Hi I have recently read and watched the series twelve kingdoms and I would really like an ending to the Taiki saga, so this story will take place after the ending of the anime. I will also like to note I will have no set update dates

and the story is only in my head at this point, so I will not make any promises to update very frequently. The updates will be sporadic and will really depend on my homework and cosplay schedule how often I update, so it could be

from 1 week to 5 months. So without further ado lets get onto the story. Please note: That I do not own Twelve Kingdoms and all the characters excluding OCs belong to the Author.

Book 1 Chapter 1: Summer Reading :)

Yuka Sugimoto POV:

It has now been a year since Yuka had gotten back from the other world and she has had trouble adjusting back to normal life. She could not tell anyone what had truly happened to her, if she did she would have been locked in a mad house for sure, or at least a mental institution. No. Telling people about her journey in the world of the twelve kingdoms was not an option, but that did not mean she could not document her journey in the form of a fiction novel. And that is exactly what she did. Under the pseudonym Yuki Sukito, she started writing the adventures of Sekishi Tokyo's Queen of Kei. She recently had the book published and it was an instant hit. Now high schoolers her age had the book on their most recent summer reading list, most likely because the PTA believed the book to be based off of Chinese mythology. Yuka smiled at the thought of not having to do any summer reading this summer. Inevitably, she still had to at least buy the book, so she could convince her father she was actually doing her work. He somehow no longer trusted her after that whole year missing, though who's to blame him. She was gone for an entire year, without even a note. There would have to at least be a little suspicion there. Yuka was suddenly interrupted from her brooding thoughts when she noticed Kaneme Takasato walk in to the book store.

"Hey, Kaneme!" Yuka yelled, running over to him, while waving to him like a maniac.

Kaneme looked over at her, "Hello, Sugimoto-san."

'At least he's talking to me now. That's a good start.' Yuka thought to herself.

"So have you decided on which book you're going to read, yet?" Yuka asked him.

"Yuki Sukito's, Sekishi: Tokyo's Queen of Kei." Kaneme responded.

"Me too", Yuka said, "Any reason why you chose that book?"

"Well the name Kei sounded familiar to me." Kaneme said, "As if I am forgetting something very important. If you don't mind me asking, do you have a reason for choosing this book, Sugimoto-san."

"The name Sekishi and kei seem familiar to me, maybe I heard those names during the time I was spirited away." Yuka said as a half truth.

'I'm not exactly lying' Yuka thought, 'I really did learn those names when I was in the other world.'

"I was thinking the same thing", Kaneme said.

Kaneme smiled a bit. "Maybe we could meet up to discuss the book later. Why don't we go to that new smoothie place that opened down the road."

Yuka smiled at Kaneme, "that's a great idea, so I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." Kaneme said.

With that being said the two of them paid for their books and went there separate ways.

Kaneme Takasato POV:

Kaneme sighed. Sugimoto-san was such a headstrong person. She was often overbearing and violent as well, but she was still a good person none the less. She brought hope into his life. Kaneme had been alone for so long now that he had forgotten what it felt like to be cared for by others. Sugimoto was his best friend, his sister, his moral support, the only person who ever cared enough to look past those stupid rumors and see Kaneme as himself. She did not look at him like he was some monster out of a children's story book. She saw him as a person in the same situation as herself. A person who had been spirited away, only to return a year later, with no memories of what had occurred, though Kaneme suspected she still had her memories. However, if she really is Yuki Sukito, yes he figured out who she was, Kaneme was no idiot, if she had told people what happened she would have been locked away in an insane asylum somewhere. Kaneme approached his house. He truly dreaded going in there, but he really had no choice. It wasn't like he had anywhere else to go. Kaneme opened the door only to be greeted with his mother's screaming. No welcome home, no how have you been son, just screams. Ignore her he kept repeating to himself over and over again. If he just kept quiet the mental torture would be over sooner or later.

"Are you even listening!" His mother exclaimed, while she hit him with a loud slap across the cheek, which Kaneme was certain would have been audible enough for his neighbors to hear, if they had actually cared enough to notice what was happening right

under their noses. But no. They didn't care. To them he was no different from the monster hiding under their beds, just waiting to gobble them up in their sleep.

"Go to your room!" His mother told him, "And maybe if you're good I'll bring you dinner!"

Kaneme went to his room. In all honesty that's where he wanted to be anyways. Kaneme took out his paints and a canvas and started painting another piece of artwork to sell. Of course, Kaneme could not paint under his real name. If he did that his parents would find out and force him to stop, especially now that his work was getting popular in the art world. Now when people see art with the signature Taiki on it they go nuts. Do not ask Kaneme how he came up with the name Taiki, because he himself has no idea. The name just popped into his head, as if he was called that before in a distant memory. Kaneme painted a unicorn with a platinum blonde mane. At the bottom of the piece he wrote the name and his signature. His newest Piece was called "Kei Taiho". Kaneme then took a rope latter and hung it from his window. Kaneme then grabbed his newest piece and climbed down the latter. Kaneme ran to the place where that night's art auction was at.

"Ah, Taiki. Back with another one of your amazing pieces", the auction runner said, "your pieces are getting super popular. I would not be surprised if this one sold for more that a million yen."

Kaneme blushed. "I hadn't realized, Mr. Tsukino."

"Just remember to come by tomorrow to pick up the money you earn, or I might just keep it." Mr. Tsukino joked.

"Will do", Kaneme said in mock salute and then ran off.

Kaneme neared the grocery store. He knew that if his mom gave him anything for dinner it was going to be meat. Kaneme despised meat with a passion. Not only were you eating a dead animal, but it also makes a person nauseous, or at least Kaneme nauseous. Kaneme entered the grocery store to the fruit section and grabbed a container of strawberries. Kaneme approached the register and paid for the strawberries. Then he went home realizing if he stayed out any longer he would risk someone finding out about his little excursions. Kaneme quickly sprinted off and climbed the rope latter back into his room. He opened his strawberries and sighed. Maybe one day he could get a day without his mother bullying him into submission.

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