Arita and Mayako sat quietly in the abandoned house as they heard footsteps run by, they waited a bit just incase there was more they sighed in relief when the heard nothing, in the time they had been in the abandonded house coming up with a plan of escape the Elder Council operatives and some townspeople had run by making hard for them to finish planning. Arita and Mayako looked at each other and got back to it, "Okay, so, we're going to go out the back of this house" Arita started, he had found a back door that lead to an alleyway when he was looking for a way to get outside to go and find the exit. He felt that it would be uselful in there plan, "Once we get into the alleyway, we'll naviagte our way to the exit" Mayako had a displeased look on her face, "What? you don't like the plan?" Mayako shook her head "No, It's a good plan but, what about getting my bag that a certain dumb cat didn't let me grab before he started running off with me!?" Arita grumbled "Look! I said I was sorry! We had to get outta sight before the Elder Council started running through the streets!" Mayako grumbled.

Arita sighed, again Mayako was going on about having left behind her bag, "Maybe if you wouldn't have thrown it off you would still have it!" Mayako clicked her tounge, "Besides, we run the risk of getting caught if we try to go back for it" Mayako huffed "Yeah, you say something like that because your a guy!" Arita grunted "What's that suppose to mean!?" Mayako sighed "I'm a girl! I can't wear the same clothes for however long we'll be on the run!" Arita palmed his face "Really, clothes? Thats why the bag is so important?" Mayako grumbled angrily. "I'm not going to go around with the same clothes that's going to start falling apart!" Arita sighed "Come on, whats a few little tears in your clothes?" Mayako huffed but then she got an idea, "Oh, I see, you want that to happen" she smirked Arita blushed "What the hell are you implying!?" Mayako snickered "Oh, nothing, just you want me to be wearing clothes with holes so you can see my body, right?" Mayako smirked Arita's face got darker red. "N-no, I just think that its not a big deal" Mayako chuckled to herself, she could see her plan was working, "Oh, then your not going to mind when my shirt falls apart and my breasts" Arita put his hand in Mayako's face stopping her.

Mayako didn't need to finish, he was already imagining it in his head, he blushed hard "Alright, we'll get the damn bag" Mayako smiled victoriously "Thanks" Arita grumbled knowing he had just fell for Mayako's trap, "Anyway, back to our plan of escape" Mayako put on a serious face, "We go out the back, we navigate our way to the exit" Mayako grumbled a bit, Arita sighed "And along the way, we can get your bag" Mayako smiled. "Then, once we get to the exit we'll see how many Elder Council operatives are there" Mayako nodded "If there's not too many we'll sneak by" Mayako interjected "What if there is too many?" Arita thought for a bit, "If there's too many we'll find a way around them" Mayako moaned unsure. Arita smiled reassuringly "Don't worry, we're going to get out of here" Mayako sighed and for some reason she smiled, something was telling her to trust what Arita was saying this sort of thing had started to happen ever since Arita had saved her from getting stabbed.

Mayako didn't have time to decern what this feeling was, as there was a more pressing matter at hand, getting out of the town without being spotted by the Elder Council "Alright, but what do we do if we come across some operatives?" Arita sighed "If they don't look that strong we'll fight them" Mayako was a bit hesitant, she was a bit scared to fight operatives from the Elder Council. Again the feeling came back, it was telling her she'd be okay with Arita by her side, she took a breath and nodded "Alright" Arita smiled "Okay, so we're both in agreement on this plan?" Mayako nodded "Okay, lets put it into action shall we?" with that the two rose and headed to the back of the house. Arita went first, he slowly pushed the old door open and poked his head out and looked for any sign of a Elder Council operatives or townfolk, when he saw the coast was clear he walked out and Mayako fallowed behind him, Arita felt that they were lucky the town happened to have lots of alleyways that were perfect to sneak around the unknowking Elder Council.

"Alright, lets go find your bag and then get the hell outta here" Mayako nodded she then started to locate where her bag was by finding her scent, when she picked up on it she looked at Arita who nodded and she lead the way. The two ran through alleyway after alleyway until they came to a stop as a Elder Council operative ran passed them, they hugged the wall and breathed a sigh of relief at not getting spotted "That was too close" Arita commented "Get your bag quick and lets go" Mayako nodded she poked her head out and spotted her bag laying where she had left it. She didn't see any Elder Council members around, nor the thugs that had messed with her, she ran out into the street and grabbed her bag and quickly ran back into the alleyway she looked at Arita and smiled triumphantly.

Arita sighed and nodded, "Alright, lets get out of here" Mayako nodded and strapped her bag to her back and fallowed Arita back the way they came it didn't take Arita long to navigate the alleyways as he had found the right path before hand. He stopped Mayako when they got close it, "Let me see how far it is" Mayako nodded Arita peered out from the alleway and saw that the exit was a few feet away "So, how many are there?" came Mayako's voice. Arita scanned the area around the exit and counted twenty operatives standing guard and on the look out he cursed, he slinked back into the alleyway "Well?" Mayako asked Arita looked at her "We're about a good two feet away from the exit" Mayako grumbled "How many operatives did you see?" Arita chuckled "Uhm,about twenty of them" Mayako sighed disheartened.

"Hey come on, the exit was possiblity one, we've got a second" Mayako nodded, "Alright, time to find a way around" just then as they were about to walk off they heard a voice "Oh, so this is where you were hiding" the two froze and cursed under their breath, they had been found but how, and by who? That question was answered when a figure jumped down from ontop a building and in landed front of them. The figure before them was a boy that looked to be about Mayako's age, when Mayako got a good look at him her eyes went wide "It..It can't be.."she mumbled the boy had four orange and white tipped tails flowing behind him, he had a angry look on his face as he eyed Mayako. Mayako knew who the boy before them was, even though he looked diffrent she knew, it was Sanda, Sanda Yumiya, "S-Sanda.." Mayako mumbled his name, Sanda grinned and chuckled "I finally found you, the monster that killed my brother" Mayako shuddered as Sanda's rage filled eyes stared at her. [Ch.23 part 4 END]