Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Princesses' Advocate ❯ Princess? You've Got to be Kidding? ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter Two

Princess? You've got to be kidding!

 

Arc's jaw hung open for at least five minutes before she closed it and blinked.

 

“What?”

 

“I've been searching for you, Princess. Your uncle wants to see you.”

 

“My uncle?”

 

The dog demon stood up and looked down at Arc.

 

“Yes, your mother's brother. He is the King of the Fire Lands in Makai.”

 

“Wait, are you telling me that my mother was a princess and so am I?”

 

The demon shook her head and then said, “Your uncle is in danger, and he needs to see you.”

 

Arc looked down at the ground and thought for a few minutes before she said, “I will go, but what about my life here?”

 

“You have duties in Makai. I know not of what you should do about your life here.”

 

Arc shook her head slightly, trying to think of what to do.

 

“What is your name,” She finally asked.

 

“My name is Nari, your highness.”

 

“Please call me Arc.”

 

Nari nodded her head.

 

“I need to tell someone where I am going.”

 

“All right, but I shall go with you. Just in case more of those demons come. I am here to protect you, My Lady.”

 

She bowed again and Arc rolled her eyes.

 

“It's Arc, and you don't have to do that. Come on, let's go.”

 

With that they left, walking towards Hiei's place.

 

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“Will you tell the others?”

 

“I'm going with you,” He said stubbornly.

 

Arc had been trying to talk some sense into Hiei for the last twenty minutes and then gave up and called Yusuke and the others. Of course, they arrived a few moments later.

 

“If you're going, we're going,” Yusuke announced as he and Kuwabara waltzed into the apartment.

 

Nari was currently messing with the computer, trying to figure it out.

 

“Hiei hasn't even figured it out yet.” Arc told her.

 

Nari just kept on staring at it before she finally hit it.

 

A small stream of smoke came out of the top as a few sparks shot out at her. The monitor was now broken and its screen cracked.

 

Arc fumed and glared at her for a few moments before saying, “That's the third time someone has broken that thing!”

 

She then calmed down as Nari looked a bit unsure about everything.

 

“Oh well, I guess I'll just have Hiei get another one.”

 

“Hn.”

 

“Whatever, are we all here?”

 

“Kurama should be here in a moment,” Kuwabra said.

 

Just then, he came through the door with a small smile on his face.

 

“OK, we're all here. Let's go. Nari, lead the way.”

 

Nari stepped up to Kurama and they had a small staring contest before he smiled pleasantly and blinked.

 

She walked by him and they all left.

 

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“WOW, this place is huge,” Kuwabara said as he looked up at the high walls of the castle.

 

“This way.”

 

They all followed Nari through the castle and then finally came across two large double doors with four guards outside.

 

Nari turned around and said, “I'm sorry, but your friends will have to stay out here. Your Uncle instructed me to only allow you in.”

 

They all looked a bit skeptical, except for Arc who looked anxious.

 

“OK, I'll be out soon you guys, so be good. And Yusuke, don't pick a fight with anyone, OK?”

 

He sighed and then told her, “Fine. Whatever.”

 

She smiled and then followed Nari in through the large, steel doors.

 

At the end of the long room sat a man that looked no older than thirty upon the throne. A few more guards were scattered about the room, and he ordered them to leave.

 

After they were gone, Arc and Nari were the only one's left in the room with the King. He looked at her a bit skeptically.

 

“Archer, where have you been all this time?”

 

“I've lived in the ningen world all my life.”

 

“No wonder it took us so long to find you.”

 

He smiled then and said, “Do you know why you are here?”

 

“No, sir.”

 

The smile dropped and he looked at Nari for a brief second.

 

“Nari here is the General of my army and is the strongest fighter we have. She is very loyal, and I hope that you will keep her by your side in the future. She is one of the very few that can be trusted amongst this Kingdom.”

 

She looked at him questionably.

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Archer, I have been here since before your mother ran away with your father. She was banished after that. When my wife and son died, I had no one to take my place. And now, I fear that someone is trying to kill me. Someone from my own home. Nari has already told me that you have been attacked as well, which means they are also after you. Whoever it is, they want the kingdom for themselves.”

 

“So, why did you bring me here?”

 

“Archer, if I die, you are to take my place as Queen.”

 

Arc looked at him with pure shock on her face.

 

'A queen? I can't be a queen!'

