"The Fox's Despair and The Bat's Suffering" Chapter 2: The Prince Abducted!
In the kingdom of Volpe you can hear clacks and shuns of swords being par with the other, in the training grounds many people but some soldiers to be exact had gathered watching two figures fighting clashing on each other with their swords in their hand. One was the cheerful prince now bearing a serious face as he held his blunt edged sword up and readies it as he charged towards his opponent with a swift strike to the right "Nice move, Your Highness" said the other figure who's also holding his blunt edged sword while he easily dodges the child's strikes and he quickly charges towards the small figure. "I'll show you what I can do just you wait" exclaimed the prince as he faked a blow towards the right that fooled his opponent and the foe prepared a counter for the right the prince quickly gave his foe a quick strike on the left but his foe still managed to avoid it by jumping back at the last second. "Almost got him! I'll try it again and this time I'll succeed" eagerly thought the prince as he once again to perform the same trick but in a vice versa manner, because he panicked he quickly gave a blow towards the left but his foe was already expecting this so he quickly performed a counter swing and was be able to send the prince's sword flying away from his hands. The foe smiled at the young prince as his shocked figure stared at his sword that had fallen on the ground, a clapping sound broke the silence it was Charles who's been watching from the start " Good work Prince Sei that's enough for today's swords practice" said Charles as he walked towards the young prince and dusted off his small clothes "But, Charles I lost so I need to practice more" said the prince to his knight but the knight shook his head in response "Sorry but its already time for you to rest and you'll be having some lessons about history later so I can't let you waste any more time is that clear, Prince Sei?" said Charles and the young prince just nodded his head but deep inside him he still wanted to practice more "Hey, Mr. Nanny Knight stop babying the prince and let him do what he wants" said the guy who have been the young prince's foe earlier, a vein popped in the Blue Knights face as he stood up and faced the guy who talked "Well sorry Mr. Oh! So Great Sword Trainer for being such a Nanny are you asking for a fight? If so bring it on I won't lose to such of you, Ahl" venomously spat Charles to the guy called Ahl and he was also the Head trainer of the soldiers of the palace so he's no ordinary fellow, Ahl smirked at the sudden outburst of the calm Knight "Oh~ I'm scared, heh bring it on" said Ahl as he mocked Charles with his hand raised towards him and gesturing him to come at him. Charles is running out of patience with Ahl's actions, he looked at the prince who's also staring at him and said "Prince please go to the sides and watch this won't last for a few minutes okay" the prince nodded and walked towards the side to watch hi loyal Knight who's not running out of patience. Ahl position himself while holding his sword with his dominant hand to tell the knight that he won't go easy on him while Charles was just standing in front of Ahl and he's not even in his battle stance "Hey you're going to lose in front of your Prince if you're not going to draw your sword out and if you're planning on fighting me bare handed well think again" said Ahl as he suddenly charges towards the standing knight and swings his sword with a quick movement of his wrist but he was shocked that he only hit the thin air and looked down below him was Charles semi-kneeling on the ground to avoid his swing and with a quick movement Charles was back in the middle standing in front of Ahl "tch, you'll regret this Charles I'm sure of it" said Ahl as he made a quick slash towards the left then followed by another slash towards the right made by twisting his wrist back facing him to successfully doing the slash but we was utterly shocked as his quick slashes hit nothing but thin air because all his blows were being easily avoided by Charles "Strike two" muttered Charles, Ahl blinked the time he heard Charles muttered that word but again Charles was just standing at the middle like he doesn't care about the situation he's in. The prince who's watching in the sides was honestly amazed by Charles swift movements in avoiding Ahl's quick blows "Whoa! Charles haven't even drawing his sword and he's like over powering Ahl while just avoiding the blows he's really amazing!" thought the young prince who's really amazed by his Knight. Ahl was holding his guard and observes his foes movements but he's foe was just there standing in the middle like a statue but his observation was cut by the