Why Did I fall In Love With You?!

Chapter 1

The white scene...in that dream, seemed terrifying, yet pure, as if there was nothing on earth but that scene, and the woman in white in the scene screaming, warning a young girl, to protect her. The girl whom had no clue who the woman was that haunted her dreams though...soon she would find out...

*Dream*

"Miyuki! Miyuki! The world of Nippon is in grave danger! Heed my warning!" a woman in white yelled. Miyuki could do nothing but stare, too shocked to even utter a meaningless word.

"Miyuki! Please!" the woman screamed again. Miyuki suddenly found the will to talk.

"W-who...are you?!" she questioned through her tight throat.

"You do not remember me now! But later on you will! Please! Just for now! Heed my warning!" she screamed once more.

"What danger is Nippon in?! Tell me!" Miyuki demanded, but that question was useless now, for the woman was already fading into darkness which closed in on the white of the scene.

"Heed my warning!!! Use you're powers to save the land from the darkness that has yet to come!!!" called the woman's distant voice.

"What danger?! What powers?! Please tell me!" but then...it was black.

*End Of Dream*

"NO!!!!!!!!" Miyuki screamed as she shot up from her futon. She breathed heavily, a light coat of sweat covering her face. Her bright blue eyes were wide with fear, and astonishment. She clutched her white yukata by her chest, and breathed slowly, trying to grab hold of herself.

"W-What...I...what...the...hell...?" she breathed shakily, as sweat dropped down off her face and onto the sheets and her hands. She clutched her sheet.

"It...w-was...just a bad dream..." she muttered to herself. She sighed, and looked up out the window, the sun was just coming around the horizon, indicating morning sun rise was near. She had a little more time before she had to work.

"Who...was...that...woman....?" she asked herself quietly. Miyuki recalled distinctly that the woman implied that she had known her, and the woman obviously knew her...shouting out her name like that.

"I have never seen her before in my life...jeeze..." she mumbled, looking out the window again, noticing the sun was just above the horizon now. She sighed for the second time that morning, and hastily got out of bed. She went over to a small mirror on her wall. The face that stared back at Miyuki was puffy eyed, and hair looking like a rats nest, making it obvious she had slept restlessly.

She grabbed a small cloth in a pale of fresh water, and dabbed it onto her face. She combed her long, brown hair with her fingers, and put it up into a neat pony tail, then into a tight bun. She looked back at herself now, and smiled, she looked better now.

She walked back over to the side of her futon, and looked down, spotting her outfit.

'God...I really HATE the Tao outfit...' she thought digustingly as she began to put the fabric on.

Yes, thats right, Miyuki was the first girl in Sei-An to ever recieve a place in Tao forces...of course...no one ever knew she was a girl. Despite her lack of liking for the outfits the troopers wore, she always was always so fascinated with all of them. She always studied them when she was young, taking as much knowledge as she could into her slowy developing brain. When Miyuki turned eighteen, she could try out for the test to become one. She had to keep her cover as a boy though. That day, she wore boy clothing that was easy to run in, and she put her hair up in a bun, and covered it with a cap, making sure to hide it. For the chest area it was no problem, Miyuki had always been small chested, she could easily hide it in the baggy clothes she wore as a boy. She also disguised her voice as a boys too. Her boy name was Takeda. She passed the obstacles, fighting tests, and she became a Tao member. Miyuki was always amazingly strong...but everyone always wondered why she was so small. They got over it though, they just figured everyone was born in different ways. No one ever knew she was a girl, well except one young man who had the name of Abe. It was a total accident, when he hit her head and knocked her hat, and hair out of place, she screamed, and showed her true voice, Abe knew she was a girl. It took her alot for him not to tell the captain of the Tao squad. Slowly, Abe and Miyuki became best friends, both keeping her secret.

Miyuki finished dressing, and looked over herself. She then noticed two minor details on the floor, the Tao trooper hat, and her mask. She sighed, and put them on. She walked out into her other room, which had sitting mats, a small table, and a vase with a beautiful blue flower in it. Of course Miyuki loved that flower, but she always wondered how it lived so long, it has been pratically alive for more than three months. She smiled at it, at least it was alive and remaining beautiful. She suddenly realized if her doddling continued, she would be late for her patrol duty.

She quickly ran out of the small hut she lived in, but grabbing her sword along her way, she shut the rice paper door. She passed by the small children who played happily by their homes, then she ran across the small bridge. She ran passed the guard by the small pool behind, and quickly cut short her run to behind the guard. She skidded to a halt and eyed the water spout. She smirked, and closed her eyes, silently chanting a prayer to raise the water spout. Soon she felt a light mist, and heard the rough splashing of the water. She smiled, and jumped, letting it carry her up to the entrance of the Tao head quarters. When she reached the top, she was greeted by a strong gust of wind from the pressure. She quickly grabbed her hat, keeping it on her head, and she began to walk to towards the entrance.

