Kingdom cages

Hinata was an ordinary boy who lived in the village of Karasuno. He was quite popular to be honest, all the people there loved him and he couldn’t have asked for better friends and family.

“Shoyou, when are you going to help me harvest these?” Nishinoya, a friend of Hinata's, was a farmer, and frankly their parents were quite close. “Don’t worry I will soon, Kenma just needed help with cutting the vegetables!” He exclaimed, running over to Nishinoya, who was harvesting tomatoes.

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After helping Nishinoya, he went over to his other friends’ house to help them. “Thanks Yamaguchi, your parents really do make the best medicine in town!” He smiled as he exited his friend, Yamaguchi’s house. “What a day…” he sighed as he set down tomatoes, medicines and more stuff he earned from his friends’ for helping them.

“Nii-chan…” A very high but quiet whine spoke. “Natsu, you’re still sick! Here, drink this medicine and go back to your room, okay?” “okay nee-chan…” Natsu grabbed the medicine and chugged it down before returning back to her room. He started to begin cooking on Dinner when the doorbell rang.

“Shoyou… I forgot to give you these, it was from Tanaka,” Kenma handed over sharp supplies made of Steel, like knives and such. “Oh, tell them I said thanks!” Tanaka’s mom was a miner whilst his Dad was a smelter, or per say a smith.

After making dinner, more specifically soup, he went up to his sister and fed her, going to his own room afterwards.

He laid down on his bed, feeling all of the stress and pressure go away. His mom had just died 5 months ago and his friends did whatever they could to cheer him up. He thought about it and began to drift away into his sleep.

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Hinata’s eyes shot open as he heard a loud sound of people shouting. He looked outside his window to see that it was still quite dark.

BANG

“Shoyou, get up quick.” Hinata could see the seriousness in Nishinoya’s eyes. He obliged, and got up to wear his shoes and followed Nishinoya outside. What he saw was going to scare him for life.

Soldiers, soldiers of all kinds, were grabbing people and locking them up in a carriage. Nishinoya creeped through the back building of Tanaka’s house, and there Hinata and Nishinoya saw their friends.

“Shoyou, thank goodness you’re safe!” Kenma sighed, hugging Hinata. “I’m…fine…what- what is going on?” Hinata asked, trembling. “Hinata…soldiers or guards from the Karasuno capital started to capture everybody, locking them up, or making them their slaves.” Tanaka explained. “Nee-chan!” Natsu coughed as he ran up to Hinata. Both redheads hugged each other, they eventually let go as Hinata started to look around. “Where’s Yamaguchi?”

“…”

Hinata’s eyes widened as he already knew what his friends were saying. “not just Yamaguchi…” Nishinoya started, “Sugawara-san and Yachi-chan too…” He continued. All of them started to sob. “AH!”

One of the soldiers came out and grabbed Hinata and his little sister. “Let go of Shoyou you monster!” Nishinoya growled. Three more soldiers came out as they grabbed each and every one of us. He could see everyone struggle before his very own eyes. “please, PLEASE don’t do this…” Hinata begged at the person who grabbed him.

He looks at Hinata sympathetically “I-I’m sorry, but I have to, as captain of the guards...” He muttered. “Captain Daichi, what’re we going to do with them?” one of the three soldiers asked. “Kinoshita, Narita you take the others back to the palace and do not lock them up in the dungeon. Just lock them somewhere else.”

“Ennoshita, you inform the up-coming King that the Side-branch village has been emptied.” He ordered,

Looking back at Hinata. “Don’t worry, the up-coming king isn’t that cruel.” Daichi lied.

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They were quiet. They were sitting at the back of a carriage with other soldiers. Their hands were cuffed, some of them were just plain paralyzed while the others were sobbing. “we’re almost there.” Daichi, the captain informed. A few minutes had passed and the other soldiers pushed them to get off, and they obliged.

They got off and looked at their surroundings. “Whoa,” Nishinoya was left stunned by the beauty of the capital. There were people in fancy outfits, buying, selling, and there were Horses too. The scenery was stopped when the soldiers shoved them in the direction of the huge castle.