sudden realization that Charles suddenly disappeared beyond his sight "I'm here, Ahl" said a voice that's coming from behind, Ahl quickly turned around seeing Charles who's only a step away from him and because of that he panicked and instinctively swished his sword towards Charles for protection but he missed him again "Strike three and you're finished" muttered Charles as he's closing the gap between them and with a supper quick movement he made a quick draw of his sword and held it in Ahl's bare neck while holding the other guy's arm twisted to his back with his other hand, Ahl was utterly shocked and frightened at the Knights sudden actions "H-h-hey, I-I'm just kidding C-Charles s-so please…..c-calm down" stuttered Ahl as he was being immobilized by Charles "Only if you agree to stop questioning my decisions towards the prince" venomously spat Charles who's obviously frowning "Y-y-y-yes o-of course I agree so p-please let me go now?" asked Ahl who's really frightened that the Knight might chop his head off because of his bad temper. "Charles release him now" ordered a voice who's coming from behind, Charles looked at the owner of the voice and nodded in response "As you wish, Prince Sei" replied Charles as he quickly sheathed his sword back to its scabbard, the knight walked towards the young prince and said "Let's go Prince I'll prepare you tea in your room" "Okay~" happily replied the prince as he walked with his loyal Knight back towards his room but before he completely exited the area he waved his hand in saying goodbye to Ahl and the soldiers in the training ground. Ahl was feeling his neck where Charles had held the sword on it and he sighed in depression "I almost died in there and if it weren't for the prince who knows what had happen" said Ahl as he collapsed seated on the ground while feeling his neck. A soldier walked towards the sited Ahl and tapped his shoulder "Don't worry at least he didn't really killed you" said the soldier and Ahl nodded as his response "So let's go back to practice" he quickly stood up and clapped his hand in calling the attention of the soldiers in the training ground "Let's work hard for the glory of the kingdom!" shouted Ahl as loud cheers answered him in the soldiers agreement "So what are you waiting for let's all train now!" exclaimed Ahl "YES SIR!" answered the soldiers and all of them continued to hone their skills for their beloved kingdom. Charles and Prince Sei was already in his room where Prince was sitting on his comfy chair and a round table in front of him filled with snacks all made by Charles "Today's snack is Peach mango pie along with your favourite milk tea, My Prince" said Charles as he sliced a piece of pie and put it on a plate to serve his Prince then he poured some warm milk tea for the cheerful prince who's enjoying his peach mango pie "Delicious~" said the prince as he's chewing on a piece of it. Charles smiled on the prince's actions as he happily watched the young child enjoy himself"
In the kingdom of Battere Prince Isano was in his room sitting on his chair and in front of him was his study table where stacks of books were placed along with some papers. A knock was heard from the door "If it's you Ralph you may enter" answered the prince as he was writing something on a piece of paper, the door opened and Ralph entered the room as his young master ordered and walked towards the child and whispered "The preparations are done my prince and they're already prepared to move at your ordered" the child stopped writing as soon as he heard what his retainer had said and slowly a smile formed across his face "Well that's a good to hear" said the prince as he finished writing on the paper and put it on an sealed envelope then he handed it down on Ralph "Deliver this message to 'them' and make sure no one will caught you and them doing your work understood?" ordered the prince to his loyal retainer "Understood my prince and I'll be right back before dinner" replied Ralph as he left the room and quickly ran on the hallways while he hid the envelope in his clothing so he won't lose it. Ralph jumped on an open window and landed on a nearby tree branch as he proceeds to run towards the forest and as he's getting deeper in the forest he stopped in front of a certain tree with carved markings on it that resembles the insignia of the Royal family of Battere "Upon the order of the young master he sends us off to our mission and he gave us his regards so we must not fail" said Ralph as masked figures appeared behind some trees where they're hiding nodded in response "For the glory of the kingdom and young master!" shouted Ralph "For the glory of the young master!" shouted back the masked figures as they suddenly dispersed and ran towards their destination.
