In this, Judar is 10 while Kougyoku is 9.
I kinda just imagined this to be how the two met.
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The young princess walked down the hallway. To most, it was a plain and normal hallway.

To Kougyoku, it was a dark place where shadows danced around in the corners. Eyes followed and judged her. Every time she looked up, it seemed to stretch on for miles.

As she walked, she kept her long sleeves over the lower half of her face.

Her big, pink eyes stayed towards the floor, never once daring to look up. Her embarrassment towards how poorly she kept care of herself.

Proof of this was her long, unkept, pink hair messily went down her shoulders. Big knots hung in her hair, making it look as if she never brought a comb to it. Her dress was wrinkled and had a faded look to it.

You could hardly tell she was a princess of the Kou.

"Hakuryuu!" A voice whined.

Kougyoku froze. Her heartbeat sped up and became a drum in her ears.

"Judar, leave me alone!" The other voice replied, seeming annoyed.

Kougyoku took a peep above the ground and to where her room was. It was a couple of feet away and the voices weren't too far away.

She took a shy and quick stop towards the door, hoping not to draw too much attention towards herself. The floor seemed to creek at the moment.

'That was so loud!' Kougyoku thought, panicking internally.

She peeked up once again and was able to see two boys coming in maround the same area she was in.

One wore the usual elaborate princely wear and held himself up high. He looked annoyed at the person next to him.

The kid next to him wore baggy pants and a shirt that had the symbol of the Kou on it. His hair was in a segmented ponytail that reached the floor.

"You should be my King!" The boy said. He grinned from ear to ear while the boy next to him rolled his eyes.

"But I don't wanna!" He said, stomping his foot and crossing his arms.

"But I want you to be my King Vessel, so you will be!" He argued.

"No I won't!"

"Yes you will!"

"N-No I'm not!" The Prince started sniffing and furiously rubbed his eyes.

"Uh...Why are you crying, crybaby?"

Kougyoku shook herself of her thoughts about the two. They seemed nice, but she couldn't talk to them.

Just thinking about it made her stomach churn.

She hurried walked to her door. Each step seemed loud and much more dramatic than it had to be.

As her hand touched the doorknob, she heard a shout.

"Hey!"

Kougyoku felt icy cold fear strike her heart, so much so that she was frozen to her spot.

She timidly looked at the two boys and saw that the one with long hair was walking towards her. His mouth stretched into a cocky grin, one that screams his confidence.

"I'm Judar, and who are you? I haven't seen you around."

Kougyoku shrinked in on herself at his loud voice. She twiddled her fingers together and avoided his sharp eyes.

"I'm...Kougyoku." She whispered.

"What?"

"K-Kougyoku." She tried a little louder.

"Kougyoku, huh? Well from now on you're going to be my king since Crybaby over there doesn't want to be one." Judar said, crossing his arms and throwing a dirty look over at the prince.

Judar grabbed her by the arm and began walking a little faster than she could keep up with. She didn't mind though. This was the first time someone besides Ka Koubun was being nice to her.

Ka Koubun...Does that mean that Judar is her friend too?

Her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at Judar. Friends. Her face lifted into a smile. Friends!

"Are you even listening?"

Kougyoku snapped out of her daze and blushed at her rudeness. She was quick to apologize, but Judar was going on a dramatic rampage by then.

"Seriously, you're even harder of hearing than the old hag that is supposed to take care of me. Maybe that's what I'll call you, Old Hag."

Okay, so maybe her new friend was a little rude. She still couldn't wipe the smile off her face. A friend was a friend after all.

She embraced the young Magi, and while he nervously tried to pry her off she held on tightly.

"Kougyoku? Kougyoku! I'm sorry I called you a hag! Now let me go, you're freaking me out."