SYNOPSIS

Fate brought them together but apparently fate pulled them apart. Her loss continued to haunt him as she was not the first. How many more will he loose for him to prove how much he has learned about the value of friends, team, and teamwork? Is gaining some and losing more, his destiny? He lost two of his comrades to death, her and another student to fate.

How will he ever get them back? They are getting traces of the latter, but what about her? Everyone else believes that she died years ago. Should he continue to believe on what others have stopped believing? If destiny is what we make of ourselves, will he ever find a way for destiny to counter fate and tie them up together?

PROLOGUE

"Keep them surrounded, don't let them get in the palace!"

Captain Riusu commanded his lieutenants as they gather around three men attacking the palace gates.

They were no ordinary men, dashing towards the palace gates with great speed, and penetrating the palace grounds in no time. In a minute the watchmen spotted three suspicious men a few miles away and now, in no time, the landscape surrounding the palace gates is a mess. Fire burned down every defense structure that they had. The Iron gates crumpled to the ground as one of the oppressors used some technique to bring it down.

"Captain, the enemies are no ordinary men!" Lieutenant Argos, leader of the Northern Troop scurried down to the captain for a report.

"They have some sort of magic or whatever they call it that allows them to manipulate nature. They melted the palace gates with fire using their bare hands. Bringing them down is not that easy!"

"I do not know what kind of being these creatures are, Lieutenant." Captain Riusu answered in disbelief. "I have never seen anyone like them before. Nevertheless, we must get near them and know what their purpose is of coming here."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Come on, let's try to get near one of them."

Both men rushed to the center but halted when arrows and spears come flying off to where the three men stood. The King's Arrowmen have come to reinforce them.

"Impossible!" Cried the Liuetenant leading the west troop. "None of our arrows are getting through!"

"That man in the middle, Lieutenant Weiss, is - - like - - blowing our arrows away from them!" exclaimed one arrowman as he witnessed their arrows being blown off by a wind that whirled around the three of them.

"Swordsmen, attack!" Called Lieutenant Weiss and immediately after the call, the Lieutenants heading the Southern and Eastern Troops called the same and all 300 men came rushing towards the center, the Lieutenants on the lead.

"Ryu, Shin, let's get these over with. This bunch of pests is keeping us from completing our mission." Saburo, the leader of the three men reminded his comrades of their purpose.

"Ah, that's right." Sighed the man in the middle, Ryu.

"Let's finish them all off!" Shin eagerly said.

"No, they are not ninjas, after all. It will just be a waste of energy if we do that." Saburo disagreed.

But before Saburo could finish his instructions, the lieutenants leading the east, west, and south troops rushed to them with their swords held high.

"Earth Style, root-binding technique!" Shin did some hand signs as the three Lieutenants rushed on them.

Shin sped up to meet them and applied a technique that called out roots from the ground and bound the three Lieutenants all together.

"Perhaps, we could give out a few lessons?" She looked at Saburo for approval as she held all three lieutenants together high up in the air with the help of those roots that sprouted out from the ground.

The soldiers, after seeing how their leaders were held high, ceased from coming on to them.

"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Captain Riusu was finally able to come close enough to be heard.

"That is none of your business! Put them away, Shin!" Saburo instructed Shin to put down the three lieutenants.

"Uggh!" She grunted and threw off the three men haplessly.

"Ryu! Get as in quickly!" Saburo commanded with a hard voice.

"Ah!" Ryu replied snaply.

"Wind Style, tornado snake technique!"

Ryu did some hand signs and a tornado was formed. After doing some stances, he made it crawl like a snake sweeping Captain Riusu and the rest of the soldiers and giving them a clear path to the palace's entrance's door. As the three men penetrated the palace, everything went by so fast that it was too late for them to realize what their purpose really was.

END OF PROLOGUE

Up next is Chapter 1: Memories of the Sun