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A War of Two Hearts
Chapter One: The Mission
There was once a young world full of peace and harmony. It was a world full of hope and love where people lived with freedom and justice. Until one fateful day, a former General of a once great army decided to conquer what he believed to be his, the entire world. General Kyo gathered his great army and began to overthrow many rulers of distant lands, eliminating all who opposed him. Many people began to fear him and his power, which brought them to the point where they had no choice but to join his growing empire.
Numerous kingdoms were now under the control of General Kyo, but his greed for power only brought more desire. He wanted to make sure that every kingdom and all the lands were under his reign, yet there remained one kingdom still fighting against his power. It was the once mighty Kingdom of Ardin, home to the Ardin family. This was a challenge that excited the General. He wanted to see the Kingdom of Ardin fall at his feet; desperately to see the Ardin family suffer.
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"Um, Master Kyo, the captain is here to see you." A young soldier said as he looked toward the door.
Standing in the doorway, was a young man with a mass of brown fluff and eyes dark as a chocolate sea. He wore a dark blue cloak along with a large golden badge at the corner of his chest and carried a long sword just above his waist. Of course he was a professional trained soldier, loyal in every way to the General.
"Master Kyo, what is it you request of me sir?" The young man said as he entered the room, while the other soldier left to his duties.
"Ah, Captain Kamiya. Seeing that you and your army have had excellent progress of destroying the capital of Kinstle, I have a mission for you." The general said with a devilish grin.
"Of course sir. What is this mission exactly?" The captain said with a look of wonder.
"I would like your army to march into the Ardin Kingdom and kill off all who live there. It is a difficult task considering they have many confident and fearless soldiers that don't fall to easily, but I think your army can handle it. Your men may take any loot they wish to keep, but they may take no prisoners. That is their task, however you have another. I want you to find the Ardin family and kill'em all. Leave no one alive. Do you understand Captain?"
"Yes sir, I shall leave not one alive. We'll attack at dawn tomorrow."
"It's done then. You may gather your best troops and do not fail me." The general said with a stern look.
"Yes sir." The captain nodded and walked out of the room, ready to gather his best men for the battle of their lives.
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"Sora, you silly girl. You know that people will think of you differently." A young man said as he swung his sword back and forth at a red-headed girl, slightly younger than him. Both were practicing a little sword fighting in the yard of the castle.
"What do you mean by that Rich?" The girl swung her sword back at him.
"I mean, you're the only girl I know who would want to learn how to sword fight. You're different than other girls. It's hard to bring you down and not to mention your stubborness." Rich said with a big smile on his face.
"Well, I don't want to be like other girls. They're so boring. All they do is stay in their home and wait until they get married. Men actually think they can rule us females, saying that we can't fight and defend ourselves. I mean there's a war going on right now Rich! What if our soldiers can't hold them off any longer!" Sora shouted at her brother as she swung the sword again.
"Woa there, what are you saying Sora? Of course our army can still hold off General Kyo's men. We have the best soldiers around. I have seen beaten many of those weak men. They don't have spirit like we do."
"You don't understand Rich. His army is multiplying every day and they're getting stronger too. Aren't you worried about that at all. What would happen if we had to surrender to him." Sora said with a look of worry and held her sword down.
"Don't worry. We're not going to let them defeat us. We'll keep fighting. Don't be scared Sora. You have your big brother to take care of you." Rich smiled and walked towards Sora to give her a hug.
"I guess I have you to protect me right?" Sora said as she returned the hug.
"Right. Now let's go inside the castle and eat dinner. It's getting dark out." Rich said as they both walked towards the entrance of their home.
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The entire Ardin family were eating their dinner and enjoying their moment together as they have always been. It was a comfortable and large dining room with a middle-sized dinner table in the center of the room. Mr. Ardin, also known as the king, was laughing as he recalled a funny incident he had seen earlier today. Mrs. Ardin was also joining her husband with a few laughs of her own. Sora looked to her brother Rich and smiled. They had never thought how goofy their parents can be.
Sora then looked to her parents. There was the same question that she had desperately wanted to ask them for a long time, but never really had the courage to ask it. This time was different, she was going to ask it.
"Um, mom? Dad?" Sora asked a little nervous.
"Yes dear. What's wrong?" Her mother asked.
"I know I was adopted into this wonderful family, but I never got to know what my other family was like." Sora had finally asked.
"Oh...well um, Sora the sad truth is...we found you without a family. You see, we're not sure what happened them." She looked at her husband. "The moment your father and I heard a distant crying we had to look for ourselves. All we know is that we couldn't leave you out in the fields, so we decided to take you in. Why do you ask this sort of question dear?" Her mother asked.
"Nothing, I just wanted to know." Sora felt kind of upset knowing that her life felt incomplete. Rich looked at Sora's sad expression.
"Listen Sora, it's okay. You've got people here who really care for you. We'll always love you and I promise to look after you. You'll always be my annoying little sister." Rich smiled.
"I'm not that little you know!" Sora laughed while smacking him on the arm.
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Nightfall came and silence filled the kingdom of General Kyo. Hundreds of men packed their belongings and supplied plenty of food and water as they prepared for the battle at the Ardin Kingdom. They gathered all their horses and silently waited for their captain to arrive and lead them into battle.
"Shh, here comes Captain Kamiya." One of the soldiers said.
The captain slowly walked over to his men and halted directly in front of them. He drew his sword and held it in the air. The rest of the soldiers imitated his actions and drew their swords in the air, waiting for a speech from their captain.
"Tomorrow morning, we strike the Kingdom of Ardin! Let them fall down on their knees and beg for mercy!" The captain slowly paced back and forth. "We shall eliminate all and leave none alive! Take down their walls and their army! They become weaker while we become stronger! Don't forget, leave the Ardin family to me! They will fall down to my strength. We shall show no mercy and destroy their hopes, while they cry in agony!!" Captain Kamiya shouted with all his might.
"Yea!! That's what we'll do. Kill'em all." A soldier cried out.
"Leave none alive!!" Another soldier yelled out.
The vicious troops began to ride out into the night and headed towards the Ardin Kingdom. They await in the dark forest until dawn to attack the kingdom. The Ardin Kingdom, however knew nothing of this surprise attack.
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A/N: Well, that's the first chapter. Sorry if it's a little boring...it's my first story. Tell me what you think.