Tusgumi took a while to notice the new daily customer at the café. She came in everyday, ordering the same thing every time, a pilaf with an iced tea. Meme pointed out that whenever she came around, Akane avoided going over to her area, and even sometimes hid away in the back or behind the bar with Master. Clay had no problem talking to her. He would often take her order, and talk with her, occasionally saying something to make her laugh. No one knew what she really looked like since she always wore a scarf and sun glasses. She would always place her order, and pull out a notepad, will with words that no one knew but her. Eventually she would leave, bowing and leaving a tip for the girls. One day, Clay got the courage to ask the girl her name. She stopped before walking out, looking at everyone in the café. She smiled.

"Ringo, my name is Ringo."

It was closing time and the girls had finished cleaning around the café. Clay and Akane had finished their work and were already prepared to leave. They all stood in the alley, waiting on Tusgumi to finished changing when there was an explosion. Everyone had ducked, only to feel nothing. A girl stood in front of them, with her arms out in front of her. She was wearing a red dress that hugged her hips and a brown colored blazer that was kept closed with a skinny black belt around her waist. She had brown boots that stopped in the middle of her half, each having an apple embroidered on the back heel. They all soon realized that it was Ringo, from the café. The scarf she wore was still neatly wrapped around her head and even her sun glasses were still in place, not even slightly lose from her head. She looked down and held out her hand to Tsugumi and Anya, who had her skirt torn in the process. Ringo reached to the top of her scarf and pulled out the pin that kept it in place. She knelt down and stuck it in the rip, making the two pieces join.

"If you pin it at the top of the rip, it won't get too bad and it's easier to repair. Is anyone else hurt?"

Clay looked up from Akane, who was still sitting on the ground. His glasses were broken and his hair was slightly tousled, but not enough to show is other eye. Clay was looking at his arm with a frown. The bone stuck out of his cream colored skin, staining it red with blood.

"It's pretty bad."

Ringo walked to where Akane was while undoing the scarf from her head. Long cream locks fell from the fabric that stopped at the belt on her waist. She knelt down, wrapping Akane's arm in her scarf. She took the belt from her waist and looped it around his wrist, making a sling for his arm by draping the belt around his neck and connecting it back to his arm. She soon took off the white blazer and draped it over his shoulders, tying the sleeves together in front of his chest and resting his arm in the small cradle.

Growling could be heard from the other end of the alley way. She moved and stood in front of the group. She stood in a fighting stance, as if she was going to fence. Her resonance began, and her body covered in a white aura. Tsugumi remembered seeing Maka and Soul doing the same thing. Upon looking at Ringo, she realized that she had no weapon.

"Clay."

She called his name and the blonde stood up. He transformed into his demon sword form, although slightly shorter than usual. The growling came again a swift wind passed and suddenly a girl with choppy long brown hair and green eyes was standing next to Ringo. Tsugumi thought she looked oddly familiar when she remembered that she had come inside with Ringo in the café before. She looked like a female teen version of the Professor Stein, with stiches all over her body. She wore an off shoulder blue and purple shirt, that looked like patches of each color were sewn together. She had a black sleeveless vest over it, along with black jeans that looked covered in stiches.

Another girl appeared, dropping down from the roof. She had fair skin and jet black hair that was cut in a boy-like fashion that contrasted her bright icy blue eyes. The right side of her face had vertical lined scars but it didn't seem to bother her that they showed. All three girls stood side by side. The one with brown hair seemed to be the tallest out of the group, making her seem a little awkward. Ringo let Clay return to his human form. The black haired girl looked back at the group with a small smile. She turned to Ringo.

"Shall we give them a show?"

Ringo shook her head. "One of them is injured. We have to get him out of here. Lia we need to get him to Stein."

The brown hair girl nodded and walked back to Akane.

"Come here, my little apple fairy."

A feminine voice echoed through the alley. Lia and the other girl froze. Clay turned and reached out a hand to Ringo, but she was already gone.

"Grandmother!" She ran through the alley.

"Ringo, wait! It's not her!" Clay cried out to her. A shrill scream filled the alley then silence. A moment later, Ringo flew into the wall, nearly shattering it completely. She got up shaking. The sun glasses had broken. She took them off, tossing them aside. Blood trickled from the left side of her face were a piece of the broken sunglass had cut into her face. She sighed, opening her eyes, showing semi glowing red eyes.

The black hair girl chuckled. "No mercy."

Liazi had an uneasy smile on her face. "Soryn, shouldn't we stop her? The beast already got away."

As soon as the words left Liazi's mouth, the beast appeared behind her.

"Stiches! Stiches! Stiches! Covered in stiches!" It shrieked.

Liazi froze. Ringo appeared in front of her, kicking the girl in the stomach and back into Soryn. Turning, Ringo's hand changed to a white blade, slicing the beast in the throat. Blood splattered on her face, clothes and hair. Her plain face soon turned to that of amusement.

"It's rude to point out a lady's flaws, especially when you're covered in your own."

With her fingers gathered, she pierced through its stomach. Blood came spewing out its mouth, drenching Ringo's hair and part of her dress. She smiled as she removed her hand, showing off the soul in it. The beast looked at her momentarily before vanishing.

"It's over."

The group was staring at her. Soryn walked passed with a stunned Liazi on her back.

"Did you have to knock her out? You know metal is freaking heavy Ringo." Soryn started to scold her.

Ringo shrugged. "She wouldn't have moved any other way. You know how sensitive she is about her stiches."

She turned and looked at the group. "Make sure Akane gets seen to. I'll have to report this to Lord Death."

Before she turned to leave, she handed the soul to Clay. "You keep it. Consider it an I'm sorry present. We'll talk more later, I promise."

She pecked his cheek and ran off after Soryn, who was headed back to the DWMA. The group stayed in the alley, shocked at what just transpired. Akane stood and Liz was checking Patty over for any harm. Anya was fretting over her torn skirt while Meme and Tsugumi watched amused.

"Who was she Clay? More like, who are they?" Akane asked the question that everyone had been thinking. They all stopped and looked at him.

"Liazi is an android created by Stein and the black haired girl is Soryn." He said gazing into the kishin soul he held in his hand. "And the other girl, Ringo Valentine, is my baby sister."

"You never said you had any siblings Clay." Akane looked at his partner skeptically.

"We can talk about it later. We need to get you to the nurse's office to fix your arm."

Akane nodded and the two boys left. The girls started walking home to the dorm, Anya trying not to rip her skirt further. Meme ended up carrying her the whole way, seeing as Tsugumi didn't have the strength to do so. That night, Tsugumi stayed up late. After seeing the way Ringo easily controlled her weapon form, Tsugumi felt as if she was weak. She should have been able to protect Akane from getting hurt. She could have killed the kishin if her weapon form wasn't so blunt. The young weapon sighed before turning off her night lamp and crawling into bed, her mind set on her resolve for the next day.