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A/N: This chapter is dedicated to my grandfather who passed away earlier last year. May he rest eternally in peace through God's mercy.

Instead of going all at once, Asuka felt that he could take care of this himself, and thus, decided to go alone. "You sure you can take her by yourself?" Asked Sawatari. "No prob! She can't be any more difficult than those punks we faced earlier." Answered a more than confident Asuka. "I really hope you know what you're doing…" worried Alex.

That night…

Asuka made it to the building in his work clothes as he saw several police cars crowded around the entrance not to mention, strangely enough, a crowd of people shouting objections and bearing signs proclaiming: "Saint Tail: Seika loves you!" "Robin hood was a thief too!" "God bless Saint Tail!" and so on. Asuka made his way through the crowd and came up to a police man. "State your business." He said. "The mayor sent me" replied Asuka, removing his hood. "Right this way, sir." Said the policeman.

"What's up with the bozos?" Asuka wondered aloud. "Believe it or not, there are some people who think of Saint Tail as a hero." Answered the cop. "Let me guess: it's because she steals stolen items and returns them." Asuka Said dully. "Yep…" The policeman said.

They came to the courtyard of the building and were approached by several policemen. "Will you require backup sir" one of them said. "No, thanks. I brought my own." He replied. He then snapped his fingers and in a flash of light, several sword-laden humanoid creatures (the "samurai", his servants) materialized. "What do you wish of us, my liege?" one of the beings spoke telepathically. "Ok. Here's how we'll do this: police guys will take the inside, my guys will take the inside, and I'll take the center." He said. "You heard him! Let's go!" Said the police man.

Later…

Asuka Waited Boredly (Is that a word?) for the thief to get there. He sighed. "She's not coming…" he said disappointedly.

Just then, he heard a series of running footsteps when a lone figure came into view. Manipulating the darkness around him to shroud himself, he waited for her to take the bait.

The figure came closer…and closer…

"Bingo"

Using his flight power, he zipped towards her with his keyblades in each hand. When he reached her, he crossed his keyblades in front of her.

"Don't move." He said, trying to sound intimidating while at the same time trying to not overdo it.

Imagine his surprise when the figure's shadowy form dissolved into a group of black satin ribbons.

He sighed. "Damn it…" he cursed.

And THAT was when he decided to turn around…

"Hi!"

"AHH!"

A.N.: And remember! The more revews I get, the more effort I put into this!