Hey everyone! Yeah I know it's been like…a month since I updated ha ha. Sorry but I've been having a hard time at school with all of these projects coming since I only have two more days of school (year round school URAH!). At least I got all straight A's XD. I don't even try at school so it kind of surprises me… Anyway, I usually don't get gifts when I get good grades, but I'm going to get the tip of my ear pierced around February. I can't wait! I also want to high light my hair but my mom won't shut up about "natural beauty". I have natural eye liner and lip liner ha ha! No I'm serious I really do ha ha! It's strange. I guess my mom was too into the 'dressing up little girls' kind of thing. And here I am just rambling along the way. So I'll get started. Chapter 6 right here! (and yes I know I put chapter 7 on my profile XD. Hey I have 3 other stories going around I can't keep track all the time!) And I have that other story I'm working on that's not on Fanfiction, but that's not important at the moment!

Chapter 6 "Incarcerate"

Before

Seeing that the one coming in front of her was closer to her being, she turned around to only find herself trapped in the hands of Zodiacs, and sadly they were females. Only a few males stood away, not wanting themselves to transform because their intruder was a mere girl. Tohru somewhat struggled, but her knees buckled together and soon she knew that the Zodiacs were keeping her on her two legs. The figure she bumped into earlier was suddenly surrounded by smoke again as Tohru stared at it surprised. She noticed swift movement coming from the figure and as soon as the smoke vanished, she saw a male who only wore the tight leather pants; shirtless since he had just transformed back. He eyed the princess angrily in a cold way while slowly putting the rest of his uniform back on.

"Where did all the mortals go girl?" ordered one of the females, grasping her neck with her cold hands.

Even if Tohru wanted to say something, she couldn't help but keep her mouth shut. This was too much. Her life was at risk and with one wrong move, she could end it all. All she wanted to do was to see if Kaxa had returned like she said, but maybe she was still out there. She could have possibly been captured by the Zodiacs as well! And she was more civilized with knowing what to do and say…

"Answer girl!" another female ordered, reaching slowly for her weapon.

She shut her eyes, wondering what to do. She didn't want to reveal where her people were at! If she did, then hundreds, thousands of lives would be at stake because of her. All because of her selfish desire that she should live and that she was afraid of death. But if she kept her mouth shut, then her people would be saved and only her life would be lost. That was better then thousands dying because of a single answer. If Kaxa were in this kind of position, she would have kept her mouth tightly shut no matter what the consequences were. Tohru wanted to be like Kaxa; filled with courage and no ounce of fear. That was who she wanted to be. And so she did not answer.

She was expecting another order from one of the Zodiacs or maybe a hit and she knew that she wasn't the kind of person who could take these things. But nothing happened. The Zodiac females still held her tightly, but they didn't do anything. Tohru slowly lifted her head, her heart continuing to pound like a thunder storm. She looked through her coffee brown bangs to see what had stopped all the Zodiacs. But what her sapphire orbs found was something she did not tend to see ever again.

"…Lord Yuki," she spoke softly in a raspy whisper.

Now

Immediately the room came to a halt, though everything within Tohru started spinning drastically. Even though there were other Zodiacs in the hallways, only Yuki was visible to her large eyes. She couldn't tell if her heart had suddenly stopped or not; she couldn't even tell if she was breathing. Her legs wanted to buckle and she just wanted to collapse onto the soft scarlet carpet and sleep forever. Only about an hour ago was she living in a peaceful castle where she would do her everyday normal routine. But things have changed so quickly under that hour. Why did she want to sleep so badly when she just woke up?

She didn't know if she should be excited to finally see one of her long time friends. She didn't know if she should be bewildered or shocked. Confusing emotions started piling up in her mind. She couldn't see any kind of sentiments through Yuki's eyes, however there was a kind of vibe inside of her that gave her a feeling that for some reason there was trepidation yet pleasure through his fixed features, but the rat leader was very wise to hide the face.

