Hi there everyone!

So couple of quick notes I would like you guys to know.

First off, this is actually a rewrite of my first story "Blue Rose." It was a story I posted a few years ago and it...didn't do so well... (I admit it was horrible, I still got the burns from those flamers). So I am attempting to rewrite it, reworking every single little detail and making it 110% better!

Second, this is a Taichi Yagami x Yamato Ishida focused romantic story that is rated M. There will be Taito, there will be Yamachi, there will be profanity, some violence, and adult scenes. If you do not like Taito/Yamachi, or aren't comfortable handling mature subjects, I ask you to please be open minded and considerate. I'm writing this because I enjoy the idea and wanted to share it, if you don't want a part in this I'm not forcing you to read this.

There will be slight hints of other pairings, such as Sorato, Michi, and teeny weeny tiny bit ( I mean you have to read in between the lines for these ones) of Koumi and Jyoura. But again, this is focus on Taichi and Yamato, not really any other romances.

I don't own Digimon. Obviously. If I did, I wouldn't post this under 'fanfiction'
Thank you Yama-chan for the support! :D
This chapter was written with the song "Arise" by E.S Posthumus in mind.

Thank you everyone, I hope you enjoy this!

"Remember Young Prince, steady. Calm yourself and be patient! The arrow wants to hit the target. You just have to let it, so don't try and force it. That is what–"

"I know, Jyou."

"Okay, I'll stop fussing now," The older man, Jyou Kido, stood off to the side. Out of habit he adjusted his thick rimmed glasses and straightened out the robes on top of his suit. He knew that he must always look pristine and clean, after all he was the royal's family personal doctor and servant.

"Tch," The younger male rolled his brown eyes at the man's fussiness. His clothes were dirtier than Jyou's; layers of sweat had cascaded its way down along the back and front of his loose tunic. His dark trousers and shoes were crusted with dust and dirt. A few strands of chestnut hair fell onto his eyes and he quickly blew them out of his peripheral vision.

In his hands he held a strong bow and arrow, his palms were sweaty and he could feel the wood slipping against his skin. Sharply taking a deep breath, the brunette suddenly drew his bow into position pulling the bowstring as far back as he could. His fingers clasped tightly around the back of the arrow and he mentally reminded himself not to twist and twirl the arrow.

"Again, Prince Taichi, steady."

"I know that Jyou!"

"Just making sure Young Master..."

"Ugh, I hate this," The young prince muttered, trying his hardest to hold his arms steady. Closing his left eye, he tried aiming at the target as accurately as possible. He could feel his arms starting to strain, the fingers grasping the arrow slipping, and his whole upper torso starting to scream 'Hurry up!' Taking another sharp breath, he tried to stop all necessary thoughts from invading his mind.

Within the second he let the arrow go. Feeling the thin arrow zoomed past him, his muscle started to relax knowing that everything now was out of his control. His chocolate brown eyes didn't waver nor blink as they focused on the arrow, hopeful that his actions would lead him to hit the target dead center.

A small thunk later, and the tan brunette's hope laced eyes fell into disappointment.

"And this is why I hate archery!" The Prince pointed at the arrow that was well away from the center, "It takes way too much work, and I'm not even good at it! Honestly! I have better things I can be doing with my time!"

"Young Master please," Jyou let out a sigh knowing all too well of his Prince's brash expectations, "Archery is a useful skill; you have to learn and master it."

"The hell I do!" Prince Taichi retorted, "I can fight better with a sword and my fists, I don't need to learn how to shoot an arrow, that's why other people in this castle can!"

"Those other people aren't the Prince of the royal Yagami family, or inheritors of the Southern Kingdom."

"…You can't even shoot an arrow!"

"I'm a doctor, Prince Taichi. I heal people who have been in fights; I don't get in the fights."

"Well if I was in a fight I would grab my sword instead." Taichi huffed, tossing the bow and arrow to the side, and grabbing his sword. It was a blade that his father had given to him on his recent 15th birthday. The sheathe was sturdy enough to be its own weapon, and the hilt on the sword was fashioned in gold plating with a carving of a sun in the middle.

"Yes you would. And I understand that," Jyou again adjusted his glasses and straightened his robes, "But tell me Prince Taichi, would you want a demon to get close enough for you to use your sword? Or would rather be safe and hit them far away with an arrow?"

