Storm: Okay, this is just an AU idea that I had. i'm posting the first chapter at the same time. COMPLETE AU. I guess you could say that I took the story line and ran with it... heheh. Neway, Read and Reveiw!!

Youko flashed a quick grin at Kuronue as the two weaved in and out of the myriad of traps surrounding their target. The mirror was placed on a pedestal in the center of the room. The fox snorted. Honestly, nobles ought to know better by now…

"Careful," he warned Kuronue as the bat demon reached out to take it. He nodded, checked for any more traps while walking carefully up the dais, and then with a smooth movement swiped the mirror. Wheeling around, the two darted back the way they had come, the alarms sounding off music to the two thieves' ears.

"We've got this!" Kuronue crowed, he and his partner fleeing the scene of their most recent crime. Youko laughed alongside him, concealing a wince. He'd been wounded by one of the guards early on, a stupid, foolish mistake. It hadn't slowed him down enough for Kuronue to worry, so the fox hadn't told him. But now, the hurt leg was paining him, and he felt a little dizzy from blood loss. Putting the hurt from his mind, the two thieves escaped the palace easily…

Or would have, if Youko had not fallen behind, had not gotten captured… had not gotten killed.