Chapter 18
The Reason
“Prince Yunho...calm down.” Changmin’s warning the prince when he can felt unstable aura beside him. In instant, he know the prince beyond angry. Yunho in other hand gritted his teeth and glared at the intruder.
“What are you doing here Prince Hyunjoong? You’re not supposed to be here especially in this private ceremony.” The lighter King speaks while look at the new comer. He didn’t want any mess happen and decide to handle the problem rather let his temper high blood son to do it.
“I’m here to take him back with me.” Hyunjoong move to the bed and look at the sleeping beauty on it. He smile and about to caresses his hair when suddenly a hand gripped his wrist to stop him.
“How dare you…..!! Don’t touch him!!!” Yunho hissed before let Hyunjoong wrist go.
“Yunho! Behave yourself!!” The king only can scolded his son before ask Changmin to drag him away from Prince Hyunjoong. The two might eat each other if they stay close like that.
“How can I behave myself if he openly saying he wants to take away my bri..
gro…my spouse.” Yunho shouted back and glared to the man that now few meters away from him.
“He’s not your spouse!!!” Hyunjoong fired back and snorted at him.
“Well..soon to be!!” Yunho smirked when he saw Hyunjoong gritted his teeth. He felt satisfied saw the man irritated face.
“Yah!!!” Hyunjoong suddenly shouted and glared at him.
“Yah!!” Yunho shouted back as move closer but Chang min quickly hold him…
“Aish you two shut up!!!” Feeling dizzy with the two bickering to each other, the king finally decide to step in and glared at two like a kids in the adults body in front of him.
“He started it first.” Yunho whining and then pouted at his father who only can shakes his head watching his son immature behavior. He then turns to look at the other prince that definitely in irritated face.
“Prince Hyunjoong. Does your father know you’re here right now?”
“……………” The prince looks down on the floor with guilty face.
“Aha! Judge from his reaction…I don’t think his father knows. Naughty prince!” Yunho smirked when Hyunjoong look at him with sharp eyes like want to kill him.
“Shut up! Yes. He doesn’t know. So what? I’m here to take some one important to us….He won’t be angry for that.” Hyunjoong finally exploded with anger. He really felt angry with Yunho mocking and teasing towards him.
“All of you…please wait outside.” The king sighed. After hear the order from their kings everyone in that room walk outside to the door.
“Yoochun, Junsu, Changmin…you guys stay….and you too Yunho. I want you guys to listen at this carefully.” The four men that were ready to walk out froze in their steps and turn back to the king, after hearing his words.
“Thank you Si…er your Highness” Junsu and Yoochun said unison. For them the sudden use of royal formalities is really confusing. The king nodded and smile to the two.
“Prince Hyunjoong….You can’t take him. He belongs to this country.” The king said firmly to Hyunjoong who was surprised to hear that.
“You must be kidding me your highness! He’s my cousin. He supposed to be in our Kingdom not here!!” Hyunjoong object to show his disagree to the king.
“Cousin?” Yoochun and Junsu look at each other with shock face. The revelation definitely shocked everyone present in that room that time.
“Your…cou…sin?”Yunho ask with stuttered voice while widens his eyes looking at the other prince.
“Yes he’s my cousin!! Happy?” Hyunjoong hissed and then glared at him.
“Definitely!” Yunho suddenly run towards him and then hugged him. He was too happy since he thought all this time, Hyunjoong was his rival in love! His action definitely brings the shock to the man on his arms….
“Yah! Get off of me!” Hyunjoong pushed the grinning man away from him and look at him with confusing face….Aren’t we enemies? Why did he suddenly hug him?
“As I expected,your father didn’t tell you isn’t it?” The sudden question snapped his thought. He quickly looks at the king with knitted brow.
“Tell me what?” He asked curiously.
“Your father…He’s the one who throw away Jaejoong and his mother, Princess Aerthies or the crown princess out from your kingdom.” The king said calmly while observing Prince Hyunjoong reaction. The prince gasped and look at his face with widen eyes. As he expected….the prince definitely clueless with everything happened in the past.
“W..wh..what??? No..no…it can’t be…..it’s….impossible! My aunties…she’s run away with the devil and…my father said he been searching for them for a long time! That…a lie, My father won’t do that! He….” He pause his words and then shakes his head few times as can’t believe with what he heard.
