A male figure that was at the steps with his sword out...ready to strike...but someone or something intervene. A long figure sprang from the water just behind the Kappa, Blossom's hair shielding her and Miyako from its swipe. The Kappa cried in pain as its hand broke against this magical hair and then...the figure from the water, strike. A set of fangs flashed and the figure stretched out...

The male figure closed his eyes and sighed in relief, he knew that the Kappa wouldn't stand a chance. He put his sword back in the hilt and quietly walked off, making sure that no one saw him. His strides were quick but hard, Him knew that his Lord wasn't pleased. Him hurried by his side in a panic, he would even grovel to keep his Lord displeased.

"I thought I told you to capture that thing." The man said in angry voice, his dark eyes flashed in angry even when his facial expression didn't show it, "She could've been hurt. I don't wish for a possible intended bride to be killed in such a way especially by some ugly green frog. Furthermore, Miyako could've been hurt as well. I won't have any harm come to that precious child."

"Sire, it might have just tried to r-" Him was silence as the Lord gave him a dark look, Him bowed, "I'm sorry sir, but...I mean was quite tricky but Miyako could've handled it. She is very powerful."

The man walked into the Palace, the samurai's armor bowed as he walked by and any male samurai that saw him, bowed their heads and he would nod at them.

He stopped in front of Ronin, his oldest Samurai, "I need you to find the cook, tell her I would be very pleased with those hot Udon Noodles she made last night, they were quite excellent. I'll shall dine in my quarters again, I have quite some paperwork." He patted the Samurai on the shoulder and turned to another familiar Samurai, "I hope this task isn't too much for you, but I would like you to send Hirono and Miyako to me."

The Samurai gulped but he nodded, to argue with their lord is a great dishonor, but The Lord caught the nervousness of the Samurai.

"Don't worry, Hirono will be quite full." He nodded again and walked on, turned a corner and walked up the stairs with Him still following.

"I still don't like it...But that girl could've been hurt, She must been given something with my apologies and for protecting Miyako," He sounded furious but a smirk came on his face, "But did you see her...she has quite the fight in her. Quite a level head too, she was terrified but still had the drive to smash it with a rock...and then she didn't leave Miyako there...she went right back to her side to rescue her. A sign of loyalty, Fascinating creature, do you know what she is yet?"

"No Sire...other than her hair changing to different shades of red and pink, and of course her pointy ears and stunning looks, there nothing much about her...but I have found out something else interesting about her." Him whispered the next part in his ear. The man's eyes widened and had a sparkle in them.

"Now...that is interesting."

At the same time this was happening...

Blossom opened her eyes, her hair came out of place and wrapped around her and Miyako. She took at deep breath and looked up. The Kappa's arm bend in an unusual angle; But that's not what shocked her...The Kappa's eyes were wide as it slowly turned its head and looked in horror at the monster that dug its fangs into its neck. The monster quickly wrapped its tail around the kappa, squeezing it and... It seem to cry in and it struggled in vain as it was dragged it back into the water, a pool of green blood floated to the surface.

Blossom barely saw this monstrous figure, but she was frozen in fear, hoping it wouldn't resurface.

"Miyako...Miyako..." Blossom struggled to pick her up, trying to escape from this new monster that she just saw.

A girl flew down from the palace and took a deep breath as she landed.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING BUBBLES! YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED DOWN HERE!"

A woman with Raven hair stood in front of them. She was wearing a quite revealing yellow top, it had no straps, no sleeves...showing her neck, arms, and upper chest ( basically a strapless tank top). She had these greenish silver etchings all over her upper body and even on her face and back. She wore large green hakamas with a green bow tied in the front, she had white tabi and green and brown getas. She had wonderful emerald green eyes and lovely peachy glowing skin. Her hair was spiky and hung down to her shoulders, she was quite tall and scrawny but she was a beauty despite being so slender.

"It wasn't her fault, "Blossom cried out, she found her bow and tied her hair back, "It was mine, I didn't know and Miyako tried to warn me...but we have to leave, there's another monster that just attacked that turtle thing."

"Oh...so it was after you...I've should have guessed...I thought it was after Miyako again." The girl smirked, " Oh...she is a monster of some kind but no worries."

"Thank you so much. I'm so sorry." Blossom bowed over and over.