"…" Taichi ran his hands through his wild and thick mess of hair and casually shrugged, "I'm not afraid of any demon."

Jyou's gray eyes grew narrow with controlled distaste, "Young master."

"What? I'm strong! No man in the castle can beat me. Hell, even Father can't beat me!"

"But it would be safer and more sensible to not let the demons onto our land!" Jyou raised his voice hoping that his words would reach through the young man's arrogant skull, "Even after all the effort your ancestors have put into building The Wall. Demons from the forest still manage to get over it and come into our land, taking whatever they please."

"Ugh not this again," The Prince rolled his eyes remembering the speech that Jyou, his father, and the entire castle would tell him over and over again.

"We are the Southern Kingdom! Our Kingdom is right across from where the Demons live in the forest! If our kingdom falls, than nothing stands in the demon's path of ruining the rest of the human lands! I mean look at our kingdom now! It's in shambles! We don't have any vegetation, any means or resources for us to grow, and not to mention living under the constant fear of the demon's evil reign!"

"I know."

"As the only male heir of his majesty, King Susumu Yagami, you will inherit the kingdom! And will be appointed a Guardian of The Wall! You must be prepared! That means understanding the politics of ruling the land, having the heart to deal with the agony and feelings of your people, being strong enough to lead the guards and armies, protecting The Wall the seperates the human lands from the Demon Forest and most importantly," Jyou looked at the Prince's brown eyes without hesitation.

"Making sure that the Demons don't take anymore from us."

"Yes, Jyou," Taichi grumbled letting out a huge sigh as to not sound too mean or angry, "I know. I've been knowing. Ever since I could understand human speech!"

"Good," Jyou adjusted his glasses, "Then that is why you must learn archery. The fewer amounts of demons that come over The Wall the better! Meaning that they are out of range for your sword."

"Yeah, yeah," Taichi stood up against the wooden wall, "Anything else you want to repeat for the thousandth time?"

"Prince Taichi, I have to–"

DONG

"You might want to hold that thought Jyou."

DONG

"What? No. Th-The sun has barely started to set! The demons can't be here now!"

"Well, the bell doesn't ring whenever it feels like Jyou."

DONG

"…I'm going to aid the personnel of the castle!"

"Haha, think archery's going to do me any good now?"

"Prince Taichi!" Jyou stopped dead in his tracks, turned to face the royal teenager.

"I'm just saying I'm right!" Taichi put his hands up defensively before tying his sword to his belt, "I'm going to go find my dad and Koushiro. Hide the women and children, and then tell the men to wait for orders. First we have to find out the type and purpose of the demons. Until then no one takes action unless me or my father say so!"

"Yes, your majesty!" And with that Jyou ran out of archery range and into the halls of the Yagami castle.

Taichi looked up at the sky. The sun was just above the horizon, painting the sky in a rich orange color. As the sun went down centimeter per centimeter, the orange changed darker until it was red, "I don't like this," Taichi spoke out loud, before running down from the dreaded archery range and into the passageway of his castle.

"This should do it," Taichi said to himself as he attached a chest plate and grabbed a pair of thick leather gloves. It might have been safer to wear thick and heavy armor when facing a demon, but if there was one thing that Taichi prized most in a fight; it would be mobility.

"Prince Taichi!" A voice from behind him called out, "Taichi-sama!"

"Ah, Koushiro!" Taichi turned around to see a smaller red-headed man to running to catch up to him. Koushiro Izumi, not being one to take up arms and scream war cries, was dressed in his normal suit and robes bearing the Yagami initials in a monogram on the back, "Why are you here? Where's my father?"

Koushiro halted, breathing heavy trying to find the proper words, "Your father is with the soldiers out front."

"Already? What's the status?"

"Uh well," Koushiro stood up straight and looked at Taichi, "It's a peculiar situation. We have reports saying that a wolf demon managed to climb over the wall and sneak its way into the castle. There's only one of them and so far we haven't been able to locate him. Not to mention, we still don't know what its motives are."

"What's so strange about that?" Taichi raised his eyebrow quizzically.

"It's a wolf demon." Koushiro started to explain, "Wolves travels in packs. Yet this one doesn't seem to be accompanied by any others."

"Maybe he's just getting a head start and others will join him soon." Taichi quickly responded, "Make sure that we don't send all of our hands after that one demon. We'll need several good men outside to stop any others from getting in."

