DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, OK?! But I wish I did. They're so kawaii!!!!!!!!!!!

A/N: This story takes place in times where there are kings and such. When this first starts out, you might not be able to tell. BTW, this idea was started from The TurquoiseCow's digimon fanfic, The Dark Bandit.

1 PROLOGUE

Short auburn hair flowed in a light breeze as she walked in her garden. Emerald green eyes shone as she watched the same color dance in the sunlight and shadow of the trees. Hands folded behind her as she walked quietly in the peace of the garden, she was the picture of nobility. Her ears perked up as she heard her name being called.

" Sakura!" a graceful and musical voice called out again. " If your head wasn't attached to your shoulders, you'd lose it. I kept calling your name but you weren't listening." Sakura turned to face her best friend, a girl with long ebony locks that flowed to her waist and amethyst eyes to match her hair, which contrasted lightly with her pale complexion.

" Hi, Madison. I'm sorry I couldn't hear you calling my name. I was dreaming," Sakura replied. Madison grinned teasingly.

" Was it about Julian?" she asked innocently. Sakura heated up as if a sudden fever had attacked her.

" Madison! Please don't say it that loud! Julian's inside with Tori and he might hear you!" Sakura cried out quietly. Madison still grinned.

" So was I dead center?" she asked. Sakura nodded, defeated. No use hiding it from Madison, she'd find out one way or another, might as well tell her outright before she dug for information. Madison jumped. " I knew it! You have a crush on him! You should tell him Sakura," she said, still holding the calm composure she always held around her.

" But what if Julian doesn't feel the same way?" Sakura worried that even though she liked him, Julian would probably think that she would just get over her little crush, or maybe that she was just like a little sister to him. ' How will I get over the humiliation of that?' Sakura thought to herself, lowering her head so she could only see the ground and her feet sticking slightly out of her long light cherry skirts. Madison giggled lightly at her friend's reaction.

" Since when did you care what others think about you?" Madison teased. Sakura looked up.

" Come on Madison, let's go shopping. I don't want to stay home, where I'll probably end up being teased by Tori," she said. Madison agreed. Together, they set off for the market.

Several hours later…

" I can't believe we got so much shopping done! Why did you buy so much cloth Madison? I think you might have bought out the entire store," Sakura stated.

" It's to make you dresses, Sakura. Since I don't have anything else to do, I'll practice my hobby," she replied.

" But did you really need that much cloth?" Sakura asked. Madison nodded. They were halfway to Sakura's mansion, when men dressed in black ninja clothes popped out from the trees (Just imagine shadowkahn from Jackie Chan Adventures. I think they match the bad guy rep). Sakura and Madison huddled together, the men closing in on them. One of them took out a long thin sword and charged it at Sakura. Sakura screamed and closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the metal to pierce her body. A clash sounded, but the stab didn't come. Sakura opened her eyes. Standing before her was another man, protecting her. A dark forest green shirt (Like a pirate's loose shirt) matched his black pants. Brown armored boots blended in, almost impossible to see where it started. A wide-brimmed black hat, circled with a dark forest green ribbon, covered his face, while a black mask covered his eyes (Sorta like Tuxedo Mask's from Sailor Moon). A long black cape adorned his shoulders, as it billowed behind him. A shriek cried out as suddenly, Sakura remembered Madison. She swiveled around to find her friend being snatched up by one of the ninja men.

" Madison!" Sakura cried out. Another figure fell from the trees, he was like Sakura's savior, except dark navy blue replaced the forest green. He knocked out the ninja carrying Madison, and she fell into his arms. He gently placed her down onto the ground before pulling out a sword and battling the ninja men. Sakura ran over to Madison and they stayed close together. The fight was still raging when the ninja men, jumped up simultaneously and disappeared into thin air. The other two, stared off angrily at the spot where they had vanished. Sakura stood up and pulled up Madison as well. The men must have suddenly remembered them, as they pivoted to face the women. Sakura saw her savior, had intense amber eyes and dark cinnamon locks peeping out from underneath the hat. He was lightly tanned, unlike Madison's hero, who had sapphire eyes, and dark bluish tinged black hair contrasting with his pale complexion. Sakura stared at them, but before she could ask a question, they jumped up and disappeared.

Sakura stood still on the spot. Madison alongside her.

' Who were they?' they thought to themselves.







I'm sorry for such a short beginning but I had to rush this so I don't have to postpone it again! Please review! I need to know which way to lead this story!

BGR