Prologue:

A girl sat on her bed and stared out her large window. She appeared to be about 7, and had short silver hair. She glanced over at the door to the room as she heard someone calling for her. She shifted and watched the door open. A tall man wearing serving robes walked in. "Miss your father said it's time for your nap."

"Alright." The young girl nodded laying down. The man turned the lights off and closed the doors. The girl waited a moment then jumped up and quickly changed her outfit. She pulled on a serving robe that had been modified to fit her perfectly and climbed out of the window grinning.

She dashed through the large garden and hid from any of the people walking through the gardens. She grinned as she left the garden and rushed out towards a town see could see in the distance. She had heard the servants make reference to it before, they called it the Rukongai District. She was looking forwards to this, she had been looking forward for a long time. She dashed towards the town and grinned happily. She looked around at all the strange people and was shocked. It was nothing like home. She had been raised in a comfy noble home, this place was nothing close. She blinked as she heard some noise and glanced over. She spotted a bunch of kids running and smiled. She started heading towards them, exited for possible new friends who wouldn't care about her statues as a noble's daughter. She blinked as they all scattered before she could even get to them.

"HEY! BRATS!" A man yelled running straight towards her. She blinked as he ran up towards her and suddenly slapped her, knocking her to the ground. She gasped and cried as he grabbed her hair and pulled her up. "STUIPED BRAT! YOU'LL PAY!"

"HEY!" A voice yelled. A little blonde hair girl kneed him in the head, causing him to drop the silver haired girl. "GO! RUN!"

The silver haired girl blinked confused and shocked. The blonde glared and jumped down grabbing her hand and started pulling her away from the man in pain. "Who?"

"JUST KEEP RUNNING!" The girl yelled pulling the noble child along. After a few minutes they finally stopped, in front of a small shack of a house.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Natsumi." The blonde said. "Now what were you doing kid?! You almost got yourself killed!"

The girl flinched and then frowned. "HEY! You have no right to yell at me! You're the same age as me!"

"Yeah, but I've been here longer and so I've got more experience." Natsumi smirked. "Now who are you and what are you doing here?!"

"I uh... I'm Ki..." She lied not wanting to revile her real name in case they found out who she really was. "And I... I'm not sure.."

"She's probably new here." A black hair boy said from the top of the house. "So you had to save her from the old man?"

"Yeah." Natsumi said calmly. "Ki this is Kyo, my brother... He's probably right. Well let me welcome you to Rukongai District 79, Kaagemina(Shadow south)."

"Uh... Kaagemina?" 'Ki' blinked.

"You can be part of our family now. I'll show you around town and introduce you to everyone in the family." Natsumi smiled and grabbed her hand. "Come on."

'Ki' smiled. "Yeah! It sounds... fun... nice..." She followed the Rukongai girl. By the end of the day the two had explored almost every inch of the town, and met most of the nicer people. A few rude people had been there too, but Natsumi easily dealt with them.

"Hey look!" Kyo said walking up behind them. He had followed them around silently.

"What?" Natsumi asked looking over.

The three children saw a crowd of people surrounding a noble's carriage. "I wonder what's that." Natsumi blinked. "Let's go check it out."

"Uh... Let's not..." 'Ki' frowned. "It looks like rich people... and..."

"Rich people! Nobles!" Natsumi growled. "I hate them! They are all stupid jerks!"

'Ki' flinched, but it got worse as she heard a familiar voice yelling. "MISS! MISS SAKI!" The three children looked over and spotted a man with brown hair. He scooped 'Ki' up. "You had us all worried!"

"HEY! Put her down you big jerk!" Natsumi glared.

The man frowned. "Learn some respect brat. This is Miss Saki of the noble Yokoaya family! Do not think you can get away with that attitude!"

"You're a noble!" Natsumi gasped.

"I'm... I'm sorry..." She sighed as the man carried her back towards the carriage. She sighed and closed her eyes. I was so close... I almost was able to get away.

"Saki..." The man frowned. "You shouldn't have run away."

"Just leave me alone..." She sighed. I doubt I'll be able to get away with that ever again... Man!