They got in and got cuffed at the wall of the throne room, all of them were still quiet. Kenma was sobbing slightly. Hinata and Natsu got separated on the way.

Hinata looked around and spotted a shadow by the throne, sitting on it, hands intertwined with each other while his chin was resting on it. “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US, HUH?!” Tanaka yelled, earning a very, very cold growl from the anonymous person, sending shivers down his spine.

The person was covered in shadow, so you couldn’t see him very much.

“The population was growing too much, so we had to cut off at least one of the Villages.” Spoke a person beside the anonymous, walking out to show himself.

But right after he stepped out, three more people got shoved in. “Sugawara-san!” Nishinoya cried. “Yamaguchi, Yachi!” all of them shouted, as the three were being tied up. “Shut up.” The cold voice said.

They all finally looked at the person who stepped out. He had blonde hair, and glasses, he was also quite tall.

“Like I said,” He adjusted his glasses. “You all should be lucky, because others are locked in the dungeon and others are…” he smirked. Making the others widen their eyes. “Others are exiled.” He continued, walking out of the throne room. “B-but, why us? Why…why do we get to be so lucky…?” Hinata asked, already trembling.

“W-why, why don’t you just kill us?!” Hinata shouted at the anonymous person. He was shaking, trembling, crying. The others didn’t speak because they were already threatened by the exile thing. The person finally stood up, slowly walking his way to Hinata.

He got out of the shadows, revealing his appearance. Hinata observed him, he had raven colored hair, blue bell eyes and fair colored skin. He was absolutely astonishing. Hinata was getting horrified and terrified every time the prince stepped closer.

He was now in front of Hinata, merely inches away from his face, making Hinata gulp. He smirked which somehow made Hinata’s stomach whirl, even though he was in a bad situation. “You guys are slaves.” He started, turning around and walking away.

“Daichi, bring them to their respective rooms.” The prince ordered. “Yes, prince Kageyama.” After that they got separated into a group of 2, it was Hinata, Kenma, and Yamaguchi, whilst the other was Suga, Tanaka, and Nishinoya.

Hinata and the other two got dressed up, and surprisingly, the clothes were not that bad, it looked like something a commoner would wear, but clothes weren’t enough to make them happy. Their village just got destroyed.

“What’s going to happen now?” Kenma asked, still in the middle of changing. Yamaguchi was about to speak up when they heard a sniffle. “W-what if…they’ll exile…Na-Natsu...” He trembled. The others looked at him with pity and sympathy as they all hugged him. “can we even get out?” Yamaguchi asked, still hugging the redhead. “no, I saw the guards right outside our door, not moving an inch.” Kenma finished changing as they sat down on the surprisingly comfy bed.

The room wasn’t that bad at all, actually, it would’ve been better than their old rooms. It had a Light yellow wall and a red and black carpet, it was quite big too, because they had space. The beds were all the color orange. They each had an individual small wardrobe where there were clothes, and night stands were beside their beds.

When you open the room, what you will see first is a closed window, and when you look to your right, there you will see three beds.

Hinata went to his bed, which he just picked randomly, and laid down, crying on the pillow. The others did not want to disturb Hinata so they just either looked at their clothes or laid down on the bed as well.

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The door slammed open, and three sleeping people jumped from surprise. It was one of the guards, “here, it’s lunch…” they spoke, leaving three trays of apples, porridge and water on the floor. He turned around but before they could exit Yamaguchi called out to them. “uhm, can we…get out?” the guard turned around. “We will have to ask the King.” They started and walked out.

Kenma took the food and sat down on Hinata’s bed, trying to feed him, but Hinata was in no mood to eat, he just looked pale and broken. “I’m sure Natsu will be fine…” Kenma reassured. Hinata lowered his head and sighed. Kenma frowned at the reaction he got. “You have to eat, Hinata.” Yamaguchi slid in. “if Natsu finds out about this, she’ll definitely scold you.” Kenma tried to trick Hinata into eating, and fortunately, it worked. “Fine…for Natsu…” He sighed. He began eating constantly looking out the window.

