Tired of Being Good. (open <3)

Kasha lay down silently, continuing to listen. Normally he would just leave, but two meta-humans and a bank robbery was news, especially considering who committed the robbery. For now he was just waiting for something interesting to happen and listening closely to everything said. Some would consider eavesdropping rude. For Kasha, it was as entertaining as gossip and could potentially be much more useful. Besides, did it matter what a mute wolf knew?

While he watched, he started playing a game. How long did it take before he was noticed? The goal was never; he didn't want anyone to know that he witnessed what happened here, but it could still happen.

Kris kissed Isabel's hand, "Kristoff Makarov, assassin, thief, romantic, your favorite nightmare." Kris winked at her, just because she hated Bow doesn't mean that Izzy couldn't fall for her mysterious friend. Kris looked around and saw two pure white eyes and sighed, "Come on out, you won't get hurt. It was always something, but how long had this stranger been watching? What if it was a rival assassin? Kris would dispatch of him or her. He'd gotten good at that.

When Isabel said that it wasn't impossible for them to be friends, Bow lit up. But then thought about it and turned off her light again, not wanting to hurt Isabel anymore. She smiled sweetly and looked over to her happily. "You can get back at me any way you deem appropriate... Just please remember that I don't regenerate like you do..." She giggled and then thought about her last sentence in particular. "I much prefer an honest thief to a lying hero." It held so much truth that Bow couldn't help but continue dwelling on it, and probably would keep doing so for a very long time to come.

When Kris introduced himself, Bow rolled her eyes playfully and giggled. But before she could reply to that, he said something of interest. Her eyes spun to where his were looking and bit her lip gently, wondering who else had been lurking in the shadows. She didn't want to get caught. It had gone so smoothly up until this point.

Isabel went along with it when Kristoff took her hand and kissed it. He was shaping up to be a real gentleman. The only thing that confused her was his introduction. It sounded more like a resume, than an introduction. An assassin, thief, romantic... and her favorite nightmare? She understood the first three, and in fact considered herself to be a hopeless romantic when in the right mood. She'd read Romeo and Juliet at least a million times. But how would this guy know about her favorite nightmare?

"...you mean the recurring one, with the clowns? That one's scary. How'd you know I had dreams like that?"

She questioned the man, seemingly oblivious to the outlandish pick up line he'd used. Then she glanced at Bow, who had said that she could get her payback any way she deemed. The thought brought a wicked smile to Isabel's face.

"Oh... I've got just the thing in mind... Kehehehehehehehehe~"

And in an instant, Isabel pounced! She grabbed the newly turned villain and started tickling her fiercely. She would not stop until the other girl was crying. Then, payback would have been completed. After she'd brought her victim to tears, she inspected around to find who Kristoff was talking to. When she did she let out a yelp and jumped a little.

"Ah! You scared me!"

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The three teens continued to converse for a moment longer, with the most recently arrived Kristoff seeming to flirt with the second girl now.  A real charmer he was...

And a very keen eye to.  It seemed that the boy was more attentive than others.  Now noticed, Kasha was faced with a choice.  Run, come forward, vanish, or do nothing?  

Running was pointless, as he would either escape or be found out.  There was only a small chance they would let him run without following, too small to be worth considering.  If he wanted to escape all he had to do was vanish, but that would leave him without knowing what would happen next.  Then again, he already knew all the important details.  Bow robbed a bank.  He couldn't think if any information he could gain by sticking around.

Wait...yes he could.  What would Bow do with the stolen money?  Store it?  Spend it?  Give it away?  And where to?  Was it worth sticking around to find out?  And a better question; if he was found out, what would that do?  Kristoff wouldn't have a clue who or what Kasha was, as they had never met before.  Would he be a danger to Annie if he found out?  If Kristoff saw Kasha as a threat, and found out his relation to Annie, he may threaten or attempt to hurt her.  What were the chances that would happen?  Kasha already could sense suspicion in the boy.  

And yet, what would Kristoff think if Kasha ran away or vanished?  He would hold a suspicion, and if Kristoff ever saw those white eyes again he would instantly feel that suspicion again.   Perhaps it was better just to come out in a non threatening manner, and Kasha knew just how to do that.

Isabel would likely not care much if she found the person watching them to be Kasha, but likewise would probably grow suspicious if she found out it was him.  She would also recognize Kasha from when they met in the park...or would she?  Kasha had shown himself to Isabel in his cheetah form when they met.  If he came out in any other form, would she recognize him?  If the answer was yes, would that be a bad thing?  Assuming she did, Kasha again assumed she would not care.  She might tell Annie to tell her pet to keep his nosy nose to himself, but he didn't think she would do much more.  She had said just a moment ago that she preferred honesty.  Kasha could understand that; he appreciated honesty too.  In fact, thinking about it, Kasha realized he really had no reason to hide from Isabel at all.  

Then finally, Bow.  Kasha already knew right now that Bow posed no threat to Kasha or Annie even if she found out he learned what happened here.  So what would be the problem with Bow finding out Kasha learned?  Kasha did not know whether or not Bow picked up on their last encounter the fact that Kasha and Annie can speak to each other.  He knew that Bow knew they shared a bond, but did she know it was that deep?  Assuming she did, how would Bow react to knowing that Annie knew she became a thief?  Mostly likely, it would send her on a guilt trip.  She would probably plead for Kasha not to tell Annie, or for Annie not to tell anyone else.  

Actually...that might be a good thing.  It may or may not deter Bow from future crime, knowing that anyone could be watching her at any time and scare her into changing her mind about continuing this kind of thing.  Then again, did it matter to Kasha what Bow did as long as it didn't affect Annie?  Bow didn't seem to be the kind to hurt people anyway.  At least...not now.  Would that change if she continued down this road?  

Thinking about it, Kasha realized that Bow already had hurt people.  Physically no, but financially yes.  Bow had just stolen money from everyone who invested in that bank.  Any damages she caused to the building had to be replaced, which would cost the bank more money in addition to what she had stolen.  The banks reliability would likely go down, as well as the number of people investing in it.  The bank would lose money and the people would loose a little more of what little sense if security they had in a crime-infested city, all thanks to Bow.  Was that something Kasha should be concerned about?  If he had any power in stopping Bow, should he try to?  He figured the answer was yes.

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Kasha decided that coming out of his hiding place was worth the risk after all, but would do so in the least threatening manner possible.  He slowly shifted down to his kitten form, likely unnoticed due to still being hidden in the darkness, and got up before starting to leisurely sprint out towards the trio, watching their reactions.  Kasha came to just a few feet in front of the closest teen, and plopped his little bum down on the pavement.  He stared up at them with wide and curious eyes, and said the only thing that was fitting for a creature as majestic as him to speak; *Nya~.*  

Kris rolled his eyes at Isabel, not getting such an obvious metaphor. He snickered at the punishment as his phone went off, some Russian rock song he heard on the radio, it was an old contractor, he hit ignore. He looked over at the kitten and kneeled down to pet it, "Hey there little guy, you scared us." Kristoff smiled at it and stood back up, sighing as he saw movements in the shadows, the contractor must've been calling to warn him about another contract put on the young assassin, isn't that how it goes? Contracts on the contract killers.