I will no longer be typing diclaimers.. if u wanna see it, go to ch. 1

Ch. 3—Princess Garnet

They were led by Blank through the castle. Two soldiers, from the Pluto knights, were inside a storeroom typish room. Blank and Zidane ambushed em and took their armor as Aki stood guard outside the door, which was closed [u don't think she'll be IN the room while theyre changing, do u, u sick- minded pervert?!! Hahaha] she shifted her weight restlessly from one foot to the other, her lion-ish tail swishing impatiently. The door opened, and the disguised thieves came out. Zidanes helmet seemed to be too big for him.

"come on," blank said, "up the stairs."

Aki tripped while walking up the stairs. Her skirt nearly flipped up, and she hit her chin on a step. [good thing they have fancy carpets, haha] Turning red, aki pulled her very short skirt down, trying to ignore the pain. "Owwwch…"

"Could u walk faster?" Zidane asked, already at the top of the stairs, adjusting his helmet.

Aki pulled off the high heel shoe from her left foot. "You try walking in these!!" she shouted angrily, throwing her shoe at him and taking off the other one so she could run up the stairs.

"No one said being in Tantalus was easy," Blank said as Zidane ducked. The shoe hit the railing on the other side of the balcony thingy. Aki clambered quickly up the steps.

"could we get on with it?!" she asked impatiently, putting her shoe back and retrieving the other. As she crouched over [ since if she BENT over, she wood be "exposed" heehee] a hooded girl [ I wonder hoo that cood bee??] burst through the door and knocked aki into the railing. Aki began crying. "Gaia sucks!" she sobbed, "I keep falling.."

"oh! I'm sorry!" the girl apologized.

"waaaaaaaahhh!!"

"…"

aki brushed away a few soggy tears and sniffed. "it's okay…" she said, then began crying some more.

"um.. could I please pass?" asked the hooded girl, turning to zidane. [ this is the part I don't remember verrry well..grr.. well, this is was I THINK happned..]

"have we met before?" zidane asked, peering into her face.

"…"

"nah, cant be. I'd never let anyone as pretty as you get away…" zidane said. [ haha sometimes he ses the cutest things..]

the girl muttered something and shot past him, knocking into him and blank so they were spinning around.

"that was Princess Garnet!!" zidane shouted, coming to his senses.

"well, ive got my boots on now, so BRING IT ON, BABY!!!" Aki eclaimed wildly, darting off after Garnet.

"(well, she sure is unpredictable..)" Zidane sighed, running after them with Blank.

They chased Garnet around the castle, and Zidane's helmet fell off in the process. When they reached the tower thingy, they ended up going around in circles around the peak. Finally, Garnet stopped and climbed up the edge of the railing. She smiled at Zidane and Aki as she jumped off, clutching a rope with colored flags. [heehee.. steineer smashed into the wall here.. now, lets say Blank lagged behind and got lost, since I forgot where he went.] Zidane hurriedly grabbed another rope. Aki gulped in fear. "D-don't tell me we're gonna—"

"yep!" zidane smirked; he picked up Aki on piggy back. "Hang on tight!" he shouted, tightening his grip on the rope. He jumped off, happy too find that Aki was surprisingly light.

Aki's eyes widened in horror. " I'm 'fraid of heiiiiights!!!" she shrieked as they swung. A giant Balloon-like thing caught them, bouncing them around as they landed on it. Aki was breathing heavily in fear, looking quite petrified. "That.. was.. SCARY.."

"there she is!" zidane pointed to Garnet, who was heading towards a balcony whre a band was playing cheesy music. He pulled aki to the bacony, who tried to catch her breath as Zidane looked around. "Where'd she go—Aaahh!!"

Garnet doubled back from the dead end around the corner, one again knocking into Aki and Zidane, who spun into some members of the band. She ran through a doorway and out of sight.

"Eeeeee!! Help, Zidane!!" Aki screamed from inside a tuba. Her head and shoulders were stuck in the bell, and she kicked her feet wildly. "And don't u DARE stare at me or I'll KILL u!!"

"Geez," Zidae sighed. He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her out of the tuba. "Happy?"

"ya," Aki nodded, smiling. "Thanks!!"

"No problem," Zidane replied as they ran through the doorway.