The hearts broken promises

chapter 1

The strong wind of the night woke him up. He looks around and inhaled the fresh air.

Aaahhh… Shinou Mountain. He stares at the setting if the sun. The sunset at Shin Makoku is known for its intense red and orange hues on the sky.

It’s beautiful… too beautiful that makes his heart ache more.

Tears stream down his eyes. He inhaled and exhaled heavily, composing himself.

Tomorrow is the day of the engagement. The pain so unbearable. It’s suffocating, killing him. The hurt. But he had made up his mind that he will give Yuuri everything…

The kiss sealed that.

The kiss Yuuri gave Lady Jasmine when they’re still engaged…

He stared at the Shinou Temple. He remembers Shinou and Geika. The thing he had asked for them to approve. The renouncement of their engagement.

I need to do this. For him… for me… for the future.

He wipes the tears with his trembling hands and steer his white thoroughbred Mazoku horse towards the Shinou Temple. His only redemption and the only way to save his pride and many confrontations and questions.

The Shinou Temple, even at night were surrounded by guardswomen, ready for battle. Here, they guard not only the Genshi Miko, but also the Forbidden Boxes. Unbeknownst to them, the so-called spirit of Shinou Heika is also residing there – in its full glory. Oh, they know Shinou Heika’s spirit is there – but they have no idea that’s it’s LITERALLY THERE – making the Daikenja irritated most of the times for baby sitting a very stubborn, full of pranks and mischievous King.

‘Wolfram-Kaka!’ The women guards bow their head as he headed for the Shinou Temple. The women knows his going here – for he gave a message to the Daikenja.

He entered the room – where Shinou resides.

The coldness and darkness of the room didn’t help his feelings. More so, it chills him. The three forbidden boxes are there… he slowly touches the box where his heart was and still is the key. The forbidden fox: Hellfire on Frozen Tundra.

His heart was once taken away from him… now he wishes that the soul of his heart will be taken again. For he felt numbness for what he was about to ask for the Shinou Heika.

He then felt it, from behind him, a strong menacing and full of authority being. ‘Long time no see, my beloved descendant.’

He turns around and finds Shinou Heika now showing himself to his descendant in his full glory.Shinou looks at his and his cousin Rufu’s descendant, the Beautiful Wolfram von Bielefeld.

The two are so resembling each other that once may thought that Shinou and Wolfram are father and son.

The uncanny resemblance is really there. Both have sun kissed hair, both have same features, only Wolfram’s softer and more younger while Shinou Heika’s face has an aura of thousand of years of wisdom and power. And the difference of eye color.

While Shinou Heika has the stunning Sapphire Sky Blue Eyes… Wolfram has the Nature Emerald Green Eyes.

Wolfram looks up at his ancestor – the Original Great King of Shin Makoku – Shinou Heika.

Blue stared at Green.

Wolfram bows his head. ‘Good evening Shinou Heika.’

Shinou smiles at his descendant. Wolfram may not be his favorite, but the brat has a very big space in his heart. Wolfram was the fruition of his frustration. Where as, he and Rufus were calm, a prankster, a tactician, ruled by their head – Wolfram is govern by his heart. A real Fire Wielder.

A Fire Wielder, represents the energetic, forceful, moving things in the world. In the mental and emotional realms, it represents drive and passion… motivation, desire, intention, and an outgoing spirit. Wolfram is not an ordinary outgoing Mazoku – his hot tempered, easy to be pissed, too emotional, spoiled and selfish… but Shinou knows that his selfishness is never for himself – but only to the man or woman he will give his heart too.

And in his life – he has given his heart to Shibuya Yuuri. The 27th Maou.

‘I do believe I know your intentions in coming here. But my question is… are you sure?’

Shinou asked the Demon Prince. He looks intently at the bright emerald eyes. Wolfram may hide it – but he knows that those eyes have been crying. Been miserable. Been in so much pain that he felt the anger of Rufus in the air.

‘Yes Shinou Heika. I’ve think it over and I believe that it is for the best.’

‘Wouldn’t you wait a little more?’

‘I’ve waited long enough Shinou Heika… Five years is enough I believe. And I found out from the Daikenja that he… he…’ he inhaled and looked straight into blue eyes ‘He already has a set his eyes on a half-Mazoku woman… a woman Shinou Heika, unlike me.’ That was true, he found that out first and was about to burn Yuuri and confront him when he saw the latter in the garden – in HIS garden with Lady Jasmine, a half-Mazoku same as Yuuri… kissing and fondling each other.

‘Do you wished then that you were born as a woman?’

‘HELL NO! I will never wish that for the world. Being a woman may have it’s advantages but I – I love and respect my being a man. I am a soldier. Ready to accepts all the possible outcome in life. And… me being a man have the privileged to protect… Yuuri Heika at all times. I have been… his friend and companion. Conrart maybe his godfather but… Yuuri have shared many things to me too – as his best friend.’

Yes… his the best friend of Yuuri. Yuuri trust and asked for Conrart’s advice but he and Yuuri shared some things too. And for the life of him he never once think if himself as a woman or wished to be one. He have so much pride and respect to himself. Him being a man is a gift. That’s why it humiliates him when his mother dressed him up as a woman. He is a man through and through.

The Original King stared at his descendant, no tears, no regret – only sadness reflected in the emerald green eyes.

‘Then I will give out the order of the renouncement of your engagement and I will give you a very important mission my dear Prince.’

‘Anything, Heika.’ Wolfram bows again.

A Mission. Its okay. As long as it will put his mind in other things. Mission from the Shinou Heika is not one to be rejected and he was glad for it.

‘My Sage…’

Wolfram looks around and found Murata Ken, the Soukoku no Daikenja walking towards them.

‘Hello Von Bielefeld-Kyo. Everything has been arranged now. Shori and the others on Earth will be expecting you.’ Murata looks sadly at the beautiful Demon Prince. Descendant of his friend Rufus and his beloved Shinou. Eyes full of sadness. Just like Rufus. Is history repeating itself all over again? And again – to Rufus and Wolfram… Both have the saddest of fates…

‘Then that mission is on Earth?’

‘Yes. You are to be the Earth and Shin Makoku’s Royal Ambassador.’ Shinou informs him.

Wolfram stared at the two powerful Mazoku’s who have brought peace and tranquility on the land.

He graciously bows his head and accepts hi fate. On Earth. So be it.Tonight is the night he will go to Earth. He knows his breaking a promise to Yuuri. But Yuuri too had broken his promise… a promise made in the gardens. Maybe for the passing of years he had forgotten it. But then again, maybe the Young Double Black was not serious in making that promise.

I promise you Wolfram… always and forever.

He smiled sadly, in his hand the burnt flowers… Yuuri’s Promise.

Cheater.

He grabs his chest tightly, and felt the small pouch where the roots of Yuuri’s Promise is. The last roots. He have burnt everything at the garden. No more to be left behind.

He inhaled and look at the now set sun… only a few more minutes before the curtain of midnight cloak the land of Shin Makoku. Feasting his eyes once more to the beauty that he will leave behind.

He steered his thoroughbred Mazoku horse towards the Shinou Temple.

‘Good bye Shin Makoku… good bye my beloved Yuuri Heika.’