"Yes, The King has thought of that has started progressing on that note. He has–"

"What about the defenseless? Are they hidden away?" Taichi rushed in before Koushiro could start anything else, "Hikari? Where is she? She's safe isn't she?"

"Princess Hikari …should be safe."

"Should be?"

"She was in her quarters before all this started; the wolf demon shouldn't be able to reach there so easily." Koushiro defended his answer in hopes of calming the young lord as best he could.

"So all that stands between my precious baby sister and a ruthless demon, is a long set of stairs in mess of hallways?" Taichi's raised his voice, causing the Koushiro to shrink.

"Well, um…I'll send some men right away. There were a couple of guards in front of her room so it's not like shes waiting on a silver platter. You need to calm down, you can't function properly if you are too worked up."

"Whatever," Taichi scoffed, "Make sure they get there quick! I'll go help my father and then you–"

"AAAAHHHHH!" A female's distant voice screamed. The sheer familiarity of the tone cause Taichi's blood to freeze, and his 'flight or fight' senses to kick in.

"Taichi-sama, wait a second. Just calm down–"

"I'm going to Hikari! Go do whatever the hell you want!" Taichi shoved Koushiro to the wall, before abandoning the noble with lightning speed.

"Don't get too worked up Taichi!" Koushiro yelled at the sprinting prince despite knowing that it would fall on deafened ears, "Honestly…Please Taichi-sama, be careful!"

"Yeah, Yeah!" Taichi yelled back to at least acknowledge Koushiro's words. At this time though, the only thing that matter was getting to his younger sister, and getting there fast before the demon could do anything to her.

Its times like these that Taichi wished that the castle wasn't so big. He knew how to navigate through the identical stone corridors and the similar sets of staircases; but it just took too long to get from one place to another.

"Onii-san…why can't I do the things you can?"

"Well um…that's because Jyou-san said that you're sick, that your heart won't be able to handle certain things. But don't worry! You don't need to do everything Hikari, that's why your big brother is here!"

The images of his younger sister, Princess Hikari, kept popping up in his head. As if the sheer stress of his home being attacked wasn't enough.

Her lightly colored eyes started to tear up, "But what if something happens? What if I can't defend myself? …what if….the same thing that happened to mom–"

"What are you going on about Hikari," Taichi ran and gave his sister a warm and loving hug. Wiping away tears that were beginning to form, "I'm here aren't I?"

Finally locating the stairs which lead up to the western wing (and consequently his sister's room) he found himself bolting up the stairs, a ready hand on the hilt of his sword, "Fuck!" Taichi cursed as he saw the bloody tangled mess of guards outside his sister's door.

"Don't worry Hikari, as your big brother I won't let anything bad ever happen to you!"

Heart pumping with distress and adrenaline Taichi kicked down the doors to the room and ran inside. Taichi swung out his sword, spotting his sister cowering in the corner and the wolf demon growling across from her. The room was already a mess furniture, books and bed sheets messily strewn across the room.

"Get. Away. From my sister!" Taichi used all his upper body strength to strongly hurl his sword in the demon's direction. The metal of the grand sword clashed against the stone floor in front of the demon, the ringing sound piercing the demon's sensitive ears halting the wolf and making it gripe loudly.

"Nii-san!" Hikari opened her teary eyes to see her brother. She started to wipe her tears, her panicked expression flushing away with relief.

"Everything is going to be fine now," Taichi softly smiled seeing as his sister was unharmed. Walking in front of her he pulled out his deeply wedged sword with ease and held the blade firmly in his down the wolf demon that had started to regain its focus, "I don't know what you want or if you can even understand me."

Taichi's brown eyes met the wolf's arctic blue eyes. The complexity of the color made it difficult to just pass the eyes as simply blue. Regardless of this fact, Taichi noticed the demon's will to fight, pride, prowess, and determination to get what it wanted.

"But you just messed with the wrong guy's sister," Taichi threatened pointing his blade at the gray, black and grizzled wolf.

The demon growled and bark in response, accepting the prince's challenge. Lowering its legs and bearing its fangs at the human's fighting pose. The demon eyed his new found target with scrutiny and annoyance. As if the canine didn't want to waste time in a pointless fight if it didn't have to.

