All's fair in Love and War
by Sailor Eevee
WARNING: This fic will be very dark in some parts, including this first one, and themes will include prostitution, character death, violence, shonen ai/yaoi, and angst. No lemon (I'm not quite up to that yet, I'm still nervous about doing a yaoi fic) but implied sex in one of these chapters (It'll be a "boot scene" as described in the Dragonlance "Annotated Chronicles") Also, for people who want to know, couples are Taito/Yamachi, and a Daisuke/Ken/?? triangle. Very AU, and watch out for falling catchprases and scenes from other real fantasy series. (Try to find them all!) Other than that, enjoy! ^_~
There was a time, very long ago, when the Houses of Courage, Friendship, Kindness, Love, Purity, Knowledge, Hope, Light, and Reliability ruled the land. Those times were when the people prospered the most, especially when Emperor Masaharu, of the House of Friendship, came into power. He spread peace through out the land, even reaching as far as the Clayr seers of Knowledge. Thus the Kingdoms prospered, most of the house leaders producing heirs or marragable daughters. The houses of Love and Purity, Courage and Friendship, Reliability and Knowledge, and Friendship and Hope united to also produce high standing children, but those highest in rank were truly those children born of the heads of houses, like Yagami Taichi of Courage, and the young prince Ishida Yamato of Friendship. They were known to be fast friends at a young age, rising the house of Courage higher in the Emperor's eyes. The prince was a handsome child with his golden blond hair and bright blue eyes, attracting many nobles with young daughters still to be promised. However, even in this time, all was not well.
Masaharu was troubled, particually by the decline of the house of Kindness, starting with the fact that its head had not produced a child, and the scandal that erupted over gossip of a bastard half-Clayr boy, but it was disregarded. It did affect the Clayr, however, and caused the ever-reclusive seers to shut themselves up in their mountain dwellings, not even accepting students for their combat masters. Unfortunetly the nobles relied on the future-telling visions, and soon several skirmishes were fought to acess the seers. Still, this age of peace lasted long and the people prospered, producing more food and money than ever recorded.
Of course, this boom didn't apply to everything. As the shops and merchants grew, the darker professions, namely the Thieves guilds and the brothels and courtesans, started to disappear. The heads of these professions saw this, but couldn't do much about it. That is, until the group of mercenary theives called the Aivors staarted working. They specialised in a system called "repopulation", basically refilling the ranks of thieves, cheats, and courtesans. The ways they did this however, were less appealing, willing to kidnap, purchase, or even force slaves to birth children destined for repopulation.
The Avios' methods slowly spread, until they reachd the capital city. They were virtually unnoticeable, stealing very young, poor children, never going high profile. One day, however, news spread around the kingdoms like wildfire. The Emperor's young son, destined to be heir to the throne, was gone. Thosands of people searced for the young prince, searching until there was nowhere left to look. That was the one day Masaharu Ishida ever fell to his knees and cried. With his heir gone, the kingdoms slowly fell apart, redused to bickering and fighting for the chance to be heir. The name of the young prince disappeared from the public eye, never resurfacing, until nineteen years later...
by Sailor Eevee
WARNING: This fic will be very dark in some parts, including this first one, and themes will include prostitution, character death, violence, shonen ai/yaoi, and angst. No lemon (I'm not quite up to that yet, I'm still nervous about doing a yaoi fic) but implied sex in one of these chapters (It'll be a "boot scene" as described in the Dragonlance "Annotated Chronicles") Also, for people who want to know, couples are Taito/Yamachi, and a Daisuke/Ken/?? triangle. Very AU, and watch out for falling catchprases and scenes from other real fantasy series. (Try to find them all!) Other than that, enjoy! ^_~
There was a time, very long ago, when the Houses of Courage, Friendship, Kindness, Love, Purity, Knowledge, Hope, Light, and Reliability ruled the land. Those times were when the people prospered the most, especially when Emperor Masaharu, of the House of Friendship, came into power. He spread peace through out the land, even reaching as far as the Clayr seers of Knowledge. Thus the Kingdoms prospered, most of the house leaders producing heirs or marragable daughters. The houses of Love and Purity, Courage and Friendship, Reliability and Knowledge, and Friendship and Hope united to also produce high standing children, but those highest in rank were truly those children born of the heads of houses, like Yagami Taichi of Courage, and the young prince Ishida Yamato of Friendship. They were known to be fast friends at a young age, rising the house of Courage higher in the Emperor's eyes. The prince was a handsome child with his golden blond hair and bright blue eyes, attracting many nobles with young daughters still to be promised. However, even in this time, all was not well.
Masaharu was troubled, particually by the decline of the house of Kindness, starting with the fact that its head had not produced a child, and the scandal that erupted over gossip of a bastard half-Clayr boy, but it was disregarded. It did affect the Clayr, however, and caused the ever-reclusive seers to shut themselves up in their mountain dwellings, not even accepting students for their combat masters. Unfortunetly the nobles relied on the future-telling visions, and soon several skirmishes were fought to acess the seers. Still, this age of peace lasted long and the people prospered, producing more food and money than ever recorded.
Of course, this boom didn't apply to everything. As the shops and merchants grew, the darker professions, namely the Thieves guilds and the brothels and courtesans, started to disappear. The heads of these professions saw this, but couldn't do much about it. That is, until the group of mercenary theives called the Aivors staarted working. They specialised in a system called "repopulation", basically refilling the ranks of thieves, cheats, and courtesans. The ways they did this however, were less appealing, willing to kidnap, purchase, or even force slaves to birth children destined for repopulation.
The Avios' methods slowly spread, until they reachd the capital city. They were virtually unnoticeable, stealing very young, poor children, never going high profile. One day, however, news spread around the kingdoms like wildfire. The Emperor's young son, destined to be heir to the throne, was gone. Thosands of people searced for the young prince, searching until there was nowhere left to look. That was the one day Masaharu Ishida ever fell to his knees and cried. With his heir gone, the kingdoms slowly fell apart, redused to bickering and fighting for the chance to be heir. The name of the young prince disappeared from the public eye, never resurfacing, until nineteen years later...