A cry to the heavens, A cry to you
Chapter 4
"Yuri-chan" Himiko called to her, a small smile on her face. Yuri put down the calligraphy brush she had been writing with, and rushed to her side.
"Yes Queen Himiko, what is it?" Yuri bowed respectfully. Himiko smiled gently.
"I must talk to you" Himiko gestured Yuri to kneel. Himiko was kneeling herself, the green leaved fan she always carried in her lap.
Once Yuri had sat down, Himiko began to speak.
"Yuri, this is a very urgent matter I must speak to you about" Himiko said sternly, but there was a special kind of gleam in her eyes that Yuri could not comprehend.
"I understand that you had spent some time with Waka-san yesterday" She said a grin forming onto her face. Yuri blushed a dark shade of red, and Himiko smirked.
"May I know what you were doing yesterday?" She asked. Yuri blushed more.
"Well…when I was at the market yesterday…I ran into him, and well, I dropped the vegetables I had picked up…and he helped me…and he said he would walk me back to the palace, but I guess, he gave me a piggy back ride back to the palace…and that's it…" Yuri turned away from Queen Himiko.
"I see…is that all?" Himiko was trying to get as much information out of Yuri as she could. Yuri thought for a moment, and then remembered.
"Well, I know this doesn't count, but he considers me as a friend….he called me Yuri-chan, and I nearly fainted from excitement…and he wants me to call him Waka-kun…" Yuri's blush faded, she smiled.
"I was really happy, but I was too shy…" Yuri smiled more and looked at Queen Himiko. Himiko smiled brightly.
"My lady? Queen Himiko?" Yuri asked, a startled look graced her features. Himiko smiled bigger.
"Yuri, you are in love with Waka-san aren't you? It is not just some crush, is it?"
Yuri blushed a dark color, and poked her thumbs together shyly. Her thoughts wondered.
'Am I? Am I in love with Waka-san?' Yuri looked at Himiko, who had a questionable gaze in her eyes. Yuri could not decide what to say.
"I don't know Himiko-sama" Yuri answered suddenly, not expecting it to come out like that. Himiko smiled.
"Perhaps you will know someday Yuri, but until then…you need to think about it"
Yuri nodded, and looked down. She would have to think about this for a long time, she had not experienced love, so there for she was not sure what type of feeling it was. Yuri's thoughts snapped when she felt the ground rumble and shake.
"W-what! W-whats going on!?" Yuri yelped as the ground began to shake more. Yuri looked at Queen Himiko, who was frightened. Himiko dropped her fan and tried to stand up. Yuri watched, as she managed to get on her feet, but fell down again.
"Himiko-sama!" Yuri exclaimed trying to reach her. Yuri froze when she heard a loud roar echo throughout the palace.
'What was that!?' Yuri thought as she looked around.
"Yuri!" Himiko yelled, but Yuri could not hear her over the loud crashes and noises.
'Is this an earthquake!? No! It can't be! That roar!' Yuri thought, exasperated, as she stood up shakily trying to keep herself from falling over. Yuri made her way over to Himiko trying to reach for her, but failed and fell on her back.
"Queen Himiko!" Yuri yelped as she sat up. She could no longer see Himiko clearly though, instead her head spun, and she could see the world around her going black.
'N-no…' That was Yuri's last thought, before she lost conscience.
