Having stolen what he desired he sneaked back outside he began running transforming into his raccoon form to get more speed he was going back to the border he had a couple orphan friends there that would appreciate some food he smile while he was a mischievous guy he always had his heart set in doing something kind for someone at least once a day " well off we go to the border" he said as he ran but before he could reach the location he stopped because he saw a girl red hear pretty complexion he smiled maybe another scam wouldn't hurt so he decided to approach the girl carefully hoping to learn something that he could use to start a conversation while in his raccoon form he was hard to notice but as he transformed back in to human like he was instantly notice " well hello there adventure you seem full of energy and confidence are you going to hunt yourself something big or perhaps a treasure" he smiled " well if you are I got just the thing for you a charm made from magic teeth of a lion "he pulled out the charm " no many get this rare chance and since you seem like a nice person I'll give it you for half the prices what do you say ?" He look at her.

"Where do you believe yourself to be going with my coins? I never said you could take off with them." Shadow vanished, reappearing behind Blake and tripping him once more. She then took both pouches, and vanished a second time leaving black feathers where her feet had been.

Blake got back to his feet. "Ahem. I stole them first." He looked around, but Shadow was no where in sight. "What a shame. I was hoping to spend time with her." He frown then continued down the forest path.

She sat up in a nearby tree, humming. "Silly boy..!"

Blake looked up and saw her. "Oh? Are you going to give me my coins back?" He stopped and went to the trunk of the tree she was in.

"These?" Shadow dangled the coins from the tree - "Never, cutie!" She purred, smirking.

Blake quickly scaled the tree and sat next to her. He reached for the bag playfully. "Now, don't you disappear. I just want to talk with the prettiest girl in the world." He scooted closer to her and stroked her hair.

Vixen jumped slightly and stared in the direction of the stranger. She put her hand on her dagger in case he pulled anything. Vixen growled, "No, I'm not looking to buy anything. Thanks but no thanks." She responded, eye-ing the stranger cautiously; she didn't worry about him, he looked like someone who was trying to get by just as she was.

She held it away from him. "Aww, and you think THAT of ME?"

"Why, yes I do." Blake leaned closer to her and looked into her eyes. "I can't imagine someone not thinking of you like that."

Shadow gave him the coins, blushing darkly. "So many think of me as 'different...' "

Blake set the coins aside. "Everyone is different." He wrapped his arm around her waist. "I know what you mean, and sometimes different is good. I understand how you probably feel sometimes." He looked down at the ground which was a long ways from them.

"Ah - you really do want me, huh?"

Blake blushed then looked at her. "Is it that obvious?" He smiled at her leaning close to her face.

Shadow nodded, blushing darker than she ever had. "I stole from you once, and you fell in love?" she asked him.

"The past doesn't matter, and now I could have you for myself." He stayed close to her, notbaure what to do next.

Shadow leaned in and kissed him softly...
"Yes you can."

Blake wrapped both of his arms around her and kissed her back. "Looks like those silly cards didn't lie."

"Silly cards?" Shadow laughed, blushing the darkest she ever had.

" my apologies I didn't mean to upset you I'm just a simple merchant but I must insist this could be very helpful after all you look like you are going to the border and that's a dangerous place " he smiled " tell you what take this " he handed her a small key chain with a raccoon on it " its sure to bring you luck no charge this time " he smile and began walking towards the border he still had to feed those orphans at the border " anyway whenever you are in the border seek me out I'm sure I'll have something that might interest you " he smile and walked away his gaze firm on the from " im yarvees by the way" he yelled as he walk.

Charima, Toohoo, Mist; a black she-wolf larger than a bear, an average sized brown wolf, and an albino-white she-wolf with red eyes and an ability for speed such that she was visibly holding back for the other two to keep up with her. Three wolves; three soldiers on a self-imposed mission.