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“It’s getting dark, huh… I wonder what the others are doing.” Yamaguchi wondered, looking out the window. “What’s the view like?” Hinata asked Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi hummed and looked outside once again. “You can see the beach, and uhm… I guess the stars are really pretty.” He explained, saying what he’s seeing. “I wanna see.” Hinata groggily stood up and wobbled towards Yamaguchi. His feet were numb since he spent hours just laying down on the bed. “whoa… it is pretty” His eyes glimmered. “Right?” Yamaguchi smiled, joining Hinata into star gazing. Kenma was asleep from all the porridge he ate.

“Sorry to cut your moment, but the King wants to see you three. Be ready in 5 minutes, also wear something presentable.” The blonde from earlier interrupted. “Who do you think he is?” Hinata asked, walking over to Kenma to wake him up. “Maybe his assistant or something?” Yamaguchi guessed, preparing clothes for the three of them because according to his friends, ‘he has an amazing fashion sense’.

“Kenma, wake up…the er- prince- king wants to see us…” Kenma huffed and stood up, walking over to the bathroom (Yes they have a bathroom) to change, grabbing the clothes Yamaguchi prepared.

Hinata wore an orange hoodie that has black lines at the sleeves, along with some pants that go up to his knees, finishing off with rubber shoes. Kenma wore a red jacket with a black shirt underneath along with some sweatpants and rubber shoes. Yamaguchi wore light orange long sleeves with some maroon pants and the same rubber shoes.

“It was the only decent and casual thing they have.” Yamaguchi complained, which was rare since he hardly ever complains. “Time to go.” The blonde stared at them for a while, snapping his head away once he noticed he was staring.

We went outside the room and started to follow him.

“Uhm…mister”

“Tsukishima.” He interrupted. “Uh- right, Tsukishima…what are we doing.”

Yamaguchi asked. “I don’t know, the king just asked me to get you.” He shrugged, earning hums from the trio. They arrive at the throne room, with Kageyama sitting on the throne, except this time you could actually see his beautiful face shining through the moonlight.

They look to their left to see the other trio. “Bow.” Tsukishima ordered. Some of them flinched and or hesitated before kneeling down and standing back up. “We’ll now pick our slaves,” Kageyama stated coldly, which left the so-called ‘slaves’ mouth hanging.

“What do you mean, slaves?!” Yamaguchi yelled as the king glared at him. “Don’t talk back.” Kageyama’s cold voice shivered through Yamaguchi’s spine. “I have other royalties coming in, as well as nobles and other more people that have helped me through my journey.” Kageyama explained.

“If you disobey them…” He squinted his eyes and stared daggers into all of them. “You’ll get executed.” The boys’ eyes widened as they heard the word. “Do you understand?” He asked, although it didn’t really seem like he was asking. We all nod. Kageyama glanced at all of them, his eyes stopping at Hinata, who was glaring at him.

“You may now enter.” He announced, and soon multiple people came in, who Hinata assumed was the people who were going to pick them. “Daichi, for doing such a good job, you may now pick.” Kageyama ordered. “Oh- uh, thank you your highness.” He bowed and looked at Hinata and the others. He walked towards the other trio, keeping his eyes at Sugawara.

“You.” He started after grabbing Sugawara’s hand and dragging him beside the King. “Next, Tsukishima.”

Before Tsukishima could pick it up, the door opened. “I am sorry sir, this girl fainted due to fear.” A guard explained, bringing a wobbly Yachi at the center. “That is fine, please, Tsukishima.” The blonde smirked and glanced at Kenma, Hinata and Yamaguchi, making them gulp. “I chose a lily pad.” He muttered, pointing at Yamaguchi. “O-okay…” Yamaguchi seemed to know what to do. He slowly stepped beside Daichi next to the throne.

“Next,” He growled, getting impatient. “Guess I’ll pick the redhead-“ “No.” Kageyama growled and stared at the other King’s eyes. “o-okay then, the long haired blonde…!” He laughed nervously. Kenma sighed and walked forward. “Redhead come over here.” He stated. Hinata looks around and points to himself. “Eh, me?” Kenma face palmed, Yamaguchi sighed and Kageyama rolled his eyes. “Who else, dumbass.”

