Ever heard of a war between mythical creatures called demons, angels, dragons and mages? Most of the people have, but never believed in it.
Sadly enough, it did happen. The war lasted at least two years between the rulers King Jehu, the king of the dark side Helston, and King Tsukashi Yuki, father of Judai Yuki and the ruler of the light side Raenthica.
Both kings had their knights, the ones they trusted the most. King Jehu had his knight Haou, king Tsukashi Yuki had his and his son's knight Chazz Princeton. Seven years after the war finally stopped, prince Judai turned sixteen, which meant he was getting engaged to princess Alexis Rhodes, a girl he never met before. At the same time was a boy named Jesse, forced into a training to become the new unofficial knight of king Jehu.
"Judai, your fiancée will be here soon, you'll like her. She's a beautiful young lady." Tsukashi smiled, looking down at his child. Judai sighed, turning his head to the window as he stared at the beautiful garden filled with his favorite white roses.
"I know father, it's just that I'm a bit nervous, I never met this girl before."
His father simply smiled, ruffling the young princes hair. "Don't worry son, I bet she's as nervous as you, any girl should feel privileged to be wed to my son." he said, hoping to boost the others confidence. Judai stared one more time out of the window, looking at the little children who were playing outside.
"It still feels a little bit weird to be engaged to a woman two years before the wedding. What if I won't love her as much as she loves me, or if she won't love me as much as I love her?" Judai sighed. The king shook his head fondly, sitting next to Judai.
"I know how you're feeling, I went through the same thing when I was a young boy like you. I had the same worries but me and your mother are deeply in love, as you will be with princess Alexis, she will be your queen." Judai stood up, looking at his father while he thought about the situation. It was a bit fast for the young prince to be engaged at this age, and it brought a lot of stress with him.
"I'm going to rest until princess Alexis arrives. It has been a busy and stressful day." Judai said while a big yawn escaped his mouth. His father nodded.
"Of course son, you'll need your rest." he smiled while putting a hand on the prince's shoulder.
"You're being very brave Judai, I'm proud of you." Judai looked one more time at his father, while he laid down in his bed. As soon as his father closed the door behind him, he fell asleep.
"Thank you, father" where the last words he said before it went black.
The orange eyes of the dark king watched over the boy that was Jesse as he trained. He glanced behind him as he heard someone approach him. Yellow eyes met Orange eyes as Haou knelt before his king. "The preparations for the attack has been made my king, we will wait for further instructions." Jehu nodded.
"Good, Haou. When the time is right we will send our knight, he's strong and getting stronger." he smirked. Haou stood up, looking at the same boy as his king.
"When will we strike? Tsukashi has his guard down because he thinks he and his family are save, that's a good time to attack." Jehu thought over what he'd been told.
"Hmm, if that is the case tonight we should attack, it will be the best time." Haou knelt one more time before his king.
"I shall tell the others to be prepared for our attack, victory will be ours tonight." Haou stood up, bowing before he reached the heavy door. Jehu smirked, looking out of the window down to the boy.
"Indeed it shall." he chuckled before walking to his chamber.
Tsukashi left his son's room and returned to his throne. He looked over to his queen Akasuki Yuki and smiled softly. "Our son is getting married my queen, he's becoming a man."
Akasuki sighed. "Not until he's eighteen, which is still two years away from now. What if Judai decides in these two years he won't marry Alexis? Our whole tradition would be broken if he won't marry her." she looked desperate at her man.
"Do not worry so much my love, he will love her as I love you." He smiled, taking her hand in his. Akasuki smiled at her man before she turned her head to the door as a servant walked in.
"My king and queen" he said, kneeling before them. "Princess Alexis has arrived".
The king stood up, smiling down at the man. "Thank you for telling me, please inform the prince and bring Alexis." he said, nodding to the servant. The servant nodded and returned back to the door, a few moments later Alexis and her knight Fubaki walked in. She smiled at the king and queen before she bowed.
"My name is Alexis Rhodes, third and oldest princess from the Rhodes family, becoming ruler of Maladonia." Tsukashi smiled at her and bowed.
"Its a privilege to meet you Alexis, my son will be here in a moment." he smiled. Just as he mentioned him, the boy walked in while rubbing his eyes with his knight Chazz Princeton.
"Good day mother, father" he greeted them as he bowed for his parents and looked at Alexis.
"You are princess Alexis Rhodes, right?" Judai knelt before her and gave the back of her hand a gentle kiss. "My name is prince Judai, please call me Judai."
Tsukashi smiled to his wife. He knew everything would turn out as he'd planned. Just as Tsukashi wanted to inform his son and Alexis over their future plans, one of the servants rushed inside the throne room.
"King, queen, we are under attack!" He said while breathing heavily as he ran towards the king and queen.
