Disclaimers: Uh… huh… believe what you will.

Warnings: Ahahah… look who's the Seer! And how it happened!

Other: Okay… this was… lame… but whatever. I'm happy.

000

"Thirteen years, thirteen stars. Foul separate souls destined from the start. One dreaded prophecy; waiting to come true…"

Fragment Three: Foretold Doom

There was once a seer who was respected throughout the land. She was one of the greatest of them all, and everyone trusted her word. She was a traveler, who searched out for the people she thought needed her knowledge the most.

But where would it take her? What did her third eye see? No one could tell, and even she had to question where her knowledge stood.

Even so, Towa did not look very old, in fact, she only had to look only in her early teens, yet her wisdom and knowledge overshadowed other seers. She made enemies because of this, but it did not seem to worry her a lot at all. Content with the living she had, Towa moved onwards.

She looked up, remembering how thirteen years ago, she had made a prophecy that ruled above all others. Even then she was afraid, unable to comprehend what her powers had been showing, but now she accepted it, knowing that her powers had never failed her before.

The day when it had happened still played in her head; and it was still a vague worry in her mind.

000

It was a normal day; monsters were roaming the land with the only thought of living another day, children were being told off for trying to skip school or running off, everyone was content with the life they had.

And yet, Towa could feel an unknown, unidentifiable aura that worried her a good bit and she frowned, not noticed by the villagers as she entered one of the more productive areas. It was festival time, it seemed, considering how many people were crowding around and just having fun, but she was too distracted to care too much about it.

How long had this feeling been haunting her? Not very long, she supposed, but it was still worrying her a lot.

She gave a small gasp as a group of running children ran past her and she overbalanced slightly. This seemed to be enough for some of the villagers to notice her and, almost instantly, they crowded around her.

"Towa-sama, will you tell our fortunes?"

"Will my child grow up well?"

"Will I ever find true love?"

The seer couldn't help but give a small, helpless sigh and run a delicate hand through her silver-gray hair, but then gave the crowd a smile before replying in a loud voice.

"The fortune telling booth will be up in half an hour. Be ready by then, okay?"

She received loud cheers in reply to this proposition, and Towa had to wonder if she was ever going to find the answer to that very, very, very annoying feeling that she kept on getting: oh well, she would just have to make the most of it for now.

Telling the answers to simple questions was a breeze to her, and sometimes she wondered why she answered all of them. Some of then were so obvious she had to stop herself from rolling her eyes, but it wasn't like they could see the future anyway. The worst thing that could happen was death, and more people seemed to avoid that question.

Some good few hours later the seer had to wonder if there had been any point to coming to this town now. The pull of her powers had been begging for her to come that day, but she'd been unable to find anything of use. Maybe she was losing her touch.

This thought made her bristle angrily. No way! She could not be losing it already! She was only in her early twenties, despite her looks and all. Ugh… what an annoyance and a half.

As the last customer left none too happily – seeing that she told them that they were going to go through a financial crisis soon and lose his wife if he didn't remain loyal to her – she began to clean up what few items she had; which included the tarot cards and the crystal ball, as per usual.

Before she completed this task, however, two small children rushed into the room like a whirlwind gone mad. The first child ran into the table and fell backwards on the floor, while the second one managed to trip over them and fell as well. The first one squeaked indignantly.

"Krad! Gerrof!" He didn't even look like he was five yet, and had an unruly mop of dark violet hair. His friend, it would seem, had light golden hair and – considering the fact that she was wearing a dress – well, it was obvious what gender she was.

"It was your fault!" yelled 'Krad', "Stoopid Dark!"

"Oi!"

"Krad! Dark!" cried out a woman with the same golden hair, who was followed by someone who was obviously her husband, and then another couple that looked like the smaller boy. "How many times have we told you to not run off like that?"

"You see?" muttered her husband, "That's why we never take them to these sorts of things. They're royalty." And obviously so, seeing what kind of clothes they wore. Towa raised a brow.

The vibes she was getting was becoming a lot clearer, now that she thought of it. Maybe she could finally get a clear answer so that everyone could be happy. Er… yeah, whatever. She sighed.

"Would you like a reading, then?" she asked kindly. The four adults, who were trying to catch their children and failing miserably so, looked up in confusion. Towa elaborated, "I'm a seer. So if you would like…"

The purple-haired man snorted at her, "We don't believe in those sort of things, ma'am. But thank you for the offer." His wife shook her head in the background.

This made Towa flare just slightly, "So… you do not believe in fate…?"

He was about to make an answer to that, but Dark jumped out of the way and managed to tip the table over. Krad blinked at this and pulled at the end of Towa's robes, golden eyes wide with awe.

"Your hair's pretty," she commented.

"So's yours," Towa replied kindly, pulling the child onto her lap, "What's your name, sweetie?"

"Krad Hikari!" she replied, and tugged at her own hair, "Mine isn't pretty." It wasn't that long, but it was just so cute! Towa would have squeezed the child to death, but her parents looked ready to kill. Wait… Hikari… Hikari…

"So you're the Sun Kingdom's only daughter?" she questioned innocently. The king and queen bristled at this.

"Are you trying to say that we're old?" they accused in unison.

Towa looked away, 'Yes I am, as a matter of fact.' "So your friend is…"

Krad perked up, "Dark's from the other side!"

"Right. The Moon Kingdom then. Would you like me to tell your future?"

"Uhm… what's that?"

"No, Krad," her mother said firmly and reached out for the child, who just clung onto Towa tighter. "Krad!"

"She's nice!" yelled the now agitated child, "Not like you!"

