Demon Child - Prologue
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Name: Demon Child
Fandom: Digimon Frontier (AU)
Rating: PG, I guess...
Summary: Young prince Takuya sells his soul to a demon in order to save his friends.
Demon Child
Prologue
by LanHikari2000x
It was a normal, sunny day at the
castle city of Luberia, and a group of kids could be seen playing
with a ball in a field near the forest. One of the kids accidentally
kicked the ball into the trees.
“I’ll get it!” a brown haired boy
called and ran into the woods after the ball.
This particular boy should not have
been out here in the first place, much less running off into the
forest alone. He was Kanbara Takuya, eldest son of the king and next
in line for the throne. He was supposed to be up in the castle,
learning all the things he would nee to know for when he took the
crown. But he couldn’t stand the stuck-up attitude most of the
nobles seemed to have, so at least twice a week he would sneak out
and play with some of the peasant kids, not that any of them knew any
of this.
He picked up the ball and headed back.
As he neared the edge of the field, he heard voices that defiantly
did not belong to any of his friends.
“Are you sure one of these brats is
the prince?”
“It doesn’t matter. Our orders were
to kill them all. Weather or not the royal brat is with them doesn’t
matter.”
Takuya froze midstep. ‘No! My
friends… They are going to die because of me!’ Suddenly, he heard
a voice in his head.
“Quite a pickle you in here.”
“What? Who’s there?
“I am the great fire demon
Agni, and I happen to find your current situation quite amusing. Do
you reveal yourself and die with your friends, or stay and live with
that guilt for the rest of you life? Or perhaps you would like a
third option…?”
‘A demon! I’m dead either way! But
it did offer another way out of this mess…’ “You’ll help me?
What’s the catch?”
He felt amusement coming down whatever
connection he had with the demon. “Very good, most people
forget that part. Yes, I’ll help your friends, but in return I want
you, your body. And you don’t have to talk so loud; I can hear your
thoughts.”
“You can what! Nevermind. It’s a
deal. You can have my body, just save my friends!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, a
burning sensation passed through his body and suddenly he had no
control over his movement. He could still see and such just fine, but
he had no say in what his body did. He panicked and started to fight
against the force, but the voice - Agni - stopped him.
“Kid, I recommend you stop. If
you try to fight against me you’ll only succeed in destroying
yourself.”
Takuya tried to respond, but, of
course, his mouth wouldn’t move when he told it too. Remembering
what he had just been told, he focused and tried to think what he
wanted to say at Agni. It was a bit hard at first, but he got
the hang of it.
“Sorry. I’m still new to this,
remember?”
He felt amusement coming from Agni
again. “Well, no harm done. Now, I still have to fulfill my
end of the deal. Hold on, we can talk later.”
With that, Agni started to walk
forward, past the edge of the forest, to stoop the killing of the
innocent kids.
“Hey!” he called, summoning up
flames to spiral around him, “You were looking for me, right?” He
kept walking until he was right in front of them. “Well I’ve got
a little tip for you. DO NOT THREATEN MY FRIENDS!” As he said each
of the last five words, the flames around him grew until they could
have passed for a large bonfire.
He then leaned forward and said, in a
whisper that was nonetheless heard by everyone in the area, “Go.
Now.”
They ran. When they were out of sight,
Agni let the flames die and turned to the now freaked-out kids. He
took a step forward and felt and felt a strange weakness go through
him. He managed to get out a strangled “Help” before both he and
Takuya blacked out.
(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)
Takuya awoke to find himself floating
in a sphere of fire.
“So you finally wake up.”
“Agni? What happened? Where are
we?”
Though he couldn’t see the demon,
Takuya could tell that he was embarrassed about something. “I
think I over did it a bit? Your body doesn’t seem to be able to
handle very much of my power. You’ve been out for a little over a
week now. As for this place… Well, I’m not quite sure what it is,
but if I’m right, it’s where you’ll be spending the daylight
hours from now on, and where I’ll be spending the nights.”
“Where you’ll be spending the…
Wait, do you mean that I’ll get my body back at night?”
Yes. So long as there are two
souls in a body, neither can have complete control. When The moon is
visible, you’ll have control.”
“But why didn’t you just
completely destroy me? Not that I’m complaining.”
“Two reasons. I don’t know
enough about humans to pretend to be one with out help, and I don’t
plan on keeping your body forever anyway; just until I find a way to
get mine back.” He paused for a second and said. “…And
I just realized that I never got your name.”
