A/N: Kazune pulls a Micchi move on Karin! -Gasps-
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kk forever: I'm so glad that you liked this chapter! I always try to add humor to my stories. His middle name really is Charming. You can imagine me laughing as I thought about considering that as his middle name! Lol! After laughing for a while I just had to make that part of his name.
Gina: Thanks! Who said that there was only one more chapter left? Believe it or not there's more to this story. (They still haven't got a chance to use their rings, yet.)
Kujyou...Kujyou..."You're the Prince?" She said with a rasp voice.
"Yes." Karin knew that he wasn't lying. Kazune was serious. He seemed to be dreading the moment of having to tell her. This fact made her mad. This whole situation made her look stupid, because she never knew whom he really was. She thought that she knew him a little bit, but now she knows that she never did. At least now everything that had happened made more sense. The rose, the dance…they were all lies.
Kazune slowly approaches the girl. Her head was down facing to the side, "I know that this must be a shock to you…. but if you don't mind me asking…what's your name?" Kazune asked while thinking about the deal that they made.
"Why do you care…? You think just because you're the Prince that I would go after you!? Why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
"Wha?"
"You have been the Prince this whole time and didn't tell me! How could you!?" She yelled then scowled to herself, "I should have known that it was all too good to be true. I'm such an Idiot!" She turns and storms off.
"Hey! Wait!" Kazune runs after and he grabs her by the arm. She turns to him with a raised fist. He lets her go when he fell back from the impact on his cheek. She punched me! A girl punched me, the Prince!
"Stay away from me! I'm just so mad about everything right now! It was all lies! The rose and the dance! It meant nothing to you!" She yelled with her whole body shaking with anger. "How Coul-hmp!" Kazune cut her off with his month over hers. Her eyes widen at the sudden kiss. She was struck speechless just like he wanted.
Kazune pulls back and said, "Listen to me! Hear me out." Kazune wants her to understand so badly. "The reason why I didn't tell you is because I didn't want you to treat me differently. I was really happy being with you because you act like yourself when you are around me! You treat me like anyone else. Right now you just punched me and I have never known a girl to do that to me till now. I…just didn't want you to change the way that you think of me. And everything that has happened does matter to me. Okay?"
Kazune waits patiently for her to say something.
"Okay."
"What?"
"It's okay, Kazune-Kun. I understand. You don't have to worry. I'm not the kind of girl who is going to treat you differently. From my point of view you're a human being just like everyone else."
Kazune stares at her in amazement.
Jeff and the king watched the whole scenario and were relived by the turn out. They watch as the couple walks back arm in arm to the fountain. After a moment of relief the King exclaimed, "He almost blew it! Does he not understand he hard we have had to work for this to happen!?"
"I'm just glad that he cared enough to fix it before it was too late…."
"Yeah…" The King and Jeff leave to attend to other matters. Thinking that they should give them some time alone.
"But that doesn't make it right for you to steal a kiss…Jerk." Karin said with redden cheeks.
"Heh…I would be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy it." Kazune said with a grin.
"…Pervert." Karin muttered.
"Hey. Who's the one that got punched?" Kazune shot at her.
"You deserved that." Karin shot back with a glare.
"My Goddess!" Karin turns to find Jin running towards them.
"What does he want?" Kazune said with a very agitated tone.
"My Goddess! Are you okay?" Jin asked as he kissed her hand again. "I hope that this brunt didn't do anything to you?" Jin asked with concern in his voice while at the same time glaring at Kazune as he said brunt. Every fiber in Kazune's body wants to reach out and strangle Jin.
"You make me sick." Kazune said to Jin.
"You better get off to bed then. That way my Goddess and I can spend some time alone."
Kazune had a tighten his fist as Jin just smile tauntingly. Karin could already see sparks flying between them as she thought of a way to keep those sparks from becoming flames. "I'm fine, Jin. Thanks."
"Your Welcome!" He replied cheerfully.
"Why are you here?" Kazune asked.
"To see my goddess, of course," Jin replied with a matter-of-fact tone, "Also aren't you suppose to make an appearance now?"
"Crud! I forgot about that. It's already a quarter till twelve."
"What!?" Karin exclaimed in a panic.
"What's wrong?" Both of the boys asked her at the same time. Only Jin added my Goddess at the end. They glared at each other.
"I-I have to leave right now! I'm sorry!" Karin turns and runs off full speed. I have to get home before the curse breaks and Vivian returns. Terror seized Karin at the thought of Vivian finding out. This just made her run faster.
"What?" Kazune and Jin said. Kazune starts to run after her as Jin follows behind him.
"Wait!" Kazune yells at Karin.
Karin was running down the stairs when one of her slippers slipped off. "Ah!" She turns to go back for it when she sees Kazune close behind her. She leaves the slipper and runs to the doors that lead to the carriages. She hops in and tells Shi-Chan, "Go! Hurry!" Shi-Chan shocked at the urgent tone in her voice breaks into a gallop.
Kazune was devastated when her carriage disappeared from view. "Hmm…looks like she left her slipper," Jin said while holding up the slipper for him to examine. "Give me that!" Kazune said as he snatched the slipper from Jin. Jin backed away from him and said, "Jeez…don't get so snappy. You know her name, right? So, just go after her."
The color drained from Kazune's face. He slammed his head against the wall and cursed under his breath.
"You don't know her name!?" Jin yelled at Kazune.
"You're the last person that I want to hear that from!" Kazune yelled back a Jin. He was not in a good mood as you can tell. "Can't wait to hear what Father has to say about this..." Kazune mumbled sarcastically. At least she left a clue this time... Kazune thought as he held up the glass slipper.
"Hurry! Hurry! We're almost there!" The carriage had already started to wilt. Karin watched as her gown slowly disappeared into the ink-covered dress. As soon as they reached the front of the house, Shi-Chan was a cat, there was no carriage but a pink flower laying in its place, and Karin was wearing her dress from before.
She looks around for another carriage, but was relieved to not find one. "Phew…we made it before it was too late, Shi-Chan."
Karin walks up to her room and notices that she still has one glass slipper. She smiles as she takes it off and hides it in her dresser drawer, at least now I will always know that tonight really happened...
Karin plops into bed and sighs, "Gosh, I'm pooped out." A wave of fatigue washed over her as she fell into a deep sleep.
Vivian pulls to the house and marches in. She had just given a very angry talk to Ami. Ami had spilled everything to her mom about Micchi, but her mom was steadfast on her being chosen for the Prince. Ami walks slowly out of the carriage mad at how her mom is. She stops as felt something crunch under her foot. She bends down and picks it up, "A flower…?"
That girl better be here. "Karin!" Vivian barges into Karin's room, only to find her dead asleep. She was facing the opposite way of Vivian lying down. Through the darkness Vivian could still tell that Karin was sleeping in her dress that she ruined.
Vivian smirks, She must have cried herself to sleep. Vivian closes the door on her way out. If Vivian had gotten a look on Karin's face she would find a smile tug at the end of Karin's mouth.
A/N: I'll try to update as soon as I can! I still don't know how many chapters this will be. I hope that you all enjoyed chapter 9. Please update!
-Kountry101
