Chapter 1

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TIT

"Don't bother them." The guard spoke. He was a burly man with scars he wore as a mask and a sword the size of two men, "I heard their leader abandoned them!" he started laughing.

The two women stood there, glaring which frightened everyone but their accuser. The massive guard placed his sword in a fighting position and stopped laughing, "Alright now. Let's kill them! Go!"

No one moved.

"Go! What are you guys waiting for?! Kill them!"

He turned his head and found no one. They all left him. Touka grabbed him by the collar and viciously hits her head against his. He never felt his brain move because of impact before and jolted to the floor where he lied unconscious.

"I'm sorry master. I know you told me to serve the weak but this one deserved it."

Karura smiled, "I didn't know you had that in you." She gently touched her fluffy tail.

Touka felt a chill run up her spine and her face flushed red, "Geez, you always tease me!"

Karura released her tail only to two-hand down the jug of sake she had with her. Touka glanced worriedly at Karura. She knew perfectly well how manipulative she can be when drunk.

"Sometimes. I wish he's still with us." Karura whispered. Touka hid her face beneath the shadow of her hair and nodded solemnly. It was then that they heard a voice that would surprise them both with overwhelming joy.

"Touka. Karura. I'm home.

TIT

On top of a mountain near a rock that extended outwards Oboro knelt to place a golden bell down. The slight ring it made pulled his heart strings but he's already dried of tears. He held a two year old baby in his arms and stared outward at the coming sunset. Two men suited in armor climbed the mountain to meet him.

"So you're really leaving aren't you?" Benawi spoke. He didn't look a bit out breath after climbing that mountain. Kurou on the other hand…

Benawi glanced to his side to see his second in command catching his breath, "You need to catch up on your training."

"How am I supposed to do that now that my partner is off to see the world?" He grinned sadly at Oboro who returned the gesture.

"Sorry. I know I promised my brother to watch over his kingdom but there's something I need to find out first."

Both Benawi and Kurou shot a look at Oboro's grinning face.

"Well, when my sister was still alive. I found out an odd trick about her baby. She wouldn't stop crying until I gave her back to her mother if she was close by. When Yazuha passed the poor girl wouldn't give me a second to mourn." He laughed softly, "But now…" he brought the baby in front of them, "Look."

The girl didn't make a single noise.

"She must be close to her mother so much that she's calm near her grave. Isn't that more the reason to stay?" Benawi pointed out.

Oboro nods, "That's what I thought at first…" he never smiled this much for a very long time. He then pointed at the end of the cliff and Benawi and Kurou didn't notice it at first until Oboro clearly pointed at a specific area. At the very tip of the cliff, a pair of hands was holding unto it.

Benawi's eyes shot in surprise and Kurou grinned wildly, "Emperor!" they both said at the same time.

"I knew you wouldn't miss Yazuha's funeral for the world brother!"

Dori and Gura were seen running up the hill to stop Oboro but Oboro waved his hand, "I'm resigning as leader of Tusukuru because the real emperor has returned!"

TIT

In the calm fields near the village that all started this Aruru and Kamyu sit with Mukkuru under the shade of an apple tree.

"Aruru. The trick you told me to do worked and I got away." Kamyu smiled gleefully.

Aruru nods as if expecting it, "Minimize punishment, maximize fun."

"Yea!" Kamyu agreed.

Kamyu began looking uncomfortable for a moment. She fidgeted with her fingers and then cracked under pressure, "My older sister is going to kill me and the old man is going to talk my ear off!" she started streaming down tears.

"Oi…" Aruru patted her head while she tried to calm down. She then sensed something and stood up. Kamyu was taken aback, she never saw Aruru act this way before.

Aruru jumped on top of Mukkuru who seemed ready to run a mile after seemingly looking tired just a second ago.

"My father…" Aruru stared in a distance to a figure that was waving his hand. Tears began streaming down her own eyes as she shot a look over to Kamyu, "Get on. Father's over there!"

TIT

"Don't fall now Kuya…you don't want to get another boo-boo, right?" Sakuya smiled while sitting beneath the glaring sun. Kuya walked over to the plants and bugs with deep curiosity.

"Flower." She pointed to a flower.

Sakura smiled, "Yep. That's a flower."

Kuya knelt until she was on the floor laying on her belly, "Lady…bug." She pointed at a small, cute looking bug that is probably now terrified for its life.

Sakuya walked quickly over to Kuya and supported her up, "Don't go messing your clothes. We don't have Eruru to clean up after our mess."

She dusted off Kuya and was about to retreat back to her original spot until Kuya started dusting off herself, "I don't need you to keep watching over me Sakuya." Kuya spoke.

She rolled her eyes but Sakuya quickly embraced her. Tears started running down her eyes when Kuya forcefully pushed her off.

"Sakuya!? Are you mental! I told you not to that in front of others, they'll get the wrong idea."

"I'm just glad you're finally speaking in full sentences!"

"Full sentences?" Kuya looked confused, "Damn it woman I demand an explanation right this second!"

"I can provide an explanation." Hakuoro walked up and Sakuya couldn't believe her eyes. Not only was Kuya back to normal but Hakuoro just appeared from thin air.

Sakuya felt her knees give out and her vision vanish and the last thing she saw was Kuya worriedly looking back and forth from her to Hakuoro.

TIT

It didn't take long for everyone to spread the news that Hakuoro is back and that a meeting place inside the castle should be taken immediately. Of course, everyone showed up but no one predicted it to be like this.