Hinata gulped and walked towards the throne. He was now in front of everyone. Kageyama grabbed his hand and pulled Hinata towards him, making him stand beside him. “Uh- eh- what?” He looked puzzled and looked at Kageyama, then at the people surrounding him, then back at Kageyama. “EHhHHh?!-“ “Shut. Up.” And with that Hinata didn’t speak a word.

“Next.” He took his gaze off Hinata and looked at the two remaining. “I-I’ll take the gi-“ “No.” a very beautiful voice was heard from somewhere, they turned to look who it was. “Pr-princess Kiyoko!” “Brother, please let me have her.” “Sure,” Kageyama answered. The princess grabbed Yachi by the arm and Guided her to her room.

“So, Asahi, you get to take the little one.” Kageyama scoffed. Nishinoya was about to lose it, since calling himself short was a taboo. “okay then…” the guy with long hair guided Nishinoya to the side of the throne, which made everybody think that Asahi should’ve picked them instead.

“What about the extra?” the other king asked. “Hmm, Daichi, what do you think?” Kageyama asked, staring at an Uncomfortable Hinata, not bothering to look at Daichi. “Well, I have a Soldier… and I think he needs some help with his weapons, I heard this extra knows Smelting and mining.” Daichi informed me.

Kageyama hums, still staring at Hinata, who was looking everywhere but Kageyama’s eyes. “ Please come in.” Daichi ordered and the soldier who grabbed Nishinoya when first arrived at the castle entered. “Yes sir?” He asked, bowing down. “You can have this slave.” Daichi pointed to Tanaka. He looked at Kageyama, then at Tanaka. “Yes sir.”

If they weren’t in front of the blood threatening king, Tanaka would have already yelled at the soldier. Ennoshita walked up to him and asked him to follow him to his room, which Tanaka did. “So, you all have the choice to enter our rooms or to stay at your Trio room, you can go to either whenever you want.”

They all left with their ‘slaves’ and Hinata was left still standing beside Kageyama who was still staring at him. “look at me.” He ordered, Hinata hesitantly looked at him. his Brown-orange eyes meeting with his oceanic blue ones. “Sit.” “On th-the floor, or on the chair-“ “On my lap.” He responded with an expressionless face. Hinata’s face flushed red. “Bu-but your Highnes-!” “Did I stutter?” He glared. Hinata gulped and sat down on Kageyama’s lap.

Many commoners entered, telling their problems, and every time they entered, they would see a flustered Hinata sitting on the cold king’s lap. Most people were surprised since the King didn’t even let anyone talk to him without permission. After the day was done, Kageyama pushed Hinata off his lap, causing Hinata to hit the floor. “H-hey!” He shouted, receiving a hum from the king. “Nothing…your highness.” He sighed. “where will you sleep?” Kageyama asked. “Oh uhm, can I sleep with the others?” Hinata asked nervously, fiddling his fingers. “Sure, but you’ll have to sleep alone in that room.” Kageyama added. “Huh? Why?” Hinata asked.

“Tsukishima and Kuroo, the other king, informed me that they’ll be staying in their master’s room.” Kageyama explained, removing his thick red King cape. “Master?” “Yes?”

Hinata blushed at the response Kageyama gave. “I-I meant, what does master mean. Tha-that was a question!” Hinata babbled. Kageyama smirked. “I know.” Hinata was now blushing red. He couldn’t believe that he was acting like this while Natsu was away from him. He never felt like this to anyone before.

“H-hey, um, Your Highness?” “Hm?” “Where’s…my sister…?” Hinata asked, trying his best not to shake and tremble. Kageyama noticed this and sighed. He starts to walk off, and by instinct Hinata follows. “She’s safe, don’t worry.” Kageyama spoke. Hinata sighed, although he could not see Kageyama’s face from behind, he knew that he could trust the king.

“The king isn’t that cruel.”

