Disclaimer: This story is not owned by me, Mel (Miss Independent3), It belongs to a friend of mine, Chelsea who does not have a s/n here and she wanted to see what other people think of her writing. So if you review I will pass it on to her. Neither she nor I own Magic Knight Rayearth, but we do know that CLAMP does.

This story is loosely based on the Clamp manga series Magic Knight Rayearth. All characters are owned by Chelsea because there are no characters from the actual Clamp series here. And good news, we have found the story! The author of this story had an unfortunate computer crash and we had to do some serious looking to find it on the back-up. So yeah for us!

Chapter 3

It was beginning to become dark when they got back. Coming out of the water Ruto walked into the cave and grabbed one of the fluffy dry towels she kept at the front to dry herself off with and asked. "Newkoe will you stay for dinner with me and tell me more about this evil I must fight?"

"I would be honored to have dinner with you Ruto. Lets not talk about your future tonight, lets talk about the festival that is coming up while I help you make dinner." stated Newkoe.

"Well what do you want for dinner? I have grilled Bass or Sun Fish, Sun Fish are really good lets have that and crab lags shall we?" chattered Ruto. Walking into her kitchen as the sun set behind them. About an hour later Newkoe came out. With a 'good night' he left. Ruto watched him go till she could no longer see him. She went back inside and came out with a blanket. She laid out under the stars and fell asleep thinking, I wonder what will happen tomorrow? and was gone.

Ruto sat up quickly, she had heard something in the darkness. "Who's there?" Ruto shouted "Come out or I will fill you with arrows."

"How can you shoot me if you can not see me little one." queried a smooth voice.

"I will follow your voice, what do you say to that." laughed Ruto. Then all around her was his voice and it said back to her;

"I would like to see you try little one." The voice called back knowing he had fooled her.

"I am not little and I will find you some how," Ruto murmured then all of a sudden there was a bright light and it lit up the person's face and body. He was tall and well muscled; he had long gold-white hair. He looked very handsome in black silk pants with a loose black shirt. The clothes made his silver-blue eyes stand out in his soft curved face. When the bright light vanished he was gone.

"I will go now little one. I see that you are not as weak as I was led to believe." said the man. Ruto was still standing shocked and then he was gone. Who could that have been? I did not see him from when all the Guardians come and counsel, but yet he looks familiar. I will tell Newkoe as soon as he comes in the morning if he does. thought Ruto.

Newkoe woke her the next morning when he came to her cliff house. "What happened to make you sleep so long. You rarely sleep till after sunrise." questioned Newkoe.

"Well what would you do if a strange, invisible man called you 'little one' at every thing you said appeared in the middle of the night and scared you half to death?. It was not one of the best nights I've ever have had." Ruto said sarcastically.

"What do you mean that this whole thing happened last night?" asked Newkoe.

"Yes it all happened last night and if you don't mind telling me what you think he was doing here, I would love to know." demanded Ruto.

"Tell me more about this man Ruto." asked Newkoe. As Ruto told him his face grew darker and darker.

"What is wrong Newkoe? I can read your face like an open book and it says nothing good about this man." said Ruto.

"You're right about that, it is not good that this man came to you last night. I cannot believe you, you are stronger then I thought.You can hear very well because he walks in the wind and you said you heard foot steps, that is amazing that is truly amazing." said a bewildered Newkoe.

"What do you mean that you are amazed that I knew he was on my territory? I had a right to ask who he was." snapped Ruto, slightly irritated that he wasn't telling her what she wanted to know.

"I mean that was The Dark Lord of the ancient world, the very evil that you are going to fight. The Dark Lord has many pets you night call them they are made for destruction and that is what that creature was that attacked the Seahorses. Yes it was a creature that the Dark Lord made and he is the only one that can tell them what to do like the one that is searching for the crystals he will do that till told differently. Do you get what I am saying? You met your enemy the one you have to get rid of." said Newkoe to a terrified Ruto.

"So you are saying that I will have to get rid of the Dark Lord. Me. I have to, DO YOU THINK I HAVE LOST MY MIND?!?" Shouted a frantic Ruto.