"HAH!" Taichi yelled out as he slashed his sword in a broad diagonal slash, aiming for the wolf. The demon skillfully jumped backward, dodging the sword with bolting speed. Taichi irked his eyebrow and grit his teeth; he hadn't faced too many opponents that could dodge his sword so easily.

The wolf demon ran back at Taichi, using its muscular hind legs to jump upward. The beast opened its mouth of sharp teeth and fangs ready to attack the human's neck, but Taichi was no amateur. The prince quickly switched sword hands and sidestepped to the demon's left raising his right hand in an upward stab. The wolf, taken aback that a human could match his speed, contorted its body to dodge the large sword. The wolf landed on the floor unharmed, but not in the least bit graceful.

Taichi couldn't help but smirk, swinging his sword in circles as to not allow any openings and went to town attacking the wolf. The wolf was quick enough to dodge every slash and jab, but Taichi could handle his sword as if he was permanently attached to him. No matter the direction the wolf tried to attack, there was no weak point in the human's swordsmanship.

"Not used to this are you now?" Taichi's cockiness starting bubbling up, he was still on the offensive controlling his swings and thrusts to back the demon away from his sister. The wolf demon snarled in a flash of irritation and anger, jumping back a couple feet away from the human. Ears perched back and crouched low to the floor, the wolf ran across the room gaining speed and knocking down whatever came in its way.

Taichi bit his lip unsure of what to expect from the speedy wolf. He grabbed his sword with both hands and protectively stood in front of his sister. The wolf quickly jumped on top the bookcase and then leaped onto the wall that lies adjacent to where the prince was standing. The brunette's flashed into a mode of apprehension and amazement, not expecting the wolf to pull off a move like that. The wolf growled as he leapt off of the wall jaw open and teeth sharp. Taichi, unsure of what he should do a flying demonic wolf, quickly slashed his sword in a broad horizontal slice.

The wolf's icy eyes narrowed in delight, reading the human perfectly and changing the flow of the fight in his favor. Using the force of his jaws and teeth the wolf bit down of the sword, stopping it in mid swing and completely immobilizing the human.

"Shit," Taichi muttered to himself, realizing the predicament he was now in. Not wanting the demon to bite down on his sword and break it, the prince used all of the strength in his arms to push down on the sword. Pushing the demon down and himself up, Taichi pivoted his body off of the hilt of his sturdy blade, punching the wolf on the side of its leg and sending it flyingtoward the wall.

The wolf's felt a throbbing pain in his leg and a sudden shift in direction that made him defy gravity. With animal like reflexes, the demon wolf threw the sword out his mouth, sending the blade zooming past the weapon's owner and jammed in the corner of the ceiling before he hit the wall with devastating force.

The demon shakily stood up from the rubble, and took a small glance at the indent he just made into the solid stone wall. Finally the tables have turned in his favor, the demon darted towards the human fangs and claws ready to attack his target.

Taichi looked down, flexing his hands feeling incomplete without his favorite sword. Hearing the light footsteps of the demon, he turned on his heels and made a pair of fists. The demon jumped up once again and Taichi swung his arm in a left hook aiming for the same spot that he had punched earlier. The demon, thankful that the annoying sword was out of the way, scratched the fist away and promptly bit down on his upper left arm.

"Onii-san!" Hikari cried out as she saw her brother getting his arm bitten by the wolf.

Taichi's mind blanked out, overwhelmed with searing red pain, and desperately tried to push the demon off of him. The wolf's mouth was powerful and the iron grip only seemed to get tighter with every push and tug Taichi made on the wolf's thick fur and neck. In frenzy, Taichi hurled himself down. Body-slamming the demon attached to his arm, and wanting to bring him as much pain as his human weight could allow.

The wolf felt the entirety of his body crushing and yelped out loudly. Taichi pulled his arm out of the demon's mouth and using his good arm unleashed a flurry of punches onto the wolf demon, punching him further into the ground. Hearing the wolf let out a painful whine, Taichi gave one more solid punch on its leg joint before jumping off of him.

He geared up and delivered a good strong kick that sent the hurt wolf flying into the wall once more. Taichi was reaching his limit, being out of breath and sporting a huge gaping bite on his arm was not the best situation to be in when facing a wolf demon.

"Oh no…" Hikari saw the ribbons of blood flowing out of her brother's arm, "This is why I tell you to wear plated armor! You almost got your arm bitten off!"

