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Episode 7: Eye of the Storm

"Ok Anna, remember to secure your footing when you strike. And dear, please don't overdo it," Kaji advised as he watched his sister-in-law spare with his wife.

Kaji was not wearing any ice robes anymore. He was now dressed in armor. His new armor consisted of a black chain mail while wearing white robes over them. Then white and blue armor was worn over those along with a white fault. He also wore a light blue scarf around his neck while a white cape flowed down behind him. The symbol of Arendelle was on his chest plate. The only thing that seemed to look evil or negative about him was either the two spikes on his shoulder pads or his long sword that rested on his left hip. All in all he looked in his opinion like an inspiring king.

In the two months that passed after his wedding, Kaji had proved to be a fair, but firm king. The people were overjoyed that he was their new king and he proved their joy was valid. He had also become more open with his thoughts and with his past. He also wasn't afraid to show disrespectful delegates the way out.

Also though he still remained the same as a whole, Kaji had finally seemed to put his past in its place. His personality had become firmer with less fear. He didn't mind joking around with his sister-in-law or Kristoff. Plus he had become somewhat of a teaser toward them with Elsa as his partner in crime. Though those acts have been rare because of the issues he and Elsa had to deal with now.

"Elsa wouldn't have to hold back so much if I was aloud to train with her more, or I had armor like you!" Anna retorted. Kaji laughed in response since Anna was wearing training armor, which was more than adequate to protect her from Elsa, as long as she held back. It was just a ploy to try and get something nice.

Kaji had started wearing armor instead of the robes Elsa gave him about a month after his wedding. Like he said he would, he was able to craft the armor from the royal forge, using ingredients and metal that he had to go through an absurd amount of time to acquire. That, plus he also had the help of Pabbie and the mystery gift from the trolls he had yet to reveal to Elsa or anyone for that matter, except for the trolls.

It only took a week for him to make it. Though he had a lot of help from Arendelles blacksmiths and the trolls. Kaji had made a specific design for the armor. He made the design from a memory of his childhood. He didn't exactly remember why he had it in his head but he didn't think it really matter because the results were very fruitful, for he had created a marvel worthy of his ancestors, as Pabbie said.

"Ha! You could always order the blacksmiths to make you a set if you wished, you know?" Elsa pointed out.

Elsa held a lance made of hard ice in her left hand and she held a short sword in her right hand, which was also made out of hard ice. She wore light armor, made of hard ice as well; complete with a cape similar to the one she wore with her old dress.

Elsa had changed little in comparison to her husband but she had. Despite not having any children with Kaji because of what happened to him, she had developed something of a motherly side, which she often used when it concerned how she cared for her subjects. She even changed her hairstyle a bit. Now she still had her usual braid but she allowed more of her hair to hang down, giving her hair a messy braid look.

She had also changed to wearing light armor instead of her dress because she had started learning how to fight without her powers. It was more or less because of her desire to make sure that she could protect Kaji. Plus she kind of liked the way she looked in the armor she made for herself. Kaji had no complaints either since he thought she looked…nice.

Kaji, being an expert on swordsmanship was the ideal choice to teach her how to use a sword. He taught her the basics and then instructed her to get a feel for the weapon in her own light, and develop it from there.

Similarly, General Balin, had taught her the basics on how to use her lance, although the main thing she really did with it was jab since she only had her left hand to use it. It was Kaji's idea to have both weapons. She seemed to adopt the strategy well.

Her training had been going well. It helped that Kaji was a good teacher, plus Anna was learning with her so she had someone at about her level to train with. Plus Kaji knew it was her way of getting some payback on her sister for making him read a certain book.

"Come on! You know that I don't want some normal armor! I want to have something unique like you and Kaji!" Anna pouted as she held her sword and shield a bit clumsily.

"Hey! Tighten your grip on your sword and keep your shield up!" Kaji barked. Anna flinched and did as he asked.

