A/N: Hello readers. im sorry for the long delay, as I have been working on my other stories, school, and getting accepted into the U.S. Navy. my ship date is August 13, so im going to work as hard as possible to get more chapters done before then. Hope you all enjoy and don't forget to R&R

Café

The whole group stood in shock, none of them expecting this at all. Reina stood in the room, looking around and finding Rihoko. She smiled at the little girl, getting a nervous response from her. Salcito had moved to the stairs, hiding in the shadows as he watched what was happening fold out.

"What do you mean, 'get your daughter back?'" Masane asked, not happy at how the day was commencing.

"I was unsure about what had happened to my daughter until I saw you return with my daughter waiting for you. It was then that I searched and found that she was mine, and I wish to have her back," Reina said, earning only silence.

Salcito took a few more steps down, ready to enter the conversation as quickly as possible. Masane hung her head, afraid that someone would take Rihoko away from her. It wasn't until the same lady that kept trying to take Rihoko away before walked in and handed Reina a pack of papers.

Reina opened them and quickly read them, handing the necessary papers to Masane. She took them and read, tears coming to her eyes quickly. She would have dropped the paper, had Reina not taken it back.

"I will give you a few minutes before we leave, I am sorry to do this to you last minute. Come down when you are finished," Reina offered, walking to the front of the café and waiting for them to finish.

Salcito walked in and slithered his way next to Reina, not allowing her to know his position until he was ready.

"How about we have a little chat outside, shall we?" He asked, startling Reina. She glared at him, knowing he was her enemy.

"Fine, if you so wish to have a private conversation," Reina agreed, knowing the rest of the occupants would like to hurt her.

"You shouldn't have come here," he said, the two outside and around the corner away from the windows. "You're lucky the U.N. acknowledges the rights of families in this situation, but if I made a strong enough argument, I could overturn the rules of the NSWF and keep you far away from this family."

"What stake do you have in this family?" Reina asked, wondering profusely.

"More than you do breaking them up. I want you out. Now." Salcito ordered, surprising Reina.

"You don't scare me, I am here to rejoin my family. You have no right to remove me from my rights," Reina tried to argue.

"And you have no right to take away a child from an environment she has been in for her whole life and change it for your own personal needs," Salcito argued back. "I don't care how strong and influential you think you are, I will make sure that this family is not broken up because you think you can be a better parent. You don't know what these two have been through, and that's something you can never compare to."

"I wish it don't come to this, but I guess you leave me with no choice," Reina said, just before she stabbed him through the gut with her Cloneblade. "You were an advisory I wish to have learned more about."

"Then let's start now," Salcito retorted, staring her in the face and bringing his knee to her stomach.

Reina bent over, the blade pulling free and Reina with no air. This didn't stop Salcito though, as he picked her up and tossed her down the alley. She slid on the hard concrete for a few feet before stopping a ways down the alley. She tried to stand, if only to protect herself from the wounded, but powerful, soldier in front of her.

"How can you still fight with that much blood pouring out?" Reina asked, seeing the ground start to turn red.

"Adrenaline and hardheadedness are very powerful tools for someone of my strength," Salcito answered, walking calmly over to her. "And you believed I was unarmed, which is another mistake you made today."

Salcito reached into his boot and pulled out a combat knife, the blade sharp and menacing. Reina was not going to take this sitting down and stood up, activating the Cloneblade in full. She rushed at her opponent, hoping that the decreased blood in his brain would make him slow and lower his reaction time. This was not the case.

When the blade was about to make another hole in him, he took ahold of the arm it was attached to, sidestepping the entire attack. He then took her and slammed her body into the brick walls, cracks appearing in the foundation at the impact point. That was the end of the attack, as Salcito hunched over, blood pouring out both the wound and his mouth.

Reina stood up, hoping to finish this quickly, her blade at the base of his neck. She hesitated, waiting to see if he was going to beg for his life or something. Nothing was said, just the free flow of blood onto the ground. Reina cursed at herself, knowing she wasn't able to kill someone like this. She stepped back and deactivated her Cloneblade and helped him up, moving quickly to the café. She burst into the door, much to everyone's surprise.

"Help! We were attacked!" Reina yelled, convincing the group because of the flow of blood.

Everyone rushed over, getting him onto the floor and getting bandages and water. The activity temporarily made everyone forget why Reina was there, as she helped with getting pressure on the wound. When they found that the wound went through his body, the start to get curious, but kept trying to stabilize him while the ambulance was on the way.

The hospital wasn't very far away and within a few minutes, Salcito was in the back on the emergency vehicle and on the way to someone to save him. Masane went with him, as she was more concerned with him and forgot what was happening at the café. This was all it took for Reina to take Rihoko and leave, no one able to contest now that she was gone.