This is set right after Haou kills Jim in... what, episode 139?

I don't own GX or the characters. Wish I did =(


Even above a pit of lava, the air felt unnaturally chilling. A scream echoed out, as a toned man ran away. Out of fear of what the King had done. For of fear of his life. What a coward. There was no use wasting time and energy on an unwilling soldier. They were made to fight, if they did not, they were as good as useless to him.

As the Supreme King turned around and strode calmly into his castle, a movement sparked across his stoic face. It was the ever smallest, ultimately slightest movement.

The wind seemed to blow even colder.

He never smiled. He never felt pleasure from defeating his enemies. Enjoyed it, oh yes, but never drank it in like one would heartily drink from a glass of wine.

But this one second… this one moment where everything seemed to drop down to absolute zero… changed that.

He was no longer a simple teenager named Judai Yuki. He was Haou. The ruler of this strange and dark world. And now… there was no more going back. Not a single possibility of returning. He had won. He had won the battle deep within his heart; with something… Judai… never had before. Darkness. Power. The ring of those words as they danced across the inner gears of his mind… Victory… The pleasant sound they made was what made him smile.

He may not have known a single detail about himself, but there was one thing he knew for certain.

He was a King.

And what was a king….

Without his kingdom.