It didn't surprise the couple that Anna wanted to learn how to use a sword. Considering how much fire she had in her heart. If Kaji had to be honest he was a bit surprised that she didn't already know how to fight with a weapon. Well other than just punching people like what he heard happened to Prince Hans. Elsa was surprised that it took her so long to ask someone to teach her how to fight as well.

"Ok you two, keep it clean," Kaji said as he crossed his arms. Then he turned to Balin.

"We'll both be watching!" Balin advised. Balin was a man in his early forties. He was shorter than the three young people around him but he was a bit more muscular. He was dressed in simple armor, and a sword rested on his side. His hair was long, and his beard was kept short, and his brown eyes were hard.

"Right, this time I'm going to beat you Elsa!" Anna boasted. Elsa smirked in response and readied her lance and sword.

"We'll see about that," she retorted.

Anna opened up the match by lunging at her sister. Elsa jabbed at her with her lance, but Anna deflected it with her shield and closed in on her. Elsa foresaw this though and dropped low as Anna swung at her with her sword. Unfortunately, Anna's momentum kept her going as her blade passed over her sister. Then Elsa used her lance to trip her into her arm, which she used to toss her over her shoulder.

"Ahhhh!" Anna shrieked lightly as she flew in the air for a few seconds before she hit the ground. Balin winced slightly, but Kaji was unaffected by it. He secretly enjoyed seeing her get tossed around.

Elsa seized the opportunity to run up to her sister and pin her to the ground. Then she placed her sword tip at Anna's throat before she could try to resist her.

"I win!" she boasted. Anna huffed in annoyance at her loss, while Kaji chuckled as he watched.

"Impressive, both of you," Balin proclaimed as the two sisters got up from their position. Kaji approached them when they got up, placing his hands behind his back.

"Impressive as always dear, nice move by the way, but you'll have to be faster if you want to use that move in a real fight. Anna, you did good taking Balin's advice of being more aggressive. However, you put too much power into your momentum, which Elsa used against you." Kaji summarized.

"Right…" Anna sighed as she scratched her head. Elsa placed a comforting hand on her sister's shoulder and Anna smiled a little.

Elsa and Anna were both excellent learners in their own right. Kaji knew that they both had talent. Plus they both had the ability to listen and learn. However Elsa's natural talent with a lance and a sword seemed to beat Anna's style every time, despite the latter's knack for it.

Anna seemed to feel down about it though after about three weeks of repeated losses. Kaji tried advising her on different ways to act. He tried getting her to take advantage of the fire within her, but while it worked to an extent she had yet to beat her older sister. Elsa's drive to learn seemed to outweigh hers and it seemed to hamper the redhead's mood. Anna still remained her cheerful self outside of the training grounds though.

"Don't worry Anna, you did better that match, I'm sure you'll be a better than me in no time," Elsa encouraged.

"Yeah…I know," Anna said with a bit of cheer. Kaji nodded as well, while waving Balin off, who was standing at attention.

"You've both been learning well ever since Balin and I started teaching you," Kaji agreed.

"Nonsense your majesty, you've been teaching them by yourself, I'm just here to see your teachings bear fruit!" Balin praised. Kaji seemed to blush from embarrassment when he said that. Elsa had walked over to him at that point and took his hand.

In the past two months, Balin finally decided to trust Kaji. Though he didn't exactly have much of a choice since he was now his king. That plus Kaji's skill with a blade probably impressed him enough to help with the process of earning his trust.

At that point however, the doors to the training area were opened. Kai walked onto the courtyard, looking rather…stressed. Kaji and Elsa sighed when they saw his expression.

"Your majesties, the delegates have arrived and they all wish to meet with you," he said, respectfully. Kaji felt the sigh leave his mouth before his brain even registered it.

"Right…" Elsa answered. Kaji placed his hand on his face and groaned softly before pulling it away. He really didn't like entertaining nobles from other kingdoms. Because they were usually the standard aristocrats that he didn't like.

