Pure

Chapter 1

-Love on first sight-

-knock-

A heavy book fell down from the table, onto the hard wooden floor. The young man sitting at the table flinched and picked the book up, putting it back on its place, on top of other books in front of him. He was currently learning, reading Medical books, just like the Old man told him to. A sigh escaped his mouth, he leaned back and looked over at the Front door.

It was an old wooden door, next to it on both sides were Windows with white curtains, partly closed. Above the door was a small window, the sun shone through it, the air in the room was stuffy and smelled like Antispectic Solution and bandages. He was in a Doctor's Office, it belonged to Dr. Charles Bittencourt, an old man, who never had been seen smiling. But he was known for is kindness nonthenless, he took in Kannon, the young man sitting at his table, as he had nowhere else to go and showed a large interest and knowledge in the medical field.

What added to this decision was the fact that Kannon had a special ability, not special enough to be dangerous or to accuse him of Witchcraft, just a minor healing ability.

Nothing that would put him on the pillory or would cause him to be burned.

Dr. Bittencourt keeps this ability secret and never told anyone about it, he doesn't want his precious Assistant to be hurt, even though it is unlikely that this would happen.

Kannon stood up and made his way to the window, next to the front door, he opened it and looked outside. The street was empty, except the occasional Person walking towards the marketplace. "The Festival is today." he thought to himself, another small sigh escaping him.

He wondered if he should go to the Festival, was there too, helping everyone most likely. But what about the work he needed to finish? The learning?

Actually, he had finished his work a long time ago and just didn't want to go home yet, so this shouldn't be a big problem. The doctor would understand his decision, he thought and took the key from the Desk. He took a last look around the room and made his way outside.

He locked the door and walked towards the noises, they were coming from the marketplace.

The sky was dyed a soft orange, the sun could be seen just above the rooftops.

On the other end a young man, with dark red Hair, could be seen walking along the street, towards the park. His name was Pheonix and he'd walked from town to town to find a place to stay, but no matter where he asked, he always was rejected. People whispered around him and laughed. Was it his appereance?

He had light skin, warm to touch and his hair was red, with yellow tips. He was a mage, a fire mage. "Maybe they dislike me because of that..." he thought, arriving in the park.

He sat down in the cold shadow of a large tree and leaned back.

He closed his eyes and started to nap.

Kannon on the other hand just arrived on the marketplace and walked towards the fountain, he sat down on a bench near it. "She'll show up here, right?" he asked himself, thinking about a somewhat special person to him. This person wasn't a commoner like him, she was a member of the Royal Tsukiyo Family,her name was Elise Charlotte Tsukiyo, the youngest daughter and the most rebellious child of them.

They've known eachother for years, are even Childhood friends, but she can't remember much of it. "Let's hope she doesn't make a show again." he thought, leaning back a bit more, he tried to relax a bit, knowing that this peace won't hold for long.

A few people made their way to the Park, packed with Picknick essentials. It was a young Princess and her Servants, two maids and a Butler as well as a Guard to keep her safe. Her Hair was white as snow, her name was Elizabeth Hichiro, she was the only daughter of Count Azusa Hichiro and the step daughter of his second wive Countess Moeka, she was raised to be friendly and understanding, to fear what she had to fear and to be a damsel in distress.

That's at least what the rumors say, they also say she'd be and easy target, her Guards aren't stong and her other servants don't know a thing about self-defense.

Pheonix woke from the noise and turned to look upon the young Princess, he never saw he rin person, only heard about her and frankly he never thought she was interesting until now.

He couldn't help himself but stare at her red face as she noticed him looking. She blushed and turned her head away, looking at her maids. She was embarrassed, neverhad anyone stared at her like this, she had no idea how to behave or what to do in a situation like this.

The guard asked Pheonix to leave which he did,but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get her face out of his head, he wished he could have asked for her name but would she really talk to a wandering adventurer who didn't even own a home or a horse? Probably not.

He arrived at the marketplace about an hour later, maybe the Princess was here now too?

"She had white hair, such a pretty shade of it too..." he thought when he suddenly spotted a white haired person, sitting near the founting. Dressed in the same green as the Princess he saw before. Without any second thoughts he ran up to her and grabbed her hands, they felt cold, but he didn't care, he held them close to his chest. "My dear, please tell me your name..." he got interrupted by a annoyed groan and a sharp stare. "Just what the hell are you doing?" the person asked, yanking their hands free. It was Kannon, his hair was white and his eyes were a bright yellow in color, he was pale and his skin was cold to touch. He looked a lot younger than he actually was but that was bound to happen to any Immortal out there.

