Hi everyone. Sorry is I haven't update for a week. School is throwing a lot of stuff at me. Anyway, before we get started this chapter will be Noel-centric. Yay, finally! I'd like to thank KJC71790 for working with me on this chapter and for his OC. Enjoy!


Chapter 18: The Prince of Flames

-Los Angeles-

At the United Airlines from Los Angeles International Airport, is man of seventeen. He was walking to the gate, where his plane that will be heading to Tokyo Narita International Airport. He looked at the board that has all the flights and the departures.

United Airlines Flight 32

Destination: Tokyo, Japan

Terminal 7, Gate 76

Departs: LAX 11:05 am

It was 10:50 am and the announcer called for the boarding group A1-20. The man looked at his plane ticket. The ticket has his name Kyle Chang and his seat is A7. He walked into the line, got his ticket scanned, aboard the plane, and took out his iPhone to get ready for the five hour ride when he got to his seat.

"Attention all passengers, the plane is about to depart. Please turn off all electronic and fasten your seat belt." the flight attendant replied.

Kyle turned off his phone in slight annoyance, but it didn't last long. As the plane took off and left the ground, he looked out the window to see the beautiful deep blue ocean. He smiled at the color as he took out a book from his backpack and started reading.

-Tokyo, Japan-

The plane arrived at the Narita International Airport at 4:05 pm in the first terminal, Gate 56. Once he got off the plane and reached the gate with his suitcase, Kyle went outside the airport. He hail for a cab and went into it.

"Good afternoon, Sir. Where would you like to go?" the man behind the wheel asked.

"I guess at a hotel will be fine." Kyle answered.

"That will be ten yen total please." the taxi man replied before even starting the wheel.

"How do you know if it's ten yen when you haven't drive yet?" Kyle asked.

"The hotel isn't far off. Plus, I've been doing this for thirty years now, I know my way around this town." the man answered. Kyle gave him exactly ten yen as the taxi man started to drive.

-Hotel Room-

Once he have arrived at the hotel, he asked for a room. Since he was the first to came in, the manger offered him a big room for the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday with no charge.

"Awesome!" he exclaimed as he grabs the card key and went to the third floor with his suitcase and backpack.

When he got to his room, it was indeed one of the largest rooms. Everything was neat and tidy. A large bed was to his left and a flat screen T.V. to his right. There is also a large balcony with maroon curtains on both sides. He went to the balcony to inhale the cool breeze. Despite that it's close to December, it's not that chilly yet. He heard yelling and looked down at the view of the beach to see four girls. He can see a girl dressed in pink, who is doing all the yelling. He looked at the direction she is waving to and saw that on the waves is a surfer.

'She's probably cheering for that guy.' Kyle realized.

He looked down again to see a different girl in blue, who is closer to the girl in pink, the third girl in green, walking behind them, and the fourth...

"No way... After all this time..." Kyle thought out loud.

He went back inside the room and quickly changed to head down to the beach.

-Beach-

Meanwhile, the girls are at the beach. Lucia, Hanon, and Rina are there to watch Kaito practice for his surfing competition on Saturday, Karen and Coco are working with Maki at his bar, Seira is at home along with Akari and Miyuki. Lucky, her fever went down the next day after she stayed home, but Nikora insisted that she stay at the bath house so she can make a full recovery. Akari and Miyuki both volunteered to stay with her to keep company. Plus, Takumi promised to come visit her in the afternoon. As for Noel, she is at the beach with the girls. She is wearing a two piece indigo swim suit and her hair is tied into a pony tail. She is sitting in a chair that has a beach umbrella to block the intense heat of the sun, with a book in her hands.

She is reading a story about a princess being cursed by an evil wizard, who turned her into a swan. In everyone morning, she would be a swan while every night, she would turned back into a human, and a prince's vows to love her for all of eternity. The more she read, the more she became anxious of what will happen. She also felt like Julie, Akari, and Miyuki are like the characters in the fairytale she have read so far. Julie is like a mixture of Briar Rose and Rose Red, and the sisters are like Rapunzel, however, she can image Akari more as the princess in the book she's reading.

"Is that a good book?" a voice asked. Noel looked up to see a man with black hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a red pair of swim trunks.

"Yes, it is. Ano..." Noel trailed off, not knowing this friendly stranger's name.

"Kyle, Kyle Chang." he introduced himself. "What are you reading?"

"Noel." she simply told Kyle her name. "I'm reading a story about the Swan Princess."

