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A/N: To celebrate my one year anniversary of being on Fanfiction I have written this short (18,565 word) story! I have broken it down into 3 parts because I felt like it and I wanted too. Fun!
So Anyway I want to say thank you and please leave reviews! This goes along with the epilogue of Next Gen: Kai! And it is written in Kai's POV because I really love writing his character. And I am very sad that his story is coming to an end. I am going to have more of these new characters in other stories.
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Chapter 1
I had only been back in K'un-Lun for a week.
I missed New York greatly, but the magic of K'un-Lun had caused me to forget as I walked through the streets. People were yelling out and calling to people walking by, selling their goods that had grown or crafted. Children ran around and were calling out to each other.
No one took much notice to me, to them I wasn't the prince; I was just another 16-year-old boy.
I had not seen Hope in two years. She had returned two years ago to start her life in K'un-Lun when she was 18. I was able to talk Mom and Dad into letting me stay a little longer. But, it was over now. I was back in K'un-Lun.
I took in the air once more closing my eyes, unaware of the distracted girl walking right at me.
We collided, that would have been the easiest way to say it. We completely ran into each other. I looked up and she was on top of me.
"I'm so sorry," She said quickly. She rushed to refill the bucket of grains and food she had been carrying. I also helped her.
"It's fine, I wasn't watching where I was going. It's my fault entirely." I say calmly. The girl looks up at me and I can't help but stare at her, her eyes were such an unnatural shade of blue I couldn't help but stare. She had a nasty scar running along her cheek.
"What happened to you?" I ask her. I gently touch her face and she jerks back.
"Nothing. It was an accident." She lied. She was wearing a cloak and it hid most of her face.
"It looks like a whip hit you…" I trailed off.
I could hear her heart stop.
"I need to go, I mustn't keep my father waiting," she said sloppily. "Thank you… what is your name?"
"Natsu." I smile. It to some extent is my name, it is my middle name. "And you?" I asked.
"Yue."
I nod happily. "Nice to meet you."
She nods briskly and runs off once more.
That had been the first time I had met her. We were both strangers with a secret.
I was on my way to the arena. I was going to see if I could help out with the beginner's class. I had started doing that to fill my free time. I entered the foyer to see a beautiful girl, in a torn up dress, pacing back and forth in the foyer.
"Excuse me, are you alright?" I ask walking up behind her.
She jumps and turns to face me. "Natsu?" She asked startled.
"Um, yeah. Actually it's Kaito. But I go by Kai." I say simply.
"Like you are the King's son?!" She asked alarmed.
I nod with a sheepish smiled. "I didn't want you to yell that in the streets, Natsu is my middle name."
She looks at me. "Oh, then a thousand apologize for running into you." She bowed to me.
"You don't need to bow like that," I quickly state, very uncomfortable. "What are you here for?" I ask her.
Her hand dashes up to her face where she had the scar. "My father was arrested."
I look at her with shock. "I'm sorry."
She smiles at me, it's a shadow of a smile. "No, it's fine." She walks over to the couch and sits down.
I follow her. "What was he arrested for?" I ask quickly. "I could talk to my father…"
"No, there is no need. I've already spoken with the king, it was brief, and I am waiting for him to summon me again. He accompanied the group of warriors who arrested him. I saw him myself."
I looked at her surprised. I can't phantom why Dad would do that. Why would he personally see to such things?
A young serving girl, about the age of 12 appeared. "His Majesty will speak with you now," She said.
Yue stood, she seemed to be doing her best to act brave, but I could see past it all. She was frightened.
"I'll take you." I offer.
Yue looks at me surprised, but she just follows me.
When we approach Dad's office the two guards posted outside open the doors for me. I smile and nod.
I watch Yue so they know she is with me.
Inside, Dad sits behind his desk, reading over some papers. Mom was sitting on a couch nervously. A serving girl was pouring some drinks and Mom watched.
When Dad saw us come in he stood. Mom quickly dismissed the serving girl, who left without hesitation.
