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Chapter 2: The Princess' departure
In the Morning
Yuya was just up on the rooftop meditating to get his mind off things that happened yesterday. After that, he runs and jumps across rooftops with his parkour tricks in his routine he would do while staying in the city for a while. "Man! That was a good warm up." Yuya said as he wiped off some sweat from his face.
After doing his routine, he went back to his place and geared up ready to search for one of the 7 members that destroyed his village named Dennis.
At the castle
Yuzu was escorted to the throne room to have a talk with her father, King Shuzo."You wanted to speak to me, father?" Yuzu asked.
"Of course Yuzu. You do remember what we discussed about for your future as queen of Maiami Kingdom." the king stated.
"Father! I've already told you that I don't to rule alongside any of these princes that you have sent from other kingdoms. They are pig-headed, have no manners, and are too greedy to be king here!" Yuzu yelled, annoyed that she has to talk about her undecided future.
"Yuzu! Have you not thought about having a husband before you are crowned queen!? the king yelled harshly.
"Father you don't understand love! I want to choose who I love not by being forced to marry someone I don't like!" Yuzu replied disagreeing with her father.
"Nonsense! When I was your age, I was like you until I met the woman I was forced to marry. We started liking each other when we saw each other and got happily married. You can't expect to marry someone from the streets!" the king stated.
"Stop father! I cannot take much more of this! I will take my leave now." Yuzu said as she prepared to leave.
"Don't think this discussion is over, young lady! As long as you live in my castle, you have to obey my rules!" the king shouted.
After hearing her father's statement, she let out a tear and ran back to her room.
'It's not fair! Why can't he understand anything about love!?' Yuzu thought.
Back to Yuya
Yuya was wandering around looking for Dennis but was going to have trouble looking for one person in this big city.
"Man. How am I supposed to find some one in this big city." Yuya muttered.
As on cue, he spotted a person who has orange hair like the gang leader said the other day. Yuya pushes through the crowd to catch up to the person to see if it is Dennis and follows him to an alleyway.
"That's as far as you can go!" Yuya said.
"Ha! You fool! You just fell right into my trap!" the person yelled as mysterious beings came out of the walls.
"Shadow ghouls, huh? In that case." Yuya's odd eyes started to glow. "I'll have to beat the hell out of these guys!"
30 minutes earlier at the castle backyard
Yuzu was walking to a secret passageway that only she knew to the city wearing a normal citizen outfit. As she opened the door of the passageway, she looked back thinking about her father.
"I'm sorry father. But if this is the only way for me to seek my future, then I have to leave."
After going through the passageway, Yuzu put up a hood to conceal her identity. As she was walking, she caught a glimpse of someone who seemed awfully familiar. She followed him and when she got to the alleyway, her eyes went wide to see shadow ghouls appearing in this city.
"Shadow ghouls, huh? In that case. I'll have to beat the hell out of these guys!"
Yuzu recognized that voice and saw who it was. It was in fact the same person that she encountered the other day.
'Him again? What's he doing now?"
While Yuya was fighting the ghouls, Dennis was laughing like a total maniac watching and saying,"No matter how many you beat, they'll just keep coming back. There's no way to beat a shadow ghoul unless you can find the source."
'But where is the one that is pulling the strings on these guys?' Yuya thought.
While Dennis wasn't looking, Yuzu came behind him and slammed his head with a wooden parallam which knocked him unconscious and all the ghouls disappeared.
Yuya was confused on what just happened until he saw Yuzu standing next to an unconscious Dennis.
"I could've taken care of this." Yuya said.
"Sure you would, jerk." Yuzu replied.
"Wait a minute. Are you the... Oh! It's the so-called princess. And by the way, my name is Yuya. I appreciate what you did but I have to be going." Yuya said as he was about to leave.
"Wait! I just wanted to apologize and thank you for yesterday." Yuzu said with her head down.
"Y-You're welcome. I-I guess."
"Where will you go from here on?"
"Back to my place that I'm staying for a few weeks, why? Yuya asked.
"W-Well..." Yuzu was too embarrassed to say anything. "The truth is...I want to follow you!"
Yuya's left green eye cocked an eyebrow in curiosity.
"Why?"
"Because I just want to live my life as a normal girl for once in my life." Yuzu stated.
