Italic are thoughts and time changes.

Thanks a lot to my beta reader - Lady Penguin - a.k.a. my mommy (not really)

Disclaimer : I do not own Negima or any of the characters. Although I would love to have Setsuna..

These Wings of Mine

by ichigolynn

Chapter 1

"It...it's a girl !" Said one of the servants, there was silence. "S-she has white wings..albino...it's an omen."

"Throw her out." A male voice.

"What? She's our child !" A female, the human mother.

"No child of mine is a white-winged abomination." He said while walking out of the room, leaving three adults with their jaws hanging.

"Ojou-sama...what should we do?" Said a female servant.

"Prepare the babies' and my things."

"What are you thinking of?"

"I'm going to run away from this man and take the children."

"Y-yes..."

"He won't have any of the children." Sounds of rustling from the two servants preparing their mistress' items could be heard.

"Setsuna...I'm going to take you and your brother with me okay?" The baby cooing, mother smiling. "I'm leaving when it's midnight."

"Yes, ojou-sama."

-Hours later, midnight-

"Ojou-sama, we wish you, and the young masters' luck and safety." The two loyal servants said while bowing to their mistress.

"Thank you, I wish you luck also."

"We will be fine, we will always be loyal to you." Smiles from the three.

"Well then, I should go. Take care."

"You too, ojou-sama."

-A couple minutes later from that departure-

Faints sounds of panting and running. "I have to hurry or they'll find me." She thought, while opening the gate and hopping over a fence leading to the forest. Almost tripping over a hidden log, she yelps, loud enough for the guards to hear.

"What was that?" Said the first guard.

"I didn't hear anything." Said the second.

"I'm sure I-" Cut off from the commands of the elite guards.

"Ojou-sama is missing ! Find her and the children !"

"Well...I think that's what I heard." He said while running towards the forest.

"Master, we have news that the ojou-sama and the children are missing." Said a shaken servant.

"What ?!"

"It seems that the ojou-sama's two loyal servants assisted...in her escape."

"...I see." He said gruffly.

"What should we do?"

"Bring her servants here."

"Yes, master."

-A few moments later-

The two servants, being dragged by their arms to the master. "Kneel down."

"Y-yes master." He stares at them with disgust for a moment.

"You helped the mistress in escaping I hear?"

"No master, we didn't do anything of the sort." Said the male servant.

"Is that right.."

"Yes master."

A scoff. "Kill them."

"M-mast..." Sentence ended with the sounds of blood splatting against the floor, and heads falling from two broken bodies.

"Clean this up now." Head servant bowing to said master.

"Yes master."

"Captain, come here." Captain of the elite guard also slightly frightened.

"Yes sir?" Eyes cold with anger and blankness.

"Find the traitors."

"The mistress and the children?"

"Yes, find her and my son."

"What about the white-winged one?"

"Kill her."

A gulp from fear. "Y-ye..yes master."

"Maybe I lost them already...I ran so far..." She thought while running into the forest with two babies in her arms and a clothed pack on her back."It's quiet...too quiet..I should hurry." Taking a turn from the river, she found an abandoned cabin. "This'll be a good hideout, but...they might find me here." She ducked into a bush and waited.

"See anything?" Said a faint and distant voice.

"Nothing sir."

"Damn, we lost them. The master is going to kill us." Said the captain.

"He won't really kill us right?"

"..."

"Sir?" The captain's eyes full of fear.

"Pray to Kami he doesn't kill us..." The captain walking back to the mansion. "Let's go back now. It's been four hours."

"Yes sir." Marching footsteps slowly becoming faint.

-A couple of minutes later-

"I think it's safe now.." Walking into the cabin, floorboards creaking with each step. "Hey guys look, this is our new home.." Both babies sleeping soundly in her arms. "This isn't so bad...there's a kitchen and one other room..." She thought to herself while examining the cottage. "There's still some kitchenware here...and some clothes. Perfect, just what I needed."

