Chapter Twelve: One Hour

Naru pov

I paced up and down, trying to think of a way to save Mai. It's been hours since we became trapped. I was stupid, stupid for letting us get into this trap.

"Naru." I heard on the other side of the wall, stopping me from my thoughts. I move towards the left side of the wall and press my ear against the wall.

"Yes?" I asked her.

"It stinks in here, the dead corpse creeps me out. I feel bad for them, but is not a place to bury them," her voice sounded sad. I press my hand on the wall, not knowing that she did the same.

"Don't think of it."

"Then why did Ayako betray us? In my word she is so loyal, she's one of my closest friends. I don't like this version of my friends. They are the opposite of my world." I can hear her voice break, my eyes narrow, I can almost see her in tears.

"This place is the opposite of your world," I told her.

"What do we do? Yasuhara will come soon and.." but before she could talk, I heard a click on my own door. I turned to see Yasuhara walking in. Smiling like a fool.

"Well, well, you did a good job Orihime and Ayako." He applauds very mechanically watching the girls walk in. Ayako had a sadness over her eyes. How dare her show her face to me, after she betrayed us. I became too lost dancing with Mai, that I have forgotten for that brief second that it was a trap. I walked right into it. I couldn't even refuse Mai orders. It was like I couldn't. Then again, it was fun, but tempting dancing. I never dance in my life, until she came.

"Now come with me," he waves his hand and I felt a pull on my leg, making me fall on my behind and paralyzing me at the same time. Then he drags me out the door. The girls stare at me.

"Well, you did good Ayako. This is for our land. He will spare us." Orihime pats her back, as Yasuhara wave his hand and opens the door for Mai. Mai turns to stare at him with wide eyes. Then her eyes landed on mine. Okay, my pride just ate dirt. I mean it literally.

"Naru!" she shouts, running towards my side, but Yasuhara wave his hand, and Mai yells, and pulls her towards us.

Anger shot through me, and I look up at him.

"Let her go, she has nothing to do with this," I growled, feeling pissed. When I get my throne back, I am going to execute him. I don't care how loyal he was in the past, he doesn't touch Mai. No one does.

"Yasuhara," Mai gasps out. Then her eyes landed on me.

"Are you okay?" she asks in a low tone. I nodded and glance up. Yasuhara dark eyes are darker than we last saw him and colder than ever.

"Where are you taking us?" Mai asked as he starts to pull us once again. I wince, only to have Mai yelp, as the pebbles and rocks scrape her legs, but she kept her skirt down. My heart ached to see her like this. I am too powerless to do anything, this bastard place some spell to block off my magic, and I can't move from his grasp. We are in the underground prisons, a dark shallow hallway, that drip with spoil water and rats running around like their own house. I built this place to put the bad seeds, so they won't harm anyone, but the corpses, I know is not my doing. I wonder if its Yasuhara doing?

Finally reaching to a stop, we entered a room, an empty big room with one chair. He waves his arm and makes my body fly across the room, landing roughly isn't the wall.

"Naru!" Mai yells, as Yasuhara wave his hands and swung Mai against the wall as well. She grunts in pain, sliding down to the ground.

'I need a way out.. I..' Then something dawns on me.

'I made this place and know every nick and cranny that Yasuhara doesn't know.' I suddenly smirk, as Yasuhara walks up to Mai and bends down to her level.

"I see, you two mated. Too bad, I wanted to see how you tasted." He suddenly takes his hand and wrap it around Mai's neck and picks her up. I stood up, running towards him.

"Let her go, you sick son of a Bi," but Mai gasp cuts me off, watching her small hands around his, trying to stop him. Her face started to turn red.

"I can just tell our new future King that she died accidentally." He shrugs, tighten his hold on her throat. Without hesitation, I run towards him, but he uses his free arm and stops me in my tracks. I look down at my legs, trying to move them, but no use.

"See her die, isn't it so much fun?" He smirks in a sick way, I turned feeling more powerless.

Mai started to hit his arm, but it was in vain, he's too powerful for her. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Her eyes turn towards me, of a plea for help.

'I wish I can help, I can't move my legs. I am powerless Mai.' I felt hopeless, for the first time in my life, I couldn't do anything for her. I.. I shouldn't have brought her. I should not have listened to Gene. I.. A deep, deep anger surface in me. I fisted my hands and gave Yasuhara a death glare.

"Die!" Yasuhara shouts, that anger blew up.

"NO! DON"T TOUCH HER! NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TOUCH HER! SHE'S MINE!" I growled out, breaking the hold that he has on me, and run towards Yasuhara. Punching his face was little compared what I wanted to do. Yasuhara is taken by surprise and thrown back by my punch.

