So, thanks to ResOmnesBeneFacere, I've just realized a bunch of mistakes I made the last chapter and would like to apologize if I seemed ignorant with the historical settings. Honestly I've never been good at history. Sorry ^^'' I will try to make things as accurate as I can, but I can't edit much of the discrimination against Japanese for now because it would alter most of the storyline.

"Gastrovascular," Susan says. "Come on, Peter, gastrovascular." Yuki sticks her tongue at Peter, remembering his words. He returns the gesture before answering.

"Is it Japanese?" he asks, even more bored than he initially was, but looks at Yuki as if to tease her.

"No, Peter, are you even taking this seriously?" groans Susan. "What about you, Yuki?"

"I don't know, Latin?" questions Yuki, shrugging and throwing paper balls at Peter's head.

"Is it Latin for 'worst game ever invented'?" jokes Edmund, getting smirks from everyone except Susan, who now has a hurt and betrayed look on her face. Slamming the giant dictionary shut, she lets out a frustrated sigh. Yuki tries to comfort Susan by patting her back, but recoils under Susan's glare.

"We could play hide and seek," suggests Lucy.

"But we're already having so much fun," Peter replies sarcastically, giving her a pouty look. Yuki shakes her head, continuing to read her book as Edmund fiddles around with a chair.

"Come on, Peter please!" Lucy begs with a puppy dog face, causing Edmund to roll his eyes.

"I think it's a great idea," Yuki says, supporting the little girl. Edmund voices his disbelief as soon as Peter starts to count. As Peter walks over to the wall to count, the four of the children run to find a place. Yuki scoffs when she sees Edmund shoving his little sister out of the way just for a hiding place. "Come on Lucy, I'll help you find a place." She kicks Edmund in the leg before running off with Lucy.

"Git!" Edmund curses loudly as the girls round the corner. Yuki tries some doors before finding one that wasn't locked. They stepped in, seeing an empty room with just a wardrobe. Looking down, Yuki sees an excited look on Lucy's face, so she opens the wardrobe for her.

"Aren't you hiding with me?" asks Lucy, curious as to why Yuki is closing the door instead of going in.

"Don't worry, sweetie," she comforts. "I'll find a different place. If we both hide here, Peter will get two points easily. Good luck!" Yuki blows Lucy a kiss before running out of the room, making sure it looks like it was never opened. After a while of running, she slaps herself on the forehead. "Maybe this isn't my brightest idea, now I have nowhere to hide." She hears Peter yell "100!" out loud and begins to panic.

"Ready or not, I'm coming!" Peter shouts. "Hopefully you aren't!"

"It's okay! It's alright! I'm back!" Lucy suddenly yells. She jogs slightly over towards Lucy's voice, who now seems to be with Edmund.

"Lucy?" wonders Yuki, confused. Suddenly she feels two arms wrapped around her waist and lift her off the ground, causing her to let out a shriek.

"I got you!" laughs Peter, spinning her around, which results in Yuki letting out a few laughs. "You are not very good at this game, are you?"

"Actually I am, but I had to help Lucy find a place, so I was left with nothing," she retorts, sticking her tongue out.

"Speaking of Lucy, I think I heard her this way." The two walk towards the direction of the voices only to see Edmund yelling at a confused Lucy. Once Edmund notices the two, he sighs in frustration.

"You know, I'm not quite sure you two got the idea of this game," teases Peter. "You may be even worse than Yuki."

"Weren't you wondering where I was?" asks Lucy.

"Yes," answers Yuki, confused. "That's why I hid you in the wardrobe, so Peter would wonder where you are and seek you."

"Does this mean I win?" asks Susan, approaching the group. However, before Peter could reply, Lucy cuts in.

"Oh Yuki, the wardrobe!" Lucy remembers, excitedly. "The wardrobe you hid me in had a magical land in there called Narnia!"

"Did you just say, 'Narnia'?" asks Yuki, remembering her dream. The older Pevensies ignore her and follow Lucy into the room. The four older children search and knock around the wardrobe but are unable to find anything of Narnia.

"The only wood is in the back of the wardrobe," Susan sighs.

"Only one game at a time, Lu," Peter scolds softly. "We don't all have your imagination." As they walk out, Yuki notices a look of annoyance on the older siblings' faces and a hurt look on Lucy's.

