(Flashback):
Japan: 1195 AD (Kamakura period)
It was a cold and harsh winter. They were running low on food. Dean and Roman was roaming all over the countryside, looking for food and shelter. Roman keep Mystic's gem inside a pouch to protect her gem.
Dean was getting ill and couldn't have the energy to move on.
Dean:(coughing) Roman… I can't go on.
Dean felled onto the cold, snow-covered ground.
Roman:(gasp) Dean!
Dean:(coughs) I can't go on. Go on without me. Let me die!
Roman: NO! I will never leave you! Crystal gems never leave each other!
Then he pick him up and carried him on his back.
Roman:(grunts) Hold on, Dean. We'll find food and shelter.
Dean:(coughs) Please. Hurry.
Roman searched all over the countryside for food and shelter, but to no avail.
It was getting dark, and Roman make a bonfire to keep themselves warm.
Dean's health was getting worse and worse.
Roman gave him some extra blankets to get him warm.
Dean:(coughs)
Roman: Dean!
Dean:(coughs) The end is near for me.
Roman tried to hold back the tears.
Roman:(crying) Dean, don't you die on me! If you die, we'll die together!
Dean smiled at Roman. His smiled was weak but warm.
Dean:(smiles) Thank you.
They hold hands together and hugged each other, waiting for death to take them.
Then a young woman named Midoriko was walking,searching for wood.
Midoriko was a slender young women with long flowing dark green hair, with her eyes of jade orbs and tanned skin.
She saw the two crystal gems on the ground. She carried their lifeless bodies to the village and took them in her house.
The Next day…..
Roman:(groans)
Roman find himself in a warm futon.
Roman:(groggy) Where am I?
Midoriko came inside to check up on Roman.
Midoriko: Good Morning.
Roman:(groggy) What happens?
Midoriko: I saw you and your comrade passed out and I took you in.
Roman:(smiles) Thank you. (gasp) Dean! Where is he?
Midoriko: He's next door. He's still in bed. It a good thing I found you two or you would be goners.
Roman: How's he doing right now?
Midoriko: I'll show you too him.
She take him to Dean. Dean was still snoozing with a damp and warm cloth on his forehead.
Dean:(groans)
Roman came closer to Dean.
Roman: Dean are you ok?
Dean: I'm feeling a little better. It just my body hurts. How we got here?
Midoriko: I found you out in the cold.
Dean:(smiles)Thank you for saving us Uh…..
Midoriko:(smiles) I'm Midoriko.
Dean: Thank you Midoriko…for saving us from death.
Then he notices something on her neck.
Dean: Midoriko….What's that on your neck?
Midoriko: A jade.
Dean: So you are a Crystal Gem?
Midoriko:(smiles) Why yes.
Dean: Wow. I thought were the only ones. (coughs)
Midoriko: Where's your gems?
Dean: I have an Amethyst on my chest, while Roman has Garnets on his palms.
Midoriko: How you got out into the cold?
Roman:(sighs) We were betrayed by our fellow crystal gem named Seth and stabbed our mentor Mystic in the chest. We roamed all over the countryside for food and shelter. All we have left of her is her gem.
He show Mystic's gem to Midoriko.
Roman and Dean look each with grief.
Roman: She had been gone for two months.
Midoriko: Guys, She gonna be ok.
Dean: How?
Midoriko: When the physical body of a crystal gem is damaged, they retreat to their gem to regenerate. It take awhile.
Dean:(stomach growling) I'm hungry.
Midoriko: I'll make you some food.
She cooked up some rice with cured boar meat.
Roman: Thank you for this food, Midoriko.
Midoriko: It a least I can do. (smiles)
Dean chomps down on food and washes all down with some warm ginger tea.
Dean:(smiles) It so good.
Midoriko:(smiles)
They stay with Midoriko until the spring.
Spring…..
Roman: Thank you for taking care of me and Dean. How can we ever repay you?
Midoriko:(smiles) You don't have to repay me anything. Helping you is good enough.
Dean and Roman bowed down in gratitude.
Before they left, Midoriko provided them with some rice and cured boar meat,enough to last them for weeks.
Midoriko: Goodbye! I wish you luck on you journey!
Roman and Dean left to fight off Seth.
To Be Continued...