Okay! Fourth chapters up and it's a page longer than my other chapters! Gasp! Is this a sign of progression? Or am I being stupid?

Shin & Shiori: You're just being stupid..

Me: SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!

Keisuke & Kai: Yup stupid...

Me: You guys.. vv'

Kai stood in front of the Azumano Museum, many memories filling her mind. She walked around the museum, her hand trailing behind her feeling the wall.

She didn't know how she managed to get around the crowd, but she was there, walking the perimeter of the museum.

'Dad used to always take us here when we were younger, 'she thought to herself, and laughed, 'and I always had that urge to steal the paintings…Dad would always have to hold my hand while Keisuke would laugh at me.' Kaisuke smiled," Good times…"

She turned at a corner and found a side door. Curious, she walked over to it and tried to open it. Locked. Kai shrugged, she could deal with it, Mom's so-called "training" and all, with the traps and the- Kai shuddered and started to play around with the lock. At least, playing around in her world.

"Okay, just do this and...got it!" she grinned as she opened the door. Not a good idea. Right when Kai opened the door, an alarm started to go off and she already heard the hoard of guards running in her direction.

-Attention all security guards! Report to the West Wing immediately!- A voice blared from the speakers. Kai blinked, 'Sounds familiar-yet disturbingly loud…' The footsteps were getting louder and the name 'Dark' was being repeated. Did they mean…?

"Dammit I gotta do something!" she screamed, and shielded her eyes as flashlights were shined on her.

"Dark's over here!" one of the guards shouted. He ran outside and drew his gun, his eyes darting in every direction. After a few minutes, he slowly lowered it. "He-he's gone…" he whispered to himself. More footsteps. The guard quickly turned around and saw who it was. "Chief Hikari, he's gone!" he reported.

"It's fine…he's taken the Sacred Maiden anyways…" the Chief announced, turning and walking away.

An Hour Earlier…

"Hey that was easy, huh Keisuke?" Dark grinned, standing in front of the beautiful Sacred Maiden. After his oh-so fabulous appearance in front of about one hundred people and millions of viewers, Dark had been cocky for awhile. Then again, wasn't he always?

'Easy! How can you run through a hoard of security guards, get lost, run up a bunch of stairs and say that what you've done was easy!' he fumed. Dark groaned, "I'm gonna have to get used to this…"

'Be quiet…' he grunted. "Yeah, yeah," Dark said, approaching the work of art. He stopped short and grinned. "So you're the Commander eh, Hikari?" he asked.

"That's right," the Commander said, stepping out of the shadows. "But you know, I really don't like the title 'Commander' I'd like it better if you called me Shin." Shin had a slight smile on his face, his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "So you thought today would be easy? Just wait until next time," he said, smile still on his face.

'Wait a minute-Shin! He's the Commander!' he shouted, surprised that his 'friend' was against him. No, not against him ,he was against Dark.

"We'll talk about it later..."Dark mumbled," what do you mean, Shin? Are you letting me go?" Shin shrugged and walked towards the doorway. "It wouldn't be fun to capture you now, now would it?" he said, walking past him.

"Oh geez!" Kai screamed, as she quickly caught herself after stumbling over a small rock on the sidewalk. Kai leaned on a building wall and checked her cell phone for the time.

-9:23 pm-

"Is it really that late?" Kai asked herself, looking up at the night sky. She sighed, her legs were aching from running away from guards and having to walk all the way home. She had tried calling her mom and dad earlier, but they wouldn't pick up. 'They're so mean to tell their daughter to walk to the museum and not even give her a reason why or a ride back home..' she thought, sighing again. "I wonder why Keisuke ran off…" she thought aloud.

The night was quiet and all you could hear was the river running under the bridge. Kai's eyelids were feeling heavy now, but then something in the sky caught her attention. Curiosity overwhelmed her as she pushed herself off the wall and tried to get a closer look.

"Can you believe Shin let us go that easy? I'm telling you, last time I attempted to steal the Sacred Maiden, the Commander pounced!" Dark rambled, cocky as usual.

No reply from Keisuke. Dark blinked, " Hey, hey. Everything will be fine alright?"

'Fine, fine…' Keisuke finally spoke. Dark grinned and started to look around. "Now, where do you…" he trailed off seeing someone looking up right at him.

"Kai!" Keisuke yelled," huh?" Keisuke looked around. Was he…in the air?

"DAAAAARRRRKKKKK!"

"Kyyuu!"

SPLASH!

Kai blinked, hearing a big splash and immediately ran over to the bridge. "Hello? Are you all-" Kai leaned over the bridge," Keisuke!" Right after saying his name, she fell over laughing. Keisuke glared at the spot where Kai was just standing.

"It's not funny! Get me outta here!" he yelled furiously at his twin sister. After a few minutes, the laughter finally ceased and Kai appeared again.

"S-sorry…it's-it's just-it was funny thinking about everything that just happened to me and then just randomly seeing you here!" she giggled a bit, shook her head and sighed. "Never mind, let's get you out of there. And Jesus Christ help Wiz out! He's drowning!" she screamed, pointing at the drowning Wiz behind Keisuke.

Keisuke blinked, turning around and then realized what was happening. He quickly got Wiz out of the water. "Kyuuuuuu…"ht whined, coughing. Keisuke smiled, happy to see that his best friend was alright, he looked at Kai and she sighed with relief. "C'mon let's go, " she said tiredly.

As soon as Kai got Keisuke out of his wet situation, they started walking home, Kai cradling Wiz in her arms. It had been a quiet walk, and they were almost home. They were walking through a small park that was near their house. Their mom had always taken them there. There was a pool and a playground that was always fun, even if they were now fourteen-year-olds.

"Hey Kai…" Kaisuke said, quietly. Everything was quiet, all you could really hear was Wiz's gentle snoring and the autumn leaves crunching under their feet.

"Yeah?" she said looking up at him. Keisuke looked down and was at a loss of words for a moment, but then began talking.

"Remember when we found the hundred dollar bill here when we were young?" he asked, not really hearing the words he just said.

Kai laughed," Of course, you bought a whole bunch of candy and toys for me and you and you told me to never tell mom." Keisuke laughed too. "And the time Wiz ran away from us and we followed him into the city-"

"- and we told mom we were playing hide and seek." Kai finished for him, laughing.

"And for two hours too," Kaisuke said and then looked down. "Do you know about the Phantom Thief Dark?"

"Yeah, and we followed the guy into the pool bar and mom found us drunk by the fountain in the middle of the park-wait what!" she said, embarrassed that she actually said that, since there were still some lovebirds walking through.

Keisuke narrowed his eyes, and looked at her," Hey that was you not me…" Kai shook her head, "Shut up Keisuke I didn't know who he was! But yeah, I know about Dark. Dad always told us stories about him before we went to sleep when we were little." She remembered the stories as if Daisuke still told them to her every night, and personally she didn't like how the womanizing Dark sounded at all.

Keisuke looked at his sister, "Well, what if those stories turned out to be true?"

Well there yuo have it! ' Please review, I'm trying my hardest here as an amature author...

I'm already thinking about my next chapter's title! (Since I didn't title it yet..) It's : 'The Confession and the Sacred Maidens'! Maybe that'll be a teaser for you guys!