A black, hooded figure watched as two men walked down a dark alley, eyes glowing dimly red beneath the hood's shadow. An evil smile spread over her face as she watched one of the men trip and accidentally step on a cat, scaring the fool out of him.

Ryo cackled hysterically as Leone picked himself off the ground, glaring at the green cat as it flew away. Leone glared at Ryo "Yeah, laugh all you want. It wouldn't be funny if you had been the one to step on the cat."

Ryo burst out laughing even harder than before "But I wasn't!"

Leone and Ryo continued to walk and turned to enter the Root Bear Bar.

The hooded figure climbed down from her perch and proceeded to jump, rooftop to rooftop, until she found herself standing on top of the Root Bear Bar. There was a skylight which she used to peer inside.

Ryo and Leone had sat themselves down, and were racing each other to see who could chug down a 4-liter mug of root beer fastest. Whoever lost had to buy the other a refill.

Leone was glaring at Ryo as they raced; this was the 34th time this week they competed and he was always a couple seconds too slow.

He was so close to finishing, just a little…. Ryo put his mug down and threw his hands in the air "Yes! I won again! Now you have to buy me a refill." Leone begrudgingly paid for Ryo's refill and watched as his chugged down another 4 liters of root beer.

Ryo celebrated and flexed his arms in front of all the girls in the bar. Ryo was a really strong and extremely handsome guy so all the girls were creeped out by this behavior.

Leone sat with his eyes closed and Ryo slapped him on the back "Come on, don't be sad. Be happy! I won aga YOOOWWWCHYYYY!" Ryo let out a very girly squeal as Leone grabbed Ryo's nipple with an iron grip and began twisting fiercely. "Shut up moron, do you hear it?"

Ryo went to his knees, trying not to whimper as Leone still had hold of him. That's when he heard it; he heard silence.

Suddenly an arm shot out from the shadow and wrapped itself around Leone's neck "I have you now.