You were spun around and grabbed by the waist as a hand covered your mouth. You both leaned against the wall behind you.

"Shhh," someone hushed into your ear. You nodded your head, then the hand left your mouth. You looked up to see who had grabbed you. Although his eyes were familiar you couldn't recognize his face at all. You squinted your eyes and tried to remember where you had seen him before. He wasn't paying attention to you and was looking in an other direction. You gave up trying to figure out who he was and decided to ask him. However, before you could even say a word a loud crash came from down the alley.

"What was that?" The man who still has his arm around your waist ignored you. You stood there for a little, the silence irritated you. You looked up at the man again, "could you at least untie my hands?"

He looked down at you and sighed, then cut the rope which bound you. You struggled out of his grip. Once you were released you began walking off down the alley, hoping to find a way out. "You won't be able to escape."

You turned around to the man who had finally said something. He sounded strangely bored and strangely familiar. Then it clicked, could that guy possibly be the one who saw you sleeping outside before. "Who are you?"

"Koumei Ren." You just stared at him, then you looked at his noble clothes. Could he possibly be part of the royal family. You decided not to question him and began to walk off again and he let out a long sigh. "I said you can't escape."

"What do you mean?"

"First, Kouha has his squadron surrounding this place. You couldn't possibly get past them." You turned around to face Koumei.

"And second?"

He paused for a long while. "I'm also here to stop you."

"Huh?"

"I don't really care what Kouha does but he hasn't been finishing any of his work which could have an effect on the country. You're the cause of that which is a problem, so I'll give you 2 choices. You can either die right here and now or return to Kouha and never leave him."

You glared at the floor. If this guy wasn't kidding you would have to choose between death or permanent imprisonment. Even if you could get away from Koumei, Kouha would be waiting for you to run into his trap. You clenched your teeth, you were going to die some day. Why should you suffer through your whole life as a slave to Kouha. You kept thinking that but the thought of death still scared you.

"The longer you take to decided the more likely Kouha will find you before you can choose." You shot your head up to Koumei. His voice pulled you away from your thoughts. You stared into his eyes.

"Alright! Fine! You can kill me." He looked at you and for a second it seemed he was hesitant.

Then a voice cut through the silence. "You aren't allowed to die, (Name). You are mine and so is your life. You don't even have the choice between whether you live or die. Only I do and I decided you don't get to die." Around the corner came a short person with pink hair, Kouha. You had wasted your time deciding. Without thinking twice you bolted down the alley turning this way and that. If you could out run Kouha maybe you could find a way to get past the squadron waiting for you, and just maybe Koumei had been lying about that. As you ran suddenly something grew really big and blocked the way you were running. It seemed to be a giant, sword? It slightly broke into the walls next to it. Before you could stop you knocked your face right into it which knocked you onto your knees.

"Heeeh, (Name), if you actually wanted to get away from me you shouldn't have ran in circles." You looked up to see Kouha standing on the top of the sword, which began to shrink down. You snapped out of your stupor, and got onto your feet but before you could even run a few steps Kouha had already grabbed onto you and pulled you back down. You sat on the dirty floor and he stood on his knees. He was a little higher up than you. Then he shoved your head into his chest and started petting your head. "Now, now, I know you were lost (Name). But, I can't stand losing things that are mine. So, at the palace I've made a place for you to stay so I'll always know where you are. You won't ever, ever get lost again."

You smelt something sweet and fell over into Kouha's arms. Your vision began to fade. "(Name), you'll always be mine."

When you regained consciousness you felt yourself moving along on something that felt like it was rattling. You kept your eyes shut. Your head was resting on something soft, maybe a pillow? It was too hard to be a pillow, it felt more like a person. Curiously, you opened the eye closer to the thing you were laying on. It looked like you were laying on someone's leg. Also, you felt a light weight on the other side of your head. You opened your other eye.

"(Name), you're already awake?" The voice sounded familiar, then you remembered. It was Kouha, he had found you. You tried to sit up but Kouha's hand held your head down.

"Where am I?" You asked still very sleepy.

"We're nearing the palace now." He ran his fingers throughout your hair. "Where you'll never have to leave. I've already had a room specially prepared for you. No one will ever be able to take you away from it and it will make sure you never go missing again." When you heard this you tried to push Kouha away but your arms were stuck to something. You looked down to see that you were chained up.

"Eh?"

"Heeeh, don't worry they are just there to make sure that you don't run off and hurt yourself. I need to make sure what's mine doesn't break." He caressed your cheek, then lit some incense. "Go back to sleep, (Name) when you wake up you'll be somewhere safe."

You tried to say something but you couldn't open your mouth. You felt very tired and began to doze off. Then something soft touched your lips as you fell into a deep sleep.

When you woke up again you were in a soft bed in a fairly large room. There was no window in the room which made it seem very dark, although there were multiple candles and lamps. There was a large metal door and a small wooden door, each on opposite sides. You were wearing shackles and were chained to a metal ring that hung from the wall. The chain was long enough for you to wander around the whole room. You looked at the shackles. Unlike rope these couldn't be cut with a knife, besides that there was no way there would even be a knife in that room. You pushed your weak body up and slid off the bed. You might be able to find something to help you get out of the room. You went to the metal door and examined it. There was no way you could get through that without the key. You looked around the room, they sure had made sure there was nothing of use to you. You opened the wooden door and looked inside to a bathroom. You closed the door then sat back on the bed. You fell backwards onto the bed with your arm spread out and then you stared at the ceiling. You had no idea what time it was. If only you could see the sun. You looked around the room, there certainly was a lot of cloth. Maybe that could help you, but you didn't think about it too much before someone came in through the door. You froze where you were thinking it was Kouha. But, it was just a maid that walked in with a tray of food.

"Here is your dinner." She said as she set the tray down and walked out of the room in a hurry. You got up and went to the plate or food. Maids, they were probably gossiping about you. You picked up some grapes and ate them. Previously, you had thought about going on a hunger strike to spite Kouha, but instead, decided to use that as a last resort. You needed to keep your strength if you ever had a chance to escape.

You finished your dinner and walked over to a table that had a few books on it. You grabbed one of the books and looked at the title, Ghost of the Theatre. The title sounded weird so you went over to read it on the bed. You flipped through the pages of the book finding it interesting. It was about a love triangle between an actress, her childhood friend, and some guy who lived under the theatre. As you neared the end of the story the actress was being threatened to stay with the guy who lived in the basement because he was insanely in love with her. You snapped the book shut and set it down. Something about the guy that lived in the basement reminded you of someone else. You laid on the bed thinking about it when someone walked in the room and began blowing out the candles. They finished and ran out the door before you could say anything. The only light in the room came from underneath the metal door. You settled into the bed and decided to try to sleep. As you were on the verge of sleep you heard a door creak open and someone slipped into the bed next to you. You were so tired you didn't care at all. Not even when two arms wrapped around you. Within seconds you were fast asleep.