We now return to the gardens at night. A shadowy figure walks through. We see it is Hotaru in disguise. She reaches the palace wall, then begins to climb it. She is tugged from behind by Raikou.

Hotaru: Oh, I'm sorry, Raikou. But I can't stay here and have my life lived for me. I'll miss you. (She begins to climb again, and is helped up by Raikou, who begins to whine and whimper.) Good bye!

She disappears over the wall. Cut to daytime on the street Saga and Chimchar are up to their capers again. They are on top of the awning of a fruit stand.

Saga: Okay, Chimchar. Go!

Chimchar dips over the edge and looks at the Proprietor.

Proprietor: (To passing crowd) Try this, your taste buds will dance and sing. (Chimchar grabs a melon and hangs there, distracting his attention.) Hey, get your paws off that.

Chimchar: Blah blah blah!

Proprietor: Why, you. Get away from here, you filthy ape.

He grabs the melon away from Chimchar. But in the foreground, Saga dips down and snatches another melon from the stand.

chimchar: Bye bye.

He zings back up. The Proprietor takes the melon to the front, where he places it on top of a stack. He looks confused, like he has just done this.

Saga: Nice goin' Chimchar. Breakfast is served.

Saga and Chimchar on the roof break open the melon and eat. We see Hotaru walking through the street.

Shopkeeper 1: Pretty lady, buy a pot. No finer pot in brass or silver.

Shopkeeper 2: Sugar dates, sugar dates and figs! Sugar dates and pistachios!

Shopkeeper 3: Would the lady like a necklace? A pretty necklace for a pretty lady.

She is charmed by the action, but is startled by a Magikarp thrust into her face.

Shopkeeper 4: Fresh Magikarp! We catch 'em, you buy 'em!

Hotaru: I don't think so. (She backs away, but bumps into a fire eater, who is startled into swallowing his fire.) Oh, excuse me.

(He gulps, then belches fire from his mouth. Hotaru is disgusted. He is pleased and taps his stomach. Saga sees her, and a strange look comes over his face.) I'm really very sorry.

Saga: (He's obviously deeply in love with her.) Wow.

She pulls the hood of her cloak over her head. Chimchar sees him and jumps up on his shoulder, waving his hand in front of Saga's face.

Chimchar: Uh oh. Hello? Hello?

Hotaru stops at the fruit stand and sees a young homeless child reaching for a piece of fruit. She picks one up and gives it to him.

Hotaru: Oh, you must be hungry. Here you go. (The boy runs off.)

Proprietor: You'd better be able to pay for that.

Hotaru: (Mystified) Pay?

Proprietor: No one steals from my cart.

Hotaru: Oh, I'm sorry sir. I don't have any money.

Proprietor: Thief.

Hotaru: Please, if you let me go to the palace, I can get some from the Sultan.

Proprietor: Do you know what the penalty is for stealing?

He takes her hand and pins it down on the table, intending to chop it off.

Hotaru: No, no please.

The sword drops, but his hand is stopped by Saga's.

Saga: Thank you kind sir. I'm so glad you've found her. I've been looking all over for you.

Hotaru: (whispering) What are you doing?

Saga: (whispering back) Just play along.

Proprietor: You know this girl?

Saga: Sadly, yes. She is my sister. She's a little crazy. (He circles his finger around his ear. She is shocked. The Proprietor grabs him by the vest.)

Proprietor: She said she knows the Sultan.

Saga: She thinks the monkey is the Sultan.

Chimchar is picking a pocket. He hears this, then straightens up. Hotaru, playing along, kneels and bows to Chimchar.

Chimchar: Oh, wise Sultan. How may I serve you?

Chimchar: Well, blah blah blah blah.

Saga: Tragic, isn't it? (He leans forward, picking up another apple from the cart with his foot.) But, no harm done. (Walks over to Hotaru.) Now come along sis. Time to see the doctor.

Hotaru: (To a camelrupt standing nearby) Oh, hello doctor. How are you?

Saga: No, no, no. Not that one. (To Chimchar, whose pockets are bulging.) Come on, Sultan.

Chimchar bows to the crowd and everything he's stolen from the cart falls out.

Proprietor: Huh? What is it? (Chimchar picks up what he can carry, and the trio run off.) Come back here, you little thieves!

Cut to Loki's lab. Chatot is running on a gear in a bizarre contraption. At the top of the contraption is a storm brewing.

explosion

Chatot: (huffing and puffing) With all due respect, Your Rottenness, couldn't we just wait for a real storm?

Loki: Save your breath, Chatot. Faster. (He places the Sultan's ring in the contraption.)

Chatot: Yes, O mighty Evil One. [panting]

Chatot runs faster. A lightning bolt streaks through the ring, passing into an hourglass below. The sands begin to swirl.

Loki: Part, sands of time. Reveal to me the one who can enter the cave. (The sand on top forms the Cave of Wonders. It falls through into a storm, but it shows Saga climbing up a ladder, followed by Hotaru who is covered in her cloak.) Yes... Yes! There he is. My diamond in the rough.

Chatot: That's him? That's the clown we've been waitin' for? (Chatot loses his footing and is sucked into the gears.)

Loki: Let's have the guards extend him an invitation to the palace, shall we?

Chatot goes flying past and slams into the wall upside down.

Chatot: Swell. [coughs]

Loki laughs hideously, and the camera zooms in on the sandstorm with Saga in it. Finally, we dissolve into the real Saga climbing to the top of the ladder, followed by Hotaru.

sinister laughter

Saga: Almost there.

Hotaru climbs over the top, but trips and falls into Saga's arms. She stands up.

Hotaru: I want to thank you for stopping that man.