"Hey calm down. Every girl here had to deal with that thing one way or another. Well, it looks like this Kappa won't be bothering anyone else." The Raven haired just shrugged her shoulders and fluttered her wings

Just as she said that, a figure walked out of the river, with green blood on her lips, she licked her fingers and her lips in ecstasy. Her fingers are long as she rubbed her plump red rose lips and her nails were long and sharp as she removed the remainder of the green blood and licked it on her figure. There was a seductive air about her as she walked on land.

"I haven't had a meal like that...In agessss it sssseemssss," She hissed but cleared her throat, and placed her hand on her curvy hips "Miyako-chan, what were you thinking?"

"It wasn't her fault." Blossom said again and bowed, she blushed at the revealing clothing of this exotic beauty.

She had white hair with a black streak on the side, her hair braided and hung on her left side; and had cold gray eyes but her pupils were in the shape of slit diamonds. She was wearing her kimono loosely, showing some of her medium size clevage and more of her wonderful figure. Her black kimono with pink and white flowers on it hung off her shoulders and she had a white obi tied around it, showing off her curves...but the bottom half of the kimono was open, showing her luscious legs. She had webbed ears and her skin was like a whitish blue with scales around her eyes.

"Fix your kimono, slut." The raven haired snapped at her.

"Piss off, You know damn well my clothes must be a size larger. It's not my fault...and at least I did something...and got a tasty meal out of it...don't make me add Pixie for desssssertt."The white haired girl snapped back, her tongue slithered out of her mouth. The raven haired swiped it away and was about to punch her but she caught it and squeezed her wrist while the Raven haired grabbed her other hand and gave it a hard squeeze of her own.

The Raven haired girl was in her face, "I LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY YOU FAT COW!"

"Kaoru! Hirono ! Stop it! OR I'M TELLING CHIHIRO-CHAN!" Miyako cried out, standing between them. The snake girl suddenly backed away, she turned around and was gagging until she threw something up.

"Does this belong to anyone?" Hirono held up the pendant after washing it in the river.

"Yes...thank you so much." Blossom held her hand out and held the pendant. She still held it to her chest.

"Buttercup...Brianna, this is Blossom, "Miyako introduced her to the very tall girl with wings and this exotic girl with the unusual beauty, "This is Kaoru-chan, she's the Gardener and an Earth Fairy. We sometimes call her Buttercup because of the lovely flowers she brought from her home country. She's from Asheia as well."

"No my Mom is...you lived there too huh?" Kaoru suddenly get angry when she saw Blossom was staring at her, "YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM!"

"I'm sorry, I just never seen a fairy before." Blossom gasped as she looked at her tattoos closer. They were like vines that was drew on her skin and glistened in the sun like glitter and so did her wings. They were small dragon fly wings with clear rainbow colors that only seem to shimmer like that in the sun, "You have very lovely wings."

Kaoru blushed, not really knowing what to say, "Ah...yeah...thanks."

"And this is Hirono-chan, she's the Scullery Maid but she's also a Musician. She has a lovely strong voice and plays lot of instruments. Our Lord calls her Brianna because of her strong voice. She's...she..."

"Don't beat around the bush...just say it." Brianna had her hands on her hips and looked at Blossom, "I'm a Nure-Onna..a snake woman...I bet you wanna stay away from me too. Such a waste of time, such foolishness-"

Blossom didn't get it, she bowed, "Snake Woman or not, you've saved my life and returned my pendant to me. Thank you so much."

Brianna blushed, she wasn't expecting that, she expected a scared look or running away, but not gratitude, "Yes...yes of course."

A loud gong rung.

"Oh...its lunch time. Let's go back to your room, I'm sure there's something yummy." Miyako clapped.

A Samurai came rushing down the steps, his eyes widened at the three beauty that stood before him, but had a frightened look when he saw Hirono. He swallowed hard and bowed, "My Lord would like to see the Nure-onna-"

Hiring kicked him back and stood over him with her arms crossed and a yellow glow in her eyes, "Its Hirono or Brianna, you Worthless piece of Human Waste, you will address as such or face my wrath."

The Samurai cried out, shielding his eyes from the glow, "His Lord wishes to see you and Miyako immediately." He rushed up the steps as fast as he could.

"And you wonder why you make the men around here cry?" Kaoru commented.

"You make the men cry too!" Brianna instantly snapped.

