Allie just held the phone in her hand, not believing what she was hearing.

What? Haley was kidnapped? Allie thought.

"Hey! What's going on?" the two masters asked. Allie didn't respond. She just took the phone away from her ear and dialed Ashley's number. It rang three times before it went to voice mail.

"Hey Ash. It's Allie. Call me back when you get this. I have something important to tell you, bye," Allie said. She closed her phone and looked at the time. 10:15. Why hadn't anyone noticed that Haley had been gone for more than a few hours? Allie sighed. She turned to her karate master who was the one currently training her.

"Master! May I have permission to continue training later? Haley's gotten herself into a situation where she needs me right now," Allie asked. He thought about it and eventually nodded.

"If it's that serious, then go ahead," he said. Allie nodded and ran out of the dojo. First she ran all the way to the restaurant Haley had mentioned. She had gotten about two blocks away from the restaurant when her phone started ringing. She stopped running and caught her breath before answering.

"Hello?" she asked, not looking at who was calling.

"You must be that person Haley called earlier. You should know that she's not hurt and she won't be hurt when you get her later," a man's voice came from the phone. Allie blinked twice, looked at the phone to see that the call was coming from Haley's phone, and returned her ear to the phone.

"Um may I ask who is calling?" Allie asked.

"Oh, yeah. The name's Sakaki," Sakaki answered.

"Uh huh. And where might I be able to pick Haley up from?" Allie asked. She slightly glared at the phone. Did this guy seriously think that Allie was going to trust him just because he called from Haley's phone?

"Oh, yeah. She'll be at Koetsuji's clinic," he said. Allie felt an irritation mark form on her forehead.

"And that would be where?" Allie asked. She crossed one of her arms.

"Uh, let me get back to you on that. Don't worry. I'll call back in, maybe 15 minutes," Sakaki said. Allie sighed out of frustration.

"Sure, fine," Allie asked. The line went dead. Allie just stared at her phone in front of her, taking note of the time. 11:00. This 'Sakaki' has exactly 15 minutes before Allie called back and demanded to know where this guy's clinic was. About 5 minutes later she almost jumped out of her skin to see that Ashley was calling. She looked at the phone with slight confusion. Wasn't she at school?

"Hello?" Allie asked.

"Yo Al," Ashley said.

"Ashley? What are you doing calling me while you're in school?" Allie asked. Ashley was never one to call in the middle of class. Even if the teacher allowed it if it was important.

"It's lunch right now so I don't have any classes. What's up? You said you had something important to tell me?" Ashley said. She sounded a little worried.

"Uh, yeah. Apparently Haley's been kidnapped and she's at some place called Koetsuji's clinic," Allie briefly explained. Ashley was silent on the other end. Allie could just imagine her either trying to control her rage or try to process what was happening.

"WHAT?" Ashley yelled. Allie flinched.

"Uh, she's-"

"I heard you. Where is she?" Ashley asked impatiently. Allie sighed. Ashley always gets like this when something goes wrong. Hot tempered and impatient.

"Like I said. She's at some place called Koetsuji's clinic. Do you know where that is?" Allie repeated.

"Yeah, I think so. I had to go there once a year or two ago for a checkup because my doctor was out of town at the time. I kind of remember the location," Ashley said.

"Okie dokie. Mind telling me where it is?" Allie asked. Ashley gave her the location and said she would meet up with Allie there. "Thanks. See you in a while."

"Yeah, see ya," Ashley said. The line went dead and Allie closed her phone. She sighed.

"Tonight's training is not going to be fun," Allie muttered, staring sadly at her phone. Whenever Ashley was mad about something, she would usually get out her anger during their sparring. "Oh well. I need to get those groceries then go to that clinic. According to what Ashley told me, it should only be 20 minutes away from here if I take the roofs instead of the sidewalks." Allie nodded to herself and she ran ahead.

Ashley

Ashley growled as she clenched her phone tightly.

