"So this, Arabella? She…"

"Is one of the fastest runners we have, probably the closest you'll get to La Volpe here in Venezia, Ezio." Antonio had assured him.

"Fine, where am I to meet her?" Antonio simply flicked his gaze upwards than back to Ezio and he was off. Closing the door quietly he swiftly scaled the scaffolding and stepped foot onto the roof to see a young girl re-tying her hair back up with a simple red ribbon.

"You are Arabella I assume?" She turned around and smiled.

"And you are Ezio Auditore, I assume." It was more of a statement than a question. They shook hands before nodding, without muttering a single word more they were off heading northwest. They were about half way there when Ezio stopped and leaned against a smokestack for a moment. Arabella was about two roofs ahead when she noticed he had stopped, and turned back around and see what was wrong.

"If you keep standing there a guard's going to notice you." He looked up at her and she was waiting hips cocked to one side and her arms across her chest.

"Just… need… a second…" He said in between breaths. She shrugged and started to walk off.

"Sure thing, old man." She mumbled while walking off. He froze for a second processing what she just said.

"What do you mean old man?" She stopped walking and turned her head smirking.

"Nothing at all, except that you're an old man." She shrugged, and in a split second had jumped into a sprint leading Ezio in the chase. Without another thought Ezio accepted the challenge sprinting after her. She actually had struck a chord in Ezio by calling him old, well actually she just struck his ego but to him it made no difference. He was going to make her take back the statement, though he had to remind himself that using his blade or tackling her would be a bad idea as well. She kept an even pace up occasionally pausing to turn around and taunt him only infuriating the assassin even more. She lept off the roof top, and he lost visual.

"Cazzo! I've lost the piccoli monello. He saw a flash of white and quickly took after her. Because he kept on loosing visual he ran up some stacked boxes and took to the roofs to keep an eye on her. He spotted her perched on a beam that jutted out from a building. It took him no time to gain up on her and soon he was approaching her. He was about to say something when she held up a finger silencing him. That's when he overheard the conversation.

"So you completed it? You killed him and stole the charts?" It was someone of importance speaking quietly and hurriedly to what looked like a common thief.

"Si, but first give me the money." He was glancing around nervously, he knew someone was watching. He stopped glancing around, and just stood there. "Is there a reason we are being watched assassini?" Busted.

"You know very well why bastardo." Ezio had spoken up. Within a split moment the two targets ran separate ways. "I've got the noble you take care of the thief. Meet me back at the guild!" Ezio was already stalking down his target as he yelled. Arabella nodded and ran to chase down the thief.

"Requiescat in pace" Ezio murmured as he closed the eyes of the late nobleman. He heard food steps behind him and stood up smirking. "I thought I told you to meet me back at the guild." He could physically hear her shrug this time.

"You were taking too long." This time the 'old man' bit was unsaid but understood none the less. He turned around to see her leaning against a wall with her arms across her chest and still smirking.

"Now, back to our discussion from earlier, Old Man?" The smirk on her face only enlarged itself. He was now towering over her leaning against his right arm semi-trapping her.

"I meant nothing by it! I just wanted to get you moving again." Her voice jumped up a pitch innocently, and she avoided eye contact with him. Now it was his turn to be the smug one. He cupped her chin with his left hand lifting her face towards his; he took a small step closer to her closing the small space that was between them. He smirked as he saw a blush crawling onto her face.

"So no more of this old man business diritto mia bellezza?" He was about to lean forward to kiss her, but a sudden noise cut him off. He immediately went into defense mode. "Who is there? Show you're self and I'll let you run." He saw a flash of orange. "Cazzo. Arabella did you see anythi-." His sentence was cut short when he turned around to see Arabella being carried off by a familiar form in all orange. "damn you Volpe." Was all Ezio could say before laughing.

Okay! So that is the end of chapter one… And before anyone says or asks anything no Ezio is not in love with her. The whole about to kiss her thing was me goofing around with the fact that Ezio is the type who will take the chance to get laid should it arise. The whole la volpe cock-blocking him is an on running joke with a friend that I use as a side story plot device. I repeat: EZIO IS NOT IN LOVE WITH MY OC :c