"But I wasn't imagining!" Lucy shouts.

"That's enough Lucy," sighs Susan, once again.

"I wouldn't lie about this!" Lucy cries.

"Well I believe you," Edmund speaks up.

'Where are you going with this?' Yuki wonders, worried.

"Didn't I tell you about the time I saw a football field in the bathroom cupboard?" jokes Edmund, causing her to wince. Looking over, she sees Lucy crying. She kneels down to Lucy, hugging her as her siblings yell at each other.

"Edmund, don't you think that was a little too far?" asks Yuki, trying to hold her anger back. She attempts to cool him down by placing a hand on his shoulder, only for him to swat it away.

"Don't touch me, Jap," Edmund insults, giving her a look of disgust. The eyes of the other Pevensies widen as Yuki lunges for Edmund in less than a second.

"Yuki!" Susan cries as she and Peter separate the snarling girl from a bewildered and bruised Edmund. "What is the matter with you? You're usually well behaved."

"Well I've just about to have it with people calling me that," hisses Yuki, allowing Peter to pull her back.

"Edmund, say you're sorry," orders Peter, lifting his brother up by the collar of his shirt. Although she tried to beat him just a bit earlier, a part of her wanted to protect him from Peter's wrath. Then again… she tried to be his friend just for him to insult her over and over. Even she's not friendly enough to let people take advantage of her, so she decides to just brace herself if Peter wants to "discipline" his brother as she did.

"You think you're dad but you're not!" he screams in Peter's face, trying to hit Peter, who seems to want to return the favor.

"Stop it!" cries an innocent voice, grabbing Yuki and Peter's hands. "Please stop fighting."

"Sorry, little one," apologizes Yuki, hugging her. Smiling, Peter kneels down and copies Yuki, hugging both Yuki and Lucy. Susan soon joins in on the hug.

"Disgusting," Edmund groans, leaving.

"I'll talk to him," Susan offers, following him, but no one missed the eye roll she gave before leaving.

"I'm going back to my room," Peter states. "If you want to play more games after you play Narnia, feel free to come get me."

"But it really was there," Lucy pleads, wishing for just one person to believe her.

"Susan's right, Lucy," Peter says, annoyance evident in his voice. "That's enough." After Peter leaves, Yuki turns to the teary girl.

"Can I tell you a secret, Lucy?" asks Yuki.

"What is it?" Lucy asks as she wipes her tears.

"Remember how I said I had a dream this morning?" reminds Yuki, which Lucy nods to. "I had a dream about a place called Narnia. There was this queen dressed in white, and Edmund was there too. So, overall, despite how crazy everything is, a part of me believes you Lucy." Her words bring a smile back to the child's face.

"And the other part?" wonders Lucy.

"Thinks I'm crazy," admits Yuki, making a weird face. Lucy giggles and hugs her.

"Thank you, Yuki," she says. "Yuki, may I ask you a favor?"

"What is it?" wonders the older girl, tilting her head. Lucy giggles.

"You look funny when you do that," laughs Lucy, covering her mouth.

"Does it look funny when I do this?" challenges Yuki, attempting to spin her head like an owl does, but stops and yell in pain once she reaches her limits, which Lucy cannot help but laugh at. "Jokes aside, what do you want to ask of me?"

"I know my brothers haven't been gentlemen to you, but can you please never fight them again?" begs Lucy, pulling out her puppy dog look, something Yuki could not reject.

"I can't promise you anything," states Yuki with regret in her voice, but flinches when Lucy tears up a bit. "But I will try! I'll try to control my temper."

"Thank you, Yuki," Lucy says, hugging her. "I can only ask you to try. I know they might say even more inappropriate things, but please try to ignore them. I don't want to see the people I love fighting again."

"Oh Lucy," smiles the older girl, feeling heartbroken for nearly tainting Lucy's innocence with her fights. "I promise I will try for you, but I hope your brothers will try too. Otherwise I will treat them the way they treat me."

"Thank you," Lucy says. "You go ahead, I want to look at the wardrobe again."

"Okay, be careful, little one," warns Yuki, walking out of the room. Closing the door, Peter's voice booms from behind her.

