Hello dears!

Yes, reposting Chapter 1 just after the Prologue XD It's because the story kind of really starts now.

Pairing: Jehu/Judai.

Hellish Chronicles.

Chapter 1: Meeting.

Aknamon smirked. They were in front of the village, and the citizens were already panicking, while a part of Jehu's army was getting ready. The doors were closed, but the gold eyed leader knew they wouldn't last long. His army was behind him, the black hellish horses nervous. He saw his wife away from the long line of soldiers, on a small hill overlooking the soon-battle field, with Judai against her. He pursed his lips, disgusted to have such a weak son. At his age, he already knew how to fight. If Isis wasn't stopping him each time, he would have taught his son what a true leader should know, the hard way.

His gaze left his family to land on his army. He smirked, taking out his sword. The soldiers did the same, making the horses pound the ground at the high-pitched sound of thousand swords being drawn. He raised it and with a loud battle cry, the whole army launched the attack. The horses galloped down, leaving a trail of dust behind them. The royal soldiers in front of the doors raised their weapons. Within seconds, the two armies clashed.

Giese looked as the fight started. Aknamon's riders had killed right away the first line, but the second line had managed to dodge being crushed by the horses. The fastest soldiers jumped to their feet, and threw the closest riders off. Soon, the two armies were engaged in close fights, and inevitably, Aknamon and some of his soldiers took down the doors of the village. Riders started entering, killing whoever was in their line of sight. Fire started spreading.

Giese smirked. It was time for him to enter the fight. He raised his hand, getting the attention of his soldiers.

"Leave no survivor."

And with that, he lowered his hand, the signal for the attack.

Isis hugged closer her son, wishing with all her might that Judai wouldn't wake to see this horrible sight. She knew that battles were inevitable, but why such cruelty? Her horse whined, and she smiled down at him. The stallion's blood red eyes stared a little more, then shifted to the little brunette.

"Don't worry Pegasus, he is fine. As long as he doesn't wake up, that is." She let out a sad sigh.

Pegasus whined again, then suddenly shook his head up and down. Knowing her horse very well, she looked for what he was warning her. Her eyes widened when she saw Giese's army coming out of the forest, rushing down toward her husband's army. She gasped. From where the dark brown haired man and his soldiers were, they couldn't see it!

Fire of determination burned in her eyes. She jumped off Pegasus, and gently put Judai on the stallion's back. She kissed her son's forehead, and locked eyes with her horse.

"Protect him."

The stallion shook his head up a little, his way of agreeing. Isis smiled, then turned around, and ran to her husband at full speed. She couldn't let the whole army got crushed by Giese and his men.

Judai stirred. He had felt the warmth of his mother vanished. He blinked open his eyes, and horror crossed his face. Soldiers were fighting not too far, blood and fire were everywhere. Though he could see his father's army had loose less than the other one. But what got him horrified was the fact his mother had just enter the village; and another army had just crushed the right wall of the village, right where his father was.

"NO!"

Judai jumped off the horse, and started running toward where his parents were. Though, Pegasus came right in front of him, stopping him.

Judai started crying. "Please Pegasus! I can't let them die!"

The stallion cringed at his young master sadness and fear, and bowed a little, giving access to his back and neck. Judai's eyes lit up. He understood the black stallion would let him go to his parent, if he was riding him. After all, the horse had to protect the little boy.

Judai jumped on his back, and Pegasus immediately galloped to the village.

Jehu stormed angrily toward Asuka's room. He had learned that Aknamon had attacked, and so he had reunited soldiers as reinforcement. But just when he was giving orders, he heard from Jim that Aknamon had already managed to enter the village, and also that Giese's army had suddenly rushed in the village and attacked the two armies. The whole village was now a battlefield.

This had made Jehu furious, and so he had decided to go himself with the reinforcement. He threw open the door of Asuka's room, who stared at him. She knew he was furious, so she said nothing and opened the portal for him. The soldiers would follow him as soon as he crossed it.

Jehu stepped in, his orange eyes blazing in anger. He was going to show what happened when someone dared to anger him.

Isis had joined Aknamon, and together they were trying to break through Giese's army. Even Aknamon knew he had to run away in a situation like this. His army had been depleted severely, only half of it was still alive. It was in time like this that he was grateful his wife was a powerful sorceress. Though, what he didn't know was that Isis was doing it only for her soldiers. As cruel as it was to say this, she wouldn't have cared if it was only her husband that was trapped. He had made too many mistakes for her to still love him.

The sky darkened suddenly. Isis, as a sorceress, knew this magic: quick transport. And she knew this meant Jehu's army was going to be reinforced. That would be the perfect moment to escape. She looked at Aknamon, and he got the silent message. He ordered a retreat, and his remaining men started stepping back.

Isis heard Giese laughed in victory, but she stopped him by a smirk. A thunderbolt shot from the sky, and, right between Isis and Giese, stood Jehu. Jehu looked between the two, angry. Though his anger changed in surprise when he saw Isis near Aknamon. He never knew the gold-eyed man had a wife. Isis held Jehu's gaze, asking silently to let them escape. The bluenette took a quick glance at the remaining soldiers, and nodded to her. She mouthed 'Thank you', then Aknamon and her ran away toward a small hill, their soldiers behind.

Jehu turned back to Giese, who was stunned to be so close to the king of hell. Thunder clashed in the sky, and the reinforcement appeared behind their king. Giese gulped. He had to leave quickly, or else he would be crushed.

