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yume_to_ame2017-09-16 08:28 pm
The prince and his three knights: Chapter 16
Pairing: It's going to be a Jun-pairing, but I don't want to spoil it yet. It's either: Sakumoto, Matsumiya or Juntoshi. Jun/Aiba as brothers, and Aiba might get his own pairing.
Rating: up to R
Genre: royality!AU, romance, a bit fantasy,
Plot: To seal the new peace agreement Prince Jun is handed over as a gift to the neighbouring kingdom, the Highlands of Ice. There is a legend surrounding Jun and his sisters and brothers, namely that they hold a secret power which will only be awakened to the fullest when their owner falls in love.
Tired of reigning the Highlands of the Ice the king announces that one of his three sons - Sho, Satoshi and Kazunari - will inherit the throne. As all of them are good men, loyal and talented, he decides to put a challenge to it: Whoever wins the young mysterious prince's heart will marry him and get the throne.*
*Important sidenote: I will not make a love triangle or anything alike. Once Jun decided, he decided. Also Sho and the others won't play dirty.
Note: This is going to be really romantic, I promise :D and I promise you all (!) that the brothers won't treat each other like sh*t. It's super fun to write this! Please tell me what you think <3
“Can’t we just raid the place?” Masaki asks impatiently.
Sakamoto hovers behind a wall, peeking into the courtyard. “There are some guards,” he mumbles. “We need to be careful and take them out one by one. If we make a fuss, we might put Jun into danger.”
“He is right,” Satoshi agrees, carefully checking his surroundings. There is a small part of yard with just a single guard. He signals the others to stay quiet, while he approaches the man silently. It takes him only a second to knock the man unconscious and pull him with him, all in complete silence. “I’m going to put on his uniform,” he mumbles.
“Good move,” Sakamoto says, sounding impressed. “You are full of surprises.”
“I’m just doing what’s necessary,” Satoshi says calmly. He wants to have his love back at his side, and know him safe, get him away from this horrible place and the horrible things he might have seen or experienced. With the help of Masaki and Sho he changes into the uniform. It’s a bit too large, but it works somehow. “I’m sneaking inside,” he says firmly in a tone that lets no room for argument. “Sakamoto-san, try to knock out the guards outside, so that Oguri won’t have any backup. Masaki-san and Sho go to the other entrance and try to work your way into the castle. Nagase-san, try to find a uniform and follow me. And you,” he turns to the guard his father sent with them. “Keep our backs as free as possible.”
To his surprise the others all nod, no one even questions his orders. He turns around grimly. It’s about time to end this drama.
~~~
Shiniji slaps Jun so hard that his teeth clash against each other and his ears ring. The sight in front of his eyes gets blurred by the pain, but he tries to stay focused. With his healthy hand he tries to keep Shiniji away, all the while he yells insults at his head to maybe wake him up from the sick haze he is in. Shiniji is like an animal, like he has lost his mind completely.
Jun tries to fight the feeling of hate and anger back, but his heart hammers against his chest like crazy still he is not ready to give up yet. He is rather going to die than to let this guy have his way. He-
To his surprise someone suddenly storms into the room, knocking Shiniji over. “Let go of him, you sick bastard!” Shun yells while hitting Shiniji hard.
Jun sits up, feeling confused. He rubs over his head, before his eyes catch what’s happening in front of him. Shun is trying to keep his cousin under control, but he is obviously weaker and not as brutal as Shiniji is. Soon Shiniji is hovering above him, pressing Shun into the floor, his hands wrapped around Shun’s neck. Jun’s eyes widen in horror when he hears Shun making some gurgling sounds. Shun struggles, hands gripping Shiniji’s arms to pull them away, nails scratching his skin bloody, but it doesn’t help.
Shiniji is probably so out of it that he doesn’t even realize someone is hurting him back.
The sick feeling Jun had before is gone all of a sudden. He feels hatred and deep despise. These father and son, those two sick men, did nothing but inflict pain to those around them. Jun takes a deep breath, realizing once again that his friends and family are for sure trying to find him, but that he needs to stand up for himself too.
For a moment his mind goes back to the times when he was a child and learned all the things about his power from Sakamoto and an old teacher who helped him read the old books about it. Both of them told him that they could never practise his power with him, that Jun wouldn’t be able to train it like a swordfight but that it was about Jun himself to study about it as much as possible. And he did, because he didn’t have anything else to do.
