I don' own Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime or Bioshock


Red Eyed Monster

The Sunny Kingdom is the center of all Fushigiboshi. It gives Fushigiboshi the power to metabolize life and secures a crucial balance between the kingdoms. In the center of the Sunny Kingdom is the kingdom's precious princesses. Princesses Rein and Fine, the most un-princess-like but definitely the most famous princesses in Fushigiboshi, were put in charge of the Prominence and Promin that keep the kingdom running by the deceased former princess, Princess Grace. An evil, dark lord by the name of Black Crystal King once aimed to take over Fushigiboshi but was halted by the now deceased princess. The Black Crystal King was only sealed and not destroyed; he was released in later years after Princess Grace's death. But because of the twin princess' hard work and determination, the evil king was destroyed in Fushigiboshi and the twin princesses were then left in charge of the Blessing of the Sun which stores the Prominence.

One year later, the twin princesses and the other princes and princesses, with an exception of a few, from the other kingdoms went to school at Royal Wonder Planet to learn how to be proper Queens and Kings for the future. Of course, trouble wasn't too far behind as fragments of the Black Crystal King hadn't just landed in Fushigiboshi but also Royal Wonder Planet. Not deterred, Rein and Fine fought back like before and the king met crushing defeat once again at the hands of the twin Sunny Kingdom princesses, now known throughout the universe as the Universal Princesses.

It has been 2 months since the twins and the other princes and princesses have graduated from the Royal Wonder Academy of Education and have returned home to stay. And that is where we begin . . .

*CRASH*

Now remember, I said they graduated. I didn't say that they still didn't act like themselves.

"Aw, Fine. Why!?" Altezza complained about Fine accidently running her over trying to get some cake on the far table. This common act of Fine's, however, caused Altezza to break her glass cup she had dropped. Fine had returned to apologize heavily for her dramatic outburst, cake in hand of course.

"Ah, I'm terribly sorry Altezza! I didn't mean it, really!"

"Hmph! How in any world did you manage to graduate and get your certificate to be a certified queen!? You'll never be a proper queen at this rate." Altezza chided. "Running me over for a piece of cake . . . unbelievable!"

Fine only took Altezza's lecturing as teasing anyway.

"But, but . . . it's chocolate cake."

Altezza fumed and really started eating into Fine while the latter tried and failed to put up a defense. In the background, the other princesses and princes were laughing, eating and enjoying themselves at Fine's and Altezza's expense. It was early evening at the Sunny Castle's rose garden where Princesses Fine and Rein wanted to enjoy some time with their friends from the other kingdoms. They had thrown a small tea party for everyone just for the heck of it, or so they said.

"How like those two to go at it over something so small." Lione commented watching from afar.

"If it's not one, it's the other . . ." Mirlo lightly teased.

"I take offense to that." Rein was quick to interject.

"I meant nothing by it. Really." Mirlo, though soft spoken, panicked a little on the inside.

"I'm officially offend." Rein smirked as she teased Mirlo lightly. Mirlo caught wind of look she was getting from Rein and calmed.

"It's true though," Gorchel, one of the Seed princesses, slyly looked their direction, "if it's not Fine causing the trouble, it's Rein. In most cases, the both of you."

"What? We're not that bad, are we?"

"Yes, you guys are." the others were quick to answer. Rein started sweating lightly. By that time, Altezza and Fine were arriving back to where everyone else was gathered.

"That hurts. Deep."

"That's okay." Sophie gleefully commented. "No amount of you guys troublemaking will make us love you both any less!" Fine and Rein visibly deflated. Altezza was smirking. Finally that air head of a princess was saying something useful. "I mean, just look at Altezza!" At this time, everyone was snickering, but for their safety, they took a giant step back. "Altezza has been chewing you two out for your mistakes, while inadvertently causing troubles of her own! We don't love her any less!" Sophie whimsically finished her thought. Altezza, by now, was red in the face. And, if you looked closely, you could've caught a glimpse of steam pouring from her ears. She was about ready to strangle the poor Windmill Kingdom princess. Everyone else, however, was finding it increasingly difficult to breathe as they were fighting their laughter.

"Quit laughing!" Altezza shifted the majority's direction with a growl. Everyone else was busy, and practically struggling, picking themselves up from the laughing fit they just had. Some having more luck than others. Auler, the first on his feet, went to comfort and calm the distressed princess.