"The Swan Princess? That's one of my favorite stories." Kyle replied.

"Really? I loved it so far, but don't spoil the ending." she teased.

"I won't." he laughed. "That's a pretty bracelet you're wearing." he notice the piece of jewelry around her left wrist. The bracelet was made out of many sapphire jewels with silver sterling connecting each one.

"Oh, thank you. To be honest, I don't remember where I got this." Noel admit as she looked at it.

"I'm sure you will remember one day." Kyle assured her.

"Thanks." she giggled a bit. "Where are you from, Kyle?" she asked.

"From Los Angeles, I'll be staying for the rest of Thanksgiving." he answered. Noel tilted her head a bit in slight confusion as she look at the man next to her.

She asked," H-have we met before?"

"I don't recall meeting a kind girl like you before." he replied, however, unknown to Noel, that was a lie.

"Oh, I-I probably have confused you with someone else then." Noel concluded, she felt a bit embarrass at her question.

"Noel!" a voice called out her name. The two turned to see that it was Karen who called out to her.

Karen was wearing a two piece lilac swim suit with dark purple floral designs. She is followed by Coco who is also wearing a two piece except, it's yellow.

"I have to go, that's my sister." Noel closed her book and left her seat. When she reached her sister, she asked, "What is it, Karen?"

"Nee nee-san, who was that guy? Are you hanging out with him?" Karen teased.

"No, we just met!" Noel exclaimed. "Wait, did you came here just to asked me that?"

"Of course not. It was break time, so Maki-san let us have fun." Karen gave an excuse, but Noel knows that wasn't the real reason.

"Coco?" Noel asked her friend.

"Well... It's true that Maki-san gave us a break..." Coco trailed off, not sure what to say.

"Coco!" Noel demand for the answer.

"But when Karen saw you with that man, she suggested to know what's your relationship with him is." Coco confessed immediately.

"Coco!" Karen shout at her.

"Karen!" Noel did the same with her.

"What?" Karen questioned.

"I don't have a relationship with him. He's just a friend- someone I just met." Noel can feel her face is blushing.

"Oh, is that so?" Karen asked.

"Yes." she answered.

"Then why is you face turning red?" she pointed out.

"And what if I asked the same about you and Subaru? And your date?" Noel countered. It was Karen's turn for her face to become red.

"T-there nothing going on between me and Subaru." Karen stuttered.

"Noel." Coco spoke up.

Noel sighs, "What is it, Coco?"

She simply points to her seat. No one was by it, so the girls went towards it. On top of Noel's book is a piece of paper. Noel unfolds it and read it.

Dear Noel,

Meet me at the beach this afternoon. It will be quiet by then.

See you, Kyle.

Noel finish reading the paper and stared at it more.

'I wonder what he wants.' Noel thought.

-Hotel Room-

At the hotel room, Kyle changed to a red shirt and black pants. He fall on the comfy bed as he remembered his first time meeting the Indigo Mermaid Princess.

-Flashback (Three Years Ago)-

Three years ago in Los Angeles, a precious gem- a sapphire was discovered at the beach that is shaped as a perfect crescent moon by a gemologist. His discovery was made world wide.

"It's a fascinating discovery," the man replied in the microphone. "This gem is perfectly shaped as the crescent moon!"

"What do you call your gem?" a reporter on T.V. asked.

"I call it the Starlit Sky." the gemologist answered.

Fourteen year-old Kyle was watching the screen at home until he turned it off and heads out to the beach.

-Beach-

It was morning and already everyone is at the beach getting ready to spend their time playing, swimming, and sunbathing. While he is strolling along the sandy place, he notice a girl of thirteen ran passed him. She has dark indigo hair and is wearing a dark blue dress. She wasn't watching where she was going and almost ran into him if he haven't moved aside. Before she was out of his sight, he could have sworn he saw a glimpsed of an indigo shell pendant shining in the sunlight. He turned to see her disappear into the crowd.

"It couldn't be..." he thought out loud.

He have heard stories from his parents about mermaids and their princesses. They used to meet with humans until an terrible act caused the Sea Goddess, Aqua Regina, to wipe every human's memories of their existence. Very few retained it because of their noble hearts, trust, and promises to keep their secret safe. His father told him that his ancestor once served a king who was in love with the Sea Goddess. Those who retain their memories band together to form an organization known as the Guardians of Secret. In honor of the trust and the promise, a different Goddess blessed each members, royal or not, of the organization with magic. Since Aqua Regina's protectors of the sea are the Mermaid Princesses, this Goddess' protectors of the land are the Guardian Princes. Each gift is passed down to the descendents of the first and original princes. His mother also told him that the difference between a mermaid and a princess is their necklace. While both looked similar, the princess' shell pendant have wings.