He has learned what he can do with his power, he even learned some ways how to influence it, now with Satoshi at his side he will probably learn to control it for real and maybe even use it to the advantage of those he loves and the people he will reign over.
He has also read about something else though. The other side of what he was able to do. Jun swiftly stands up, touching Shiniji’s shoulder. “Let him go,” he says, his voice sounding cold to his own ears. He tries to focus on all the bad feelings he has at the moment. Recalling the moment Shiniji wanted to rape him, how he deliberately broke his arm, the way they treated the poor woman, how they treated Shun.
To his shock it’s surprisingly easy. Shiniji suddenly winces in pain, gasping while he clasps the part Jun touched. He gasps for air, his body shivering.
It’s so easy. Jun lets go of Shiniji, feeling tears prickle in his eyes. He is supposed to bring life, he has never wanted to use his power to hurt someone.
Shun coughs slightly, but is up his feet immediately. “Jun,” he calls out and grabs Jun by his good arm. “Let’s go!!”
~~~
Of course they are not staying undiscovered for long but long enough for Satoshi and Nagase to sneak inside. At the other side of the tower Satoshi can hear screams and yells, probably because Sho and Masaki got inside, and Masaki can finally let out his anger openly.
Satoshi knocks out a guard to their side. “Let’s hurry and find Jun,” he says.
Nagase nods. “Should we separate?”
“Yes,” Satoshi nods to the staircase. “You go up. I’ll go down.”
“Why?” Nagase asks. “Shouldn’t we check the ground floor too?”
“They are locking him in,” Satoshi points out impatiently. “Which means they either lock him in in a room way up. Or in a room in the cellar.”
Nagase nods. “Good luck, Satoshi-san,” he says before he hurries away. “Let’s find our prince.”
Satoshi doesn’t waste anymore time. Instead he chases downstairs, barely noticing the guards he fights on his way, when he suddenly hears a voice. Like a bell in the wind. At least to him it sounds like it. “JUN!?” he calls out, running into the direction of the voice as fast as he can, following the voice that belongs to his beloved.
It gets more and more clear the closer he gets. There is another voice, it sounds a bit like Shun-san. And then another one, a darker one. Satoshi frowns grimly, rushing to the bottom floor and through the corridor to come right in time to see how a bulky, dangerous looking guy with a knife in his hand has cornered Jun and Shun.
Satoshi doesn’t waste any time or words, rushes towards him, his sword ready in his hand. For a moment he looks into Jun’s eyes, remotely noticing the fear in them that suddenly gets replaced by hope and relief the moment their eyes lock.
“Stay behind me,” he orders Shun. “And protect Jun.”
Shun nods, pulling Jun to the side and further away into a safe corner, while Satoshi turns to the man, a grim expression on his face.
“Who are you to come on our property unauthorized?” the man huffs.
“Forget it, Satoshi-sama,” Shun calls from behind. “It’s my cousin. He has completely lost it. It’s impossible to reason with him.”
Even without Shun’s warning, Satoshi would have come to the same conclusion. The man looks like he is about to turn into a berserker any time. He is taller and stronger than Satoshi which is probably why he looks rather confident now, but Satoshi knows strength doesn’t mean much when it’s about fighting. He easily dodges Shiniji’s attacks, swiftly moving to the side. “You move too slow,” Satoshi says calmly before he swiftly pushes his sword into the soft flesh. Shiniji gurgles something, before he drops to the ground.
Satoshi takes a deep breath, retrieving his sword before he turns around for what he actually came for. His gaze softens immediately when he sees Jun. “Jun-kun,” he says as soft as possbible, not wanting to scare him. “My love.”
Jun’s eyes visibly tear up before he hurries into Satoshi’s arms. Satoshi closes his arms protectively around Jun, swearing to himself that he won’t let something like this ever happen to Jun again, that he will always protect him. Jun’s body shakes and Satoshi notices in worry that he became rather skinny during the few days he spent here. He rubs his hands over Jun’s back soothingly. “It’s alright,” he says softly. “It’s alright now. No one is going to hurt you anymore. I’m here.”
