Here's a new story, starring SaruXFei. I do not own IE or any of its characters. They all belong to Level-5. Please enjoy!

Lost and Found

"Bye, Dad." Fei stepped out onto the streets and closed the door gently behind him. He sighed and stared at the pile of newspapers bundled up in his arms. Being born in a poor family, Fei had to give up his chance of going to school and getting a proper education to earn money for his family. His mother, Nanobana Kinako had died giving birth to him, and his father, Atsurei Rune, was seriously ill from the lack of food, since he gave every spare scrap of food to his son. As a result, Fei had to work hard for money to buy medicine for his father.

Fei walked on, until he could find a spot with lots of people around. He started calling out, "Newspapers! Fresh from the press! Anyone needs to buy a newspaper?"

As usual, nobody took notice of him. The people bustled around, hurrying on with their busy lives.

"Hey, sissy!" A mean voice echoed through the streets. No one heard the voice, but it still reached Fei, who stiffened.

A tall boy with a crooked, twisted face loomed over Fei, leering. His crew hung around him, smirking and sneering.

"What do you want?" Fei asked, his fists clenched in anger.

"Oh, you know what we want, sissy." The leader beckoned his gang forwards. They all cracked their knuckles menacingly.

"Get away from me!" Fei shouted. This caused a few people to look at the commotion in alarm, but they soon ignored it, dismissing it as an ordinary scuffle of a couple of street boys.

"Give us your money. Now." The leader held out a fat hand.

"No!" Fei tried to run away from them, but he was surrounded. There was no way he could get out without either getting hurt, or losing his hard-earned money, and neither option was good.

"Do as I say!" The leader pushed Fei hard, and he fell to the ground, his newspapers and belongings scattered everywhere.

"What do we have here?" A new voice asked. The gang turned around to look at the owner of the voice.

"Your Highness. We were just comforting this poor boy, you see…" The leader trailed off as the new boy cut his sentence off with a furious glare.

"Comforting? I ought to throw you into the dungeon for bullying someone who is defenseless and helpless, not to mention that you lied to me!" The white-haired stranger said.

Fei stared at him in surprise. Had this stranger… stood up for himself?

The stranger caught his eye, and smiled back. Fei felt his heart thump hard.

"Your Highness, we're really sorry!" Now, the gang was bowing to the stranger.

The stranger dismissed them with a wave of his hand. "Go away, and if I ever see you bothering anyone again, there will be serious consequences."

Hanging their heads, the gang scurried away, fleeing from the scene quickly as if a monstrous thing were chasing them.

"Thanks." Fei looked up at the stranger. The stranger was wearing fancy clothes, and he carried himself with a dignified grace. "Who are you?"

The stranger grinned. It didn't match his serious attitude from earlier on. "I'm Saru. Saru Evan."

Fei stared, his mouth dropping open. "Your Highness? Prince Saryuu?"

Saru laughed joyfully. "Say, there's no need to catch bugs!" He gestured to Fei's mouth, which was still wide open. "What's your name?"

"Fei. Fei Rune." Fei still couldn't believe his eyes. "Why did you save me? I'm just a lowly street kid!"

Saru frowned. "Don't speak so lowly of yourself, Fei." He patted Fei on the back kindly.

Fei felt like crying. It had been a long, long time since anyone other than his own father had shown him any kindness at all. "Thank you, Saru." Fei blinked. "Your Highness." Fei added hastily.

"No need for such formalities, Fei." Saru helped him up.

"Saru…" Fei said, but suddenly he felt faint. Then, he remembered. He hadn't eaten anything for a few days, so the hunger was beginning to set in. His world began to darken, and the last thing he heard was Saru calling out his name, shaking him, as the blackness dominated his vision.

That was super short... But I promise I will type more next chapter as I don't have much time today. Review, please? They mean a lot to me...