A blonde haired, dark blue eyed boy stood in the centre of a courtyard holding onto a Bokken with a taller male who also held onto a Bokken. This person was a member of the boy's peerage and also his attendant, he took one of the boy's Knight pieces. The boy was called Reon Phoenix, 4th son of the Phoenix devil clan and twin to the 3rd son Raiser Phoenix. This knight was the only member of his peerage so far and the young boy was only two years into his teens.

The knight was currently training him in the way of the sword. The boy wasn't a natural with the sword but his failures never deterred him from his goal. The boy's failures kept coming with the sword but to a trained eye you could see that he was steadily improving. His mind was in the right place, it was just making his body follow along afterwards. The boy knew that his sword wasn't a tool but an extension of himself, he even treated the wooden sword with exceptional care. He never took what he was taught for granted, he listened to every little detail and while it didn't make a result in some cases you could easily tell that he was listening to each and everything.

Reon Phoenix was seen as an anomaly to the Phoenix household at his young age but in truth, so was his twin brother. Reon was being called the 'Pure Phoenix'. He was a good, kind kid and a well liked member of the Phoenix family. If it wasn't for his blonde hair, he could easily be confused as a child of the Gremory clan. To the devils as a whole, that's how kind he was. He paid everyone the same kind of attention and gave everyone the same kind of respect. Raiser was the complete opposite and is being called the 'Impure Phoenix'. Raiser paid hardly any respect to anyone and even less to women, he barely showed respects to his own mother. He was also arrogant and unruly at times. Even the Lord and Lady of Phoenix questioned how the twins could be so different, it was like the boys took on the good and bad of Phoenix.

It was almost like Raiser was an outcast in his own family. He had already started to look like a delinquent and his actions were corresponding to it. Reon was anything but, he was seen as a model Phoenix and dressed like a model to which he was.

In the midst of Reon's training came a butler interrupting it.

"What's wrong Francis-san?"

Reon spoke out first in kind. He spoke kindly to servants of all households and not just his own, something that lower-class devils took to heart and appreciated it.

"Lord Phoenix has arrived back and asked me to come get you, Young Master."

Reon looked to his knight who nodded to him. He smiled to the Knight and ran over to the butler. Francis then started to walk towards the large castle with the young Phoenix by his side. The two males walk through the Phoenix castle in silence except when they walk past someone, Reon would wave and greet them instinctively.

When they reached the throne room, Francis knocked twice and waited for a voice to sound before opening the door for Reon to walk through. After Reon got into the room, Francis bowed to the people in the room before leaving and closing the door behind him.

Reon carried on into the long room with his eyes firmly placed on his parents. He stopped walking when he reached his twin's side.

"You called for me, Chichi-ue?"

"That I did, Reon. As you know, your brother has been betrothed since birth to Rias Gremory and we have just arrived back from seeing them. You have also been betrothed. You are betrothed to-"

Reon takes a step forward and stops his father mid-sentence.

"Chichi-ue, I don't care who it is. I won't go through with a wedding where I haven't even met the girl before hearing about it. It's just wrong."

"Reon, please don't act like that. This is for the good of the devils, you know. You get to help the Devils increase the number of Pure-bloods."

"Chichi-ue, I still don't care for it. I will marry the person I want to, i'm also uncomfortable thinking that the girl hasn't the ability to decline either. You can tell whatever clan it is that I don't want to be a part of it."

The young Phoenix turned and stormed straight out of the throne room leaving his family surprised.

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Lord Phoenix didn't stop trying to convince his son. He had another try at dinner the very same day when everyone was sitting round the table eating. The young boy continued to show his disinterest and tried to prove the extent to his parents. He said he wouldn't do it no matter what, they could take away everything from him and he still wouldn't want to do it.

Lord Phoenix's persistance angered him making him want to leave the room as quickly as possible but he wasn't going to let the cook's food go to waste. He quickly finished the rest of his meal before quickly leaving the dining area and going to the courtyard.

Reon sat in the courtyard in peace for several minutes before he heard the sound of a voice. He turned to see his twin Raiser standing behind him looking slightly irritated.

"What do you want Raiser?"

"You to go through with father's proposal. She is a total babe, I really can't understand why you won't listen."

"I'm not going to go through with it Raiser. Women aren't tools that we can just use idly, they are people like us. Being a total babe isn't really a part of my criteria anyway."