Takuya bowed as he responded. Well, he
tried anyway; bowing is rather difficult to pull off when you’re
weightless. “Kanbara Takuya, prince of the kingdom.”
“I’m honored.” He
sounded amused, but what he said next was anything but funny,
“Takuya, you realize your life belongs to me now.”
Takuya thought back to the deal and
realized that, yes, Agni had said he wanted Takuya himself,
just before the demon he said the wanted his body, but Takuya had
thought it was been a slip of the tongue at the time. Now it seemed
that it had been said on purpose. He hadn’t just sold his body to
the demon; he had sworn his eternal loyalty as well!
Takuya bowed his head, “Hai,
Agni-sama.”
Said demon burst out laughing, though
Takuya couldn’t see what was so funny. He waited for Agni to calm
down before asking about it.
“Please don’t call me that.
It sounds way too funny coming from a human.”
Takuya grinned. “Ok then,
Agni-chan”
“…’Agni-sama’ it is then.
Now when we- …When I- …When our body wakes up, I’m going to
need you to tell me where to get every thing we’ll need if we’re
to travel a fair distance.”
(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)
When Takuya… Agni… When Takuya’s
body ((A/N: Ok, I’m confusing myself here. Anyone have any ideas
how to refer to this?)) woke up, Agni found himself looking up at a
field of white. Lots and lots of white. There was a small brown spot
to indicate water damage, but still a whole lot of white.
Anyway, he sat up and examined their
surroundings. He was sitting on a bed in a rather plain looking room.
The bed he was sitting on was situated right under the window, with
the only door into the room on the far wall. Various chests lined the
walls in between.
“Hey kid, where are we?”
“How should I know? I floating in
a dome of fire, remember? You’re the one with the eyes!”
“You should be able to open a
window or something that will let you see what I do.”
Takuya concentrated and a… well,
window was the only word for it, faded into existence in front of
him. Through it he could see a very familiar sat of walls and chests.
“My room. We’re in my room.”
“This is the bedroom of
the future king?”
“What! I only ever use this room
for sleeping and hiding things that I don’t want thrown out. The
rest of the time I’m locked in the library with my tutors or
playing out in the fields. Check the second chest on the left.”
Agni did and was somehow only slightly
surprised to find several traveling cloaks, ranging from the standard
brown to bejeweled and embroidered one that would serve no practical
purpose. Sitting next to the cloaks was a bag. Lifting the bag
revealed a drawstring and crudely attached shoulder straps.
“You were hiding these? Were
you planning to run away or something?”
“Yeah, about a year ago. But I ran
into those kids you saved on my way out and they convinced me to
stay. But that doesn’t matter now. Might as well take advantage of
these since I have them.”
Agni nodded, “Right,”
and started looking through the cloaks.
He decided on one, a burnt-orange one,
and put it in the bag before fallowing Takuya’s directions to get
out.
They got all the way to the entrance
hall before anyone stopped them.
“Shinya? What’s he doing here?”
“Who?”
“My brother. He’s the kind of
kid who knows everything you don’t want him to. I hope you’re a
good actor.”
Agni mentally kicked Takuya, which
worked by the way, and returned his attention to Shinya. “Shinya?”
“Give him back!” Tears could be
seen in his eyes as he ran up to ‘Takuya’ and started pounding on
his chest, sobbing. “Please… Let Takuya-nii-san go! Please… I…”
he finally broke down and just cried against his brother’s chest.
Agni knelt down and tried to comfort
the boy, “Look kid, I’m sorry that I’m taking your brother
away, but there’s nothing anyone can do about it now. When you make
a deal with a demon it’s binding on both sides, so Takuya and I are
stuck together weather we like it or not.”
Shinya looked up and rubbed his eyes,
“You mean he’s still there? Takuya-nii-san is still there?”
Agni nodded, “He’s fine, though he
is giving me the worst headache I’ve ever had. Something about only
him being allowed to make you cry.” He tilted his to the side, as
if listening to something, and said, “He wants me to tell you that
he’s leaving it up to you to decide what to tell your parents, but
his friends deserve to know the truth.” He pulled Shinya into a
quick hug “From Takuya” and stood up. “It’s time for me to
leave. Goodbye, Shinya.”
“Wait!” Shinya called when he
reached the door, “Who are you?”
He opened the door and answered without
turning around, “The fire demon, Agni.”
