Chapter 1

Gaardonia kingdom 1875

Takeo 18 years old.

i woke up really early today. i stood up and saw Akemi in his wolven form sleeping beside the door, as soon as he heard my footsteps he woke up and greeted me

Akemi : Greetings master u woke up really early today.

Takeo : yeah. i got a good sleep in and wanted to train early today

i went near my closet and took my weapons and changed my clothes.

Akemi : pardon me master but are we really going to do it today? this plan is crazy master if get caught we might loose our lives.

i smiled at him and said

Takeo : much more exciting isn't it?

Akemi could not utter a word and just sighed i saw that and said to him

Takeo : Akemi loosen up your self we wont fail in this. take your weapon and lets go train.

Akemi : yes master.

We went down and headed to the training grounds where my friends Bami Honda and Jack Vulfein are waiting.

Jack : Master sugoichi is not even here yet. why dafuq did you even want to come here this early Takeo?

Bami : its this early but you still got that much energy huh jack?

Jack : dafuq you want me to do? be sloppy like you? HAHAHA a lion always has the energy to do things 100%

Takeo : hahaha guys stop going at each others neck we came here to train and also talk about our plan for later.

Jack : oy tak, you know that your plan is gonna be hard and might put us in danger right?

Bami : i agree with this muscle head on that one tak.

Akemi : i told him that but he would not listen to me.

Takeo : Oy Akemi whats with that informal way of talking about me?

AHAHAHA i really like teasing Akemi hes my familiar but i really consider him as a brother so it does not bother me when he talks to me or talk about me informally. i honestly don't like being referred to as master by him or anybody else. but teasing him like this makes him stiffen up and stutter.

Akemi : m-mmy a-apo- logie- es master.

Takeo : HAHAHAHA im just playing with you. dont you remember what i said. no need for formalities.

Jack : OyyyTAK! are you just gonna ignore what i said? even Bami agreed with me

Takeo : ah yeah, come on guys don't get to worked up about this hahaha worst case is that we get caught and be disciplined by my old man. HAHAHAHA

Bami And Jack : ---______---- that's why we are scared in the first place, do you know how scary king Edmundson is?

Takeo : HAHAHAHA he's not that tough.

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???? : oyy who's not that tough?

Takeo felt the cold aura pierce through his spine as he slowly faced the person who talked behind him. with just the aura embracing the whole training ground he knew who was behind him.

if i aint really lucky with shit, its master Sugoichi, one of my old mans loyal guard. if i said that my father was not that tough hell might as well break loose. come on Takeo think. think. think.

Takeo : Master i was referring to the guy that i dueled the other day. he-he-he

Master Sugoichi : oh i see, he was older than you though and i heard that you were over powered and got beaten. that's why i came extra early today to train you double.

Takeo : *that stupid Kuro really thought he beat me and spread the news huh? i did not even face him it was my duplicate. i just used him as training partner with my new skill* aishh. stupid kuro.

Master Sugoichi : Tak did you say something?

Takeo : nothing master

Master Sugoichi : well then, prepare yourself and return in 5 mins. we'll start the training....

Jack : oyyy tak did kuro really bit your ass? AHAHAHA

Bami : jack you stupid muscle head we were with him all day, he did not even leave.

Takeo : yeah i lost to him. my duplicate atlease HAHAHAHA

Bami : oy when did you even learn duplication?

Jack : ah you finally have read the scroll i gave you. i told you duplication skill is really easy and useful

Bami looked at them with the questioning look

Takeo : yeah hahaha its easy but my duplicates are still not that strong.

Bami : what scroll are you talking about jack? Tak?

i shrugged my shoulder and pointed at jack

Bami finally realized it and looked at jack and a murderous aura suddenly exploded from bami.

Jack : OY BAMI YOUR AURA IS LEAKING WOULD YOU STOP IT *nervous laugh*

Takeo : HAHAHA your Dead now Jack HAHAHAHA

Bami : WHO TOLD YOU TO TAKE MY SCROLLS HUH? YOU TOOK MY DUPLICATE SCROLL AND LEARNED IT BEFORE ME NOW TELL ME WHERE IS IT? TAK!?

Takeo : oy bami i did not know it was yours *nervous laugh* it in my room.

Bami : okay return it me after training

Takeo and Jack : O.O dude you really have a dual personality

after they changed into training clothes and brought out their weapon their daily morning training began.

After 4 hours.

Bami : oy tak do you want to spar with me?

Takeo : nah i'll pass, my body hurts. jack might want to spar he was asking me earlier if i want to spar too. *you're dead jack HAHAHAHAHA*

as if on cue jack returned to the training grounds.

Bami : oy jack wield your blades

Jack : oy Takeo what is Bami saying?

and without a second to spare bami rushed towards jack with his Tonbokiri a legendary spear and swinged it non stop

although jack was surprised by bamis' attack he dodged every attack that was heading towards him jumping-leaning and deflecting the spear, after separating himself from the attacking bami he took out his twin blade Gan Jiang and Mo Ye also a legendary weapon.

flashes of strikes have been unleashed within the training ground exchange of non stop skill barage where thrown

Bami : Thunder Gods Clap, SPEAR OF THE CHOSE ONE!

A bolt of lightning is rushing towards Jack, but jack did not move an inch

Jack : O great Gan Jiang and Mo Ye from both ends of the world let your eternal flame conquer the darkness once again! FLAME SHIELD OF GAN JIANG!