-Same time at the Crow Demon Clan Mansion-

"Master...we have lost her." A growling known to be from the master when he is mad, no, pissed. "We..we are sorry master."

"Then die for your failure." He grabbed his nodachi, Korosu and slashed his elite guards, one by one, bodies piling. "Servants." He said while cleaning Korosu.

"Yes sir?" The servants said.

"Clean up this mess." He mumbled while heading to his training room to kill some punching bags.

Seven years later

Sakurazaki Setsuna age 7

Hair flowing in the breeze freely, eyes sparkling with accomplishment, standing tall and proud. "Onii-chan, I found some berries over here !" Said a little girl.

"Setsuna where are you??"

"I'm over here !"

"Ah, there you are." Mumbled Yuu, her 8 year old onii-chan, while stumbling into the bushes.

"Mom will be proud right?" A moment of hesitation, eyes glistening with hope. Then, laughter.

"You betcha, she'll be proud of ya."

The moment of laughter was broken, when a dog suddenly appeared from the bushes, growling at the two. "O-onii-chan.."

"...Yeah?"

"I..I'm scared.."

"Don't worry, I'll distract it while you run, got it?"

"Un..yeah.." Grabbing a nearby stick, Yuu ran towards the dog hitting it while Setsuna was climbing out of the bushes.

A couple of seconds later when Setsuna was successful in getting out, yelps and battle cries could be heard. Setsuna tried to decipher which yelps were the dog and which were from Yuu.

"Setsuna !!"

"Onii-chan?" Her brother laughing for a moment.

"I did it, the dog ran away." He said while crawling out of the bushes.

"I knew you could do it !"

"Well then, let's get these berries to mother." He said while holding the berries with his shirt.

"Y-yeah !"

Running footsteps made by little kids could be heard a couple yards from the cottage. "Oh man, that must be Yuu and Setsuna." Thought their mother.

"Hiii mom !!" Said the two in unison.

"Hey you two, what's that you have there?"

"Setsuna found some berries !"

"Wow, I'm so proud of you Setsuna, you too Yuu." She said, while bending down to pat the two on their head.

"We're gonna go change now mom."

"Get ready for lunch then, okay?"

"Yeahhh mommy." The two yelled back while heading to their room.

-A couple minutes later-

"Hey mom." Yuu said while stuffing his mouth with rice.

"Don't eat with your mouth full dear, and yes?"

Taking his time with chewing now, he swallowed the remaining rice in this mouth. "I heard from the kids passing by the river that there would be a festival tomorrow all day !"

"And I'm supposing you want to go?"

Two pairs of dark brown eyes puppying to a light brown. "Can we please mommy?" The two on their knees and putting their hands together begging.

A sigh. "Okay okay, as long as you go in the morning, and not nighttime."

"Y-yes !" Said the two while jumping up and down with joy."

"Now finish your lunch and help me make a blueberry pie with those berries you got.

"Yay, blueberry pie !"

The sun had risen, early morning breaks. The mother wakes up, still tired and laggy. Yawning for a moment. "Maybe I should rest for a while longer..." While looking at the two small children sleeping beside her. "Yeah...I'll do the chores later.." She thought, while going back to sleep.

-2 hours later-

"Mommy, wake up. Mommyyyy wakeee uppp..." Said the Setsuna to her mother. "Can me and onii-chan go to the town festival now?"

"Uhn...?" Eyes squinting. "Huh, oh okay. Yeah..come back soon.." Mumbled the mother as she slipped into slumber once again. The little girl burst with happiness while she was putting on a cute sky-blue kimono.

Yuu sat on the floor looking at her with glee. "C' mon Setsuna, we're going to be lateee..." He whined.

As Setsuna and Yuu headed to the nearby town, they were stopped by four boys around their age.

"Hey you worthless hanyos !" Said the fattest one, who seems to be the leader of the group.

"What do you want?!" Yelled Yuu, getting into poor battle stance.

