Luca: ZZZZZ… huh?

Fai: Good morning, Luca-chan!

Luca: Morning Fai. (stretches and yawns.)

Mokona: Hey guys, prepare for landing.

Luca: Let's hope it's better than my first.

Syaoran: Please enjoy chapter 10.

Disclaimer: I own nada.

[Authors note: I'm freaking wiped, as you can probable tell from the crappy disclaimer. I have exams. I was so tired I fell asleep while writing this and started drooling on my laptop. (Groans then passes out from exhaustion and is caught by Kurogane.)

Kurogane: (sighs then carries her away.)This girl is going to kill herself.]

It was night in the place where we emerged. I noticed we were on the roof of a large building.

(Why does this place seem familiar?)

Suddenly, I was blinded by a spotlight.

"There's a group of people on the roof!" a voice below shouted.

"Get them!"

I suddenly realized where we were.

"Oh, shit! Run!" I cried, shooting off along the roof.

The others, who seemed to be getting very good at fleeing, soon passed me.

(We just had to land on the roof, didn't we? And the police are here, so that must mean...)

I let out a cry as my foot slipped on a loose tile and I tumbled over the edge.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped gently around my wrist, yanking me to a halt. My eyes shot open and I saw the edge of a black feather for an instant. I was slowly lowered back onto the roof and when I turned to see my rescuer, I blushed deeply.

He was tall and lean with an elfin face. His eyes and long, spiky hair were both deep purple. He was holding what looked like a case. A spotlight eliminated him, outlining a giant pair of black feathered wings on his back. He smiled at me and flew off.

There are very few anime characters I have crushes on.

The Phantom Thief Dark Mousy just happened to be one of them.

After meeting up with the others, we found ourselves hiding in the bushes.

"Someone's coming." Syao whispered, and we ducked down as a pair of guards walked towards us.

"Man, security has been on high alert lately. But I know why." The first told his friend.

"Really? Why?" The other replied.

"Apparently, they're going to transport a statue called the feather Bearer here in a few days."

"I've heard about that! The feather on it is supposed to have magical powers."

"Yeah right!"

They both laughed as they walked away and we all glanced at each other.

"Well, we know where the feather is." Syao said as we stood back up.

"But how are we going to get it?"

"Well..." I said with a sly smile.

"When one needs a thief..."

We waited till evening the next day to sneak over to the house.

"Well, we're in the right place." I said as we walked up and saw a sign that said "NIWA".

"Are you sure about this?" Sakura asked.

"I told you, Daisuke and Dark are the best thief there is in this world." I replied.

"Thief?" I heard Sakura ask as I opened the door.(1)

Kurogane went to step inside but I held out my arm to stop him.

"Well," I said, answering his questioning glance.

"Knowing Daisukes mom, the place is probable full of booby traps."

Kurogane paled and I grinned.

"Good thing I know how to get through them. Fai, come with me."

We walked inside, leaping across the collapsing stones until we got to the wood.

I smiled at the nearly invisible floor sensors.

"Follow my lead." I said, sprinting forward.

As soon as I stepped down, spikes started shooting out of the walls. We ducked and wove through them with ease.

We got past the floor of death only to be met with another problem.

I stepped forward to have the stone under my foot sink down. Hearing a click, I turned to see a giant sword blade coming out of the wall. I did a back flip and narrowly avoided it only to land and activate another. Fai and I made our way down the hall, facing arrows from the ceiling, lasers, and lots of other nasties until I was hanging at the far end of a pit filled with spikes.

(Now I know how Ed feels.)I thought as I crawled out.(2)

"At least there's no giant ball rolling down the hallway" I said, quoting FMA as I set my hand down.(3)

Then the trigger under it activated.

"Oh come on! Does she watch the show or some thing!" I yelled as the rumbling started.

Fai and I spun around to see the ceiling slide down into a ramp and a giant stone ball rolling down it.

"Aaaaaahhhhh!" We screamed in terror, and then shot off down the hall.

We turned a corner and found a dead end. I looked up to find a 15 foot high wooden shaft with an opening at the top. An idea popped into my head and, with cat-like agility, I kicked off one of the walls, jumping back and forth between the walls till I reached the top. Fai got in a few steps before I grabbed his arms and swung him up. The stone smashed into the wall, missing him by an inch.

We continued on our way and came upon the door with the sign. Recognizing the trick, I reached behind the arrow, expecting to find a switch but instead I found a key hole. I pulled a bobby pin out of my pocket and quickly picked the lock. There was a click and I smiled. We heard a rumbling behind us, causing us to turn and see the traps disappearing, accompanied by the other approaching steps.

Suddenly, the door began to swing open. Fai stepped out of the way but I wasn't as fast, causing me to be in front of the door as Emiko popped out.

"Oh Daisuke! You did so well today!" she said, hugging me.

"Um, excuse me." I said tapping her.

She looked down, stared at me for a moment and said "Oops."

Then she grabbed me, and ran into the house, shouting "We have a problem!".

"Help me!" I screamed to the others, who just stood dumbfounded in the door way.

"Let go!" I shouted, turning to her.

"We know about Dark and Daisuke!"

"What?" she cried, dropping me. Luckily, Kurogane caught me as I fell.

"Mom, what's going on?" Daisuke said coming down the stairs behind her.

"Daisuke! How'd you get in here?"

"I climbed through my window so I wouldn't have to go through all those traps. Who's this?"

"She says she knows about you two!"

"Yeah. And we need your help." I said as Kurogane set me down.

The pair looked at each other for a moment then ushered us into the living room.

"Now, what is it you want?" Daisuke asked as we sat down.

"Well, you should probable know first..."

We then explained our quest to them. They didn't seem very stunned when we were done.

"After all the weird stuff that's happened, this isn't that surprising." Daisuke replied.

"To get Sakura's feather, we have to steal a statue called the 'Feather Bearer'." Syaoran explained.

Emiko clapped together with a smile.

"This'll work perfectly! We were planning on stealing that statue anyway. The theft isn't happening for a few days, so in the mean time you can stay here.

"Oh, thank you!" I replied.

We decided that Sakura and I would have the guest room, Syao would bunk with Daisuke, and that Kurogane and Fai would share the living room.

(Well, at least this isn't going to be boring.) I thought as I put on my pajamas.

Wiz: Kuuuu!

Mokona: Oh, really!

Luca: You have any idea what they're talking about?

Sakura: Not a one.

Mokona and Wiz: Kuuuuuuu! (Translation; Please review and ask.)

1- The reason for Sakuras comment and confusion is because Luca had yet to explain that Daisuke and Dark are the same person.

2- Most of the hallway sequence is based on the scene in Fullmetal Alchemist episode 25 "The Truth Behind Truthes" when Ed is in Labratory 5.

3-In the commentary for FMA episode 25, one of the voice actors said this.