Hello again my lovely readers! This chapter will include a new character interaction, read on to find out who and what is. Enjoy!

(Molly's POV)

I just finished changing into my PE uniform in the school locker room for gym class.

Even though it isn't required for me to do PE in my last two years of high school, I just like to go to the school weight room to blow off steam. It just really helps me clear my head and sort out my thoughts.

I mean, other than the vigilante still agitating and interfering with Kaito and I, I really don't have anything to complain about in my life at the moment. I have parents who are more than happy in their marriage, I have straight A's in school and just got accepted into the honor society for my school, I have a cousin who's also my best friend, I have a after school great job working for my aunt and uncle, and…

Okay, look, I still really feel like a total jerk for how I treated Zach initially.

I still think it's amazing that he even accepted my apology after me being a straight up jerk to him for a full week. Because seriously, Zach did not deserve it at all. Actually, now that I've been working with him for about a month and half… look, I'll be completely honest when I say that I think Zach's genuinely a really great guy and I respect him... a lot.

Not just as a martial artist, but also a person.

Unlike a lot of people our age who seem to be fake in everything they do and say to everyone else just to get people to like them, I can tell Zach is not a fake person.

Zach is just a very honest person in the way he presents himself, which is just being a nice and, well… true to himself kind of guy.

Also, until recently, I really didn't really consider myself a person who has actual close friends aside from Kaito, but I actually do consider Zach my friend now. I really do think of him as a friend and I really like having him around and talking with him at the dojo and… ugh, I just don't know.

Like I said, Zach's a really nice guy and I like him… but only as a friend, okay?! Nothing more.

Besides, even if I did like him like… that. I just don't really know if I really even want a relationship. I just don't understand why this is grating at me?! I mean come on, it's not like I'm some stupid hormone crazed teenager who crushes on every guy I make eye contact with.

I actually have control over myself and some self respect. Besides, combine a boyfriend with my secret alias a ninja vigilante and my dad… yeah, having a boyfriend just wouldn't really work for me.

It just can't happen, plain and simple.

(Kaito's POV)

I'm actually heading down earlier than I usually do for class, but I just want to see if anything needs to be taken care of before Molly and Zach get here.

I just walked into our side of the dojo and immediately froze and quirked up an eyebrow at what, or who, I saw. There was this girl looking around with a drawstring bag slung over her shoulders. She had light blonde held back in a ponytail with a pink head band on that matched the sleeves of her shirt. She turned around a little more and… wow, she's cute.

Then she looked toward me. "Oh hi, do you work here?" She asks me.

Okay Kaito, just play it cool.

I smiled as I walked up to her. "Yes, I do." I say simply.

I finally got in front of her as she said, "Oh great, I was just looking for someone I know who works here, can you help me?" She asks, looking around again quickly.

I kept smiling as I grabbed her hand, trying to test my luck, as I started, "I'd be honored to help. By the way, my name's Kaito. Pleasure to meet you." Then I lifted her hand up and pressed my lips to the back of her hand, maintaining eye contact with her.

(Molly's POV)

Immediately when I walked into the dojo, I rolled my eyes at Kaito's typical behavior.

He was talking to this girl that I've never seen before, well, flirting with her to be more precise. My cousin is seriously the biggest flirt I have ever seen… and I should know. Especially since he also pulled that stuff on me when he met me, before we knew anything.

The best way I can probably describe Kaito is that he's a player who doesn't play the game.

Kaito always flirts with almost any girl who gives him even the slightest encouragement, but he never does anything beyond that with them. He just basically flirts and then leaves without doing anything else and it confuses me to no end about him as to why does it. What was the point to it?

Well, what can I say other than my cousin is the definition of a tease.

I watched as he kissed the back of her hand only for her to pull her hand away after he was finished and say, "Look thanks but no thanks, so before you get any more ideas on where to put your lips, I have a boyfriend."

I saw Kaito remain there, trying to keep a composed expression as he put his hands up and backed away. "Say no more. I respect your honesty." Kaito said smoothly and respectfully, smiling at her.

I was surprisingly more shocked than Kaito at what just happened from what I can tell.

Did I seriously just see that happen? Did I seriously just see a girl actually flat out reject Kaito?

Look, Kaito doesn't flirt with girls that he knows are in relationships, but even so… it was still shocking to see how this girl responded to his advance. Oddly though, even though I have no idea who she is… I respect her after that.

"Kaito! Can you come over here?" I heard Aunt Karai call out from the other side of the dojo. Kaito turned around and called back, "On my way!" As Kaito walked past me though, I finally saw him with the expression I was expecting from him.

