Heaven's Child and Hell's Son
Chapter 4: His Eyes Are Amber
"Quit your struggling would you? Don't you know that your efforts are all vain attempts to get free?" Prince Shishio ordered the Princess.
Currently Princess Kaoru as tied down very securely to a tree. The trio had made it off of Death River somewhat safely and was now traveling the rest of the way to Hell's Castle by foot.
Princess Kaoru only sent a dirty look at the Prince as she momentarily stopped wiggling. Prince Shishio stared back and suddenly stood up from his spot across from the young angel. Shuura was building a fire and when she notice Shishio moved passed her going over to the Princess she stopped her work and watched him.
"If I didn't know any better little angel I think you want to hurt me by the way that you stare at me." Shishio whispered so only she could hear. "You have no idea how much I would like to rip the smirk off your face in the most painful way I can think of." Princess Kaoru returned.
Prince Shishio only laughed as he found her treat to be nothing more than a joke.
"My Prince leave her alone." Shuura commanded. "Or else what if I don't?" Prince Shishio demanded as he turned his head to look at Shuura out the corner of his eyes.
"You are provoking the Child of Heaven. They are more powerful than you think." Shuura replied hotly. "Oh wow if I don't stop tormenting the angel, which I am not, then she's going to kick my ass when she gets free. IF she gets free." Shishio mocked as he stood up and walked away from the Princess bored once again.
"I swear Shuura you take the fun out of everything." "Please Shishio you are acting like a little kid. Every demon knows that the current generations of Heaven Children are better than demons at performing psychic tasks..." " "Oh so you're telling me that if she wants to she can throw a twig at me just because I'm pissing her off?" Shishio asked as he looked at the Princess as he spoke.
Kaoru was still glaring at him deeply.
"Oh come on angel you don't expect me to be afraid of a twig or dirt now do you?" Shishio called over to her.
The next thing Shishio knew was Princess Kaoru's face pinched into a scowl and suddenly a huge flame shot up into the sky, throwing off Shishio's vision of her. Shuura slid back and the prince fell to the ground covering his eyes from the sudden combustion.
The flame soon died down into the regular campfire Shuura had made it to be.
Prince Shishio uncovered his eyes and looked back in the direction of the Princess, only catching a few glimpses of her still glaring face between the flickers of the flame.
HELL'S CASTLE
"It will not be long now my lord. They are presently on the outskirts of the land. They should be here within the hours of tomorrow." Sano reported to his King.
Currently the King was sitting at a huge dinning hall eating a feast fit to feed thousands of starving beggars in his realm.
"Please Sano I don't want to hear about business as I eat." King Kenshin said before he swallowed a big mouthful of Hell Fire. Hell Fire was a type of whine that many demons, richer demons like the lords in Kenshin's court, drank often. Once in your mouth and going down it makes your whole insides feel like it's burning, but then after a while it gives you a cool sensation in replace of the burning one.
Once the burning stopped Kenshin spoke up. "Though you don't say?" Kenshin said breaking the silence that followed his monstrous swallow. "Yes I do my lord." Sano said as he bowed while Kenshin rose from his half-eaten feast.
"Clear my mess and let the others feast!" Kenshin barked at the young child servant that stood behind him. "Y-yes my lord. Right away." She replied s she jump to do as her lord bided.
"Sano join me." Kenshin said as he walked passed his loyal guard. As they entered the ever confusing halls of the castle Sano broke their silence that had once again claimed them. "My lord my I have premission to speak freely now?" Sano questioned as he stared into the back of his long time friend and ruler. "You may." Came Kenshin's reply.
"Kenshin I've talked to Shuura in person and she says that she doesn't trust your brother around the Princess." Sano said. Kenshin said nothing. "Even I my lord had stuck around to see with my own eyes. And I must say I agree with Shuura." Sano finished. "Well it wouldn't be like it's the first time he has disobeyed me." Kenshin said, dropping the King act for a moment.
"Ever since we grew up he was like that. But that's alright." Kenshin said as he smirked evilly. Sano began to walk up and look at his face.
"Kenshin what are you thinking?" Sano asked curiously. "Nothing…nothing at all." Kenshin replied innocently. "Come on man I know you. I practically raised you! I know that smirk means something." Sano said as he got the ruler of demons into a headlock.
"Sano let me go and I promise I won't kick your ass…. Badly." The Hell King offered. "Nope. Wrong magic words." Sano replied as he gripped harder trying to get the King to spill his plans. But something in Kenshin's mind thought that this wasn't no childish game shared between friends and took more as an attack.
Slowly Kenshin could see burst of red spilling in his line of vision. His whole eye was turning red. His fangs in his mouth were getting sharper and bigger.
"Sano let go of me." Kenshin warned trying to save his friend's life. He knew what was happening to him. Ever since that unholy day a decade ago he had been cursed with this ancient primal feeling. A feeling he feared.
It was something that lay dormant in him, but when needed it awaken to raise all hell. It was something that had a bloodlust like nothing anyone had ever seen. For any creature left alone with him and this dormant curse was in full swing, Kenshin felt pity for them for there was nothing he could do about it until the primal force was content with its doing.
