CHAPTER TWO – Dragon
The young king sighed as they got the castle ready for his future wife to come. He had protested against the whole thing when Balgus mentioned it to him but he had no choice in the matter. His country couldn't afford another war, his country had gotten so use to the peace that he didn't think that they would be strong enough, that and he didn't like the idea of war. He made sure that his samurai always did drills every day to keep them in shape, but his country was small, and so was his army; he had always wondered how his father had managed to stay alive.
"You're highness you're not paying attention!" One of Van's advisers snapped at him as they walked along the halls of the castle, Van was forced to come along to look at things and make sure that they where to his liking. The truth was, was that he didn't want to get married and that this was all forced on him. He had a country to run, not some brothel! He didn't care for most women and that's why he's never actually had even a girlfriend. The only woman in his life was his adopted sister Merle, and she was like family to him, that was it. "It's fine, I'll let you guys finish it." Van said trying to brush the aggravating council member off, just wanting to be away from all of this.
"Your future wife is supposed to come in a week so that you can get to know her and you don't seem to care." The man snapped at Van who had lost it then, he had managed to control his temper for the most part, but today he wasn't going to have it.
"I don't give a damn about the wedding!" Van suddenly snapped. "I don't care about this princess or where ever she came from got it?" Van shouted, his crimson red eyes stared at the man seriously. "I am only doing this to keep my father's promise! Which I don't see why he even arranged it since he got to marry out of love! I think it was more or less that you arranged this!" Van was keeping himself from screaming, and just barely. "You seem to want this wedding so badly, you marry her!" He snapped. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do with my free time." Van snapped and then stormed off. He hated them! He only kept them because his father trusted them. He sighed and made his way up to the top of the roof, his only escape from his advisers/council and other pesky members. He stared up at the two moons; they could be seen barely in the day time.
"I thought that you'd get here Van-Sama!" An all too familiar voice said and he watched as a pink haired cat girl suddenly appear. "Running away from everyone again?" Merle asked as Van leaned against the roof, his arms crossed beneath his head.
"No." Van half lied.
"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Merle snapped, she actually shouted it really. "I know you better then anyone so don't lie to me." She sat down next to Van. "I've always been with you Van-Sama, so I know you better then anyone." Merle said quietly and was blushing as she said it. "Please tell me what's wrong Van-Sama? Is it about you having to get married? If you want I'll use you're new wife as a scratching post." Merle suggested which made Van laugh.
"You'd better not Merle." Van said after he finished laughing, it was the first time he laughed in weeks. "She has a powerful family I hear, and her brother is suppose to be one hell of a samurai, or knight I guess like they call it in her country." Van said and shrugged it off. "Whatever it is that they call a samurai, he's suppose to be one hell of a swordsman, you might end up loosing your tail." Van said seriously. "It's not like I want this marriage, but what I don't get is that why her parents are suddenly trying to get out of it. For some odd reason, they don't want their daughter to marry me. I wonder if it's because they found out that our military power isn't as strong as theirs or what the problem is." Van said sighing. "I hope that they do find some way out of it because I do not want to marry some spoiled princess that I don't even know."
"I'll be sure to keep her in shape for you Van-Sama, have you ever even seen this girl or heard anyone who has seen her?" Merle asked jealousy.
"Never, not many people know much about her. Balgus told me that he seen her once but that was when she was younger. He said that she is suppose to be a priestess as well as a princess." Van said shaking his head. "What have they gotten me in to?" Van asked which made Merle smile.
"A demon from hell Van-Sama!." Merle replied. Merle jumped as Van's name was called at the balcony.
"What now Balgus?" Van asked as he groaned and looked down at his teacher, mentor and friend.
"I thought that you like to know that you have a letter from Tier." Balgus said which made Van quickly jump down from the roof and on to the balcony beneath him.
Van quickly opened the letter and read it silently, his face faulted.
"What does it say Van-Sama?" Balgus asked.
"It says that the king and queen of Tier had finally decided to go through the wedding and that Princess Hitomi would arrive with in the next day, meaning tomorrow!" Van groaned. "They said that they want her to come two weeks early so that she may get to know Fanelia and her people." Van added and with it came another groan.
"First they try to get out of marriage and now they can't wait for the wedding to begin!" Merle said, being rather aggravated. "WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH THESE PEOPLE!" Merle asked outraged.
"I don't know Merle, I really don't know. If I die because of these people, I think that you should be able to take over Fanelia with out a problem." Van said half seriously.
"This is not the time to joke Van-Sama; you should go tell someone to go prepare Princess Hitomi's room as quickly as they can." Balgus suggested which made Van only grumble even more as he walked back in to the castle.
"I think someone should make sure that he doesn't decide to kill himself." Merle suggested half jokingly.
"I'm beginning to think so to Merle." Balgus said and he was serious about this. In two weeks, in just two weeks the fate of Fanelia and Tier will be sealed."
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I never said how many days it would be, I just said a few and fourteen days is a few days. Enjoy!
