Chapter 3

(Your POV)

You ordered the captain to round his men and prepare for battle as you ran for the throne room. You opened the main door to the throne room with a loud bang. Everyone seemed to now glance at you including the Pharaoh.

"My Pharaoh, my sincere apologies...but there is trouble at the west gate...we need one of the guardians...the troops can't hold them off much longer..." you apologized as you ran up closer noticing the same young man from last night now standing to his feet.

"Which shall we send?" your king questioned. You looked at the guy beside you and something told you to do this.

''You're the new guardian correct?'' you questioned.

"Yes..'' he replied looking at you strangely in a way you could not read.

''We're breaking you in...'' You replied grabbing hold of one of his wrists and pulling him away...

"What is going on?" he asked as you continued to pull him at a fast pace through the palace.

"We're calling upon your help and any guardian will do." you explained. You finally made it to the front gates where one of your men had two horses ready to ride.

"Get on one." You told the guardian as you quickly mounted your horse. You were impressed by his speed which told you he wasn't one of royalty whom was used to taking their time to mount. "Keep up Sir Seto... KIA!" you spoke as you ordered your horse to break forth. Once again he was a quick study and managed to come up beside you.

"You may know how to ride Sir Seto, but can you fight?" you asked briefly looking at him. He looked at you but you looked forward. He then looked the same direction as you as you came over a small hill where your men were engaged with the bandits. "HIYA!!" you ordered the horse so to help your men...

(Seto's POV)

You were stunned by her roughness. You had never expected a woman such as herself to do such as this. She just charged on as if she were a soldier prepared to fight at all costs. That's when it hit you. What if she got herself into trouble or worse killed. You quickly charged blindly into the battle field below. You looked for her worried that she was being too rash in her actions as you yourself fought off those who attacked you.

"Dark Fang Lord come forth!" came her voice as you saw a bolt of light come from where the palace was in the distance followed by a loud shrill. The shrill was not that of a human being.

"My lady!" you called following where her voice came from. You suddenly came to another ledge where you saw here not mounted and a strange beast with strange hair and a cape seeming to be wings and claws ready for an attack. She had her hands out as they seemed to be burning with flames. But she wasn't facing the monster and it not her. Instead they each had their backs to one another as they were surrounded by armed men.

"In the name of the Pharaoh you shall not take another step forth!" She yelled the men continued to hold up their weapons so to attack her.

"The Pharaoh has no stand over us! Nor do his servants!" one of the men yelled at her. You felt your anger reach its limit. How dare someone speak to her, a lady, in such a manor? She had no weapon but her hands and they all were armed which meant there was only one thing you could do.

You charged your horse over the short ledge where you landed right outside the circle of men and hurried forth.

"Grab my lady!" you quickly told her. She didn't waste her time and extended her hand where you grasped hold of it as your steed continued a full sprint. You held onto her tight and swung her onto your horse behind you.

"Dark Fang Lord executes!" She yelled looking back at the creature that obeyed her command and fought against the group that were now firing their arrows at the both of you. She quickly reached back as a strong force was thrown from her palm causing a large explosion.

The wind from the blast reached the two of you forcing her to turn back around and quickly grasp around your waist so to keep her balance on the horse. You shut your eyes do protect them from the blowing sand but opened them once the wind was over. That's when you realized her arms wrapped tightly around your waist line and her face buried in your back. Your body stiffened in surprise of her hold like so but your body then got over it as another part of you felt satisfied. One of your hands released itself from the reins of the horse and set itself on her arms where they wrapped around your stomach. She was startled by this and quickly released her arms while the horse was still in a sprint which caused her to loose her balance falling off the back with a yell.

"MY LADY!" You called quickly turning the horse around so to help the girl who was now on the ground. Before the horse even made it back, you dismounted and ran the rest of the way. "My Lady, are you alright?" you asked concerned as you went to help her up. She raised her hand signalling you to let her be as she pushed herself up out of the sand. "My Lady, are you alright?" you asked once more as she sat up. You kneeled down in front of her so to help her. She looked up at you with her soil brown eyes as you now helped her to her feet...

(Your POV)

Your thoughts were empty as you looked at a pair of sparkling Nile blue eyes. You didn't even notice yourself as you softly brought your hands to his upper arms so he could help you rise to your feet.

"Are you alright my lady?" he smoothly asked once again not breaking contact with your eyes.

"I believe I am." you replied somewhat out of breath.

You don't know how long you stood there only looking not even moving. You didn't know why this was happening, but it was. That's when you felt the warm sensation of his breath on your lips making you realize the closeness of the two of you.. Your face shot downwards quickly as the moment registered. You had let your guard down and it almost hurt you. You could not let such a thing happen again no matter the circumstances. You dropped your hands then quickly turned to the area you had come from. Bringing your fingers to your mouth, you gave a shrill whistle so to call your horse, but it didn't reply.

"It must have travelled back to the palace.." you murmured to yourself scanning the grounds. The battle was over and your troops had proven victorious by driving the bandits out. A few seconds later there was a shrill which you recognized having you look above you to see the Dark Fang Lord. You raised your arm so to call the creature back to its resting place until you would need him again. "Thank you for your help my friend.." You told the creature as it returned to its light form and darted to the area the kingdom would be.