Hinata had remembered what the Soldier said. ‘Was it really true?’ He thought. “What will I be doing?” Hinata spoke with a crack in his voice. “You will be following the orders I give. And you know what will happen if you disobey me.” The king spoke, his voice getting colder. “U-uhm, yes…” Hinata obliged, was Hinata actually okay with his new profound life? What will happen to his sister? His friends?

Hinata fiddled with his fingers, meaning he was nervous and scared. Kageyama glanced at Hinata behind him, noticing that he was scared. Although Kageyama didn’t want to assume. “Faster.” The king commanded. Hinata flinched and started to walk faster until he was beside the king.

They reached the king’s bedroom, which was absolutely stunning. Hinata almost drooled over how beautiful it was. It was almost 3x as big as their room. “Change.” “Eh?” Hinata looked around for any clothes but did not seem to find any wardrobe. Kageyama sighed and rubbed his temples. “Do you think I’m some noble? Go check in the closet.” Kageyama retorted, pointing at a door.

“r-right!” Hinata gulped, running off to get in the closet. He closed the door and turned around. He was absolutely stunned. There were so many clothes, accessories and other more stuff in the closet. He looked at some clothes before grabbing the perfect ones. Although he was not as good as Yamaguchi’s sense, he still had taste.

“I-I’m done your Highness…” Hinata muttered, coming out of the closet.

“Finally-…” Kageyama looked at Hinata and was lost for words. “Ahem, uh- you can go clean the floor or whatever.” Kageyama ordered, turning around, and leaving the room. Hinata heard Kageyama lock the door. “Let’s just get this over with…” He sighed as he grabbed a broom.

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Kageyama returned after a long meeting with the kings. “I’m back, are you done-…” Once again the king was lost for words when he saw Hinata grabbing something from underneath his bed, struggling. He was kneeling on the floor, butt up, which made The king flush. “I- what are you doing?” Kageyama asked, turning around once again. “Yo-your highness! I was s-sweeping, but the broom rolled under the bed.” Hinata stuttered, still nervous around The king. “Don’t mind that.” Kageyama sighed, after feeling himself calm down.

Hinata stood up and just stayed there, fiddling with his fingers. Kageyama went to change, leaving Hinata glancing all over the room, though he had gotten used to it since he cleaned the room. “You know, you can roam around the castle, just don’t get out.” Kageyama stated, coming out of the closet.

“R-really?!” Hinata’s eyes glimmered as he gripped his shirt, hoping that what King was saying was true. “Yeah.” Kageyama spoke, smiling slightly, but then frowning after he realized he was smiling. Hinata beamed and ran out of the room, exploring every inch of the castle. While walking, Hinata noticed someone familiar in a room. “Yamaguchi?” He peeked. Both Yamaguchi and Tsukishima looked at him. “Hinata? What are you doing here? Won’t the king be mad at you?” Yamaguchi asked. “He gave me permission to explore the castle!” He grinned. “Oh, that’s nice!” Yamaguchi smiled.

“What about you two, what are you doing here?” Hinata asked. The two looked at each other. “Well, Tsukki over here was teaching me the King’s schedule, since We will be working with him.” Yamaguchi smiled. Tsukishima looked at Yamaguchi and tilted his head. “Tsukki?” “E-eh…Uhm…” Yamaguchi averted eye contact to avoid more embarrassment. Tsukishima smiled. “Oh, uhm can you teach me as well? Seeing that I am his slave after all…” Hinata muttered, wishing that the king picked someone else instead.

“Sure, Tsukki can he?” Yamaguchi turned to Tsukishima. He made a disgusted face before nodding. Hinata walked up to them and sat down.

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After a few hours, Hinata almost fell asleep. “You should head to the king.” Yamaguchi advised, patting Hinata’s back. “But he’s scary….” He whined. “You know, you’re extra special.” Tsukishima stated, cleaning up some papers. “Getting picked by the cold king?!” Hinata yelled in disbelief. “yes.” Tsukishima responded. “He wasn’t supposed to be a personal slave…since he already had so many servants. But guess you caught his interest.” He explained, grabbing Yamaguchi by the hand and walking away.

