Chapt8

Noi and Sunako got out of the carriage, the two of them were stunning. As they entered, the people at the ball all looked and stared at the two beautiful creatures entering amongst them. The very anxious Prince Kyohei looked up to see if was the girl he had been looking for. To his disappointment it wasn't her. Even though the girls that had just entered were beautiful beyond comparison, Prince Kyohei couldn't care less, after all, to him that wasn't what mattered.

"It's Noi," Takenega said happiness in his voice as he approached one of the girls that had just entered. Prince Kyohei had known that Noi was friends with Sunako and went towards her, hopeful that the other girl was in fact Sunako. She had looked a bit familiar, her eyes looked just like that of Sunako's.

"Sir Oda!" Noi said as she approached Takenega. "Please, it's Takenega, Noi." Takenega said with a warm inviting smile. "Yes, Takenega." Noi said looking down to the ground. "So, Noi, who's your friend?" Prince Kyohei said, having enough of this whole scene. Before Noi could answer, Missy and Sissy showed up.

"Prince Kyohei!" they both yelled in unison. "Excuse me ladies." Prince Kyohei said as he turned back to the girls in front of him. "Um… this is…" Noi didn't want to give away Sunako's identity because Sissy and Missy were right there. "My name Okanus." (O-KAN-US) "Okanus? I don't believe that I have ever heard of you." Prince Kyohei said with some suspicion.

"That's because she is my cousin! She is from the north of the kingdom." Noi chimed in to save her friend. "Oh," Prince Kyohei said in a bit of disappointment. "Prince Kyohei, would you like to dance with me?" Sissy asked in a very annoying voice, in Kyohei's opinion, while she batted her eyelashes at him. "No dance with me!" Missy said pushing her sister out of the way. "Actually, Prince Kyohei said he was going to dance with Okanus, my cousin." Noi said pushing Sunako into Prince Kyohei's arms and winking at him.

"Um…that's right." Prince Kyhoei said as he led Sunako to the dance floor. "So Okanus, tell me, exactly where are you from?" Kyohei said, as he danced with the girl that reminded him of Sunako more and more.

"Um…farther north than you probably ever been." Sunako said as she stuttered to make an excuse. "Try me." Kyohei said with a smirk. He liked this, she was giving him a hard time and a challenge, just like Sunako. "You know, I don't really want to talk about me, how about we talk about you, your highness." Sunako said smiling pleasantly as she hoped to change the subject.

Kyohei smirked he wasn't going to be fooled by this, she had to be better than this to trick him. The two danced and talked for a while. Prince Kyohei was trying to find out more about the girl while Sunako was trying to divert the attention back towards the Prince. The two were having such fun, well fun for Kyohei and torture for Sunako, that they didn't notice they had danced out of the room and outside into the garden.

The two danced in silent for a while, looking into each other's eyes as they danced. Just then, they were interrupted by Noi. "Sun-I mean, Okanus, come we have to leave now!" Noi said as she ran towards her friends. Noi pulled Sunako towards the side. "We have to leave now! I heard Missy and Sissy that they will leave around midnight to return to the house." Noi whispered to Sunako as the clock chimed, letting all the people know that it was now 12 O'clock.

"We must leave now your highness." Noi yelled back to the Prince as the two girls ran out of the castle. Prince Kyohei wanted to ask the girl if he could ever see her again and so gave chase to the girls, but alas! When he arrived at the stairs the girls were already in their carriage departing.

Disappointed, the Prince was about to turn and leave when something that shined in the moon light caught his eye. He walked down and found a small silver ring with a skull on it. Prince Kyohei picked it up and walked back inside. A few minutes later Missy and Sissy walked out. The two sisters got into their carriage. "Well that was no fun!" Sissy said as she pouted. "You're telling me!" Missy said agreeing with her sister. "Well at least we have torturing Suanako to look forward to." Missy said cheering up at the thought.

MEANWHILE…

"I hope we get there with enough time to change." Sunako said as the carriage sped as fast as it could towards the Nakahara house.