Chapter 8 old friends return
-outside-
"Joshua was walking around campus as he was thinking about the incident again, It was something that he could never forget. No mater how many times he tried to not thing about it, The memories kept coming back.
'I can't forget...I can never forget what I did...' Joshua thought. As he kept walking, The other students were talking about him.
"Wow! The legendary S-Rank knight!".
"He's so cute! I hope he's single! I want him so badly!".
"What's with his eyes? Their so unique".
Joshua gritted his teeth.
'My eyes...the eyes of the dark...' He thought. That's when Stella ran over to him.
"Joshua!" Stella said as she stopped at his side. Joshua turned to her as he saw her pant. "Stella...what's up? Is Yuri okay?" He said.
"She's fine" Stella said "But I know! I know about it!".
Joshua raised his eyebrow at her, "What are you getting at?". Stella leaned up to his ear.
"I know about what happened at Frostwill, I know about the massacre...".
Joshua instantly backed away from her in fear. He was about to turn and run until Stella grabbed his arm. "No! Wait! I'm not mad at you! Nor will I blame you!" She whispered "I want to help you!".
Joshua looked back at her.
"You can't help me, Stella" Joshua whispered back "Besides, This is my path to walk alone. I don't want you to get involved".
"But you don't have to do it alone!".
"Yes I do!".
"You're being selfish!".
"No, I'm protecting you from myself".
Stella just looked into his eyes, She could see the pain and fear that was inside them, Stella just kept holding his arm. "You don't have to be afraid..." She said "You just have to-".
"Gekkage Senpai!".
That's when a girl jumped on Joshua and held his arm, "Wow, I can finally to you, Senpai!" Stella quickly came over to his side. "W-w-w-what are you doing, Joshua?!" She said.
"That's my question! Umm, Who are you?" Joshua asked her. "I'm Kagami Kusakabe, We're in the same class" Kagami said as her huge breasts were squeezing on Joshua's arm "I'm a big fan of yours!".
"Well, That's cute" Joshua said.
Stella on the other hand puffed up her cheeks in anger as she watched Kagami flirt with Joshua. "I happened to see the mock battle the other day. Senpai, You're the strongest in the world".
"Awww, Thanks for the compliment, Kagami".
That's when Kagami began to squeeze her chest some more onto his arm "To tell you the truth, I'm thinking about starting a newspaper club. And I want you to be on the front page of the historic issue! Please let me interview you!".
Joshua then glanced at the number of other students that were looking at him, Joshua was in a tight spot. "Good for you. You're already so popular from the first day of the school" Stella said as she stormed off "Why won't you accept the interview, "Senpai"? ".
Joshua glared at Stella.
"Yeah! That's right! Walk away, We are done talking!" Joshua yelled. Stella bit her thumb as she closed her eyes.
'No, We're not' she thought 'No matter how many times you'll push the topic away, I'll still follow you...'.
Joshua then looked back at Kagami, "I've already decided the headline! Joshua Gekkage, The legendary S-Rank knight who defeated his families rival genius knight, Wins flawlessly!".
Joshua smiled at her as he rubbed Kagami's head "Sounds cool, But I'll have to do the interview latter I'm afraid" he said as he gently got out of her grip. As Joshua walked away, Someone called out to him.
"I've finally found you, lord Prince".
Joshua stopped walking as he heard that voice, 'I know that voice...' He thought as he looked to find the source of it. He then saw that it was none other than Shizuku Kurogane.
Joshua was speechless "Shizuku...".
Stella turned around to see the girl walk over to him.
"Hey, That's...".
"Lorelei".
"The second best freshmen!".
Shizuku smiled at her old friend. "It's been a while, Lord Prince" Shizuku said happily, Joshua smiled at her "Shizuku! I hardly recognized you!" He said "It's so good to see you again, How's my cousin, Ikki?".
"He's doing great, He'll be heading to London today".
"I'm happy to hear that. We have a lot of catching up to do, Shizuku".
"I can't wait, Lord Prince" Shizuku said.
Shizuku blushed as she then gently pushed Joshua onto a column and locked her lips with his. Everyone was in shock, Minus Kagami who began taking pictures of the whole thing.
"What the hell!?" Stella said.
