.:.Chapter I - Planning The Tide.:.

Light elegant midnight blue hair seemed to wave in the wind as his stormy eyes locked onto the outside world and it's contents. He was never able to travel outside the castle gates...there had been an accident awhile back because of him leaving the castle grounds. Because he was the next heir to the throne, Tyson would never be able to escape this land, of course he could run away..but they'd find him, he was much too imporant to lose.

Tyson wore an outfit specially fit for him. Heir's were all born with a unique style, and because Tyson was an heir, he had a unique style. His clothings only fit him, not one else. They could practically be alike..but his clothes would only match for him. His hair was lightly tied back in a golden locket of sort, also specially design for him. Tyson didn't really understand why he couldn't wear "normal" clothes, his mother insisted that he wear the traditional heir outfit.

The heir outfit had to consist of showing much skin, so he could show off what he had upon his body. It wasn't skin...it was the "Heir Tribute". The heir tribute aloud one to look at an heir's body and immediatly fall head over heels in lust and love..mostly lust though. If one where to love an heir, but the heir didn't return the favor, it'd be pure lust. If the heir loved someone, but they didn't love him back, the same would happen, the one looking at an heir's body would fall head in lust. Now if an heir loved someone and this someone loved the heir back, it'd be a mixture of lust and love. Most people of this world wanted heir's to fall in love with heir's, because then the spell would break for the two and pure love would be between them. Of course...this hardly worked, the heir's had to love each other. The people that didn't love this idea was because they wanted the heir all to themselves. When you "make love" or in other terms, have sex, with an heir, the pleasure would be so much, no other pleasure was like it. Because of that, people resort to kidnapping heir's. Some were able to get an heir...some weren't.

The outfit Tyson wore was to tempt people almost...when Tyson saw their begging eyes, he just wanted to shield away from them, never to let anyone see his body. He couldn't though..his mother wanted him to get married soon, he was of age after all. The age to get married was 16, well for his country it was. His best friend, Max, the heir to Draciel, marriage age was 18. Tyson had just turned 16 and Max was on his way in about two to three months.

"Ty-Chan?" Came a soft voice from behind him.

Turning around, Tyson gave a soft smile to his friend. "Max, shouldn't you be getting ready?" Tyson asked, tilting his head. Max gave a small grin and walked over to the window where Tyson was leaning against. "The party will start in about two hours..."

Max rolled his eyes, looking outside. "I know...You shouldn't be talking, you're not ready one bit. At least I have my clothes together...just not on me." Both of them chuckled. "..What are you looking at out here?" Max asked.

Tyson shrugged, turning to look back outside. "I wasn't really looking...just thinking. You know me, I practically dwell on the past."

Max nodded his head, understanding. "My father always told me to never think about the past..because of my memories being erased, he said I probably would kill myself if I were to ever remember..but I don't know what he doesn't want me remembering. He hardly tells me anything now these days."

That was right. Both of them had had their memories erased, Tyson by his mothers and Max by his fathers. Tyson, also, didn't know what his mother wanted him to not remember. But sometimes...Tyson will think about this person. This person only comes out when he's really thinking or dreaming...sometimes he'll show up in a nightmare and be the "Knight in Armor". However, the only thing Tyson could remember about this person...was deep blood crimson eyes...They eyes of a person living in the city of Dranzer. Tyson could have found this person probably...that is, if the city wasn't destroyed. Dranzer was a warrior type of city, where Dragoon, his city, was one for peace. Sure Dranzer never made war against anyone, they were just known to be those who followed for war. The people of Dranzer each had dark crimson eyes, no matter who they mated with. If one were to ever mate with a person from Dranzer, their child would hold the traditional crimson eyes. Dranzer...was just dominant in those fields.

"Tyson? Tyson!" Max whined, reaching over to poke his friend.

Blinking away his thoughts, Tyson turned his head towards Max. "You say something?" He asked.

Max rolled his eyes, getting from leaning against the window. "I told you I'm leaving to get ready. I'll see you at the party...alright?" Max asked, giving Tyson a kind smile. Tyson nodded his head and watched Max leave.