“That was the half truth…..Princess Aerthies come back to her country with Jaejoong and her husband. But, your father didn’t allow them to enter the kingdom when he becomes the king that time. Aerthis should be the Clausky kingdom queen if she didn’t run away and marry with the….hm darkness crown prince…” The king sighed as looking at Young clausky kingdom prince…The prince was shock beyond words. He’s just silent while looking at the figure on the bed.
“So…so…Jae was….” Yunho jaw drop open after hear his father words. He look at his father and then to the person on the bed.
“Yes. He’s half angel and devil….To added, he’s not even the ordinary royal angel and devil since he got the first royal descendant blood from both part of his parent because he’s only and the eldest son’s..” The room full with gasps as soon as the king finish his words. Junsu almost faint after hear that…His hyung that he know for long time… he thought as ordinary human being turned out someone who is really powerful!
“Is Jaejoong father…I mean Crown darkness prince run away from home too?” Yoochun question make all the eyes turned to him before turned to look at the king as waiting for his answer. The king shakes his head as indicate ‘no’ to them.
“He supposed to become the king…But since he married to Aerthis, he passed the throne to his cousin. King of Darkness now….He walk away with Aerthis since he know Aerthis and his son will be suffer if they stay in that kingdom. That’s why they come back to clausky kingdom but turned out they were chase away from there by Aerthis brother. They have no choice but go back to Darkness Kingdom.”
“Wow…your father suck!” Yunho who suddenly just stand beside Hyunjoong patted his shoulder while say the words.
“You….” Hyunjoong pushed his hand and then glared at him….Yunho ignore him and walk back to stand beside Changmin.
“When that you walk over there?” Changmin ask with startled face since he didn’t notice Yunho walk away from him moments ago. Yunho’s just grinning at him and ignoring the question.
“Silent….Let me continue.” The king hissed and glared at his son.
“For first years nothing happened even though they were not welcomed there, they still survived….but when Jae turned to 4 years old there’s something strange happened. It was the ‘glorious darkness book’ day coronation for the crown prince Valeron when he turned to 9 years old…Well…As I said before. Prince Jaejoong is not the normal ‘royal’ blood prince….When the coronation happened….”
“The book chooses him.” Yunho unconsciously cut his father words…He quickly silent when he saw his father death glared at him.
“Yes..That’s true….And in the Darkness Kingdom….The one that chosen by the book supposed to be the ruler of the Kingdom. King Of Darkness that time, definitely didn’t like that. So they set a plan to kill Prince Jaejoong and make the book back to his son, the crown prince Valeron.” The king paused for moment as looking at them one by one. The room was silent for moment. They were look like in the depth thinking. Everyone’s really concentrate to hear the king story. Even prince Hyunjoong was silent while listening about the shock revelation. It’s something new and still confusing to him…..
“But isn’t the legend said, the book was born with his master?” Yunho sudden question broke the silent among them. He’s really too curious about that. His father smile and then patted his head.
“Correction. The book already exist since millions years Son. What the legend mean’s, the book choose his master, since the day the potential master is born to the world.”
“So…In Prince Jaejoong case……” Yoochun and Junsu said together but paused their words before look at their friend that lay on the bed.
“The book chooses Valeron first….Valoren even born with the book mark. But on the coronation days, the book suddenly changes his master to Jaejoong.” The king unveiled the truth and then nodded as to assure his son who looks very shock with the fact that he just know. Prince Hyunjoong is in the same situation as him.
“That’s confusing. But why?” Yunho ask again after recover from his shock state. He’s frowning when he hear his father words.
“Because…..Everyone’s believed Jaejoong’s was the first decedent of the black dark King of the Darkness Kingdom, the first King for that kingdom that died centuries ago. The legend said the black king possessed the great destruction power that can destroy everything that he touches…And to add, the first late king also born from half angel and devil blood make the prediction strong that he’s the one..To think about it, if we combine his power from both of his ancestor …No wonder the book choose him.” The King sighed. The previous king which is his father already tell him about the sorcerer prediction about ‘The One’…Seemed like Jaejoong fit the description. After seeing Jaejoong awaken powers, by his own eyes, no doubt the prediction was right!
“But why did they want him now?” Junsu concern voice make the other curious too since they were having the same thought in their mind. It’s just Junsu bet them to ask the question first.
“Power. They need Jaejoong power to continue stay at the top in this world. If they have Jaejoong power to support them, no one can’t stop them from controls the world. They’ll become the most powerful realm in this world…But there’s other problem. After know about Jaejoong specialty, Angel kingdom wanted him too….There’s war happened between two kingdom because of the same purpose before and it almost destroy half of this world dimension. It’s really scary!.” The King gritted his teeth….That was the damn truth and everyone can see it how greedy the two realms are. But because of it, they failed to see the suffer they caused to their own peoples.