"No I do not think you are out of your mind, do not shout. The Dark Lord already knows where you live and now you must be careful." Newkoe was saying while Ruto was pacing on her ledge.

"You try being careful and under control when the Dark Lord has picked you to be his lucky target of the century." shrieked Ruto.

"I know this may be difficult to understand and scary-" Newkoe tried to say.

"I was not scared or afraid of him because he was really good-looking." Ruto said with a slight blush.

"Well be careful he may look nice but he is anything but nice. He would kill you in an instant if he had the chance." stated Newkoe with a little jealous edge to his voice.

"Well why didn't he not kill me last night? I was helpless, so why did he not take the chance?" argued Ruto.

"Do you know how beautiful you are? And how the strength you have is very becoming to you?" Newkoe asked, "He has the ability to read things in your mind. I think he was looking for the place were you keep the Ocean Crystals." Newkoe pointed out.

"Do you think that he found out were the place is?" Ruto asked.

"Well the only way to tell is to go to the place and look to see. You do know were the place is don't you?" Newkoe said with apprehension.

"Yes it would be kind of pointless for me not to know were the place is. I was told many times for as long as I am able to remember the location of the Crystals. We will have to go in the water though. Will you come with me to go see?" Ruto asked.

"Well I was not going to, but I do not see why I can not go with. Will we be going under water?" Newkoe wondered.

"Yes but if you hold my hand you will be able to breathe underwater." Ruto said. Newkoe looked at her in wonder and shook his head is confusion.

"How may I ask do you know that will happen? I could trust you and you could just make me look stupid for believing you."

"Well if I want you to live the water will not harm you, it is a nice trait having command over the water. What I want will most likely happen. I do not know why that is. If I find out I will tell you. But that is how I swim in the water for I can not breathe under water even though I can command it." Ruto said ironically.

"So does that mean that you want me to live a long and happy life?" Newkoe said.

Ruto turned to the water and then turned to look at Newkoe. "I know this is a really odd time to be asking this,but how old are you? Because you look like you are in your twenties like me but you have the brains of a fifty year old. If you do not want to answer that is ok. Well I should stop talking I am just babbling now aren't I." Ruto rambled off as a blush crept up her cheeks.

Newkoe was chuckling at Ruto's blushing and babbling. "It's ok, did you know that you are cute when you ramble? I am twenty-two just like you. So you can wipe that blush off of your face. You know I thought I had you figured out but I guess I did not. You are very good usually about hiding your feelings but you do have them just like every one else." Newkoe commented.

"Well I do not know why I let myself go. I mean I don't like you in that way." Ruto held up her hands to stop Newkoe's answer. "I mean that I like you as a friend but not as a lover; I guess you could say it that way. Well now you have done it again if you would stop smiling at everything I say I would get to the point faster. Now can we go this is making me uncomfortable." Ruto turned and walked to the water and was about to jump in when Newkoe caught her arm.

"Ruto do you mean that you do not think that you could ever love someone who is a friend?" Newkoe said pulling Ruto to him and kissing her. Ruto was to surprised to do anything. So when Newkoe pulled her closer to deepen the kiss she let him. This was the first time that she had ever kissed anyone or thought that any one would want to kiss her. When Newkoe stepped back Ruto was still in shock.

"Ruto, I did not mean to go that far, forgive me I-" Newkoe looked down at the ground, ashamed. Ruto stepped forward and since she was a couple inches shorter the Newkoe with his head looking down it was just the right height for her to kiss him back.

"You're forgiven," Ruto said.

"I did not know that I could have kissed you and you would have been fine with it or I would have done it sooner." Newkoe said, his voice husky from their kiss.

"I would have killed you if you had tried any sooner. I did not trust you and I did not think I would like to have any one start to love me for I am the outcast." Ruto said with a smile on her lips.

"We should go. We have to go to the Water Cave were the Ocean Crystals are to see if they took them." Ruto said as she went back to the water edge. This time Newkoe followed her.