Welcome to my newest story, Trials of a Prince. As most of you know, I promised that after the completion of Tainted Heart, this story would finally be launched. This one has been on my "to-do" list, the longest. From what I hear, everyone is really excited about this.
Summary – Yami, the high prince of Hell…Yugi, the high prince of Heaven…both are given the task of destroying the other in order to take their respective thrones. What happens when they meet on Earth, and without knowing they are each other's target, suddenly fall for one another? Will our Princes accept their love for each other? Or will they care more for their Realm's future, and annihilate each other? Yaoi in later chapters, violent brutality, etc.
While I may own nothing of Yugioh, I do however own our dear prince's Guardian Beasts, Aetonyx and Nedra, whom you will find out about soon enough, and also, we all know that I own Ketegdra AND Apsara as they are my own OC's and I will not tolerate anyone stealing my OC's, if you'd like to borrow any of them, ask first.
'Aetonyx's and Nedra's speech' -- "Everyone else's speech"
Warnings: Possible rape, blood, yaoi, possible yuri in the future, character death, brutal violence etc. so if any of these bother you, I suggest you back out now.
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Trials of a Prince
Chapter 1 – The High Prince of Hell
The thunderous echoing of four clawed hooves tearing away at a molten surface were heard by only two individuals, the creature whom said hooves belonged to and the rider mounted atop its back.
This creature appeared absolutely terrifying to all those who did not know who or what this beast was or belonged to.
Jet black hair covered the creature from head to feet, dark crimson streaks visible here and there along the muscle ridges rippling over its muscular body. Sharpened claws tipped the pointed hooves on its feet, each carrying a charred burned look from running through countless molten rivers, climbing volcanic mountainsides, or just tearing away at the ground beneath it.
Strenuous grunts rose from the almost equine looking creature as it continued rapidly putting the vast burning wasteland behind it. Mane of blazing crimson flames ran along its neck, ending just above its upper back, and a tail blazing just as fiercely as its mane, rolled out behind it as it ran further and picking up the pace.
Flames erupted from the beast's nostrils it time with its grunts as it pulled every ounce of strength it had to run at its very top speed. Razor sharp fangs grinding together as it bared its teeth in physical exertion. Its golden blazing eyes narrowed further as it seemed unsatisfied with its performance thus far and after snorting loudly, dug its clawed feet into the ground deeper to propel itself forward, speeding up even more.
The rider sitting upon the creature's back gripped its mane tighter as more speed was gained, leaning forward enough to help push his mount in the direction they were heading. Wild tri-colored hair consisting of a deep ebony base with a charred crimson edge and smoked goldenrod bangs were blowing out behind as they rushed ahead. Fierce blazing crimson eyes narrowed slightly against the wind nipping at his face and exposed tanned skin.
The rider had a very lithe slim form, so as not to weigh his creature down, sharply clawed bare feet were locked in place to stay atop his mount. Tight black leather pants covered his waist down, while a tight black leather shirt clung to his built upper body. Matching leather fingerless gloves covered his hands, as a single gold band was on both of his upper arms. Lastly, a gold choker was wrapped around his neck with a small pentagram charm hanging from it. This was a royal family heirloom, which he carried proudly.
Both rider and creature looked ahead as they were quickly approaching a volcanic mountainside, fresh molten lava seeping out over the opening at the peak and slowly pouring down toward the base.
While running across the already burned and still burning landscape, anything that came within close proximity of the duo just reignited and burst into flames once again, charred plant life, bone remains of habitants and wildlife that had perished were scattered throughout the terrain. What seemed strange about the remains however, is the bones looked as though the flesh had been burned away by a massive explosion. There were black rings of soot surrounding them and they seemed to be buried in a slight depression, no doubt created by the force of what ever brought about their demise.
The duo appeared unconcerned as they rushed ahead toward the mountain.
As they were about to reach the base, the rider held on tightly to the creature's mane to brace himself for the next move.
The creature leapt up onto a slick ledge, but by using its clawed hooves to dig into the surface, allowed it to stand in place long enough to search the slope and find the next possible ledge to help it ascend higher. After finding one, used its back legs to push itself upward and using the front ones to climb up and plant its feet firmly before repeating the same process. After a few jumps and leaps, the duo reached the peak at last.
