Grace

by Lucathia

Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Sun Knight and make no profit from writing this.

Summary: When asked what he would sacrifice his life for, Grisia's answer has always been his brothers, the Twelve Holy Knights, and his answer has never changed. Even if he's thrust into the future, into a world where the Twelve Holy Knights no longer exist, his answer won't change. It doesn't matter that his brothers don't remember. Or that some of them aren't even... "brothers" anymore. After all, Grisia would do the same for his sisters too! Time travel / reincarnation / genderbender / harem

Notes: Terminology and names mostly follow Prince Revolution's translations. This fic will contain both BL and het pairings. If either is not your cup of tea, do yourself the favor and not read this fic. :)

Notes 2: Cover image drawn by Kiyutsuna!

Prologue: Gravity

It started with a question.

"Child, what are you willing to sacrifice your life for?"

To which the golden-haired boy who had been asked the question gave it much thought and answered with as much gravity as he could muster at his age:

"For the sake of protecting my brothers, I'm willing to sacrifice my life."

At the time, the boy had not even gotten to know all of his brothers yet. He only knew that if he were to become the Sun Knight, he would gain eleven brothers who would stand by his side. If there were one extra person, that would be even better. Six people to his left, six to his right!

For Grisia who had grown up in an orphanage, the idea of having brothers was so awesome that he couldn't help smiling widely, elated from the bottom of his heart. His smile and his dazzling, golden-hair under the noon sun had nearly blinded Neo.

After that, Neo Sun chose him as his successor over all the other candidates despite his poor performance in certain areas, one of them being his swordsmanship. Neo had known that Grisia fared poorly with a sword, but he hadn't known just how hopeless Grisia's skill with the sword would turn out, as he had still been optimistic that he could succeed in teaching Grisia the way of the sword. The golden-haired boy by the name of Grisia successfully became the 38th Sun Knight and thus gained several brothers just like that.

For these brothers of his, Grisia was willing to sacrifice his life. Grisia's answer never changed, and he held true to his word throughout the years. During his time as the 38th Sun Knight, he sacrificed more than one part of himself to see to his brothers' continual well being.

First was his sight in exchange for Elmairy's complete revival. Then, it was his golden-hair for Lesus's return to life without any side effects. Next, it was...

Grisia was willing to sacrifice his life, his everything for his brothers. What did it matter if he lost his sight or anything else? It was his to give.

His brothers, however, were not unaffected by his sacrifices, but no amount of words or actions swayed Grisia's resolve. Grisia would always choose the same course of action. He was stubborn to a fault and would really have made a fine Stone Knight.

For this stubborn Sun Knight of theirs, the Twelve Holy Knights were in turn willing to give their all.

Neither Grisia's willingness to sacrifice himself for his brothers nor the regard his brothers held for him would ever change.

They were the Twelve Holy Knights.

That was how they worked.

It happened because of his answer.

Child, are you willing to sacrifice your life for your brothers?

Grisia, the Sun Knight, was in the middle of a brutal battle when a voice called out to him. Lesus had disappeared for many weeks, akin to how Grisia had once disappeared, and the general consensus was that the enemy had something to do with it. Grisia would not stop until he exacted his revenge and found Lesus. So when the question was asked, Grisia didn't hesitate at all before he yelled, "Damn right I am!"

This was a betrayal, one Grisia would never forgive.

Grisia didn't even stop to consider who had spoken to him, but he really should have, for his answer to this being had sealed his fate.

Child, then I give you this chance to set things right.

A blinding light flashed. Everyone in the vicinity either squinted or covered their eyes. Even Grisia's sensing ability wavered, the sudden burst of holy element too overwhelming for him to sense his surroundings.

It continued across time and space.

"What-"

When the blinding light dissipated, only one person remained - Grisia. Color began to seep into his sight.

He blinked and discovered that he could actually see. The trees before him had red and orange leaves, and the birds that were soaring through the blue sky were white. These were sights he thought he'd never see again with his own eyes. He staggered and shielded his eyes from the bright sunlight.

For some reason, he had all of his senses.

But... Where am I? What happened to everyone else? What happened to the battle?

Grisia stumbled forward - his limbs felt awkward - but he soon righted himself. I need to find everyone! I can't let them get hurt!

But... Why were we battling? Right, Lesus went missing... But how did Lesus go missing? Grisia found that he couldn't remember. He slowed down, his steps coming to a halt.

Why can't I remember?

"Grace, are you okay?"

Someone tapped Grisia's shoulder. Grisia whirled around. A worried-looking woman in strange clothes stood behind him. She stepped back upon receiving Grisia's startled attention.

"Grace?" asked the woman hesitantly.

"...Grace?" Grisia echoed in confusion.

The woman nibbled her lips. "You're making fun of me again, aren't you?"

When Grisia continued looking confused, the woman pleaded, "Come on, Grace, that's your name! Well, your nickname. You know, like how mine is Strawberry? Don't scare me like this!"

Upon hearing the woman's name, Grisia stared at "Strawberry" more closely and found that she bore striking similarities with Elmairy, especially that furrow between her brows. Except, she was a girl. Don't tell me I'm in some bizarre alternate universe where we're all girls? Immediately, Grisia looked down at his own chest, patted himself down, and breathed a huge sigh of relief when he found out he was as flat as a board. That didn't stop him from turning around and checking down there as well, just to be sure.

"...What are you doing?"

"Just checking..." Grisia replied and turned back around.

When Strawberry continued to look worried, Grisia tried to smile. His trademarked Sun Knight smile should do the trick. "Strawberry, you need not worry. Under the brilliant sunlight, thanks to the..."

Grisia's voice died before he could even finish praising the God of Light. Even though he had wanted to lessen Strawberry's apprehension because of how much she resembled Elmairy, he couldn't stop himself from staring past her and increasing her worry. He stared at the tall, boxy buildings that he was only just noticing. Are they even buildings? He had never seen anything more foreign looking. The buildings looked like they were touching the sky.

Just where in the name of the God of Light am I? What is going on here?

"Grace, you're worrying me..."

And why is this Strawberry woman calling me Grace? I don't have time for this!

to be continued

A/N: I haven't gotten very far in writing this fic, and I don't plan on dedicating much effort to this until I finish writing Bittersweet Sweetness. However, since it has been some time since I posted any LSK fic over here, I thought I'd toss this up. Many of you will have already seen this over at my livejournal!

Eventually, this will have romance and quite a lot of people interested in Grisia/Grace. It's basically a harem fic, haha. If you only support certain OTPs, this might not be the fic for you! Just to let everyone know ahead of time (since I already had some people wondering), not everyone is reincarnated as a girl. Several of the holy knights are still guys, and both the guys and girls will be interested in Grace romantically.

I hope you have fun reading this story! :)