The younger twin scoffs slightly at how simple his brother's desire is.

Reon knew how persistent his brother could be so after saying his part he stood up and started to leave but it wasn't meant to be. Raiser wasn't going to let him leave just yet.

"Oi! We ain't finished yet!"

A fireball came from behind Reon and collided with his left shoulder bringing the Phoenix's famous regeneration ability into effect. The result of the fireball just disappeared away into black smoke and Reon's clothes fixed themselves. As Reon turned around to shout at Raiser, he was met by Raiser's fist knocking him down and his regeneration to start up again, this time on his jaw.

The younger twin grunted in response to the older one's chuckle.

"You ain't so great now Reon. People call ya the 'Perfect Phoenix' but look at ya, knocked to the ground by a single punch."

Reon knew his brother was just trying to provoke him but he didn't care. He would have fought back quickly regardless, he did have the brotherly rivalry to uphold. He isn't going to lose at anything.

Reon brought himself back up to his feet and fought back, he was a lot more agile than Raiser was and was able to throw more punches and started pushing Raiser back when their fists collided causing the joining of their regeneration. Their strength was the same, their punches held the same weight and power.

The two brothers then stopped for a split second before looking into each other's eyes and thinking the same thing, maybe. They both took a step forward with their favoured right but threw a single punch with opposite fists. Raiser followed through with his movement and sent his right fist forward as Reon chose his favoured left fist and punched upwards into an uppercut. Just as the fists were going to connect with each other's jaws, Raiser could be seen smirking as the temperature between them rose ever so slightly and a flurry of orange flames lit up around Raiser's fist just as it connected with Reon's jaw.

Both boys recoiled from the punches but Reon was affected more from the simple exchange. He had expected his brother to pull something off but not right there and then but if he was to think back on it then it suits his brother very well. Deception was something that goes hand in hand with Raiser.

The action of bringing fire to the fist fight angered Reon more than it really should have. Normally he would bring out his own flames to do battle with his brother but that wasn't to be today. He felt his demonic energy rise up within his body and started to billow out as flames as black as the night took hold of Reon's left fist.

Reon didn't bother to wait for any other signal or for his brother to ready himself again, it was a fight he shouldn't have to. Reon took his anger out on his brother with a single punch and struck his brother in the jaw with his left fist, actually knocking him up into the air slightly before taking him down to the ground crying out in pain as the black flames attacked his jaw completely disregarding his brother's regenerating ability and passing straight through it.

Reon looked to his left hand as he heard voices to the side that were quickly getting louder and closer. Looking towards the direction of the voices, Reon drops his left hand down and dismisses the black flames from around his hand.

A small blonde girl latched onto Reon's side as soon as she got close enough. This girl was the youngest of the Phoenix family and the only daughter, she was Ravel Phoenix. A short second later and both Lord and Lady Phoenix come over too, Lady Phoenix goes to Raiser's side and helps him while Lord Phoenix confronts his son.

"Reon, what did you do to your brother?!"

"I beat him in a fight, Chichi-ue. He didn't like that I didn't want to go through with the engagement so he came to try and talk me out of it but when I turned my back to leave after telling him no he attacked unprovoked. Then we started to fight, we stopped to throw another punch after looking into each other's eyes and we both threw normal punches up until the last second where Raiser decided to combine his punch with flames. In answer to it, I used my own 'Black' flames and punched him again making him drop to the floor crying like a baby."

Lord Phoenix looked to his son a little unhappy. He knew Reon wouldn't lie but he didn't like what happened. There was only one thing he could do, let him off. Reon hadn't done anything wrong, never had and probably never would.

"Alright Reon, you may leave and I will stop your engagement."

Lord Phoenix's words brought a smile to both Reon's and surprisingly Ravel's face. That in itself brought a question to Lord Phoenix, Ravel looks exactly like Lady Phoenix and as the days go by there were even more resemblances and instances to prove it. Ravel's happiness in this moment was another one of those things. This question brought happiness to Lord Phoenix but also hesitance, the end result would linger in his mind and what his youngest son would do when he finds out.

Here is the first chapter and the second will follow shortly after, it needs some brief editing.
Well ... I'm gonna say it here that the story will have a big change around from what this story started with.
The change will move a lot of things round but in the end keeps the storyline that i set with differences.
I will explain more at the end of the next chapter.

Ciao.