"Heh, don't worry Hikari! This barely stings!" Taichi smiled confidently trying to put his sister's worries to rest.

Taichi quickly snapped back into his battle stance, the wolf demon was smart and unrelenting. There was no oppurtunity wasted when it came to the wolf's fighting style. At least that's what Taichi thought.

The demon stood up slowly, taking its time regaining its posture. The wolf stood tall, not shaking in the slightest, and Taichi wasn't able to tell how hurt it was underneath its gray double-coat. The wolf was as still as a statue, not even snarling or growling like how he had been since the prince first saw it.

"What's wrong? Given up?" Taichi taunted, smiling mischievously expecting the wolf to glare at him once again. His smile soon faded as the wolf remained standing still. The canine's fangs that were white as pearls were coated red with the Taichi's blood. The wolf tongue licked its teeth gingerly as if it was scared of getting burned.

Taichi saw the wolf's pupils dilate. The thin focused slits, growing more round and clouded. The wolf turned its head and looked straight at the human.

"Careful Onii-san!"

All the previous emotions that Taichi could read before had dissipated from those cloudy eyes. The blue eyes were no longer icy, but oceanic. Sucking in Taichi with a force he never felt before. The demon had changed his mind…but to what? What was this newfound fixation the demon now had?

"Onii-san? What's wrong? Don't you see the avian demon that just flew in?"

Taichi's eyes wavered as the wolf stepped closer to him. Just what were those eyes clouded with? What was this emotion that this demon was projecting to him? Taichi's blood didn't run cold as if he was scared or panicking. His heart was beating wildly, the blood rushing all throughout his body making him feel uncomfortably hot. He didn't know what this demon was feeling, and why he was being affected so much. But as much as he didn't like it, the brown eyes couldn't stop looking at the cerulean eyes.

"NII-SAN!"

Taichi felt his reason slipping, his legs weakening, the throbbing pain in his left arm going numb. All he could see where those blue eyes. The eyes are were more brilliant than any sapphire, more richer than than hue, the gorgeous eyes that no human eye could ever hope to compare to.

"NII-SAN LOOK OUT!" A piercing scream shouted out, and Taichi felt a sudden weight fall on him and push him to the ground.

Taichi blinked snapping himself from the wolf's spell bounding eyes and looked down at himself to see his sister laid out on top of him, "What the? Hikari!" Taichi pulled his sister into his arms and winced when he saw her pained expression. His eyes widened when he saw the line of black-red feathers line along the side of her right arm.

"Idiot...how many times do I have to tell you to pay attention," Hikari's fragile voice squeaked out.

"I'm so sorry Hikari," Taichi apologized, rocking her tenderly. He pulled one of the feathers out from her arm, squeezing the tip slightly seeing purple ooze form out them, "Poison…"

"What?"

"Nothing Hikari, don't worry about anything."

"...'Mkay..."

Taichi looked at the ceiling trying to spot the bird demon that just poisoned his sister he cursed once more when he saw nothing. His eyes fell back to where the wolf was standing and saw that he wasn't alone now. The bird demon was larger than a natural bird; it was largely red with a black tail and wings. The bird pecked at the wolf, snapping the beast from its trance.

Hikari started coughing violently, shifting Taichi's attention once again and he hastily pulled out all of the feathers from her arm, "What did you two do to my sister?" Taichi yelled directing his anger at the two demons that paid no attention to him. The wolf softly barked while the bird screeched, the two beasts conversing with each other in a way that the human did not understand, "HEY!"

The wolf looked back at him, and Taichi found his voice losing power. The mysterious emotion was still present its eyes and Taichi was at a loss of words and willpower. The bird pecked at the wolf once again before either of them could get mesmerized once again.

"Here they are!"

"Taichi-sama! Are you alright?"

"Jyou…Koushiro!" Taichi called out when he spotted the two in the room's doorway accompanied by some other soldiers. Taichi turned to see the bird demon glaring at the wolf with deadly fury. The canine barked softly at the bird, the winged demon stretched out its wingspan and flew towards a window.

"Quick! Don't let them get away!" Koushiro yelled at the men behind him, having the small unit run past the humans and head at the demons.

The wolf demon growled at the men and looked at the prince one last time. The crystalline eyes making one last connection before the wolf huffed and ran past the royal siblings. Sprinting through the guards, the demon jumped through the window, unfazed by the shards of glass that were flying past him. The bird flew behind the wolf and the two demons landed elegantly before running away from the castle.

