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Chapter 2 – Eyes Captured my Mind
At Muramasa's mansion, it was quite lively. 'The group' as they called themselves, had gathered to discuss important information.
Kyo sat as usual against the wall, smoking.
Kyoshiro and Sakuya sat beside Muramasa with a cup of tea. Bon and Akari was wrapped up in a fight and were joined by Hotaru.
A boy with almost orange hair and blue eyes, dressed in blue and white, sat beside Kyo. He had two katanas at his back. His name was Akira.
At last, the awaited person arrived. She was a tall woman with long black hair. She was dressed as a miko and revealed her body a lot. Her name was Izumo no Okuni, a famous informant. She worked as a spy for the group.
"Hi everyone." she greeted.
"Welcome, Okuni. Please, have a seat." Muramasa greeted politely.
The woman smiled smugly as she stepped over to Kyo.
"It's been a while, hasn't it Kyo?"
"Hey, Okuni! Get your face away from Kyo!" Akari almost screamed.
She flew towards them in a speed only rage could do. Okuni sighed and moved away from the demon. Akari now sat down beside and tried to get his attention instead. Soon, Akira and Hotaru was also wrapped up in the fight of who should sit beside him.
"Kyo sure is popular..." Bon sighed.
The demon didn't recognize the fight. He was in deep thoughts. Once again he could see the dancing woman he didn't knew the face of.
But why do I dream of such things? And why do I even dream anyway?
"Then! Everyone's here so let's start!" Kyoshiro said to get everyone's attention.
"Okay. I received more information from Shinrei." Okuni started.
"Really?" Hotaru asked as he heard his half brothers name. Shinrei acted as a spy to them as well. He still had the trust of the Mibu clan so he worked in the palace.
"Shut up, Hotaru!" Akira growled.
"The defense in the palace has tightened, so this might be more difficult than we imagined." Okuni said.
"What?" everyone said in choir.
"Well, I'm not surprised you haven't heard the rumors... they just started to spread lately. But I heard that it's getting close for a change in the upper power."
"What? Aka no Ou is going to die?" Akari asked.
"No, not that..." the woman shook her head, smiling.
"Then you mean the rumor that there are a lot of princesses on their way to the palace?"
It became silent and everyone turned around to stare at Hotaru.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" he asked, bored.
"Well, no wonder you heard the rumors, since you hang out with Julian's family... But I'm surprised that you were able to understand it..." Okuni muttered.
"Princesses to the palace? Then it means..." Akira started.
"Yes, just like it sounds. The two princes, Fubuki and Chinmei are getting married."
"!"
"M-marriage?" Bon whispered.
"Then... if Fubuki get's married then he'll become the next daimyo!" Kyoshiro sounded upset.
"And if he get's the power, who knows what he might release..." Muramasa said.
"The shogun doesn't seem to know that the Mibu clan actually are plotting on taking over the whole of Japan." Akira murmured.
"But why many princesses?" Akari asked.
"Chinmei are going to chose one of them. However, Fubuki already has a bride." Okuni explained.
"He already has one?" Akira asked. "Then it must be someone special..."
"I don't really know any details. All I know is that Fubuki's bride comes from a far distant land and that she has been very coveted by other lords."
"She must be a very sexy one..." Bon murmured.
"It means that she's very fitting, polite and such stuff, moron!" Akira muttered.
"Sakuya, you haven't seen this? You can see the future after all!" Akari turned to the other shaman.
Sakuya blushed a little as she looked around. "I... have seen some strange things, but I couldn't really figure out that it was about marriage..." she looked a little nervous.
"Strange things?" Muramasa asked. Everyone looked at her, listening to her predictions.
"I... have seen that in a very soon future, a lot of young women would find their way to the great palace of the Mibu land." Sakuya pointed up two fingers. "Two of them... will be of importance."
"For us or the Mibus?" Akira asked.
"As I see it, they will both be advantage and disadvantage."
"Both?" Kyoshiro sounded very confused.
"Yes... one of them will cause trouble and help at the same time, cause of boredom."
"What the-? Cause of boredom? What the heck does that mean?" Bon asked before he laughed.