After running the perimeter of the outer edge, the rider roughly pulled back on the mane of the creature, causing the beast to rear up on its hind legs, and emitting a rather loud high pitched growl that seemed as though it echoed throughout the area. Flames rushing through the creature's nostrils as it reared in a circle, blazing clawed hooves clawing wildly at the air, as the rider continued to hold on tight to his beast.
When the beast's cry died down, silence fell once again save for the panting of both rider and mount and the crackling of the burning world around them. The creature turned his head from side to side as if in search of something, as the rider did the same as he searched the sky for their target.
After a few moments of looking, the creature turned his head to look back at his rider and snorted to gain the other's attention. The rider gave his undivided attention to the creature beneath him. The creature began talking to his rider through a mind link.
'My Prince, it would appear as though she is not here at this time.'
The Prince heard the message clearly in his mind, and just smirked slightly and looked back to the sky, searching again before he responded,
"She is here, I sensed her as soon as we entered her territory."
'My Prince, perhaps we should look for her elsewhere?'
The rider gave an almost annoyed look to his creature,
"Will you please stop putting 'My Prince' at the beginning of all of your sentences?"
The creature turned his head to look at his rider more closely,
'But My Prince…'
"Stop saying that, my name is Yami, and I have told you countless times to address me as such."
The creature growled lightly in defeat,
'Very well Yami, but shall we search for Ketegdra elsewhere?'
Yami stopped looking through the sky and slowly nodded his head,
"Yes Aetonyx, I really need to speak with her as soon as possible, and to do that, we must find her first, but I can sense she is not far from here."
The beast, known as Aetonyx, nodded and began slowly walking to the edge of the peak and looking down, snorted again and stepped back and turning around, walked back to the large opening leading into the volcano's core and turned around again, facing the edge he looked down moments before and after a moment of preparation, started a fast run toward the edge, Yami gripping Aetonyx's mane tightly as he knew what he was going to do and didn't hesitate not once.
Upon reaching the edge, Aetonyx planted his front feet on the edge of the peak and after planting his hind feet right beside them, pushed and launched himself forward as hard as he could and after they were clear of the volcano, Yami let go of Aetonyx's mane and threw his hands into the air, keeping his legs locked in place so he wouldn't fall.
Aetonyx pulled his feet underneath him and he seemed to contract his spine, and as he kicked his feet back out, two large leathery black wings with visible crimson veins running throughout, erupted from the beast's back and spread out as the creature kicked itself up, catching the current and carrying them up higher. Upon reaching the ideal height, Aetonyx leveled himself and began flying forward, searching the skies once again.
Yami gripping the blazing mane again, searched on as he all of a sudden got this dreading feeling that came from no where and he could not quite place what the problem could possibly be. Aetonyx sensed his prince's concern and looked back at him as he flew on.
'Yami? Are you alright my prince?'
Yami looked at him and gave a small smile,
"Nothing to worry about, let us keep looking."
Aetonyx looked forward and sped up, aware of his prince's concern but knew that Yami knew what he was doing.
----Not far off----
"Where is that little brat?! We were not that far behind him before him and that blazing chunk of flesh took off!"
An older male was stomping his frustration as he paced back and forth, losing his temper and cussing loudly, as two younger males just stood there and watched their leader as he vented for a bit.
"Calm down sir, the prince is bound to come back this way. We can grab him then, simple, nothing to worry about."
The older guy stopped dead in his tracks and looked back at the one who said that, and all but growled angrily.
"It is NOT simple! The prince has that hellfire guardian of his, and that thing is a pain in the ass to deal with! The only person it will let near it is the damn high prince!"
The other male decided to speak up,
"Sir, the prince was going to have the beast with him when we were told to follow him, we should have been prepared to take the beast and the prince as well."
The leader gave a devious smirk as he looked at both of the younger boys and walked back over to his horse, a plain black stallion and pulled several arrows out of his pack and detached his crossbow from his saddle, quickly loading it.