"Come now, Altezza. It's okay Sophie didn't really mean those things. At least not seriously."

"Buiba buu bab ba bu?" (In whose offence?) Milky slyly shot a questioning look at Auler. Princess Milky may be a baby, but she isn't stupid.

"Who knows." Fine answered.

"Well, in any given case, it's getting quite late. I believe it's best for everyone to return home for today." Rein concluded.

"Indeed. We all best be leaving now." Bright agreed. Possibly because he didn't want a fight to breakout unintentionally. His sister prefers to be the perfect princess, but he's sure that fighting isn't beneath her . . . at all. Everyone gathered their bearings (for some that was taking food for the road) and headed inside the castle and towards the front gates where the balloons were parked.


Queen Elsa and King Truth had seen better days. They both looked worn with worry and anxiety. They were reading a report that had just come in, and from the small stack of letters beside their thrones, it wasn't the only one. Similar reports had come in from days before, all roughly saying the same thing. The other kings and queens have received similar letters from inside their kingdoms as well. No one can seem to make heads or tails of them.

"Truth, this is the 9th letter we've received since this whole incident started Tuesday. They all say the same thing. It's been 5 days since then." Elsa voiced her concern to her husband.

"I know. Someone or . . . something has been lurking around each of the kingdoms of Fushigiboshi and stealing children at night. No one has real seen the person doing it, but they all seem to recall some sort of red light." Truth lamented.

"What's strange is that all of the kidnapped children are little girls. It's not just happening in our kingdom, but in all of the kingdoms. Everyone from the families to the kingdom guards have been searching for the missing children, but with no luck; from any of them. Not one child has been located. This is an outrage!" Elsa was infuriated for the loss of the missing children throughout Fushigiboshi. How come not one of them has been found yet? One person can't be keeping that many kidnapped kids; there are over 20 of them missing. Unless . . . there's nothing left to be found. The kidnappings for most had been days ago. There could be . . . no, they have to still be somewhere. No one is about to give up looking for the lost children. Elsa and Truth be darned if they stop searching.

"Well, for now let's tighten security around the perimeter of the kingdom. Guards will be on every street, corner, back alley, everywhere. I'll send notification to the other kingdoms for them to do the same." Truth decided. See if that kidnapper steals another child in this or any other kingdom.

"I agree, but . . ."

"But what, Elsa? What has you worried?"

"What if we spread the guards too thin? We only have so many, Truth." Elsa brought up an excellent point. Truth considered this for a moment. With a heavy sigh, he answered.

"It's a risk we'll have to take. Better spread too thin than nowhere at all or in heavy in some places rather than others. Besides, all the letters and reports mention only one person, not a group of people."

"And yet that one person has managed to elude detection from everyone until the last possible moment and kidnapped 20 plus children from all seven kingdoms." Once again, a very excellent point. Still, Elsa conceded to the plan. It was to initiate tonight and onward until the perpetrator is caught.

Just then, the twins and the other princesses and princes walked into the throne room. Impeccable timing, wouldn't you say?

"Good evening your majesties." they gave a bow. The Queen and King bowed their heads to them.

"Thank you for having us. We hope we weren't too much trouble." Shiyon, one of the Seed princesses, thanked.

Queen Elsa put on a sincere smile to the young princes and princesses. "Not at all. You're all always welcomed here. And of course you're all our special daughters precious friends. Please, travel home safely."

"We will." they all confirmed.

"Please stay safe. I'm sure you've all regrettably heard of the kidnappings." King Truth warned. He didn't wish to frighten them, but he wanted them to realize the dangers being presented here. Luckily, they all understood perfectly.

"We know and we will be careful." Shade answered. Though they weren't showing it now, they were all just as worried about the kidnappings as everyone else. Giving the King and Queen their final respects, the small party made their way to the balloons. Giving each of the princesses and princes some hugs and words of gratitude, the twins waved their friends off to their respective homes, praying for their safe return.


Rein and Fine are in their gargantuan sized bathroom, washing up for bed. Rein is currently having her hair washed by Fine.

"Hey, Rein."

"What is it, Fine?"

"What do you think?"

"Think? Think about what?"

"You know, those kidnappings! I overheard that whoever's kidnapping those people is up 20 plus now."

"I'm not really sure what I think. All I know is that I feel sorry for those families. Worrying themselves silly over their missing kids, and those families who still have their kids are paranoid."

