Satira observed Yoko silently all day. For being a thief he did a lot more than she thought, and she was getting nervous about the idea that she might have to take over one day. He was currently engrossed in a map of a territory that belonged to a rivaling thief not far from him. This thief, who called himself the Raven, was infamous for the carved Raven he left whenever he stole something. Yoko was currently in a passive aggressive war with the Raven. Apparently, they had been after the same artifact and the Raven had gotten there first. A sore spot that Yoko glowered at every time it was mentioned.

"And your sure that the river is shallow here?" Yoko asked pointing to a spot on the map. Yoko's spy nodded. "I passed through it myself with no problem." He answered. Yoko rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "They must know about the river being shallow." He said aloud. "We'll have to find a less obvious way in."

"What about from above?" Satira said softly. Yoko looked up at her.

"Above?"

She nodded shyly. "See, right there. The trees are close to their wall." She pointed to a clump of trees on the map. "I bet, that you could climb the trees and drop down inside their walls from the branches."

Yoko gave her an encouraging smile. "That idea has potential. But I want to make sure that those trees aren't watched or guarded. And if they are, I want to know by what, and everything about it."

The spy nodded. "Yes sir." He said as he rolled up his map and left the room.

Yoko pulled Satira to his lap and nuzzled her neck. "Your going to be quite handy to have around." He said in her ear.

"You just now figured that out?" she teased. Yoko laughed and kissed her when Hiei came bursting in. Yoko glared sharply at Hiei as he stood up angrily.

"It's called KNOCKING Hiei!" Yoko spat.

"We have a problem." Hiei said, ignoring Yoko's anger. Yoko instantly became all business, his anger subsiding for the moment.

"What?" he asked.

"We found the cave." He started.

Satira looked happy. "Great." She said. "Not great." Hiei retorted. "We were being followed, the Raiders now know where the design is on the cave wall and they captured Amira."

Satira face paled. "They got her? Is she ok!"

Hiei nodded. "For now, but if you don't hand over the necklace and the cat to them she won't be." Satira's striped ears laid flat against her head in shock and worry as her tail nervously twitched and she bit her lip. Yoko saw her tell tale signs of worry.

"We'll get her back." Yoko said to appease her as he turned to Hiei. "What did they say exactly?"

"Just that he would keep Amira relatively healthy until you brought him the necklace and her." He said pointing to Satira. Yoko gave a low growl of irritation.
"I should have known they would do something like this." He rounded on Hiei. "You're supposed to be one of my best, why didn't you notice you were being followed!"

Hiei glared. "Look, I am not perfect!" he snapped. "Just give them the feline and the necklace!"

Satira looked hurt at his suggestion. Hiei noticed and felt a twinge of guilt for saying it, but they had Amira and it bothered him more than he cared to admit. Yoko thought for a moment.

"Alright," he said finally. Satira's eyes went wide with betrayal. Yoko turned to look at her hurt expression.

"Yoko." She said in a soft whisper as she backed away from him, her hand around her necklace. Yoko moved over to her and pulled her close, not giving her a chance to struggle.

"Don't worry my love. I'm not letting them have you. I just want them to think that I have." She nodded slowly.

"Promise?" she asked him, her eyes begging for reassurance. Yoko kissed her and nuzzled her neck. "I would never let them get you." She leaned into him as Hiei cleared his throat in annoyance at the public displays of affection.

Yoko gave him a look as he straightened. "Alright, let me do some things before we go and lets get moving."