As they rode on Mimi struggled to get free from his grasps. She pulled, slapped, and pinched at his hands. Her kidnapper growled in irritation and slapped her head a little too hard. She winced in pain and turned her head up to see who had taken her. She didn't know him of course; he was from Hadior obviously.

His name was Taichi Kamyia Tai for short. He was the head knight and best friend of Yamato. He has a tall strong figure, and wild chocolate brown hair and matching eyes. He can be hardheaded, talk to much, and jumps into action before thinking it through, which always gets him into trouble. (Probably like now.)

Mimi finally gave in and just sat there and looked at her surrounding trying to figure out where she was. She had never been out of the kingdoms boarders before. 'He's probably taking back to his castle. Oh what am I going to do?' She thought nervously. About an hour later she saw the Hadior castle come into full view. 'Oh am I in deep trouble.'

Tai rode into the court yard to be greeted by all of his comrades. All the men gathered around him to see the prize he caught.

She once again struggled to get free, beginning to grow very nervous with all the eyes gazing at her mischievously. They each had a smug smile on their faces. Who knew what was going on through their dirty little minds? She started back at them with disgust evident on her face. One man came up and brushed his fingers lightly across her leg. She pulled her leg back and gave him a death glare.

He just laughed. "So soft…" he hissed.

Mimi then drew her arm back and elbowed Tai in the stomach as hard as she could. He coughed and roughly pushed Mimi off the horse to the hard ground. She looked up at him, eyes flashing with pure hatred and anger. Mimi quickly wrapped the robe safely around herself, shielding her body from the wandering eyes.

All the men began to laugh and come towards her. "Don't you dare come near me!" she hissed.

"Oh. So she does talk." one man said.

"What is the meaning of all this!" yelled another man.

The soldiers quickly made a path for this single man to come though. Mimi looked up to meet dark blue eyes. He raised a brow when he saw Mimi.

"Well what do we have here?" he said with a small smile.

Mimi stood up and brushed herself off. Being sure the robe was still wrapped tightly around her.

"Where are your manners? Bow down to your future king!" Tai said harshly.

"I shall do no such thing. I will never bow to a low life scum like you!" she hissed bitterly.

"How dare you speak as such!" yelled Tai as he got off his horse and rose up his hand to strike her.

She turned her face and closed her eyes waiting for the stinging impact. But it never came. She looked up to see that Matt had a hold on Tai's wrist.

"Now, now, Tai. You should know better than to hit a woman." Matt said calmly.

"Now if all you men would leave this woman and I alone." he said as he released Tai's hand.

Everyone nodded their heads and walked away clearly disappointed.

"Now shall we go into the castle and have a civilized conversation." asked Matt with a small smile.

"I will go no where with you." she said a little frightened as she kept her face hidden by her hair.

"And why ever not?" he said still smiling.

"Are you really that dense? You are the enemy, your men kidnapped me, and your men nearly violated me!" she shrieked.

Matt just sighed and stared at her. "And I am sorry for that. Now let's go?"

"Never!"

Rolling his eyes, clearly loosing his patients he walked right up and easily scooped her up in his strong arms.

Mimi cried out in shock, and tried to break free.

"Stop being so damn difficult woman!" he said irritated.

She tried to fight him off the whole ride to the castle. When he finally reached his destination, the guest room; he then dropped her onto the floor, and turned around to shut the door. When he turned back around he was instantly shoved back into the door.

"How dare you handle me in such a manner?"

Matt looked down at her in surprise at her strength. He then again was being shoved into the door once again. Matt backed away from the door out in the open.

"You have no right to pick me up from the ground and just carry me here! That is very, very… wrong!" she yelled as she kept pushing him around.

Matt just put his hands up slightly and let her vent out her anger on him; it was very amusing to him.

Mimi looked up at his face and saw the smile. "What is that smug smile for?" she asked confused. "Are you enjoying this?"

"More than you know." Matt said.

Doing the only thing that came to her mind she slapped him leaving a red hand print. She then raised her other hand to strike him once more on the other cheek, but before she made contact Matt had a hard grip on her wrist. Looking at his face she saw it had become serious. She tried to yank her hand away but it was no use, every time she would pull his grip would just tighten.

"I would be more careful about my actions if I were you." Matt said coldly as he stared into her eyes.

Mimi then stepped away from him, holding her wrist that now had a red ring around it.

"Now. In that chest over there, there are clothes in it. You may choose any dress you wish to wear. I'm sure you don't want to where what you're wearing now to dinner."

"Dinner?" she asked.

"I will be back in a few hours to check on you, then you will be joining me for dinner." with that he walked out of the room and locked the door.

Mimi instantly ran to the door and tried to open it. But he had already locked it. Mimi turned around and slid down the door tears streaming down her face. It took all she had not to break down in front of him. She sat there and brought her knees close to herself and silently cried.

She sat there for a half hour feeling sorry for herself. 'I wonder what father is doing right now. Probably pacing the room. Brooke and Vince are both probably searching the whole castle. And Sora's probably going crazy with worry.' She thought with a sad smile. How she loved them all so much. How she missed them all so much.