"Yeah . . ." Fine began rinsing Rein's hair. "I feel bad now."

"Why's that?"

Fine absentmindedly began waving the removable shower head around. "Well, we're all comfortable and cozy in our castle not having to worry about stuff like that, while most other people are worrying if their kids are next or if they'll be in their bed when they wake up."

"I understand how you feel. I feel the same, but it can't be helped. Mother and Father refuse to let us out of the castle unless it's to go to another castle with this kidnapper around, and- Fine stop waving that thing around! You're getting everything wet!"

Fine quickly turned the shower head off. She gave a lopsided smile. "Heh heh . . . sorry."

Rein smiled back and went to get her, hopefully dry, pajamas. Along the way she slipped on the drenched floor face first. Fine started dying of laughter, but still went to help her fallen comrade. That was, until she slipped. Rein, witnessing the fall, started laughing herself. Finally finding their footing, the sisters gripped to each other and made their way to their clothing, trying not to fall again with each others support, giggling the whole way. Can't fight a team like theirs.


Somewhere along some ocean shore in Fushigiboshi, the waves rolled in gently onto the sand. Crabs and starfish washed ashore, line the borders between land and the waters in the early night. Families turn in for the night feeling more at ease since the decree of increased kingdom security by the royal families. Those living by the ocean drift to sleep with the help of the calming sound of the waves and feeling of security for the first time in days.

In the distance, a large sphere-like object breaks the surface and moves toward the shore. It's covered in seaweed and moss, and made of a rusting brass. The front of the sphere has a bolted door and a large glass window to see out of. The door releases pressured air and swings open with a high squeak. A figure, mostly concealed by the surrounding darkness, steps out of the sphere. The figure is lanky, but tall in stature. It could be taller if it wasn't slouching slightly. Not much could be seen about the figure with the dim night light. A small cage-like basket was attached to it's back, and its head was circular. From one arm was something like a harpoon that, luckily, could be seen because of the moonlight reflecting off of it. A similar spear-like object was also being reflected by the moonlight on the other arm. This object looked like an over sized needle, extending way past its arm and nearly touching the sand below. Nothing else seemed to be visible from the figure to make out.

The figure began showing more signs of life as it looked at its surroundings. It looked up towards the sky. In the distance, the Sunny Kingdom could clearly be seen as the sole object in the sky. No clouds, or obscurities to block it from view. Despite it being high in the sky and considering the number of kidnappings, this was the best place to get more unsuspecting victims.

The figure stiffened its body and crouched slightly, as if getting into a running position. From the figure's head came an eerie, blood red light that spelled impending doom for all that crossed it. The figure, now known as the kidnapper, lunged forward and took off running in the direction of the Sunny Kingdom. The Sunny citizens were about to regret being the most carefree people of Fushigiboshi.


They've been out here for hours. Since the decree of the increased security, not one of the kingdoms have reported of any kidnappings . . . so far. It's been fine up to this point, let's keep it that way.

True to his word, King Truth had every available guard in every street of the kingdom. Posted on corners and even back alleys and roads. Absolutely no one would get into one of these houses without being noticed. It was impossible. But still, as Queen Elsa predicted, the guards were indeed spread too thinly. Two guards for every 2-3 blocks. Granted, they still would be able to hear if someone was getting kidnapped, but getting to them from a block over was another problem entirely. Well, get through the night without trouble first and work out the details later.

The guards were pacing to and fro through their assigned areas, keeping their eyes sharp for someone or something that shouldn't be there. Still nothing. That's good. No chance of kidnappings tonight it seems!


The kidnapper moved swiftly across the roofs of the many houses looking for the perfect target, hiding behind cover when available to avoid being seen. The kidnapper was getting frustrated. Every time it found the perfect target, one of those people with spears would be right in front of the house. Of course the kidnapper could just get rid of the guards with its harpoon, bull rush the house, grab the target, and make a mad dash back to the sphere it arrived in, but that would cause too much commotion and gather unwanted attention it didn't need. More of those people with the spears that it saw on the way here would be on it in seconds. The kidnapper needed to find a target in a house that wasn't guarded. What's with that anyway? There were never this many people guarding its targets. What's the deal!?