"I'm pretty confused myself, it's just what I see written in the stars..."
"And the other one?" Akari asked. "Do you see something about the other one?"
"I... I can just describe her as..." Sakuya was quiet for along time, wondering where to start. Suddenly she turned to Kyo.
"For you, Kyo..."
He looked at her, raising an eyebrow.
"...one will adventure your ability and reason for fighting."
XxXxX
He was on his way. When he arrived to the main city of the Mibu land, he would immediately search out for Kyo and the rest.
He was an old friend. He was called Benitora, or Tora for short. However, this time he would tell them the shocking truth and also the reason for why he visited.
His real name was actually Tokugawa Hidetada and he was the son of the shogun. The group doubted that the shogun had any idea that the Mibu clan actually was planning on taking over the country. But the shogun actually knew. He knew very well, and that's why he now sent his best to the Mibu land to figure out things and try to stop the Aka no Ou. The Mibu clan was mighty so the shogun had to pretend to not know, or else the people would might be in danger.
Tora looked at the horizon. He would be there in a couple of days.
XxXxX
"Ah, crap... why is this happening now?" Hikari asked. But she didn't sound to sad that the palanquin was broken. "Well, I guess we'll have to continue by foot."
She smiled towards one of the guards, that seemed to be a little pissed of by her.
"Just because I've carried this damn palanquin all the way, doesn't mean that you have the right to tease me!" he growled at her.
"Ahw, come on Sora! You made it this far at least, I'm impressed by your strength."
"You wicked bitch!" he almost whispered.
"Please, no fighting." Yuya sighed. She was leaning against the palanquin with her head in the hand. She had a headache and was restless. They were so close and then this had to happen. But it seemed like Hikari was right. They should continue by foot.
"Hey, what's that?" a soldier suddenly asked and pointed. They all turned around to see five riders and six horses run towards them.
"What the-?" Hikari started. Yuya stepped forward.
"Hime-sama! Be careful!" the soldier shouted, but Yuya calmly waved him off.
"It's okay. I see the Mibu clan's symbol on their armors."
Soon, the riders stood in front of them.
"One of our soldiers reported that they saw a palanquin broken. I suspect you being one of the princesses?" a rider asked.
"Yes, I'm Shiina Yuya, the bride for Fubuki-sama." she answered.
The rider started to whisper nervously.
"You... the..." the rider looked shocked.
"So you guys spies on travelers?" Hikari asked a little suspicious.
The rider stared at her before he started to laugh. "The soldier was returning home after an errand."
"Oh..."
"It seems like we'll continue by foot." Yuya said and started to fold up her long kimono so she could move her legs easier.
"Please, no need, Yuya-sama. We brought a horse for you!"
He pointed at a horses which had no rider. It was a white stallion. Hikari held her breath. Yuya knew it was because her friend was very found of horses and the stallion was indeed magnificent.
"Since your palanquin is broken, take this horse and ride to the palace."
"Woah... thank you." Yuya said, stunned.
"I can escort you!" Hikari said happily. Just the thought of being close to such a beautiful stallion made her fired up.
Yuya smiled at her friend "Sure... It was a long time ago I rode a horse."
"I was really surprised, I thought you were one of the other princesses... not Yuya-sama herself. I apologize!" The rider said.
"No need to apologize for such a small matter, soldier-san. Why couldn't I be 'Yuya-sama herself'?"
The soldier blushed a little. "I... I thought that your arrival would be much more... dramatic."
Hikari laughed. The rider looked a little confused, not understanding why the princess from the Shiina reign and her soldiers/servants acted so... simple, as if they were any traveler.
A while later, the riders had hurried on forward to the city. Yuya was on the horse's back and they had to travel a little slower, since her soldiers walked by foot. Hikari escorted her and the guards walked behind. Two of them were still pulling the wagon.
"Damn that Hikari!" the one named Sora muttered.
"Well... at least it's thanks to her that the moods has been more up than down. She hates when it get's boring!" the other one laughed.
"No need to tell me that... I know already."
The brunette sneezed, thinking that someone probably talked about her.
"Oh, my Hikari! You're not catching a cold, are you?" Yuya asked.
