Chapter 2

The Plan

In the beginning the nations were okay with these new comers, but it turned sour quite quickly, when the humans found out that their new neighbor had powers they got scared. Then they decided to try to exterminate all of them and take their land.

When the rulers got wind of this, they all had a meeting about what had to be done.

"So…. the humans are looking for a fight. I say we should give them what they ask for!" Daiki said with an evil glint in his eyes.

"We can't do that!" Kyo replied giving Daiki the death stare, like always.

"What did you say, runt?"

"You heard me y…. "

"GUYS! Shut up! You two sound like wolves fighting over a bone." Interjected Ken annoyed.

"What! Do you want me to kill you Ken?" Lycia asked an evil grin on her face.

After Lycia said that she and Ken started yelling at each other. Which got Kyo and Daiki stared as well. This went on for almost two hours, until Rocher walked in.

"Hey guys! What's going on?" She said with the same smile, she always seems to have. "I hear that the humans are thinking about trying to kill us and take our land. Have all of you been trying to find ways to solve this little prob."

"Yes, but we sort of got side tracked," said Kyo.

"Shut up you, runt! It was obvious that she knows that we all were yelling at each other like always." Daiki said looking at Rocher. He always wants to try new spells and potions on her because of how powerful she is but she will never let him.

"Daiki be nice and before you ask, no."

"Why not?"

"I prefer not to be your test subject. Now back to the problem at hand. What ideas do you all have?"

"I think we should try to make peace with them." Kyo said with a sweet smile.

"Kyo, I don't suppose that they want to make peace." Ken said calmly.

"Oh, yeah you're right."

"I'm with Daiki let's just kill them all off to save us the trouble." Lycia said with the same evil grin on her face.

"See I'm not the only who thinks that we should k…." Daiki started, but was interrupted by Rocher.

Rocher jumped up slamming her hand on the table they are all sitting at and then screamed at both Lycia and Daiki. "Stop talking about killing the humans off. Lycia, you said that the humans are weak and can't protect their selves. Did you not? So what is the point of killing them?"

"Yes, but I…."

"And Daiki you said that the humans were amusing. Did you not?"

"Yes, but that was before they… fine. What do you think we should do then?" Daiki asked her ticked off.

"Well…seeing how you asked so kindly, Daiki" She said sitting down. "I think that we should separate the lands and to do that we would have to use the Crest of the World."

When Rocher told them that, they looked confused because they never thought that she would ever think about using the Crest. The reason is that if a powerful Shinigamis, such as Rocher, touches the Crest their powers would be completely drained and would die from lack of power.

"Rocher! What the hell is wrong with you?" Ken shouted. "You could be killed!"

"I know that very well, it is in the old books on all the nations, but what can we do?" Rocher said looking down at the book she had on the table.

"We could just…" Daiki started, but was interrupted by Kyo pointing at Rocher.

"I am going to my room," She said looking as if she was about to cry. "Daiki stop talking about killing the humans off." She got up and left the room.

"Daiki, did you have to go on and on about killing the humans." Kyo asked looking at the door Rocher walked out of.

"HEY! I'm not the only one who wants to kill the humans off." Daiki protested, while pointing at Lycia.

"Yes, but she didn't go on and on about it, now did she." Ken said ticked off.

"Shut the hell up! All of you are such dumbasses. Don't you guys get it; she wants to protect everyone from a senseless war. It is Rocher, she has always been that way from the day we all meet her. She cares about everyone even the humans. Why though I have no idea, but we need to trust her. Right!" Lycia said, calmly, but very loudly.

The guys looked at Lycia shocked because they knew that she was right. Embarrassed by the ways they all acted, they looked down at the floor.

Then Kyo looked up at Rocher's seat and saw that she left the book she came in with on the table. "Hey look Rocher left her book here." Kyo said pointing at it.

"Yeah I guess she did," Ken said now looking at it too.

"I wonder why she brought it in here in the first place." Daiki said also looking at it.

"Daiki!" Lycia said in a low angry tone. "Why are you so mean to her?"

"I don't know I guess she is just an easy target"

"Oh yeah, by the ways I know what that book is?"

"Well…. what is it Lycia?" Kyo asked.

"It's the first Shinigami Ruler's Book. He wrote the instruction on how to use the Crest of the World in it and other things that he thought to be useful."

The Book is something given to all new Shinigami babies at birth. The Book can be used as a way to kill enemies, but it is normally used as a way to keep up with training and other stuff that is of interests to them.

"Why?" Daiki asked leaning back in his chair, with his feet on the table, and his hands behind his head.

"I don't know. I never thought to ask." Lycia answered.

"Oh so, that's why she had it." Ken said. "So she must be serious then. I still think it's a bad idea, but like Lycia said its Rocher. She'll do what she believes is right."

