Chapter seven:
"You're going down!" Princess Nokomis shouts and once again slams Kyle back only to jump back herself before she falls back from the force of the blow.
"Nokomis!" Princess Amenset calls out determined.
A little surprised Princess Nokomis turns to her sister.
Princess Amenset is still trying to get up, she's now on her hands and knees, as she is reaching out towards her sister.
"Don't bother!" Princess Nokomis says.
Before anyone can say anything like 'Look out!' Princess Nokomis turns just in time to see Kyle is about to slash at her.
She uses the last second she has and bends back in a laidback way as the sideways slash goes right past her face. "I'll take care of it." She says almost softly but loud enough for the others to hear. She then pushes Kyle away with the rod of the handle to his stomach.
Kyle flies into a table lucky his scythe took most of the hit. "You little brat!" He yells and charges.
Princess Nokomis waits for the last second then jumps up making the scythe dig into the ground where she was as she comes down slamming the halberd into Kyles head in a way that knocks him to the ground knocking him out. "To stone." She states in a way a little softly with half open eyes then she opens her eyes like she's angry as a flash goes by then Kyle's body, except for the scythe, is turned to stone. She stays in the position in the air with the halberd on Kyle's head until he's totally white stone then she lifts the halberd slightly causing her to fall back. She lands on her feet now standing in front of Kyle's stone face.
"Sister!" Princess Amenset, who managed to stand, hugs her sister happily. "You did it!" She had found strength when the feeling from the blow and the crash into the table subsided.
Princess Nokomis doesn't really look amused at her sisters sudden hug. "I wasn't doing it for you." She says almost coldly.
Princess Amenset seems to be upset first then she looks up, eyes closed and smiling widely. "I know." She says.
Princess Nokomis blinks surprised.
Princess Amenset opens her eyes looking to her sister who hasn't let go of the halberd as the scythe vanishes. "But either way I'm glad you came." She says.
Princess Nokomis watches her sister unsure for a few moments then slightly moves out of her sisters grip after closing her eyes. "Yeah whatever." She says.
Princess Amenset grabs the scepter bringing it close to her chest. "Guess I've fallen behind on my fighting. Though I haven't needed it for a while now."
Sensing movement Princess Nokomis opens her eyes half way to glance to her sister. Her eyes widen and she jumps away raising the halberd ready to attack. "What the hell!" She snaps.
Neither had noticed but as Kyle turned to stone all those suspended in the air had been dropped and are now watching them.
"Sister…." Princess Amenset starts not looking at her sister but at the ground slightly off to her left where her head is slightly turned.
"Don't come any closer with that." Princess Nokomis growls.
"I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing." Princess Amenset lets her eyes flicker to her sister.
"Then why do you have it here and out!?" Princess Nokomis demands.
Princess Amenset glances away again. "When I was knocked out I found myself in a cool in temperature and a barren desolate land. I was scared and I didn't know what to do."
Princess Nokomis listens watching her sister surprised and still cautious. She then glances away, turning so her side is facing her sister, sadly trying to hold back tears as her hands clench into fists. "Then you know how I felt all those years…. It was a little worse but pretty much as how you described it."
There's a moment of tense silence.
"I'm sorry." Princess Amenset's broken voice breaks the silence.
Princess Nokomis blinks then glances to her sister seeing her sisters head down so she can't see Princess Amenset's face but she can tell by the other signs like shaking shoulders that her sister is crying. "Amenset…." She breaths out in a small whisper unheard by anyone but her and the air.
"I'm sorry." Princess Amenset's crying voice repeats. "I really didn't mean to." She sniffles then sobs lowering her head a little more. "I grabbed the closest weapon which happened to be this….. Then before I knew it….. It glowed and…." She sobs again. "You were gone….. Trapped inside this." She only pauses to sniffle before she told her sister how she saw things. She sobs then continues. "I kept it close to me at all times waiting, wishing and hoping that you'd come back." She cries for a moment then takes a shaky deep breath before continuing. "When you did I couldn't blame you for how you acted….. However….." She tries to hold back a sob and slightly raises her head so she seems to be looking up at her surprised sister as tears continue to fall from her own eyes. "I was going to shatter this but… Now I see differently….." She pauses to glance to it as she holds it up slightly beside her before she looks back the way she was looking before looking to the scepter. "I only pulled it out because there is something that I can do whether you'll ever forgive me or not as I won't blame you if you don't." She turns to stone Kyle trying to look brave while still crying. "This is something I must do." She approaches stone Kyle then holds the scepter towards him as she stops walking.