As the kidnapper roamed around more and more, it found that it was the same everywhere else. Perfect target, house guarded by a person wielding a spear. This was getting aggravating! The kidnapper was getting ready to be reckless. To heck with the ninja crap, this was getting nowhere! It's already passed midnight! The kidnapper was about to get desperate and go ahead wit the bull rushing plan. If the kidnapper went back to where it came from without a child, things would not end well.

The kidnapper searched frantically for an unguarded house. No. No. Not there. Guarded. No! NO! The kidnapper was about ready to call it quits and return empty handed. It looked around one last time and spotted one house that stood out among all the rest. This house was frickin' humongous! A house to end all housing complexes! It was easily the biggest house in the whole kingdom. How did the kidnapper ever miss it? But something so huge must be heavily guarded, right? Eh, it's worth a look. The kidnapper bounded its way over to the huge complex. The kidnapper didn't even notice that it was so big that it was levitating over the other houses and had its own elevator!

The kidnapper dived into the elevator that allowed whoever lived in the levitating house to come down to the town. The kidnapper tried not to get too excited, I mean whoever lived in this house couldn't even have the required children it needed; a little girl around the age of 5 to 8 years. Still, if it meant that it had a chance to return with the required child, it would go through Hell and high water to get what it needed rather than go back empty handed. With that in mind, the kidnapper's head glowed a menacing red and steeled itself as the elevator came to a smooth halt and the doors glided open.


"Hmm~, that dress is really cute~!" Rein mumbled in her sleep as she tossed in her bed. Across from her was Fine in her own bed mumbling something along the lines of-

"Cake~!" -yeah, that. In between the princesses was a dresser that held a white chest with a handle. Inside the chest lay Poomo, the twins' fairy advisor, Kyukyu, and Pyupyu, the baby angels that Rein and Fine met at Royal Wonder Planet and now live with since the twins became the Universal Princesses.

All things considering, Rein and Fine's room was relatively small compared to some of the other rooms in the castle. Heck, their bathroom was bigger! Still, it was comfortable. They each had their own closets on the sides of their beds, a simple carpet in the middle, and a small table in the corner. Above the dresser where the chest is laying, was a fairly large window with simple white curtains. In the front of their room was a large set of double doors.

Everyone in the room continued to sleep peacefully. But, as everyone was sleeping, an eerie yellow glow passed over the window. The light ran over Rein's closed eyes, which resulted in her turning over in attempt to avoid the disturbance that kept her from dreaming of accessories. The glow returned this time resting on the window and pouring through down the middle of the room. There was forced creaking coming from the window as the figure shining the light through the twins' window tried to force it open. The figure ceased its actions as it realized the window was locked from the inside. No matter. The figure raised its hand to where the lock should be located. The lock shifted slightly. A little more. Just one more push. *Click* With a soft creak of protest from the window, the double-door window was pushed open. How was the locked opened? You'll find out later. The figure hopped into the room, avoiding the small dresser under the window, in utter silence. Neither twin stirred. The figure's yellow light ran over the person in the bed on its right. A girl with blue hair, looking to be eight-years-old. To its left, another girl looking the same age but with red hair. The figure's eerie yellow light turned blood red.

The kidnapper had just broke into the biggest house in the whole Sunny Kingdom and found two, read it, two perfect targets! Its whole night just got turned upside down! Even better was that there were practically no people with spears guarding the place, so it was easy to break into. This might not be a lost night after all. Still, it had a job to do; grab the girls and get the heck out of there.

The kidnapper walked to Fine's bed, towering over Fine and the bed. The kidnapper had thought she had been awake for a second when she started talking about cake again. Realizing she was only sleep talking, the kidnapper reached over to make a grab at Fine. Once the kidnapper had Fine, it only had a short amount of time to grab Rein and haul butt out of there. There may not have been many guards outside, but that said nothing about the amount of people inside. It was a big place, which could mean that there are more people in it. Plus there's the parents, too. The kidnapper was about to close its embrace around Fine, and make a mad grab at Rein once it had Fine.

. . . The kidnapper should've done its research . . . Fine's not a still sleeper.

Fine, in an attempt to hastily grab some dream cake, thrusted her fist into the kidnapper's face. The kidnapper lurched backwards, not expecting to be punched, and hard to make an observation. Nothing was getting between Fine and her cake, imaginary or not. I hope you have health insurance. The kidnapper had turned the opposite direction clutching its head. It wasn't hurt, but that punch sure surprised it and rattled its head a bit. The red light was still beaming from the kidnappers head and the light was looming over Rein's face.