 

“But, I can't do that. I don't know how to,” She tried to reason.

 

“Everyone in this kingdom knows what you did to Lady Ruri, one of the most powerful demons in Makai, or at least she use to be. Until you destroyed her.”

 

“Still, that doesn't mean I know how to be a queen.”

 

He smiled lightly and then said, “We will teach you.”

 

She was dumbfounded. She couldn't be a queen! She didn't know how to, didn't want to know how to!

 

Then something hit her.

 

“Wait, I only have to become Queen if you... die, right?”

 

He nodded.

 

“Fine, then my friends and I will be your personal body guards and kill this bastard for you, so we can be on a merry way home.”

 

He was taken aback by her bluntness and word usage, but was over all surprised.

 

“It will not be that simple,” Was the only thing he said.

 

“We'll see about that.”

 

He dismissed her and she left. When she went out the doors she saw Yusuke asking one of the guards for a light.

 

“Yusuke, leave him alone.”

 

“Oh come on, they're fire demons. It ain't gonna hurt them to light my cigarette.”

 

“No, but it'll hurt you!” She said as the guard lit the cigarette.

 

Yusuke screamed as his bangs caught on fire.

 

“Dammit!”

 

Kuwabara started to laugh his ass off as Yusuke did the stop, drop, and roll.

 

“Idiot,” Hiei muttered.

 

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“So, what did they want?”

 

“Nothing much, they just want me to be Queen.”

 

Everyone stopped and Arc continued walking.

 

“What?” She asked as she stopped to look back at them.

 

“Did you say yes?”

 

“Well, not exactly.”

 

“What do you mean not exactly?”

 

“My uncle is afraid that someone is after him and they are also after me, so he said that if he dies, then he wants me to take his place. I told him that we would be his personal body guards until we find the bastard and kill him.”

 

They just stared at her for a few seconds before she continued.

 

“Hey, it was either that or me leave you guys to learn how to be all royal like and shit.”

 

“So, we get to stay here,” Yusuke asked.

 

“Yeah,” She said slowly, wondering what he was getting at.

 

“YES!” He shouted as he jumped up and down.

 

“Yeah, we get to be treated like royalty and have lots and lots of food, and people wait on us hand and foot.”

 

“Uh... Yusuke?” He didn't answer.

 

“Yusuke!”

 

“What?”

 

“We're body guards, not guests. We will probably get rooms, but I don't know about the other stuff. I have to ask Nari first.”

 

“Awe man!” He whined.

 

She smiled to herself as she looked at him pout.

 

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“Hey guys, Nari's gonna show us to our rooms.”

 

“Yes! Oh yeah, I knew we were gonna be treated like rich people.”

 

“Shut up, Yusuke!”

 

“Yes Queenie.”

 

Arc growled at him as Nari showed them to their rooms.

 

“You will be sharing rooms. You two will have this room,” She said as she pointed to Yusuke and Kuwabara.

 

“Bummer,” Arc heard him mutter as he went into the room.

 

“You two will get this room,” She said to Hiei and Kurama.

 

“And Princess Archer, you shall have this room.”

 

“What did I tell you-,” She was cut off as she looked at the large room with its many paintings, large bed that hung by chains from the ceiling, and fancy curtains. She walked in and looked at the chandelier above her head that held at least fifty candles in them, covered by small red glass squares. A rug under her feet brought her attention to the battle scene that was woven into it.

 

She looked at the battle of fire youkais and what looked to be water demons. She saw her uncle standing on a mount in the middle of the picture, with the head of a woman with long wispy blue hair in his hand. Others around him had their swords in the air as they cheered.

 

She turned away from the carpet and saw that Nari was staring at her.

 

“You have missed quite a few things here, but you'll catch up. Good day My Lady,” And with that she left the room and closed the door.

 

Arc looked around at the paintings and noticed one that had a picture of Ruri. Except, it was only the girl's head. A tall demon with blue hair and red eyes was standing there, holding her head by her hair.

 

“Guess that's how they see me. No wonder my uncle looked a bit disappointed when he saw me.”

 

She looked away from the picture. She didn't like it, it resembled the picture of the battle on the rug, and it's not like it even happened that way. The only thing she remembered in that split second before she ripped out the bitch's heart was Hiei.

 

She walked over to the bed and studied it. She jumped on, after seeing that it was safe. It moved along with her motions, and just swung in the air.

 

“This should be interesting.”

 

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