TBC
Name: Demon Child
Fandom: Digimon Frontier (AU)
Rating: PG, I guess...
Summary: Young prince Takuya sells his soul to a demon in order to save his friends.
Demon Child
Prologue
by LanHikari2000x
It was a normal, sunny day at the
castle city of Luberia, and a group of kids could be seen playing
with a ball in a field near the forest. One of the kids accidentally
kicked the ball into the trees.
“I’ll get it!” a brown haired boy
called and ran into the woods after the ball.
This particular boy should not have
been out here in the first place, much less running off into the
forest alone. He was Kanbara Takuya, eldest son of the king and next
in line for the throne. He was supposed to be up in the castle,
learning all the things he would nee to know for when he took the
crown. But he couldn’t stand the stuck-up attitude most of the
nobles seemed to have, so at least twice a week he would sneak out
and play with some of the peasant kids, not that any of them knew any
of this.
He picked up the ball and headed back.
As he neared the edge of the field, he heard voices that defiantly
did not belong to any of his friends.
“Are you sure one of these brats is
the prince?”
“It doesn’t matter. Our orders were
to kill them all. Weather or not the royal brat is with them doesn’t
matter.”
Takuya froze midstep. ‘No! My
friends… They are going to die because of me!’ Suddenly, he heard
a voice in his head.
“Quite a pickle you in here.”
“What? Who’s there?
“I am the great fire demon
Agni, and I happen to find your current situation quite amusing. Do
you reveal yourself and die with your friends, or stay and live with
that guilt for the rest of you life? Or perhaps you would like a
third option…?”
‘A demon! I’m dead either way! But
it did offer another way out of this mess…’ “You’ll help me?
What’s the catch?”
He felt amusement coming down whatever
connection he had with the demon. “Very good, most people
forget that part. Yes, I’ll help your friends, but in return I want
you, your body. And you don’t have to talk so loud; I can hear your
thoughts.”
“You can what! Nevermind. It’s a
deal. You can have my body, just save my friends!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, a
burning sensation passed through his body and suddenly he had no
control over his movement. He could still see and such just fine, but
he had no say in what his body did. He panicked and started to fight
against the force, but the voice - Agni - stopped him.
“Kid, I recommend you stop. If
you try to fight against me you’ll only succeed in destroying
yourself.”
Takuya tried to respond, but, of
course, his mouth wouldn’t move when he told it too. Remembering
what he had just been told, he focused and tried to think what he
wanted to say at Agni. It was a bit hard at first, but he got
the hang of it.
“Sorry. I’m still new to this,
remember?”
He felt amusement coming from Agni
again. “Well, no harm done. Now, I still have to fulfill my
end of the deal. Hold on, we can talk later.”
With that, Agni started to walk
forward, past the edge of the forest, to stoop the killing of the
innocent kids.
“Hey!” he called, summoning up
flames to spiral around him, “You were looking for me, right?” He
kept walking until he was right in front of them. “Well I’ve got
a little tip for you. DO NOT THREATEN MY FRIENDS!” As he said each
of the last five words, the flames around him grew until they could
have passed for a large bonfire.
He then leaned forward and said, in a
whisper that was nonetheless heard by everyone in the area, “Go.
Now.”
They ran. When they were out of sight,
Agni let the flames die and turned to the now freaked-out kids. He
took a step forward and felt and felt a strange weakness go through
him. He managed to get out a strangled “Help” before both he and
Takuya blacked out.
(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)
Takuya awoke to find himself floating
in a sphere of fire.
“So you finally wake up.”
“Agni? What happened? Where are
we?”
Though he couldn’t see the demon,
Takuya could tell that he was embarrassed about something. “I
think I over did it a bit? Your body doesn’t seem to be able to
handle very much of my power. You’ve been out for a little over a
week now. As for this place… Well, I’m not quite sure what it is,
but if I’m right, it’s where you’ll be spending the daylight
hours from now on, and where I’ll be spending the nights.”
“Where you’ll be spending the…
Wait, do you mean that I’ll get my body back at night?”
Yes. So long as there are two
souls in a body, neither can have complete control. When The moon is
visible, you’ll have control.”
“But why didn’t you just
completely destroy me? Not that I’m complaining.”
“Two reasons. I don’t know
enough about humans to pretend to be one with out help, and I don’t
plan on keeping your body forever anyway; just until I find a way to
get mine back.” He paused for a second and said. “…And
I just realized that I never got your name.”
