Chapter 04
425 Years ago
Southern Lands
It was a peaceful day after two weeks of rain storms. Kira was outside, studying in the left garden. Lira was with her, studying as well. The sisters talked their mages into allowing them to study together once in a while but it got rarer as the years pasted. This was one of the rare days.
“Sis, just how many did you read of your library?” Kira asked as she flinched her book and closed it.
“I read all of it...Rain is trying to get me more books...” Lira replied, closing her book.
The blond sister blinked as she looked at her younger sister. “Really?” She knew her sister was a book worm but didn't know just how bad.
The dark haired sister nodded. “Yes. Max read them with me...”
Kira giggled softly. “Your dragon reads with you as my dragon allows me to do whatever I want.”
“Only because you like to piss him off, Princess.” A voice came from behind the sisters.
They looked behind them and saw their mages with their dragons.
“It's not my fault that Kue is so easy to get mad.”
Kue gave a low growl as Max sighed lightly which made June giggle softly and Rain shook her head.
“Sis, you like pissing off your dragon?”
“I can't help it. Kue is cute when he's pissed off and he pins June a lot more. Which gets me out of-” Kira stopped as she felt something off. She looked around, trying to find what was giving her an off feeling.
Lira watched her sister then felt something off as well. But what was the feeling, she didn't know.
Kira stood up and looked around the garden. “Where…?” She muttered to herself.
The mages looked at the princesses then each other. They didn't feel anything out of the normal, so ether of the mages watched the young females without knowing what they could do.
Kue on the other hand, felt it. “It's a fox demon….” He said with a low growl.
many many years earlier.
Human realm
Two young girls sat in the back of the huge old building that was the orphanage that their mother left them in. Yet they didn't mind. The lady running the building was really nice and didn't seem to mind just how odd the girls were.
One day, the girls were in the back of the orphanage, reaching a book when the oldest of the sister felt something. Something or someone had eyes on them. She looked around only to see nothing.
The younger sister stared at her sister. “Kira...what is it?”
Kira sighed softly. “Nothing, Lira...felt eyes on us..”
Lira blinked lightly and looked out at the forest in front of them. She tilted her head as she locked eyes with a silver fox. “You mean that fox?”
Kira blinked a bit as she followed her sister's stare only to lock eyes with the fox as well. “How long?”
“Seems.. like two hours…?”
The blond sister blinked and looked down at her younger sister. “You knew he was there?”
The dark haired sister nodded and went back to her book.
Kira sighed then smiled as she got an idea. “I'm going to see if I can pet him.”
“Alright.”
She stuck out her tongue at Lira as she walked over to the tree line, just outside of the forest. Once she got there, she sent the fox a soft smile.
The silver furred fox watched the girls for a while, finding them interesting in the realm. He didn't move nor take his gray eyes off the blond girl who walked over to the tree line in front of where he sat. At first he was taken back by her smile but soon moved from his spot, moving slowly closer to the young child.
Once he was right in front of her, she raised her left hand and slowly reached over to pet him. He got the idea of what she wanted and met her half way, pressing his head gently against her hand.
She blinked at his actions then smiled as she gently ran her hand over his soft fur. “I so love foxes now.” She said softly with a soft giggle.
Kira looked around, thinking. “Lira, since you were able to spot him before, do you think you can do it again?”
Lira sighed as she stood up. She patted her dress gently before looking around at the trees. Her light blue eyes scanned the trees lines before stopping. Just before her eyes locked with his gray ones. “He's over there.” She said, point right at him, making him flinched slightly.
Before Kira should move, Kue disappeared and soon reappeared with a growling silver fox.
“Don't hurt him.” Kira said as she went over to the males. She gently touched the cheek fur on the fox's face and got him to stop growling.
“I wasn't planing on hurting him...” Kue dropped the fox and walked off, muttering to himself. He really hated guarding that girl but until she got her own guards, he was stuck.
The fox sat up and shook his head after being dropped. “Stupid dragon.” He muttered quietly to himself. He then blinked as the blonde princess knelt in front of him.
“Are you alright?” She asked softly.
“…hn...” He looked away. He didn't know what it was about her but he felt pulled to her.
Lira sighed and stood up. “Sis, I'm going to your library.”
Kira looked over and nodded. “Alright. Maxie should know where it is.” She said with a soft giggle which got the fox to look back at her.
The blue dragon nodded as he and the dark haired princess went inside, leaving the two mages to watch over the blond princess and the unknown fox.
“I'm Kira.”
The fox eyed her. “The first princess of the southern lands….”
She nodded and smiled. “Yep.”
“Akito...is my name...” He said as he looked away.
She blinked a bit then giggled with a soft blush. “Akito is a cute name.”