"What was that?!" he demands, pulling her into a room and slamming the door. "Why on earth would you encourage her like that?!" He moves his head closer to her so he could look at her in the eyes. She sends back a fierce glare of her own, but falters. Without realizing, their noses are only a few centimeters away from each other and blood rushes to her cheeks. She groans inwardly, hoping Peter doesn't hear the loud pounding of her heart against her chest.

"Because it's true," winces Yuki, trying to ignore his eyes. He throws out a frustrated sigh. "I merely told Lucy the truth about my point of view. Yes, she sounds crazy, but Peter, she's a child! Maybe it's good to encourage her imagination in times like these to distract her from the war!"

"It sounded like more than that," hisses Peter, angrily. "Dreaming about Narnia? A queen?"

"I really did dream of that!" she yells, defending herself. "Was I supposed to lie to her?!"

"You're encouraging her to lie!" argues Peter.

"How would you know?!" retorts Yuki. Both step closer with each remark, causing them to be nearly in each other's faces. "Just like how you know to handle Edmund!"

"Don't tell me how to run my family!" roars Peter in a whispered yell, hoping Lucy wouldn't hear. "What do you know about family?" Sighing, she lets up on the argument and begins to walk away. "Where do you think you're going?!"

"Away from immature children like you," she states bluntly. However as she turns to open the door, Peter grabs her again.

"We are not done talking here, Yuki," Peter groans. "I can't have you inserting random imaginary worlds into my sister's mind like this." Yuki couldn't help but feel horrible for the situation. They finally seemed like they finally became friends, how could one simple thing blow everything out of proportion? Do boys have the mood swings from periods too?

"Are you even listening to me?" hisses Peter, shaking her slightly. His touch suddenly makes her nervous. Although why, she could not understand why she felt butterflies inside. Peter, unknowing the effects on her, continues to shake her with frustration. With every shake Yuki could feel their bodies coming closer and separating. Finally the butterflies burst out of her and Yuki unintentionally head butts Peter right in the face. Flying out the door, Yuki slaps her cheeks, wondering what had happened in the room.

"What have I done?!" she gasps, running to her room. "I'm just going to take a nap and when I wake up, I will find out that all of this is just a bad dream."

"Yuki!" Susan calls, startled at the loud slam of the door. "Are you alright? What was Peter talking to you about?"

"Peter's an arse!" Yuki whines, hiding under the sheets. "Susan, I think I need some rest, Peter's driving me insane."

"We all know Peter's insane, but if there is something bothering you, just tell me," offers Susan, smiling kindly.

"Thanks Susan, you're very… gentle," Yuki compliments, returning her friendly smile. "But I'd like some time alone right now."

'Why does this all seem so familiar?' wonders Yuki, rubbing her head. She looks around and finds herself in the sky, floating over what appears to be a carriage with the queen from her dream and… "EDMUND?"

"One day, you will become king of Narnia," the queen says to Edmund.

"Really?" he asks.

"Of course, you must bring your family," the queen negotiates.

"Oh," Edmunds lets out disappointedly. "You mean, Peter will be king too?" The queen laughs at his question.

"Oh no, my dear boy," she replies. "But a king must have servants."

"I guess I could bring them," Edmund agrees, causing Yuki to gasp.

"Edmund? How could you?" she wonders, floating down in front of Edmund. "Edmund please! Get away from her!" However, he just goes through her like the creatures from last night. Then….

"It's back! Wake up!" Lucy calls happily. "It's really there!" Susan and Yuki groan.

"Not again," whines Yuki, getting up with her eyes closed. She walks over only to hear Lucy talk about Narnia again. "Narnia?" She and Susan walk together to the boys' room. Seeing an empty bed next to Peter, which she assumes is Edmund's, Yuki jumps into it and makes herself comfortable in the sheets. Running the sleep out of his eyes, Peter throws a strange look at her.

"And this time, Edmund came too!" Lucy squeals, catching Peter's attention again.

"You met the faun too?" Peter asks, still groggily.

"Actually," Lucy pauses, "He wasn't actually with me. What were you doing, Edmund?" All the attention is now focused on Edmund. Yuki raises an eyebrow, feeling nervous.

"I was just...playing along," Edmund replies, smirking as if he came up with the greatest plan ever. "I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have encouraged her. But you know how kids are; they don't know when to stop pretending."