"N.. Naru." Mai coughs, sliding down to the ground. I stop in my tracks and went back to her.

"He's going to pay." I hissed, seeing how red her neck is. My heart stopped, as her teary eyes landed on me.

"He's possessed, I.. I.. Felt it. Oh, God. It itches.." Mai started to scratch her neck, making it her neck grow redder. She started to cough violently, I was about to say something, but since my guard went down, I was thrown across and hit very hard against the ground, making me grunt.

"Naru!" Mai yells again, looking up at Yasuhara, he has a gun pointed at me.

"Gun really?" I chuckle, then he moves up to me and swung his arm at me, hitting me on my face. I felt my lip and my inside of my cheek swell, and bitter taste of blood. I spit it out and kept on laughing.

"You really want to die. I don't care if you're possessed, you will die from touching Mai." I threaten him, my voice is dark and raspy. Mai runs up towards us and takes a hold of my arm.

"Don't kill him. Please.. Oh God." Mai glance at Yasuhara.

"You are possessed, that Shinigami or whatever has you under his power. I.." But Yasuhara pointed his gun at Mai.

"Well, this isn't fun anymore. Go back to your cells." He waves his hands, and I was facing the wall once again.

"Damn it." I punched the wall, once again Mai is out of my reach.

Mai pov

My throat hurts so bad, and I'm itchy all over. This is hell, this is pure hell. It's been two hours since the accident, and my heart ached so much.

"Here." I heard Ayako voice. I turned to see her opening the door and slides a golden plate of food. I crawled up to her.

"Why? Why did you do this to us? What did we do?" I cried. Ayako frowns at me.

"I'm sorry, but I can't take the chances on a human. Our King is a fool to trust a human." She turns and closes the door. I look down at the plate. It was filled with bread and water. My legs are cut, and my throat hurts so much to eat. I thought I almost lost my life back there and almost lost Naru as well.

'I need to be stronger, Naru needs me stronger.' I thought, turning towards the wall that Naru voice comes from.

"Naru," I whispered in a horsed voice.

"Are you okay? How's your throat?" he sounded worried. I press my hand on the wall. Feeling fresh tears. I don't know how many hours it has been, but it felt forever already. I hiccupped.

"I'm okay, just itchy and my throat hurt. Thank you for saving me again." I leaned my cheek on the wall. Aching to be with him.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have involved you." Naru whispers. I shook my head.

"Is okay, not your fault, I.." but Naru clears his throat.

"I need to tell you something. Is about Gene. He.." but he cut off, as the door opens again.

"Eat, you will need your energy since it will be your last meal." I heard Orihime voice. My blood runs cold at her words.

"What do you mean last meal? What are you planning to do?" I asked her.

"Silly girl, what we all do with prisoners, execute them. For the King, it will be special, though. As for you, you will be sold off to our new King. He's been waiting to meet you." The cold blood ran deeper now.

'No, Naru.' I heard the door slam.

"Mai, listen to me. My magic may be down, but I still know one or two tricks up my sleeve. In this world, I learned that to survive. Do you trust me?" I nodded rapidly.

"I do, I do, completely. Please do something. I don't want you to die." I was desperate.

"I won't die. Trust me on that. Give me an hour, don't talk for an hour, and when the hour is up, you will know what to do." he simply said. I raised a brow, not understanding what he meant by that, but I trust him to know what he means.

"Okay." I slid down on the floor, placing my legs up, looking at the dead corpses.

"One hour. I give Naru an hour. If I have to, I will give him my whole life, just to be with him." I move my body.

"Just one hour."

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That hour is taking forever.

I didn't speak nor did I make any noises. My untouched plate remains on the floor, watching the rats nibble on it. I press my hand on the wall.

"You know, if you want I can save you." I heard behind me. I gasp, turning around. I didn't see anyone.. I tilted my head.

"I'm here to help. You want to be with the King?" I nodded at the voice, but for a reason I didn't trust him. No, I don't trust anyone but Naru.

"Then there's one thing I need you to do for me." I didn't move, nor did I want to. I don't trust anyone nor this strange new voice, but for a reason his voice sounds familiar to me. I can't place it.

"The thing you have to do is, when you save the soul, you have to return to your own world. You may not stay behind, nor can you be with the King. Will you promise me this?" he asks. My heart stops at his words.

'No, No, I refuse to do it.' My heart screams, but no words came out of my mouth. I trust Naru right now to know what to do.

