Uh. . . I don't know if this is good enough. . . Anyway, this is a two-shot. And Medieval AU. And this is requested by Shiranai Atsune!
She requested for a Lalaya x Tsurugi x Aoi . . . But I think I made this more into KyouAoi. . . Haha
I also used first name basis.
Oh and in present time, Tsurugi and the others are 15, Yuuichi is 16.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own InaIre. . .
"Kyousuke!"
The said boy, stopped walking and looked back to see whoever called him, "Aoi?"
The girl named Aoi stopped running and said, "Good morning!"
"Good morning."
The two friends then started walking around town, until they reached a meadow, not too far from town.
They sat down, admiring the view, then Aoi spoke up, "Hey, Kyousuke?"
"Hm?"
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Hm… A knight."
"A knight? Why?"
"So that… I'll be your knight in shining armor." He looked at Aoi and grinned.
"Kyousuke! Wake up! You're going to be late." A voice called out, together with an impatient knocking on the door.
Kyousuke groaned as he opened the door, "I'm up, brother."
"If you were up, why weren't you in the table already?"
"I was just reading…"
"What—"
"Yuuichi! Kyousuke! Eat your breakfast already!" Kyousuke's mother called out for the brothers.
.::.:::.::.
Arriving at the table, the two sat across each other, Yuuichi beside their father and Kyousuke beside an empty chair, which was then taken by his mother.
"Are you ready, Kyousuke?" His father asked him
"Of course, I've been waiting for this day."
"Do your best, brother." Yuuichi grinned at him
"Thanks."
.::.:::.::.
Walking towards the castle, Kyousuke noticed many other boys around his age. He also saw familiar faces.
"Kyousuke!" A brown haired boy ran towards him
"Tenma. You look excited."
"Of course! Today's the day we get to be one of the palace's knights!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Tenma." A voice said from behind him.
"Masaki!" Tenma exclaimed, seeing the teal haired boy.
"I heard that once we're soldiers, depending on the king, he'll assign us to different areas." Masaki informed
"Like?"
"Hm… You can be assigned to be the king's protector, or queen's… Or even the princess', knight in battle, etc, etc, etc…"
"I see… What about you, Kyousuke? Which position would you want?"
"Any… I guess."
"Maybe you might just want to be a protector, so that you can still stay here in town." Masaki smirked, hiding meaning in his words.
Kyousuke blushed while Tenma, oblivious, said, "Why would he… Ah!" Tenma's companions were startled, thinking that he actually caught the meaning, "So that you'll still be close to your family! Right, Kyousuke?"
Masaki snickered at his friend's obliviousness, while Kyousuke sighed.
"What? Guys?" Tenma looked at his friends, wondering why they had that expression
Before Masaki could reply, the king appeared and said his message to the young incoming knights.
.::.:::.::.
The young knights began their training, and at the end of every month, they get to go visit their families and also, at the end of this month, the head knight would state the boys who passed and would give them a list of where the king thinks they are suitable in, based on the results and from the king.
Reaching the end of the month, the three talked about their visit the following day, Masaki, who just kept listening to the stories Tenma will tell his family, eyed the other boy, who was eating silently. Smirking, he said, "What's wrong, Kyousuke? Thinking of what had happened earlier today?"
Kyousuke stopped eating and glared at the boy, "No."
"Then… Are you thinking of Aoi?" Masaki smirked when he saw Kyousuke blushed.
"Ah! Aoi! I wonder how she's doing! And Kinako and Shinsuke and…." He grinned, as he listed down all his friends who didn't join them.
"But I wonder what Aoi will think when she hears of what happened to you and the princess." Masaki said, ignoring Tenma.
"Shut up."
"Yeah, yeah."
-Flashback-
Kyousuke and Tenma guarded the room of the princess. It was part of their training, to protect the royal family. And today, the two were tested if they can protect the princess from a kidnapper.
They stood outside of the room, when they heard a scream from the inside.
"HELP! HELP!"
The two immediately burst into the room, hands on their sheath, ready for sword-fighting.
There they saw a brown haired man, poorly clothed, and a black cloak. And he was holding the princess in his arm
"Release the princess!" Tenma exclaimed, as he and Kyousuke brought out their swords.
"Move one step and no more princess." The man said as he placed a knife at the princess' neck, ready to slice her head off.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, this is kind of overboard for a test!" Tenma said, remembering the situation the head knight told them earlier that day.
"Tell the king that I have little daughter right here. You have three seconds…" He said evilly, moving the knife nearer.
"This is no longer a test, Tenma. Get ready." Kyousuke said, getting into his stance.
Tenma nodded as he got into position as well. "Tenma, once he finishes his counting, you go get the head knight and I'll fight him, alright?" He whispered to Tenma, who nodded.
"One."
"Two.
"Three!" Tenma rushed outside while Kyousuke rushed towards the man, and swiftly went from behind and using the pommel of his sword, he hit the man's neck, knocking him out.
He helped the princess up on her feet, "Kyousuke!" Tenma barged into the room, with the head knight, Masaki and the king, Acrous.
"Eh? You finished him… That fast?" Tenma and Masaki said
"Uh…"
"Lalaya!" King Acrous ran towards his daughter to see if she was okay.
"I'm fine, father. He saved me." Lalaya said, turning her head to Tsurugi and kissed him on the cheek.
The other men in the room gaped at the princess' action, while Tsurugi was just plain shocked.
-End of Flashback-
"Aoi won't hear about it anyway…" he thought
Little did he know that it was the talk of the town…