Been a while hasn't it? XD sorry about that but third chappie is up!

Disclaimer: Tomoka, Solis Yao, Demetrius Yao, Ren Yang I own, I'm not sure if those are the real names of Ling's parents and grandfather but yeah. Tomoka is one hundred percent mine :3 and the plot is mine XD

Last Chapter's final word/words

"Ling..."

Rin once again reached for his Dao sword before freezing as a kunai was pressed against his throat, slowly he looked to the side and scowled at Fu. "Please, Fu! That's not necessary!" the woman exclaimed and the thief shot a glare at her, Fu didn't say anything as he stepped away from Rin, "Sorry to break it to you, but I'm not Ling. Nor would I wish to be." he muttered watching Lan Fan with narrowed eyes as she picked up his sword, "Do you not think that I would recognize my own son? Tomoka did do a wonderful job of not letting you figure out your past, didn't she?"

The thief's head snapped around when he heard his mother's name pass through Solis' lips, "H-how did you know Tomoka was my mother? You were the one who ordered her to be killed weren't you?!" Rin's voice rose as he spoke, fury growing in his chest, the woman looked stunned at his words. "Why would I order her to be killed? She promised me that she would keep you safe and since you are sitting here now she did. I would not have my friend killed when she took you to safety when our palace was attacked by the Yei clan in an attempt on your life!" she said, her voice too raising with each word that passed through her lips, the thief scowled and kicked his leg above his head, Lan Fan gasped as the chain was ripped from her hand and when Rin knew he was free of her grasp he ran towards the window.

A sudden leg shot out and tripped Rin making him fall face first onto the wood floor, the chain once again was picked up and the thief glared up at Fu, who only gave him a scolding look. "I should have known you would make an attempt to escape if you lost your temper." the old guard sighed as he grabbed the back of Rin's shirt to pull him to his feet, "Don't touch me! Stop lying to me and admit it! You're just humoring me until you're ready to execute me!" Rin snarled making the two guards sigh and Solis give him a bewildered look, "Execute you? Ling why would we do that?"

About to run at Solis and strangle her, Rin faced her furiously trying his best not to let his fear show, "I'm the most wanted thief in Xing! Why wouldn't you execute me? I've stolen from the food for Ling's damn feast countless times! Hell, that's how I've lived for so long!" he snarled, knowing he was pushing them even though he wanted to live, he didn't want to die yet, he couldn't die yet, he still had to care for his sister or she would starve. The woman sighed and shook her head, "Do not use such fowl language. And that reminds me, we'll be late. Come along! Get him ready for the feast!"

Rin stared after her incredulously before looking at the two guards, she wasn't serious was she, he jumped and took several retreating steps as six or more servants came into the room. Each of them female and carrying something or other, one had a large metal tub, four had two pales of water each, two had some fancy arrays of soap, royal clothes and rags. "W-what?" the thief could only stumble back some more as Fu took the chain off his ankle then walked out of the room, closing the doors behind him, Lan Fan stayed silent as she climbed out onto the roof from the window and shut it as well.

Oh no they weren't! Rin watched with huge eyes as the servants set the tub down in the middle of the room and poured the water into it, "Here we are young lord, your bath is ready." one said with a kind smile and the thief raised his hands in front of him, shaking his head frantically and blushing, "I-I. N-no."

Another sighed and walked over, "No need to be so embarrassed my lord, it won't be anything we haven't seen." she said as she tugged the thief's hair out of its ponytail, Rin stumbled forward when the servant began trying to pull his shirt off, "I'm not Ling! Besides, I'm not letting some strangers bathe me!" he exclaimed before yelping as the other servants came up behind him and eventually tugged his shirt off. "Don't be so stubborn my lord. Your mother asked us to help you and that's what we'll do."

After ten minutes of objecting and struggling, Rin gave up and let the servants bathe him, for some reason he just knew Tomoka was laughing her ass off where ever she was. "There we are, get dressed and meet your mother at her chambers." one servant said and the thief distinctly remembered one calling her Ying, "All right." he muttered as they left, carefully he climbed out of the tub and dried off with the towel they had left him, afterwards he dressed in the clothes they had laid out, even though he disregarded the shirt in favor of just having the jacket.

Rin quickly dried his hair and coaxed a brush through it before tying it back in his usual style, taking a quick glance at himself in the mirror before leaving the room. 'I wish I could have my sword...that way I could feel at least a little safe...' the thief thought sullenly as Fu led him to Solis' chambers, which she was waiting outside of for him, "Where's Lan Fan?" she asked before the faint sound of someone dropping from somewhere made Rin turn around quickly, Lan Fan bowed slightly and the thief was relieved to see that she had his sword.

"Good, now let's go." Solis said beginning to walk down the hall, Rin frowned a little and followed without bothering to try and keep his eyes open, he could see enough through the slits so he didn't need to worry. Chattering was coming from the doors that they were approaching and the thief felt extremely nervous, though he didn't understand why, the doors swung open and Rin flinched at the cheers that erupted from the gathered people. "ALL HAIL PRINCE LING! PRINCE OF THE YAO CLAN!" a single voice yelled out and many stood and bowed, the thief assumed they were supposed to be Ling's siblings, the other royal children, 'Well. Here goes nothing...hope I don't die...'

:D I got the third chappie up! YAY! Once again not as big as I would have liked it to be buuuuut cliffhanger to get you to come read the next chapter when ever I get it up :3