'Come on Mimi pull yourself together. You must be brave for your people, show the enemy no fear.' Standing up she walked over to the very large chest that sat in front of a king size bed. Lifting up the heavy lid she found an assortment of various dresses. She went though them all looking for a light pink one, but no success. Biting her lower lip in frustration she finally found one she liked. It was a light violet color. (Now use your imagination and picture it yourself, to hard to explain. It's pretty though :P)

"What am I doing? I shouldn't even be talking to that man…" she said out loud to herself as she sighed.

Walking over to a little table she sat in front of it and looked at herself in the mirror, her hair was a wild mess. Looking through the table she found a brush, examining it she then ran it through her hair, untangling the knots, leaving it silky smooth. Looking at her reflection her eyes welled with tears once more. Laying her head down she cried once again. A few moments later she heard a knock at the door. Looking up she quickly wiped her tears but didn't say anything. She laid her head back down.

"May I come in?" asked Matt from the other side. After hearing no reply, he unlocked the door and peered inside.

"Are you decent?" he asked as a joke.

He looked over to see her at the table with her head lying down. A frown appeared on his face.

"I know you're awake." He said as he walked up to her.

"I wasn't pretending." She said with out looking at him.

"You will be joining me for dinner now. You must be hungry; you haven't eaten all day…"

"Is that an order or an offer?" Mimi asked finally looking at him.

Matt didn't say anything. Mimi frowned at his silence, and stood up. "Very well. If it will get you to leave me alone."

Matt then smiled and led the way to the dining room. Mimi walked a few feet behind him looking at the paintings on the walls. When they reached the dining room, the table was set to feed a small army. It smelled wonderful; her mouth began to water while her stomach growled.

Matt looked at her and smirked. He pulled out a chair and motioned for Mimi to sit. She obeyed and sat down with out any complaints for the time being.

Matt walked to the other side of the table and sat across from her. "You may choose any thing you wish to eat."

She picked up her fork and gingerly grabbed a piece of bread and a slice of roast beef along with some vegetables. Cutting the pieces into tiny squares she then placed it into her mouth and chewed silently.

"So. Tell me your name." Matt said breaking the silence.

She ignored him and continued to eat. He sighed in irritation 'God this girl can be so… irritating!' He thought.

"I'll tell you my name, if you tell me yours…" he tried.

She finally looked up meeting his eyes. He smiled at her interest. "My name is Yamato Ishida, Matt for short…"

Hearing that name she choked on her bread and started coughing roughly. Matt jumped up and rushed to her side and patted on her back. "Here, drink this." He said, as he handed her a glass of water. She gladly accepted it and began to drink away.

After that awkward scene she looked up at him with anger and shock. "You are the prince of Hadior?"

"Yes. Why is that such a surprise?"

"It's nothing!" she snapped.

He just looked at her strangely. "So a name for a name."

"I… I am Mimi…Takenouchi…?" she stuttered using her best friend's last name. If she would have used her real last name he surely would have found out that she was the princess.

Matt looked at her with a grin. "Mimi Takenouchi huh?" "Well it is very nice to meet you. Miss Mimi."

"May I ask you something?" Mimi asked.

"Ask away."

"Why are you so nice to me, when you know I'm the enemy?"

Matt stood up straight and walked back to his seat considering the question. "Well I guess it's because you're a woman… and I was raised to treat women with respect no matter whom they are… if you would have been a man you would not be as lucky as you are now."

Mimi's eyes flashed with anger. Her anger level had gone way over the line; she stood up from the chair. "That is a load of lies!" she yelled.

Matt also stood from his chair. "What are you talking about?" he was getting tired with her outbursts all the time.

"If you really respected women you would have not killed my mother! If you really respected women no matter who they were, you would have not murdered her and taken her away from me! She would still be alive!" she cried.

Matt looked taken back a bit. He had no idea; why would he anyway?

"Mimi. I myself did not kill your mother."

"No, but your father did! And he raised you!" with that she turned her back to him, and took a deep breath to keep herself under control.

They then heard a knock at the door. "Come in." answered Matt. Tai then entered with a proud look on his face.

"What news do you bring me?" asked Matt.

"Good news. Their prince has gone missing."

"What do you mean 'missing'?"

"I mean he's no where to be found. And with out a leader they shall truly falter during the war." beamed Tai.

"Wait. You think the heir to the king is a prince?" laughed Mimi.

"Of course he is." growled Tai.

"Okay…" she giggled, and then put on a straight face.

Tai and Matt just started at her strange, and then went back to business. "So, should we go over any war procedures?"

"Not at this moment. Please leave us be."

"Very well." Tai said as he walked out.

"So shall we continue dinner?" asked Matt.

"If you don't mind I would just like to sleep now."

"Of course. I'll walk you back to your chambers."

With that they walked back to her guest room, and left her alone locked inside. In the room Mimi changed into a night gown she found in the chest and crawled into the huge bed and fell asleep in a matter of moments.