Why did he keep staring at her? Why didn't he speak that soothing flute voice? Why did he remain frozen as a statue just like her? Could the rat leader possibly be surprised as her? But just by doing these things this only made Tohru worry to death. Nothing was coming to her mind. Nothing.

What could she possibly say?

"I…Lord Yuki it's-it's so nice to se-!"

Forcefully a Zodiac pushed her head down as Tohru almost lost her balance, but the female Zodiacs didn't let go of her. "Don't speak to the Lord you mortal!"

Tohru looked up to see Yuki once again, though there was some contentment developing. The fear disappeared; she knew that for sure. But with every step he drew towards her, that aura rose through his veins once again. Each soft step that came towards her being fastened her heart into a never ending drum roll. Innocents were visible to anyone in the room, but the mask that only he knew how to withdraw was only visible to him himself.

Only an arms length away, one of the female Zodiacs shifted. "Lord Yuki, forgive me if I may sound offensive, but have you met this mortal before? Or is it that everyone in this dreadful place knew about your…captivity?"

His eyes remained on the princess before they lingered over to the Zodiac. "Yes, I have met this person before while trapped in this castle." He looked at the other Zodiacs around him—softly muttering to each other or remaining silent—for a moment before adding, "Quite often essentially."

"Would you give us consent to give her the same handling as she'd given you?"

"Well, if you knew what kind of treatment she gave me, then I would be pleased if-."

Some kind of whistling blow came through Tohru's ears. But it wasn't the kind of sound that the bustling wind blew on a cold stormy night that would always echo through her bedroom walls. It made a strange vibrating sound that it blocked out all the voices near her. She looked around to find where the sound came from. It sounded familiar… Why did it always draw back to Kaxa, Ghanjan or Uotani? How did this sound remind her of them?

"…Ex-."

She choked with her sentence as she noticed something flash with Yuki's orbs. Ignoring the woman who still held a tight grasp around Tohru, Yuki shot out his hand and grasped something as quick as the speeding light. Mere mutters went throughout the hallways—more loudly—as Tohru looked at the object Yuki was holding in his hands. The point of a sharp razor blade was only inches from her silky green dress near the abdomen. Yuki withdrew the dagger to himself and examined it for a moment. Only a few tosses with the weapon as then he threw it back into the direction it came from. Tohru suspected that it was probably one of her warriors who came to fetch her. No. She didn't want to think that. She didn't want anyone to come after her. She had to be brave just like Kaxa. She had to be brave just like Kaxa. She had to be brave just like…

She was expecting to hear the dagger pierce a body, but no such sound came through her ears. "I wasn't testing your skills, rat leader."

A sound of a female voice. Finally realizing that Yuki was the only person she was staring at, Tohru took consideration into gazing at the hall or wherever the dagger came from to see who had spoken.

A woman stood alone in the cramped up hallway that used to be filled with bustling warriors since they would always use that pathway. Now only a woman stood. An amazing woman to be more precise. Her delicate face that held a hidden attitude brought out the whole hallway somehow. Tohru had never seen a woman who possessed such pure golden hair. Not a single strand of light brown hair at all through the sun locks. Her skin was as pale as a ghost even though her hair was considered mostly a summer like kind of thing. She wore a uniform just like Lord Yuki was wearing; only she wore matte white and deep purple. She had an in-shape body; Tohru knew that for sure. But hidden beneath her long bangs were sharp concern bronze eyes.

People of the Zodiacs had such strange unique appearances.

"I know you weren't." There wasn't a hint of annoyance with Lord Yuki's voice.

"Then don't bother with the dealings I want to commit." She strode very slowly in a somewhat sexy way, but for some reason Tohru couldn't sense that she was walking like that on purpose. It was probably all natural to her. The woman didn't walk like a feline; Tohru recognized the feline walk from Kyo. "Looks like you caused quite a commotion here. Were you possibly calling back up for this weakling?" She pointed weakly at Tohru with a single finger, her nails longer then cut shortened.

