Dane: Okay Sass did you get hit on the head or something?

Wait let me first introduce you both.

Dane: Alright Sighs.

Everyone, for those who hadn't read my other stories these two are my Muses in training.

Leki: Hi.

Dane: Yo

They have been with me for awhile and make a lot of comments on many things. Okay now what were you saying Dane?

Dane: Okay Sass did you get hit on the head or something?

No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?

Leki: She is asking because now we are working on three stories instead of just two.

Oh. Sorry.

Leki: No need to say sorry. I mean if you believe we can handle it then so do we.

Dane: That's right.

Okay then, on to the story.

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Summary: What does a ship; pirates, a boy, a mysterious blurred stranger, an evil doctor, and a goofball have in common? In the real world? Absolutely nothing. Nothing. But in this story it's everything. A young boy became a Pirate just to run from his past. He and his crew had been on the run for a long time when a young man who just happens to be as goofy as they come joins the crew. Will this new man spark a new life in the young boy? And what kind of past is the boy running away from?

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He's just a boy

The docks along the shore of Kyoto were full of merchants and traders. Not to mention people boarding boat to set sail for a new home on another land. It was a pretty peaceful day. At the other end of the docks were to boats. They were the length of fishing boats. They came from the boat that was quite a ways out in the water. The one to take notice of the boats was a man with the most amazing and yet creepiest amethyst colored eyes.

"Here you go sir. Three cinnamon rolls freshly made." An elder Merchant said.

"Thank you," replied the young man as he took the bag of Cinnamon rolls from the food merchant. "Say can you tell me who does those big boats belong to?"

Looking at the two big rowboats the elderly man answered the young man. "I haven't the foggiest. Maybe they are there to take the people leaving this land to a new home."

"Maybe, but why are so many leaving today?" The Amethyst man asked.

"Well boy, this place got wind of some pirates heading this way. Not many are to keen on that," said the older man. "I plan on leaving myself soon to. You should think about doing the same thing."

"Nah, I like it here. Plus I don't really have the money to be packing up and leaving anyway," the young man paid for his cinnamon rolls and left the docks. 'Besides, just like here there is nothing for me out there So why go when it will be the same out there as it is here?' He thought to himself.

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On the other side of the docks was a group of fifty or sixty people. They had on old worn hooded capes. They kept to themselves. Of the fifty or sixty men there was one that was shorter then the others. He was about the size of a sixteen year old. In fact he was a sixteen year old. He wore a velvet green hooded cape. He had emerald colored eyes and sandy blonde hair to which could only be seen if he was to pull off his hood.

While the rest of the group was watching and waiting, the boy was watching someone else. From so far off he was watching the Amethyst man walking away with a brown little bag. "Sir, when you are ready give us the word," one of the taller figures next to him spoke. The boy did not reply. "Sir?"

"Sir we need to know what you want us to do?" a man on his right whispered. Still there was no response. "Sir?"

The boy gave a slight startled jump because the man on his right meant down to whisper sir in the boy's ear. "Don't ever get that close to me again," the boy said. His voice was low but not low enough that it masked the anger in his voice. Those nearby him took a step back. That included the one that whispered in his ear. "Not right now. Let's go."

The large group walked off with the boy in the lead.

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It was just past seven when the amethyst man was heading home to his small cabin just outside the village. He wasn't alone. A man with long blonde looking hair wearing glasses was walking with him. "So anyways, I told my students that even though it is summer break I would like them to study different plants, tell me if it is an herbal, normal, or a poisonous plant? How they can tell one from the other? And what they can do to you?" the blonde haired man was explaining.

"Watari how do you even tell one plant from another?" The amethyst eyed man asked.

"You mean you don't know Tsuzuki?" Watari asked, "You have lived outside the village all your life and you don't know the differences?"

"No but my sister does," Tsuzuki said. "She comes to see me three or four times a week."

"Good thing Ruka does. Otherwise you would have died of your own cooking," his friend said. Tsuzuki looked to be very hurt by that. The sad puppy features seemed to always get to Watari. "Sorry."

They walked until they came to a divided path that leads out of the village. "Well, this is where we part ways," Watari said. "See you later Tsuzuki."

"Yeah see you la-- hey Watari?" Watari stopped walking to listening to his friend. "Why do you live outside the village?" He asked.

"Simple, to have privacy to do my little experiments," his friend replied. "Goodnight Tsuzuki."

Tsuzuki managed to make it all the way home by nine pm. The light was on in his cabin. 'I could have sworn I turned the lights off,' he thought as he opened the front door.

"Oni-chan!" Came a female's voice.

A young woman who looked like Tsuzuki but in a female form came out of the kitchen. She had the same brown hair as Tsuzuki's and even the same gentle facial features. Only thing is that she has brown eyes not amethyst.

"Nee-san!" Tsuzuki said he was somewhat surprised to see his older sister in his home when she was just here yesterday. "Ruka why are you here when you were here yesterday?"

Ruka came and hugged her brother. "Can't an older sister worry about her little brother enough to come and see him two days in a row?" she asked.

Tsuzuki returned the hug. "I'm not that much younger then you. I am only twenty-four," he said.

"So, you are four years younger then I. Which still makes you my younger brother," she said. "Now come and eat before the food gets cold. Then after words you can have some cake,"

Tsuzuki sprouted ears, paws, and a tail. "CAKE!" He said happily as he began to jump up and down.

Later on Tsuzuki was going to go to bed. He had helped his sister clean up and was just about to head upstairs when he heard a loud thunderous bang coming from outside. "What was that?" He said as he ran to the front door.

"Tsuzuki you be careful out there and watch out for pirates!" Ruka called after him being as he was already out the door and she would not have been able to stop him even if he wasn't already out the door.

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A young boy was being chased by some dark shadow. The boy was bleeding out a rather nasty side wound.

"You won't be able to run from me this time boy," a cold unearthly voice echoed around the surrounding area.

The boy could feel the darkness surrounding his entire being. No matter how far or how fast he ran, the dark emotions were able to keep up with him. The youth's vision was starting to blur as he felt his body growing weaker.

It soon got so weak from blood loss that the boy fell to the ground. 'No!' He thought as he tried to get up. His body did not want to listen to his brain.

As he lye there bleeding the shadow demon started to close in. The boy tried to use his power to create an empath barrier that would keep the creature at bay. However, it was not working.

Right when everything was blurring and beginning to fade to black a white fog started to appear. The youth caught a glimpse of a bright warm light.

The light seemed to hurt the demon as it was pushed back. Then everything went black.

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The boy started to hear muffled sounds. First they were low and barely made sense. But then as if someone had turned up the volume the words started to make sentences.

"I hope he is okay. Where did you say you found him again Oni-chan?"

"I found him pasted out and bleeding in the forest."

"Good thing you did otherwise he would have died."

"I know Nee-san."

"Tsuzuki go get some fresh water. Poor kid, it looks like he's just a boy."

That was the last thing the young boy heard before everything went quiet and he seemed to fall asleep.

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Leki: Wow.

Dane: Mysterious. Hey I wonder who controls the demons.

Who knows.

Dane: I bet the readers can figure it out.

Leki: I hope so. Then this way they can tell me.

I just am hoping for some reviews.

Leki: Yeah. Boy this starting chapter was shorter then the other stories you've done. Including the ones that you are still doing.

Dane: Well, they all can't start off being long Leki.

Well, I hope that the more reviews I get the more chapters I can make.

Dane: I think that will happen.

Leki: Same here.

Give me some reviews and I will be able to get the next chapter up everyone.