"These will surely take care of the brat and his pet, the poison in the tips was a gift from his Majesty's brother, who has some connections with the black market as well as knowledge of his own of the dark magic of this world."
Both boys gave a shocked expression, they knew that the poison in those arrows was forbidden and never to be used, and the King's brother was planning on capturing the heir to the throne and force him to carry out his will. But they didn't realize their employer was desperate enough to use the forbidden magic to do so.
The leader looked to them again and gestured for them to prepare their crossbows too, both immediately shook their heads and protested,
"Sir, we can't use those! Those are forbidden and you know it, if the King finds out, we are as good as dead!"
"But the King won't find out, as soon as we capture the prince, he will meet with an unfortunate accident, leaving the prince broken and vulnerable, and after his title has been turned over to the boss, the prince will die, and the new King will forgive us for using the forbidden magic, everything works out."
Both still shook their heads and began getting back on their horses, and ready to turn back, the leader shouting loudly,
"Where are you going!? If you leave now, you will be walking away from the biggest pay day ever!"
Both shook their heads and took off at a fast run, leaving the leader alone.
After a long string of loud curses and angered yells and screams, the guy calmed down enough and composed himself and readied himself for what he had to do. He had to find a way to somehow take down the prince's beast so he could capture the prince without being torn apart by his guardian in the process.
He prepared his crossbow, and got himself positioned in a lone trench in the middle of the burning wasteland where the prince was last seen rushing through on Aetonyx. He stayed hidden and waited just like before but even more excited as now he could claim the whole reward when he succeeded in capturing the prince.
----Back with Yami and Aetonyx---
Aetonyx was searching intently as he continued flying ahead, Yami doing the same.
'Yami, are you sure you felt Ketegdra's presence? Neither of us can seem to locate her'
"She is here, I know she is, and I have to speak with her, my trial is quickly approaching, and I am allowed two individuals to accompany me, and I need to ask for her help."
'You know Ketegdra has no patience for anyone aside from you, how will she be able to help assist you during your trial?'
"You and Ketegdra are two of the very few I can trust with my life, and to become King, I have to pass, and to pass I need all the help and power I can attain, I feel as though she will be a powerful addition to our team."
Aetonyx nodded, understanding his prince's logic, and continued searching more carefully. He knew his prince was concerned about his upcoming trial, and was very intent and determined to pass it. So he was determined to help him accomplish his goal.
Unbeknownst to either Aetonyx or Yami, one of the people planning his downfall lie in wait for their arrival.
The leader of the thugs whom had followed the prince was carefully keeping himself hidden so as not to alert his prey when they approached. Upon hearing the familiar sound of Aetonyx's wings beating against the air, he quickly sat up and readied his aim.
Setting his finger on the trigger, and narrowing his eyes in concentration, he carefully waited for the exact moment to strike, he would first take down Aetonyx and deal with the prince afterwards, his plan couldn't fail, he could easily overpower the young prince, and without his guardian to help him, this would be easy.
Yami was wondering where in the Hell could Ketegdra be, he sensed her aura and her immense power nearby, so why couldn't they find her? Aetonyx was having no more than luck than him.
Both were lost in thought when they heard a very faint yet sharp twang, both perked their heads up and before either of them could deduce where the sound came from, the sound of tearing flesh was heard before the loud screeching howl of Aetonyx shattered the silence.
Yami held on tightly to Aetonyx's mane when he felt his mount suddenly buck wildly, and screeching louder. Yami tried his best to look through the rapid movement to see what had happened, and all he saw was the unmistakable sight of blood pouring from a wound, but couldn't see what had caused it, and while trying to find it, his legs lost their grip around Aetonyx and he fell off, plummeting toward the ground.
Aetonyx was howling in so much pain to realize his prince had fallen, and after a few moments, he felt his muscles tightening and not responding, and unable to control his wings, he began losing altitude and falling toward the ground, same as his prince.
Yami however, seeing he was falling, quickly flipped around and wrapped his arms around himself, a bright red light began shining and surrounding his upper body, before a burst of flames erupted from his back, revealing two red emblazoned wings. Spreading them widely, he caught a draft and slowed his decent slightly and dropped to the ground, landing harshly on his feet, wincing slightly from the impact.