It really should've done its research . . . Rein doesn't sleep well with lights shining in her face. Fine learned that the hard way. She never turned on the lights in the middle of the night again.

Rein awoke peering through her eyelids at some red light shining in her face. At the least, she was not happy.

"Who the heck is shining that light!?" Rein yelled grumpily, angered that her sleep was disturbed because somebody thought it would be funny to shine a light in her face while she was sleeping. Fine awoke seconds after, rubbing her hand.

"Ow~! What the heck did it hit!?"

Both looked over to each other for an explanation for both of their problems. They didn't expect to see someone else in their room with them. Quick to react to the situation, the kidnapper lunged at Rein, wrapped its arm around her waist, and hoisted her under its arm. The kidnapper realized it didn't have much time before any one of them registered what was happening and started screaming, so it quickly turned on its heel and lunged towards Fine, arm outstretched.

While it was happening Rein registered who, or rather what, she was seeing. The person was tall and very lanky. It had a harpoon attached to its right arm and attached to the left arm was a long needle, actually a syringe, that elongated past its arm. On its back was a rusted cage with alot of dirty pink bows tied to the rungs. Its head was actually a helmet; an old, rusted divers helmet to be precise that had a port hole that was glowing a dark red. Its body suit was a dirty divers suit with patches of brown leather on the elbows and knees and the main body piece. On the feet were metal boots, which made Rein wonder how in the world they didn't hear it. Next to the cage on its back was an rusted air tank with a valve that looked like it hasn't been opened in years. There were various metal pieces on the suit that looked relatively clean and seem to act as an armor. Rein's anger soon turned to gut-wrenching fear. The red glow coming from its helmet said it all. This was the kidnapper that went around stealing kids from their loving homes. They said from the descriptions that the kidnapper was a person that flashed a red light when it arrived and looked like a person, but those people had only caught glimpses of it. Now, here it was, in her and her sister's room. This kidnapper was no person, it was a monster. Now knowing that this was the thing taking the kids from the kingdoms, Rein felt sick to her stomach and didn't even have the will to scream when it grabbed her around her waist.

Fine watched in horror as the intruder grabbed her sister and turned on its heel aiming to take her with them. Fine was quick to move as her senses crashed back to her and her flight response kicked in. As the red eyed monster dived her direction, Fine flew from her bed and onto the floor. The monster tripped over the edge of Fine's bed and landed on the other side with an audible thud. The sudden noise had awaken the drowsy Poomo and two baby angels.

"What's going on -pumo?"

The first thing Poomo processed once his eyes adjusted was that some stranger had Princess Rein under one arm and was attempting to grab Princess Fine, who was sprawled across the floor in front of him. Poomo immediately launched himself at the stranger attempting to harm his charges. Pyupyu and Kyukyu followed suit. The three landed on the red glowing port hole, successfully blocking the monsters view. They held on for dear life, Poomo wanting to save the princesses and Kyukyu and Pyupyu wanting to do the same but the two baby angels were scared out of their minds.

Not at all pleased that its view was blocked and the sudden turn of events, the monster thrashed its arm with the syringe around trying desperately to find the other girl. The syringed arm thrashed so wildly, it knocked over the dresser in front of the window. The contents, including the chest, were scattered across the floor with a loud crash. Not caring anymore if anyone heard, the monster began tearing, scratching, and down right destroying anything and everything in attempt to get the offending creatures off its helmet and grab the second girl.

Fine, now moved to the other side of the room, was was scared white. This, this . . . thing was destroying her and Rein's room trying to get her and Rein. Fine wasn't good with scary things; that was well known to everyone. She wanted to get as far away from this monster as fast as her legs could carry her. She wanted to scream, hoping this was just a horrible nightmare. But she couldn't. Her legs refuse to follow her orders, freezing her in place. Her voice wouldn't come like there was this painful lump in her throat. Her mouth was unbelievably dry and her throat felt hoarse as if she actually had been screaming. She had seen Poomo and the angels come to their rescue as she was on the floor. Their attempt to block the monster's sight worked brilliantly and gave her enough time to crawl to the corner, out of harms way. Fine was completely at a loss. She didn't know what to do. She wanted to save her sister, but she also wanted to run away. By now Rein had started fighting back, wanting to be released from the monsters grasp. Rein wasn't a scaredy cat like she was. Rein was brave and courageous. She wasn't afraid at all to fight back for her life vs Fine who would run at the first sign of danger. But, Rein was in danger now. Screw being scared . . . okay, let's not completely screw it out the window because she was still scared. But Fine would willingly throw her life on the line for Rein just like Rein would for her. Fine found the resolve to literally throw herself at the offending monster just as it tossed Poomo and the baby angels off and miraculously into the open chest, which closed them in. One of the dislodged dresser drawers landed on top of the chest keeping it shut. Rein managed to get loose and out of the monster's grip just as Fine tackled it.

