She King

By: money127

So here is my new fanfiction! This fanfiction has been on my mind for a long time already and I was reserving it for after I finish Unfortunate Engagement but since I was missing the reviews and all that stuff, I decided to post it up a little earlier.

I hope you guys like it. It's completely unrelated to my other works: Fake Romance and Unfortunate Engagement. Unlike those two, this one is a historical romance and I know that not everyone likes history but please, give it a try!

Also, many of you will be wondering how come Natsume is Mikan's half-brother and they'll still end up with each other. Well, let's just say this is not an incest story.

Also, if, no matter what, history completely doesn't suit you, please try to read Fake Romance (complete) and Unfortunate Engagement (sequel and incomplete). Thank you!

Enjoy chapter 1 of She King!

Moving through the coridors in a fast pace, her auburn hair flying in the air gracefully, princess Mikan Sakura of Alice was more than just angry. She was enraged, mad and furious. If she wasn't, she probably wouldn't have barged into the King's room with such a loud bang and in a manner which her father called "her late teenage tantrum".

"Is it true?" She asked her father, the King of Alice, as she started walking towards his big wooden table.

"Good morning, my dear." He answered, still not reacting to her anger.

"Is it true that I'm going to marry the prince of Zero?" Mikan asked. When she woke up this morning, her maids were giving her pitiful looks as they talked about how the only princess of Alice was going to marry the only prince of the enemy's country, Zero.

"Do you have any objections to it?" Her father asked her, his eyes still on the pile of paper in front of him. The old man was always working, when did he even find time to entertain himself with his Queen and his concubines, one of which being Mikan's mother?

"Am I going to marry him or not?" Not getting the answer she was waiting for, Mikan asked again.

"Do you have any other suggestions on how you can serve this country other than marry into the enemy's family and unite two countries?" Her father asked in a casual voice, as if marrying at the age of 17 was something that Mikan was destined to do.

"I WON'T MARRY THE INTO THE COUNTRY THAT TOOK AWAY MY MOTHER!" Mikan yelled. When Mikan was still a kid, spies from Zero abducted the Queen and all the concubines, demanding the King to give up his throne. The King refused and all his wives were killed brutally, remains of their bodies were sent in a box, piece by piece, it was impossible to identify whose body parts they were. Mikan never blamed her father for his decision; the King's duty to his people was always above his duties to his family.

Mikan breathed heavily, trying to calm herself down. As her breathing started to go back to normal, Mikan decided to continue her argument with her father.

"You said I had a chance to the throne." Mikan answered. When she was a child, Mikan has nagged her father for the one thing that she thought would make her and her mother happy, the crown and the position of ultimate power in Alice.

"You refused to try to take out all of your brothers." Her father reminded her. When she turned 10, her father finally gave in to her nagging and agreed to let her become the heir to the throne but, of course, on one condition, eliminate all the competition, which meant her dear brothers, without being discovered. Mikan could never do that. Not when that meant that she had to kill Natsume, her beloved half-brother.

"You wanted me to kill your children." Mikan answered, trying to put some reason into her cruel father's head.

"I only need the best of my children. If you could've killed them without getting discovered, you could've proven to me that you were the toughest, the smartest and the slyest of them all." Her father tried to put some of his reason into her head.

"They have body guards." She gave a half-hearted excuse.

"Nothing you can't get through if you put some effort. You trained alongside your brothers in combat training, you studied above and beyond what you all were taught together and you have a talent in poison studies, am I correct?" Her father asked and Mikan answered with silence, "Princes are trained to be tougher than their body guards. You, training just like them, should be able to take down any body guard on your own." When Mikan didn't answer him, he continued, "Besides, Natsume is the Crown Prince, he is the heir to my throne."

"You said that all your children will have an equal chance to get the throne." Mikan reminded him what he told her when she was growing up.

"I said all my sons will have an equal chance to get the throne." The Kind corrected her, emphasizing the word "son", "A month from now, all your brothers will come to the Central City and they will all be given a chance to prove to me that they are worthy of the throne."

"Can't I take part in this? You know that I am worthy of this position, father." Mikan pleaded. The throne has been her only goal since her mother passed away. The throne held the key to her peace, her inner peace.

"You're a girl, my dear. You're born to be a princess, to attend balls, to wear pretty clothes and look after your long hair." Her father looked at her in a loving way which Mikan knew by now was his look of pity. Mikan hated pity…

Without a second thought, Mikan lunged at her father, stealing his sword and raising it above her head.

With one swift movement, her auburn hair was cut from her head. Mikan stood there, in front of her father, long strands of hair in her fist.

"I DON'T NEED THIS!" Mikan yelled and threw her hair into the blazing fire which was warming the room, "I DON'T NEED DRESSES. I DON'T NEED TO BE A PRINCESS. I JUST WANT THE THRONE!"

Heavy breathing was all that was heard a few minutes following her tantrum. Mikan, now with her hair cut short in an ugly hair style, was trying to control herself. She was trying to act mature and deserving of the throne yet all she was doing was acting like a teenage girl. Perhaps it was true that she had anger issues.

"2 days from now a letter will arrive to Zero that you have ran away." Her father started when Mikan seemed to be completely calmed down, "Your twin brother, Kan will be invited back from the military to participate in the competition for the throne. Make sure that he arrives here on time." Mikan looked puzzled at first, because she never had a twin, but then, finally realizing her father's plan, she smiled.

"Most certainly, father." She said and bowed as she started walking to the door, taking a hat to cover her now short hair, "I'll tell him to come." As she was halfway out of the room she peeked in again, "And I'll personally make sure that Kan Sakura will be victorious."

And with that, the competition for the throne began...

How far will your greed take you, Mikan?