WARNING: SUICIDES and DEPRESSION
Plus Chazz was born Intersex.
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A/N: Okay, so this is a reupload of this fic with a few editing and the previous author note in italics. I decided to do this since the writing was autrocious where I had no idea what in the hell I was writing.
And I want to thank several Guests, Ilovevocaloid93, keroro, and SlackingSlifer for your reviews before this reupload.
The title is a play on "Sally's Song" from Nightmare Before Christmas, preferably covered by Katethegreat19.
So this is a spinoff to Kiss the Crossdresser, but it's centered around Chazz Princeton. There will be married Seto and Joey in their dragon forms. Noe is a cyborg and married to Mokuba. Everyone's married! Jona's living happily in the afterlife, but can still be in reach. Saviors have their advantages. There are still viruses across different universes, and Joey with his friends are doing their best to clean it up.
But I'm starting with the four past lives of Chazz: Speck of light, Princess Jun (Princess of the Light and Darkness Kingdom/ fourth knight among the legendary knights: Hermos, Critias and Timaeus/Wadjet: Mother of the first pharaoh of Egypt), Jaswinder (Indian doctor of the Egyptian royalty) , and Xiaoling (Noemi's cat).
So here is the exposition!
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Chapter 1
Before the birth of the Numeron Dragon, there was only darkness and light entangled in a war. The light wished to destroy the darkness out of its own amusement while the darkness fought for the sake of its own survival. Then suddenly the light vanished from the darkness' awareness, and left but a single speck of light. Smaller than an atom, but filled with passion that attracted the darkness to keep it around. The darkness and the speck of light became friends, and as a proof of that friendship, the light begged the darkness to kill it in order to give the one thing that the darkness should have: Life.
And so, after the death of the speck of light, life was given to the darkness in the form of stars, planets, black holes, and so much more. Although the only creation that was considered to have an opinion was the Numeron Dragon. However, due to being the only creation with an idea, it discovered its own loneliness. Thus with all its power and its sacrifice, it created life on the planets with thoughts of their own. This created the human beings who in turn would create duel monsters through their own thoughts and hearts such as the Creator God of Light, Horakhty, or the great evil God of the Shadow Realm, Zorc.
The light soon returned when it took a glimpse of the beauty that a piece of it had created. Wanting to destroy it, it became a wormhole that shot out streaks of light that created chaos throughout the universe. The darkness tried to stop the malicious being, but the light pointed out that lunging itself into it would create a war that could destroy its creation anyway. The darkness believed it since it has seen the lives within it enter into wars to maintain what they believed was theirs, only to see it go in tatters in different ways. Not wanting to destroy the life that the speck of light had provided, the darkness decided to reincarnate a gentle piece of itself among the living in one of the many universes that the light would strike the hardest at.
Duel monsters and humans with the gift to become aware of this reincarnation created a prophecy that would be told throughout the universe's dimensions:
There was to be a battle between the light and darkness, and all should have faith that the darkness would win.
As simple as those words were, they unknowingly created a chaos that would split the light and darkness monsters, and ostracize those who were a mix or dared to mix. And so the mixed duel monsters and their allies fled from this hatred to create a kingdom that was protected by three rings of mountains and a magical shield above them so they could prosper among themselves. Only a golden gate was a way for them to come in and out.
No one at all knew that when the gentle darkness was reincarnated, so was the speck of light.
Her name was Princess Jun of the Light and Darkness kingdom. She walked along her kingdom without anyone, not even herself, knowing that she was the sacrifice made for creation.
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The Light and Darkness Kingdom, LAD-K for short among its citizens, was a round, wide, spacious city that could fit billions of duel monsters and humans. The kingdom flourished with colors and shapes of nature and buildings that ranged from small to semi-tall. The tallest building in the kingdom was not the castle at the center of the city, but it was the bronze clock tower that was accompanied with the statues of the light-end dragon and the dark-end dragon. Within the light, the light end dragon gleamed beautifully while in the dark, the dark end dragon's eyes and smile gleamed wickedly.
The clock tower and the statues were the symbols of the kingdom. The clock tower symbolized life that should be lived with satisfaction, and the statues represented for acceptance. At the schools, the children are all taught about it with the motto of the kingdom: "You may love or be indifferent to the external state of those around you, but never hate nor express negatively of it."
The castle of the royal family was extravagant with its black gates that shielded away from fans of the royal family with the help of the vines from the beautiful garden that surrounded the area. A flower field took up most of their backyard. The view of the place from a good angle above silently sang about life and beauty. Then when the sun had set, the gates and parts of the house would glow red as if the place was set by a demonic fire. Both faces of the kingdom pleased everyone who cared for aesthetics.
Princess Jun was very proud of her kingdom and loved her parents for creating such a place.
Her father was the King of the Light End. His skin was as white as porcelain, and his long green hair was midway to his ankles. Eyes glowed a fiery yet gentle orange. His lithe body was dressed in a pulpit robe with slits on its back to allow his four dove-like wings to freely spread out. He was also adorned in gold and jades. His own crown was in the shape of a helmet with a ring and horns above his head. Downward horns protruded from where his ears should be, and they ended in a curve below his chin.
He was kind, patient, outgoing, and understanding, but very full of himself that his intentions of doing good could appear superficial to the skeptical type. He was the one behind the artistic beauty of the kingdom.
Her mother was the queen of the Dark End. Her skin was as black as obsidian with bat-like wings between her shoulder blades. Her piercing mono-lidded eyes softly glowed a bright green between a sapphire gem. Her apple-shaped body had a sinister face with a red gem between its yellow eyes. It never spoke. Only grinned. Though she had told her daughter that it had spoken once, but that was only when her father had asked her hand in marriage despite the chaos that ensued because their kind dared to mix. The very words were, "If this guy doesn't mind you having a face on your stomach, he's a keeper."
