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WHAT WAS BROKEN CAN NEVER BE REPLACED, SO AS THIS STORY GOES, WHAT WILL BE THE FATE OF ALL AS HE RETURNS TO THE FAMILY THAT ONES ABANDONED HIM, COULD HE REALLY MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, OR WILL THE UPCOMING HORDE OF MONSTERS OVERWHELM HIM.
CHAPTER 7: THE PROMISE THAT WE SHARED TOGETHER ~SONATA OF THE SOUL ~
RABANASTRE- PALACE
Knock Knock Knock
Satsuki knockedon Lacus's room, it was morning already and she has come to get her childish princess ready for the morning banquet, "My Lady, it is time for breakfast, Lord Fanel has been waiting anxiously for you" Satsuki said cheerfully through the door. In a few seconds one of the double doors slowly opened to reveal a slightly miffed and very fuzzy haired Lacus, she had an obvious pout on her face and with that fuzzy hair she had, it was very cute. She was wearing a one piece lacy night gown and a pair of comfortable walking slippers.
"Ehhh! Satsuki! You know that I'm not a morning person!" she whined cutely at Satsuki, her pout deepening, when Satsuki giggled at her. Satsuki entered her room then went straight to the closet to pick out some clothes for her, "My lady, I know it's a little sudden but I… won't be your personal maid anymore" Satsuki said nonchalantly as she placed a few clothes on the bed. "Huh! But why? I thought I specifically said you'd be my maid!" Lacus shouted, "But My lady, the rose ball is coming up and I'm in charge of the renovation and everything else that is needed" Satsuki politely answered, "But why you?" Lacus started to protest.
"But I am the head maid, I'm in charge of everyone and every event that is to come here in the palace" She answered back. "But Satsuki!" Lacus started to whine, "Do not worry my lady I have already found another replacement, I think they have already arrived, I will update them on what to do, and what you need, is that okay for you Princess Lacus?" Satsuki said to her smiling, giving her a knowing look that she can't change anything, "I guess so, thank you for your hard work Satsuki, I'm going to take a bath" Lacus turned her back at her, she had an obvious pout and she was quite miffed at the moment.
After taking a twenty five minutes bath Lacus was now being helped by Satsuki in putting her clothes, she was wearing a white gown with blue linings, the end part of her sleeve's were slightly puffy and it had a purple color at the flat part. After dressing Lacus Satsuki walked to the door and then she opened it for her princess, "Come now My Lady, it's time for breakfast and lord Fanel has been waiting a long time" Satsuki said smiling to her.
As the two entered the dinning hall, Satsuki escorted Lacus to her seat but before she could even near the table Vaan moved in and offered his hand to Lacus. "Lady Satsuki, I apologize but let me have the honor of escorting such a beautiful girl to her seat" Lacus accepted the offer as she embraced Vaan's arm. As they walked near two empty seats Vaan motioned his hand there and then two butlers walked in and pulled out the chairs for them.
Lacus's eyes widened, she looked to the butler that offered her a seat, "Johan?" she said, her cheeks turned to a shade of pink, "Yes Princess?" He said smiling back at her, Lacus's pink face turned candy apple red at his sweet reply to her. "N-no it's nothing!" She said as she quickly took her seat. Johan leaned in and whispered something to her ear, "If you need anything my lady, please don't hesitate to ask me princess" Lacus blushed furiously her face very red and her heart was pounding hard. 'Why am I so shy while he's in front of me?' Lacus thought to herself. "No, that will be all Johan" she said regaining composure, Johan gaved a bow before looking at his own mother; he quickly averted his eyes when Trisha spotted him, "That boy there, is he new here?" Trisha whispered to Satsuki who was just beside her tending to her every need, "Yes my Lady, he's my replacement for taking care of Lady Lacus" Satsuki replied, "So he is Lacus's new butler then?"
"He is Lacus's Butler and Bodyguard" Satsuki said to her, "I see, he's a very charming boy, he reminds me a lot about Dante" Trisha smiled remembering her late husband.
KITCHEN
When entering the room he saw Miyuki wearing a maid's uniform, it has a black long sleeved with a puffy shoulders, a frilly apron and a black miniskirt , "Oh! Johan how are you?" Miyuki said with a concerned look. "I'm fine, I know most of the people here, and it's a good thing that we had accepted the job" Miyuki gave a quizzical look, "Why?" Johan then stepped forward, closing the distance between the two of them, "Because I get to see you wearing that cute sexy maid uniform" He said raising her chin with a finger, he leaned in more closer to her ear, "But I prefer it if you where something a little more transparent" Miyuki could feel her face burning with embarrassment.
