Ok, here is the third chappy for today. I hope you like it.

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 Chapter 11: When We Were Young

A Few Years Later
A young girl about the age of nine, stood in the family's garden. She had dark hair and brown eyes. She was alone and the wind whipped her hair around. She was bored and she wanted some excitement. The stone walls kept her from seeing the world. She was only allowed to go as far as the gardens. She was very pretty for her age but she believe she wasn't pretty enough. She looked at the same old flowers that kept her company for most of her life. She would talk to them, telling them how much she wanted to be free. As powerful as she is, she couldn't attain the freedom that she yearned for so badly.

She started to walk down a dirt path back to the fortress when she heard a guard yell. "Thief! Get him!" She turned around to see a few guards running. She followed them. She reached the courtyard. They surrounded a little boy that was around his age. He had black hair and deep purple eyes. What caught her attention was his tail that shook behind him.

"Ok, Demon. Give those back!" Men surrounded him.

"No! There mine! I picked theses apples! Have the right to keep them!"

"You thief! Trespasser! You stole those from the royal garden. It's forbidden! Only the family is allowed there!" Now give them back! Don't make us hurt you, little boy!"

"But I'm hungry! Can I please keep one? He clutched the apples closer to him. She watched as he started to look frantically around and leaped into the air.

One man grabbed his tail and yanked him down, back to earth. He lost hold of his cargo, letting them scatter everywhere. His eyes followed the biggest apple roll away, and it stopped by a girl's foot. He looked up to see the prettiest girl he had ever seen. They made eye contact. Her beauty hypnotized him but he didn't see the guards running toward him. They grabbed hold of him.

"Let go of me!" He fought back as the men restrained him. "I didn't hurt nobody! I just wanted to eat!"

"Let go of him!" She cried. All the guards looked at her.

"Princess Uriko?!" They all bowed in her presence. "Bow down, boy!" One man kicked him down.

"Please let go of him."

One man got up and stood in front. "But this animal is a thief. He crept into the garden and..."

"But it's only apples. There are plenty around here. A few apples gone is not going to harm nobody." She picked up the apple by her foot and cleaned it against her kimono. The guards release him and he swished his tail in frustration.

"Now, please leave us." Uriko waved her hand. The guards bowed and left at once. The boy watched as they left. The girl walked up to him and reached her hand out with the apple. "You still want it?" She smiled.

"Is this a trick?" He gave her a worried look. "I don't want to die so soon. I mean..."

She giggled. "No silly. This is not a trick. Here take it. You defended it with your life."

He slowly reached his hand out and looked at her. She gave him another warm smile. "Thanks!" He took it and took a huge bite out of it. He licked his little fangs as the sweet juice rolled around his mouth. Uriko watched him eat the rest in three more big bites, before throwing the core away. "Thanks, I was really hungry."

"I see."

He slowly looked at the ground with an ashamed look.

"What's wrong?"

He got on one knee and bowed. "I am greatly in your debt. I'll do anything to repay what you have done. I shouldn't have disturbed such a beautiful flower with my disgraceful presence."

"Flower? Beautiful? I'm not beautiful. I don't think you presence is a disgrace."

He looked up at her and quirked his eyebrow. "What do you mean? Haven't you seen your self in the mirror lately?"

"No." She helped him up.

"You're weird. I'll tell you now. You're very beautiful."

"Really?" She blushed.

"Yep He smiled at her. He heard someone coming. "I think I should go. I think you parents are coming."

"Will you come back?" She didn't want him to go.

"Maybe." He turned around.

"Where do you live?" She asked. She wanted him here as long as he could stay. So what better way to keep him here than to ask questions.

"No where. I wander around."

"Why? Where are your parents?"

"Dead." He leaped on top of the stone wall that surrounded the courtyard. He looked down at her. "As I said before, I am greatly in your debt. I will repay you somehow."

"Before you go, what is you name?"

"My name? Why do you want to know? No one has ever asked for my name before."

"Because I just want to know."

"Well, if you want to know, it's Mouko." He looked behind her and saw men coming. "I have to go, bye!" He leaped away.

"Mouko." She whispered as her parents came and crushed her with a hug.

Note: And thats is how they met each other when they were young. The next chapter will eplain more about them. I know i dispointed you guys alot so don't hate me much, ok?

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