She never worn clothing unless she was formally meeting with people who were uncomfortable around the naked. But she would only wear enough to hide her breasts, and wear a long loin skirt. Her own crown was in the shape of two cone shaped horns that protruded from her ears while spikes were on her bald head and cheeks. She was lazy, selfish, cruel, and aloof to other people's problems, but she had an incredibly sharp wit and wisdom. She was the one behind the very structure of the kingdom.
Princess Jun was born with half of her skin and mohawk being as pale as porcelain and the other half as dark as obsidian. One wing on her back was dove-like and the other was like a bat's. Her eyes were as yellow as the wicked eyes on her mother's stomach. Her father always had her dress in the most stylish of dresses and clothes of the kingdom's time. Though she mostly preferred to wear loose dresses and tights that were easy to dance in.
She was energetic, rude, passionate, egotistical, compassionate, and mix of many other things. She was a princess worth admiring, but can be overwhelming company.
At the breakfast table, her parents delivered unwanted news that unwanted foreign visitors were coming.
"You're joking right? Why do I have to play with some prince dweeb. Adopted no less!" They created mountains for a reason! The golden gate is mostly just for show!
Her mother answered with an agreeing tone to her attitude, but her words expressed differently, "He's the reincarnation of the gentle darkness who is fated to destroy the light of destruction. However, because he is one person, kingdoms are fighting over who he will be succeeding as king of. The current king who has him is looking to us for support since we're one of the very, very few kingdoms who has no care in the world about some prophecy that ostracized our love. Right, my twinkle?"
Her father answered with a loud, honest voice, "Absolutely! We created this kingdom to stay away from the world out there! Without a doubt our forces could very well tip the scales of the wars, but it's the amount of faith and will of the people who win them! Jun, when you succeed us, you are expected to keep this kingdom as far away from the outside world as much as you can. We allow no one within our walls except for former citizens, their descendants, or interspecies lovers."
"I know, dad! You tell me that every day!" She huffed exaggeratedly.
Her father cautiously and lovingly explained, "I know, darling, but I just want to make sure that all of this sink in with you because this kingdom is a sanctuary, and we can't risk foreign hate to breed among us. Hatred is a very infectious disease." He caressed her delicate dark cheek.
Her mother added, "Not that hatred isn't in our kingdom, but there are different types of hatred, and racism is not what we want. All external forms are accepted. It's the internal form that should be hated. Such as I. I have the attitude of a cold hearted bitch, and I rather have people hate me for that instead of who I chose to love and who I bred from it."
Jun had heard this lesson again and again, but it always sounded deeply important by her parents, so she respectfully nodded, and digested their words in her mind. In the future, she will rule a kingdom free of racism. Or most of it at best.
She then rewinded the conversation back to their main topic, "So do I have to like this prince?"
Her mother answered, "Nope! But they expect you to do it, so to show no hostility since we're a very mature kingdom, you just have to suck it up like us adults, and play nice."
"Nice-nice, or nice-I-obviously-hate-you-but-i-am-being-the-better-person-nice?"
Her father answered, "The second one, starlight, the second one."
"I can work with that." The princess shrugged the problem off, and then they were informed by one of the servants that the king and the prince had arrived. She loudly sighed. "Time to put up the act for the desperate!"
The family stood up, and walked over to the throne room where they took their seats. Jun's throne was in between her parents' own, and was smaller to fit her size, but it would grow in time. Her parents allowed Jun to be present during their work since early exposure to her future duties was a good idea.
Dragons who stood at the sides of the doors roared out as it opened to reveal the foreign royals who was escorted by the mystical elf. When they were a few feet from each other, she slightly bowed before leaving without a word. Jun judged the foreigners' appearances. The king looked like a generic man with his long, braided black hair, pointy crown and shoulder guards, and useless cape. The boy looked like he was dressed to look like a poorer and dumber version with that stupid mushroom hair. Then there was the winged weirdo who had a stare intense enough to look like she needed to be taught in how to look at the people who were their only chance at survival.
"We're definitely saying no." Jun whispered to her mother.
"Ditto." She agreed. She was also thinking the same thing, except her thoughts were far more critical that all self-esteems would descend to the the ocean trenches.
Immediately, the Light End King stood up and approached the group with a booming, welcoming voice, "WELCOME! I must say that it is a surprise and an honor to meet you! You obviously know who we are, and we know who you are, so how about the kids excuse us while we adults discuss! Right, my princess?" He grinned at his daughter.
Jun gave her father a genuine smile, and stood up with her hands grasped together, looking like an absolute angel. "Of course, dear father. Please follow me." She walked out of the room with grace as the prince and his guardian followed.
When they were out of the room and was walking along a corridor, the prince spoke excitedly, "It's really nice to meet you, Princess Jun! I was able to see a part of your city from my carriage's window, and it's really beautiful!"
"Yeah, I know." Jun turned around with a tired sigh. "Let's get something straight here, prince Judai. You'll only be in this kingdom once, and even if you do become the prophesied Supreme King and I become queen, we won't become friends. We won't go to war. You'll just stay at your kingdom, and I'll stay at mine. Never to speak again."
Yubel was taken aback by her rudeness. "How dare you speak to prince Judai that way! He can have you and your kingdom crushed!"
Jun yawned. "How cute. Threats to take down a kingdom out of hubris, and shouldn't your prince be speaking for himself? If he wants to be ready to take a kingdom, he should be speaking. Not the help."
"Hey! Don't speak to my friend like that!" Judai snapped at her.
But Jun gave him a satisfied smirk that shouldn't be on a seven-year-old's face. "So you do got some spunk in you. Maybe you're not a lost cause after all." She turned around to continue walking, "C'mon losers. We're going to my backyard."
"I don't think I want to." The prince crossed his arms. "Not unless you apologize to Yubel!"
