Prolougue

"Kneel to the king!" Part 1

*REWRITTEN!"

It was a stormy day at the school of the undefeated of the east. The rain hit it the rooftops gently as the student trained within the dojo. The undefeated of the east himself, Master Asia, was medidtating in he private quarters. He seemed very worried about something as he tried to connect to the spiritual side of the world.

"Clockwork..." He said in his head "It's been months since that day... and what you said has yet to come true. I'm growing old and could die at any given moment. I fear I may not be able to teach him what I know. When will he get here?" He waited for an answer, but no response. He sighed heavily. Ever since the last time he spoke to Clockwork, the time god stopped answering his calls. He heard a soft yawn from behind him. There, a small bed sat in front of the window. On top, a small baby boy, about three years old, drifting in the land of dreams. "Barren..." Asia looked at the sleeping infant with sad eyes. "I promised you're father that you would be the next king of hearts... but apparently clockwork says differently." He watched as the baby shifted himself around the bed. "I dont know why Clockwork says that someone outside our family line will be the king of hearts. It makes no sense." He heard a light knock on the door. "It's open!" The door opened, revealing a young, married couple. The woman was carrying a small package wrapped around in a cloth. Her eyes were an aqua blue eyes and she had brown hair that went down to her shoulders. She wore a blue shirt, a pair of jeans and an apron with the words 'Iron Maiden' on it. She wore white boots and her skin was a bit tanned. The man was wearing a plaid shirt nad a pair of black pants. He was a little pale and his eyes were an emerald green color. He had white shoes and had a golden chain around his neck. His hair was brown and it had a bang which covered on of his eyes. Asia smiled at the sight of them. "Ken. Martha. What brings you two here?" Ken chuckled.

"What? Can't a man visit an old friend of his?" He asked, causing Asia to chuckle. "So how's it been?"

"Different." That was his only answer before Asia walked back to the crib. "Taking care of a child and having to run an entire school is no easy task." The Asia sighed heavily. "If only he was still alive." He felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Asia," Martha said. "You couldn't have done anything to prevent him from dying. You know it was a miracle for him to even be born." Asia sighed before removing her hand from his shoulder..

"If you were a father who loved a little boy, saw him grow, and then see him die before you're very eyes, I'm sure you'd feel the same." He heard Ken chuckle lightly. "What's so funny?" Ken walked towards his wife and put an arm around her.

"Nothing." He said. "I just hope something like that doesn't happen to this little guy." Asia watched as Martha unwrapped the cloths around the small package. To his surprise, it was was a newborn boy, sleeping in his mother's arms. "Master Asia, we want you to meet... Matthew." Asia stared at the young boy. It seemed so small and helpless, but at the same time, Asia could feel that he was destined for greatness. That's when the child opened it's eyes. The were aqua blue, like his Mother's, but deep in his eye, Asia thought he saw something.

!

"That can't be right..." He thought. What he saw burning in the boy's eyes was what made him understand what Clockwork had told him. "Ken, could I... hold him for a few seconds." Then married couple first found the request a bit strange, but allowed him to hold the infant. Asia could only stare at the quiet infant. It could only look up at him, his eyes sparkling with something magical. "I can't believe it..." Ken and Martha were very confused.

"Asia, what's wrong?" Martha asked , but the warrior didn't listen. Without warning, the undefeated of the east began to walk towards the door, carrying the baby boy in his arms. The parents had no idea what was going on. It was as if they're old friend was possessed by something. "Where are you going?" Asia stopped in his tracks and turned to the two.

"I'm doing what my father did with me." Those words didn't help at all. In fact, they were actually more confused then they were before.

"What are you talking about?" Ken asked , but he just kept walking. He opened the door and began to walk through the light rain. The two quickly ran after him an they're son, asking Asia hundreds of questions, but he didn't respond any of them. They didn't notice it, but in the corner of his eye, tears were slowly building up.

"Ken..." He thought. "I'm sorry... as with you Bryan." Asia stopped when he reached a lake: Dream Lake. He looked around, seeing if any of the students were around. The couple had caught up to again and continued asking they're questions. But to they're surprise, Asia knelled on the the ground and put Matthew in front of him. Before Ken could even open his mouth to speak, him and his wife shocked by a marvelous event. When Matthew was on the floor, the rain stopped. As did the wind. The frogs in the lake stopped croaking and the birds stopped singing. But what really made them confused, was that it looked as if the trees, the moon and even the stars, bowed towards the boy.

"What the..." It was all Martha could say.

"Asia, what's going on?" Asia didn't answer. "Answer me!" Martha was a bit surprised due to her husband's sudden outburst. The two watched as Asia raised his hands to the air.

"Clockwork!" He yelled. "Here he is! The next king of hearts!"

Seeing as I'm not getting as many OCs as I wanted, the invitation is now closed. Thank you to those who sent in OCs for me to use.