Prologue.....





Tsukino Kenji and his wife, Ikuko, pushed their children out the back door of their five thousand dollar house, just as the door burst in to reveal five burly men with black shades on and sub automatics, a berretta and a mini Uzi. The men's face were black and lifeless as if they were wearing masks, and began to search for their targets.





"Mama!" a five-year-old boy with golden colored hair and indigo eyes stares up at his mother, "Why can't we stay with you?"

Ikuko was in tears as they heard the men moving about in the house. "You have to leave us now, Shingo." She kissed her son's cheek, "Be good and let Usagi take care of you. K?"

The boy nods, knowing that this was important.

"Usagi, run as far away from this place as you can." Kenji looks at his daughter who was about sixteen years old, with platinum blonde hair and deep blue eyes. " Take this and keep it safe."

He thrust a golden key with a little pink jewel on top. "Don't let it fall in his hands. I'm counting on you to keep both the key and Shingo safe."

Usagi, with the rare serious look on her face, nods, "You can trust me, Daddy." She leans forward and kisses her father on the cheek and her mother as well, "I love you."

Kenji put an arm around his wife's quivering body, "We love you guys. Now go before they find you! And whatever you do, don't give him that key! And don't look back!"

Usagi nods, grabbing her little brother's hand and ran off into the night.



Somewhere down the road, they heard gunshots and a great explosion.

Shingo looks up at his older sister, " Is Mama and Papa ok, Usa?"

Usagi was thankful for the darkness as they ran away from the burning mansion. She let her tears run unchecked and unnoticed by her brother. She knew the truth, she knew that they had died, but she couldn't bring herself to tell her brother that.

He was just so innocent..

She shook her head, they'd have to find a safe place to sleep then find food.





AN: Short, I know but mores to come.