It took the three of them two hours to reach the fox girl's burnt tree house. One look to each other, and they silently agreed to scout the perimeter. The fox girl wouldn't have thought about it; foxes were never as suspicious or as assiduous as wolves - it just wasn't in their nature.

The three wolves took their part, Mist scouring the remnants of the house for any traces, while Charima and Toohoo padded inside the perimeter of the surrounding trees, as silent as ghosts. For all they knew those who had done it could still be here, hiding out in trees; they could have already gone but left marks of their passage and of their guilt around. This was what they were looking for.

After a few minutes, Toohoo gave a soft bark for Charima to join him. When she caught up to where he was, he was prowling under a high tree. Understanding immediately, Charima nodded her wolf head at him, and he Shifted and became human again while she averted her gaze. He dressed quickly, and when he began to scale the tree Charima kept watch below him. Toohoo had always been better than her when it came to being agile; for things like climbing trees and obstacle courses, she had never been quite as silent as he was. Of course, Mist was even better than any of the pack, but her investigation of what was left of the house was more important, so Toohoo was left to do what she normally undertook.

"Chari," the brown-haired boy called down from above her. His head poked out from above a strong, thick branch. "There was someone here. They know their way around the forest; they lit a fire inside the bark to keep it lit during the night and avoid too much smoke. Small carcasses - rabbits, mice, birds - carefully hidden away. And - gunpowder! Chari, it's human gunpowder!"

Charima growled. That was all the confirmation she needed. It was a human who had burnt down the fox girl's tree house. And now she was going to follow their trail - even if it led her over the border and into the Clovek territory.

Charima threw her head up and howled. Instantly, Mist was beside her, her red eyes inquiring and hard and cold. Toohoo jumped down from the tree in one swift movement, and in under a minute he was a brown wolf, ready for anything.

They were going on a manhunt.

Ryuakuma heard someone run past her tent. Must be Lily she thought, should I go after her? Nah...why should I? She's just a mere human. No, she feels...like my sister...it makes me want to be with her. The thought about her sister made her wince, she killed her sister because she lost control over her powers. She knows she can control herself now. I'll just follow her, she thought, I'm not gonna talk to her... After Lily had gone a great distance away she steped out of her tent and flew up in to the sky, following Lily to her little shop. She saw Lily run in, she wanted to land but she was afraid others would see her. This is a human town, I can't just go barging in, she thought. So she landed to an abandoned ally way and turned into a human girl. Then she walked to the flower shop and knocked on the door...

Lilly was still on the floor, not knowing what to do with her life. "I should go check my flowers." She stood up and heard the knock. The girl peeked out the window and saw a strange looking girl standing there. Lilly tapped on the closed sign and walked to the back of her shop where her flowers where. She watered them and checked the for any flaws.

"Just a merchant?" Shadow looked upon the man from her tree perch, surveying who she knew was more than a merchant, yet she herself was a simple thief. She jumped down landing gracefully in front of the man, pretending to carefully examine her thin silver metallic-faced cards one upon seeing the odd patterns etched into the card faces could easily mistake them for tarot cards as one said gave away only Death. "If you are just a merchant," she mused, smirking, "Then perhaps you have goods for sale?" Her cards disintegrated into silver ashes which the young girl simply let scatter across the ground - "Ah! There goes the end of my deck..." Not expecting this, caused her to become irritated. "I'm a border traveler," Shadow continued, and I've almost been shot sixteen times...so, who, if I might ask, are you?"

" yarvees that's the name" I travel between the border and all the region to sale my stuff " he smiled " it seems though you got me at a disadvantage ms I don't see to have much to sell today " he said as prepared to leave " maybe next time we see each other I might have something, now if you excuse me I got a couple of people expecting and I don't want to keep them waiting " he prepared to walk away he had seen the cards and was keeping a close eye on them there was no way she was just a traveler after all it takes a thief to know one he observe carefully because if it was a trap he had to make his scape soon " well I'll be on my way now I'm sure we'll meet again have safe travels."