“Uh? But..but…why Seunghyun need to er…mar…what that’s calls…ah! Blood ties with Jaejoong??” Yoochun’s frowning since he still confuse with all that about. However since Jaejoong’s involves with this matters he decide to learn and understand as much as he can to help his friend later.
“Good question Yoochun. But yes you just can say ‘marry’ it’s the same term too. Like I’ve said before. Seunghyun is the first owner of the book…In other words, he might have potential to control the book too….But it’s only happen if he have something that legally connect him with the owner now….He need the ‘connection’ to get him to the book…Before takeover of it completely…And to do that, they’ll be a price to sacrifices” The king explains it more to them. They nodded understood….Except someone who frowned hard that time.
“How that marries can give him er…..‘connection’?” Junsu ask with innocent eyes while blink his eyes looking at the king. The king coughs for moment when he heard the question.
“Is he really that naïve?” Chang Min asks the question to red face Yoochun who stared at his boyfriend with startled face.
“Yah!!! Never mind….forget that I asked!” Junsu pouted after hear Changmin words. Yoochun sighed and decide to explain it to his oh so innocent boyfriend.
“Su ah..It’s actually…The connection….Er…well…Something that we used to do on the bed.” Yoochun rubbed his back neck while looking down on the floor to hide his embarrassment. He just hopes Junsu will understand it since he already uses the easy way to describe it to him.
“Sleep?” Junsu scratches his not so itching head while blink his eyes looking at Yoochun. Yoochun jaw drop open. He can’t believe how dense his boyfriend is! The other that beside them who hear the two conversation laughed hard including the oh so cool Prince Hyunjoong.
“Aish…Come here…” Yoochun drag Junsu closer and whispered on his ear. Junsu face become redder after Yoochun told him about it. The King only can shake his head watching them. He coughs purposely to get their attention. They quickly look at him. He continues when all the eyes turned to him.
“They were trying to kill him before his full power awakens on his 17th birthday...That was the planned….but Prince Aerthis and Prince Aargon know Dark King plans. That’s why they decide to hide their prince on the earth when their small country being attacked by the darkness armies…Looking at the situation right now I guess there has been a change of plans….I was shocked too when I found out about the ‘blood ties’. I never thought they’ll use this way…especially it really risky one especially for the darkness crown prince….but I guess they really need the book….I definitely don’t know what their next plan. I suspected there’s more to come….” Everyone’s silent after the king uttered the words with worry expression on his face. They turned to the look at the body on bed and sighed….
“That’s it??” Yunho asked curiously. He believes there’s more secret behind it that his father might be hiding from him.
“That’s what I know….” The lighter king shrugged his shoulder, knowing his son will be always suspicious on him. It’s up to his son to believe or not to believe his words for now.
“Then what’s part of ‘him’ become important for this realm too?”
“How did you know?” The question startled him He quickly looks at Yunho while knitted his eyebrows together.
“Hm…I heard Changmin mention it before?” Yunho pointed to Changmin. The sorcerers gulped nervously when the king turns to look at him. The King sighed defeated. Maybe he should tell it from the beginning…..
“Ok fine. When they run away from Dark Kingdom country, they come to our country to seek protection. Your grandpa really bonded with little Prince Jaejoong so he agreed to help them. He gave pieces of land to Prince Aerthis and Prince Aragon to open a new country….But with a condition….”
“I know it!!! There’s nothing free you know.” Yunho cut his father words with smirk. The others glared at him…when he realizes his mistake for interrupting; he quickly mouthed ‘sorry’ shyly. The king shakes his head but decide to continue on the story.
“He want Prince Jaejoong for his grandchild who holder the whiter book. And this promise needs to fulfill no matter what happen. Prince Aerthis and Prince Aragon agreed.” Gasped can be hear in the room. They were confused with the sudden agreement that happened between the two generations.
“Uh? Grandpa is weird.” Yunho says, thinking his thoughts out loud, after noticing how oddly his grandfather wish was. It such a weird request when he knows his grandchildren’s that born in that time was all boys….
“Your mother and I thought the same thing too that time…But it’s turned out that he already sensed Jaejoong power since he was little. So he makes the promise.” Yunho nodded understood….The other just silent as waiting for the king to continue.
