My Rants: This is my first Rurouni Kenshin fic and it was inspired by an old Vietnamese Fairy Tale that was told to me from my grandfather before he passed away. I'm going to try my best to translate a few poetic terms in Vietnamese to English the best that I can, since I was always told the story in my native tongue. I hope that you all enjoy my first fic, especially my ALSs!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin and am just borrowing its characters for a few chapters. The main idea isn't my own, but what's in between and the dialogue is my very own. Most of you who are told Fairy Tales know that there is hardly any dialogue at all, mostly just words from the narrator. In my culture, family really, Fairy Tales are all told in a poetic sense and there isn't any dialogue at all, so therefore I had to add to it.
Summary: Princess Kaoru was cursed at birth by a wicked majo, cursed to transform into a blood thirsty demon on her 18th birthday. Now, one month before she turns 18, Kaoru must find her Prince and lose her virginity or forever lose her sanity.
A Virgin's Curse
Written By Night Mistress
Part One
Long ago in Ancient China, there lived a Royal Family who only had but one child; a daughter. She was a gift from the Heavens, and the Emperor and Empress thanked Kami-sama for giving them such a baby to nourish into a beautiful woman that would one day take her rightful place as Empress of China. But the royal family knew that the people would not accept a female to rule over them for it had been a tradition to always have a Prince take over the Emperor's rule once he had passed on to the after life. So in hopes of gaining the people's loyalty and allow their daughter to still become an empress, they asked the Emperor of Japan to have an arranged marriage of his son and their daughter so that not only would they gain a new ally in battle, but also they could insure their daughter's future.
Once the agreement was done, the two Royal Families joined together in Japan for the Princess's first birthday. Everyone in both Kingdoms were invited to join the festivities, all but a loathed majo, a nasty witch, who seduced and killed men for fun and desired nothing but to be the most beautiful of all. When she had heard that the Princess of China's beauty may one day surpass her own, she was determined to make sure that the girl would one way or another become ugly and hated by all.
On the day of the grand party, the Prince and Princess met for the first time in their entire lives. The Prince being only seven at the time happily looked down upon the golden cradle of the ebony haired one-year-old with a genuine smile, his amethyst orbs sparkling as he met young sapphire ones. Taking a silver necklace that had a ruby pendant attached to it from his pocket he easily slipped it over the baby's neck. Smiling when the infant giggled, he joined in when the princess had wrapped her small and delicate fingers around his index finger. The seven-year-old looked up happily when his father rumpled his red locks approvingly.
The proud parents smiled as they watched their children's first encounter and couldn't help but nod in agreement that their decision for the two to wed was a splendid idea.
"Let this fair day be the mark of our countries new bond!" shouted the Emperor of Japan, his red and white cape flowing behind him as he turned to face the guests.
"The day that Kamiya Kaoru and Seijuurou Shinta finally meet," added China's ruler merrily as his wife picked up their daughter in her arms.
"Yes, the day that we announce our children's future marriage," said Emperor Hiko of Japan, his voice echoing off the floors and walls of the Throne Room that was made of stone; it was created that way so that one could easily be heard among others.
"So, the children of Seijuurou Hiko and Kamiya Koshijirou are to wed when the Princess becomes of age?" asked a wicked voice that dripped with venom and hatred towards the Royal Families; it rang about the room causing chills to run down the spine of the occupants in the castle.
"Who's there?" demanded Hiko, rage building from the fact that someone would speak so darkly of him and his future in-laws.
"Only I, Komagata Yumi, the majo that you forgot to invite," snarled the poisonous voice as a woman in a red kimono that bared her milky white shoulders to the world entered the large stone doors with a scowl upon her green lips.
"We did not invite you for the fact that we knew that you wouldn't care for our children's futures," stated Empress Kamiya as she held Kaoru closer to her chest as the majo stopped just a few meters away from them.
"I'm appalled that you should think that way Empress, but I came to make sure that your daughter gets what she deserves," stated Yumi with an innocent smile that caused the Emperors to narrow their eyes.
"Leave my castle before I have my guards throw you out," threatened Hiko as he fisted his hands; he did not want his son to see any violence at such a fragile age.
"Not until I do what I came here to," shouted Yumi as she raised her hands in the air.
"Run for your lives! The majo is about to cast a spell!" shouted a man as the other guests stormed out of the Throne Room as the Empresses both held onto their children.
"I curse this virgin to lose her grace and leave this land without a trace! She will learn to love blood and shatter it around the world from up above. Her days of beauty shall vanish on her 18th birthday when the sky turns gray! I curse this virgin child to lose her sanity if not defiled!" chanted the majo as she moved her hands towards the princess.
A black swirl of light engulfed mother and daughter as the haunting laugh of the wicked majo echoed through the Throne Room. As quickly as the woman with deep red hair had come, she had vanished into thin air when the black light vanished.
"Empress Kamiya!" shouted Shinta's mother as the Royal Families rushed over to the Empress of Japan who was on the floor, trembling as she held her crying newborn.
"My Queen," said Koshijirou as he bent down and helped his wife up.
"Kaoru," was all that the mother could say as she touched her daughter's cheek with her own to soothe the baby.
"Guards, find Komagata Yum, I want her back; alive or dead!" ordered Hiko as the footsteps of the guards that were just outside the room were heard exiting the castle.
"Otousan, what did that woman do to Kaoru-chan?" asked Shinta as he pulled on the red and white cape of his father.
Looking down, Hiko only shook his head as he closed his eyes.
"Okaasan?" asked the red headed Prince of Japan as he walked over to his mother, confused as to why she was crying.
"Shinta," whispered his mother as she bent down and pulled him in for a hug.
"What do we do?" asked Kaoru's mother as she stared at her husband expectantly, rocking their only daughter back and forth to stop her crying.
"I don't know," spoke the Emperor of Japan truthfully as he looked at his wife with a frown.
The sad and tense silence filled the room until Shinta got out of his mother's hold and walked over to Kaoru's mother, he tugged on her purple dress to indicate that he wanted to see Kaoru. Giving the boy a watery smile, she bent down so that he could see the wailing Princess.
Bending his head down, he kissed the little girl's forehead, smiling when his future queen stopped and smiled back in return. The little boy looked up and stood up proudly when the adults' faces lightened up.
"Wait…. The majo cursed the virgin child...and at the end she said that Princess Kaoru would lose her sanity if she wasn't defiled. Do you think that…." Began Empress Seijuurou; realization dawning on her when she saw her son and future daughter-in-law together.
"That means that Kaoru won't transform into a beast if she loses her virginity before her 18th birthday!" spoke Empress Kamiya as she hugged her offspring towards her heart.
"Then that means that if the two are wed before she turns 18, then the curse will have no effect," said Koshijirou with a large grin upon his face as Hiko let out a loud chuckle that eased the remaining tension in the room.
"A wedding one year early won't do any harm," said Hiko, settling the fact that their children will wed in 16 years.
Prince and Princess both smiled as if accepting their fate that was chosen by their beloved parents.
Ending Rants: I hope that you all enjoyed my first fic, and please let me know if I should continue it or not.