Miyuki pulled back from him a little, until she had a safe distance from his sexual harassments, "Um I…. if you want to…. See it…. Then I guess it's…. okay" Miyuki blushed at that, she did not notice that she was being so jumpy that every men in the room found it quite attractive and sexy. Miyuki could not face him, let alone look at him in the eye, silence over took the room. After a moment Johan bursted into laughter, "I was only joking! you should have seen your face, it was priceless! Ahahahaha" he said holding back his laughter, but failed to do so as he laughed again.
Johan looked at Miyuki to see her dumbfounded expression, He bursted out laughing, literally, a single tear formed in his eyes. "Johan you Meany! I hate you!" she said as she ran to his arms, then she buried her face on his chest as little sobs came from her. "Is that really true?" He asked as he embraced her in his arms. She rubbed her face in his chest as she answered "No" Johan smiled at her reply. Suddenly he felt a sudden cold chill, he looked at the others and saw them glaring at him with murderous eyes. Johan raised a brow to them, "What?" He said as he looked to the girls inside the room that was looking at him with pleading eyes as if they cannot believe that Johan really has a lover.
Miyuki looked at the people that were looking at them, her face completely turned red and she buried her face again on Johan's chest; a faint attempt to cover herself from embarrassment. Then Johan quickly took his hands off Miyuki when he heard the door slowly opened, he look at the person to see that it was his old nursery Maid, Satsuki. It was nostalgic, to see her second mother enter the room like that, she had a smile on her face; even though she was old, her facial features showed otherwise.
"It seems that the princess is fond of you, Johan Arks" Satsuki said tilting her head a little as she smiled at him, "I'll do what I can Mam" he said bowing his head lightly. "That's Satsuki to you" She said as she flicked her finger on his forehead, "Now, you will be Lacus's personal butler and bodyguard, and you must be by her side at all times too. I trust that you're pretty handy with your soulcalibur?" she asked, Johan nodded to her, then she looked to Miyuki, "And you, you will be Lacus's lady-in-waiting and dresser, I assume that your taste in clothing's are at the highest of qualities?" Satsuki asked her, Miyuki nodded to her, with nothing else to say Satsuki took her leave for she had other business to attend too.
Miyuki moved close to Johan, "Do you know her Johan? Lady Satsuki I mean," Miyuki whispered to him, Johan nodded, "She was my nursery maid back then, you could say she's my second mother" Johan whispered back, "That explains a lot!" She said amazed by the fact, "What do you mean?" Johan asked, raising an eyebrow at Miyuki's sudden outburst. She blushed at him from embarrassment, and then she lowered her head to him. Johan rolled his eyes 'When ever she's like this, she's just too cute to get mad at, damn it" Johan sighed and then went of to the door, "I'm gonna go change, you should go to the princess already, I assume she's done eating" Johan said wincing at her before he left to his new room. "That's right! I need t get to princess Lacus!" she said running to the door; she slammed it open and ran to the dinning hall as fast as she can.
PALACE- BUTLER'S QUARTERS
There were four beds in the room and two bathrooms, on one side of the room there was a double deck bed; on the top was a snoring Lancer and on the bottom was a little brown haired girl, Sakura. Ever since Nina made that request about taking, her best friend with them so she could live with a family Sakura has been with them all this while. When Johan entered the room, he looked around to see a snoring Lancer on the top bed, he sighed and gave pathetic look, then he looked at the bottom bed to see Sakura sleeping peacefully, Johan gaved a fake smile, 'How could she even sleep through all of this?" he thought to himself giggling.
He turned to his closet to see his uniform, a black suit with a white polo and black slacks, he sighed, "So unstylish" he muttered taking out the suit. A thought occurred to him; he smiled evilly at the suit. He put on his black jeans and brown leather boots that went up to his knees and his black sleeveless turtleneck shirt. After putting on his usual clothes, he wore the black suit and rolled its sleeves to his elbow. Looking at the mirror it really did suit him; he smirked at his reflection, "Well I better go to Lacus before, Miyuki starts asking questions about my old self" he said putting his two monochrome twin pistols at his back pocket.
Before he went for the door he took his dirty clothes and threw them at Lancer's face, "Surely Sakura could sleep better now with your snoring gone" he said opening the door and leaving.
PALACE- LACUS'S ROOM
"My lady, how fair's this?" Miyuki questioned showing Lacus a purple dress, Lacus tilted her head a little, "How about something more, white" Lacus said, Miyuki nodded and went to the dressing room again. it was room full of dresses and jewels for the princess alone, after looking at the clothes and picking the right ones, satisfied at what she picked for her princess Miyuki now turned to the accessories section to look for something that'll suit the princess.
She looked to the glass cabinet that displayed the fine jewelry, her eyes widen at the sight of something, one amulet was separated from all of the others, it was placed in an old wood box that was placed inside the cabinet. It was the same necklace that Johan has! but the chain around it was gold. Miyuki took the amulet and went to Lacus.