"Lucy…" Yuki says sympathetically, but Lucy dashes out of the room before Yuki could give her a hug. The two older Pevensies run out after her, but not before Peter shoves Edmund into his bed roughly.

"Ow!" whines Edmund, but quiets down once he notices Yuki is still in the room with him, staring at him hard. "What's your problem?"

"What's yours?" she retorts. "Tell me the truth, Edmund. Did you really go to Narnia?"

"No, weren't you listening?" he grumbles, glancing around the room.

"You're lying," Yuki points out. She knew lies very well. "I had a dream Edmund, and you were with some queen in white, she promised to make you king as long as you introduce your siblings to her." As she speaks, Edmund begins to sweat more under pressure. "Shall I continue? Tell me the truth Edmund."

"Fine!" Edmund yells, breaking under her stare. "Just stop looking at me! It burns!" Smirking, Yuki listens carefully as Edmund tells her everything. While she had no idea what Lucy, Susan, and Peter were up to all night, she did know she had to kill Edmund…With kindness before anything can happen. So to discipline Edmund, Yuki hugged Edmund with all her might, much to his displeasure as he yelled and begged her to stop. However the hug seemed like a much better punishment compared to her hits considering Edmund felt more uncomfortable by it.

The next morning is indeed sunny, so the children are outside to play. Yuki stays by Lucy's side as the others play cricket. However, seeing the way Peter treated Edmund, Yuki couldn't help but scowl. How could he act so rude to his brother? Yeah, Edmund may be a bit rebellious and impolite, but he's going through a hard time just like all of them! She fumes, thinking about both brothers in her head. Edmund should be nicer to Lucy, and Peter should be sweeter to Edmund.

"Penny for your thoughts, Yuki?" wonders Lucy, snapping her friend out of her thoughts.

CRASH!

Lucy and Yuki exchange amused looks as they see the horror on Edmund's face.

"Sure, I think Edmund and Peter are in it with Mrs. McCready." The five quickly find the scene of the accident and find a suit of armor dismantled on the ground, the ball in the middle of smashed glass.

"Well done, Ed," Peter scolds.

"You bowled it!" he yells, attempting to defend him. Suddenly they hear Mrs. Macready's voice.

"Come on!" Peter urges, leading them all up the stairs. They try every possible direction, only to hear footsteps no matter where they go. Where is she coming from?! They ran around in the endless maze until Edmund leads them to the room with the wardrobe.

'He can't still be thinking about doing that to us, can he?' wonders Yuki, missing Susan's remark. Before she knew it, Peter is throwing her into the wardrobe, pushing everyone back after he shuts the door.

"OW! Get off!" someone yells. Yuki is able to catch a glimpse of Peter accidentally falling into Susan. No one can see right now, so it'll be okay for her to trip Peter for yesterday right? Smirking, Yuki sticks her foot out and trips Peter, who then knocks into Edmund. Everyone complains, feeling their feet stepped on, until Susan and Peter hit the ground and the snow upon it. Yuki was about to fall like them, but luckily is aided by Lucy, who grabs her before she could fall.

"Impossible," Susan blurts, looking around. Wonder fills her eyes more as she scans their environment.

"Don't worry, I'm sure it's just your imagination," teases Lucy, giving them a mischievous grin.

"Big wardrobe isn't it?" Yuki adds, grinning at Lucy.

"I don't suppose a sorry would make it up?" apologizes Peter.

"No," she replies sadly, bringing down her siblings. "But this might!" Without warning, Lucy throws a snowball right into Peter's face, causing him to return the action.

"I'll protect you Princess Lucy!" Yuki jokes, taking the hit.

"I'll avenge you!" Lucy giggles, flinging another snowball, which misses and hits Susan.

"So you want to be like that?" she asks, smirking, but is hit by Yuki's snowball before she could throw.

"My name means snow, no one can beat me!" announces Yuki, tossing ammunition at the older Pevensies with all her might.

"OW!" Edmund sneers, immediately pulling everyone out of the world of merry. "Stop it!" That's when Peter realizes something.

"You little liar!" he snaps. No one could describe the rage in his eyes.

'Poor Edmund,' thinks Yuki, bracing herself, even though the target is Edmund.

