A Digimon Frontier AU Fanfic

By: Sakura Martinez (a.k.a Haru Glory)

A/N:

At Kari Minamoto: Yes, I did change my pen name for some reasons. XD

Well, I was suppose to upload this earlier, but under the circumstances, I wasn't able to do so. The earthquake that struck at Taiwan damaged the internet connection here in the Philippines so I wasn't able to upload this chapter.

Anyhow, I hope you guys would like this new chapter! So Enjoy!!

The Rabbit on the Moon

The Life of a Commander's Son

He tried to stifle a yawn, another day has started and it had started with meeting with his superiors. Everyday, as it was standard procedure, he would meet with his fellow Knights in Training to meet with their Captain. It was a very redundant routine ever since he had managed to attain the Knight Apprentice rank.

He didn't really like having to hear his Captain speak about etiquettes, responsibilities, duties, and such so early in the morning. He couldn't understand very well why they would have to listen to the same speech each and every day.

The sun was brightly shinning, it was a bit windy and was the perfect day for some physical training, and he hated having to stand for hours listening on some boring speech that was driving his eyelids to close.

He could feel his eyelids getting heavier and heavier until someone gave him a strong nudge that made him shot wide awake.

"I wouldn't fall asleep like that, you know." A black haired Knight Apprentice who was standing beside him whispered. "You know very well what the Captain will do if he sees you snoring on his speech."

"As you all know the duty of the Knights of the Kingdom of Felis is to protect the people and their king…"

"You don't have to remind me," he said, "I could still remember the look on my father's face when he learned that I fell asleep in class…it still gives me the shivers just thinking about it."

"Well, I could understand why your father would be angry like that," the black haired one continued, "after all, he is the Commander of the Western Corps."

"...we should put our duties first before our emotions, that is the secret of becoming a true knight…"

"You two better stop talking like that, you'll get us all in trouble." Said another Knight Apprentice.

The two apprentices nodded, they knew better than dragging the whole platoon down.

The speech went on and on. It took almost an hour or two before they were finished and he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As always, it was only after the long speech that they would have their breakfast. A breakfast that consist of tasteless foods and sometimes stale foods. Such food made him wish that he was already a Knight, then perhaps they could dine on something more edible.

He looked over to his side where his most constant companion and fellow Knight Apprentice was sitting, trying to eat what looks like curry.

"We were really lucky today, weren't we?" his black haired companion said, "I mean, if I haven't noticed that you were on your way to dreamland then you would have nothing to eat for breakfast today."

He couldn't help but laugh at that, "I don't think not having breakfast of this kind is such a bad think, Kouichi. I don't even know what the heck we're eating after all."

The black haired apprentice whom he referred to as Kouichi laughed as he raised a spoonful of 'curry' and took a look at it before settling it back down the plate. "I see what you mean."

They both laughed before eating the food laid down before them in rations. They had known, earlier on, that it would mean trouble if there were any leftovers on their plate.

He sighed, he could not help but remember living at that border village. Life seemed pretty easy back then, and he was still dreaming about living the easy life. It was easier, compared to his life now.

Ever since his father had been promoted as the Western Corps Commander, the easy life in Harim vanished. He and his mother were forced away from that secluded place.

He remembered going against the whole promotion thing, but he knew his complaints would not be heard. His father had, after all, dreamt of becoming a commander for all his life.

He and his father were really different from each other, it made a lot of other people wonder if he was really his father's son.

His father, the Western Commander had always dreamed of becoming a knight but he dreamed of becoming a normal person – away from the aristocrats, the royalists and all those other things.

His father was stern and always serious all the time, but he, his son, was more of the happy-go-lucky, charging in without thinking, loud type.

He took a sip of his soup, he was always questioned, compared and had people disappointed in him. Even if he didn't like being a knight, he had no choice now, then again, when did he had a choice.

No matter how much he would wish it, his father would not allow it.

"You are to be a knight," his father had said on one occasion that he asked to be pulled out of training. "you are after all, my son, and therefore would be succeeding me. I would not allow you to back out!"

People would often think that he was lucky. Lucky for being the son of the Western Commander, one of the Four Great Commanders of the King of Felis, little do they know how unbearable it can be sometimes.

He was snapped back out of his thoughts when Kouichi began talking with him again.

"Do you ever wonder what will happen once we have been made full fledged Knights?" Kouichi asked.

"Wonder? About what?" He asked.

