Spiritshipping - Follow Your Heart
This is sort of a fairy tale-esque story about one of my favorite pairings Spiritshipping (Jaden x Jesse or Judai x Johan whichever you prefer). Jaden is a prince in old Japan, and recieves an unwanted marriage proposal. He must choose between love and duty. If you want more details you will have to read the chapter! This is only chapter one, I don't know how many chapters this story will actually have but i do foresee quite a few of them. And I do intend on finishing this story! I DO NOT OWN Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx or it's characters! So please read and review! I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 1
Once upon a time there lived a prince, who went by the name Jaden. His mother and father ruled over one of the most powerful empires in Japan, The Kingdom of the Red Dragon. Though the prince had all the riches and all the power in the world he still stayed humble. He treated his servants as if they were family, which in his eyes they were part of his family. Growing up Prince Jaden loved literature, music, painting, and dancing. His artistic abilities were well known throughout the kingdom by those rich and poor. He had two very close and dear friends their names were Alexis and Syrus. Jaden met Alexis at the age of five, her father was one of Jaden's teachers, and would come along to learn along side the prince. They both shared a passion for music, Alexis was an extraoridinary singer, while Jaden had knack for playing almost all instruments. They immediately became close friends.
As for Syrus, he alongside his brother Zane, were once heirs to the throne of the Cyber Kingdom. Unfortunetely, the kingdom had broken out in civil war and destroyed itself from the inside out. In the war Syrus and Zane's parents were killed when the palace was attacked by rioters. As their final act as parents, they led their children to the underground escape route out of the city, as their children run for their lives the king and queen of the Cyber Kingdom held off the rioters long enough for their children to escape. Syrus and Zane made their way to the Kingdom of the Red Dragon, and came to the palace to speak to Jaden's parents, long time friends of the king and queen of the Cyber Kingdom. After hearing the sad tale, the king and queen welcomed the princes into the kingdom. Jaden was 12 years old, and developed a quick bond with his new friends. After some years the king made Zane Jaden's personal bodyguard. Zane swore to protect the prince at all cost due to his eternal gratitute to Jaden's father and mother.
Jaden was fast approaching his 21st birthday, and the whole kingdom was a buzz. The king and queen had sent invitations to all of their allies, in all the nearby kingdoms. It was to be the greatest party ever thrown. The night before the prince was in his room with Syrus deciding on an outfit for the party. Jaden put on a royal suit made of red silk, and with golden buttons on the jacket. Syrus looked it over and said, "This is it! This is the outfit my prince!" Jaden smiled at Syrus and replied " I believe you are right Sy." The prince's smile began to fade. Syrus asked "What's wrong Jaden? You should be happy!" the prince responded "I don't know Syrus. This all just seems like a bit much, you know me I am not into these huge parties." Syrus smirked and said "I know Jaden, but it is your special day. And you should enjoy yourself and have good time anyways. We will all be there with you, and I can assure you it will be a night you'll never forget." Jaden's smile returned as he said "Maybe you're right Sy. Okay now let's get this thing off me!" They both laughed.
Syrus left Prince Jaden soon after so he could rest for the night. It was a beautiful starlit night, and the moon was full. Jaden could not help but stare at all the stars in the sky. He finally fell asleep after watching the sky for what seemed like hours. Soon he began to dream, he was at his party and everything was perfect. All his friends and family were there, congratulating him on his special day. Suddenly, he was outside the party on a balcony. Then a stranger appeared. He had beautiful emerald green eyes, long blue spikey hair, and an enchanting smile. Jaden thought to himself "Who is this? I have never seen him before?" Next thing he knew the stranger walked up to him and asked him "Would you like to dance?", in a hypnotizing voice. Jaden felt something come over him, was this what they call love at first sight? Jaden agreed, and gave the bluenet his hand. He was a divine dancer,which made Jaden more drawn to him. Jaden finally asked the young man for his name, but before the bluenet could reply, there was a scream in the distance. With that the prince awoke from his slumber, and thought to himself "Who was that? and who was screaming? And why?" Jaden sat up in his bed for a while, he couldn't get the stranger out of his head. He asked himself "Why can't I stop thinking about him? He was only a dream he isn't even real. But for some reason my heart tells me he is."After thinking about the dream for some time he finally let himself fall asleep once again. He did not have anymore dreams for the rest of the night.
