The tale of the three head beast. The marching fishes (20/21)
WE ARE BACK!!
Fandom: Digimon GoT au.
Charaters: All the choosen children from Adventure, 02, Tamer and sometimes Frontier.
Ships: Taiyama, Joumi, Daiken, Takary, TakatoxYuri, RikaxRyo . . .
Second part of the tale of the three head beast series, you can read the first part The chosen children Here and here, or look for the tag 3t3hb on this blog.
Resume: Three years had pased since Taichi won the hand of princess Sora and both get crowned King and Queen of the living land, now they must faced the duty of the monarchs, but the King is must worried about cover his affair with the royal guard. The war started on the Honest Island, does the King Joe would manage it?. Mean while at the other side of the sea Takato and Ruki stronger their forces.
And you can read all past chapters of the marching fishes in the links below or in AO3
ACT 1. ESCENE 1: THE RAIN
ACT 1. ESCENE 2: THE WILL
ACT 1. ESCENE 3: THE TRIP
ACT 1. ESCENE 4:THE SON
ACT 2. SCENE 1: THE ARRIVAL
ACT 2. SCENE 2: BROTHERHOOD
ACT 2. SCENE 3: MOTHER | **warning suicide attempt**
ACT 2. SCENE 4: THE BATTLE OF THE IKKAKU ISLAND
ACT 3. SCENE 1: THE INTERROGATION
ACT 3. ESCENE 2: DELIVERY
ACT 3. ESCENE 3: RED DRESS
ACT 4. ESCENE 1:TRIAL
ACT 4. ESCENE 2: THE SAINT QUEEN
ACT 4. ESCENE 3:THE SPY
ACT 4. ESCENE 4: INTRUDERS
ACT 4: SCENE 5: THE BROKEN SWORD
ACT 5: SCENE 1: THE WIDOW
ACT 5: SCENE 2: WELCOME HOME
ACT 5 : SCENE 3: FAITH
ACT 5: SCENE 4: LIONHEART (Chapter after the cut)
“Why?” the old man ask as soon as the knife penetrate his skin, the surprise take all the strench that remains on his body, he didn't fight, he didn't scream, he just repeat “Why?”
But Henry didn't answered to his corpse, he left the room of his former allie as quiet as he entered, he has a fair mision, not good or noble, but fair.
Kill the spies, prove his loyalty, serve the King
The death of the counselor was scandalous; a member of the court stabbed on his own bedroom; all the castle shake with fear, everybody talked about the silver knife nail over the body and the beautiful symbol engraved on the handle: a flower with diamonds as petals, the symbol of the light
The king was there when Henry inspected the room, he, the trusty adviser, the wiser; the one in charge of investigate his own crime, Takato really was that naive, kill him would be so easy.
To be fair, Henry had not be his first choice, Takato instanly search for Ruki, but she denied it, is the work of a coward she said pretending to know nothing, what an amazing liar.
Gallant lick the blood of the carpet before it could be clean it and the Lion buried the body and burn all of the gathering.
In all the palace no one cried the dead of counselor as the Queen, such a crime was no common on Piramide, they were used to fights at coliseum, the honor to die with your opponent in front of you; but for Takato, raised on the old temple, a childhood on the cult, killing on the dark was expected; he fails at comforting his wife.
The lion carried her around the castle, throwing suspicious and curses to anyone who come closer, doing the job he had done all his life: be the champion of the Queen.
“Is the work of your enemies your majesty” Henry Wong asure kneeling in front of the King and Queen
“How?” Takato tried to look compose and fails “How did they surpass our defenses?”
“and why him? “ Yuri as usually asked the questions that Takato would never ask “Why send an from a old man when the Queen and KIng live in the same castle?”
“I don't know” he standed up and spoke calm and slowly “But i promise i will found out”
“Tenemos que prepararnos” the queen continues “we must reinforce the castle, bend the guard…” Lion was beside her, nodding with his head after every order
“Momantai”
“Excuse me?”
