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Chapter 10 – "That damn Fubuki..."
Sora pushed the horse harder. He had been riding for a day now. No sleep or no rest. All he could think of was to reach the Shiina land as quickly as possible.
"Come on my friend. You must! Everything depends on this!"
He remembered Hikari's words. "I saw the Gate of the Black Lament."
Once again he felt panic rise within him.
"Damn you Fubuki! Damn you!"
XxXxX
After a cold bath and a lot of time speaking for herself in front of the mirror, Yuya felt ready to get out from her chamber. She had been hard on herself, she had to act normal. But the thought of the nights happenings made her confused. One part of her was flying of excitement and something that could best be described as happiness. But on part was sad about Tokito.
Hikari kept muttering that she was strange and she was also a little angry that Yuya refused to tell her what she meant by 'Love at first sight'. The servant had now disappeared. Yuya didn't know where to, but she didn't care that much either. Hikari had the right to have some time for herself.
Yuya now sat and ate breakfast. Fubuki had joined her. She got a uncomfortable feeling that he seemed to study her in secret. And he seemed to wait her out. She tried to speak to him.
"You seem to be... nervous?"
A very cold shivering flew down her spine. But she forced herself to act.
"I... am just tired I guess... after the nights happenings..." she almost murmured.
He was just about to answer, when a soldier came flying through the door. Yuya immediately recognized him as the guard in the dungeons and her breakfast almost got stuck in the throat.
"Fubuki-sama! He's gone! He's escaped!"
Yuya swallowed down her breakfast and tried to look as confusing as possible. But she could felt the sweat on her back. Fubuki looked confused.
"Onime no Kyo has escaped! He's nowhere to be found!"
Yuya now paid very much attention the the soldier. "Onime no Kyo?" she asked. Then the memory from last night flashed past.
"My name is Kyo."
She immediately started to think of acting normal.
But she got help. Suddenly the air seemed to explode around Fubuki. It was the most horrible piercing aura she had ever felt. The cold seemed to froze her very blood to ice. And the anger could crush her every bone.
"I see... you were the one guarding him last night, weren't you?" the cold hatred and anger in his voice made it hard to breathe.
Once again, Yuya trembled as she stared at her fiance. She was scared of him. She feared him. And her heart was aching as she thought that he was to become her life.
"I-I was... Fubuki-sama, someone helped him, I-"
"Helped him? When you were guarding him?"
Fubuki stepped over to the shaking guard. He took a tight grip around the neck. It happened so fast that Yuya cried out. She hit her hands against her mouth as she looked in horror how the guard slowly was losing his consciousness.
"You worthless soldier. How could you let your guard down when 'Onime no Kyo' was the one in chains?"
He leaned so his face was just inches from the almost unconscious guard. "It seems like you're a little after time. I already know."
Tears started to run down her cheeks. I'm scared... I'm so scared...
"Fubuki!" Aka no Ou's voice echoed through the hall. The named let go of the guard, that fell down on the floor and coughed.
"Don't blame him. It's better that we tell him about the situation and then deal with him." Aka no Ou said.
Fubuki's piercing aura slowly faded away. Yuya took a very deep breath. It was as if her lungs finally could breath on their own again. Aka no Ou looked at her.
"Hishigi. Take care of her. Fubuki, you should think better before scare your fiancee like that."
Fubuki and his father exchanged some looks before they both leaved the hall. Probably going to the dungeons to discuss about the guard and the two new prisoners. Suddenly, Yuya recognized a person beside her. Hishigi helped her up.
"Come, Yuya-sama. You better go to your chamber and rest for a while. Fubuki-sama can be quite... scary when he's angry."
"He... really is..." Yuya murmured weakly as she wiped her face. "He's very strong..."
She had to lean against the man to be able to walk. Her legs were weak. But the more the walked through the enormous palace, the more energy she regained. At last she could walk on her own.
"You're surprisingly strong, Yuya-sama." Hishigi said, with hidden admiring in the voice.
"What?"
"You recovered so fast after being pierced by such a horrible aura."
"Really?" Yuya didn't know what to say. She didn't know what he meant either. But indeed, she felt completely alright now.
