Okay. I'm writing a lot of this out. Well, as much as I can. In this chapter we meet the Hunters. I think you'll like these guys. Plus we get some of my favorite shippings here. You'll have to wait and see what they are!

Sailor Phoenix1997

Seto pushed himself up off a patch of moss and rubbed the back of his neck.

"How did that get into the lab?" But looking around, he noticed that he wasn't in a building at all. All around him were trees and ferns and other plants he'd never even seen in textbooks. Something in the shadows moved. A thread of silver shone in the dim light the canopy offered. What looked like a small girl stepped out of the shadows, dressed in a black robe and hooded cloak with a scarf covering her face, revealing dark green eyes. An ebony bow was held fast in her gloved hands. She stepped closer and looked him right in the eye.

"Wow!" she exclaimed, dropping her bow and jumping down to her knees in front of Seto so they were only a few inches apart. "I thought Noah, Ashizu, Isis, Varon, Anzu and her Ladyship were the only ones! But there they are!" She pointed at his eyes.

"Do I have something you want?" he asked. The girl shook her head.

"It's just that, you've got blue eyes. I only know about six people with blue eyes. It's so rare to have blue eyes here. I've seen gray, brown, hazel, green, lavender but I've only seen blue eyes on seven people." The girl jumped to her feet. "You've got to come with me to the Hunters' base! Wait. Are you with the King?"

"What king?" The girl shrugged and slung her bow over her shoulder.

"Should've known. No one dressed that strangely would be in alliance with the King. Well then! Come on!" She pulled him up and skipped ahead. "We don't want to get caught out here after dark!" Seto saw no other option but to follow the girl. All the way she was skipping and whistling happily.

After about an hour of walking she came to an abrupt halt and pushed aside a few ferns to reveal a gray-eyed man dressed just as she was.

"Hi Mahad!" she said excitedly. The man, Mahad, looked at Seto and looked him over.

"Mana, the stranger?" Mana shrugged.

"He's not with the King, Mahad. Trust me."

"The last time I trusted you, I ended up in a ditch with a wounded shoulder."

"Not my fault you didn't listen to my instructions Mahad. Now let us pass, please?" Seto rolled his eyes. Mahad looked to the heavens and shook his head.

"Very well. But take him," he pointed an ebony bow at Seto, "to Her Ladyship" Mana nodded and grabbed Seto's arm.

"Thanks Mahad. Come on." With that she gave him a pull and he followed her. A few people passed them. One woman holding a baby in a sling clutched her infant to her chest at the sight of Seto.

"They seem afraid of me," he thought aloud.

"Why wouldn't they be? I mean. This is the only safe haven. There's nowhere else to hide, no place else to go if the King were to find us," Mana said, suddenly serious. A few wooden bungalows, built into the sides of hills and mounds, passed before Seto got a good look at the camp. In a circle was an entire group of large bungalows, each with a garden of vegetables growing in front of it, an orchard of fruits growing next to it, and a few stone grinding stones. One had a woman teaching a few young girls to sew.

Mana pointed at the largest bungalow.

"That's Her Ladyship's house. She lets all the orphans and infirmed live with her. I have to help out with the chores now but good luck." With that Mana ran off, leaving Seto alone in the circle of houses. He took a deep breath and walked towards the house. A large piece of black cloth was draped over the doorframe, acting as the door itself. Seto pushed it aside and stepped into the dimly lit house. A small child, a little girl about five or six years old in size, peeked out from behind a support beam. Her green eyes looked over Seto fearfully.

"Are you here to be recruited? Or are you here to execute all of us?" she asked.

"What?" The girl hid a little more behind the pole, letting a little blond hair fall over her nose.

"Are you here to fight the tyrant King or are you here to kill us?" she said, pulling off her black scarf. Her bottom lip jutted out while she pouted.

"I'm not here to kill anyone. I'm just trying to figure out where I am, how I got here, and how I get home." The girl smiled and pulled off her hood letting her hair fall down to the middle of her back.

"Okay then! My name's Rebecca! I take it you're looking for Her Ladyship?" Seto nodded. Rebecca motioned for him to follow her outside. She lead him around the house into the back where a woman was sitting on a rock watching a few children wrestle or climb the fruit trees. One boy was at her feet, trying to blend in with the grass. The woman was chuckling and giving him instructions. "That's her right over there. And the boy she's talking to, that's Noah. Go on." Rebecca ran off to join a few girls playing with dolls and drew a brown teddy bear with a blue shirt and green overalls out of her robe. Seto walked over to the woman and boy.

"Remember Noah, you've got to stay low. Otherwise, your weight on your hands will cause unnecessary noise and jeopardize your hunt." The girl's voice was kind and firm yet soft and almost shy. Seto cleared his throat, causing the boy to jump and take refuge behind the woman. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." She stood up and directed Noah to stand next to her. Seto noticed that Noah's eyes were blue as were the woman's. "I take it you were found in the woods? And you're trying to find a way home?" Seto nodded. There was something familiar about these people but he didn't trust himself to speak, in case he asked a stupid question. Noah looked him over and drew in a slow breath, his shoulders tensing.

"Um... What's he doing?" Before Seto could register what happened, Noah had tackled him and was holding fast to his waist.

"Noah!" The small boy looked up at Seto.

"Don't recognize me do ya?" Noah pulled off his scarf and hood, revealing the same features that Seto had possessed at age twelve but instead of brown hair, the top was a sea-foam green color and the rest was more of an evergreen color. Noah smiled at him before snuggling his face into Seto's stomach.

"You two know each other?" The woman asked.

"Yes ma'am. He's my older step-brother!" Noah said, squeezing Seto tighter.

A/N: Ta-da! I like this, it's a way for Noah to be involved and Seto to show that older brother side of his. Guess who Her Ladyship is. I refuse to give any information. But you might already know if you've paid attention to characters. And I'll be using people's english names for people in our world and japanese names for those in this other world. Just so you know.