Les Guardiens de Ordre: A story of Loyalty, Honor and Love

Chapter 1: The guardians of order

I belong in the light

But my soul is in darkness

My surroundings is filled with contentment

But my heart is in despair

I hide the real me

Who will set me free

I am alone

This is my destiny

"Mizu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

'Splash!'

A silver haired girl peeked on the balcony and grinned as she spotted a brown haired hunter sitting in the middle of the pond wet from head to toe. She let loose a chuckle.

"Mizu Ryu Hime!!!! When I get my hands on you… you are soo dead!!!!!!!!!!!" the hunter yelled at the top of his lungsas he glared at the priestess chuckling at his sight.

"She got you too?" came the question, voice filled with mirth

The hunter, Shadowstrike, grinned at the knight above him and told him silkily, "Would you just mind to shut up and help me up?"

Goblin King, also known as GK, let loose a chuckle and extended his hand to help his friend.

"What happened?" he asked the soaked hunter

"Damned priestess. I was practicing my shots above that tree when she unexpectedly called out that there was a snake behind me."

"And naturally, you jumped. Straight in the pond." GK laughed out loud even more

"Shut up would ya?! And what do you mean that she got me too?" Shadow growled

GK winced and chuckled, "She placed some food on my mail without me noticing it…"

Shadow's eyes widened so did his grin, "In turn made your pecopeco come after you! Wahahahahaha!!!!"

GK knocked Shadow's head but can't help but chuckle at the memory. "She's a hellion alright. A priestess but a hellion none the less." Looking at Shadow, he grinned. "Come on. You need to change before you get some cold or something."

"Yeah yeah…"

Mizu chuckled from her hidden position and sighed, looking down from the balcony, she made sure that no one was around before she sat on the railing. Leaning back on the wall, she looked at the clouds and in an instant, her cheerful expression faded and was replaced of one that sadness.

I don't understand. I know I'm happy here but… somehow… I feel that there's a part of me that's been missing.

Looking down she saw her sister with her boyfriend and chuckled.

A priestess and an assassin… cute couple.

And from her vintage point, she saw another figure hidden in the trees. The shadows of the trees hid his form but the passing sunlight couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes as he watched the two lovers walk past the tree he was sitting on, his pet falcon anchored faithfully by his side.

Poor Hi-Jakkk… pushing his feelings aside so that his friend could claim the feelings of the girl he so loved. Mizu smiled sadly, would someone look at the way Jakkk, or Fubu did with Blessed?

Stupid little girl. No one would love, much less like a hellion, trouble making priestess like you. Her mind chastised her and she sighed. Moving down from her porch, she didn't notice a pair of dark eyes watching her from the tree where Shadow met his 'unfortunate' accident.

Saitou quietly sat on the tree as he watched her. He saw the way her expression turned happy to wistful in a moment. The young priestess always showed her happy side to all but she rarely let any of the see the sadness that lurks in her eyes.

The assassin jumped from his place to the balcony where the priestess vacated. Moving in silence, he turned to follow her.

"Ei, Jakkk…"

The hunter turned to see his blue haired friend and smiled.

"Dark… what's up?" he asked his friend

The assassin merely chuckled, "Nothing much. It's been quite peaceful around here."

Hi-Jakkk smiled and continued his pace back towards the castle.

"Have you seen the others?"

Jakkk merely shook his head, "Nope." He lied… in fact, he had seen Blessed and Fubu a while ago entering the castle.

"Oh… alright. I was just wondering who had fallen under Mizu's creative tricks." Dark Rose told him

The hunter chuckled, "The priestess is trouble in itself."

Dark chuckled, "You've been tricked by her I presume?"

Jakkk merely shook his head. "Let's just say I was sitting on the balcony when she, mind you, none too gently pushed me off my porch!"

Dark chuckled, "Poor you."

"Yeah, poor me or I should say, poor Spirit." He said ruefully, remembering what had happened to his faithful pet

"Poor Spirit?"

"Spirit tried to help me by holding on to me." He shook his head. His pet had been unmercifully dunked in the pond with him.

Dark let out a loud chuckle. "No wonder Spirit was tied to the clothes line."

"Hey that wasn't funny." Jakkk told him but couldn't suppress a smile himself.

"How 'bout you?" He asked the assassin beside him

"None yet. Thank the gods or I don't know what I'll do to her if she ever does."

Both laughed out loud as they entered the castle for their guild meeting.

