Obi followed Itoya on horseback to meet with the other members of the Lions. He worried about Sonya, but more importantly, he worried about the well being of his mistress. However, if anything happened to either one of them, he would never forgive himself. Obi and Itoya met up with the Lions and Itoya quickly briefed them on the situation before going after the Claw. Eventually, with the help of Kihal's gift for Shirayuki, Zen was able to find Obi. He got off his horse and threw himself at his master's mercy.

"Master forgive me, I failed" Obi said with an unsettling raspy voice. Zen then hit Obi on the top of the head.

"I'm sorry too. That was from Kiki and Mitsuhide" Zen told him.

"Obi, have you seen Miss Sonya? She disappeared right after Shirayuki was kidnapped" Sakaki asked calling out to Obi.

"She went after the claw because she thinks they have Shirayuki" Obi told him.

"Wait Sonya is here in Tanbarun? When did that happen?" Zen questioned.

"I thought you sent her Master, she came saying she had an important message from Clarines. I assumed it was from you." Responded. Zen shook his head.

"No, I told my brother that I'd come personally although he did mention he was sending correspond…." Zen paused for a second when he realized something then smacked his face with the palm of his hand. "Of course, how did I not notice sooner" Zen finished. Obi looked at him confused.

"Do you think she'll be okay? This is the Claw were talking about. What if she got captured already?" Itoya questioned. This didn't help Obi's concern for her.

"She'll be fine. Little Sonya is a high-class assassin after all. She even might have already rescued Shirayuki by the time we catch up to her" the commander of the Lions pointed out. Obi smirked at the statement but hid it, so no one would notice. The group eventually moved on and headed to the port. The group eventually came across Sonya's partners Lileigh and Kilik whom seemed to have a worried look on their faces.

"What are you two doing here? Aren't you two from Clarines?" Zen asked.

"Sonya asked us for help, so we came with her. Our apologies Prince Zen, we were on the trail of the Claw, but they spotted us and got away. Sonya managed to stay on their tail so she's still going after them." Lileigh explained.

"Sonya told us to tell either you that when she got a glimpse of Shirayuki, she didn't seem injured" Kilik reported

"That's good to hear. What about Sonya? Is she alright?" Zen asked worried about the second woman he cares about, however not in a romantic way like with Shirayuki

"She says not to worry about her" Lileigh said.

"If I know Sonya that's code for I'm injured, but it doesn't matter" Mitsuhide commented.

"How injured is she?" Obi asked.

"We only know about the cut on her forearm from a sword during a fight, but she put medicine on it and we got separated so we don't know how she is at the moment" Kilik replied.

"Prince Zen, I'm worried about Sonya. We've never dealt with the Claw of the Sea personally. She's too concerned with getting Shirayuki back that she's risking her own safety" Lileigh confessed.

"Yeah I might have been the cause of that. I was stressed out myself worrying about Shirayuki's safety that I made a scene in front of her and my brother and I know how much she cares about me so it's no surprise that she would go to great lengths to bring her back to me" Zen responded.

"Master" Obi called out with concern lingering in his voice.

"Don't worry. She'll be fine Obi. I trust in Sonya's ability to take care of herself" Zen stated. Lileigh and Kilik tagged along as they continued their way to the Port. Kilik traveled through the trees and Lileigh rode on horseback with Obi.

"Hey Obi, you seem to care a lot about Sonya. When I first met you looked worried about what we were doing. I'm gonna assume the two of you are really close am I right?" she questioned.

"I wonder" Obi responded vaguely not really knowing how to answer her.

"Well I don't know if this counts for anything, but she really cares about you Obi. She was really mad at Itoya for hurting you. It didn't help that she was mad at herself as well. She's convinced this whole situation is her fault. I haven't seen her cry since that incident with you all those years ago" Lileigh told him. The more she talked the more worried Obi got about Sonya. The group eventually found the port town that was taken over by the Claw and saw one of their ships at the dock. Obi went to find information while looking for Sonya at the same time. He had no luck finding Sonya, but he was able to confirm the presence of Kazuki boarding the boat. While coming up with a plan, Kiki offered to board the ship disguised as a criminal in order to keep Shirayuki company while out in the sea. The rest followed behind on naval ships. They followed the claw to a Cavern on an island in the middle of the sea where one of the boats crashed into theirs. A fight broke out. Shirayuki tried to use the chaos to escape from Umihebi, the leader of the Claw, but was quickly captured. A knife appeared hitting the weapon that was placed close to Shirayuki's face. She then bit Umihebi arm trying to release herself from her grip. Umihebi got mad and swung at Shirayuki but was stopped by the sudden appearance of Sonya who had a tight grip on her fist.

"I don't think so" Sonya commented with a mischievous smirk on her face.

"Sonya!" Shirayuki shouted relieved to see her. Just then Obi jumped down in front of her.

"and Obi!" She then exclaimed relieved to see him as well. Umihebi broke free and attacked Sonya whom blocked and countered.

"Obi! Get Shirayuki out of here!" Sonya shouted. Obi nodded and took Shirayuki upstairs to the outside.

"Stay here Miss. Everything's gonna be okay now" Obi said before returning back to the fight. The battle soon came to an end once Sonya had all the members of the Claw bound with Razor wire. The group with the exception of Obi went upstairs to meet up with Shirayuki.

"I'm pleased to announce that it's all over" Zen announced with a smile on his face.

"Thank goodness" Shirayuki responded with tears threatening to fall. Sonya came running and embraced Shirayuki.

"Shirayuki! Thank god you're alright! I'm so sorry I let this happen!" Sonya exclaimed as she held her. She then let go and got a good look at her. "Here I brought some medicine just in case. Let me put some on that cut on your cheek" Sonya said taking out the tiny jar of medicine from the pouch on her belt.

"Sonya, thank you for helping us" Zen said to her.

"It was nothing. I was only following the orders I was given." Sonya replied as she put some medicine on Shirayuki's face then placed a small bandage over it. "There that should do it" She then commented.

"Where's Obi?" Shirayuki asked noticed he wasn't with them.

"He's still down there with everyone else making sure none of the members of the Claw make an escape. Don't worry he's fine" Sonya replied to her. It was finally over. Shirayuki was safe now.