Yuki didn't bother to look around. He knew that many others were around the scene. "You were not ordered to be up here. You're suppose to be with Lord Ayame. And damn I hate calling him that."

The golden haired woman's eyes traveled straight towards Tohru who was still held enslaved by the female Zodiacs. Gradually she raised a mere eye brow as inquisitiveness entranced her being. Not bothering to reply to the rat leader, she strode a little closer until she slightly bent down to look directly at the princess. Tohru never noticed that the woman was taller then her. Almost as tall as Uotani.

The woman reached out her hands, almost as if she wanted to cup Tohru's chin. But Yuki interfered by blocking the two of them with a single arm. Only a moments wait, the woman had the guts to stare at Yuki with a glare that was giving off the vibe, saying, "What was that smartass?"

"Do not touch her." He waited until the woman pulled her arm back to her sides. "Do not touch her from now on. And that's a permanent order."

"And I suppose I don't have the right to ask why you order such a thing?" This time, full concern interest developed through her expression. "But no matter what you say, I'll probably ask anyway. So, Lord Yuki, why do you order such a thing?"

"Get out of here you snake." The rat female Zodiac tugging Tohru's neck snarled silently at the woman. "Don't talk to our Lord."

"Be quiet," ordered Yuki silently. Tohru felt the chills sent through the woman holding her hostage. Yuki eyed the bronze eye woman suspiciously before questioning, "Have you seen any other mortals around this place?"

"Of course not," she replied, pushing more pressure against her left leg. "I merely came up here because the halls Ayame had us look in were pathetic. Almost every damn room was empty for all I know. Besides, your brother just doesn't know how to shut up."

"Shut up!" bellowed a few rat Zodiacs.

Yuki hastened himself through a huge intake of breath before releasing it silently. "There are no other mortals, correct?"

"Do you want me to say yes?"

Yuki's expression didn't change at all, but as for the rest of the rat Zodiacs, they remained glaring at their 'unwanted' intruder who had a very cocky attitude. After examining her for a moment, his grayish eyes lingered over to Tohru who had remained quiet as a true mouse. She flinched by the eyes staring at her. It was four months since she last saw those eyes. She would always recognize them no matter where she was. The same with Momiji, the same with Kyo… They had a huge impact within her.

Yuki took a small step towards Tohru as the female held her tighter, almost as if someone had commanded her to. It was still hard to believe that Tohru was a hostage… More in fact, she was a prisoner to the Zodiacs! Well, it couldn't really be prisoners since she was still in her home. But the Zodiacs were invading the whole entire place. All the mortals had to flee for survival along with all the others to escape onto the other side where war was only news. She was just a bird caged up from freedom onto the other side she had always heard of.

The rat leader slowly shut his eyes for a moment before turning around, approaching one of the rat Zodiacs who was a man as Yuki started whispering something into his ear. Tohru couldn't hear what he was saying, but only a few nods coming from the Zodiac disturbed her. Seconds later the male Zodiac started to walk towards her. Tohru wanted to flee somewhere; she wasn't comfortable with everyone in this room except Yuki. Though that comfort was somehow dissolving…

Yuki was following besides him as well. He still had that sweet soothing appearance that he could never wipe away from his face. But there was no smile planted onto his pale skin. He looked depressed or almost as if he was inside the whole time. She was certain that he was brighter while staying at this castle. Or it was just probably her imagination…

The male Zodiac stopped an arms length away from Tohru as Lord Yuki stepped closer, only to lean forward as his soft grayish hair stroke her cherry cheeks.

Softly, he whispered, "Don't worry."

Before Tohru could even reply, everything just turned pitch black for her. The thoughts came to a halt. The heart beat felt as though it had escaped her chest. Everything stopped.

