Crimson eyes opened to the morning sun.

"Yawn…" Rei stretched her arms and looked out the window. She got out of her bed, and walked over to her brothers'.

"Wake up, Daven. It's morning. And you know what that means…" she said, excitedly,

"What..?" Daven grumbled,

"MARSHMALLOW FIGHT! And I'm a-gonna win this time!" she ran to get the bag.

"Oh, no you don't!" Daven screeched, chasing after her. Their laughter echoed around the temple.

"What the hell are you idiots doing?" a teenage girl with ebony skin and white hair stepped out of her room.

"Synval, watch out!" Rei yelled, her feet skidded against the ground. She managed to stop, but Daven (claws still scrambling against the tiles) smacked into her, and the three of them went flying into a very expensive vase. It fell and shattered.

"Oh, no!" cried Rei,

"What are we gonna tell mom!" asked Daven frantically. Rei started picking up the pieces,

We gotta hide these!" she said. The head priest entered the room, "Shinji!" Rei said, dropping the pieces. They shattered into smaller bits.

"What in Ilmater is going on?" asked the priest, Shinji.

"W-we, uh…" Daven stuttered. Turning, he noticed Synval was slipping away into her room, "Hey!" Daven yelled to her.

"They bumped me!" Synval yelled back.

"To think I was gonna take you little imbeciles to the market…" Shinji said in a tempting tone.

"Oh, we'll clean it up, sir!" Rei said, bowing happily, "Right, Daven..?" she nudged him.

"Alright, alright! Stop hitting me, or I'll tell mom!" Daven retorted.

Tell me what?" a woman said. She looked at the vase, "what happened here?" she asked.

"Lady Aribeth, I accidentally knocked over the vase, the children were simply helping me." Shinji explained.

"Yeah, but it was only an accident." Rei said.

"Just get it clean, okay? Then you can buy a new one at the market today, Shinji." she said sternly, then softened her voice, "and then you can have your daily marshmallow fight."

"Yay!" Daven said, flapping his wings. His tail hit a shard of the pot, flinging it into the wall. It shattered more.

"Go on, now…" she gritted her teeth, "Synval! Get this mess cleaned up!"

"What! But I didn't have anything to do with it!" she yelled angrily.

"Well, you can consider this make-up for the crap you pulled on Wednesday. Remember the maple syrup slip-up'?" Aribeth taunted, "You're fifteen years old, act more mature!"

Mature! Rei and Daven throw marshmallows! And you let them!" Synval watched angrily as the three of them walked out the temple door, "fine! I'll clean it up…" Synval stormed away to get a broom, mumbling to herself.

"Finally, we got out of there!" Daven sighed, walking on all fours.

" Yeah… now, um, why exactly are we going to the market, Shinji?" asked Rei,

"It is time you start your training to become a guardian." He replied, contently.

"A… guardian?" Rei asked.

"you are the chosen ones to stop Tyfomarrar and Trigon." Shinji said.

"Wow, I never knew it! But then again…" Rei looked at her wings, and at Daven, "we do seem kinda different."

"It is said that you will be granted great strength and power when you defeat them." He said.

"Now we're talking!" cheered Daven.

"Hey, we're here!" Rei said. She ran over to a ramen stand and picked up a box, "Mmm… I am kinda hungry…"

"Mine." A young boy with wings like hers snatched the box from her hands and ran.

"HEY! You little… GET BACK HERE!" Rei yelled angrily at the kid and chased after him.

"Rei!" Daven flew after them. The kid ran into a cave. It was dark, wet, and really foggy. Rei stopped at the entrance and tried to catch her breath and view the cave.

Hey!" her voice echoed around the cave walls, "Hello! Anyone?" she saw a few people emerging from the caves shadows. There were seven of them, Rei counted, "Are you all orphans?"

"Who are you?" a young girl with pigtails asked. She was holding a boys hand.

"Me? I'm…" she began,

"REI! Thank god I found you! Shinji's gonna be so maaad…" Daven panted.

"Hey, who are they?" he asked.

"Orphans, I believe. I think they live here. And you," she pointed to the boy who

stole the ramen, "must feed them all."

The kid, still holding the box said "Don't trust them, Elvie. They're from the

temple. I saw them." He pointed a Rei and Daven with his sharp little claws. Many

gasps came from inside the cave and a dog growled.

"They are?" said the boy holding Elvies' hand.

"Get behind me, Arden." She said to the boy. A big dog stood next to her and so did a girl

with a brown ponytail.

"Hey, its okay, were not bad!" Rei stuttered. She kneeled and held out her hand, "C'mon,

you can live with us! We have plenty of room and food in the temple!" A boy wearing a blue cloak stepped forth.

"You appear to be the same as us… I'm going with them." Another young half-dragon boy with strange tattoos followed behind the cloaked kid. The ramen thief said,

"Elvie, what do you think?"

"hmm… I think I will go too. What about you, Jiro?" she asked the ramen thief.

"I don't know, but if you go, then I'll go too." Jiro said, "Kyo, do you want to go… are you sure?" he asked the tattooed boy.

"Come on, its all right! The temples not a bad place!" Daven said, "If you can get past Shinji…"

"all right! Were going!" Elvie said confidently, her demon tail flicking in the air.

"Follow me!" Rei said. The one known as Kyo said, " I-I want to go too." Jiro was amazed

"You got Kyo to speak!" he said to Rei.

"What, he doesn't talk often?" she turned to Kyo, "you can come, too. Its okay." She said assuringly.

"Th-thank you…" Kyo said, nervously looking down at his feet, with his tail in his hands.

"Don't be shy, c'mon, let's go!" Daven said, "Oh, there he is…"

"Ah, Shinji, we…" Rei began.

"Where have you been!" he demanded.

"I found some orphans. They have nowhere to go. Don't crush their hopes… can they stay here, please? They look like me…" Rei tried to explain.

"Yes, but Aribeth wont be too happy about this." Shinji pondered.

"Well… we'll just have to sweet talk her, then, huh?" Daven said.

"Daven!" Rei reprimanded, "I'll talk to her sir." She entered the temple.

LATER AT THE TEMPLE…

"Hey, they can stay!" Rei cheered.

"Yay!" Elvie jumped happily, the dog barked excitedly, sensing something good was happening. Arden smiled, Kyo sighed. Jiro laughed and spun Kyo in circles. The cloaked kid didn't move.

"I'll show you to your rooms. Elvie, Arden and… what's your dogs name?" Rei asked.

"Oza." Arden replied shyly.

"Right. You three will sleep in one room. And the rest of you will sleep in another. They're really big rooms and there's enough beds, so there nothing to worry about. Follow me!"