Chapter 6: Meeting the Enemy

Maou took Maize into whoever's place. Reiko thought that she was at fault. She was there the whole time and had let Maou take the next ground princess. The worst part, the girl already had taken the power, if she died, there will be no more princess of ground. Reiko was in stunned then said, "I'm sorry princess Yumi. But I'm pretty sure that was a demon. I'm at fault for this…" Reiko looked down, getting ready for her punishment.

Princess Yumi looked at Reiko seriously and said, "Then you know what to do. You have a special ability, don't you? Use that talent and bring back Maize. I believe in you, princess of the sky!" Reiko was surprised with these words but then got a stern look on her face and got ready for her quest.

Reiko looked around, seeing people's status. When she remembered that when Aku had really low status; lower than average. She was in shock when Maou came and didn't really looked at his status. She thought, "Arg! Why didn't I check that bastard's (A/N: sorry for using these kind of words but this one is just a onetime thing) status when I had the time to? It's my entire fault that Maize is captured! Wait! I got an idea, why didn't I think of this sooner?" Reiko went on top of the highest building at the ground kingdom. She looked at the clouds praying this,

"O, clouds of the sky! I am Princess Reiko of the sky kingdom! Show me the way of where the demon, Maou is with Princess Maize of the Ground Kingdom!"

The clouds formed into an arrow, showing the way. To Reiko's surprised, it had pointed up, but it didn't stop her. Reiko summoned a cloud and got on top of it. Reiko had almost forgotten that when her mother had to go down, she had usually prayed to the sky. Reiko figured that when she became princess, she could do the same. The cloud brought her to the moon, "Strange" Reiko thought.

Reiko remembered that the moon queen was a very gentle person and was great friends with the sky kingdom. Still, it was strange, why would the demon be there? The cloud went closer as it seems to know what Reiko was thinking. She is the sky princess after all! Reiko got off the cloud and pats it. The cloud went away; after all most cloud's behavior's is similar to pets. Reiko looked around but all she saw was houses shut tightly, and no one was outside at all. If she remembered, the moon festival was close. Usually, it was busier during this time. What could be the cause of this?

Reiko followed a path that led to a castle. It was the castle of the Moon queen, maybe she knows where the demon is. Reiko went inside looking for the queen. Surprisingly, there is not one person in it. It looked a little bit creepy and scary, like a haunted house. Then, Reiko came across with a huge door. It must be the door to the throne of the Moon Queen. The door opened and there she was, Queen Kumori.

There was also accompany, Maou and Maize. There was a scared look on Reiko's face and the queen started talking, "Oh my! Look at who it is, Princess Reiko of the Sky Kingdom! What are you doing here if I may ask?" The scared look melted away each second. Reiko said sternly, "Why is that awful demon doing here? Why is Maize there?" The queen just smiled evilly, "That answer would be obvious. Of course it's because I'm their boss, you stupid princess. Now watch your friend die right in front of your face!" Queen Kumori activated an evil amount of smoke and covered her nose. Reiko did the same because she thought the queen might be planning something.

The queen continued to say, "This smoke is a complete health hazard! Just one sniff of this will kill the person's system which makes it the perfect weapon to kill you princesses!" Reiko countered back, asking, "Why are you doing this? Weren't you friends of the Sky Kingdom once before? Please stop this!" The queen was startled and stopped the smoke. She gripped her hands and said, "Your grandmother would know the answer to why I can't stop! Just go die and ask her!" The queen commanded Maou to kill the princess but Maou had refused and said, "Queen Kumori, I'm sorry but I can't. You do know that without the power of the sky princess, we can't find the other princesses." The queen almost forgotten that and smiled, "Release the ground princess." Maou was surprised, along with Reiko and said, "B-but queen! Didn't you want her to be killed?" The queen repeated, "I SAID TO LET HER GO! IS THAT DIFFICULT TO DO?" Maou followed this order and released Maize.

Maize fell down and Reiko caught her. The queen then yelled, "GO BACK! COME BACK WHEN YOU HAD GROWN STRONGER! NOW GO!" Reiko went out the castle; carrying Maize with her and summoned a cloud. She and Maize went back to the planet. Maou asked Queen Kumori, "Queen-sama, are you sure you wanted to do that?" The queen said coldly, "What do you mean? If I remembered correctly, I ordered to kill her. Do that directly next time so I won't have to come across this again! Not only that you disobeyed my order before! When I said to do something, do it, with no argument!" Maou looked scared and said, "Y-yes, Queen Kumori. The queen continued to say, "But that is not the case. You failed so therefore, I have no use for you." The queen vanquished Maou, of course probably not going to call him out ever again. The queen also commanded, "You better not let me down, you saw the others so I expect you to succeed!" A voice responded, "Yes!" Queen Kumori continued, "I don't want to let down Ravana-sama. After all he is my love."

