Seriyu pounded his fist angrily on the arm of his throne.

"I was so close!" he muttered to himself. "Until that stupid, Ryo of the Wildfire had to go and ruin everything. Now I'm nowhere close to getting what I desire!"

Seriyu stood up and started to pace the carpeted room. There just had to be a way to get Sakura to open that door under her father's throne.

"Think. Seriyu!" he commanded himself as he continued to pace the floor.  Now that Ryo had smashed the amulet, he wouldn't be able to disguise himself as Ryo anymore, and he doubted that Sakura would be so stupid as to fall for that trick again. He also doubted that he could threaten her with harm to her loved ones. If they were anything like Ryo had been, they would find a way out before he could even let Sakura know that he had them. Seriyu stopped his pacing as he once again seated himself in his throne. He sighed heavily as he rested his chin on his hands.

"There's no use. I'll never be able to get what I want now!" he muttered to himself. Suddenly his eyes widened as he got an idea. Yes, it was perfect. This idea would most defiantly work, it just had to. It was his last chance to obtain everything he had dreamed about since he was young. He remembered hearing about the legend from his father.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Listen well, my son." Seriyu's father instructed to the fourteen year old Seriyu.

"Yes, my father." The teen answered obediently.

"There is a legend, which I will tell you. If you are wise and smart, we will one day be able to rule to world!"

"Really?" Seriyu asked excitedly. "How?"

"There is a tale that is told of something that lies, underneath the throne of Talpa. Whoever owns this object, will have the power to rule the world." Seriyu's father said as an evil grin spread over his lips.

"Where is this door and what is this object?" Seriyu asked. "We can send a battalion to go and force their way under the throne and retrieve this object!"

"I'm afraid all is not that simple." Seriyu's father said with regret. "Only a certain few will be granted access to under the throne. And no one knows what is underneath the throne. Only Talpa himself knows, and quite possibly his daughter."

"Then how am I supposed to get what is underneath?"

"I just told you, his daughter. I have managed to find a way for you to be in close contact with this girl, Sakura. You will become her friend, and slowly find out the necessary information. Once you have all that is needed, you and I will rule the world and nothing will be able to stand in our way." Seriyu's father finished with an evil chuckle. Seriyu gazed at his father and joined in with his chuckle which soon evolved into a laugh, a cold malicious laugh full of evil.

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Seriyu had promised his father, on his deathbed that he would somehow gain entrance to under Talpa's throne. And with this brilliant idea that he just had, his dream and his fathers would finally become a reality.

"Hudson!" Seriyu called.

Hudson rushed into the throne room and bowed low.

"Yes, my lord Seriyu?"

"I need you to make a call." Seriyu ordered as a smirk spread across his face.