Raven Scouting

Well, she managed to shake those girls off. Kuro sighed as she returned her sight to the girl on the newspaper. It didn't seem like she was spotted. Of course she also suspected that Anja might have noticed her and just pretended otherwise. No proof for that, though, and she had no option but to wait and see how it would end for her. A small smirk appeared on her face at the possibility of the blonde trying to outsmart them. This should be fun.

Kuro headed to the bar and got herself a non alcoholic drink while sitting in a place where she could observe Anja's table without giving herself away. Unlike her sworn sister, she wasn't a heavy drinker, so Kuro didn't like to take the risk by drinking on a job. If her suspicion was confirmed, it probably wouldn't end with just one of them running off. At least, that's the impression she had from their last encounter.

Anja took her time to read the newspaper from the front page to the last page, taking a sip from her cup of tea or a bite from some of her snacks sometimes. This would probably tell her pursuer that she had indeed not noticed her if she could draw it out long enough, so she could chain the useful fact that she could read her newspaper with a real reason to do it instead of just reading it for the sake of it.

Finally she stood up and talked a little bit with the girl on the counter, who nodded and pointed to a door through which Anja went through where she was placing a sign with *caution, floor is wet* on the floor as soon as she was out of sight to block one road as soon as she was out of sight before passing through another door.

Kuro quickly finished her drink and paid for it the moment she saw Anja heading somewhere, only to find that her path was blocked by a dumb sign put by the staff. Part of her mind told her that it wasn't a coincidence, that the blonde had spotted her and trying to make her getaway through the back door or something. Anja seemed like a regular here, and that was an advantage Kuro didn't have. What should she do now? The door could lead to anywhere, like outside or a higher level. There's also a possibility that the blonde might have waited for her behind the door to ambush her or something.

She scoffed and decided not to make a ruckus by going out through the main entrance. That wasn't the end of her chase, though, as she would quickly look for an alternative exit around the building. Kuro might not be too familiar with the area, but she felt that Anja wouldn't be able to get away too far from her when she's wearing those high heels. Once she made her exit, Kuro would run around the building until she spotted a door, or even Anja herself. Hopefully she didn't end up running into the blonde just when the girl came out from the club. Discretion was still her priority after all.

Sadly for Anja, her plan did not work that well. The sign was probably too obvious, or maybe it was not good enough planned without water. Anyway, the other girl did not fall into the trap she had envisioned, so she had to think another way.

She would change clothes with a friend of the house who was also blonde, paid her a generous sum to just play along and walk away from the house after Anja had escaped the house through a supply hatch while her friend would try to lure Kuro a certain way where she could catch her by surprise, drag her in an elevator to pin her wrists against the walls quickly in case that her plan would succeed, with a certain glee and greed in the eyes.

There she goes, Kuro smirked as she caught the sight of the blonde walking away from the club. She was a little worried that Anja might have sneaked in from a secret door or something, but here they were once again, starting their tailing game from square one, or so it seemed.

The black haired girl kept her distance from her target, once again wondering where the blonde would take her this time. She still suspected that Anja already knew she's following her, and that the girl might lead her to a trap, but she decided to take the risk this time. There's no telling what could happen to her in the club with Anja being a regular there, but here, outside? Kuro felt like she could always outrun the high heels wearing blonde.

She kept walking with her eyes mostly fixed on her target's footwear, while trying to keep herself alerted on her surroundings for any possible ambush.

Anja tried to use the reflection on a nearby car to see when Kuro would actually come by. The girl surely was as paranoid as she was herself, she kind of had a smirk on the face. Funny how much the both of them were similar in a certain way.

Luckily it was a very quiet side road she had chosen, so she would step out from her cover as soon as Kuro was nearby.
„I kind of knew that you`d miss me.“
She would say with a grin on the face, while she had a hand in one of the pockets of her coat, to a candy bar that could be a pistol or not. Maybe. Kind of.
„Do you come with me voluntarily or do I have to, uhm, encourage you? I am pretty sure that you would not regret it, I still owe you a tie up.“

The moment she arrived at the quiet place, Kuro knew that she was right all along. However, to her surprise, the real Anja showed up, which meant that she could be up against two girls instead of one. Could be more. She noticed her blonde target kept a hand inside her pocket, but her expression remained calm for the time being. Even if Anja was carrying a gun, it's not like she could just shot her in the open like this.

"Hmmph, you're the one who's supposed to be tied up as far as I can remember..." she smirked while shifting her glance from Anja and the other blonde. "Why don't you all come at me together so we could finish this quicker," said the black haired girl without assuming any kind of fighting stance.

Her cover was blown so it was time for plan B. While she's still not sure if there were more person waiting to ambush her, Kuro was going to take her chance to try getting away from Anja and her friends. Things just got interesting for her now.

„Don`t be silly. Why should I need a second girl to confront you? The other Blonde is a pal from the club I paid for this little stunt.“
Anja laughed silently, but did not let go of her diversion of a gun. It could still be a taser or gas or something like that, so it wasn`t worthless for her.
„Do you want to spare us the chase through the streets and just come in like a good girl? It would be fun to overwhelm and have a little fun with you, but I don`t mind a little exercise too.“
Actually, Anja wasn`t too sure where a chase could lead them, but she was eager to possess Kuro after their first encounter and would invest time in that endeavor.

Kuro went silent for a bit as she considered her options. She thought that Anja was probably around her level, so taking her alone would probably enough to keep her occupied. As for the other blonde, she had no idea about how good the girl was, so dealing with two at the same time might be a bit problematic despite what she just said earlier. There's also an option to try taking the club girl by surprise and hold her as a hostage, but Kuro thought that Anja would probably just jump to protect her friend if the girl wasn't a fighter. In that case, she might be able to use her speed to turn around the situation against Anja and the other blonde.

"A proposal, perhaps?" she waved a hand calmly. "I'd rather keep this between us... and finish our disturbed business back then... So... how about the same deal as before? If you win, you can take me. If I win then I get to walk free."

After what happened between her and her first opponent in AFW, Kuro had to admit she found the idea of being someone else's captive was thrilling. Of course, there's a lot of risk involved in that, especially with someone who broke into her sworn sister's place. Kuro didn't get an impression that Anja was a lunatic or a psycho, but the risk was still there considering this was only their second meeting.

"Of course, fighting here on the street would only attract attention... from passerby... or even worse, the cops..." she added. "So I'll let you pick a place for our fight. If you or your friend tried something funny on the way, though... Well, let's say that you wouldn't even want to know what the consequences are..." Kuro smirked as she mentioned her little threat.

„Now you`re talking in a language I understand best!“
Anja was quite pleased that she did not have to chase after Kuro through the streets of Tokyo. For one, that was absolutely horrendous in a direction sense kind of thing, and second, she did not even want to run around through Tokyo from her paranoid streak. And robably most important of it all, success was not really easy at this option.

„Then enter here please, Madam.“
Anja smiled and bowed politely showing with both of her hands into the elevator before rising again to thank the girl from the club and send her away with her best wishes before she would wait for the other girl to step in.