The thunder of bami and the flame of jack that clashed and should have made an explosion bigger than a nuclear power bomb,

it disappeared into the space and whats left is Takeo in the middle wielding Murasame and Kusanagi pointing at jack and bami.

Takeo : okay thats enough spar for today.

Jack : HAHAHA finally Bami took me seriously

Bami: i don't want to go with someone who is weak and could not protect his allies. well you have proven to be strong. haha

Takeo : lets head home

Takeo, Akemi, Bami and Jack : Sugoichi Sensei thank you for training us today*bow*

as i was watching them spar earlier i saw that they are both serious about it. even though both of them did not aim directly at each other but the explsion that it would cause would have been a problem. i looked at bami and jack that are now talking *this guys seriously are one of a kind, hahaha *

Akemi : Master i must go and gather my things for our plan later.

Takeo : alright Akemi. act natural. go.

Bami : Tak, i must also go and prepare things

Jack : so do i Tak. we'll see you later.

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as i enter the castle i was welcomed by the guards and some maids on the lower floor.

not long after Iyashi came to me and welcomed me.

Iyashi : how was your training brother?

Takeo : it went well Ashi, how about your skills training?

Iyashi : learned flaming ball today. its boring.

Takeo : HAHAHAHA we all experienced that. where is old man?

Iyashi : in his chambers i guess.

Takeo : Yohan and Gab?

Iyashi : still in training.

Takeo : O okay. im going to my room ashi.

Iyashi : are you leaving brother?

i looked at him and hes still eating his food. i smiled at him and just left.

when i got in my room i saw Akemi reading a book

Takeo : yo Akemi!, have you packed?

Akemi : yes master everything that we need is in the bag.

Takeo : good we just need to wait until its time.

i went to the bathroom to take a bath and after that i changed my clothes and went down the dinning hall to eat, Akemi went back inside the spirits chamber to rest.

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as i sat down the chair i saw that Yohan and Gabriel is still not at home. i stared at my father who is sitting on the opposite side of the table and asked him.

Takeo : old man why is yohan and gabriel still not home?

King Edmundson : they are ascending as lion guards, today is the ceremony.

Takeo : ah i forgot. its at 6 right?

King Edmundson : it is. at 15 and 14 years old your younger brother already ascended as our countries lion guards. what is your plan with your life?

here goes this old man again.

Takeo : Father forgive me. but i told you before and ill tell you again i don't plan on staying here as a soldier.

King Edmundson : BUT YOU ARE NOT GONNA STAY AS A SOLDIER. YOU ARE A ROYAL IN THIS KINGDOM, BUT IN ORDER TO BECOME MY SUCCESSOR YOU MUST SERVE THE KINGDOM FIRST.

Takeo :........

King Edmundson : YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE FOR THE THRONE FIGURE YOUR SELF OUT ALREADY AND DO YOUR OBLIGATION FOR THE KINGDOM.

Takeo : But father!

King Edmundson : SILENCEEEEEEE!!!!!!

the golden lions raor was heard across the hall and all around the castle.

he stood up from his sit and gave me a sharp look, and left the dinning hall

Takeo : Whoooo. that was intense hahahaha better eat to my fullest capability now. hahahaha

after i ate to my filling i went back to my room and gave Akemi my bag that we will be bringing, we decided to place our bags outside the kingdom walls earlier before leaving..

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about 2 hours before the ascension ceremony for my brothers Yohan and Gabriel, Akami and i left the castle and went to our meeting place where bami and jack is waiting.

Jack : YO! you also came early

Bami : yeah might as well leave early

Jack : i heard that yohan and gabriels' ascension ceremony is today

Bami : yeah why did you think Takeo chose this date to leave?

Jack : uhh because he feels like leaving in this day?

Bami : stupid.

Jack : Why you little!

Takeo : Oy! so we're all set?

Jack : Tak aren't you gonna attend your brothers ceremony?

Takeo : nope. well this is not the last time that we will be seeing each other. hahaha

Bami : keep it down you guys, someone might hear you.

Takeo : yeah yeah. whatever. let's go to Cams' magic shop and pickup the item that we need

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Cams' magic shop

Cam : Welcome to my shop how w--------

Tak? are you really leaving? your going to get me in trouble if King Edmundson finds out that i help you escape.

Takeo : relax its fine nobody saw us come in your shop. so where is the item?

Cam : sighed* okay just dont drag me in this trouble. i might get exiled T.T

its right there behind the shop and dont use the main door leave behind the shop.

Takeo : thanks cam. i owe you alot! hahahah

i went behind the shop and picked up the items. it is a sleeping bomb that would not harm people and they would just wake up within 3 mins. we cant let our kingdom guards sleep for a long time we might get attacked hahaha

we went back to our agreed point where we will be attempting to leave the kingdom. after a few minutes of waiting the ascension ceremony started and kingdoms people are busy watching my brothers ceremony. when the horn had been blown it was our sign to start our escape.

bami and jack went behind the gate guards and threw their sleeping bomb, while me and akemi shot an arrow that has the sleeping bomb tied to it to the watch posts that are towering over the gates. when we confirmed that the guards where sleeping we ran through the gates and dashed towards the road.

after running for about 30 minutes we stopped and looked if someone is coming after us.

Bami : i guess nobody else saw us

Jack : i think its clear, the nearest kingdom from here is Elgato kingdom.

Akemi : master we should start moving again some of our scouts might see us

Takeo : Here it is. our adventure begins!!!!!!!