"It's a scoop! Scoop! Scoop!" Kagami said as she kept taking pictures.
Shizuku and Joshua kept kissing until Shizuku moved her head back, She glanced at Joshua's eyes as she placed her hand on his cheek. "I've missed you for the longest time, Lord Prince" Shizuku said.
Joshua placed his hand over her's.
"Shizuku..." Joshua said in a surprised tone. Stella quickly added into the conversation.
"H-hey, Joshua! W-w-what the hell are you doing!?" She said.
Shizuku spoke "Kissing, Of course" she said "Kissing is a proof of affection. It is done even between a man and a woman who are in a shallow, Fragile and miserable relationship like lover. Then it's only natural that two best friends who are united by a strong bond to do it. It's like a greeting in foreign countries".
"Oh? Really?" Joshua said.
"In my country, Best friends don't kiss like that!" Stella said.
"In any other country, Actually!" Kagami said.
Joshua sighed as he looked at Shizuku. "You hear that?" He asked her. Shizuku just smiled at him "That's them. This is about us, Lord Prince. Considering four years of our bonding with each other, Even sleeping together at night would be a simple greeting for us".
Stella and Kagami shouted "NO IT WOULDN'T!".
Joshua smirked at Shizuku, He sighed poked her head. "This is surprising, Coming from you, Shizuku" he said. Shizuku smiled at him "I'm just joking" she said.
"Oh".
"But if that's what you want...". Shizuku said as she was about to kiss him again, Stella then grabbed Shizuku off of him.
"NO!" Stella said as she pulled Shizuku off of him and put her to the side as she got in his face "Pull yourself together, Joshua! Why are you letting this situation go on?" She asked him. Joshua just glared at her.
"Why the hell do you care if I let my best friend kiss me? I haven't seen her in over four years, Stella!" He said.
"B-b-but Joshua!".
"No! Don't but me! That's my best friend, We've known each other longer, And last I recall, I thought-".
"Sh-shut up!" Stella said. Shizuku then stood up behind them, "You...are the Princess Stella I've heard about" Shizuku said. Stella turned around to see Shizuku in a dark blue aura with small snowflakes showing.
"Why do you get in the way of us and interrupt commoner's communications between best friends?" She asked her. Stella stood up as well.
"There's no way that kind of sticky communications between best friends should exist!" Stella said.
"That's for me and Lord Prince to decide" Shizuku said "You don't know anything about us. If you understand, You should just keep your mouth shut, Princess from my Lord Princes rival family".
"I-I-I am related in a way!".
Joshua looked at Stella "No your not!" he said. Shizuku was now interested. "Oh? How?" Shizuku asked Stella.
Stella blushed as she spoke:
"W-well, Joshua is...".
"He's...?".
"He's my master, And I am his servant!".
Everyone except Shizuku gasped in surprise, Joshua facepalmed "You fucking dumbass! Why did you go and announce that!?" He said bitterly, Kagami got in his face.
"A big scandal!" She said "The headline of the first issue should be changed to...struggle in my arms. The legendary Prince and a bonded Princess in closed room for 72 hours!".
Joshua shook his head at her "No, That's not even true!" He said. "It's very true. When you won the battle, You gave me an order" Stella said.
Joshua raised an eyebrow at her.
"And the order was-".
Stella then blushed as she held her hands together.
"Stella, Sleep with me in the same bed" she said.
Joshua twitched a bit in his right eye.
"I'm gonna fucking kill you in your sleep, I swear to god Stella!". Shizuku just looked at her friend.
"Is this true..?" Shizuku asked him. Joshua looked up at her, "What's that, Shizuku?".
"Lord Prince, I'm asking you if it's true".
Joshua scratched his cheek. "No...we have a bunk bed and-".
"It's all true! Very true 100%!" Stella said, Joshua then made his Crystal skin form on his right arm. "I am so breaking your neck...Stella!" He said. That's when Shizuku giggled a bit.
"Heh...heh heh...I see. In that case, I will set you free, Right now, Lord Prince" she said as she held up her right hand "Splash, Yoi Shigure".
Shizuku then made her device appear in her hand as she held her sword backhanded. Joshua sighed, "You can't be serious, Shizuku".
"It's alright, Lord Prince. My element is water. Stella is fire. I can kill her".