“Er…Then isn’t Jaejoong should just wait the next granddaughter or something rather than marry with a man???” Hyunjoong asked curiously since he thought the agreement was absurd!
“Hey!!!”Yunho hissed and then glared at the angel prince.
“What?????” Hyunjoong glare back with irritated face looking at him.
“I lo…hm…like him you know…I don’t mind to marry him!” Yunho state clearly makes all the eyes look at him. Well that definitely shocked them since their thought Yunho was straight healthy man all this time…except the sorcerer, Changmin who grinning at him.
“There are other condition that I forget to mention….The child must be in the same generation of Jaejoong…He wanted it that way because he know only holder of the book can control Jaejoong’s power. And that time, only Yunho was the same generation with him plus he also the white book holder.”
“Geez..why don’t you just tell me before Father?” Yunho smile widely after hear his father explanation. That’s definitely enough to shut up the other prince mouth!
“We just want you to know him first before decide rather to continue the engagement or not Yunho. We want you to learn and know his power first before continue..hm the marry thing…We thought you’ll object it since..er..He’s a man….”
“Hm…that’s make sense.” Yunho nodded lightly. Prince Hyunjoong can’t help but snorted at him.
“Yunho ah…Have you ever wonder why there is restriction for you to touch Jaejoong??” His father sudden question makes him knitted his eyebrows. He of course wondered about it too but every time he tries to asks, his father or whoever know the reason quickly change the topic to make him forget or give up about the subject.
“Ah..That’s right! I wonder about it too….” Yunho tapped his chin while looking at his father curiously.
“You can’t touch each other until he cans perfectly handling his own power. You know every holder have their own specialty right? Beside the powerful destruction magic inside his book, he also cans control all elements on the world as air, earth water and fire….. He cans destroy anything around these four elements with just blink of his eyes.....However yours specialty still uncover yet….. But we suspect grandpa know something that we don’t know about your power. He said, he saw you two playing in the garden …Jaejoong was angry and suddenly release his own power…But then you come to him and hugged him to calm him down like nothing’s happened…...That’s the time that your grandpa decide you’re the one for Jaejoong’s. Your specialty power maybe got something to do with Jaejoong dangerous power….” Yunho frowned when he hear his father reason.
“That’s weird.hm… I’ve touched him before….but nothing happened.” Yeah of course he remember the day his undercover day with Changmin before…He only got a little memory of it…But he sure he touched him that day. It’s not he doesn’t believe it, it’s just there are few event that he unfortunately touched Jaejoong but he didn’t even see any change to the latter at all.
“You’re wrong son. Every times you touch him, it’s like you give your energy to him… Since his power is not stable yet, your energy flowed easily into him and make him unleash his power without him noticing it. Snow falling in the spring, and then he suddenly sparkling…This is some example that you can’t notice that time. You disturb his stabilization power which is really dangerous for him and human around him. That’s why we prevent you to touch him until he learns to control his own power.”
“Now…I understand.” Yunho nodded understood. No wonder his parents and even the sorcerer prevented him from getting closer to Jaejoong. They were afraid it’ll effect the fallen Prince’s power….and at the stage since Jaejoong can’t handle his own power it’ll dangerous to him even the people around him.
“I….I’ve got to go….I will leave him here for now. Take care of him.” Hyunjoong sighed. Everything so new to him….He doesn’t know who to believe yet…. He need time to think about it all over again before decide his cousin fate.
“Sure we will take care of him. He’s my fiancé after all…” Yunho smirked as soon as he saw Hyunjoong look at him. He definitely know the man will fuming at him..But yet he can’t help to say the words clearly to that prince. Hyunjoong halted his movement when he heard Yunho words…
“I’ll not approve it!!!” He said it dangerously while glaring at Yunho.
“Ah…..You can’t do anything about it! It’s your Auntie Aerthis or should I say my further mother in law promise remembers?” Yunho added more. This time Hyunjoong quiet for a moment. He definitely dumbfounded with that statement…If what the lighter king said is the truth..then….
“Aish!!!It’ll never happen!” He shakes his head few time tries to deny it…He won’t approve it until he know the truth.
“It’s not for you to decide my ‘prince’ or soon to be my cousin in law!” Yunho smile widely knowing the victory already on his hand. Hyunjoong glared at him for the last time before vanishing to the thin air….
“So….that’s what I am….” The soft whispered startled everyone who was too busy looking at the two bickering princes that time. They quickly look at the bed where the figure that was lay on it before, slowly sit up while looking at them calmly.
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TBC
a/n: Thank you soooo much ms
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