Underneath the earth lived a child of 6. They've been awoke for 3 hours, screaming pleadingly for help, but the only help received was that of an slave seller.

He picks her up and immediately takes notice to her eyes, and his seemed to gleam.

'Interesting~.'

He took her "home" and told them the child was staying with them.

5 years have passed and abuse us all that was given to the child of age 11.

After being flung out into a pile of glass a person takes her to a castle, however they never noticed their smirk until--

*cue people chatting*

"Tsk!" A person opens their eyes before growling through their teeth as they get up, adjust their clothing and place see-through bandages over their eyes.

"People are so damn annoying." They say before placing their hold up walk from the alley they were in and into the streets of a certain "city".

While walking she came to a stop in the middle of the road by a horse drawn carriage with a green haired boy holding the reigns.

The boy just looks at them before they walk off, leaving a curious greenette behind.

"Whoa there~!! Where you heading on your own~?"

He chases after the figure, completely forgetting about the carriage and the people in it.

"Ugh! When will the ignorant moron learn." a tan buff man asks in annoyance.

A sigh was heard as a child, with black hair and Royal themed clothing, looks out the carriage window displeased.

"Nothing we can do but wait."

The buff man in blue shirt sighs and growls in acknowledgement.

"Very well, your highness." He nods his head before a head of green catches his eyes, but he narrows them at the sight of a hooded figure trying to slip away.

"Brau, let's fetch Gordy."

The man, Brau, nods and heads out first before escorting his highness out to the greenette, Gordy, and the hooded figure, who grabs hold of the greenette and places an middle finger to a pressure point on his neck, making him and the other two weary that they mean business.

"Easy there, we won't cause trouble."

They scoff keeping their guard up as Brau circles them.

"If that's so, then tell me why you didn't call back your flee."

The greenette growls as the other two stifle laughs, but the figure grows to show no humor and threw the hostage down before ninja flipping over Brau and disappearing through crowd, leaving a stunned Prince, a shock Brau, and a scared Gordy.

"That was horrifying!!" The Prince rolls his eyes as he continues to hear his whines. "And all I wanted was to see her eyes." His pouted words caught him as he began to think, where as the figure, now claimed a girl, hides herself into another alley, taking off her cloak and loosening her bandages to point where they hang around her neck and leans against the wall.

She growls as she then takes sip of her special drink, she made, and sighs in relief.

"God people are so annoying." She says and looks to the blaring sun, not realizing a pair of eyes on her until she goes to take a sip and looks to her right to see an wide eyed Prince.

Her eyes widen slightly, before she drops her drink, and grabs her cloak running away from the Prince telling her to wait.

'Fat chance.'

He continues to match her speed, taking his cape off in the process.

'She's fast!!'

Just when he thinks he lost her, a series of curses were heard, but what caught his attention was the scream of a familiar voice.

His eyes widen as his heads towards it only to see the person was the girl he was chasing in a pile of glass, with the man responsible retreating inside.

She slowly gets up using the wall and crates for support, and spits out, way to dark, blood while also biting her tongue to pull out the piece of glass in her right side, earning wide eyes from the Prince.

'She's tough.'

He carefully approaches her and holds his hands up in defense for she snarled.

"Easy, I'm not going to harm you."

She scoffs.

"Tell that to my side and tongue, your kind sure has their way with females!!!" He sweat drops at the girl words, who is fixing her own wound back facing him, while mentally stating how blunt she was for it.

'This girl obviously has no idea who I am.' That when an idea clicked for him and he sighs.

"Then how about introductions?" He asks, as she raises a brow before facing him with closed eyes.

"And why would I want to??" His eye twitched at her question, as he inhale and exhaled.

"So I can demonstrate that I am no threat." He says, trying to sound calm.

Key word, try.

"Sure as hell don't sound like it." She crosses her arms unimpressed head turned slightly from an annoyed boy.

"Your not going to make this easy are you?" He questions however he felt as if he already know the answer.

"Nope." she answered nonchalantly turning her head back towards the prince.

However it was then did he take notice to the wound on her right side, as well as all the burns upon her skin, but what caught him most was the scar over her left eye.

His eyes soften, but went unnoticed by her with her eyes closed.

He then got curious.

"Why do you have your eyes closed?"

She remains quiet and places the bandages around her neck on her eyes, giving him the impression that she doesn't want to talk about it.

He sighs and holds his hands up in defense.

