Racing up the stairs he headed towards his room as fast as he could in dress shoes, he noticed his door was ajar. On guard now, he walked towards the door and pushed it open slowly. It swung open slowly, the room a blanket of darkness and shadows. He took a step into the room, then another. Bringing his fists up in front of his person in defense, he slid completely into the room.

Mori stood inside the closet, peering through the crack at the young boy who had just entered the room. Breathing slowly through his mouth he stayed still and silent, waiting for the unwanted intrusion to leave.

"Hello?" The blonde boy called, fists up as he entered farther into the room. "Who's there?" Mori stayed silent. "Come out, whoever you are!" Mori could hear footsteps in the adjoining room, two pairs of feet being none too silent. The blonde headed that way, a determined look on his young face.

'Hikaru, Kaoru. Go.' Mori thought, adjusting his position. Of course, the morons couldn't hear the silent order, and Mori being unable to speak into the mike to tell them sealed his fate.

Hunny walked up to the room that held the adjoining bathroom. Quickly, he slipped off his suit jacket, tie, and dress shoes. Then, opening the door, he pounced. There were two of them, and Hunny's element of surprised had caught them off guard as he dropped and kicked their feet from under them.

"Ouch!" Came the two voices. Hunny didn't relent.

"Hyah!" He said, the oxygen leaving his stomach just in time. One of the boys on the floor kicked him there, but no oxygen to be forced out meant a very unsuccessful attack! Hunny dodged another kick, moving below the kicking leg to smash his fist into the person's cheek.

"Damn it! Run!" One cursed. The two boys jumped up, hearing soldiers approaching rapidly outside the door. Hunny moved into a stance, daring them to take one step.

"You're not going to get away!" His childish voice had left him, his eye brows coming together to glare. The glare quickly became a look of shock as he was hauled up from behind. Hunny kicked his feet that were far off the ground as the arms tightened around his small frame.

"Go." Said the person bear hugging him. "Quickly." The two thieves smiled and nodded, giving Hunny one last look.

"Looks like we are getting away!" They snickered, nodding to their savior. Quickly, they threw open the bathroom window, before disappearing through it and scaling down the palace walls like monkeys. Hunny growled.

"Let me go!" The door to the bathroom flew open, blinding Hunny and his captor with the hall light.

'Damn it.' Mori thought as soldiers flooded the room. He was caught. And being the most well known thief on the Ouran Kingdom, that was a bad thing. A sharp pain in his arm reminded him of the little person he was holding captive, who was now gnawing viciously on his arm. Mori's eyes widened as he took the sight of who exactly he had in his arms. 'Shit.'

"Release the Prince!" Slowly, Mori sat the prince on his feet and expected him to run to the guards. Instead, he flipped around and punched him in the gut, sending the taller boy onto his knee's.

"That'll teach you to mess with me! Who are you?" The small prince drew up to his full height (Which wasn't very tall) and his shoulders moved back. "I demand you tell me now." Mori just looked at him impassively, locking eyes with the blonde for a moment or two in silence.

"His name that we know of is 'Mori' Young Lord." A soldier bowed to him, and the others moved to surround the tall boy with swords. "He's the infamous Ouran bandit, and now we have him." The soldiers turned, moving to take Mori with them when Hunny spoke up.

"Where are you taking him?" Once again he caught the tall boys eyes and they stayed like that, reading each other.

"The dungeon, where he will await trial. Most likely, My Lord, he will be put to death." Mori did not flinch, he did not blink, he didn't even act like he heard such a thing come from the leading soldier.

"No."

"What My Lord?"

"You will take him to the dungeon, but I will speak with father about what is to happen afterwards."

"But Sir, he's a bandit-."

"And you are a soldier, who is speaking out of his place." The Prince's voice rang with finality. "Do as I have ordered." He finally broke eye contact with Mori, turning on his heel and gliding from the room, back towards the party. His hand touched the banister, and he paused, looking over his shoulder with cold eyes. "Now, Soldier."

The soldiers all flinched and hastily did as he was told, taking the infamous thief to the dungeon to await his fate.

"Father, I have a request." Prince Hunny muttered beside his father, leaning into his ear. "Please, follow me into the gardens." The King gave his son a peculiar look before nodding and following his oldest into the gardens, where they found a seat on a bench near the fountains, guards nearby just in case.