"I see, Alexis, Judai, get somewhere safe, I will take care of this." he said before looking to the servant. "Get the guards ready, make sure no attacker gets inside!" The servant nodded before he ran out and called for the guards. Judai took Alexis' hand and ran to the underground dungeons.
"They won't look for us here, since there hasn't be anyone captured since the last war, the dungeons have been abandoned."Judai covered Alexis' ears as they heard screaming above them. Angels and mages being slaughtered by the dragons and demons until silence fell.
"I think it's over.." Judai helped Alexis up to her feet. "Stay here, I shall take a look." Judai kissed the back of her hand gently before he went outside through a secret corridor.
Judai reached the end of the corridor and peeked outside the door to see if it was safe to come out. He closed the door and went back to the dungeons to tell Alexis they had to stay a bit longer. Not knowing that Jesse was on their heels as he followed Judai through the corridor unseen.
Jehu waited. Patience was not something he lavished in and his was quickly running out. Haou walked over to his king and stood behind him.
"Is the attack going well, my king?" he asked as he watched a demon and angel fighting. Jehu nodded.
"Of course, most of the guards are already down, I am just waiting for Jesse to return after getting rid of the royal family." he smirked at the thought, and watched the few remaining monsters fight to safe their kingdom. Haou sighs.
"Do you think Jesse will accomplish his task, my king? Don't forget he's still a kid. He might not be able to get rid of them, or he might get caught." Jehu looked back at the other.
"Of course he will, he has been trained for this. Yes he is a kid, but he is strong." Haou sighed again.
"If you really trust him, I will too my king." Jehu laughed.
"Who said I trusted him? I just know he will accomplish his mission." he smirked.
"Alexis, I have to help my father. I wont ever forgive myself if something happens to him while I am staying here without doing anything." He smiled down at Alexis.
"Please stay here and use this to protect yourself if anything happens." he said softly as he gave her a knife. Alexis nodded and watched as Judai left her alone in the dungeon.
Tsukashi desperately swung his sword at the dragon in front of him, fighting amongst many men to decent the palace and the kingdom. Judai ran towards the dragon in front of his father as he pushed his sword right through the dragon's heart.
"Fighting alone with dragons, father? A little bit dangerous." he snickered. The king couldn't help but smile.
"Son you shouldn't be out here, you need to be safe." he said, looking the prince in the eye.
"Father, I won't let you fight alone against these monsters. I'll either help you, or drag you back into the castle." he said while smiling at his father. Tsukashi sighed, looking down at the boy.
"Fine, but be careful." he smiled, thumping his son on the back before joining the fight again. Judai raised his sword and joined two mages that were fighting against one of the demons. He stabbed the demon a few times and ran after it as he tried to escape. Causing Judai to get further away from the castle. The king had been busy helping the mages that he didn't notice when the prince wondered away from the castle. Judai finally reached the out breath demon and stabbed him right through his back. The demon fell to the ground and Judai pulled his sword out of the death creature.
"Seems like I'm not around the castle anymore." he mumbled annoyed before he walked back to the castle.
Judai looked at the castle, he found the way back home. "Seems like there are not many dragons left.. I missed all the fun!" He groaned, folding his arms as he walked further towards the castle.
The king was still wandering the empty battle field, looking for his son but not being able to find him. Down hearted he set off back to the castle.
Jehu looked out of the castle, his hands forming tight fists. "Where is he? This is taking too long!" he growled. "If he has betrayed us, he will regret it."
Haou stood next to Jehu, looking outside of the window until he saw something moving forward to the castle of Tsukashi. "Is that one of our servants, my king?" as he pointed to the running human.
Jehu looked close. "It could be, from this distance it is hard to tell.." Haou handed over a telescope.
"Use this, my king." as he took a step back from the window. Jehu nodded as a thanks, looking through it.
"Its a boy, not Jesse.. we don't know him." He lowered the telescope from his eye, looking at Haou.
"Find him and bring him here." Haou bowed as he spoke to his king.
"I shall bring the boy directly, my king." he said as he left the castle on one of the dark black horses. Jehu watched the other ride off, raising his eyes back up to the Tsukashi castle.
Judai brushed some leaves out of his hair and moved the branches out of his sight. He ended up in a forest he never saw before, even though he headed to his castle he saw a hour ago.
"This would've been much easier with Chazz cutting the branches off before they smash into my face." he mumbled as he cut another branch.
The king approached his wife, his eyes sunken. "My queen, I have some bad news." he sighed, taking her hand. "Judai joined the fight, I have not seen him since." Akasuki watched her man in awe as she stood up.
"Judai joined the fight against those creatures, and you didn't stop him?!" she yelled angry at him. He looked at her, wincing slightly.
"He wouldn't take no for an answer, I'm sorry Akasuki." He said. Akasuki turned her back to him, walking forth and back.
