Ikuto's Story
"Hey Daddy…" Ikuto looked up at him, "how did you come to possess a gold crystal?" Darien smiled down at him and hoisted him up, to let him sit on his shoulders.
"Let me tell you a story," Darien spoke while walking into the castle ground. "A very old story passed down only in the Earth kingdom's royal family." Ikuto nodded and Darien begin to speak. "Not all of the kings of earth have Crystal's, though most do every so often some are not born with them. The crystals are most widely known as Star seeds. Every person has a Star seed, though the ones that are most special are the ones that come from the royal blood lines. Now most star seeds do not leave the body, they stay dormant and are only activated when the user is in danger, it is a hidden power. Only the Earth and Moon's star seed, or what we call crystals, come out of the body. Though with my blood line, after birth if it appears it can never go back into the body as long as the user is still alive. The moon on the other hand, their crystal can go back into the body when the user wills it to." Darien had entered the garden and continued to walk down the path as he showed Ikuto around while still telling him the story. "Earth's crystals colors are mainly green red blue brown and gold. Green is the strongest, followed by gold, brown, red, and the weakest one is blue. Though just because blue is the weakest does not mean that it is not powerful. It also depends on the will on the wielder as well."
"What happens when someone's crystal doesn't come out? How many can there be at one time?" Ikuto questioned him as they entered the palace through the garden's entrance.
"There can be up to three at a time, in each generation, but most of the time there is only two at a time. There are times like this, where there is only one crystal. My father did not have a crystal and my grandfather has passed away when I was a child. As for your other question, most of the time that child is shown hostility towards the blood heir of the kingdom. They have it in their minds that since the child does not have a crystal then they are not fit to rule. This is not true though, just because you do not have a crystal does not mean that you are not the heir."
"Can there be a time when two brothers both have crystals?"
"If they are not twins, then there is only one heir that can hold a crystal at a time." Darien explained to him, "there can not be more than one crystal in each generation, though twins are different, but most likely in those cases either one or both will be born with a crystal, then they decide by the color of the crystal who should be the heir. If there is no crystal then the oldest will be named the heir or in some cases, who ever holds the sign of the Earth kingdom." Darien walked down the corridor while still explaining, they came to a door and Darien opened it, he continued to walk.
"But then why…" ikuto looked down at Darien, "why do both you are uncle Seiya have a crystal?"
Darien stopped in mid step as he pondered the question.
"Seiya does not have a crystal." Darien looked up at him confused, "he is not of this galaxy."
"In my world he does," Ikuto spoke, "he has a green rose crystal, I saw it once."
"Does Rini have a crystal as well?" Darien asked him.
"Rini bares the symbol of the moon, while as I bare the earth symbol." Ikuto started to tell him, "she has a crystal but it looks like Mom's, because it's round and silver. I can't touch momma's crystal, it rejects me because I don't hold her symbol and I am male. Or that is what momma told me."
"Seiya must have your crystal then." Darien spoke to him, "because Seiya is not the heir and also he does not bare the symbol of Earth."
"So that's why Daddy hates me…" Ikuto spoke in a sad tone, "because Seiya has my crystal…. That's why he came to the moon!" Ikuto's eyes widened with anger. "He came to bargain with mother because he said something about he'll return what is hers if she became his wife… mother refused but begged him to give it back, saying that it did not belong to him."
"Then your problems are because of Seiya."
"But I don't know how to get it back…" Ikuto looked sadly at the sky, "I want to be loved by daddy and then maybe momma would still be alive."
"How… did she die?" Darien asked the little boy, "please tell me."
"… if I tell you, you can't tell her, kay?" Darien nodded, "Now let me tell you my story. Momma and Daddy were never happy with each other. Mom wanted dad to let her take Rini to the moon so that she could start on her training to become a lady. Dad was furious saying why should she have to go to the moon, when she was first born, she should rule Earth. Mom tried to explain, but dad wouldn't hear of it. Dad sent me and her back to the moon and blocked all paths that could be opened by her. Seiya came to the moon a few times to try to woo her into divorcing dad and marrying him. Mom and dad were never officially divorced. Mom was depressed for years, then suddenly her health took a turn for the worst. Mother… took her own life because of her depression. Grandma was devastated, saying she now lost both her daughters." Ikuto was telling Darien the story, all Darien could do was sit there in shock as the little boy spoke to him. "We sent Rei to tell Dad of the news… But dad never came to the funeral… dad never came to check on mom at all while she was sick…" His tone became sad. "Since then I've been being trained to take the throne of the moon kingdom, but its not easy when most of the population is women…" Ikuto shivered at the thought, "Women are scary! Trying to seduce me and get the throne,"
"I can't believe… she's the strongest person I know… yet she did something like that." Darien was still in shock at the statement Ikuto made.
"Even strong people have their breaking points, ya' know?" Ikuto looked at him with a sad face. The day went on and Darien showed Ikuto around the kingdom. Darien still couldn't get the thought of what Ikuto said out of his head. He just couldn't believe what he was told.
I know its not long, but i hope you guys like it. Also i redid chapter 7 if you would like to read it. Thanks!