Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Kyo Kara Maoh. This is purely fan-made.

Note: Hey guys, it's been awhile and I'm sorry for being unable to update this story (which I seem to say a lot unfortunately.) But like I promised, I'm trying to update/revise some of my older stories and it looks like this one will be first on the list. Because I noticed a while back that hardly anyone was reading the sequel 'Moon's Glow' I decided to try something by changing the title and combining what I have so far into a single two part story. Hopefully it will work out better this time and I'll do my best to shorten Lorelei's dialog since one of the reviews from the original version I wrote that was called 'In Search of Valor,' commented about her being too talkative. Not to mention my grammar but hey, nobody's perfect right? Anyway, please enjoy the first chapter of the revision (although if you've read this story before, you'll notice that I haven't changed anything in the next chapters yet but I will get to them as soon as I can)

P.S: To celebrate the revision of this story, I made a new video on YouTube. Please visit the link on my profile page if you're interested in watching it. There's also a teaser for another 'Secret of the Black Lion' trailer too.

Book 1: Dawn's Light

Chapter 1

In her dream, Lorelei was standing before a young man in about his early twenties that knelt before her, kissing her hand gently. His hair was a pale auburn that seemed to shimmer in the firelight dancing against his tan skin. He wore a dark red uniform embroidered with two spinning suns on each shoulder and two thick belts spread across his torso. The belts held together with a cross-shaped buckle at the base of his chest which did the same on the other side. And lastly, he wore a simple pair of dark brown leather pants and a pair of black riding boots worn out with signs of age and travel.

Lorelei stared down at him with confusion and while still wondering who he was, she finally asked him quietly, "Who...are you?"

Then the handsome man looked up, with his sharp turquoise colored eyes glittering dangerously, and he smiled at Lorelei as he answered, "I am your loyal servant, and, I've come to bring you home My Lady."

"Home?" Lorelei asked the stranger in bewilderment, "But, can't you see that I'm already home..."

Just as she looked behind to point out her house to the mysterious figure, to Lorelei's horror it was writhed in flames. Which up until now, she had not realized that it was where the firelight was coming from this entire time...

Before Lorelei could run towards it to try and stop the flames from destroying all that she loved, the man lovingly wrapped her in his arms and whispered in her ear, "There is nothing left for you here. Now please, won't you come with me? We need you...Lorelei."

Lorelei startled awake from her dream and looked around at her surroundings in alarm as her heart continued to race wildly. Forgetting in the heat of the moment that she was still safely on the train, which was heading far into the countryside and realizing that there was no fire. There was nothing to fear all the way out here at all...

Except perhaps for her imagination running wild like this.

When Lorelei realized that it had only been a dream, she sighed deeply and looked out the window to try and calm her nerves. As she did, Lorelei marveled at the lush green hills rolling by littered with trees and large moss covered stones along with small little rivers that lined the train tracks. There were also long fertile fields of rippling grass that swayed in the ever changing winds. Making the grass look more like an unbroken green ocean.

It was hard to believe, after seeing all this greenery and feeling the calm atmosphere, that in just the opposite direction, there was a War going on. Which was, in fact, was the very reason why she was here on this train in the first place...

Lorelei had been sent away along with all the other children from London off to the countryside where they would be safe. Off to live in some strange house in unfamiliar surroundings with strangers or distant relatives. The very fact that she was even here to begin with was very frustrating to Lorelei because she wasn't a 'child' anymore and should have been able to stay since Lorelei was already sixteen years old. However, they made her go anyway because there was no one to care for her back in London since her father was enlisted and he was her only family.

She had argued fiercely with him before he left, begging her papa not to send her away. In the end, though Lorelei had reluctantly agreed to go to the country so long as long as he promised to come back home alive when the War was over. But Lorelei knew all along that it was a childish promise. There was always the chance that he would die in battle. However, as long as she was something for him to return to Lorelei believed he'd try that much harder to stay alive.

Lorelei still didn't want to be out here though, not when she believed that she should be at home with him while he was off fighting in the War at this very moment. She wanted to give him her support and do whatever it took to make sure he had a home to come back to and to be the loving daughter that would happily embrace him the moment he stepped back through those doors as a triumphant hero.