Nothing could've prepared Rein for that. She half expected for Fine to bolt for it while she had the chance. She was down-right proud of Fine. Even with all of the commotion, Rein needed to make sure someone knew that they were being attacked. So, just as the monster threw Fine off of it, Rein sucked in a deep breath and with all the strength she could muster, she screamed.


Queen Elsa and King Truth groggily woke to the sounds of distant thumping and banging. It didn't sound too far away from their room either. They sat up in their bed, gathering their bearings. The banging began to get louder and more violent. They were fully awake now and judging from the sounds of oncoming footsteps they weren't the only ones. There was a knocking at their large double doors.

"Come in!" Elsa yelled to the ones on the other side of her bedroom doors.

"Excuse us!" Camelot, the head maid of the castle, and Lulu, her feline maid-in-training entered the room in their pajamas with Omendo, the castle advisor, following behind. By this time many others in the castle had began noticing the rustling. From the maids to chefs, gardeners to the few guards in the castle. They all began picking themselves up from bed and to their doors.

"Your majesties! Something is causing a disturbance in the castle!" Camelot urgently spouted.

"Yes, we hear it." King Truth commented. "Does anyone know what it is?"

As if his and everyone elses question was answered, a heart wrenching scream echoed through the castle. Everyone in the castle's blood ran deadly cold as they realized who the scream came from. Elsa and Truth shot out of their bed so fast, olympic sprinters would've been jealous at their speed. Not bothering to grab their robes, the queen and king and all others remaining in the castle ranging from the list above sprinted towards the direction of the scream. Princesses Fine and Rein's bedroom.


The monster just lost it. In its blind rage, itthrew off one of the girls it was supposed to be capturing. The fact that the blue haired girl screamed just made made matters a whole lot worse. It had little time remaining; there were bound to be people on there way now. It's now or never. Ignoring the thrashing, the monster grasped Fine and tucked her under its arm. Rein wasn't quick to react this time as the monster grabbed her as well. Now having both girls, the monster turned to the window ready to get the heck out of there before the calvary arrived. Still not giving up without a fight, Fine and Rein continued to thrash around. Rein looked over to Fine. Rein was determined not to let the monster get away with both of them. She pulled her elbow back, and with as much force as she could gather, she brought her elbow back into the monster's gut. The sudden blow caught the monster off guard and caused it to drop Fine as it cradled its stomach. Not having time to grab the red head, the monster bolted for the window. Fine quickly picked herself up and went after them. As they reached the window, the monster readied itself to jump, but Fine had gripped onto one of Rein's dangling legs and started pulling them back into the room, determined not to let the monster take her sister.

"I won't let you take her!"

Running out of time, the monster went to its last resort. A high pitched screeching rang out through the castle. Fine was instantly dazed and couldn't move. Everyone running towards the room had stopped because of the sudden ringing in their ears. Still, the ringing vanished quickly and they were all on the move again. Fine had lost her grip on Rein and with Rein still under the monster's arm, they were out the window and landing on one of the nearby towers. Fine shook off the ringing in her ears to see the monster with Rein in tow about to bound for another tower away from the castle.

"Rein!" Fine frantically stuck her foot out the window, knocking over the drawer keeping the chest Poomo and the angels were from opening.

"Fine!" Rein frantically called back to her younger sibling. Fine didn't know exactly how she was going to get over where Rein was from the window with a forty story drop right below, but she just wasn't going to let that monster get with her sister. So, she was prepared to follow. The monster was way past aggravated; it was furious. It had enough. Turning back to the window, it readied its harpoon. Aiming right at Fine, the monster got ready to release. Rein quickly spotted this and moved to intercept its shot. She be darned if she let this thing hurt her sister.

