Disclaimer: Digimon, neither its characters nor its stories, belong to me. Maybe if they did I'd be able to afford to get the Internet on my laptop and therefore wouldn't have to wait so long before I can upload this story. But I don't, Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, ect. do, so it'll probably be a couple weeks between the time I write this and the time you'll read it. By the way, don't you think that Akiyoshi is an awesome name? It's better then mine, boring, old, Irish "Erin"... Oh, well. ^_^
And, in case you've been living on Mars for the past two years, here are the name translations: Tai/Taichi Kamiya, Kari/Hikari Kamiya, Sora Takenouchi, Izzy/Koushiro Izumi, Matt/Yamato Ishida, T.K./Takeru Takaishi (in this story I kept him as an Ishida), Davis/Daisuke Motomiya, Cody/Iori Hida (ha, I know his last name, ha!), Mimi Tachikawa, Joe/Jyuu Kido and Yolei/Miyako Inoue.
The ARROW, the STAFF &the SHIELD
By Android Eleven
A long time ago, in a land far away, there were three kingdoms who were all at war with each other. The kingdom of Kamiya, the kingdom of Ishida and the kingdom of Tachikawa. Each kingdom had its differences, but in essence, they were pretty much the same. The problem was that their rulers didn't see it. And so, it seemed they were destined to be enemies.
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The kingdom of Kamiya was ruled, until about a month before our story takes place, by the King and Queen. They had been, for the most part, fair and just rulers. But they held no mercy for those who would choose to go and to slaughter their people. It was a little-known fact that the King himself despised wars and had tried, on several occasions, to stop the war between themselves, Ishida and Tachikawa. But it was almost impossible to do, for the enemies would only keep coming and the Kamiya citizens would have little choice but to defend themselves. And so, to them, it was a vicious, evil and seemingly endless cycle.
And then, tragedy struck the royal family. The King and Queen were found dead in their chambers, apparently having been attacked after retiring to their room one night. The people of Kamiya, nobles and peasants alike, were heartbroken by the news, for the King and Queen had been, as stated before, two of the fairest rulers of the times. And it was all made worse because no one could seem to find their killers to bring them to justice.
But there was no time to mourn for the King's advisors. The royal couple had left behind two children, Princess Hikari, whose 16th birthday had been a week before her parents' assassination, and Taichi, the Crown Prince.
Taichi would be 19 in two months, the age that would, in the kingdom of Kamiya, declare him an adult. When Taichi was only a small child the King had left strict instructions with his advisors and his son that, in the case that something like this should happen, Taichi was not to take the throne before he turned 19. Taichi, remembering this, was thankful, for he didn't know if he could handle it all at once. Before his parents' deaths he probably would have jumped into it all immediately, not looking to see what could happen. But now he wanted to become used to the idea before he took on the actual responsibility. So, until then, Taichi put only he and his father's most trusted advisors in charge, on the orders to consult him before making any even remotely important decisions.
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The kingdom of Ishida had been ruled, for the past four years, by a teenager. Yamato had been only 15 when his father died and his mother had died four years before. His father, the King, had left no specific instructions regarding what was to be done in the event of his passing, probably because he figured it didn't matter what he said because he knew Yamato would want the same thing. They both knew Yamato was a worthy ruler who could prove himself to the Ishida people again and again if need be. And so, once the King had died, Yamato had taken the crown.
The only person who even considered disagreeing with this was Yamato's younger brother, Takeru. Takeru, who had been 12 years old at Yamato's coronation, was unsure that Yamato, as young as he was, was properly prepared for the responsibilities of a king. He thought Yamato should be a child for a bit longer before being forced to become a man.
But there had been no one else to take the station. They had no aunts or uncles and even their last grandmother had passed away not long after their mother's death. And as for Takeru himself, well, he was even younger than Yamato and therefore had had no training or preparation to become king. He knew that Yamato was better qualified than he, or anyone else in the kingdom for that matter, and Takeru had never been jealous-he had no real desire to rule the kingdom. And so he had kept his inner protests to himself. But Takeru still wished that Yamato could be free of the burden of his crown.
Yamato was aware of his brother's disquiet, though he pretended not to be. It made things easier. For himself at least, if not Takeru. Life was hard enough being the King of a warring country without the added stress of being an orphaned teenager with a responsibility for the care of his younger brother too.
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Her majesty, the Crown Princess Mimi of the Kingdom of Tachikawa was spoiled. Everyone knew it and she knew everyone knew it. But she was also a practically perfect princess. She was graceful, polite, talented, had poise and beauty, and hated fights. The qualities that seem to make a princess into a REAL princess. She tried her darndest not to be stuck-up, but sometimes she slipped. So, besides being spoiled, she figured that was pretty much her only fault.
But she was also rather naive and that could be a grave misfortune for a ruler. She had also never really seemed to be made of leader material. These were qualities that worried her parents, the King and Queen of Tachikawa. They were worried that, should something happen to them, Mimi may not be capable of ruling the country on her own. They considered finding her a husband who could deal with these things with her, but the closest thing they could find had been those... animals they had the nerve to call royalty from the Kamiya and Ishida kingdoms. And they refused to have their only daughter marry into those families.
But the King also had one other person in mind; one that he approved of and knew his wife would also. His name was Sir Jyuu of the House of Kido and he was a newly knighted lord from another province of the kingdom. Mimi and he had become rather close friends since he had come to them a few months back. Rogue soldiers, said to be from Kamiya, had killed his family and Sir Jyuu, having nowhere else to go, had come to the capital.
Lady Miyako, Princess Mimi's lady-in-waiting and best friend, had had an almost fatal bout of pneumonia that had gone untreated for much too long and there had been a lot of running around at the palace the day Jyuu had arrived. He had received a cordial, yet brief welcome from the queen, being from such a prominent and respected family, before learning what was happening to Lady Miyako. Immediately he had grabbed his bag and gone to her room to help. As it had been his help that had saved Miyako's life, their majesties, the King and Queen, had knighted him and offered him residence at the palace, which he had readily accepted.
In the King's opinion there was no one better suited for his daughter than Jyuu, who had faced the horrors of life and war, but there was the matter that Jyuu had no parents for him to arrange a marriage with. And Jyuu was 21, legally able to choose his own wife. The King was sure that Jyuu would never refuse Mimi's hand, but neither would he force him into it.
Mimi, on the other hand, he might have to. In his opinion, the Princess enjoyed being single far too much and would benefit greatly, in attitude and ability, by taking a husband. Perhaps she could tour around the country for her honeymoon and it would help her to better understand how to deal with war and its consequences.
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Author's notes: Hey! Okay, this is my first Digimon fanfiction, so please be gentle. I hope you liked the first part, even if it seems a bit short. If you're upset by the absence of certain characters, DON'T WORRY! They're all in here, and I hope to give them all relatively large roles in this story. I WILL LEAVE NO ONE OUT! So don't worry about it. Oh, by the time you've read this I've probably already finished this story and then some, so don't worry, Part II will be out soon. ^_^ Toodles!