"...I hate it when I get lost in my thoughts."

"KAI YOU OPEN THIS FUCKING DOOR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I KICK IT DOWN!" There was a moment of silence and finally and irritated growl. "OPEN THE DOOR! YOU HAVE TWO SECONDS...ONE...TWO! I'M BREAKING THE DAMN DOOR!"

The figure lying on the bed smirked. He pulled the blankets above his head before the door to his room was rudely opened. A crimson haired boy entered the room, pouting. He wore dark grey pants with a dark maroon belt and a split skirt around his waist. He was shirtless, save for the crossing black threads over his chest. Just above mid arm were two maroon sleeves with black linings on them. The sleeves stopped right at his fingertips, where one could see black gloves. A black choker around his neck held the threads that crossed over his chest. And in the back was a black hood that lent against his back. His shoes were the normal style of boots upon this world, it was basically all he could afford. He appeared to be around the age of 16, maybe early 17.

He walked over to the bed, looking down at the hidden boy. "Kai...C'mon, Enrique needs to speak with us. It's another mission...I kicked your door down, I won't hesitate to drag you to the meeting."

The figure pulled the blankets back, his smirk still present. "I doubt you could touch me, Tala. You're still training under Bryan and we all know...I'm much stronger then Bryan." Kai said. He gave a deep chuckle when the other boy pouted and turned around.

"Get dressed and meet us down stairs. Everyone's waiting for you." Tala said and began to walk out.

Kai watched the younger one leave before hopping out of bed. He stretched, giving a small yawn while doing so. "Stupid missions...Oh well, this one may be good." He muttered to himself, walking over to his closet. Kai had a mixture of two colors in his hair, both colors were a bit darkish, just like his mood and attitude. His eyes were that belonging the people of Dranzer...blood crimson.

Pushing open the closet, Kai took out a couple of pieces of clothes to wear. Once all the clothes were piled onto his bed, Kai grabbed the first garment. No, he dind't need to take off any clothes...he wasn't wearing any. Slipping on a black long sleeved shirt that ended just below his chest and reached up to his neck, Kai adjusted the shirt just a bit before grabbing another piece of cloth. The next material was a dark crimson sleeveless shirt that was much shorter then the black under shirt. He slipped on this shirt. Next came his lower garments. Kai didn't bother with under garments, nobody on the ship hardly wore any anyways. He took a pair of black tight pants and slipped them on. There were a few holes here and there upon the pants, but hey, he wasn't the richest person on this forsaken world. After slipping on the tight pants, Kai grabbed a belt that matched his shirt color. The belt slipped off his hips...just the way he liked it. A chain that was attacked to the pants dangled on his side, Kai found it to be annoying when he was in a tight situation and the jingle of the chain gave off his position. He placed black fingerless gloves on his hand, though the gloves mostly stayed hidden under his long sleeved under shirt. Slipping on some black boots and running a ran hand through his hair, the great Kai was ready for this meeting.

Kai slipped out of his room. He examined the empty hall way. What did such a huge ship like this hold only six people, one being himself? The ship held many many rooms...Sometimes, Kai thought his boss, Enrique, was the biggest nut out there. Beginning his walk towards the meeting room, Kai thought about what their next mission could hold. They were supposed to be on a vacation...well...a break if you call it that, but Enrique wanted more money and, thus, this ment more missions to accomplish. They had just recently gotten a new crime helper named Rei.