"Hell no! But Yuya, I was wondering..." she turned and looked up at the rider.
"What?" the princess smiled down at her.
"Will you dance when you arrive? I mean, I haven't seen you dance ever since we left... you love dancing!"
Yuya thought for a while before answering. "It's true that I love dancing. It's just that..." she smiled sadly. "It feels like I haven't possessed the freedom of doing so."
Hikari looked at her with sympathy.
"When I dance... I always feel so free. It feels like I can put my whole soul and heart into the dance. But... now later on, my thoughts has always been on this marriage... I can't focus on my steps."
She didn't say more. They continued their travel. They could now spot a city at the horizon.
So we've arrived, at last.
XxXxX
Kyo and Kyoshiro was standing right outside the store of Yuan and his siblings. They waited for Hotaru. As disguise, they were dressed in gray capes with hoods. Kyoshiro pretended like he didn't know, but both Kyo and Hotaru was wearing their armors underneath. How they had managed to hide their weapons inside the capes was nothing he wanted to know.
It was a heavy atmosphere. Kyoshiro didn't dare to say it out loud, but he knew his friend good enough to understand that it pained Kyo to see his close people down. A sickness he couldn't cure which made him powerless, that was very frustrating for the demon. Julian was very ill and Yuan was turning sicker.
"So... what do you think of all this... Fubuki's marriage?" he asked carefully, trying to lighten up the mood.
"Shes probably just a spoiled brat, used to get what she wants, perfect fitting for a bastard daimyo." Kyo muttered.
"G-guess you're right..."
They turned silent again, but not for long. Hotaru walked out from Yuan's shop with his head bent down. He just shook his head as he covered it with the hood of his cape.
"Damn..." Kyo muttered as he turned around and walked away.
Hotaru walked the other direction. Kyoshiro didn't move from his spot in front of the shop, trying to think things out. What was this sickness? And why did Kyo seem to be so tired and annoyed? And then Sakuyas predictions about these women and the marriage of Fubuki. It was a lot of things to talk about.
Kyoshiro sighed and walked towards the main street.
They had before visiting Yuan and his family, witnessed one of the princesses arrive to the town. It had been a very spectacular entrance. The princess had arrived in a big and very decorated palanquin. Servants had been walked around it and about fifty guards had been escorting her. Kyoshiro and the rest suspected that to be Fubuki's bride. It was definitely an entrance worth such a person at least.
The time was getting short. They had to bring down the Mibu clan before Fubuki got the title of daimyo, or else everything would be so much harder.
People was lining up on the main street and Kyoshiro could hear them whisper excited to each other. He lined up along with them and understood that it was a new princess that had arrived. He made sure that the gray cape covered his face well so he couldn't be recognized and he hoped that Kyo and Hotaru was thinking just as much as him on their safety.
He waited for a while until he heard a person next to him point at something.
"There! There! Guard in armors! And a white horse!"
Kyoshiro turned his head and looked at a small cortege.
It wasn't very remarkable. It was probably only around ten guards, were two of them were pulling a wagon at the back. A servant dressed in a simple blue kimono were walking beside the white stallion, with the what it seemed, the princess on it's back. The princess wore a beautiful cape in blue decorated with golden patterns. She had a hood over her head and shadowed the face, but he could spot blonde hair falling out over her shoulders. Two guards were in the lead before the horse.
It wasn't remarkable at all. Kyoshiro was even surprised that she was a princess. A person of such high rank weren't usually escorted so simply.
He looked how the cortege advanced through the main street peacefully. It was almost boring, until something happened.
He suddenly heard people gasp and shout. He understood why. A small child ran out, right in front of the cortege. It was enough to scare the magnificent stallion. With a scream the horse jumped up in the air and the princess was about to lose her balance. Kyoshiro could spot something small golden thing fly through the air and land in front of the child, but he didn't pay much attention. It was a commotion and the two guards in the lead had their hands full by trying to calm the horse down. The princess was luckily still on the back trying to get her balance back. She held the reins with one hand and stroke the white neck with the other, murmuring softly to calm him.
One of the guards started to shout at the child. Then it became silent. Very silent. As he saw why, Kyoshiro felt like fainting or just curse the heavens for bringing him such trouble.
