Wait for Me
Chapter 1. /History
Long ago, the Spirit world was divided between spirits of the light and spirits of the dark. One side believed in peace and harmony, while the other desired war and blood. It was an inevitable war between them and it lasted for millennia until a dragon with gold scales, descended upon them and stopped the war.
His name was Koryuu. Like the sun, he was completely gold and his scales shone brightly as if they were the sun. He had bright green eyes and a roar that could shake the earth's core. Although he was fierce to his enemies, he was kind and gentle to the spirits who asked for his help. In his human form, he had long dark hair with the same soft green eyes.
With his power of light, he managed the lock the dark spirits in a deep, dark pit in the middle of the Forgotten Realm, north of the Spirit world. Above the pit was a seal that not one single spirit could break. And so the war ended with the dark spirits sealed away.
The gold dragon was crowned king over the spirits and was respected for his great power. For millions of years, he governed the spirits and peace reigned. Everyone lived in harmony, knowing that their king was powerful and unbeatable. Those who went against him never survived and no one knew what happened to them. But there were rumors that they were turned into dust, dissolved into liquid, or even eaten.
However, the king did not come alone. He had a wife who was a wind dragon. Her name is Hanako. She was a beautiful, pearly white dragon with a gold mane and sapphire eyes. But unlike her husband, she had a sour attitude and was selfish. When in her human form, she has long, gold hair, stunning blue eyes, and seductive, bright red lips.
Their only son, Ryou, also had powers to govern the sky, but it wasn't as powerful as his ability to control wind. Like his father, he was a completely gold dragon, but like his mother, he had the sapphire blue eyes. In his human form, he looked completely like his mother in physical traits and attitude. The only trait from his father was the mark on his forehead.
Every male dragon has a mark that appears on all of their children at a certain age. This mark is permanent on males, but females would lose theirs when they mate. The males would inherit a special mark from their ancestors and use it to mark their own descendants. This way when enemies see the mark they know who they are against.
Koryuu's symbol was a unique, gold one that had swirls and spirals to make it look like the sun's rays. While Koryuu had this mark on his shoulder, Yukina had the mark right above the middle of her breasts. And so, in order to show it off, she wears dresses that show a lot of cleavage.
Along with Ryou, came a young princess whose name is Sachiko. She is a beautiful, pale blue dragon with a gold mane and emerald eyes. When in human form, she has a dark brown-gold hair color and bright green eyes. Unlike her father, she couldn't control sky and could only control wind. But sadly, she also had a spoiled attitude.
All in all, the council only respected the Queen, the Prince, and Princess because of the King. If it wasn't for him, there was no way the council was going to obey the Queen or her offspring. Even if it meant death. She was wicked and they knew it.
Although the sudden appearance of the new king was strange and interesting, along with his family, there was something else that caused the spirit world to rumble in wonder. And it had a lot to do with the royals. Besides his wife and children, the king also brought someone else with him.
Another daughter, whose name was Kuyomi.
She was different from the Queen, Ryou, and Sachiko. She had beautiful long, black locks and sea-green eyes like her father. When in her dragon form, Kuyomi had pale, green scales, a silver white mane, and deep blue-green eyes. She also possessed great power and could control the sky without much effort. Unlike the Queen-and very strangely-however, Kuyomi had greater power than her so-called mother and is on equal level with her father. Even stranger though, she not only possess the power to control sky, she could also control earth.
It was said that a dragon's powers can only be given through inheritance. No one was sure where the princess got her powers. But it was the King who claimed she was his daughter with proof that she had his mark at the side of her temple that curved down to her attractive green eyes.
Although Hanako, Ryou, and Sachiko were greatly against this, the council actually did not mind. Because unlike the Queen or the young Royals, Kuyomi was gentle and kind to those around her, just like the King was. She never meant any harm and wouldn't harm unless she had to.
But also, unlike her father, she had a short temper and could fight at anytime. She was never unprepared and was an obedient child who never did anything to upset her father. She had the tendency to fight for her loved ones and/or subjects. It was because of this that the council and the spirits loved her.
But it was obvious that she didn't look like the scornful Queen. The council continued to ask the King of where the Princess originated, but they were always silenced and could not get an answer. So it still remains a mystery where this beautiful princess came from.
Being older than Sachiko several years and about Ryou's age with greater power, Kuyomi was announced as Crown Princess. The Queen tried her best to get, at least, her son back on the throne. So, reluctantly, the council decided to let Ryou be Crown Prince.
Everyday, whenever Ryou met with Kuyomi, there was a fight and it would usually end with Kuyomi winning. Because of her power and beauty, Hanako hated Kuyomi and tried her best to somehow get rid of her. But no matter, Kuyomi showed no weaknesses and always won the challenges her step-mother had.
Sachiko, however, feared her older sister and obeyed Kuyomi's every word. When the Crown Princess wasn't there, Sachiko was a spoiled brat and wouldn't listen to anyone besides her older sister and the King. She had learned her lesson of obedience when she first defied Kuyomi and received a 'beating of a lifetime'. After that incident, she never disobeyed her sister ever again.