He had a disgusted look on his face, "Just what is wrong with you?" he said, looking up towards Pheonix. He looked at the white haired man in shock, not understanding what just happened, did he really just do that? "What is wrong with me?" he mumbled, trying to grasp the current situation, "I-I am sorry, Sir. I couldn't think straight." was the only response he could think of at the moment. He bowed down several times as an Apology, he felt embarrassed.

This wasn't his brightest moment, he thought of all the things that could happen now but none became real, instead Kannon told him to sit down next to him. He sighed.

"Well, tell me why you did that, will you?" he asked politely. Pheonix thought for a moment how he could explain his actions, "I thought you were the Young Princess I saw in the Park about an hour ago, she had such pretty white hair and looked so Innocent and sweet-" again, he got Interrupted by the man next to him, "Do I look a Princess? Innocent? Sweet?" he asked, the disgusted look slowly creeping its way back onto his face. Phonix stared at him for a few seconds, "Now that I look at you again, no, you don't."

Kannons sighed, "Good. My name is Kannon Kiyoshi. And I am in fact not the only white haired person living around here, you should think twice before you do that again, especially if she's a Princess. You can't just touch her or run up to her, you know? You don't even a chance."

A soft laughter escaped him, but he stopped as soon as it started.

"Well, I think at least that I'll have a chance with her." he said, "Also, how'd you know?" he added nonchalantly, a smile on his face, he leaned back and was ready to hear him stutter.

Kannon stared at him, "I for one know a Princess personally. I am just waiting for her to show up here and make a ruckus, you know?" he said, a grin on his lips.

Pheonix asked himself, "How does he know one personally?", he thought for a minute then asked, "Kiyoshi-san, may I ask what your Job is?", in a very polite way.

"I'm the Asisstant of , but that has nothing to do with how I met her, if that is what you want to know-" he got interrupted by a loud scream nearby.

It came from across the street, a young girl was being dragged away from the market place, her white dress close to being dipped in mud. "Lady Elise, please! Calm down, you'll dirty your Dress!" a Maid said, worried and struggling to hold her back. Lady Elise was of Royal heritage, her Father was Archduke Takanori Tsukiyo. His wive, Archduchess Ida Tsukiyo held a grudge against her youngest child and had a greater liking to their first born, Prince Emmet.

Elise Charlotte Tsukiyo was their second child and the most rebellious one so far. She was known for her temper and for not following the family rules and traditions.

"Just let me go, Maria! I just want to find someone, and talk to him!" she yelled, her light pink hair, hiding her face. She yanked her arm free, almost fell into the mud, and jumped over the mud puddle. She looked straight ahead and spotted the person of desire, her cheeks turned red, accentuating her pale face, almost as red as her lips. "Kannon!" she exclaimed and ran over to him, se held her dress up as to not upset her maids anymore than she already did.

The smile on her face was warm and filled his heart with excitement, he didn't show it though, it was to embarrassing. "You always make such ruckus, Elli. Try being more secretive next time." he said. A laugh escaped Pheonix, "What a lovely lady." he said.

She smiled, "Good day, Sir." she bowed down, her hair falling down, covering her face again.

It was long, it reached just above her bosom, her face was round and she didn't have any pupils. This was weird for Pheonix as he never saw that before, "Such weird eyes." he thought.

"She's a Lady or rather a Princess, but a quite rebellious one, If I can say so." Kannon said, pointing at her. "Ah," he gasped, " How did you two meet?"

The maid panicked, she didn't know what do to with Lady Elise anymore, it was frustrating. She was the only one who still decided to try dealing with her, the others gave up soon after starting, but she was with her since her childhood and just couldn't give up now.

"Well, I am not entirely sure about the whole beggining but Kannon told me most of it," she giggled, "I sneaked out from my Family's Mansion and danced across a small bridge, I slipped and fell over the railing, into the shallow water. He found me and brought me to Office, to help me." she blushed, she brushed away her hair and smiled.

Kannon sighed softly, "I got into trouble for allegedly kidnapping a member of the royal Tsukiyo family, which I didn't do. Yes, she was missing for a week, but did I know she was a Princess? No, cause she never mentioned it." he glares at her, then leans back.

"I hit my head on a stone and was knocked out, forgot some stuff, so please, Kannon don't hold it against me anymore, I helped you out of it." she smiles, hitting him softly on the shoulder, "Say, would it bother you to cut my hair? Or hide me in your Basement?"