Tunnel

Still deep within the long extended tunnel, Ghanjan and Uotani quickly pushed themselves through the bustling crowds who were dying to get out of the cramped passageway; wanting freedom and fresh air to breath besides being shoved into others who they haven't even met. Of course, they had the extra clothing around their body, so passing by servants who wore very thin garments was somewhat difficult. There were mostly women and very young children in the middle of the elongated pathway. They weren't exactly running nor were they sauntering like an old slug, but more of a brisk yet sleepy kind of strode. Almost as if they were zombies. Some kind of behavior. At least they could have shown some kind of sympathy that they were actually still alive.

Ghanjan looked around, curious about where Uotani was within the crowd. But she was taller then the average size woman her age as he noticed a glimpse of her ahead of him. Though he didn't bother to fasten his pace; they were both going the same direction to report the same testimony. Nearly shoving into a woman who was being comforted by other women older then she, Ghanjan found it easy to pass everyone else for some strange reason. Though it seemed as though he were going no where. The echoes of clattering shoes against the dry gravel pathway with quiet mutterings pounding off against the stoned walls that were lit up heavenly with torches, it gave him a slight feeling that he was walking through the hallways of the castle.

Though now dozens of Zodiacs were probably strolling their way through those corridors.

"She said she would keep her words," thought Ghanjan, having less difficulty with causing others to glare at him since they were also dying to get out of this tunnel. "I made her keep her words and instead she throws them away as though they were nothing. Now she's stuck with the Zodiacs… She's trapped within their power. All of those dragons…"

It was easier said than done to keep up with things now. Only this morning, he woke up by himself since Momiji had retreated back to Zodiac Castle. Taking his daily shower and dressing himself in a free wear whatever, breakfast was the main ideal of the time being. It was just a regular day going by like always. Though he did have some kind of feeling that Hanajima was acting somewhat suspicious about something, but he wasn't going to ask her. And from there on, he wanted to practice more combat. More importantly, there was a strange gut feeling that forced him to discover more about this Kuji Sanada person he once use to be.

He, Ghanjan the servant boy, wasn't exactly familiar with the resurrecting business, but one thing he knew for certain was that when a person was being resurrected, they would always turn out to be a different person. Whether it was personality or appearance, one major pin point that made that person different would alter. Memories will disappear as well. Hanajima was the one who told him that he was a resurrected boy who should have been dead, but Ghanjan didn't necessarily take this in an offensive way. It seemed kind of nice that he was a servant and not a warrior. Wouldn't warriors have a harder time dealing with life and such?

But more and more those thoughts altered drastically. Each and every day, each battle that was about to take place, why was it that he wanted to rush out the building and consider himself a high class warrior and fight his ass off until he could no longer stand on his two legs? Why did the sound of swords clattering bring some kind of joy through his senses? How did the whistling of arrows soothe his thoughts? When the warriors looked at him with their courageous eyes, why did he imagine himself wearing their garments?

Of course, Ghanjan figured that it was some kind of sentiment of fighting for his people. He figured that it would pass by eventually and that he would use his life for what it was made to do, and that was to serve others besides saving others. He had to be glad for sticking with the serving techniques for because of it he had made friends with the princess, Arisa Uotani, and surprisingly Saki Hanajima. Though he wasn't comfortable with having Uotani and Hanajima around, he was glad that others would talk to him. Many people wouldn't talk to him though he never knew why. That was until Hanajima spoke to him personally. Kuji Sanada, the battle between mortals against cats and dogs, little Shiora Sanada, a sphere through a little girl's head, a strange chilly chamber… He wasn't supposed to remember these things.

So why was it that he was starting to remember all of these things? Was Kaxa actually right? Was he really coming back to his senses of being Kuji Sanada?

Long in thought was when he started to find himself in front of the whole crowd that continued to travel behind him. He spotted Uotani rushing by Kaxa's side, but before she could say anything her eyes met Ghanjan's and she gestured him quickly to come over. Taking a gulp of some strange lump in his throat, he prepared himself for the unexpected while strolling over to the both of them.

