Chapter one Shameful acts

A girl ran down the street, 'Suckers!' She looked over her shoulder, she had apprently lost her pursuers. She slowed down to a walk. She opened the wallet. She mainly took paper, and not plastic. It was to hard to get the codes now a days, and it left tracks. Which she haited. She tossed the wallet into a near by dumpster. Looking for another easy pickings. Usually some fool hearty tourtist did the trick.

Hiro handed Shuichi the paper, "Look who's back in town." He saw the title 'Conartist Family Back in Action'. Shuichi sighed, "She'll go and get herself tossed in jail. Once more." Hiro shook his head, "No, remember, she learned last time what she did wrong. And she probably learned this time."

"I can't help but feel sorry for her."

"It's her choice to con people and pick pocket."

"But her family basicly forced her to do it. You saw what her parents did to her." They had used every tactic to get her to obay them, and only them.

The girl was on a subway. 'Hmmmm. A guy with a laptop. A buisness person. Have any cash you don't want?' She kept track of him out of her perifial vision. Than she made her move. She 'accidently' bumped him, making him distracted, "Oops! My bad! I'm sorry!" By this time she had his wallet. The only thing she got was a cold and dirty look. She had the wallet safely tucked in her waist band. She held her hands in front of her, "Look man I'm sorry! I'm a clutz, what more can I say! Don't get all pissy at me!" He walked away, soon a smirk plastered to her face. She looked at the guys ID, 'Wow. Top score for me! He's an author! And I actually read a few of his books! BINGO!' Than she looked at the picture, 'Do I know him. Me thinks I do. What was the freaks name? Shu! That's it! How do they know each other?' She flipped to another picture, ' This looks like almost like a wedding picture....... OMG...... He's gay...... Well that certainly explains a lot..... I hope he doesn't get to mad..... Oh well....' By the time Yuki knew he'd been pick pocketed, it was to late. The girl had looked familiar, like one of the Seven, as they were formally known. Conartists. The whole lot. He had once seen a picture of her. It was one of the pictures that had belonged to his moron. How that idiot could get mixed up with her, was a mystery. But he knew who to chew out first.

Shuichi's phone began to ring. Hiro looked at him, "Please don't tell me it's K."

"No it's not. It's Eiri. I wonder what he wants?" He answered the phone, "Ya?"

"Moron! I just got pick pocketed by one of your friends!"

"By one of my friends? What did this person look like?"

" The one in the photo you idiot! How many pick pockets do you know!?"

"Eiri calm down. If anything she'll take what cash you have and toss the wallet." He could almost hear him chewing on the end of a cigrett butt, 'Juliy, why are you doing this?' Yuki snarreled out, "Find a way to contact her! I want my wallet back!"

"Why are you getting so bent out about this Eiri?"

"I'll give you a hint you idiot moron! What part of I need my identification, and a credit card do you not happen to understand?!?" Than he remembered the book signing, "I've lost contact with her a few years ago, but I'll see what I can do."

"You better!" He could tell by the way his lover spoke, he'd better do something or else he would be dead. Literally. Shuichi ran a hand through his hair.

Shuichi had done everything possible to try and get to Juliy, or June as she was also known. Shuichi went home and found the door open. He found her eating a sandwich. He held out his hand, "Wallet. Now." She gave him an innocent look, "What makes you think I've gone back to my ways?"

"I happen to know you! Look give me back the wallet, and maybe I can convince Eiri to not press charges against you."

"Like I'm scared. Three meals a day, a roof over my head, what more than I ask? Besides I tossed it." Shuichi ran a hand over his face, "Eiri will flip."

"Guy doesn't like having his crap touched?"

"No his space invaded."

" I saw the picture. Is it true, did you really marry him?"

"Of course I did!"

"How can you love such a person?"

"What do you mean?"

"When I picked him, he gave me this look, almost like he had no soul. How can you stand that?"

" Because I Iove him."

"Has he ever hurt you?" June was one hard cookie when it came to people beating up on each other. He shook his head, she relaxed. He glared at her, "How did you know where I lived? How did you get in?"

"Easy, his ID was in there. And I figured since you two lived together, I knew you were here."

"And you came just for food."

" I wouldn't say that."

"Look, just get out." She cocked her head to the side, "Why?"

"Because I can't forgive you. What you did."

"Stealing the wallet or the other thing."

"What do you think?"

"Geeze. Don't go gettin' all pissy at me. I didn't know he even knew you." Shuichi glared, she held up her hands, "It wasn't me that stole from your family, it was my sister! So don't go blaming the shit she does on me!" He glare at her. She continued to eat her sand which. Who cares it was was a differernt person. To him she was still one of The Seven. She put her dish in the sink, and looked at him, "I can't help what I do. Remember, my parents never really cared for an education. They would always say to me 'This is all the education you need. Screw people over like they would you.' I don't have an education, well a not very good one at least."

"You still have an option."

"Ya. What is that? Beg for money or starve?"

"Ask me for money." She snorted, "When I got out of jail, do you know how many people I asked for a job? Money? A place to live? A lot. And do you know what all they did was?"

"What?"

"Laugh in my face. I was trying to change, but no one would let me. So I went back to the way I knew. Con people, and pick pocket."

"Besides how did you get out?"

"What part of the jail got to crowded, so they tossed out the people who didn't murder, molest, rape, or deal drugs got out first?"

"So is it true that your father, mother and everyone else is out."

"Yup. Be warned, they have new tricks. That they wouldn't tell me."

"And why would that be."

"Traitor."

"Why?

"How else did the coppers find them?"

"You ratted them out."

"Yup. Saying 'Thanks for the way you treated me!' Ratting them out to the cops was the best thing in the world!" Despite the fact her family had robbed his family, he couldn't stay very mad at her. Could he? He rubbed the back of his head, "You can stay here for the night if you want." She was happy that he could look past what she had done. At least tonight she would safe and warm.

Chapter 2

The next day she had flown the coope. Leaving nothing behind. Typical. But when Shu came home the next day a shoe box lay on the table. The note was simple. It asked for forgiveness, despite the fact she hadn't actually done anything. And she didn't take anything either. Maybe she had changed. A few days rolled before he even saw her. He walked through the park, picked up a rock and threw it into a tree, "What the hell! Kid you better have your will written!" She jumped down and saw it was Shu, "I should have taken a lucky guess that it was you."

"Who else would do that?"

"You'd be surprised. Why are you here?"

"Taking you to lunch."

"There's a catch."

"No. No catch."