Jun gave him airy, "Sorry, sorry, sorry." She stopped and turned around. "Let's get something here, future king. You're in foreign property, and here, things are handled differently. You should do your homework on how to treat the locals. Not for the locals to turn their back on their culture just to fit to your taste. Otherwise you won't get some dynamic character in that body of yours. To you, I'm rude. But here, this is called a test of character. And if you can't pass it, and you're going to use your big name to look like the bigger man, then the wise will know that you're the fool. You gotta adapt, boy." She continued walking away.
Yubel wanted to crush her! But she knew better than to attack. "Can you believe her?!"
Judai looked at the princess's back thoughtfully. "Actually...I can. She's right. This is her home, and we're the guests. We should learn their customs."
"And if she is just lying to you to insult you?!"
"Then I better figure that out." Prince Judai grinned as he ran after the girl. "Hey, wait up!"
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The Kings and the Queen sat at a round table with a meal served. The queen saw in the foreign king's eyes that he was hesitant to eat. She spoke with her soothing, manipulative voice, "There's nothing to worry. None of the meals are poisonous. If we wanted to kill you, we'd be a lot more discreet, but no motive presents itself."
"You certainly have a...particular way of speaking." The foreign king tried to say politely, but in his eyes were judgement against her gender and her motherhood. She could see the disgusts so clearly that she pitied at how weak he was. And this was the man to raise the Supreme King. So sad.
She felt her husband's hand on her lap. It gave a comforting rub while he chowed on his food with control. If the guest wasn't present, then he'd eat like a wild man who hadn't eaten in days.
She appreciated his actions, and played civil with the racist, "So how long will you be staying?"
"I will remain here as long as it takes me to convince you to fight by my side. You must be aware of the tension growing between my kingdom and the others once they learned that the reincarnation of the gentle darkness was found in my kingdom and is now my son."
"Yes, that was a very smart move." The Dark End Queen complimented sarcastically before taking a sip of her wine.
"Excuse me?"
"Let's be honest here." She slammed her chalice on the table to show her anger, but her calm expression contradicted her action. "You screwed up like how many kings have done before. If you had read your history books, you would've known that such an uprising against you would happen. You flaunted a power that frightens those who likes to remain in their seat of power. 'Who's to say that this boy won't grow up and conquer their own kingdom?' That is racing through all the leaders' minds right now just because you decided that you wanted to flaunt your lucky fortune. The smart move would've been to hide this child as much as possible, and do not reveal him until his prophecy must be fulfilled or you are dying. That way the boy would be of age to take a stand against this problem you created. No one can't say no to a boy with indestructible power to control the duel monsters."
"I understand my mistake now-"
"Do you?" She spoke above him to remind him of where he sat at. This was her realm. "And yet you don't see how to obviously prevent the upcoming bloodshed made in your name!"
"If you have a better idea then-"
"Create a new name."
"What?"
"It's very simple. Unite all the kingdoms, and create a new name that shall be bestowed upon the new country ruled under the Supreme King. You should also have another successor to handle your kingdom. At the same time, you must create a new kingdom with roads that connects the other kingdoms like a postal office and bank, so all news and money and such will always be present for the boy to hear and handle if needed be. Bello," She called out to one of her servants. A map was laid out on the middle of the table with a circle on it. "This should be where your new kingdom is. It's the best location, so the strongest kingdoms can all be at estimated equal distances from it. And to make sure the kingdom is properly fit for a king," She snapped her fingers, and Bello had the map magically turn into a miniature kingdom.
The Light End King pointed out that he created this one before continuing to eat.
His wife affectionately chuckled before explaining, "This is created with pieces from each kingdom to make it a piece of their own. And not just any pieces, but the pieces that represents their riches and pride."
The foreign king stared at the futuristic display of a new kingdom, "It's...magnificent..."
"I know." She gave a small smirk since she was so used to hearing that compliment. "Of course, to make sure that the alliances are strong, then the king should obviously be involved in polygamy. Nothing like having one of their citizens sowed by the king to get them feeling like they're family." She chuckled at her own joke. "Of course, if a heir was to be born, then that isn't my issue. You wanted help out of this war, then here you go. Present this to the other leaders, and they'll seek the opportunity to have a piece of the king to themselves. You can have all the credit."
"Are you sure?" The king was not flabbergasted by the careless withdrawal of acknowledgement.
"I only wish for you to never return here, so will you use my plan?" She already knew the answer, but it looked like the poor foreigner needed coherence of the situation.
"I...I will." The king was breathless by the pure magnificence that was swallowing the room.
"Good. But not now. I would like you and your son to stay here for a week. Lucky for you, you came right as we were having our festival week. The fairies of life is coming so everything is endless. The wine in the amphoras never stop flowing, edible plants will sprout after sprout, and the farm animals are twice or thrice as big! You must enjoy our culture."
"I...Anything. Anything you wish." The man was still staring at the miniature kingdom. He understood the loss of having the gentle darkness to himself, but by the amazing display before him, he knew that he would be taking credit for an absolutely brilliant design, and will go down in history as one of the top geniuses! He was busy trying to think of how to speak as brilliantly as the display was.
The Dark End Queen didn't care for the credit. She just wanted her kingdom to be left alone. She felt that hand on her thigh take her hand. She looked at her husband to see in his eyes that he agreed. He looked forward to being left alone.
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"Come on loser! You're way too slow! You call yourself a prince?!" The seven-year-old princess insulted the male prince. They were running along the flower fields of her backyard.
"Don't call Prince Judai a loser, you miserable excuse of a princess!" Yubel snapped back from beside the prince.
"And you're a miserable excuse for a guard!" She grabbed a rock and chucked it at the boy's head, and he fell down. "Ha ha ha ha ha! If that was a real weapon, you'd be dead!"
"Are you asking for a war?!" Yubel was about to attack her, but prince Judai held her back.
"No, Yubel. She's just playing with me. Nothing wrong with that!" He sat up and blood poured from his forehead. "But can you please not throw so hard next time! It could've put me in a coma!" He laughed the pain off.
