Missed you Leefa chan. Don't worry. You WILL know what happens next. And I hope the story is interesting till this point. The chapter after this is going to be the pivot point of this story. Enjoy. And yes, before reading this chapter, you might realise that it begins like the first part of the previous chapter, Zen and Yumiko. Yumiko telling Zen to call her Yumi, so it starts from there.


Zen looked outside his window. He had a worried face. He thought that if he stayed in this village any longer, then he will be wasting his time, and nothing else. He stared down at his palm. It was bandaged in a proper way and had healed better then it was, which was the doing of Yumiko Satake.

Suddenly the door opened, and Yumiko came inside. "I am sorry for leaving you alone for such a long time. Please forgive me." She said in an apologetic tone.

"No, its ok. You are all busy, yet you help me. I should be the one apologising."

"How are your wounds now?" She asked as she started opening the bandages on his palms.

"Better, Yumiko San." Said Zen.

Applying a little bit of medicine of the medicine, Yumiko said, "Yumi. Yumi will do."

"Ah, fine, Yumi." Said Zen.


After bandaging his hand properly, Yumiko said, surprised, "So, your name is Zen Wisteria? That's the name of the second prince of Clarines."

Zen lowered his head and said in a slow voice, "Yes, but I no longer am the prince. I have given it up."

"But why?"

"It's a long story. Actually..."


Yumiko heard it. She had a grave face.

"So, to find that girl, I have come this far. My brother says that of I don't return in two months, he will ban me from the kingdom..." Small drops of tears ran through his eyes when he said that. Suddenly he felt a warm hand on his shoulder and he looked at the girl, Yumi, "I don't have any right to speak to you about it, but if she left you, she might not have want to see you in pain."

"She gave me much pain after leaving me. I never wanted to leave her alone, when she is already so lonely. I...I just..."

Yumi knew, the boy was breaking inside. This was the exact same way she felt when her father died. Looking at Zen, she said, "You indeed are bold to have come through the waterfalls. So, if I say that to you, that I will find her for you, what will you give me?"

"Anything... Absolutely anything you want!"

"Fine then, I want the information of the girl's looks, her name and some unique feature of hers. If she is in this village, you will definitely find her."

"Yes, her looks is, she is exquisite and beautiful and possesses green eyes. Her name is uncommon, Shirayuki, and yes, by her hair you will recognize her, because its red colour, but she often wears a hood."

"Hood! Green eyes! Red hair! Shirayuki!" Yumiko shuddered. Yes before coming to Zen's room, she was watching the training of her brother and Yusuke. At that time, she befriended a girl. Yuki chan! Yes, she WAS wearing a hood, and she was from Clarines too, and she didn't want to tell the reason why she wore a hood.

"Yumi dono, you seem pale..."

"Zen sama, tomorrow be ready to go out with me. We will be searching for your lover. Be ready since we will find her tomorrow and on no other day. You two will be reconciled. I swear."