In the grand hall of Dark Kingdom castle, the battle tension between the
two groups had reached its climax. On the right were Sir Imai and three
Rouage members; on the left were Rayla, Sugi and the newly added force
Kazushi, Kirito, Kouichi and Junji.
"Kazushi, how dare you betray the loyalty you once swore to our Prince
Atsushi!!" Rika had lost his usual calmness and roared in wrath. Kazushi
had mixed feelings toward Rika, for that they had been the trustworthiest
partners for so long. He tried to avoid Rika’s angry gaze.
“So the great wizard FuruFuru is involved….,” Sugi thought anxiously.
He whispered to Rayla’s ear, “Ryu, it is not as simple as we thought. I
think we should retreat for now, since we just got us new alliance, we need
time to come up with a better plan. Sir Imai is too strong for any of us to
face him directly, he knows this place better than any of us, we need to
prepare some strategies….”
“Nonsense!!!” Rayla stared back at Sugi, “what are you talking about???
We’re here and we have more people than them! I already killed my brother
therefore they should be the inferiors.”
“But Ryu….” Sugi looked helplessly at his lover, for now he became so
vicious, stubborn and power hungry.
All the sudden, Imai yelled “NOW!!!” He and the three Rouage members
immediately leaped to the second balcony and the floor collapsed. Everyone
fell down into the deep darkness.
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“Answer me, what is a dark side noble like you on earth ?” Ichiro
stared at J fiercely. The dark street corner was in dead silence, J felt a
chill running through his body as this stranger revealed his dark side’s
identity, which was covered up for so long that no one would able to
recognize except Imai. J was also shocked at how much this stranger
resemble to the legendary hero Ichiro. Thus, J was convinced that this
stranger is no ordinary earthling, he must act carefully.
“I’m sorry, stranger…” J turned around with a friendly smile on his face
revealing his crooked teeth, “You’ve made a mistake. I’m not from the Dark
Side. I’m the First guard from Moon Kingdom, see?” J took out his pendent
and showed Ichiro.
Ichiro didn’t seem to be convinced. He stood calmly and kept staring at
J, which made J very uncomfortable. “shit….is my dark energy really that
obvious to him?” J started to panic and thinking the possibility to attack,
“whoever he is, even if he really is the legendary hero, I got no time to
lose to find Princess Ino…..”
Ichiro could tell that this tall blonde man seem to be in a hurry, he
too himself was in great panic searching for the lost Princess, but he
wouldn’t let this suspicious man off easily since there were a great deal of
dark energy surrounding the area. He worried about the Princess, whom he
had carelessly caught off-guard and wander away from his house. The
Princess seems kinda dumb, Ichiro thought, she might not be able to survive
in this messy neighborhood, not to mention what dreadful consequences are if
she was caught by the Dark side people.
“Well, I’m J, nice to meet you, and you are…..” J hold out his hand
trying to shake Ichiro’s, Ichiro responded. They gripped at each other’s
hand as Ichiro said, “I’m Ichiro.” A little shuddered went through J’s
body, “he’s really THE legendary hero, shit….” he felt cold sweat upon his
head as both withdrawn their hands.
J thought he would be frank, friendly and straightforward to Ichiro,
which were the persona J got accustomed to when he was around Princess Ino,
the innocently dumb Princess who had purify his dark side. He then told
Ichiro everything, “our country is in chaos now, I was jailed by the dark
side people when Princess Ino was attacked. I managed to escape and now I’m
searching for the princess. ”
“oh, she was with me…..” Ichiro said.
“WHAT?????” J was shocked, “WHERE is she now? Is she okay??” J couldn’t
believe he had found his lost Princess so fast and so easy!
“….few days ago though…” Ichiro added, J felt a big blow in his face,
“just as I came out from the room when I got her some changing clothes, she
was gone. I dunno where she went to. I’m searching for her now as well.”
J was saddened but relief. At least the legendary hero dropped his
suspicious toward him, and they are on the same boat --- finding Princess
Ino together. Though he was a little annoyed by the fact that the Princess
had been relying on another man’s protection and comfort….. He peeked at
Ichiro, what a perfect man, so calm, cool, strong and mature, he then think
of himself deceiving his beloved Princess, he felt very ashamed. But at
least, his love for Princess Ino was real.