“You came,” Jun mumbles, snuggling against Satoshi’s chest.
“Of course I did. The moment I realized you were missing, I looked for you. I’m so relieved to have you back, my dear.”
“I hurt someone,” Jun says miserably.
Satoshi doesn’t quite get what he means by that, but he assumes that Jun has seen and encountered quite some bad things during the last days. “It’s okay now.” He smiles warmly. “Let’s get you out of here. Your brother is here too.”
Satoshi pulls back a bit to check on his lover. His gaze shifts to Shun, noticing the bruised prints around his neck, before he looks at Jun again, checking his face with a frown. He was so relieved to see Jun that he didn’t see the signs of the abuse he probably went through. His cheek is swollen, a bruise growing right under his eye, there is dry blood around his nose, and…
“My arm hurts,” Jun mumbles miserably.
Satoshi’s eyes widen in horror when he sees Jun’s left arm. “What…” he gasps out. “Who the hell did this to you?”
Jun doesn’t answer but Shun kicks Shiniji’s motionless leg and points at him.
Satoshi frowns deeply. “I killed him too easily.”
Jun shakes his head. “I just want to go away from here.”
“Yes,” Satoshi says softly, not wanting to put more discomfort and distress on Jun, he has already experienced enough. Satoshi can deal with his own anger later. For now he needs to get his love out of this horrible place.
~~~
Satoshi just does the necessary and gives orders to the others. He tells Sho and Sakamoto to stay behind and watch out that none of Oguri’s men disappear. Shun asks him if he could stay behind too and help, and figuring that being able to finally put an end to his sad past and the even sadder recent happenings, Satoshi decides to let him although he orders him to take it easy and get his wounds treated by the king’s men later on, after all without Shun Jun might have not been able to fight for so long.
Once the troops of his father arrived, he gives them the last orders – namely to get everyone out of the tower and put the poor woman, Oguri’s deceased wife, back into the grave she belongs to, so that she may rest in peace. He knows he can leave it up to Sho to act on everything he told them, trusting him to do everything in his best ability.
Above all he knows he needs to get Jun away from this place as fast as possible, and he knows he can’t let him go by his own, not if he wants Jun to recover emotionally. He needs to accompany him. He longs to have a successful relationship with him for a hopefully long future. Their bond is still too fresh though to rely on it fully, and Jun just recently learned to be more confident. Satoshi wants to build his confidence up more, instead of letting it be broken by the recent events. He just wants to be there for him.
Before setting to leave he talks to Masaki though. “Masaki-san…”
Masaki and Yamaguchi attended to Jun’s wounds to their best abilities, but have told him he needs proper treatment back home for his arm. Masaki nods towards Satoshi before showing Jun a warm smile and leaving him with Yamaguchi. Once outside he bows towards Satoshi. “Thanks for saving him, Satoshi-san. A second time. You saved him twice already.”
“I didn’t do anything, Masaki-san. I’ve heard from Shun that Jun fought for himself in there and tried his best to defend himself. He grew really strong.”
Masaki smiles slightly. “I know, he isn’t weak. But still, we don’t know what would have happened if you hadn’t come.”
Satoshi shakes his head. “Masaki-san… you make it sound so special. But in the end I just tried to help the person I love. Anyone would have done that. You followed me suit after all, ready to battle it out against whoever awaited us to know Jun safe.”
“You had it all under control though,” Masaki points out. “Once we were here, you immediately knew what to do. And everyone automatically followed your orders, just like they do now. Even your father’s men do.” He pauses. “You are going to be a good king,” he admits.
Satoshi sighs slightly. “I’m not sure if I’m ready to lead a country.”
Masaki grins. “Everyone thinks you are. I do too. I’m handing over my beloved little bother to you after all, aren’t I?” he says before looking back at the tent where Jun is currently resting in. “I’ll be staying with Sho-san and helping him.”
Satoshi blinks in surprise. He has originally wanted to ask Masaki if he could indeed stay, but at the same time wanted to respect his wish in case he wanted to travel back with them. Jun is his beloved brother after all. “I don’t want to force you to stay behind,” he says calmly.
Masaki shakes his head. “It was my own offer, and I’m standing by it. I think Jun needs some time alone with you, and I might just distract him. This is important for the both of you… and I know he is safe when he is with you, so… I’ll be happy to help Sho with yelling at this old creep that abducted him.”