Groaning Mimi sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes and looked around at her surroundings. "Ugh! This isn't a nightmare after all!" cried Mimi as she fell back into the bed.

Looking up she heard a knock at her door. "Miss Mimi… Matt wanted me to inform you that he will be here to pick you up in about half an hour." Said Jennie Matt's old nanny.

"Yes." Was Mimi's only reply as she pulled the blanket over her head.

'Why is he being so kind to me? Whatever he does today, I will not say one word to him. He is the enemy after all. I hate him, that smug bastard. He's probably trying to get me to trust him, so I can give out information about the standings of Altearia. But his little ''charming'' act will not work on me! She thought angrily.' With that she got out of bed and put on another dress. By the time she was finished Matt had come to get her.

"Ready?" he asked as he opened the door for her to exit.

"Ready for what?" she asked cautiously.

"Just for a walk." He said innocently.

"I don't know what you're trying to pull. But you are still the enemy. I still hate you and if you try anything thing, you will regret it." She hissed.

"Well, feisty this morning are we?" he laughed. "Now shall we be going?"

"Indeed…" she said while rolling her eyes. "So. Where are we off to?"

"Just around. I thought I'd give you a tour of the Castle."

"Hmm…"

They walked side by side. "So where would you like to go first?" Matt questioned.

"Anywhere you wish." She replied flatly.

"Why do you resent me so?" Matt asked.

"Where, have you been for the past few years? And why don't you resent me as I do you?" asked Mimi as she looked up at him.

"I never said I didn't." he smirked.

"Well you have a funny way of showing it."

Mimi then changed the subject. "So why do you keep me here? You really don't have any use for me."

"As a matter of fact I do."

"Really? What could you possibly want with me?" she asked narrowing her eyes in suspicion.

"Nothing I can say to one who comes from Altearia." He sighed. "But, may I get your perspective of what you think of this war?"

Mimi was a little taken back by his question. "Well… I feel that there is something one can do to stop all of this madness before many live are destroyed during the war…"

Matt raised his eye brows as a smile formed on his lips at her response.

"So you're saying that you don't want this war? That you don't care who wins?"

"How could you say I don't care who wins! Who do you think I want to win? Of course Altearia. I just think there is another way to have peace. With out one being destroyed."

"Hmm?" he said while he tapped his chin. "I'm sure you know that I myself and your prince have a certain destiny. Right?"

"That you should fight until the death. Yes I know."

After her answer he looked at her suspiciously. No peasant could know that. 'That sort of information is for royal ears only… He thought. Then again I do not know their customs...'

"And what do you make of that?"

"Well… I want the ''prince'' of Altearia to win. Simple as that." Mimi tried to ignore the image of her dying by Matt's hands.

"What do you think of Hadior?"

"Must I really answer that?" she said with a sigh.

"I'll tell you what I think of Altearia… and you. But in doing so you must tell me what you think of me."

"Fine but you go first." said Mimi avoiding his gaze.

"Do you honestly want to know what I personally think of your precious kingdom? I warn you, you may not like what you hear…"

Mimi was sure she wasn't going to like what she would soon hear, but for some odd reason she wanted to know what he thought of her. Then afterwards she could tell him what an awful kingdom he has, and what a strange and annoying person he is.

"First off. I truly hate the kingdom you live in. I hate your people for what they did to my mother and brother. They took lands that once belonged to us, and tried to kill us all off in a surprise attack. And all for that I truly deeply hate Altearia. The Altearians are selfish, rude, and cowards. If I could, I'd kill each one of you off right now…"

As she listened to him she watched his face as a different emotion washed through. First calmness, sadness, and then pure anger.

At his last statement she looked alarmed. And scooted away a few feet. If he really wanted everyone dead, why didn't he just kill her?

Sensing her reactions, he then put on a fake smile. "Not that I would ever kill you Mimi. You… you are different from other girls… I guess one of a kind. You just have this ''spark'' that I enjoy." He said as he looked at her face.

She looked down as a blush appeared on her face. What would he say if he saw her blush?

"Then again. If by some reason the so called prince ended up to be a princess, as in youWell then… I'd have to kill you." Matt smirked, eyes sparkling with mischief.

Mimi stopped dead in her tracks.' Oh no! He's on to me! Wait a second! What happened to that I respect all women no matter who they are? Oh that's a load of bull.' Thought Mimi as she stared at him right the eye.

"Mimi, is something wrong?" asked Matt as he stopped also.

"What happened with the whole 'I respect all women no matter who they are'? HmmOr was that just a load of bull?"

"Hmm… maybe your right."

'The nerve of him! Then why the hell is he keeping me alive!'

"Calm down. I won't have to kill you, the heir is a prince. As you said yourself. Besides if he were a princess instead of a prince, there would be no way you could be princess, she would have to be smart. So you're safe." Matt said with a laugh.

Mimi looked at him furiously her hands in tight fists and teeth gritted together. "You damn fool!" she cursed as she stomped her way back to her 'dungeon'.

"Mimi wait, it was a joke! Have a sense of humor!"