"Hishigi-san?" she asked a little awkwardly.
"Yes, Yuya-sama?"
"May I ask... what was this all about 'Onime no Kyo'? Is he a prisoner here? Ah, and also when Tokito tried to... kidnap me she mentioned something about helping someone escape..." she tried to sound as curious and clueless as possible.
She recognized that Hishigi now was stiff. "He's... an old enemy to Fubuki-sama. Yes, he is. He's not someone you should remember, understand? Fubuki-sama would be upset if you mentioned him." he was very short in his tone, as if he didn't want to say more.
"Why would Fubuki-san be upset?" Yuya asked, still pretending to be clueless.
"As I told, he's an old enemy. Dangerous, yes, very dangerous. Don't say his name openly. It would mean no luck to you." the tone in Hishigi's voice, proved that she shouldn't ask more.
Unfortunately, she was just more curious. Especially since this mysterious man's name was Kyo. And she was almost sure it was the same person.
I want to know more! And she once again blushed as she remembered how his lips had bruised hers for just a small moment. No! You must act normal!
XxXxX
"Yepp! This is good, this is good!" Hikari nodded satisfied.
"Ondefaul. Ow, chan yo yeth go ofgh y chouange?"
Hikari gave Yuan a questionable look.
"Translation 'Wonderful. Now, can you let go of my tongue?'" Hotaru said.
"Hmm, I don't know..." Hikari said in a teasing voice as she smiled devilishly. She held Yuan's tongue trapped with a stick as she controlled his mouth.
Yuan hit her hand away.
"What a way to treat a lady that saved your life." she muttered but she still smiled.
"So... we all are okay now?" Anna asked.
"You'll not be fully recovered for at least one week or two, you just started with the medicine. But yes, you're on the right way! All you need now is medicine and rest. Especially Juleen, since he was in worst shape." Hikari said happily.
"My name is Julian!" came a muttering voice from a bed.
"Whatever. What matters is that you're all safe!" Hikari sighed as she leaned against the wall.
"Thank you so much... how can we ever repay you?" Angelica asked.
Hikari thought for a while before she smiled.
"You repaid me enough by recovering so fast. With this, I can finally clear some things in the past."
"What things?" Hotaru asked interested.
She was quiet for a while before answering. "I think I mentioned something about someone close to me that died in this sickness... back then, neither I or my father, which was the best doctor in the land, couldn't save her... but know, I finally managed to... and I saved a whole family from it to..."
"So, in other words..." Anthony started.
"Yes. I swore to myself that I would definitely find a way to cure that sickness. After years of researching, I found a way. To be honest, I wasn't that sure that this would succeed. I'm very surprised that the medicine started to work so fast! Usually, it would take a week before results!"
It was a long silence. Yuan's whole family and Hotaru stared at her.
"Did you just said that you wasn't sure that you knew how to cure this sickness?" Anna asked with a dark voice.
"You mean we were experiments?" Yuan asked.
"I said that I found a possible way. Sorry, but you're the first one since then with this sickness. You're the first I could try."
Another silence.
"So this means that we were lucky..." Kirian murmured.
"Or that she's a genius..." Anthony filled in.
"Or that you all possess an enormous will to live." Hikari said. "You guys are inhuman."
"Well, sorry for being..." Yuan muttered.
"Well, thanks for today! I'm kind of in a hurry!" Hikari said as she prepared to leave.
"Ah! You're sure you aren't hungry?" Angelica asked. "You could eat with us!"
"Not hungry at all! I must hurry, really!"
"What awaits?" Marian asked.
Hikari didn't answer immediately. "A friend of mine... she needs me."
No one dared to ask as they saw her sad expression.
"Bye!"
Moments later, she was outside.
"She's strange, that Hikari..." Anthony muttered.
"Where's Hotaru?" Kirian asked.
"He followed." Anna said.
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Hikari took a deep breath. "Ah, that felt so good. Finally time to forget the dark past."
"Hey."
She almost screamed for her life as Hotaru suddenly stood right behind her and held his hand on her shoulder..
"Wh-wh-wha-what?!"
"Hikari..."
"What?!" she almost shouted irritated as she hit his hand in a gesture to let her go.