"Apologize to Lucy!" When Edmund refuses to, Peter repeats his order in a menacing tone. That was it. Fearing Peter would harm Edmund, Yuki allows her impulsive side to throw her between the bickering brothers.

"That's enough Peter," she states, shaking slightly under Peter's murderous gaze. His eyes soften for a second before lighting up with fire again.

"Stay out of this, Tanaka," Peter hisses, pushing her out of the way. "I'm not going to say it again. Apologize to Lucy."

"Okay!" retorts a frightened Edmund. "Sorry!"

"That's okay, some children don't know when to stop pretending," Lucy smirks. Who knew a little angel could be so devious? "Although you should apologize to Yuki too, Peter. You haven't been a gentleman to her." Peter gives a look to Lucy, only for her to return a stern look like a mother. Sighing, he turns to Yuki.

"I'm sorry for going off on you," Peter apologizes nonchalantly.

"Doesn't sound like you mean it, Pevensie," states Yuki, crossing her arms.

"Yuki…" Lucy warns, now giving her the stern looking, causing Peter to smirk arrogantly at her.

"Fine, all is forgiven," sighs Yuki. Thanks to Lucy, that was that. Susan then suggests going back, which Edmund contrasts and says they should look around instead. Hearing Edmund, Yuki feels a sick knot in her stomach. Is he really going to betray them? After a few words, the group decides to let Lucy decide, which leads to going to Mr. Tumnus' house. Peter grabs a few coats, handing Edmund a girl's coat. Seeing Edmund's mistreatment, Yuki puts a comforting hand on his shoulder, only to be pushed away by a scowling Edmund.

They hike for what seemed to be half an hour before reaching the faun's house. However, they are greeted with an unexpected sight, a broken door.

"Lucy!" Peter calls, running after his little sister. They enter to see a house destroyed debris all over.

"Who would do something like this?" whimpers Lucy. Grabbing a note on a nearby pillar, Peter reads it out loud.

"Now we really should go back," Susan states.

"But what about Mr. Tumnus?" Lucy cries.

"He was arrested just for being with a human," Susan points out. "I don't think there's much we can do." Yuki passively listens to the conversation as she searches around the house.

"Psst!"

"Did that bird just 'psst!' us?" asks a bewildered Susan, looking at her siblings.

"One way to find out," Yuki says, heading out first.

"Come back here!" Peter hisses. He leads his family out after Yuki. The bird flies away once they are out and the group hears a noise. A twig snaps, signaling the Pevensies to flock together. However seeing Edmund by himself, Yuki slowly backs up to stay next to him. Edmund throws a glare at her, but Yuki knew better. The boy is just too shy to thank her. Turning around, Peter gives her a worried look as he shields his sisters. Another twig on the ground snaps as a huge shadow slowly covers a nearby pile of snow.

Suddenly a brown body comes running out of the snow, throwing everyone off guard.

"Be careful Peter, don't make any sudden movements. It's the killer beaver," Yuki jokes sarcastically, getting out of her defensive stance. Edmund laughs at how she talked to Peter in a degrading tone.

"Here boy," Peter clicks, holding out a hand as he ignores her insult to avoid blushing from embarrassment. The beaver approaches him carefully. "Here boy."

"Well I ain't gonna smell that if that's what you want," the beaver suddenly says, surprising all the older Pevensies. The dumbfounded look on him is priceless. Never had Peter had that look on his face before. Lucy and Yuki laugh at Peter, who could only glare at Yuki. "Lucy Pevensie?"

"Yes?" responds Lucy, quieting herself. He hands her a handkerchief. Before continuing the conversation, the beaver tells them to follow him, to which Susan responds with "He's a beaver ,he shouldn't be saying anything!"

"I doubt a beaver can kill us," Yuki retorts. "His rabies can't be that bad."

"Everything alright?" asks Beaver, popping out once more.

"Yes, we were just talking," Peter answers.

"That's better left for safer quarters," he whispers. Before she could understand, the group is already walking towards Beaver's dam. Yuki takes in the beautiful scenery, glancing at Edmund every once in a while. The knot in her stomach gets tighter when she realizes he's been looking towards the direction of the witch's castle. She subtly takes Lucy's sleeve and pulls her slightly behind the others.

