Sunset walked down through town, she had finished restocking the ship and had now decided to visit the town, despite the looks passerby's would give her, it was better than the town she had come from. she mo longer called it her home, she wasn't welcome there, and she'd rather it be that way. As she walked past a bar a wolf stumbled out, the smell of cigarettes and beer lingered on his scent. Sunset shrivelled her nose at the smell, trying to avoid him, but the wolf stumbled and fell into her, the two fell to the gravel floor, sunset rolled away from the wolf, standing up and dusting herself off, the wolf growled at her "watch where your going bitch" "what?" Sunset looked at him with surprise, he was severely intoxicated, and staggered towards her, poking a finger on her chest "you heard me, I know what you are, pirate" he spat " your not welcome here" sunset pulled his hand away from her "look sir, I'm not here to trouble you.." "don't touch me you filthy animal" He bared his teeth angrily, the hair on the back of his neck standing on end.

"I am no filthy animal, and pirates are not as bad as you make them seem. Now please sir, I don't want to fight you-" the wolf took a swing at her, his claws dragging a long, jagged cut across her eye, she cried out in pain, and her hands flew to cover the wound. blood instantly pooling down her face, her eye closed tight and her fur stained red, a crowd had begun to form around them, the drunken men from the bar cheered, someone yelled out "show that filthy pirate what they're worth" sunset dipped her head, growling softly.

The wolf lunged at her again, she dodged him, and pulled her knife from her pocket, taking a chunk out of his ear, her tail flickered with agitation. The wolf growled and  lunged again, the crowd cheered as he knocked her down, he lifted his head, opting to tear her throat out with his jaws, she rolled out of the way as he snapped at her, shoving him backwards and swiping at him with the knife, catching his shoulder. She stood again and searched for an escape, but the crowd had thickened, and formed a circle around them, they were cheering for the wolf, and calling out insults and chanting for the wolf to kill her, she dodged another of his attacks, and slammed him against a wall, pressing the knife to his throat and pinning him against the wall with her arm.

Mello heard the noise coming from the streets, excusing himself from the awkwardly quiet table where his parents sat. He stood and rushed out the door, into the chanting crowd. He pushed his way through, spotting sunset holding an old friend of his against a wall with a knife at his throat, blood dripping down her face. He called out "sunset?! Steel!" Sunset turned to look at him, then released the drunken wolf and took off, running down an alleyway. The person standing beside Mello called out after her "that's it! Get out of here! Your not welcome here" Mello shot the man a look, pushing past the crowd and following after steel.

He grabbed him by the arm and turned him around, getting a whiff of the strong stench of alcohol on his breath. "Meeeeel!" He smiled "how's it been old friend? I thought you died on that ship, it was in the paper, the whole crew went missing, presumed dead" Mello glared at him "what do you think your doing?" Steel frowned "you mean the pirate? They don't belong here Mel, you know what they're like. I'm just... yknow, pest control" He smiled and Mello punched him "how dare you say that, don't you remember your past?! Your just like them, only worse" he growled. Steel screwed up his nose, "I'm nothing like them, Besides, I only took that job because I needed the money" Mello furrowed his brows "don't you dare touch her, or I'll kill you" steel rolled his eyes "welcome home buddy, a shame you've affiliated with those 'swashbuckling' shitheads" Mello growled and grabbed the wolf's shirt "I'm warning you steel" the wolf snorted "alright alright, calm down. You don't want to lose yourself " He snickered. Mello shoved him back and left.

A few hours later two figures reached out and dragged him into an alleyway, gagging him and beating him, tying him up and shoving him to the floor, they continued to kick at him until he was slipping in and out of consciousness. They ran from the alleyway, passing sunset on their way, sunset heard Mello's soft whimpers and rushed into the dark "mello? Where are you" her ears pricked, searching in the dark for a sound, and finally a tiny voice half whispered "down here" sunset rushed to him, spotting him covered in cuts and brushes, his arms tied behind his back and a cloth hung from his neck, the gag he had wriggled out of his mouth "what happened to you?" Sunset crouched down and pulled him from the hole the two had shoved him in, Mello coughed, "steel.. he sent his goons after me.." sunset untied him and removed the gag, helping him back to the ship.