"My Lady this necklace, wha…" she was cutted off by a hand snatching the amulet from her hands, she looked to Lacus who took the amulet. "My lady?" Myiuki gave a questioning look. "No, I'm sorry, but you see my first love gaved it to me" Lacus said as she held the amulet close to her chest. "Fi-first love?" Miyuki stammered, "Yes, but he died a few years ago and that's why this amulet is very important to me, he gave me this to honor our promise together" She said smiling at the necklace. "Do you want to hear it?" Lacus said to her as she took a sit at the bed, "Heh?" Miyuki gave a questioning look. "My midsummer romance, with Johan Christ Alastor Von Krieger, the late prince of Rabanastre" Lacus said as she patted the open space beside her,Miyuki took a sit at the said place.
"It was my birthday you see and my father invited Lady Trisha, back then I was in the gardens, then a few bullies were calling me names. So when I sat on the ground crying a boy suddenly jumped in and wacked the bullies, and that was the first time I've met him" Lacus said as she made circles on the sheets of her bed. 'Yup, that's Johan alright' Miyuki thought giving a fake laughter to Lacus. "Then after he told me his name I started dragging him along to my favorite parts of the palace. after that, we went to the iris garden that has a glass floor, the sunset was so beautiful and I was in the mood, so I made him promise me that he will be my lover when the time comes" Lacus said blushing, Miyuki's eyes widened.
"I could still remember the spell we casted on each other, 'Like the brightest star of the darkest skies of night, Hearts that have truly joined will never fail, and even if these hands ever pull apart, The connection between us will never fail' That's what he told me back then" Miyuki gripped the sheets hard. "Then it was my turn to, 'I paint on the night sky, The only dream I have, To become your shining star someday' then after that we both made one final spell to each other. 'Lit by the midsummer constellation, together we both pray in silence, In our heart of hearts, That we may always stay together'. After that we went to the banquet only to have Johan condemned away to the mines" a single tear escaped both their eyes.
There was a moment of silence between the two; Miyuki just took in that what seemed to be the special time that Johan and Lacus spent together, while Lacus's heart ached from the memory. There and then after a few moments, they heard a knock on the door. Miyuki stood up, wiped her eyes, and then proceeded to the door; she pulled the doorknob to reveal Johan holding a bunch of chocolates, flowers and on his mouth he was chewing a steak, Miyuki gave an amused questioning look. "For some reason the passerby's gaved them to me" he said chewing the juicy stake on his mouth.
FLASHBACK
After changing to his new clothes Johan was walking on the hallway, it was crowded with maids and he could feel that they were all staring at him. One maid poked him on the back, Johan turned around and gave her a smile "Can I help you?" Johan said to her. The maid extended her arms that was holding a plate full of confectionary chocolates, "Please have some!"she said blushing, she was looking down at the floor waiting for his next move. Out of pity for the girl he took one of the chocolates and gaved it a little bite, the maid looked up with a shocked expression, her eyes widened upon the sight. After taking one bite Johan smiled back at her, "Thank you very much, pretty lady" He said to her. The maid gaved a loud moan as she run off to who knows where, she had cupped her cheeks trying to hold off the blush that was already there.
After that awkward moment Johan turned around only to meet with three maids holding a plate filled with meats, they had a fork on the other hand and they extended it to him offering him to take a bite, Johan raised an eyebrow to them, they only blushed and looked down on the floor with sad eyes. Sighing Johan stepped forward and gaved a bite to each of the food the girls were offering him. After he finished he pouted cutely at them, "It was tasty, but I prefer something more sweet," he said, smirking at them. The maids almost fainted in sheer pleasure at looking at his face. Passing them, he bumped on to a butler that was wearing make up on his face. The butler winced at him, Johan's face went pale, the butler was offering chocolate or more as if he wants to feed him chocolate.
Johan's hand twitched as he reached for Ebony in his back pocket, the said butler moved forward as he leaned close with a mischievous smile. But before he could get any closer Johan had pointed Ebony, his black monochrome handgun on the guy's forehead. His finger that was touching the trigger was twitching. He so wanted to kill the person right there and then. "Get out of my face" he said murderously, with a sadistic smile. The guy screamed as he ran to the hallways, the maids were all terrified for a moment before Johan turned to them and gave a warm smile. "Sorry about that but I prefer you pretty ladies than that ugly thing" He said putting back ebony in his back pocket.
