"How could they have known that we'd all be gone?" Luna asked, watching her younger brother as he glared at the floor, sitting in the dark red velvet armchair. Anna's eyes were focused on the laptop screen infront of her as she rewatched all the Security cameras before she looked up.

"All the cameras shut down a few minutes after we left...I can't seem to be able to track down the hacker though." Everyone sighed.

"Let's see that note again Soul?" Willow asked, Soul shifted in his seat, pulling the note out of his back pocket then handed it to the blue-haired girl. Willow looked at the note, reading to herself quietly.

"What's the note say Willow?" Kaido asked. Willow cleared her throat.

"Wolves,

The Albarn child and her father are now in my care," Willow snorted before continuing.

"It has come to my attention that your spies have been delivering information about the Hawks for the past 7 months. Your spies have been caught. Liz and Patti Thompson correct? If you want the Thompson sister's back in one piece then I suggest that you halt your attacks on my clubs and cafes. As for the Albarns...They won't be around much longer for you too care. Call me when you have agreed to the term and you can have your Thompson sisters back.

Yours truly,

Koizumi.

P.S: Call me as soon as you can, before the 10 of August!" Willow finished. Anna blinked.

"Call Arisu? Wouldn't we be calling the Leader of the Hawks?" Kaido frowned then looked at Soul.

"I'm gonna call back all the wolves in the area. Come on Anna." Soul nodded as Kaido and Anna rushed out of the room.

"We must have a spy in our ranks somewhere." Kidd finally said. The others nodded.

"But who?" They all thought of some people.

"Who has access to all the Security cameras and has been hanging out with Maka a lot lately to get that kind of information?" They all held their breath.

"The Technicians..."

"Why are you doing this?" Maka asked as she and Arisu rode in the back of the van. The other two, Free and Eureka, had slid closed the window to the back so that Maka couldn't hear what was being said in the front.

"I don't have a choice." Arisu responded before going back to twirling her gun around her hand.

"Everyone has a choice." Maka hissed when Arisu tilted her head at Maka before putting her gun in the holster and putting her hands on her lap.

"I used to be a Wolf." Maka gave her a blank look.

"Bullshi-" Maka stopped when Arisu pulled back her sweater, revealing the black headed wolf with river-blue eyes.

"You were an assassin for the Wolves?" Maka gave her a confused look.

"Soul and I...We were pretty close...We're practically brother and sister...That's how we viewed each other because we lived in the same house for so long with my little sister..." Arisu trailed off.

"Then Soul's mother and his brother were murdered...By our boss, leader of the Red-Tailed Hawks. Soul started the Wolves and naturally I joined his ranks...I came home one night and couldn't find my little sister, her nanny was found dead in her bedroom. I later got a phone-call from the Hawk's boss telling me that if I didn't join she'd kill my sister...You don't know what it's like...To be torn between loyalty towards your blood kin and the kin you grew up with. I love my sister and Soul so much but...My sister is the only blood family I got left." Arisu finished, and then she looked up.

"She plans on killing you and your father." Maka flinched.

"Why?" Arisu gave her a long look.

"Because...Your mother took your father from her. Your father and my boss were going out but instead of asking my boss to marry him he asked your mama to marry him. She's never forgiven him and now she's out for his, and because you're his daughter, and your blood." Maka shivered.

"I left a note for the Wolves...I told them to call me and not Boss. I'll try and get you out before anything happens Maka. But promise me this. You'll take my kid sister with you kk?" Maka nodded. Arisu gave her a sweet smile, a real smile.

"Thank-you."

Rena, one of the Technicians for the Wolves, flicked her light pink hair. She waited then watched as a black limo pulled up and opened its side door. She slid in and sat in the seat as the door closed and sped off again. Rena looked down at her lap as the silence got to her.

"You did well Rena." The blonde-haired woman across from her told her. Rena looked up and was met with golden yellow eyes. She looked at the people sitting beside the woman. A boy with black hair on her right and a girl with pink hair on her left.

"T-Thank-you Miss." The woman chuckled as the limo stopped. They waited until a van came into view. Rena followed the woman as she climbed out. The back of the van door opened then Arisu appeared, pulling a tied up Maka behind her. When Maka's eyes found Rena they turned cold.

"How could you Rena?" Rena looked away.

"It's best for the Wolves if you're gone Albarn." Rena replied. Maka gave her one last harsh glare before Arisu dragged her inside the Academy warehouse which stood behind the Academy.

"Now for your reward." The woman started then turned and had just opened the door when she announced the reward.

"A death picked by my children. Go ahead Ragnarok. Chrona." And with that the door closed. Arisu and Maka watched from the top floor window as Ragnarok slammed Rena to the wall. Maka looked away as the boy reached down and slid down Rena's skirt. She could hear Rena's screams and cries of pain as the boy had his way with her. Finally Arisu tapped her on the shoulder that it was finished. Maka turned to see the pink-haired girl aiming a gun at Rena who was sobbing and begging them to let her go. Maka watched as the trigger was pulled and Rena slumped to the ground...lifeless.

"Let's go Maka." Arisu told the ash-blonde haired girl as she led her away from the window. They didn't get very far before a green-haired 8 year old girl with honey-yellow eyes ran towards them.

"Ari!" the girl smiled as she hugged Arisu. Arisu crouched down and hugged the little girl.

"Is that your sister?" Maka asked when the little girl was called back by an elderly woman. Arisu nodded.

"Her name's Nadeshiko." Maka glanced at Arisu.

"Was your family Japanese?" Arisu nodded.

"Part Japanese. My mother's side. She always wanted to name her daughters with Japanese names in honour of her family. My father didn't mind. Whatever made mother happy made him happy too." Arisu explained.

"What were your parent's names?" Maka asked as they walked into a room with a bed and a small bathroom and closet.

"Liam and Chibi Koizumi." Arisu said as she untied the rope around Maka's wrists, Maka rubbed her wrists together.

"Use this now. Tell them we're at 100th Ave at the old Academy. Tell them who you are and that you're with me. They must be here at midnight tomorrow if you want to be saved." Arisu said quietly. Maka nodded and punched in Tsubaki's number; she held the phone to her ear and waited for her friend to pick it up.

"Hello?" Tsubaki answered her phone as they all sat around the living room.

"Maka?" Tsubaki asked then she smiled.

"It's Maka!" Everyone crowded around Tsubaki.

"Where is she?" Soul asked the worry and relief in his eyes.

"100th Ave...The...old Academy." Tsubaki informed.

"She's with Arisu who says that if we want Maka back alive we have to be there at midnight tomorrow night...Maka says it was Rena who was giving them information." Tsubaki added. Anna whined.

"Why Rena though?" Tsubaki shrugged then snapped her phone shut.

"Maka had to go. It's nice to know that Arisu is going to help us out." Soul tensed up as did Luna.

"Arisu? She's probably planning on ambushing us when we get there." Willow scoffed.

"No." Soul said, they all looked at him.

"Arisu will help us...She a woman that keeps to her word...Most of the time."