Dad walked over the couches. He looked at the guards who were closing the doors. "See to it we are not disturbed."
They both bowed and closed the doors.
I look to mom. "Kai, honey, you can stay."
"I don't want to intrude," I say honestly.
"It's alright, Prince Kaito, you may stay." Yue looked at me with a soft smile. "It would make me feel better if you were here too."
I raise my eyebrows. "Alright, if you would like me to stay."
"Yue, have a seat." Mom says patting the couch next to her.
Yue stiffly sits down next to Mom and I take a seat on the other couch and Dad walks over and sits next to me.
"Yue, why don't you start off by telling us how long this has been going on? And what exactly has been going on?" Dad begins softly.
Mom takes two of the cups and offers Yue one.
"Thank you," She whispers. She takes a shaky drink and I watch her body relax. "I believe this has been going on for some years now. Maybe two or three. Father would often come home angry and bitter and hit us."
"Us?" Dad prompts her.
Yue's eyes got wet and she wiped them on her sleeve. "My mother, and two sisters, one older and one younger."
I felt a tear inside.
Dad also looked saddened. "Was there any indication of why?"
Yue shook her head. "None that I could tell, your Majesty."
"Yue, stop that. There is no need to call me that. You don't need to be formal. You need to relax." Dad says softly.
Yue sniffs and nods. Mom gently touches her shoulder. "When he would hit you, would he leave marks? And did he hit with things?"
"Yes." Yue whispers. "He would. And he did use various things to hit us."
"That in its self is enough to arrest your father. Was this right when he started?" Dad questions.
Yue nods. "I still have some scars. I would have to heal them by myself. He threatens that if we told anyone he would do worse. So, we didn't tell anyone. For the longest time, I convinced myself it was normal."
"It's not." Mom says gently. "What is the worse you have suffered?"
"A scar on my side. I still have it. The blood loss nearly killed me." Yue replies softly.
I watch her, her eyes are red and bloodshot.
"Aiko will need to look at it when we are finished here," Dad says calmly. A soft smile on his face. "Do you recall your family's deaths?"
Yue froze and her breathing got shallow. She nods and tear leak from her eyes. "Yes."
Mom takes Yue's cup and puts it down. She gently pulled Yue in for a hug and holds Yue tightly. Yue mindless wraps her arms around mom's neck. Her face in mom's shoulder. Mom gently soothes her. She rocks back and forth gently. "Nothing that happened was your fault, child." Mom said softly in her ear. Her hand holds the back of Yue's head. "Nothing if your fault. We are all very happy you are alive. And now you are safe."
I wanted to cry too, I had to hold it in, though, it would have only made things worse.
Yue stops after a moment. "Yes, I remember them. I came home and saw my sister on the floor, and then I heard mother, and I ran to see what was wrong…" Yue stopped herself crying to mom once more. Mom held her head against her chest and looked at Dad.
'Danny, don't make her continue this.' I heard mom's thoughts. Her eyes were big and brown.
"I watched," Yue whispered.
"Yue, you may stop," Dad said calmly. "When I was hardly 6 years old I watched both of my parents die. I know this is painful. You do not need to go on."
"After that I just ran away." Yue looked at us this time. "And that was when I ran into some warriors and, this started."
Dad nodded. "Yue, you have had a long day. Why don't you get some rest? Under my orders, you are to stay at the palace as long as need be."
Mom stood slowly and helped Yue to her feet. "Come now. I have a friend who is an Herbal Healer. She will look at your injuries. I need to see how bad they are also. After that, I'll take you to where you may sleep."
"Yue," Dad says calmly, also standing. I get up too. "Feel free to join us for dinner."
"Thank you, King Daniel." Yue whispers. Mom smiles and they walk out.
Dad walks to the doors a moment later. I follow him. "See to it a guard is posted outside her room while she is staying her at the palace, this stands until further notice by me directly," Dad says calmly. One of the guards bows and walks off.
Dad walked back into the study was some force behind it. He seems tensed and angry.