"Very well, tell them, we'll receive them in the throne room, one group at a time," Kaji said. Kai bowed and left to follow his orders.

"So I guess you guys will be late?" Anna asked.

"Unfortunately yes. Don't worry though we'll sort out all the nobles and meet up with you and Kristoff before the day ends," Kaji replied. Anna nodded before leaving to go do whatever she does in her free time.

"I guess that means we have to go now?" Elsa asked. Kaji nodded somberly and they both went to go see what their guests wanted.

A Few Hours Later

"Oh boy…bring in the next one…" Kaji tried not to groan as he said the words.

Kaji and Elsa had been stuck in their throne room since they finished training. Many delegates and noblemen and women had decided to visit them. They were all there to suck up to them, or try to get some favors like many highborn do. It was almost alarming how many of them were there that day just for a simple ball.

"Of course your grace…" Kai bowed as he turned to bring the next group in. He didn't bother hiding the sigh. He was almost as annoyed as the king and queen.

"I hope this isn't another suck up story or worse someone that doesn't know about our marriage and wishes to ask for you hand…" Kaji sighed as he rubbed his eyes.

The majority of the men that had come to Arendelle were all there to seek out Elsa's hand in marriage. None of them were really promising and it only irked Kaji on how they tried to pledge their undying lover for his wife even though they haven't ever met her. He was starting to wonder if it was still a good idea to keep their marriage secret.

Elsa fared no better, she was very upset with all the noblemen and women that had come just to try and suck up to them. News of Corina's death apparently hit the other kingdoms finally. Apparently Chie didn't choose to lie about his mother's death either. Now everyone in Adenia's territory knew about Arendelle, or they were more interested in it now.

"Don't worry. I'm sure it can't last much longer…" Elsa comforted as she reached over and squeezed his hand. He smiled at her, happy that something good was still in his day.

"Your majesties I present to thee, Prince Stratos of Celestial," Kai announced, sighing in relief as he stepped aside.

"Queen Elsa, thank you for allowing this audience!" Stratos announced as he practically barged into the room, completely ignoring the guy sitting in the chair next to Elsa.

He was a young man in his twenties, and he had every quality a noble was said to have, at least on the outside. He had striking green eyes, flowing brown hair, and he dressed in some of the most…elaborate clothing the couple had seen.

"Of course Prince Stratos…but you don't address only me. You address my husband, King Kaji as well," Elsa said, proudly as she motioned toward her husband.

"I…of course…" Stratos spoke in a much more deflated tone that Elsa couldn't help but giggle at. It was almost worth it to see the suitors' deflated egos when they heard that she was married "almost" being the key word.

"I had no idea you married," Stratos spoke, his eyes narrowing as he stared at Kaji. Kaji almost returned the glare but he kept his visage neutral.

"We are married, ask any one in our kingdom and they will vouch for us," Kaji said as he leaned forward in his chair. He barely kept the smugness out of his voice.

"I see…" Stratos said as he stood up and bowed.

"That will be all your…majesties…" he said as he left the room. The guards at the door seemed to smirk as they opened the door for the prince.

As soon as the prince left the room, and the door closed everyone in the room let out what they were bottling up. Kaji and Elsa started laughing, and even the guards didn't seem to be able to hold back their amusement.

"Well…your majesties I trust it will please you to know that you only have one more person to see?" Kai asked. The couple stopped their banter when they head that and they both sighed.

"I suppose…" Elsa said. Kaji groaned and leaned back in his throne.

"You know I always knew that being a good King was hard, but I never knew what it was like to actually be one," Kaji commented as he reached up and adjusted the crown on his head. Elsa smiled at him and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry; as soon as all these people know that I'm married the sooner they'll leave us alone," Elsa assured. Then her visage adopted a more mischievous expression as she leaned closer to him.

"Then we can go sneak away from everything and have some private time…" she whispered. Kaji seemed to blush at her meaning, which made his wife giggle.

