Title: Love of an Outlaw
Chapter 4: Forbiden Feelings Part 1
Summary: ... Do I really need to say? I'll just start the story.
Disclaimer: Koharu: So, got an idea already?
me: Yep.
Seto: Am I in it?
me: I don't know.
Yami: Give it up Seto.
Koharu: Hey, where were you guys in the last story, you totally bolted on us.
Yami: We were... out.
me: Out?
Seto: Yeah, out.
me: They're actually agreeing on something.
Koharu: Do they not agree that often.
me: No they don't. In fact I've only heard them agree a few times.
Koharu: I see.
me: Shhh... don't let them know that we know.
Koharu: Ok, you lost me.
me: Nevermind.
Yami: So... now what?
me: I guess that we start the story.
Koharu: Good, I can't wait to see what happens.
me: I know that we're kind of boring right now, and...
Koharu: It's not our fault, it's the boys.
Seto: Don't push it.
Koharu: Push what?
me: Who cares anyway, like I said, let's start the story.
Story: It's the middle of the night, and all is quiet. Koharu sits in the little dark house.
"I have to get out, I can't stay in here for three days, I just can't." she thought looking at the boarded up windows and the small table and chair. "Hm." she looked at the chair, then the window, then the chair again. "It just might work..." she got up and walked over to the window and put her ear up to it, listening to see if anyone was outside, no one was.
Then she walked over to the small chair and picked it up. "Ok, I have one chance." she put the chairs legs in front of her and ran towards the window, she hit it but it didn't break. The chair left a small dent. "I can do this." she once again ran up to the window with the chair up and hit it, breaking the window. "Yes, it worked." she put the chair down, and quietly climbed out the window and hid in the small ally beside the house.
"Hey, come on, I heard something over here." came the voice of a man talking to another man.
"Oh no... they must have heard me break the boards. I'll have to be extra careful." she ducked behind a barrel as two men walked by and saw the broken window.
"She's escaped!" the two men started shouting. More men gathered around the area. "Look the window's broken, and we looked inside and she was gone." then they decided to split up, everyone went into separate directions.
"I have to go now... otherwise I won't make it..." she stood up, looked around, she couldn't see anyone, so she ran, she ran through the streets.
"Hey! I see her! She's making a break for it!" shouted one of the men.
"Oh no, they saw me." Koharu continued running through the night.
"Yami, did you hear, the princess is gone, she escaped." said Tren and Kyo running up to him.
"What?" he looked at them. "My horse is still in it's stall right?"
"It should be." answered Tren. He is the youngest of the four of them. Tren is seventeen, Yami is twenty-two, Kyo is twenty-four and Tybalt is twenty-nine.
"Ok." he nodded.
"Why? Where are you going?" asked Kyo.
"After Koharu. Where's Tybalt?"
"I'm right here..." said Tybalt walking up to them.
"I want to reach her before everybody else does, and-"
"And you want me to distract them somehow."
"Yes."
"No problem."
"Thankyou." then he turned and ran towards the horse stalls. "Koharu."
"So how do we distract them?" asked Kyo.
"Tell them that we saw her heading in the opposit direction that she's heading in." they ran towards some groups of men.
"What are you guys waiting for?" shouted one of the men. "Come on!"
"Why are you going that way, we saw her going in the opposite direction." said Tybalt pointing behind him.
"How about we split up. Half of us go that way, and the rest follow me." they split up into two teams.
"Now what?" asked Kyo.
"We bought Yami some time." said Tybalt.
"I have to get away from here..." Koharu was still running, she was finally out of the abandond village.
"I have to help her..." Yami finally reached his horse, quickly he sattled it up, hopped on and rode out of the village. "I don't see anyone, I guess that Tybalt, Tren and Kyo did it."
It is just about morning, the sun is coming up, Koharu stopped for a moment to breath. "I actually did it, I'm..."
"Is that?... I see her. Koharu!" called out Yami, he came riding over the hill, Koharu looked behind her. She did not recognize him, so she ran. "She must not recognize me..." he continued following her.
"I must hurry, I thought that I lost them, but apparently... not." she continued running until she reached the edge of a cliff. "Now what?" she wondered. Then she looked behind her.
Yami was closing in on her, and then he stopped, just a few feet away from her, he got off his horse and walked up to her. "Koharu."
"Yami?"
"Koharu, you don't need to be afraid."
"Stop right there..." she backed up a bit until she could go no further.
Yami stopped walking. "What's-what's wrong?"
"... Just kill me now!" she shouted.
"What?" he was surprised and confused at what she had said. "I can't do that."
"You might as well... Your leader is going to kill me at somepoint isn't he?" Yami said nothing, he just looked away from her. "I knew it, you guys are going to get rid of me once you get what you want!" she shouted with anger.
