A/N: Hi! This is my first Kannazuki No Miko Fic! I hope you all enjoy it! It is an Alternate Universe, so there is no priestess stuff, but there is something even cooler...you'll see. I don't think it's necessary to say it's yuri, because it is, but just in case ;)
Oh, it is OoC, since I decided to change somethings, but nothing bad, don't worry. I am sure you will like it :D
Thank you again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kannazuki No Miko.
Crystal Princess
One
Chestnut tresses where sprawled carelessly on the pillow as moans and pants filled the large room. Holding tightly to the disheveled sheets, the girl quickly turned to her pillow, biting it down to muffle her screams of pleasure as she was taken over the edge by her lover.
The ministrations by her partner did not stop as she was quickly building up for another wave of ecstasy when a knock came to the door.
"Himeko-ojousama. Your father and mother have arrived and wish to see you." Himeko's eyes widened in shock when she heard the maid. "O-okay. I'll be ri-right there." she answered as she heard a quiet giggle from her lover.
"I thought you said they wouldn't be back until tomorrow," the blue-haired girl teased as she came up beside Himeko and licked her lips before kissing Himeko.
"I'm sorry Chikane-chan. The King's meeting was supposed to end tomorrow, so I didn't expect them back so early." Himeko replied as she quickly hurried out of her bed and began to pick the clothes that where sprawled around the room. Her father was a duke, which required him to attend all the meetings the king requested, and this time he had taken his family with him, except Himeko who had begged to stay home, for obvious reasons.
Chikane smiled as she followed her. "Chikane-chan! We don't have time! If I take too long my father will come up and we know what will happen if he finds you here." Himeko said as she pushed Chikane's roaming hands away.
"Fine Himeko. I do admit that you deserve a break after your performance today." Himeko blushed at Chikane's comment. "I will see you later then." Chikane said as she finished dressing herself.
"I love you Chikane-chan," Himeko said as she kissed Chikane once more, leaving the bluenette breathless. "I love you too Himeko," Chikane replied before walking towards the window and, seeing the coast clear, whistled to call her horse.
A black horse came running towards the window from behind some bushes where he was hiding, and Chikane jumped out just in time to fall onto the horse's back as they dashed away.
Himeko sighed dreamily as she saw Chikane riding away atop Murakumo. "Himeko-ojousama!" Himeko quickly snapped back to reality and closed her window before going to see her parents.
"I'm home!" Chikane said as she ran inside her house where she saw her mother preparing dinner.
"Welcome home Kane-chan." Otoha greeted as she looked up from the kettle. "Has otosan arrived yet"? Chikane asked as she looked around and failed to find her father who was supposed to be back from a hunting trip.
"He's out on the stable with Tsubasa." Otoha answered. Chikane did not reply as she dashed away to see her father.
"Otosan!" Girochi smiled when he saw his daughter running up to him. "Chika-chan!" Tsubasa rolled his eyes when his father hugged the blue-haired girl and easily picked her off her feet. "I'm so glad you're back!" Chikane said as her father released her.
"Well, I couldn't stand to be away from my little girl anymore." Girochi said with a smile. "Can I go with you next time?" Chikane asked, but Tsubasa huffed, "As if. It's my turn next time."
Chikane frowned, "Tsu-niichan is so mean." Girochi laughed, "No being mean to each other. Now dinner will be ready shortly, so I'll see you inside." Chikane and Tsubasa nodded and stood still as their father walked back to the house.
"So…" Tsubasa started with a smirk, "If I had to guess where you where, from the glowing of your face and your giggling, I would say you where with Himeko."
Chikane blushed and looked away as she petted Tsubasa's horse, Yasuku. "Very observant of Tsu-niichan." Tsubasa laughed, "You are just too easy to read."
"And you are just too nosy." Chikane stated with a laugh before running away as Tsubasa threw the horse's brush he was holding in his hand towards her. Tsubasa sighed and frowned as he saw his sister entering the house. He turned to his horse, "Yasuku, I know she's happy, but I can't help but worry about her. That kind of relationship has no future…" Yasuku remained motionless as Tsubasa brushed him. Tsubasa had known about Chikane and Himeko's relationship for a long time, but he had hoped that they would eventually grow out of it. He wanted Chikane's happiness, and he knew that in the long run, only problems would arise from their relationship.
"Onee-chan!" Nekoko said as she rushed towards her older sister and caught her in a hug. "I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too Neko-chan." Himeko said as she hugged her twelve-year old sister. "Mother, Father, It's good to see you too." Himeko said as she smiled warmly to her parents who stood in the doorway.
