6 The Five Guardians and Marriage

5 Walls Temple

"Ah, so boring! We truly awake now but we are still imprisoned in this dimension," Genbu rolls over the grassland and playing with the pets he created.

"What's the matter, Suzaku?" he asked.

"You've become a worrying ass lately," expressed by Byakko who is continuously playing her harp.

"She was very far away, I cannot reach her to heal her wounds," Suzaku exhales.

"Who are you talking about?" Genbu poking his cheek.

"Where's Seiryuu?" Hiryuu arrives and marches towards them.

The five guardians lie in a dimension no one knows where. Each of the guardians has owned a temple within the dimension and would meet up together whenever they like.

The dimension is like a small planet where different kinds of flowers and trees bloom. There are also lakes and clear streams, and each of them makes their own pets as companions.

Pixies and butterfly fairies dancing around the beautiful guardian Byakko. Genbu created cute animals and Suzaku just creates red birds like phoenixes.

Not long awhile later, Seiryuu arrives and they are now all gathered together.

"Hey, what's that face Seiryu?" Genbu asks the angry guardian. He was the hot-headed one.

"That king! I can't wait to come out from here and cut his neck!" Seiryuu stressed out.

"Oi, you're not talking to our Great King?" Genbu busy putting flowers on Seiryu's long blue hair.

"What the... are you an idiot Genbu!?"

Genbu braided his hair and put colorful flowers with the help of Byakko's fairies.

"Byakko! How could you let your pets!"

The pixies giggles and flew around him.

"Come on, instead of being an ass, save your strength throwing tantrums around," Byakko crosses her arms above her chest.

"Huh," Seiryuu snapped.

"I know you are anxious to come out as much we do... all of us here want to be freed as sooner as possible. But our King hasn't arrived yet," Genbu suddenly gets serious.

"What tea do you like by the way?" he then asks and smiled.

"Hmp..." he looks away. "What's that two doing?" he pointed at Hiryuu and Suzaku.

"Why not bring your ass here instead, Seiryu?" Hiryuu glare at him.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"Give us a hand, our Queen needs to get heal," Hiryuu replied.

"We can convey our energy into the prince's bodies, enough to pass a little amount of energy for our Queen to heal her wound," Suzaku stated.

"Wait, then the presence I felt inside the Hemora Kingdom is the Great Queen!"

"Good that you keep an eye with the Blue Dragon Sword," Hiryuu praised him which rare to happen.

"Of course! That mad king! If only I could go out from here-"

"Enough, let's give to Suzaku our energy," Hiryuu stopped him from keep blabbering.

Hiryuu and Seiryuu stand beside the guardian Suzaku. They transform into being the Red and Blue Dragon and entwined above Suzaku's head.

Suzaku gathers their energy and transfer into the twin's bodies. Good thing the Red Dragon sword was on that planet.

***

Resting on her lap, Harrahina stroking the twin's hair who was sleeping soundlessly... definitely, they were exhausted.

Upon receiving the energy from the twin dragons, Hiryuu and Seiryu, she got enough strength for now.

"Dad, who do you think is the most suitable for me to become my husband?"

Lionel is sipping his tea and choked by his daughter's question.

"Wait, where that idea came from?" he asks her.

As a father, he could never be prepared for the day to give his daughter away to someone, especially when he doesn't know that person is...

"You know dad, I am just thinking that... the throne must always have an heir for a situation like we have right now. Must not leave it empty, so I decided I will find a husband as soon as I will arrive in that world."

Harrah looks up at the walls and studied the many faces her dad painted.

"Do you think, your best friend General Leonard Ming is also married now and had children?" she fixes her gaze to her father's face.

"Well, if he married his girlfriend and they did not break up, then he surely has a son same your age as well."

"Hmm... Since you knew him well and his family, how about I marry his son if he had one?" she teased her dad.

"Ahem! Sweety, do we really need to discuss this now?"

Harrah giggles. She knows that somehow, her dad is a very overprotective man. A loving father and a husband.

"Well, now you wanted to talk about marriage, I'll give you permission to marry Leonard's son if he had one. But if he doesn't have, you can marry my distant cousin's son, the Coles family."

Her dad stares at her for a moment.

"If you are not comfortable marrying a relative, you can choose the Chen family. They are loyal and most trusted. Wait, if we are talking about fortune and power, the Hemora queen has a younger family member, his name is Kihero Williams. But no, he looks a playboy to me, I heard humor so get away from her sweetie. Don't try to get close to him!"

Her dad stares intently, she giggles. She thought, he was serious.

"Okay, dad."

"Well, there's another family... they serve an important position in the Royal Court, you can rely on this family. They are wise and good scholars, they contribute a lot to making the kingdom stable. The Allen Family is quite capable of running things inside the Great Kingdom."

"I see... so there's a lot of them to choose from."

"Still, follow your heart sweety. Anyone is fine as long you are happy and you felt the love is true."

She can't help not to smiles at her dad's wisdom.

Recently she just learned of his first arrival on this world.

Fortunately, her mom is a doctor. Her dad was covered with wounds when he has appeared in this world. Her mom who treated him and right away fall in love. Make story short, her dad went back to his own world without expecting it was that day. Leaving her mom lonely. However, that incident makes the Research Group continue the exploration into the universe.

But then, he came back and he was adopted by a Lord who lost his son at a young age and presented to the world that he found him. This man is a fan of ancient mysteries and alien facts. He is one of the big investors of any outer space exploration.

She never imagined that he is just her adopted grandpa. He was a very loving old man towards her and to her twin brothers. He died 2 years ago and he never showed that his father is not his own. In fact, she witnessed how her dad and the old man are close to each other. He must very fond of his stories about the world where her daddy came from. He looks happy and contented during his last days.

"Sweetie..."

She did not hear her dad calls out.

"I'm sorry dad, I just remembered, grandpa."

"Ah, of course. Yes, he is a great man. Even I am not his real son, he treated me like one and my family as his own."

"He will be my grandpa forever," she affirmed.

Her father gets up from the corner of the magic circle and walks towards her. He kisses her forehead.

"I will take your brothers now back to their bedroom. Am afraid, that you need to stay inside the magic circle."

She nods. The magic circle stayed glowing. Lights dancing around it. Inside, she felt the warmth. She lay down on the floor and glance to the 5 symbols written around the circle.

Her eyes are heavy.

"Hiryuu, Seiryu, Suzaku, Genbu, Byakko..." she muttered unconsciously.