There were many stories about the Royal Spirits, but there was one particular story that people still talk about. It was the Princess's Love Story.
It began long ago when Princess Kuyomi went out to a large river with her maidservants to find coral-red carp. While she was there, she met with the spirit of the river, whose name was Ryohe. He had long, dark green hair, bright blue eyes, and a gentle smile that warmed her heart.
At first she was quite flustered and immediately apologized for trespassing into his territory without his consent. But the river spirit just laughed it off and said it was fine. Not only that, he volunteered to help her catch the carp. He was rather surprised that the princess never looked at herself as a royal, but as a normal spirit. The two became quick friends and before they knew it, they were in love.
Ryohe was no ordinary river spirit. He was one of the strongest and didn't have to speak twice to make spirits obey. Although he is kind-hearted and likes to think positively, Ryohe will fight and when he does, it is deadly. In the King's court, he is the best warrior and is best known for his power and good looks.
It was during this time that a Black Dragon suddenly appeared in the Spirit World and broke the seal in the Forgotten Realm, setting all the dark spirits free. With the Black Dragon as their leader, the dark spirits again went to war against the light spirits.
During the war, the King had decided on a plan to lure the Black Dragon and then seal it away with the rest of the dark spirits. But it didn't go as planned when a certain spirit accidentally alerted the Black Dragon. Although the Black Dragon had the upperhand, he never knew that one of his subordinates was actually a certain Water Dragon in disguise.
Before he knew it, the Black Dragon was sealed away by Ryohe. This time the King placed a larger seal on the pit and placed Lightning foxes around the forest. Again the world regained it's peace.
But all was not well.
All the time while Kuyomi and Ryohe were together, they had no idea someone was spying on them and that was the Queen. She had found Kuyomi's first weakness, her lover. She drugged the King with a slug and made him furious about her relationship with the Water Dragon.
Before Kuyomi knew it, she was doing something against her father's wishes.
As if that wasn't bad enough, when Sachiko first saw Ryohe, she fell in love with him at first sight and demanded to be married to him at once. Using the slug, Hanako arranged the marriage between the two dragons.
But although they were being torn apart, Ryohe and Kuyomi continued to love one another and met in secret every night. Sometimes they thought of running away together, but Kuyomi couldn't forsake her father. She knew the Queen had drugged him and was trying desperately to save him from her clutches.
However, another event happened, when Kuyomi found herself with child.
The King was furious, or rather the Queen made him. With the King as a shield to keep Kuyomi away from the castle, Hanako decided it was time to kill her. She would kill Kuyomi and her newborn baby. Then, she could use the same slug to force Ryohe to be with Sachiko.
But not everything went according to plan. Because Ryohe found out and when he tried to stop the Queen from killing his lover, she cursed him to be stuck within the human world, much to Sachiko's despair.
Frightened for her lover and her son, Kuyomi decided to run away with her child, vowing that she'd be back for her vengeance. Despite the fact that she still had the King as a shield, the Queen still sent out assassins to kill Kuyomi for a sum of money. So with assassins on her trail, Kuyomi tried to enter the human world, hoping that she would find her child's elemental connection.
Knowing that her son had inherited his father's water elements, Kuyomi tracked down where his connection was and found a river. Using her power, she called forth the water sprites. One by one, the ripples in the river formed and from them came the water sprites. They were only the size of an index finger and had a fish tail and fairy wings. Their skin was a pale blue-green color and their eyes were big and navy blue.
Recognizing the princess, the sprites asked what they could do to help. Kuyomi gave her son to the sprites telling them to nurse him until he was old enough to enter the spirit realm. She gave them a warning, saying that if the Queen were to come, they were to tell her that this child was just an offspring of two normal river dragons who had died in the first war.
Kuyomi promised to her son that she would return to him soon. Kissing his forehead one last time, she disappears from the river.
No one knows what happened to the princess, her lover, or her son. Some say that she got killed on her way back by one of the assassins, some say she abandoned her son or became a witch plotting her revenge on the Queen. Some old spirits even say that she haunts the castle with her lullabies that she used to sing to her baby at night. Sometimes in the human world, they would hear her soft voice murmuring in the cold wind saying, "Wait for me."
"CHIHIRO!"
"Huh?" the brown haired girl looked up from the mythology book she was reading, only to see the angry look on her homeroom teacher's face. "Umm," Chihiro blushed. "I-I'm sorry." She mumbled.
The teacher held out her hand for the book and reluctantly, Chihiro gave it over. "Myths again? It's no wonder you can never seem to pay attention in class. Your head is filled up with nonsense!" with that the teacher walked off and tossed the book into her desk drawer.
Chihiro pouted and tried to pay attention to her teacher's lecture. She couldn't help it. The teacher's lecture was so boring. But even without her book, Chihiro was still thinking about it.
It had been six years since she left the spirit world and Haku has not come since then.
Chihiro looks out the window and sighs. "How long will I have to wait?" she wonders. "I miss you Haku. I want to see you." Slowly her eyelids flop down, wrapping her in sleep's cold arms. Her lips mumble, "Stupid . . . teacher . . . want my . . . book . . .back."