Summary: Kiku had once been able to see youkias, but then something happened that made him forget. Time. But with time, he will also begin to remember and surely began to see again. And when he does see, but doesn't understand the power awakening within himself, nor does he understand what he is seeing, who's there but his best friend Arthur to help him out of this mess?

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Prologue

The sky was dark and all the creatures of the night roamed about under the mysterious moonlight.

Out of the darkness came two figures, one of a white haired man dressed in a blue guard uniform while the other was a dark haired teen clad in a black cloak. The man had his sword out and he slashed away the blood.

"Honestly," he said. "This place is too full of them." He sealed up his sword and stood by his master's side once more.

"They're everywhere Lisper," said the teen, eyes hidden behind his bangs and a frown on his face. "Not just here. You just have to get use to it."

"Yes, my Lord," the knight bowed.

"Besides, the only difference between here and England," the boy looked up, his blue eyes trained on the mansion before him, "is that Arthur knows."

A small creature with sky-blue flames and two white horns on its head poked itself out of the teen's black cloak. He studied the surrounding area with orange, serpent like eyes.

"And don't you dare cause anymore trouble for me," said the teen, pulling the guilty culprit out of his cloak and seating the blue creature on his shoulder. "Otherwise I'll hand you to over to Von or that Freak animal doctor and leave you there to become their next grand experiment."

"Master, you're too cruel," cried the small dragon, sounding like a cute, small child as white tears formed in his eyes. "It was only just a little bite. You didn't have to turn me back into this!"

"You ate it all. The whole thing- my raspberry ice-cream cake," the teen blankly pointed out to his sulking dragon, as he stepped into the Japanese mansion. The creatures at the door shook in cold fear of the dark powers radiating off of him.

"Master, I know that you are still angry about what happened in Paris, but you might want to keep it low," warned Lisper, glaring at the dragon thief before glancing back into the silently alluring woods. "You are attracting attention."

"I know," said the teen. "I apologize. It's been a while since I've been in my awakened form." He railed in his powers.

"Posing as a human sucks," complained the dragon.

"You liked it," the teen pointed out. "Lisper, send them back." The Teen's blue eyes grew bright with power at the order he had given.

"Yes, my lord," Lisper bowed and disappeared to carry out his master's orders.

The boy and his little dragon companion made their way around the mansion, the small youkais quickly moving out of their way.

"Who are you?" asked one of the bigger youkais, who were brave enough to stand in their path. "What do you want?"

His legs were shaking just as he held up the stick.

The small blue dragon on the teen's shoulder opened his mouth, but closed it once he heard the teen let out a laugh. The black haired youth walked right passed the youkai, petting his head along the way.

"I'm not a threat, so don't worry," he assured the frightened creature. "I only have some business with the master of this house. Once finished, I'll take my leave."

The teen came to a stop in front of the door and slide it open. He walked in and stood over the sleeping form of a black haired Japanese man.

The teen kneeled down and reached out a hand toward the man's head.

"What are you doing to Japan-sama!" one of the youkais shouted, coming to his master's rescue.

The teen sighed. "Dio, distract them," he ordered. "But don't kill them. He will need them later."

"Right," said Dio, jumping down. He smiled in happiness and opened his mouth.

"And don't you dare burn this mansion down like you did the last one."

He closed his mouth in disappointment. "Well then, what am I supposed to do in this form, damn it! At least return me to my true form, Master!"

"No, you'll destroy this place either way. Go fetch."

Dio pouted, but did as he was told and chased after the youkais, barring his fangs at them and sometimes threatening them by breathing out small amounts of blue flames from his mouth or showing them his sharp claws.

While he was playing tag with the youkais outside, the teen once again reached out his hand and touched Kiku's forehead. A blue light shone out upon contact and the teen's blue eyes glowed brightly.

The boy watched as two red marks appeared on Kiku's body; both on his chest and placed closely together. One was a heart surrounded by spider lilies. On top of it was a crown and under that crow were sakura flowers, some of its' petals falling over the heart. On one side of the crown rested a single Tsubaki flower. The other tattoo was just right below it, a little to the left. It was a black cross with a red rose in the middle and black wings steaming out from the back. Two black snakes wrapped themselves upward and toward the middle of the cross, their red eyes glowing like rubies.

The teen stared at that tattoos and his eyes changed to demonic red as chains slithered up the cross and wrapped itself around it. The heart tattoo faded away into Kiku's skin, but the chained cross remained present in black ink.

Once finished, the teen removed his hand from Kiku's head and back into his cloak before standing up.

"Honestly," he said, placing two card on the futon next to Kiku.

One was the red card of the Queen of Hearts while the other was black and while tarot card number IX, the words "The Hermit" written right below it. On the bottom of the card was Kiku's full name written in English, and the picture was of him dressed in a blue yukata with a white one covering his head. In his right hand, Kiku held a four squared lantern with white smoke coming off of it and surrounding him. Red strings fell out of the corners of the lantern, and in his left hand, Kiku held a brown wooden staff. A white cloth was tied about a fourth of the way down. The background was of a giant, pink sakura tree in full bloom and Kiku was standing right under it, its petals falling around him. There was a torii gate right in front of him and behind the tree, you could see a small glimpse of the rising sun.

"This should be Lucien's work," the teen continued. "But where is he now exactly? Not in Romania or New York, that's for sure! Geeze, these people. Disappearing whenever they feel like it." He rubbed his head in frustration.

"They're your relatives, Master," commented the blue dragon. "All thirteen of them."

"Eriol!" the teen spoke up. "Jack, and Mitsukuni-san are only in-laws."

"And you do the same thing too, you know. Disappear on us without a word and such."

He glared at the small dragon. "Shut up, Dio. Time to go, before that annoying battle freak Italian fines me."

Dio smiled shyly at his master's irritation as he bowed his head at the order. "Yes, Master."

And both disappeared into black shadows, leaving the place as quietly and peacefully as they had come.

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