"Look I'm not going to treat you the way you've just been." She snarls at him, as if saying 'don't freakin' remind me', which causes him to raise his hands up even more. "So I'm going to court you."

She raises a brow and immediately looks his way.

"Okay. I know your "Rich" and all, but how is courting me helping anyone?" He just blinks as she continues. "Cause that phrase is what gave me my impressions on males."

His eyes widen, as she sighs and leans against the wall, swiping her long dark brown bangs from her face.

"Then, could we be... friends??" "Why the hell did that sound like a question?" "Just answer it!!"

She scoffs and says "No" which makes the prince growl.

"But you didn't say anything about acquaintances." He immediately looks up to her as she turns to face him. "So how 'bout it?"

'Heh, a dealer, and a interesting one at that.' He smirks before looking to the Dark brunettes eye bandages.

"I can live with that." He holds out his hand. "I'm The Midnight Sun King of Atlantia, Yaiba Byakuyaou." She was quiet before sputtering, catching him completely off guard, as she waves her hand to dismiss it.

"Sorry, it's just I've been mentally calling you "Princie" the entire time~!!" His eye twitches as she falls to the ground laughing.

He clears his throat and states that he doesn't like that name, and holds out his hand while she groans before accepting his hand to get up.

She dusts off her black mini-skirt before turning to Yaiba and re-grabs his hand.

"My name is Verruca." He blinks. "Bearruka???"

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"VERRUCA!!!! WITH A FREAKIN' 'V'!!!!!"

He sweat drops at her immediate reaction to him saying her name wrong.

'Mental note, don't screw up her name....'

"Your highness!!" Yaiba's eyes widen as they both look behind him to see Brau and Gordy heading their way.

The girl, Verruca, tries to make a sly escape, but a hand on her forearm says otherwise.

"You're one thing, your "friends" are another." She bluntly states as he sighs, realizing that she's right, and looks her way.

"Can you at least have dinner with me at least, as my acquaintance?" She narrows her eyes about to reply but her stomach beats her to it, resulting in the girl turn red in embarrassment.

She nods, as a throat cleared catching both teens eyes.

"Found you Yaiba-chan~!" Yaiba softly face palms at Gordy's nickname for him, as Verruca laughs quietly.

Verruca's laughter gets cut short by someone picking her up by the back shirt. She looks up to see the buff guy from before, Brau.

"What do we do about her?" He points to Verruca who growls, as Yaiba clears his throat.

"She'll be coming with us to the castle."

"And whys that??" Gordy asks curious, as Yaiba sighs.

"I'm just offering an acquaintance to dinner."

Brau raises a brow.

"Right?" It's then he notices the "Kings" outfit. "Why is your Royal cape off??"

"Hmm??/Cape??" Both him and Verruca look at each other before Yaiba's clothes and both blush.

'Damn!! All this time and I now notice!!.... I'm getting rusty..'

'Crap!! I forgot I took it off chasing Verruca.... How'd I forget is the question.'

He slips his cape back on, as Brau places Verruca down and they both start walking, to the point where they got separated.

"AGAIN!!!!"

Verruca blinks, as Brau tells Yaiba he'll be back with Gordy, and watches Brau run through the crowd.

She turns to Yaiba, who sighs.

"Does this happen a lot??"

He nods. "You have no idea."

She sweat drops while laughing nervously, as she sees a crowd of people and pulls her hood up, earning a glance from Yaiba.

"Why are you hiding??" She sighs and replies with, "Not a lot of people like me, and plus... I like to creep people out. It's fun~!!"

He sweats before thinking, and realizes he wasn't going unnoticed in a white cape.

Verruca smirks, and skillfully steals a black cloak, before casually pulling Yaiba into an Alleyway and shows him the cloak.

His eyes widen in surprise as he exams the cloak.

"How--" "I have a knack for theft~."

He blinks, and decides not to question it, as he slips on the cloak before walking out to the streets with him and her unnoticed.

Yaiba's POV

This is surprising, never in the world would I ever accept anything from a thief, and yet I did with this woman, this Verruca.

I look to the girl on my left before looking towards her bandages, surprisingly she's able to see through them, but my question is to why she even needs them.

I was so lost in thought that I didn't hear a shout until a steak knife was thrown my way.

'Oh no!' I braced myself but nothing happens, and I heard a series of gasps and looked around to see shocked faces.

"My~, you really should watch where you throw~." My eyes widen. "You can hurt someone~." I turn to see Verruca twirling the knife in her left hand with zero error, before she flings it into the woods beside the man's head. "I'd watch it, or next time I won't miss on purpose."