The top part of the scepter is facing Kyle's head.
Princess Nokomis relaxes from her tense state and she slightly turns to watch her sister.
The scepter begins to glow then Kyle is sucked into the scepter and the gem becomes clouded once he's trapped.
Princess Amenset lowers the arm holding the scepter to her side then wipes her eyes with the back of her other wrist. "I truly am sorry for what I did to you though." She says trying to not sob.
Princess Nokomis lets go of the halberd as her hands unclench as she stares surprised at her very own older twin sister.
The halberd vanishes in midair into darkness like black mist that disappears a second or two after appearing.
After a small moment of silence Princess Nokomis takes a few steps towards Princess Amenset.
Some more silence goes on as Princess Amenset mostly calms down from her crying fit.
Princess Amenset still stares where stone Kyle used to lay. "You know….. To tell the truth I don't know if this will come true this year but…. I can hope…." She closes her eyes for a moment before opening them half way. "All I want for Christmas is really you. Since the day I accidently locked you away…. I missed you little sister and maybe one day you'll forgive me."
The guests of the host club find those words sweet as they give a soft 'awww.' At the sweetness.
Princess Amenset waits for a rejection from her sister like she expects as footsteps walk closer and closer to her. She brings the scepter to her chest waiting to hear those harsh words.
However what she didn't expect was for Princess Nokomis to hug her front to front but Nokomis is still a little off to the side and the scepter is slightly pressed against both of the twins chests.
Princess Amenset looks surprised and confused at her sister but she stay silent for now.
Princess Nokomis won't let her sister see her face as she slightly rests her throat on her sisters shoulder. "I think we can do that this year." She says a little softly.
Princes Amenset blinks in shock that melts to a smile as tear come back flowing from her eyes she can't help a small sob.
Princess Nokomis pulls away enough so her arms are on her sisters shoulders as she stares at her sisters once again teary face. Her eyes are wide in confusion, worry and surprise. "W-What? Why are you crying?" She asks.
Princess Amenset gives an assuring smile and wipes her tears from her eyes as best she can with the base of her palms doing each of her two eyes one by one. "Sis." She says. "They are tears of joy."
Princess Nokomis blinks then lets her shock and confusion drop to a happy relieved smile. "Oh. Good." She says. "You know I've never seen tears of joy." She adds a little softly.
Princes Amenset hugs her sister. "Don't worry about it." She says.
Princess Nokomis pauses a moment listening looking a little serious then she smiles and hugs her sister back. "I missed you so much." She says almost breathlessly just before burying her face into her sisters shoulder as her sister does the same in unison though only Nokomis speaks.
As they pull away after a minute.
They turn to the others watching.
"Truly thank you." Princess Amenset says. "This couldn't have happened without you."
"It was nothing." Tamaki bows slightly and does it in his gentlemanly way. "Truly your presence and gratitude is enough." He says.
"We didn't really do much." Haruhi slightly mumbles to herself but keeps it to herself.
"You're a wonderful, kind and noble group." Princess Nokomis says smiling brightly closing her eyes. "I hope we get to meet again after today." She opens her eyes looking to Kaoru.
The group smiles including Kaoru.
The rest of the day was awesome and the princesses were quite happy in the end.
When the day came to be over the princesses had to go but they give goodbyes to the others before leaving this time together holding hands glad they are close once more.
Kaoru and Princess Nokomis kept in touch as the main ones that talked even if it was paper or email over the years.
When they grew up the rich ones of the host club took over their parents businesses and for things like Kaoru and Hikaru taking over their parent's fashion work the princesses became regular customers for them.
Things remained happy and the scepter was stored away in the castle as a decoration with the story of what happened to it over the years but it skips over telling who and why is in it now for precautions just in case as you have no idea what some people might do if they knew.
The end.
AN:
That's the end of my Christmas special!
It is last minute and I had to work hard to get both this one and my death note one finished in time as this was last minute decision to do it as I didn't plan on doing any X-mas specials at first.
Anyways Merry Christmas and I hope you enjoyed!
Reviews are awesome and flamers will be used to make cookies!
Kaoru.
