Hey peeps! Welcome to my first SK fanfic. I hope to make this one really long… but it most likely won't end up that way seeing as how I get sidetracked easily. O.o Sometimes I wonder if I have ADD… Anywho! Enough about my own cough person problems… on with this story!
Warning: This story includes shounen-ai or guyxguy love. None in this chapter, sorry (
Disclaimer: I don't own characters of SK, but if I did, I would give new meaning to the word "hentai" >)
Anywhoo….on with the ficcy!
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The calm waters spread out before him, rippling ever so softly in tune with the small breeze. Scaly, silver fish whipped through the waters, dashing from one place to another, never stopping to enjoy the wonderful feel of the sparkling lake around them.
The beauty of the wilderness spread out all around. This place was the very essence of nature. This place was the famous garden of the Asakura family. The garden had a deep beautiful pond complete with a charming waterfall, a meadow full of springtime flowers that grew all year round, and even a thick forest, still uncharted, and better left that way. Fruit trees bloomed blossoms and fruit all year long.
This was the pride and joy of the Asakura kingdom. Season after season, the garden stayed the same. It was unaffected by the harshness of winter and the cold. Even in the middle of December, you could come out, and lay in the meadow with the marigolds and daisys tickling your face. You would feel as if it was summer again, cooling off by the pond as the sun beat down upon your head.
Many said it was a magical garden, brought on by the strength of the Asakura family. It was said that if the Asakuras were ever to leave the throne, the garden would wither and die. The garden often displayed the mood of the kingdom and its inhabitants. During times of peace, the garden bloomed with gorgeous flowers and abundant fruit, but during times of war, the garden was covered in ice and snow.
And in the middle of the beauty of the garden was a boy. Not just any normal boy, but a prince. Of course you wouldn't tell this by looking at him. Yoh Askakura was a very different kind of prince. Not conceited or selfish or snobby… no… he was more.. unconcerned. He was the kind of person who could spend the entire day admiring the beauty of the daffodils as the wind swayed them from side to side. He could stare and watch the ripples on the lake for hours. Yes, Yoh Askura was very…'deep'. He cared little for the matieral side of life. Unfortunetly, his grandfather felt differently.
Yoh Asakura had a problem. Not just a small, itty bitty problem. No. A BIG problem. And her name was Anna. That's right! Prince Yoh Asakura was engaged to be married. To a girl he'd never met, no doubt. Anugly, snooty, girl with abig, pointed nose, stringy black hair and warts. And pimples! Yes pimples! ALL OVER. Who wasflat as a board with fungus imbetween her toes and horribly yellow crooked teeth. Or so he guessed...Yes, that had to be Princess Anna Kiyoyama.
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Meanwhile… his wife-to-be wasn't taking it so well either.
"WHAT? I am not getting married to some pompous, overbearing, conceited, greedy bastard! I was made for more than that! I. AM. NOT. YOUR. BABY. MACHINE! No, I don't care about the good of the kingdom! What about the good of me!"
And at that Princess Anna went flying out of the room, slamming the door behind her and muttering very unladylike things. She swore she would never let someone else decide her future. And she was going to keep to her promise.
Tonight… A little break out was in order. Anna was gonna rule her own life… and no one was gonna do a damn thing to stop her.
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"Prince Yoh! Prince Yoh! Come quick!" The young prince lifted his head in time to see a small, short little figure come running from the castle. By the time he got to where Yoh was standing, he was huffing and puffing incessantly.
"Are you okay, Manta?"
"Of course! But your Grandfather wants you right now! He just about blew his lid when we said we couldn't find you in the palace. You better hurry before he blows the whole castle to smithereens!" Manta got behind Yoh and began to push him towards the house. Yoh began his descent to the castle, but would go no faster than a snail's pace regardless of Manta's pushing. Slowly, he made his way up to the Throne Room and a proclamation that would change his life forever.
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"WHAT? You're inviting over the heir to Asakura kingdom! And you're going to make me play babysitter! Why me! Get Jun to do it, he's more her style!"
"I resent that," a small voice interjected, but could not be heard over the screaming of her male equivalent.
"No, no, no, not at all Prince Ren. Prince Yoh is merely coming for a visit… and would like to see how a real castle is run, and how a real prince should act. This is a compliment to our kingdom! That fool Yohmei knows that we know how to run a kingdom, and has sent his grandson here to learn our secrets. Hah! Like he thinks we'd tell him! No, but we shall rub our superiority in their faces! Just watch Ren, soon their land will be ready for the taking. And when I die… you shall be ruler of it all!"
Prince Ren turned away, trying to hide his disgust from his Uncle. He hated his Uncle, and they both knew it. Ren was disgusted with hisgreed and his hunger for power. Ren was disgusted with his need to hate. To hate anything and everything. He had taught his nephew to be just like him...The only thing that was keeping him alive now was his strength. One day Ren would be stronger... and then... the showdown would begin.
Prince Ren Tao was a handsome, imposingindividual. He was thevery imageof strength, courage, and coldness. He commanded the attention of an entire room by merely walking in, but he had very few people skills. When people would talk to him, he would say nothing, giving off the impression of him being snotty and stuck-up. This was not true. The fact of the matter was that people had nothing interesting to say to him.He had no friends, but plenty of enemies. From the time he came into his Uncle's care, he had been taught that friends were a weakness. A weakness that had to be gotten rid of.
His only salvation was his sister, Jun. She was his only friend in the world. She kept him from going mad with rage, she helped him from becoming the monster that was their uncle. When they were younger, she would comforthim when their uncle beat him. A little procedure he called "training." Training him till he had a tolerance for pain. In fact, it never stopped hurting. He just grew so cold, he stopped crying.
"Does having to baby-sit, annoy you dear Brother?" Jun asked hiding her grin. Ren scowled at her and walked right past. "Come, come Brother don't run away!" She said hurrying to catch up with him. She stopped him for a moment and smiled. "Maybe he'll be the solution to your problem. Maybe he can help you break free..."
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"But grandfather! How can you do this to me! First, trying to marry me off to some horrible, snotty princess, and now sending me off to another country!"
"Yoh, it is for your own good. You need to learn responsibility and courage… and stop being so damn lazy! What would the other kingdoms think… if they knew my grandson liked to sniff flowers and lie by ponds! They'd call you a pansy! No… It's final. You're going to the Tao Kingdom and that's that."
Yoh couldn't decide which was worse, getting engaged or leaving his one and only home. All he knew was one thing… being a prince sucked.
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A/N: Well…that's the end of Chappy 1 and so far…. Anna is very OOC. I'm sorry! –cries- I know I know… Im a crappy authoress but still! I'm sorry Anna is so OOC but I don't want her to be a snooty princess. I like Anna and that's just too cliché. Anyway… That's all for Chapter 1. Hopefully I'll pop out with a few more chapters soon. My goal is to be done with Chapter 2 by the end of the week. Please review! –cries- It is my goal to someday get more than 20 reviews. I'm so pathetic… I've never even gotten more than like 4. Anyway please review! I'm a desperate girl.