A/N: first off the disclaimer, I don't own kingdom of heaven, second, yes I know the Japanese never came to Jerusalem in this time line, but my muse just threw this one at me and I thought it would make a nice story. This might be a one-shot or a few one shots and then a full story it really depends on you guys. This is movie verse sooooo yeah…..

Strange Butterflies

Tiberias told me about the strange people who were to visit my kingdom, but as they entered I was taken aback. They looked like butterflies, their language beautiful . Their garments were beautiful, strange birds, a beast that looked like a snake with hair on its head, colorful leaves and odd shapes. As they talked I noticed that their teeth were blackened, male or female. Their eyebrows were drawn high on their foreheads and their hair like glossy ink.

They brought goods to trade, strange ways to use ink, robes like theirs in the finest silks, strange food, musical instruments, and swords the like which I had never seen. They then said they would like to entertain me with some of their traditional forms of entertainment. Strange plays where men played the rolls of women, music, and dancing, then they summoned their geisha a female entertainer, she was beautiful her face though was mask like and for a moment I thought it was until I saw her smiled and blinked, she was like a larger version of one of their dolls, she danced with her fans turning them this way and that, I was mesmerized.

They also gave us medicines and plants they say might help my condition, they stay a while but then as all things their visit came to an end.

I felt as if I had been visited by other worldly beings I knew that no matter how long or short my life was that I would never forget those strange butterflies.

A/N: so what do ya think? Pretty please with sugar on top will you R&R?