Hey it's Miss Independent3 here! Here's another chapter! Chelsea tells me that she is guessing we have to start making out chapters a helluva lot longer or we'll we running on chapter 100 soon. I am just scratching the surface of this fic. Theres oodles more for me to post on here.

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Disclaimer: We don't own Clamp or Magic Knight Rayearth. We do own all character in this story because they are all original.

Chapter 6

"Well I followed you here thinking you would like a ride back. Newkoe looks like he does. Climb on Newkoe and I will take you back." Aira said swimming over to Newkoe.

"Go with her I will be a little behind for she is a fast swimmer." Ruto said to Aira.

Newkoe grabbed onto her fin. "Don't take to long Ruto, I will be waiting. Oh right I have to give this to you. I thought it might help you with your task. It will give you wings when you need them. It is also apart of me always with you." Newkoe handed her a necklace that had an iridescent feather on it. Ruto put it on and waved them off. How did he know that I called Aira to take him home? He also knew I was not following them back. He must have had some feeling that I was not done with his brother. Well where would I be if I was the Dark Lord? Ah yes, the barren lands, it would be the perfect place for an evil lord to take over first. So off I go.Ruto could swim very fast but it took her three days to get there, nothing really happened during her trip. One of her gifts was that she could make a protection bubble so when she wanted to sleep she would make the bubble. The bubble would hold air for her to breathe while she rested.

I'm lost, I don't know where to go next. What am I going to do when I get there.... IF I get there. Well she did not have to wait long for that afternoon she found it. The land was brown and the trees were brown and the grass was guess what; yes brown. That was why they called it the barren land. There was no color in this land and there was one temperature, warm and there was one forecast, sunny and at night it was a full moon. It was the only place on earth where there was nothing that ever changed. So it was a shock for Ruto. Her world was full of colors. The water made plants grow and the water had so many colors in it that you could not call it one color. But this place you could call brown. Yep brown, that was about it. In the distance there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a large building. She could only see the outline of the building against the mountains peak, she was too far away to see and details.

I assume that is where the great lord himself lives. I wonder if he can tell I am here, I guess I will find out.

It didn't take a lot of walking before she saw something, not more than a mile into her trekking there was a white centaur cantering towards her it was such a contrast to the rest of the brown landscape it was hard to miss. There were not many of their kind left because they always wanted to kill the guardians for they wanted to ruled the world themselves.

"I am to take you to his lordship." said the centaur.

"Well I hate to tell you this but I will go on my own thank you." Ruto said as she started to pass the centaur.

"I do not think you understand. I am to bring you to him now and you walk far to slow. So if you will not come willingly I will have to take you by force." He said in a deep bass voice with that the centaur came over to Ruto.

"Well I do not think you understand me. I said NO. and I mean No. ok?" Ruto began walking again. The centaur gave her a look that could kill and ran over to her and tried to grab her arm and pull her to him but instead he got a dagger at his throat.

"I do not like to be manhandled got it." she growled.

"I am not a man so that means nothing to me." With that the centaur grabbed her waist and tried to hoist her onto his back in one smooth, quick movement. In doing so the dagger cut his shoulder all the way to his back as he pulled her along. He dropped her and cursed.

"Being manhandled is trying to grab someone who does not want to be grabbed. So if you will be so kind as to not touch me again I will let you live." Ruto began to walk again.

"I will have to hurt you for you have hurt me. So prepare yourself." The centaur charged at Ruto. Shaking her head she pulled her bow back and shot him in the heart. The centaur fell the moment the arrow hit him.

"Well now that we have that fixed I will be on my way." Ruto turned toward the mountain and began to walk again. It is nice that they keep an armory in the cave of the jewels. I would have had to go back home to get my bow and arrows and more knives. I wonder if there will be more friends to help take me to his Lordship. I am going to walk all the way there myself so thatI will know the way back.

Ruto walked for what seemed forever but it was only two hours, it seemed that way because there was no change in anything it seemed like it she was walking but not going anywhere. Ruto walked for a little longer and then sat down to rest and drink some water. This is very frustrating I have no one to talk to and here I am in a land I have heard that people never come back from. All of a sudden there was a big gust of wind and the dirt whirled up in a cloud. Ruto could not see until the dust settled back to the ground.

"I had my bet on the centaur but he does get angry too easily for his own good. Hello my name is Settee. I am a humble illusionist at your service."