Authors Note

This happens to be my first two part chapter (and Raina's first actual serious conflict), but I won't spoil it for you, as this one will be one you will never forget. Like always, I hope you enjoy, thx for reading.

Jack, walking in a pacing manor outside of Raina's room to hear the doctor's report. For the past few days, Raina had said she hadn't been feeling well, Jack asked if she needed to rest, but she declined as she didn't want to worry her father, so she went to school normally like most eight years old do.

But a few days ago, she was in the middle of her bow staff training, when she had suddenly collasped. Her male friend and son of the instructor, Kindoji, saw her on the ground and ran to her rescue. He and some other kids had noticed this, and went to see if she was okay, she wasn't. Her head temperature was very high and her heart rate shot up.

So the instructor takes her inside the yurt from the courtyard to see if her symptoms were severe. Unfortunately, they were. He gave her something to drink, bit everything she drank would come right back up, and when he tried to communicate with her, she did nothing but cough, and I one case, blood spued up.

The prince/instructor had no choice but to cancel class for the day to avoid infection to the other children. After all the children left, He and Kindoji when to the palace on a cot where Jacks mother happened to be outside and seeing them coming, she then runs up to them and asked them what was wrong with her.

"Your highness, we don't exactly know?, my son, Kindoji says that she collapsed during her training, and she hasn't been responding well ever since" The prince said as he looked at the empress with the up most concern.

The empress hears this and then immediately takes them inside to let one of the assists know what's wrong, they then they are notified, where one of the assistants go fetches Jack from the village and to fetch a doctor.

Back to the present though, Jack is still waiting patiently for the news.

"If she is taken away from me, I couldn't be able to bear it, no only will I loose my daughter, but one of the things that reminds me of Ashi through her eyes, and a heir to the throne"Jack said, also panicking in a sense.

It is then a few more minutes before the doctor comes out, his face has a solemn expression. Jack looks at him nervously and with utter fright.

"Will she be okay?" Jack said, now sweating and stuttering.

The doctor looks up at Jack with a slightly mournful expression trying not to upset or panic him.

"Prince Hiroto, I'm afraid your daughter has a deadly fever, one that the odds of surviving without side effects is not possible, and she ma-"

"No!, she won't, she cannot!" Jack says almost yelling.

"But, there is a cure, its miles away from here, it is a plant found In the Shinzu mountains, but that might take days to get to." The doctor paused a moment to look at Jack and show him the picture of the plant, it was a violet lily, with a thorny stem and yellow pit. "But, in the condition she is in, we may not find it in time, not to mention we would have to make it into tea, and that is already a long process in itself." The doctor then proceeded to place his hand on his shoulder.

Jack looks at His friend and his son, and then starts to break down in tears, he was thinking to himself what had he done wrong to deserve this,

"First my wife, not my daughter too!" Jack says with a face of horror in his eyes, and with a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach, falls to the floor.

"Plz ohh merciful God, let my daughter live, plz, I'll do anything!" Jack thought In his head, as he couldn't bare to suffer anymore losses.

"Would you like to speak with her, she is able to speak now you know" the doctor says as he tries to lighten Jack's mood.

Jack, with a mournful expression, then gets up and steps into the room. Raina is resting and lying on her back. She is covered with sweat and some spots of blood on the sheets from the coughing.

Her eyes,.usually filled with joy and hope now filled with agony and pain. He could tell she was trying to fight it the best she could, but her body was weak and couldn't fight as strong as it usually did. Jack then placed his hand on her Head.

"My little fight-...ohh, well I can't call you little anymore can I" Jack says with a warm smile trying to hide his pain.

This makes Raina laugh a little, after all, she did need something to laugh about. "Father, I just want you to know that I'm gonna make it through this, even if there are side effects" Raina says smiling at her father.

Jack then realized she had heard some of the conversation with him and the doctor, she was a good listener, which sickened him even more about the thought of loosing her, but he refused to think so...

"Raina, we will find that flower to cure you, I'm not going to loose you, not like this, like that day I found you in the woods, you have too much potential to die!, not like this at least" Jack says.as he had a face of angst and determination in his eyes.

He then leaves the room for a moment. Then goes outside the room to asked the assistants and troops to find the flower that was in the picture. They agreed to the job, as they have seen Raina grow up and know how strong she is and would hate to see her die like Jack would.

So, about ten men when out through the village into the mountains to find the sacred flower.

A few hours later...

It was around 8 pm that evening, and Raina was showing no signs of getting better.The doctor was still there to assist Jack with any questions or concerns he may have.

"Will that be all your highness?" The doctor said with a bow of respect.

"Yes, that will be all, thank you kind sir" Jack said with a humble smile of gratefulness.

The doctor was starting to leave when..

"Prince Hiroto, in my opinion, your daughter will survive, she is very strong" the doctor says with a voice of reassurance.

Jack then shakes the doctor's hand, and then the doctor turns and walks out to the corridor, then leaves outside the palace doors.

Jack, now heading back upstairs, comes to check back in with his daughter, but there's a major problem. Raina was heavily breathing and heaving as if she cannot breathe.

Jack runs over to her in a panic and gets her laying up on the pillow, he then gets the wooden mug of water on the nightstand and pulls her head back so she can drink the water from the cup. Fortunately, she starts swallowing the water, the heaving stops.

Jack puts his hands over her now reddish tinted cheeks with a face of concern.

"Raina, are you alright?" Jack asked with his face almost flushed of all color leaving him very pale.

Raina glanced over at her father with a cheery gleam in her eyes.

"Father" *cough* "You saved me, I couldn't breathe" Raina said holding her father's hand tightly.

Jack smiles then proceeded to give her a hug and she hugged back. But during the hug, Raina collapsed again, Jack felt this and called her name.

"Raina?, Raina!" He yelled

He tapped her a bit to wake her up, but it didn't work. His face filled with utter fright, he then listened for her pulse...nothing.

"No, No!' He yelled.

His parents heard then noise and came to see what it was.

"What is wrong my son?" Jack's father asked as he knelt besides his sons side.

"She's...Not responding" Jack said as he studders the works out of his mouth, his eyes clenched hardly closed and with bitter tears.

The emperor then goes up to Raina and checks for any signs of life or movement. He pressed his head against her chest, and heard Faint breathing and a steady heart beat, Jack's father immediately knew the problem.

He put one hand on his shoulder...

"Son, she isn't dead fortunately, but she is in some sort of deep coma" the emperor said with his face in worry.

"When do you think she will be out of it father?" Jack said with a face now similar to the one where he had killed his first human.

"That is highly unknown son, it may take day, weeks even, and with his, there could be side effects" his father's completed, almost in tears himself.

"I will check to see if there is any news on the flower" Jack's father said, his mother going with him.

Jack, alone, places his head on his daughters head, mourning her, but In the pit of his stomach, that she is.alive, but he didn't know what to think...