"Halt, Who Dares to enter Lord Usami's castle?" A gatekeeper asked. He was the one who guarded the entrance to the most sacred building in the Kingdom, The Kings castle. When he saw the five men in their not so formal wear, they appeared to look like Commoners. He at first was very suspicious of the other four. Especially when he saw K with them. It looked like they were going to have a fight waiting for them. Hoping to avoid a fight, Hiro cleared the air.
"We are a group of travelers who have accompanied the prince on his long Journey hear." He explained. The gatekeeper took a good, hard look at Eiri. Then he turned his attention to Shuichi and Suguru. Some of his suspicion died down.
"You three may pass." He said pointing to Shuichi, Eiri and Hiro. But as those three went in and waited by the entrance, they saw that Suguru and K were being harshly interrogated by the guard.
"What is the meaning of bringing this traitor with you?" He asked Suguru. The psychic did his best to defend himself verbally.
"I'm with them, He's just some guy that was showing us here and now his job is done so, See you around." He said Running into the castle. The guard tried to catch Suguru only to be locked out by the four men. Not surprisingly K was locked out too. The group didn't have time to get him in because they had to get away from the gate Keeper.
What They all knew about K was that he was once a soldier for the kingdom, what he didn't tell them was that when the war began he was looked at as a traitor for aligning himself with a soldier from another land. Because of that he was exiled from the castle and was on the run for months.
Flashback- One year ago
K and a few other soldiers were in the throne room, they seemed that some of the soldiers had done something not only wrong but extremely illegal to the point where they would end up getting banished from the castle or put to death. Lord Usami, sitting on his throne and giving his punishment to a certain blond warrior who unwittingly broke the law.
"K, how dare you make an alliance with an Edeninan warrior? You know that Edenia is our enemy and that they have every intention of destroying us. And yet you make an alliance with him. You are a traitor to our land and are hearby sentenced to death!" he said.
When this was said, He looked around and then saw that the young man was gone. The other guards searched all over the castle for him but he was nowhere to be found. Then a few more of his men searched the kingdom of eternias, they searched every single square inch of the town but he was nowhere in sight.
K was already out of the kingdom and hiding in a cabin in a forest just outside of Eternias. He hadn't been seen since.
End flashback.
While going through the castle, the four men were pretty silent throughout the tour. Eiri was beginning to wonder what the heck Shuichi was up to when he decided to come with him. He was happy that the teen decided not to leave but there had to be an agenda behind it all. The only question was what was the agenda?
They finally got to the grand hall where they were greeted by the king's advisor. The vibe that everyone was getting from him wasn't a very pleasant one but then again, they didn't choose him to be their advisor.
"Welcome travelers." He greeted. "Your rooms will be fixed up shortly but while you wait there is a feast awaiting you all. Other than that, I'll have my tour guide, Noriko will show you all around the castle." He said.
While on the tour of the castle, The men were pretty taken in by the scenery of the whole castle. Especially Shuichi, Hiro and Suguru, since they grew up as commoners most of their lives, they never did go around a whole , Shuichi was in Eiri's castle but only because he was a warrior. He was rarely ever in the throne room until Just one year past. And the rest was history.
"I Don't know what you're up to, but whatever it is you better spill it right now!" EIri whispered suspiciously.
"Your majesty- I mean EIri, I think we should tell the king about us." Shuichi whispered. Sure they wanted the kingdom to know about their relationship but at the same time, how the king would react was something they had to consider; especially since they faced a war.
"We should wait." Eiri said. "You know what will happen if we let that out now."
Shuichi new the threat of a war but for some odd reason all he could think about was being with the man he loved. He wasn't about to give up the one thing in his life that he treasured. The whole tour continued with them admiring the Eternian castle and of course arguing about whether or not to let their relationship be known.
"Lord Usami will find out one way or another, so why not Just let him know now?" The teen protested.
OUTSIDE THE CASTLE
K was desperately trying to get in the castle with his comrades. He never thought that Suguru would go as far as to lock him out of the castle. He searched for a way to get into the castle. It wouldn't be such a big deal to him if there wasn't danger approaching the king, His people and or course our heroes.
A ship was approaching with a man with a red suit on. This was no ordinary ship, It was the same ship that Shuichi and the gang Jumped off of sometime ago.
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