Satoshi nods thankfully. “Thank you, Masaki-san.”
~~~
“Jun-kun,” Satoshi carefully wakes Jun up, his hand brushing through Jun’s hair softly. Jun has been riding the carriage, most of the time asleep thanks to the heavy herbs that numbed down his pain. Now that they finally reached the palace Satoshi is relieved to have him under a proper treatment of the doctors soon.
Jun blinks slightly. “Satoshi-kun?”
“We are home.”
“Really… I…” Jun’s eyes light up slightly, like he hasn’t expected to ever come back again. To see him look so relieved makes Satoshi both happy and sad. “I missed it so much.”
“I know,” Satoshi says softly, placing a soft kiss against Jun’s temple. “I’m so happy to have you back with me.” He smiles, offering his hand. “Shall we?”
Jun nods, a chuckle escaping his lips when Satoshi pulls him along and picks him up to carry him the last few steps to his room. He wriggles. “I’m too heavy,” he complains.
“Heavy?” Satoshi snorts. “You? You weigh nothing more than a fly!”
“That’s not true,” Jun huffs, refreshingly angry at the teasing. “I’m not that much of a wimp.”
Satoshi chuckles. “You aren’t a wimp at all.” He carefully lays him down on the bed, before kneeling next to him. He hopes his gesture is not too intimidating but to his relief Jun immediately wraps his arms around his neck and pulls him closer. He looks nervous for a moment, like he is scared Satoshi will reject him, hence Satoshi decides not to let him overthink it too much and leans into the kiss, capturing Jun’s lips with his own. It’s a soft and careful kiss, he tries to show how much he loves him. Much to his surprise Jun suddenly seems to cry.
“What is it, dear?” Satoshi asks in worry.
“Nothing,” Jun stutters. “It’s just… I thought I would never see you again. I mean, I clung to the hope that I would. I didn’t want to give up, but deep inside…”
“Thank you,” Satoshi says because it’s all he can say at the moment.
Jun is surprised. “For what?”
“For not giving up on us. Shun told me how brave you handled the situation and how strong you were, I’m so proud of you. I’m not sure if I would have been able to handle it like you did.”
Jun blushes. “You make it sound so special. I just thought about you and my life here, and didn’t want to let Oguri win.”
Satoshi rolls to the side, pulling Jun to his chest. “Don’t talk it down. I know you were amazing.”
“Do you think Shun-san will be alright?” Jun says much to his surprise.
“You are worrying about Shun?”
Jun sighs. “To imagine this was the family he grew up with. How horrible. I thought I had it bad, but in comparison to him I was really lucky. I had Masaki, and Sakamoto-san, and Yamaguchi-kun. Shun apparently had no one for years.”
“Jun-“
“I don’t want to cry and feel sad anymore,” Jun interrupts him. “I made it through the last days because I knew I had to stand up against them and be strong, that I had to fight in order to be able to come back. Now I want to be happy. Here and with you. That’s all I want.”
“We are going to do everything so that we’ll have a happy life together,” Satoshi promises. “But eventually you’ll have to talk to me about what happened at Oguri’s place.”
“But you know it already,” Jun argues. “Shun for sure told you.”
“He did, but I need you to tell me,” Satoshi urges softly. “Jun, I don’t want to put any pressure on you, but if we want to get rid of this completely, we’ll have to face it. I won’t let you alone, I promise.”
“Man,” Jun smiles against his neck. “You are more bothersome than Masaki.”
“Since you already compare us,” Satoshi says in amusement before he plants a soft kiss against Jun’s forehead. “Let’s get you checked up, alright? I want you to finally see the doctor because of this hand of yours.”
Jun nods. “Yes, I think it’s necessary.”
Satoshi is surprised, relieved and also very proud. Jun’s way of handling his injury now is so different to when he was sick the last time and refused to admit it. He grew so much over the last months, and he is sure that he will grow even more when time passes. He can already see it in front of his eyes how strong Jun is going to be.
~~~
After the adrenaline rush of being saved went down, as Satoshi expected it would, Jun is a lot calmer than Satoshi thought he would be. He knew the moment Jun would have time to think and come down from the stress of the last days, he might start to think and ponder over the events, and the true traumatic effects might show then. But Jun apparently decided not to show anyone how shaken he actually feels.
