The hooded girl and Zaku lept from tree to tree, further away from where the chase had begun. They had both been quiet for the longest time, letting the wind whistle by them in a monotone lullaby as they fled.

Suddenly Zaku's voice broke the silence.
"You know something? You never told me your name, stranger." He said plainly.

"This much is true." The girl said, jumping to another sturdy limb. Zaku paused a moment hoping for a name, but she said nothing more.

"Usually when you meet someone you intoroduce yourself." He said after a few moments.

"If you want to be refined, but I'm not one to give ritualistic courtesies." She said blatantly and jumped down to the grass below them.

Zaku was flustered. He landed behind the girl, who at the time was scoping out the land that was before her.

"Give me your name or I will not continue with you." He said firmly. The girl sighed.

"How mistrusting we are these days. No thanks to those rats who call themselves knights." She paused, then turned to Zaku. She removed her hood from her head revealing her dark, piercing eyes and her rich, brown hair.

"I am Kira of Kaiser." She said coldly. "I have a favor to ask of you. One that I'm sure you'll be obliged to aid me in." Kira's gaze was like a shrp dagger that seemed to pierce the soul. It was an uncomfortable, unrevealing stare that appeared to unmask everything you wanted buried. "I want to obliterate the Knights Of Eden."

Suddenly her gaze averted from Zaku and flashed to her right.

"Well, well. If it isn't Kira of Kaiser. I've heard many things about you." Kira placed her hand on the hilt of her sword with a grimace, then proceeded to turn toward the voice.

"That was quite a stunt you pulled back there." Creed said.