, getting ready for practise tonight?" A student called Takashi Yuu asked Li.

"I'll be in the gym after lunch break is over, I've got a free period then so I can train then," Li told the student. He seemed pleased with the answer and dropped the subject. As much as Li hated it, he was a popular student with both students and teachers alike. With high grades, charming personality and a friendly aura, he naturally drew many students near him and he offered his hand when people needed to be picked up. Being physically fit, mentally well adapt to learn anything in class and often took extra classes outside of the school's normal hours, teachers knew that if they had Li in their class, they were going to have a brilliant student. Working a part-time job with his school life also aided Li's tuition for the university courses he was taking.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

Misaki was busy typing away on her computer at her desk in the police force. They weren't bad people and were very focused on their tasks given. Even if some of the police members didn't quite look the age to really focus. Her main partner was Saito, the male wasn't quite what Misaki was used to but he was a nice change to have as he would help make sure that she was eating when she needed along with aiding her with other important information about the cases which Misaki questioned. A case in particular was when there was a serial killer staking the streets of Tokyo. An individual who preyed on young males who were always at their most vulnerable time, many of the victims were from local high schools that had broken up with their respective lover. What was interesting was that the police never caught the serial killer themselves; the body was delivered to the police station, unconscious with evidence that this is the person that the police were after but couldn't catch them.

"Saito, what's the Black Spirit?" Misaki asked, this wasn't something she had heard about before.

"The Black Spirit, that's the name people have come up with when we fail to catch the criminal based on the fact we have little evidence." Saito explained to Misaki. The Black Spirit sounded like an interesting entity.

"Has anyone caught a glimpse on what the Black Spirit looks like?" Misaki asked.

"We don't know, no one has reported anything strange going on in Tokyo," Saito told Misaki, already aware on how much work she was likely to do and how effective she was as a police officer. Misaki wasn't sure what was going on, the information of the Black Spirit in Tokyo was interesting but it was likely that the Black Spirit was some form of organisation that planned to do what the police failed to do based on evidence. She needed to check on how much the organisation that the Black Spirit was in knew how to get into the security cameras...a possible dark organisation that use ruthless methods to serve the people when the police failed? She didn't know. It wasn't something she was used to but she was willing to take the challenge that this 'Black Spirit' provided her. She'll uncover the truth about the spirit and shove it into light.

"So, what do you think of Tokyo?" Misaki looked up to see a young female officer on the opposite side of the desk, short brown hair with chocolate coloured eyes.

"I haven't actually seen much of Tokyo; I only know where my apartment is located and how to get here."

"If you want, I can take you on a tour? I'm Otsuka Mayu," Mayu offered her hand towards Misaki; she smiled and shook her hand. They both smiled at each other, the simple fact that Mayu wasn't the only female police officer in the section was much of a relief to her. She didn't complain but it would be nice to have more female company when the other members were all males. Most were single. So for another female police officer being part of the team was a major change for her and she welcomed her with open arms.

"That would be great, but only when I get a day off." Misaki told Mayu who frowned slightly before she sighed.

"You're a work-a-holic, aren't you?"

"Yes why?"

"That would explain why you look so tense."

Misaki shrugged and quickly got back to work to continue getting used to her new working conditions, team and more about the previous cases which the police dealt with. Occasionally another case reported aid from the Black Spirit.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

Hei arrived at his work place; the scent of food cooking brought a smile to Hei's face. Hei headed towards the staff door and punched in the key code into the lock on the door. Twisting the knob, he pushed open the door and walked inside making sure that the door closed behind him. He was met by a set of stairs. One set of stairs led upwards while the other set led towards the basement of the building. Hei took the right hand set of stairs leading to the first floor of the building. Entering the male locker room, Hei took out his small locker key and unlocked the locker. In the locket went his phone, wallet, keys and everything Hei had on him which he was going to need later. Shutting the locker door he locked it and slipped the key down his sock, it was easier to detect when they key was there instead of in a pocket which could easily be pick pocketed. Hei left the locker room and headed downstairs.

The small cafe was full already and orders were filling into the kitchens and the chefs were busy working their socks off trying to get all the orders filled and delivered. Hei pushed open the kitchen doors and walked inside. The chefs turned their attention to Hei and smiled in relief.

"Good timing as usual Hei," the head chef named Takinet spoke. Takinet used to be Hei's supervisor when he first started working there. After working a year there, Hei's skills outmatched Takinet's skills and deemed Hei a place on the kitchen staff with ease. The members of staff were all friendly with each other and to their customers, bringing up their customer satisfactory points a lot.

"Hey there Takinet, little understaffed are we?" Hei asked to receive a nod. He couldn't help but smile, washed his hands and set off to work. For the mornings, Hei worked hard in the kitchens of the cafe making sure that the orders were helped but during the afternoon the atmosphere turned calm and relaxing, allowing Hei to take the job as a waiter to those around. Hei was a popular waiter who attracted the female gaze frequently. Hei didn't mind, it was the same with Li at his university, they were identical twins.