"Damn it all," Koushiro cursed, "…Ugh, never mind them. You men fix up the castle!"

"YES SIR!" The plated men bowed their head in respect and started hustling around the room to carry out their orders.

"Young Master?" Jyou walked up to the siblings, calling out softly as a doctor would to a patient.

"Uh, yeah," Taichi shook his head attempting to clear out the azure eyes from his mind, "Hikari has been poisoned by the bird, tend to her immediately." Taichi put his unconscious sister into Jyou's arms. Placing the feathers she was struck with into one of his free hands.

"What about you sire?" Jyou asked glancing directly at Taichi's bloody arm.

Taichi looked at his arm and felt the pain of the wolf's bite, "I'm fine. I'll be down shortly, just take care of Hikari first."

"But–"

"Just do it Jyou."

"…Yes Prince Taichi…" Jyou stood up fully walking out of the room careful to not disturb Hikari any further.

Taichi sighed deeply trying to calm his nerves as the hands of his castle ran around him cleaning up the messed of stone and disarray the demons have caused. Taichi tried to close his eyes and relax, but the sensation of the oceanic blue eyes kept popping up in his head. Increasing his heartbeat instead of cooling it down.

"Taichi-sama?" Koushiro called out standing next to the sitting Prince, "You alright?"

"…Yeah…" Taichi stood up, getting a little bit of help from the redhead, "So uh…did we ever find out what the wolf demon was after?"

"Not at all," Koushiro sighed out, letting go of Taichi once he was upright and stable, "No other wolf demons came out either. Wolves stay in packs; I don't understand why one would just go off on its own."

"What about the bird demon?" Taichi clutched his arm looking around and seeing a group of men trying their hardest to pull out his sword from the upper corner of the room.

"I don't know at all really," Koushiro explained not minding that the questioner was wandering away from him, "This whole situation is just so crazy! I suppose different demons can work together, but I myself have never witnessed something like this. The wolf demon had a purpose in coming here, it's just difficult to determine."

"It attacked Hikari," Taichi motioned for the men to get off the ladder and make way for him, "Why would a wolf demon be after her?"

"Hikari-sama?" Koushiro rubbed his chin questioningly, "Hm…I can't say for sure…but maybe it was something Hikari has?"

"Like my sister would have anything a wolf would want."

"Well I don't mean like an object or money," Koushiro defended, "I mean maybe it was just after her blood or femininity."

"…Blood?"

"Blood is the makeup of every individual. You can change everything but not your blood."

"…I see…" Taichi climbed up the ladder and grabbed his sword with his good hand, pulling it out as easily as pulling a sharpen knife out of a cake. He stepped down from the ladder, putting the sword back into it's sheathe.

Taichi recalled the wolf's gaze, how captivating his eyes were. Demons are instinctive creatures, he knew that, but just what was wolf thinking? Are demons so different from humans that they have their own set of the emotions? Just why was he feeling like this? The image of those round eyes kept lingering in his head, and the unknown feelings kept festering around in his heart.

"Taichi-sama are you okay? You seem a little flushed…"

"Yeah I'm fine," Taichi lied not wanting to mention that his heart was racing because of a mere demon, "I'm going down to check on Hikari." Taichi walked past the men in the room and headed down to the halls.

"Right…" Koushiro walked after the teen, "Well I'm going down to make sure you get your arm bandaged." The red head gave a small smile, leaving the room for the rest of the hands to get to work.

"Jyou you here?" Taichi yelled out, entering the large infirmary room in the castle, "Jyou?"

"Taichi-sama lower your voice, this is where the hurt need rest," Koushiro reprimanded the ill-mannered prince, looking around the roomy space, "Jyou probably took Hikari to the closed off part of the clinic, sit down here I'll find someone to take care of your arm."

"I want to see how Hikari is first!" Taichi whined, still sitting on one of the stools protruding out from bare table.

"And I want you to stop dripping blood everywhere," Koushiro looked at the bloodied left arm. The previous off-white sleeve was torn up and scarlet, making the scholar bite his lip nervously.

"Oh no, Prince Taichi!" A female nurse came out from one of the rooms in the clinic. She was dressed in the proper white nursing dress, her blonde hair held back in a headband, "What happened to you!"

