Introduction

It was an ordinary day for Danielle Brillo, a ten year old girl who had just moved to Sicily with her parents. They had to leave Rome because her father had made some mistake at work and was demoted to work in one of the less important fractions of the giant corporation. Her parents were devastated, having to move from the town they both grew up in, but young Deni was more then thrilled to have a new place to explore, new neighbors to bother and new friends to meet. She could hardly wait for breakfast to be over, her father to leave for work, and her mother to allow her to go outside.

When that did happen, she ran as fast as her still undeveloped legs would carry her.

Taking random turns, looking for a new secret base, the little girl dodged all the people that got in her way and jumped over all non living obstacles. Finally arriving to a beach, she looked around for shelter.

Walking around a hill the size of a deflated tent, the brunette failed to notice a hand reaching out from the ground until it grabbed at her ankle and pulled her in what seemed like a purposely built hole in the ground.

Having fallen on her bum, she looked up at the offending creature that pulled her in. In front of her stood a grinning boy who looked around her age, with white hair, lavender eyes and a strange mark under his left eye.

"Gotcha." The boy spoke.

Deni blinked up at him, still not over the initial shock. Recovering after a few more seconds, she frowned at him.

"Why did you do that? I could've been hurt!" She shouted at him, to which he replied with a careless shrug.

"'t was a risk I was willing to take." The boy smiled innocently at the young vixen.

Green eyes stared into lavender ones, glaring with all the power a 10 year old can muster. The owner of the previously mentioned lavender eyes only smiled wider, not backing down from the unspoken challenge before him.

"I repeat, why did you do that?" Deni spoke again, emphasizing every word, as if threatening the taller child.

Her counterpart tilted hid head slightly to the left and stared at her, growing serious for a while. After studying her, he nodded and spoke:

"I saw you coming, and decided to recruit you."

Having been caught by surprise, Deni stopped glaring, her eyes widening a fraction.

"You want to recruit me?" She asked, giving the one before her a suspicious look.

"Yep." He nodded again.

"Why?" She asked slowly.

"'cause I can't have an army without soldiers."

"Why do you need an army?" She asked in confusion.

"I haven't really planned that far yet, but it can't hurt to have one just in case, right?"

The boy scratched his head, and grinned again. The girl stared at him, contemplating his request.

"Will I get to be second in command?" She finally asked.

The white haired youth laughed and nodded, grinning once again.

"There are only two of us, so it's the only thing you can be."

"And where will our base be, Captain?" She asked him with a smug little smirk.

The boy grinned wider and circled the girl, placing his hands on her shoulders, only to reveal a tunnel of sorts behind the spot he was previously at. Deni gasped at the sight before her.

"Cool, huh? It was used in the war for surprise attacks, or at least that's what my old man told me. They stretch out under a good part of the city, and have many secret entrances. It's perfect, right?"

The brunets eyes widened and her smile grew as she turned to look at her new friend with excitement in her eyes.

"It's brilliant!" She shouted, jumping up and down.

The boy laughed at her and stuck out his hand.

"Name's Byakuran Gesso."

"Danielle Brillo, but call me Deni." She accepted his outstretched palm and smiled again.

It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.