"I'm very grateful for what you have done for us."
"I've told you, no need to repay me." she sighed, but she smiled.
"But there's something I would like to ask."
She got stiff as she heard the seriousness is his voice.
"You just showed up, just like that, and knew how to cure Yun-Yun and the rest from a horrible sickness. Just who are you and where are you from? And where are you going right now?"
Hikari was now paralyzed. She wasn't a very good liar, but she couldn't tell him who she was.
"I'm... a traveler... I can't really say where I live for the moment..."
The look Hotaru gave her hit her like a mace. He stared at her as if he tried to read her thoughts.
"A traveler? And what brings you to Mibu land? And why is it secret?"
I can't tell him the whole truth.
She hesitated but then sighed. "I heard rumors about Mibu land... strange rumors and I came to confirm them. And I can't say where I live cause it would be very bad for my friend, which I'm staying with."
It was both lie and truth. Maybe that's why Hikari sounded so honest. And Hotaru seemed to believe her.
"What rumors and why would it be bad?" he continued to ask.
"Well... you know, about the lands true self... the same thing you told me about, which means my suspicions were right. And if I told about my friend... it would mean bad things with that Fubuki fellow."
It was a long silence. Then Hotaru's expression hardened.
"What would you do if I said..."
She blinked and stared at him. She recognized that expression from somewhere.
"...that I'm part of a group that tries to bring down the Mibu reign?"
It was a heavy silence. Hotaru didn't flinch, but had the same expression. Suddenly Hikari burst out in nervous laughter.
"Ahahaha! What are you saying?! Why would you-" she flinched.
The night flew past her mind. The guy in the cell which Yuya helped. Then Shinrei. She looked at Hotaru. He didn't lie, she knew it.
I see... there's actually some kind of mutiny going on...
Hotaru still waited for her answer.
She thought for a while. We're going through many risks right now. And I'm actually a part of the palace royal guards. But still...
She thought of the gate and a deep rage filled her veins.
That Fubuki...
She sighed. Then she looked at Hotaru with sharp eyes.
"I would..." she started. He stared at her.
"...ask if I could join you."
XxXxX
She had been at her chamber for a very short while. Hishigi had told her to rest. But she couldn't. She was to curious. She wanted to know more.
She thought of the beautiful scarf she got by the old lady when she was in town. She had put it around a vase with flowers at the small table beside her bed. That way she could always see it right before she got to sleep. When she saw it she was filled with warmth but also determination and a will to help the people. It made her forget that in reality she couldn't do anything for the people at all, more than sneak out whenever Fubuki didn't know and try to encourage them.
She decided to take a walk. Maybe she would bump into Hikari if she had luck. Or maybe she would try to become friends with someone. Or maybe she should dance.
"Argh, whatever!" she muttered and stepped outside.
The first thing she saw was Hishigi, standing guard. As he heard her he turned around and bowed.
"Yuya-sama. You should be resting."
"I'm sorry, Hishigi, I don't find peace to rest! I think I'll take a walk!"
She hurried to the part of the palace that was quite lively. Hopefully at least someone could share some words with her.
But she had to find herself disappointed. No one wanted to talk with her at all. The princesses didn't like her. The servants ran away when she was close, afraid of getting punished by Fubuki if he got to know that his fiancee talked with such lowlifes. Half of the guards said that she shouldn't talk to them cause of her status. In other words, no one wanted to talk with her and by that tell her about 'Onime no Kyo'. And why did she got a feeling that she had heard the name before? The more she thought about it, the more she wondered if it was that very name she heard when she sat with her father in the palace garden and drank a cup of tea.
"Strange, strange..." she murmured as she sat down on a bench. She was bored and wanted to do something. Since Hikari was nowhere to be found, she didn't know. Hishigi followed her everywhere, but he didn't show his presence. He wasn't comfortable to talk with him either.
Then something hit her. "Sora! Of course!" she flew up as the picture of the commander of her group of soldiers passed her mind. I have barely talked with him since we arrived!
She hurried to where she knew her soldiers would be. But as she arrived she only met three of her ten guards.
