Chapter 1
Equal and Opposite

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Anyway to the couple of you that did try to guess which miracles were the kings to which elemental kingdom the first phew chapter will reveal all.

None the less let us begin.


-Chapter 1—

Equal and Opposite

The six elements are sorted into three equal and opposite pairs of elements. These pairs of elements cannot be wielded by the one mage as they are of equal strength but have opposite base power sources and therefore cannot be mixed.

The three pairs are as follow:
Shadow and Light
Wind and Earth
Water and Fire

Shadow and Light have since the dawn of time been scene as the weakest two elements present within the kingdoms of Teikou. Shadow mages draw their power from darkness and are most powerful at night whilst Light mages as their name suggests draw most of their power from light sources and are at highest strength during the day. Most Shadow and Light Mages are mix-Mages only the kings of the Shadow and Light kingdoms solely wield these two elements.

Wind and Earth are the least opposing pair of elements and if required can work together. The above two elements are the middle-range elements based solely on strength however both have notable individual strengths and weaknesses. Wind is a highly attack based element where Mages draw their strength from the air, it is not unknown for Wind Mages to be born with bird-like wings however overtime this anomaly has been bred out of this mage-type. In great contrast to Wind type Mages, Earth types usually focus more on defence creating large walls of rock to form barriers between themselves and their enemies. Earth Mages are notable for having larger builds than most other types.

Water and Fire are the two most powerful elements and by far the most conflicting. The two elements should not be forced to work together under any circumstances, as Mages of these types usually do not get along however anomalies to this rule have been observed. Both elements are attack based types the only main difference being power sources as Water type Mages draw their strength from liquids and Fire types from heat. It is particularly notable that it was a disagreement between the kings of the Fire and Water Kingdoms that initially started the Endless War.

-Excerpt from A basic guide to the elements

By Aida Kagetora

-Consumed by Shadows—

"Dai-chan, sleeping on the roof in order to neglect you duties as a king isn't very appropriate." Momoi Satsuki a young pink-haired duel Light and Water mix-Mage knelt above the head of her dark-blue haired childhood friend as said Dai-chan slept peacefully on the roof of Touou Castle.

"Do I look like I give a flying fuck Satsuki? No, no I don't." Aomine Daiki looked up at his childhood friend through hazy half-lidded eyes. "What's your problem anyway? No-ones attacking." Momoi groaned running pale thin fingers through her hair in an attempt to calm herself down. Aomine was frustrating at the best of times, let alone when he was not doing his kingly duties in favour of sleeping on the roof. Not to mention the minor problem of being in the middle of a war, because doing paperwork was far too much to ask of someone, really.

"You can't leave all your duties for Imayoshi-san and I to do for you. We have our own duties Imayoshi-san in particular is controlling your military forces. Which if I may remind you, are the only things keeping the Kingdom safe. You're lucky he's such a good natured man." Aomine snorted at the sheer though of the be glassed Shadow-Water mix-Mage with an over polite Kansai accent being good natured. Imayoshi Shouichi was anything but good-natured; creepy would be a better analysis in the Water king's opinion.

"If Akashi wished to hand us our asses he would have done it months ago when the Kingdom had no King." Aomine yawned pushing himself up into a sitting position leaning against the base of a mermaid statue that sat on the Touou Castle roof, nobody had never quite figured out why the thing existed it didn't even look that nice, in Aomine's opinion anyway.

Momoi's rose pink eyes flashed at the mention of Akashi's name. The tyrant king of the Fire kingdom had been dubbed the mad king for a very good reason. If the guy decided to use you as one of his shoji pieces you were probably going to be dead within the week, or under unescapable mind control. As she thought about it the Fire kingdom had been unusually quiet over the past months the capital Rakuzan didn't even make a noise upon the coronation of the new Shadow king.

"Dai-chan," Aomine sighed regarding Momoi lazily running a hand through his short navy blue hair before yawning.
"What?" He drawled.
"Tetsu-kun became the new Shadow king yesterday." Momoi stated eyes sparkling at the mention of her childhood crush from when all six of the current kings along with her and some other childhood friends went to school together in Teikou's capital Daichi.
"Think I care, the guys a weakling even compared to Kise and that one isn't strong." Aomine moved to stand brushing dust from his black dress-pants and grabbing the dark blue cloak with silver embroidery the Water king had to wear at all times to signify his position.
"Don't talk about Tetsu-kun and Ki-chan like that, you used to best friends with them, besides for Shadow and Light Mages they're really strong. "
"There is something called a war Satsuki and in that war the only one who can beat me, is me."

Momoi watched Aomine retreating back as he sauntered back into the castle. There was no sense in trying to reason with a potentially charging bull.

-Consumed by Shadows—

Kuroko sat at his desk staring vacantly out the glass wall of his office. Everything had been running strangely smoothly for the past month since the death of his father the previous king, even if he his own son hadn't had any time to so much as think about grieving for his deceased father. Only now that all the preparations for the coronation and the actual event were over did the youngest of the standing kings have any time for himself, even if there was a pile of paperwork about twice as tall as he was sitting on the floor beside his desk.

24 hours and counting, as King and he was already somewhat sick of the job. The pressure of an entire kingdom expecting him to lead them into prosper was a lot on the petite sixteen year old who had always tried to blend into the sidelines blurring his existence with the edges of reality. Being in the spotlight was one of the few things the entire Kuroko lineage had shared in common with each other. In fact a dislike of being in the open was a common fear between most Shadow Mages.

"Kuroko-kun," The gentle female voice startled the young male ever so slightly his left hand stopping in mid air halfway between his desk and the rather intimidating pile of paperwork.
"Continue, Riko-san." Kuroko swivelled around in his desk chair to face the young brunet woman. Aida Riko was reasonably slender with a minimalistic figure and a modest fashion sense. She smiled at her king as he turned upon seeing his face, which showed the slightest hint of tiredness only evident to those who had known the teen since birth.

"The Wind kingdom's first and second battalions are practically knocking at our western borders. Hyuuga and Kiyoshi along with their troops are managing to hold them off for now however it appears reinforcements are on their way in quite large quantities. The forces appear to be lead by commander Miyaji Kiyoshi." Riko finished her information dump by running a hand through her chin length mousey brown hair. Kuroko sighed pinching the bridge of his nose in an attempt to dissipate the oncoming headache he could feel building in his sinuses.

"Do you believe it warrants sending out Kagami-kun and the rest of the Shadow guard?" Riko nodded in response to the young mages question. Kuroko sighed for what felt like the millionth time that day shooting a glance at the clock to find it was only two in the afternoon.
"Then send them, even if I am the youngest King ever to be I am not to be taken lightly."
"Yes, Kuroko-sama."


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