After the two men ran around the nearby blocks, they decided to split up
to extend their search area. Just as they split, suddenly a voice behind
them asked, “excuse me, do you guys happen to know where can I get to xyz
area from here?” They turned and saw a lovely girl (boy?) inquiring them
with confusion on her face.
“hey~~~~ aren’t you that tall guy who guards Princess Ino?” Hyde
covered his mouth in wonder, “and you…aren’t you that….that…hmmm..what’s the
name…..that famous guy from my history book?”
The two men were surprises at the unexpected stranger, the Prince of
Ciel. Ichiro was wondering why on earth are all these Moon, Ciel and Dark
Moon people gathered here; he was looking for a peaceful life on earth where
he would be away from warfare and corruption.
“Oh my….it must be fate that make me bump into you guys!! See, I was
sent to this clinic by this mean lady…hmm….” Hyde tried to collect his mind
together and talked excitedly, “the doctor there took off somewhere, and OH
MY~~~ Guess who I saw!!!?? Princess Ino was lying there! And she seemed
badly wounded!! ”
“WHAT!!!!!!!!!” J yelled and grabbed Hyde’s arms, “Bring me over
there at once!! Please!!!! Oh Princess Ino……please hangs on there…..” Hyde
got scared but couldn’t move under J’s strong grasp. He felt like a
helpless little boy in front of these two warrior-types of man. He tried to
remember where the clinic was, and said as they ran, “when Ryuji, you know,
that annoying rabbit, saw me, he was so panic, keep telling me that he’s
only a poor little rabbit and want me to get some help. So I went out
trying to contact some people I know here, then I remember I’m not that
familiar with this place myself too…so I got lost, I have no money or
anything…..sigh…I guess I was influenced by Ryuji’s panic too and act so
foolishly…..”
“That @#%$@^ rabbit!!! Oh Princess Ino~~~~I’m coming~~~” J ran ahead
of them. Ichiro and Hyde exchanged gazed, Hyde then remarked, “he must love
the princess a lot….”
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As they walked into the clinic, Ryuji was overjoyed when he saw J. J
rushed to Princess Ino’s side at once without noticing stepping on Ryuji.
The Princess looked almost lifeless, barely breathing and clutching to her
life. A piece of glass was stabbed deeply into the Princess’s chest, an
errie purple flame was hallow over the wound. J dropped to his knee and
knelt beside Princess Ino. He held Ino’s hand and caressing her hair with
another hand, he whispered softly to Ino, “I’m here, Ino, I’m finally here
beside you.”
“It looked so terrible….who would done such savage thing to a
Princess?” Hyde asked with trembles, the sight horrified him.
“Seems like a magic attack by a very powerful wizard,” Ichiro answered.
“Who the @#$^@&^ is that? I must hunt him down and smash him into
pieces!!” J tightened his grips with Ino’s hand.
Hyde picked up rabbit Ryuji who was stepped on by J, held it into his
arms. He said, “the doctor who was here awhile ago said that he couldn’t do
anything, he said the wound is very unusual, the glass pierce right through
her heart, yet manage to keep her alive to suffer the pain. So he went out
to find some help….”
“This is beyond human’s ability, there is nothing he can do.” Ichiro
replied.
J was thinking very hard to figure out what kind of magic it is, he was
desperately trying to think of anything that he could do. Too bad his
knowledge of magic wasn’t very good. His heart sank deeper and deeper as he
glanced at the suffering princess. Every second is unbearable to him. “So
there is nothing we can do? What if I tried to pull out the glass? It
might hurt Ino…but I ought to do something….this is my entire fault! If I
weren’t so uselesu…..” J gently kissed Ino’s forehead and buried his head
in Ino’s neck. Hyde felt his heartache as he watched the scene of this
helpless guard who must watch his beloved princess suffered and died slowly.
“I know how to cure it,” Ichiro said. Everyone turns to him in
astonishment.