Nekoko released Himeko so that she could greet her parents. After hugging them, Himeko noticed a girl about her age who stood behind her father.
"This is Izumi. She is the new maid I hired when we were in the city." Himeko's father, Mamoru, announced when he noticed his daughter looking curiously at the blue-haired girl.
Izumi bowed down. "Pleasure to meet you Ojou-sama. I look forward to serving you." Himeko smiled and nodded, "Nice to meet you Izumi-san."
"Well, let's have dinner then." Himeko's mother announced. "Dinner will be ready in five minutes Tamako-sama." A maid announced as she rushed to the kitchen with Izumi following behind to start her work.
A few minutes later, the whole Kurusugawa family sat in the dinner table enjoying the meal in relative quiet, until Mamoru spoke up.
"So, Hime-chan, your birthday is coming soon. Have you thought about what you would like for your birthday present?" Mamoru asked, but Himeko shook her head, "I'm not sure yet actually…"
"You only turn eighteen once in your life Hime-chan, you can't just act as if it's nothing." Tamako said, slightly upset that her daughter paid little attention to the matter.
"I know mother, sorry. I didn't mean it like that." Himeko said as she pushed the food around her plate. "Besides, pretty soon you will have a line of young men knocking at our door asking for your hand in marriage!" Himeko's fork slid from her hand and clattered against her porcelain plate as her body froze from her mother's comment.
"What? Don't tell me you haven't thought about that? It is only normal for a young lady like you to begin to get courted at this age." Nekoko watched silently as she hid a smirk. She knew Himeko didn't want any one courting her that wasn't Chikane.
"We-well, I know. Actually," Himeko said as she pushed away her plate and rose from her chair, "I'm not that hungry, and a little tired, so please excuse me."
Himeko looked with pleading eyes to her father, who nodded his head to excuse her from the table. Tamako sighed and continued her meal. Nekoko took this as her cue, "Father, can I go too?" Mamoru nodded his head once again and resumed his meal without comment.
"HAHAHAHA!" Laughter thundered throughout the small home as Chikane's family had dinner.
"I'm telling you!" Girochi said. "Those men thought they could take away my hunt, but I showed them!" Girochi said raising his fist to emphasize his point. "Nobody takes from a Kisaragi!"
"Good job Otosan!" Chikane said as she high-fived her father. "Oh dear, Girochi shouldn't be teaching his kids that violence is good." Otoha half-heartedly reprimanded. Tsubasa nodded, "Specially not Chikane. She's too wild already."
Chikane threw a pea at her brother, "Silence you! Tsu-niichan is just jealous of me." Girochi laughed as she playfully slapped his son's back, "Don't be jealous Tsubasa-kun, you'll grow up to be a man just like your sister one day."
Tsubasa grunted, "Right. Like I'd want to become anything like that," he said as he pointed to Chikane. Otoha laughed, "Children, don't listen to your father. Now changing subjects, you do remember you're turning eighteen right?" she asked Chikane.
"Of course! How could I forget it?" Chikane answered. 'It's Himeko's birthday as well,' she thought. Girochi sighed, "My Chika-chan is growing so fast."
"Soon she'll be getting married and having children of her own!" Otoha said with a wide grin, but turned to Chikane when the bluenette began coughing as she merely choked on a pea.
"What?!" Girochi said as she bolted from his chair. "Over my rotting corpse will a man get near my princess! She's too young!" 'How about a woman?' Chikane thought to herself but said nothing.
Tsubasa laughed, "Like hell she is. Every time we go into town you should see how I almost get trampled over by her damn fan-club." 'Mostly girls, if I may say so…' Tsubasa thought but decided to leave that detail out.
"Well, I don't care. Like I said, Chika-chan is not ready for any marriage crap." Otoha rolled her eyes at her husband's stubbornness. "Do you want her to become an old-maid that nobody wants? She is so beautiful right now, she can't let that go to waste."
Girochi shook his head, "No no no Otoha. You don't comprehend. She isn't like those girls from town who are just waiting to turn eighteen to find a groom. Chikane is smart, and has ambition. She has so much left to explore."
Chikane smiled at her father's comment. "Thank you Otosan." Girochi smiled and continued his meal. Otoha decided remain quiet, since there was no point arguing about it now. Chikane looked over to Tsubasa, who smiled at her with a knowing look.
"Chikane! Get up!" Chikane's eyes fluttered open to find her brother Tsubasa on the edge of her bed. "Otosan is waiting for you outside. It's your turn to go with him to deliver."