Satoshi knows he isn’t the whiny type but normally Jun would be a lot more emotional or at least show that he is scared. Jun tries to appear as calm as possible, like nothing happened. However to Satoshi it shows in the smaller gestures. After Jun had been treated and his arm started to heal, and the others returned to the castle too, after everything is officially over, it seems like Jun hates to be alone. More so than before.
First Satoshi didn’t really notice it, but after the fourth night that he spent with Jun falling asleep with his head on Satoshi’s lap after he read something out loud for Jun, he realizes that Jun might not be as well as he wants everyone to believe he is. Satoshi carefully lets his fingers wander through Jun’s hair, tugging the blanket over his shoulders to keep him warm. They have settled back into their routine of meeting after dinner to talk or walk together or play a card game or read something. But still, it seems like Jun has worked out his very own strategy of not letting Satoshi go before he fell asleep, without talking to him of course and telling him about his fears. Also Satoshi noticed that he isn’t going outside alone, unless Satoshi is at his side. He isn’t even accompanying Masaki or Sakamoto, making up very believably excuses everytime, probably well aware that when he uses his health no one will bother him.
Satoshi lets his fingers wander through Jun’s black hair, wondering what he is supposed to do now.
A/N: So, Jun is back! And Masaki approves of his choice of husband :D
But Jun is quite traumatized, and he used his power to inflict pain. He can do that too.
A lot of cuddly times with Satoshi will come now :-)
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But I am so sorry for Jun... He is supposed to give life, not hurt... It must be so hard for him. But sometimes, people just doesn't deserve the life that God has given them so I hope he sees that too. It wasn't his fault after all. He just tried to save Shun which was a right choice from my point of view.
And Masaki approved them!! *throws confetti* now let me build up my hopes for Sho&Masaki >/////<
I loved it again! I will wait for more!! *-* (>///<)
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You are right, Jun feels really bad. He is supposed to give life. Hurting someone is nothing he wants. But he had no choice, right?
Thanks so much for your lovely comment! ♥
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Thanks for the update 😍
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Thanks so much for reading and commenting, dear <3
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Satoshi only knows half of what happened to Jun. I am guessing that Jun didn't mention about that animal trying to force himself on him.
I am quite sure though that Satoshi's gentle and calming love will help to heal Jun.
And welcome back from your hidey hole. 💜
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Thanks so much for your sweet comment, dear!! *huggles*
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I believe satoshi will found the reason behind Jun's behaviour right? i hope they will be okay now...
Will waiting for next ^ - ^
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Thanks so much for your sweet comment, dear <3
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I'm proud of him, too! He was really strong
considering how fragile he was when he first
moved into Satoshi's country.
If the whole scene in that old creep's castle
were in a movie, gosh I might have a heart
attack! I was overwhelmed that everybody
really helped in getting Jun back especially
Satoshi...Waaaaaaah I love the Juntoshi
moment but it's so sad that Jun had to
experience trauma and he didn't even want to
bother anybody about it. Well, I love the Koala
Jun if the tree is Satoshi...but I hope he can
eventually get over it. It's natural for him to be
extra clingy after everything that happened. He
was almost killed in that place with the belief
that nobody could help him and he only had himself
to rely on. Awww...poor Jun. It was a right move
that Satoshi did encourage Jun to tell him about
everything that happened. In that way, Jun can at
least make that as a first step to get over whatever
burden he has in his heart right now. *cries
Well, Satoshi can kiss him more than the usual if that
can help. LOL it's my perverted mind saying it.
Hahahhah thanks dear! <3
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Thanks so much for your sweet comment!! ♥
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Jun has to battle his trauma now, but I don't think Satoshi will let him alone with it, right?
Thanks so much for your lovely comment!! ♥
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Now that Jun doesn't want to be alone, I'm worried about his psychological issue, it seems that he is hiding something.
He should have told Satoshi at least to loosen the grip in his chest instead of keeping it inside and make him restless.
Thank you for the lovely Juntoshi moment, I hope there will be more Juntoshi on the next chapters:)
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Yes, gladly Jun is safe, Satoshi was just in time. Now they have to learn how to get over this traumatic incident!