When the battle began, it was extremely intense. Magic spells were being tossed around, swords and other weapons were crossing each other. Psychic energy filled the entire shed. The fight grew increasingly more violent as it went on. Some of hiro's spells were a direct hit on a few of the assassins, while Shuichi just did his best to outsmart them as much as he could. He wasn't very much of a fighter, nor was he handy with a sword; in fact he barely made it through the academy. But if fighting meant protecting his friends then he would do it. He figured that the assassins were strong but not exactly bright. So he would do his best to catch them off guard.
There was no way that prince Eiri was going to just stand around and watch them handle everything; he sat in a nearby corner pretending to hide from the assassins. However what no one knew was that while he was "hiding" he was using his telekinetic abilities to help them beat the assassins; Especially Shuichi, knowing how unskilled of a fighter he was. One by one the assassins were defeated but leaving wounds and bruises on each of the heroes. It was down to three assassins. One of them was scouring the shed looking for the blond prince. When the rookie warrior realized this, he went and tried to distract him from finding his prince. He crossed swords with the assassin before tackling him. Then his opponent tried his hardest to push him off with his ax.
I can't let him find the prince! The pink haired boy thought. He was fighting with all his might not to be pushed off. Then out of nowhere, the assassin dropped his ax and reached for something else. Shuichi sat up in confusion but prepared himself for what was coming but even Suguru couldn't see this coming. He and hiro defeated the other two assassins and they were both exhausted by the battle.
The last fighter pulled out a dart, one of the same darts that hit the door when the sorcerer was on guard duty. Shuichi tried to block the dart with his sword but it had already been lodged in his lower thigh. Also the assassin was unintentionally impaled with the sword. Blood spilled out of both of their bodies and before his life came to an end, he gave this message.
"At least I won't die alone… *drops*"
When it was finally over, Suguru pulled the dart out of his friends body only to realize what the fighter meant by those words. He noticed a clear liquid on the dart dripping from the weapon. "Oh no!" he cried. Then he saw that the young boy was unconscious. If his suspicions were true, then he was in grave danger.
"HIRO MAKE AN ANTIDOTE, NOW!" he cried.
"What's wrong?" he asked running to his panicking lover. "Is Master Shuichi okay?" then he noticed the wound on the samurai's leg and his lifeless body. That's when he realized the horrible truth. That last assassin poisoned his companion. Action had to be taken fast. "Alright, give me a few minutes and the antidote will be ready." He said.
"What's going on?" Eiri asked Coming back from behind the scenes. Then he saw his protector lying motionless in the psychic's arms. No, NOOO! He thought. Suddenly his heart was broken in two. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The man he was starting to fall for was lying there possibly dead.
"Is he… alive?" the prince asked in a broken and worried tone. Suguru checked the fallen warriors pulse and saw that it was still there, barely.
"He is but I don't think we have much time!" he cried. Then his worry grew as a foam-like substance escaped from his mouth. "HIRO, HURRY UP WITH THAT ANTIDOTE!" then his prayers seemed to be answered when the sorcerer arrived with the potion. They sat their fallen comrade onto the bed and Suguru held his mouth open while his lover gave him the antidote. "Please, Shuichi." Eiri whispered wiping his eyes. "Please don't die." After receiving the potion, Shuichi's body seemed to calm down. The foam disappeared and it looked like he was sleeping soundly. It appeared that the men would have to sleep in the woods yet again. But as of that moment their main concern was Shuichi.
After a few hours of resting and with the blond prince beside him, the pink haired teen finally woke up he saw that Hiro and Suguru were asleep after tending to their own wounds. He also noticed that the shed was a complete mess from the battle.
Eiri was the only one who was still wide awake. When he saw his prince sitting beside him, He started to think that maybe Eiri wasn't such an arrogant bastard after all.
"What in god's name were you thinking getting into a dangerous fight like that?" Eiri asked. "Don't you realize that you damn near died and for what? Doing what my father is telling you to do."
He then turned away from him. He didn't want Shuichi to see him this way.
"It's clear that all I am is a burden to you and your friends. When this journey ends you can return to Endenia and pretend that you never even met me. That way you won't have to remember getting poisoned for my father. You really are pathetic you know that. I can't stand you!"
Shuichi just couldn't take hearing this anymore. It didn't matter to him if he was still recovering. He was not about to let his prince blame himself or him for being hurt again.
"Your majesty, I didn't try to protect just because your dad said so. Even if it is my duty, my heart told me to stop that killer. I did it because I…b-because I-I-"
The blond prince turned back around and saw that shuichi was beginning to cry. He didn't want to see him like that. Great, he thought. I made him cry.
His heart began to hurt from seeing his friend cry. He wanted to get him to stop but how?
"My prince I…I think I…" he started. Then Eiri did what he thought he would never do.
He leaned in and pressed his lips against his healing friend. Shuichi was startled by the kiss but at the same time wanted this to happen. He responded to the kiss by wrapping his arms around his prince. When the kiss broke, neither of them knew what to think. It seemed like it was a dream. There was no way that they kissed in real life. There was Just no way. But it wasn't a dream.
I love you, Prince Eiri. He thought. I really love you. And I want to love me…
Then after that, the blond prince left the shed in bewilderment.
"What the hell did I just do?" he said.
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