Jun snorted! "Sorry. I thought your head would be as hard as that rock since you look as dumb as it!"
"If I'm as dumb as a rock, then you're as flimsy as a flower!" The prince snapped back while Yubel treated the wound.
"What?! Who's a flower! Idiot, I'm like a lightning bolt! I'm hotter than the sun, and I can crack open that dull skull in a second!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Judai ran away despite the wound being half treated.
"Then come here and face Jun: The thunder princess!" She chased after him.
"I thought you were a lightning bolt?!"
"I'm the damn storm coming down on you!" She lunged herself and tackled him from behind. The girl started poking him with noises meant to sound like she was raining down lightning bolts. The prince was laughing at how ticklish they felt.
"I'm down! I'm down! I'm defeated!"
"What'dya I tell ya! I'm the best princess there is!" She crossed her arms with a triumphant grin.
"Yeah. Yeah, you are, but yoooou failed to see my sneak attack!" The boy turned them over, and cried out, "Here comes my hero assault! Skydive scorcher!" He began poking at her, but she wouldn't have any of it.
"I counter with my shining breath!" She blew out her breath at his face, and the boy nearly faints.
"Augh, don't you mean death breath?!"
"Yeah, and there's more where that came from!"
"Well, my breath stinks more!" he blew at her face, and Jun also almost nearly faint.
"Ew! Did you eat troll poop before coming here?!" The both of them started laughing.
Yubel scolded them, "Prince Judai! This is not how you should be playing with girls! Especially princesses! Even when they are poorly raised!"
Princess Jun scoffed at him. "Are your girls all as boring as you make then sound? Geez, no wonder why your king is desperate to look to us for military support, when everyone knows we're not going to give him any!"
"Why not?" Judai asked.
"It's cuz, rock-brain, my kingdom was created to protect us from these conflicts since it was your people who kicked us out in the first place!"
Yubel yelled at her, "Princess Jun, it is not you-"
"Not my place to explain what? My kingdom? Excuse me stick-butt, but you have to remember that you are guest." She stood up to properly project her words, "I'll say what I wanna say on my lands. Don't like it, then scram!"
"Wait Princess Jun, she's just being overprotective of me!" Prince Judai tried to reason.
"Whatever. I'm bored of you, so I'm going to play with some real kids without nagging nannies."
"You don't actually mean that do you?" Prince Judai was visibly hurt by her words.
The princess felt guilty but she continued to act cold out of pride. "I always mean what I say, and if you wanna take it back, then prove me wrong. You guys can go do whatever you want. My servants can show you to the toy room or give you a tour guide around the city. I'm going to go have fun!" She spread her wings and flew away to the window of her room.
Yubel yelled at her, "Good! Prince Judai doesn't need to be exposed to someone like you."
"Stop it, Yubel! We're trying to be friends with her."
"I don't think that's a possibility, Prince Judai. We came here out of desperation. This kingdom is your enemy. They care nothing for your destiny. Even if the Light of Destruction were to come, they wouldn't lift a finger to help. Its best if this whole kingdom burned to the ground."
"Don't say that, Yubel! They may be mean and weird, but they haven't done anything to cross the line! These people just want to left alone because the world was being mean to them."
"But at the same time, they are not on your side. This is a civilization of immoral mix of monsters, and like every kingdom, they will try to expand and conquer other kingdoms. It is your job to unify them, Prince Judai! And if this kingdom denies that, then the other kingdoms will be against you! You can't create a weak link to your destiny. You need to do what is necessary to make sure everyone is safe. Even if you have to do it by force."
Judai understood what Yubel was saying. She always told him that whenever he showed a moment of weakness. It was his job as the future Supreme King to unite the kingdoms, so they could be under their protection. If other kingdoms deny it, then a war may erupt. In order for the world to be at balance, he needed to unify all of them, even if it was by force.
That's how he's been taught since he was discovered.
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"A week?!" Princess Jun was livid by what her mother decided without consulting her! Her parents and her were at the library where they spent time to read while in the comfort of each others silent presence. But after what Jun was told, it wasn't going to be that way. "I don't want to celebrate our festival of life with them! Why?!"
Her father answered from his seat. "We may not want to do anything with the Supreme King in the future, but dealing with him is inevitable. Your mother and I agreed that we should at least convince him of why he shouldn't destroy us if he were to try to unite all the kingdoms. Your mother gave a simple boost for the current king to make the unification happen faster with less problems, and considering that she was the one behind the genius, that would win the Supreme King's favor to allow our demands to happen. We are depending on you to become friends with him, so perhaps there will be a unification without our gate or mountains being taken down."
"Or for people to think that they can flood into our city just because of it." The queen shuddered at the thought from her seat.
"Oh, so this is another manipulative plan you have." Jun finally took her seat. "But I already told him that I wanted to have nothing to do with him!"
"Then don't push the friend-thing." Her mother advised. "Just do it little by little each day, and just leave a lingering feeling that perhaps the two of you were friends. Considering what the servants told me, the boy is quite the joyous idiot, so I bet he believes that the two of you can be friends anyway."
"I hate those kinds of idiots." The little girl crossed her arms indignantly. After thinking it over, she heavily sighed. "Fine! But it won't be easy with that nagger around."
"We love you." her parents said simultaneously with a gracious tone.
Jun walked over to them to receive a kiss on her cheek for her reluctant decision.
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The first morning of the week came the next day. The king was to spend time with Jun's parents to do what adults would do while she was to find a way to get along with the prince. She groaned at the thought at her bedroom. She considered of what she should do first. But then her thoughts were interrupted by her servant who informed her that her friend, Daichi, had arrived. Her head perked up with gleam in her eyes by that news. "Good! Send him in!"
Her servant nodded, and came in a small tiger that shifted its form into a male who dressed in a white pulpit robe like her father, but he had black hair swept back, and nothing else that interesting about his looks worth remembering. "Nice to see you again, Princess Jun." He greeted politely with a smart accent.
