Kouji: [sarcastic] This should be fun….since it's her story.

Eternal Shadow Goddess: Hey! What's that suppose to mean?

Kouji: Just what I said. We heard what you did to Neji.

Shadow: [glares]

Kouji: And now you are taking advice from Mizu.

Mizu: [offended] Hey! What's that suppose to mean?!

Kouji: Just what I said.

Kouichi: Kouji, be nice. Don't make her cry.

Mizu: [sniffles] Yeah, you big bully.

Kouji: [rolls his eyes] Just do the disclaimer and start the prologue.

Kouichi: [shoots at look at his brother before smiling at Shadow] Please, Shadow.

Mizu: [sniffles and brightens] Okay! Mizu-chan will help out too.

Riku: [gives her a suspicious look]

Shadow: [smirks] Works for me.

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, any of the seasons. I merely own the plot and some of the characters. Anyone with a problem, tell it to a judge. On second thought, don't, seriously.

Prologue – The Pure & The Tainted (Two Hundreds Years Ago)

Prince Kouichi moved swiftly into the hallway, scared. Where were his guardians? He opened the door on the left of the hallway to see a familiar tall man, holding the throat of a familiar warrior. Kouichi gasped. "Riku?! Draco! Let go of him!" Kouichi cried out. Riku's eyes found Kouichi.

"Prince…Kouichi," Riku managed. Draco sneered.

"But of course, whatever you want," Draco sneered, throwing Riku across the room. Riku hit the wall with a thud. Kouichi made a move towards Riku but a crimson whip lashed out in Kouichi's path. "Uh-uh, my darling," Draco said, tsking. "We have matters to discuss. One of them would be fucking that Lord behind my back. After all I have done for you." Kouichi glared at him, his eyes blazing with hatred.

"You took me from my mother and my people," Kouichi cried angrily. "You killed them and threatened to kill Riku and Haru if I didn't come to you willingly. You have done nothing but cause me suffering and agony." Draco looked pained for a moment and then snarled.

"Well, I think you are going to be filled with more suffering, my little prince," Draco sneered. "Your other guardian? Haru? He's dead." Kouichi's eyes widened as his legs gave out beneath him.

"Ha…Haru," Kouichi said weakly. Riku opened his eyes and looked at him, coughing up blood.

"That's right," Draco said scornfully. "Now…after I kill this Lord, you will be mine. Finally, you will be all mine."

"You won't lay one filthy hand on him," Riku spat angrily. Kouichi looked at Riku.

"Riku," Kouichi said softly. Draco whipped his head to Riku, narrowing his eyes.

"You love him," Draco accused. Riku spit out more blood.

"Yes," Riku answered coldly. "I love him. I will give my life for his. I will die before I let you lay a hand on him." Draco snarled.

"Then do it!" Draco cried out, his dark energy gathering and attacked Riku. Kouichi melted with the shadows and re-appeared in front of Riku, taking the full force of the attack. Blood came out of Kouichi's mouth as he collapsed against Riku. Riku held him close against him as Kouichi used the last of his power and engulfed them both in shadows. Riku could hear Draco's screams of fury as they stepped out of the shadows in what was left of Kouichi's home castle: The Lunar Kingdom. Riku collapsed against the stone wall, cradling Kouichi.

"Kouichi," Riku said, tears filling his eyes. Kouichi opened his eyes, gazing up at Riku. His hand moved weakly up to Riku's cheek.

"Riku, you're okay," Kouichi said, relieved before coughing up blood.

"We have to worry about you," Riku said quickly, panicking. "We'll find a healer. Maybe your brother." Kouichi shook his head.

"Kouji….will not survive the night. Neither will I or even Akira. It's okay," Kouichi said softly. "Draco can't enter these ruins. Riku, remember my prophecy." Riku took his hand in his, kissing it gently as tears flowed freely.

"I will, my moon," Riku said softly. Tears streamed down Kouichi's face.

"Remember your promise," Kouichi said softly. "And I will see you…in two hundred years. Good bye."

"Kouichi," Riku said brokenly as Kouichi closed his eyes for the last time. Riku pressed his lips to Kouichi's forehead before letting out a pained scream of fury over the loss of his lover. In the Solar Kingdom, Prince Kouji struggled against the guards that held him.

"No. Father, leave him alone. Punish me. Just don't hurt him. Don't hurt him," Kouji begged his father, King Kousei, who refused to listen.

