Hay all, welcome to the first instalment of 'A New Dawn' (it's a working Title!) Enjoy!!!

Note: I don't own any of the characters from Shinzo except Gemma. ^-^

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"Kutall are you sure you know where your going?" Sago asked wirily

"Of cause, there should be a town just on the other side of these trees!" the large cat like enterran replied in a matter-of-fact sort of way.

"Yeh, that's what you said two hills and a river ago!" Binka said irritably

"A few slight miscalculations" he replied simply and with that they entered the woods.



It was a fine day and Mushra sat by the lake and stared at the Guardian Card. The sun shone through the trees and there was a slight breeze, he lifted his head and looked around him, Enterra looked so beautiful and peaceful now, there was no sign of fighting or struggle, just what Yakumo had wanted. He roes from the ground and began walking along the bank, when he heard a noise close by it the woods behind him.

"Who's there?" he called into the woods, staff extended.

To his surprise a young Enterran girl about his age stepped out from behind a tree, she had shocking electric blue hair that hung an inch above her shoulders with sharp-zigzagged edges. She wore a jet-black three quarter sleeve top that ended just above her waist with a large triangle cut from the base at the front and tight pants the same colour toped with a blue skirt a shade lighter than her hair. Over that was blue chest plate same colour as the skirt with silver edging. The girl's boots came up just above her knees and she wore gloves similar to his own, both were electric blue like the rest.

She looked at him blushing beet red.

"Are you Mushra?" the enterran asked in strong, but quite embarrassed voice.

"Depends who's asking" Mushra replied

"I have something important from the Guardians" she said holding something out in her hand. Mushra took a few steps closer to see what she thought was so important, in her hand where four jewels, his eyes widened.

"After Lanacuras was defeated the Guardians where able to reclaim them." She said seeing Mushra's expression and smiling, Mushra looked at her, she had bright green eyes that some how just didn't fit her.

"My names Gemma" the girl said full of confidence now. Mushra picked up the light purple jewel, which automatically became the thin golden crown he so well remembered. After placing it on his forehead he turned to the girl Gemma

" I don't know where Kutal or Sago are, I haven't seen them since we defeated Lanacuras." He said looking at the other three jewels noticing an unfamiliar red one "What's that one for?"

Gemma just shrugged her shoulders "I don't know, it just came with the other two. Well we'd better get moving to find your friends, the Guardians seemed mighty rushed to get them to you." With that she jumped onto a hoverboard rather similar to Mushra's, who had by now followed her lead and was also standing on his hoverboard.

"So where do you think they are?" she ask

"West"

"West?"

"Long story" Mushra replied with a small sigh and headed into the woods.



"Well by some miracle you have yet again manger to get us lost!"

"These woods can be tedious, one can easily loose ones sense of direction." Kutal replied simply

"Seem to do that a lot now don't you Kutal" Sago said slyly.

"Oh brake it up you two" Binka cried stepping in "We'll never get anywhere with you two fighting. Why don't we make camp now and we can worry about what to do later."

Agreeing on this idea they all stopped and started getting dinner ready.

"We're never going to find Mushra" Estee sighed sitting by the fire

"Of cause we are, you where saying just the other day that he was probably in the next town" Sago said reassuringly to the small kitten, but the truth was he was beginning to loose hope as well, they had been searching tirelessly for months now but had found no trace of Mushra. In fact they where all beginning to questioning whether they would every find him.



Mushra and Gemma had been cruising through the woods for about an hour, chatting occasionally, but mostly travelling in silence. Gemma sat on her board looking intently at the jewels in her palm

"You know your really lucky Mushra," she said finally

"Why?" he asked surprised and a little lost

"You have such an exiting life. I come from a small village just on the edge of these woods and don't get me wrong it's wonderful there but it's so boring. It's always the same thing day in day out, nothing interesting ever happens."

There was an awkward silence, but it was short lived as they heard a loud scream echo through the trees. "That sounded close by come on!" Mushra called to Gemma as he sped in the direction of the scream.



Kutal and Sago had come to an unspoken agreements not to argue, for Binka was getting quite annoyed with them. They had given up trying to navigate through the woods so Binka and the kittens where giving it a shot.

"I think we're here," Estee said pointing to a spot on the map.

"No we're not, we're here" argued the blue toped kitten

"Just admit it we are lost" his brother said with a heavy sigh.

"I fly up above tree trees and try and work out where we are" Binka suggested handing the three kittens over to their uncle.

She flew up and disappeared above the treetops. They waited a few moments, than

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh"

"Binka!" Sago called.

Suddenly something swept past them and up through the treetops followed shortly but another.

Sago and Kutal stood helplessly on the ground unable to do any thing to help their friend.

Binka's eyes fell on a tall red Enterran, with their great wings spread.

"Mushra?" Binka said uncertainly

Mushra, who indeed it was smiled

"Hello Binka" he replied

"Oh I just knew we'd find you," she cried excitedly forgetting the peril she was in.

Binka's captor was a large reptile covered in thick purple scales. Out of his back grew two sets of large bat like wings, the edges littered with sharp spikes; his long spined tail was coiled around Binka, the thin, sharp blade held to her throat.

"How nice, the famous Mushra. You are fortunate that I have my orders or I would be making short work of you," The great reptile said grinning at Mushra.

"I'd like to see you try" Mushra replied gritting his teeth.

"Not this time, but next time we meet I promise you will not be disappointed." He gave a sign and the nine bird Enterrans that had been hovered in the air around him swooped, and had soon surrounded both Hyper Mushra and Gemma. The reptile gave them an evil smile than turned and with one massive beat of his wings shot off into the sky.

"Binka!" Mushra cried after them, but it was to late they had disappeared.

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