After a moment to recover, Yami looked up to find Aetonyx, when he heard the loud thud of his guardian colliding with the ground and turning toward the noise, he saw Aetonyx's body crashing to a stop, and quickly rushed over to help him.
Yami dropped to his knees as he started searching over Aetonyx's body to see what happened, when he noticed there was an arrow embedded in his upper left leg. That is what caused so much pain, and he wondered why his guardian wasn't moving, and upon closer inspection, he saw the muscles beneath the jet black hair twitching and jerking, like he was trying to move but was unable.
"Aetonyx! What happened?"
All Aetonyx responded with was a pathetic growl, arising more concern in the young prince.
Yami was getting worried, who knows what was happening to Aetonyx, he had never seen anything like this before, nothing has ever been able to bring on full paralysis in his guardian before, and even worse, where was the person that launched the attack at them?
"Aww, did I hurt the little prince's pony?"
Yami quickly turned around to see a big burly guy with a crossbow in his hands, and knew he was the one that hurt Aetonyx, and stood up and faced him with an angered look on his face.
"Who are you!?"
The guy just grinned darkly and started slowly advancing on Yami, causing the young prince the slowly step back keeping distance between them. Aetonyx the whole time was trying to regain control over his body to protect Yami, and failing horribly.
Yami kept a firm composure while keeping distance between him and his opponent, one would take his stepping back as a gesture of fear or intimidation, but no, Yami, as the prince and heir to the throne of Hell, always kept his strong guard up front.
"You 'do' know who I am right?" Yami all but growled as he kept himself at a safe distance.
"Oh I know 'exactly' who you are little prince," was the response.
Yami smirked slightly, "Then surely you know that by threatening me, the high prince, you are asking for death?"
A dark chuckle rose from the guy's throat.
"I would have to disagree, you see, my services have been employed for the sole purpose of stripping you of your place in line for the throne."
The young prince's eyes widened slightly at what he had heard, someone had hired this guy to capture him and prevent him from taking his father's place as the King of Hell. But who was plotting against the royal family?
Lost in his thoughts, the man moved slightly closer to the distracted prince, causing Yami to focus back on the situation at hand and raise his guard back up and never letting the guy within attacking range of him.
Yami watched as the guy reloaded his crossbow, and aimed it at Yami's chest.
Yami grinned. "You honestly think you can strike me now that I am on to your plan?"
An evil smirk crossed the thug's face. "Who said anything about striking 'you'?"
In an instant, the guy twisted on his heel and aimed the crossbow for Aetonyx!
Yami panicked and without even thinking began to sprint back to Aetonyx's side when the guy turned once again back toward Yami and shot the crossbow, causing Yami to skid to a rapid halt and jump back, dodging before the arrow could catch his leg. However in that moment of quick thinking to avoid being struck by the arrow was all the guy needed to tackle the young prince to the ground.
Before Yami could react to the guy running at him, he experienced what felt like a brick wall run right into him, the guy grabbed the prince around his waist and slammed him into the ground, knocking the wind out of him, causing him to gasp slightly from loss of breath.
The guy stood back up to watch as Yami slowly tried to sit up and catch his breath before harshly back kicking the prince in the face with his bare foot, claws racking across Yami's right cheek, leaving five thin scratch marks in its stead. After Yami's left cheek collided with the ground from the brute force of the impact, he began to feel warm thin streams of blood oozing from his injuries and wiped the back of his hand against his face, smearing the crimson blood on his cheek before more started rising out of the cuts.
Yami sat up slightly before he caught out of the corner of his eye, the guy running at him again, no doubt planning the knock the wind out of him again, but Yami was prepared this time, he quickly turned his front toward the guy and right at the last moment, Yami fell backwards and threw his clawed feet into the air, catching the falling assassin in the chest, and after clenching his toes, digging his claws deeper into the flesh, raised his legs up and back, kicking the guy behind him, a loud gasp of pain coming from the guy.
After hearing the thud of the guy's body hitting the ground, Yami kicked his legs up and under him, jumping back onto his feet and turned around where the guy landed to see he wasn't there!
