4. Rise to Destiny - Jam or someone else?
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How often is it that 1/1000(or more) knights from the Holy Order get chosen to be a successor of Kliff Undersn? Chances are one in a million. Was it luck that Ky was the chosen one? Or perhaps... it was destiny.
After hearing the news that Kliff would finally retire, most knights including Ky were shocked. Undersn was a great leader with such bravery and skill. Who knew a pillar of solid rock could be knocked down by the simple event of age.
"So that's why our training suddenly got more brutal than before..." thought Ky. It's been exactly 2 months since the beginning of Ky's training. Ky was more confident in his lightning powers than ever before. Kliff was certainly a strict teacher to have trained Ky this well.
As the young knight walked outside to catch some fresh air, he thought deeply about his master's future retirement. A new leader would have to fill in Kliff's place. But who? Who was just as charismatic as Kliff himself was?? Ky's question would be answered within a period of one week and three days.
For the next few days, the snow started to fall on the ground. When it clustered into clumps of hard snow, training for everyone was harder than the days of foliage. Leaves were easy to walk on, but snow... Snow was slippery and very cold if anyone were to fall on it. Later that night, Ky was suddenly awoken by several maids.
"Um.. It's 4:30 a.m. in the morning... no one is awake yet..." Ky said rubbing his eyes.
"We have to get you ready, Ky-sama," said one maid abruptly. Without any further delay, all the maids around him grabbed both his arms and forced Ky to get out of bed. They pushed him into a room which Ky couldn't make out at all. All the lights were too dim to see anything. Ky felt hands all around him and soon he found himself naked in a tub of water. He shivered as soon as he felt the touch of water.
"W-why is th-the wa-water so-so c-cold???" Ky stuttered. He couldn't even feel his fingers from the numbing cold water.
"Sorry, Ky-sama, the water pipes got frozen so the water in the whole building is cold," replied a maid as she poured shampoo and several other soaps on Ky's hair. Why were they giving him a bath? It wasn't his birthday or anything. What was the occasion? Minutes later, after Ky was properly dried, the maids started dressing him up in a new uniform. At this point, Ky felt like a toy doll being dressed up by the girls around him. Honestly, it didn't feel good. Ky blushed, but it wasn't long before one maid noticed his completely red cheeks.
"You should be happy! You're getting a promotion!" she said joyfully.
"Promoted?" Ky was utterly confused. Was that it? Was Ky the next leader everyone was waiting for? "It can't be..." Ky thought. He thought there was someone better than Ky who deserved to be a leader. No. Only Ky was the perfect puzzle piece Kliff was looking for. Years ago, some kids outside would play various games. If Ky was made the leader, his team always won. From this early stage, Kliff already knew Ky was the one. When the maids were done dressing him up, Ky looked at himself in the mirror. All he saw, was a young man in an official Holy Order uniform with a long blue cape attatched to his shoulders, and a belt that had the words "Hope" etched on it.
At first Ky wouldn't believe that was his own self. But he was standing in front of a mirror, so that really was Ky's reflection. In the next few minutes, Ky found himself standing inside an enormous room he has never seen before. Kliff was standing in front of him with a long sword in his hands. The sword was beautiful light lapis lazuli color with several large sapphire stones on the handle. Only a skilled knight would feel worthy to even touch the bottom of the sword!
"Ky. This is your new sword. The Fuuraiken," Kliff said with a calm tone of voice. Ky kneeled on the floor to be eye-to-eye with Kliff. Was the whole thing a dream? It was truly real.
"Undersn-sama... I... I don't deserve it," Ky said with his voice shaking. He was trying to stay firm, but the feeling deep down was truly great joy. The pleasure deep down wanted to pop out of Ky.
"Nonsense. Why else would I be here giving it to you? It's yours, and along with this gift, you are now Commander Ky Kiske," Kliff declared happily. With these words, Ky felt like he would die of an early heart attack. He had no other choice but to accept the sword.
The news of Ky's promotion spread quickly throughout the whole world. This sudden news wave made Ky famous within the next few days. Crowds of girls were gathered to get Ky's autographs. In times like these, Ky wished he was never made leader.
"My my... what a large group of young women!" exclaimed Kliff one day. "Is this your fan club, laddie?"
"N-no... I hope not..." Ky said looking outside the window.
"If all this is too much for you, boy, why don't you take a month off? I'll go look for you if there's news of war," Kliff suggest with great honesty.
"Really? I can't Undersn-sama. There's too many duties right now, and I can't leave right away," Ky answered.
"Okay. But I have something that will change your mind," Kliff led Ky into his office to show him yesterday's new paper. The picture on the front was a fairly large Chinese restaurant with Chinese letters as the banner. The words on the top of the photo read "JAM KURADOBERI MAKES CULINARY HISTORY." Ky's mouth dropped open. That was her. Without saying a word, Ky immediately grabbed his sword and the key necklace from his childhood. He ran past the crowd of in-love women ignoring the words they said to him. All they really said was "You're sooo cute!!!" or "Marry me!!" It was quite a sight to see.
A few days past until Ky finally made it to China. To his surprise he saw a large group of tightly clustered people with cameras surrounding the restaurant from the newspaper. Ky successfully made his way through the crowd with his sword tightly clutched in his hand. When he came into the clearing, all he saw was a short brown-haired girl in a Chinese waitress uniform. She was obviously the center of attention in the circle.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where Ms. Kuradoberi is?" Ky asked as he came forth to the girl.
"Why, you're looking at her, you totally cute blondie," she said with a wink and a blow kiss. Ky was surprised by her sassy nature and her language. Ky thought Jam was blue haired. But no, this girl was a brunette. Ky's childhood love was more beautiful than a thousand flowers in a flower patch. But this woman wasn't even close to being as pretty as an engagement ring.
"You're not her..." Ky said disappointingly.
"What do you mean?" asked Jam with an annoying tone. She pouted and began to inch closer to Ky to catch his total attention. Ky noticed her and removed the necklace from his neck. He showed it to Jam with his eyes looking away from her. Ky couldn't stand to even look at such a shameless young woman.
"Where did you get this??" Jam said with a serious look on her face. She then grabbed Ky's arm leading him inside the restaurant. Jam shut the sliding door as tight as she could manage to.
"A blue-haired girl gave it to me years ago. I never got her real name since now I know you're not the one I'm looking for," Ky said sternly. Jam pouted again. In Jam's point of view, after seeing someone as young and handsome as Ky would've made any girl long for a boyfriend like him. She could clearly see he wasn't interested in her.
"Okay... But what do you mean a blue-haired girl?" Jam asked directly.
"She's blue-haired. She had a music box that would only open with this key," Ky answered.
"Dizzy..." Jam's voice trailed off.
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I hope you all liked it. Yes, we are close to meeting Dizzy. THIS IS A KY/DIZZY fanfic!!!!
