I would like to note two things: Mulan and Amelia Chu Petro, Celeste Sing & Raikon Polarsky & C´est Sing belong to Kitty Petro; and Sly and Carmelita belong to Sucker Punch; though I own Kyo, Alex, Juli, Rahul and Ryo. Well, here it is: the next chapter. Please R&R!

Solving an old Murder

Paris France 5:00 PM

Two girls were walking out of one Paris's trendy cafés, chatting away. One a snow leopard and the other was a vixen; both sisters. Actually, it was the Mulan and Amelia Petro respectably. Unfortunately, things had not gone well… Mulan's light green eyes where brightened with fury.

"Really sister, was it really necessary for you to hit that boy? You broke his nose and gave him two black eyes?" Amelia asked, her sapphire eyes gleaming with curiosity.

"Well, he was a pervert and tried to grope me. What was I supposed to do?" Mulan retorted.

"Good point… so, have you heard from Al any?" Amelia asked again.

"No… I haven't heard from him since his parents went missing." She gave a sigh looking at her hands, "I hope he's alright." And then she accidentally bumped into someone who seemed to be in a hurry. She then lost her balance and fell back on her bottom.

"Oh, I am sorry. I didn't see you there; are you alright miss?" a polite voice asked.

"I am fine, thank you," she said and looked at the source of the voice. It was a young white furred wolf who looked barley older than her or her sister. He gave out one of his hands for her and she took it. As she got up she noticed his eyes of two different colors. "So, why where you in such a hurry mister...?" she asked, then remembered she did not know his name.

"Kanuke, Kanuke Ryo; and you are?" he asked with standard politeness.

"Mulan Petro and this is my sister, Amelia," Amelia gave a quick wave from besides her sister, "Nice to meet you," she replied. "You're Asian, aren't you?" she asked, detecting a slight accent.

"Why yes. I am Tibetan, actually. Though I was raised in Thailand till I was six," he clarified.

"You're Tibetan? So is my father," Mulan said in surprise and then asked again, "What's got you in such a hurry, Ryo?" Ryo held up a white hand.

"I was heading to Interpol. I am an Inspector," he answered.

"Okay, Ryo," she said until she realized what he said. "Wait, you're an Inspector? Aren't you too young?" she inquired.

"Well, I went to Interpol academy in Lhasa in the summer of my junior year. It was a fluke that I got to take the exams but I still passed them with high honors. Plus I skipped a grade in school," he explained with a chuckle. He looked at the time and realized he needed to get going. As he began to leave, he continued. "Maybe, I'll see you two ladies around, yes?" Amelia was giggling when she saw her sister blush slightly at the handsome wolf.

"Yes we will, Inspector Kanuke. That would be nice, wouldn't it Mulan?" she asked but Mulan was too busy staring at the boy to immediately respond. Her sister then elbowed her, saying, "Right?"

"Oh, yes," she cleared her throat, "yes; that would be nice. See ya," she waved.

Ryo ran toward town center but then came back. "Err... I'm a bit lost. Could you show me where Interpol is… my first time in Paris," he said embarrassedly. Amelia then volunteered her sister.

"Mulan would be glad to, won't you Mulan?" she asked. Mulan knew exactly what she was trying to do.

"Amelia, are you trying to set me up with a complete stranger?" she asked under her breath and Amelia only chuckled.

"It will be fun. Go and show him. Bye," she said and ran in the opposite direction while the other two watched her disappear into the crowd.

"Does she always do this?" Ryo questioned.

"Yes she does… she's got that stupid matchmaker gene in her," Mulan said with a sigh.

"Matchmaker gene?" Ryo asked.

"It runs in the family. Long story though."

"Alright… so, aren't you going to show me where Interpol is?" he asked and Mulan started to blush again. "Are you alright? You look a little red, Ms. Petro," he questioned with worry, and Mulan responded with some frustration in her voice from her sister's foolishness.

"I'm fine. And don't call me Ms. Petro, please; that's my mother," she said and he nodded with an understanding smile. "Let's go," and with that, they walked off, with some conversation starting.

C´est Sing

Amelia walked into the ritzy shop and saw a pretty dark haired snow leopard working the counter. "Hey Celeste, are you here alone?" and the young girl lifted up her head.

"Oui, I am Amelia," she smiled. "Mother and Aunt Naomi are in Madrid for a fashion show, and my siblings… well, I do not know where they are," she then let out a sigh, "It has been a very busy day also." Celeste looked around, noticing someone was missing. "Where is Mulan?" she asked then gasped, "You didn't set her up with another stranger, did you?" Amelia only grinned and nodded.

"So you are working the shop and doing cheerleading… how do you do it?" she asked, getting off the subject.

Celeste only shrugged her lovely shoulders "I just do it. After all, it is good practice for after school and it is almost Christmas, so it will get even busier then it is now." And they continued their discussion, unaware of what could be happening elsewhere.

