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Heaven's Child and Hell's Son
Chapter Two: A Unsatisfied Princess
Heaven
Heaven was a beautiful place. A gift that the creator, the Almighty Kami, gave as a gift to all his angel children of which stood for good. Heaven was a bright, warm place that resembled much of the planet Earth. Only it was far more pleasing. There was just so much more beauty and happiness about it.
Everyday the skies would be a crystal clear shade of sky blue and big, puffy white clouds rolled lazily along over head looking like a big marshmallow or cotton. The sun was always warm and life giving as its golden rays fell upon the inhabitants of Heaven graciously. The grass was so green and accented with different shade of it and the flowers that grew there were so vivid
Heaven was like an outstanding portrait of landscape that only existed in the minds of the people who dared to dream of such a place. Though Heaven, like all good things, could grow old rather quickly or slowly to a person depending on their mind set.
The Princess of Heaven, also known as the child of Heaven, was one of those people. It wasn't that she did not like Heaven or anything. It was her home and birthplace after all. No it couldn't have been that she disliked Heaven
It was just the fact that like eating too much of a delicious candy, she had grown quite tired of eating the same tasty flavor over and over.
Always having to act like a young lady, always holding her tongue even if she didn't agree with a statement a superior might have said, to be kind and respectful and to remain hidden to the eye of the kingdom unless told otherwise, and to never disobey the King.
The Princess Kaoru dared to stifle a huff as she flew off in the direction of the palace returning from yet another training session with her father and Princess instructor as well. They both annoyed her to no end with their never-ending chatter of 'do this, this way' or 'that's not lady like' or even 'let me show you the proper way to do this'.
The Princess shook her head for a moment. A little girl to her side flying next to her silently watched as a frown started on her face and got deeper and deeper with each passing thought that ran in her mind. Though one thought in particular kept running all around her mind and only made her frown worse.
Though she breathed out and tried to clear her head while she thought of something else. Her abnormally sized white wings pounded in a rhythmic pattern as she daydreamed of action and adventure outside the guidance of her father and all the other worrywarts that looked after her.
"Come on and cheer up Princess. It's such a beautiful day out and nothing can take away my smile." A young little girl said as she was flapping her little white wings rapidly to try and keep up with the fast pace of the Princess. Kaoru looked over at the young girl and notice she was starting to get tired and slowed her pace some so the girl could keep up.
This, but was only a normal routine that the Princess had started to fall into. The child was one of her subject's daughter and once when she went sneaking out f the palace the child had followed her and talked to her and she'd been doing that ever since.
"Azumae you're a little girl so you're always going to be happy. But I...I'm a young lady whose about to lose all sense of freedom because I'm to be wedded off to some snobby Prince from the opposite side of Heaven." Kaoru stated somewhat angrily.
It was the thought that had bugged her from before. How in the world that Prince came into Heaven, Kaoru didn't know, but she did know that he was a big enough pain to drive her to her death if she was his life mate for all eternity.
Kaoru abruptly stopped flying and the little girl stretched her little white wings as far as she could to stop herself and turned to face her Princess. The little angel had long, shiny, brunette and beautiful brown eyes. She had a cute little girly face and was wearing a cute white silk dress.
"But what's wrong with that? I thought you always dreamed of being married to a Prince? I know that I wouldn't complain if I were getting married to one." The child stated happily as she fantasized about such a thing. She began to ascend higher some in her moment of blissful thinking and her eyes twinkled with delight as a faint tint of blush covered her face.
Princess Kaoru couldn't help, but chuckle at the young angel child and too ascended higher so she could scoop the young Angel into her arms. The girl giggled in delight as the Princess began to ruthlessly tickle her. "Azumae you are only a child and the thoughts of you marrying a Prince is forbidden to you until you are older." The Princess ordered in a mocked authority tone as she continued to assault the young child.
Azumae squirmed in her arms as she continued to laugh aloud.
"Azumae!" A voice called from the distance. "Azumae." Another, yet younger sounding voice chimed in again calling the lost child's name.
"Uh oh my mommy and sister are looking for me again." Azumae muttered as their play died down. "You ran off from them again didn't you?" The Princess stated more than asked. Azumae got a look on her face that said she was in trouble.
"Azumae I would say something to you about this matter, but it would appear you need to return back to your family so go. But I warn you the next time you do this I will not be so lenient." Kaoru stated, as she looked hard at the young girl. "But if you forbid me to come around you then who will play with you?" The girl sobbed as she turned in Kaoru's arms to give her a bear hug. She began to sob on Kaoru's chest and Kaoru looked down at the young angel quite surprised.
Never before had the young angel, or anyone else for that matter, express such emotion of concern or favoritism towards her. The feeling was new and alien to her, yet she embraced the felling with welcomed arms all the same and decided to not lash out so hard at the weeping creature in her arms. After all she was but only a child.