A brief moment of shock before Yami felt a sharp pain strike him in his right side, causing the young prince to yell out in pain before falling to his knees, and gripping the pained area to feel more of his warm blood pouring from another wound.
Yami saw a bloodied dagger laying on the ground not far from where he was, it must have been thrown at him while he took that moment to look for the guy.
Wincing from the pain in his side and his face, Yami couldn't have prepared himself for the next attack.
A clawed foot dug into the prince's back, roughly pushing him face-first into the ground, after a grunt of pain, he tried getting up before he felt his arms being pulled behind his back almost dislocating them with the unnecessary force, and he felt cold sharp metal touching his wrists.
Now beginning to panic, Yami struggled uselessly as the guy continued binding the young prince's hands behind his back with thick barbed wire, causing the pointed ends to bite painfully into his wrists, causing the prince to wince from the pain.
After his wrists were secured, Yami felt an uncomfortable weight in his back from where the guy had buried his knee into, keeping him pinned in place, and seconds later felt the guy's hot moist breath on the back of his neck, making him cringe.
Yami struggled more when he felt the guy's rough hand slide underneath the back of his shirt and moving up his back, which caused the barbed wire to bite even deeper in his wrists, making deep red circular cuts in its wake.
The guy ghosted his lips over Yami's neck, moaning lustfully at the prince's intoxicating scent, feeling his lower regions getting a little excited, he whispered huskily in Yami's ear.
"The boss never said I couldn't have a little fun with the prince before bringing him back, and you look so damn hot tied up like that."
Yami instinctively struggled even more trying to get away from this madman, and as soon as he felt the knee in his back move, he felt the guy grab his ankles, and harshly twisted them flipping the young prince on his back and drug him underneath his larger body, causing Yami too look up in fear.
The guy pushed his hands down on Yami's shoulder's and lowered his head to the prince's lips to silence his screams before he ripped his innocence from him.
But not before Yami realized what was going to happen and yelled out the first thing that came to his mind, the name of 'the' most feared creature in Hell…
"KETEGDRA!!!"
The guy pulled his head back a bit at the loud scream and quickly moved to shut him up before a loud deep high pitched roar echoed throughout the realm followed by a deep shattering rumble, that shook the very ground they stood on.
The guy looked around fearfully, knowing exactly what the prince what just done, he quickly jumped up off the prince and began to run for his dear life, while Yami turned onto his side and looked back at the massive volcano him and Aetonyx had stood on not that long ago.
Flames and lava were bursting out of the opening of the volcano, creating earth quaking rumbles, that same high pitched roar still echoing loudly, before a massive black form crashed its way through the opening, magma and lava sliding and falling off the form as it rose higher until it was completely emerged from the peak.
Yami watched on as the black form, suddenly unwrapped itself, two large wings thrusting out to either side of the creature as a spiked head shot up toward the sky, and opening its massive jaws to send a devastating roar over the land.
The last traces of lava and flames slid off the creature, not effecting it in the slightest, revealing onyx black scales, with dark purple shadows and dark crimson flames rising from between them, razor sharp claws and talons adorning the feet and forearms, blade-like teeth with burning lava dripping from them, blood red eyes glowing fiercely through the darkness.
The massive dragon lowered its head and searched for the one who had called her name, and upon locating Yami, seeing him bound on the ground, her eyes darted to the fleeing figure the one who had done this to her dearest friend.
Blood lust eyes narrowed dangerously before throwing her head back roaring loudly once again before using her wings to catch the current and started to give chase at an alarming speed, this chase wouldn't last much longer, much like the life of the one who dared to target the prince of Hell.
This shadow dragon would be the last thing this man would ever see…
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There it is, after months of procrastination, the first chapter is complete! And about damn time too, sorry to all my readers who have been waiting for an update of any shape form or fashion, and I shall be updating Heaven's Shadow shortly as well as beginning my other new fic, a yuri fic that is still untitled until I find one lol
Thank you all for reading and NOT shooting me for taking so long, I hope you enjoyed this and will come back for the next chapter and thank you everyone for your support and patience.
