Ransom: Severin's Revenge

Okay…it's been three years since I last posted a fic with a similar title, so why another "Ransom" title when I posted it already years before?

Well, After re-reading the original RANSOM fic, I felt that something's off, and I think this might need a similar, but different approach and decided to give it a rather dramatic approach so as to see if readers would be interested in this as certain inspirations hit my head and decided to give it a try.

My fics have featured most of Hime and her siblings, but I failed to make one that included Severin, and even though he's already dead (in the manga and anime), I have seen him and after doing research, I developed a "hatred" for him and that made me decide to use him as the main villain for this fic.

Aside from my original RANSOM fic, other factors that inspired me to make a "remake" are the fact that two Jackie Chan movies, "New Police Story" and "Chinese Zodiac", are re-boots of the the "Police Story" film series and "Armor Of God" respectively.

So now I'm going to give this fic a shot and see how readers would respond to this.

Moroever, this would be strictly T as it involves a lot of drama and a bit of graphic violence in later chapters.

So buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Disclaimer:

Princes Resurrection is owned by Yasunori Mitsunaga

Monster Kingdom, a year ago.

The scene shows that the place is a huge castle where two combatants are engaged in a duel over a bridge with many spectators watching, which includes some of the Royal Siblings, Blood Warriors and servants, all seem to be rooting for Hime as she fights the duel in order to clear her name after being accused of using zombies in the human world. her opponent was her elder brother, Severin.

It turns out that it was Severin who made use of the zombies and used unknown means to frame her for the deed, and is hoping to use the Royal Council as means to have her eliminated by execution, but Hime and her "lead defense" managed to use evidence to clear her but instead it was decreed that a duel would take place, with the winner would award the verdict, which Severin coolly accepted.

One side shows Hiro, Riza, Reiri and Sherwood watching while at the other side, Micasa and Franz are watching from below, and soon the duel began which Hime started to struggle as her emotion appeared to get the best of her due to her anger towards Severin for killing her "vassals" and servants through underhanded tactics, and Severin used this to his advantage by taunting her.

"What's the matter, Lilliane...?"

"..."

"Angry that I turned your servant's into zombies?"

"..."

"You sure swing that sword like a little girl!"

"perhaps I would make you my strip girl..."

"!"

"Ha-ha-ha!"

After several minutes, Hime is on the receiving end, her upper body bore cuts and bruises, and her gothic dress near in tatters, and she was almost pinned down as Hime's emotion still got the best of her, but then a cry from Hiro miraculously snapped her out of her "misery" and got her bearings back she is now game in continuing with the duel.

"Hime! Hime! Hime! Hime!"

Severin was angered that her blood warrior foiled it and soon it became clear that Hime is getting back at him as she is slowly besting him in combat, and it is now apparent that Severin is actually a coward as he is slowly being overwhelmed by his cowardice and that became the deciding factor as Hime finally landed the fatal blow by stabbing him, and when he fell he is caught by Franz, yet the Gynoid self-destructed, which shows that Severin is dead with no traces of his remains.

Soon the spectacle ended as everyone left after seeing Hime emerging and all went home, and so are the Royal Siblings who witnessed the duel, while Micasa slowly accepted her fate that she will die within the next few days now that she has no supply of "Flame of Life" now that Severin is dead.

"I'm dead...I won't be able to save my elder sister..."

However, within the next few days, Micasa got a second wind as Fly Man used means to extend her life and in his suggestion, Micasa went and find Sylvia, and when she rescues her and the eldest princess learned of Severin's fate, Sylvia "adopted" Micasa as her new blood warrior and now the two worked together as they continue to participate in the "battle of the throne".

-x-

Sasanagi City. A year later...

Things are quiet and peaceful as there have been no incident of any supernatural occurrences and that no assassin came to the mansion where Lillanne (aka Hime), the 2nd princess of the Monster Kingdom, is residing, where she is at the balcony sipping tea while the mansion itself is lively as Riza, the werewolf/human hybrid warrior, is "communicating" (or rather, arguing), is Reiri, a pure vampire, who has since been freeloading at Hime's mansion since Kiniski banished her from vampire community for siding with Riza.