The morning came, and Jaden awoke from his slumber to find Alexis and Syrus. They yelled "Happy Birthday Jaden!" scaring the prince enough for him to fall out of bed. Alexis and Syrus laughed as the prince picked himself up. The prince responded "Very funny you guys." Alexis quickly said "Hurry up and get dressed, your father sent us to get you for breakfast. You know how he is if you are late." Jaden quickly put on some new clothes for breakfast, then rushed down to the dining hall. Prince Jaden still couldn't get the dream out of his head, was he to find love tonight? And was something bad to happen? And what made that woman scream? When he arrived he found a huge banquet full of all of the his favorite foods. This eased the prince's mind a bit. His eyes widened in excitment, as he ran to the table. He wasted no time and began eating. Alexis and Syrus couldn't help but laugh at their friend and his large appetite. They sat down one on each side of the prince and began to eat as well, but not in the same fashion as the prince.
The queen immedietely congrated her son on his big day, "Happy birthday Jaden." with a loving smile on her king asked his son, "So my son, how did you sleep?" The question brought the dream back into Jaden's mind. He didn't want to bother his parents with a silly dream so he replied "Quite well father, thank you for asking." The king smiled. The queen asked the prince "Son are you ready for tonight? Remember all of our allies will be there tonight." the prince replied "I know mother, and yes I am ready." The king intervened, " Son, this is a big night for you and above all else, I want you to do one thing tonight." Jaden asked "And what is that father?" the king replied "I want you to enjoy yourself, and don't be afraid to ask someone to dance if you fancy them." Jaden responded "Okay father, I will" the king and queen both smiled at their son.
Suddenly, one of the servant girls named Jasmine made her way into the dining hall, with important news for the king and queen. "Excuse me, your majesty I have urgent news." she said. "What is it my dear?" the queen queried. "A messenger from the Kingdom of the Blue Obelisk is here." Jasmine stated with a look of discomfort. After a moment of silence the king commanded "Send him in my dear." She agreed and brought him before the royal family. The messenger came in wearing a royal blue vest and declared "King and Queen of the Kingdom of the Red Dragon, as you are fully aware your son Prince Jaden is 21 on this day, as he is still unwed to this day I make a proposal, to unite our two mighty kingdoms together. My son Prince Chazz wishes for your son's hand in marriage. I will give you till the end of your son's party tonight to decide. My son and I will arrive at sunset tonight. Until then." Jaden's face turned very pale at that moment. The king excused the messenger, Jasmine, Syrus, and Alexis.
The royal family looked at one another for several minutes but said nothing. Finally Jaden spoke out. "This is ubsurd! I have met Prince Chazz only one time and I do not love him! Mother, father you can't expect me to go through with this!" The king yelled "That's enough Jaden! Now we have until the end of tonight to talk about this." Jaden yelled back "What is there to talk about? They want me to marry someone I do not know or love, this isn't right." The queen replied "My dear, this could unite our two kingdoms. This could be what is best for everyone." Jaden said with great anger, "Yeah everyone but me. Father, you and mother want me to be happy right? Well I wish to follow my heart, and marry someone I choose, that is what will make me happy." The queen stepped in and said "My son, you haven't even given Prince Chazz a chance, maybe you can learn to love him in time. You must at least talk to him before you automatically assume he is not the one." Jaden stared down thinking to himself "Why am I acting like this? Maybe she is right. But I just can't forget about the blue haired boy from my dream last night. But I can't tell them about it, they will think I am insane." Jaden finally replied to his mother, "Mother, I just know that he isn't the one." The queen looked at her son in confusion. The king just sat in silence for a moment, then finally said "Jaden you are excused, please leave your mother and I." Jaden gets out of his seat and walks out.
As the king and queen discussed the situation, Jaden started running down the hall way. Out of no where his bodyguard Zane appears, and asks "Where are you off to in such a hurry?" the prince replied "I am leaving the palace for a little while. I need to clear my head." Zane chuckled and said "Not without me your not. And if you want we can discuss what is going on." The prince sighed and agreed. The two had the gate to the palace lowered and made their way towards town. After a few minutes of not speaking, Zane finally asked "So what's going on Jaden?" Jaden responded "Well Prince Chazz from the Kingdom of the Blue Obelisk has asked for my hand in marriage." Zane replied "I see, will you do it?" Jaden looked shocked that Zane would ask that, and said "Of course not Zane, I do not love Prince Chazz. I want to find true love." Zane quickly said "Well maybe Prince Chazz is the one, you have not given him a fair chance. And even if he isn't have you stopped to think about your family or your kingdom? If the two kingdoms become one it could only bring greatness for all of us. I understand where you are coming from, but you can't always think about what you want. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your happiness for the happiness of the people you love." Jaden started to tear up as he said " But Zane..." Zane interupted "No buts Jaden, look I am not telling you what to do. The desicion is yours to make, do what you think is right. Just be prepared for the consequences." Jaden looked down at the ground speechless with tears falling from his eyes.