Back with Mulan and Ryo

Mulan, who against her better judgment, was having fun with the somewhat quiet yet sarcastic wolf. She was laughing at a story he told about life as a teenage inspector and he was surprisingly an interesting and nice guy.

"It's not easy… people don't think I can do my job because I am young." He let out a sigh, "Yet I have a better record then most of my coworkers," he said, wearily closing his mismatched eyes.

"That's too bad… Hey Ryo, here's the building. Let's go!" she said, starting to quicken her pace there. But Ryo stopped her by grasping her upper arm.

"Mulan, stand still. Something is amiss," he said in a dead serious tone, a drastic change from what he was a second ago. Sure enough, they heard a voice from behind them, a female voice to be exact.

"Well, look who it is. Long time no see, huh, young Kanuke?" They turned to see a tigress with an evil smirk across her face.

"Neyla!" he growled, putting himself between her and Mulan. Then Mulan had a spark of insight.

"Neyla? Impossible; she died in that Clockwork incident … my Aunt Carmelita told me all about it," she said while hiding behind Ryo, who looked to her with surprised.

"You know the Coopers?" he asked.

"Of course I know the Coopers. My mom and Mrs. Cooper are best friends and Alex is like a brother to me," she said. Then another realization came over her and she asked, "Do you know what happened to them?"

"Yes, but I'll explain later," he said and turned his focus back to Neyla. "What do you want woman?"

San Francisco same time

The gang was settled in a hotel, making plans on how to save the Coopers; though, to be honest, Juli was doing most of the work. She was typing vigorously on the key board of the room's computer, thinking of ways how to get passed security and the Order before the Black Moon. After a few hours she stopped typing and had a grin on her face. She then called the gang in the room.

"So, I have good news and bad news… the good news is that I found out how to save the Coopers," she said and paused to see if everyone was following her.

"That's all and good Juli… but what's the bad news?" Alex asked worriedly.

"The bad news is… it's impossible to save them before the day of Black Moon," she explained, waiting for a reaction Alex.

"WHAT! YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO LEAVE THEM TILL THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE SACRIFICED!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, standing to his feet with his fur going straight up.

"Calm down, Alex," Melody whispered gently to the angry teen, grabbing his forearm. His muscles loosed at her warming touch. He let out a sigh, and sat back down besides her, mumbling something that sounded like, "I'm sorry…" Melody rubbed his back, trying to make him feel better.

"Sadly, it's the only way we can do this. I've looked at it from all angles and the headquarters is impossible to sneak into, even if you are a Cooper and even if we have guys with advanced magic. Instead, all we have to do is figure out where the ceremony is going to take place then we just get them right then and there," Juli reasoned.

"So, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Alex insisted.

"We need to find Ryo first," Kyo noted. "We need the best team to get in this fortress. So as soon as we get him, we'll head out."

"Shouldn't be too hard," Rahul noted. "He should be at Interpol… after all, he is an inspector."

"I don't know… I mean, it's his first time in Paris. Are you sure he won't get lost?" Juli asked.

"Don't worry," Kyo replied. "Ryo is resourceful. I'm sure he'll get there and stay out of trouble."

Order headquarters

"So, here's what we know… they want to sacrifice me and Sly for some reason. But why do they want you two?" Carmelita asked the former KLAWW gang members.

"Probably to have us as appetizers for the hoard of demons that come after," Rajan said, shuddering.

"Well, I for one don't want my perfect body to be marked by those things," said Dimitri, trying to then show off his "perfect body".

Carmelita just rolled her eyes and shook her head at the lizard. He had no idea how serious this was.

Back with Ryo and Mulan

After Ryo asked Neyla what she wanted Neyla's grin grew even more evil, if that was possible, "Well Kanuke, I was going to ask you to join my cause to destroy the world!"

"Why would I join you?" Ryo barked out. "After all the crap you've put me and my friends through, why on earth would I join you?"

"What would you say... if I told you that your father wasn't dead?" she asked. Ryo stood there in shock.

"Impossible… I saw him die. I saw him fall to the ground dead!" he roared. "I saw the man who killed him."

"Well, yes, I did you little brat. But who said I killed him." The two turned again to see a very large figure; a polar bear.

"Who are you?" Ryo asked but Mulan was the one who answered.

"Rai-Raikon Pol-Polarsky, former Russian mobster, executed by hanging sixteen years ago," she replied, voice shaking. "My mother was on that case so many years ago."

"Your mother?" the beast of a polar bear inquired. "So she was one of those Interpol pests. Well, I'll take great joy in ending both your lives!" he snarled evilly and charged.

Well here it is chapter 19 hope you like it Thanks again people for reading and thanks Lightheart77 for editing and Kitty Petro for allowing me to use her characters well please R&R and there is going to be a lot of action in the next chapter bye