"We promised Anna and Kristoff that we'd meet up with them after we're done with these posers," Kaji said. Elsa huffed at his sentence, clearly not pleased.

"We could just say that we were busy," Elsa suggested. Kaji crossed his arms at her suggestion.

"They know us too well for that too work," he said. Elsa sighed and nodded.

"Besides if I know politics and nobles, it won't be that easy to get free," Kaji replied. Elsa frowned when he said that, apparently she knew that as well.

"Tell me about it…before I met you, many nobles came to this kingdom to ask for my hand since I was the one to inherit the throne. Then of course you know about Hans from the Isles…" Elsa said with slight disgust. Kaji scoffed at the mention of the Southern Isles.

"The Southern Isles…" Kaji said. Elsa's expression turned worried as she watched her husband.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"No…not really it's just…I remember seeing the Isles Crowned Prince, Ulfric," he commented. Elsa was a bit surprised by that.

"Really? I can't say that I've…had the honor of meeting him. I don't think my parent's ever met him either," Elsa commented.

"Well he's about five years older than us, chronologically. My memory is sketchy of course since I was only three but I remember…a tall boy who stood with authority instead of playfulness," Kaji summarized.

"Why bring something like that up though?" Elsa asked her husband. Kaji shrugged and his expression turned serious.

"I just have a feeling…and it's not the good kind," he answered in a firm tone.

"Hm…" Elsa pondered what to make of that, but their moment of respite was brought to an end by the opening doors.

"My King and Queen, I have good news! The last of the nobility chose to leave. It appears that word finally got to them that you're married!" Kai said joyfully.

"That's good. That means we can go meet up with Anna and Kristoff before the day is done," Kaji said as he stood up from his throne. He looked to his right as his wife stood from her throne.

They stepped down together and then they interlaced their hands together. Elsa picked part of her cloak up and held it over her right arm as she held her husband's hand. Kaji simply held the hilt of his sword with his left hand while he held his wife's hand with his other hand.

"We shall be going now," Elsa said. Kai bowed and stepped to the side to allow them to pass through the doors.

"The guests will still be here for the ball," Kai added.

"We'll deal with them when we get to that time. Just prepare the castle as planned," Elsa said as thy walked.

The couple walked toward the door hand in hand. Their guards knelt as they passed them. Truly they were deeply respected by their subjects. As soon as they left the throne room into the courtyard they continued to walk towards the gates of the castle.

"Such a beautiful day…" Elsa commented as she looked up into the bright sky. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was cool.

"Yes…" Kaji replied as he held her hand tighter. They walked through the courtyard and some of their servants stared at them in awe. Everything seemed to brighten up as the couple graced the area with their presence.

It didn't take them long to leave the castle and enter the town. When they got there it was almost as if the people knew they were coming from a mile away. Their subjects almost immediately upon their arrival greeted them.

"You majesties!" many people shouted in awe as they bowed to the two. Kaji's cheeks tinted red slightly from the praise.

"Hehe enjoy it a little Kaji…you earned it," Elsa whispered to her husband as they walked through the town.

"I know…it's just…well at least they're not parting to give us the open road like they used to…" Kaji whispered back.

He was referring to the first few days of their marriage. Whenever they went into the town the people would all part to allow them to walk through without any obstacles. It embarrassed Kaji to no end since he was not used to being treated that way. Elsa simply found it cute. It took them quite some time to get the people to stop doing that.

"It was cute seeing you flustered though…" Elsa teased, making her husband blush.

"Do you ever stop?" Kaji asked. Elsa giggled and shook her head.

"No, it's too fun," she replied. Kaji sighed and gazed around the bustling town. Everyone was happy and they seemed to be praising them for it. Kaji couldn't feel himself breath until they reached the docks.

"Am I worthy of this?" Kaji asked. He felt Elsa tighten her hand around his and lean her head on his shoulder.