"Oh yeah! That means you trump her completely" Joshua said making Shizuku smile at him. Stella then summoned her device.
"Serve me, Laevatein!" She said as she aimed her sword at Shizuku, "That's a very modest device. Just like your breasts" she mocked.
"The same goes for you. When you have breasts with no class, You have a tasteless device" Shizuku mocked back "They're both wastefully large".
"Well, Well, Well. Words of jealousy from someone with poor breasts and mind are really hard to listen to" Stella said. Shizuku just looked at her.
"Ugly".
"Flat".
Shizuku gritted her teeth as the two girls then charged at each other.
"GO TO HELL!".
Joshua blinked as he sighed.
"Oh...shi-".
Boom!
-few hours latter-
Kurono had found out about the incident involving Stella and Shizuku. She immediately punished them for using their devices on school grounds.
"Inside or outside of school, The use of devices in other than a permitted area is forbidden" Kurono said "Normally, You'd be suspended, But taking into consideration that it was your first day, You can thank me for this generous punishment".
Stella and Shizuku were cleaning the girls bathroom floors as punishment for using their devices. "Thank you very much, Director" Stella said.
"I'm sorry, I'll never do that again" Shizuku said.
Kurono smiled "Good. You can go home after you finish all the female bathrooms in the school. There are 27 of them, Just so you know" she said as she walked off. Stella and Shizuku just kept going at it as they cleaned.
"Washboard".
"Advertising balloon".
"The size of an infant's".
"Bigger than old whore's".
"Wet bucket".
"Small fireworks".
"Zero feet above sea level".
"Mt. Everest".
"A broken and flat water pillow".
"Over-inflated sex doll...".
-that afternoon-
Shizuku and Stella had finished cleaning all of the female bathrooms. They were tired and wanted to go home. Stella stopped walking as she glared at Shizuku.
"I-I think I'll give you a break now!" She said. Shizuku smirked at her "So you admit to losing?" Shizuku asked "Stay away from Lord Prince Joshua for the rest of your life".
"I don't admit that! And I'm sorry to tell you, But it's impossible to stay away from him forever" Stella said "We're roommates".
Shizuku smirked at her. "No matter what you do with that shameless body of yours, Lord Prince Joshua is mine" she said proudly. Stella looked over at her, "Don't be silly! A best friend doing such a thing to a Prince? Who's being shameless?".
"There are things only best friends can understand".
"Like what!? Tell me!".
"That's...well...".
Stella walked up to her and got in her face. "What?" Stella asked. Shizuku just looked at her "Whatever it is, You'll never understand how Lord Prince Joshua feels!" Shizuku said "Because you're not a member of the Gekkage family! Nor close to them, You're the enemy!".
"Don't suddenly bring up your family business! You never know!" Stella said.
Shizuku just glared at Stella.
"So do you understand?! How Joshua felt when he was soon known as a cursed one!? How his darkness affected his life for over 10 years!? How he had to deal with endless nightmares of the the incident that occurred at Frostwill?! How he keeps having to wear a collar that he can't stand, Or if he takes it off he becomes corrupted!? No! You don't know him at all!?".
Stella backed off as Shizuku walked away "Either way, You have nothing to do with us" Shizuku said "theirs nothing you can do...".
Stella just watched her leave as she placed her hand over her heart.
"Joshua..." She said "I know...their has to be...".
-Shizuku's room-
Shizuku made her way to her dorm room as she opened the door.
"Hi, Welcome" a voice said "I've finally met my roommate. I was starting to worry because you never showed up". The figure looked at her "I'm Nagi Arisuin. My friends call me "Alice" " Alice said said with a wink.
Shizuku became a little hesitant.
'I wish you were here right now Lord Prince Joshua...' She thought.
-elsewhere-
Stella was sitting on the park bench that her and Joshua were at as she was in thought, She took Shizuku's words to heart.
"Over 10 years...that's so cruel.." She said to herself. She then glanced up to see Joshua walking down the road with his hood up over his head, "Ah! Joshua!" Stella called out to him, Joshua stopped walking as he saw Stella.
"What do you want...?" Joshua said bitterly and with a bit of anger in his voice. Stella was taken back a bit, But kept her composure.
