Demon Prince [Hiatus • Editing/Rewriting]

Chapter 1~ Sucked in (Rewritten) + updated Zeus drawing

- I don't own anything except my oc's and art~
Shin can be seen in the bottom right hand corner
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Zeus POV-

Sometimes I thought about my parents... did they decide they didn't want me after one look? Was it that they didn't think through the consequences of being... intimate with each other?

I never knew anything about my parents except what my foster mom yells at me. Usually along the lines of 'They were horrible drunks and put you in a basket on my doorstep' or something horrible like that. I always hoped they were better- especially with how horrible my step mom is to me, I could tell she just had me for the money she got every month.

Since I never felt like I fit in to my school or clubs, I always found myself alone and usually in the library. From a young age I always gravitated towards fictional books, especially manga. It always provided me sort of a safe haven- away from reality where I would often immerse my own self into the story. But no other book quite hit me as hard as Naruto did.

There was something about how Naruto never let the villagers ruin his mood or his dreams of being a Hokage. Even with the lack of friends and the glares sent his way, nothing stopped him. I dream of being like him, strong and never wavering in my own goals... Like I have any goals to begin with.

My thoughts were suddenly broken by the sound of the front door opening, 'Oh she's home now.' I begruginly thought, not looking forward to another long night of yelling and chores.

"Zeus you brat! Did you even do the dishes like I told you to?" She yelled as she stomped through the house, not even going to the kitchen to check if said chore had been completed. She immediately went straight to my room to blame me for something I had already done. I knew better than to forget to do the chores...

"Yes mother, I have already completed them as you left this morning." I turned around in my chair, facing the doorway as she slammed the door open to glower down at me.

"Don't speak to me in that tone, and what did I say about closing doors in this house?!" I flinched as she started stomping over to where I sat at my desk.

"Not to..."

"And why do you continue to do it?!" Before I could even respond, I could feel the familiar stinging pain on my cheek as my head whipped to the side.

"Sorry mother." She just huffed and stomped out of the room.
"And I want you to start making dinner in 30 minutes!" I wait a few seconds once I make sure her footsteps are away from my room before turning my purple eyes to the hidden box full of the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden manga under my bed. After listening for a few more moments to make sure it's safe, I kneel at the edge of my bed, pulling out the large box and taking off the top. Staring fondly at the one piece of joy in my life, I pick up the first volume of Naruto, rubbing the sides with my thumb.

"Naruto... you have no idea how many times you have saved me..." A small smile makes its way to my face as I go to open the manga, only to be surprised at the lack of ink on the pages.

It takes a few moments until I finally think, 'W-What?! Where is....' I don't finish the thought, thinking maybe I jut somehow turned to an empty page. I open the manga to the middle, 'Where... where is everything?!' I begin to panic, 'I know I didn't by weird versions! I've read these a million times!' Tears begin to gather in the corner of my eyes as I haphazardly chuck the manga to the side, opening the 22nd, then the 50th, then the 72nd volume of Naruto. I then rummage through the Shippuden volumes, shaking and almost hysterically crying at losing the one joy of my life as all volumes appeared to be... blank.

'No... it can't be.' I sit, surrounded by the empty volumes of manga, tears silently cascading down my cheeks.

"Why... why did you have to take the only thing I had..." I frustratedly rub my eyes to stop the ever-flowing tears from leaving my eyes. I hunch over, sobbing into my hands.

"Please... give them back..." Crying into the carpet of my room, I don't notice as the first volume of Naruto begins to subtly glow. As I continue to cry, my vision gets darker and darker, till I finally go unconscious.

After what seems like forever, I finally start to become conscious again.

'So... blurry, I must've cried myself to sleep or something..' I sigh, not looking forward to the long and tiresome lecture that awaited me. Sitting up, I immediately notice something's incredibly off.

'I'm... in a forest.' I take a good look at my surroundings and think to myself, 'I'm lost... in a forest. In an UNKOWN forest. WITHOUT my phone. Not like I have anyone important to call...'

I groan, my head throbbing with the headache that came with crying so hard. I shakily stand up, stretching and listening for any sounds of a nearby road or town. Unfortunately, the first thing I hear is a broken branch in front of me.

'I'm in a forest with wild animals and no source of weapon... this situation is getting worse and worse for me.' I cry a bit in my mind at the thought of being attacked, but suddenly grow much more alert at the sound of bushes rustling.

"U-Um.. hello? I'm a little lost-" I suddenly lose my train of thought as an incredibly large wolf, about 3 and a half feet tall, walked out of the bush. But it wasn't the size that surprised me...

'Why... is half of it black and the other half white?' Seemingly split perfectly down the center, half of the wolf had black fur and the other was white, with a red marking above its eye on the black side and a blue marking below its eye on the white side.

"U-Um.. good, doggy?" My eyes widen as it patiently sits in front of me, its fluffy tail slightly wagging.

'I can't tell if I'm going to die today or not....'

'You will not die my prince.'

"AHHH!" I scream, jumping away from the wolf that, somehow, talked to me.

"T-T-Talking... w-wolf..." I heard a sigh from the wolf. 'I'm not surprised you don't know who I am... You were sent away from your family and I from a young age.'

"How... how do you know my family? Do you know my parents?!" I run towards the wolf, excited to hear about any information I was given.

'Yes I knew them. They loved you so much, it broke their heart to send you away.'

"If they loved me so much why did they send me away! I went through so much misery, I was so alone and I was constantly scared!" I could already feel my headache coming back from the tears starting to gather at my eyes again.

'They did not want to, if it was up to them, they would've ran away to protect you from all the dangers in the world. But due to some unfortunate circumstances, they had to send you away, or else you would've been...' The wolf trails off, and I could already hear what they were referring to.

"Is that what you were referring to when you meant you 'knew' them?" The wolf only nodded, then suddenly stood up.

'Let's go, there is much I need to tell you.'

"W-Wait! Who are you? How do I know I can trust you?"

'Oh my, I forget my manners.' The wolf performs some sort of weird, bowing motion? before continuing, 'My name is Shin, the Yin-Yang Demon, and I have been assigned as your protector since birth, Prince Fukushima. I promise you; I will make up for these 14 years I have been absent to the best of my ability.'

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Publish date: July 4, 2018

Revision Date: February 20, 2022

Word Count: 1356 (compared to the previous 424)