Hello! New Chapter. Fiuuhh… I managed to write the next chapter. Sorry for the wait. I really grateful to the reviewer : NGBW, BlackAndWhiteRoseWolf, Appeasement and na-ka-ma284. And Thank you also for dragonfire04 and HeavenToHell666 for reviewing in the first chapter. Your reviews made me want to write the chapter more. I'm sorry if there is any mistakes. And thank you for NGSW for pointing my mistakes. I really had to work on it. I tried really hard to proofread but English is not my main languages so sorry for the mistakes.
This story is my second fantasy story. I tried to make it different from the first story. I think you will know if you read the story further.
Anyway, I don't own JR or SIH. But the plot is mine. (^_^)
CHAPTER 2
A sudden scream greeted them. The Black Devil's Chief who Misaki guess as Usami Akihiko was standing in front of his parents with a beautiful black-red sword pointed closely towards the couple. His parents were tied by invisible rope slumped to the floor with bloody gash on their head and their clothes were thorn but not entirely, only revealing the bruise and cut all over their body. The two brothers who looked at their parents were stunned in horror.
"Oka-san! Otou-san!" Misaki who snapped from his frozen state immediately ran toward the couple, trying to save them although he knew that he did not had any plan. He only managed to run a few steps as Yukina, from out of nowhere grabbed him and strangled him to the floor, earning a grunt of pain from the boy.
Takano, who still held his sword towards the second prince, pushed the prince, signaling him to walk straight when he sensed the boy wanted to go to help his younger brother. "Here the second prince…I think his name is Ritsu, right?" Takano pushed the boy to the floor just a few steps back from his parents, making Ritsu fall sitting on the cold floor.
The amethyst orbs glanced to the prince, his eyes pierced into the boy's soft emerald eyes, observing and deducing him. "Hmm… he had a nice body…" An evil smirk graced the man's face, making the prince shivered in fear. He tried to put a brave face but failed miserably when he saw his mother. With bloody face and deep cut on her back, she begged the tyrant for his safety.
"Please don't hurt our son. Give him chance to live. Please…" The queen bowed low to the man's feet, begging to the tyrant. Akihiko who enjoyed the sorrow and fear emitting from the queen, just laughed evilly to the pitiful plea. The once arrogant queen who treats normal people like some rubbish and scum had begged him for her son. What a karma!
"Do, you really love this boy really much…"
"Please…please, don't hurt him. He's my baby. I will give you anything." The queen continued to beg.
"Hmm… rest assures I will not hurt him…" The queen face lighted up a bit before he crushed the light off. "I will not hurt him…yet…" He smirked when the delight face turned horror when understanding dawn on the poor woman.
"Please, don't…AHHHHH!" Akihiko lifted his sword, the blood covered blade and stabbed the woman on her right shoulder causing the woman to scream in agony and pain.
"Okasan!" Ritsu crawled towards her mother, trying to shield his mother from the evil man. However other sharp sword came straight from his back. Ritsu halted his movement and looked to the back to be greeted by the honey colored orbs with the mocking smirk. Takano pointed his sword closely to the prince's throat.
"Oka-san! Otou-san!" Misaki took the chance form the commotion to kick the prince like man who he deduced as Yukina, making the man loosed his grip on him. In the instant he drew out his small dagger from under his shirt and leaped across the hall toward Akihiko. However, second before the dagger hit the man, Akihiko sensed the attack, immediately dogged and gripped the boy's hand. From all the training he had underwent in his whole life, his leg automatically kicked the man and leaped in the air trying to loosen the grip. He succeed making he smiled a bit before it was crushed when Akihiko with supersonic speed managed to grip back the hand and pulled the boy up making him suspended in the mid air. Misaki groaned in pain as his hand was pulled and twisted.
"What, a naughty boy…" Akihiko tossed the boy to the floor after pulling away the dagger. A groan escape the boy's lips before the boy could stop it. He pushed his foot up, taking other dagger from under his shirt. He glared towards the man while holding the sharp dagger in front of him.
"Looks who we have here…"
"What are you doing Misaki?! Do you want to kill us all?!" The queen screamed in anger. The king in the other hand just glared to the boy. The combined yell and glare made the brunette lost his composure. His shoulder slumped in sadness and sorrow.
"But…but, I… just want to help…"
"We don't need your foolish help, Misaki!" The said boy flinched. Pain vividly flicked across his eyes and face. He tried to hold up his tears from falling down. Action that he had learnt in his whole life, in his tries to fight the sadness from being abandon and torture.
"But…Oka-san I…" Misaki tried to defend himself.
"SHUT UP! YOUR FOOLISHENESS JUST WILL KILL US ALL." The queen screamed in rage. "You were such a burden to me. Why?! Why?! Why you have to be born in this world, such a worthless boy!"
