Chapter Seven:

Mirihanna was intensively listening to Sorata conversation with Syaoran. He was explaining how each person had a Kudan or a God attacked to them. She felt that it was very comfortable having a God watching over her. In her Country, they also had Gods, but they didn't interact like Kudan's do.

"Did you felt the feather Mokona?" Asked Arashi snapping Mirihanna out of her thought.

"Mokona did but Mokona lost it…." The furry creature said with a sad frown. Arashi seemed to be deep in though.

"Maybe the feather is in something that appears and disappears…" She finally said.

"Like a Kudan!" Syaoran said.

"True…" Started the mage "If it is a Kudan, it can appear and disappear.."

"If the Kudan disappears, the feather's presence will also…" Finished Kurogane.

"But Mokona doesn't know which one has it!" The creature said sweetly.

After a long conversation, they concluded that the Feather had to be in a strong Kudan, since Sakura's Feathers were also very very powerful.

"Alright then! Tomorrow is a new day and now we have a narrowed path to find Sakura's Feather! Time to eat! Fay-san Kurogane-san, come and help!

After a very long dinner, Mirihanna and the others were finally lead to their sleeping rooms. Syaoran and Sakura had one room and Kurogane, Fay and Mirihanna had another room.

"Fwee what a feast! The whine was great as well!" Said the mage lying on the floor with his furry jacket as a pillow. Kurogane just made a sound of annoyance and sat on a corner. Mirihanna was the last entering the room, she picked another corner and quietly sat there.

"Mia-Chaan, you're such a quiet girl! Don't tell me you're like Kuro-po." She looked into the Mage's blue eyes reflected by the moonlight while he smiled at her.

"What do you mean like me!? And it's KUROGANE you stup…"

"Sorry if I gave the wrong impression…" She started, gaining the men's attention. They barely heard her speak through the night.

"It's just that I wasn't used to hang with many people at the same time…" Kurogane gave a serious look at her, almost trying to read her thoughts.

"I guess… I lack of social skills." She gave a weak smile and Fay returned it.

"Heh Mia-Chan, were you living alone back in your world?" Mirihanna thought for a second what to answer.

"Most of the time…"

Mirihanna said her goodnights and quickly felt asleep. For months she had no bed to sleep so tonight was a welcoming night for her. Soon enough she felt into the world of dreams.

A strong man was patiently sharpening his blade at the bottom of a stream. The sound of bird surrounded him in those woods. His hair was long and brown and was tied in a high ponytail. He was in the middle of a training break. Thirty beasts have been slayed by his hand that day and still, he felt weak. His training was still in the beginning. He heard a rustling behind him near the bushes. With his mall pointy ears he listened closely and gave a small smile.

"So soon today, my Lady?" he said, not looking behind. A girl with silvery hair walked from the bushes, picking some leafs stuck in her hair with annoyance.

"Do you have to come this deep in the woods?" She snapped. "And enough with the Lady." He now looked behind and gave a big laugh.

"What? What is it? Does Mother nature upset you?" He smirked.

"Why yes, it does. I prefer the comfort of my home and my garden…which is nothing like this." She said in a sigh.

"Why do you come here anyway?" She rested her hands on her waist and looked around. It was a sunny day and the trees made a small opening, letting the sunlight glitter in the stream.

"Because it is peaceful. And it is far away from those goon heads in the barracks."

"Urgh…" She started and knelled beside him in the green grass, resting her weigh on her left arm.

"I just don't understand why exactly our Emperor choose you to lead them in the first place." The girl said, playing with the grass. In the meantime, he kept sharpening his tool.

"Maybe it is my good looks." He winked. "I doubt it, sir." She once again snapped in a playful way.

"Anyway, why are you here so soon? You usually come when the sun goes down."

"I've finished my duties earlier." She simply said "And decided to see you."

"Ah. You just can't resist my charms, isn't it?" He joked, crossing his arms.

The girl slightly blushed with his words but quickly snapped out of it.

"How dare you. Don't think such things, Ryu." She stood up and crossed her arms.

"You are my personal guard. Act like one." His teasing was annoying her greatly now, she almost babbled those last words.

"Only if you act like my Lady…" Ryu finally said with a smirk in his lips. She puffed her cheeks. Suddenly another rustlings were heard.

Ryu quickly looked in its direction, analyzing what was coming. His face was serious. The girl took a step back with caution. Whatever was coming, it was coming fast and it their direction. She was afraid that it would be some kind of beast and she also knew that being seen was never to good for them.

"Go hide." Ryu simply said. She quickly hid behind the trees and bushes were once she came.

Three armored sturdy men stood from the bushes in the other side of the stream. Ryu carefully looked at them with no expression. The men sharply noticed his ears and made a fighting position.

Ryu, with his blade still in his hand frowned his eyebrows and tried to play it cool.

"Greeting travellers, are you lost today?"

"You are one of them, aren't ya boy?" One of them said with no hesitation. Ryu smirked.

"One of what?"

The group of men glared at his false ignorance.

"Take us to your land. Our Lord demands a meeting with your Emperor." They said pointing their spears at him.

"Not a chance. Our Emperor does not want to bargain with the like of Mortals."

The girl watched intensively the conversation. Lately the humans have been bothering them constantly for some reason she did not know. For ages they have been left aside to live peaceful lives, but now, times of war were beginning to rise. Many times the Emperor tried to appease them but to no avail.

'Humans are such greedy creatures.' She though.

"One step closer and you will all meet the maker." Ryu said now with a dead serious expression.

"Oh. Is that so?" A voice came from the bushes, the soldiers quietly laughed. A small old man dressed in a robe appeared from it with his hand behind his back.

Ryu immediately recognized him. It was Grimma, the sorcerer, known from his powerful magic and the summoning of beastly creatures. The old man's aura burst with dark power. He reached his hand and a ball of fire started growing from his palm. Ryu quickly charged, jumping the stream with ease, only to be intercepted by other soldiers. It was a whole army in front of him.

"Mirihanna, go back." She was about to protest from her hiding spot but quickly shut her mouth when she heard a loud 'NOW'. She hesitated, but began to run back to the castle. Ryu heard her soft steps and smirked.

"Now for you gentlemen…" He said darkly in a tone of threat.

Mirihanna gasped in her sleep. She sat up and rested her elbow on her knees with her head down. She brushed her hand through her silvery white hair and took a deep breath.

' A memory…' She thought to herself. ' A bad memory.' Questions of doubt filled her mind now.

' Let us hope that this trip's not in vain…' she quietly laid again on her bed not noticing the glances of the men she shared the room.

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for the comments, I really appreciate them! So, in this chapter we start to scratch the surface of Mirihanna's past and history... I hope things are getting interesting for you guys! Thanks for reading!