The maids all squealed as they ran to him holding a bunch of cakes, sandwiches and a bunch of other things who knows what. After a hectic round with the maids, the ever suffering Death knight walked off with a bunch of treats in his hands and a few on his mouth.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I think maybe it's that…" Johan searched for the right words, "… I made there flowers bloom!" he said as his eyes widened at the thought. After that story the two girls could not stop laughing, but after they calmed down they always take a glance at Johan who was chewing the beef stake, he had this cute childish look on his face and the two went laughing hysterically again. "It's not nice to laugh at people you know!" Johan said giving an obvious pout at them. Much to his dismay they couldn't stop laughing, there and then something came to mind; Johan walked to Miyuki and offered her a Chocó-coated vanilla confection. Miyuki stopped laughing almost instantly as she gave him a questioning look. "I want to find out for myself if a romance between us is really impossible," He said with a smirk as he leaned over offering her the small sweet confection. She blushed at his simple gesture, Lacus on the other hand was blushing furiously at the sight of the two love birds.
She felt a sudden ache in her heart 'what is this feeling?' she thought clenching her chest. Miyuki looked to Johan blushing then she looked to the sweet confection, then she turned to him again, she knows that he won't back down, it's his way of getting back at her for laughing at him. Though a part of her was enjoying the moment, with her last resistance melted away she leaned over and gave a small bite on the little sweet. "How was it?" Johan questioned as he smiled, glad that she took it. "Good" she said looking away nodding; after she swallowed, she stood up, "Where are you going?" Johan looked to her then to Lacus who was cupping her face the whole time with a disbelieved look on her face.
"It's a nice day today, and I thought that it'll be nice to have tea in the garden, right princess?" Miyuki gave a look of help with pleading eyes, Lacus nodded as she stood up and walked beside Miyuki to the gardens. Johan just stared at them with a smug expression as they left,as the door closed at him Johan too stood up, 'My two precious little princesses' Johan thought to himself, "And they're mine, ALL MINE!" Skeith shouted in his thoughts. Johan could only grin at what the spirit said.
PALACE- GARDENS
At a small tea house, Lacus was having tea while Miyuki was preparing the tea cakes for her, Johan just stood outside admiring the place, 'it's been a long time since I've been here' Johan thought to himself. Suddenly he heard footsteps and the clanging of armors, Johan slightly drew Ivory from his back. When he recognizes who it was, he quickly placed it back and gave a slight bow. It was Vaan Fanel and Johan's grandfather, King Balgus Von Krieger 'so the old goat's still wielding a sword huh? That's new' Johan thought as he watched the big muscular old man. Entering the room the Miyuki quickly bowed to them and proceeded to get them some refreshments, Vaan quickly noticed this, "There is no need for tea my lady, I only came here for Lacus" Vaan stopped her, she slightly bowed and walked to Lacus's side.
"Lacus, I want you to watch me train at the training grounds," Vaan said walking to her and offering his hand. By then Johan had entered the room, Lacus quickly looked to him and blushed at his presence. Sensing his fiancé's sudden change of expression Vaan looked back to see whom it was that made her blush, 'It can't be' Vaan thought to himself as he looked at the young Death Knight, he looked back to Lacus. "Oh, Johan! Would you like some tea" Lacus stammered as Johan gave her a questioning look. "I'm fine, as a bodyguard I'm only here to protect my beautiful princess," Johan said with a serious tone of voice. Lacus blushed furiously, seeing her blush Vaan glared daggers at Johan.
At the sudden rage, Vaan summoned his soulcalibur and pointed its point to Johan, Johan raised an eyebrow at the sudden action, though he had a blank face. The sword was only an inch away from his eyes, "As Lacus's bodyguard, I'd like to test your skills if you're really capable of protecting my fiancé" Johan sighed and gaved him a smirk in return. "As appealing as it sounds, I think I'll pass…" he said turning his head away from Vaan and leaving, "I see, so you're nothing but a good for nothing coward" Vaan said lowering his sword.
By then Johan summoned Caladbolg from his left hand, a devilish smile crept on his face, he turned around to Vaan, "Though I fight every now and then does make life a little bit more interesting" he drew his sword from its sheath and pointed it at Vaan, "Don't you think?" Johan mocked, his smirk getting wider.
FEYWOOD- AT THE DEEPEST PART
As the mist rages on and grows ticker and stronger by the second, as the howls of the eternal raging snow storm rages on, a lone man walks the plains, wearing a devilish armor, his face, covered with a hood. Behind the man, from the ground something started to crawl out from the snow, it was a horde of undead, crawling like the demons they were, there rotten bodies that was once human, has united to form a being of such terror. He was leading them, but to where? As the man walks leading a horde that is undying, his eyes were unyielding yet at the same time it was full of sadness, but for who exactly?
Behind the hordes were behemoths and from behind them was a figure of pure destruction, a beast that is of legend, its might was never to be compared with anyone; the Behemoth King. How can a single man control such an army as a million behind him? What was it for?
TO BE CONTINUED