After a while he appeared on the sky above a city, surrounded by hundred meter tall walls with four thousand meter tall pagodas on the four corners of the walls and a huge shinden- zukuri mansion at the very center of the city with six cornered ten meter walls, and each corners with twenty neter tall pagodas. The whole place is around a one hundred thousand square kilometers, there are four cities on each corners with mountains, rivers and lakes within the confines of the walls.
...
Ryoma flew slowly towards the mansion gate. When the guards saw him they all saluted and greeted at thetop of their lungs.
"we welcome the lord!"
due to the intensity of their spirit and their loud greeting the baby Ryo suddenly jolted and cried...
"whowooo... waaaaaaaaah"
Ryoma panicked and glared at the guards. He released his tremendous pressure making them all kneel on all fours.
"oh my boy, dont cry gramps punished the ugly guys... there there boy..."
whispers came when the guards heard their lord said...
"stop murmuring you maggots, look what you've done... if my grandson had nightmares due to you lots im gonna make your drills like hell..."
The guards nodded like hens pecking, as they stood steadily on their positions, looking at their lords back as Ryoma walked to themansion dancing the boy in his arms...
Then like a doting grandfather he danced the boy as he walked him to the house...
whoooosh...
"Eldest brooootheeeeer!..."
suddenly a beautiful maiden flashed through beside Ryoma.
She tried to grab Ryo,but Ryoma skillfully dodged her...
"Hiyori... stop messing around!"
"Ryo, meet your granma Hiyori, she is a bit of a headache but she's kind"
then a hand slapped the back of his head hard...
"what non-sense are you spouting big brother..."
then she grabbed Ryo "there my boy, what do big brother know about taking care of babies..." then she kisses Ryo's face with hers...
Ryoma scratched his head and smiled...
The three went inside the house...
"master welcome home..."
A handsome middle aged man, in black kimono greeted... He is the chief butler, Katsumoto.
"my old friend katsumoto, you seem all well and healthy...
then he gave an order...
invite all the twelve heads of the dragon for dinner"
"as you command my lord" then he vanished into the shadows
the maids in their kimono lined up and all greeted Ryoma with elegance and grace, and all took a glimpse at the cute baby on Hiyoris embrace...
"welcome home my lord!"
they all thought...
"what a cute baby..."
"what a handsome boy"
"%@&#*₱"
They all went to the dinning area and a huge feast was served, Ryoma sat on the masters seat as Hiyori on his right side carrying Ryo. On the huge table twelve seats were empty.
"lord the twelve heads of the dragon has arrived" katsumoto announced
"you never disappoint me, katsumoto..."
the butler smiled and bowed as he greeted all the visitors...
one by one the members of the twelve heads of the dragon walked in, as Kasumoto introduced their titles; "Head of the red dragon... blue dragon... yellow dragon... green dragon... brown dragon... pink dragon... purple dragon... orange dragon... gray dragon... indigo dragon... "
The white dragon... and black dragon... are the head maid Katsuna and the butler Katsumoto.
The men and women all wearing black kimono's stood before their seats, except for the two who stood by the door, while they faced Ryoma and Hiyori...
they all bowed and greeted...
"welcome home heavenly dragon!"
Ryoma just nodded and raised his right hand dismissing them, then stood straight and bowed to Hiyori,
"we greet the earth dragon!"
Hiyoridid the same gesture and the heads of the dragon took on their seats...
"today, i sommuned you dragon heads to let you meet my grandson..."
Then Hiyori lifted Ryo to show his presence to the heads,
"as my grandson, you will be his teachers and you must all guide, mold and discipline him be the leader he is to become...
as god parents, his upbringing is part of your responsibility..."
The dragon heads, was suddenly hit by a heavy blow by this announcement... being god parents of the Heavenly Dragons grandson is a huge responsibility, they dont dare neglect upon this duty.
They now looked at the child with more love and care as he was like their own. Hiyori looked at them, pleased and happy by their reactions, though most of this men are wild and burly, they took responsibilities seriously.
Each dragon head is an orphan, that Ryoma and Hiyori adopted in their journey. Each were groomed to what they are now, thus everyone in this city is a family that both of them nurtured.
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The men drank and they all were having fun... then the black dragon asked...
"big brother, how did you find your grandson?"
everyone stopped and listened carefully...
Hiyori who was playing with Ryo also listened as the men discussed.
"what you are about to hear is a secret that you are by no means to divulge, thus, i want everyone to make an eternal oath by the blade and commit to this promise..."
Then everyone looked even more serious.
Katsumoto looked serious and made several hand seals... He made several barriers to cover the room, making it impossible for anyone to evesdrop on their conversation.
Hiyori moved her hands and a meter wide jade sakazuki appeared...
Each dragon head, Katsumoto and the head maid Katsuna, held their katana and silced through their palms and poured ther blood into the sakazuki...
Hiyori and Ryoma followed and he held a bottle of aromatic sake and poured it with the blood... then Ryoma and the others made the eternal oath.
"by the blood on our blades, the oath we make, shall be a promise we shall commit until our deaths..."
then suddenly, out of nowhere a lightning struck the sakazuki and pulsed through the room stopping at the oath bearers...
Ryoma then told how he found Ryo and the secrets to his birth...
Everyone were shocked, now they looked at Ryo with more tenderness and love...
"as youngest brothers grandchild, its heavens will that i found him and came to his rescue... He is deemed dead to the outside world, but when the time is right he shall claim the throne that is rightfully his and lead the empire..."
he looked at everyone, then he continued
"whatever ruler he maybe, as his god parents his character shall be molded based on how he is disciplined... " he said with command
Hiyori cried as she held Ryo tighter, she was the most hurt. When the princess was born, their youngest brother named his only child and daughter form her "Hiyori Minamoto", she was also her teacher and god mother... thus, her death is a crashing news to her. She trembled in rage while crying holding Ryo in her arms...
Then Ryoma moved his hands and Hiyori's body lied on the coffin as she was taken by Ryoma.
Hiyori cried even louder as she rushed with the boy to his mothers corpse...
"big brother who did this to little Hiyori? I will burn then to the ground!"
all the dragon heads cried silently, they all knew princess Hiyori, as she grew up with with them and became part of her growth. Their blood boiled with so much rage, like a dam on the midst of collapsing.
"hold your temper everyone, especially you Hiyori, i know how you feel but now is not the time for revenge... i feel the same rage but not now... not now..."
Then suddenly the barrier opened...