Saga: Uh, forget it. (He grabs a pole.) So, uh, this is your first time in the marketplace, huh?

Saga pole vaults to the next building, leaving Hotaru behind.

Hotaru: Is it that obvious?

Saga: Well, you do kinda stand out. (He stares at her, still in love. She returns the look. But he realizes what he is doing, and returns to normal.) I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous Agrabah can be. (He lays a plank between the buildings for her to walk over, but as he is leaned down, she vaults over his head. He looks back in surprise. She tosses the pole to him. Both Saga's and Chimchar's eyes bulge.)

Hotaru: I'm a fast learner.

Saga: Right. C'mon, this way. (They go inside the roof of a building, dodging planks and beams as they go.) Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful.

Hotaru: Is this where you live?

Saga: Yep. Just me and Chimchar. Come and go as we please.

Hotaru: Fabulous.

Saga: Well, it's not much, (he pulls back the curtain and exposes the palace) but it's got a great view. Palace looks pretty amazing, huh?

Hotaru: Oh, it's wonderful.

Saga: I wonder what it would be like to live there, to have servants and valets...

Hotaru: Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress.

Saga: It's better than here. Always scraping for food and ducking the guards.

Hotaru: You're not free to make your own choices.

Saga: Sometimes you feel so--

Hotaru: You're just--

Both: (in unison) --trapped.

They look at each other, realizing that they're perfect for one another. But Saga then realizes where he is, and breaks the look. He takes the apple out of Chimchar's hand and rolls it down his arm into the hand of Hotaru.

Saga: So, uh, where're you from?

Hotaru: What does it matter? I ran away, and I am not going back.

Saga: Really? How come? (He takes a bite from the apple in his hand, then hands it to Chimchar, who has a disgusted look on his face.)

Chimchar: Why you...!

Saga walks over and sits next to Hotaru.

Hotaru: My father's forcing me to get married.

Saga: That's--that's awful. (Chimchar appears from behind the princess and tries to steal the apple.) Chimchar!

Chimchar races up to a higher point, chattering and cursing as he goes.

Hotaru: What?

Saga: Chimchar says that--uh--that's not fair.

Chimchar: What?

Hotaru: Oh did he?

Saga: Yeah, of course.

Hotaru: And does Chimchar have anything else to say?

Saga: Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do to help.

Chimchar: Oh, boy!

Hotaru: Hmm... tell him that's very... sweet.

Saga and Hotaru get closer and closer, until Saga leans in to kiss her. He is interrupted, however, by Deathmask and the other Guards, who have found them.

Deathmask: Here you are!

Saga and Hotaru: They're after me! (To each other) They're after you?

Hotaru: My father must have sent them--

Saga: Do you trust me?

Hotaru: What?

Saga: Do you trust me? (He extends his hand)

Hotaru: Yes. (She takes it.)

Saga: Then jump!

They both jump off the roof, fall and land in a pile of salt. They try to get away, but the exit is blocked by Deathmask.

Deathmask: We just keep running into each other, don't we, street rat?

Again, Deathmask's turban is pulled down by Chimchar, but more guards are here and block the exit. The first Guard pulls Chimchar off his head and throws him in a vase. Three other Guard grab Saga.

Guard: It's the dungeon for you, boy.

Saga: Hey, get off of me!

Hotaru: Let go of him.

Deathmask: (Not realizing she is the princess) Look what we have here, men--a street mouse. (He throws her down.)

Hotaru: (standing up and pulling off the hood of her cloak) Unhand him, by order of the princess!

The Guards suddenly stop and bow, forcing Saga to bow as well.

Deathmask: Princess Hotaru.

Saga: The princess?

Chimchar: (peeking out from the vase) The princess?

Deathmask: What are you doing outside the palace? And with this street rat?

Hotaru: That's not your concern. Do as I command. Release him!

Deathmask: Well, I would, princess, but my orders come from Loki. You'll have to take it up with him.

The Guards drag Saga out, bowing as they go.

Hotaru: (getting a very ticked-off look) Believe me, I will.

Cut to the inside of the palace, Loki emerges from his secret chambers. He slides the door shut carefully, but the princess comes storming in before he is finished. He slams it shut, pinning Chatot inside the door frame.

Hotaru: Loki?

Loki: Oh, uh, princess.

Chatot: Awk! Loki, I'm stuck!

Loki: How may I be of service to you? (He spreads out his cape, hiding the door.)

Hotaru: The guards just took a boy from the market, on your orders.

Loki: Your father charged me with keeping peace in Agrabah. The boy was a criminal.

Hotaru: What was the crime?

Chatot: I can't breathe, Loki.

Loki: Why, kidnapping the princess, of course.

Chatot: If you could just--(Loki kicks him back inside the door and it slams shut)--wow, that hurts!

Hotaru: He didn't kidnap me! I ran away!

Loki: (Walking away as if shocked) Oh, dear! Oh, how frightfully upsetting. Had I known.

Hotaru: What do you mean?

Loki: Sadly, the boy's sentence has already been carried out.

Hotaru: What sentence?

Loki: (with a sinister tone) Death. (Hotaru gasps.) By beheading.

Hotaru: No! (She collapses to the floor.)

Loki: I am exceedingly sorry, princess.

Hotaru: How could you? (She runs from the room crying.)

Chatot finally makes it out through the door. He flies up and lands on Loki's shoulder, coughing.

Chatot: So, how did it go?

Loki: I think she took it... rather well. (They both get a sinister smile on their faces.)

Diss. to Hotaru at night, crying at the edge of the fountain. Raikou comes over to comfort her. She pets him.

Hotaru: It's all my fault, Raikou. I didn't even know his name.