Blessed entered her room and sighed. Leaning on the wall, she slid down it and burst into tears. She and Fubu has just had another major fight. She didn't know if she could still keep this up. Almost everyday, they had been fighting for the simplest of reasons. She let loose another sob until she heard the door behind her vibrate with a knock.

Hurriedly wiping her eyes, she opened her door a crack and smiled at whoever was on the other side.

Mizu hummed a slight tune to herself as she made her way to her sister's room. Knocking she frowned when she thought she had heard a sob from the other side of the door. The moment the door opened, she sighed and entered Blessed's room. Wrapping her arms around her fellow priestess and sister, she let her cry.

"I can't take this anymore… everyday… everyday we fight. We weren't like this before…" she sobbed

Mizu sighed as she held her sister close. And here I thought they were a cute couple.

Looking up at Mizu, Blessed asked her, "Where have I gone wrong sis? I mean, is there anything wrong with me?"

The younger priestess looked shocked at her words and frowned.

"There's nothing wrong with you. You've done everything you could to make your relationship happy and stable. If there's any problem. It's not you… it's Fubu."

"But sis..!!!"

"No buts! And Besides, I don't want to hear any more of this alright. No more tears… this is ridiculous. And besides, we have a guild meeting in just a few minutes. Do you want everyone to see what the two of you are going through?"

Blessed looked at her younger sister and smiled sadly. "Alright. You win." She told her before going to the bathroom to freshen up.

Mizu looked down at the floor and clenched her fists. Damn you Fubu…

Looking up, she placed on her most cheerful smile when she heard her sister come inside to room again. Standing up, she held her sisters hand.

"Ready, sis?"

Blessed looked at her and smiled. "Yes."

Hatred looked at the room and saw his guild mates scattered around talking in groups. He looked at everyone and took his place on the head table. Seeing their master in his place, the rest of the members filled their chairs and awaited what he has to say.

The head knight looked at his members and noticed two particular seats beside him vacant.

"Where's Mizu and Blessed?" he asked

Saitou's eyes had narrowed at the question… so did Jakkk and Fubu's.

Saitou was just about to get up and look for the two priestesses when they heard the tell tale pitter patter of feet in the hallway just before Mizu's voice called out to them.

"We're here!!!" said the silver haired priestess a bit breathlessly

"Sorry to be late!" chuckled Blessed as she followed Mizu to take their places in their seats.

Hatred merely shook his head and sighed.

Their only male priest, Crunchyculangots, asked Hatred, "GM, just what is this meeting all about?"

"I'm here to ask you guys if you've been training for the past few months. Updating. Lets start with you, Crunchy, Cute."

Cutewinkywonka and Crunchy nodded. Cute giving their GM the update of their training in Payon. Almost all of the members have reported on their training on the different parts of Midgard.

Hatred looked at Mizu and asked her, "How bout you Mizu?"

"Ummm… I've trained as well… but not too much I'm afraid." She told him sheepishly

"What do you exactly mean by not too much?"

Mizu sighed and winced when she told their master that she spent most of her time supporting others rather than train.

"You did what?!" Hatred yelled

"Mizu!!!! How could you concentrate on helping others when you yourself haven't got much training since.. God knows when!"

Mizu's eyes glistened with tears, "Well I'm sorry if I can't help it!" she yelled back

"You're the weakest member we have here Mizu! Why can't you even concentrate to train?! You're too soft. You'll get killed easily that way." Hatred yelled back at her.

The young priestess stood quietly… shocked with his words. Weak, soft, easily killed…. Stepping back quietly, tears fell from her unseeing eyes.

"Then you don't need me anymore." She whispered to him, "None of you do." And with those words she flew up the stair blindly, tears streaming down her eyes as she raced up to her room.

Cutewinky looked at him ruefully. "You didn't have to put it that way, Hatred." She whispered

Blessed glared at him, "That was too harsh."

Hatred looked at everyone in the table and everyone glared back at him.

"She needs to learn that she can't help everyone around her. She needs to think about her own self every once in a while… I really didn't mean to hurt her feelings." He told them.

Amber eyes observed the scene with a slight smirk in his lips. Things are going to be very easy… he thought.

Moving from one tree to another, he stopped until he was directly in front of a large crystal window. Jumping on the balcony, he assessed the scene before him and smirked even further. The young priestess sobbed in her bed, oblivious to his presence.

Oh, yes. This was going to be too easy.

AN: Hope you like this chappie! Reviews again minna!!!

Aoi Mizu Ryu