"Yuya-sama!" they burst out as they saw her. They all flew up and bowed deeply as if they had expected her for years.
"Hello, everyone! I'm so sorry for not have been meeting you..." she started but they waved her off.
"Not at all! Yuya-ama is way to kind! We have been busy ourselves!"
She smiled and asked them to tell what they had been doing since they arrived and how they were.
She enjoyed that time a little, at least she could speak to someone who missed home just as much as she did. Then two of them apologized, but their break was over. They bowed deeply and wished Yuya to take care with happy and caring faces. Now there was only one left.
"Ah, where's Sora? I would like to talk with him as well..."
The soldier stared at her.
"Um... I thought Yuya-sama knew..."
Yuya raised an eyebrow. "Knew what?"
"Hikari-sama send him home just this morning. Something about a message to Nozomu-sama."
Yuya stared at him. She hadn't heard anything about this and Hikari wouldn't do this without telling her first. She recognized Hishigi looking at them with interest in the corner of her eye.
"What message?" she asked.
"Ah, probably about your health. I remember her saying something about it when we traveled here about sending us with reports from time to time."
"Ah, yeah right, I heard about that to!" she saw Hishigi sigh and return to lean against the wall, floating away in his own thoughts. As she looked back at the soldier he threw fast looks at Hishigi before he leaned over to her, as if he didn't want Hishigi to hear.
"I don't really know, but he was white as a ghost in the face. Either Hikari did something towards him again or it wasn't a very pleasant message. Anyway, he hurried away as if his life was on the line."
Yuya looked confused at the guard. That really made her wonder. She thanked the soldier for the chat. He bowed deeply and wished her well, just like the other soldiers.
She walked around in deep thoughts. As she arrived to one of the gardens she decided to sit down on a bench. Hishigi still with her, but not recognized.
She was so deep in thoughts that she didn't recognize the person that stood beside her, until a hand was put on her shoulder, making her explode.
"Ah, I didn't do it!" she shouted as the nights happening flashed past her.
Moments later she stared confused at a pretty woman's face. She had dark curly hair that seemed to flow around her. Her eyes was dark but still soft. She was dressed in a pretty simple kimono, revealing her nice profiles.
Wow... such nice body. Yuya thought envious. Then it hit her that this woman was one of the other princesses.
"Shiina Yuya-sama?" the woman asked a lite shyly.
"Yes?"
Yuya looked at Hishigi. He looked at her and stood in attack pose. He had probably reacted on her shouting. Seeing the scene he sighed and relaxed and returned to his usual self.
"Ah, sorry about that..." Yuya murmured, a little embarrassed.
The princess smiled. "My name is Fujiwara Mahiro. We haven't talked before. Do you mind if I sit down here?"
"S-sure! Please, go ahead!"
What?! She seems to be such a nice person!
The princess, Mahiro, sat down beside her.
"I've recognized you never talk to anyone, Yuya-sama."
"Please, Mahiro-san, just call me Yuya."
The dark haired princess looked a little surprised. "Oh... Yuya-san, then?"
"Thank you." she sighed. "It's not that I don't want to talk to the others. They just don't want to talk to me."
"Not?"
"No... they treat me like I'm some kind of... horror."
It was a little silence before Yuya realized what she had said and sat up with stretched back and waved with her hands.
"Ah, it's not as if I want people to pity me or anything! It's just that I'm tired of people looking down on my homeland!"
"Why?" Mahiro asked calmly.
"Because we put so much love on the people and so on... the Shiina reign is infamous and stuff. I don't want people to look down on what my father have fight for, what he believes in."
"If I were you, Yuya-san, I shouldn't care about them."
Yuya looked at her. Mahiro smiled softly.
"Aren't they just jealous that you're the one that's going to marry Fubuki-sama?"
"I guess... yes, you're right." Yuya sighed. "But I don't know what to be jealous over..." she muttered silently.
"What?"
"Ah, nothing, nothing!" Yuya waved. "But Mahiro-san! Why would you talk to me?"
"You seem like a kind person to me, so it wouldn't hurt talking, right?"
Yuya suddenly felt like crying. "That I never realized you before, Mahiro-san! You're such a nice person!"
Mahiro laughed. "You to!"
