A/N: My fourth fanfic.Hope you like this. Anyway, this story just popped out in my mind. And I want to try a new pairing. I somehow got the idea from Shinobi, Heart of the Blade.
Pairing: AtobexFemFuji (Main), TezukaxFemFuji
Warning: Gender-bender. AU. A bit OOC. Female Fuji (As always. :P Gomen, ne? I just love Fuji being a girl!) Again, I changed the name of Fuji from Syuusuke to SYUURAN.
Also, I used Yukimura as a female character again and changed her name just like Fuji. (Gomen.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, just the story and the account.
Don't like, don't read. As simple as that. ^_^
FULL SUMMARY:
Torn Between Love and War
Pairing: Atobe and Female Fuji
Prince Atobe was a prince from the Kingdom of Hyoutei. Princess Fuji was a princess from the Kingdom of Seigaku. They met and fall in love. (But it was a long process because Fuji detested Atobe's overly narcissistic and arrogant character at first.) What would they do if their parents knew about their relationship and tear them apart? Then, enter Prince Tezuka who was Princess Fuji's childhood friend and fiancé in the later part since her parents wanted him to be her husband and in order to keep her away from Prince Atobe. And because of the hostility between the two families, a war broke out. Would they keep fighting for their love or just surrender from their parents' wish in order to stop the raging war?
Torn Between Love and War
Chapter 1
Prince Keigo Atobe had just woken up from his slumber. He had a difficulty sleeping at night these past few days due to some reason. And that reason was the passing of the throne to him because his father was being driven down by his illness. He was constantly thinking hard at night about the welfare of these people once the throne would be passed into him that he found it difficult to sleep.
He reached his violet silk robe hanging on the bedside table before he slowly got up on his feet. He went toward the windowsill and he slowly pulled the velvet curtain to reveal the morning light striking his youthful face.
"What a beautiful morning." He muttered under his breath.
He glanced over the window to take a look at their kingdom, Kingdom Hyoutei. His big, as in really big bedroom was a perfect spot to view the wholeness of the kingdom. It had a perfect view of it. He personally picked this one when he was roaming around their castle and found this place.
Their kingdom was a peaceful place to live in. People had plenty of agriculture and live stocks resources that served as their source of income, as they were selling it to the merchants and travelers that reached their kingdom. The people living here were all in good terms. He saw some children playing freely and running around the kingdom, he somehow felt envy. Since he was a child, he was always stocked inside their palace, learning by himself. He envied his friends that lived a normal life. If he wanted to play, he had to constantly play tricks to his servants that were guarding him intently by the order of his father with the help of his most trusted servant and childhood friend, Kabaji, just to sneak out and play with his friends. Yes, he had successfully sneaked out and would have a rather short lived happiness with his friends, but once he returned to the palace, his father would reprimand him for his not-so-prince-like action.
Soon, he would become the king of these people and he found it rather difficult. The lives of over a million people living in their kingdom were soon to be handing over to him by his father, the king of Hyoutei as of now, King Sakaki. He was just 21 and being a king was too soon.
But you have no choice, that's your fate.He would constantly put this in his mind whenever he was feeling frustrated.
He sighed. It was really a big responsibility. And he was still not living his life to the fullest. He wasn't prepared. That's why he loved to fool around with his friends, the sons of the royals in their kingdom. Whenever he was with them, he actually wished that he had been born to a normal family. He didn't care if he would become a peasant, he could work hard, plus the fact that he was an intelligent guy. He may seem overly narcissistic and too arrogant to the people, but that was just his front. Well, he could be overly narcissistic because nobody in the kingdom would deny the fact that he was really good looking with his purple-gray hair, fair complexion and his dark blue grayish eyes. Most girls from the royal family had tried so hard to catch his attention but failed in the most embarrassing way as he would just brush them off coldly. His father would always say that a prince should not let others see his weaknesses. And yes, he had everything right at his fingertips, but he still wasn't satisfied. Deep inside him, he was just a normal prince that wanted to live a normal life, with a soft heart.
AND he still hadn't had fallen in love. He was waiting for the right girl that would be worthy of him, the ore-sama. He really wanted to meet her, for whoever she was. He wanted to experience of being in love and be loved before becoming a prisoner in his own kingdom. For sure, when he's already the one sitting in the throne, a lot of girls from the royal families would swoon over him and his father would asked him to pick one of those girls for him to marry and bore him a child to be the next successor. It was just like a repetitive cycle. And if ever that he would have a child, he wouldn't want his child to experience the same fate as him.
He was so absorbed with his thoughts when someone knocked at the door.
"Come in," he commanded.
"Usu," it was Kabaji, "King Sakaki is calling you for breakfast Prince Keigo." He informed him.
"Alright, ore-sama will be right there." He strode toward his elegant big bathroom with Jacuzzi and a big bathtub in the center without minding Kabaji.
Soon after, he was already in the dining room in his prince suit. He greeted his father.
"Good morning, Father."
His father just nodded as he gestured him to sit on the chair on his right.
"Did you sleep well?" His father was trying to start a conversation with him.
"Yes, I have." It was his curt reply. He was overly polite whenever he was talking to his father, a total opposite of how he acted in front of his friends.
Their morning was usually like this ever since his mother died due to heart problems. She always had a weak heart, and it pained him so much seeing his mother struggling with pain. His father had changed drastically ever since that incident.
"Keigo, you have to read all the papers that were passed by the villagers for their monthly report." His father told him.