After thinking it over, Yuya came to a decision and said,"Alright. But just so we're clear, I don't want you to be involved in what I do for myself."
"Okay." Yuzu replied.
"Alright, let's get going."
30 minutes later
"So this is where you are staying for a while?" Yuzu asked.
"Yup. I prefer to live how usually do back from where I came from." Yuya replied.
"And where is this place that you used to live in?"
Yuya's face went down to a sad emotion when she said that.
"It's personal. So I'd rather not talk about it."
"Oh. I'm sorry."
Night had fallen as Yuzu was sleeping on Yuya's bed while Yuya was watching the sky through a broken wall.
'She looks pretty cute when she's sleeping. But what should I expect from a princess who was raised at that castle.' Yuya thought as he turned his head to Yuzu then looks back outside.
The next day
Yuya was up quite early starting his routine and head back to his place.
"Boy I'm beat!" Yuya said to himself.
"Huh? Well, what do we have here?" Yuya muttered as the king was outside on his balcony preparing a speech.
"Citizens of the Maiami Kingdom. I, King Shuzo, call you here today to say that my daughter had just disappeared last night." Many of the people were shocked and surprised.
"Which is why I called everyone here is that we will be conducting a wide spread search for her and bring her back to marry her fiance. May I introduce you to Yuri Amagi." Yuri appeared at the balcony with a cold smile as he looked at the crowd.
"As you have heard from your king, I have come before you to announce that the one who finds the princess will be rewarded handsomely and will be my lapdog." As Yuri said that, he raised his hand and purple waves came from him that affected the entire crowd and knights including the king except Yuya who took cover from the waves.
With Yuya's enhanced hearing and aura vision, he listened in on what else Yuri was going to say. "Now that we have this done, it's time to move onto my next phase of the plan. These people will fall victim to my master like we did to the Pendulum Village."
Yuya's eyes widened as he was shocked that the person he was looking for could be here. He then turned around with tears still dripping while running back to his place.
After reaching his place, he saw Yuzu was still asleep and went to get his gear.
Yuzu later on woke up and said,"What are you doing?"
"We have to leave! The whole city is going to be searching for you. So get ready, We leave now!"
Not bothering to ask why, she got up and dressed up later on.
After getting ready, Yuzu later spoke up. "Where are we going, Yuya?"
"Yuzu, I know this will be hard for you but will you please come with me?" Yuya asked with seriousness in his eyes.
"Of course, Yuya. I've been wanting to get out of this place for a long time."
"Alright then, hold on tight to me." Yuya said as she held up Yuzu bridal style which made her blush and started to run and make it over the city walls.
After making it over the walls, Yuya ran while holding Yuzu into the nearest forest and later found his home. Yuya set her down and he started to go to his room.
"Why did you take me here?"
"Like I said: The whole city were searching for you to marry your so-called fiance named Yuri Amagi." Yuzu gasped as she heard that name.
"Oh no. Not him. He's the worst of all the other princes in this country."
"So I've seen earlier." Yuya said gritting his teeth.
A few hours later
After Yuya calms down, things got quiet as Yuya was making dinner for him and Yuzu after she decided to follow him.
While eating dinner, Yuya asked Yuzu,"So, why did you run away?"
"Because of my father's persistence in finding me a husband when he doesn't understand how I feel." Yuzu replied.
"I see. But why did you come to me then? Weren't you be sassy to me the other day?" Yuya stated.
"Hey! I was annoyed when you were going easy on me! I could've been able to take you down!" Yuzu yelled.
"Yea right. I am leagues above you so you weren't be much of a challenge to me." Yuya stated.
After the argument
"Normally I don't have guest hanging around here but I guess you can take my bed and sleep for the night." Yuya said.
"Thank you, Yuya."
"No problem, Yuzu."
Later on, Yuya was laying down on the floor next to Yuzu who was sleeping and thought about Yuri.
"Yuri. I'll make him pay for what he did to my home." Yuya muttered to himself.
Unknown to him, Yuzu heard him and was saddened and terrified that her fiance would do such a thing. So she decided first thing in the morning to help him through his grief and know more about him and even cheer him up a bit.
And here's Chapter 2 after thinking about what i should plot for a few days. Hope you guys rate and review about this chapter. Till next time! See ya folks!
Next time: Secret's and moments
