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Prologue

Night had fallen on the kingdom, & in the castle, only 2 lights were on. In 1 of them the outline of a young boy appeared. Taichi Yagami studied the route he had been planning for the past week, the quickly shimmied out the window. On his way down he stopped by the other lighted window, where his parents prepared for bed.

The young prince paused to listen to his parent's conversation briefly. "I hath made the arrangements of the treaty. One of them was that Taichi marry Lady Mimi, & by God, the boy will bow to my will!" His mother protested, but Taichi was already continuing his journey downward. It was not as though he had ne'er met the princess, nay.

He would prefer marriage to a stranger then to the foolish slip of a girl his father had selected. Marriage he could handle, but not this one. His father had gone so far a' to threaten being dethroned, but Taichi was taking care of that now. Running away might have been cowardly, but preferable. Finishing his ascent, the brunette dropped to the ground, waited for the guard to finish his rounds, then stole off into the night.