The soft breeze struck Akuhei as facinating. Her feet covered in a silky green grass that reflected the light mist along with a clear night sky, every single star open to her eye. There was nothing that could positively ruin her evening... until Kitana began shouting from the mists of the valley.

Akuhei stood on the hill, her dark violet hair flapping in the wind, she ran her hand along the hilt of her silver plated sword, preparing herself for unwanted news. Her other hand ran smoothly down her short black dress. The top curved along her collar bone and the bottom flared around her theighs, her waist exposed with a silver belt that held her sword in place. Her eyes gazed at Kitana as she rushed up the hills, her breath seeming to overcome her with every passing moment.

"Well?" Akuhei was quite frank, it was quite evident her evening had withered from the moment Kitana shouted her name. Kitana's bright red hair was tied back into loops with fine leather, matching the long surmon gown fitted over a leather cape that outlined itself with fine furs. The light fog traced Kitana's feet from the bottom of the hill, hiding her distance from akuhei, though it was quite obvious that she was in a great hurry.
" I...I..." Kitana seemed to be utterly out of breath, she was bent over, her palms clutching her knees as if in panic.
" I come with urgent news! Come, we must report back to the base." Kitana's light blue eyes scanned akuhei's maroon velvet eyes, a hint of slight warning behind her message, that all was not well...

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Blackness... Mitsukai could not see nor hear the commotion around her after the king had taken her to his passageway out of the kingdom. Stones fell from the ceiling and lightening struck fiercly at the ground causing the dirt to fall above them. One stone in particular had hit Mitsukai just above her neck and below her head, causing pain and unconcsiousness. The king was resilient however and faught the path, determined to make it out alive.

He clutched onto the mysterious child who lay in his arms, though she was 16, a year younger than he, she was foolish and naive, therefore labeled as a mere child.

Her whimper sent chills down his spine as he dodged yet another stone that nearly came crushing down beside him as he stepped along the dirt pathway. He could see his breath before him, and the luminiscence of the candles along the way were his only light. It felt like hours, and when he finally came to the conclusion neither of them would make it, light shone from an opening into the woods.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Akuhei ran as fast as she could, nearly slidding down the hills of their hideout. "What could have..." Akuhei nearly fainted as a strip of light crossed the sky. Brilliant shockwaves of colors and energy pulsated across the sky, the unimaginable was begining.
" That witch is nearly one thousand years early." Akuhei began to run faster, as fast as her feet could carry her...so fast she felt that the wind was her only aid.

Kitana was not far ahead, cursing under her breath. How unfortunate...
a small voice echoed in all the mind's of those born to the planet...
how unfortunate for you to be alive...
during the begining of my great reign...
how I take pity upon your worthless souls...
Akuhei shaked the voice in her head when a dark fear began to replace it. The fear nearly took over her, starting from her heart and threading its way to her veins.

Kitana panted hard, their village hideout was now in plain view. Large tents were held up by trees and many of their Tumonoqe comrades were drawing their weapons from their cases...they too were afraid of what was to come.