"Shut up!" Akihiko was very angry right now. He himself astonished at the level of rage he was now. He never lost his anger before for someone else. Often people around him said that he was a cold hearted person that didn't care about other welfare. However, he didn't know why but his heart ached with pain, seeing Misaki, trembled to stop his tears and being scolded while being belittled by the queen. He could understand that he pitied the boy but it did not explain the rage.
Inhaling the air trying to calm down he said in low voice, "I know you were cruel, but I never know that you were cruel to your own son. Hmm, nothing to be expect by whore like you, right Aiko-san." Akihiko smirked when the queen glared to him. Seems the queen got her fighting spirit back. Not like he hate it. On the contrary, he loved the spirit as he enjoyed the empty feeling and looked of defeat when he crushed the spirit. After all, he was a sadist.
Making his way to the throne he said: "Hei, little brat, Misaki right? Come here." Akihiko sat down on the throne. Misaki who still frozen on the floor, lost in his little dream world snapped out of his thought and averted his eyes towards the man. He hesitated first but his mind interfered. 'What do you wait for? That man can end your life. After that, you will get the peace that you always want. Go to him… go to him…' With the suicide tendency clouded his mind, he stood up and walked, taking small steps at time. The peace that the death promised was more thrill than this world of pain. 'Maybe after death, I could rest painlessly…'
"No, Misaki. don't go! Oka-san, stop Misaki." Ritsu scrambled off the floor, trying to grab his younger brother was interrupted by his mother when she pulled the boy, making the prince stumbled back to the floor.
"Just let him go, anyway what that boy worth compare to you…" Aiko grabbed his son and pulled him into a tight embrace. "But-but mother, Misaki…" Ritsu struggled in the embrace but failed miserably. His mother although looked like a normal woman, she actually had a few years of combat training and strengths. Misaki who heard what his mother said stopped abruptly in his way. He spun back, his gaze meeting his brother.
"I'm ok, Ritsu-ni…" Misaki continued his walk and stopped in front of the man. Akihiko gazed towards the boy's blank face. He needed a few seconds to register what the boy uttered before the meaning dawn him.
"Kill me…" Misaki gazed his lifeless eyes towards the mesmerized amethyst eyes. A flicker of shock ran across his eyes before he sealed with his mask.
"Why do you think I will grant the wish?" Akihiko asked, resting his chin on his right fist while leaning back to the throne chair. He lifted his right leg and put it on his left leg, showing an intimidate and amused look.
"My life exchanged for my family's life. I think it sufficient enough to appease your blood lust." Misaki was still in his daze look.
"oh… no, Misaki." Ritsu felt very miserable as he could do nothing to help his brother. An idea clicked made the prince remembered the only one event that he would never forget: the day when Misaki committed suicide and nearly died if he was second late to rescue him. He had that same dreamy and lifeless look that he portrayed right now. He needed to wake up his brother! Taking advantage of the event in front of him, he hit his mother on her stomach, uttering apologizes to his mother before scrambled to his younger brother and knocked him to the cold marble tile. He snatched the necklace which was actually a calming potion that he gave to his brother if the suicide event might happen again. He popped open the small glass bottle and poured the potion into his brother's mouth.
"Snapped out from it! You will never kill yourself again! MISAKI! WAKE UP!" Ritsu shake his brother's body, desperately to make his brother regained his sanity back. Still seeing his brother didn't wake up from the insanity, He pulled his brother and hugged him.
"Please… don't do this again. I can not bear if you trade your life for us…" Ritsu buried his face in the crock of his brother's neck, desperately to wake up his brother.
"Ritsu-ni…" The once lifeless eyes had some of his life again making the prince snapped up and looked to his brother, breathing out in relieve. For second he forgot that they still had audiences.
"Ritsu! Why you save him?! HE should just die! I disappointed with you…" Aiko screamed towards his son in frustration and disappointed.
"Sorry for saving my brother, Your Highness. His life is more important for me that your disappointment." Ritsu answered, mocking his mother. He glared towards his mother with so much anger and disgust. Aiko on the hand flinched as Ritsu called her 'Your Highness' as his son never called her that except for formal event. The level of the disgust his son threw at her also made her heart ached in pain.
"Ritsu… why you say that to me? I'm you mother. I do this for you." Aiko tried to crawl towards her son but failed as pain from her stab wound intensified when she stretched her arm.
"Then, I disappointed for having you as my mother." Ritsu ignored her mother plea and tried to help his brother to sit up. What they did not know, Akihiko watched the whole event, feeling angrier that earlier as he learnt that Misaki once tried to end his life and how Aiko treat the boy vilely. He signaled for Takano to grab the prince away. Ritsu struggled, trying to get to his brother but the strong grip of the man dragged him away from Misaki.
