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Story summary: Rukia Urahara was the princess of a prosperous kingdom until one day her whole kingdom was burned to the ground and all her people massacred. As the sole survivor she joins the Zaibach empire and trains to be a Dragon Slayer under Dilandau. the only problem is no one believes she can succed being a girl, but she proves them wrong and becomes a Dragon Slayer and a strong warrior. But what happens next?(sorry terrible summary)
Pairings: VanxHitomi, AllenxMillerna, RukiaxDilandau...plus random little pairings.
Rating: M for blood, violence, language, alchohol use and possible lemons later on...WAY later on.
Also the name does suck, so any suggestions for names would be VERY appreciated.Another small not is that this is going to have bits of ther movie and the show in it.
Loyalty to Fire
Chapter 1
Memories of Long Ago
Rukia lounged in a chair dreading dinner. Her parents invited old friends over to the castle for dinner and they would be bringing thier son and daughter. Rukia had just turned four years old and she had heard the daughter was four as well. Their son was seventeen years old. She did not know these people, and she did not like gatherings of any sort. She was a very shy girl and didn't like the feeling of people looking at her.
" Rukia!" came a call from downstairs. Her mother was summoning her to dinner. Rukia gulped and walked downstairs. She straightend out her white and pink dress and entered the dining hall. Seated at the table was her father his dark brown hair had a streak of silver on the right side and his green eyes sparkled intelligence beyond compare. Her mother sat next to him. She had long blonde ahir and blue sparkling eyes. Across from them was another couple. both had blonde hair and blue eyes. The wives hair was a bit more pale. Next to his mother sat a teenage boy with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Next to him was a pale blonde girl with ice blue eyes.
Rukia bit her lip, very nervous under the looks of the other people in the hall. She had long brown hair and blue eyes obviously inherited from her mother. I was pulled up slightly by a pink ribbon.
" Rukia dear, don't be shy. Come sit down." Said her mother encouraging her. She walked slowly to the seat next to her mother.
" Rukia, this is Mr and Mrs. Schezar. This is thier son Allen and thier daughter Celena." " Pleased to meet you." Rukia said shyly.
" You too." Said an equally shy young girl. Rukia glanced at the girl, Celena, who was as red as Rukia knew herself to be. They ate dinner listening to the adults converse.
" Father..?" Rukia asked suddenly.
" Yes?" Her father replied.
" May I take Celena to the gardens?" Rukia asked embaressed.
" Yes you may, as long as Allen accompanies you.That's no problem is it?" Said her father turning to Allen.
" No not at all." was the calm reply from Allen.
" Thanks Dad!" Rukia stood and walked over to Celena and led her to the gardens. A soft sweet scent exploded into thier noses as they entered the gardens. A myriad of colors surrounded them as flowers of all sizes and colors came into sight. A small herb garden gave off a musty yet sweet scent as they walked by and also a small hint of peppermint made it's way to thier noses as well. She heard Celena gasp as she saw the cherry blossom trees in the distance
" It's beautiful." Said Celena breathlessly taking in the sights. She turned looking at everything. Allen glanced at it all with a level look.
" Yeah, me and momma planted all these flowers." She said pointing at the rows of flowers to thier left. They ranged from pink carnations to red roses to columbines all arranged to compliment eachother.
" Really?" Asked Celena amazed. Rukia nodded vigorously. Allen looked at the small girl adn definatly could tell she was proud.
" uh-huh. It took us a while but we did it." Explained Rukia.
' That's so cool." Said Celena all starry-eyed.
' My momma's a real good planter!" Said Rukia with great pride.
" Rukia! Celena! Allen!" They all turned to eachother and nodded in communal agreement and walked inside the castle side by side. Oukia and Celena smiled at eachother.
" I had fun."
" Me too." was the happy reply.
" We have to leave now." Said Mr. Schezar.
" Aww...Well bye Rukia. Hope to see you again." Said Celena reverted back to her shyness.
" Me too." Rukia said. They waved goodbye as thier carriage drove away.
" Okay Rukia. It's time for bed." Said her mother.
" Okay." Rukia followed her mother into her room and changed into a nightgown. She got under the covers and snuggled up under them. Then her mother sat by her bed and started her daily routine for nighttime. First was tucking Rukia in tightly beneath her covers then her mother sang to her which put her straight to sleep. Her mother's voice was like an angel's.
" What shall we sing tonight?"
" Sora!" Rukia said happily. She loved the ballad about the dragon, even if she really didn't get it. She awlsys just thought it sounded so beautiful and even though she didn't understand what was being said to her she loved it anyway.
