Keigo was the only son to a slightly wealthy shop merchant. His mother was the daughter of a noble and his sister, Mizuho, is married to the noble Mizuiro Kojima. His parents are so busy working or showing off their money, they mainly ignore him. He spends most of his time painting pictures of nature. One day, he decided to go into the forbidden forest and pant a beautiful giant butterfly he had saw. However, he ends up getting more than he bargains for...

Story by: Yours truly!
Beta'ed by: FalynnAngel

Also, I don't know whether to make this a yaoi or not. It's up to you! Vote on the poll in my profile.

CHAPTER ONE

Keigo watched in mild sadness as his parents decided to travel to the neighboring town about 50 miles away for a small nobles ball. They loved to attend anything thing they could, as they lived in a boring town. Keigo would be invited to come, but he always refused. At the ball, his parents always tried to push people on him.

Instead, Keigo chose the second option, and stayed with his sister, Mizuho, and her husband Mizuiro. Even if Keigo disliked being around his bossy, sometimes selfish sister, he hated going to a social gathering even more.

"You will behave and listen to Mizuiro and Mizuho. If we're lucky, we'll find a husband or a wife for you." His mother told Kiego, who sighed inwardly. His mother was always trying to marry him off to someone. It never worked. Keigo guessed it was because of his looks.

Who would want a plain guy with plain, ugly short brown hair? He wasn't short, but he wasn't tall either, adverage. That was the word to describe him. He was also a little on the skinny side. No matter how much he ate, he always couldn't get fat. And just when Keigo's estimine couldn't get any lower, a bully gave him a small scar that ran around the bridge of his nose. He usually, shagged down his bangs so that they meet and cover the scar over his (he thought) ugly nose.

All and all, he had always thought that he was ugly, and his family members never said or hinted at anything to contradict it. The fact that they always treated him like he was invisible made it worse.

Not like his very pretty, out going sister Mizuho. Everyone loved the fire she had and her out going ways. There were many people asking for her hand, but Mizuiro ended up with her. It seems even Mizuho can find someone and fall in love. Keigo wondered if he was going to end up spending the rest of his probably short life alone.

"Don't worry...he will." His sister said as she sent him a warning look. He just gulped and nodded his head. Man, did his sister know how the scare the crap out of a guy with just a look. He figured she must have inherited from their mother, because he's seen his mother pull that look on many people, his self and father included.

"Good, thank you again, Sweety." His mother said and kissed his sister on her cheek. She then kissed his forehead after she brushed his hair aside. He winced at the fact that his scar was exposed. As soon as she stepped away, he fixed his hair back into its usual position over his nose.

"It's no problem. I always try to be a good sister." Mizuho said with a smile, causing both of their parents to smile at her. Keigo almost sorted, because it was acutally a true sentence. She may have been a bitch a couple of times, but no one bullied Keigo around her; and she stuck up for him many times. Hell, one time, she beat a guy up for him! His father's smile a little when he looked back at Keigo.

"Stay out of trouble." His father warned him. Stay out of trouble? Keigo was good at that! Trouble, however, couldn't stay away from him. He had the worse luck ever it seems. He watched as both their parents climbed in their carriage and rode off. His mother waving back at them for awhile. They waved back; and Mizuho blew kisses at them.

"Bye! I'll miss you!" She shouted as she waved exagratedly. Kiego gave them a small wave. Soon, his parents were out of sight. Mizuho and Keigo turned to go into his sister's house. Right before Keigo could come in, Mizuho turned around.

"Go away and stay out of trouble! Be back before night!" Mizuho shouted as she pushed Keigo and his art supplies out of the door to her house.

"But...its kind of cold." Keigo wined only to end up having a blanket thrown in his face. I mean, come on! All he had on was a blue thin long sleeved shirt with some paint stains on it, from earlier when he was painting flowers, black pants, and black shoes. "Sis..."

"Don't "Sis" me! My husband and I need alone time." She shouted, earning a wince of disgust. He forgot that she and Mizuiro were trying to have a child. It was a little over a year that, and she had yet to bare Mizuiro a child. Mizuiro had hinted that he didn't mind, but Mizuho felt she was letting him down. "Now, be gone!"

Keigo sighed as he walked off into Mizuiro and Mizuho's plain backyard. He stared at the forbidden forest and wondered why Mizuho or Mizuiro hadn't put a fence up yet. Mizuho hated living right next to it; however, Mizuiro was really stingy with money and the place was really cheap and large.

"Forbidden..." Keigo whispered as he walked to the very edge and tired to look through it. There wasn't much to see. It looked just like any other forest on the outside. He took a minute to try and picture what it looked on the inside.

Large trees in the middle, larger than a castle. Flowers as bright and beautiful as the sun. Animals smarter than most humans (Keigo included himself). He bet they were larger too, and shivered at the image of a giant bear chasing him. Get back on track!