"Takano, take the three to the dungeon and make sure they will never get out. Yukina and Kisa, good work. Guard the castle gate with your units and inform me if there anything happen. Inform, Miyagi and Shinobu to close the capital gate. That's all; I want all units ready at the crack of dawn and take control of the city. Don't bother to wait for me at 6 in the morning, just gathered all the town folks and waited for the next order. Understood!" Akihiko commanded his subordinate. He scooped up the still slight daze boy on the floor and carried him bridal style before he paced off from the hall.
Misaki was still in Akihiko's arms. He kept silent and just let the man carried him. He was a little bit shocked when Akihiko know who Kisa was. No wonder he was a little bit jumpy and seems nervous. He never thought that Kisa would betray his own country. He managed to gaze towards the said man and Kisa just bowed a little, out of habit, respect and he could sense a bit of guilty. However, this is not the time to think about it.
"Are you ok, Misaki…?" Akihiko tried to calm the boy down. However, he did not know how to comfort a painful heart that just lost his mind and handed their own life for the sake of the ungrateful people. How he still wants to save them after what they had done to him, he still did not know…
"Ah, you… I'm ok. Ritsu-ni managed saved me on time. I needed to sort out my mind first. Not all day, you were betrayed and hurt many time a day." Misaki harsh voice make Akihiko's heart throb in pain, added with pitiful joke.
'Why my heart feels like it has been stabbed' Akihiko wonder…
"Where is your room?"
"What… my room?" Misaki looked to the man. Puzzle ruled his face.
"Yeah, your room. You need some rest…" Although I prefer to molest you, Akihiko inner though came across.
Like he had heard some strange things, Misaki blinked his eyes towards the man not, believing the man who famous for his cold heart and cruelty looked to him in concern and treat him better than his own parents. Hesitantly he answered after a few seconds thinking and deducing the man although he could not shake off the feeling that the man clearly wants something, "Turn left, and then walked straight. My room is the farthest end of the row. And put me down I can walk by myself…"
"It's ok. You just relax…" And then he gave that small smile again. Misaki did not know how to react to this kindness after all he was more familiar with cruelty and infamy.
'Kindness, Even warmth, Can I see them on the other side?'
"But…" Misaki went silent when the man gave a warning glare. He gazed down, not wanting to be glare by the man. After all, the man was not one that he could mess up with. From the early experience, he had learnt not to anger someone who was strong and had massive power. One of his gift was the ability to see someone magic and inner power. Akihiko's power showed him a very powerful mixture of black and elemental magic. As well as many experience in combat and fighting with weapon. He deduced that Akihiko was a single person who he ever crossed to had that massive power. Still… not he ever had left the castle that much, just small occasion of going to the town so he could not compare Akihiko with anyone…
Akihiko for the other hand, observed the small petite boy in his arm. 'He's really light…and that brown hair looked so soft…' He could feel the soft breaths tickled his skin when the boy breathed out. The submissive combined with the soft skin and kissable plum lips enough to make him drown in pleasure. 'Why I'm react like this.' Somehow his cold heart was warmed up just from the warm heart of the boy. Then, the boy sneaked a glance to him. He didn't notice earlier but WHAT gorgeous eyes. Big, emerald eyes penetrated him, like he was looking to his deepest soul. Akihiko stood rigid to floor, the lust and desire coursed in his body, just by the innocent look of the boy. He never felt this kind of feeling before. The desperation to feel the boy skin was overwhelming…
"Are you ok…?" Misaki asked when Akihiko stopped and gazed to him in silent. Akihiko just nodded and continued walking. Misaki was puzzled with the man's action. His face was hard to read, making the boy surrender in defeat, trying to deduce his action.
After a series of walking and staring, they reached the room. Putting the boy down, without ever trying to give the boy time to balance himself, Akihiko kissed the boy. Misaki on the other froze in that spot. Although his mind kept telling him to push the man away, but his body went numb. It's like he was paralyzed from the kiss. Akihiko plunged his tongue into the boy's mouth, taking the advantage on the boy's slight frozen state and his slight open mouth. He licked the boy's inner mouth while fighting for dominant as the boy tried to push him which only enticed him more. Surely, he won as the boy surrender to him. He caressed softly the boy cheek and let his tongue to dance in the hot craven. He deepens the kiss causing the boy to moan. He went in and out and licked the lips of the boy. Misaki pushed the man, breaking the kiss.
"What are you doing?! Let me go!" Misaki struggled as the man trapped him between the heavy oak door and his strong muscle body.
'How could he… he kissed me. That was my first kiss…' Misaki glared to the man. But the man didn't flinch in slightness, only making the man more amused than earlier. Akihiko loved to see the boy's helpless struggle which combine with very bright flush face. Instantly, he made up his mind. 'I want this boy...'
~End of chapter 2~
AN: Hihi, how you think so far? I hoped you enjoy the chapter. If you have any suggestion feels free to tell me. Please review! Your review made my day.