While everyone else was talking, Daiki was still laid back in his chair. He looked over at the door and seen something beside it. Looking hard at it he saw that it was Rocher's necklace.

This necklace was given to each new Shinigami Ruler. The reason for that is that the necklace prevents the ruler from being controlled by the Crest of the World. Only the Shinigami Rulers are in danger of that.

The jewel on the necklace would change depending on the ruler's heart. On Rocher the jewel was a clear raindrop. The string that held the jewel was from the Crest's rope.

Daiki jumped up knocking his chair down and dashed over to the necklace and picked it up. Then he said in a very worried voice. "Guys, we have a major problem!"

"What! Is that…" Ken asked freaked out.

"Yes it is!"

They all dashed out of the room and saw Rocher's eyes were as dark as the nighttime sky and she was about to touch the Crest. Ken dashed and toward her and pushed her down to prevent her from touching it.

Ken looked over at Daiki and Kyo, still holding Rocher down and screaming at them to put the Crest up as high as it can go. Then he yelled at Lycia. "Lycia! Help me hold her down!"

This entire time Rocher was fighting to get away from them to touch the Crest of the World.

"Daiki!" Lycia yelled. "Throw the necklace to me!"

Daiki still holding on to the Crest's rope with one hand, throw the necklace over to Lycia.

Lycia finally put it around Rocher's neck and she stopped fighting and just laid where she was looking at the Crest, with a blank stare.

Daiki and Kyo had the Crest as high as it could go. (The Crest can only be half way up to the ceiling). Ken stood up and extended his hand out to Rocher, to help her up, but she just stayed where she was still staring at the Crest of the World.

Then Rocher looked at each of the people that saved her life again and said still lying down. "I'm sorry that I took my necklace off, but I thought that I could handle it for once. I have no idea what I was thinking. It was a very dumb thing to do."

All the boys agreed with that. "Yeah it was." They said with a grin.

Lycia on the other hand was distracted by the first Shinigami's Book. She was reading something that might help to separate the lands and prevent Rocher from being killed.

"Hey sis. What are you doing?" Rocher sometimes calls Lycia sis because they are as close as sisters from the day the meet.

"Shhh… be quite! Hey, Daiki look at this." Lycia said holding out the book. "Do you think that you can do this?"

What they were looking at was a potion that she though could prevent Rocher from being killed. The equipment need was pure water, red rose pelts, lock of the person' hair and a few drops of the person's blood and some other things, but they already have them.

Daiki grabbed the Book from Lycia. "Yes! We can totally do this!" He always gets really excited about new potions.

"Do what?" Kyo asked confused.

"The book has instruction on how to prevent Rocher from being controlled by the Crest of the World. A simple Potion named Protect" Daiki explained.

"Really?" Ken asked calmly, looking down at Rocher still on the floor.

Then Rocher finally stood up and took it from Daiki. She read what it said. "You two are right this could work, but it will take six to seven days to finish it."

"That's good we have some time to prepare ourselves." Kyo said smiling.

"Daisuke! Please, come here!" Rocher shouted.

Daisuke is Rocher's servant. His eyes were a pretty sea green color with a thin gold ring around the pupils of his eyes. Daisuke's hair was a light teal blue color, short and clean cut. As for his skin it was a middle dark color that matched his clothes flawlessly. He wore a light brown suit with a white tie and light brown shoes. Daisuke's attitude was very calm or hyped up when the time calls for it, but no matter what he is always around to help out Rocher. In a lot of peoples opinion was a great guy in a lot of ways. He was very skilled with a sword, he thought his self to be useful.

The servants are always from the same nations as the Rulers. They are there to serve the rulers, getting them things they need and help them to keep the nation running smoothly. How the servants help to keep the nations running smoothly is that they keep up with the ruler's new laws and decrees. This helps because the rulers have a lot of things on their minds and need to be reminded of what they did and why.

"Yes my lady," Daisuke said bowing to her.

"I have a job for you," Rocher told him calmly. "I need you to gather up all the ingredients on the page, but only the ones I mark." After she said that she marked the ingredients by drawing a star by them. "As for the rest I can get them by myself."

"Yes, my lady." Daisuke replayed. "I will get right on it."

"Ok, go now." She said handing him the book. "Oh and Daisuke you only have two days to do it." She added as he walked away.

Daisuke stopped and looked at Rocher and instead of yelling like most people would, due to the fact that it would take at least five to ten days to find both the pure water and the red rose pelts. He just grinned, nodded and left to go get them.

"He did not go off on you. Why?" Lycia asked looking out one of the window in the main room of the castle.

"Oh, I have no idea why." Rocher answered. "Well now that my near death experience is over, I think I will truly go to my room now. I am really tired and be sides you all might want a break from saving me, for now." She smiled and left to go to her room on the second floor.

All four of them watched her leave. Then they looked at the Crest and left to go to their own rooms as well.