Chapter I

The young woman fled the castle holding tight to the precious bundle in her arms. Her long blonde hair whiped madly behind her as it came free from the red scarf and her green eyes were wild with fear as she heard the screams of death still emitting from the once peaceful castle. Her fear for the safety of the infant in her care gave her strength to reach the forest where she could end her maddend flight.

Soon she reached the forest, she continued her trek untill she reached a clearing. There in the center were two men, both were old.

The older was had long white hair and his robes were of a long vanished sect of monks known as Ancients, he was probably the last of them in this world. The other had light blue hair and gray eyes, his clothing was foreign to this world and looked as though it would prove most difficult to replicate here. The elder walked towards here.

"Do not be frightened," he said, "We are here to help."

"Who are you? Her Majesty bade me to protect the princess," stated the maid.

"I am called Kaosu. I brought this man, Yamato Koji, here to protect the princess. He will raise her in his world where she will be safe," answered the monk.

"I will do my best to protect her. What is her name?" asked the man.

"I am Naidir Ravenspur. The princess is Miriamele Faramiir,"answered the girl.

"Too long, I'll call her Mia." As he said this Naidir placed the baby in his arms.

"The obligation of protecting her is now yours," she said and then she left.

As soon as she was out of sight Kaosu used his staff to create a portal back to Yamato's world.

"Raise her to be kind and intelligent professor."

"That I shall do," promised Professor Koji as he entered the portal that closed behind him.

~Four years later~

"Grampa please tell me again, please!!!" begged a little girl with reddish-brown hair and gray-green eyes. She was wearing a pair of pink pajamas.

"Alright Mia. Once upon a time there was baby princess. One day her kingdom was taken over by an evil and sadistic wizard. A maid was sent by the queen to take the princess away to safety. She protected the babe untill she gave her to a man to protect her in another world.

"The princess grew up ignorant about her history untill her eighteenth birthday when all was revealed to her. She returned to her kingdom and found it destroyed and her mother killed, angry she left to become a powerfull sorceress and returned to face the wizard. Her powers strengthed with her love overcame the wizard and his hatefull heart. After she restored her kingdom she lived happily ever after."

"The poem too, please."

"Alright, but after this you should go to bed.

"Torch of Spirit sought through five
Drinking strength from Immortal Fire
Darkest prison sheds the Light
Churning beneath a Swirl of Salt
Buried within a Throne of Rock
Floating amoungst the Eyes of the Ages
Unmoored within the Stream of Sky."

~Thirteen Years Later~

"Professor Koji! You can't die!" exclaimed the teenaged boy who had just forced the evil spirit posessing the professor out of his body. He had long black hair and tiger blue eyes.

"I'm dead already, the dynasty poison was in my veins before you got here," as he continued to speak his thoughts were different, 'Goodbye young princess, I am so sorry. And good luck to you young warrior, at my death the obligation to protect her falls on you, and your very arrival means she'll need it.

~In another world~

Naidir shivered as she fell the death of the princess' guardian, she also felt the obligation pass on to another, one younger than the princess herself.

"But who will tell her now?" she said to herself, "Wait! Of course Calisto."

~One year later--the day before Mia's bithday~

Two teenaged boys were walking together at the downtown mall.

"So Rowen what are you going to get Mia for her birthday?" asked the first. He had long black hair and tiger blue eyes. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and a pair of denim blue jeans.

"I got her some new software for her computer. How about you Ryo?" replied the second, Rowen. He had short blue hair held out of his blue eyes by a non-effective blue headband. He was wearing a white shirt and a pair of khaki pants.

"I don't know yet. I want to get her something nice. But if the Zoo gives me first choice for letting them use Blaze, then I've got half of it." answered Ryo."A tiger cub and something else, sounds like a good present so far. I think I'll check out the bookstore while you look around."

"Alright, I'll look for you there when I find it. Then we'll check with the Zoo."

About two hours later Ryo found Rowen and showed him a small lavender box tied with a pink ribbon.

"I've already paid for this so I'll wait for you."

"No need, I've already bought one," replied Rowen brandishing a copy of 'Lord of Chaos.'

The two teens left the mall and proceeded to the Zoo. The zookeeper was all too happy to offer Ryo first pick of the litter in return for Blaze's service.

~The next day--Mia's Birthday~

"KENTO GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!!!!!" yelled a teenaged boy about sixteen years old who spoke with heavy british accent. He had long aburn hair and seagreen eyes. He was wearing a blue long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, over this he wore an apron that stated in bold black letters 'Only Real Men Cook.' His hair and apron were covered in flour and in his hand was a wooden spoon. The teen he was yelling at had long ash- blue hair that was held out of his blue-gray eyes by a non-effective yellow headband. He was wearing a light orange shirt underneath a pair of bluejean overalls. The reason for his abrubt expulsion from the kitchen became apparent when he began to lick the sticky cake batter from his slightly pudgy fingers.