Suddenly Kaoru's features softened and she pried the young girl off of her after much consideration in her head. And once again Azumae was repositioned in Kaoru's arm so that Kaoru was holding her as the floated above the ground.
"Just because I am lonely doesn't justifies your actions of running from your mommy and younger sister. They both love you very much and what if I was under attack and you got hurt because you were in the way? Do you not think that your sister and mother would not be lonely because you are gone?" Kaoru asked. Azumae looked down avoiding the question. "I didn't thinks so. Go on to your family and I shall see you again soon." Kaoru said as she let go of the child and watched her fly on to her mother and sister.
Just to make sure that the child returned to them, Kaoru flew behind Azumae in the bushes and watched from a near by tree. As Azumae landed in front of her mom, her mother fell to her knees and swoop up her toddler in her arms folding her white wings around them as if to ward off any evil near by.
From Kaoru's position she could slightly hear the mother sobbing and asking Azumae a thousand questions a minute. And she also noticed as Azumae's younger sister, Sazumae, tears rimmed her eyes as she walked closer to her big sister and gave her a hug once their mother released her. Kaoru turned away from the loving scene as a crystal tear of her own feel from her beautiful cerulean eyes.
She once knew a bond like that with her own mother. Though her mother's affection was restricted thanks to her father, she treasured and remembered what it was like to be in her mother's arms when she could.
Her mother, the Queen of Heaven, was a very wise Queen as well as mysterious as she was told often since she never quite knew what her mother did before she died. Beautiful as the Heaven stars at night they would also say.
They said that was where most of her own beauty came from, her mother. Her eyes, her hair, her body build and smile. Everything else was just her father and nothing more. Serious, unconditional love, and dedication that put most people to shame.
Kaoru peeked from her spot back to the clearing where Azumae and her family were once at, but they were now long gone. So with a sigh Kaoru began to turn in the direction back for home.
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Kaoru now was flying for her life to try and get home towards the palace where she would be safe. A bad vibe had washed over her as she had taken off from the forest and then a dark energy attack was sent her way. She was able to dodge that and once she traced it back to its source she discovered that there was two demons loss and deducted that they were after her.
'Here I am perching to a little six year old not to run off from home and yet I fail to follow my own perching. What kind of messed up example am I anyway.' Kaoru thought bitterly as she continued to flap her wings rapidly.
Another attack shot up from beneath and as Kaoru felt the attack coming she threw her up her arms to shield her face as the dark energy made it's way at her. As the attack hit her it pushed her farther up into the sky.
The black electric like energy blew past her, as she was able to use her body energy to redirect the attack around her body. Though she wasn't able to break her form fast enough because after the attack died out one of the demons blinked behind her and slammed her in the back sending her on a crash coarse to the ground.
Kaoru was plummeting to the ground so fast that a red aura formed around her body, burning at the edges of her long, white, and flowing gown.
Kaoru hit the ground hard, lifting up dirt and gravel in her wake. Weakly Kaoru stood up using a nearby tree to help her. She looked around her and saw no one. Slowly fear began to consume her and she began searching out the feel of the two demon's demonic auras. She felt non.
Her heart began to beat rapidly and the only sounds she heard were that of the natural wild in the forest and her own heart beat. Then finally she remembered an attack that her father had once taught her that he once lectured on as to how it could help her in a situation like this.
Quickly she spread both of her legs apart and held her had together and interlaced them except for her index fingers and thumbs witch she had touching together. She closed her eyes and began chanting. Every other word she spoke echo off louder the whispers of the other words she uttered.
A gust of wind began to blow and sure enough as the enchantment was sure to do, both demons came out of hiding and was prepared to attack the Prince until
"HEAVEN'S HALO!" The Princess shouted. From where her foot spread a small yellow light appeared in the form of a circle and began to expand quickly engulfing Kaoru in a protective light. The demons didn't know what was happening and as they were about to land on Kaoru they where shocked instantly by the golden-yellow light that loomed from Kaoru's attack.
Both demons growled out their pain of the agonizing shock. "Spread!" Kaoru shouted as she extended both of her arms outward making the circle on the ground spread even further at a faster rate and making the shock that her attackers were taking much more excruciating.
As the attacked faded both demons weakly got to their feet as the Princess had continued her dash back towards the palace.
"Damn. She got away." One of the demons said as he picked himself up from off the ground. "Not for long. That was a good counter though." The other demon said as she wiped the corner of her mouth where a thin trial of blood was running. "Shuura though I would agree I would wish to get this mission over with. I hate playing these type of games." "Oh keep your pants up. It's your brother who want us to do this right remember?"
"But patience is not one of my stronger virtues." "Well make it yours. I just received a new message from the King and he wants us to do as little fighting in Heaven as possible." Shuura informed as they began to take of after their target. "My brother continues to challenge me." The other demon stated as if he had a bad taste in his mouth.
"No it couldn't be thatâ€He probably just doesn't want you to slip on this. After all if we fail we are all doomed." Shuura reasoned.
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