A very long time ago, there lived a princess that the king loved very dearly. He loved her so much that he soon forgotten his love for his wife, Queen Midori. The queen, jealous and enraged, planned a conspiracy to kidnap that princess, also known as Hinamori Ami. She made a bargain with the rivaling kingdom to give half of her wealth if they would ever so rid her of Amu. And so they did. The king, unknown to this, wept when the guards report of her disappearance. Weeks, months pass by and Amu was not to be found. Alas, the king sulked in his corner, only to be relieved by his wife's cooing and soon, he had another daughter, Ami. While his new daughter had smiles of sunshine warmth her golden orbs still reminded him of his assumed to be dead daughter.

Thus, to relieve himself he grew fond of one entertainment. It was kabuki dancing, an elegant dancing technique where maidens and women alike wore kimonos and such extravagant clothing to perform. They sway their bodily movements, held out fans, and overlap their kimonos layering to create a live moving image.

Females were then trained in this and only the perfect could perform in the capital, and the best among elite, at the king's palace.

Amu POV

This place... Where am I..?

"So you finally woke up."

"Wha-"

Before the stranger could react I got into a fighting stance position, prepared to take him on. He looked at me wierdly before he covered his mouth to hold back laughs but failed terribly. He stiffled, "What the heck are you trying at?"

"Seeing that I am at an unknown location and you might try to kill me. I'm naturally defending myself."

"Not my fault if you were left by the mountains where wolves live close by and might decide to eat you."

That took me off guard. What the heck. Why would I be-

Shit. Who did this to me.

I narrowed my eyes at the person in front of me, he doesn't give the vibe of a bad guy but meh who knows if I can really trust him or not.

"Well for your information I'm Hinamori Amu, just a 13 year old princess of the Hinamori kingdom, now lemme go."

The guy facepalmed, and said, "Yeah, you're a princess, one that has been dead for like the past year. In any case I don't think you're lying but go take a bathe right now you look, um..."

I look down and gape at my unbecoming appearance. I'm literally covered in mud and leaves and my kimono sleeve ripped. More importantly, my ragged clothes gave away some of my body parts...

"PERVERT!"

With my outburst I took the opportunity to stomp away to wherever the hell the bathe was and after a good hour getting lost I finally found my way and there goes a passing of time by simply drowning myself in warm water...

Ikuto POV

Damn what the hell is wrong with that girl. I wonder if she's actually the princess though. But then, no one but the royal family knows how she looks like. Man life just gets crazy, time to call my drinking buddy-

"Called me?"

"Hey Naghiko."