Disclaimer: I do not own GA or any of its characters.

Author Note: So here is another new story. Please tell me what you think of it.

This is a bit Prince of Persia inspired. Not for the plot, but for the setting. So imagine stuff from there when it come to locations, and clothes and weapons etc.

I am kinda unsure about the name, so please send me any suggestions that you might have.

Thanks a lot for reading and please review!

Chapter 1

Natsume's POV:

I walked on the side of the road. I had lost count of how many days I had been walking, since everyday was the same. I walked on the side of the dusty road while the merciless Sun beat down on me from the sky. I had run out of food yesterday and had finished the last of my water this morning. I blinked, and found myself lying on the ground.

I could not remember when I had fallen. I wanted to just close my eyes, and just sleep. But I knew that I would never wake up from this sleep. I forced my eyes open, and I made myself get up on my knees. I somehow stood up, swaying, but then steadied myself and took a step. I swayed again but I would not let myself fall. I took another step, and I heard someone clapping behind me. Startled I fell down on my knees, and then turned to see who had clapped.

To my shock it was not just one person. Some rich person had to be travelling, and I must have been unconscious for a long time for them to be this close to me without my noticing. The person who had clapped was a beautiful young woman, dressed in exquisite clothes, with a veil covering most of her face. She gave a nod to her servant, who had the tattoo of a star on his cheek, and he ran forward and gave me water. I gulped it down, grateful for every drop. Once I was done, I gave her a bow, while still kneeling. She cocked her head to the side, like a bird, and then gave another nod to her servant before walking away.

Her servant helped me stand, and then took me to one of the camels that they had in their small caravan. He told me that I was to ride that. I nodded, my throat was still too parched for me to talk. We journeyed together, for the next 4 days before we reached the next town. I was fed the same as all the servants, and received the same amount of water. I learned that the young woman was the only daughter of a politician in the nearby city, and was travelling back there from where she had been visiting a certain religious place. I had no idea why she had picked me up, but she had. She had not even glanced in my direction since that day, but she was the only person in the world I owed anything to.

In the town we stayed at the inn, and again I was treated the same as every other servant. It was kind and humbling at the same time. I was told that we would be staying here for three days. On the third day, the Princess (as I had come to call her in my head) called for me. I entered the room to find her standing looking away from me. She turned towards me and I bowed.

"Rise." She said in a beautiful but commanding voice.

I stood up straight. She cocked her head to the side again, then plopped down on the cushions laid out for her, and motioned for me to sit as well. I sat where I was, on the rug. She smiled slightly.

"Will you tell me who you are and why you were where I found you? If you cannot tell me, then say so, but do not lie." she said calmly. I was stunned. Women (or men) of her station, did not ask, they did not give a choice to not answer, they ordered, and they killed you if you disobeyed. I was silent as I considered my options, and then I decided to trust her.

"My name is Natsume Hyuuga. I am the youngest son of the King of Tyria." I said softly, and I saw her small smile. That was when I realized it. She already knew who I was, and yet she had helped me.

"I am Mikan Sakura, the only daughter of the Prime Minister of Slana. I have two choices for you." she said quietly and I nodded, listening.

"Either you can leave now, and go your own way. I will give you enough supplies to last you at least a month, in any direction, and enough gold to start a simple life at any place of your choice, or you can come with me, and be my guard. The choice will be yours." she told me in an assured voice.

"Will you answer a question for me before I choose?" I asked her.

"Ask." She said, and again her attitude showed her high place in society.

"Why did you save me when you knew who I was?" I asked and to my surprise she chuckled.

"Do you know anything about me, Prince?" she asked and I shook my head.

"I am a seer, I can see some parts of the future. Not a lot, but many times what I see is enough. I went on this trip because I saw myself finding a man fallen in the desert. It was you. I sat there for over two hours while you lay unconscious. Once you woke up, and made yourself get up and tried to move forward, tried to live, I helped you achieve that. Nothing more, and nothing less. If you had given up, I would have given up on you as well." she explained.

I stared at her. She had not answered my question. Not really.

She sighed. "It did not matter who you were. You chose to live, and I respected that. I only realized who you were when you bowed to me and I saw your crimson eyes."

I smiled lightly now. "I would be honored to be your guard." I told her, and her face lit up in a beautiful smile. She clapped her hands, and the servant who had helped me that first time entered.

"He will be my guard from now on. Take him to the market and get him everything he wants. Oh and Tsubasa, I would like you to meet Natsume. Please be civil in front of me, though I know you won't become friends." she said sweetly, before shooing us out.

"Is she always like that?" I asked Tsubasa.

He nodded. "She can see the future, and she never lets you forget it."

I did not say anything to him. I had a lot running through my head already, the first of which was how I was going to get away with killing the Princess who had saved my life.