Zorro hid in the shadows and waited. A young female Zorua was heading for his direction, but she couldn't see him though - Zorro was hiding perfectly and nearly merged into the black bricks of the wall he was leaning on. She was his target. Her parents hated her so much they told Zorro to get rid of her. The reward was pretty decent. She was very young...nine years old? It was dark in this area of town, and the nearest lamp post was about thirty metres away, and it was really, really dim. When the little Zorua was close enough, Zorro transformed into a young Zorua and bounced out, as casual as he could. He walked towards the Zorua and smiled, "Hi."
The Zorua's eyes were instantly filled with fear, and she jumped back, with her feet trembling, "Z-Zorro! P-please...have mercy!"
Zorro was surprised, very surprised, "Impressive...nobody has ever seen through my illusions that easily. You have a rare talent..."
"It...it's my parents right?" The Zorua panicked, "They hate me for wandering alone in the dark, but I HAVE to get some fresh air...Luna this, Luna that, I'm sick of it! I want some freedom-"
So she's called Luna. Zorro thought. Luna wanted to continue, but when she saw his large sinister eyes staring right at her, she stopped, then ran for her life.
Zorro turned back into his normal self and jumped into the air. With an aerial somersault he outran the Zorua and stopped in her path, blocking her way to escape. Knowing there was no way to survive, she sat and cried.
"I don't wanna die..." she cried miserably, "I'm too young to die! I'm only nine, and people want me dead! WHY?!" tears ran down her cheeks like a waterfall.
"You have a great talent within you, Luna." Zorro said softly, "It will be a total waste if I kill you now. I'm letting you go. I'll tell your parents that you're dead, but you better run away as far as you can, in case they try looking for you. I do not want that talent of yours to go to waste."
Luna stood there, "You're letting me go?"
Zorro spoke coldly, "Do not make me regret it." and walked away.
"Wait!" Luna shouted, "Let me come with you!"
"Come with me?" Zorro was flabbergasted.
"Yeah! Let me live at your place, so I can hide from my parents for now." Luna suggested.
Zorro thought for a while, then said, "Follow me."
Luna followed Zorro through a forest in the Dark Kingdom and they stopped before a large apple tree, almost two metres wide in diameter. Zorro walked towards it and bumped - wait, he didn't. He walked right through the tree.
"How'd you do that?" Luna asked with her eyes widened.
"To other people, it's a tree. But it's only an illusion. A few years of meditation and extreme focus would do the trick. My fox hole's under this illusion." Zorro explained and jumped into the hole.
It was dark there and Luna couldn't see a thing, but things became much better when Zorro lit up a candle with flamethrower - a TM from his clients. There was a table and two chairs made of wood, and wooden bed for Zorro. On the wall was a map of the Dark Kingdom.
"There's no bed for you." Zorro told her, "And I'm always away, I won't be able to take care of you.
"That's okay I'll sleep on the ground. And I can take care of myself." Luna curled up like a ball and quickly fell asleep.
"No missions for me right now..." Zorro told himself, "I'll go find the King and see if he has any missions for me." With one big jump, he left the hole.
He dashed through the forest with extreme speed, jumping from one tree to another and arrived at the Castle in ten minutes.
"I am here to see the king." Zorro told the guards, "Is he available?"