"Hah, we don't have to answer to the likes of you !"

The boys started throwing rocks at the defenseless two, while yelling insults at them.

"S-stop it!!" Setsuna tackled the leader of the group down and started punching him in the face.

"Setsuna, stop it. That's enough !" Said her brother while pulling her off the fat boy.

"Y-you...hit me!" The boy then got up and ran back where he had come from, while being followed by his friends.

"We'll get you next time." Mumbled one of the older boys.

Setsuna and Yuu sat on nearby log while rubbing their bruises from the earlier fight. "Ne, onii-chan, are you okay?" Asked the frail little girl while showing real concern in her eyes.

"Yeah...I'm fine. How about you?"

"I'm fine too onii-chan...do you think we should tell mommy?"

The little boy thought for a moment. "If we tell mom, she might be worried about us again." Then replied. "Nah, we shouldn't make her worry. So, since that's over with." Jumping off the log. "Let's go to the festival !"

Eyes glistening with joy, "Uhn ! Let's go !"

-Several hours later-

"Hey you two." Said the mother while the children were walking in the doorstep.

"Hi mom, we're home." Although the boy had stated the obvious, the mother smiled.

"Did you two have fun?" She asked while cutting some vegetables for the later dinner they would be having.

"Yep, there were so many fireworks !" The little girl said while jumping up and down.

"I see, that's good. Well, go get changed now then."

"Okay mom." Running into the bedroom and changing into more casual clothing, her mother came in.

"Yuu, you better eat your vegetables or no candy...Setsuna?"

The mother with a horrified expression on her face. "Wha..how did you get these bruises?"

"Candy Setsuna??" Her brother came in and saw the scene unfolding in front of him.

"Oh...crap..." Thought Yuu. "It's nothing mom, really, me and Setsuna fell on our way home." Yuu said while panicking.

"Are you sure?"

Yuu hesitated for a bit. "Y-yep !" Thinking himself. "I-I just lied to mom..."

"Okay...just let me get something for that though.." Going into the closet and grabbing some wraps and medicine.

While preparing dinner, Yuu and Setsuna's bruises were being tended to. "Ow...ow mom...OWW !!" Screamed Yuu.

"Sorry honey, but I'm done." Setsuna sat there giggling at her brother rubbing his bruises. "There, time for dinner guys." After the meal, the three headed to bed, succumbing to sleep.

Seven years later

While waking up early as always, Setsuna headed out of the house to train and hunt for food with Yuunagi, a nodachi that was left behind by her sensei, who had died due to a demon attack. Sprinting and then jumping on top of a nearby tree, standing there for a moment, examining the beautiful rising sun. Trained ears hearing rustling in the bushes, she leaped atop of the tree branches professionally like a ninja and spotted her prey, a deer that was eating some berries from a bush. "Heh, this'll be too easy."

Unsheathing Yuunagi very quietly, she jumped off of the branch that was directly above the deer and struck. "Yes!" A clean hit to the head. She cleaned Yuunagi with a cloth and slid the nodachi back into it's resting place by her side. Inspecting the deer, she smiled. "I can't wait until dinner. Mom and onii-chan are going to be so proud."

Grabbing the deer and throwing it over her shoulder, she heard a loud explosion with her trained ears. "...What was that? ...Oh no.." She ran as fast as her legs could take her, and she stopped. Stopped running when her worst fear came true. "Mom...? Onii-chan...?"

"Setsuna, DUCK !!" Yelled her brother while tackling her to prevent a wolf demon from claiming her head.

"W-what happened?" She said while trying to regain balance from being tackled.

"Those wolf demons appeared out of nowhere and started destroying the side of our cabin."

Yuu, getting up and grabbing his nodachi, Onkei. "Setsuna, I'll distract the leader while you attack. Okay?"

"Y-yeah...but where's mother?"

Older dark brown eyes tearing up. "She..." Near the cabin, a body covered in a pool of blood. "S-she was caught in one of their attacks..."