"Dad?" I speak up after a movement when he stand before his desk looking over the papers.
"Yes, Kai?" Dad asks, his voice was like I had never heard it before. His emotions were showed clearly, but I had seen that. He was tensed and solemn, and… I would hate to say scared.
"Do you think she will be ok?" I ask softly.
Dad takes a deep breath in from his nose and lets it out through his mouth. "Her physical wounds shall heal with time and will leave scars. They will always be there. Her mental injuries will take much more than any herb can offer her. We can only be there to try to help and support her. Being orphaned is a terrifying experience. I am very happy I have never caused you and your sister such grief. If I did I could never stand it."
That night dinner was quiet. Mom and Dad didn't say a word and Hope wasn't there.
She was at her home with her husband. So it was just the three of us.
"So," I begin. "How is Yue?" I ask.
"She is going through some hardship Kai, you shouldn't ask questions." Mom scolds. "Kasumi has looked at her injuries, most are deathly infected. She is suffering mentally."
"I could help!" I exclaim quickly. "Use my telepathy to take away some pain!" I exclaim. "I am here to help people! Learn how to be king!"
"And do you know what I am doing to help her?" Dad asks me, I can here a dark undertone in his voice.
"Not completely," I look down at my plate.
"I am letting her recover, all I am doing is giving her what she need to heal." Dad says, I can feel his gave, it is heavy like after a normal long day working and running out Kingdom. I knew this side of him. He was just stressed, noting more. He was tired and likely had a long night ahead of him, it always, unfailingly, put him in a bad mood at dinner.
"She might not want you inside of her head." Mom says gently.
"Kai, she is in a bad position right now, we can't help her as much as you would like to," Dad explains. His voice calmed a little, it was closer not to how he usually sounded when he was not being King.
"You have a big heart, Kai." Mom adds. "But sometimes you just need to back up a little. You can't win every battle."
MY stomach churnes.
"May I be excused?" I ask.
Mom nods. And I walk out hastily.
I found myself drawn to Yue's room. I made it there and looked at the warrior guarding the door.
I nodded and the door was opened.
I walked in and saw Yue laying on the bad. A young girl about 12 was walking around and doing things.
She looks at me. "You are dismissed for the evening," I command.
She bows and leaves.
I walk up and take a seat on the stool next to her bed.
"Have you ever been like this? Torn apart?" Yue asks me, she looks very tired.
"Yes, it happens to the best of us." I smile I adjust my pants were baggy enough to hit my fake leg.
"I just don't understand. I miss my life, the way it was." Yue sighed, she looks to the ceiling.
"I know, losing someone close to you is hard." I sigh.
"How do you know?" Yue asks me, she tries to sit up and fails.
My eyes widened. Dragon Lords…
"I… sensed it…" I trail off.
"Really?" She asked. "How?"
"I have an unnatural gift," I admit.
"I have one too." Yue smiles, she seemed to be more there, more… relaxed. "I am a healer. I have the mark on my back. I trained when I was younger. But not in a while, not in years. What's your gift?" She asks. My telepathy told me she was feeling a little better just talking about something that wasn't about her father.
"I am Omnikinetic. It makes me pretty sick sometimes. It's a lot for my body to handle." I tell her.
"What does that mean?" Yue asked she is very interested now.
"I can manipulate the will around me to my will. I can make anything I want to conform to my will. And this makes me really sick some days. Like occasionally I can't get out of bed. And healers have to come and use their magic to help me move." I explain. "It also requires a lot of studying. I have to know how things work."
"That sounds terrible." Yue gasps.
"It's not the worst thing that's ever happened to me," I say frankly.
Yue nods. Then I watch her yawn.
"You need to sleep," I say easily. "You haven't had a good night's rest in a few days. You should sleep."
"I know." Yue sighs.
I stand up shakily and nearly fall over.
"And what's wrong with you?" She asks me sleepily.
"I have a bad leg injury. It makes my legs weak at times. And makes getting up and down difficult without help." I explain.
