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…
A/ N: REWRITTEN. Appears mostly the same, but I've changed a few things to make the plot more clear…and I didn't like the other plot anyway. –grin-
The courtyard was chaos. People, mostly soldiers, were scattered everywhere, some running, some just dodging those who were running. Carts were piled high with goods. There was everything from food and extra clothing to every kind of sword imaginable. Satoshi watched the whole event unfold below from his vantage point in the castle. Occasionally, his eyes would stray to follow one person or another, but mostly they stayed rooted on one lone spot. Dark and Mirain stood on a raised platform in the middle of the turmoil, shouting out orders, directing traffic as best of possible, and getting ready for departure. Atrum had agreed to Solis' and Accendo's terms; the two countries would not join the fray unless more than just the Shadow and Ice kingdoms were involved. As of yet, it had not been reported that Frigus had contacted Cilicis, Mercadia, or Terra, but the fire and light kingdoms stood ready to assist anyway. Now though, Atrum had to prepare for battle, to defend their borders and to defend the young ice prince that everyone had know and admire (to some degree) over the last seventeen years. Satoshi rested his head against the cool glass in mild frustration. There they were: his mother-figure, his boyfriend, and all the people he knew from his mother's time in the army, marching off to war because of him. And what was he doing?
"Worthless," he mumbled, sliding down the wall and resting his head against his knees. Satoshi couldn't help but feel that this was his entire fault, that those people would die because of him. If he hadn't learned about his heritage, if hadn't gone to Frigus, none of this would be happening. But still…it was just 'if', 'if' , and more 'if'. Shifting so that his chin now rested on his knees, icy cobalt eyes swept the room, as if searching for an unseen answer to this problem. They landed on the large leather book. The blunette hadn't touched it since Dark's announcement the day before yesterday. Pushing himself up, Satoshi crawled over to the dresser and grabbed the book. Maybe…just maybe…
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Frigus' army was already camped out on the snowy hilltops by the time Mirain and Dark had manoeuvred their troops to the campsites in the forest. If it was one thing Atrum had on their side, it was not numbers the two decided as they studied the opposing side.
"Looks like we'll have to resort to attacks from the shadows. Just like every other war," Mirain frowned. Dark just laughed and patted a nearby tree trunk.
"I knew there was a reason I kept these trees around," he quipped. Mirain rolled her eyes before studying the Frigus troops once more.
"I don't see armour from the other countries," she mumbled. Dark nodded in agreement.
"Probably the best thing too," he said, "They've already taken down the wards on their side." Mirain gave a small nod of acknowledgement and signalled to two nearby infantry to start erasing the wards. The duo set right two it as the Captain of the Guard turned back to the prince.
"We should retreat for now." Dark made a noise that sounded like it could have been a 'yes' and turned to follow her. As they disappeared back into the shadow of the trees, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to go very, very wrong.
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Satoshi lay on his stomach, eyes skimming the pages of the book. No matter how many times he had read the passage though, it still gave him chills.
"It has long been known that an ancient and evil majic is connected to the life force of the
Hikari's, and only a Hikari can control it. The first Hikari sealed away this majic in a hidden
vault, with many blood seals and with this vow: 'Till the last of my bloodline breathes it's
last breath, this monster will remain sealed away, and the earth protected from it's terrible
wrath.' Another legend started soon after that vow was mad, stating that if all the Hikari's
were to die by another's hand, then that one would have complete control of the creature. But
know this: the minute the first blood seal cracks, symbolizing the last breath of the last Hikari,
the world's fate has been written: Doom for all eternity."
Satoshi rolled over onto his back, rubbing his eyes with the heels of his palms. After reading the paragraph, and connecting it to what Towa had told him, he realized that Kei Hiwatari would stop at nothing to have control of this…thing. He didn't even care about other's lives, he was so determined. A light breeze drifted into the room, flipping the pages of the book. Satoshi glanced briefly at the new page before once again concentrating on the task at hand. Suddenly, it dawn on him what he had seen and in seconds he was on his stomach again, staring at the picture that covered the first quarter of the page. Recognition slowly appeared in his eyes and his hand jerked up to his neck. Nothing. Panicked, he felt around the base of his neck before remembering: he had given the pendant to Dark during the attack on Atrum. Slowing down his breath, Satoshi read the caption underneath the pendant's picture. As he read, his eyes slowly widened in surprise and horror. If this was the case…Satoshi's jaw dropped a little. He had to get Dark away from that battlefield and away from Kei. And there was only one way to do that. Dog-earring the page, he jumped to his feet, grabbing his cloak and boots. Everything was beginning to fall together.
MW- Well, I have now written out the rest of my story and there are only six more chapters till the end! That's right peoples! This story is almost done:D Expect a new chapter every weekend since I've finished all the other chapters! Thanks to The Oblivious Captain Anna, Darkfire1313, KooriKitsune, Weinerdog of Death and Doom, Mizuki hikari, Wise wolf, Syumiu, and Lil'Andre for reviewing.
Attention: Anyone who wants to see what my imagination cooked up when I was thinking of how I wanted the palaces for each country to look can go to my profile for the link!