"Uotani told you that the Zodiacs have broken in, right?" Ghanjan nodded as Kaxa bit her lip. "I don't know what they're up to. It makes me question why they waited to do something like this now besides in the past." She watched the chosen two from the crowd who were ordered to light the torches so that everyone could see where they were going. "They were probably taking the imprisonment of the cat leader and the rat leader as some kind of scheme for themselves. That's the only thing I can come up with."

"Yeah…" Uotani ruffled her hair before licking her lips. Might as well spill it out now before things become too out of hand. "Kaxa… There's…something wrong."

Kaxa's eyes froze from wandering around the tunnel. "A problem? …Will this affect everyone in the tunnel?"

"That's kind of a difficult question to answer," said Uotani, looking at Ghanjan as though she needed help. But Kaxa's cold glare brought Uotani's attention back at King Yishanu's assistant. "…Tohru-kun."

"She's not hurt is she?" Kaxa halted and briskly turned around, looking at Uotani. The crowd behind came into a stop as a few shouts echoed around the place, questioning why everyone had stopped. But Kaxa didn't give a damn about that.

"…That's…also a kind of difficult question to answer," spoke up Ghanjan. "She's…"

Remembering that other innocent people were listening to the conversation—and remembering that somewhere in this crowd, King Yishanu was somewhere and now probably making his way through the crowd—Ghanjan leaned forward and started whispering into the woman's ear; Uotani biting her lip so hard, it looked as though she were going to make herself bleed. This whole tunnel was going to be thunderous once Kaxa heard the news.

But instead, all Kaxa could do was stare confused at the boy who stood before her.

People moving briskly through a tunnel with torches lighting up the place. Soft whispering brushing over everyone's shoulder; echoing. The faces belonging to the rushing figures were blurry, all of them. Except for one, but no name came to thought.

A delicate boy who was a mortal. Leaning forward towards a woman, he spoke carefully.

"Captured. She's captured by the Zodiacs."

Princess Tohru Honda gradually shifted her body into a comfortable position, feeling the satin sheets under her and the soft mellow pillow her head rested on. With both her hands by her chest, she opened her eyes easily. Everything was blurry for a slight second, but that was because no sun light was entering the room. The curtains were closed.

Room…

She rose into a sitting position as fast as she could; looking around speedily like a cautious animal, thinking some kind of predator was out to get her. There was a strange yet sore gut pain near her belly; all she could do was slightly clench it. She still wore her bright green dress though she knew her use to be straight brown hair was now tangling in all directions. Even if the room was dark, she recognized the room. She remembered waking up everyday to see the same champagne walls. Waking up to see the door leading to the closet and the small vanity along with the drawers.

She was in her room.

Tohru had no idea why, but instantaneously there was pure delight dancing through her. "It was all a dream… It was actually all a dream." A huge smile took over. "I must have eaten something to make me think that was all true." Without hesitating, she started giggling to herself while she looked down at her tangle hair.

Accepting the humor she brought herself, she stood up and walked over to her vanity, picking up a brown brush and smoothly brushing it through her hair. There were no struggles dealing with the knots through her strands of hair. In no time her hair was back to normal; the usual straight coffee brown hair. But it was strange that her room was so dark when she knew it was somewhere around the afternoon.

"One of the helpers around here probably closed them." Placing the brush down, she scurried over to the window and grabbed one half of the curtains, bringing it over to the side and grabbing the tie piece attached to the wall, tying it in place. She did the same to the other side and then gazed outside, feeling the warmth of the sun beating down on her body.

"Oh, now I'm so hungry," spoke Tohru to herself.

She turned around to go to her bedroom door, thinking of what would be waiting downstairs. But she couldn't make her feet move. It almost felt as though they were literally pinned down to the floor, but not only that her body didn't have the slightest urge to shift. Now that she thought about it, there was no warmth dazzling over her skin. She started feeling a slight shiver circulation around the upper part of her body.

Who was sitting in front of her bedroom door?

"D'you still need to sleep?"

