'Pace… pace… pace… pace…. Right….left…right…left'
"Judai stop it" a very angry brunette whipped around from his pacing to see a smaller identical looking boy straight in the eye
"If you'd stop reading my mind you wouldn't have to hear it." The smaller brunette hissed. The first one sighed
"Why do you keep running away Judai…" sorrow was heavy in his voice
"I wouldn't have to run away if you'd let me out some time master"
"We both know if I let you leave the castle you'd never come back" he sat down "you know I love you" he cupped the smaller boys face in his hand "but I'll have to keep punishing you every time you leave"
"So what is it this time" the boy took the chance to change the subject onto his punishment "no food or water? Another torture weapon? More burn? More scars?" the boy mentally shivered "another day with that pervert Jehu? What will it be my king" the king, haou's, eyes only filled with more sorrow.
"Judai…" he hugged his smaller version "please don't be like that… it hurts me
"Good" the boy, Judai, hissed. The king frowned.
"10 days. Dungeon. No food of water" he called to a guard standing at the door
"Yes your majesty" he said gently taking Judai's arm and leading him to the dungeon. Once out of sight of anyone but the guard the brunette spoke up
"Why does everyone else here listen to his every command?"
"Because, he is our king."
"Is that all you got" Judai muttered
"well… to be honest… most of us see you as an example… you never listen to him… you're his favorite servant because you're the clone the dark magician girl gave to him… why do you always run away?" Judai scowled
"This again? I run away because I, unlike you, am not his dog"
"So… basically you run away to piss him off"
"More like I'm rebelling against him, but yeah that's the idea…." He looked out of one of the large windows they passed on their way
"And I want to see it"
"See what?"
"The world" he sighed dreamily "the one I love"
"You found someone other than the king!" Judai shook his head sighing
"I haven't found him yet… but I will… I know I will" the guard went into a panic attack
"Judai you must never love anyone but the king. If you value someone's life you'll stay away from them… if the king thinks you love someone other than him…" he made a motion with his index finger over his neck "he'll take off their head" Judai stared up at him unfazed.
"I know" he calmly walked into the cell and sat on the bench. The guard looked at him sadly
"All you have to do is stay put. Pretend you like your life here. You don't have to keep putting yourself through this pain!" bangs covered Judai's eyes
"Yes I do."
~the third day~
"Haou-sama… he's escaped again"
"WHAT!" the voice rung throughout the castle
"But Haou-sama. He's weak. He won't be able to travel any farther than a mile"
"Then go get him!"
"Yes sir" both guards yelled in unison before running out of the room.
~elsewhere in a village with no name~
"Do ya think he's dead?" a little girl asked looking fearfully at her brother
"No stupid! Look he's breathing!" her brother pointed to the body lying on the ground in front of him
"What are you doing?" the siblings turned around in a hurry
"There's a boy here Johan-sama!" the children reported.
"Let me see" he said sternly. The children hurried out of his way to reveal a teenage boy laying on his front. His two toned brown hair was spiked in the back and his ripped up clothes gave him the impression of a prisoner or a beggar.
"Thanks Kyoko thanks haku" he gestured for them to continue playing while he took care of the boy. They nodded and ran off.
Judai's POV
Warmth, wonderful undying warmth… when was the last time I felt like this?
Oh. That's right.
Never.
Gentle rocking and the sound of footsteps on a forest floor came to my attention. The footsteps were in step with the motion and never seemed to get closer or farther to me…. Was I being carried? What if this was a solder? Or Haou himself? What if it's some criminal rapist? I really didn't want to know at this point, so I chose to keep my eyes closed. The soft foresty sound under the person's feet turned into a more stony sound. Like a road. Voices flew through the air talking and laughing. I heard the rattle of coins and smelled some kind of food.
"Johan what ya got there?" some merchant yelled from our right.
"Some boy kyo and haku found out in the field" the voice rung from above me. Yep. Definitely being carried. Through all of this "Johan" as the merchant called him, never stopped walking.
"Coming to get your usual later?" the merchant called his voice fading a little
"You know it!"
"K then see ya later!" the merchant yelled
"Bye!" there was maybe 10 more minutes of random people saying hi to this Johan guy before we entered some sort of structure. since I was still pretending to be passed out I couldn't exactly tell ya what it looked like… the warmth left my side as I was lowered on to something soft, like a bed.
"Johan-kun?" a female voice asked from the other side of the room "what's wrong?"
'Probably a girlfriend' I ignored the small hint of jealousy that entered my heart
"With me? Nothing. With this unconscious boy? Well that's yet to be determined." Footsteps rushed over to the side of the bed. A cold hand ran over my fore head
"No fever." She continued with these kinds of procedures leading me to believe she was a doctor. "No head trauma, no broken bones, no abnormal heart beat the only problems seem to be exhaustion and starvation." Johan let out a sigh of relief
"Oh and he's been awake this whole time"
"What?" he screeched. I sat up startling the poor boy even further
"Smart girl" I laughed smiling like an idiot. "How could you tell?"
"Your breathing was to fast" she said simply. Turning around.
"What's your name?" she asked again I laughed a little not because of the question but because of Johan freaking out in the background
"Call me ju-aden. Jaden."
'I've gotta be more careful.' I thought holding my breath 'everyone will know who Judai is. And send us right back to the castle' the girl smiled
"I'm asuka. Nice to meet you" she beamed pointing a thumb over her shoulder
"That's Johan" he stopped running around and smiled when his name came up
"Hi~" he sang before walking over to us. I rubbed the back of my head nervously
"Err, sorry but could you tell me where I am?" she laughed
"A town about 8 miles from Shambala (1) I would give you a name if we had one" I smiled
"Thanks! Oh, and who brought me here?" she smirked slyly
"I think you already know that Jaden-kun" I smirked right back
"Yeah but I wanted to hear you say it"
"Johan," she over to him "please go get food for our guest" Johan nodded and exited the small hut we were in
"After you eat a little I suggest you get some sleep ok Judai-kun?"
~Authors notes~
DUN DUN DUN! Oh boy asuka knows what to do what to do. If ya like it review! And I'll update! I've started on the real chapter 7 of just great and chapter 2 of meet your new brother. I'm just giving myself WAY too many projects to work on at once, oh well ^^
I had to steal that from FMA