What's this?! There was such a nice person here?!
XxXxX
"Wow... what a house!" Hikari stared at the magnificent mansion with big eyes.
"Well, here we are." Hotaru said lazily as he walked toward the door.
"Ah, Hotaru! Wait! Is this where you meant?"
"Yeah."
She didn't really know what she had put herself in. but once again she remembered what she had seen in the palace just the night before.
As Hotaru opened the door Hikari heard how something, or rather, someone flew straight into the wall with his head first.
"Damn you, Botenmaru! How dare you mock Kyo that way?!"
Hikari followed Hotaru inside. There was a quite big room and a coupe of people sat there spending their time talking or playing shougi. There was a big man lying with a big bump on his head. The one who had sent him flying was someone with long pink hair and a raging expression on the ones' face.
"Why don't you go die, you beast!"
"Hotaru! You're back!" a person with his eyes shut said. Hikari, whom had studied for a doctor for many years immediately recognized him as blind.
Suddenly it became a heavy silence and everyone stared at Hikari with big eyes. Then they all exploded. Some of them took battle stance and others just stared.
"Who is that?!" a man with a kind looking face asked as he stepped in front of a woman with long black hair, as an act of defense.
"What the hell are you thinking?! Don't bring strangers to us!" the blind shouted.
"I wanted to bring her here." Hotaru simply said, making everyone in the room either sigh for his stupidity, fall down as they got hit by his words or screaming things like "Idiot!", "Moron!" and "Use your brain for once!".
Hikari looked tiredly at him with a big sweatdrop on her head.
"Do you know what might happen?!" the pink lady shouted angrily as she took some threatening steps towards him.
Hikari stared at 'her' and lost it.
"Why the hell is a guy dressed as a lady?! Is crossdressing a hobby in this country?!" she screamed and pointed at the transvestite.
Once again it became a heavy silence.
Veins started to pop up on the transvestites head. "Hotaru... did you tell?" he/she asked furiously.
"Even an idiot can see that you're a man!" Hikari shouted and pointed, somewhat angry.
"You wanna taste my fists, huh, little girl?!" he/she screamed.
"Bring it on, let's see if you can survive mine, ya' perv!" Hikari defended herself.
"Ohhh, can you really do that?"
"Why don't we try it out?"
An intense fire of burning passion for fight surrounded them.
"Hey, you two!"
"WHAT?!" the two angry persons turned to the one who now tried to stop them.
As she saw who it was, Hikari dropped her jaw and forgot the transvestite in an instant.
"Tokugawa Hidetata-sama?! What the hell are you doing here?!"
He also dropped his jaw.
"Ah, you're that... hold it, I remember! You're..." he thought hard.
Everyone stared at them with big eyes. Hidetada, or rather, Benitora flinched and pointed at her.
"Ah, now I remember! You're the daughter of that doctor! He who cured my uncle! But what are someone from the Shiina reign doing here in Mibu land?"
A man in the corner flinched. "Shiina reign?" he asked with a deep voice.
Hikari threw an eye at him and frowned. Everyone turned silent and now looked at Hikari whom stared at the man. She got paler and paler.
"What the... hell..." she whispered.
His eyes were glowing in the shade as red. Yuya had described a color that fitted in quite well with them. Was it rubies. Well, that wasn't the reason she felt shocked. The reason was that they were the same eyes as the father to the very man she hated with all her heart. The same eyes as Aka no Ou.
To be continued
Sorry about late update! I think I have mentioned "busy" before...
Hikari: You're always busy...
Vitsippa: Well, I have many things I want to do before I die! (smile, smile)
Hikari: Obviously a lie...
Vitsippa: It's true!
Hikari: Yeah, sure! (smirk)
Vitsippa: Beware, or else I'll turn you into something you really don't wanna be! (evil smile)
Hikari: What do I have to lose on that? Thanks to you, everyone already sees me as an idiot!
Vitsippa: I can turn you to an evil being... like Fubuki.
Hikari: WHO'S THE DEVIL NOW?! (running at her with raging fists)
Vitsippa: And that's all for now! Please, wait patiently for next chapter! Love ya! (start to run for her life)