Hyde squeezed Ryuji as he yelled in wonder, “why didn’t you mention
earlier!? You made us worried!!!” J suddenly became very calm, he walk to
Ichiro, knelt and lowered his head, “please help Princess Ino, I beg you.”
“Though it still didn’t clear my suspicious of the strange dark energy
inside you,” Ichiro said, “but I’m convinced by your love toward the
princess. Of course I’ll cure her.”
J was relieved and overjoyed, although for once he was a little jealous
of Ino’s having to rely on Ichiro, now he is desperate for Ichiro’s help and
support. Ichiro sat next to Ino’s bed and started to chant. A white light
energy ball was form in his hand, he then moved it over Ino’s wound. He
then explained to everyone that as the “legendary hero”, he has seen all
kinds of curse, physical and magical wounds, and he’s mastered in curing all
of them. Everyone was amazed at how experienced and how truly a legendary
hero he is.
“Don’t worry, she’ll be fine. Just make sure no one comes in and
interrupt,” Ichiro reassured. J felt so relief when he saw color in Ino’s
face, and she looked much more relax and comfortable. Hyde volunteered to
guard the door, and asked, “should we inform Sugi about Princess Ino’s
condition?”
Ryuji suddenly jumped up and released from Hyde’s arms, “OH My~~ what a
useless rabbit I am! I completely forgot about Sugi!!!”
J then speak with a despise look on his face, “Who #@%@# gives a damn
about that @$#^%##@ red head? I’m still furious with him! As the first
guard, he sure didn’t put any effort in finding Ino but just keep bothering
me over and over when I was in jail!! That #@^$^ Sugi, if he has time
fooling around in Dark Kingdom, or happy-together with his new founded
boyfriend or something, why couldn’t he at least come and help me escape or
to find Ino? I’ll beat him up when I see that !#$#@% bastard!!!!”
Hyde was intimidated by J’s anger and didn’t dare to speak, Ryuji was
scared too, but then he said, “nonono~~~ Sugi is now in deep trouble……”
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As Rayla, Sugi and others fell into the dark secret cell, Kirito
suggested to summon an escape portal to get Rayla out. Rayla insisted Sugi
would go with him as well, therefore the other four people gathered around a
circle to cast a summoning magic that create a portal leads to another
dimension. Rayla and Sugi quickly dived into the portal before the magic
weakened. Just before the portal closed, the other people all yelled,
“please come back, our true prince Rayla~~~~~”
Sugi and Ryu was transported back to their apartment. Everything looks
the same, so peaceful and quiet. Rayla was quietly kneeling on the ground
starring straight blankly. He thought he’d succeed. He totally
underestimated Imai, now he wasn’t even sure if Atsushi was really dead
since Imai seem. He felt all his effort was ruined, “I hate this…. I hate
failure!!!” Rayla’s voice began to rise with trembles.
Sugi looked at Ryu anxiously. He worried about Ryu. “Ryu, it’s okay,
let’s rest for awhile. We’re lucky that we escape that dark cell, I told
you we should have a better plan and more prepare if you want to claim Dark
Kingdom. We should fully rested before Imai found out that we escaped ….”
“You left some poison out didn’t you” Rayla suddenly asked.
“ah…huh?” Sugi was surprised.
“Sugi don’t lie to me, Atsushi is not dead is he?” Rayla asked again.
Sugi is speechless. For the first time he felt fear upon him. Ryu’s
eyes were so cold and fierce, as if they pierce through Sugi’s body with
every glance. Sugi couldn’t lie to Ryu, nor he wanted to betray his beloved
’s trust.
“I don’t know…” Sugi tried to avoid the confrontation.
Rayla suddenly got up and slapped Sugi across the face, he grabbed
Sugi’s arm and shoved him against the wall violently. He pushed Sugi
against the wall and quickly locked Sugi by pressing his body against Sugi
and held both of his hands on his back. Sugi could have break free with
some struggles, but he didn’t want to. He was too guilty to act against
Ryu.
“You still love him, do you?????” Rayla raved hoarsely.
“No….Ryu…..” Sugi could bearly speak but groaned, “I…just don’t want
you to kill you own blooded brother….”
