Chapter 7: Secrets
The months passed by very quickly. Brooklyn and Natsuki started dating, much to Narumi's delight.
The Demon Kingdom was in deep a winter. Most folks stayed indoors during the cold, harsh winter. The ferocious, cold winds were much tougher this year than they were the years before. But, the freezing weather was not the only thing causing tension throughout the kingdom.
"I wonder why they haven't attacked yet" Kai asked no one.
He was sitting on his throne, and the important people of the castle gathered around him, wondering the same thing.
"What I'm wondering is why they tried to take Lady Naru that time." Hiro asked, worried, along with Tyson.
Tyson's thoughts: If she and Natsuki are mine and Hiro's little sisters, then I can't lose them not before I even get a chance to know the truth…
"I think it has something to do with her power." Brooklyn suggested.
"NO!" Kai shouted as Everyone turned their attention to the king, "She doesn't have any sort of that power!"
"Your highness, you can't reject about what had happened! I know that you're worried about her, and believe me, we all are, but she does have…" Tala said.
"I won't admit it!" Kai yelled, cutting off Tala, "If she does have that power, then she'll be a target! You all know what those powers are! She doesn't have them!"
No one ever seen the demon king so angry in their life before.
"Kai?" a certain DigiDestined asked.
Surprised, Kai look towards the entrance to the throne room.
"Mi? Are you okay?" Kai asked Narumi walks closer to her lover.
"I'm okay, but what about you and the others? You seemed furious a second ago…" Narumi said, sensing the pressure in the room even from the main hall thanks to her enhanced senses.
Narumi's thoughts: It seems that I can sense a lot more things lately than usual…
"Don't worry about me, love. I'm just a bit stressed from attacks - or lack of attacks, I should say- by the humans." Kai answer his lover, but the demon queen knew that he was lying.
"It's about the new ability I can do, isn't it?" Narumi asked as the room fell silent.
Narumi's thoughts: If I want to find out the truth, I'll need to be blunt.
"No, Narumi." Kai replied.
Narumi knew that he was lying because he said her full name instead of her nickname he gave her.
"Please, tell me the truth! I can take it!" The burgundy-haired fox-girl said flustered, "I took on scarier people and monsters than Boris and you know it!"
She winced a little when she felt her stomach starting to hurt. The dual-haired king stood up quickly and was at his queen's side in a second.
"You shouldn't be stressing yourself like that!" Kai exclaimed as worry was written on his face, while Narumi sighed.
"We both need to talk about this. You know that I'm right, Kai." Narumi said, waiting for her king to answer.
"Yeah." Kai answered gently. "You're right, but let's talk about it later. I want you to rest for a while."
"You promise?" Narumi asked her mate.
"Yes." Kai promised, knowing he can't keep it hidden forever.
Satisfied, Narumi left the throne room.
"There's something special about the queen…" Brooklyn admitted to Hiro.
"I agree. If any other person ever talked to the king like that, that person would be locked up in the dungeon for the night." Hiro responded, but Kai ignored the other people in the throne room.
He was lost in his own thoughts, knowing that he and Narumi would have to talk about this.
In the Hallway...
Narumi was walking down the hallway and stopped when she remembered that she was nearing the secret door to the garden.
Narumi's thoughts: This leads to the garden that Kai showed me when I came here. I haven't seen it in a while.
Narumi was feeling along the wall for that one odd block that could be pushed in, to open the door. She found it and pushed it in. A soft click was heard as the bricks unlocked to reveal an open-air path. The Fox Demon of Balance followed the open path, unaware that door closed behind her.
Narumi's thoughts: Maybe this wasn't a good idea… It's cold out here!
Soon, Narumi arrived at the private garden and forgot her last thought about the cold weather.
"Wow…" the demon queen said, shocked and surprised.
The garden was twinkling, and everything look like that it was all made of glass instead of Earth. The DigiDestined of Balance then walked to a flower and bent down and touched it softly.
Narumi's thoughts: They're frozen!
Narumi then stood back up and looked at the other plants in the garden.
Narumi's thoughts: They all are!
Even in a depressing state because of the harsh winter; the garden still looked as beautiful as it was before when she first seen it.
Out of the blue, her head started to hurt again. The burgundy-haired fox-girl walk to a tree slowly and leaned against it for support.
Narumi's thoughts: I know this feeling! Am I having another vision?
As if her questions were answer, pictures like before began to pop up in her head like a movie.
Vision
The same man who tried to kidnapped Narumi before was running at maximum speed towards the demon castle. His face could be seen this time, and he had a vital expression. The man quickly jumped before running into the wall, and seemed to be running up the wall like ninja. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of him and ate him.
He began to run again, and hid in the shadows whenever someone was walking nearby. Once the coast was clear, the mystery man rushed to a wall and began to feel it. He pushed the same brick that Narumi had pushed before, and the wall-door opened for him like it did before. He stepped inside the open path, and the wall-door closed behind him like it did to Narumi. Now he was just walking instead of running like he was before. Closer…
End vision
Narumi opened her gold tinted chocolate brown eyes to meet green ones. The cloaked man was only inches away from her. But, the Chosen Child of Balance didn't feel frightened what so ever. Instead of fear, she felt safe, almost like she was meeting up with an old friend from somewhere before.
"Naru" the man said to Huntress of Balance.
"Why do I feel like I met you somewhere before?" the burgundy-haired fox-teen asked quietly.
"Because you do." The man responded as he pulls down his hood, and Narumi's eyes widened.
"I remember you now, Oneechan and I met you at the Digital World when we were both six!" Narumi gasped.
"Try not to talk so loudly." The man said to Narumi.