"No!" Rein shoved the monster's arm just enough to throw off its shot. The harpoon made its way Fine's direction. Instead of it plunging itself into Fine's chest as intended, it hooked onto the shoulder of Fine's pajama gown. The sheer power of the harpoon was so massive , though, that Fine was ripped from the window and impaled into the far wall by the shoulder of her gown. Fine had just seen her life flash before her eyes.

The monster hastily turned and leapt off back the the sphere it arrived in, with Rein in tow.

"Fine!" Rein futility reached back toward her home and to her sister who were already too far away.

"Rein! Bring her back!" Fine began scratching at the harpoon that impaled her gown into the wall and refuse to give her freedom to chase after her long gone sister. Fine began to cry but refused to give up trying to get free. As the salty tears streamed down her cheeks, the doors to the room burst open and Truth and Elsa were the first to run in and witness the carnage.

Their daughter's dresser had multiple scratch marks on it and was in a mangled heap in the middle of their floor with the drawers strewn about the room. The carpet had been ripped and torn, their beds were in tatters. The sheets had various rips in them, the pillows had cotton coming out of them pouring onto the floor. Fine's bed had been forcibly snapped in two and her closet wore a gaping hole. Rein's closet wasn't in any better shape as it was cleaved in two with one half cracked and partly in front of the door while the other half was shattered beyond repair.

Everyone there was too stunned to move; to breath even. Everyone except Elsa and Truth. They stopped for a mere moment before rushing through, searching worriedly for their daughters. Just then, Poomo, Kyukyu, and Pyupyu dizzily stumbled out of the chest they were forcibly locked in by the intruder.

"What happened -pumo?" Poomo painfully held his head.

"Fine! Rein! Where are you!" Elsa frantically searched for her girls. Truth was just as hectic.

"Mother! Father!"

Everyone turned either a full one eighty or glanced to the side to see the youngest princess impaled to the wall by the shoulder of her night gown. She was crying hysterically and clawing desperately at the spear keeping her to the wall.

"Oh dear God!" Elsa was quick to move to Fine's side tried pulling her loose from the wall. Truth was behind her in seconds. Finally removing the harpoon, Fine was in her parents arms crying like a newborn baby. The many maids, few guards, and other residents working in the castle watched the exchange with heavy hearts. Camelot, Lulu, and Omendo were at the front.

"Shh, shh, it's okay now Fine. We're here now." Elsa tried to comfort her child.

"Fine, where's your sister? Where's Rein?" Truth asked, desperate to find his other beloved daughter. He wouldn't calm until he knew for certain that they both were safe. Fine continued to cry as she gripped to both her parents. Her words came out in hoarse sobs and broken sentences.

"It has her! I-I-It has he-her!"

"What?"

She cried even harder than before, but she spoke more clearly.

"It took her, Mama! That monster took Rein! She's gone! Oh God, she's gone!"

Not believing their ears, they pressed further.

"Who, Fine? Who?" Elsa was now crying herself. One, because of seeing Fine in such a broken state and two because of knowing someone might have Rein.

" That kidnapper! That horrible red eyed monster!"

The entire castle felt like ice. The whole place was silent and frozen with the exception of Fine's wailing. Everything came crashing back to Poomo. He recollected that an intruder broke into the princesses room and started attacking the place. And now he'll have to live with the fact that the intruder has one of his charges and, taking into account the number of rescued kidnappees which was a big fat zero, there was a high possibility they weren't ever going to see her again. Elsa tightened here hug on her, now only, daughter and started wailing right along with her. Truth gathered them both in his arms and sobbed harshly. Those watching eventually broke. They all sobbed and cried for the loss of the blue haired princess. Not one person was without tears.

Truth had ordered a full scale search for the culprit throughout Fushigiboshi, hoping, praying that it wasn't too late to get Rein back.


The monster was finally out of the Sunny Kingdom and on the beach where it first arrived. Rein was securely tucked under its arm unconscious. It made one more sprint and arrived back to the sphere it arrived in. It unceremoniously tossed Rein inside before stepping inside itself. Looking back at the kingdom, the monster clearly saw lights flashing everywhere. Everyone in the kingdom must be looking for this girl. Looks like it won't be coming back here for a while. With that, the door to the sphere-like submarine closed tight, backed away from the shore, and submerged under the rough waves.