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Chapter 1

First summer: years 6 and 8

"Father, where are we going?" Allen asked, he sat on one side of the carriage. He wore a white long sleeve shirt with black gloves and dress pants.

Mana smiled "You're to meet Prince Yu Kanda, hopefully you two will become friends." he said. Allen cocked his said to the side in confusion before shrugging and turning to look out the windows.

Kanda stood next to his 'father' with an angry look, his midnight eyes trying to burn a hole in the air around him. "Why am I here again?" Kanda hissed angrily.

"Calm down Yu-kun, you're going to meet Prince Allen Walker. So just stand there and wait." Tiedoll sat patting Kanda's head.

The carriage came to a stop and Allen mentally sighed, this was going to be a very long summer indeed. Reever, their footman, stepped down and opened the door silently. King Mana stepped out and helped his son who was none too willing to get out of the carriage.

"Come along Allen, there's nothing to be afraid of." Mana coaxed his son with a smile.

Allen sighed and jumped out, landing with a soft thud. "Ah Mana! It's sooo good to see you again!" King Tiedoll exclaimed as he made his way over to the carriage.

"Likewise Tiedoll. So, I see your son has grown quite tall since the last time I saw him." King Mana said gesturing towards Kanda.

Tiedoll smiled and patted his son on the head who in turn unsheathed his sword, Mugen, and pointed it at his 'fathers' throat. "Don't touch me old man." he hissed seething in rage.

"Maa,maa Yu-kun. You should greet your friend." Tiedoll said while completely ignoring the blade that was dangerously close to his throat.

Kanda 'che'd' and sheathed his katana while looking at the terrified kid hiding behind the visitors leg. Said boy seemed on the verge of tears.

"Come on Allen, there's nothing to be afraid of. Prince Kanda is merely showing his skill with the sword." Mana encouaged slightly pushing his adopted son forwards. Allen reluctantly walked towards Kanda and nearly pushed his hand out to shake Kanda's.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Allen Walker." he introduced himself with a weak smile. Kanda however was not impressed, he just 'che'd' and tuned his head to the side. Allen pouted and pulled his hand back, the mood ruined for the rest of the day.

"Ha ha ha! I can see that my sons going to be in good hands. Well it was good to see you again Tiedoll, I'll come back on the 21st of September." Mana said with a handshake to his fellow King. Tidoll smiled and nodded before ordering the guards to take the luggage to the guest room.

"Goodbye Allen, we'll be together again before you know it." Mana said as he went onto knees and hugged his son before walking into the carriage.

Kanda stalked down the halls to the dining room where he was sopposed to meet his 'friends'. He rounded the corner and came into the hall when he saw his two friends.

"Yu-chan!" an overly excited redhead with an eyepatch exclaimed from across the room. This pissed Kanda off to to no end and the redhead realized this when he found himself in the presence of Mugen for the umpteenth time.

"Call me that again, baka Usagi, and you'll find your head laying in a pool of your own blood." Kanda hissed.

"Now now guys, I don't want to see vilence first thing in the morning." said a girl with black hair with a slight green tint in pigtails.

"You're a lifesaver Lenalee!" the redhead said while trying to slowly back from the sword.

"It's your own fault Lavi." Lenalee said with a sigh before geting up to get her food. Kanda growled and sheathed his sword while slowly following the girl to get his own food. Lavi stared after his two friends when he suddenly remembered something.

"Nee Yu-chan?" Lavi asked when both Lenalee and Kanda had returned, Lenalee with the standard eggs while Kanda chose to eat soba noodles.

"What Usagi?" he replied while trying his best to ignore that his first name had been used once again.

"Well, I was thinking, its been a whole week since the guest came and I still haven't met him. Actually no ones seen him since his arrival." Lavi stated with his hand on his chin like he was trying to be smarter than he really was.

"Che, like I care about that baka Moyashi." Kanda replied in his monotone.

Lavi grinned and bolted out of the dining room before either Lenalee or Kanda could blink. "What was that about?" Lenalee asked before shrugging and returning to her meal. Kanda on the other hand was more than slightly confused, but of course he also shrugged it off before putting his empty plate away.

Allen sat on his bed looking at a picture of him and Mana. He had been at the palace for a whole week and he was bored.