"What was that thing?" came the Priest's voice. You turned around not looking at his eyes.

"They are creatures that we call shadow creatures in which we use to help us in battle." you replied softly as you looked at the thing around your wrist which showed you something you didn't expect to see. That's when...

(Seto's POV)

She looked at the metal around her wrist as shock took her features.

"I couldn't have used that much.." she whispered before you noticed her knees give way.

"My lady!" you gasped catching the female. You looked to see her eyes closed as if she were sleeping. "My lady?? My lady?" you spoke trying to wake the woman up. You did not know what was wrong with her and did not know what to do.

"LADY MAZA!" yelled a voice. You looked up to see one of the men running in your direction with more men behind him.

"What happened to her?" one of the soldiers asked.

"I do not know. She was calling off that monster one second, then she collapses right here the next" you explained. The one you suspected to have charge looked at the same thing on her wrist she examined before falling.

"She must be taken to Lady Kira immediately"

"What happened to her?" You asked the soldier.

"She only has so much power Sir Seto and she used too much in this battle when she added her shadow creature" he explained.

"I will take her back. You will take the troops and do a final search and make sure the threat is gone." You ordered as you picked the girl up without much effort and walked over to the horse given to you. You mounted the animal quickly with Maza still unconscious in your hold. You had her set with her back against your chest and her head leaning against your shoulder as you held her around her waist with one arm and controlling the steed with the other.

"Are you sure you have her Sir Seto?" the captain questioned.

"I am sure Captain. Now carry out the orders I gave you." you replied to him as you signalled for the horse to begin its run back to the palace as the sun began to set on the horizon...

(Kira's POV)

You were walking in a court yard when you hear the sound of your name. You looked up towards the doorway and saw master Rubin.

"There you are child." he spoke somewhat urgently.

"What's going on Master Rubin? Do you need me for something?" you asked walking up to the older man.

"You must come quickly Kira. Maza has returned but exceeded her limits in the fight" he explained to you. You were shocked at his words then soon became worried for your friend.

"Where is she?" You immediately asked you master.

"They are taking her to her quarters as I tell you this." he informed you.

"Thank you Master Rubin" you called as you ran as fast as your legs would carry you to where you friend was to be...

(Seto's POV)

"Where is she?" came a voice. You looked up and saw a girl about your age with long brown hair and blue eyes like your own. As you looked at her she looked like the young lady in the throne room today next to the Pharaoh's son.

"Are you Kira?" you asked. She only nodded at you before speaking once more.

"Where is she?"

You glanced at the door to the room and nodded in its direction. "I was told to place her in there and so I did." you told her.

She thanked you and hurried into the room. You gained some curiosity and followed her inside. The one you now knew as Kira seemed to be quickly tending to the unconscious Maza.

"How long will she be like this?" You asked. Kira looked at you briefly then back to her friend.

"I pray not long, and knowing her as I do I am right." She told you.

You just kept quiet and watched this girl do her job. She seemed to be quite skilled in the art of magic like Maza as you looked on. After some time passed, Kira just stepped back.

"That is all I can do now. She will just need some rest" You nodded and walked out of the room bumping in to someone on your way out. You looked and saw the Pharaoh himself.

"Seto, what are you doing here?" The Pharaoh asked you.

You immediately gave a bow in respect to the man and replied strongly, "I was the one who brought her here and waited to see if there was anymore assistance I could give." The Pharaoh smiled at you as put a hand on your shoulder.

"I commemorate you on such an action my boy, but I would believe Kira would have perfect control," he changed the direction of his glance from you to Kira, "How is she? I just received the news" he questioned. Kira walked over to the Pharaoh and bowed as well.

"She should be fine sir. Right now, all anyone can do for her is to let her rest since the danger she was in is now gone" The Pharaoh nodded in acknowledgement then left down the hallway. "Thank you Sir Seto. Your fast actions are greatly appreciated." Kira spoke as she herself stepped out of the room closing the door to the quarters.

"It was what I could do..." you replied with a nod. Kira sighed in exhaustion and walked into the next room which you suspected to be hers. You decided to follow her example and leave for your quarters...

(FF Couple days later)

(Your POV)

You were still quite tired despite the fact you had slept several days. It had been some time since you pushed yourself to your limits as you did several days ago, and it was still taking a toll on your body. You had decided to go out to an oasis nearby so to get out and cleanse yourself from the battle a couple days ago. You mounted your horse, which had found its way back to the stable as you had thought, and rode out nearby where the small oasis lay. You tied the steed to a nearby tree and set your things near the water's edge before slipping into the cool soothing liquid. The water was small but deep with a small waterfall at one end. It was the perfect place to do such a thing due to its calming sounds of the water softly running over the rocks above and into the water below. You were startled by the sound of the plants meaning someone was near.

"Who goes there!" You quickly yelled forcing all but your head under the water. You stayed there like that waiting until out from your left stepped...