*Yuki's POV*

I did not know what to do.

I ran to my room and hid in the closet, shaking. I was already crying after having to watch the only person I love leave, and now my home was being attacked. I felt so useless!

I just sat there on the closet floor with my head in my lap, tears running down my face. I heard marching feet... I heard shouting... I heard men asking "Where is she?! Where is the girl?!" I heard doors being broken down... I heard screaming and shouting... I covered my ears with my hands, trying to block out the terrible sounds.

I heard pounding on the door and began to feel like I would hyperventilate. The pounding continued.

"Open up!" I heard a young man's voice shout. "We are looking for the earth protegee! If you know of her whereabouts, you must tell us, or you will be executed!"

There was some shuffling, and then I heard the wooden door shatter. I did my best to cover up my whimpers. I heard the soldiers pushing through the other doors of the house. The bedroom door creaked open, and I cursed myself for not closing the door all the way. I held my breath as I heard footsteps travel across the floor. Through the slits of the closet door I could see a man kneeling down to look under the bed. He stood back up and looked around the room. I let out a small, relieved breath because it looked as though he was about to leave the room.

The closet door suddenly swung open to reveal two beautiful brown eyes.

*Hiroshi's POV*

Before me sat a beautiful girl around my age cowering on the closet floor. I took a step back and holstered my sword.

"Do you know where the earth protegee is?" I asked, doing my best to not scare her more than I already had.

She shook her head and hid her face in her lap with her light brown hair creating a veil for her head.

I sighed. I opened my mouth to apologize, feeling terribly sorry for this girl, but I was interrupted by the screams of my fellow soldiers. I turned around and saw a person-except it was not flesh, but stone- beating up my best soldiers. "What the-?!"

I was suddenly kicked in the face.

"Stay away from my sister!"

Some girl was on top of me and was totally beating me up. She knocked my helmet off and most likely gave me a black eye.

The girl from the closet was trying to say something to the girl attacking me, but I do not think either of us heard her.

I finally pushed her off of me and was able to regain my balance. I drew my sword and pointed it towards her. But, instead of looking scared, she smirked.

"Put your hands where I can see them," I told her, still confused.

Still smirking, she raised her hands and pulled them towards her body, almost as if she were taunting me. This girl must have been crazy.

Suddenly, two stone arms were restraining me. My sword was thrown to the side. I was trapped.

"He wasn't going to hurt me!" the closet girl was telling-I am guessing-her sister.

"You don't know that! I could have come at just the right time! Right before he was about to kill you!"

"Avani, he was not going to hurt me," the closet girl said, seeming very calm.

Her sister sighed. "Whether he was or not, he is dangerous."

The two girls looked at me, and I felt like I should have said something but did not know what.

"Don't forget that he is the type of filthy scum that killed our parents," her sister says. She gives me a disgusted look before making a punching motion towards the floor. A hole appeared, and she hopped through it. The closet girl gave me a pitiful look before following her sister.

A few moments later, the hole closed and I was freed as the stone soldier crumbled.

As I went through the house helping my soldiers up, my mind was full of thoughts of the two sisters. I was amazed by the strong earth protegee, but I was in awe over her beautiful and kind sister.