Title: Never Leave me

Summary: Ok, this is my first fanfic that i've submitted so please be gentle! its very similar to the actual game apart from there are original characters and different names etc. even the plot is SIMILAR ie not the same but the more you read, the more original it gets!

Rating: K+

Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance

Chapter 2

"So let me get this straight. You're asking me to pretend to kidnap the princess who by chance wants to be 'kidnapped' and then take her in when a reward is offered saying that we found her?" the leader of Anakey X said.

"Yeah…well…I…"

"And to top it all off, if we get caught, we'll be hanged! Stealing is bad enough, Seiko. We don't need a catastrophe to happen to add to it."

"Don't be so hard on him, Kibuto," a voice said.

Seiko and Kibuto looked to see where it was coming from, it was Takeo.

"This doesn't concern you, Takeo,"

"I think you'll find it does. All for one, one for…remember?"

Kibuto paused for a while and paced up and down the room. Eventually he stopped and looked at Seiko.

"Fine, right I give in. You lot had better know what you're in for though!"

"Yeah, yeah," replied Seiko, "We know!"

"So, where is she?" Takeo asked.

"Somewhere where no one would find her," and with that, Seiko left. Leaving behind a very confused Takeo.

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"Ayame? Hey! Ayame!"

"Seiko?"

"Yeah, it's me. Where are you?"

"Up here. Right where you left me!"

Seiko looked up. He was in River forest, a quiet place with very few animals. He looked up and saw Ayame looking down a him from a tall treehouse, he started to climb his way up…

…When he reached the top, he stopped. Before in the abandoned building he couldn't see Ayame clearly because of the dim light, but now…but now…she was the most radiant person he had ever seen. Her face resembled beauty like no other. Ayame was a bit taken aback by Seiko's sudden stop, so decided to get a conversation going.

"So…err…what did Kibuto say…? Seiko?"

Seiko was still taken aback and so hadn't realised that Ayame had been talking to him.

"Sorry Princess, I mean Ayame…did you say something?"

Ayame smiled, " I was wondering whether this Kibuto had said if you're going to go through with the, err…'kidnapping',"

"Oh yeah, that, he said it was fine. So it looks like you'll have to put up with me a bit longer than you had hoped,"

"You have my gratitude, Seiko,"

"Could you stop doing that! You're really confusing me!"

"Doing what, Seiko?"

"It's the way you talk! One second you're talking normally and the next you've got this weird kind on royal tone! Couldn't you just talk in one voice?"

Ayame looked down, "Sorry…"

"Look…I, I'm sorry, I should be the one apologizing. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. It's just that complicated stuff really confuses me! Heck, even simple stuff confuses me! Listen, I'm really sorry, Ayame…"

"It's okay, Seiko. Besides, you're right,"

"…I am?"

"Yeah, it's time that I decided who I am. For years I've been combining my duties as a princess with being a normal teenaged girl. I ought, sorry, should decide who I am," She looked up at him into his eyes. They were hazel, the kind that make you feel warm and at home; she smiled, "Thanks, Seiko,"

He smiled back, "Sure thing. Anytime…"

"SEIKO!"

Seiko looked down over the ledge and saw Takeo.

"What's up?"

"Onatinan Soldiers! They're coming!"

"Right! You know the drill!" he paused, "Hey, Takeo! How did you find find us?"

With that, Takeo tapped his nose with his index finger and ran off.

"Drill?" Ayame asked, "Seiko, what drill?"

"Um, it's nothing. Just a routine we practise in card we need to escape quickly without being seen."

"Oh right, so…"

"So…I need you to stand here," he led her to the middle of the treehouse, next to the tree's trunk, "and don't move or do anything until I say so, okay?"

Ayame then smiled and nodded and Seiko ran back out onto the balcony. Two minutes later he ran back and said, "Right, we need to get going, in a couple of minutes, they'll be searching this treehouse for you," then he started searching the tree trunk.

"Then why didn't we escape before? When we first knew that they were coming? Err…Seiko? What are you doing?"

"Hang on a sec…here we go!"

Just as he said that, the tree trunk opened up and revealed a doorway, but there was one think that shocked Ayame. The 'path' was actually the hollow tree trunk going straight down and there was a piece of rope hanging in the same way.

Seiko saw the look of horror on Ayame's face and laughed, "Don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks, trust me." Seiko then went to the 'doorway', looked down into the darkness and then looked at Ayame, "You're not willing to go through this, are you?"

Ayame slowly shook her head.

"It's okay," Seiko turned his back towards her, turned his head towards her and said, "hop on,"

"Seiko…I wouldn't feel right…"

"Come on! It's nothing! It's not like we have much choice!"

Ayame hesitated then climbed onto Seiko's back.

"Right," Seiko said as he reached into his pocket and put on some special type of gloves, "Just don't scream otherwise we'll get caught,"

Ayame nodded and bit her lip. Seiko then reached for the rope and put all his weight on it making him and Ayame hang on the rope. Seiko then felt Ayame tense as he carefully turned around and closed the 'door' making the hollow tree trunk pitch black. "Okay," Seiko said as he looked down, "You ready?"

Ayame nodded and buried her head in his neck. Seiko blushed, 'thank God it's dark in here,' he thought.

Then he let go of his grip and slip down the rope. He could feel Ayame tense even more as her grip around Seiko tightened…

…'Come on,' though Seiko, 'how long does this stupid trunk go?'

Just then, Seiko saw light, he saw then end. He slowly tightened the grip on the rope and they started to slow down. Seiko could feel the burning pain in his hands but he grinned and beared it. Eventually they stopped, their feet about five inches from the ground.

"Ayame?" Seiko whispered.

"Mmm?"

"You can open your eyes now."

Ayame did so, realised where she was and jumped off Seiko. Seiko jumped off as well and rubbed his hands.

"Are you okay?" Ayame asked.

"Yeah, it's nothing. Come on, we need to get going,"

So Seiko grabbed Ayame's hand and ran out of the treetrunk.