The cheerful prince of the kingdom of Volpe was walking on the hall while holding a blue book but he stopped walking as he saw something black passed by the hall "hmm? What's that?" said the prince as he tilted his head in confusion but his confused looked was changed by a mischievous grin as he ran towards the place where saw the black figure but he's disappointed that he didn't see anything just an open window and the curtains fluttering because of the wind. The prince walked towards the open window and decided to look through it but he can't see the outside clearly because of his short height so he decided to put the book on top of the window railing and took a chair from one of the rooms to use as a stool, the prince looked outside the window while the wind was brushing across his face but unknown to the prince was a unknown figure walking towards him and without hesitation the unknown figure pushed the innocent prince out of the window. The prince blinked as he saw he was going to fall and quickly grabbed on the window so he won't fall but his hand was slowly slipping of so he bit his lower lip as he smashed the window glass with his bare hands to be able to hold more firmly on the window and call someone's attention to help him "I-it hurts…I'm going to fall…..Charles p-please help me" thought the prince as he tried to hold on tight at the shattered window to keep him from falling from the third floor of the palace, his small hands began to bleed because of the shattered glass and he bit his lower lip harder than before that it began to swell. The prince heard some footsteps coming closer towards his direction and he hoped that it'll help him out as soon as possible, the footsteps were coming from a guy who's wearing one of the royal guards uniforms "H-help" said the prince as he was fighting with the pain and exhaustion he's feeling right now, the unknown guy walked towards the window and quickly looked down and saw the prince struggling for his survival "Help p-please….hurry" weakly said by the prince but the unknown guy in guards clothing just stared at the poor prince and gave him a malicious smile "Sorry my dear prince but I'll only help you if you agreed to fulfil a wish of mine~" said the unknown guy as he watched the prince suffer in pain as his small hands bleed uncontrollably "B-but I'm just child I can't do things without father's permission" said the prince as feel his hands slowly becoming numb because of the pressure in it and its bleeding. "Aww~ that's a shame but I won't take that as an answer so I'll make you agree with me whether you like it or not" said the unknown guy as he clenched his fist and smashed it in the window glass just above the struggling prince making the shattered glass scratched and cut the prince in various areas but the worst he got cut just above his left eye making it bleed "Urgh!...t-that hurt! m-my eye it stings" whined the prince as he feels his blood running down his face "So do you accept the deal my prince?" asked the unknown guy but before the prince could gave his answer, loud footsteps can be heard coming towards their direction and Charles voice can he heard as he shouted in the palace halls that echoed through the long hallways "Prince Sei where are you!" "tch…..I won't wait for your answer anymore prince so let's go" said the unknown man as he quickly pulled the injured prince from the broken window he was holding earlier and ran towards the Royal garden that's near the forest but unknown to the man an envelope fell out of his pocket as he took something out and it was left on the ground near the broken window where blood drops can be seen and also on the broken window. "I have to get out of here fast or it'll be mission failed" thought the unknown guy as he quickly escaped through the forest while carrying the blood dyed prince who lost consciousness because of losing too much blood and stamina, as the guy escaped he wasn't aware or the fact that the prince's blood drops on the ground leaving traces where he ran off too. Charles who was walking down the hall heard something shattered as if it was a vase or the window pane and an image of the young prince appeared in his mind so without knowing it he ran in full speed, shouting the prince's name while looking for a certain small figure "Please don't let anything happen to him" thought Charles as looked for his prince but he suddenly stopped running and his face turned very pale and his eyes filled with horror and shock "N-no…..please this isn't happening" he shook his head "t-this is just a dream right? I-I'm just dreaming" he tried to convince himself as he saw an open window who's glasses were broken and blood dripping on the floor from the shattered glass and his nightmare concluded it when he saw a blue book stained with blood "I-it can't be" said Charles as he feels his knees weaken but in order not to fell on his knees he leaned on the wall in front of the open window staring down at the blue book stained in a certain someone's blood on top of the window railings. Charles who's currently on his despair and disbelief state saw an envelope lying on the ground near the curtain so picked it up hoping its content might gave him a clue where and who took the abducted prince but his eyes grew wide in horror and shock as he saw what's written inside the paper that's inside the envelope.
In the Batter kingdom the prince clad in black and purple was staring out the window in his own rom when a sudden knock caught his attention "Come in" said the prince while still looking out the window. Ralph opened the door and entered the room while he's clothes got some smears of blood on it and a bandage around his right fist "Mission complete, My Prince" said Ralph as he reported towards his young master. The prince who's looking out the window smiled and the retainer can see it in the window's reflection "Well done Ralph" replied the prince towards his loyal retainer who succeed on his mission while he keeps a triumph smile across his face.