"You Majesty!"

The loud voice startled Yuuri from her wondering mind. Her head flexed up ahead to see a man dressed entirely in white with long flowing lilac hair running towards her. A rush of conversation passed through her in an almost dream like fashion. She found out that the man's name is Gunter Von Christ. Many of his words passed through her ears without regards to their importance. She could not understand why he and the man that escorted her, Conrad, kept referring her as 'Your Majesty.'

Continueing to block the world around her out, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes for a long 3 second and looked up the sky. "If this is a dream, Byakko-sama, please wake me up."

Her soft whispered stopped all conversations around her. Not everyone heard her words, but all felt a strange wind passed through them and encircled the girl.

"Heika!"

"Yuuri-heika, what is happening?!"

Gunter and Conrad made moves to reach her the girl but had to reel back after because blades of winds cut them. Nursing their bleeding arm/hand, the two could do nothing to stop their charge from fading before their eyes. Just as Yuuri was about to disappeared completely, a spear of light from an untraceable location blasted straight through her intangible heart causing a piercing scream escaped her lips as she is once again solidified and fall into the waiting hands of Gunter in a dead faint.

"Thou shall not escape the destiny I have set, Shibuya Yuuri."

Those velvety words were the last sounds she heard before darkness consumed her.

~Neo~

The pain burning her has subsided a long time ago. Alone in a void out of time and space her mind have created, Yuuri was in a fetus position as she floated. Two lights emitted from her skin. One coming from her soul of demonic origin and the other was from her very body for within it flowed the her dominate maternal blood that of the Byakko. Around her, multi-color threads of destiny try to cage her. So many came close enough to caress her skin, while others tried to pierce open her flesh. Far away, the Faiths inhuman and unsympathetic eyes watched on in a constant search to look for a weak point, an opening to strike and enslave her into their schemes. They glare hatefully at the blazing symbol upon the girl's heart. That one, seemingly insignificant symbol was what locked her away from their grasps.

Then,

She screamed

And they,

They hissed, they hissed as a spear of light slammed into her protective lock, the symbol on her heart and just for a millisecond, such an insignificant amount of time to many, just that one moment when that lock wavered, they stroke.

Their gleeful laughter would destroyed a thousand mirrors, bled infinite amount of ears, and excite many evil hearts. For so longed they have patiently waited, they waited so long for a child who has command over both power of light and darkness would be born, but most importantly, a child who would escaped the dictation of time itself. They gleefully laugh as they have finally managed to plant a seed of their influence on this child, for time would come when this very child would tip the balance of all that is known and unknown in the world of the divines.

~Queen~

Yuuri was awoken by the soft sounds of conversations around her. Taking the time to access both her body and situation, she remained silent. She was laying o something soft, but the fabric under her fingertips was rather coarsely. A light blanket covered her body, and she noticed that her blazer and shoes were removed, leaving her wearing just a simple white dress shirt and knee length skirt.

Just as she turned her attention to focusing on recognizing the voices within the room, she must have unknowingly shifted as the sounds of rustling fabric called attention to her.

"Your majesty, I'm so glad that you're awake!"

'What an annoying voice' she thought, then immediately felt guilty. Slowly, she opened her eyes to only immediately regret her decision to do so as the overdramatic, emotional face of the lilac haired male was uncomfortably close to her.

"Away!"

She commanded in fright causing the man to be forcefully pushed away by an unnatural wind spamming him harshly onto the far off wall.

"Gunter!" Conrad yelled.

"Ah!" She was instantly sat upright; her small hands covered her mouth as her eyes gleam with tears and guilt. "I'm so sorry." She moved to get up and to him, but upon trying to stand she fell. "Ah!" her knees hit the ground harshly before her hands landed to support her fallen body.

"Heika!" the voice she recognized belonged to the lilac haired male rang closed to her ears caused her head to snap up from the ground. Seeing his concerned eyes stroke more guilt into her heart and tears fell from her face.

"I'm sorry. Daijobu desu ka?

Her soft small hand touched his faces and her large eyes shining in concern for his wellbeing, unknowing to her, caused his heart to skip a beat.

"There is no need to apologize my beautiful Queen. I am your humble servant willingly give you all my heart, soul, and body to do as you please." His large hand covered hers as he spoke clearly and with great conviction.

Yuuri was greatly taken aback as although he did not scream this time, he might as well have because his sincere eyes spoke volumes. Overwhelmed, she turned away.

"You shouldn't say such things to someone you've just met, Lilac-san" she whispered.

Conrad raised a brow at the nickname unnoticed by the two.

"That may be, Your Majesty, but you are my Queen. Shin Maroku new queen. It is only right that give you my alliance."

"What do you mean? How are you so sure that you'd the right person?" she asked as her eyes glanced back. Her slightly hooded eyes unknowingly allured the Von Christ once again.

"Oh Your Majesty, of course I am certain you are the one. Your hair is as black as the darkest ink and your eyes like gems of the night sky. You are dress in noble black and I would recognize your majestic aura anywhere!"

Yuuri was unable to accept his words. His sincere eyes touched her heart but she stubbornly pushed him away and stepped back from him.

"You're wrong! My eyes and hair color are native to where I came from. I wear black because it is mandatory for my education. And you must be delusional if you think you have my aura recognized because we have never met!"