She was greeted by the Tao trooper who usually stood outside of the door of the door. Miyuki never talked to him much, and she didn't know his name, but he knew hers, well...her fake name anyways. She usually got greeted warmly when she came for patrol duty, but this time, she got more than a hello.

"Takeda! Ohayo Gozaimasu! Excellent news has arrived!" he said excitedly, a grin planted onto his face.

(Ohayo Gozaimasu means Good Morning in the formal way in Japanese.)

"Ohayo Gozaimasu, and what excellent news has arrived?" she questioned, disguising her voice as a boy's.

He grinned, "guess!"

Miyuki thought and thought, and thought, but, nothing came to mind, so, she guessed, and what a stupid guess that was.

"Uh...the sky is...blue...?" she said awkwardly. The grin disappeared from his face, and he stared at her blankly, giving her a look.

She blushed and kicked the ground with her shoe, "nothing came to mind..." she mumbled, trying to cover up her embarrassment.

"Uh...okay..." he said slowly. An awkward silence settled over them, and that awkward silence lasted for two minutes. Finally the Tao trooper was the one to break it.

"Um...anyways..." he said quietly.

Miyuki blinked, "Whats the news?" she asked.

Suddenly the excitement came back to his face. Miyuki sighed mentally, no one could be as enthusiastic as this guy...well...except for Abe of course, he got just as hyper.

"Captain Waka is coming back to the head quarters under orders of Queen Himiko! Duties assigned to us today are delayed until he arrives!" he stated, his eyes beaming with happiness. His sentence ended with a laugh of joy.

Miyuki froze. Her heart began to falter, skipping beats, and stopping. Her blood flow stopped, her hands becoming ice cold. All the color drained from her face, nearly leaving it white. The Tao trooper looked over at Miyuki, still laughing, but it stopped when her saw her expression on her face.

"Takeda? Daijoubu desuka?" he asked, concern in his voice.

(Daijoubu Desuka means are you okay?/are you alright? in Japanese.)

Suddenly, Miyuki snapped out of it, and shook her head to get her mind working again. Her heat kept skipping beats, and stopping, and her hands were still ice.

"Takeda?" he asked again. Miyuki flinched, and looked at him.

She nodded quickly, "I...um...I'm okay...just...tired...?" she said, making her lie sound like a question. Again, the Tao trooper gave her the blank look, but nodded solemly.

"Okay...anyways...are you happy? Excited?" he grinned once again...Miyuki did not answer.

Miyuki sighed, not wanting to be in this position any longer, she bidded him goodbye quickly, and rushed into the head quarters. As she walked she began to think about the very shocking news.

Yes, Miyuki was extemely uncomfortable with her captain returning. It wasn't that she didn't like Waka, she adored him and admired him for being Cpatain of the Tao squad...she just felt...weird...around him...Everytime he was near, she would get a strange a feeling, like she knew him from her past, and he knew her. It honestly scared her a little bit, considering she knew nothing of her mysterious past. NOTHING. She just woke up one day in Sei-An city with an eldery woman by her side when she was seven. Miyuki had totally and completely forgotten every little bit of memories of her past. The elderly woman could tell nothing of her past, considering she didn't know it either. All the old woman could tell her was that a young man had found her and brought her here. When Miyuki asked what the man looked like, she said she could not remember, due to memory loss in her old age. Also...another feeling was directed at Waka. At the same time the feelings of familiarness were occuring, she would get a weird feeling in her stomach, like there a thousand butterflies. Clearly...Miyuki hated both feelings immensly, she had no clue what these clues were supposed to signify either, but what could she do? She also acted as if she didn't like Waka, just to cover up the feelings directed towards him.

Miyuki was so caught up in her thoughts she was about to walk into someone.

"Ooof..." she mumbled through whatever was blocking her face. She heard a chuckle rumble through what seemed to be a chest.

"Walking into people? That is not like you, Miyuki," Abe's voice sounded from above her. She quickly jumped away a little, and slapped a hand onto his mouth.

"Don't use my real name! Anyone could hear that, baka!" she hissed quietly through her teeth.

(Baka is the japanese term for idiot.)

Abe chuckled, and removed her hand, "Please calm down Mi-I mean 'Takeda'," he said, putting emphasis on Takeda.

"How can I calm down?! Anyone could have heard that! And if they did they would be asking questions like, "'Why did you call Takeda Miyuki? Isn't that a girls name?'" they would be so suspicious Abe! Be careful!"

Though her statement was harsh, Abe found it quite amusing, especially when she imitated the one question one of the Tao members would ask. He laughed quietly. Miyuki glared darkly.

"Ahaha...Miyuki, you must learn to calm down, no one is in here but you and I, no one could have heard it!" he said, silently making fun of her foolsih antics.

She glared darker, "Anyone! A. N. Y. O. N. E. C. O. U. L. D. H. A. V. E. W. A. L. K. E. D. I. N. A. B. E." she said, spelling it for him. He grinned in a goofy manner. He decided to tease her.

"What does that spell again?" he asked, chuckling through his words. Miyuki had finally had enough.

