Vampires Legacy

"Ariel."

"Yes, my wonderful master?"

"We could get a new member anytime, you should probably sleep in your own room."

"Noooo, sleeping in your shadow is pure bliss."

Since Ariel doesn't have a physical form when she's inside Chifuyu's shadow, her sleep is entirely seamless. Odd Jobs has 3 other members besides Chifuyu and Ariel, and they all know their secret. If a new member joins whom they haven't met yet, they'll have to be careful to not let their true identity out.

"How about if we add another bed to your room, so I can still sleep in your shadow?"

"Hm... New members might get the wrong impression, but sure."

"Yippee!" Ariel exclaims while hopping joyfully.

***

"So, where's this guy Kagura?"

"He should be here any minute now."

Earlier in the day, Kagura got a call for an Odd Job and the client is currently on his way. So far, most of their clients have come directly to Odd Jobs in person with their request instead of someplace else. Perhaps this is due to the trust the general public has in the official owner of Odd Jobs: Nailah Boreas, former Special Rank Hunter. During her time on duty, she was well known for not just her strength as a Hunter but also her reliability and contribution to countless communities throughout Shioto. Today, her focus is on something much deeper, to say the least. After a bit of waiting, the client arrives.

"Welcome! Please come in, Mr. Noshi," Kagura greets the man enthusiastically as she always does.

"Well, thanks," the client appears to be at least 60 years of age and walks with the assistance of a crane. Still able to drive himself though as the car he came in is parked right outside. When it comes to Odd Job clients, they bring them into the living room for discussion rather than the lobby of the cafe. After seating himself, the old man begins to speak.

"Ya'll sure have a nice play here."

"Hehe, isn't it? I came up with the layout of this place myself," Kagura explains.

"Wait, you did?" Not even Chifuyu and the others were aware of this. Answering their surprised expressions, Kagura giggles while throwing up a peace sign.

"So Mr. Noshi, what Odd Job do you have for us?"

"I want to apologize in advance for coming to ya'll with this in the first place. It's a simple problem that the cops should've been able to resolve but can't be bothered with it."

"No worries, we'll get it done whatever it is," Kagura assures him.

"I want ya'll to get rid of some delinquents for me. They're ruining business for me."

"Oh. You run a shop?"

"Yes, and I've barely been getting any customers. These whippersnappers appeared a couple of weeks ago, loitering around and causing problems for everyone around them. They must be a part of some gang, the lot of them are dressed like fools."

"A gang you say? I see." Kagura's face brightens up at the mention of a gang. One of the things on her bucket list has always been to fight off a street gang.

Chifuyu asks the client a question regarding the way of proceeding with this Odd Job. "So how exactly do you want us to 'get rid' of these delinquents?"

"The cops clearly don't care about them, so do whatever you need to. Beat 'em up so bad they never show their faces on the streets again."

The idiot trio's faces light up with excitement. Beating up some punks surely must be on a lot of people's to-do lists. Iris just looks on nervously while Shinatsu looks like she's tired of these guys.

"Ok Mr. Noshi, we'll definitely see this through."

"Please do."

Kagura, Chifuyu, and Ariel are smiling demonically. Maybe the old man shouldn't have come to them with this request. But things are already in motion, nothing can stop what's coming to these delinquents. 'This should be a fun job' is what the 3 think before leaving.

***

The drive to the client's shop was over a 40-minute drive away, but the wait was nothing. The idiot trio could wait as long as possible if it meant picking a fight with a gang and getting paid for it nonetheless. They came up with an elaborate plan for the first wave of punks. That is, setting up an arm wrestling stand and embarrassing the prideful gang. Anticipating them getting riled up from that, they'd engage in a full-on fight where they'd further embarrass them. Perhaps pantsing them all as they run home to their mommies and daddies.

So after arriving, they got right to business. Setting up a stand with a sign stating 'Arm wrestling matches with wannabe gang members', in which all 5 of them would be participating. But first, they have the delinquents. They could just wait around since they'll be sure to pop up anytime, but they had a better idea. Shinatsu would look around for them and provoke them to chase after her, luring the NPCs to the arm wrestling stand. It's a perfect plan.

"All right Shinatsu, go fetch us some delinquents, Chifuyu commands.

Shinatsu gives him the bird as she walks off, "Yeah yeah."

The search didn't take too long, this area had indeed become gang turf. Shinatsu can't believe that the police are so unreliable they can't even deal with this. Maybe she'll have some fun after all. The punks she found were brazenly loitering in a parking lot just outside a park. She casually strolls right to the center of them.

"What's this?"

"Somebody's girl?"

"Never seen her."

"Look's like tonight's desert just showed up."

'Ew, is this guy serious,' Shinatsu thinks to herself. There's no way the last guy said that line but unfortunately he did. The delinquents look at her with confused and thirsty eyes, none of them aware the lone girl could take them all out by herself. One of them recognizes who she is, or rather what she is.

"Hold up you blockheads, look at her uniform. This girl's a Hunter."

"Oh, it is."

The one who picked her out walks up to her with complete confidence, or perhaps arrogance. His hands are in his sagging pockets, his hair is completely full of gel, and he's obnoxiously blowing gum.

"What the hell do you want? Come here to have a little fun with the bad boys?"

"Gross."

"Huh?"

"Get out of my face, you pig."

"WHAT WAS THAT?!"

Expecting the short temper, Shinatsu mockingly smirks as the guy hoists her up by her collar. All the punks in here look to be in their early 20s, maybe even some teenagers. She comes to the conclusion that they're all definitely wannabe gang members and can easily be dissolved with some force.

"Didn't your mom teach you any manners? She taught me many things, one of them being not to pick a fight with ugly people, since they have nothing to lose."

"YOU BITCH!"

As he gets ready to lay her out, Shinatsu ferociously headbutts the punk and kicks him square in the stomach, promptly fixing her collar.

"Follow me if you punks think you can take me," Shinatsu states as she begins to take off with her head turned to the gang members. The easily riled-up young gentlemen spout vulgar insults as they chase after her.

Though she wasn't too excited at first, Shinatsu thinks she'll enjoy herself now.