“Momantai” he repeat “Is mean no te preocupes” he turns to Takato “Not to worry”
“How i cannot be worried if a man is killed in my own castle” Yuri yells, send wàs so little,he could take her down with no effort; The Lion standed up.
“Because that man was a target” still serene he continues “ just think about it, someone entered the castle and only attack an old council, not you or the King, my guess is that is personal, not only that, my thought is that no one really break into the castle, it was an inside job”
He felt Ruki eyes over him, the entire court gasped, the queen sobed
“the guards saw nothing, the lock was not forced, there was no sign of a fight, the murderer was someone the council knew, someone he trusted, the murderer is a member of this castle, probably a spy from the light”
The gasp became a scream, and the sob became tears
“And you tell me not to worried about it?”
“Gallant is with you all the time, the Lion protect the Queen, and now that we are aware of this spy he or she would not be able to act without been caught” he bow “Momantai” and excuse himself out of the audience.
“Are you out of your mind?” Ruki follow him “what is wrong with you?”
“the best lies are the ones who begins with the true”
“Don't mess with me Wong!” she come closer “just tell me who the others spies are and i would handle it! this is way out of you control!”
“Wong!” another figure run to them
“Hide”
“I don't take orders from you!”
“Just do it!” and very much to her regret she obeyed
“Wong!” a man approached to him, he was sweating despite the cold weather “Wong! we need to talk, the counselor! what you said¡” the man searched for a safe place to speak “ are we in danger?”
Ruki recognized him as one of the guard
“listen” a little tremble on his voice, subtle and fake “my hope is that whoever is behind this crime would panic after my declaration, I only act by the command of the alchemist”
“Did you speak with him?” both men whispered but Ruki was able to listen “What did he said?”
“What I need to know, I told you, I merely follow his instructions” one hand over his shoulder “I trust in his guide, if my purpose is to die for the light, then it will be”
The man become a young boy at his words
“Yes, yes of course” he mumble “I, i think the same, i just… im use to the life in this city”
“Are you coming outside of the light my friend?”
“No! of course not, im sorry for bothering you is just.. i have doubs”
“Doubs about the true of the light or about our lider?
the fear on his face was enough answer
Ruki come out of her hide at the same time he running away
“Nervous men make stupid mistakes”
“Dont lecture me” she was not convince “this is gonna explode in your face, let me help you”
“You are helping” he sigh “The king would recognize your murder technique in an instant, I´ll do it, one by one until the last one snap”
“or you…”
“I´m calm” he breath, exasperate “I´m in control” even when he was thinking in a millions ways of break her neck
Ruki look at him with her big menacing eyes “Koushiro train you well”
“I never told you he was my teacher”
“You didn't have to” but she pause, as if she was afraid “don't forget why are we doing this, our goal” and she look back at the throne room, the King smile as he talk and welcome the audiences, the light shine over Takato crown making him look almost divine “Only a child of the sun must reight over the living land”
“For the glory of the house of courage”
“For the glory of the house of courage!” she repeat, hoping that he knew what he was doing, hoping that trust in him would not be as disastrous as it was trusting his teacher.
That night the archers of the wall shoot the guard who tried to escape at the middle of the night.
Two days later one of the maids throw herself from one window
One of the gardeners was found floating on the south fountain one week later
His work was almost done, one last victim and it would be over.
He called him to met on the garden at dawn, at diference of the others this time they will fight, Henry will won, then he will drag his corpse to the King chamber claiming that he was the perpetrator, ending all doubs over his persona and bringing peace at the castle.
The last spy appear at dawn, as planning, sweating and at the edge of tears, the oldest sidesman of the castle. Henry feel the rush on his blood, still he remains calm.
“My friend” he said with a smile, barely controlling his excitement “i´m so happy that you come to me in this our darkest moment”
“I´m sorry” he barely whisper, something was wrong
Another figure emerged between the leaves, tall as a three, strong and proud, The lion looked at him as you can only see the traitors
“se terminó Wong” he roar
“Dear light” he turn to the old man “What had you done?”