It was a male sitting on a wooden chair in front of her door; one of the mere chairs that she never actually used. He seemed like a laid-back kind of guy with the way he was sitting; slightly leaning back with one long leg somewhat resting on his other leg. He had his fingers laced together behind his head. He wore the tight black one suit that covered every part of his body; coming from tight turtle neck to the edge of his ankle just like what Yuki and Kyo wore. He wore a white garment over it, very short sleeved and coming down into a dress like kind of thing, but it came cut loose near the hips so that only it covered the front area and the back area, leaving both sides of the waist and below open to reveal the tight black pants.

"I'm not gonna stop you from sleeping," he spoke, half closed gray eyes lingering around the room as though she didn't even existed.

Well, sleeping wasn't really the farthest thought from her mind at the moment. The male looked around her age… At least that's what she thought. Was he really her age, or did the white hair just throw all odds out? He had a strange hair style, she knew that for sure. Short white hair with strands flying everywhere, but where in the world did the black roots come from? Was it even possible to have white hair yet black roots? It couldn't be natural at all.

"Um…no-no I'm fine." She couldn't quite bring herself to figure out that she was meeting a complete stranger. "…Excuse me but wha-what's your name?" She made a small smile, not wanting to make herself seem rude.

Ruffling with his hair, he made eye contact with her; however she didn't feel scared at all. "You don't have to stand there you know."

It was almost as if it were an order because immediately she rushed over to the bed and plopped down onto the mattress. A strange complex expression formed through the stranger's eyes, but Tohru had to be obliged that it wasn't anything that might make her uncomfortable.

"So you know Lord Yuki?" he questioned, leaning forward to let his forearms rest on his knees since he placed both feet onto the ground.

"Yes!"

"I see," he muttered to himself, face still hidden with a calm mask.

"Who is he?" thought Tohru, wanting to ignore the male's face, but no matter what she just couldn't. "He knows Lord Yuki, but I think everyone knows about him. I never saw him around this place before… Wait, I don't think I saw a boy like him with white hair…"

That only left one choice. But…it couldn't be possible. "Are…I-I don't want to be rude oh no but are…are you a…Zodiac?"

"Mm…I suppose." He shrugged while looking out through the window Tohru revealed. Though his face was looking at the window, his eyes examined Tohru while she remained muted on the bed, not moving the slightest bit. "Guess she's not use to seeing Zodiacs still." It somehow surprised him, remembering that Tohru was looking out the window. Didn't she see the dragons circling around the turret?

Before

Opening a mere door, Hatsuharu made a quick glance around the room before closing it and leaving to another door. Even if someone already checked in it, it was something to do. Other Zodiacs who possessed the same spirit as him—the ox—scanned the place as well, though they were more serious then Haru; however the lack of boredom was easily seen. So many hallways throughout this damn castle were the only thoughts scrolling through everyone's mind. No mortals running around the place; only Zodiacs.

"Lord Hatsuharu!" Hatsuharu raised a curious brow as he turned towards a Zodiac rushing up to him. The Zodiac possessed the spirit of a rat. "Lord Hatsuharu, Lord Yuki has asked for your aid!"

Without waiting for an answer, the rat Zodiac turned on his heels and started going back in the direction he came from, the ox leader following behind. Why would the rat leader ask him for assistance? Did he happen to find something important dealing with where everyone went? At the moment, even if he did feel a bit significant since he knew he had to do some kind of task, he was deep within lazy mode for some apparent reason. Thank goodness Hatsuharu was only a floor down from Yuki.

When arriving at the halls the rats were ordered to search, he spotted a small gathering of people. Hatsuharu noticed Yuki talking to a Zodiac who wasn't a rat, but before he could even come up with saying anything, the figure—which was a woman who had pure blond hair and devil like bronze eyes—briskly walked away. It almost seemed as though she was slithering away. But ignoring that, he walked up to the crowd until Yuki glanced over his shoulder, causing the ox leader to stop.