The girl jumped out of her bed to land before him and let him know, "Daichi! Perfect! I need you to be my date for the double date with the prince!"
The boy was only slightly surprised by this sudden request. He was quite used to the princess's random urges. "Oh? I heard that the future Supreme King was visiting. Isn't he around our age?"
"Yeah! So?" She frowned at him, believing that he was bailing on her before anything good happened.
"Kind of weird that he'd have a date?"
Chazz scowled at having to explain the most annoying person she met. "His date is actually his guardian. She's a nagger, and I can't stand how much she nags!" She frustratingly sighed with an eye roll. "But father and mother wants me to be on his good side for the sake of our privacy, so as the loyal and obediently beautiful daughter I am, I'll deal with this cruddy prince and stupid guardian. But I won't go at this alone! So Daichi, my long time best friend and future king, will you be my date!"
The seven-year-old Daichi didn't see the harm in it and thought that it would be fun. "I'm flattered that you asked! Nothing like the princess playing the role as manipulator. So when do we start?"
The girl bought him over to the waiting room where the prince and Yubel was told to wait for the princess. Jun strode in with vibrant energy that took over the room. "Good morning, slackers! It looks like I'll have to deal with you for a week since we are just children with minimal freedom of choice! But none of that complicated stuff you probably don't understand." She just loved coming in with insults. Yubel was well aware of what her words meant, and Judai seemed more bemused and amused.
She introduced Daichi, "Prince Judai, I'd like you to meet my future husband, Daichi. He's one of the most gifted geniuses in our kingdom."
"Figures that you'd have to marry someone with brains to make up for your lack of them." Yubel quipped.
Jun was about to snap at her, but Daichi smoothly said, "And I must say that you must be here to make up for your prince's lack of masculinity."
The dark type Duel Monster was shocked by the backtalk by some nobody! "You dare speak to-"
"Yubel!" Judai cried out. "Let's not fight! We're here to have fun!"
"You shouldn't tolerate their behavior." She scolded him.
Though the male retorted, "It's harmless. What you said was out of line though. Jun's obviously really smart!"
Jun happily smirked. "With a compliment like that, I guess you have some brains in you after all."
"Thanks! You too! So you two are really getting married?"
"Definitely!" Jun answered proudly. "It's good politics after all, bot none of that! Let's head out already. I've been told that you already visited the clock tower, and the schools, so you know our history and motto, so we can skip over the lectures, and go have some fun! The life festival lasts a week, so everyone can try out different things. We're going to spend the day doing what I love!"
"Neat!" Judai was excited! Yubel remained silent with a glare of suspicion.
The princess announced, "Of course, our first stop is the knight's stable! It's important for the princess to greet our top guardian and leader of the behavior control force at the morning before the Blending Race!"
"Blending race?" The prince was thinking about people being crushed in a bowl and blended by a spoon until they came out as one monster.
Daichi explained, "You should know that our kingdom consists of three mountain circles. The second ring of land is where agriculture takes place. The Blending race is simply a race around the second ring, and as they race, they have to pick out fruits, vegetables, and farm animals to put in their baskets. First place goes to one of the first three racers to cross the finish line. The one with the best quality is the winner. Second and third place goes to the other two of the first three racers to cross the finish line."
"That sounds totally awesome! I wanna join!"
"I'm afraid that you'll have to wait until you're older. Only those who had gone through the process of puberty can join. The reason is because the children who do wish to join the race will have to pass through agriculture classes. That way when they are picking their crops and animals, they will pick reasonably. It will be no good if a farmer looses its herd."
"Oh..." Judai considered what he was taught thoughtfully. "But you're smart! You should know what to do! So can you join?"
"Not at all. I guess there is a leeway to allow me to participate, but if you knew who you were challenging, then it would be best to take a backseat until you've trained a little more."
Jun interrupted to get things going already. "And that's why we're going to meet the guardian! She's known as the Cyber Kaiser!"
The dragon stables were located at one of the mountains, so they were transported first by carriage that had quick insects bring them to the chosen mountain. Then they entered a box-shaped room attached to the back of a muscular giant who would climb the mountain with steady ease until they reached their destination. Prince Judai was all smiles at the window where he was taking in the breathtaking view while everyone waited silently at their seats.
Daichi whispered to Jun, "He looks like he's enjoying himself. Never imagined that the future Supreme King destined to destroy an entity would have this personality. Childish but innocent."
Jun snootily whispered back, "Please. You should know that dark type creatures aren't always sinister and cunning like my mother. I mean have you seen the Dark magician girl?"
"Ah yes, but still. He's thee darkness, but again, the power is sleeping inside him. I wonder what he would be like once it awakens."
"Hopefully not a pain in the arse because I'm the one who has to deal with him." Jun silently pleaded with fate.
The two children then remembered that Yubel was glaring at them. They ignored her again.
The giant finally stopped, and the four of them exited. They were welcomed by a gust of wind from a Cyber End dragon's wings as it circled the stable that was filled with different types of dragons with stalls created to match their elements and shapes. The flying dragon cut through the air with a speed that was almost hard for the eye to follow.
Judai was amazed by it! "WAH! This is totally game! I'm so excited! I wanna ride a dragon!"
"We can make that happen, but first," Jun yelled at the Cyber End dragon rider. "Ryo! Your princess is here!" The dragon whirled around the sky to come to a steady landing in front of her. The three heads leaned towards her, and she affectionately patted their nuzzles. "I'm happy to see you, too, Cyber End Dragon. As the princess, I will not root for you, but I will reward you with a kiss if you do win!"
"Will the rider receive that reward, too?" The rider removed her helmet to reveal long cerulean hair with window bangs and focused yet kind cerulean eyes. A truly calm and beautiful face that made men drop to their knees at her presence.
Jun happily replied, "Of course! I'm not stingy with my kisses!"