'She must be in trouble.' Kyle thought as he runs after the girl. As he runs through the crowd, he can hear someone's voice.

"Hey cutie, do you want to hang out with us?" he heard a teen's voice asked.

"N-no, I have to get going." he heard a shy, gentle, female voice answered.

"Come on, let's have some fun." another suggested.

"No!" the female voice shouted.

When Kyle reached the clearing, he saw the girl that almost ran into him is surrounded by two teenage boys. One of the boys was pulling the girl by her wrist while she is struggling to get free.

"Hey!" Kyle shouted and got their attention.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Chang, the school's class prince." the older teen who has the girl mocked.

"Insult me again and you'll regret it." Kyle warned.

"Oh, we're scared of you threats... Not!" the other replied.

"Let her go." Kyle demand.

"Why should we? After all, she wanted to play with us." the older teen answered. He then turned to the girl, "Isn't that right?" the girl shook her head no, she was becoming concern for her own safety.

"I won't say it again or would you rather get some broken bones?" he is now threaten them.

"Hmph, you and what army?" the older one scoffed.

"This one." Kyle answer as he walk towards the other teen with his fist in his hand.

The other teen took a step back, "You know, perhaps we can let her go, right Aito?"

The older teen, Aito, sighs in annoyance as he push the girl to the sand. He and the other teen left after they glared at the fourteen year-old. Kyle went to the girl to help her.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he asked in concern.

"I'm fine." the girl simply replied. He helped her get back on her feet.

"Who are you?" he questioned.

"My name is Noel. And yours?" Noel asked.

"Kyle." he answered. "What were you doing here?"

"I was hoping to see the Starlit Sky." Noel replied, though Kyle can tell that the answer was only half of it.

"Why?"

"I can't tell, sorry." she apologized.

"That's alright, it's not my business anyway, but if you want, I can take you there to see it." he suggested.

"Really?" Noel's sapphire eyes widen as they are filled with hope.

"Yes, really." Kyle replied.

-Museum-

Kyle took her to the museum where he heard that the Starlit Sky is being displayed, but before they even entered, they saw a person dressed in many clothing, running away from the place. The alarms started to ring.

"That thief must have take the gem!" Kyle exclaimed.

"We have to get it back." Noel replied as they both chased after the thief.

-Beach-

It was evening and the beach is no longer crowded. In fact, there isn't any people at all. The two ran after the thief as he or she jumped into the water.

"The thief is getting away!" Kyle exclaimed.

"You stay here, Kyle!" Noel told him as she dives into the water.

"Wait, Noel-" he got cut off by the sound of splashing.

-Sea-

The thief shed her disguised to reveal a woman with deep red hair and a purple eel tail. Noel is swimming after the sea demon.

"Wait!" she called out to her.

"So you came, Mermaid Princess." the sea demon noticed her as she stops. "You must really love this gem to be chasing after me. Honestly, this is such a surprise. I came here to give Gaito-sama this lovely gem, but now I can capture you and give you to him as well." the sea demon declared as she summoned her water dragons.

Noel is forced to swim away from the creature, trying to escape by going to the surface, but the water dragon is faster. By the time she reached the surface, the water dragon wrapped itself around her, pinning her arms to her sides. She was having trouble breathing as the water dragon wrapped itself tightly around her waist.

-Beach-

The water dragon pop out of the water as the sea demon transform into a human. Her form didn't change much, just her purple tail have turned into legs that is hidden beneath her purple dress. She walked up to the captured princess with a smirk on her face. Noel was really losing air now and she cried out in pain as she is being wrapped even more tighter.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you." the sea demon assured her, though that didn't help much.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?" Noel asked between gasps.

"Well, like I said, I want you. I shall give you to Gaito-sama and he shall praise me for my catch for I am Izuru. And also, for this gem." Izuru hold out the sapphire in front of her.

"Please, I need that. That belongs to my kingdom." Noel pleads as she is gasping for air.

"And help you protect your kingdom?" Izuru asked in a mocking tone as if a child was saying it. "Do you think I'm stupid? I know what this Starlit Sky does. Gaito-sama has told me that each kingdom has a gem that protects the palace and the princesses. It will ruined his plans and I will not disappoint him. Now, I think it's time that you take a nap. You have been tired from your search, rest easy now." she told the helpless princess as her servant squeezed Noel more tighter. Her sight is starting to be distorted as she is close to passing out. "Don't worry, Princess. I'll take care of you."