"I won't let him kill you!' he shouted back.
"What?"
"I..." he walked up to her.
"No! Stay back!" but he continued walking forward, and up to her. "No, get away!" tears formed in her eyes. "Please just..."
"I won't do it, I won't kill you, and I..." he walked right up to her and stopped, he stood right in front of her and held out his arms.
"I just..." but she was cut off when the ground underneath her started shaking and cracking. "What the-?" she looked down at the ground, and just as the cliff gave way and broke, Koharu pushed Yami away, while she fell grabbing onto the edge of the cliff that hadn't broken off.
"Koharu!" called Yami. "I don't want to put more weight on the cliff, and it breaking brining us both down, so..." he is trying to think of a way to get Koharu, without the rest of the cliff breaking off. "I know." he got down on his hands and knees, and crawled over to her, he looked down at her. "Take my hand." he streched out his hand to hers.
"But, what if I pull you down with me...?"
"You won't. Just grab my hand.
"Please, just let me fall!" more ters formed in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.
"I won't let you fall, now grab my hand!" the sun is now up and is high above them.
"But-"
"What happened to the girl that I kidnapped, she wasn't afraid to fight back and fight for what she believed in, when I kidnapped her, she still fought, and I know that she understood why I didn't kill those men. She stood up to our leader, and wasn't afraid of the consequences, she has dreams of her own and said that we were both the same, we both wanted to be free and show our true nature, who we really are." he is on his hands and knees, with one hand stretched out to Koharu.
Every word pirced her heart, she looked up at him. "She hasn't gone anywhere, she's still right here, I- just let me-"
"I won't let you fall... I must admit... I must admit that..." he looked at her. "I must admit that I am in love with you!" he yelled. "Now grab my hand."
"He... he's in love with me... so I've finally found..." she stretched out her hand and grabbed his. "Ok, you can pull me up now." she told him, Yami nodded, then started pulling her up, as he pulled her up, he stood up and walked backwards.
"I've almost got you..." and then finally, he pulled her up, and they backed away from the cliff. "Feel better."
"Yes." she smilied, though there were still tears in her eyes. "I've finally found the one..." she thought. Then she thought about telling him. "Yami, I-" but she was cut off once more when they heard yelling coming from men.
"Oh no... they caught up to us." Yami looked behind them, and saw a group of men coming up over the hill, with their leader. "That's him."
"Who?" Koharu looked at all the men and the one in front of them.
"That guy, in front of all those men, he's our leader. But he never comes out of that warehouse." the men walked forward and up to Yami and Koharu.
"Good job Yami, you got her." the man got off his hourse and looked at him.
"Why are you here?" asked Yami stepping in front of Koharu.
"Well after what I heard about her escaping, I just had to come. I was going to bring her back myself, but, looks like you beat me to her." his face is still covered up, he's wearing all black, with a hood covering his head and his face. Koharu could only see his dark eyes.
"What do you want?" asked Koharu, her voice like acid.
"I've told you, I need you to get into your palace." he stopped walking once he was right in front of Yami and Koharu.
"And I've already told you that I won't help you, so if there's nothing else, I should leave." she stepped in front of Yami.
"Hm..." the man took his hand and putunder Koharu's chin, pulling her closer to his, but not close enough that she can see his face. "I've never met someone like you, not many people dare to stand up to me."
"Keep away from her..." Yami thought grinding his teeth together, he really wanted to hit him, but if he did, there would be serious questions about his loyalty to everyone else.
"What's your point?" asked Koharu, the man still had her up to his face.
"Nothing. But you will help me..."
"No." she knocked his hand away from her. Then she turned around and started walking away from them.
"You're not leaving," the man's voice got deeper, and he quickly grabbed her arm and turned her towards him. "you're coming back with us." he demanded.
"Why you..." Yami walked up to his leader and pulled Koharu away from him.
"What are you doing Yami?"
"As you know, she's in my care, I shouldn't have let her escape, so I accept all responsiblity for letting it happen." Yami bowed his head then looked up at the man.
"You're right." the man stood right in front of Yami, without warning, he punched Yami in the stomach.
"Gaahhhh...!" Yami fell to his knees holding his stomach.
"Let this be a lesson to everyone. When you take responsibility of something and you let something happen, be ready for punishment!" he looked around, no one said anything. Then he looked over to Kyo, Tren and Tybalt who were standing in front of everyone. "You three, take these two and meet the rest of us at the village..." the man's voice was deep and disturbing.
"Of course." then the mysterious man got on his horse and went back to the warehouse, followed by the other men, leaving Yami, Koharu, Tren, Tybalt and Kyo on their own.
"Yami..." Koharu bent down in front of him.