"NO! Sano let me go!" Kenshin growled. Sano's eyes widen as he recognized that growl. Quickly he let go of his King and said a thousand apologies for not recognizing the symptoms sooner. Sano watched as his king grabbed his head and tried to take deep even breaths.
As his king's fangs returned to their normal size and his eyes returned back to its normal amber, Sano let out a sigh of relief.
"You moron! How many times do I have to warn you about doing that!" Kenshin yelled agitatedly. "You know it takes a lot for me to TRY and kept myself in tack. The last thing I want to do is go around having a midnight slaughter just before our guest, the Princess of Heaven, arrives!" Kenshin yelled again.
"I-I'm sorry my lord I'll make sure to remember that for future references." Sano replied as he bowed, returning back into his obedient guard mode. "You damn well better unless you want to be fucking erased from existence." Kenshin mumbled under his breathe as he continued walking to his chambers so he could vent out some of his frustrations with what little surprise that awaited him in his bed.
THE NEXT DAY
"Prince Shishio! You fool!" Shuura yelled as she rushed over to the fallen form of the Princess.
Princess Kaoru was on her side one hand clutching her opposite side and her other free hand cover her left cheek.
"Please Princess let me see. I will not harm you." Shuura said as she tried to move the hand cover her side. For a moment Kaoru fought with Shuura with removing her hand, but as the pain intensified Kaoru allowed Shuura to move her hand.
When Shuura did managed to remove the hand she gasped aloud as she saw three talon marked scars, still fresh and bleeding. And when Shuura removed the hand covering her cheek she saw the same thing. With the site of all the fresh scars on the Princess Shuura let out a friece demon cry of anger as she faced Shishio.
"Calm down Shuura or your face might actually stay that way." Shishio mocked. " You IDIIOT!! Your brother specifically ordered US to bring HER UNHARMED!!!!" Shuura screeched. Shishio covered his sensitive ears at the female demons high-pitched scream.
"Quit your yelling! It's not like it's gonna heel her wounds. We'll just tell my brother the truth. She was trying to run away and so I stopped her." Prince Shishio tried to reason. "You stopped her? Don't you think you went a little over board?" "No I don't. She was fighting back so what the hell did you expect me to do?" Prince Shishio countered.
Shuura only screeched again as she gripped her harry trying to think of a solution to heal the Princess.
"Any way Shuura it's not like we can't just give her some of our blood. She'll be fine once we reach the castle." Shishio said trying to calm down the raging demon. "That will be no use! Not all angels react the same to demon blood. Some angels actually reject it and die. So it would be too much of a gamble trying to give her some of our blood. The only thing we can do for her now, thanks to your bright ass thinking, is take her to King Kenshin." Shuura replied.
"Well then stop complaining and let's get going." Prince Shishio said as he picked the Princess up off the ground and began flapping his mighty black wings turning airborne.
Still somewhat angered Shuura followed suit.
HELL'S CASTLE
Sano walked briskly into the throne room bursting open the door and starting most of the guards inside standing beside their King.
Kenshin eyes followed Sano's fast paced trail. Once Sano stopped in front of his throne, sinking on one knee to bow his respect, King Kenshin voiced his concern.
"Sanosuke! Wait is the meaning of your hasty intrusion?"
"They're are here my lord. At long last the Princess of Heaven and her escorts are here." Sano said in a less than happy tone. "Why the upset tone Sanosuke? Wasn't it not our mission and goal to obtain the Princess and bring her here? We were successful and with this good news it proves it." The King said catching Sano's apparent displeasure.
With a sigh Sano answered, "You shall see in due time my lord."
And with that said Sano stood up on both legs and commanded the guards at the door to 'bring them in'.
As the King watched the door to see the people coming in it was first his brother he saw, them Shuura…. And when the King saw the Princess he too saw why to be so upset.
The Princess was dragged into the room by two guards, hardly managing to walk on her own free will. Her once beautiful white kimono was now tattered and fresh blood trailed from her right side with the obvious markings of where demon talons had harm the soft flesh. And then her face the same thing except on her left cheek.
The King remained silent as he continued to stare down at the three, his features hardening more and more with each passing second.
The Princess, still in her painful state, dared to look up at the King of Hell. But when her brilliant eyes might the King's amber ones her blood ran cold and her breath was caught in her throat.
It was the first time she had ever seen anything like it. The King's eyes was the most fierce amber she had ever seen. And she could tell he knew that because, in a way, she could tell he was currently using them to intimidate her now.
Suddenly King Kenshin risen from his seat upon his throne and began to slowly walk down the small set of stairs before the throne.
Princess Kaoru then started to get the feeling of fear. The need to just hide under a rock or something. Though she hadn't really taken anything else about him into account she just knew that those eyes were enough to scare a person into to silence. Now she really wished she had stayed inside her castle walls like she was suppose too.
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a/n- Yay! I updated! I hope you like it. It took me a while to figure out how I was going to write it. And it's cool because it's now 2005! I hope your New Years didn't bite. I hope this year brings you good luck and I'll answer all questions and reply to everyone who reviewed me last chapter in the next update. ( I kindda lost my list)
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