I felt an odd aura radiate off her, so I grabbed her hand and she looks, or turns, my way only to shrug it off and walk slightly ahead of me.

"Where are you going?" I asked her with arms crossed and usual expression.

She turns to me and smirks??

"To the castle~, its this way right~?" She said starting to walk left.... But I grabbed her telling her right, but something was off with her.

She kept on trying to go left.

"Your highness." I turns, Verruca still in my grasp, only to Brau carrying an unconscious Gordy, as Brau notices Verruca and raises a brow.

"I can't get her to go right, she insist on-- Hey!!" She broke free and started to run down several Alleys with me and Brau chasing her, and did I forget to mention earlier that she fast.

She parcores up a wall as I follow her only to hear what sounds like a wagon collapsing.

'Don't let it be her... wait why do I care?? I just met her.'

The alley ends and we're met with a Sword of Brave!?

I was going to jump and snag it, but it glow and someone snatched it from the shadows before high tailing it, and I a glimpse of them.

It was Verruca.

"Hey wait!!"

"Nah, don't you worry." I look to the man, who's wagon wheel was destroyed by a knife!? "The little lady can have it."

"Why??? I mean your wagon got destroyed." Gordy asks, wide awake, as I nod, and get smiles.

"On the contrary, that trinket started to glow when I first arrived, and it grew intensely." I blinked. "When the little lady's whip snagged it, needless to say that was the brightest of the bright."

My eyes widen slightly before I look to the direction Verruca went in, as Brau and Gordy helps the man.

'Could she be??'

"Brau." "Yes your highness?" I didn't turn and kept my place, so I didn't notice the man's wide eyes. "I'll be back, stay here and help Gordy repair his wagon."

"Your highness, how can trust her?"

I was quiet, before answering sternly, "I owe her a lot." and dashed in that same direction she took and asked the people around if a person wearing a similar cloak to mine, passed through.

None of them paid any attention, some even called me delusional, me the Midnight Sun King!!

"Excuse me young man~!!" I turn to see a very well dressed old woman, but what surprise me was her eyes. They were, multi-colored. "Are you looking for a young girl in a cloak like yours~?" My eyes widen and I nod to her as she told me to follow her through the back track of the kingdom, but not before placing bandages over her eyes, similar to what Verruca does.

"Why do you place bandages over your eyes??" She hums. "If I'm allowed to know that is."

"Ohoho~, of course you are allowed your majesty~." "How?--" "I've lived in the Shadows of Atlantia for a very long time, I hear everything that happens from the children that visit me~."

"I see." I looked forward, making sure to keep up with her, for she was fast for an old woman, as she led us to a forestry far away from the castle.

'How did Verruca make it this far so quickly??... how did I get here so quickly??'

"You will find her in there. Whether she wants to be found, depends in the voice of the seeker~. I must take my leave." I turned to ask her what she meant, before seeing that she was already gone.

'What a odd woman.' Thoughts aside, I turn to face the forestry in front and walk to it before standing at the entrance.

I felt odd, like a heavy burden was placed here, but walked in nevertheless.

"Verruca!!!" I heard nothing. "Verruca!!" Still nothing. I cup both my hands over my mouth. "Verruca!! Are you here??"

I don't know what happened but I then start to hear what sounds like an flute and walk towards it, picking up a little speed, I came across the composer.

Verruca was playing, but with a shell??

I just watch as she soon finishes, but I then noticed her bandages were off the minute she pulls the flute away from her lips.

She barely opens her eyes, and saw a sliver of sadness, before she closes them and turns her head my way.

"So how'd you find me this far Princie~?"

I growled before sighing in defeat.

"You're not letting that down, are you?" Her chuckling answered that question, as I groan a little. "Well, as an acquaintance, I guess you can have obligation to call me *clears throat* "Princie"."

"What do you mean by "can"??" I raised a brow at her. "I know that I'm calling you that, be glad I'm not placing that "chan" or "kun" crap."

'True.'

"Besides~~!" I saw her then play with something. "If I had to, I'd rather use "san" or "dono". Respect is where it's at, especially if you give life advice."

She then stops playing with the object, and smirks before running off.

I growl and chase after her, to the where I find her slowly moving her figure in different formations.

"What are you doing??" I asked slowly walking to her, for it was a little brighter here than where we were before.