Hei was busy cleaning the unused tables in the safe, spraying the disinfectant on the table tops before he pulled out the cleaning towel and wiped the coffee stain off the table. The scent of the disinfectant was something Hei found himself slowly and slowly getting used to so it wasn't much of a pain any more. The scent of food was stronger than the disinfectant was so Hei didn't mind. Hei let his mind wander slightly to what Li was learning in class, maths was something both Hei and Li were gifted in but it wasn't something they would happily do every day so Li often juggled different projects of his own while still working on his maths. Hei felt a pair of eyes following his hand moving in a circular motion while cleaning. Lifting his head up he took a quick glance around the cafe, seeing a young female (possible student) watching his every move. She blushed quickly when she caught him looking at her and tore her gaze off him. She looked pretty innocent, looked healthy meaning that she had a healthy diet and did exercise. She didn't look too bright but she wasn't dumb and she had painfully fallen for Hei's charming good looks. She wasn't a special in terms of school. Hei looked back to the table below him and finished wiping the table and straightened himself up to move on to the next table.

"Excuse me sir...can you please take my order?" Hei heard her voice. He turned to face her with a pleasant smile on his face.

"Of course, let me just put my cleaning utensils away and I'll be right with you," Hei spoke in his pleasant voice. She smiled and nodded, Hei nodded and moved to the supply closet. Stripping away the cleaning products, Hei washed his hands quickly and went to take her order.

The Black Spirit – Chapter 2

Time had moved swiftly and before Hei knew it, it was closing time. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief inside. He would be heading home and Li would be there waiting for him so the two of them could go out to the arcade. A good time in the arcade was something the twins did one day during the week. Today was Friday, the best time to head to the arcade if you wanted to play multiplayer games; other times...it was just another struggle to get to the ever-growing popular game which was always a zombie apocalypse shoot 'em up type of games. With the best graphics, sound effects, realistic zombies with a well done story told at the same time. It was so popular that many people had spent many hours playing the game as well as many yen spent on the game itself.

"Heading home?" Takinet asked Hei.

"Yeah, since me and Li both have time off, we're going to be heading to the arcade."

"Going to play that zombie game again? The kids love it."

"We've only been able to play that once and completed the story." Hei smiled. "Took us a good couple of hours but we got the high score and no one has been able to beat us." Takinet laughed waved Hei off. Hei chuckled and punched in the key code and returned back to his locker to take his belongings. Upon opening his locker, he reached for his phone and switched it on. Typing in the code he unlocked his phone. 3 missed calls and 1 text message flashed up on the screen. Hei went to see who had tried to call him during his hours of work, three missed calls from Carmine and one text from Li. Opening the text from Li he found himself smiling.

Hei, I've got a little something for you when you come home~ (^w^)

Hei quickly sent a reply back to his beloved brother.

Just finished work (^o^) I'll be home shortly, has Carmine tried calling you today?

Nope, she doesn't have my number.

I'll call her on the way home and see what she's after. I'll let you know when I get home. Take care. Hei

With that, Hei sorted himself out and left the building, he lifted his phone up to his ear and waited. His phone was calling Carmine. She tried to call him 3 times all failing so it must have been something important or she wouldn't have done it. Many would say that Carmine was his girlfriend but that wasn't the case. She was his best friend who both he and Li had met during their childhood while travelling around with their parents. She liked to check up on he and Li every once in a while to make sure that they were both find and happy. She was kind of an older sister to the two of them and had adopted a motherly nature towards the two of them. She would always fight for the death if Hei and Li had managed to get into a fight and neither of them could help each other. She had this sixth sense (as she called it) which alerted her when either one was in trouble.

"Hello there Hei, sorry I tried to call you during work hours but it was important." Carmine's voice came through the phone. Hei let out a small chuckle.

"That's fine, how are you?"

"I've been doing well; work has been good now that I'm working in the shop I've always wanted to work in."

"That's good to hear. Were you just checking up on me and Li?"

"Of course, I don't have Li's number and I'm more worried about him than you."

"I'm hurt Carmine," Hei teased her. Carmine let out a small laugh on the other end of the phone.

"Come on, he's a university student. There is always the peer pressure of his friends."

"Have faith in Li, he's doing well to keep his grades up high and doing so much after his classes as well as having a part time job. Li's doing great."

"Is he still doing maths?"

"Yes he is." Hei told her proudly.

"I've just about finished work myself, would it be possible for e to come and pay you two a visit soon?"

"I'll ask Li when I get home. I'll send you a text when you can come over."

"Okay, I'll be waiting. Bye."

"Bye," Hei said before he hung up the phone and continued his journey back home. The rest of the journey was quite peaceful.

Returning home, Hei brought out his keys and unlocked the front door. He could already feel Li dangerously close to the door making Hei smile. He loved it when Li was energetic over something, just seeing his smiling face told Hei that he was doing a good job looking after Li and for being a good brother to him. He hated it if Li was upset over something and refused to tell Hei. He was glad that those times were rare and that Li was naturally happy. Pushing open the door, Hei blinked before Li had grabbed hold of his arm and dragged Hei inside, pulling Hei off his feet as he was pulled inside by a hyper Li.