"Then can I get one, too!" Judai asked.
"No!" Both Jun and Yubel answered. Yubel was a furious objection while Jun was just being childish. Judai was hurt either way.
Jun ignored him to inform her guardian, "Ryo, the dweeb and his keeper here is Prince Judai and his guardian Yubel."
"Is that so." Ryo smiled amusingly. She welcomed them with a more polite tone. "It's an honor to meet the future Supreme King and his trusted friend. I hope in the future that our two worlds can be at peace."
"Such formality. Why aren't you taking the throne?" Yubel deadpanned.
Ryo quietly chuckled. She defended, "I understand why you think Princess Jun is unsuited, but you've only met her for a day, and-"
"They don't need to be convinced." The princess huffed with her fists on her hips. "I will be queen and you'll have to live with that. Anyway, we're not here to talk about me! I came to give you the morning greeting before the Blending race today. It is important for a princess to remind her hardworking citizens that she's supportive of them!" She then began gloating to the visitors, "You see here, Ryo is the best fighter and leader of our kingdom, and she's not even in her twenties! Our kingdom always faces so much trouble inside and outside our kingdom, and she cleans up the mess like a true professional!"
"Really?!" Judai loved people who go in action! "So you face other duelists out there and their army of duel monsters?!"
Ryo answered with a nod. A clear sign of respectful modesty. "I would love to spend more time with you all, but as Princess Jun stated, I have high expectations and thus much business to attend to." She faced her princess. "I'm flattered by the gesture. I'll race at my best for you, my future queen." The guardian placed a kiss on the back of her palm.
"You better. I'll leave you to your practice. I will have to go wake our citizens who are still asleep. A princess's job is never done!" She extended and pointed her right foot behind her left one and bends her knees to give a graceful curtsy. Ryo got on one of her knees and bowed her head down before taking her leave on her duel monster partner.
Jun then faced the others. "Now let's go choose a dragon for you."
"I don't need one." Yubel said.
"Neither do I, but its nice to stretch their wings. Masked Dragon!" Jun went over to the green and orange dragon.
"Can I ride with you?" Judai asked. "I never rode a dragon, so I'm worried about fallin' off, y'know."
"Oh, you'll be fine." Jun dismissed him, but Daichi hinted, "I'm sure your parents would love to see you having fun."
She scowled at him, but he was right, "Fine. You can ride."
"Sweet!" Judai got on the Masked Dragon behind her and held her waist.
"Are you sure about this, Prince Judai?" Yubel inquired.
"Definitely. Jun can't do anything to me in the sky. Not that she would! Right, Jun."
"..."
WHOOSH!
Off went the dragon at full speed!
"PRINCE JUDAI!" Yubel cried out.
Daichi chuckled. "He forgot to add the 'Princess' title."
"AAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAAhAhAhA!" Judai went from screaming to laughing as they flew through the sky recklessly. Jun had the dragon go in circles and flying sideways, and passed through the mountains to reveal the farming lands, and then to the first ring.
Judai screamed his question, "Why is the first ring empty?!" The area was a barren land. Just cracked, dry dirt.
Jun wickedly grin. "This is why!" She had her dragon fly right above the surface. "TIME TO WAKE UP YOU USELESS SACKS OF DEAD MEAT! IT'S THE LIFE FESTIVAL!"
Hands, talons, claws or whatever limb popped out from the ground as pieces of land rose to the sky.
"You see, prince! When someone dies in our kingdom, we burn, break, or melt their body and throw it in here! And there names are etched on the mountains! On the week of the life festival, they can become whole again and rise from the dead if they want to, but in miniature forms so they don't overcrowd the place! They can be regular size, but that'll only last for a day."
Judai stared at the different humans, duel monsters, and mixtures popping out of the ground, and began traveling in a row to the multiple gates of the second ring, and then all of them would walk to a path that would lead to a single path to the golden gates of the kingdom.
Jun yelled, "Looks like a parade of midgets, right?! It's kinda is a parade because their loved ones are waiting for them at the side of the streets with confetti and stuff!"
"That's FREAKIN' AWESOME! I wish we had something rad like that!"
"No can do! The fairies of life only come to us out of nowhere!"
"They don't live here?!"
"Nope! They just appeared out of nowhere, and we never questioned it!"
Jun had them flown back to one of the pieces of levitating land to stand on it. She thanked the Masked Dragon before he flew back to his stable to rest.
The prince was absolutely exhilarated by the rush! "That was so much fun! So what are we doing here?! How we gonna get down, Jun?"
"It's my job to arrange the floating pieces of land to become an obstacle for the race! And I can make them a staircase to the kingdom if I point my finger, and that's PRINCESS Jun to you, dweeb!" She snapped.
"Oh sorry. I thought we were dropping that since you don't always call me Prince Judai." The boy gave a goofy grin.
"To call you a dweeb doesn't mean that we are friends! Not even Daichi refers to me so casually!"
"Even though you two are getting married?"
"Of course! My title is my pride of this kingdom! You will not besmirch it!" She grumpily crossed her arms and faced away from him.
"I see. Sorry then. I promise not to besmirch you. Whatever that means."
Jun rolled her eyes. "Who is your tutor?" She asked rhetorically, but the boy complied to answer, "I have different tutors, but I always try to weasel myself out of them! I rather play with my friends all day long!"
"Oh mother and father, we're doomed." She moaned in despair.
"Come on! I know my studies are important, but I can't help falling asleep during them, so what's the point? I'll have Yubel and other people help me anyway, and if anyone wants to fight, then I'll just use my Supreme King power to protect everyone." Judai's lively words softened as he spoke each word, and to an ordinary person, they would've still sounded fine, but Jun knew better.
She gave him a critical eye. As someone who had sat with her parents, even at times of stress, she knew when she saw someone drowning in pressure. It was important that she could identify that to either take advantage of or fix.
At this moment, it was a matter of fixing. She told him, "You're more than just the Supreme King."