She tucks her white hair behind her ears. "Maybe I could help you one day. I'm going to start my training as a healer again. Maybe I could heal you." She offers. "It's the least I can do, your family has been very kind to me." She yawns once more.
"You haven't met my sister." I joke.
I smile at her gently and walk away. I look back to see Yue and I stand in the doorway until she is asleep.
All I could think of was Yue's father had murdered her family. She would have likely been next.
I sighed. I felt bad for her.
Yue was to stay at the palace until her father's sentence had been decided. Which was taking a very long time. But today it was supposed to be announced.
There were a lot of people at the palace for the announcement. I hadn't seen it myself, but the list of the charges against him was incredibly lengthy.
Yue spent some free time with me. We would talk about different little things to keep her mind off of her father. Mom insisted that I do this and try to help her. Yue was nice enough it didn't bother me.
And I helped her sleep some nights when she would be plagued by nightmares.
Yue had started her training as a healer again. She had insisted upon looking at my injured leg many times so she could heal it, but I refused every time she offered.
She couldn't understand why I didn't want it healed when the truth is it can't be healed in the way she thinks.
"Hello, Yue," I say calmly walking up to the girl who was standing alone.
"Hey." She bows slightly.
"You are nervous," I comment.
"Is it that obvious?" She asked quickly.
I shake my head and point to my brain. "I sense it."
She nods. "I'm scared. Your father talked to me about what his sentence might be. He was trying to warn me. But, I'm still scared."
'Death Sentence,' was the first thing that came to my mind.
"Do not worry. You will be ok."
"I hope my father gets what he deserves. And the Dragon Lords work through your father." Yue says simply.
"I know they will," I say as calmly as I can.
A gong rings out at everyone hushes quickly.
Dad walks up to the stage and starts talking, but I don't listen. A buzz in my ear tunes him out. Something bad was coming. Right now…
I look around quickly for anyone suspicious.
There were a lot of people. Plan B. I close my eyes and listen to the minds of the people, my people.
'The signal.'
'Wait for the signal.'
What signal? I gaze around once more.
'Finish the deed.'
What deed?
'Someone has to take out the prince.'
This one scares me. Take me out? Like, eliminate. I'm in their way.
Suddenly there is a gasp from the crowd that brings me back.
Yue's hands shoot over her mouth and her eyes get wet. "Dad…" she whispers.
Then I feel it.
The signal.
Someone jumps out of nowhere and throws a dagger at me.
I move to the side and it misses hitting a bystander's arm.
I spin around to see the man who threw it. Yue gasps and everyone moves out of the way.
Everyone moves.
Yue rushes to the bystander to help.
Men wearing masks come out of hiding and all get ready to attack me.
I take a deep breath and let it out.
Ok, focus. Nothing fancy. Don't go crazy with my powers.
"Frequenter pati," I mutter to myself. I outstretch my hand at my first attacker who instantly falls to his knees in pain and then collapses.
I have assigned different short phrases to help me channel my powers, like a spell. I saw to words to help me focus. I guess mantra would be a better word to use.
I turn and count the others. Six more, all armed.
I smirk. "Bring it."
I easy disarm one as another scratches my side from behind I thrown him to the ground, and blast fire at another. A sharp pain jabs my side.
A knife.
Its removes itself and I turn to see another attacker with a bloody knife.
"Frequenter pati!" I shout.
He also falls to his knees and passes out.
I turn to the next five.
They all rush me at once.
"Plus gravitates," I command and two falls to the ground unable to move.
I look at the last three. I dodged to the side as one lunged at me with a knife. The knife tears at my side.
I throw a blind punch and am able to knock on guys in the head.
I turn my back on him and focus on the last two.
"Vites ligabis," I command.
Plant veins come from the ground and start to climb their legs, holding them down.
Something hard hits my neck. I stumble I stand up, black spots claiming my vision.
Dragon Lords….
I take a fighting stance as my prosthetic leg is swept out from under me.
