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She gasped. The young woman found herself laying on a hospital bed. She had a torn up white skirt, an armoured tube top, purple steel-toed boots and a purple hat over her face. Her blond hair was short and looked as if it had be cut by half rather carelessly by someone. Judging by the fact she was alone in a bare room, she assumed she had been left her for dead. The girl scanned the surrounding area.

I can't hear anything at all and the lights are out so I take it there's no-one here?

She got up, slowly, and began feeling around herself.

Hmmm... fully dressed... unarmed. Damn.

Adjusting to the darkness, she noticed her sling bag that normally contained all her posessions but was now emptied - some of the abandoned contents spread across the floor.

The scumbag took everything. Money, clothes, my bingo book... everything.

She tried the door. To her surprise - it opened. She wandered down the corridor and began to search for an exit.

Known as - Dante' Mashin (Yes, this character is based off of Dante from Devil May Cry TM)
Age - 24
Nationality - Japanese
Current residence - Unkown
Offical occupation - N/A
Bounty - £££100,000,000*
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Dante' walked out of a door in the corridor, he was wearing night vision goggles, a long dark red trench coat, black leather pants, and steel toed boots. He had silvery hair as far as Shikaru could tell, he was also flipping through a book
"This girls bingo book is kinda interesting...but I got my own list."
Dante' threw the book behind his back as he walked down the corridor, away from Shikaru.
"But, she did have a bunch off money! Hehehe!"

"HEY!" Shikaru yelled and began her persute of Dante. "Teme! Gimmie back my money!"

"Wouldn't you rather have this?! By the way... long hair doesn't suit you!" Dante said, stopping and showing her a photograph he'd taken out of her bag.

"I WANT MY MONEY! Wait... is that my sister?"

"Well I'll be keeping this then!" He slipped the picture under his shirt.

"OI! Don't do that! PERVERT!" She yelled. In responce, Dante left off a smokebomb to secure his escape. "TEMEEE!!!!!!!"

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Shikaru gathered up her things that had been strewn across the corridor and all over the floor of the room she'd woken up in. Even though they'd only crossed paths a few hours ago and she didn't even know his name... Shikaru despised Dante.

"Gomenesai, oneechan..." She sighed as she finished packing her things into her bag and once again looked for an exit. She found an empty stairwell and left the building through a fire escape. Outside it was snowing.

Oh this is just GREAT! No coat and no money! Hmmm... She flipped through her bingo book. But plenty of ways to earn some! She made a doodle on one page of a face with silver hair and titled it "That Git".

(By the way I'm not wearing a shirt, so I guess it was one of those pockets on the inside of my coat)

"Heh, wow, that chick had some big bucks, time to hit the bar!"
Dante galloped off to the closest bar, buying up expensive sake and hitting on girls, but after awhile, he fell unconscious from over doing it a bit, not to mention he spent all his money there.
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"Grrrr, I don't care how long it takes me to find him, I'm going to get him!"
Shikaru screamed in anger, then she saw it, a wanted poster, it read:

Dante' Mushin, wanted alive, £££100,000,000 reward

"And now I have an even better reason to go after him, hehehe."

"Now I know your name it should be much easier! Dante Mushin! Ahahaha!" Shikaru chuckled to herself.

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Meanwhile... a few feet away.

"Mommy, that person's scaring me!"

"Now, now... she's probably just not right in the head... that's all."

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Shikaru would of heard the conversation, had she not being laughing manically and would of also noticed Dante laying in the street, before she tripped over him.

"OUCH! What the... ah! YOU!"

She rummaged around inside his coat quickly when she realised he was unconsious. She found the picture of her sister but, unfortunately, quickly realised the money was gone.

"You bum!" She said, kicking him in the ribs. "You blew my Triple Sterling!"

"Blue ribbon?" He mumbled vaguely.

"PERVERT" Shikaru kick Dante in the face. "And why the hell did you cut my hair off, you freak?!"

Dante' slowly got
"Ugh...My head...heh...that sake was some preemo stuff though...huh?" Dante' looked at Shikaru "Oh yeah...you're that chick from before...urgh...how'd I cut your hair, well..lemme show ya..."
Dante' staggered up, he could barely stand
"Demon Blade...um...I forgot the name..."
Dante' fell over unconscious again

"Ugh, what a bum, wasn't even really paying attention to what I asked... But what he said was kinda interesting...oh well, maybe I should just grab him and collect the reward."