“Oh uh, okay then. Bye Hinata!” Yamaguchi smiled, still getting dragged by Tsukishima. He sighed and proceeded to go back to his ‘Master’s’ room. “Uh oh…” Hinata looked around, but all he could see was Identical walls and doors. “I’m lost…” He cracked. He walked and walked and walked but led to no avail in finding the King’s room. It was already past 1am and he was tired, hungry and thirsty.

He sat down on the floor leaning against the wall. There he drifted softly into sleep…

“Ugh…” Hinata rubbed his eyes as he felt hands greet his cheeks. “hey, hey! Wake up…!” the voice called. “Hinata-kun, wake up!” Hinata opened his eyes to find a very beautiful lady in front of him. From what he recalled, she was Princess Kiyoko, sister of Kageyama. “Hinata-kun, you’re okay!” Yachi sighed in relief. “Owh…” Hinata tried to get up but ended up falling back down. “Hinata-san?” Yachi started to get worried. “Hinata-san, are you okay?” Asked Kiyoko. “My whole body hurts…” Hinata spoke in a hoarse voice, trying to push away the pain in his body.

“B-but, I can manage.” He smiled weakly. “No, Hinata-kun, you’re in pain!” “I-I’ll just go to Yamaguchi…to…get some medicine.” He spoke, standing up and walking wobbly. He fell down once again, but this time to his side, making his whole body burst in pain.

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‘Where is he?’ the king thought, it had been about 3 hours since Hinata left. ‘He didn't escape did he?’ He growled. Just when he stood up, knocking could be heard on the other side of the door. “Come in.” He sighed, sitting on his bed. “Brother...?” Kiyoko mumbled softly. “Kiyoko…? What are you doing here-…?” He stopped his tracks when he saw a Sore Hinata being carried by Yachi. “What happened to him?” He asked concernedly, rushing to Yachi and snatching him away from her. “We found him sleeping on the floor.” Yachi explained, stuttering like crazy. “He must have been lost.” Kageyama was listening, but he could not take his eyes off Hinata. He looked so hurt, and in pain. His cheeks were stained with tears and was still crying. “I-it hurts…” He cried even more. Kageyama got more worried and placed him on the bed.

“Call Tsukishima and his slave now” He ordered them. They bowed and went out to call the two. After a few minutes, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi came bursting through the door. “What’s wrong, your highness?” Tsukishima yelled. “Your slave, I need your slave.” He stated. “What?” “NOW.” He demanded with cold dagger piercing eyes. “Y-yes sir.” He pushed Yamaguchi to Kageyama a little bit, who gulped and started walking quickly. “Fix Hinata.” He ordered. “I heard you make the best medicines, do it. Quick.” He snarled. Yamaguchi looked at a very pained Hinata.

“Y-yes sir! Ma-master, I’m going to need your help!” Yamaguchi shouted as he ran off the castle. Kageyama looked back at Hinata. “it…it hurts so much…waaahh…” He cried, not able to bear the pain. “Uh- where does it hurt?” Kageyama asked, He knew he wasn’t good at this, but this was his interesting slave he had in his bed. “a-all over…!” he yelled, crying out more tears.

Kageyama gulped and wiped away his tears. “Do- uh- don’t worry…?” He tried to reassure him, which luckily enough seemed to be working. “M-Mh…” he choked as he tried to struggle to a more comfortable spot, but only ended up making his body sore again. “B-boke! Don’t do that!” Kageyama yelled as he carried Hinata when he noticed that he wasn’t quite comfortable with the bed.

“S-sir!” Yamaguchi bursts in, holding a flask with red fluid in it. “Is this the medicine?” He asked quickly. Yamaguchi handed the bottle over and shook his head. “N-no your highness…but it will make him pass out.” He mumbled. Kageyama sighed and poured the fluid into Hinata’s mouth. Hinata’s crying shortly stopped as he began to fall asleep. “When he wakes up, his body might still be sore, bu-but we are working on the medicine!” Yamaguchi babbled.

Kageyama glared at Yamaguchi, gesturing for him to get out. Yamaguchi did as so and went back to Tsukishima to help with the Medicine. Kageyama puts Hinata down on his bed, laying down beside him.