"Not if I can help it!" a voice shouted.

Izuru looked up on a cliff to see a red figure. The person is wearing a red hooded-clock as he draws for his sword. He jumped above the dragon as his sword glowed red and sliced the monster into half, freeing Noel from its grasp. His sword release red flames the moment it made contact with the creature. He landed on his foot with Noel in his arms as his cloak falls behind him.

"Who-Who are you!" Izuru furiously demand.

Noel opened her eyes a bit to see her savior. He wore a red Dacron coat with a white shirt tucked inside, along with black pants and boots. The setting sun that shines on the red cloak made it looked like flames are dancing around him. A red mask that has phoenix feather attached at the end concealed his face. Noel also wanted to asked who is this man, but she ends of coughing instead.

"Don't strain yourself, I'll be back to pick you up soon." the man told her as she gave a little nod before she rest her eyes.

"Who are you!" Izuru demand again. The man flip his cloak as he turn towards the sea demon.

"I am the Fire Prince... And I won't forgive you for hurting the Indigo Mermaid Princess, witch." he told her.

"Shut up!" Izuru yelled as she summoned more water dragons to attack him. The Fire Prince destroyed all of them one by one, protecting the princess. "Don't push your luck!" she warned as she summoned even more. One of the dragons knocked his flaming sword out of his hand. "Now, how will you protect yourself? But more importantly, protect the Mermaid Princess?"

He smiled, "I don't need my sword... That was just for show."

"What the heck are you talking about?" Izuru is becoming more and more irritated.

"Allow me to show you." the Fire Prince used magic to hold red fire in his hand that is covered in leather gloves. He then throw the hot flames at the sea demon as her water dragons intervene to protect their master. However, the moment they intervene, they became sizzled water.

Izuru growled, "I won't forget about this! And don't think you've won!" she destroyed the sapphire, crumbling it into many pieces. "Now she can never protect her kingdom." she smiled before disappearing.

-Night-

The Fire Prince stayed with Noel until the sun has set. The moon was out and so is the high tides. Noel woke up to see the masked man next to her.

"Who are you?" Noel asked quietly.

"I am the Fire Prince and a swear to protect you." he answered. He showed her the remaining pieces of the Starlit Sky, "I was able to save you, but I couldn't do the same with the sapphire. I'm sorry."

"That's okay, I just don't know what to do now..." Noel trailed off.

"Why did you came here, all the way to Los Angeles, just to get the Starlit Sky?" the Fire Prince asked.

"It was to protect my kingdom in the Arctic Ocean from any danger. However, one day, someone stole the gem. I guess it was that sea demon, Izuru. She must have dropped it while returning to her lair and it ended up here. That is the reason why I came here... And I now don't know what to do." Noel explained.

"It might not be able to protect your kingdom, but it might be able to protect you." the Fire Prince told her.

"What do you mean by that?" Noel asked.

"I'm sorry, but right now, it's too early for you to know who I am." he replied as moved his hand in a circular motion once.

Noel became unconscious as she falls into his arms. He took out a deep red garnet that is shaped as a sun. He crushed the gem and put it next to the sapphire pieces. With his magic, he melt the garnet pieces connect them to the sapphires. It links with at least eleven pieces before he stopped his magic. The melted garnet pieces in the light of the full moon became sterling silver. He put the bracelet around her wrist.

He whispered into her ear, "You might not remember me after you wake up, but I'll watch over you and I'll protect you that next time we meet. Until then, farewell Noel."

He disappeared into the flames after he is sure that Noel is at a safe distance away from his magic.

A few minutes later, Noel woke up, confused at why she is on land. She took the sapphire pieces and dragged herself to the water as she went home.

From a distance, Kyle watched her as her tail sparkle in the moonlight.

"Goodbye, Noel. Let's hope we meet again one day."

-Flashback Ends-

"And that day has final come. I get to see you again." Kyle told Noel spiritually.

"Kyle." a voice call out to him as he sat up from his bed. The spirit of the Red Mermaid Princess appeared to him.

"Hey, it's been a while." Kyle comments.

Julie gave a small smile, "Yes, it has." she has taken physical form and sat next to him.

"When will you wake up?" he asked.

"Probably in two more days. The girls will have to get ready tomorrow before coming to save me." Julie answered. She smile fell as she looked at him with worried eyes, "Did you find it?"