I hit the ground, getting the breath knocked out of me.
And my consciousness fades.
My head was burning up. I opened an eye weakly.
"Don't move." A soft voice orders.
I look up to see Yue sitting near me.
She placed a cold and wet rag on my forehead. "You have a lethal fever. You need to rest."
"I'll live." I croak.
Yue looks down at me and nods. "You are a very good fighter. Your powers are incredible."
"Thanks," I mutter weakly.
"You're sustained only a few injuries. Your left knee is dislocated. And your leg is weak. Your side has been stitched up. It's looking pretty good though you should be healed up soon." She smiles.
"My leg hurts." I moan.
"Miss Kasumi told me not to look at your leg," Yue said quietly. "Do you want me to help you?"
My nervous system in my leg burns. It feels like I am on fire. It was reacting as if I had my leg cut off again.
"M' fine." I slur. "What time is it?"
"The first morning bell rang a few minutes ago." Yue smiled.
I nod. "Thanks."
My leg burns. "Ouch!" I shoot upward and breathe heavily.
"Kai!" Yue nearly shouts. "Lay down."
I lay back as Yue props me up with pillows. She gently pulls back the blankets and peels off my shirt enough to look at my injury. "I can't do much for you know that the sun is up. My healing powers are now just about useless."
"Lunar Healing. It's a rare gift." I cough. "A blessing none the less."
"I know. I have a lot to do with the moon. That is why my hair is white. It used to be black but changed when I received my mark to become a healer. It was the middle of the night when it happened, and it was under a full moon." Yue speaks quietly as she gently rubs a paste on my stitched up side.
I bit my lip and clench my teeth to keep from crying out and using my powers.
"I know, this hurts. One more second." Yue says as she finishes up and wraps up my side.
She pulls my shirt down and the blankets back up. She touches my forehead to cheek my temperature, then she pulls back.
She watches me then looks down at her lap.
I close my eyes.
I hear her mind. 'Dad… why? What drove you to this?'
"Do you need to talk about something?" I ask. I sit myself up a little better.
"Why do you ask?" She asks me.
"I hear your thoughts. I don't mean to intrude. But they are strongly attached to equal strong emotions."
"Oh, I was just thinking about my Dad," Yue admits. "I can't believe everything that's happened."
There was a knock at the door.
Mom walked in and looked surprised to see my sitting up.
"Yue, you need to eat and rest, I'll watch over my son." Mom says gently. She walks over and places a hand on Yue's should. Yue flinched at the touch. "You have a long night tonight you need to rest up."
Yue stands, bows to both of us, and leaves. I can see her teary eyes.
Mom takes her place but sits on the bed next to me.
"What is the sentence?" I ask.
"You were there, you should know Kai." Mom says calmly.
"I missed it, I was trying to figure out the attack before it happened."
"Death." Mom says simply taking my hand.
I nod.
"You fought well. Kasumi spoke to me and said you need to stay in bed for a while. Your bad leg needs to heal. When they knocked off your leg, it messed with your muscles, and they are going to hurt for a long while. You don't need to be using your prosthetic leg for a while either until you can put weight on your leg." Mom said to me gently. "You're also running a terrible fever."
"I know," I mutter. Mom smiles and kisses my forehead.
I lay back down and close my eyes, slowly drifting off.
When I woke up again I felt calmness and coldness sweep over me. I look to see Yue with her hands cupped softly over my side. Her hands glowing white.
She muttered to herself. I couldn't understand what she was saying.
She let out a breath and she pulls back hanging her head.
I take a deep breath. "It feels so much better," I mumble.
Yue gasps and looks at me.
"I'm glad." She turns back to my side and touches it again.
I groan. My leg swells in pain. I struggle to not move or say anything.
"Kaito?" Yue asks me.
I feel my body twitch and sweat covers me.
"I'm fine," I mutter. "I need food. And some painkillers." I moan.
Yue looks at me with wide eyes. "I'll get you something."
