Kuroko walked the halls slowly as he looked downwards; dozens of emotion running through him. However, his main emotion at the moment had to be confusion, since everything Akashi said to him before was so... bewildering. So much so he wasn't sure what he should'd exactly felt at that moment.

Kuroko looked up to see the towering purple-haired male from before leaning against the wall. Kuroko could hear faint chatter behind that corner; indicating that he was back at the feast area.

Murasakibara glanced to the side, spotting the blue-haired male with a blank look. "Hm? You're that Kuroko from before..."

"Yeah" Kurko muttered loud enough for him to hear.

"Midorima mentioned you~" He said with a soft sigh as he took out a snack from his clothing and ate it. "Said something about some 'plan'..."

Kuroko ears perked up, slightly interested. "What plan?"

"About setting up a trap for you and the tan Prince. He kept on bragging about it when I was eating~"

"Setting up? How? What did he mean by that?"

He looked at Kuroko a little darker with a tint of aggravation in his voice. "You talk a lot; like Midorima."

"Sorry, I just really need to know." Kuroko frowned slightly.

Murasakibara took a minute to talk again before he sighed and closed his eyes for a brief moment and then opened them.

"He said that he was going to ruin the new king by ruining his 'relationship' with you," He said as he chewed on a snack he popped into his mouth. "Something about him saying how he would frame you and someone else~"

"Oh, um, thank you... that makes things a little bit more clear; thanks again." Kuroko said a little quickly. The purple-haired male just gave out an 'eh~' as he slumped more on the wall and Kuroko took that as a signal for him to leave.

Kuroko began to walk towards Akashi's room, feeling himself hesitate a few times on the way. If Midorima had actually done something to make Akashi upset, then that made things a lot more sensible now. I guess now I know what he meant by me and Aomine, Kuroko thought, Aomine must've been the other person he had set up...

But what was he going to do now? Akashi was most likely still angry and probably wouldn't even dare to speak to Kuroko at the moment. He might not even want to listen to him explain what was going on. And even if Kuroko did get the chance to explain, which was from from likely; what if Kuroko ended up being wrong for some bizarre reason? What if Akashi wasn't angry about that and wait was actually something else? Kuroko would end up revealing he liked him in the first place and it would end up just diggong his grave even deeper...

Kuroko suddenly heard rattling from a room next to him that he passed by. He just looked at it and waited for a brief moment to observe what it was from afar; as he learned last time what curiosity had gotten him into when he last went into a room.

Suddenly a hand grabbed Kuroko by the shoulder and pulled him inside as the door opened. Kuroko felt himself being moved from the hallway into the middle of an almost pitch-black room being held by some mysterious captor from behind in almost two seconds flat. This day was getting stranger by the second...

Kuroko glanced back for one second to see only a glimpse of red hair in the little light from the windows this room had. Although it was a little dim in color, Kuroko couldn't help but feel his spirits rise.

"Akashi!"

"Huh? Who the hell is that?" The unfamiliar voice said with a rough tone.

Kuroko realized very quickly how wrong he was when he said that as he turned around to face this kidnapper, who, as Kuroko could base off in the shadows, was a tall man with reddish hair and a strange darker red base as well. He looked a bit rougish; quickly indicating to Kuroko that he wasn't a royal member.

"Sorry, just... why did you grab me?" Kuroko said a little surprised.

"Oh, I need a hostage, cuz' you know," He said while grinning a little and rubbing the back of his head. "I'm doing a robbery right now~"

"You're a thief? What are you stealing?" Kuroko asked and the red-head laughed.

"Wow, you know your the first person not to immediately freak out when I do things like this." He said with a grin; ignoring him in that moment.

"Well, I've had strange things happen to me already so I'm not really fazed."

"Haha, that's nice." He smiled as he said the next sentence a little jokingly. "Anyway, yes, I'm a thief and, no, I'm not telling you what I'm taking... personal!"

"Oh, um, then can I ask why I'm being kidnapped?" Kuroko said quizically.