He became serious, "Yes, I have. However, I can't get it, it's protected by a spell. Only you can get it because it's your sister pearl."

"I see..." Julie trail off as she is starting to lose her physical form.

"Julie." he wanted to comfort his friend, except he has a loss of words.

"Go." she suddenly told him. "She's waiting for you, right?" she smiled as she faded away.

Kyle smiled at Julie for being such a good friend to him as he went out the door.

-Beach-

Kyle went to the beach to meet with Noel in the afternoon just like he said. He saw her leaning on a rock as she is waiting for him. She looked up when she saw him.

"Kyle." she called out to his name.

Suddenly, there was a loud boom. Noel looked in the direction where that explosion came from. She couldn't see from that far distance, but can made out three figures in the air.

'It's them.' she thought.

"Noel, look out!" Kyle told her as a large wave started to crash at the two. Noel reverted into her mermaid form while Kyle is drowning in the water.

'Dang it!' he thought in his head as he is being pulled by the rip current. As a Prince of Fire, water is his weakness. He can swim, but not in way deep water, especially when the water is doing the pulling. He is starting to lose air really fast.

"Hang in there!" Noel exclaimed as she grabbed him and swim to the surface.

-Rocky Area-

In the rocky parts of the beach, Noel lay Kyle flat on his back. She put a hand on his cheek as he started to stir.

"Shh... I'll be right back, stay here." Noel told him as she looked up ahead, hearing three voices.

~Indigo Pearl Voice!~

She transform into her super idol form and went to see what the three wing demons are planning.

-Clearing-

"Are you sure this plan will work?" Alala asked.

"Of course it will, Shika-sama said so!" Lady Bat replied.

"I can't wait to see who shows up." Lanhua comments. "I can't wait any longer."

"You don't have to!" they turned to see the Indigo Mermaid Princess. "You made that explosion, right?"

"Your very clever Princess, but not smart enough to come here all alone." Lady Bat told her. "Lanhua, do it now!"

Lanhua throw a dark jewel that is shaped like a ball. It landed in front of Noel's feet and then explode. She cough because of the smoke, but then scream in surprise when she lost her balance and fell to the sand. She looked behind her to see that she has her mermaid tail again. When the smoke cleared she turned to face the three wing demons.

"What did you do to me?" she asked fearfully.

"Ah, it works! Anyway, that, my dear Princess, was a special crystal design for only mermaids made by Shika-sama. It has the power to block your pearl for a temperately amount of time, so now your stuck and your pearl won't call the others." Lady Bat explained.

"And this time, we're trying something new, so come out!" Lanhua shouted.

Rising from the sand is a giant mechanical beast that resembles an eel. It was about 25ft and it looked like it's made out of silver. It looked at Noel like a prey- a fish out of water and went for the attack. However, before it could, a sword landed between Noel and the beast. Everyone turned to the direction it was throw from and saw the Fire Prince. He moved forward and also landed next to his sword.

"Wait a minute, who are you!" Lady Bat demand.

He turned a little bit towards Noel, "So we meet again. I'm happy to see you again, Noel."

"Eh?" Noel could only questioned in confusion as she look at the man in awe.

'Why do I feel like I've met him before?' she wondered.

"So your her ally, right? Then you shall also be capture!" Lanhua suggest.

"I'll explain everything later." he whisper to her before turning back to face the enemies. He grabbed his sword and spun it once before charging into battle. He destroyed the beast, while everyone watch in shock.

"Impossible..." Alala spoke.

"How is it possible?" Lanhua was taken aback.

"Looks like you don't know your elements. Pure silver can be easily destroy since it is soft enough to be melted by my blade." the Fire Prince told them.

"Just who do you think you are!" Alala shouted.

"I am the Fire Prince." he answered.

"Well, we're not done yet-" Lady Bat got cut off by the voice of his master.

"No, for now retreat. I have an important assignment for you." he heard his master's voice told him.

"Looks like today is your lucky day, but we'll be back and you'll regret it." Lady Bat warn the Fire Prince before all three of them retreat.

He turned back to Noel, "Let's go to a quieter place." he suggested as he picked her up.

-Quiet Beach-

The Fire Prince took the Indigo Princess to a boulder, where they both sit to see the starry night sky.

"Have we met before?" Noel asked the Prince of Fire.

"Yes." he simply answered.

He turned to face her and gave her a kiss. Noel was a little be surprise, it was her first kiss, but she relax as she closed her eyes. Memories are coming back to her as she remember who this man is. They pull apart and the Fire Prince waited for the Mermaid Princess' response.