"Hurry, tell me your answer, do you accept my conditions?" his voice is smooth but edgy at the same time. I was about to answer him when I heard the door slam open. I turned to see Yasuhara malevolence smiling at me while he has Naru on his knees; his head is down while his bangs cover his eyes.

I didn't say anything, but ran and went up to Naru. Naru lifts his gaze up, to see blood coming out of his side. I raise a brow.

'Since when did he get Naru? I didn't hear any door open.' My hands started to shake, as I took a hold of his shoulder, my heart leaps unevenly. He has a bruise on the side of his head, a crack lip, and blood coming running down his arm. I look up at Yasuhara.

"What the hell did you do to him?" I shout at him. Suddenly he waves his hand and picks me up, and an invisible force wraps around my throat cutting off my breathing.

"Ugh," I choked out, swinging my legs. Naru eyes narrow and turns colder as he stares at me.

"I had fun with him. It's time to eliminate him," he summons a sword, and grabs a chunk of Naru hair and lifts his head up, placing the sharp end of the sword on his neck. My body started to shake.

'No, no.' I thought while Naru lazily turn his gaze to Yasuhara.

"Since I'm in a good mood, any last words towards your mate?" he asks him. He slams me hard on the floor, causing me to cough and groan at the same time with pain.

Naru gave him a dark dead look, then turns to face me. He suddenly nods at me, as I crawl a little towards his side. I had no idea what to say. He told me not to speak to him for an hour. Has he worked out whatever he had to do? Or was it all in vain?

I licked my lips and stare at his blue eyes.

'I don't know what to do, but I have an idea. I hope this work, if Naru words are his law, then I can command him. We were connected, last time he didn't refuse to dance with me, so if what Ayako mention is true, it may work. I hope.'

"Can I say something to Naru?" I asked Yasuhara, noticing how scratchy and dry my throat. It hurts like hell. I need to keep in mind he's not my friend Yasuhara, he's someone that looks like him. I couldn't help, but I flinched, he's possessed, I can feel that evil spirit over working him, I'm not sure why I didn't see it before. It hurts to see this.

"Do as you wish, in a minute he's dead." Yasuhara slightly moves his sword making a slight cut. My heart stops.

I turned to stare at Naru eyes.

'Please let this work, please.' I prayed, closing my eyes.

"Naru. It was a pleasure to reunite with you, one thing I ask of you before you die." Oh, God, this was too much for me. Naru eyes suddenly sparkle, while all the blood kept draining from his face.

I licked my lips and leaned into his ear, and whisper.

"I order you to get us out alive, please my L.." I stop my words, not sure why I was about to say that last part. Naru turns his head at me, and his blue eyes warm up.

"Finally that hour is up." Was all he said and glance up at Yasuhara and smirks at him.

"Well, that was fun, wasn't?" he suddenly stands up and Yasuhara eyes widen.

"How can you move? I made sure," but Naru shrugs at him and smirks evilly at him.

"You have forgotten one little important fact about the labyrinth." Yasuhara tilts his head, as Naru cracks his knuckles.

"Come on, I know your dying got ask me." Naru mocked him. I stare at Yasuhara, watching him become curious about Naru words. He couldn't help and ask.

"What?" there Naru smiles with satisfaction.

"Well, even as a goblin, you aren't different from a human. Curiosity seems to always kill the cat, doesn't it?" Naru asks me, but doesn't turn his gaze to stare at me. He keeps his eyes firmly on Yasuhara. Then he replies to him.

"This is my land, and my words are my law, so anything I say must be done." Naru suddenly waves his hand, making Yasuhara fly hard into my own cell and closed the door. Cynical, angry eyes past Naru eyes as he lifts his hand up and smirks even more cold, a spine-chilling smirk, which caused me to shiver, not the right way.

"Now you die." Naru twists his hand, hearing a painful grunt from Yasuhara. My eyes widen, watching Yasuhara in pain while his face turning redder by the second.

"No, let go, let it be. You wouldn't be better than them. You would stand in their level." I move up to Naru. Naru lowers his head down to stare at me. I move and touch his hand gently.

"You won't be as good as him if you kill him. Please." I beg him gently. Naru seems to fight the dark anger that is consuming him. He finally lowers his hand and shook his head, but the anger is still there. I can see it.

"Let's go before anyone catches us." Naru nodded and turned towards the cell.

"I may be a wanted fugitive, but you will be powerfulness to find us. I will make sure of that." Then we started to run towards our right. Running faster down the hallway, Naru waves his hand, and a sudden door appears in front of us. He snaps his fingers and opens it before I could stop myself; I manage to fall right in while Naru follow behind.

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