"What?" Judai was surprised by those words.
The seven-year-old princess clarified. "You must be tired of people calling you the future Supreme King and the universe's hope. The pressure must be killing you."
"Ah..." The boy looked embarrassed and subconsciously scratched his cheek with his finger. "Yeah...But please don't tell Yubel! She gets really worried about me!"
"With a guy like you for a friend, I don't blame her. The Light of Destruction could come at you at any moment, and you look completely unprepared."
"Do I really?" The seven-year-old Judai's face drop. His goofy expression descended into a shadow that snuffed out the lights in his eyes. It was disheartening. "I know that I have to be prepared for when the Light of Destruction comes, but I don't know when, and I don't know how!"
"It's frightening." Jun commented to see his reaction, and Judai looked like he was ready to leap to her for help, but hesitated.
They were only seven-years-old, so Jun was doubtful that she could provide the same level of wisdom her parents would provide, but she had to try. First, she held his hand to plant a sense of intimate trust. She made sure her voice sound steady and trusting like her mother's.
"But when you're in a scary place, it's a lot less scary when you have someone with you who will carry out a plan of action to take out the threat."
"But who can help me? I'm the only one capable of doing anything."
"Not with that mindset." Jun held his other hand. "My parents always told me that strength can only be utilized to its full potential from confidence, and that confidence can only remain concrete within you when you have the support of those you cherish. You also have to understand the consequences of not utilizing that to its full potential. In your lame man terms, you have expectations to meet, but those expectations are there because they believe in you. You should feel confident and strong because of that."
"But what if I can't."
"Doesn't matter." Jun spoke as if that was the simplest answer in the world. "As much as your people make it all about you, Prince Judai, this is not about you. When the Light of Destruction comes, you won't face it alone. I don't think a good friend would let you do that. Your enemy may be nothing compared to mine, but our situations are similar."
She explained, "When I become queen and face the challenges that my parents face, I have to expect all of those I cherish to die or suffer because of my choices. I also have to live with the wrong choices that others have made for my sake. My position is frightening especially when we're a kingdom hated by everyone outside our walls. But I can't run away. I can't crumble."
"How do you know that you won't?" Judai was in awe at how mature the little girl acted. He felt jealous.
She answered, "I don't, but I know I have good friends to help me through it." With a flick of her wrist, the levitating piece of land formed a straight staircase towards the kingdom. Her other hand still held onto Judai's. "The most foolish mistake that someone like us could ever do is do things alone. We're both not strong enough for that."
Jun looked up to the sky where it was was clear from any cloud at sight so it was just the blue sky and sun above her. From Judai's point of view, he was impressed and surprised to hear someone like Jun say that. They only met yesterday, but she had quite the personality that screamed that she wouldn't confess her weaknesses. He looked down at their hands holding. He tightened his hand softly.
"Then...can we be friends?" He asked shyly. It felt uncharacteristic of him, but he wasn't just asking for someone to hang out with him to do meaningless, fun things. He was looking for someone he could talk to and understood him without high expectations.
Jun turned her attention to him, and was hesitant with the decision. She then looked away with a snooty answer, "As if I'd be friends with you! I just gave you a pep talk! You have to consider whether I'm loyal or not! Ask me after this week ends!"
Judai felt shot down by her first answer, but then was once again surprised by what she last said. His brown eyes gleamed as they stared at the back of a winged angel and demon. He couldn't help grinning with watery eyes.
They were only seven-years-old, but they both understood the weight of their future responsibilities.
Judai proclaimed, "Don't worry, Jun! We'll definitely become friends!"
"That's not how it works, idiot! You're supposed to be suspicious of me!" She took her hand away from his, and began jumping through the levitated pieces of land. She scattered some of the levitating pieces of land since she was supposed to do that.
"But I already trusts you! My gut tells me I can, and my gut is never wrong!" He followed after her.
"Then maybe you should get your gut checked! Maybe you're just passing gas or need some brain food in you because you're lacking any!"
"I don't know about the gas part, but I can go for some grub! How 'bout it, Jun!"
"It's PRINCESS JUN, you dork!"
"And I'm Prince Judai! Yours truly!"
"AURGH!"
"Ha Ha Ha Ha!"
Once they reached the kingdom, Jun introduced Judai to the various restaurant around her kingdom. Their conversations were filled with Jun's introductions, Judai's awes, muffled words, and idiotic comments that had the princess screaming at him!
Her citizens were amused by their interactions that they laughed or teased them.
"Got yourself a new fiance, Princess?!" A teen student hollered at her at the street. "And I thought you were against PDA!"
"If you think this is PDA, then your girlfriend must be sorely disappointed!" She angrily snapped back, but only got teased more. She just turned away and walked away with dignity.
Judai covered his mouth as he burped. "Boy, that was good! Your kingdom's food is the best! I never tasted such weird and exotic flavors and textures! I gotta pack some for me when I have to leave!"
"Whatever! The Blending race is finally going to start. We should get back to our parents. Us royalties have to sit near the gates in a comfortable room. There are stands provided at the second ring, but everyone watches it by their mirrors or whatever technological or magical device they have to connect to the broadcast system."
"Cool! I get to see Ryo's skills in picking fruits and stuff!"
Jun snorted and then giggled. "Just wait. The dueling wars will happen a day before the last one."
"Huh? You have specific events for each day of the week?"
"Of course, we do! Did you expect us to just do two events, and spend the rest of day just eating food like a Minotaur or even worse, you?!"
"Kind of." Jaden gave a sheepish grin.
Jun glared at him, and marched away to their destination. She felt so insulted! Judai immediately tried to apologize plenty of times, though they sounded half-hearted by his happy-go-lucky attitude, and he tried to bargain to make things better, which only made things worse, and gave him a well deserved slap to the face.
"Oowwww! I said I was sorry!" The prince rubbed his sore, red cheek.