"Lucy, this White Witch that was mentioned," Yuki starts, unsure of what to say, "Edmund's met her before. And he admitted to me that he wanted to bring us to her."

"How can that be?" asks Lucy in disbelief. "He's our brother, he wouldn't betray us like that would he?"

"I don't know, Lu," sighs Yuki. "But I think we need to be careful." Lucy leaves her and goes to the front with Susan again as Yuki decides to move on to the only person who might be able to help, Peter. She felt bad for talking about Edmund behind his back like this, but she had to warn them. "Peter."

"What?" Peter asks in a tone that she can't tell is friendly or not, but decides to take the risk anyway.

"We all know Edmund's been to Narnia before, and he admitted that he agreed with the White Witch that he will bring us to her," Yuki warns, making sure no one can hear them.

"Yuki, you're being crazy," Peter states, rubbing his head. "Edmund's stupid, but I'm sure he's wise enough to know when something is wrong."

"Peter, I saw him glancing at those two mountains many times since we arrived," continues Yuki. "I'm sure there's a reason he keeps doing that."

"Yuki, enough," Peter hisses, trying to keep up with the others. "You're just slightly paranoid about the faun. I'm sure he is just enjoying the scenery. Those snowy mountains are a wonderful sight, so that's why he keeps looking okay?"

"But—"

"Enough, Yuki," Peter warns, putting a hand on her mouth.

"Beaver?" a female voice chastises. The new character stops their conversation short. "Is that you? I've been worried sick! If I find that you've been drinking with the badger again—Oh my…Those aren't badgers. Oh my… I've never thought I'd live to see this day. Look at my fur, you couldn't have given me a ten minutes warning?"

"I'd have given you a week if I thought it would help," Beaver retorts to his wife, causing Lucy to giggle.

"Oh come inside, and we'll see if we can find you some food," Mrs. Beaver offers. "And some civilized company." Her remark causes the children to chuckle, along with Beaver, who points nervously at her.

Inside, the beavers talk about someone named Aslan and explain the prophecies to the children.

"When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone sits on Cair Paravel's throne, the evil times will be over and done," Beaver recites.

"You know, that doesn't really rhyme," Susan comments.

"I think throne and bone rhyme," states Yuki, causing both her and Susan to repeat the words, trying to hear the rhymes. Rolling his eyes, Peter pinches Yuki's arm. "OW!"

"You're missing the point!" Beaver yells, agitated by the immaturity.

"It has long been foretold that two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve will defeat the white witch and restore peace to Narnia," Mrs. Beaver explains.

"And you think we're the ones?" asks Peter.

"Well you better be, because Aslan's already fitting out your army!" Beaver replies.

"Our army!" exclaims little Lucy.

"But what about me?" asks Yuki, turning everyone's attention towards her. "You said two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve. But where does that put me?" The two beavers look at each other awkwardly.

"Why do you want attention so much?" Peter asks with attitude. She throws Peter a hurt look, but turns back to the beavers.

"I've had dreams of the white witch lately," Yuki starts. "I heard her mention something about a guardian."

"The guardian?!" exclaim the beavers. They look at each other with even more hope than ever.

"Now that you mention it, yes," Mrs. Beaver remembers. "The children of the prophecy are companied by a fifth daughter of Eve, the guardian. She is the most loyal to the monarchs and will perhaps one day rule Narnia alongside them."

"You must be the guardian!" Lucy gasps, hugging her friend.

"And her dreams," Yuki adds. "Is there a prophecy about the guardian and her dreams?"

"Oh don't tell me you believe all this nonsense!" scoffs Susan, standing up.

"Thank you for your hospitality but we must get back home," Peter apologizes, also standing up. "Get your coat, Edmund." Silence. "Edmund?" Everyone turns to see nothing but air where Edmund used to stand. "I'm gonna kill him," Peter growls.

"You might not have to," Beaver says, staring into Peter's eyes. "Has Edmund ever been to Narnia before?" Peter and Yuki immediately look at each other, Yuki sending an "I told you so" glare.

"Edmund's going to the White Witch and he wanted to bring all of us to her," Yuki admits. Mrs. Beaver gasps slightly as Beaver slams his head into the table.