Chapter 25: Impressed Father
King Kano enters the room that was Princess Anysia's quarters with her friend and loyal servant Orella sitting on the floor, a cloth in her hand as she cleaned the marble ground beneath her.
"Anysia, my dear, I need to speak with you." King Kano looks at his daughter, who was sitting on her bed.
Anysia gets up from her bed and walks to her father, "What is it father?" she implored with a pained, worried voice that emulated in her golden eyes.
"You have been betrothed to someone." King Kano proclaimed in a stern voice to his daughter.
"To who father?" The pained tone quickly changed to anger that was reflected in her eyes.
"To Prince Ukon from our southern enemy..." He was still stern with his daughter, showing no sign of flinching or anything.
Orella looks up from the ground to King Kano and Princess Anysia as she clenches the cloth tightly in her hand.
Anysia looks over to Orella knowing it wasn't polite to talk with her father about this matter with her in the room, "Orella, you are dismissed."
Orella stands up and bows her head to Anysia, "As you wish my lady." With that, she leaves the room to give the King and Princess some alone time as she needed to go find someone anyways.
Anysia now looks back at her father, "What is the agreement you have with this Prince...?" She asked with anger still reflected in her ocherous eyes.
"The agreement was a treaty in exchange for your betrothal to Prince Ukon." King Kano says as he attempts to put a hand on the princess' cheek. however, his hand was quickly swatted away.
"You agreed with that Prince for what, a month of freedom?! I thought my title and I were worth more than that." Anysia's voice reflected hate and her eyes reflecting a fire in them that could burn holes through anyone she peered at, making the King flinch.
"Your duty is to ensure the safety of our people, as the King you do as I tell you to do and you better like it!" King Kano bellows at Anysia.
Anysia didn't flinch. she stood her ground, having one last thing to say to her father. "I will never love a man that killed my Mother, your Queen 12 years ago!" Anysia avowed to her father, angrily storming past him and out of the room.
Once Anysia leaves, King Kano looks down and sighs. "She is right that this man killed my love, but what other choice is left for the safety of my people...and the safety of my daughter?" King Kano whispers into the empty room before he turns and walks out.
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The camera shifts to a night scene outside of the castle with a lady standing with a man in front of her.
"How could you get betrothed to her! I thought you loved me!" the woman barked at the man.
"My dear Orella, I do love you and only you." Prince Ukon put his hand on her cheek, "I want this land, but to get it I need to get rid of that Brat."
Orella leans her head into his hand. "How will you get rid of her my Lord?"
A smirk creeps onto Prince Ukon's face, "I will kill her after our marriage, then this land will be all mine to control and that foolish King won't be able to stop me."
"And what will you do with me?" Orella looks up to her Prince, sadness reflecting in her eyes.
"I will make you my Queen and then you will be in your rightful place, my sweet Orella." Prince Ukon says with a smile on his face while looking at Orella.
Orella smirks, "How can I help make that happen my Lord?"
"Just watch that brat and tell me if anything happens that could possibly destroy my plan when it comes time to put it into place." He insinuated, His smile turning to a smirk.
"As you wish my Lord. "Orella says before Prince Ukon leans down and kisses Orella to show the passion those two share.
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"CUT!" Director Konoe yells, starting to review the footage to ensure it had the desired results, "That was amazing...Both scenes went fantastic and we only have one scene left to do. For now, you should all take an hour break.." he yells again as it was nearing 5 o'clock and he knew that everyone deserved a break.
Kyoko and Kuu walked over to the sidelines where Ren and Yashiro were standing, waiting for the two to return to after their shot.
Yashiro hands Kyoko a bottle of water with a smile on his face, "Here you go Kyoko-chan." He says then continues after a moment, "I have to say that scene was really amazing...I could really feel the anger and hate."
Kyoko takes the bottle and smiles, "Thank you Yashiro-san." She takes a sip of water when she heard her father speak.
"I am very impressed Kyoko, you were so convincing in that role...it suits you perfectly. I'm going to miss acting with you, my dear," Kuu remarked honestly as he felt like the scene wasn't completely her acting on her part. It made the scene feel so perfect and natural; it was like she was leading him, which for someone of his status it was very rare.
Kyoko was very happy to hear her father say he was impressed. Her past with her real parent was rough; it was like she was never able to impress him no matter how hard she tried. Even though he praised her for everything she did back in LA, this somehow seemed different. She was finally acting alongside her father on the same level. "Thank you very much father, and I will miss acting with you as well, but we still have one scene left together." She replies, smiling. Kuu returns her smile.
Ren looks at his father and Kyoko as he was truly happy that his father was impressed with her like he was always impressed with her talents; he knew they were indeed on the same level as actors. "Mogami-san, you are very impressive I look forward to our scenes together."
Kyoko blushes slightly, "Well that doesn't start for about 4 more days, Tsuruga-san." She answered, but then her hand was taken by Ren.
"Well, your highness, the wait to have you in a scene with me seems positively unbearable." Ren says then kisses the top of her hand, which causes a shocked look on Yashiro's face and a smirk from Kuu who knew the kiss wasn't just an act, but Ren wanting to show some affection to Kyoko.
Kyoko sees that Ren is acting, so she goes with it and pulls her hand away from him. "You disrespect me and my abilities warrior...I will teach you a lesson." She stated the way Anysia would say it.
Ren then pulls Kyoko into a hug and continues to go with the act, "Your highness, please don't hurt me too severely, I never meant to underestimate you...I beg you give me mercy." Ren then kisses the top of her head, giving into a little more of his wants also forgetting how much exposed skin there was in the costume.
Kuu starts to laugh at how the two were acting, also knowing Kyoko was still oblivious to notice the affection wasn't an act but Ren losing a tiny bit of control. "OK, OK, you two drop the act its break time. We should go eat something, I am starving." He lets out a groan.
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They all start laughing as they walk to the café to have something to eat and regain their strength. They talk about the next scene which would be the last one with Kuu, But the whole time Ren was thinking to himself truly wondering if he will make it through the filming of this movie without losing all control; he knows he was already beginning to slip every moment he has Kyoko close to him.