Chapter 3 leaving for Japan
-8 years latter-
"Josh! Come on son, Wake up! We need to get to the airport soon" Samuel called. In his bed still was Joshua, Now 15 years old. He started to slowly wake up from his sleep.
"Jeez dad, Let me sleep..." He said to himself as he forced himself out of bed. He walked over to his mirror and looked at his appearance. Josh had bright green hair that reached to his shoulders. The other half of it was black. He had scars all over his average tone body, With one extremely large one crossed over his heart. He had sharp canines as well, But what really stood out, Were his eyes. Something that he hated the most about his appearance.
Josh's eyes were Heterochromia, But in the most corrupted way imaginable. His left eyes sclera was pure black, With the iris and pupil being pure red. His right eyes sclera was sky blue, And it's pupil and iris was pure white.
Joshua quickly looked away from the mirror, His cursed deformities as what he called them were caused by his darkness magic 8 years ago. They permanently stuck with him as he got older, And they weren't going away anytime soon.
"Josh, Come on! You'll miss your plane!" Jessica said.
"Coming!" Josh said as he then got himself ready to go and head out to catch his plane. After he freshened up and packed his things, He ran out of the house and got into the car as they drove off. Joshua was wearing black cargo pants, Red converse, An orange plan shirt, And an old warn out olive drab trench coat. He put on his aviators and pulled out his iPod as he just listened to his music of Broken Iris beautiful girl to pass the time.
"Can't believe I'm doing this..." Joshua said bitterly "This was a mistake!".
Samuel looked at the rear view mirror to see his son looking out of the car window. "Josh, Please. You'll enjoy going to Hagun Academy. Your mother and I went their, And so did your grandparents and great grand parents. You'll love it!" He assured him.
Josh snorted as he crossed his arms, "That's not bad, Dad" he said "Although I still think that this was a mistake". Jessica then looked back at her son.
"Sweetie, Try to think of the positive".
"Like what?".
"You'll be on your own, All by yourself".
"So...".
"You'll get to do whatever you want".
"That still doesn't impress me, Mom".
Jessica smiled at her son, She knew he would act like this, But she could also sense his nervousness and fear. She knew he was still thinking about the incident 8 years ago. She knew how much it haunted him so, And she hoped that he could at least meet someone to talk his problems out to.
'Maybe he might meet a girl while he's here' Jessica thought. That's when the car radio had an announcement:
"Stella Vermillion, The second princess of the Vermillion empire, Will be visiting Japan today. She was accepted at Hagun Academy, The chivalry in Tokyo, With the highest score of all time, and she's been said to be the strongest and a gifted knight. Some even clam that she's on par with the Gekkage royal families heir to the throne, Lord Prince Joshua Gekkage. Oh, Here she comes! Crimson princess, That's Princess Stella! Your highness. Tell us about your enthusiasm for studying abroad-".
"Turn it off!" Joshua said. Samuel turned the radio to another station instead. Josh sighed as he glanced out the window. "Not a fan of her, Son?" Jessica said.
"The Vermillions are considered our equals for generations" Joshua said bitterly "They've been our equals since the ancient times, And so on. Always being in our shadow. Always wanting to follow us, But my question is...why?".
"The Vermillions and Gekkages have been long time rivals since the beginning of time" Jessica said proudly "to them, We are a threat. And we've accepted them as our rivals. But not one of us on either side has married the other. For some of the Vermillions go by some strict old laws, And consider marrying outside of their race is taboo. Both families have-".
"Both families have married son and daughter together since the beginning. But we broke that oath and married outside of our family. And we have not regretted since" Samuel said.
"Wow, That's deep" Josh said. Joshua's parents smiled at each other. "Who knows, You might be the first to be friends with a Vermillion. We have tried to make peace with them, But it always ends with one of them getting beaten into the dust" Samuel said. Joshua smirked as he turned to another track on his iPod.
"Heh, To be friends with my families rival. Then the world is doomed" Josh said.
The family had made their way to the airport. Joshua got out of the car as he walked inside to his terminal. His parents called out to him.
"Bye Josh! Have fun in Japan! Mommy loves you!" Jessica said with a smirk. Josh quickly turned around to face her. "MOM!" Josh said as he ran inside.
"And remember, Never take your collar off! No matter what!" Samuel said. Josh made sure to remember that well, He then shuttered at the incident again but shook it off.
'No...it won't end like that...' He thought as he ran to catch his plane. Joshua made his way to his seat, Which was in first class when the flight attendants found out who he was. Josh laid his head back as he sighed.
"Goodbye homeland, Hello Japan..." He said "Still a mistake I say...".