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Chapter 6:
A/N: we'll just call Aizawa Taki, Taki. It can also be a Greek name.
Taki was one of the greatest noblemen in all Atlantis. His family, the great House of Onassis, was one of the wealthiest and had forever been adviser to the King. But Taki was the younger son. He only inherited something akin to a dukedom. He hated the prince whom he'd studied with, always envious of him. He hated the fact that no one paid him any attention, or cared about him. And now Yuki had recently beaten his team in their daily game…as he had for the whole week. Taki wished that Yuki would have more bad luck than anyone in the whole world…
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Isilra frowned as she concentrated on the semi-disc; the priests had told her that it was called the "Half Moon of the Fates". An artifact made by the men of ancient times who had given the three Fates a place among the high gods. It was designed wholly for time travel and if every one of the forty carving could be read and touched in a certain way, they could travel to any time in the universe. Right now they were all, Isilra included trying to find how Shuichi had touched the object and why when the child Shuichi talked about touched it he didn't disappear as well.
Her chaperon Aria tapped her on the shoulder. "Come on, you highness you have to go to lunch…the King is waiting for you!" she glared at the young princess who shook her head stubbornly. "I will not Aria. I told you I will not meet him, I will not marry prince Yuki. He's about six years older than me! And I don't want to meet that gas bag of a king either. I'm going out for some air."
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Taki couldn't stop thinking of how much he wanted to hurt Yuki. The great prince got everything he wanted; he had fame, popularity and everyone's undying attention…why though? All he did was treat everyone like dirt! Taki growled soundlessly. He came to a clearing and stopped short.
There was a woman standing there with her back to him, she was with that pink haired outlander. And she sounded mad; a clear indicator was the vine she was tearing to shreds in her hands. "I can't, Shuichi. I will not marry the prince whether my father wants or not. I want to study, see different places! And Yuki, the way he looks at me is like I'm…like I'm…a filthy washerwoman from Sardis! I will not be forced into a marriage…I don't know why you're trying to convince me."
"But Isilra, Yuki isn't like that. I'm sure he likes you very much…it will take time but you might fall in love with him. Please just attend dinner tonight, for me. It will save a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings. You have to be there; tomorrow they will consult the priests about when it would be a good day for the wedding. There are some things in life you have to do neh?" Shuichi pleaded.
"I…will think about it. I'm sorry if I am being disagreeable but I really am not used to doing things I do not like…I am a very spoilt selfish creature. But I will think about it. Please leave me now." Taki watched the pink haired man leave and transferred his gaze back to the woman who turned. Taki felt a strange feeling crop up. She was so beautiful…he moved back a bit and stepped out with feigned casualness.
The girl looked up and saw him. He stopped and gazed at her. "I'm sorry I didn't know anyone was here." The lie came easily to him. Her eyes narrowed slightly.
"You were here all along. If you want to talk to me you have to say so. Who are you?"
Taki looked at her a little startled but apologized at once. "I'm Taki of the House of Onassis. You if I have guessed right are the Greek princess from Athens…here to marry our beloved prince!"
"Yes I am. And I guess you heard the reason I have not attend court." She smiled slightly as he nodded. "I have also heard of you, Taki of the House of Onassis…they say you are intelligent and have a lot of potential, but are very lazy…envious of the prince in fact. I must say, now that I see you I tend to agree with that."
He smirked. "Yes, the people who envy me say that." He moved towards her, catching hold of her wrists. She grimaced and a flash of green enveloped her…her eyes widened they had no effect. "That won't work with me. I have these…they protect me against all magic." He showed his silver bracelets. "You interest me, princess from Greece…you're one of the only women who have even thought of refusing Yuki. I was wondering if you could grace my halls with your presence one afternoon…we could have lunch."
"Of course not. I don't associate with lazy braggarts! Let go of me." Isilra struggled a little, but for some reason she didn't struggle too much. "The only reason I don't want to marry Yuki is because I don't love him. But he's worth a countless number of you!"
"I'll change your opinion soon enough. I'll enjoy that." He bent down and kissed her.
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Tatsuha strolled around and came upon a strange sight. Taki was kissing the Greek princess, his brother betrothed! Before he could do anything, she's pulled away and thrown Taki over her shoulder. She turned to the fallen man livid with rage. "How dare you! Just because I can't use my magic, you think you can molest me? I've learnt every fighting art there is to know! You'd do well to stay away from me."
Tatsuha laughed and walked into the clearing. He smiled at the enraged princess and grinned at Taki. "Taki…Taki…will you never learn? People don't want to see you ugly face…nor do they want you slobbering all over them! If I were you I'd run, magic bracelets or no. She looks like she could murder you!" he turned his back on the embarrassed nobleman and offered his arm to the princess. "Come on princess; let me escort you to a prettier place where you won't come face to face with ugly pieces of shit."
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Shuichi gasped as Yuki pushed him against the door kissing him. He broke away and stopped back. "Yuki…you're engaged…I know you both don't want it but then you have to try. You said yourself you can't jeopardize your country."
"Right now I don't care! I want to be with you! Now we have a little time, are you going to keep running…if you are I'll hunt you down and kiss you in front of everyone?" Yuki growled.
Shuichi backed into the balcony. "You wouldn't. You could make an attempt to get to know her! She's nice! Really Yuki you don't want to do this!" Yuki came up to him and grabbed him kissing him thoroughly in full view of the garden down below. Shuichi gave in kissing back wishing Yuki'd carry him back into the bedroom.
Down below Tatsuha bent down to show Isilra a pretty flower. She sighed looking up, she was bored. Her gaze settled on the balcony above her…Yuki had his arms around a certain pink haired young man and was kissing him. She looked down again quickly. She didn't know what she felt but Tatsuha had to be distracted. There was no way she could do a spell without him noticing or looking up…he was standing up and he would look up…Oh Athena what was she supposed to do? She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe. She turned Tatsuha around and kissed him, looking over his shoulder at the couple above. Just when she thought Tatsuha would push her away or that she would faint the couple disappeared into the room. She let go of Tatsuha searching helplessly for an excuse.
He was staring at her a little surprised. She bit her lip…what lame excuse was she going to give now? "Um…sorry about that…you um…looked really nice and for a minute I lost my senses…uh…actually, I'd rather kiss you than Taki!"
He looked at her like she was crazy, but before she could say anything he kissed her. Her eyes widened…now what?
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A/N: I know I shouldn't have let them kiss, but seriously, Tatsuha was bound to look up some time and Isilra is impulsive…at least this way, she would just have a bit of embarrassing explanation and Yuki or Shuichi wouldn't be given away. Oh and I'm sorry there's so much Isilra but I have a very important part for her to play so I sincerely hope you like her. And could you guys choose for me? Taki or Tatsuha? Ryuichi lovers…I'm sorry no Ryuichi here, he's Shu-chan's boss remember? Please answer all my insane questions!
Taka