The tale of the three head beast. The marching fishes (20/21)
WE ARE BACK!!Â
Fandom: Digimon GoT au.
Charaters: All the choosen children from Adventure, 02, Tamer and sometimes Frontier.Â
Ships: Taiyama, Joumi, Daiken, Takary, TakatoxYuri, RikaxRyo . . .Â
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 Â
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: Â 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: LIONHEARTÂ (Chapter after the cut)
âWhy?â 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 âWhy?âÂ
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.Â
Kill the spies, prove his loyalty, serve the KingÂ
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 lightÂ
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.
 âIs the work of your enemies your majestyâ Henry Wong asure kneeling in front of the King and QueenÂ
âHow?â Takato tried to look compose and fails âHow did they surpass our defenses?âÂ
âand why him? â Yuri as usually asked the questions that Takato would never ask âWhy send an from a old man when the Queen and KIng live in the same castle?âÂ
âI don't knowâ he standed up and spoke calm and slowly  âBut i promise i will found outâÂ
âTenemos que prepararnosâ the queen continues âwe must reinforce the castle, bend the guardâŚâ Lion was beside her, nodding with his head after every orderÂ
âMomantaiâÂ
âExcuse me?âÂ
âMomantaiâ he repeat âIs mean no te preocupesâ he turns to Takato âNot to worryâÂ
âHow i cannot be worried if a man is killed in my own castleâ Yuri yells, send wĂ s so little,he could take her down with no effort; The Lion standed up.
âBecause that man was a targetâ still serene he continues â 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 jobâÂ
He felt Ruki eyes over him, the entire court gasped, the queen sobed
âthe 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 lightâÂ
The gasp became a scream, and the sob became tearsÂ
âAnd you tell me not to worried about it?âÂ
âGallant 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 caughtâ he bow âMomantaiâ and excuse himself out of the audience.Â
âAre you out of your mind?â Ruki follow him  âwhat is wrong with you?âÂ
âthe best lies are the ones who begins with the trueâÂ
âDon't mess with me Wong!â she come closer âjust tell me who the others spies are and i would handle it! this is way out of you control!âÂ
âWong!â another figure run to themÂ
âHideâ Â
âI don't take orders from you!âÂ
âJust do it!â and very much to her regret she obeyed
âWong!â a man approached to him, he was sweating despite the cold weather âWong! we need to talk, the counselor! what you saidÂĄâ the man searched for a safe place to speak â are we in danger?âÂ
Ruki recognized him as one of the guard
âlistenâ a little tremble on his voice, subtle and fake âmy hope is that whoever is behind this crime would panic after my declaration, I only act by the command of the alchemistâÂ
âDid you speak with him?â both men whispered but Ruki was able to listen âWhat did he said?âÂ
âWhat I need to know, I told you, I merely follow his instructionsâ one hand over his shoulder âI trust in his guide, if my purpose is to die for the light, then it will beâÂ
The man become a young boy at his wordsÂ
âYes, yes of courseâ he mumble âI, i think the same, i just⌠im use to the life in this cityâÂ
âAre you coming outside of the light my friend?âÂ
âNo! of course not, im sorry for bothering you is just.. i have doubsâÂ
âDoubs about the true of the light or about our lider?Â
 the fear on his face was enough answer
Ruki come out of her hide at the same time he running awayÂ
âNervous men make stupid mistakesâÂ
âDont lecture meâ she was not convince âthis is gonna explode in your face, let me help youâÂ
âYou are helpingâ he sigh âThe king would recognize your murder technique in an instant, I´ll do it, one by one until the last one snapâÂ
âor youâŚâÂ
âI´m calmâ he breath, exasperate âI´m in controlâ even when he was thinking in a millions ways of break her neck
Ruki look at him with her big menacing eyes âKoushiro train you wellâÂ
âI never told you he was my teacherâÂ
âYou didn't have toâ but she pause, as if she was afraid âdon't forget why are we doing this, our goalâ 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 âOnly a child of the sun must reight over the living landâÂ
âFor the glory of the house of courageâÂ
 âFor the glory of the house of courage!â 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. Â
Two days later one of the maids throw herself from one windowÂ
One of the gardeners was found floating on the south fountain one week laterÂ
His work was almost done, one last victim and it would be over.Â
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.Â
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.Â
âMy friendâ he said with a smile, barely controlling his excitement âi´m so happy that you come to me in this our darkest momentâÂ
 âI´m sorryâ 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 traitorsÂ
âse terminĂł Wongâ he roarÂ
âDear lightâ he turn to the old man âWhat had you done?âÂ
âThe right thing my friendâ his grind was peacefully but twisted â the right thingâÂ
 âYouâŚâ Henry rush  âYou old snitchâÂ
âhard words on the mouth of a spyâ the Lion was still there, with his old chain and ball âI didn't want to believe itâÂ
âbut is trueâ the sideman step back as he talked â Wong is the one who communicate with the great alchemist, he had been an informant for him since before the King even married our queenâÂ
âAs same as you!âÂ
âbut he come to me with the true, he regret his past and swear the rest of his life in favor of PiramideâÂ
âI´m in favor of Piramide!â Henry need to thing faser, âI´m purging all the light of this cityâÂ
âAll except youâÂ
âThat was not...!âÂ
âLiar!â the heavy chain hit the floor, Henry need to act, The lion would not fail a second time.Â
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 stormÂ
âI´m not following the orders of the alquemistâŚâ he said trying to stay calmÂ
âYou 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?âÂ
âNo, but listenâŚâ if only he could explainÂ
âYou lied about your loyalties, you share the secrets of the crown with their enemiesâÂ
âI´m loyal to the king!â his plea sound empty âMy only concern is the safety of the King!âÂ
The lion speak since his hearth âAnd i only live to protect my QueenâÂ
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 monarchÂ
Even then, he keep breathing, he search for an exit, a distraction, an opportunityÂ
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.Â
The calm before the storm was over. . .Â
âWong! Henry stop!â 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 âWhat are you doing?âÂ
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
âIt's dawning, come on Wong, we have to clean up this disasterâ
âIts to lateâ he remain inmobil, perplexe by the unspoken crimes, soon screams shocked the wind around him, the life in the palace begins early.Â
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.Â
âRun!â Ruki commanded at the same time that she throw over him a dark water. And what else he could do.Â
Henry jumped and ran the faster, the monsters of the King would smell the blood and start follow him at any second. But they didnât, 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 LeĂłn 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.Â
âIt must had been an ugly battleâ Ruki saidÂ
âWhat?â Takato asked incredulous âWhy LeĂłn would fight an old man?â
âHe was obviusly hidden his force, but they kill each other, that is clearâ Ruki spoke with force and saw how Takato believed her âwe found our killerâ
âWhat?â the child repeated
âOne of them was the killer and the other his last victimâÂ
A heartrending scream cut the conversation.Â
Takato turned over himself and hold his trembling wife.Â
âLeĂłn!â The Queen cry and scream as she fallen over the corpse of his protector.Â
The King hold her. The three sauros get together and howl. Ruki commanded the guard and get shure to clean everything.Â
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 wasnât talking anymore. The King hold her hand and talk to her, but her eyes failed to look at him.Â
The Queen versed over herself and The King versed over her pale Queen.Â
The throne of Piramide was weak.












