The year was 1457, it was early morning in Japan, the sun rose from behind the mountains bathing everything in a golden light and turning the sky pink. A gentle breeze loosed the petals of the cherry tree and the gently fell like a candy rain, several landed in the hair of a samurai standing under the tree. He was wearing dark blue robes and traditional sandals with his katana in it's sheath strapped to his back. He looked just like any samurai would, with deep brown eyes and long black hair tied back in the traditional style. But this samurai was different, he was an immortal being, the spirit or guardian of the country of Japan which he had named after himself. He looked human enough but he radiated power, his citizens called him Nihon-san (Mr Japan) but he preferred to go by the name Kiku Honda. Kiku was watching a certain cherry blossom on the tree, it hadn't bloomed yet but it was much bigger than any other blossom on the tree. He knew what it meant, and he didn't like it. The flower opened revealing a tiny baby girl with eyes and hair just like his, he lifted her out of the blossom and brushed the pollen out of her hair. Kiku turned and saw a child walking up the hill to meet him, her long hair of a thousand colors trailed behind her like a veil and her kaleidoscope eyes looked like they held all the wisdom of the world. "Gaia," Kiku said, "how could you have let this happen?" "You seemed lonely, so I gave you a sister." Said Gaia, "I thought you'd be happy." "But there aren't any others like her!" Kiku shouted back, "why was she born? none like her have ever existed before!" Gaia smiled, "then she'll be the first." Kiku still wasn't convinced, "beings like her aren't supposed to exist, or else they would have been around a long time ago." Gaia cocked her head to one side and raised one eyebrow, "why aren't you happy to have her? you said just yesterday that you were lonely. But there's no turning back, if you killed her, then those people living by the coast wouldn't succeed in completing their village, it would cause a huge food problem." Kiku looked down at the girl in his arms as she gently tugged on the end of his ponytail, after a long pause he said; "all right, I'll keep her. But under one condition, that she will never know that she's not human, so she can live like a normal girl, it's to keep her safe." "Very well," said Gaia, "her name will be Edo, the estuary."