A tall figure, wearing the same cape as himself, stood out in the middle of the street, between the guard and the child. He immediately recognized the figure as Kyo. Somewhere deep inside he was happy that you couldn't spot Kyo's red hair under the hood, more less his eyes. But he still cursed the demon for acting so recklessly.
We're doomed! The very person that mustn't reveal himself to the Mibu clan, is standing just in front of one of the princesses and blocking her way!
xxx
Kyo glared at the soldier that was standing like a statue in front of him, probably confused by the situation. The soldier couldn't see his eyes, but Kyo knew that he could feel his piercing aura. He was a demon after all, able to do the impossible.
The demon cast a look over his shoulder at the child that was standing, frozen in terror.
"Go away, kid." he growled silently.
The little boy gasped before he ran into the crowd of people as quickly as he could. Kyo remained on his spot right in front of the cortege, not really interested to move aside. The soldier seemed to have regained his senses. He took a step forward and growled.
"How dare you stand in our way? I'll just-"
A quick thought flew past Kyo's mind about beat the soldier up. He was in a bad mood anyway. However, both him and the soldier got cut of by a soft, yet strong voice.
"Wait!" the voice belonged to the woman on the stallions back, the princess. "We've just arrived and you're already causing trouble?"
The soldier turned around. "But hime-sama! This man-"
"He just stepped in between you and the small child. I don't see what the problem is."
Kyo flinched when he discovered how calm she sounded. He expected a princess to scream things like "He's in my way, kill him!" or something similar to that.
"But hime-sama... the child... scared your horse!"
The princess suddenly laughed. Kyo surprised himself by listening closely on the soft laugh, filled with so much spirit. Why did it sound so... familiar?
Am I turning mad now, cause my lack of sleep?
"A small child that don't have any troubles with the worlds problem yet, ran right in front of me. What kind of crime is that?"
The princess asked in a tone that proved that she found it all ridiculous. The soldier looked like he searched for any small matter that would allow him to attack the man in gray cape (named Kyo), but the princess seemed to have a gift for making people speechless.
"But this man... he's even daring to stand in your way!"
"If he is such an obstacle, the we'll just have to find a way around him. Or maybe you can ask him, nicely, if he could be so kind and step aside."
The woman and the soldier kept arguing. Kyo was also speechless. He had never expected a princess to be so... human. Then he recognized something glimmering on the ground just at his foot. He saw a locker in gold. The small golden chain was broken. He bent down and picked up the jewelry. It was of beautiful design. He remember something golden fly from the princess when the horse got scared.
"But hime-sama..."
"Fine, then I'll ask!" she started to sound annoyed.
She looked at Kyo and was about to open her mouth to say something. But she remained quiet as she saw him held up his hand, with the golden locker swinging in the air. She immediately took her hand around her neck, looking for something that wasn't there.
"My necklace!" she murmured.
It was a very long silence, until Kyo decided that he would let this go peacefully. He started to walk towards the princess, showing with his hand that he was to give her the jewelry. She hesitated before she bent down and stretched out her hand. He recognized blonde hair under her hood, floating over her shoulders. It looked like silk.
Damn, I'm turning mad.
"Oh, thank you." she said in that soft voice and smiled towards the necklace.
He stretched out his hand to drop it in her palm. She looked at his face.
"Thank you so-"
She cut herself of as their eyes met for the first time.
xxx
Hotaru had without notice, appeared right beside Kyoshiro. However, his friend hadn't realized it yet. He was now studying the scene in front of him. Kyo had made up quite the scene. It was a heavy and tense silence. People didn't dare to say anything. Kyoshiro held his breath as his friend moved towards the princess on the horse.
Hotaru had instead attention on one of the soldiers. The soldier stood right behind the horse and he was about to run towards Kyo, with his fists raised. Hotaru prepared to stop him but someone was quicker.
Before the soldier got a chance to jump forward at Kyo, a strong hand took a tight grip around his armor from behind and dragged him back. It was the servant (according the clothes, a simple blue kimono), a woman with brown hair.
"Don't cause trouble now. Does she looks like she need you help?" Hotaru could hear the servant mutter to the soldier.
