Kay: Hi, everyone! For those of you who don't already know, I had this story posted before, but I didn't like how some of the chapters were written, so I decided to take it down and just re-post it. You can also look foreward to more chapters, so keep an eye out. Even if you read this story before, please read it again. I'm kinda interested in seeing how my old readers react to the new and improved version of the story.

Jay: In other words, she's an egotist fishing for compliments.

Kay: Jason...-.-#

Jay: Brother? Help?

Tay: I refuse to get involved. Anyway, on with the story...

Prolog

There were once two kingdoms: the Kingdom of Fire, and the Kingdome of Storm. The two kingdoms switched back and forth between peace and war. In both kingdoms, there were two children of royal descent: In the Kingdom of Fire, a girl and a boy; and in the Kingdom of Storm, two boys.

When the King of Storm died, there was great contradiction as to which of his two sons should take over; Prince Takao or his elder brother, Prince Hitoshi. Some argued that, as the eldest, Hitoshi should be the new king, while others believed that Takao should be the new king, because his brother had a…habit of rapping the maids that were around the same age as him. But when Prince Takao tragically disappeared, everyone thought that it had been Hiro's doing. However, Hiro loved his brother, and when Takao disappeared, he went insane. Blaming his brother's disappearance on the King of the Fire Kingdom, who had been trying to take over the Storm Kingdome, he declared war. Eventually, the war ended in peace for both kingdoms, but Hitoshi never lost that wild, insane look in his eyes.

Prince Hitoshi had not been far from the truth, however. Knowing of the older of the Storm Princes' weakness, the King had had Tyson kidnapped, so that he would declare war. Then, all the king would have to do was defeat the Storm Kingdom, and it would be his to reign.

Unfortunately, he had not expected the Storm Kingdom's army to be so powerful. Knowing that, to return the kidnapped prince would be to loose his crown, he gave him to his son, as a slave. His son, Prince Kai, had an unhealthy habit of rapping his male slaves who around his age. And, unfortunately for the young prince, Kai seemed to have taken a liking to him.

Because she was a girl, the King of Fire's eldest child, Princess Anita, would never be able to take the throne. As a result, she often dreamed of traveling, but her father forbade it. So, against her father's wishes, Anita ran away, and found herself serving in the Castle of Storm, and Prince Hitoshi had noticed her.

Two people: Takao and Anita. Both miles away from home. Both servants of lecherous princes. What does the future have in store for these two children of nobility? A life chained to the bead of someone who only sees them for their bodies? Or, against all odds, will they find love in the most unlikely of places?

Kay: Oh, God! The wording in the origional version in this.

Josh: C'mon, Kay, it couln't have been that bad...

Jay: Joshie, you weren't here back then, so you wouldn't know, but...

Kay: I USED "I" IN THE ORIGIONAL VERSON OF THIS! AND THE ENTIRE STORY IS IN THIRD PERSON! WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH ME!

Tay: Calm down, Kay. You didn't know it was a bad thing back then. The important thing is that you went back and fixed it.

Kay: ((panting)) I guess you're right. And for those of you who are wondering, I'm using the Japanese names now because they sound more...I don't know...royal? "Prince Takao" and "Prince Hitoshi" just sound better than "Prince Tyson" and "Prince Hiro." But that's just me. Review, and tell me what you think. Flames will most likely be lauged at.

Oh, and I'm just gonna say this now: In this story, Takao is gay. Kai is gay. I should hope you all would know this, considering the fact that the words "Shonen ai" and "KaTaka" are among the first words in the summery. Unfortunately, despite the fact that in the origional version the words "Shonen ai" and "KaTy" in the summery, I still got an anonymous review that said, word for word, and I'm not kidding: "Okay, this is really weird. You actually make it sound like Kai is gay."

...To tell you the truth, the half of me that wasn't scared into old age at the obvious ignorance of the reviewer was lauging my ass off.

Ja ne, minna-san!