Sleeping Lion and the Lamb

The Beginning

I don't know when I had noticed him, was it when I had over heard one of my friends talking about the mysterious red headed man who was always getting into trouble? Or was it when I had noticed my older brother Tatara was hanging out with him? Every time I walked by the mysterious, dangerous red headed man in the hallways, I always stared just a little bit too long up into those threatening amber eyes. I would be lying if I said the man never made me curious, I was curious by nature....my brother Tatara would always say that my curiosity would kill me someday; but I always wondered, what kind of thrill would I feel from getting to know this dangerous man....

It wasn't long until Tatara decided to introduce me to his new friend's, their names were Izumo Kusanagi, and Mikoto Suoh...Izumo was a tall slender, blonde haired man. Apparently he was helping run the bar a few blocks down from our school, he was nice...a gentleman for the most part. I could tell he was a ladies man with the way he spoke. The other, was Mikoto...the man that everyone talked about in school as the trouble-maker...the bad boy. A good for nothing loser in the student bodies eyes. Mikoto was tall like Izumo, if not a little bit taller, a slim muscular build, with messy, fiery red hair. From what I could observe Mikoto didn't speak much, or he just wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say. 

"I don't understand Tatara, why are you hanging around people like them?" I had asked, walking down the busy streets as we headed home from school. 

"You need to keep an open mind Ash, they aren't bad guys like everyone else makes them out to be." Tatara laughed softly, that big, contagious grin spreading across his lips as my brother looked down at me. 

"Mom and dad wouldn't be happy knowing that you're hanging around them Tatara..." I pointed out, our parent were strict...they wanted us to have a good, successful life. 

"I'm not worried about them Ashlynn. They really are good guys when you get to know them." He pointed out, he was right from what I could tell. Izumo and Mikoto didn't seem to bad of guys, and if my brother trusted them...what gave me the right to doubt them. 

"I just...dont want you getting hurt is all Tatara." I said softly, hearing him chuckle softly. "I'm serious Tatara! With all the nonsense you keep spouting to me about Mikoto becoming a king and you his vassal it's making me worry! You sound insane!" I had stopped walking, watching my brother take a few strides ahead of me he stopped. Turning to look down at me, he smiled. 

"Don't worry Ashlynn, it will all work out in the end...besides...I know one day you are going to become a queen too." Tatara said smiling and turned away from me as we continued our walk home. 

"What on earth is he talking about?" I muttered lowly, shaking my head and followed my brother home.