"Lord Haru, you're not busy with anything are you?" questioned Yuki curiously, showing more of a sympathy attitude then to others. Not that many people referred Hatsuharu as "Haru" except for close friends.

"If it's anything that requires my assistance for you, no." Haru made a fake smile until he noticed a girl collapsed against a woman Zodiac. "…What do you need?"

"I want you to guard her," ordered Yuki, pointing at the brown haired girl who somehow seemed peaceful. "Don't let her leave your sight unless I make further guidelines."

"Don't I have a choice to say if I agree to do this?"

"…You said you weren't busy."

"Exactly." Hatsuharu started to stretch his left triceps in a languid way.

Releasing an exhausted sigh, Yuki ordered the woman who kept the brown haired girl on her two feet to carry her while following the rat leader. Of course, after giving out orders to the other rat Zodiacs to go back to their required jobs, Yuki started heading off into a direction in a brisk pace, almost as if he knew where he was going. The Zodiac woman might not have understood how he knew where he was going, but Hatsuharu had a pretty good answer. But he couldn't figure out an answer with why the rat leader wanted him to keep an eye out for this girl? Of course, Hatsuharu already knew that she was a mortal; not a Zodiac like him or anyone else.

"…Oh, I get it," muttered Hatsuharu, catching the woman's attention, but Yuki merely ignored it as he started climbing up a very long swirl of stairs, the two Zodiacs and the unconscious girl following behind.

What seemed like a complete day with climbing terrible stairs, Yuki finally took the last step from the stairs and approached a door. Luckily it wasn't locked. A lot of rooms were locked around this place so it had to take some ideal of strength to charge into the place. The boars must have had an effortless time dealing with that kind of situation.

When the rat leader opened it, he motioned the both of them to go in. They simply followed the directions without hesitation.

After Yuki walked inside, he spoke with a firm tone. "Place her on the bed. Lord Haru, simply keep an eye on her until I come back."

The woman, surprisingly, laid the girl gently onto the bed before leaving the room, the rat leader following behind. Hatsuharu didn't bother to say anything. He had all the time in the world to ask him any questions. Besides, here was a way to doze off for a bit. He could barely sleep last night.

"Haru," whispered Yuki, only halfway away from the door. He didn't look at him, but that was probably because he wanted to see if the woman had left. "She's…that girl I told you about. The princess of the castle."

"Mm, I came to realize that." Hatsuharu grinned before adding, "What are you going to do with her though? Try to hide her as long as possible?"

There was a long moments paused before Yuki said, "…I think I have some kind of idea. I don't know… Just keep her comfortable." Another moment's pause. "Not in that kind of way."

"Don't go on referring me as sensei." Hatsuharu chuckled silently. "I understand. But… It's not like me to ask, but why do you keep her protected when you know she could easily cause a commotion?"

"She saved my life," spoke Yuki while giving Hatsuharu a small nod, exemplifying that he was leaving. "It might sound obvious, but I have no choice but to pay her back by saving hers. Though in this kind of situation, it's quite difficult." Yuki closed the bedroom door as Hatsuharu heard his footsteps walking away.

"Pretty hard to protect someone, isn't it?" muttered Hatsuharu, now taking his gray eyes towards the princess of Mortal Castle. With a slight chuckle, he grinned. "You must have done something more then just saving his life, princess."

Chapter 6. FINALLY! Man I kept stopping, then after about like 5 minutes I went back to it, stopped for another 5 minutes then went back after another. It was so impossible… But at least I managed to finish! I think I kind of let myself free throughout the ending, but still… I always say that. Hope you all enjoy this chapter! Now I think I'm going to work on the revising for "The Cat and the Onigiri Story Part I" (check profile for details!) Woah I sound like those commercial ads thing XD. Sayonara until next time! (And yes I'm sorry for taking such a long time to update, but if you didn't check my profile, I don't have school for a whole month! But I don't know if I'll be updating as fast like I normally say…)

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