"W-well..." She said "I was waiting for you".
"I don't give a shit...".
Stella knew that he was still mad at her for finding out about the truth of what really happened at Frostwill. She decided to say something else.
"I found out a bit more..." She said "You suffered...for 10 long years".
"Ah, Shizuku told you about that part huh?" Joshua said. Stella nodded at him, "-sighs- I guess I shouldn't be mad at you. But I'm still not letting you help me!".
"No! You shouldn't have to suffer like that! You should let the people you care about help you with how your feeling" Stella said. Joshua crossed his arms.
"You can never help me, Nor can you stop what I have! For 10 long years, I've kept that title as the cursed one. The one to fall, Just like the rest of them that are unfortunate to be born with darkness magic. But Frostwill...I can hear screams in my sleep...blood on the walls...teeth filled with small bone fragments. I thought I was going to die on my birthday that day, But I didn't...".
"And you're alive, Standing here before me" Stella said "I'll follow you...even if you shut me out of your life. I'll still follow you!".
"The path I walk is full of thorns, Bloodshed, And never ending nightmares" Joshua said "Are you truly sure that you can walk down that path with me? Knowing full well that I might never return?".
Stella just stood there, She wanted to help. She just knew she had to in some way. "I'll...follow you. Even down that road" she said. Joshua smirked as he walked over to her.
"You've made a terrible error in judgment".
"And I'll take full responsibility!".
-meanwhile-
Shizuku was telling her roommate Alice about how her life had been with Joshua. Alice was listening to every word she said.
"I really liked Joshua because he was so kind to my brother and I, Even though he was a Prince, He and his family treated us as if we were theirs. But after the incident at Frostwill...he was never the same again. I watched for over 4 years the pain that he went through with his darkness, And I decided, I would give him all the love myself. And help vanquish the darkness within him with love".
"Hmm" Alice said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. We just met and I'm talking to you about this" Shizuku said.
"You want to find a way to free him from the darkness that lingers over him?" Alice said.
"Huh?".
"It's truly a sad fate, That those who become born with the darkness magic can never control it. And those that let it control them instead are turned into beasts. Forever doomed to never return to what they once were again" Alice said "Well, You and I will have a long relationship, So you can talk to me about anything you feel like. Think of me as your big sister".
Shizuku looked at Alice as she nodded and smiled at her.
"Yes" Shizuku said.
-latter that night-
Stella was making dinner for Joshua and herself, Joshua was in the bathroom taking a bath. She then glanced at the bathroom door for a bit.
Inside the bathroom, Joshua was in the bathtub soaking in the water. He had his eyes closed as he could only see the nightmares in his head.
'Dammit...I can't stand this...Why won't they go?' He thought.
"Joshua, I'm coming in!" Stella said.
"Fine, Wait...".
Joshua then opened the slide door to see Stella in a pink bikini. Joshua had to admit, His nightmares were gone for a bit. Stella just looked at him.
"W-what? Why are you staring at me like that?" Stella said. Joshua sighed "Stella I'm curious" he said "Why are you in here?".
Stella moved her body a bit.
"Well...I thought I'd wash your body" she said.
"Why?".
"Because, You know...I am your servant, Right? And this is what they do. It's my duty, Yeah".
Joshua raised an eyebrow at her, He had to admit, That was nice of her to do this. But he wanted to soak and reflect on his past. "Look, Stella..." Joshua said "I appreciate it, But you don't have to do it".
Stella then turned to face him, Making her breasts bounce a bit. Joshua blushed as he began to think of something other than his past.
"Doing it without being asked is what the top-notch servants do! So just sit down now!" Stella said with determination.
"Stella..." Joshua said.
Stella began to lose her temper as she started to active her fire magic, "Do you want me to boil you?" She said. Joshua was now starting to lose his temper as well as he activated his Crystal magic.
"Do you want me to impale you...?" He said.
The two royal children stared at each other, Both of them refused to back down, Joshua sighed in frustration and gave in. "Ugh! Okay! Fine! You can wash me!" He said.
Stella smiled as she got the bath sponge. Joshua got out of the bathtub and sat on a stool as he glanced at her, Stella looked away.
"What now?" Joshua asked her.
Stella was starting to blush "P-p-put on a towel..." She said. Josh sighed as he went to get a towel.