"ANYONE COULD HAVE WALKED IN ABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She shouted loudly, this time not disguising her voice. Abe began to laugh uncontrollably, while Miyuki went red, and covered her mouth.

"Screw you!!!" she yelled, her sleve mumbling her shout, and disguising her voice again quickly. Abe contiued to laugh.

"It's like talking to a three year old sometimes with you!" she accused him. His laughter began to die down, and turned into merely a soft chuckle.

"Ahaha...gomenasai....Mi-Takeda, I just love teasing you is all," he said quietly, a small smile on his face as he eyed her.

She huffed angrily, and turned around, "Whatever." she mumbled shortly.

"Hmmm aha...so did you hear the news about Captain Waka's return!" he said excitedly. A shiver went up her spine at the mention of the name, but she kept her cool, and turned to face him, and put on a tough face.

"Yeah...whats it to ya...?" she asked cooly. Abe made a face at her.

"You're not excited about it...of course...that was pretty predictable..." he muttered.

Miyuki nodded, "Yeah...guess so..." she answered.

"Takeda! He is so great! Why can't you be excited about him coming back?!" Abe asked.

"He is just another regular human being like us Abe, he is no different from anyone else," she stated shortly.

"But he is no ordinary human being!" he argued.

"Whatever..." she muttered.

Abe spoke, "I do not get why you don't like him Mi-I mean Takeda, " he said quietly, quickly correcting himself on her names, but continued, "He is very kind, loyal, trustworthy, our Captain, Takeda, our 'Captain'," he said, putting emphasis on captain, just as he put it onto her male name.

"Why do you not like him?" he finished off.

Miyuki shrugged, "I don't know..I just...don't..." she mumbled.

"Fine..." Abe muttered, and gave up on the pointless questioning.

For the rest of the time, the two friends talked about random subjects that were happening through-out Sei-An. About fifteen minutes later, the whole Tao squad came bursting into the Head Quarters. Abe and Miyuki stared wide eyed.

The Tao trooper who usually guarded the outside, the one Miyuki had talked to earlier, came running in shouting, "Captain Waka has arrived, assume position!"

"Takeda! Captain Waka is here!" Abe beamed from beside her.

Miyuki's heart stopped, and she became tense.

'No! No! No!' she shouted mentally.

"Takeda! Positon!" Abe whispered harshly in her ear. She could only nod, and move stiffly into line beside Abe. For what seemed to be forever, but was only two minutes, the door to the head quarters began to open. Everyone turned their heads into the direction of the door, to watch as their captain entered their beloved head quarters. Miyuki couldn't help but look over too. When she did, all she could do was want to punch herself in the gut to have the two feelings that was directed at him disappear. She restarined herself from doing so. She couldn't seem to tear her eyes away from him as he walked down the middle of the isle. His blue eyes sparkled, his soft, flawless face seemed to perfect, and his high cheekbones...wow. He had a small smile on his face, that was like an angels. Miyuki stared, confused, stunned...and something else. Why was she having thoughts about Waka and his wondeful appearance?! Why was she so stunned by his smile and looks and kindness etched onto his face?! and what was this other feeling she had that she could not comprehend?!

He chuckled, "My friends! Please do not show such high respect like this! Please assume normal positions, and listen to what I have to tell you!" he smiled, again. Miyuki just about melted when she heard his voice, and she had no clue why!

'What the hell is wrong with me?!' she thought, panicked, but while she was panicking mentally, she listened intently to what her captain had to say.

"Tao squad forces! I have come here under orders of Queen Himiko. She has requested moi of a new mission that I must complete," he eyed everyone in the room then, and that included Miyuki. Miyuki was still staring at him when he glanced over at her. When she noticed, she snapped her head down shyly. Waka went a bit wide eyed, but continued.

(moi means me in French.)

"Um...she also requested that I bring along an apprentice from my squad. Over the next three days I am here, I will evaluate you each, and on the evening of the third day, I will choose someone to accompany moi on this mission. I do not know how long this mission will be, but once I pick you, you must not back out," he explained. Miyuki could hear a few whispers erupt in the room.

"Je comprends?" he asked, speaking French on the simple words.

(Je comprends means understand in French *I think...*)

"Hai!" everyone said unision, all except for Miyuki who quietly said 'hai' a few seconds after, her eyes wide with the news he had just given them.

"Très bien! Now everyone! Go, and do you're assigned duties for the day!" he said, and then began to walk towards his desk. Soon everyone beagn to split, going to do their work for the the day. Soon it was just Abe and Miyuki left. Miyuki hadn't noticed, but her face was slightly flushed. Abe nudged her arm gently.

"Hey, Takeda, let's go on patrol duty now, and I need to talk to you about a couple of things, kay?" he said to her quietly.

Miyuki blinked, and snapped out of her daze. She glanced up sharply at him, "What things?" she asked suspiciously.

He smirked, "you'll see."

She glared at him, while looking curious, as the two left to do their patrol duties on the ouskirts of the city, and leaving Captain Waka alone, at his desk.