"Silence Kouji," Kousei snapped. "You, Akira the Blacksmith, are charged with tainting the Light of the Solar Kingdom, your prince, and rebelling against your king. What do you say to this?" Akira, beaten and bloody, forced himself to stand and glare at King Kousei and Queen Saotome.

"I have not tainted the Light I have sworn to protect," Akira said, loud enough for the entire kingdom to hear. "I have merely fallen in love with the Light that I have sworn to love. If anyone here who has tainted my prince, it is you, King Kousei." Kousei turned red with rage as Saotome turned pale.

"Akira, choose your words wisely," Saotome warned. "What you say is treason."

"What you have denied him is treason to him," Akira retorted, pointing to Kouji, who continued to struggle to reach Akira.

"You have seduced Prince Kouji and bedded him," Saotome accused. "Is that right?"

"Yes," Akira said automatically. "And I would do it all over again…just to be with him."

"You have tainted our Light," Kousei boomed. "Yet you stand before this kingdom of your brothers and sisters without feelings of regret. Have you no shame?"

"Have you?" Akira demanded hotly, wincing at the pain his body felt. "Are you so obsessed with revenge that you have forgotten to look at your Light like a human being….forgotten to see him as your son?" Kousei turned a deep shade of red and Kouji stopped struggling to gaze at Akira. Kouji attempted to focus his powers but it was no good. What little power he had left, he had used it to force Touya to leave the kingdom. Something Kouji was beginning to regret already. Kousei took a shaky breath, furious. Saotome gazed hard at Akira.

"Akira, do you not repent?" Saotome asked him.

"No…I do not. That would be a lie if I did," Akira said flatly. Tears filled Kouji's eyes.

"Then…the only solution is death," Saotome said and Kousei stood, his blade glowing. Kouji began to struggle once again against the guards. If Kousei struck Akira in his weak state, Akira would die.

"NO!!! FATHER!! STOP!!! DON'T!!! PLEASE STOP!!! DON'T KILL HIM!! AKIRA!!!" Kouji screamed. Akira didn't move. He couldn't move. He was too weak to. Akira turned to Kouji, giving him a wink and a seductive smile.

"Kouji, I love you," Akira said to him. "Remember what Kouichi told you." Tears streamed down Kouji's face as Kousei, furious, struck Akira with his blade.

"AKIRA!!!!!" Kouji screamed, tears streaming. Akira didn't scream as the blade penetrated him and left his body. Akira crumbled to the ground, coughing blood. The guards moved, allowing Kouji to run to his lover's side as Kousei stepped back. "Akira, it's okay. I'll heal you. It's okay. Don't leave me. Akira, don't go." Akira smiled at him, blood trickling down his mouth.

"You and I both know you used up your powers," Akira whispered, pressing his hand to Kouji's heart. His power flowed into Kouji, fuelling his own powers. "There. That should get you out of here." Kouji shook his head.

"I don't want to live," Kouji said, crying. "Not without you. I love you too much." Akira chuckled weakly.

"Well, two hundred years is long enough," Akira asked weakly before closing his eyes for the last time. "I love you, my little wolf."

"I love you, Akira," Kouji whispered. Akira lay lifeless in Kouji's arms. Kousei glared and motioned for the guards.

"Take his body," Kousei instructed. "Put his head on a stick in front of the castle." Anger rippled throughout Kouji at his words as the castle temperature rose. Flames surrounded Kouji and Akira as Kouji gently placed his lover's body on the ground. Tears still streaming, Kouji stood up and faced the kingdom.

"For the most part of my life," Kouji said, his voice trembling with rage. "I was raise to love my kingdom and to give what was needed for my people. I have asked for nothing in return before today. I asked for one thing, Father, and you did not choose to give it. You chose to do the opposite and take the one person I loved the most in this world. I will never forgive any of you for that. Akira was kind to every one of you. Yet you stood by and did nothing to help him…nothing to save him. Now…you will all pay for his death…with your lives."

"Kouji, you wouldn't dare," Kousei said, backing away, finally knowing the terror of his son's wrath. Tears still streaming down Kouji's face, Kouji stared at his father as if he didn't know him.

"You all have brought this on yourselves," Kouji said as the flames attacked everyone in the castles. Their screams echoed in Kouji's mind as the castle went up in flames. Kouji sat down next to Akira, kissing his lips gently. "Akira, I will be with you in two hundred years. Please…forgive me….for not protecting you….my love." Kouji continued to cry…even as his flames consumed his body and Akira's.