Chapter 9! Thank you to everyone that reviewed last chapter. I know this is a pretty quick update, but I just wanna finish this story soon (which will be in 2 more chapters, including the epilogue?). Anyway, thank you again to those who reviewed last chapter and enjoy!!!!
As the ship halted besides Hyorinmaru, Momo stood behind Toushiro and released a shaky breath, recognizing the familiar armed men. The men were part of the military from Constanza, and what was scarier was the fact that they knew how she looked like. She remembered that while her father was alive, she had accompanied him to some military meetings, and although women weren't allowed to participate in those meetings, her father didn't care and had brought her every time.
Toushiro told himself that he wasn't going to allow them take Momo away. He stared at the group of men with a blank expression.
"What do you men want?" he inquired, trying to keep the princess out of sight.
"We wanted to search around your ship and see if you were seizing something that didn't belong to you; but now, we don't need to search. Come out here, Princess Hinamori! We saw already saw you, so don't act like a clueless mouse!"
Momo flinched at the man's cold words and looked at him over Toushiro's shoulder. The man, jumping from his ship to Toushiro's ship, glared at her as he neared them.
"By command of King Hinamori, Princess Hinamori, you are to come with m-"
"Momo isn't going anywhere," Toushiro interrupted, "she's staying here with me."
The man growled and pointed his finger at him. "How dare you title the princess by her first name? I should have you beheaded for that!" he yelled.
Toushiro snorted and chuckled. "I would like to see you try."
Angrily, the man grabbed the hilt of his sword; however, he suddenly halted, remembering his orders. "Ya know I'm not going to waste time on some low-life pirate and his female crew. The king wants the princess, and his command will be fulfilled!"
Toushiro's eyes narrowed, and suddenly, his men and the man's army ran towards each other with their swords high up. Immediately, Toushiro unsheathed his sword and glanced back at Momo.
"Get inside and hide!"
Nodding, the princess turned around, though suddenly crashed against a tall and muscular man. Momo looked up and gasped as the man's fist made contact with her face, causing her lose consciousness right away. Once the princess's body collapsed on the floor, Toushiro turned around and ran over to her. However, he lost balanced and swayed to the side as a thin and sharp blade went through his stomach. The captain fell on the floor and cursed loudly as he stared at Momo's unconscious body. His blood stained the floor of his ship, but he did not care.
The man that had punched Momo picked up the princess bridal style and walked away. Groaning, Toushiro turned his body so his back would be against the floor.
"L-Let her go!" he yelled, cursing as he felt blood trickling down the side of his lips.
The man that held Princess Hinamori ignored him completely, but then the man from before appeared and looked down at him with a smirk on his face.
"I have seen with my own two eyes," he said "that Princess Hinamori is your weakness. The princess makes you weak, and how pathetic is that? A man, no, a pirate, letting a gold-digging woman make him weak. Why do you think us men rule everything? A man's weakness is a woman, and because of that, we don't allow them to step over us! You're a disgrace to men…" he finished, and quickly walked away.
The small battle ceased as Toushiro's men circled him and helped him get up.
As soon as the king's men got on the ship, the navigator turned the wooden steering wheel and the sails opened up. Quickly, as the strong gust of wind continued to blow, the ship turned oppositely and sailed away.
Through his thick eyelashes, Toushiro glared at the leaving ship, though his vision suddenly blurred and he collapsed on his knees.
"Quickly, get some bandages and alcohol before his wound worsens!" commanded Chad, holding Toushiro's shoulders and gently laying him on the floor.
An image of Momo came across his mind, but suddenly his eyes shut and he fell into a deep sleep.
Five and a half days later…
People collapsed on the dark streets of Constanza, their bodies as thin as a coconut tree. Each day, twenty people, or so, fell on the dirty streets and died on the spot from hunger. Rats ran around the streets, sniffing around for any crumb of food. Rats and other animals were dying too, as the food, day by day, was shortening. The whole country of Constanza was soon becoming a large cemetery, though with the dead bodies lying on the streets instead of being buried.
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Queen Hinamori wiped the salty tears from her eyes and immediately stood up as she heard the two front gates open. The woman looked through her window and gasped, seeing one of the army men carrying her daughter into the grounds of the palace. Her heart raced through her body and right away, she ran through the doors of her room and outside the palace.
Tears of joy escaped her eyes as she ran faster; ignoring the odd stares she was receiving from the servants and housecleaners around her. As a mother, she was glad to see her daughter again. One big rule in Constanza was that no parent should not worry about the mistakes their son or daughter made, but Queen Hinamori didn't care. Her son turned into a monster, and she doesn't want Momo becoming the same way.
"Momo!"
The men turned to her, and suddenly, one of them grabbed the queen by her arms and pushed her away. The woman stumbled back and glared at them confusingly.
"What was the meaning of that? How dare you lay a hand on me?!"
"King Hinamori ordered for you not to be near the princess at all!"
"What? She's my daughter! I was the one that gave birth to her! I was the one that raised her and made sure she was healthy each day! As her mother, I have every right to see her whenever I want!"
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but these are King Hinamori's rules."
"As your queen, I-"
"King Hinamori has taken your title as queen, and has chosen to throw you out of the palace."
"What? What is that boy thinking!? I'm his mother; he has no right to do such thing! First, he decides to execute his own sister, and now, he wants to kick me out of the palace and take away my title!?"
The officer shook his head. "You are mistaken, ma'am. King Ling Hinamori isn't going to execute Princess Hinamori; he's going to marry her."
o.O..... I'm guessing that that's everyone's expression right now... or O.o or....O.O... or T.T... What expression do you have?
Anyway, I am not....NOT NOT NO NONONONONONONO an incest before y'all start saying "OMG RUBY'S AN INCEST!" I don't believe in family members getting freaky on the bed. XD lmao, anyway, I just wanted to put that to make y'all o.O....
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