In the early years of human life there was a nation called the land of shadows. It was in six parts fire, water, lightning, earth and wind. The sixth element was healing and shadow put together but no one knew who would have the sixth element because of it being so rare. The king was King Moshiro Terumi. He was walking through the land of the water tribe but he was surprised to see the leader of the tribe.

"General Roku, I believe you have an offspring that can serve as my daughter's protector."

"Yes sir."

They looked at the boy that was in the room with them. The boy was scared then Moshiro looked at him.

"From this day on you will be known as Rikku of the Same clan. The first to be a member of the Same clan."

Moshiro and Rikku went to the center where the palace was and Rikku was kneeling in respect.

"Your highness, what are you going to do?"

"Yes, I am going to give you the mark of the leader of the waters and do you know what animal that is?"

"No sir."

"The animal that rules the sea and the rest of the waters is the shark. From this day on, you'll be the father of the Same clan."

"Yes sir."

With that Rikku became the first person to have shark like features but he was never allowed to return to his birth home.

A month later the queen came to them smiling holding a toddler daughter. Moshiro smiled then looked at Rikku.

"Rikku, this is the child that you will be protecting from this day. You will guide her and teach her about element bending."

"Yes sir, I will do my best."

The toddler went to Rikku and wanted him to pick her up. Rikku smiled and picked her up then carried her out of the room.

"This is a start of a whole new era."

That night the princess was sleeping in her bed and Rikku watched her sleep then he smiled at her then closed his eyes.

The next day Rikku was outside with the princess then he noticed how cheerful she was around him then she ran to him.

"Big brother!"

Rikku blinked then looked at her.

"Yes Princess Maya?"

"Can I feel your teeth?"

"Um sure if you want."

Maya came to him and gently touched his shark like teeth. Maya looked at him as he looked away.

"Princess you'll be an older sister soon."

"I know but how should I treat my younger sibling?"

"What do you think you should treat them like?"

"I think I'm supposed to treat them kindly but what if they don't like me?"

"I don't see why they wouldn't like you."

Maya leaned on his shoulder then they heard doctors yelling at servants giving them orders. Rikku and Maya went to see what was going on then they saw the queen was laying on a bed giving birth nd Rikku had Maya in a different room so that she wouldn't have to watch what was going on.

After a while a small cry was heard and the baby was in her mother's arms. The baby soon stopped crying when her father picked her up.

"I'm so happy."

"What should we name her?"

"Let's call her Meiuna."

"Is she going to have a protector like Maya does?"

"If she does, Rikku would have to find a mate because he's the father of the Same clan now."

"That's understandable."

4 years later Meiuna wasn't like other toddlers she already knew what she was and she was quiet most of the time.

One day Meiuna went into one of the rooms and saw a baby in there sleeping. She just looked at the sleeping baby then looked behind her to see Rikku and Maya coming into the room. Maya smiled at her sister.

"This is big brother Rikku's son. Isn't he cute?"

Meiuna looked at the baby then Rikku smiled.

"This is Ryuto he was just recently born."

Ryuto opened his eyes and was looking at them. He was mostly looking at Meiuna then he began to squirm then his father picked him up.

"You're so tiny but still you'll be a perfect son."

The baby yawned and fell asleep. Rikku looked at the two princesses that were looking at him.

"When he's older he'll be taking my place."

Maya lowered her head. She hated it whenever Rikku or her parents brought that up but she knew the same would go for her.

They all went to dinner and the king looked at Rikku.

"How is the son of yours?"

"He's doing fine sir."

"I'm sure he's going to be a strong fighter like you Rikku."

"I am honored to hear that sir."

That night while everyone was sleeping Meiuna was sleeping in her bed but then sat up and left to see the baby again. When she got to the hallway she saw the baby he was on the floor crawling and he seemed to be looking for something. Meiuna went to him and picked him up and took him to her room then they went to sleep.

14 years have passed and Ryuto has been very promising to his father and to the Kings wishes to become the next leader of the Same clan.

One day he was with Meiuna in the fire place room and Meiuna looked at him.

"Ryuto, if you were to have a child what would you do?"

"Well I know I have raise and guide my children just like how my father taught me."

"What would you do if the child refused it?"

"The king told me that the child would be either killed or have a scar on the side of their faces to show the world how weak they are."

"I wonder how that would go between me and Maya."

"What do you mean?"

"I know my father pays me more attention because of my skill in element bending while my sister is too gentle and doesn't want her to have the throne after him.

"Does she want it?"

"Yes but she knows he doesn't want her to."

They both stopped to look in the doorway to see Maya coming into the room.

"Ryuto come here."

He went to her and Maya grabbed his hand and had him to feel her stomach. Meiuna and Ryuto were in complete shock. Maya smiled brightly at them.

"I'm pregnant isn't that great?"

Meiuna frowned.

"Does Father know?"

"No."

"Do you have any idea what you have done?"

"I'm going to be a mother, aren't you happy for me?"

Meiuna still had that frown on her face.

"I would be if you were married and didn't just open your legs to anyone."

Meiuna left the room then Ryuto looked at the stomach that his hand was still on. Maya looked at him then he looked at her.

"What do you think?"

"I'm happy for you but I partly agree with Lady Meiuna about the whole being married thing."

Maya nodded then they went into a different room.

3 months later the king saw that Maya was pregnant and he was furious.

"Maya, Meiuna meeting now!"

They were all in a meeting together and Maya had her head down not looking at her sister or her father. Moshiro glared at his daughters but mostly at Maya.

"You better have a good reason to be bearing a child before marriage and trying to keep it a secret."

Maya didn't look at him.

"I got tired of waiting and I wanted to be a mother so badly. I wanted to start a family of my own without feeling the pressure. I wanted to be free to make my own choices, isn't that what you wanted me to do?"

The king glared at her.

"You should have said something about sooner then I would have asked other leading nations what they had to offer me for you to marry to one of them. Is this what you wanted show your younger sister as the first born of this family your main job was to be an example to your sister. You should be ashamed of yourself!"

"Princess this Princess that, I hate it! I just want to be free away from it even for a little, if I was even lucky at all."

"There's very little luck between your sister and you. You sister should have been born first instead. Your sister was born lucky, you were lucky just to be born!"

Maya was struck by that then the king closed his eyes.

"Rip the baby out of her body."

Maya was scared but then Meiuna looked at her father.

"Father, wait.."

"What is it?"

"You should let Maya have this child at least, after all this is your first grandchild and it would be a waste of life and who knows how much talent would be in this child."

The king didn't look at it that way then he stood up.

"Alright the baby may stay but in the mean time, Maya stay out of my sight."

He left and Maya looked at her sister who stood up then Maya bowed to her sister.

"Meiuna..."

"Lift your head, Maya."

"Thank you..."

"I'm not the one you should thank."

Maya looked at her in question only to see an angry Meiuna looking at her.

"I could care less to what happens to that child. The person you should be thanking is Rikku. He begged me to tell that to father."

Meiuna left the room and Maya went to look for Rikku. She was surprised to see him with his son talking to him. Rikku turned his head and went to Maya and hugged her.

"Rikku thank you."

"He hugged her tightly and Ryuto just watched then he turned to leave. Maya watched him leave then she looked at Rikku.

"Is something wrong with him?"

"I just told him that a guardian isn't just someone who protects others. A true guardian protects and guides the ones they love even if it means to be broken down."

"Is there something you're going to do with that saying?"

"Yes, come to the weaponry room at noon tomorrow and I'll show you what I'm going to show your father."

"Really?"

"Yes."

With that he left and Maya smiled.

"I'm very thankful to have you, Brother Rikku."