Tourney Arc

[Dracos]

Dozens of people were in the way as Leets moved into the crowd...

Fearless Leader

[Asrana]

"Thank you..." Was all Catherine managed to say in her state of shock.

The brief explosion of the door shook her out of her revery and she took off after Miyuki, trying to keep up and barely managing.

[Dracos]

Workers swiftly designed the new arena over the lunch break.... no rest for the hired labor.

Fearless Leader

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki dashed across the street, and through the crowd, following the little brat, weaving around the people in her way with a nimbleness intristic to small children.

She slowly began to gain ground, growing more and more upset with every step...

[Shukuen]

Leets weaved skillfully among the crowd, several years of experience allowing him to to stay far ahead of his pursuers. Still, they were more stubborn than the usual lot he had to deal with. Circling within the crowd, he squeezed by several groups, putting more and more people between him and the girl. Unless she had x-ray vision, he'd doubt she'd be able to spot him among the adults and other children.

Just in case though, he tried to blend in with a small family, taking off his hat and scarf while acting casual.

[Asrana]

Catherine kept Miyuki in eyesight, apologizing as she needed to whenever she jostled someone in the struggle to not lose her customer.

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki stopped short. She no longer had the thief in her direct line of sight, even though she knew he hadn't gotten far.

Suddenly, the magnitude of what she'd done by running out of the restaurant alone crashed down on her.

She shivered, suddenly growing anxious. "Ooh...That brat better hope I never see him again," she muttered nervously, as she accidentally wandered down a side street.

She wove through the crowds of people, becoming thoroughly lost. She supposed Olguin would never find her if she stayed in the crowds, and she began to look for a quiet place to sit down and wait...after all, the little waitress knew mostly where she'd gone.

So she'll tell Olchan...and he'll come looking...right? Of course he will. There's no one I can count on more. But...will he be able to find me? I HATE being this little!

She fretted over this point as she turned another corner,
staring with dismay at the overwhelming crush of people. And suddenly, her eyes settled on the familiar form of the thief who'd taken her coin, not ten feet away...

[Shukuen]

Leets was only starting to relax when a sudden chill ran down his spine. 'This can't be good...' he thought, turning to the direction the feeling of foreboding came from.

"Double nutbunnies," he muttered, seeing the little girl from earlier. Suddenly darting off from the crowd, Leets ran once again, the chase resuming.

[Asrana]

Catherine muttered a nasty word she shouldn't have known as she lost sight of her customer.

"Kuso...where'd she get to?"

She frantically began to search the crowds and streets, looking for any trace of her customer.

Catherine HATED breaking promises.

[Dracos]

Unexpectantly, Leets found himself knocked back.

"Look out where you're goin' ya lil' brat!" A larger street punk smirked at him, a chain wrapped around his hand.

Fearless Leader

[Shukuen]

Leets glowered at the older boy, but knew that he didn't have time to deal with the jerk with that annoying little girl still after him.

"I don't have time for this now!" he said, replacing his scarf and wooly beret. Leets attempted to sidestep the bully and continue running before he was caught.

[Dracos]

OOC: Darn street punks.

IC:

The older gang  member lashed out as Leets tried brush past him.  "Now now, no apology?"  A sadistic grin graced his face as he took advantage of the crowd's rush to lunch to pick on  the  younger boy.

Fearless Leader

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki caught up to the little thief just in time to see a much larger boy hit him, knocking him down. She groaned. She really had built up a healthy dislike for the young boy during the chase...but she hated people who abused their strength more.

"Hey! Stop that!" she demanded, rushing up to them.

[Dracos]

For at least a few minutes the crowd backed off as the gang member smiled visciously and swung a chain length driving people back.

"What?  You his lil' sister or somethin'?  Fuck ya both.  I'm going turn ya both blue and black!"


Fearless Leader

[Asrana]

Catherine's frantic searching came to a halt as she heard her customer's voice.

She pushed her way through the crowds, hoping to find her customer.

Pushing through a a final line of gawkers, she stood still in shock for a moment at the sight of Miyuki facing down an older kid.

The older boy's words ripped her from the momentary reverie. She thought of intervening...but she wouldn't do any good. Her customer was faster and probably stronger than her...

So Catherine stood, hoping against hope the little girl wouldn't get hurt.