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Alrighty people, with this story slowly coming to its close, a new one will slowly be on the way. Also, for those that read my yaoi fics and have read Falling Inside Myself, it is almost over as well...DX Oh well...things have to end at some point, right? *sighs* Well...let's get on with this, shall we? Chapter 14 ho!
Chapter 14: Final farewell
Kaiya tossed and turned in her sleep, whimpering as nightmares plagued her mind. She let out one cry of fright and shot up, clutching her chest tightly. It...it was a nightmare...just a nightmare...she thought, trying to reassure herself. She heard footsteps utside her door.
"Please, allow me inside! The princess must be attended to!" It was the voice of the head maid, and Nika's adoptive mother.
"Seara?" Kaiya called, her voice hoarse from crying. The woman opened the door, her long silver hair a tangled mess.
"Oh my, Kaiya...look at you..." She whispered. She ran up and hugged her, stroaking her red hair softly, which now looked more like congealed blood red instead of it's usual shade.
"I know...I'm a fright, aren't I?" she asked quietly.
"Yes, but at the same time, so beautiful..." Kaiya closed her eyes. She had missed the head maid so much. She was like a mother to her as well after the death of her own. That's why her and Nika had grown so close...but now... "You look radiant.
"Wh-what do you mean?" she asked, he maid's voice snapping her out of her thoughts.
"The little one inside you. Being like this...gives an entirely different definition to 'beautiful' my dear." She smiled. She stood up and walked towards her dresser. "I know he'll agree with me."
"Who? Ichigo?" she asked and Seara nodded.
"Shall we go and visit him for a little bit?" Kaiya's eyes lit up at the suggestion, but it quickly faded.
"I'm trapped in here...how are we-"
"I have ways, my Princess." Kaiya watched as she shoved the dresser to the side, showing a crudely hidden doorway.
"no wonder it was always drafty in here..." she mumbled witha smirk.
"Now come, we don't have much time..." Seara held her hand out, Kaiya eagerly taking it.
Ichigo leaned against his cell wall, the cool brick making him shiver. It's too fucking cold down here! He thought, pulling the remainder of his clothes together. He started at the empty cell across from him. Kinda sucks...being alone down here...I wonder if Kyrin had been alone all these years...or at least had other prisoners to talk too...he wondered.
"Come, qucikly my dear!" Ichigo looked up to see torch light on the footsteps. "There's no doubt they heard us!"
"I...can't run very well Seara..." Ichigo's eyes widened at the other voice and made a dash for his cell door.
"Kaiya?" He called out quietly. His eyes grew even wider when she appered from the hall, running as fast as she could. She fell on her knees in front of his cell, tears in her dull, red eyes.
"Oh...Ichigo...what have they..."
"nothing I can't handle..." He replied, reaching through the bars to stroke her cheek gently with his filthy fingers. "How long have I been down here?"
"Almost half a month...we have two and half to go..." she whispered, reaching her hand through the bars to repeat his own action. He smiled and pressed her hand against his cheek. She felt so warm to him...
"I've missed you..." he whispered.
"So have we...this son of yours is very troublesome." Ichigo gave her a confused look.
"Wait...how do you know the baby's a boy?"
"Mother's instinct." He scoffed at her light response.
"Bullshit. There's no way you know that stuff."
"You're not the one carrying him around! You're not the one who-" She was cut off by a sudden thumping in her chest. "He doesn't like us fighting either..."
"You mean he...kicked?" She grinned and he slowly traced his hand down towards her swollen stomach. Just as he brushed against her chest, he could feel something pound against his hand. "He...or she...knows it's me."
"Of course he does." She smiled, grabbing his hand. "He's got his dad's personality."
"Then the baby also has his mother's perserverence." He smiled at the light blush on Kaiya's face. "God, you're beautiful..."
"Told ya so Princess..." Seara chuckled from across the hall. She rolled her eyes.