"Yes, but only if they stopped in my Garden or call me cute. You're just a bully-"

"I'll show you a bully!" Hirono was about to lunge but Miyako shot flames in between them and the gong rung again.

"Girls! It's Lunch time...may I remind you what happens if you leave Chihiro-chan waiting."

Both girl winced in complete terror and ran off. Miyako took Blossom back to her room.

"I'll be back in a moment...and Bushi will bring your food. She seems to like you a lot." Miyako closed the sliding down and left. Blossom collapsed right on this strange bed of hers, it was weird but strangely comfortable. Her heart was beating wildly at what happened with the Kappa and that strange creature called Brianna. This country was very bizarre and dangerous. When Miyako comes back, she is determined to apologize again.

There was a knock on her sliding down. She got up and sat in front of her table with her legs crossed.

"Please come in."

Blossom was shocked to see Lady Hime opening the door.

"I'm sorry."She bowed her head, looking down at the ground, "You were right, I've been quite horrible these past few days. I've been just so nervous and I took it out on the servants and especially on that poor blonde girl and you. I saw you when you first came in from my room's window and...and...then you took my servant girl. I got so angry especially with that white haired girl. I thought it was her attitude but I see that it was mines. I apologize to the cook...I shouldn't complain about the food because it was different, but I will apologize to the blonde girl and the white haired girl as soon as I see them. Well...I just want to say, I'm sorry again."

Blossom sighed, she's never heard someone say sorry to her...not like that. This Lady Hime did seem truly sorry.

"Thank you...would you like to join Lunch with me? Miyako will be back and you can apologize then and I could use the company."

Lady Hime's eyes widened and she hurried along to sit across from Blossom.

"Well, I guess it would be nice then sitting alone in my room too."

Blossom winced as she still heard that arrogant air in the Lady's voice, but she tried to be mature like her mother and ignored it, "So you've been here for a few days, where did you come from?"

"I come from Turkistien, my Family are the Morbucks..." She said, expecting a reaction but when she didn't see one, she continued, "Like The Morbucks, my Dad is like the Viscount, the wealthiest one around."

"I'm sorry, I wouldn't know, I'm from Asheia."

"Oh, that might explain it, I thought for sure you were from my country, on account of your red hair."

Blossom just remembered that Brick said that his mother was from there, "Are red heads common from there?"

"Will, not exactly, but the rare Elfin Folk do have a few red heads and My Mother is one of them. I didn't inherit her magic like my brother and sister, but I got the hair and her beauty."

That really made Blossom think, her mama seem to kept her origin quite secretive, the only thing she's really ever told her was when she met her father and that she had a cousin. Blossom snapped out of her train of thoughts because it was giving her a headache and getting her confused.

"So...do you know anything about This guy who brought us here. Besides, building this Palace and fighting a shogun, I don't really know much about him."

"Well I haven't seen him either, even though I've demanded it...which may not have been the right course of action looking at it, but I do know this...He's the brother of the King of Asheia himself, in fact the older one." She squealed in delight, "He's wealthy enough to buy this country and build this palace. The servants are weird though and that whole night rule thing...but I'll tell ya...I'll definitely obey that rule and you should too. I was lucky...I had that blonde servant girl with me."

Blossom was already impressed by the fact that this Lord was the brother's king, but she was in fact nervous about this rule too. She does get a little nervous at nights, but she always tried to be brave in front of Kasey, but in this country, it seems...a lot more dangerous than robbers.

"What happened?"

"Well...I wouldn't listen. I refuse to use a chamber pot. Miyako pleaded but I wouldn't listen...there's one on this floor and that pesky lantern was following me too. I opened up the stall...and it was in there."

"What?"

Lady Hime was still trembling, "Oh it was one of the most disgusting creatures I've ever seen...it was like a goblin in one of Mommy's fairy tale stories but smaller...it was naked and slimy green licking the floor...and the water in the hole. It saw me, it looked at me with a side glance...I was frozen solid, I just fell back and crawled against the wall. It was on all fours and crawled towards me, sticking out this long gross tongue. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't scream, I just looked as it was staring at me with those bright yellow eyes and those big teeth protruding out of its mouth. I completely lost all control of my senses and my bladder. Thankfully that servant girl came just in time and scared it away. I still can't forget its face, even now, I see it in my nightmares."