"What do you mean you're turning ME in?! BAKA! I'm the one turning HIM in!"

All the same, Shikaru put her hands up. She was still unarmed and had just been surrounded by armed security.

"Well you think there's any money to be made in just paying out bounties? Peh! 2% commission is nothing!!! Now cashing you both in myself... that's something!" The man told her.

Looks like I'm boned now... oneechan...!

Dante woke up.

((I can't remember what they call places that you hand in bounties but that's where they're meant to be!))

Dante' looked around
"Looks like you got yourself in some trouble little lady...ugh...gimme a sec..." Dante' reached into his coat pocket and brought a pill, he popped in his mouth "AH! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Demon Sword Alastor!"
Suddenly a crack of purple lighting came down into Dante's hand, forming a sword in his hand
"What the- Aaaagh!" Dante' cut off his jaw "Wha di you do?"
"I'm sorry, what'd ya say? To bad ya don't have your jaw!" Dante' said,holding the mans jaw, he stabbed through the chest and sliced him through the middle, Shikaru just watched in awe
"Now little lady, I think you owe me! Haha!"

This is an image of her in new clothes:


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"You're the freak who cut my hair off! I don't care if you saved my life... you should owe me for the hair and money you stole!" Shikaru protested as she was changing in the unisex WC.

"I didn't steal your hair... I just cut it..." Dante retorted from outside.

"Same difference!!!"

"But I saved your life."

"And I want my money back!"

"Maybe we should team up... I've always wanted a pet..."

"Are... ARE YOU INSANE?!" Shikaru burst through the door, dressed in her new attire.

"You really want to know why I cut your hair?"

"YES! WHY?"

"So I could get a better look at those ears of yours." Shikaru blushed. She hated it when people drew attention to the fact she was a freak of science.

Aaaaw, don't be embarassed! Those little ears are cute!" Dante' said teasingly, wiggling around her ears
"H-Hey! Stop that!" Shikaru said embarrassingly, slapping Dante's hands away
"Okay, whatever...so...you're wanted to, eh? Why?" Dante' seemed more serious

"And why have you only got a stump for a tail? You look like a Manx!" Dante added.

"SHUT UP! I hated it! I want to look normal!!!"

"Wait... did you cut it off?!" He asked in an equally serious tone to before.

"No... I had a vet do it. I hate being a freak."

"That's funny - you were calling me a freak just a moment ago!" Dante chuckled. "But seriously, the bounty...?"

"Bah! It's nothing. I just played with some computers and got rid of a few people."

"So in otherwords... you hacked computers and murdered some guys..."

"Yeah but it sounds so bad when you put it like that!" Shikaru replied. Dante raised an eyebrow.

"Ya know, personally I thought you were an escaped genetic experiment!" Dante' teased "And by the way, who's your sister?...and what's her phone number?" Dante' teased again, but before Shikaru could respond, one of the worst possible things that could happen, happened, an entire gang of bounty hunters slowly surrounded them, a very large cyborg man lead them
"Alright boys, whoever gets the silver haired one alive gets 50%, whoever gets the freak, dead or alive, gets 25%, got it?"
"Got it!" The entire crowd responded
"B-But I'm unarmed..."
"All the easier, Gahahahahaha!"
"Don't worry girlie, you can use my pistols. I got a sword, called Alastor!" The same blade came down in purple lighting, as Dante' handed Shikaru his pistols "Alright, you ready girlie?"
"Yeah, and my names Shikaru!"
"Got it girlie, heh heh heh."
"Grrrrrr..."

"AND WADDA YA MEAN 25% DEAD OR ALIVE!!?!!!?!!!?!!?!!!?!" Shikaru yelled so loudly the bounty hunters were stunned. "I'LL GIVE YA WHAT FOR!!!!!!!" Even Dante was surprised.

"Well... you're kind of small fry compared to me." He told her.

"YOU WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN?!?!?!?!!?!!?!!!" She retorted, pointing a gun in his face.

"Not me! THEM! Them!!! Point it that way!" Dante said frantically as his new companion was putting him on edge. Shikaru went bezerker on them.

Dante' sat down and watched her mow them down, he looked like he was enjoying himself. But by the time Shikaru took all of them down except the cyborg, she was out of bullets
"Hand me another clip."
"Funny thing...I never bothered to buy extra clips 'cause, well that's a different story, I'll take him don't worry." Dante' got up from his stationary position and readied his blade to slice down the giant cyborg man