"Alright, I'll do it later, Father."
Once again, his father nodded.
They ate silently and all he could hear was the clanking of the utensils.
Today would be a very long day.
Princess Syuuran Fuji was waiting for her lunch to arrive in her room. She was so hungry now. Her mother had locked her up in her room because she sneaked out again after tricking her poor servants and now, her servants got yelled by the their head, Ryuuzaki-baasan.
It's not just she did that on purpose, she just wanted to experience living a normal life, living with normal people. She felt suffocated in their palace, even if it was her so-called home. And she wanted to explore the world. She had this passion of photography, and she wanted to see the world in a different aspect. She wanted to fulfill that simple dream, but for them, the royals, it was hard to reach. And, she wanted to meet him again.
And soon, she would be engaged. Since her parents bore her, much to their dissatisfaction (because mostly, the royals wanted a male to be their first born to succeed the throne) because she was a girl. And now, they had searched from all over their kingdom, the Kingdom of Seigaku, for a man worthy of her to be her husband. She still hadn't had any single idea who the man was, but she was so sure that he was some sort from a royal and well known family.
She sighed in depression. Soon, she would be married and all. And gosh, given her age, she was just too young! She's just 18 and her parents, the king and queen wanted her to marry.
As she was ranting about her ill fate in her mind, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," she adjured.
Then a blue haired delicate looking girl was revealed as the door was opened holding a tray with her lunch.
She smiled upon seeing her.
"You seem in a deep thought, ne?" Yukimura Seika said as she put the tray on her bedside table.
"Hmmmn, looks good." She was referring to the food.
Yukimura Seika was her best friend and her personal servant at the same time. She had been in the palace ever since she was born for her mother was one of the palace maids. She was older by one year to her and they became close for they had a lot of things in common. She was her best friend that she cherished, her only friend. She was the one who was always there for her.
"You're changing the subject." Yukimura complained.
"Just let me eat first, ne, Sei. I'm so hungry."
She began eating her food as Yukimura was just silently watching her on the side. When she finished her food, Yukimura spoke again.
"So, what happened now?"
"I sneaked out the palace." She answered cooly.
"And?"
She raised her eyebrows. She just couldn't hide anything at Yukimura.
"All right, all right, I went looking for that guy." She gave up.
The guy that she was talking about was the guy that had rescued her from the raging thunderstorm one cold and rainy night a few years ago. She was always scared of thunderstorms ever since she was still a kid. She was about twelve that time when she met that guy, he had a silvery grayish hair with a deep blue grayish eyes. She sneaked out of their palace again when that happened, good thing her parents didn't notice her sudden disappearance. She wandered in a big forest in between the Kingdom of Seigaku and the Kingdom of Hyoutei which served as a barrier since the two kingdoms had a long running history of hostility with each other. Actually, the reason for that was actually lame, they were just a sort determining of what kingdom topped the other. In other words, who was the most powerful kingdom?
Now, back to her knight and shining armor, she was anticipating the thought of seeing him again. She hadn't remembered what he looked like but she was certain about his silvery gray hair and deep blue grayish eyes. And yes, she felt really stupid for she hadn't gotten his name in the first place, that's why looking for him was like waiting for a plastic flower to get withered. She just thanked him and then ran off; knowing that she had stayed too long outside and her parents might go looking for her.
She sighed, frustrated. And her attempt to find him now was again, a failure.
"So did you find him?" Yukimura asked.
"Failed," was her short reply. And she sighed again.
Yukimura went closer to her as she patted her back, consoling her.
Then she spoke again after a while.
"The queen said that you should prepare, I think, your fiancé will be introduced to you in a few days."
She stiffened in her seat. No, she wouldn't want it, she must think of a way how to get away.
"Sei, please help me." She begged her. She really didn't want to get married so soon.
Yukimura got what she wanted, but still somehow, hesitated to answer.
"I want to, but how? As you see, the palace has a tight security."
That's true, ever since her parents knew that she was sneaking out the palace, they placed more watchmen around the palace and the tightened the security.
"Sei, come with me. I also want you to be free." She was now revealing her blue eyes, which meant that she was serious. This was a matter of her freedom, she wouldn't just give in on what her parents wanted, and she wanted to give it a good fight. And she also wanted to rescue her best friend from the palace. Their palace had a rule that once you served here, you can never marry. She wanted Yukimura to live a happy life.
"Hai. I'll go with you. I couldn't let you wander off alone." Yukimura finally agreed as she gave her a sweet smile.
"Come back here in the afternoon, I'll plan some strategy Sei. Please count on me for this, I won't let you down." She promised her. The two of them, even though they did had a lot in common, their personality was somehow different. While she was strong-willed, Yukimura was fragile, always on reserved.
"And I have one plan in my mind now." She continued.
"What is it?" Yukimura asked curiously.
"We'll go to the Kingdom of Hyoutei. From there, we'll manage somehow, we just have to work." She explained.
"Are you sure that it's safe to stay there?"
"As long as they don't recognize us, it won't be a problem." She said with finality and Yukimura seemed to relax now.
"Okay Syuu, I'll go back in the afternoon. See you later." She bid her goodbye now as she went to pick up the tray.
She just nodded. Now that Yukimura was out of sight, she threw herself in her soft bed, she closed her eyes. She was feeling tired now, she would get some sleep first before she engaged herself with some sort of a dangerous plan.
Somehow, she wished that the plan in her mind would be successful.
TBC…
A/N: So, how was it? :D Please read and review!