"Candy ass..." He said under his breath as he put a short towel around his waist and sat down. Stella walked over to him as she wet the bath sponge and began to wash Joshua from the front. Joshua moaned in bliss, He had to admit, This did feel great. And wasn't going to let anything, Not even his nightmares stop this.
Joshua opened one of his eyes as he looked at Stella washing him, He couldn't help but stare at her breasts as they kept swaying all over as she washed him. Stella was breathing hard as she kept washing Joshua. He eyes glanced at his tone body and scars, She then stopped and walked behind him.
"Next...I'll wash your back" she said. Joshua nodded as she leaned down and began to wash him.
"Hey, Joshua?".
"Yeah, Stella?".
"Do you...well...like girls breasts and stuff...?".
Joshua was starting to get red all over his face. "Why...why ask me that?" He said. Stella looked at the floor as she stopped washing him.
"Because when that girl Kagami was pushing hers against you, You kind of seemed happy" Stella said as she activated her magic a bit as she was getting red in the face "And you've been looking at...well...mine...a lot".
Joshua sighed.
"I'm sorry for looking..." He said with honesty in his voice. "You don't have to apologize, But tell me the truth!" Stella said. Joshua swallow a bit.
"I won't lie to you, Stella. I don't like them. I LOVE them!" He said truthfully.
"I see..." Stella said still bright red, She then put the bath sponge on the floor as she move her body close to Joshua's back, Pressing her large breasts against him. Joshua instantly knew what he was feeling.
"S-Stella...".
"Don't move! They'll rub against you! You can't move!".
"F-fine...".
That's when the top part of her bikini fell off. Stella glanced to see her top on the floor as she got even redder than before. Joshua tried to glance back at her.
"Hey...you okay-". Stella put her hand on his head. "No! Don't turn around!" She said, Joshua glanced down to see her top on the floor as he figured it out.
"You're naked".
Stella just kept her chest pressed into his back.
"NOOO!".
Stella was about slap him, But she didn't hear her hand impact with his skin.
"Huh?".
Stella saw that Joshua had caught her hand before it could touch him, He then glanced at her a bit. "I'm moving" he said.
"No! Don't!".
"Too bad!".
"I said no!".
"Stella!".
"Joshua!".
Sadly, Joshua was able to move his body around. Stella was on her butt as she glared at him. "Idiot! I said don't move, And you do it anyway! You are-ah!". Joshua grunted at her.
"I'm what? Why I'd you stop talking?" He asked her.
"J-j-j-j-Joshua...".
"What...?".
"L-look...".
Joshua glanced at Stella who was now in front of him, She was very close to his body. However Joshua then glanced down to see Stella's breasts had clamped his penis between them. Joshua gulped twice as he looked at Stella.
"Stella, I'm gonna back up" he said. That's when Stella held onto his legs.
"Don't!".
"Stella! Look what's between your tits. My dick is in there!".
"I know...just...don't move, Please" she said. Joshua just looked at her. He really didn't get why Stella was acting like this, However his thoughts were to a grinding halt when started to feel Stella's breasts begin to move. Joshua looked to see Stella moving her breasts on his cock.
"Agh! S...Stella!".
"Boys like this kind of thing, Right?" Stella said as she kept rubbing her breasts on Joshua's cock. Joshua was fighting back the urge to just push her down and take her right there, He kept grunting as she kept rubbing her tits on his cock.
"Stella! Ah! Agh! You keep this up...I'll...".
Stella then stopped as she leaned back on her knees, Joshua just looked at her as she was still red in the face.
"H-how did it feel?" Stella asked him "That was...my first time".
Joshua didn't say a word as he sighed and slowly got up from the stool. He walked over to the door, But turned to her.
"This never happened...Got it!? You washed my back, That's all!" He said as he walked out of the bathroom, Stella just looked at the floor. "Joshua..." Stella said in a hurt tone "Did, Did he not like it?". She then just held her legs up to her chest.
"I'm...I'm sorry..." She said to herself. Outside of the bathroom door, Joshua was standing there on the other side. He had heard her.
'You don't have to apologize...' He thought 'I just didn't want to hurt you or worse...that's why I did what I did. if anyone needs to apologize...It's me...'.