Kaito's p.o.v

I was trying very hard to survive from a mob of soldiers who had been chasing me right from the moment I drop down from the roof. Yes, I drop down from the roof, not a wise thing to do when you're trying to break into the castle, I know, but when you're wearing a robe; there is no way you can stand without landing on your butt.

So, here I am in the hallway of the magnificent castle, "accidentally" knocking off every expensive looking vase off the little tables and "accidentally" breaking a lot of other expensive looking things. Whenever I broke something, I would think "that's for capturing Gakupo", "that's for getting me into trouble", "that's for letting soldier number one chase me", "that's for letting soldier number two chase me." Of course, I could go on and on, but I still got a friend to help.

I turned back to face the soldiers and held up my palm. I shouted, "Arc!" and two large blue shapes that looked like an up-side down smile shot out and hit the soldiers backward. Now that could buy me some time until…until the next mob shows up.

I need to hurry. Len wouldn't be able to hold any longer. Luka knows strange magic, and she had someone helping her, someone called Meiko, a daughter of the general. And there was another girl, but I couldn't remember. All I know is, I'll get killed if I go near them, I…Okay, I admit it, I was scared. Gakupo was Luka's best scholar and best katana user, but she locked him up just because Gakupo argued with her. I was just a mage, she'll kill me the moment she sees me.

I thought of Gakupo, his father was the best scholar in the whole kingdom and Gakupo was going to be trained like his father, but Gakupo's mom jump off the roof when his father suddenly died. Gakupo was only six by that time. I was his best friend, I always sneak in the castle to play with him and practice our skills. We'd do at least a hundred battle practice, sixty magic practices and once he got angry with something I had forgot so he gave me a near-fatal attack with a paintbrush (Don't ask).

I saw a soldier heading my way, no, he was the guard, I could already see the locked door. I quickly did a little magic and in two seconds, my hand was on his collar. I saw the keys on his belt so I took it. I unlocked the door and saw the man with long purple hair and as usual, a katana beside him.

"Hey! Gakupo!" I shouted.

He looked up with a face that has what the hell written all over, "KAITO?" Then he looked at my hand which was still on the soldier's collar, erm…yes, I looked suspicious with the soldier here, so I dropped him and heard Gakupo muttering, "Ouch."

"Do you even want to get out of here?" I asked him.

Meiko's p.o.v

What is this boy doing here trying to attack the head priest? Is he out of his mind? Or maybe he already was. Should I poke him and check if he's crazy? Well, questions first.

"What are you doing here?" I asked

He kept silence, so I asked again, still he didn't say anything.

This kid was so stubborn, I was already thinking of ways to torture this kid and forcing him into telling me what he knows. Chainsaws, swords, boiling water and… Wow, Meiko, be patient. You can't go incinerating every kid you see.

Finally he said, "Rescue."

"Rescue? Who?" I asked again.

"…Gakupo." He said.

Oh, that katana master. I told him not to argue with the head priest but he didn't listen, now see how he ended up. Wait…

"Why?" I asked.

"For my sister, the dragon diva. I want to save her." He said.

This time, I attacked him. He wanted to save the dragon diva, I would not allow that. I wouldn't…couldn't let him.

Luka had told me, when the dragon divas are sent to the dragons, they'll just live there forever. Every dragon diva will live unless one of them ran away or was saved, then all the other divas will die instantly. I thought about my friend, Teto, she was such a cheerful girl, such an innocent girl. She was my best friend. I was supposed to be the dragon diva but since I was the daughter of the general and she was a commoner, she got the job. We were always side by side and we never left each other until the day came that she was sent to the dragon. Luka told me she would live forever but only if they never leave the dragon. That's what she said. But if this kid went to save a dragon diva, what would happen to Teto?

I swing my sword but he deflected it. Then he thrust his sword towards me so I jumped away. I charged towards him and strike. It almost touched him.

"If you want your sister to live, do not save her." I told the little kid.

"Yeah, right. Maybe I should go home and read a book while my sister dies of exhaustion. Do you think I'm stupid?" he rolled his eyes.

"She'll live if you…"

"Look lady, if you think my sister's going to live, then you are wrong. The only reason she is the dragon diva is because the former one died. Did the former one live? No." he said.

Wait, he has a point…

Does that mean…

"Stop with your ridiculous nonsense. Your sister is never going to be saved. You're just a little kid and she's just a girl who was, unfortunately, chosen to be the dragon diva. What do you think you could do?" I said.

Suddenly, I saw him gripping his sword tighter, his eyes were different from before. Just now, when he was trying to sneak up on Luka, he had clumsy eyes, but this… this wasn't the same. It was filled with something I just couldn't describe.

"You know what I could do?" he said. "I'm telling you, I'm going to save my sister, and you could just stay here and believe those lies whoever told you."

Then he looked straight at me, I felt a chill down my spine.

He charged and swings his sword towards me.

I knocked it away and did a little cut on his face.

He stumbled to the ground and I saw his eyes.

Determination.

That instant, I knew he was telling the truth.

Teto is dead.

"Kill him." Luka ordered. I didn't move, I didn't budge, I didn't follow her order.

"Kill him already!" she shouted.

"NO!" I shouted back. "You lied to me! Teto's dead! All these years, I trust you! You said she would live!"

I held my sword up and ran towards her.

YEAH! Chapter finished. Okay, I have to admit, this one is a little too short and it isn't very good. Please review and give me some suggestions about this story and ways to keep my imaginary friend from bothering me. Thank you. ^^

And please don't ask me how to do a near-fatal attack with a paintbrush.