"Why not help us in here Ken?" asked another teen with short blonde hair and lavender eyes one nearly completely covered by his perfect hair. He was wearing a white shirt underneath a green jacket and tan pants. He was holding up one end of a banner, the other end held up by sticky tack, as Ryo, now clad in a red shirt, was using more to hold it up in other strategic places. Rowen, now wearing a blue t-shirt and white pants, was setting the table with a few added decorations and birthday hats.

"Yeah you could arrange the living room to fit more people, Kayura and the warlords are coming too," suggested Rowen.

"Sure," replied Kento as he got to work.

"Did everyone get her presents?" asked a boy about eight years old. He had short brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans.

"Yeah, they're in the kitchen. Kento nicked some cake batter when he put his in there and got bannished from the kitchen again," answered Ryo.

As he said this a portal opened beside the table and four people stepped through and the portal closed behind them.

The first was a young woman who apeared to be fifteen. She had long blue hair held up in a high ponytail and blue eyes. She was wearing the robes of the ancient and held the staff of the ancients in one hand and a wrapped gift in the other. The second was a man who appeared to be seventeen with short green hair and beady green snake like eyes. He was wearing a green kimono and also held a gift. The third was a man who appeared to be twenty-eight. He had long white hair and a single light blue eye, his left eye was obviosly missing and the hollow was covered by a black patch. He was wearing a light pink kimono and held a gift like the others. The last was a man who apeared to be twenty-one. He had short midnight blue hair, matching eyes and a cross-shaped scar over his left eye. He was wearing a black kimono and like the others he held a gift.

"Why don't you guys get changed into some normal clothes? I'll take your presents to kitchen for you," offered Kento.

"Oh no you won't!" yelled Cye from the kitchen.

"I'll take them to the kitchen," said Ryo, "Sage, Rowen take Kayura and the guys upstairs and find them something to wear. Your wardrobes for the guys and Mia's for Kayura."

"Why ours?" asked Sage.

"Because Kento, Cye, and I are too short," Ryo explained.

Half an hour later they came down stairs. Kale was wearing a plaid shirt raided from Kento's room and a pair of Sage's blue jeans. Dais was wearing a loose white shirt that belonged to Sage as well as a pair of blousey pants that also belonged to him; the combined effect of the outfit and eyepatch made him look like a pirate. Sehkmet was wearing a green shirt which matched his hair, that belonged to Sage and a pair of Rowen's blue jeans. Kayura was wearing a white blouse and a yellow skirt that went to her midthigh, and her long blue hair was now tied back with a yellow ribbon. By this time the dining room and livingroom had been decorated and the birthday dinner was nearly done.

"Wow, you guys look cool in normal clothes, and Kayura wow," remarked a stunned Rowen.

"Ryo and Sage are helping Cye in the kitchen, but Rowen and me aren't allowed in until the food is done. So unless any of you want to help, you could watch tv or something," explained Kento.

"I can't cook," explained Kayura as she sat down on the couch, "Talpa didn't really think it was a necessary subject when he was training me to be a fighter."

"I'll help in the kitchen," said Sehkmet as he walked in the kitchen.

"He's the only one of us who can," explained Dais, "I just about gave everybody food poisoning the last time I cooked."

"Just about only excludes Sehkmet and Kayura, he's immune to poison and she didn't eat it," clarified Kale. Once this was said Kento turned on the tv and sat down.

"Oh c'mon Kento, change the channel will ya," complained Rowen because the show on the screen was Jerry Springer.

"It's a lot more interesting than those stupid documentaries you like."protested Kento.

"One, they're not stupid, you actually learn something from them. Two, ancient history and science is a lot more interesting than watching dysfunctional couples and families fight," argued Rowen.

"Point," said Kayura as she ignored the program.

"Well I don't know about that last one. This is kind of funny," said Kale, he even laughed as a man, who had just found out his wife was really a man and was cheating on him with another woman, tried to hit her with a chair.

"Well I think it is childish and what is with all the beeps?" said Dais.

"I don't know, but there sure are a lot of them. Maybe they like the beeps," guessed Kayura.

"Hey Rowen, what are the beeps for?" asked Kale.

"The beeps are put in after filming to filter out the explicatives," explained Rowen.

"But a lot of the words left in are worse than cursing," Kayura said confused.

"What's a hermaphrodite?" asked Kale suddenly. Rowen leaned over and whispered the answer in his ear.

"Gross!!!! Can't they do something about that? I didn't even know that was possible!!!"

"Guys will ya be quite!" shouted Kento, "Leslie is about to tell her boyfriend that she's pregnant and the baby is really his brother's whose wife doesn't know that he's been cheating on her in the first place."

"You can actually follow this crap?" asked Rowen incredulously as he grabbed the remote and switched over to TLC which was showing a documentary on lions.