"O-Of course it'd bother him, right?" Phoenix asked, this was something he never thought he'd hear. Kannon nodded, "First of all i don't have a Basement and secondly, Cutting your Hair symbolizes something and you know what." Elise was staring him down, "I dislike my Family, I don't care what it symbolizes. I mean, yes, I now what it means but still, my Hair is in the way and I really hate looking like my mom when she was young." She pulled on her dress, it had rose shaped applications here and there, and sighed loudly. "I'll help your friend here too." she said, in a quiet tone, annoyed by him not fulfilling her only wish, she'd even help strangers.

Pheonix couldn't understand anything again, "Erm, Help me? In what way?" he really needed an Answer, he looked at them both a hopeful expression on his face. "Fine,Pheonix, I'll tell you." she started, "You found a liking in a young Princess from a neighboring land, who visits relatives of her Mother. You, yourself are an Adventurer, Homeless and you never felt any strong feelings for anyone before, you're always looking for an Adventure and a Challenge. You mistook Kannon for your Princess-" she laughs, "I am sorry, It's just funny. To be honest with you, I am not really allowed to talk to anyone anymore, But the Maids accompaning me are weak willed and easy to manipulate so I can deal with them easily." She smiles,but it was soon gone when she was interrupted by a loud noise, she looked around for the source of it.

A scream could be heard from somwhere near them. They looked around and spotted the Young Princess from before, being grabbed by a nasty looking man. Her dress was ripped at the sleeve, it looked dirty from the touch of the she fall?

Pheonix stood up, as if he was stung by a bee and decided in half a second that he needed to help her. He grabbed his bagand made his way through the crowds.

"Kannon, he won't success. They are using Protection magic, so they can't be directly hit if you attack them from the front." Elise explained, she looked over at Kannon, who was holding onto a old, well-used knive he snatched from Pheonix's bag. "Take it and do what you have to." he said, handing her the knive. She smiled, "But then you'll have to cut my hair."

He nodded and helped her get around and trhough the crowd, towards the two man.

"Leave her alone!" Pheonix yelled, stepping forward and charging at the two man.

No matter how hard he tried he couldn't hit them directly, he didn't understand why.

Mean while Elise made her way behind them and decided to help out Phoenix by making the man release their Protection Magick so that he could hit one of them at least.

The nasty looking one grabbed Pheonix by the hand, "Oh, boy. You shouldn't have done that." he said, his voice sounded hoarse and when he spoke spit flew everywhere. Pheonix smirked, "You shouldn't have done that," he felt confident, and decided to use Fire against him.

The man on the left noticed ir first but before he could say anything, Pheonix already punched the man in the throat, burning it. He catched the young Princess before she could hit the floor and didn't notice the help he got. Elise had stabbed the man in the back, before he was Punched. She got rid of teh other one, by stabbing him in the spine, causing him to fall to the ground, before he could scream in pain and ruin the moment she slit his throat. She smiled.

The Princess looked up at Pheonix, she was blushing softly, "T-thank you, for saving me."

He smirked, "I couldn't let a cute girl like you getting hurt, could I?"

The Princess looked away bashfully, she hid her face with her ripped sleeve and stepped away.

He noticed the small giggle only now, in front of him knealed Lady Elise, blood wa son her dress and face, she smeared it away a bit and smiled at him. Fear crept into his Mind, "Was she really a Princess?" he thought, not taking his eyes off of her. "This was fun, right?" she asked him, getting pulled up by Kannon who didn't look pleased. He took a Handkerchief and started cleaning her face, it took some time, time Pheonix used to talk to The Princess.

He looked at her more carefully now, he noticed her Red eyes,they looked like the roses he saw in the garden of an old woman, on his way to this city. " So cute..." He thought.

"Stand still, Idiot!" Kannon said in an somewhat angry tone, he had put his cape around Elise and was doing something underneath it. "Ah, but, this is impure!" she said aloud, blushing heavily, Kannon yanked on her dress. "You literally killed a man and you say this is impure?, I don't want your Mother to know about this and if she sees your bloodied dress she'll know and make my Life worse, because I'll get the whole fault and you'll be off the hook again." he explained, opening the buttons of her top. "But not in front of everyone!" she yelled, holding the cape closed, as to not let anyone see her exposed body. He folded her Dress and patted her on the head, "Just calm down, no one can see anything. I'll do what you said and even give you a nice dress, I just need to wash this so it doesn't get stained."