Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Kyou Kara Maou. I only take credit for Jade and some of the story line.
AN: I hope you all enjoy this fic. Just a stroll in the park…or rather a horse back ride of hell?? Please read and review. Thank you, enjoy.
JadePart the Fourth
They left the limits of the city and took a dirt road into a forest. There were several deer and rabbits. Jade smiled and closed her eyes. She listened to the birds singing their love songs. There was a soft scent of flowers mixed with the fresh bread that was hanging in bags from the horses.
She began to hum a little tune. The same tune her dad always hummed while they went camping or went on an outing. A single tear rolled down her cheek. She didn't try to hide it; she was behind Konrad, Gwendal, and Gunter. Soon another fell, and another.
Wolfram noticed the tears and pulled his horse right along side Mooneyes. "Are you ok?" He whispered into her ear.
Jade nodded. "It's just my dad…" She wiped the tears away. "It's nothing really."
Wolfram didn't believe it. "We'll discuss it later then." He kept close to her side.
Jade fell silent and looked around. Something started moving in a nearby bush. She stopped her horse and climbed off for a closer look. Wolfram stopped his horse and jumped off to stay by Jade's side. The others did just the same.
"What is it?" Konrad asked, trying to follow Jade's gaze.
"I…I don't know." Jade said, she slowly began to approach the bush.
"Whoa! Wait." Wolfram said and got between Jade and the bush, his hand on his sword.
Jade stopped walking and looked over Wolfram's shoulder. The others stood by Jade and also had their hands on their swords. Wolfram moved towards the bush and a small creature jumped out at him. Jade jumped backwards and let out a yelp. Wolfram unsheathed his sword quickly and the creature started running towards Jade. Before Jade could move, Wolfram attacked the creature. Jade turned and closed her eyes before she could see what happened next, though she could hear the sword cut the animals' flesh. She moved to Mooneyes and rested her head on Mooneyes' neck, throwing her arms around the horse.
Wolfram came over and placed a hand on the back of Jade's neck and slowly massaged it. "Alright?"
"What was that?" Jade asked.
"Though it looks cute and sweet, the baskel is a very aggressive creature." Gwendal said.
"And very poisoness and dangerous." Konrad added.
"We have yet to find a cure to the poison it secretes into it's prey. There was no other choice but to kill it before it harmed you." Gunter said.
Jade nodded and climbed back onto Mooneyes. "I will be more careful next time." She said to Wolfram. "I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking when I-"
"No problem." Wolfram interrupted. He got on his horse and they started moving again.
Jade paid close attention as Gunter, now on her left, began telling her the different types of animals and plants. There were many animals and plants like the ones back on Earth, but some she had never heard before, like the baskel, which was a lot like the chipmunk, besides the dangerous part.
They finally exited the forest and were now in a large clearing. The grass was fairly tall. Jade could see the birds flying overhead. A few deer were scattered along the tree line.
"It's almost lunch time. We'll remain in the field and eat before heading off again." Gwendal said. He led them further into the field before stopping his horse and dismounting.
Jade got down and saw a bunny not far off. She tried to sneak up on it, but it heard her and hopped off, disappearing in the grass. "Urgh!" Jade said before turning back towards the group. Wolfram was still on his horse. He smiled down at her and dismounted.
"What time is it?" Jade asked, looking up at the sun.
"We have about an hour before lunchtime." Gwendal said as he untied the bags from the horses.
Jade's face lit up and she smiled brightly. She grabbed Wolfram's hand and pulled him after her as she started running off. "Time to have some fun." She let go of his hand after a moment and ran full blast out into the meadow. She stopped and fell backwards out of breath.
"What…was that…about?" Wolfram said between gasps of breath as he came to stand beside her. He put his hands on his knees to catch his breath.
"Just for the hell of it." Jade said and got to her feet.
"Hey!" Konrad yelled. Jade and Wolfram looked back at him. "Catch!" He threw something into the air.
Jade moved to catch it. She caught it and was able to see what it was. It was a ball made of light stone. It was only the size of Jade's palm. She looked up and threw it back to Konrad. "So," she asked Wolfram, "What kind of sports do you have here?"
Konrad threw the ball back, and Wolfram caught it this time. "Kelticball, which is played with this ball," Wolfram held up the small ball they were throwing before throwing it back to Konrad, "and a stick of keltic wood. Then there's cusball, where you kick a fairly large ball. But the biggest sport here is bumpball; you use your arms to bump a medium sized ball from one side of a net to the other. Did you have sports like these?"