"How you apologize is considered an insult in my culture." The girl gave him the cold shoulder as they finally reached the building near the gate.
When they reached their room, Yubel immediately approached Judai, and attacked him with questions and scoldings while his adopted father just kept silent. Yubel spoke enough for the both of them.
The Dark-End Queen smirked at the red mark on the boy's face. "I see that you two have become fast friends." She teased.
Jun felt her white and black face turn red! She thoroughly rejected, "No! No, we are not!"
"I remember when you gave Daichi a slap on the face when he made you blush." Her father kid.
Jun yelled, "That's different! Let's just watch the stupid race already!"
They went to the comfortable room where they sat at their own comfortable seats. Jun sat in between her parents, and Judai sat in between his adopted father and Yubel. They watched the race through a wide rectangular mirror with a golden, intricate frame.
Judai and Jun cheered for Ryo who flew through the race with intensity, but the way she had her dragons pick the best quality of crops and animals into her separate baskets made the whole race look like a breeze to do, but when compared to the others who lagged behind, it made her look godly.
When Ryo won, everyone exited from the room to greet the winners at the stage where they were to stand. And just as promised, Jun gave a kiss to each head of the Cyber End dragon, and then a simple peck on the lips for Ryo. The dragon and contestant who won second place got a kiss on the cheek, and the ones in third got a kiss on the forehead. The rest of the contestants were allowed to shake her hand and give it quick kiss if they wished to. Their dragons were all given a nice pat on the head.
Then everyone had a feast to celebrate the winners. Performances were given on that stage for entertainment. Yubel kept Judai away from Jun for the rest of the afternoon.
Jun didn't care. She had enough of that glutton anyway.
"I'm hurt that you ditched me for another boy." Daichi appeared without a hurt expression. "So how did it go?"
"He's a gluttonous idiot, and we're all doomed." She deadpanned, making her future husband laugh!
"Then I better take my research more seriously if I want to accomplish anything before our demise." He kid.
"You nerd." She held his arm. "I can't wait to tell your mistress about all your terrible qualities." The two were to be married, but it was just politics, and their kingdom understood why their monarch would want to be with other people intimately. Though to the kids, mistresses was a term they associated to be similar to boyfriend or girlfriend with no idea what's gonna happen under the sheets. Well, they did have an idea, but not in detail.
"If I ever do have a mistress, she'd love them anyway."
Jun snorted. "She'd have to be pretty nerdy herself to like them. Let's go enjoy our date."
The two walked over to the booths with the games. Judai watched them go.
Yubel didn't like the way her prince was staring at Jun. "My prince, you shouldn't trust her."
"But I know I can, Yubel. She's not a bad person."
"Even so. Power can change a person, but trust in only me and your own people, Prince Judai, that we won't let it corrupt you. We can't say the same for someone like her."
"She also has her friends. I believe that we can all get along. If you can't trust her, then trust me, Yubel. I know what I'm doing!"
Yubel didn't like it, but she knew she shouldn't stop him. "Alright, my prince. Just don't start acting like her."
"Thanks Yubel! I won't let you down!"
._._._.
"I must say that today was a success in solidifying a trust with the Supreme King." Jun's mother commented while the family was at the library. It was nighttime, and there was still a party outside, but they were tired. The noise that the party made was kept out of ears by the magical spell cast by their sorceresses.
"I agree. The prince looked absolutely smitten with you my daughter! I'm not surprised when you are beautiful!" Her father showered her with compliments.
Jun was satisfied in her actions as well. She knew she could do it since the prince wasn't antisocial, but she didn't know if she would leave an impression in him if he were to change once his powers awaken. "I will try harder tomorrow to be on the boy's good side, and also win the final dance event. I'll be practicing now before bed time. Good night mother and father." She gave each of them a kiss on the cheek.
They both simultaneously said endearingly, "We love you."
Jun said with the same endearment, "I love you, too."
She excused herself from the library, and went to the dance room.
From there, she stood at the center of the room, and stood there for a moment to collect herself. On this floor, nothing mattered. She wasn't a princess. She wasn't a fiancee, friend, or a daughter. She was just a dancer, and she was free from the world.
She bought her arms to her chest and took a deep breath. The orchestra and choir consisting of statues with their voices or instruments began to play a sweet melody that figuratively tied harmless strings to her being. Not to control her, but give her a push to express herself.
Each step of her feet marked her existence on that plane of existence. Each sway of her arm and hands expressed her creativity and desires. Each breath she took gave life and strength to her form.
She was concentrated in making sure every step, every sway, every twirl and turn spoke an unspoken word. No one may be listening, but it was important to her that she expressed their existence the best way she knew.
At first her eyes were open to make sure her that her body was meeting the demands of her heart and mind, but soon, her eyes closed, and the lights of the ballroom died down. The only light provided being the red glow from outside. It meld with her form to create something beautiful and ominous.
She danced and danced to the songs the orchestra and choir would sing for her. Unknown to her that Prince Judai, who was looking for the bathroom by himself, had been watching her.
BEEP!
"CLEAR!"
BRRR!
THUMP!
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A/N: So yeah. The past lives take their Japanese names while the ones in the present will have their English names. All of this is a mixture of the English and Japanese dubs, and the manga.
Yubel is over protective of Prince Judai (Jaden), but she's not a bad person. Prince Judai is almost like Jaden, but under a lot of pressure to begin with, but is still trying to be cheerful and happy.
Princess Jun is a mixture of Chazz and the light and darkness dragon. She is similar to anime Chazz, but she has a more genuine self-confidence and wisdom despite being only seven-years-old.
Daichi (Bastion) is a were-tiger. Figured since he falls for Tania who is a tiger, too. He is Jun's fiance and best friend, so is a supportive side character.
Ryo (Zane) is a girl in this incarnation, and is the protector of the kingdom with the Cyber End Dragon as her partner. She's also a supportive side character.
Other GX characters may appear.