Title: Our Kingdoms
Authoress: Meine Welt
Disclaimer: D.N. Angel does not belong to me.
Warnings: Yaoi. OOCness
Summary: Rules are made to be followed, yet at the same time, are made to broken. People are like rules. Made to follow, lead, be lost, and be broken. Yaoi. AU.
Things to know: This is an AU. This means it's an alternative universe. This story also contains yaoi. Please don't read if you don't like yaoi. You can not say you have not been warned. One more thing, this DarkxSatoshi with mentions of KradxDaisuke. Don't kill me because I like this pairing. Flames are used to burn bad dubs…
Satoshi's first waking thought was 'what the hell happened?'. After his mind had caught up with his body and he remembered what had transpired, his second thought was 'why the hell am I the designated damsel in distress?'. When his rational side began to take over once more, and his third thought materialised as 'where am I?'. Trying to get a better look at his surroundings, Satoshi struggled to push himself up, only to fall right back down again. His head pounded and reverberated within his skull as his stomach did cartwheels and threatened to deposit that morning's meagre meal on the floor. Satoshi groaned and closed his eyes tightly, trying unsuccessfully to block out the pain. A spicy-sweet scent reached his nostrils and he inhaled it, surprised to find that it relieved his headache somewhat.
"You should open your eyes. I will need you to sit up." The voice was soothing and Satoshi felt compelled to open his eyes despite the agony. Cerulean stared up into kind green eyes that inspected him as they helped him sit up.
"Here," the woman handed him a small teacup containing a dark red liquid. Upon further inspection, he discovered that it was the source of the spicy-sweet scent. He took a tentative sip of it and felt the immediate relief of his headache and his stomach settling. Satoshi drank a little more, watching the woman from the corner of his eye. She seemed to be waiting for something to happen, watching him carefully, and he abruptly thought to be more careful around her. But that thought came too late. Suddenly, the teacup dropped to the floor, smashing against the tiles and spreading the red liquid across the floor. As it seeped through the cracks, Satoshi grasped at his throat, startled at the sudden numbness that seemed to spread up from the back of his throat to the front of his mouth. He tried to speak, demanding to know what was going on, but his mouth refused to work and his tongue lay motionless. So instead, he shot her an accusing glare, to which she only responded with a smile.
"I'm sorry," she said as she stood up, brushing imaginary dust off of her dress, "But it was necessary. You can't talk because he might hear. He has eyes and ears everywhere. If he discovered you were here, he might kill you." Satoshi blanched, praying to Crnobog that he wasn't stuck with some crazy old brood. Now that he thought about it though…Satoshi took a good look at his captor. Her hair was white, but her body was that of a young woman. He had heard that Seers and Magicians had premature white hair, but this was the first time he had seen its effects. The woman now stood over the fire pit, arranging some herbs.
"I knocked you out using some arctic poppy," she said suddenly, and Satoshi realized she was talking about what she had used on him. "When you fainted though, you were a bit too heavy for me and you hit your head on the pavement." She laughed nervously. "I figured you would have a headache when you woke up because of that, and poppy usually causes an upset stomach." She finished arranging and began to bind the herbs together in one skin bundle. "I made a tea from zingiberaceae to help with the headache, and added some aven to help the stomach, and put some saxifrage in for the speaking problem." The blunette stared at her back, wondering why she was telling him all this. And 'the speaking problem'? She was insane, there was no 'speaking problem'! He scowled at her. Turning around, she smiled brightly back.
"I supposed I should introduce myself," she bowed slightly; "My name is Towa no Shirube, and I am the Seer for the Kingdom Frigus. You may call me To-To though."
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Dark sighed softly, making sure no one else had heard him. The board meeting was long and boring, the only thing of interest being the recent attack from Frigus. But even then, Dark didn't need to be debriefed on what had happened. He had seen it first hand. So, instead of concentrating on the amount of grain in surplus there was in the kingdom (compared to last year), Dark chose to worry about something else. Namely, Satoshi. The blue haired boy had wasted two of his three days, and Dark was beginning to wonder if the younger would make the deadline. Granted, three days wasn't a lot of time, but Dark knew that it took one day to get to the capital, about one to investigate, and one to get back, for a total of three. True, the investigation might take longer, but Dark figured that they could always go back later…emphasis on 'they'.
"…does that sound good, Your Highness?" Dark blink owlishly at the speaker, trying to conjure up what the man had just said. They were on grain…or had they moved onto something else now? Dark panicked and glanced quickly at Mirain. The Head of the Royal Guard nodded quickly behind the speaker's back, showing that it was good.
"Uh…yea, yea, that sounds great," Dark stressed the 'great' and grinned nervously. However, the man didn't seemed to notice and beamed under the praise. Dark sighed inwardly in relief. Silently thanking Crnobog for such a great Head of Guard, he sent a grateful look in Mirain's direction, and it was returned by a small nod and smile. Maybe it was time to pay attention…
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"…so then, about two weeks after you were born, the High Magistrate decided he would overthrow the ruling family, namely the Hikari's. In the middle of the night, he began to kill off everyone, starting with the king. The Magistrate had, and has, many friends who helped him accomplish this. The queen, Rio, escaped his sword briefly, and pulled you from your crib, desperate to get you to safety. Rio handed you off to your sister, who then took you to the border and hid you among the trees on Frigus' side of the Celestial Forest. Your sister was killed though, when she was found hiding in a nearby barn. In the end, only two people survived, you not included. Your cousin, named Kayal, and myself. Your cousin was left alive because she was a baby, and technically had no right the throne. However, she was killed a few days ago in the attack on Frigus." Satoshi nodded, and bent over the piece of parchment To-To had given him. When he held it up again, it read 'Yes, I know. I was the one who killed her.' To-To smiled sadly and nodded in slight understanding.
"That's what I heard from Kei," she said. Satoshi nodded and began to write again.
'Why are you telling me all this though?'
"Well," Towa started, "The Hikari's were all born with a wonderful power, which we named the 'Star Power'. Kei has been trying to harness this power for years, but hasn't been able to because there are still pure-blooded Hikari's alive. The main reason for the attack on Frigus was to kill Kayal. However, he did not expect you to still be alive. There are more Hikari supporters than Hiwatari supporters, you know."
'I get that, but what else do you want me to do?'
"A revolution of course." Satoshi blanched at how smoothly she said it. He made to write something down, but Towa held up her hand and continued. "If you die, we all die. The Star Power has the power to give and to take life. Kei would use it to take life, not give. The only way to ensure your life, and ensure that the Star Power stays out of Kei's hands, is to restore you to power. You are the one with the legal right to the throne."
'Wouldn't being king make me more susceptible to being attacked?' Satoshi asked.
"Not with all of us looking over you."
'How do expect me to do this?' Towa shook her head at his question.
"We'll discuss that at a later time, right now…" she handed him a heavy leather bound book, "Take this and study it carefully. It has all you will ever need to know in between those two covers. But for now, you must run." Satoshi shot her a quizzical look, his parchment stuck underneath the book and his mouth still numb.
"Kei knows you're here," To-To said, her face grave, "The farmers I recruited to bring you here will take you back as well. Kei will not be far behind. Run for all you're worth, and remember, do not die!"
MW- Whee! We're on Book 2! There are three 'books' that I have going in this story. All of the herbs I mentioned in Towa's little 'speech' are real herbs that have those affects. I would like to thank Split Persona, Seika, Daisuke Captain Oblivious, Toshi-kun, Mizuki hikari, and Wise wolf for reviewing! Thank you all for putting up with me in these last few months. Please review!