'There's nothing to do, and exploring the castle at night is getting old.' he thought to himself while setting the picture back in his luggage bag. There was a knock at the door and being the curious boy he is, Allen opened the door just a crack to see who was bothering him. There in front of the door was a grinning redhead with an eyepatch and a bandana.

"Hiya! The names Lavi, thought you might wanna come out a play instead of being cooped up in your room." the introduced Lavi said with a hyper voice. Allen raised an eyebrow and closed the door before grabbing some day cloths and slipping them on, making sure that he wore his gloves.

Lavi on the otherhand stood dumbfounded, the kid had actually shut the door in his face. But his surprise went to happiness as the door opened again and the boy came out in day cloths.

"I'm Allen." Allen said before closing the door to his room.

"Nice to meet you. Why don't we go to the garden?" Lavi said as he grabbed Allen by his right hand and began to drag him towards the gardens.

The garden was collasole and weeping willow trees rimmed the walkways along with lotus flowers, in the center was a large pond covered with both lotus' and water lilies. Right before the pond was a bench that had ivy crawling up the legs and backside. Sitting on the bench was Kanda, his eyes were closed while he sat with his legs crossed and his katana lying on top of his legs.

"Yu-chan!" Lavi exclaimed before running up to Kanda. Naturally he found Mugen close to his throat again and slowly backed away.

"Call me by my first name again and I'll rip your fingers off and stuff them down your throat, baka Usagi." Kanda growled with a murderous aura. Turning his gaze so his eyes fell on Allen, Kanda raised a rare eyebrow.

"What do you want Moyashi?" he asked icily.

"Moya-? My names Allen. A-L-L-E-N." Allen said with slight annoyance. Lavi looked between the two boys and his grin grew at least ten times bigger by the second.

"Che, whatever, it's none of my business." Kanda said as he turned around, his long ebony hair swung in its ponytail whipped around. Allen watched as Kanda left and pouted, 'What's a Moyashi?' he thought to himself before turning towards Lavi.

"I'm going back to my room now, it was nice to meet you Lavi." Allen smiled before he headed back to the palace and his room.

Allen sat on his bed staring at the darkening sky through his window. The first stars popping out like snow flakes in the beginning of winter.

Sighing he got out of bed and out of his room. The halls were lit by candles that flicked as Allen walked by with a fast pace. He walked to one of the doors that went to a balcony, going through the door he went to the stone bench in the very middle. The sky was dark now and the stars littered the night with their bright lights, and the moon shone with even more brightness.

"What are you doing here?" a familiar voice said with surprise evident in their voice. Allen turned around to see Kanda with his hair down.

"I came here to gaze at the stars. You're welcome to join me if you want." Allen stated before turning back to look up at the night sky. His only reply was a soft 'hn' before Kanda sat on the other side of the bench. For a good twenty minutes both boys just sat in silence gazing up at the stars. Neither spoke or tried to go, leaving an air of tranquility around them.

"Do you always gaze up at the stars Kanda?" Allen asked, his hands folded neatly on his lap. Kanda looked over at the white haired boy before answering.

"Only during the summer, though this is the first time someone has been with me. Usually I'm alone and everyone else is asleep." he replied cooly. Allen nodded before standing up.

"Well thank you for accompanying me, good night." he said with a bow before going back inside, his skin warmed by the summer nights heat. Smiling to himself he made it back to his bedroom and slipped into a dream world filled with many stars.

The morning came quick and Kanda found himself sitting grumpily next to the baka Usagi and a more or less quiet Lenalee.

"U-um, good morning." an annoyingly familiar voice said from behind him.

"Allen-chan! Come and sit kid." Lavi beamed before scooting over to allow room for Allen to sit.

"Oh hey you must be pretty hungry right? well come come with me." Lavi rambled as he dragged a confused Allen towards the line for food. Once at the counter, Allen saw a tan man with pink like colored hair wearing odd glasses, his hair tied into a braid that then went into a pony tail.

"What can I get for you sweety?" the man asked with a higher voice than Allen had expected. Allen turned towards Lavi and gave him a questioning look.

"Thats Jerry the head cook. Tell him what you want, he can make just about anything." Lavi replied happily.