No one knew much about him, he was quiet...but fun to be around with. Rei had been with the group for about a month now and so far, he and Kai got into the worst troubles, both on mission and on the ship. Rei was now Kai's best friend and partner in crime, as Enrique had agreed that Tala and Kai could no longer worked together because Tala would call up a storm when he worked with Kai. Tala had come onto this ship about a year ago, and that was because Kai's team mate, Bryan, had kidnap him...sort of. Tala hardly revealed any of his past to anyone, but they did know something that no one else knew...Wolborg, the city that Tala had come from, had chosen Tala to hold out the spirit beast within Wolborg...of course Tala couldn't summon him just yet for he hadn't trained. Bryan had come from Folborg, a city lying far off the corner of the land of Dragoon. Oliver, the other one of the team, worked along side Enrique, though he was more naive and innocent to the work Enrique gave. Oliver mostly cooked for the team and helped organize the ship or help fly the ship, he never went on a mission. Enrique and Oliver had both been stranded in the woods when they were babies, but people had taken care of them. As for Kai...he was like Rei, he didn't remember his past at all. It was just hazy. All Kai remembered was joining up with Enrique...and just walking the lands. He had come to the ship when Enrique had first built it with Oliver...that was when Kai was probably 8 years of age. Kai remembered walking in the woods for what seemed like forever...and he came across Enrique and Oliver and decided to help them.

Over time, Kai began to be the best thief. Enrique sent him on most missions because of his experience. But not only was he one of the best, but so was Rei. Rei didn't know how he was so good at being a thief, he just was. Their missions usually consisted of stollen goods and giving away money to the poor. They never had done anything with murder, maybe knocked out a few men, but never murdered anyone. They didn't burn down villages for revenge. They didn't really kidnap, Tala had basically come on his free will for wanting to get out of Wolborg. All in all, they could be considered..."good" thieves, if you look at it from the poor men and woman and children's side of view.

Knocking softly on the door, Kai waited for the door to open and to get rid of the misson Enrique wanted done. Before Kai had tooken his nap, the ship was ported at some dock...but now the ship was moving, probably headed towards their destination for the mission at hand. When no one answered the door, Kai had two thoughts in mind. One; no one was there yet. Two; Tala was still angry and him and refused to open the door or let anyone open the door.

Kai chose the second choice. Giving a heated glare at the door, Kai made a fist with his hand. "If no one opens this door then I'm leaving and won't participate in the next mission." Kai warned. "And I'll break the damn door down...Tala already ruined mine!"

There was a chuckle before the door unlocked, revealing the red head from earlier. "So nice of you to meet us, Sunshine." Tala said before turning around and letting Kai enter the room.

In the room, Enrique was sitting at a round table, which was known as the "mission" table. Tala had taken a seat next to a lavender haired boy named Bryan. Oliver wasn't present...Enrqiue made sure not to make him present as Oliver was too naive to even listen to their missions. Kai didn't understand why. Then, laying down upon the table, was none other then...Rei, Kai's partner in crime. "Hey neko boy, off the table." Kai said with a smirk.

Rei looked at him before sticking his tongue out at Kai very childishly. "Bite my ass, phoenix boy." Kai rolled his eyes at the poor excuse for a combat against his insult.

"So Enrique, what amazing missions do we have?" Tala asked, looking at Enrique with a bored and annoyed face.

Enrique chuckled before shooing Rei off the table. Reaching behind him, Enrique seemed to "magically" pull out a map of some sort. He placed the map down onto the table. It was almost like one of those blueprint maps, even containing what appeared to be secret doors and rooms. "...What the fuck is this?" Kai asked. "This must be imporant treasure...why else would be needing a map."

Giving the same act as Rei, Enrique stuck his tongue out at Kai. "Well, shut up and listen. This, my friends, is a map of...a castle."

"We could see that, moron." Tala muttered.

After shooting a glare at Tala, Enrique continued. "All of you, shut the hell up. I'm trying to explain. This is a map of the richest land upon our world...Any ideas onto which castle this belongs to?"

Rei grinned, jumping out of his seat. "It's a map of...Dranzer!"

Kai smacked Rei upside his head. "That was years ago that Dranzer was the richest land...It's Dragoon you baka." Rei chuckled, rubbing his head and muttering something upon the lines of "I knew that". Kai turned back to the map. "So, what special treasure must we seek?"