"The Knights who graduate on this academy don't get to choose on which commander they would be assigned." Kouchi began, "The academy chooses for them based on their strengths and weaknesses. Not only that, but they could only choose between Commander Kintaro Orimoto of the Eastern Corps and your father."

"So? What's the big deal?"

"Aren't you a least bit worried about the fact that there's a fifty percent chance that you would be assigned under Commander Kintaro's forces?" the black haired apprentice asked, "You know as much as everybody here about the fight between the Western and Eastern Corps Commanders and their men."

"Well, that's my father's and Commander Orimoto's problem, not mine." He replied. "Besides, It doesn't really matter which side I land on, as long as I become a Knight and wouldn't have to eat this food everyday."

Kouichi sighed, he really could not understand his friend. "You make it sound like the Eastern Commander would be nice to you if you end up under him."

"We won't know that until it happens right?" He replied grinning.

"You're always like that…" Kouichi sighed, then smiled, "I guess that's what separates you from the rest of us here."

He then stood up, then told his friend, "Well, the training session doesn't start for a while, I'll just be at my quarters."

Kouichi nodded, "Alright then, I'll see you later."

He then continued to walk down the stone halls of the Knight Academy. The familiar pathways which had awed him when he first set foot on the academy held no wonder in his eyes any longer. He seemed to had outgrown that.

He sighed. He had been sighing a lot lately.

His thoughts drifted to the name of the Eastern Commander. He couldn't seem to put a finger on it, but the name somehow seems oddly familiar.

"Orimoto, huh?" he thought to himself, "Why do I have the strangest feeling that I've heard that name before…

…Is it because of the fact that he is a well known Commander just like my father?" he went on thinking. "No, that can't be right…but if that is so, then why can't I help but think about Harim whenever I hear of that name?"

He soon stopped dead on his tracks. He has reached his destination. He took out a small key and inserted it on the door before turning it clockwise and opening the door to his room.

His room wasn't as fancy as most of his fellow Knight Apprentices thought. It was just a small, four cornered brick room with a single window, a small desk, a small shelf and a very hard futon.

He lay down his futon and continued on thinking why he seemed to be attracted to that name. He frowned as he scratched the back of his head.

Like always, time seemed to fly by so fast and soon a knock was heard from his door and a familiar voiced called for him.

"Hey, are you sleeping?" Called Kouichi, "Wake up! The Captain is calling for us!"

"Alright, alright!" he replied. "I'm coming!"

And with that he stood up dusted himself and went out of his room to join his friend towards the training grounds.

That day's training was composed of swords, lances and bow and arrows. He wasn't as good in handling lances or bows, but he could boast about his sword fighting skills.

That day's training went as it always did. He was superb during the sword skill exhibition but ended up making a fool of himself when it came to the archery skill training and then he would make a fair display of his skills when it comes to using the lance.

The whole afternoon was committed to fighting skills and training that it ended hours after dark. It was only when the bell calling for supper rang that the Captain gave them permission to go, eat dinner and rest.

"Man, the captain really knows how to pummel us to the ground with training, doesn't he?" Kouichi had said during dinner.

"Yeah, at least he made us so tired and hungry that we won't have to think about how supper would taste." He joked.

At that, they both laughed.

"You know, Takuya, for a Commander's son I was hoping you were good at everything, yet, even after all the years we've been together, I still can't help but think how you suck in archery."

"I'm the Commander's son not the Commander himself," he retorted taking a bite off a large chunk of meat. "We're both different persons with different skills and talents."

"So you say." Kouichi muttered, "If that's the case then why didn't you become a Swordsman rather than a Knight?"

"You know why already, don't you?" Takuya replied, "It's my father's wish that I become a King's Knight just like him."

"Yeah, yeah, I know about that but I can't help but wonder if that's the only reason why."

After supper, he went back to his room and lied on his futon once again. He sighed, he had been thinking a lot lately and he wasn't even sure why.

As he turned to his side and looked out of his small window he saw the large orb shinning brightly in the night sky. As his eyes began to fall and he began to fell asleep, he could not help but think that there was supposed to be something he was to be remembering, something really important.

As he fell into a deep slumber, he muttered unconsciously to himself the words the promise.

To be continued…

A/N:

Well, that's that for this chapter. Hope you guys liked it, as you can see and have read, the first two chapters excluding the prologue, are introduction on our two main characters. After this chapter is where the real 'fun' begins.

With that said, I hope that you will all take time and review this chapter. Each review matters so please, review!