[Sakura D'aron]

Sakura had been too intent on keeping Tony in sight and thus she had not been able to keep track of Ken, she only hoped that he would shut the hell up and not get himself killed. She couldn’t deal with the death of one so young, especially if his death was the result of her inability to protect him properly.

Tony and Sak were about to go at each other again when everyone heard Alexander, especially Sakura. Amazingly, everyone was obviously caught off guard by this new arrival, even Sakura. So everyone seemed to have frozen on their tracks... Sakura included.

Alexander had spend enough time at Sakura's tavern, so he wasn't a new sight. And he was particularly well know to this particular gang, well, was well known as a person you've never spoken with but seen on a daily basis can be. Tony and his companions knew for a fact that Alex was whom Tony had called 'Sakura's shadow' for Alex was often seen with her, they knew he lived with her, and they knew that he could scare most just with a simple but rather determined glare if anyone so much a looked at Sakura the wrong way.

It took a minute or two for Sakura to even move, she was that much in shock to hear Alex's voice. She was relieved on one hand, because she knew he would protect her, scared on the other hand because she didn't want him to get hurt on her account, and at the same time she was worried about his reaction to her venturing out at night alone. She knew Alexander's temper well enough and she knew he could take it the wrong way that she had not told him where she was off to and asked him to come along. At the moment she was more terrified of having Alex feel insulted by her actions than at the prospect of being killed by Tony and his servants. She knew how important trust was to Alex, and bless his heart he may take this as a lack of trust on her part when that wasn't it at all. She just... hadn't thought of it really. And she hadn’t wanted to bother him... was that bad?

Momentarily forgetting about Tony she slowly turned around to face Alex. "Alex..." She whispered as if to verify if he was really there. "I umm.... I'm sorry?" She said blankly. Seeing him there smiling was as usual confusing to her in a very distracted sort of way. "Thing is, I wasn't expecting to run into anyone tonight." She said suddenly glaring at Ken. If only he'd kept his voice down, they might've never run into these idiots! She was still glad that the kid was unharmed though.

And just like that, everyone seemed to have gotten over their initial shock at Alex's unexpected appearance. "Shoulda figured you'd show up sooner or later. Not like you ta let little Miss Sak here wander the streets alone at this particular time eh?" Tony said suddenly. And it was then that Sakura remembered the situation they were in, but before she could even turn to face Tony again he'd walked up behind her wrapped an arm around her waist and pressed his dagger to her throat with his free hand. "Well then, what will it be?" He said evilly as he signaled his men to close in on Alex. Three of them did so and the other two stayed at Ken's side to ensure he wouldn't run off.

The three men going after Alex didn't seem too reassuring, what with Alex handling a war hammer and them only daggers. But they knew better than to contradict Tony.

Sakura angry at being trapped again stomped on Tony's foot, but he did not release her. "Do that again wench and I'll slit your throat without a thought." Tony said angrily as he pressed the dagger harder against her throat. All Sak could do was watch in horror at Alex and Ken, for now she would just have to bide her time.