"Tsukashi, I cant handle this stress right now! We have to find our son, and then find Alexis.
"I don't want them to be in trouble." she said, sitting back on her throne. Tsukashi nodded. "I know, but I don't know where Judai is, I am truly sorry but there's nothing I can do. Alexis will still be in the castle though." He said, walking towards her.
"Please Judai.. be okay." she whispered in herself before hugging her man.
"Tsukashi.. I want him back." The king held his wife close, lightly patting her hair.
"I know, so do I".
"Ow! Why are there so many branches!?" Judai yelled when he got hit in the face again. He walked further in hope to see any light, but it seemed that he lost the way back home in the forest and couldn't find any sign of light. "This is going to be a long night".
Tsukashi pulled away from his wife, kissing her forehead. "I'll find him, I'll gather the uninjured guards and go look for him."
Akasuki looked at her man, just hoping they would find Judai soon. She stood up and called one of her servants, and ordered them to find Alexis. The king smiled at her before leaving, bringing some of his mages and knights with him in a hope to find his son.
Haou looked around, searching for the boy Jehu wanted to be caught. Once he saw something moving in front of him, he jumped off his horse and followed it.
Judai kept walking further to a little spot of light he saw, but then got pulled back by a big hand on his shoulder. "Who are you?" Judai stared at the bright Yellow eyes, before the man pulled him over his shoulder and dragged him to his horse.
"I asked who you are!" Judai said angry, trashing around but giving up a tad bit too soon.
"Haou" the other responded coldly before he laid Judai on the horse and got on by himself, riding back to Jehu's castle. Demons greeted Haou, opening the gates to the castle for him, bowing. Judai looked around him. He noticed he was at the forbidden side called Helston.
"Why did you bring me here?" Judai asked, while trying to get off the horse without falling. The gates closed behind them. One of the demons flew up and into the castle to inform the dark lord of their arrival. Jehu nodded to the demon and dismissed it, walking down the staircase.
"Haou, I asked you why you brought me here." Judai said with a annoyed voice, before he once more looked into the bright yellow eyes.
Jehu chuckled, looking at the two. "Haou, you were faster than I thought you'd be." He smirked, looking over to Judai.
"The boy wasn't hard to catch, he didn't struggle much at all, my king." Haou knelt befor Jehu, while Judai was slowly walking backwards to the gate, hoping to be unseen. Jehu laughed, looking over at the boy.
"Don't even try to run, it won't work." He smirked. Judai froze when he looked into the bright Orange eyes, trying to avoid the gaze.
"You have no right to keep me here." He said. Jehu just laughed, looking at him.
"That has never stopped me before." He smirked, walking over to the boy. "Who are you and what is your name?" Judai stared at Jehu.
"Why would I tell you?" he tried to sound as brave as possible. Jehu smirked, walking until he was looking down at the boy.
"I am the dark lord, I have ways of making you talk, or you can just tell me and save yourself the pain." Judai looked down, still trying to avoid the gaze.
"I am Judai Yuki."
Jehu blinked before smirking, looking back to Haou. "We have a prince in our middle, Haou. And I bet I know who his father is." He smirked, tilting the boy's head up with his index finger.
"How would you know?" Judai asked, taking a step back from Jehu.
"Just a guess, Tsukashi?" He smirked, stepping towards Judai to close the gap between them. Judai looked up at Jehu.
"So, you know my father, but why did you bring me here?" Jehu's orange eyes looking down at him. "Because I wanted to."Judai once more trying to avoid the gaze looked at Haou who just stood there, watching them from a distance.
"Well, you wanted me to be here. I want to get home." Judai said, lowering his voice. Jehu shook his head.
"That's not how it works Judai, you're in my kingdom now which means I'm in charge." He laughed."You won't be leaving any time soon."
Haou smirked at the shivering boy and walked over to Jehu. "What are you going to do with him, my king?" he asked as he once more looked at Judai.
"I am not sure yet, for now we'll just keep him here until we figure out an use for him." He smirked, looking the prince up and down.
"I don't think I like the idea of that.." Judai mumbled.
"It wasn't an option prince." Jehu grinned.
"What should we do with him for now?" Haou said as he grabbed Judai's arm.
"Leave him in on of the rooms and make sure the demons keep watch over him, I'll get more information out of our little prince later." Judai shivered by the thought of Jehu getting information out of him, what would he do when he won't tell Jehu anything?
Before he could say anything, Haou dragged him to one of the guest rooms. Two demon guards stood in front of the door, opening it as Haou threw Judai into the room and closing it as Haou walked away. "Don't let the boy escape, no matter what." he told them before he was out of sight. Judai sat up and looked around, the room was dark, he could barely see the furniture. "Looks like I got myself in big trouble.." he sighed and laid down on the bed.
"I hope everyone is okay.." were the last words before he fell asleep.