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A brunette haired girl groaned as she opened her eyes and looked around to see where she was, only to realize she was at the Agency, she noticed her sisters sleeping on two chairs closest to the door on her left, and looked to her right to see her cousin waking up as well as the two looked at each other while remembering what happened before they passed out. "So you two finally come to..." A voice exclaimed as the two looked towards the voice to see it was Kunikida who had his eyes closed. "Uncle?/Kunikida..." Both the brunette and the gray haired male known as Atsushi exclaimed while looking at him, who turned to face them. "Damn it, Kids. I can't believe you two pulled that stunt and at such a busy time." Kunikida exclaimed as the cousins looked at each other as they remembered what happened before blacking out, the brunette sat up as she turned to face her cousin and uncle figure. "Is Juni and Naomi okay?" She asked the male as her cousin sat up super fast, concerned for the duo. "Just calm down. They're both okay." He exclaimed while reading his book, not looking at either one of the cousins. "Are you sure... really sure?" Atsushi asked, as the blonde haired male looked at him. "Yes. Dr. Yosano is treating Tanizaki next door as we speak." He exclaimed, as the trio heard screaming only for it to stop, causing Atsushi to look towards his cousin. "That's... medical... treatment?" He uttered as the girl sighed in response while nodding.

"Don't ask." She uttered as Kunikida went back to reading his book. "I heard a rumor...There's a bounty for your head on the black market and I heard from Jun'ichiro that Katelyn knows the port mafia. The bounty may be as high as seven billion yen by now." He exclaimed as both cousins tensed up to what he was saying to them, however Katelyn tried to not show it. "Seven billion yen. You've moved up in the world. Now wonder the port mafia wants to get their hands on you, but why Katelyn?" Kunikida uttered, as he looked at both cousins, as they remembered what Akutagawa told them. "It's all beginning to make sense. W-W-What should I do? The Mafia might attack the Agency at any time." Atsushi exclaimed, as he began panicking about the news he was told after waking up. "Sushi, chill. It's gonna be fine." Katelyn exclaimed as she moved to sit beside her cousin on his bed, who slowly calmed down. "It's true that the port mafia are extremely violent, but you must keep your cool. Otherwise you could wind up dead...not that I care." He exclaimed, as Katelyn silently made a fist that was well hidden while slowly getting mad at him for saying such a thing. "Kunikida, your book is upside down." She exclaimed, as the male fixed it before slowly standing up as he began shouting at Atsushi and Katelyn.

"They'll come for sure. You are the one who brought this on, both of you. The worst-case scenario may come to pass...Think carefully about what you will do." Kunikida told the duo, as Atsushi began wondering, before noticing his cousin's body shaking and was wondering why she didn't mention it. Kunikida asked them where his glasses were, before he left the room and once the brunette haired girl pointed to his head, he grabbed them before leaving them be. The brunette haired girl sighed, as she got up to go grab her phone from her belongings on a nearby table. "Cous, I didn't want to ask in front of Kunikida but how do you know the port mafia?" Atsushi, softly asked his cousin who was silent for a moment as she sat back on her bed and stared at the floor. "It's a long story and I'm not ready to tell anyone yet, it's not against you sushi. The others don't know and I want to keep it that way, until I'm ready to tell them." She exclaimed as the boy nodded, understanding. The cousins took turns, getting dressed before heading to the kitchen to grab something to eat and drink, since they were hungry. As they were grabbing some snacks, they heard a load bang causing both of them to run towards the window to see where it was. "Shit!" Katelyn exclaimed, as she gripped her bookbag while running out of the building and ran towards the site, with her cousin following behind her. Once they arrived, the girl's eyes widen as she saw all the damage inflicted from the explosion.

Atsushi, stood beside his cousin as they looked at the scene while listening to what the people were saying. Both cousins began shaking but for different reasons, which the other didn't know. They both left the scene, as they were heading back to the agency, the brunette haired girl stopped causing her cousin to look at her confused. "I need to make a call, if you want to leave, I'll go with you, just meet me at our spot." She exclaimed, as the boy nodded while heading back as the girl headed towards a pay phone booth and entered it, while dialing a number from a card she was given. 