Takuya bowed as he responded. Well, he
tried anyway; bowing is rather difficult to pull off when you’re
weightless. “Kanbara Takuya, prince of the kingdom.”
“I’m honored.” He
sounded amused, but what he said next was anything but funny,
“Takuya, you realize your life belongs to me now.”
Takuya thought back to the deal and
realized that, yes, Agni had said he wanted Takuya himself,
just before the demon he said the wanted his body, but Takuya had
thought it was been a slip of the tongue at the time. Now it seemed
that it had been said on purpose. He hadn’t just sold his body to
the demon; he had sworn his eternal loyalty as well!
Takuya bowed his head, “Hai,
Agni-sama.”
Said demon burst out laughing, though
Takuya couldn’t see what was so funny. He waited for Agni to calm
down before asking about it.
“Please don’t call me that.
It sounds way too funny coming from a human.”
Takuya grinned. “Ok then,
Agni-chan”
“…’Agni-sama’ it is then.
Now when we- …When I- …When our body wakes up, I’m going to
need you to tell me where to get every thing we’ll need if we’re
to travel a fair distance.”
(-)(-)(-)(-)(-)
When Takuya… Agni… When Takuya’s
body ((A/N: Ok, I’m confusing myself here. Anyone have any ideas
how to refer to this?)) woke up, Agni found himself looking up at a
field of white. Lots and lots of white. There was a small brown spot
to indicate water damage, but still a whole lot of white.
Anyway, he sat up and examined their
surroundings. He was sitting on a bed in a rather plain looking room.
The bed he was sitting on was situated right under the window, with
the only door into the room on the far wall. Various chests lined the
walls in between.
“Hey kid, where are we?”
“How should I know? I floating in
a dome of fire, remember? You’re the one with the eyes!”
“You should be able to open a
window or something that will let you see what I do.”
Takuya concentrated and a… well,
window was the only word for it, faded into existence in front of
him. Through it he could see a very familiar sat of walls and chests.
“My room. We’re in my room.”
“This is the bedroom of
the future king?”
“What! I only ever use this room
for sleeping and hiding things that I don’t want thrown out. The
rest of the time I’m locked in the library with my tutors or
playing out in the fields. Check the second chest on the left.”
Agni did and was somehow only slightly
surprised to find several traveling cloaks, ranging from the standard
brown to bejeweled and embroidered one that would serve no practical
purpose. Sitting next to the cloaks was a bag. Lifting the bag
revealed a drawstring and crudely attached shoulder straps.
“You were hiding these? Were
you planning to run away or something?”
“Yeah, about a year ago. But I ran
into those kids you saved on my way out and they convinced me to
stay. But that doesn’t matter now. Might as well take advantage of
these since I have them.”
Agni nodded, “Right,”
and started looking through the cloaks.
He decided on one, a burnt-orange one,
and put it in the bag before fallowing Takuya’s directions to get
out.
They got all the way to the entrance
hall before anyone stopped them.
“Shinya? What’s he doing here?”
“Who?”
“My brother. He’s the kind of
kid who knows everything you don’t want him to. I hope you’re a
good actor.”
Agni mentally kicked Takuya, which
worked by the way, and returned his attention to Shinya. “Shinya?”
“Give him back!” Tears could be
seen in his eyes as he ran up to ‘Takuya’ and started pounding on
his chest, sobbing. “Please… Let Takuya-nii-san go! Please… I…”
he finally broke down and just cried against his brother’s chest.
Agni knelt down and tried to comfort
the boy, “Look kid, I’m sorry that I’m taking your brother
away, but there’s nothing anyone can do about it now. When you make
a deal with a demon it’s binding on both sides, so Takuya and I are
stuck together weather we like it or not.”
Shinya looked up and rubbed his eyes,
“You mean he’s still there? Takuya-nii-san is still there?”
Agni nodded, “He’s fine, though he
is giving me the worst headache I’ve ever had. Something about only
him being allowed to make you cry.” He tilted his to the side, as
if listening to something, and said, “He wants me to tell you that
he’s leaving it up to you to decide what to tell your parents, but
his friends deserve to know the truth.” He pulled Shinya into a
quick hug “From Takuya” and stood up. “It’s time for me to
leave. Goodbye, Shinya.”
“Wait!” Shinya called when he
reached the door, “Who are you?”
He opened the door and answered without
turning around, “The fire demon, Agni.”
TBC