Queen Hikari's pale face flushed a light pink at this, and she was about to say – or do – something, but then four more people entered; two were mortals, and the other two were obviously vampires, considering the clothes they wore, and the fact that they were hostile.

"I'm warning you, Niwa, if you ever put another toe out of line…" the male vampire was saying. The other man shrugged carelessly.

"I'm only here because Emiko-san wanted to come. First child, you know."

"And that's the only reason why my wife is here!" thundered the obviously insane vampire.

"You're eleventh child, isn't it?" a brown-to-red haired woman said excitedly, "How do you manage?"

The other woman shrugged, but smiled, "Our type always have been different from your type, Emiko-chan. I'm just hoping they will grow up to their expectations."

Towa almost fainted at the overwhelming vibes that were now hitting her like hailstones. Krad looked worried, but she could only shake her head, and then recognized the male Niwa instantly.

"Kosuke?" she asked in faint disbelief. "Is that really you?"

"… Shirube-san?" Kosuke Niwa looked surprised, noticing her for the first time, "You… you're still alive?"

The seer huffed, "That's not a nice thing to say to old friends."

Kosuke smiled sheepishly at this and his wife went over to them, smiling as she held out a hand, "You must be Towa-san then? I'm Emiko Niwa." They shook hands, "My husband told me about how you two had to travel together once. It was quite entertaining."

"You're telling me?" the seer huffed, "He was the focus of trouble!" She then clasped a hand to her head and groaned.

"Shirube-san?" Kosuke asked in worry.

"Uhhn…" she muttered, "Stupid vibes…" Why were they creating such strong vibes? Even if there was more than one person in the room, the vibes usually worked on their own accord without too much trouble… but somehow these ones had fused together and were really beating her brain about. It was too much for her.

"Your fates…" she began softly; everyone who had been arguing stopped and stared at her, "Your fates are… in doom… the future is lying in your hands now… you cannot escape…" In a way, she wasn't saying it, but it was the only output and at least her head was clearing up now. She straightened up and set Krad down, who poked at Dark.

Smoothing out her hair, she continued in a much stronger voice, allowing her words to make the message, not her brain, "In the coming years there will be suffering, doom will be the focus, death will be your partner. You cannot ignore this, and there is no way to avoid this. Heed the call and prepare for the worse, for you never know what will come to happen next. You must not run away, for it will always chase after you. You cannot run, you cannot escape.

"Thirteen years from now, this pain will be in fact reality, and there is no way to change destiny's wheel. Accept it, prepare for it, and do not allow it to fill your heart with fear.

"Heed this warning, and all will come to pass without much trouble."

The two kings and queens stared at her before all turning away in unison and sniffing, "You want to believe such a thing?" King Hikari scoffed, "Then go ahead. We're leaving."

Grabbing onto their protesting children, they proceeded in dragging them out, but Towa said softly and in a tone that made them freeze, "If you do not heed the call, you will pay the price. And since they know each other, your children are the ones fated to face this terror."

They left in a hurry at this and Towa fell back, gasping for breath. Emiko went around to help her and she smiled weakly, "I'm alright. Just a bit tired."

"Well, we best get going Rio," the male vampire commented, "Good day to you, Seer." They left with a faint swish of their cloaks.

Kosuke frowned lightly, "Towa… was everything you said true?" He then corrected himself, "I mean, our children… all four of them, will be pushed into this?"

"Yes," she replied softly, "I'm sorry, but you must know."

"Then we'll prepare for it," he stated simply, "We should go, Emiko-san. It's getting late." They were nearly out of the small tent, but then they stopped, "Shirube-san, are you leaving soon?"

"Eh?"

Emiko smiled, "It would be an honour if you would like to stay for at least the night. We insist."

"Oh… sure," Towa smiled, "But honestly, call me 'Towa-chan'!"

000

It was kind of sad after that; Emiko and Kosuke then asked her about their own time on earth and she had to tell them the truth. They accepted this fact and placed their only children into the care of Kosuke's sister, being unable to find Emiko's father, who was further off in the land.

Both children were to be daemon-tamers, she knew, and they had to be taught correctly. That was why Emiko and Kosuke found someone they trusted and that was the fact; it was in their hands.

Yet only one of the two would be pulled into the spiral of fate.

As for the other two children – Dark and Krad – they had been forced into isolation, from what she could see, but there was no way to deny fate, no matter how hard they tried. It was pathetic, really.

Towa sighed, looking up at the sky. It had been thirteen years since that time, and she hadn't aged a bit, it seemed. Yet the prophecy was going to go into play soon, and there was no way to hide from it.

It was just the beginning.

000

Okay… yeah. I'll be quiet now.

Reviews:

Hakudoshi-chan: Glad you enjoyed it :)

ginny brenn: Here's the update! Hope you enjoy it!

neko-nya: Dresses are evil, so yes, we're all in agreement now. Eheh… well, next chapter we find out what happen with those two and… yeah. Actually… I need to talk more about Daisuke's relative… if I can fit it in…

animefreaktyan: Aw… thanks for that. XD I sometimes question my abilities, but at least now I'm not that bad. Heh, I'm glad you liked the story and here's the update.

Kyo's little koneko: Actually, I'm throwing ideas around with the main plot-line, but hey, we can all improvise, right? Glad you like it.

Uhm… yeah. I'm very slowing working it out… and Dark and Krad STILL haven't met Daisuke and Satoshi! (sobs) They will eventually, but really, it's taking so long… ah well, see you next week and thanks to all who reviewed! (huggles)