The phone began ringing, before a voice answered. "Yes? Who is this?" A voice belonging to a woman known as Ichiyo Higuchi, exclaimed as the brunette tried her best to be calm. "Hey, guchi." She exclaimed as she felt her hands shaking and had a hard time breathing. "Katie? If it's about the weretiger, that was an order and i can't go against it-" She began explaining only to be cut off by the brunette haired girl. "It's not that...um, I know that this might be selfish but is there anyway, you can connect me with Akutagawa or a different member or see if they can meet up with me. I'm having that thing I mentioned to you guys and I don't want to be alone.." She exclaimed, while breathing in and out multiple times as she felt her whole body shaking, causing her to sit down on the bench in the phone booth as Higuchi grew concern over the phone for her friend. "Of course, um, Mr. Akutagawa doesn't have his phone on him at the moment, but I know the black lizard  is in the area so I can ask them if they can go to you. Okay, I'll call you back." She exclaimed as the brunette nodded, before replaying okay as she hung up the phone while grabbing her stuff to sit outside of the phone booth.

Meanwhile, Higuchi was given her personal phone to call the black lizard. "We're all here." A man known as Ryuurou exclaimed as he put her on speaker for everyone to hear. "Glad to hear it." She exclaimed, while she looked at a picture of herself with Katelyn and her sisters. "We're ready. What target requires three of us to bring it down?" He exclaimed as the woman looked up from the picture. "The Target..was supposed to be the Armed Detective Agency's office but something came up." She exclaimed, confusing the black lizard. "Why aren't we pursuing the weretiger? And what came up?" He asked, as the blonde haired woman sighed. "The previous attempt failed because the Agency interfered, but this time, I got a call from Katelyn. She called me, sounding very anxious and mentioned she was having a panic attack and requested someone go help her out because she didn't want to be alone." She exclaimed to the black Lizard as a red haired male walked closer to the phone that the leader of his group was holding. "Did she say she didn't want to be alone?" He asked, having a hunch on the panic attack she might be having which was confirmed once Higuchi agreed with his statement. "Very well, we will go to her. She has a tracker on her phone and we will make sure, she gets home safety." Ryuurou exclaimed before hanging up on the woman, as he looked at his phone to find the girl.

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A brunette haired girl, known as Katelyn Nakajima was trying to take deep breathes to calm herself down from her panic attack but it wasn't helping. "Buttercup? Are you okay?" A voice exclaimed, causing her to look up as she locked eyes with the black lizard group who looked at her with concern, as she shook her head for no. Tachihara, the red haired male helped the girl up onto her feet as he brought her into his embrace which she gladly took as her tears came flowing down her rosy cheeks. "I don't know what happened, I was with my cousin who's the weretiger and talking to one of my uncle figures in the agency when this attack began so I didn't know who to call besides you guys and Akutagawa, I'm sorry..." She exclaimed between breathes as she explained while still hugging Tachihara who began rubbing her back, to comfort her. "Shh, it's okay. Don't be sorry for calling us, we are always here for you whenever you need it." He exclaimed as Gin, the dark haired girl who was always silent, began rubbing the girl's back as well while wiping her tears away as she looked at them.

"As much as we would love for you to stay with us, we should bring you back to the Agency." Tachihara exclaimed as he let go of the girl, to grab her belongings before grabbing her hand as the group and the brunette began walking back towards the agency when they heard gunshots, which shocked all of them since the black lizard group was told of their previous mission before it was canceled so they could help their friend. The group began running towards the agency, as they saw the were tiger ahead of them but when they entered the room of the main office, they saw the black lizard's men knocked out. Which shocked them and Atsushi Nakajima who jumped when he felt someone touch his shoulder only to calm down when he saw it was his cousin. "Katelyn, why are you with the black lizard of the port mafia?" Kunikida asked his niece figure as the girl wanted to speak but no words came out, so Tachihara came to her rescue. "She was running errands, and we ran into her by mistake so to make up for it, we walked her back her to keep her out of danger." He exclaimed as he handed her belongings to her before waving bye to her as he left with his group. Atsushi and Katelyn locked eyes with each other, as they watched the agency members including the girl's sisters talk about the damages.

"O...kay." Atsushi uttered regarding Kunikida's comment, causing Katelyn to look at him as she noticed the boy began crying and laughing at the same time, causing her to hug him, which he gladly returned. "Are you crying?" Kunikida asked as Atsushi shut his eyes, since he was facing him while hugging his cousin and denied he was crying, leading to a fight between Kunikida and Atsushi about it. "Let him cry if he wants, Kunikida." The brunette haired girl exclaimed as she pulled away from the hug with her cousin to look towards the older male to punch his arm causing him to groan in pain but let it go.

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