Authors Note: So this uses some of the same characters from 'Believe In Me' but it isn't related. More like these are experiments in character development for the ocs that I use. Anyways, I also wanted use Suzunagi some more. I feel like she's an interesting part of their story that needs to delved into a bit. Also I'll try to keep this rated T, but i can't guarantee anything. ^^; Enjoy!

Prologue

Suzunagi lifted her robes as she walked through the castle. Her task was done, albeit with a positive ending, she still didn't think it would have turned out so...well. She smiled to herself, not that it affected her fate any, but a smug side of her was rejoicing at the unintentional consequence of their pure hearts. Her red hair fell into her eyes, and she blew it away, trying to hide the small smile that was plastered on her lips. She was so full of hope since meeting them, and that hope would be the down fall of the person who had woken her up.

Faceless spirits floated by as her bells chimed the quicker she walked along. She didn't need to walk, she had the exact same ability fly as they did, but the motions reminded her of her humanity. She wanted to cling to that humanity still instead of falling into the fate so many restless souls had. Before it had been her anger that made her grasp onto her humanity, and her despair, but all of that had changed.

She couldn't wait to see what her news brought to her 'master'.

Suzunagi walked past two guards in black into a dark throne room. She saw only a veiled screen ahead, a dark figure sitting in front of it.

She knelt down, and bowed low to the being, "greetings."

"You cling to your humanity even more now, did you fail," said a female voice. It was soft and sultry, and sounded like darkness itself.

"Well, yes," she said keeping her head low. There was a smile on her lips, so she didn't dare raise her head up but she realized her tone was expressing her exact emotions. "In a most absurd way..."

"SPEAK!"

Suzunagi lifted her head, the smile still on her face, "they pulled on a power that I didn't know the armors had..."

"The power to heal hearts," the figure growled and she could see a glitter of fangs. Suzunagi had never seen the being that woke her up from her tormented sleep, but she knew that the being was something even Talpa didn't want to wake up. The figure stood up, but the screen still didn't let her recognize who it was. "I'm afraid you failed me, I had promised you freedom."

"I am free," she replied as she reached to her necklace and gripped it tightly. "Never, have I been more free."

"You're just yurei, how can you possibly be free?"

"Perhaps, that is the true power of that armors!"

"Hm," the woman grunted and Suzunagi shivered as she felt cold eyes land on her from behind the screen. "Then be free then! The time of the armors has come again."

Suzunagi sat up instantly at her statement, "no, that's what I was trying to stop!"

She saw the smile appear again, "I know dear child, but I think the heart of the armors might be closer than you think. Oh, Talpa thought he was clever, but he was ever so careless."

The maiden began to shake as the screen was pushed aside. She brought her hands to her mouth, but only a silence remained.