Kaito's facial expression was in a state of total confusion, still processing how this girl just flat out rejected him flirting with her and owned up to being honest and saying she had a boyfriend.

She looked at me when Kaito was gone and commented, "Well… he's very friendly, isn't he?"

I smirked as I replied, "Yeah, sorry about that. My cousin's actually a really good guy and completely harmless, but as you saw he's also a total flirt." She let out a laugh as she crossed her arms and replied, "Yeah, I noticed that."

I smirked back humorously as I said, "So, do you need help with something or has Kaito's flirting put you off and made you want to ditch this place?" I walked up to her and when I got closer I actually had to look up slightly.

I mean, she wasn't entirely too tall at all, probably around 5'6'', but that was still four inches taller than me. She let out another laugh at what I said before responding, "No trust me, it takes a lot more to put me off. I just stopped by to see…"

"Hey, look who decided to show up?" I whipped my head behind me and saw Zach smiling as he walked over. Then I was really confused when I saw both of them head right for each other smiling and giving each other a hug.

Then, I don't know why, but I felt a twinge in the pit of my stomach as I clenched my fists a little before crossing my arms, trying to figure out what was going on at the moment. Then I noticed Kaito was standing next to me, also looking totally confused at what exactly was going on.

Well, obviously due to the interaction I'm seeing right now, Zach and this girl know each other and know each other well enough to greet each other like this and… Wait… This girl said that she had a boyfriend to Kaito. Wait, is Zach her boyfriend?

I mean, that's fine if he is. Why would I care if he is? We're just friends, okay?

Then Zach looked to Kaito and I and probably saw how confused we were because he said, "Oh, right. Guys this this my friend, Caitlyn Spencer. Caitlyn these are the people I work with, Kaito and Molly."

I sighed internally, "Oh okay, her and Zach are just friends... Wait… why did I just think that? Why would I care if Caitlyn was Zach's girlfriend? Ugh… Molly, just shut…"

Luckily Kaito cut off my internal idiotic and awkward thought process when he said looking completely in disbelief, "Wait, your Caitlyn Spencer?"

I quirked an eyebrow at Kaito as I heard Caitlyn respond, "Um yes, what about it?" "No, I just saw your name in the local sports section a little while back and saw that you won the women's junior martial arts trials for the third time. Congratulations by the way." Kaito says smiling a little and bowed his head slightly in respect.

"Oh, so she was the friend Zach was talking about who competed in the martial arts trials." I recalled to myself.

Caitlyn looked toward Kaito, looking surprised that he actually recognized her for that reason. "Well, thank you." She said and I saw her bow her head back at Kaito to reciprocate the gesture.

But then I saw Caitlyn look back at me, looking intrigued as she crossed her arms. "So… your Molly. Zach's told me a lot about you." She says knowingly and smirking in my direction.

"Really?" I say confused as I looked back toward Zach a little.

"What did he say about me?" I thought to myself.

"No Molly, I told her about your skills in martial arts." Zach clarifies, seeing my confusion. I did feel slightly relieved after he said that.

I initially thought he probably just told her about how horrible I was to him the first week. Well, at least he said something nice about me. "Wait, did I seriously just think that?"

I shook my head quickly to shake the thought out as I looked back at Caitlyn who was still smiling at me slightly and looking intrigued as she looked me up and down. "Zach told me you could possibly give me a run for my money." She says.

I smirked slightly back as I challenge, "Well, there's only one way to find out, isn't there?" Caitlyn looked back at Zach who was grinning at her and shrugging his shoulders as his arms were crossed.

Then Caitlyn looked back at me with a slight smile and said, almost as if accepting my challenge, "Quite right. Just give me a little bit to warm up and change and then we'll see."

I smirked back.

20 minutes later

I sent a strike at Caitlyn and she took me by surprise when she dodged it and tried to send a punch my direction, which I deflected.

Our eyes locked as we surveyed each other for a second.

That was when Caitlyn sent a front kick my way, only for me to dodge it. But as I got my feet set again, in the next instant I sent a spinning back kick at her and it connected perfectly, causing her to fall.

"One-One." Kaito announced, acting as the unofficial referee.

"Nice move." She comments, still looking surprised. I held out a hand as I helped her up as I replied, "Thanks." Caitlyn and I got set to do another round. We decided to do best two out of three and we both have one win under our belts.

To be honest, Caitlyn actually really impressed me that she was another person my age who offered me a challenge in combat, and also that she was a girl like me.

One of my biggest pet peeves is that guys stereotype all girls as being helpless and defenseless, so the fact that I see someone like me, someone like Caitlyn, who proves that stereotype wrong is someone I have to respect.

