She suddenly woke up and sat up and started to stare at Tasuki's back. She wondered, "Was that a dream or was it real?" She decided she had to get away from Tasuki in order to thinkabout all the she had heard from her "so-called" guardian cat.

She stood up and decided to make her way out of the palace. She realized that she really didn't fit in there. Besides, with the Emperor missing, Tasuki wouldn't notice that she had left.

She made her way out of the palace and back into the streets. This time, she kept her guard up because she didn't to get into another fight with a band of street rats again.

She wandered around the market place, enjoying the sights of the capital city.

Suddenly she felt a strange presence but didn't know what it was coming from. She stopped walking and looked around but didn't see anything.

She kept on walking and the feeling was getting stronger..it was like a magnet pulling her towards something.

Suddenly she saw a girl in black trench coat with a cup in her hand. The next thing she knew she had the orange-reddish aura around her. The girl with the trenchcoat suddenly had an ice blue aura around her too.

Mercy said, "Let me guess... you're and okatu as well."

The girl responded, "Yes." She pulled a sword out of HammerSpace and began to move toward her.

Mercy's hands went for her lightsaber, but she realized that might not be enough.

She muttered aloud, "I wish I had some help," and suddenly, that help appeared...

To be continued........