Blossom's face was completely pale, she gulped and will make extra sure that she wouldn't open that door, she jumped as her sliding down open. It was Miyako, Hirono and Bushi.

"That was just an Akaname, they're quite harmless, disgusting but harmless unless someone sees them. They're embarrassed by their appetite for...filth...that they attack people who see them." Miyako explained as she placed a tea kettle and cups on the table. She poured tea into the cups, "The Cook has heard what happened and thought you might need something calming, how generous. Chihiro-chan hardly ever parts with her lavender."

Blossom sighed in calm relief at the wonderful smell of the lavender, she sniffed the warm tea.

"Ah...Servant girl..."Lady Hime cleared her throat, Miyako jumped and hid behind her tray.

"Miyako." Blossom looked at her.

"Ah yes...Miyako, I want to apologize greatly. You saved me from that thing and catered to my ridiculous and somewhat justified demands...I am greatly embarrassed of my behavior and I'm truly sorry. Also to you..."Lady Hime looked at Blossom to help her with the white hair girl's name.

"Hirono."

"Hirono, I apologize to you. I deserved that smack you gave back, when I smacked you first. You were trying to explain and I wouldn't listen. It would've been impossible to bring a barrel to my room for a bath when the stairs are too narrow to bring one. I should not have done that or when you dressed me in this beautiful Kimono. I'm truly truly sorry." Lady Hime bowed her head to the floor in front of the servants, " if you can find it in your hearts to forgive me and continue being my Lady in waiting, I would greatly appreciate it."

There was a long pause, but Miyako smiled but Hirono just sighed.

"I had a mind to not give this to ya, but...you apologize like a lady. So...here, "Hirono handed Lady Hime a bracelet that was made of complete solid gold and designed as flowers with diamonds and topaz, "Now...I must go and eat...again." Hirono had a slight blush and a little smile on her face as she quickly walked away.

"Miyako, I hope you can eat with us as well, "Blossom said as Bushi placed a bowl in front of her, "Thank you Bushi, I would like to apologize as well. I was...too...hyper and I ran down the steps when you pleaded with me to stop. I should've listen and I will listen."

"Like Kaoru-chan said, every girl had a run in with that Kappa, hopefully the next one will be...less agressive and horny." Miyako giggled and sat on the other side, "Bushi, could you please bring me a plate as well. My Lord wished to give this to you as well." Miyako placed a beautiful hair stick with a dragon with emerald scales and Ruby eyes.

Bushi came floating back quickly and placed a place of noddles in front of her with silver chopsticks, "Oh thank you so much Bushi."

"What is this?" Lady Hime asked.

"Its Chihiro-chan special Nikujaga, it's just beef and vegetables but it's perfect for the cold weather, I wish I could have a bowl of jasmine rice, but it can't be helped," Miyako clapped her eyes and bowed, "itadakimasu."

Lady Hime did the same thing and Blossom copied them. Miyako placed a napkin on her lap. She struggled with these new things, at first she held each in one hand.

"No, like this Silly," Miyako readjusted them into her hand, "Now then, you use this and grabbed the food in the bowl, like so."

Blossom struggled, dropping the food on her lap, I guess that's why Miyako put the napkin on her lap.

"Miyako, I was just wondering...what exactly is Hirono and why was that man scared of her?" Blossom asked, she was just about to get the beef to her mouth but she dropped it. She just grabbed it from her napkin and pushed it in her mouth.

Yeah...I was wondering that too. When you were around, those guard guys with the robes were flocking around us and giving me the attention I never got and loved...but with...Hirono, they steered clear of us. I mean they would stare but if I got near them, they would get scared and run away." Lady Hime was eating in delight at this food. Since she complained about the food the first day she got here, all her food was either tiny portions or burnt, she was happy to actually have good food.

"Oh...that's because...I don't want you guys to be afraid of her. Hirono-chan is a very nice person. She's just has a hard life...how do I say this gently. You know Kao-chan told me that in your kingdom, magical beings were bullied and stuff because of who you are...it's kinda the same for Hiro-chan but it's more like she's feared and hated, especially by men."

"But why?" Blossom asked, "I thought this Country was more accepting."

"Well yes, but...remember when I say there's Bad Yokai, well Hirono-chan is...or was one of them. The men fear her because Hiro-chan use to eat humans."

"What?!" They both screamed at the same time.