“The right thing my friend” his grind was peacefully but twisted “ the right thing”
“You…” Henry rush “You old snitch”
“hard words on the mouth of a spy” the Lion was still there, with his old chain and ball “I didn't want to believe it”
“but is true” the sideman step back as he talked “ Wong is the one who communicate with the great alchemist, he had been an informant for him since before the King even married our queen”
“As same as you!”
“but he come to me with the true, he regret his past and swear the rest of his life in favor of Piramide”
“I´m in favor of Piramide!” Henry need to thing faser, “I´m purging all the light of this city”
“All except you”
“That was not...!”
“Liar!” the heavy chain hit the floor, Henry need to act, The lion would not fail a second time.
He need a strategy, a way out, he need to focus, to think, he would not follow into dispair; the firmest tree is the only one that can stand the storm
“I´m not following the orders of the alquemist…” he said trying to stay calm
“You called this man to murder him, just as you had murder so many others, you attack them from the back and set them up as accidents, rejecting the honorable pat of a true warrior, do you denied those crimes?”
“No, but listen…” if only he could explain
“You lied about your loyalties, you share the secrets of the crown with their enemies”
“I´m loyal to the king!” his plea sound empty “My only concern is the safety of the King!”
The lion speak since his hearth “And i only live to protect my Queen”
The queen, the fragile girl who cried with every dead, and those tears where his sentence, the Lion would kill him for bringing pain to the monarch
Even then, he keep breathing, he search for an exit, a distraction, an opportunity
But then he hear the laugh of the sideman, his bitter utterly obnoxious laugh, suddenly it's fill all his thoughts, all his mind, the mocking of a buffon; he didn't care for the King, or the Kingdom or the magic or the Courage, he was a man manipulating the true to his benefit; Henry get mad at seen at him, not for the imminent death but for how much he could see himself in that elder.
The calm before the storm was over. . .
“Wong! Henry stop!” The hand of Ruki hold his wrist, he drop the chain and the ball fall to a pool of blood, his eyesight was blurry, his coat was dyed red, to his right the inert body of the old man lay on the ground “What are you doing?”
What was he doing?
Breath… breath… he remains himself and stand up, the ground feel warm, under him layed another body, in horror he saw the lion heads crush on the floor, more than fourteen stabs on his back, with total security injuries perpetrated by his hand
“It's dawning, come on Wong, we have to clean up this disaster”
“Its to late” he remain inmobil, perplexe by the unspoken crimes, soon screams shocked the wind around him, the life in the palace begins early.
A monster roar, the King was near and he was covered in rot and violence, he did not stand the storm, he was the storm.
“Run!” Ruki commanded at the same time that she throw over him a dark water. And what else he could do.
Henry jumped and ran the faster, the monsters of the King would smell the blood and start follow him at any second. But they didn’t, Henry saw the dark shadow of Ruki colecting every drop of blood that fall from his body. The warrior didn´t stop until the water of the sea had cover him to head to toe. When the shadow of Ruki let him he stayed under the ocean, hopping for the salt water to clean his concience and clean his doubs. He noticed that he still had the heavy weapon of León on his hand, it was drowing him at the deptest of the blue. Henry colected his stregnth and get out of the water.
The King watch horrified. The corpses of Leon and the old coin advisor were on the floor. There was blood and human parts all over the place.
“It must had been an ugly battle” Ruki said
“What?” Takato asked incredulous “Why León would fight an old man?”
“He was obviusly hidden his force, but they kill each other, that is clear” Ruki spoke with force and saw how Takato believed her “we found our killer”
“What?” the child repeated
“One of them was the killer and the other his last victim”
A heartrending scream cut the conversation.
Takato turned over himself and hold his trembling wife.
“León!” The Queen cry and scream as she fallen over the corpse of his protector.
The King hold her. The three sauros get together and howl. Ruki commanded the guard and get shure to clean everything.
The murders stopped and for three months the castle cover its standar of black. The Queen stopped to cry a week after the body was buried, but she wasn’t talking anymore. The King hold her hand and talk to her, but her eyes failed to look at him.
The Queen versed over herself and The King versed over her pale Queen.
The throne of Piramide was weak.