"I-I remember... You. You saved my three years ago from Izuru." Noel told him calmly. "But I don't understand, why did you took my memories?"

"Because back then, if Gaito was to know that you have fallen in love, he might've used me to get to you. I couldn't risked it, but like I said before, I'll watched over you- I have watched over you." he explain. "You just didn't know." he pointed to the bracelet she's wearing.

"So that's why I have it... You gave it to me." Noel realized.

He nodded, "I used some pieces of the Starlit Sky and some pieces of the Rising Phoenix to create that bracelet. It was to ensure your safety, but..."

"I took it off when I got back home." Noel finished. "I couldn't remember, but I knew that the bracelet you gave me was special, so I put it somewhere safe." she explain as she turned to look at him. "Why did you make it in the first place?"

"The first time I saved you, I felt something. The beautiful, calm, sea that gently sings and the fire that gives off warmth and protect people with passion. The moment I first saw you, I've fallen... But I know that I can't always be there to protect you, so that's the reason why I made it in the first place." he explained.

"You did it out of love." Noel realized.

"Because I love you." he told her. He started to stand up, "I think I should go now, plus, your friends might be wondering where you are."

"Yes, it's just..." Noel trailed off.

"What?" he asked.

"That dark crystal..." she trailed off.

"Don't worry, I think the effects is going to wear off soon. You should go home." he plant a kiss on her cheek. "I'll see you soon." he told her before he left.

After a few minutes later, Noel manage to transform back into her human self. She walked around the beach and was heading for the bath house when Kyle came up to her.

"Noel, where have you been? I've been looking all over for you." he told her.

"Oh, I had some stuff to do..." Noel half-lied.

"Were you hurt? The last time I saw you is when that large wave got us. I didn't see you when I woke up. Strange, but I did got saved by a mermaid who looked just like you." Kyle remarked.

"It must be a coincident, but are you okay?" she asked.

Kyle sighs, "I am now- now that I know that you're safe." he turned to Pearl Waters. "This is where you live?"

"Yes."

"Really? It's not that far from the hotel I'm staying... Perhaps I can invite you over sometime." he suggested.

"I would like that. Well, goodnight Kyle." she told him before she left.

"Goodnight, Noel." he waved at her.

-Hotel Room-

Kyle returned to his room where he fell onto his bed in exhaustion.

"You didn't have to put up a facade you know." Julie's spirit appeared to him.

"I know." he causally told her.

"Then why did you do it? Your rule isn't complex like us mermaids have. We can't confess who we are, but you can. So why?" Julie asked.

"I guess the time is not right yet." Kyle suggest as he sat on his bed. "Are they going to fine out soon?" he changed the topic.

"Yes, like I said earlier, they will know tomorrow." Julie told him.

"I wished they could pick up the pace." he comments.

"Eh?" Julie did not understand.

"Can't you sense it? Something is wrong." he told her. "That Witch of the Sea, she has found you. It won't take her long before she knows the exact location you're in. What makes the matter worse is that I revealed myself to her servants."

"When she finds me..." Julie trailed off.

"She'll then come after me." Kyle finished.

"The Red Princess and the Fire Prince is what she needs... To get what she wants, while the others are there to face her wrath." Julie became worried.

"Not only that, but if she knows that you have more precious secrets than anybody else, she'll find a way get them." he warned her.

"And in the process, destroying everything that I've work so hard to protect." Julie realized as she started faded. "Keep it safe. We may be keys to her, but if you are hidden, along with that item, then she'll never get what she wants." she told him before fading away completely.

"I will." he told her spiritually.

-Sea Cave-

In the throne room, Shika is sitting on her throne like usual when her three servants appeared.

"Ah, finally." she spoke

"What is it, Shika-sama?" Lady Bat asked.

She got off of her throne, "I have a mission for you, one that requires all three of you."

"And what is that?" Lanhua questioned.

"Go and get me Julie. She is a clever princess, her hiding took me two years to find, but now... I've finally found her. She is in Germany, in the Kingdom of Roses. Go to the palace and bring her to me." Shika ordered them.

"Hai." they obeyed in unison. Alala and Lanhua left except for Lady Bat.

"What is it?" Shika questioned as she is walking to her throne.

"Shika-sama, today someone called the Fire Prince ruined our plans." he informed her.

Shika stopped, turned, and walk towards the vampire, "Tell me more, he's crucial for my plans."

"Hai."


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