"Um, Ashley?" a voice behind her asked. They touched her shoulder. Ashley's eyes went wide and visions of a distant, hazy past flashed before her eyes. All she could see was an untrusting, shadowy hand violently grabbing her shoulder, forcing her to fall backwards, screaming her lungs out. She grabbed that hand and flipped the person over her shoulder. She blinked twice to see that she was actually in school, not in an alleyway. Also, that the person was one of her closest friends at the academy and that they were lying uncomfortably on the desk in front of her.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to flip you," Ashley said. The person laughed nervously.

"Y-yeah. It's no problem, Ashley. Uh, is there something wrong?" he asked. The close friend of Ashley's was a guy named Ichigo. He was one of her first friends at the academy and one of the few that could handle her flips with barely any pain. He also cared about her a lot but not in a romantic way. No, to Ashley it felt more like how a brother and sister care about each other. Constantly teasing and embarrassing each other. Ashley let go of Ichigo and he stood up, lightly rubbing his back.

"It's nothing, really. One of my close friends that doesn't go here is in big trouble," Ashley muttered. She looked back at her phone again and shuddered with anger. "If those creeps do anything to my best friend, they will regret the day they ever met me! I'll make sure they don't forget to not mess with those that are close to me!"

"From what you're telling me, its sounds like someone kidnapped someone you know, or something like that," Ichigo said. I nodded.

"Yeah. They did. And I know where the bastards are too. Hey! I just got an idea!" Ashley said. She stood up straight and snapped her fingers as the idea formed in her mind. She turned to Ichigo and he immediately had a face that formed whenever he knew she was going to do something he didn't like. He sighed.

"What evil plan have you concocted this time?" he asked nervously. Ashley smiled evilly.

"How good are you at acting?" she asked. Ichigo scoffed and crossed his arms.

"You know I am the president of the drama department for the past 2 years!" he said. Ashley smirked.

"Excellent," she said. She quickly looked around to see if anyone was near. When she saw there was no one, she pulled him close and whispered a plan. Ichigo's face got paler the more Ashley went on.

The bell rang for afternoon classes to start and the teacher began to take attendance. Ichigo looked over his shoulder at Ashley and saw her slightly smirking in his direction. He saw her giving him a slight nod and he sighed very softly. He turned towards the front in time to say 'here' to the teacher. Suddenly, Ashley started to cough very violently.

"Miss Ashley? Are you okay?" the teacher asked. Everyone turned to look at Ashley, including Ichigo. Somehow, Ashley managed to get her face to look pale and slightly green.

"Ashley?" Ichigo asked, nervously. It sounded like he was really concerned about her. He walked up to her and put a hand against her forehead. Ashley looked up at him to see him in shock. Suddenly Ichigo stood up and turned around to face the sensei. "Sensei? Ashley has a fever! Can I take her to the nurse?" The teacher came up to Ashley and also felt her forehead. After a moment the teacher nodded and Ichigo assisted her to the nurse's room.

"I can't believe you can manage to even fool the teacher. Your acting skills really scare me, Ashley," Ichigo said. Ashley grinned up at him.

"Well, I have to be. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to stay as sane as I've been in the past five years," Ashley said. Ichigo nodded but did not reply anymore. They shortly arrived at the nurse's office and she took Ashley's temperature. After realizing that her temperature was normal, Ashley managed to convince the nurse that it must have gone down on the walk there, but that she wasn't feeling well still and felt that she needed to go home.

"Okay, if you aren't feeling that well then I'll tell the office that you're going home early. Make sure to get some rest and drink lots of fluids, okay?" she said. Ashley nodded and took a few deep breaths. The moment the nurse was out of earshot Ichigo began to laugh very quietly.

"You are one dangerous person, you know that?" he said. Ashley laughed a little as well.

"Yeah, and soon someone's about to find out just how scary and dangerous I can be," she said, thinking about the conversation with Allie. About 10 minutes later the nurse came back and said that Ashley was free to go and that Ichigo could go back to class now. They both nodded and headed their separate ways.

Soon, very soon, those punks are going to learn not to mess with us! And once I find out why they kidnapped Haley, they'll get the beat down of their lives! Just you wait, you scum. Just you wait…