Disclaimer: I do not own Flame of Recca, its characters, etc. Applied to all of the content of this story. this is romance with humor and drama

This is an alternative universe in which Fuuko and Mikagami are royal princess and prince respectively. Fuuko had reach marriage age at age 17 and Mikagami at 21 inherited the throne since he was 10 after the assassination of the royal family. It kind of follow the plot of the anime but I did not really watch the anime and I have not read any of the manga so bear with me if I don't get the details right. And after all this AU and I'm the writer so I can do whatever I want and if you want something done according to what you want you have to tell me ok? So on with the story…

A girl sat alone in a hill over looking the overlying town with a wistful expression. Her face show deep contemplation and despair.

Flashback

"No, it will not come to that. I will not allow it. ", she recognized her father's voice.

She was making his way down the hall of the palace when she heard aggravated shouts coming from the conference room where in her father and his advisors were discussing affairs of the kingdom. She got curious and decided to know what was happening. Since it was uncommon for her gentle father to be taking anger out on someone much less to those of his advisers who were also his friends, she hid herself and just tried to listen in the conversation going on.

"Your highness, think about the people. The kingdom of Kerumta is more than capable of providing the aid we desperately need and the only way we can have their help is to have Princess Fuuko to…", pleaded one of the advisers.

"Stop it! What kind of a father am I do to that to my child! Never ! I will never allow it!"

"But your highness, if we don't do something our people will suffer and our kingdom will be doomed. I also care for the princess but the majority comes first. She will not be harmed. And she will only be attending that ball in which she will be introduced to King Mikagami. There will be other ladies there, so we are still not sure if she will be picked. Please your majesty, just ask the princess.", voiced out by another advisor.

"Don't mock me! I know what you really intend to do so don't even justify it up with those useless grounds! There must be another way. "

A silence then ensued. At this point, she turned to walk away from the room having heard all she needed to hear.

End of flashback

She knew the ball that they were talking about. She also knew what the advisors were asking her father to do. All the ladies of noble birth including those of the princesses from the neighboring kingdoms were invited to a ball in the Kingdom of Kerumta where the king was going to choose his soon to be wife. The Kingdom of Kerumta is very rich and influential kingdom. Acquiring numerous abroad negotiations and successful industry, along with it a very powerful army, the kingdom became if not most, one of the powerful kingdoms.

That is why their advisors were so apt in sending her to the ball. They wanted her to be the one to wed the king. The kingdom was in trouble. With the treasury drained because of the repairs and restoration of the towns that suffered of the disastrous seasons. The kingdom can barely maintain its grounds and likely to fall against any outside attacks. And that's where Kerumta comes in. If ever their kingdom were to be in alliance with Kerumta, they can replenish their treasury and garner protection against invasions. And what better way to form an alliance than marriage among the royalties of the kingdoms.

She is the oldest of the two princesses. Her little sister barely age ten, the advisors had no other choice but to choose her. She frowned at this thought. She knew that the advisors would not have picked her if there were any other female candidates. It not that she's not beautiful or does not have a to-die-for body. No. She was pretty and filled out on the right places. She would have numerous suitors if she would just show it. But that was just it.

She acts brashly and unfeminine despite of her being a princess. She does not concern herself with feminine chores like that of embroidering but busied herself with sword fighting, archery, riding horse, politics, and self defense. She can beat any man in their court in any field. She is smart too and always says what she has in mind without any in mind of the position or gender of whom she's speaking to. She is an equal to any man. So few men only dared to woe her.

She let loose a long sigh. The advisors must be really desperate to even consider the king having an interest in her.

But she has no choice. She is the princess and it's her duty to save the kingdom, more so, as she knows very well and loves her people so dearly. She has to do this!

She abruptly stood up. And with determination gleaming in her eyes she traced the path towards the castle.

A/N This is my first fic to be posted. I most certainly am finishing it. I promised myself that. Well I hope you will like this. I still don not know what the pairing is. But most definitely Kurei and Raiha will be included here. This will be a long fic. Thank you for reading.

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