As the cruise ship crept closer and closer in the dead of night, to the island town of Shel a figure walked out onto the deck, it was a young boy, he was of medium height, he had medium length dark blue hair, his silver eyes shone brightly against the light of the moon, he seemed to also be wearing a bluish black school uniform blazer and black pants. He looked over the horizon, and he sighed "So, that's where I'll be living from now on" he stared at the light up buildings' of the island town, a frown appeared on his face "Will things get better if I live here?" he started to ponder. At that moment another figure came out onto the deck, "Master" came a feminine voice, the boy looked back and the figure was revealed to be a girl, she was a head taller then him, she had long silverish white hair that like the boys eyes, shone brightly against the moon, as did her golden eyes. She had on a dark blue sleeveless coat that stopped at her midriff, around her neck was a black chocker with a sapphire blue stoned broach attached to it with dark blue ribbons flowing from it, she also had a dark blue a white trimmed pareo skirt tied around her waist that flowed in the wind.

Underneath that, she had a pair of black shorts, on her feet she wore white short boots that was paired with black stockings that stopped at her thighs, "Lunellea" the girl was the boys Spirit Partner, a being that was common in the boys world, they bonded with a human and would stay by there side and enter a Master/Servant pact. This allowed the bonded person to give their Spirit Partners orders which, they had to fallow, the boys sighed as the girl he called Lunellea walked up and stopped in front of him, "Come on Lunellea, I told you not to call me that" the girl nodded, upon closer expectation the girls eyes showed no expression whatsoever, "I'm sorry Master, I mean Minato-san" the boy smiled. His full name was Minato Yukaze, the reason he was on a boat in the middle of the night heading for Shel was something he didn't want to think about. "Minato-san, why are you out here, you should be sleeping" the boy sighed and turned to look out the horizon again, "I couldn't sleep" he took a shuddering breath, Lunellea stood beside him looking out at the horizon with him, she made no eye contact with him, "Did you have that dream again?" a groan came from Minato.

"I take that as a yes?" Minato nodded, "That's the fifth time during this whole trip" Minato sighed "I know, that's more then usual" Lunellea took in a breath, "Are you sure your okay with this?" Minato lowered his head, and gripped the railing of the ship, even though he didn't want to he started remembering why he was on the cruise ship, heading to the island town of Shel, an incident had occurred at his school, something he wanted to forget entirely, it had caused him great emotional pain, so much so, he couldn't stand to leave his own home. After weeks of this behavior his parents, not wanting to see their son in such a state any longer, decided it was best that he'd go live with his older cousin who lived in Shel, until he felt like he wanted to go back home, which he felt like there would be no way he could ever go back, not after what had happened. "It's nothing for me to be okay with" he sighed sadly, "This is something I have to accept" he looked up at the distant island that was Shel, "I'll be living the rest of my life here" he leaned onto the railing, "After what happened..." he shook his head.

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He didn't want to continue remembering what had happened, he felt Lunellea place her hand on his shoulder, he looked over and saw she was looking him in the face, "This will work out, you'll see" he sighed and smirked, "I hope your right" Lunellea took her hand off Minato's shoulder, she then looked back out on the horizon, Minato eyed her, unlike most Spirit Partners, Lunellea was completely different. Most Spirit Partners were small animals or that varied in size and shape, Lunellea though, she was a different case, she looked every bit like a normal human girl who just had a thing for cosplay, this had unnerved his parents at first but, they had accepted her none the less, but Minato felt others would have different opinions, so he made Lunellea promise not to show herself when lots of people were around, and to only show herself when the two were alone, or at home. He did this because if someone found out about her appearance, and it got out to the world, people would be trying to take her away from him which, would be bad for Lunellea as once a Spirit is bonded with a person, if they are separated for a long period of time they will cease to exist.

And Minato felt that he needed Lunellea more then ever, but, there was one more thing about her that was completely different from all Spirit Partners something, he had kept secret from his parents, something only he had knowledge of, Lunellea had free will, she did things of her own accord instead of being told by her Master, Minato, all Spirit Partners had to adhere to their Masters command, but not Lunellea, Minato didn't have to tell her to do anything. That made her even more special alongside her humanoid form, if someone found that out, there'd be nowhere he could hide from people who wanted to study her which is why he accepted his parents proposal of going to live with his cousin on Shel. "Don't you worry, I'll be sure to protect you from any harm" Minato looked over at Lunellea, there it was again, Lunellea's overprotective nature, for some odd reason she was more protective of him then a normal Spirit Partner would be, which he had no clue as to why. He cracked a smile, "Thanks, I'm glad I have you by my side, Lunellea" Lunellea's body stiffened, Minato thought he saw her blushing but, she turned her face before he could get a good look, "Don't mention it" Minato chuckled.

Once more, he looked out at Shel, his soon to be new home, "So this is where my new life will begin" he took in a breath, a flash of what had happened back home came to his mind, he frowned "I hope, something like that, doesn't happen again" he sighed, "I think I'll try to get some sleep" he released his grip of the railing, he stretched his arms and yawned, he started walking off, "You coming Lunellea?" Lunellea took one last hard look at Shel, "Yes, I'm coming Minato-san" she then fallowed behind Minato all the while one thing swirled in her head, "I will not allow Master to ever go through something like that again" in a split second, her expressionless eyes turned into almost demonic looking eyes, and on the sapphire blue stoned broach around her neck, a symbol of a black moon appeared.[Ch.1 END]