She walks over the fireplace and starts cooking something. The fireplace was only made to keep the room warm, but I guess she can't leave me unattended.
After a while, she walks over and helps me sit up. "I got some soup. I tried heating it up."
She hands it to me and I hold it in both hands. I slowly levitate the spoon to my mouth.
It was good.
After a while I finish, I have something weird where I have to eat frequently to keep up my strength, Low Blood Sugar or something.
"What hurts?" Yue asks me kindly.
"My bad leg," I say. It has turned into a dull pain. But it still hurt.
"Do you want me to look at it?" She asks.
"I am not sure there is much you can do," I tell her weakly.
She nods.
Pain washes over me again.
"Please, take a look," I tell her, knots form in my stomach.
Yue nods and moves to the other side of the bed.
She slowly pulls off the heavy blankets.
And then she shrieks.
"Silentium!" I shut her up quickly.
She looks at me in alarm. Once I am certain she is calm enough to not yell I sigh. "Loquere." I whisper.
"Kai." She hardly mutters. She starts to cry.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"Kai, what happened to you?" She asks.
"This isn't about me," I say calmly.
She hangs her head.
"It is. I am here to care for you." Yue says easily. "You need to heal. I am here to help you. Only that."
"Well, I want to know what's bothering you," I say crossly.
She looks down at my leg again.
She gently touches the stump of a leg I have.
I watch a soft white glow emerge from her soft and cold hands. The burning pain goes away and is replaced by a gentle calm and smooth feeling. She against mutters to herself.
When she stops it doesn't hurt at all.
"Yue come here," I order. She obeys walking over closer to me.
"That happened years ago. You had nothing to do with it. It was some freak who wanted my family so he could use our connections to magic to enslave thousands of people of the outside world." I tell her softly. "Losing my leg is not the worst thing to ever happen to me. It might actually be. I don't know. But, if it was being handicapped or dead with billions enslaved. I choose handicapped in a heartbeat."
"Magic could regeneration your leg," Yue says.
"No, it can't Kasumi has tried, but it is unable to be regenerated," I tell her. "Now please, tell me what is wrong. I want to help you."
"My father…" She said simply before crying.
I touched her hand. "Tranquilla," I command. I let my calming energy wash over her. My hands glow a soft gentle blue.
Yue slowly dries up, he tears go away. "He's gone now," She tells me. "I got to say goodbye. He, he yelled at me and cursed at me." She explains. "He told me lies. He wanted me to suffer. He wants me to live traumatized and weak."
"Luckily it doesn't work like that." I smile. "I'm still alive, 8-9 years later."
"You, you were hardly a child!" Yue exclaimed.
I try not to think of it, but the memories come. "I'm fine."
Yue nods. "I'll finish healing your leg. At least, make sure the pain doesn't come back."
She walks back over and touches my leg again.
I feel sleep trying to wash over me and I slowly give in.
A week later I remembered why I liked my prosthetic leg so much.
My armpits were aching constantly from my crutches.
Yue was walking alongside me, trying not to stare at my missing leg.
"How do you do it?" She asks after a while.
"Practice." I mutter carefully placing the crutches and then moving my foot.
"Not that." She corrects. "How can you act like you've never been hurt?"
I stop. "I don't act like that."
"Yes, you do. You can put others before you even if you are in extreme amounts of pain." Yue said easily.
"I guess, it comes with time, you accept things like for example, I used to forget I was handicapped. I still do. Some days I am just so in the moment and living I forget what happened to me. And it is a great feeling." I explain. "Coming out of the clouds is hard sometimes though."
She nods. "You are very special."
"I've been told." I smile gently.
We approached my Dad's office.
"Are you sure you don't need any more help?" Yue asked me.
"I've been like this for years, Yue I can take care of myself. I'll see you tonight." I wave to her goodbye and I walk into the office.
Tonight was the, hopefully, last healing session that we had to do. I had gotten stronger.
"So, how was your day?" Yue asked as I laid down on the mat that had been rolled out on the roof of the Healer's Abbey.
