Run Away Princess
A/N: Right, bash me for making a new story when I still have LOTS of updating to do! RyouNami pair, with appearances of the other characters as well. And the Italian subtitles and German dialogues were made using Google Translator. If I made a mistake, uh, sorry.
Disclaimer: Do not own the characters. Save for the new creatures you will most likely not find in the manga, game, or anime.
He held me close, so close that I was confused as to which my own heartbeat was and which was beating faster. His face buried on my right shoulder, and his warm breath cascading in my body like the sun's soothing light on a bright summer day. His toned arms wrapped me like a snake to his predator: never wanting to let go of me. The only difference was that…his was not coiling.
It was filled with pain and loneliness; emotions that I didn't expect to have from him.
"Don't go." He whispered, and I heard a faint crack in his usually strong and stable voice. Still dumbfounded by the sudden twist of events, I was still as a statue can be.
"I have to…" was the only thing I could say to him. Usually, I was good at explaining things, writing what had transpired, with words easily flowing in my mind as if they were some part of me from beyond. But given this situation…I felt so loss as to what to say.
His embrace went tighter but enough to still make me breathe. "Please, I beg you. Don't go." He repeated and his whole body tensed. Why?
I closed my eyes and finally allowed myself to wrap my arms around him too. "I beg you, too. Let me go." I replied.
One: Bravado –Un Incidente di Rammarico, Un Incidente del Destino-
"Meine Dame! Nicht laufen!"
"Sammeln Siedie zweiteMannschaftan der Basisderauf der Straße!"
I looked back and saw a group of men clad in black suit and ties. Henchmen, my mind registered. They were fast approaching now. What was that guy saying?
My legs turned numb from running continuously. I didn't exactly know why but my mother and brother told me to run away as fast as I can and hide somewhere.
And why exactly? I asked. They were not able to answer for the men caught them and held them back. One took me by the arm and dragged me away, rather harshly, I should say. He began to speak into some foreign language that I sort of recognize but couldn't point out.
I tried to break away from his iron grip but failed to so. I screamed in pain when his unbelievable grip tightened even more.
"MeinGott!Wasdenkst dumachst du?GriffsiemitSorgfalt!" A blonde guy with square glasses shouted at the man who handled me. He tore his hand away from me and pushed him away. "MeineDame,es dir gut?Es tut mir leidfürmeine untergebenenhartverhalten." He spoke to me but I only stared back at him out of incomprehension. He must have understood my blankness for he cleared his throat and looked intently at me.
"My lady," he spoke perfect Japanese.
"We are here to bring you back where you truly belong." He said.
He grunted as he peeked at the corner. "Are they still there?" I whispered, my hand clasping on to his arm. His curled brows intensified. "I don't think they'll be leaving soon. What did you get yourself into this time?" he snapped back at me. I sighed and bit my lower lip. "I'm not sure either. They suddenly appeared in our doorstep and barged in. Then Mother became hysterical. My brother grabbed me and shoved to the back door. They were saying that I should go and hide myself." I replied, trying to lean to the corner and see for myself the henchmen in their search.
"Will you get back there? If they see you, we'll be in trouble!" He hissed at me as he kept on pushing me back with his other hand, the one that I was clutching the whole time. I fought him by leaning in closer. "As if they can see us! The tree will block us, you dimwit." I said out of rage. "Is this what you do to someone who helps you?" his tone was piercing.
"In the first place, I didn't ask you to help me. You volunteered, if I remember correctly." I shot back at him, and funny, we were still doing our push and lean fight. Finally, he sighed and whipped his head to me. "Ah, is that so? You want to see them? Fine, I hope you're happy with this." He said then grabbed both of my shoulders and switched our places. "H-Hey! What are you doing? Are you trying to sell me off?" I asked as I tried to do the pushing part now. "Isn't this what you wanted? There, savor the sight of these men looking for you!" he said as he pushed me using his side. "Will you stop that? What if they see me?" I desperately held on to the wall for support as I tried to push myself back.
"Ack! Hurry, they're looking over here!" My eyes widened and faced him. His body tensed and grabbed me by the hand, gently but firmly, and took the lead of running. "Crap. This is unbelievable. And what were they saying? Are they foreigners?" he asked as we went to another curve. I realized we were in the city center now and since it's almost nine in the morning, there were lots of people already. "German. I think they're German. But there's one guy there who can speak Japanese." I said as we shoved our way through the populous sidewalk. I could hear the henchmen not far behing, desperately trying to keep up with us. "Did you publish something bad about a German?" he asked as we went in a department store.
The good news was we were in the clothing section and there were many people inside already.
Bad news was we were in the lingerie section.
Worse news, he was still holding my hand.
"Uh…no. I don't even speak that language. And I know no one in that nationality either." I whispered then removed my hand from his.
"Sorry." He grunted then started to walk ahead, with all those women looking at him. I trotted behind him and as I checked our backs, I saw the henchmen running on through the sidewalks in a single file outside. I felt relieved until the last guy saw us and called for his friends.
"Run!" I pushed him and we both darted to the nearest elevator bus. Unfortunately, it was still closed. We heard the screams of the shoppers and salesladies and lot of falling stuff. "Stairs! Stairs! Stairs!" I frantically said and grabbed his hand. "This is so not good!" I was close to crying now. "Not good, not good, not good!" I repeated as we climbed up. I wasn't even looking at the floor indicator. "Why did this have to happen to me? Why?" I hissed, my tear glands getting alive and slightly blurring my visions.
"Hey…"
"I hate this. I was supposed to go to school, meet my friends and study well. Then this has to happen? Am I being punished? For what sin? For what crime?" I ranted on.
"Amou, hey…"
"And you got involved. Like hell I care about myself but to have my friends get into it? I just don't get a thing at all!"
"Will you just stop for a while and…"
"I just hope that they have mistaken me for someone. I hope that this is just a dream. A nightmare. A stupid nightmare."
"Amou!" he shouted then dragged me back. Another good news, it stopped me from ranting and climbing.
Very bad news, I lost my balance and started to feel airborne.
Crash…
Crunch…
Roll..
Ouch…
Well, you get the idea.
"My head!" I hissed when we stopped rolling and crashing. I felt dizzy for a few seconds. I was lying on my stomach and he was a few inches away from me, lying on his back, grunting and cursing under his breath. "My fingers!" I heard him scream with agony and that immediately cured my little dancing stars. "Oh my goodness, did you hurt your fingers? I'm so sorry…"
"Meine Dames!"
My eyes widened at that statement. Suddenly, we were surrounded. Half of them were just staring at us. Half of them were pointing their guns.
At Tsuchiura.
"Wait! He's innocent! He doesn't know anything!" I defended the guy. "He's injured. He needs medical attention." I added as they just stared at me. Wow, maybe I looked like a lunatic in their eyes.
A radio sounded from the breast pocket of the guy who could speak Japanese. "They are together. Take both of them." He said then the henchmen split into two groups. One group helped me stand where two firmly held on to my both arms.
The other picked Tsuchiura like some rag doll. His pained expression gave birth to guilt in my heart. "Tsuchiura…"
He looked at me and forced a smile. "Least we're alive." He said.