Yuuri jumped back as the man burst into tears. "Oh My Queen, what can I say to make you believe me?!" He knelt before her and took hold of her left hand and placed it over his heart.

"My Queen, I am you humble servant and should you said the words this beating heart will stop with your command. The moment your power touched me, any doubt I had about your identity was obliterated. Only say the words, My Queen, and I shall happily die."

Yuuri could hear her heart pounding in her ears. She was frightened, her body was shaking. She tried to pull her hand away but his hold was too strong.

"What is this? What kind of dream is this? Why are you asking me to do something so cruel?!" Tears fell down her face as her knees gave out. She would have injured her knee more if not for Gunter quick reflex to catch her and held her close to him.

"Yuuri-heika, please do not cry."

Yuuri shook her head from side to side. "Wake up, wake up, wake up"

Gunter held her close. "You're not dreaming, My Queen. What can I say to convince you?"

"Tell me something that my over imaginative mind can never think of."

Gunter leaned back and took a long moment to think. He caught movements from the corner of his eyes and smiled. He turned his head to the other, forgotten, person in the room as he said in a teasing voice.

"Conrad was named after a flower."

"What?" she paused as she took a good look at the brown haired soldier. "Really? Wow, I would have never guested."

Conrad turned to hide the blush forming on his cheeks and coughed.

"Do you believe me now, My Queen?"

Yuuri shuddered as the warm breath touched her ear. She turned back only to realize just how close she was to this stranger.

"KYaH! Pervert!"

She pushed him away and covered her chest with her arms as she blushed from head to toe.

"Yuuri-heika!" the lilac-male whaled, tears once again fell from his eyes.

Yuuri had a weakness against tears, but she hardened her resolve as she did not want to give this stranger encouragement to be so free to come into personal distant of her. She cleared her throat softly and spoke.

"So you have convinced me that I am this queen that you were looking for. I still want to know where I am and what is my purpose here?"

"You are in the village outside of Shin Maroku. That is our destination."

The voice of the brunette almost caused her to jump. He remained quiet until just now.

"And why am I here?"

Slam!

The door was slammed open abruptly, and three children entered.

"Conrad! Let's play"

"Isn't it already dark outside?"

"It's okay, please? Can you show us how to throw and hit too?"

"Guess I have no choice, please excuse me." The brunette eyed the girl.

"Um, sure" Yuuri was confused why he silently asked for her permission as she still was not all that convinced of her role as queen.

A moment of silent passed.

"He seems nice."

"Conrad you mean? Yes, and he is probably the best soldier in the country. He's my most prized student."

Yuuri tilted her head to the side, unconsciously, out of curiosity. "How old are you? You can't be more than maybe 13 years my senior, right?"

The man giggled. 'giggle!' the word rang in her mind as Yuuri blinked. "Oh, Her Majesty is too kind. I am much older than that." The adoring eyes aiming at her and the blush on his face caused her to look away.

"You still have not told me why I am here" she murmured.

"My deepest apologies, My Queen, your mission here is to destroy all the humans and scorch their very countries!"

"What?! Do not jest with me. How could I when I am human myself?!"

"Not at all. You're a fine, upstanding Mazoku, Your Majesty. Vested in black, the most noble of colors, you are the 27th Maoh."

Yuuri felt like she had just been punched in the face as she sat there stunned when he continued his speech.

"Congratulations! From today on, you are the Mazoku Queen!"

Another long silence passed between them as Yuuri starred unseeingly at the man's face before her eyes truly focused on him. She slowly stood and walked towards him.

Gunter's heart began to pound loudly in his ears as his Queen sharp eyes scanned his face caused him to shiver. A blush formed on his cheeks as he noticed just how alluring her movements were. He felt like a prey under the gaze of his predator. He gasped as captured his face abruptly between her hands and pulled his face closed to her. He whimpered as her soft hands caressed his face: his cheeks, his brows, his eyes, his lashes, his nose, his . . . lips.

"You told me that you are a demon." She whispered as she gently touched his cheeks.

"I am" he breathed as he leaned into her touch while his knees touched the ground kneeling before her.

"Why would my mind conjure up a beautiful demon?" she questioned herself, unknowingly whispered out in reality as her finger slid down his high, long nose.

The Von Christ body shook as he desperately grabbed hold of his mistress's white dress shirt. 'My Queen!'

"I wonder, do you use this face to lure and seduce these humans? Will you use it to seduce me?" she spoke as she touched his brows, his eyes, his lashes.

'Tis not you who is seducing me?' He thought as he willingly summited himself to the seductress before him. He was about to answer when her fingers touched his lips and he trembled.

"I bet you have, haven't you? For you to speak so easily of slaying the human race, your hands must be tainted with their blood." Her eyes became hard and glinted in the candle light.

'Such an alluring beauty, My Mistress,' he thought.

"You should be cautious of what you speak, Gunter Von Christ; because though I may not know of my father's lineage, I know that of my mother's and half of the blood that flows in me came from her, and she is without a doubt human." Yuuri's voice remained soft but her eyes clearly screamed of her anger.

Overwhelmed by the dark beauty of his queen, Gunter fainted with a trail of blood flowed down his nose.

~Yuuri~