"Sorry. But what are you here? Are you from The Demon Kingdom like Kai and the others?" Narumi asked, looking at the silver-haired man closely, "And why do you look the same as before?"
The taller man grinned.
The man's thoughts: Same old Narumi. Always curious as usual.
"All your questions will be answered soon. And yes, I am from this world." The man said to the curious Huntress.
"Then how did you get to my world?" Narumi said, confused.
"There's not much I can't say without explaining the whole truth. But, I can tell you is that I was sent to Earth to protect you and your sister." The man clarified.
"Protect us? Why do you need to do that?" The demon queen said, even more confused.
"Your abilities." The man quickly answered.
"You mean how I can sometimes see the future and Oneechan can sense energy around us? But the seeing the future only happened twice. I thought it was a weird side effect of being in a new world." Narumi mumbled.
"You were always funny, Naru." The silver-haired man laughed.
"Hey!" Narumi pouted as her fox-ears and tail straighten.
"How are you and Kai doing?" the man asked as the demon queen blushed.
"We're both doing great! I'm so happy and safe whenever I'm with Kai. Is Kai the one who you were talking about when you told me I would find love and peace with a dual-haired guy one day? I didn't believe you back then, but I do now…" Narumi said, but cut off when she shivered slightly.
It was getting colder than usual. The older man then removed his cloak and placed it on Narumi 's shoulders, to protect her from cold weather.
"Thanks." Narumi smiled slightly as the other man nodded and looked up at the sky.
"I just realized I don't even know your name yet!" Narumi exclaimed.
"I never told you? It's Nate." The silver-haired man chuckled.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Nate!" Narumi smiled, brightly as Nate pulled the burgundy-haired Huntress into a hug.
"I've missed you, little sister." Nate smiled as Narumi's eyes widened. "Please tell no one of our meeting or who I really am. Until next time."
"Wait!" Narumi please, but, Nate disappeared into the shadows, "He called me little sister."
The demon queen suddenly felt very exhausted.
"Maybe I should get back inside…" The burgundy-haired Fox Feral said as she started to walk for the exit, but fell to her knees instead, "Can't… Get up…"
Then, everything went dark around her.
An Hour Later...
"Narumi! Please! Open your eyes! NARUMI!" a familiar voice shouted.
Narumi could hear the voice calling out to her. Plus, it sounded familiar.
"No, this ISN'T happening! Narumi, please!" the voice begged.
She slowly opened her eyes and saw the familiar face of her mate.
"Kai…" Narumi said weakly.
Instead of feeling the cold snow that was underneath her, she felt a soft, warm bed.
"Mi, you're awake! Thank God!" Kai exclaimed, hugging her gently, "I was worried! Don't ever do that to me again!"
"I'm sorry…" Narumi smiled softly at her lover as she closed her eyes again.
"Mi?" Kai ask softly as she opened her eyes again and her king sighed.
"Everything looks fine." Kane said and sighed, "Your highness, why did you do that? You should know that you're weak during the winter."
Narumi opened her mouth to explained, but closed it swiftly.
Narumi's thoughts: I can't tell them. Nate didn't want me to.
"I really wanted to see the garden again… I guess that it wasn't such a good idea?" Narumi grinned sheepishly.
"You should've waited until spring when you're strong enough." Kai sighed.
"I guess you're right." Narumi smiled slightly.
Narumi's thoughts: But by the way everything looked like glass… it was amazing.
Narumi wanted to see it again, but decided to wait until she was strong enough. She didn't want to end up making Kai worry again.
"Oh yeah! How's Oneechan doing, I thought that I felt her being sick?" Narumi asked.
"Natsuki is a little sick too, Brooklyn is watching over her. I suggest you go visit her-" Kane smiled.
"Great!" Narumi exclaimed about to sit up but was stopped by Kai.
"AFTER you get some more rest." Kane finished as Narumi huffed but gave up.
"Alright. But the instant I'm feeling better, I'm going to go see her!" Narumi pouted.
"And I'll go with you." Kai said.
"Kai?" Narumi asked her lover.
"I'm not letting you go off alone, not after what just happened. I would go insane thinking about you might've gotten in trouble again." Kai told.
Narumi frowned, but didn't protest. She knew that Kai was worried about her safety and wanted to keep her safe.
"Watashi wa, anata o aishiteimasu, my king." Narumi said with a smile
"And I love you too, my queen." Kai smiled back.
Meanwhile…
"Where have you been!?" Boris yelled at Nate as he walked into the room.
"Watching the queen, like you asked me." Nate replied, sounding bored.
"Okay, where is she?" Boris asked.
Nate then shot Boris a death glare, and, for once, Boris looked a little scared.
"With King Kai, regularly! If you're getting so annoyed, then why don't you go get the queen yourself?" Chris asked.
Nate knew that he would, and couldn't do that. Boris got his courage back.
"How dare you talk to me like that!" Boris bellowed.
Nate pinned him to the wall in just seconds. The purple-haired man gulped, but regretted it the moment he felt something sharp cut his neck. Any movement, even tiny movement, it would be the end of him. Everything looked like it had frozen in time, and the two remained that was for five minutes.
"I could kill you right now and walk away." Nate said, feeling his patience cracked and vanishing.
Nate's thoughts: I should kill him. Then everything can end. But...
Nate then let go of Boris. Boris fell to the ground and got away from the silver-haired man.
"Just as I need you, you need me!" Boris laughed.
Nate's thoughts: He's right. There's nothing I can do… yet. You're going to pay for what you did, Boris. Cross my heart and hope to die… I'll always be there to protect the Children of Balance and Chaos.