"M-mom...that bastard.." Clenching Yuunagi with anger. "Let's go onii-chan."

"...Yeah." Yuu, now running towards the leader and slashing at his eyes. "Setsuna, I got his eyes !"

"He can still hear onii-chan !"

"Oh yeah..." Said her brother while scratching the side of his head.

Looking down at her nodachi. "Let's take him down with one hit Yuunagi."

"Hyakuretsu Ōkazan, Hundred-Strike Cherry Blossom Slash." She mumbled while drawing a circle with her sword. A flash of light, the wolf demons being slashed one by one instantly. All, but the leader of the pack.

"C-crap, he's strong to be able to live through Hyakuretsu Ōkazan.." The wolf demon, seeing his chance, runs towards Yuu and slashes him on the side with his claws when blocking against a slash from Setsuna.

Yuu collapses and clutches his waist, blood pouring out from that gash. "Onii-chan !!" Said Setsuna while blocking the leader's attacks.

"I-I'm fine...just take care of him.."

"Okay, I understand." Setsuna with visible tears streaming down her face. "C'mon Setsuna, no tears now.." Wiping away her tears, she flash steps behind the wolf and stabs him multiple times before roundhouse kicking him on the side of the head.

Leader wolf, now howling from the pain on his back tries to runs away, but fails when Setsuna throws Yuunagi aiming at his head. Yelping, he finally collapses and dies. "And stay down !!"

"S-Set...Setuna.." Yuu called to her, while laying on his back with unsteady breathing. Setsuna's turns to Yuu, running towards him and kneeling beside him.

"Y...yeah?"

"T...take..me...to mo-mom..." Holding back the tears, She leans in closer and grabs a hold of Yuu's arms and carries him to the still, red body. Placing him down gently, and standing back up and she jogs over to the wolf demon to retrieve Yuunagi.

"H-hey mom..." Said Yuu while lifting his hand with trouble trying to cup his mother's cheek. "I...I'm sorry for..not protecting you better.." Walking back to the two, Setsuna finds herself not able to watch the scene and turns around. "Set-Setsuna..." He said, while crying, and knowing how much his sister blames herself for everything. "K-keep in mind..it wasn't your fault.." Smiling, and looking at his mother and sister. "I-I love..you guys.."

"But it is my fault !! If I could have killed the demon with that hit..." Setsuna turns to face Yuu, but is welcomed by the scene of her two beloved family members laying in their own pull of blood and dead. "O-onii-chan...okaa-san.." Letting out the tears she was holding back so much, she drops to her knees.

A flashback of her brother and mother clouds her head.

"Nah, we shouldn't make her worry. So, since that's over with."

"S-she was caught in one of their attacks..."

"Hey you worthless hanyos !"

"Mommy, wake up. Mommyyyy wakeee uppp..."

"I-I'm fine...just take care of him.."

"Are you sure?"

"Candy Setsuna??"

"Setsuna, DUCK !!"

"S-Set...Setuna.."

"I-I love..you guys.."

End of Flashback

Having noticed that she had been crying on the ground for an hour, she stood up, wiping her tears, and then started digging with her hands. For her mother and brother, everything was for them.

-3 hours later, afternoon-

"I think that's good enough, right onii-chan?" She said while smiling. "Yeah, it's good." Picking up Onkei, she planted the nodachi on top of her brother's grave. "Onii-chan...okaa-san, I'll miss you guys, but I have to keep on going. Right? I wouldn't want you two to haunt me for not moving on." She said while looking up at the sky. "Well then...till next time.."

Turning around with Yuunagi at her side. "Let's go where fate leads us." She said to Yuunagi, and started walking.

Author's notes –

Onkei means grace, favor, blessing, benefit.

Yuu means superiority, gentleness

Setsuna means moment, instant

Hanyo means half-demon

Korosu means to kill

This is my first fanfic, so sorry if it's really bad. (sweatdrop) Please R & R.