"First...I'm giving the orders out." Enrique said before turning to Tala and Bryan. "Tal, Bry, you both are going to be...how should I say this...expose of the guards in any way. Flirt, steal, anything, just get them away from the gates for a moment for Rei to get in. Because Rei's a neko-jin, he can use his speeding abilites to get pass the gate without anyone seeing him. Once Rei's inside," Enrique pointed towards the large circular wall surrounding the castle. "He's going to go around the wall and find the locked vent on the side, where Kai will be waiting for him. Then, Kai and Rei will enter the castle as "guest" to see the party inside the castle. They both capture the treasure and we'll get the hell out of here. Everyone clear?"

Turning his eyes from the map, Kai gave an annoyed look towards Enrique. "And please mention the damn thing we're stealing."

Enrique gave a nervous laugh. "Well..." He flipped over the map, revealing another picture. This time, it was two boys that the group knew too well. Enrique pointed down at them...

"What, they're necklaces?" Rei asked, seeing that Enrique's finger was, indeed, pointing at a midnight haired boys necklace. "I heard their specially made and won't fit on anyone "normal", you have to be an heir to wear it."

The group leader gave a small glare towards Rei. "No, baka, we're stealing the whole deal...both whole deals."

Tala about jumped out of his seat. He shook his head, placing both hands on the table. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Enrique, we are not kidnapping the heir's! That's like...ultra murder after torture for us all! Even Oliver would be tortured if anyone found out...WE'D DIE! You've gone off the deep end Enrique, I don-"

Bryan clamped a hand over Tala's mouth and pulled the boy back to his seat. Bryan then turned to Enrique. "Explain to us more about this job, what's in it for us?"

"...The heir's are in much danger."

The group blinked. "And...since when has this concerned us?" Tala asked, calming down from his outburst just a moment ago. "I mean, we don't care what happens to them, they're like...higher rating this us...AND WE CAN DIE!"

After giving Tala an irritated growl, Kai turned to Enrique. "Tala's right...this is too risky for us. What point is it in for us? We'd be on the run 24 / 7 for the rest of our lives, even if we don't accomplish the mission. The heir's are none of our concern." Kai muttered.

"Aw, but they look so cute. Especially the blond," Rei pointed out, having turned back to the poster. "How do you know they're in danger?" Rei asked.

Enrique sighed, leaning back in his chair. "A man off the border of Draciel and Dragoon is planning an attack. The whole town is with him on this, but they're keeping it secretive...It's the town of Wolborg." This seemed to catch everyone's attention. "You know who it is, Tala...He's planning on kidnapping those two heir's. Sure, we shouldn't get involved...but it'll make it worth our while."

Kai snorted, placing a hand under his chin. "How so, may I ask?"

"The "Heir Tribute". The tribute allows any person to lay eyes on the heir's full body to be over powered by passion...the sex, from what I've heard, is even better. Sure we shouldn't do anything to the heir's, but if they give us consent to do anything, what harm to us could it do? Plus, they'd make excellent thieves until we drop them off at the Folborg Temple...Come on, what do you guys say?"

"...I say you're a dead Enrique when I come back with those two heir's." Kai muttered, standing up. "I'm in for the mission, but I lay out the rules for the heir's. No one, none of us, are aloud to touch them without their consent. We treat them with respect, actually, with high respect. We do our best to get them to see our side of life. By all means, make sure the heir's are safe." Kai turned to Rei. "You in for it, Rei?"

Rei smirked, standing up. "Of course I am! I call the blond!" Kai rolled his eyes...but he had to admit it, the bluenette had been on his mind ever since he saw the picture. But somehow...in the back of Kai's mind, he could have sworn that he's seen that boy before...maybe it was his imagination. "Woohoo! Rei to Kai, Rei to Kai! Calling in Omega!" Rei poked Kai's shoulder, making him come out of the back of his mind.

"Hn?"

Giving a cat-like grin, Rei looked down at the poster. "I said, what do you think the party is for?"

Kai shrugged, getting up from his seat and walking over to the door. "No idea...I even doubt Enrique would know. Let's just get going."

"Right behind you!" Rei yelled. He gave one last glance at the blond in the poster before chasing after Kai and the others.

.:.End Of Chapter I.:.