Oboro slammed his head on the wooden table defeated while the rest just looked at a loss.

"It is only necessary that we go through everything that happened. Every. Single. Detail." Hakuoro stated before he glanced at the others.

"We should make sure everyone's emotional mind is at a stable state before anything else." Hakuoro protested.

Hakuoro had a grim look on his face, "How does any of that matter? I reviewed the state of this castle and found out that not only are we not in the position to fight back but we can barely keep them away from us!"

Hakuoro didn't have anything to add but seriously considered everything.

Oboro lifted his head slightly and placed his hand in the air to speak, "Here's a better crisis we should address…"

All the Hakuoro's turned their head to Oboro.

"WHY ARE THERE FOUR OF YOU!"

"Oboro." Benawi discreetly gave Oboro a bad look, "It's been a long time since the emperor...eh…emperor's came back from sleep. We should let them be for a moment."

He stood up, "Everyone. Let's go."

"No wait!" One of the Hakuoro's stood up and tried to stop them but everyone felt too weirded out by the situation to stay. Only Aruru was willing to cooperate but Eruru forced her to follow.

As they left the Hakuoro's to their own devices Benawi noticed that one of the Hakuoro's followed with them. He looked at him with a concerned expression, "Please. Your highness, everyone is at disarray and it would be extremely helpful if you just stay in the room until we sort this out."

"Benawi." Hakuoro shook his head, "I am certain that I will be most helpful at this meeting your proposed."

"Your high-" Benawi tried to protest but Hakuoro raised his hand.

"Isn't it only fair and necessary that the countries Oro is allowed to participate in a meeting considering his own future? I understand that this situation is unique but all the Oro's in that room shares the same goal as one Oro. It is only the nature of how we do it that's different."

"You seem to know a lot about this." Kurou stared, a little conspicuous.

"Simple deductive reasoning that's all, otherwise, I'm as clueless as the next man."

"Forgive me for saying." Benawi still remained unfazed, "How will you be useful than?"

Hakuoro returned the sentiment, looking equally unfazed, "I think I have an idea as to who would know more about this than all of us combined." He turned his head to Urutori, "Care to explain?"

Urutori turned her head with delightful surprise but she wasn't fooling anyone. It was clear as day that she knew more than she's spilling. Touka seized the back of her hands, "I'm sorry Urutori but if you're holding back on us…"

"Careful…" Urutori squeezed out. Touka released her but stood dangerously close making Urutori a little nervous. She looked over to Hakuoro and sighed, "Are you going to make me sin again…?"

"It will be tremendously helpful." Hakuoro confirmed.

"Then…I will tell you." She leaned against the wall peacefully and drifted in nostalgia, "As you know Hakuoro isn't an ordinary man."

"In more ways than one." Karura winked causing everyone but her and the men to blush wildly.

Urutori cleared her throat, "As I was saying…Hakuoro isn't an ordinary man. You saw his true form at that cave two years ago and at the end you saw him forcefully mix together two beings that aren't meant to be. It is like the Yin and Yang, they both resembled each other but it is impossible to mix and by doing so, by doing the impossible, you have a case just like this one."

"There's one thing that's been bothering me though." Urutori placed her thin finger on the tip of her lips, "There's supposed to be five of you, what happened to the other one?"

At that moment a sudden shriek appeared behind them and it was Eruru trying to cover her mouth. Hakuoro stared at her suspiciously, "Now that you mentioned it. When Aruru brought me over to the castle, Eruru packed a rather large case to bring with us. I don't suppose he could be in one."

Eruru was brought to the center of attention and looked really nervous. She tried to play it off but even an idiot like Oboro can tell when she's lying.

"You're not a good liar Eruru." Hakuoro told her, "Where is the other Oro?"

Eruru carefully sighed and knew there's no use, "I guess I should tell you how I met the fifth Hakuoro, right? Well…it all started when I looked back and finally found Hakuoro returning home. I was overwhelmed, happy but I knew all too well that the truth was too good to be true. There's something you have to know about this separation."

She looked back at the door where the other Oro's were debating on what to eat.

"All of them. They are all Hakuoro…but….they have different personalities taken from the original. The Hakuoro in front of us is strategically intelligent. The man who likes to eat meat,"

In the room where all the Oro's reside, a voice could be heard, "We should eat meat. How else will we be able to build protein and get stronger?"

"He is Hakuoro's warrior spirit. And the other…"

"…"

"He is Hakuoro's calmness."

"B-but the plant Oro-sama. We're going to destroy the plants?!"

"He is Hakuoro's kindness."

"Thus you have the warrior, his calmness, his strategically intelligent self, his kindness and…"

Everyone leaned in to hear the missing Hakuoro. Eruru beamed at Hakuoro angrily and Hakuoro remembered how she'll be like this whenever he is with another woman, "and…then…there's Hakuoro's lust…"

Everyone in the room stayed silent until Karura gasped in shock, "You've been keeping the most important Hakuoro to yourself!?"

"It's not like that!" Eruru protested, "I just didn't want him going around and being perverted to everyone." She touched her chest, remembering the day he showed up and immediately grabbed her bosom with tears in her eyes.

Everyone looked at Hakuoro with disgust, "How could you?" Touka said, "She was so innocent?"

"Eh?!" Hakuoro stepped back. Even Benawi couldn't look in his eyes, "And here I thought I was under a respectable general…emperor hentai."

"It doesn't work that way!" Hakuoro yelled but everyone still doubted him.

And thus a new adventure begins.