He bet there was a fruit tree in there with fruits as large as his face...GAH! There was just too much to think about! He should stop letting his mind wonder.

Just as he was about to walk away, he saw the most beautiful and biggest butterfly that he had ever seen. It had a purple body, but orange and red wings that somehow blended together. "Oh, I have to paint it!"

He really should have known better, but Keigo was a natural artist; ergo he ignored the warning signs and quickly followed the butterfly until it landed on a low branch in a tall tree. He never really noticed he ran into the forbidden forest. All he could do was work out how he was going to draw the large butterfly. He quickly pulled out a piece of charcoal and started sketching it onto the canvas. He was almost done when it started flapping its wings as if to take off.

"Wait! Please, I am almost done!" Kiego whispered in slight alarm. He blinked in surprise when the butterfly settled back down. "Tha-thank you."

"You're welcome." A female voice said with a giggled, causing Kiego to jump and look around in alarm. "Up here!"

"Y-y-y...YOU CAN TALK!" Keigo shouted as he stood up.

"Of course I can, you can talk so why shouldn't I be able too?" The butterfly asked as it flew down to the ground in front of Keigo. Keigo jumped and yelped when the butterfly transformed into a beautiful woman with shiny, flowing orange hair. She was a little taller than Keigo with a slightly large bust and what people would describe as an hour glass figure. She was wearing a short, knee high purple dress and purple slippers. She looked at him with blue eyes and giggled at Keigo's shocked face. "My name is Orihime, what's yours?"

"..." Keigo just stared at her, causing her to giggle again. She stepped forward and touched his forehead, causing a tingle to run throughout him.

"Your name is Asano Keigo. It's a pleasure to meet you. May I?" She gestured to the sketch that he was holding in his hands. He gave it to her without thinking. "It's really nice! I can't wait till you add color!"

"Um...thanks...can...can all animals do that?" Keigo asked dumbly. Orihime giggled and nodded her head.

"Most of his demons can." She told him. "I think...I've never left this land."

"Why do you guys stay on this land?" Keigo asked her curiously.

"We have a treaty with the human king." She informed him. "We don't mess with you. You don't mess with us."

"I see..." Keigo trailed off, then jumped up. "I'm breaking the treaty!"

"Shh...no one knows. At least, just us." She said with a giggle. She winked at him.

"What is the treaty?" Keigo asked curiously.

"The treaty was drawn up after a great war between the two who wished to rules these lands: humans and demons/fae. It was to stop the blood shed. We are not to set foot on your land, least we have to. You are not to set foot on our land, least you have to."

"What happens if you do?"

"You forfeit your life."

"AH!"

"You won't tell, neither will I." Orihime stated.

"Oh, thank you, Orihime-san!" Keigo said with a small smile.

"Orihime-chan." She corrected him, then said. "You should leave now, Keigo-kun. It's very cold and the man-eaters are lurcking about."

"M-m-ma-man-eaters?" Keigo exclaimed. Orihime nodded her head.

"They are demon/fae just like me, except I don't eat humans. I eat...well that's for another time..."

"E-eat humans..."

"They prey on the weak. Don't trust anything or anyone. I suggest you leave-" Orihime was cut off when a loud bell rung. "Oh, got to go! See you later!"

"Wait!" Keigo shouted after her. He groaned as she continued to fly away. "I...don't know which way to go..."

COUPLE OF HOURS LATER

"C-C-cold..." Keigo's teeth chattered together as he hugged the blanket around him as best he could. He felt as though he was walking in a circle over and over again. At least, the forest was beautiful with its tall trees, exotic flowers, and landmarks of small broken down structures. He had seen many different flowers that he wanted to draw. The trees were so large and nearly blocked out the sun. He didn't know why he could still see. It must have been hours since he's been here, so it should be well into the night. "So...c-c-cold..."

As he was losing more and more heat, he wondered if his sister and husband were looking for him. She probably was. Great, another guilt trip for Keigo. It seemed all he did was get into trouble. He felt the only luck he had so far was not getting eaten by a man-eater.

"You are so stupid, Keigo-baka." Keigo told himslf with a frown as he shivered and sat down (a huge mistake) and hugged his legs to his chest. "That asshole, Shino, was right. I'm just a childish, loser..."

Keigo unwillingly started drifting off to sleep...he thought he heard a smooth, defiantly male, voice.

"A human?"

AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE FIRST CHAPTER? LIKE IT LOVE IT? LET ME KNOW! OH, AND I PLAN TO UPDATE MY FOREVER IS A LONG TIME STORY. I GUESS I GOT MADE THAT I WROTE A CHAPTER ON MY COMPUTER AND ACCIDENTALLY DELEATED IT...ANYWAY, ENJOY! :D

OH, AND I DON'T OWN BLEACH!