Reiko went to the Kingdom of Ground and saw Princess Yumi. Maize woke up and said sleepily, "What just happened?" Reiko responded, "Oh, nothing much just that you got captured by a demon who wanted to kill you…" Maize got up suddenly and rampaged, "What!? You call that nothing? That was totally something big!" Reiko yelled at Maize, "Maize! Stop! We will falllllllll…" Before finishing her sentence, the girls already fell. Reiko got up, helped Maize get up and said to the cloud, "I'm sorry she was like that." The cloud seems to have nodded and went back up. Princess Yumi went up and hugged Maize. She said, "I'm so glad you're okay!" Maize smiled and got away from her, she said, "Princess Yumi, I don't want to stay here."

Everyone gasped and Princess Yumi questioned her, "What why? Princess Maize, you have to stay here! We would need you! Maize smiled and asked Reiko, "Reiko, is there going to be more demons going after other princesses?" Reiko responded, "I'm pretty sure yes. But I don't know if they know which will be the princess since their hearts are filled with darkness." Maize nodded, turned back to the princess and said, "I want to help Princess Reiko protecting those other princesses. I know that I will be far away but can I?" Princess Yumi smiled and said, "Usually in these situations, that would be a no, but since this is for a good reason, I would allow it. But I'm not sure if you could protect this kingdom if you are far away." Reiko interrupted Princess Yumi and said, "Actually, you can. You see I'm the princess of the sky, one of the four element princess, our surroundings are filled with our element so eventually, and we can do our job even if we are far away from our kingdom." Maize grew a smile on her face and Reiko continued, "Don't smile just yet." Maize frowned.

Reiko continued to say, "There is something that princess has to do though, in order for us to travel, we have to at least be able to summon out element dragon. For example, I can summon the thunder dragon, rain dragon, or other weather dragons so in order for Maize to go with me, she has to be able to summon the ground dragon." Maize got a serious look on her face and almost said, "I will try!" Princess Yumi interrupted, "Princess Reiko! You are being foolish! Even I can't be able to summon the Ground dragon!" Still Reiko said, "I'm just pointing out the facts, it's up to Maize if she wants to do it or not." Princess Yumi said with no objections, "As expected as the daughter of the greatest queen of Peace ever known." Reiko said, "But I'm not the queen yet. I have to be crowned until that point and besides I'm not ready yet." Reiko then looked back to Maize and said, "Are you ready?" Maize nodded, Reiko told Maize, "Relax, clear out your mind, hold out your hands, gather your powers and chant this, 'O, Dragon of the Ground! I am princess Maize of the Ground kingdom, I command you to come out and reveal yourself!' Do that and say your command."

Maize did what she was told, she also chanted,

"O, Dragon of the Ground! I am Princess Maize of the Ground Kingdom! I command you to come out and reveal yourself!"

Nothing had happened, Maize's face grew sad. Just when everyone had their doubts, the wind blew and the ground shakes. The Ground dragon came out of the ground, everyone was in awe. Maize noticed a mysterious shadow watching them and commanded the dragon, "Dragon of the Ground, I command you to attack that figure!" The people looked around as the princess point to the figure. The dragon did as it was told and a boy about Reiko and Maize's age fell. Maize almost did another chant but fell down, the dragon also disappeared. Reiko, instead chanted,

"O, Dragon of the Tornado, I am Princess Reiko of the Sky Kingdom. I command you to come out a reveal yourself!"

A wind blew and then a dragon came. Reiko commanded, "Dragon of the Tornado, I command you to help that boy safely down." The dragon did as told and Reiko commanded, "Dragon of Tornados, come back!" Then, the dragon disappeared. Reiko turned back to Maize and said, "Maize, you shouldn't use too much power when you just became the princess." Maize nodded and looked at the boy. Reiko walked to the boy and asked, "Who are you?" The boy got up and looked down. He said, "My name is Ryuu. I am the prince of the stars also known as the son of the Moon queen." Maize and Reiko gasped.

To Be Continued…