"I'm doing a little thing called TaiChi."

"TaiChi?"

"Yep~."

"Alright. Why?"

She was quiet before moving her body in a different position.

"I was told it eases the mind of negative thoughts, well that, and it good for the body." She then turns her head to me and smiles, with closed eyes. "You should try it."

I remained stoic.

"Later." I said with closed eyes before looking her way. "We need to speak of the item you snatched earlier today."

She had an look of remembrance.

"Ah~! Your speaking of the sword dagger I snatched from the wagon aren't you?"

"I am." 'She catches on very quickly.'

"Well sorry, but~~~ I'm not giving it back." I blinked at her. "I like it's glow, I like how it feels, it looks sick as sick can get....and it reminds me that all deadly things have purity."

My eyes widen.

"Verruca? What do you mean?" She looks to the Swords of Brave and pulls out the blade, I'm shocked to see it structure, and that it was multi-colored, just a dark version.

"This dagger. This creation shows me, reminds me!! Why I hate this world. Why I feel despised by others. Why... I feel... hollow.."

She gave me the impression that she was fighting, and by the way she was talking, I can't honestly blame her, so I did the one thing I wish I knew how to do better.

I hugged her, while also turning my head the other way, and she jumps surprised.

"What... are you... doing?"

"Trying to comfort."

I felt her shoulders tense up.

"Why?"

"Because your one of us. You're one of the fourteen users of a Sword of Brave." I let go and step back, after knowing she calm down, and looked at her still closed eyes. "I should know for I'm an user of the White Darkness Sword of Brave."

She let's out a sound of recognition, but I wanted to prove it to her so I held it in front of her.

"Oh, and I want to see if a theory of mine is correct."

She raised a brow.

"Where are you going with this?" She sounded suspicious, and I don't blame. It did come out strong.

"I want to see you eyes." I saw her shake. "I won't harm you, honestly if anything you'd hurt me before that would happen."

She mumbles, saying that's true, and walks closer to me till we were at least two feet apart.

"Do know, that you're the only one obligated to see them."

"Understood."

She was hesitant, before she nods in recognition, and slowly opens her eyes.

Once the were fully open she looks up at me and my eyes widen.

Her eyes, there multi-colored! And yet, filled with little emotion.

"Why would you hide them??"

She back away, making me confused as a bird lands on her shoulder, making me astonished.

"It was for my own safety." I look to her waiting for her to continue. "I-- I was once courted before Princie, you weren't the first." My eyes widen as she refused to spare even an glance at me. "He took advantage of me, and took something from me. He told me I was permanently his." She then looks to her hands before leaning against a tree, and the bird lands in front of her, and I get closer. "But with me being, a "freak", I had to do something in order to save my future."

That peaked my interest as I sat down beside her.

"What did you do?"

She leans her head back against the tree and sighs, closing her eyes.

"I had to kill him."

My eyes widen.

"Why? What made you think about killing him??" She breathes in and out, before I see something from the corner of my eyes.

I look to it and saw it was a tail!?

'She has a tail!!'

I blinked before looking at her, before noticing ears on her head.

"Why do you have animal features??? And what does that have anything to do with you killing someone?"

"One, there not natural. I'm a mutated experiment, that was tossed aside once realized that I wasn't the pawn, nor a weapon." My eyes widen. "And for two, it kind of goes on with the first."

I blinked.

"How so??"

She was quiet, before I saw something that hurt me painfully, she was crying blood. Even if her face remained the same way as it has, she was crying blood, way to dark blood.

"I'm leaving it as side effects, there are still some I don't know of, and that statement still stands."

I leaned back against the trees, when something clicked.

"I want you by my side in this battle Verruca." "What?" I heard a hint of surprise in her tone as I stand up, and hold my hand out to her. "I want to help you, and I need your help in this battle as a user of Battle Spirit's." I saw her eyes widen. "What do you say?"

She blinks before looking at my hand, then me, and smiles before taking it. "After I already told you most of my story, and showed you my eyes, you honestly think I'll let you slip just like that~!" She comments, after I help her up, with her hands behind her head as we were walking out of the forestry and back to the Kingdom, where we saw Brau and Gordy, and I nudged her to put her bandages on, which she does, and the four of us head back to the castle, where I hope I can get better acquainted with Verruca over dinner and when I show her room.

Once I showed her room, which was across from mine, she asks me a question that I was stunned at.

"Yaiba? How did you find me???"

'She used my actual name!!!!!?'