Although, in truth, he wasn't her real father.

Lorelei was adopted.

No one actually knew where she came from or who she was other than her name, Lorelei Tyrell, which was almost all she remembered at the time. A long time ago Lorelei had been found wandering helplessly in the streets of downtown London; her cloths completely charred; her round little face covered in dirty black soot; and crying out desperately in the rain for her mother who she couldn't seem to find.

It was a miracle that he had found her before someone else noticed the child in her ash-laden cloths and took her straight to an orphanage. Where Lorelei would be doomed to be forgotten and left there all alone. So of course he took her in right away, not wishing to subject Lorelei to that kind of life since he had been adopted himself. And if he hadn't adopted her, who knows what would have befallen Lorelei back then. Especially given the fact that she was so frail to begin with and had obviously been through enough trauma already.

All those years Lorelei spent living together with her Papa had been all she had been everything she ever wanted or knew since that fateful day. They were inseparable and used to do everything together, never apart for even a second. At least, not until the day he had left to fight in the War. But even after they had reluctantly parted, Lorelei promised to write him every single day.

That is, provided that she wasn't in classes all day...

From what Lorelei understood from her Papa, she was going to be staying with an old professor who was an old friend of the family that graciously offered his home to her during these harsh times of War and strife. Which personally Lorelei thought was actually rather odd because up until now, he hadn't been in contact with them. It seemed strange that he was suddenly so interested in helping them now when he had avoided them so adamantly before now ever since he and her Papa had that huge fight.

It was true that the professor highly disagreed with Lorelei's Papa on many things, and they argued a lot about politics, and things such as their religious beliefs. But, it was also true that long ago he had always gone out of his way to be kind to Lorelei. He even helped to teach Lorelei how to read and write when she was little.

Meaning that this man was probably the closest thing Lorelei had ever had to a real grandfather. After all, most of Papa's own relatives were already dead including his parents. But after their last fight, all Lorelei knew was that the professor asked them not to come see him anymore.

Originally Lorelei remembered that it made her very sad not to see him because she had always enjoyed his lessons; as well as his company. To be honest, Lorelei still wasn't quite sure what to make of the fight now that she was older and understood more or less what it had been about. Even so, at least he wasn't a complete stranger to Lorelei. That much was comforting at least.

But little did she know that he had a hidden motive. One that would change Lorelei's life and thrust an unexpected destiny upon her shoulders. A destiny that would reveal that he wasn't who Lorelei or her Papa thought he was.

And neither was she.

There were people waiting for her to return to them. People, who had waited all these years for Lorelei to be ready, just like what had happened to another person in the future. A person who went by the name of...Yuri Shibuya.

Hard to believe that it had already been a whole year since Yuri last saw Sara, Small Shimaron's King. He was really excited that Sara had invited them to a very special celebration in honor of their now public alliance. For as of a few months ago, Big Shimaron's King, Ranjeel, had lost nearly all his political power. As such it had allowed Sara to finally press forward with his plans to unite Shimaron and for him to make official formal ties with the Great Demon Kingdom Alliance.

Now it was only a matter of time before Ranjeel fell completely from power. Especially with everyone turning against him now due to his foolish and cowardly actions that had caused no end to their grief and problems. And Sara was a big factor in that since his own country that, for so long, had been known as a huge supporter of Big Shimaron.

Though in reality, that wasn't entirely true...

Their original servitude to the capital had been enforced, and not entirely their own will. But since they were once a province of Shimaron, it was to be expected that people would assume their service to the motherland of Big Shimaron was only natural. After all, they were once a part of Shimaron's domain but broke off many centuries ago, thus came the founding Small Shimaron and Big Shimaron as two separate countries. Although on the surface, the two seemed to be working together to take over the entire world and wipe out the Demon Tribe from the face of the earth.

However, when Sara personally cut their ties with Big Shimaron's King publicly, it gave the other smaller countries like themselves the courage to oppose Ranjeel's tyranny as well. This also meant that since Sara had publically announced that he had allied himself with the Great Demon Kingdom- knowing that it would be an historical change in relations to the Demon Tribe-many more people were now more willing to accept them as human beings and join in the alliance as well thanks to that choice...