"Of course you are. You came to us in need of help and we gave you that help. Then you saved us twice. I think being a king is the least the kingdom could give you," Elsa said.

"But do I have the ability to be a king? Can I…protect it?" Kaji asked as his head tilted down. Sure he may have escaped his brothers but their words and actions stayed with him still. Plus they were still hunting for him and every day they probably grew closer to finding out where he was. He tried not to let them affect his mind but after he dealt with the concerns of his people he wondered if…

"Don't tell me you're slipping back into your state of self-loathing?" Elsa asked as she made them stop. She got in front of him and took hold of his face.

"Don't let their lies slip back into your head Kaji…they're not here…they can't hurt you now…" Elsa whispered.

"I know I ju-" Elsa had enough of his self-doubt and leaned up to kiss him. Kaji was surprised by her action but he returned it in kind. They wrapped their arms around each other as they kissed, both content.

"Don't think like that…" Elsa whispered. Kaji nodded as he leaned his head against hers. They both smiled at each other, glad that they were together. Light seemed to shine down on them specifically, but…

"Hey guys!" so much for a perfect moment. The couple looked in the direction of the voice and sure enough Anna and Kirstoff were waving toward them.

"Hello Anna…" Elsa replied, trying her best not to hiss at her sister for interrupting another moment.

"Yes…" Kaji commented as he adopted a monotone voice to hide his annoyance. A tug on his arm told him that Elsa wasn't taking the interrupting any better.

"You guys were shining in the light!" Kristoff commented as he approached the royal couple with Anna in tow.

"So we've been told," Kaji replied. Kristoff seemed to chuckle a bit, nervously when he heard Kaji's reply.

"Why have you called us here, anyway?" Elsa asked as she wrapped her arm around Kaji's once again. Anna and Kristoff shared a look before they smiled brightly.

"A ball's being held and you guys didn't tell me?!" Anna exclaimed. Kaji glared at Kristoff, and the blond chuckled nervously.

"I told you we shouldn't have told him…" Kaji muttered. Elsa blushed in embarrassment and tilted her head down.

"I thought it would have been good for him to know!" Elsa retorted.

"Well it doesn't really matter now," Kaji replied. The couple grunted as Anna flung herself at them and hugged them tight.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Anna pouted. Kaji grunted as he removed his sister-in-law from himself and his wife. Then he fixed his scarf so it was in its usual state.

"We didn't tell you because of the nobles that will be attending…" Kaji said. Anna's head tilted but then she understood.

"Oh? Well I don't see the problem with that? I'll just tell them that I'm already taken," Anna said.

"That's not the point. We don't feel like having to explain to them that you're with a commoner," Elsa summarized.

"What do you mean?" Anna asked. Kaji sighed and ran his free hand through his hair in annoyance.

"Well you might not have to worry so much but we do. Because we're the ones that will have to explain everything," Kaji sighed.

"It doesn't really matter much now. There's no way we'll be able to keep her out now," Elsa said. Kaji sighed and nodded, but then Anna thought of something.

"Or…we could just try to pass off Kristoff as nobility!" she produced.

"Wait what?!" Kristoff asked, alarmed. Kaji and Elsa thought about the idea then they both nodded.

"Wait wait wait! Don't I get a say in this?!" Kristoff exclaimed. Kaji shook his head and the blonde sighed.

"Reap what you sow," Kaji said simply. Elsa giggled at her husband's antics but her eyes widened when she caught sight of something.

"What is that?" she asked. Kaji looked at his wife and traced her eyes out to the open sea and understood her confusion and maybe even awe. Anna and Kristoff did the same thing, but only because it was too hard to miss.

Entering the harbor was a massive ship. Bigger than any ship that Arendelle possessed. It was like at least three of their ships combined in mass. The ship bore many cannons and the sails were black. Kaji knew it was a battleship from the size, but what nation did the ship serve. However, when he caught sight of the flag, bearing the sign of the Southern Isles his worries grew.

"This isn't good…" he said.