Isis and Aknamon stopped, regaining their breath. They were finally safe, and all thanks to Jehu. Isis could see her husband was angry to be in debt to the orange-eyed demon. She left him, and checked the soldiers, giving them some herbs when they needed it. And each time, they would smile in gratitude. It wasn't a secret that the soldiers preferred Isis and Judai.

After checking, Isis turned to where she had left her son, and froze. No one was there, not even Pegasus.

"J-Judai?"

One of the army's major, called Baou, stopped at hearing the distress in her voice. "My lady?"

"Have you seen Judai?" She looked around, panicked.

"No..."

Isis bit her lips. "Judai! Where are you?"

That was at this moment she saw Pegasus's tracks, in direction of the village. She looked up at the fighting that was now going between Jehu and Giese's armies, and paled.

"No... No!"

Without giving a second thought, she ran back toward it, praying for her beloved son to be alright.

Judai wrapped his arms around the strong neck of his favorite horse, afraid. By the time he had arrived in the village, a huge thunderstorm had come, and people appeared out of nowhere. When this happened, Pegasus had taken a sharp turn, and led him to one of the rare deserted place in the now giant battlefield. Judai was shaking. He had seen that his parents had managed to flee, so he knew he was alone now, in the middle of the raging battle.

Pegasus rose on his back hooves, dodging an axe. Judai screamed in fright. A muscular soldier, one of Giese's army, was standing in front of Pegasus. He smirked at Judai, sending shivers up and down his spine. The black horse growled, and hit the man with his front horseshoes. The man yelped and stepped back, creating enough space for the stallion to flee.

Just when Pegasus had sprinted past him, the man caught Judai, and threw him to the ground. Judai let out a grunt of pain, and stared in fear as an axe was quickly coming down on him. Pegasus slid to a halt, but he knew he would never be enough fast. Judai shut tightly his eyes, thinking his life was over.

A fireball came out of nowhere, and sent the man flying backward, also burning him alive. Judai heard footsteps getting closer, and a deep husky voice asked:

"Are you alright?"

Judai opened his eyes, and met glowing orange hues. He blinked at the bluenette demon. He swore his mother had talked to him about a man looking like that, but he didn't remember who he was.

Then it hit him, and he gasped. It was Jehu, the king of hell!

Jehu was walking slowly around the desert walkway, examining his surroundings. Giese had managed to flee from him, but some of his soldiers were still here. And Jehu wasn't going to let them destroy more than they already did.

A scream of fright was heard, making Jehu stopped short. Wasn't it a child voice? Jehu narrowed his eyes, and quickly went to the source. He heard a yelp, then some clapping, before a grunt was heard, from the same child voice. Jehu quickened his pace, and his blood boiled when he saw one of Giese's soldiers about to kill a three-year-old boy with an axe.

He threw a fireball, killing the man right away. He then walked toward the boy, only to see he had his eyes closed, shivering.

"Are you alright?"

The brown haired boy opened his eyes, to reveal honey brown hues. The little boy blinked, examining the demon above him. Jehu wanted to smirk at the cuteness, but he had a feeling he would scare him if he smirked. Though, he raised an eyebrow when the boy gasped.

The boy sat up quickly, afraid, but Jehu saw he was dizzy. Before the kid could fell back from the world spinning, he kneeled and took him in his arms, pressing him against his chest. The boy blinked at him, and Jehu chuckled when he saw he was hesitating between fear and confusion.

Jehu stood up fully, and smiled down at the boy in his arms. "Hey don't worry little one, I'm not going to hurt you."

"Are you... the king?"

Jehu was a little taken back by this. "Hum... Yeah. I'm Jehu. And what is your name?"

The boy blushed a little. "J-Judai, mister."

Jehu chuckled. "You don't need to call me mister, you know. Just Jehu."

Judai blinked. "I can?"

Jehu chuckled again and nodded. This boy was too cute for words!

"Uh... J-Jehu?" Judai was snuggling against his chest shyly.

"What is it, Judai?"

"Are you... going to punish me?"

"Why would I?"

"Because... my father is causing you trouble..."

Jehu frowned. He looked closely to the boy, taking in his hairs and eyes. A picture of the woman he saw with Aknamon came, and he gasped. Was this boy... Aknamon's son?

Judai heard the gasp, and fidgeted. Was the king mad? Jehu looked at the fidgeting boy, and smiled soothingly.

"No I won't, you're not at fault. And how could I even think of hurting a cute little child like you?"

Judai blushed, but smiled back. His mother was right, the king was sweet!

"Judai!"

Judai perked up. It was his mother's voice! And indeed, Isis emerged from a nearby walkway. Her eyes locked with Jehu, then with her son.

"Mommy!" Judai beamed happily. "Jehu saved me! He is so nice, like you said!"

Jehu raised an eyebrow in amusement, while Isis blushed in embarrassment. Jehu then put the little boy down, who immediately ran to hug his mother. Pegasus, who had been watching, trotted to his mistress, who patted him gratefully. Jehu smiled at the cute scene, and nodded to the woman, before turning around, leaving.

He had seen in the woman's eyes the strong desire to follow him, but also that she wouldn't do it for now. And he wouldn't force her. Though he hoped she would come to him one day, with Judai. They didn't deserve Aknamon's cruelty.

It was an interesting meeting he did, and he sure wished he would met them again, especially Judai. This child was just too cute for words!

To be continued...