There was only one problem though. At least, as far as Sara's own plans for Shimaron went anyway. And it was that Big Shimaron still didn't have a true heir to the throne. All the rightful heirs in line had been assassinated by the White Crows; who at the time were only serving Ranjeel to further their own aims and had only done so to keep up appearances before they were wiped out themselves.

Now that they were gone and the misconduct of Ranjeel's actions was widely known, there was a lot of pressure on him for the council to have Ranjeel dethroned and banished for his crimes. But until they found a better replacement for him though, they were forced to keep Ranjeel as their King for the time being. Regardless of how much he was now openly hated by his subjects...

King Ranjeel was powerless to do anything and had no true supporters anymore. In light of that however, Sara was still taking no chances of his new alliance with the other nations and with Yuri's Kingdom becoming alienated. So for this coming event in his Kingdom, he posted extra guards around the castle. Making sure they were all those loyal to him and that no traitors were mixed in amongst them; as his former general Gerald had been.

He left most of those matters to Berias, but Sara still made sure that he double-checked absolutely everything. Sara was certain though that Yuri's friends would also be on high alert so he wouldn't have to worry so much about it. This was going to change their world's future forever. And although it hadn't turn out the way he had imagined, Sara was actually glad of it now.

Sara had realized that Yuri was indeed the strong and noble King other's claimed him to be. Though, it wasn't until after Sara betrayed Yuri that he found this out for himself. That's when Sara learned that what Yuri had offered him was real; a real friend and a real ally.

Yuri was not an abomination or just another Demon who could care less about humans, he was a kind and well-loved Demon King that won loyalty and rewarded it with friendship. He did not desire power. All Yuri wanted was for the world to find peace, for the age-old beliefs that their kind was evil to die out, and to change their world into something better now that the threat of the Originators was gone forever now.

Sara smiled as he watched his subjects prepare for the festivities. It seemed that they too were eager to please the young Demon King that had helped liberate them from Ranjeel's oppression. They also fully trusted their own King to know what was right for them.

After what happened between Sara and Yuri the last time as well, as far as they knew, the Demon King was ready to wholeheartedly defend them in their time of need against Big Shimaron. And they also believed that Yuri had willingly driven Big Shimaron's forces away that day when Sara had been shot. Then, soon after he also snuck onto Sara's ship to help their King launch a surprise attack under Ranjeel's own nose. So it was only natural that to anyone who didn't know that Yuri had been tricked both times into transforming and doing those things that it would appear that he had gone out of his way to protect Sara.

They were wrong, but in the end, Yuri had still become Sara's friend for real. Yuri had even saved Sara's mother, Alazon, from death. Which had then resulted in him falling into a coma for three days until Sara used the Divine Sword to save him. Thereby paying back his debt...

Or so he thought...

But in truth, Sara owed Yuri more then he would ever know. Because Yuri was willing to stand beside him no matter how many mistakes Sara made before all was said and done. And Yuri had already started to soften Sara's heart just as he unknowingly had with many others without realizing it. That was just the way Yuri was. Therefore, Sara owed Yuri for his own sincere feelings in return from that precious gift of unwavering friendship.

And soon, he was about to put those very loyalties to the test in more ways than one, for there were many new changes in store for them both...

One of them being in the unexpected arrival of a certain young woman, who held her very own key to changing their world forever. She would be the one who would need their support the most during her own set of trials in this world. For she had something that had never been seen before in all of history. Something that both Sara and Yuri were already striving for, but in another form. And Lorelei had a greater destiny then either of them could ever realize.

Certain events had already been set into motion and soon Lorelei would change everything with just her existence alone. There would certainly be betrayals, loss, romance, friendships made and hearts broken in her life before the end. But the rewards of those ordeals would be great and many that would make her stronger. Furthermore, Lorelei would find something that she didn't even know she has been looking for. A place to belong, friends to share it with, and someone who would stay by her side throughout it all...

And love her above all else.