"You've done really well so far." Kaiji whispered to Ami as they made their way through the crowd.

Ami had spent the past hour mingling with some of the other guests, all of whom knew her father. She'd managed to hold her own when they got into topics of politics and asking her opinions on certain issues. She had always loved reading the newspaper in the morning when she was growing up, and had a special fondness for the politics section. Her grandmother used to laugh at her, always joking about how special of a girl she was for reading up on politics at such a young age. Little had Ami known that politics had just been in her veins all along. Kaiji loomed nearby as she chatted with the other guests, and finally, upon seeing Ami's exacerbated expression, whisked her away towards the bar.

He ordered them drinks and handed one to her, leaning slightly against the bar. "I didn't know you were so into politics."

Ami shrugged. "It interested me growing up, so I read a lot about it."

Kaiji smiled, taking a sip from his drink. "I'm impressed."

"I'm just full of surprises." Ami teased, sipping politely at her drink.

"I can see that."

Ami looked up to see a man began making his way towards them, a smile on his face. Ami leaned towards Kaiji quickly, nodding his head towards the gentleman. "Who's that?"

Kaiji looked to the man she'd indicated. "That would be Haku Takahashi. He's one of your father's foreign ambassadors."

Ami sighed. "Back to work." Kaiji smiled down at her, winking discreetly as he stepped away to allow Ami to chat with the ambassador.

The ambassador came up to Ami with a smile and stuck his hand out to hers. "You must be the prime minister's daughter. I've heard a lot about you tonight. I'm Haku Takahashi." Ami shook hands with him with a smile. He didn't look to be much older than herself, at least not by more than a few years. He was a rather tall man, almost as tall as Kaiji, and peered down at her with a grin.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Takahashi. I'm Ami Fujioko." She replied politely.

"Please, call me Haku." He said, leaning against the bar next to her.

"Alright, Haku. This is quite the nice party."

Haku laughed. "Yes it is. It's not really my thing though. I've never been too comfortable at these events."

Ami smiled. "I'm still getting used to them myself."

"So what is it that you think about your father's new foreign policies? I hear that he's planning to announce them soon."

"I think that they're quite fair. I do not know all of them myself, as he tries not to tell me too much about that sort of thing, but from what I have heard, I think they will do a lot of good for this country."

Haku raised an eyebrow curiously at her. "What makes you say that?"

"This country just could use a little more order when it comes to issues such as terrorism, and I think my father has come up with a splendid plan to help to do with things such as that."

"You know, you're quite intelligent for the prime minister's daughter."

Ami knitted her brows. "Are you suggesting that as the prime minister's daughter, I am supposed to be dim-witted about what goes on in my own country?"

"Oh no, I didn't mean it that way, I apologize if I offended you. I just meant that you seem very intelligent."

Ami straightened herself. "I apologize, I shouldn't have snapped at you in that way."

"No, no, I had that one coming. I should know better than to insult someone as radiant as you." Haku laughed, stepping in closer towards Ami. He continued to lean into the counter next to her, but edged closer to her until he was uncomfortably close to her.

Ami laughed uncomfortably. "I'm not that radiant I assure you."

"Oh but you are my dear. You easily outshine the other women here."

"You seem very… young, to be an ambassador." Ami quickly changed the subject.

Haku smiled at her. "Yes well I was just very lucky to have been given this position. Your father has been very kind to me." The music that had been playing gently in the background picked up its tempo and began to play more loudly. Haku took the drink that Ami had been holding in her hands and placed it on the bar next to his. He then held out his hand to her and smiled.

"And I hope you will very kind to me by dancing with me." Haku said, beaming confidence as he took her hand in his without her saying a word, and leading her towards the dance floor. Ami glanced over her shoulder at Kaiji, who had been standing nearby, and saw that he was staring daggers at them. Ami swallowed thickly.

Haku led them out into the middle of the dance floor, with all of the other couples, and pulled her into him. He wrapped one arm around her waist, and held her hand firmly with the other. He then began twirling them about, dancing in tempo with the music. Ami wasn't a very good dancer, and found herself struggling to keep up with him. She was quite unused to the dancing that Haku was trying to do, and tried desperately not to fall. She became quite embarrassed when she tripped, and Haku had to hold her up.

He smiled down at her, as the hand on her waist drew little circles lazily against her back. "You're really a terrific dancer."

She felt her face flush with the movements of his hand. "Y-You're just saying that so I'm not embarrassed that I tripped."

Haku leaned forward, pressing his cheek against hers. "I mean it. A beautiful lady such as yourself just seems to float naturally around the dance floor." He whispered into her ear. Ami wasn't sure as to how to get herself out of this situation she now found herself in, with Haku's hand traveling up and down her back. She didn't like him touching her in that way, but wasn't sure how to tell him that without offending her father's foreign ambassador.

"I'd like to cut in now." A voice sounded from behind her. Haku looked up at the person behind them. He stopped swaying Ami about and smiled. He lifted her hand up and pressed a quick kiss to it.

"It was a pleasure Ami." He said politely, before turning on his heel and retreating. Ami spun around to see Kaiji standing behind her.

"Kaiji…" She whispered as he came forward and grabbed her waist, pulling her up against him. He took her other hand, as Haku had, and began dancing with her. Unlike Haku, he didn't seem to want to try to impress her with his dancing, but just held her securely against him as he merely swayed to the music that now played gently in the background.

Ami looked up at Kaiji. "Thank you for that."

"You shouldn't have let him do that."

"Well one he didn't really give me a choice, and two I didn't want to appear rude."

Kaiji looked down at her sternly. "Stay away from him. I don't like him."

"W-Why?"

"I just don't. I don't like the way that he was looking at you. And touching you like that." Kaiji averted his eyes from her.

"What do you…?" Ami started, but her sentence was cut short when there was a loud crashing noise that came from the entrance. Before Ami could question what the noise was, a few shots rang out that she knew instantly were gun shots. Panic quickly ensued as people began screaming and running, pushing one another out of the way as they made their way towards the exits. Kaiji reacted instantly, pulling Ami with him towards one of the exits. More screaming erupted when men, all of whom were carrying weapons, surrounded the room and prevented people from leaving. They were all trapped.

"Miss Fujioko! Oh Miss Fujioko! Where are you?" A voice boomed out.