He wondered what kind of servant she was. She just seemed to be enjoying the trouble.
Kyoshiro finally realized that his friend, Hotaru, was standing right beside him and jumped in surprise.
"There you are!" he accidentally burst out.
Not a good idea, since he now caught many people's attention and they were already suspicious looking with their gray capes, not to mention they were copies of the one Kyo was wearing. The servant turned towards them and stared at them.
Hotaru just recognized eyes green as the forest before Kyoshiro was dragging him back.
XxXxX
"...much..."
Yuya murmured out the last word. She was paralyzed. The strange person, obviously a man, in a gray cape had popped out from nowhere and caused a little commotion. Then he had picked up her locker and was going to give it to her. She was just going to thank him as their eyes met.
She lost everything around her. The only thing that came up was her dream she had just recently. She had heard everyone's thoughts except one. That person had turned around and then she didn't remember the face of him. The she had been standing in the rain of rubies. As this dream flashed by, she couldn't think of anything else that this was very ironic.
Cause what she stared right in for the moment was without a doubt the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. They were shining red, just like those rubies she had dreamed about. That was the first thing, after a few moments she had melted in the whole face. It was a young man. The long bangs was red and of what it looked like, he had long hair. He was handsome. No, not just that. He was beautiful. She couldn't understand why such a beautiful man had to hide under that cape.
And he stared back at her, she could see confusion flash by in those red eyes. But then the eyes relaxed somewhat and he looked so... strong and mighty.
It was a silence of seconds, but they were like eternity. Then he slowly and carefully put the locker in her palm, not taking his eyes from her. Then, just for a slight moment, he pressed his own palm into hers. She caught a fast hint of it. It was a large hand, fitting for holding a sword, and his skin color was in a tone of bronze. The back of his hand was covered in a red armor glove.
For that short moment he touched her she could feel the air shiver around them, she could feel the power inside him, as if he weren't just a human, but something more, something more powerful.
It happened so quick, he turned around and faster than anyone he was gone with the crowd. Yuya stared after him.
"H-hime-sama..." she flinched and looked forward.
"Oh... Right! We'll continue!"
Hikari immediately heard that the blonde's voice was shivering.
Yuya was so confused. She no longer felt nervous for the arrival at the palace, where her fiance waited. Instead she was sure f one thing. When that man had disappeared, so had also one piece of her heart.
XxXxX
Kyo leaned against the wall in a backstreet somewhere in the outskirts of the city. His breathing proved that he had been running. He hit his large hand over his face and stared furious right in front of him. He was sweating.
"What the fuck..." he growled. "I am really turning mad cause of these damn dreams and happenings!"
But no matter how much he cursed himself, he couldn't get rid of her. She was everywhere, in his thoughts, in his mind, completely in his head. He heard her voice everywhere, a soft yet strong, energetic yet mature. He could see the blonde hair frame in a young beautiful face. And those eyes... shining brightly like emeralds. They were so full of spirit but still it was something sad over them.
In that very moment when he was going to give that princess the locker, the very moment their eyes had met, it had been like something inside him exploded. It was like he had been waiting for that very moment and let his body scream in triumph.
He had been able to gain his self control by force. It was hard for him as he had touched her hand. The feeling of her skin made him almost lost it. How he had managed to not take her hand, drag her off the horse and press her against him was a proof that he possessed a will no human had.
"Fuck... I must come to my senses! This isn't the time for stupid happenings!"
"...one will adventure your ability and reason for fighting."
He flinched as he remembered Sakuya's prediction. He shook his head and started to laugh. But it was a fake laugh.
"Damn predictions! I live my own life as I want and I kill anyone who gets in my way!"
He turned around, cleared in his mind. But deep inside was still the voice and the eyes of that princess. And deep inside it felt like a piece of his heart was missing... as if it disappeared along with her.
To be continued
I wanted to update earlier, but I enjoyed my vacation instead... Anyway, here it is!
This is a lot like a fairy tale, I guess... The characters may turn a little OOC sometimes, but I don't really base this story on the manga. I just write it cause I got an idea that I liked... well, I hope you enjoy it anyway!