"What is it you need Mitsukuni?" The King gazed at him. The Prince smiled slightly, looking at his dad.

"We caught the bandit Mori in my bed chambers after I fought off two others he helped escape."

The King rose to his feet with a large smile. "Finally! He who is uncatchable is caught! This is phenomenal news Son! Very well done! His execution will be a wondrous event!"

"That is the matter I need to discuss with you Father." Hunny's childish voice was gone, this moment was precious, and he needed his dad to take him seriously. "I beg you not to kill him, instead let him serve his time as my foot servant."

"Mitsukuni, that is ridiculous! He is a thief, a no good scoundrel! His death would be something to rejoice! And he is dangerous, not a docile servant!"

"He could have killed me dad, but he didn't." Hunny rose to his feet, staring directly into his eyes. "He had the chance but he didn't. Father, I beg you for your mercy and to entertain my wishes for a trial period. Let him serve him to serve his debt to the city. He is of no use dead."

"I don't know Mitsukuni." The King rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Why are you so adamant about this?"

"He's got kind eyes Father." The King studied his sons smile. "He can't be as dangerous as you all believe with eyes like those. I don't believe it."

The King was silent.

"Please Father. For a birthday present."

"Fine. But only for a trial period, a time of which we will discuss later. Now let us get back to your party." The King swept off back towards the castle, Hunny smiling as he followed.

Hours later, Mori sat behind the cold steel bars with a sense of emptiness. There was no way he could escape, even with the others help. He was as good as dead. Unless the Prince pulled off some miracle, Mori would be thieving with the devil the next morning. But why would the Prince even want to help him? He did threaten him after all.

A clank of a door opening and shutting caught the thief's attention. He silently slid to his feet, moving into the shadows to be camouflaged from whoever was coming. There was a light tap of shoes as the person neared, rounding a corner.

"Where are you? Come on out please." The Prince's voice drift softly to his ears, and he instantly relaxed. "Please?" Mori stood back up straight, moving into a beam of moonlight that filtered through a barred window. "There you are!" Hunny smiled. "I'm Prince Hunny."

"I know."

"And your Mori." Mori studied the shorter boy with interest. "Wanna be friends?" The thief blinked.

"What is my fate?" He asked quietly.

"You will serve me as my foot servant for a trial period. If you're on your best behavior, then your position will be permanent and you will not be put to death." The Prince grinned. "Father said it was fine because I said you have kind eyes."

Mori blinked again. Was this kid crazy? He didn't have kind eyes. He was a bandit! Not a nice guy . . . wasn't he? Wonderful. Now he was doubting himself. He shook his head slightly, noticing the Prince had moved with keys to the door.

"If you promise not to run I'll let you out now." He said with a small smile. "Promise?" Mori nodded wordlessly. "Okay." Hunny unlocked the door and opened it.

Mori was past him in three seconds flat, headed for the stairs while his heart leapt in triumph. He raced towards his escape route but slowed to a stop when he didn't hear pursuit by soldiers or the Prince. He turned and saw the Prince was standing where he had left him, a small, sad smile on his face as he was bathed in moonlight.

"I knew you'd run." He sighed. Mori blinked again. He wasn't chasing him? "And I won't stop you, but I don't know if I can protect you if they catch you again." Mori slowly moved towards the blonde, his feet moving of their own command until he was beside the Prince, who looked up at him with confused eyes.

"I will serve you, but I will eventually escape." Mori mutter in his soft spoken way.

Prince Hunny just smiled. "What's your name?"

"Takashi Morinozuka."

"Nice to meet you Takashi Morinozuka. I am Mitsukuni Haninozuka." The Prince grinned at him. Mori nodded in response, allowing the shorter boy to lead him back up the stairs.

"Takashi?" Mori looked down at him, seeing the soft smile on the innocent seventeen year olds face. "Thank you." Mori tilted his head, questioning the Prince. "No, don't ask why. Just thank you." The he continued walking. "Now's the start of your new life!"

A/N: I suck. I know. Making you all wait so long for the second chapter, but I've been so busy and I've had writers block. But at least I'm consistently late, that has to count for something right? :3 Any way, I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Until next time, which should be soon since I'm into the story again! Remember, the more reviews, the faster the updating! Hope you enjoyed it!

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