"Um I think I'll have two omelets, twelve french toasts, a large side of hashbrowns and a strawberry pastry for desert please." Allen listed off with a huge smile.

Jerry looked at Allen in shock and wrote down the order, "You sure you can eat that much sweety?" he asked. His only reply was the over excited nod from Allen.

A few minutes later, Allen and Lavi came back with a cart full of food and happy expressions.

"Can you really eat all that?" Lenalee asked quietly. Allen nodded and began to wolf down his food at an indredible rate. All Lavi and Lenalee could do was watch in fasination when Allen wiped his mouth with a napkin, clearly finished with his meal.

Kanda on the other hand was rather disgusted. Seriously, what kind of creature ate the same amount of food that ten whole men could eat?

"Che, whatever. I'm going to train, nobody disturb me." Kanda said icily. Allen raised an eyebrow before shrugging it off and began to clear his spot.

Over the next few hours Allen spent his time exploring the gardens, or more accurately getting lost in the gardens, his sense of direction wasn't exactly the greatest. Returning to the bench by the pond from the day before, he sat and stared at the lilies and lotus' that were gracefully floating atop the waters surface. He still had about a month and a half left, his father and him had arrived late because of the ship almost going the wrong way.

"What am I going to do for a whole month? I've already explored the castle and gardens, and the training center is off limits by Kanda's law." he whispered to himself, a hint of sadness was around him. Sighing to himself, he got up and tried to find his way back to the castle.

A loud growl came from just behind a small picket fence. Allen turned to see a large dog with a snarl and mean looking eyes.

"Well hello there doggy. Can i pet you?" he asked the dog, not really expecting a reply.

Kanda was walking down the halls of the castle with an angry face. Today of all days his idiotic 'father' decided to remodel the training room.

"Fuck! Why'd that bastard Tiedoll have to fucking remodel the only place in the castle that I go to regularyl? Argh!" he yelled while clutching his katana dangerously. 'Might as well feed the guards dogs.' he thought as he went by the kitchen.

As soon as he got to the fence where the dogs were, he immediately knew something was out of place. There kneeling down next to the leader of the dogs was the Moyashi.

"Oi! what the hell are you doing Moyashi?" he asked as he came closer to the dogs.

"Oh just petting this little fella, he's quite the softy once you break the initial threat that he thinks you are."

Kanda stared in confusion. 'Softy? The big bad guard dog that kills full grown men was a softy? The hell?" he thought before he threw the raw meat into the fenced area.

"Master Allen, Master Allen!" a page suddenly came running up to the two boys, his face flushed and breathing heavily from running around the caslt looking for Allen.

"Yes." he answered withought leaving the dog.

"King Walker has decided to come get you early. He will be here in a few hours." the page announced before leaving to attend to other errand that he had to run. Allen perked up at the mention of his father and he found himself running towards that palace earnestly.

Once in his room, he immediatly packed all of his things and made the room look slightly presentable for the next guest to use. He then took his luggage and made a dash for the main entrance, not noticing either Lenalee or Lavi as he ran by.

"What's got him so riled up?" Lenalee asked as she and Lavi began to follow Allen. Lavi just shrugged and followed his friends lead. At the main entrance Allen was sitting patiently for his father to come and get him.

An hour and five quetions later, Mana arrived. Allen literally flew into his fathers arms and started to laugh when his father put him up on his shoulders.

"Mana! I've missed you sooo much." Allen mumbled into his fathers hair. Of course the King didn't go unnoticed by King Tiedoll and his sons. Soon the King, his first son Marie, his second son Daisya, and lastly his third son Kanda all showed up to say goodbye to the prince.

"Well Allen, it was fun to have you over. I'm sure all of my sons will miss you greatly. Have a safe trip home." King Tiedoll said as he waved the King and prince off.

"Bye! Thanks for having me!" Allen called before his father placed him in the carriage.

"Ah! Mana~! We should switch to every other summer, might as well give both pur boys a break from eath other right?" Tiedoll called. Mana nodded his approval before climbing into the carriage and then the two set for home.

Thanks for reading! Next chapter~ Chapter 2 second summer: years 8 and 10

MagicKnightRayearth