"Hey Catherine," Taichi waved at the nurse who stood agape at his hurt arm.

"He got bit by the wolf demon that invaded today. Please take proper care of him," Koushiro asked politely thought he probably didn't need to seeing as the young girl starting running around the medical wing immediately, sitting across from Taichi once she found her needed equipment.

"Arm please," Catherine instructed and the prince complied. She began washing the arm with warm water, making Taichi wince at the stinging sensation creeping up his arm. With most of the blood gone, Taichi could see the gashes of teeth marks the wolf had left behind on him, "I'm sorry…this wound is most likely going to scar…"

"Its fine," Taichi saw the deep bite mark, "It's better than having my arm broken right?"

"I suppose," Catherine smiled and continued cleaning the wound, before getting started on wrapping the arm tightly with bandage tape.

The doors of corner most room opened and out walked the master of the Southern Kingdom King Susumu Yagami. The King stood tall and proud, despite the forlorn facial expression he had on his aged face. His clothes remained regal and untouched by any dirt, dust, or sweat. Soon after Jyou walked out, taking off the gloves on his hands and tossing a book in his hands.

"Father?" Taichi called out from his seat capturing the King's attention.

"Taichi!" The King's regal voice boomed a deep baritone, "Are you alright my son?"

"I'm good," Taichi waved off the injury, "You?"

"I wouldn't be able to show my face to the people if I had gotten hurt."

"Oh wow," Taichi couldn't help but smile at his father's pride that he most definitely inherited. His happy face soon softened, "Is Hikari alright?"

"Well…um…" King Susumu stood across from his son, his wise eyes down casted unable to look at his progeny directly, "Jyou please explain."

"Okay then, there's good news and bad news," Jyou adjusted his glasses, taking the helm of this conversation. He avoided the questioning gazes of Taichi and Koushiro unsure of how to look them in the eye, "Good news is: Hikari was infected with an organic poison rather than venom."

"Meaning?" Taichi interrupted, moving his bandaged up arm closer to his body. Catherine giving him a look of disproval for she wasn't done wrapping the bite mark up.

"Meaning," Jyou ignored the rudeness as he was already used to it, "An antidote is much easier to make. In fact this is a known poison and we found a recipe for an antidote."

"Well then that's great!" Taichi exhaled a huge breath of relief.

"What's the bad news?" Koushiro asked, being more skeptical than his lord.

"The bad news is…um…" Jyou nervously looked downward, "...well it's...um..."

"What?" Taichi asked, his naïve chocolate eyes drilling the doctor, "Just say it!"

"...The antidote can only be made with a white yarrow."

Koushiro closed his eyes in anguish, rubbing his hands against his forehead and thorough his thick maroon hair.

"Oh no...Princess Hikari..." Catherine's pale blue eyes began to water and her body sunk into her chair.

King Susumu crossed his arms, leaning on the countertop his broken hearted face staring at the ground.

"Wait what?" Taichi furrowed his brow at the despair that everyone was expressing, "What's wrong with that? What's yarrow?"

"..." The King looked at his son, not too surprised that he didn't understand the situation, "Son, a white yarrow is a flower."

Taichi's heart fell into his stomach, "No."

"Yes, a flower."

"But that means-"

"Means that it lies within the Demon's Forest."

Wow that's long...I was not planning for it to be this long...don't expect chapters to be like this every single time.

Couple questions/improvements I need to make. I am the worst when it comes to pacing. Scenes in my head are so vivid and detailed, and translating that into coherent and interesting words is difficult for me. If things seem out of place, poorly worded, or strained out etc. Let me know exactly so that I can improve.

Next would be the honorifics. So I used Japanese honorifics, (Taichi-sama, Onii-sama etc. ) but I'm not really comfortable using these. I wanted to use some line of suffixes and such because I feel that it adds more depth and connection than just saying "Taichi" or "Brother". I speak Hindi, and we do have our or honorifics that is similar to Japanese, (how you address someone is based off of your relationship as well as how close you are to one another) so that's why I wanted to use them. This story isn't really set in Japan though, so let me know whether or not it makes sense or a different method of getting the points across.

Other than that, was it good? Was it bad? Do I need another hobby? Do I need to get my butt into gear and write the next chapter? I won't know unless you review so please give me your thoughts!

Thank you for reading!