' Win Dain a lotica, en vai turi silota. Fin dain a loluca, en dragu a se lain. Vi faru les shutai am. en riga lint. Win Chent a lotica, en vai turi silota. Fin dain a loluca si katigura neuver. florlelia for chesti si entinta. la, la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la fontina blu cent des cravi esca letismo. la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la des quantam les finde reve.Win dain a lotica en vai turi silota. Fin dain a loluca en dragu a se lain, vi faru, les shutai am. en riga lint.'
Rukia fell asleep and her mother exited the room and blew out the torch lighting the room.
In her dream she saw flames miles high and people running. She also saw people with swords running through the crowd. She awoke suddenly and noticed it was day.' Same old Same old.' she thought and went along on her day. She always had odd dreams like those.
Two years later Rukia sat at her piano playing many songs for her mother until she was sastisfied. Rukia having turned six years old recently was being trained to be a lady and learing to play piano.
" That's good Rukia." Said her mother. Rukia stood and curtsied." Very good, but bring your left foot back a little bit." Rukia shifted a little bit." That's better. Now come down to eat." Rukia followed her mother downstairs and curtsied to her father as they sat at the table and enjoyed thier meal. After dinner her mother sent her upstairs to get cleaned up.
Rukia let the warm water fill up in the tub then slipped in. After she finished she brushed out her hair and got into a white nightgown. She tied her hair in a white ribbon. She slipped into bed and immediatly fell asleep.
" WE ARE UNDER SIEGE! GET ALL MEN TO THE CASTLE GATES IMMEADETLY!" Yelled a guard outside her room. the sound of boots rushing down the halls echoed throughout the castle.
She awoke with a start and walked on her balcony. Down below people were fighting with swords and there was blood everywhere. The castle was on fire. She ran down the stairs that connected her room to a lower level and ran throgh the corridors until she saw fire up ahead. She turned and ran down a side stair case and outside the castle. She could feel the heat of the fire on her back. She ran across the field trying to get to the river that surrounded the castle and divided it from the rest of the country. She dodged around lots of people till she noticed one of the enemy coming at her. She looked around and saw a sword on the ground that had once been weilded by a warrior. She picked it up and held it like she saw the knights and guards at the castle do. The guy charged at her and she barely blocked it. She swung akwardly and hit his shoulder."You little bitch." Said the man angrily.She winced as he swung and hit her side, but she barely felt it as the survival instinct took over and gave her immunity to the pain. While he was recovering from the charge she ran towards the entrance to the forest. The enemy came up behind her and she thrusted with her sword clumsily and closed her eyes. She noticed that she felt no pain.She opened a cautious eye and looked at the man. His eyes were blank. She had stabbed him in the lungs and heart killing him on impact. She took her sword and looked at her gown and hands. both were covered in blood. Bile rose in her throat as she smelt the dead bodies and blood. blood dripped down her side and flowed down her leg. The wound wasn't to deep luckily but she still felt faint from bloodloss and the smell of smoke and blood.
She looked around for someone to help her and noticed a man with a young silver boy around her age both staring at her. She ran over to them dragging the sword. She clutched it as if her life depended on it. She walked up to the man.
" please help me." She begged the man. He glanced down at the young girl before him.
" Do you know who attacked you?" Asked the man.
" No i don't." She replied confused.
" It was a nation that did not like your father's alliance with Zaibach. So they did this to get rid of our allies. My name is Folken Strategos of the Zaibach empire. If you want to get revenge for your family then join us." Said the man. Rukia stared at the man looking for a sign that he was lying to her." I am not lying." He said as if reading her thoughts. The man had spiky blueish hair and wore a black cloak so none of his body showed.
" Okay." She said." I'll come with you."
" So what is your name?"asked the man. For being the mysterious looking guy that he was he seemed almost caring to her. She knew instinctivly that she could trust this man.
" I am Rukia Urahara." She said quietly. She glanced at the boy. He hadn't said a word so far.He seemed sort of withdrawn, or just very shy. She could not tell which, maybe it was both.
The man glanced at the boy and told him to introduce himself. The boy frowned slightly.
" I am Dilandau Albatou." Said the boy. Rukia moved and got a good look at him. He was a few inches taller than her. He had short silver hair and fire red eyes.
" Now come along there is much work to be done." Said the man, beckoning the two young children to follow him. They followed him without a single word passing between them as the two children walked side by side.
A/N: So how'd you like it? I admit that it's not the best but it'll hopefully get better. so please Review and give me helpful suggestions to improve it. And no flames they will be used for Dilandau's enjoyment.