"Cuz' you're a royal from that feast and I thought I might need to use you. Simple and easy plan of mine; works most of the time." He said as he glanced in the corner.

"Oh, yeah; that makes sense..." Kuroko said. He felt like he shouldn't break it to this person yet that he wasn't a royal because even though he seemed okay, if he managed to find out Kuroko wasn't useful anymore then he might dispose of him; for good. That motivated him enough to keep his mouth shut.

"Hey, we got to go now. Chatting is nice, but I have a robbery to do at the moment so I'm a little busy." He said as he headed towards the wall and messed around with a few stuff in the dark corner. Kuroko heard a few clinks until he came back over and then lead him to where he was messing around with. Kuroko observed the corner to see that he had placed a ladder by the wall that reached into a boxy hole in the roof of the room.

He climbed up the stairs first and managed to fit his body through it. He looked back down and reached his hand and Kuroko slowly crept up the stairs and easily slid through the hole and into whatever the place the red-haired person had entered. It looked like some small room connected by very small, crawl-able tunnels.

"This is like the Kingdom's attic; almost never used and connects to all the rooms to the castle. Today was the best day to come for me since everyone is so focused on the feast at the moment that'll be easier to get away." He explained as he pointed at one, lone tunnel. "Anyway, you go first. I need to keep an eye on you."

Kuroko just simply nodded and went ahead; crawling through the tunnel several feet before the red-head joined soon after.

After a while of continuous crawling, Kuroko finally decided to say something.

"What's your name?"

"Kagami" The red-head said. "Anything else?"

"Um..." Kuroko took a moment. "Uh... well..."

"Say it! I don't have all day!"

"Are those eyebrows..." Kuroko said a little slowly at the start before he quickened his pace. "... normally mutated like that?"

"S-Shut up! Only ask things that are important, jeez!""

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They kept on going for what felt like an hour until Kagami stopped and Kuroko instinctually stopped as well. Kuroko glanced back to see Kagami heading down a hallway that connected to the one tunnel they were in; Kuroko quickly following him right after. Finally they reached a bigger space where Kuroko could at least sit rather then crawl in that uncomfortable position all the time.

"This is most likely the place..." Kagami said while pointing at a tile beneath them. "After I push this out, we'll go into the room I'm after and get what I came for. In case anybody is there, you're my leverage since some royal family may need you."

"Okay." Kuroko simply said as Kagami gave out a scoff, rolling his eyes.

"Wow, you really are one strange hostage; so calm..." Kagami muttered, chuckling a little before he kicked the tile he was pointing out before with his foot. It gave in very quickly and fell, hitting the floor beneath them with a SMASH.

Kagami grabbed Kuroko by the arm and pushed him near it. "Go first, I'll follow. The most damage you'll get is a broken arm, so don't worry!"

Shouldn't that be worrying though anyway...?

Kuroko just sighed in agreement, not saying anything as he carefully neared the hole and jumped through. Fortunately the ground was pretty close that he didn't have to worry about breaking any appendages of his so that made him feel somewhat better.

Kuroko found himself looking at a wall, noticing the expensive-looking paintings pinning up against. What exactly was this Kagami stealing...?

He turned around to see a certain red-haired male sitting on a wooden-framed and embroidered bed with his shirt off and only his pants left on. A pile of clothes sitting next to him indicated that he was getting dressed after a wash, which Kuroko could also tell by his dampened hair.

"Kuroko...?" Akashi said while his eyes widened slightly. Kuroko felt himself blush out of embarrassment as Kagami fell from the ceiling right above and hit his head on the ground as he fell on his back; which looked like it hurt.

"Oh, shit; that hurt!" Kagami growled in pain as he rubbed the back of his head and stood up on his feet. He blinked a few times as he noticed Akashi, his face growing awkward.

"Oops, wrong room... heh-heh..."

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So I apologise for taking awhile to update; I've been having a lot of writer's block with this story and it's killing me >^< sorry if it's weird so far I'm just really desperate for ideas that anything even about a person dropping something is helpful to me xD

Anyway, bye birdies see you next update :)