“hahaha…..” Rayla laughed viciously and buried his head in Sugi’s hair,
“what a pathetic excuse, Sugi! Weren’t you enjoying every minute when
Atsushi touch you? You looked totally melted down with his kisses and
embraces….” He licked Sugi’s ear and started kissing his hair.
“Stop it Ryu!!!!” Sugi yelled.
“You dare to yell at me???” Rayla tightened his grips and press harder
on Sugi “do you know you just ruin the most precious chance!!??? What
about the wish you promised me???”
“Ryu~~~!!!” Sugi couldn’t stand it and left a loud cry, “I just couldn’
t stand seeing you slipping away!! You’ve becoming a merciless, cold hearted
and power hungry avenger!! At least I could not let you becoming a murderer
too….” Sugi tried to turn his head facing Ryu, he looked at Ryu with all
the passion and love and whispered, “I want to protect you…Ryu…I love you….”
Rayla softened his grips and said, “so you didn’t really want to help
me from the beginning, huh?” He was quiet for a minute then suddenly he
released Sugi. Sugi was relief and turned back at Ryu, and he saw a glimpse
of innocent Ryu’s facial expression on Rayla.
“so to you, I’m just a power hungry avenger….” Rayla lowered his head
and made a puppy face all the sudden.
Sugi felt his heart shuddered, it’s Ryu…the innocent boy started to
emerge…Sugi felt warm passion rode inside him, the boy he hasn’t seen for so
long.
Rayla covered his face with his palms and start weeping, “…..Sugi…I
have no one but you….. my father didn’t care about me, my brother tried to
kill me, I was all-alone. No one wants me….you know…no one cares about
me…and I thought…you….”
“No..Ryu~~~” Sugi panic and wrapped his arms around Ryu gently, he
rested his chin on Ryu’s shoulder and whisper to Ryu’s ear, “I love you! I
want you, and of course I’ll be with you forever.”
“but…” Rayla embraced Sugi, “but you wouldn’t help me…. I thought we
were together, as a team, I trusted you….but you…”
“Don’t say anymore!” Sugi held Rayla tighter, “I will never ever betray
you again! I will do all that I can! I don’t want to hurt you….Ryu….you
know how much I cares about you…I can’t live without you….”
A wicked smile appeared on Rayla’s face, Sugi couldn’t see it since his
head was rested on Rayla’s shoulder. Rayla stared at this hopelessly
captivated love slave with satisfaction, without knowing that they were
being watched……
As the lovers reassured each other’s trust and faith with embraces and
kisses, suddenly a huge fireball blasting toward them, the two was
immediately alarmed and dodged to opposite sides. Sugi tried to find if Ryu
is unharmed across the smoke, he saw a tall slender figure approaching, with
bright shinny blonde hair reflecting the fire’s light.
“Get away from him, Sugi!!!” J spoke with his low hoarsely voice.
“J!!! Why are you here?” Sugi was surprised to see J here. They
faced each other speechlessly, as Sugi was puzzled by the fact that J should
be jailed right now, and J was still stunned by what he saw happening
between Sugi and Ryu. He left his Ino to Ichiro’s care and came to search
for Sugi. He and Sugi had always been a pair of good rivals, sometimes like
brothers, sometimes like close friends. Though he knew about the secret
affairs of Sugi and Atsushi before he first went to Moon Kingdom as a spy,
he had always wondered what kind of person that could drive the Dark Prince
madly in love. When he first saw Sugi, he was overwhelmed by Sugi’s beauty
and power, he knew at once that they would become great buddies. But
now….after witnessing the proud Queen’s First guard that he admired had fall
under control of someone else, he was raged and felt deeply offended.
“Sugi, step away from Rayla!” J spoke in a demand tone.
“You….’ Rayla looked at J with a very surprised yet amusing expression
on his face.
J ignored Rayla and approach Sugi,“my ignorant and clueless Sugi, where
is your judgment as the proud first guard? This man standing next to you is
Rayla, the 2nd prince of the dark kingdom. He is the true evil core of the
dark side. When he was born, an oracle was made that not only he’ll rule
the dark kingdom, he’ll also destroy everything else and turn the world into
pure chaos! You were assisting the wicked!”