"Oh! I forgot!" Chikane said as she rushed out of her bed into the shower, "Tell him I'll be there in a bit!" Chikane shouted from the bathroom. "Just hurry!" Tsubasa replied as he went downstairs where he found his mother standing in front of a window.
"Okaasan, are you okay?" Otoha turned to her son, "Look at your father…" Tsubasa walked to her side and sighed at what he saw. "It's quite a depressing sight isn't it?" Otoha said, and Tsubasa just nodded.
Girochi was outside, squatting down as he ran his fingers through the dry land. It had been rough years, and although it left them enough to eat and sustain themselves, ever since the new king had taken power, the lands had become dry and weak. 'This is what happens when the King is bitter…' Girochi thought as a single tear ran down his cheek. He had grown in this land, and he remembered the days when he would help his father to plow the land, and it would give rich crops.
"It's all Oogami's fault." Tsubasa said bitterly as he turned from the window, not able to see his father in such a weak state. Otoha sighed and went to prepare breakfast. King Oogami was the one who took possession of the throne when his brother Ichiro had been killed along with his wife and newborn daughter. Their world was ruled by magic, and only those of royal blood were able to naturally use magic, and there where those that practiced it through demonic means. The king's power provided the energy needed by the Crystals that were scattered across the kingdom, one in every town. Each town had their own crystal which gave controlled magical powers to the entire town for it to carry out what would normally be difficult tasks. Magic was used from ways to fertilize land and increase animal power, to help in building new structures and such. Basically, life depended on the King's power, but when his power was tainted by illness or bitterness, it affected the life of the kingdom in more than one way.
"I'm ready! I'm ready!" Chikane exclaimed as she came running down the stairs. "He's outside." Tsubasa said without looking up to his sister. "Thanks." Chikane answered before rushing out, then running back in to grab a piece of bread. "See ya." Otoha smiled at her daughter's antics.
"Otosan!" Girochi quickly recomposed himself. "About time Chika-chan, I've been waiting an hour!" Chikane smiled, "Gomen Otosan, here I brought you this," she said, handing him a piece of bread.
"Thank you darling, but that won't save you from a horrible punishment for your unpunctuality." Girochi said, to which Chikane frowned, "Oh, come on Otosan…"
Girochi laughed, "Fine fine, you are off this time." Chikane grinned, "Thank you Otosan, now let's get to work!" Chikane said before heading to the barn.
Kazuki Oogami walked down the hall of his castle towards his study where Norio Sakuma was waiting for him. Norio was one of the Elder Mages that served under the king. Kazuki rushed his step, knowing that when an elder requested to see him, it was never for good news.
"What is it Sakuma?" Kazuki asked as the doors opened to his study and he stepped inside. The old man, white hair presenting his age, turned to the king with a worried expression. "There was an attack at the Diamond last night." Sakuma said somberly. The Diamond was the main crystal that received its power directly from the king, and then projected it to the rest of the crystals across the kingdom.
"Where is the stone? Did it appear yet?" Kazuki asked quickly as took a seat across the Mage. He was not too surprised about the attack, for many dark-magic users always attempted such attacks, and although the Diamond was unbreakable, Kazuki knew that it was time that the stone appeared, being how his son's eighteen birthday was in a couple of days.
"The stone has indeed appeared sire, but, there was a second one." Sakuma answered and watched as Kazuki's eyes widened in shock. "Th-that's not possible!" Kazuki said loudly as he banged his desk loudly. "There was only supposed to be one! Where is it?!"
"Last night's attack was a robbery. The second stone was stolen." Kazuki's anger flared at the Mage's words. "How many know about the second stone?" he asked.
"The soldiers that saw it are all dead. The thief used magic to kill those that got in the way." The elder explained. He knew the severity of the situation, being how a second stone meant there was another heir.
"Very well," Kazuki said, "Make sure this remains between us and get rid of any who knows anything about it." The elder nodded and waited for the King to dismiss him. After Sakuma was gone, Kazuki grabbed a small figurine he had received as a gift from a foreign king that was sitting on his desk, and threw it against the nearest wall, causing the books that rested on the wall to fall down.
'This is not possible. There is only supposed to be one stone. Not two. And at this age…it's impossible…I killed them! I killed them all! They can't possibly be alive. They can't! '
A/N: Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it :D
As you can see, it is quite OoC, especially for Chikane, but I do think that if she had a family on the anime, not just maids, she would've been more lively, not all "serious-and-oh-so-mighty-sama" :P
The story is set in a kind of oldish-time, but as I said, they have magic and stuff...it will be further explained in future chapters, but if you have a question, please do ask :D
Please review if you like the story. It really motivates me to update sooner.
Thank You :)