Hiro is now aged 15, and still serves as Hime's blood warrior, and still continues to attend school, while Sherwood makes occasional visits to her elder sister and while everything seems fine, black clouds formed and soon a heavy downpour took place and Hime glances at the sky, feeling that something is about to happen in the near future though she couldn't discern what it is, and told her servants to be on guard.

Riza is eating her snacks and then noticed the calendar where it highlighted the dates of last year, and noticed the particular month where Hime clashed with Severin, with Reiri joining in on the discussion.

"Say..."

"Huh? What?"

"That's the moth were last year is shown..."

"So...?"

"It's the month of last year where Hime clashed with Severin..."

"You're right..."

"Glad that coward's gone..."

"Yeah...he sure gave Hime-sama a lot of trouble..."

Hime recalled the duel where she fought her elder brother, but wanted to forget that though she is slightly unsatisfied as she learned that it wasn't him who killed Lobo Wildman, though she is content with the peace she is experiencing and everything went on peacefully save for the heavy rain.

-x-

At Sylvia's mansion, Micasa woke up in the middle of the night after a loud thunder roared, which at the same time she got up from a dream, and this bothered her knowing that what she saw in her dream is not true. The dream she had was Severin appearing at the door and took her by her throat, and the scene blurred when the thunder woke her up. She glanced at the window seeing the heavy downpour and wondered if this is an omen though she simply dismissed it seeing that she saw Severin died a year ago.

"Just a dream...he's dead...Sylvia is my new master...nothing else..."

However, she saw a blurred figure within the heavy rain, and then blinked her eyes as she vaguely got a brief description of the figure standing in the midst of the rain. A bishōnen with sharp eyes and blond hair, and he wears a black coat with feathers woven at the shoulder, and has the same height that she has seen before, and she couldn't believe if she is seeing things or not.

"No way! It can't be!"

Micasa ran out of the mansion and went to the spot where she saw the figure before, but by the time she got there, the figure was gone, and a drenched Micasa looked back and forth to see if what she is seeing isn't an illusion, and she became bothered by it as she felt uneasy about this yet she got her bearings back and spent five minutes inspecting her surroundings before going back inside.

As Micasa locked the door, the scene shifts not far where the figure is standing, and a smirk can be seen as he learned that Micasa has joined Sylvia yet he let it slide for now as he has other "important" matters to attend and vowed that after that he will get even at Micasa for "abandoning" him before departing.

"Micasa...I will make you pay for denying me...but first...there is someone who will pay a higher price..."

-x-

The next day, the rain continued as the downpour was stronger than the previous day, which gives most people the "blues" as some dislike getting drenched but it can't be helped. Some need to go venture out due to school and work. But this appeared to be a perfect time for the "mystery figure" to make his move as he has been following Sawawa when she left the mansion earlier to buy vegetables at the market, and the "figure" began to secretly follow her, seeing her as the "first ingredient" for the plan set in motion. But for the moment the figure allowed Sawawa to leave safely as the figure has other plans in mind and would be patient enough to wait before striking.

Then the figure saw Hiro walking with an umbrella after attending school and the figure can be seen smirking seeing that the teen will also be the "recipient" of his "wrath". By then, lists of ideas popped in to his head and came with a diabolical plan to lure Hime to his trap without having her servants escorting him, and there he summoned a familiar to take the form of a cat and have it follow Hiro and have it infiltrate Hime's mansion so that the familiar would observe the occupants of the mansion and then give Severin the info to make him come up with a plan.

"Soon, Lilliane…I will make you pay for the humiliation you gave me…and I promise to make it VERY PAINFUL experience you will never, ever forget…"

To Be Continued…

Hope you like the opening chapter as this sets the story in motion as Severin is the main villain here but mystery abounds on what he is doing here when he is supposed to be killed a year ago…

While Micasa is a viable target, Hime is the actual target and in the later chapters I will reveal how and why Severin is still living despite his death in the eyes of many witnesses.

Preview:

Sawawa gets kidnapped and Hiro falls in to a trap, while Hime gets more "premonition" that someone from her past is after her...