Zane looked at Jaden, and could tell something else was on his mind so he asked "So what else is going on? I can see you're hiding something." Jaden looked up and said "There is, but it is silly. You would think I was a fool." Zane abruptly replied "Try me." So Prince Jaden began to tell Zane about his dream from the night before. "We were all at my party then this guy I had never met before, asked me to dance. My heart started beating rapidly, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about him since." Zane sneered "So you are in love with a dream? Something that only happened in your head?" Jaden replied "I knew you wouldn't understand Zane. If he is just a dream why can't I just forget about him?" Zane responded "Because you won't allow yourself to forget about him. You think with your heart, not your head. But you have to understand you can't be in love with someone who isn't real." Jaden frowned and started looking at the ground once again with nothing to say.
Trying to change the subject, Zane asked "Alright, where is it you wanted to go?" Jaden wiped the tears from his eyes and said "I want to see Sartorious, and ask him about my future. Maybe he can point me in the right direction." Zane sneered and said "Now please tell me you don't believe in that pre-determined destiny stuff Jaden. We all make our own destiny." Jaden replied " I do believe we make our own destinies, I just need some guidence." Zane remained speechless the rest of the way to the fortune tellers hovel. Jaden and Zane walk in to find a silver haired young man. He asked " My Prince, welcome. How may I assist you today?" Jaden replied " I am here to speak with Sartorious. And if I may ask what is your name?" The silver haired young man responded " Ah, yes of course. And my name is Aster, I am Sartorious' apprentice. I will take you to him, he is right back here." Jaden and Zane followed Aster into a room with little light. Out of the darkness came a voice "Why, hello my prince I haven't seen you in some time. I have been expecting you." Zane replied sarcastically, "Yeah I bet you have, since you heard his voice not five seconds ago in the other room." Sartorious frowned at Zane's disbelief and said "Well, well and you brought your little friend I see, don't worry Zane I don't expect someone with such a feeble mind to believe me." Sartorious' frown quickly turned into a smirk as Zane meerly glared at the fortune teller.
Jaden, trying to turn attention back to him, said "Hello my old friend, how are you?" Sartorious responded " I am quite well thank you, as for you it is your 21st birthday. A day that should be nothing if not wonderful, but that isn't the case is it?" Jaden sighed and said "No it isn't." Sartorious closed his eyes and said " Ah, I see. So Prince Chazz wants your hand in marriage does he? But you feel unsure about it. The Blue Obelisk Kingdom is quite rich and the marriage could forever unite the two kingdoms. But that's not how you see it. You think if you accept this marriage proposal you will be giving up on true love, the one thing you have always hoped and dreamed about your entire life. You want a prince charming, but you are unsure if it is Chazz or not." Prince Jaden asks "What should I do Sartorious?" Sartorious said "Well my prince, this is a difficult decision on your part. Allow me to look at my crystal ball and see what fate has in store for you." Sartorious looks deeply at his crystal ball, then suddenly appears confused. "How strange, I cannot see your future. It is clouded. This has never happened before." Sartorious exclaims.
Sartorious keeps looking then finally gets a small glimpse of Jaden's future. "It is still unclear, but I do foresee, another young man much like yourself. I can't get a good look at him but you are dancing with him, you are on a balcony, and you are underneath the moonlight. And then I see two other people in the darkness, there is some kind of struggle. Now I see a woman she is terrified and screaming... No!" yells Sartorious as he loses his vision. Jaden immediately remembers his dream and asks "What else?" and Sartorious replies " Nothing, I am sorry my prince, but your future is unclear. I cannot tell you anything else." Jaden queries "Well was the other young man Chazz? Were you able to tell?" Sartorious shakes his head with a disappointed look on his face and says "I'm sorry my prince. But rest assured I will be at your party tonight, along with my apprentice, and if I see anything else I will let you know."
Jaden tells Sartorious about the night before, "Sartorious what you just told me... I had a dream last night that was very similar to your prediction." Sartorious' eyes widened in shock and asked "You had a vision of the future?"Jaden simply replies "Well I'm not sure if it was a vision of the future, but something inside of me says that the boy in my dream is out there somewhere. And the woman screaming was in my dream as well, I didn't see her, I just heard her screaming." Sartorious just sat in shock and thought to himself "Was this the boy in my vision? Can Prince Jaden see the future?" Jaden was concerned with Sartorious' silence and finally asked "So what do you think this means?" Sartorious replied "I am not sure my prince. I guess we have no choice but to let destiny take it's course."
Jaden forces a smile and says, "Thank you my friend, I just hope destiny is kind to me." Sartorious replies "Unfortunetely we will have to just wait and see my prince." Sartorious smiles at Jaden as he and Zane walk out. Sartorious get a frustrated look on his face. Aster asks "What happened? I mean you have never had that much trouble seeing into the future before." His mentor responded "I do not know Aster, but it makes me worry. Not just for Jaden, but for all of us."
To be continued...
Can you guess where this is going? Please review! Chapter 2 coming soon!