Both of our breathing was picked up slightly.

Again, another thing I didn't expect, Caitlyn was actually providing me with a challenge.

"Ready whenever you are." I say as I got my stance set for the final round. "Ready." She confirms as she set her feet. We were about to start again when Uncle Leo walked in and said, "Don't forget guys, your class is coming in 5 minutes and you need to bring out the standing boxing bags for today."

Caitlyn and I froze up where we were and we both had an annoyed expression on our faces that we had to stop. That was when Caitlyn relaxed her stance and then walked up to me.

I didn't know what exactly she was doing until she held out her hand to me, "Tie for now?" I smirked and shook her hand as I replied, "Yeah, tie sounds fine... for now. Also, you're pretty good."

"Same to you, Zach wasn't exaggerating. How come I've never seen you at the trials? Most of the girls I'm against don't offer me half the challenge you do." She admits looking surprised.

"Competing in competitions and winning medals and trophies isn't really my thing." I admit honestly with a shrug as I cross my arms.

"Sounds like someone else I know." She says with a playful grin and looks back to Zach, who was smiling and avoiding looking at her to avoid the comment.

I smirked a little at the interaction, reminding me of the kind of friendship chemistry Kaito and I have together.

({No POV})

It was nighttime.

The streets of Chinatown were shrouded in darkness if not for the streetlamps shining cones of light on the curbs. Most of the shops were dark due to small business owners closing up for the night.

The area was dark and lifeless until the view panned to the old, rundown fortune cookie factory that remained the infamous hideout and base of the Purple Dragons.

Within the walls, there was a group of about 20 or so men doing anything from counting recently acquired funds to gambling with cards and talking. Music was playing on a small radio in the corner.

They kept going about their thing until they heard something.

They heard the door of the hideout slide open and then slide shut again. Several of the gang members stood up to investigate but froze when they heard a patterned clicking sound on the cement floor of the factory.

They all tilted their heads in confusion as a figure approached them. They didn't know what to think until they looked the figure up and down as it approached and noticed something, it was a woman.

The woman was wearing black stilettos with a black pinstripe skirt on and a matching jacket with a white blouse underneath, covering her upper body. She had long, wavy dark brown hair and a black panama style hat covering her head.

Her eyes were covered by darkly tinted aviator sunglasses.

She glanced around to all the men as she readjusted the satchel on her shoulder.

"Good evening gentlemen, I'm here to see your leader, Hun. Can someone tell me where he is?" She inquires, sounding extremely professional.

A couple of the men grinned at each other before one of them smirked in her direction and walked up to her.

"What does a pretty, little thing like you want with Hun? You look like a girl who could use a good time. Is that what you want?" He says, completely suggestively, and tried to reach for her as he chuckled to himself at what he had going through his mind at the moment.

Right as he was about to grab her arm, in that instant, the woman grabbed his arm and skillfully twisted it behind his back as she swiftly pulled out a revolver and pressed it to his temple, the man now looking completely in shock about what just occurred.

The woman had a stern expression on her face now as she cocked the gun back to prepare the first round and show everyone around her that she meant business.

"Okay boys… let's try this again and this time I want an answer. Where is Hun?" The woman negotiates.

That was when one of the other men just pointed up to this door on the upper level of the factory, Hun's domain.

The woman shoved the man to the ground before looking to the men again. Her lips quirked up into a satisfied grin as she said simply to show her appreciation for their cooperation, "Grazie."

She looked like she was about to step over the man on the floor but before she did, she dug one of her stiletto heels into his hand sharply, causing him to wince and yelp in pain before she walked away, went upstairs and started to make her way to Hun's private domain.

She knocked on the door with a purpose.

A couple seconds later the door creaked open and it looked like Hun was about to snap, thinking it was one of his men trying to bother him when he wanted to be alone. But then he stopped and tipped his sunglasses down as if to confirm this woman was someone different.

But then his eyes had an attentive look as he had a vague recognition of her, it was the young woman who tried to subtly call his attention in Don Turtelli's office, Don Turtelli's daughter.

He was about speak when she started up the conversation instead.

"Good evening Hun, I haven't properly introduced myself to you yet, so I'll do that now. My name is Teresa Turtelli and I'm here to discuss some things with you." She says, explaining why she was there.

Looks like Molly and Kaito were both tested in a way in the chapter. Also, Molly is still in denial of herself having feelings for Zach, but from the past story and chapters Molly's character is definitely kind of a Tsundere isn't she? lol. What does Don Turtelli's daughter have in store for Hun? You'll just have to wait and see. Thank you all so much for reading and please review. (:

-Dexter1995