"No, I'm a horrid sight. So much...so much stress..." she shivered as her nightmare replayed in her mind. All of the blood...all of our blood...will he be ok?
"Kaiya? Are you...are you ok?" He asked her. She just smiled and nodded.
No use troubling him...she thought.
"No, you're a bad liar. Tell me what's wrong Kaiya." She sighed.
"I've...been having horrid nightmares lately..." she admitted. "Of...of blood and death and..." She began crying and Ichigo reached up as much as he could to wipe the tears away. She grabbed his hand and rubbed her cheek against it as he stroked her cheek softly. "Oh Ichigo..."
"Shh..."
"I'm so scared...I'm so scared Ichigo..."
"Shh, it'll be ok. We'll work this out somehow..." He tried to reassure her. He remembered what Kyrin had asked of him, and it was killing him. You can't see your sister now...she needs the reassurence...he thought. God, when I see you after this, you will get your ass kicked...
"Are...are you sure?" She asked him quietly. He gave her a nod and a smile.
"C'mon, how hard can it be to bust outta this place?"
"If the guards catch you, which they most likely would because you're so damned noisy, they'd kill you on spot. Also, there isn't a single exit or entrance that isn't guarded." Kaiya stated plainly.
"Nice blow to my hopes there..." he grumbled and she chuckled.
"Princess...we must hurry!" Seara called. "We've overstayed our welcome here!"
"I'm coming." She called. Ichigo kissed her hand gently.
"It'll be ok..." he reminded her.
"Ichigo...I..."
"Princess!" Seara called, more urgently this time.
"Alright!" As she stood up, their hands leaving each other's, she smiled. "Here's a thought; think of a good name for the baby. When we meet up again, we'll see who's idea is best." Ichigo watched as the most imprtant person in his life rushed out of the dungeon before they were caught.
"I love you..." He whispered under his breath.
Nika paced back and forth in front of the door that lead to the Assembly Hall of the 13 Court Guard Squad Captains. Will they hear our plea? she wondered.
"It'll be ok Nika...they will listen to us." Nika turned around to see Kyrin leaning against the wall, zanpakuto at his side. Nka couldn't help but stare. She had grown up with the two of them and had always been attracted to the prince. But she knew her place and never made any kind of move to show how she felt. But now...it didn't seem to matter. As memories of the three of them playing and having fun together floated in her mind, she couldn't help but fall to her knees, burying her face in her hands.
"I"m so horrid..." she whispered. She could feel Kyrin place a gentle hand on her shoulder, but she just pushed it away.
"Nika..."
"She was right; she was right the entire time. It wasn't really her that was changing...it had been me. I was so used to having the two of you...you were my only family..." She said, her voice shaky as she started to cry. "But when you vanished, it tore a hole in both of us...for her, Ichigo helped fill some of the void, although it would never replace you. But for me...I thought she was leaving me...and that would have been the rest of my family."
"Didn't she offer you to come along?" Kyrin asked, sounding stunned at the thought of Kaiya not giving her the choice.
"No, she did...but I was scared. That castle was my home...I was so selfish and stupid. Home is where your family is; I should have known that..." She started crying and Kyrin pulled her as close to him as he could.
"It'll be ok Nika...we'll all be together this time; and we have many new additions, by what my sister has told you..." He whispered to her. They both jumped slightly as the door opened wide, revealing the Captains all in a line. They both stood up and took deep breaths.
"Are you ready, Kyrin?" Nika asked, her voice shaky and uneven. He smiled and placed his hand in her own. She could feel herself blushing slightly.
"Of course I am." He replied. Nika swalloed a lump in her throat as they walked in. They stopped a few feet away from the Head Captain, bowing in respect. "Head Captain, have you reached a desision?" Kyrin asked.
"Yes, we have." He replied, his voice echoing all over the place. "The Thirteen Court Guard Squads, as well as the Central 46, have reached a decree." Nika stood there, waiting in silence and anticipation.
What will they do? she wondered.
Chapter 14 end
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