Jade caught the ball. "Yeah. Your kelticball sounds a lot like my baseball, cusball sounds like my kickball, and bumpball is my volleyball." She stood sideways to Konrad and stood as if she were going to pitch the ball at a baseball game. "This is how I would pitch the ball in a baseball game." She pitched the ball straight to Konrad, who caught the ball and immediately rubbed his hand from the impact. "Sorry!" she called to him.
"Maybe when we return from our trip we'll have you play some of our sports." Wolfram said. They continued passing the ball to each other. Soon, Gwendal joined them and they enjoyed themselves as the air blew gently around them, not too hot, not too cold.
After a while, Jade began to grow hungry. She walked to Konrad and Gwendal, Wolfram close behind, and gave Mooneyes and the other horses some water. "I'll get our lunch ready." She started going through some of the bags and pulled out fresh bread and cheeses. There was some meat wrapped up, so she pulled that out too. She began to make them all sandwiches.
The four men sat on the ground near Jade and smiled their thanks when Jade gave them their sandwiches. She sat with them and they ate as they talked more about the history and people of the Mozoku. Mozoku had been around for many hundreds of years. The first Mozoku's hid in the population of the humans, not knowing there were more like them until a brave Mozoku came forward about his ability and soon became the first King. He was crowned 600 years ago and became King Joxum. From then on, only descendants of King Joxum were able to rule the Mozoku people. That law was changed 150 years ago when the King died without having any children; the Queen remarried and had a child, Arstal. That child had special Mozoku abilities that were so powerful that a new law was written that a child born with the special marking and abilities, like Arstal, was to be the next ruler.
Though Mozoku's last Queen, Asthenia, is still alive, Jade is to rule because Asthenia gave her powers away to save the country during the last major fight against the humans. Asthenia ruled for ten more years without any special abilities so when Jade showed up with the marking and abilities, she was quickly made to be the ruler.
"How did you know it was me? I mean, I haven't noticed any special abilities." Jade said when the explanation was through.
"Your abilities will show themselves when the time comes." Gunter said as he finished off his sandwich.
"What about the marking? Without seeing any marking or abilities, Konrad just started saying I was to rule, what if it isn't me who is to be the next ruler?" Jade asked.
"The scar below your left eyebrow is the special marking." Konrad said, softly tracing over the scar Jade had just above her left eye.
Jade thought for a moment. She didn't know how she got the scar. Her mother said she had it since birth, she said maybe she bumped something while Jade was still inside her that caused jade to get cut and scarred. "Was Arstal born with the scar?"
"Yes, there are two different stories of why he did. One is that his mother tried to kill the baby while she was pregnant. The other is that it was a sign to help us figure out that a new way of living was to come." Gunter shrugged. "I personally think his mother tried to have an abortion. Many people said she couldn't handle the stress of being pregnant."
Jade remained silent. What if her mother didn't want her? Did she try to get rid of the baby? She pushed those thoughts out of her mind. Of course her mother wanted her. Why wouldn't she? "What kind of special abilities am I supposed to have?"
"There's no way to know." Wolfram said.
"Unless we see your abilities firsthand." Gwendal added.
They packed everything up. Everyone except Jade mounted their horses. "I think I'll walk." Jade said. She grabbed the reins and pulled slightly to make Mooneyes walk along side her.
They continued to walk through the meadow. Soon they came to a field of wildflowers, which came up to Jade's waist. As they walked through it, Jade picked a small green flower that looked like a rose. She smelled it and smiled. It reminded her of her mother's perfume. She tucked it behind her ear. Konrad and Wolfram rode behind her, Gwendal and Gunter were before her.
They approached a river and decided that the horses should rest. Jade sat at the bottom of a large pine tree. The men were seeing to the horses. Suddenly, an arrow pierced the wood right next to Jade's head. She shrieked and jumped to her feet. More arrows struck the tree around her, enabling her to move left or right. The men quickly drew out their swords. Wolfram started to run to Jade, but an arrow flew right in front of him.
"Stay right where you are." a deep voice said. No one moved. "Good." The owner of the voice came out from the tree line and held a long sword. "Cooperate and no one will get hurt." More men with swords came out from the trees, there was about a total of 10 or 12. Two of the men had bows on their backs.
AN: Thank you for reading my fic. What will happen to Jade and her guards? Will she ever wake up and forget about this odd dream? Or will she and her men meet the ultimate creator and never see life again? Please review and read on!
Thank you
Angel