“J….” Sugi couldn’t believe his ears and looked at Rayla with puzzled
eyes.
Rayla coldly respond Sugi’s confusion with a simple gaze, he looked at
J and said, “well…Sugi, I never knew you have affairs with lots of Dark
Kingdom people….”
“What are you talking about?” Sugi was even more puzzled.
“….seems like you and J were more than just ordinary acquaintance…”
Rayla said.
“J is my colleagues, we were both first guards for the Moon Kingdom
royal….” Sugi clarified, “and what does that has to do with my affair with
the Dark Prince?”
“Oh~~ wow, how much things have changed since my disappearances!!”
Rayla was amused, “J the Moon Kingdom royal first guard??? Hahahaha~~~ when
did he ever betray the Dark Kingdom!!??”
Sugi looked at J in astonishment, J was speechless and big sweat drop
on his face.
“J…..what..what’s going on?? You…you’re from the Dark Moon?” Sugi
asked.
J tried to avoid the question, “…… don’t listen to Rayla, he’s full of
bullshit…Please recognize who’s the enemy here. Come with me, we’ve found
Princess Ino and our Moon Kingdom is in deep chaos.” Oh shit, J thought,
Rayla will reveal my true identity…
“So Sugi, you were fool by this so-called first guard huh?” Rayla
laughed, “let me tell you his true identity, I’ve known him better than
anyone else. He is Sir Imai’s…..”
Before Rayla can finish his sentence, J blasted another big fireball
right toward Rayla. Rayla dodge immediately. However, even though he escaped
from the attack, it was so strong that it made 3 bright red mark on his
face.
“damn…that was one of my strongest attacks…..can’t believe he could
dodge it!” J was furious.
Rayla smirched the blood of the wounds, he looked at the blood on his
fingers and screamed “How dare you hurt me!!!” Rayla raised his arm and
prepare to attack.
“No stop!” Sugi yelled, “though I’m very confused now….but J, don’t
make me raise my whip on you…I swore I’ll protect Ryu till the end…..”
J was panic, “WAKE the #@^^^ hell up!!!! He’s not that same innocent
boy you once loved anymore! He is Rayla!! The evil second prince of Dark
Kingom! Our enemy!! The Bad guy!! Get it??? ARGH~~~~ Sugi, I’ve wrongly
judged you! I’ve always thought you’re the proudest, honored and glamorous
warrior, I greatly admired you and see you as my companion. I can’t believe
you could be so foolish!!! I can’t see you like this….” Without any
warning, J suddenly strike Sugi on the head in one hard blow and knocked
Sugi unconscious immediately.
I’m sorry…Sugi…” J held Sugi in one arm on his waist, and whisper in
his ear, “I’ll explain everything to you later. I have no right to lecture
you like that…for myself too I was a fool in love and betray my own blood….”
Rayla started to frighten as he saw Sugi lying unconscious in J’s arm,
he knew perfectly that he’s no match with J. “Give me back Sugi and I’ll
let you go unharmed.” Rayla tried to threaten J.
“what the heck…you know your power alone can’t fight me. Without Sugi
you’re nothing!!” J prepared another fireball as he spoke. Rayla realized
the danger and tried to escape, but it was too late. The fireball blasted
right to Rayla and burned him badly. J then advanced and pounded a hard
punch on Rayla’s stomach, and he went on beating up Rayla’s body nonstop
like a mad beast. Rayla tried to guard himself but it was no use, his body
became a punching sandbag.
“Have enough?” J picked up Rayla on the collar, “then auto-disappear
and never bother Sugi again!! I dunno what kinda magic you had on him, but
if you ever get any ideas on Sugi, or Moon and Dark Kingdom, I’ll kill
you!!” with one last blow on the head, Rayla felt unconscious.
The deeply wounded body of Rayla turned back into Ryu immediately. J
was puzzled by the changes, but he didn’t give a damn. He kicked Ryu’s body
one last time and carried Sugi outside.
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