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"Grandfather, it's the prince! Rin's really Ling!" Lan Fan exclaimed, hiding her previous pained expression at his accusations, "Give me my mask!" Rin yelled glaring at them both, his eyes going back to their birth-inflicted slits, "My prince." Fu said taking a step forward but stopping as Rin pointed the curved sword at him.

"I am no prince! You've got the wrong guy, all I want is to take my mask and leave!" he hissed, the orange thief's make-up on the corners of his eyes smearing as silent tears fell down his cheeks, "Don't you think I've been through enough today? Finding out the one person I trusted abused my trust just so that you two could drag me off to be executed?" he asked quietly, opening his eyes again to stare at Fu and Lan Fan, the guards looked at each other in stunned silence, the man suddenly shook his head, "You will not be executed, prince Ling. Come with us, your mother will be overjoyed to see you after such a long time." He said taking a step towards the thief.

"I TOLD YOU! I'M NO PRINCE! I'M JUST YOUR AVERAGE THIEF!" Rin yelled taking a step back, the leather strap that he was supposed to use to hold his Dao sword to his back shifting as he moved. Lan Fan moved closer as well, "Please, my prince. Just look at this drawing and at yourself. You will see that you are who you are." She said holding out the paper to the thief, cautiously said thief took a step forward motioning for the girl to put the paper on the flat side of the sword.

Lan Fan obeyed and Rin drew his sword closer to him, snatching the paper from the sword, he unfolded it and looked at the picture. Frowning he turned around and walked over to a puddle in between the roots of an oak, looking at his reflection, dark blue eyes opening wide as he looked from the drawing to the puddle. Rin took a shaky breath, it was him that was drawn on the paper, though his hair was down and shorter, but it was him, they were right he was a pri-.

"No dammit! Screw this damn drawing, that may look like me but it isn't me!" he yelled crumpling the paper into a ball and throwing it at the guards, his eyes glaring at them wildly, Lan Fan stepped closer to him again. "Li-" "RIN! MY NAME IS RIN! I AM THE SON OF TOMOKA! THE HEIR TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE THIEVES! THAT IS WHO I AM! I STEAL FROM THE ROYALTY, I FEED OFF OF THEIR RIGHTFUL FOOD AND USE IT TO FEED MY PEOPLE!" he yelled interrupting the girl he had dared call his friend earlier that day, Fu growled and stalked up to the thief, "You are Ling Yao, son of Solis Yao, grandson of Demetrius Yao. Son of Ren Yang, the Emperor of Xing. You're the heir of the throne of Xing!" He snapped and the thief jumped back away from the guard.

"NO! THE YAO CLAN HAS RUINED MY LIFE TIME AND TIME AGAIN!" Rin screeched, his temper growing short, he grabbed his hair with his free hand, holding it in an iron vice grip, he couldn't be the long lost prince. He just couldn't, that would mean his loyalty to the thieves was fake, but he knew it was as real as he was standing there. The sudden clink of metal hitting a rock snapped the thief from his flustered thoughts, he turned quickly and could sense a smoke-bomb, he growled and swung his Dao sword at it in an attempt to cut off the fuse.

He was not quick enough and the small grenade exploded, Rin groaned in pain, clasping his hands over his ears in an attempt to block out the loud ringing echoing in his ears. A smoke-bomb combined with a flash-grenade, he would have to rely on his sense of the Dragon Pulse to tell where the guards were. He stood still and let his pulse return to normal before he leaped to the side as Fu tried to catch him in a headlock.

"What?" the elderly guard grunted as Rin landed softly on the ground a couple yards away, the thief grinned and slowly began walking away from the man, he chose to ignore the fact that he didn't know where Lan Fan had gone. Which Rin regretted the second he felt his legs get hit from underneath him, "No..." he gasped when he felt the sharp sting of a shoe hitting his hand and his grip on his sword faltered, he growled as Lan Fan pulled the sword from him.

Rin rolled to the side quickly and scrambled to his feet, this wasn't exactly working in his favor so it would probably be best if he ran away and that's what he was planning on doing. Up until he felt an arm wrap around his neck and a cloth cover his mouth and nose, the sweet smell that seemed to emanate from it made him feel lightheaded, chloroform... the thief realized just before his legs gave out and he lost consciousness.

Rin opened his eyes slightly and looked around tiredly, was he back at the hall of Thieves, no, his eyes opened fully as he sat up quickly, dark blue eyes widening and looking around frantically. He was in a palace, most likely the Yao palace, the thief tried to bring his legs underneath him so he could stand but the sound of chains shifting made him scowl. He pushed the blanket covering his legs to the side and growled, as he suspected there was a chain wrapped around his right ankle, Rin looked around again and spotted his sword not to far away.

He shifted closer to it and yelped in pained surprise when the chain was roughly tugged, Rin looked back and frowned when he saw Lan Fan sitting not to far away, the other end of the chain in her hand. "You're awake." she said and the thief rolled his eyes, "What's with you and pointing out the obvious?" he grumbled turning to face the guard, she tilted her head and gave him a bewildered look.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Lan Fan asked and Rin snorted, shaking his head, "I'll explain, if you take the chain off." he said hitting said chain with his foot, the girl made a face and shook her head, making the thief groan. "Aw, c'mon, why not? I won't run off or anything!" Rin complained hitting the chain again, but harder this time.

"What do I have to trust your word?" Lan Fan asked and the thief looked at her incredulously, "Really? Wow, I thought the Xingese always kept their word, not to mention that if I, a thief, were to break my word not only would I lose every ounce of trust people have in me but my life as well." Rin said as he folded his arms over his chest, almost looking like he was pouting, "You're so childish. It's a wonder how you were able to survive being a thief." the guard sighed, shaking her head slowly before standing quickly when the door opened, Rin's head snapped over towards the door and he watched Fu and a woman walk into the room.

"Ling..."

o-0 Not as long as the last chapter but hey, I got it up! Review for more!