"I'm ok." he looked up at her, then his three friends.
"Come on." said Kyo helping Yami up.
"I'm fine." he stood straight and walked over to his horse and got on. "Come on Ko-" but he stopped, still in some pain from being punched in the stomach.
"I'll take her." said Tybalt. "She'll ride with me." he took Koharu by the arm and put her on his horse, then he hopped on aswell, followed by Tren and Kyo, and then they headed back to the run down abandond village.
By the time that they got back to the village, it's the afternoon, the sun is very high, but there are some clouds, which is very unusual. They arrived in front of the old warehouse, where there were two men standing outside the door.
"Our leader wants to speak with Yami and the girl... alone..." said one of them.
"Alone?" asked Tybalt just getting of his horse. "Are there othermen in there?"
"Only a few, maybe three to five, but everyone else is out doing their work, well some are and others..."
"So we can't enter?'
"No, just Yami and the girl."
"Ok." he helped Koharu of his horse, and then Yami, since Yami was still in some pain, though he didn't show it.
"Don't worry you guys, we'll be fine." said Yami walking into the warehouse with Koharu beside him. His friends said nothing, they took their horses back to their stalls.
"You wanted to speak with us?" asked Yami walking into the middle of the main room looking around and seeing about five men standing nearby with Koharu walking up beside him.
"Yes." the man is where he always is, on the chair at the top of the small staircase.
"As I have said, I'm sorry for letting her escape, it won't happen again."
"It had better not..."
"If that's all, I'll take Princess Koharu back to the one room house." said Yami getting ready to leave.
"Wait..." the man stood up. "Princess, come here..."
"Huh?" Koharu looked up at the man.
"I said come here!" yelled the man. Koharu said nothing, she walked forward, up the stairs and stood in front of the man. Then he slapped her in the face, she said nothing, nor did she move. Yami stood there, he knew that if he tried to protect her and go after his leader, there would be serious problems, otherwise his leader would be out cold right now. "If you ever run away again, you'll have to deal with these fine men." he looked at the five men standing nearby.
"You don't... scare me..." said Koharu looking at him, the one side of her face is now red.
"Really?" then he pushed her down the stairs, she landed on the ground, on her backin front of Yami.He helped her up and then they both left, they walked out of the warehouse, arcoss the street and into the small one room house, but there was something different about it.
The windows were all boarded up with new pieces of wood, and the small wooden chair and table were both gone, along with the lamp, there is now just the pillow and the blanket.
"Um... Yami..." Koharu stood in front of him, just as he finished shutting the door behind him.
"What?" he looked at her.
"I never told you about..."
"Koharu, I'll understand if you can't return my feelings..." he turned and was ready to leave.
"I love you." she told him. He turned towards her again. "I've finally found the one... who I love most." without saying anything else she ran up to him, and hugged him, she wrapped her arms around him.
Slowly Yami moved his arms around Koharu. "It's like you said... we're both the same..."
"Yami..." came the voice as the person opened the door.
To be continued...
me: Now my forth chapter is done... Oh yeah, I know it's early in the story for them to be admitting their feeling to one another, but I kind of based it on the 'love at first sight thing'. So... yeah.
Seto: What was that? It was so mushy...
me: Are you mad because Koharu chooses Yami the "outlaw" over you in the story.
Seto: Oh please.
Koharu: Are you guys fighting again?
me: I didn't start it, he said that this chapter was mushy...
Koharu: But it was, but it's still good.
Yami: She's right, but why did you end it where you did?
me: I don't know, I just did.
Seto: Do you have any ideas, or know where this story is going?
me: I have ideas...
Seto: So use them.
me: I do...
Koharu: Maybe we should be going...
me: Why?
Koharu: Because you and Seto are driving me crazy... (stomps out of room)
Yami: Come on. (pulls on Seto's arm and leaves room)
me: Great, now I'm alone... again... what to do, what to do... Oh man, NOT AGAIN! I'm talking to myself again and... and I'm stiil doing it. Great, now I look stupid, oh well, See everyone later...(runs out of room)
Preview of Chapter 5: Forbidden Feelings Part 2
"Come on you guys, we should get our jobs done..." said Tybalt getting out of bed and walking over to the door. "Oh! And Yami, Our leader wants to talk to you about something, we got a message from one of his spies or followers..." then Tybalt left.
"Why would he..."
"You better get going." then Tren left.
Kyo was just about to leave. "See you later..." then he left.
"I wonder what he wants..." thought Yami. "Unless..." he stared at the door. "Could he know about... me and Koharu...?" he walked outside, passing people as he went, finally he was at the warehouse. "Maybe, he only knows about my feelings..." he walked inside, and into the main room, he looked around, there was no one there, just his leader who was sitting on the chair and the bald man beside him.