"Nothing special," I reply, simply.
"Really?" Yue asks sitting next to me.
I shrug.
Yue smiles. "Well, today was an exciting day for me. A young boy came in with a broken arm, and there was a newborn who was brought in, she was wheezing."
"Is she ok?" I ask, gently.
"Oh, yes, she is very strong, just a little stuffy, her mother was very scared," Yue replied as she helps me take off my shirt.
When it is lying next to me she undoes the bandages. She looks at my side. "It's healing rather well. No infections. And you've kept it very clean." She examines.
"That's good news," I comment.
Yue nods, cupping her hands over my side.
She begins her muttering. Her hands glow a soft white.
I look up to the moon and just watch it. So pretty, and large.
I close my eyes and feel the washing of the healing energy run tough my body.
Yue stops after a moment and looks up at me.
"May I do your leg now? Or are you alright?" She asks politely.
"Go ahead and do it, it will not hurt for you to do anything."
Yue nods, standing she walks over to my left side. She rolls up my empty pant leg and looks at my stub of a leg sadly.
"Yue, it's ok, you don't have to pity me all the time." I prop myself up on my elbows.
Yue touches my leg and begins her chant again.
I watch her lips move slowly.
Her hands glowing.
I just stare at her wondrous powers.
After a while, she stops and lets out a shaky breath.
"Kai, you amaze me." Yue says quietly, she moves so we are sitting closer together.
"How so?"
"You have injuries like a veteran and many of the elders who have fought in traumatic wars. And you act as if nothing happened. You hide your scars." Yue explains.
"I don't hide them." I protest.
"I could never do that," She says quietly.
"Yue, you already have," I say calmly.
"How?" she asked me. "I am weak!"
"I remember something I read during my time in the outside world. It said; 'You are strong when you know your weakness.' Yue, you are strong because you know what's inside of you. You have this amazing heart." I smile softly. "You put on a smile and help people every day."
"You don't know my heart," Yue says bitterly.
I look away from Yue. "You're right. I don't."
Yue looks at the moon and I watch her eyes tear up.
I sigh and put on my shirt.
"Is there anything else I can help you with this evening," she pauses. "Prince Kaito?" Her last words are strained.
"No, I am sorry I offended you," I say honestly.
It takes me three whole minutes of trying to get my crutches and get to my feet. Yue just watches me, she doesn't offer any help and I don't think I would have accepted any.
"Good night." I throw over my shoulder.
She doesn't respond.
"Kaito, I'm sorry about the other night." A voice startles me. It had been a week and Yue hadn't even looked at me. But it hadn't bothered me at all because I had kept myself very busy with helping Dad and my personal studies.
"There is no need. I was wrong." I admit looking back at the book in my hands I was in the library.
"No, you were right," Yue says. She places a tray she was carrying on a table nearby and serves me a hot cup of tea. "I guess you do know me."
"We have been friends for a while," I add.
"Yah, I want to thank you to." She looks down into her own cup.
"What for?" I ask.
"You've helped me get through losing my father." She smiles at me.
"Your welcome." I nod at her. "I know that loss is hard."
She smiles softly. "You are worthy of being king. I am very happy that our world has such good people in the royal family."
I smile and look down at my book.
"I'm not bothering you, am I?" Yue asks.
"Not at all, the company is good," I reply.
Yue smiles. "Good, what are you reading about?"
"Different mythological creatures," I reply.
"Interesting," She comments.
"I used to know someone who harbored such creatures, she was a friend of mine in the outside world," I mention.
Yue smiles. "Wow."
We sit there quietly for a while when I finish my cup Yue refills it.
I scribble some things now in my notebook every now and then.
The mid-day bells end the quiet. I place the book down and stand up with my crutches.
Yue also seems to have come out of a trance. "Going to lunch?" She asks.
I nod.
"I should get back to the Abbey, after lunch my shift starts," She says, she waves goodbye and takes off as I head to meet my parents for lunch.
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