Kara sat in a small café across from Rin as the cat girl explained how the others got there to Wonderland then snorted. "It just seems like Peter's finding matches for everyone but himself. Wouldn't he stop by now? Kinda sad really."

Rin nodded and sighed, "I know. But don't let him see you sad for him or he'll take that inch and run a mile with it. He won't take 'No' for an answer until you've already chosen someone, beat the living daylights out of him, or go back home."

"But none of you have returned home," Kara pointed as she sat her drink back down then grinned, "Can you believe I got Nightmare to take his medicine?"

The other girl gapped, "Really?"

Kara nodded, "Yup. The first time was easy but a couple of days later he wouldn't take it. So I had to force feed him."

A pair of cat ears perked up with a mischievous grin, "And how did you go about that Kara?"

The older girl coughed as her face went slightly pink, "Let's head to the next store." She quickly left and made Rin chase to catch up with her, where she proceeded to bug her for information until Kara quickly thought of something to change the subject, "I met Ace the other day." Rin stilled for a minute as the other girl continued, "He tried to get me to go camping with him but he got in a fight with Gray."

"Is Gray okay?" Rin looked worriedly.

Kara nodded again, "Yeah, just a small cut on his cheek. Ace, on the other hand, has a good-sized stab wound from the kitchen knife I threw at him before I nailed his kidneys and he fell."

Rin sent her a look, "Explain."

So she did, told her everything that she did to Ace and all about her life back in their world. By the time she was done, they were almost to the clothing store Rin had wanted to take her to. Kara smirked, "I stood outside the doorway after Ace left and listened to Nightmare talking with Julius and Gray. He said they have to be careful with all of us here." Rin gave a puzzled look as Kara laughed, "They said you're a weapons expert, Tirn's stronger than us normally, and I'm a tactical strategist. He said that if we were to get mad and work together, we could kill any of the role holders." She patted Rin's shoulder as she began to sputter, "He said we should be kept away from Blood. I've never met him and just remember what Tirn said about him. What does he look like?"

They stood outside the store as Rin spoke, "He's a royal pain in the ass. He thinks he's Wonderland's gift to women and tries to get anything with breasts in his bed if he deems the moment worthy and if he can get something out of it. He normally wears a white tailcoat and top hat with a few playing cards in them. He only drinks tea and loves roses. His hair is black and goes to about his shoulders. He has deceitful green eyes with an annoying smirk or smile. He normally has a cane with him that turns into a machine gun. And he's-"

Kara stared at her then blinked and interrupted her, "And he's right behind you." Rin spun around and glared as her eyes landed on the man she had been badmouthing for the past ten minutes straight.

"It's always lovely to hear how much you think of me Rin," Blood smiled down to the young girl, who growled as her tail puffed up. He let his eyes travel over to Kara and blinked, "You, my dear, are new to me. Would you do me the honor of giving me your lovely name?"

Kara's blue eyes went to the man behind Blood with rabbit ears then to the twins before landing back on the one that seemed to be in charge. Her black hair was pulled back into a ponytail to where everyone could see her bright blue eyes that seemed to darken dangerously as she studied Blood. "I have no reason to introduce myself when never done so and insulted my friend."

His eyes calculated this new foreigner critically then smiled, "I apologize. My name is Blood Dupre, head of the Hatters Estate. This is my second in command, Elliot March. The two beside him are my gate guards, Dee and Dum." He watched as she looked at each of them until he spoke and brought her stormy blue eyes back to him, "If you have no where to stay at, we would be more than happy to accommodate you at our mansion while you're here in Wonderland. Would you do me the honor of letting us know your name?"

Rin could be heard beside Kara growling while she looked at him with blocked thoughts and shrouded eyes. She noticed, while the others seemed innocently curious about her, Blood's eyes seemed to take in all of her body which made her tense the slightest bit as she figured him out. The black haired girl looked at Rin and sighed, "You're right. He's a womanizer just like every other guy back in our world."

Rin nodded and chuckled while Blood looked insulted, "I'm no womanizer."

Kara looked back at the cat girl and shook her head, "Can you believe a week before I was brought here, I was hit on by five different guys within the span of three days. All of them either wanting my number or trying to get in my bed. I would never stoop that low to take any guys number that just walked up to me and spoke to me like they did. I worked hard to buy my own place, I'm not gonna let some stranger in."

The other nodded sympathetically as Blood smirked at Kara, "That's quite impressive. You seem to like the advances they made. Did they manage to spark your interest at all to let them into your bed or did you string them along then stomp on their hopes?" Rin and Kara stiffened as their eyes narrowed and locked onto Blood's while the others shuddered and sent eachother a look: Women were scary when mad.

"Now I know why they said to keep me away from him," Kara glared harder at the head of the mafia while he stood there undeterred. But she stopped him from talking, "I'm Kara and I've been here for over a week and staying at the Clock Tower." His eyes sparked with delight and went to speak, in no doubt a rude comment, but she continued, "Nightmare's my friend while Gray and Julius are like brothers to me. Say something about them and I'll protect them like I did from Ace. I'm not leaving the Clock Tower in favor of you Blood." She caught Rin's hand and began to pull her into the clothes store but looked over her shoulder and glared, "I don't know where you thought words like those would work on girls from our world but that'll just keep you away. And whichever girl it may have worked on before us must have been very sheltered from the real world and how it works or very gullible. It may be programmed into you to talk that way to anyone of the opposite sex but talk like that or try anything with me and I'll castrate you."

With that, she pulled Rin into the store and left the group there with theirs mouths open in stunned silence. Elliot looked over to Blood and sighed, "I don't know where Peter keeps finding these girls but I think she was right. It seems that Alice was very sheltered compared to these girls. They all seem so independent." Blood sent him a look that made the hare be quiet and stalked away, now in an extremely sour mood.

After several hours of shopping, much to both girls dismay, they had several bags full of clothes and said their 'byes' as they split to go to their respective destinations. Kara smiled to herself as she thought about all the fun she had with Rin as they goofed off and made jokes. She was just like a little sister to her now. Another precious person she was determined to protect if she could. She smiled when the Clock Tower came into view and sped up, wanting to put her things away and make sure Nightmare took his medicine like he promised he would.

A hand came out of nowhere and clasped firmly over her mouth, as she was pulled into the shadows of an alleyway. Kara let her mind open up and tried to contact Nightmare but couldn't tell if she got him. She felt the cold sting of a blade at her throat and grimaced as she tried to pick out distinctions in the two voices talking until she felt a hard hit to the back of her head and everything went dark.