Su Wu, Wing Wu and Wan Wu were a rare sight in the Underworld. Yet here they were.

To the outside world the Underworld looked like a massive hill, throwing the minute village of Xian into a shadow. It was an inn. Who's residents and visitors tended to be on the wrong side of the law. It stretched far underground and could house six hundred somewhat comfortably. It served as a place of refuge if you were on the run or a home if you had nowhere else to go. It was the one place where bloodshed between rival gangs and organizations was near impossible. Noone had died in it's halls, which was welcome to thief and serial killer alike. It also served as a criminal postal hub, need a letter that might be incriminating sent? Head to the Underworld!

Yet the Wu sisters almost never visited. They had their own base, their own system for deliveries, and were free from any gangs and organizations. They had never needed the Underworld before.

But now they did… Oh they very much did. They had no business and had had no job for close to a month. Not only were there coffers significantly lowered, but their reputation was at stake. If they weren't renowned assassins, who would hire them?

So they had accepted the invitation sent by the Bat Cave, a small organization that had never worked with them before. And were now waiting.

"This was a prank." Wing said, slamming her fist onto the table with so much vigour several heads turned her way, until they noticed they were staring at Wing Wu and pointedly looked in other directions. "Some idiot, small fry scum thought it would be funny to make us walk all the way here, only for them to not turn up!"

Wan Wu was also getting annoyed, which was saying a lot considering she was generally the optimistic one. "They'll be here any minute now." She said, convincing noone.

Su didn't know what to do. Half of her wanted to claw out the eyes of whoever kept them waiting, the other half was desperate for a job. "I know. This was all a plan to get us away from Hubei so that they can take it for themselves."

"Who's they? Wing you're overthinking things. Firstly if anyone robbed us, we'd kill them and get our money back. Secondly, who would want to rob us? The Imperial Army gave up on us, okay? We're not at war with any gang and freelancers are scared of us." Su said, trying to pacify her temperamental little sister.

"If they were scared of us then why did they pull this stunt on us!?"

"Ahem." Came a small voice.

"Beat it!" Wing snapped at the fox kit, who took a step backwards.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

"I said beat it!"

"Wait. You kept us waiting?" Su asked, halting the fox, who looked very much like he wanted to run away.

"Er-yes. Sorry, it's just-" Wing grabbed him by the front of his yellow woolen jumper and dragged him up to eye level. Her eyes met his light brown ones.

"You think this is funny you little pipsqueak!? We have been here for hours and all you have is sorry!? I'll make you sorry."

Now every table was watching. It took Wing a lot of self control to not slit his throat, she settled for throwing him to the ground.

"What are you all looking at!?" Every head turned away from her instantly. Su stepped in front of her, both to get between her sister and tge kit and to get a better look at him.

He wore a long dark green cloak, a sleeveless yellow woolen jumper, a pair of blue pants and odd footwear. His eyes were light brown and dangling from a string around his neck was a bright yellow rice hat. His fur was the same bright red all over.

"You want to hire us?" She asked.

"Er, more on that in private. Can I-um take you to my leader?"

Su blinked. Wan giggled. Wing glared. "How old are you?" They all asked simultaneously.

"Er thirteen, b-but I turn fourteen this winter."

Su didn't know what she would have done next. A part of her was going to tear his throat out, another part was going to look cool doing it and a third would tell him in a dignified voice to lead the way.

Then he just turned tail and walked away with a 'er follow me." and threw the other two options out of the window.

Resigned the Wus followed after, wondering what they had been invited into.

As they followed him down a brightly lit corridor Wan forced herself to try and break the ice.

"Those are some cool shoes you got." She started, making him jump.

"Oh really? I mean, you think so? Um they're called er-Talon Claws."

It looked like four small, fat, curved metal talons had been attached to a sandal to make it appear like the feet of an eagle.

"It's meant for bats and birds mostly, but mine were made for me, so if I move my toes the talons move too. It's actually pretty cool." He stopped to show Wan how he could wiggle his talons with ease.

"Awesome." Wing said with no enthusiasm whatsoever.

The kit cowered and scampered ahead.

Wan shot her a glare. "He's not all bad."

"He's a kid! What do you think our reputation would look like if someone sees us with him?!"

Wan had no reply ready, but would have argued back anyways had they not arrived at a door.

"Just, er through there." He said, before scampering off, clearly unwilling to spend more time than was necessary with the three renowned assassins.

And in walked the Wu sisters.

The figure standing on a desk and grinning up at them was almost just as insulting as the child they had just encountered. He was the half the height of the fox and wearing a plain black robe that had not a single crease on it. He wore smaller Talon Claws, a charming smile. His fur was brown and neat.

"The Wu sisters. I have heard a great deal about you."

Then his voice it was just…

"How old are you!?" Wing snapped.

"Fifteen." He said with his charming smile. "But age doesn't matter. Your payment does." He withdrew three fat, solid gold coins. "The Bat Cave were once miners, we don't have much power, but wealth we have more than enough of. I am willing to pay you a tonne of those each if you do what I ask. I am sending half of that over to Hubei volcano as we speak."

Su tested the coin. It was real. "What do you need?" She asked, still slightly suspicious.

"Well. The mission is simple. You will escort one of our agents to Japan. There he will scout the perimeter of the Silver Fang and come up with a way in. You will infiltrate alongside him and escape with our target. Once he has returned back to us in one piece and breathing, the rest shall be payed to you in full."

It sounded simple. Easy almost. "Who's the operative?" Wing asked.

"You've already met him." The bat said.

They all turned with dread to see the kit walking towards them, now equipped with two knives, two daggers and a bow. He then tripped on part of his cloak and fell on his face.

"Can we have a moment?" Wing asked.

"Of course." Their employer replied and he helped the young fox up and left the room.

"No. No. No. We are not going along with that kid and we are not going to Japan!"

"Wing don't be so stubborn. Clearly they're desperate." Wan said. "Besides three tonnes of gold… And the Silver Fang… That sounds like something to brag about."

Su looked from one to the other. She sighed resignedly.

"No! We are not doing it! There is no way on earth we are going along with this!"

Footnote: Heeeey guuuys. So The Heist was next on my list. I changed the title because the last one was frankly a mouthful. XD

Now several authors have contributed to this story and I will thank yall in turn.

First up Berserker88 for giving two dimensional characters a third dimension. XD

Enjoy :D