Part 7:
Taichi's face was black as he and Sora were lead into Yamato's throne room. He stared blankly ahead, his emotions covered. Sora, on the other hand, was crying. "What are we going to do, Taichi?" she asked.
Taichi didn't say anything as he followed the royal guard.
Sora started to panic, struggling against the bonds that held her hands together. Taichi seemed catatonic, if he lost it, what hope did she have?
After an eternity, they finally reached the throne room. Yamato was seated with a stern and merciless gaze. Takeru was next to him, with the same gaze on his face. KEn was on the other side, with a more concerned look.
On the side of the great hall was Koushiro, holding a crying Hikari's hand. Yolei was next to Koushiro, sharing his same worried look.
Taichi and Sora knelt in front of Yamato. "Taichi Kamiya, Sora Takenouchi," he said, in a angered voice,"Are you aware that it is against the law for a person of power to see a commoner, much less, a servant?!"
"Yes sir," Taichi said, unemotional.
"You idiot!" Ken said to himself,"You might have been able to plead innocent if you didn't know the law! Now, you're doomed! And if you're gone, so are we."
Yamato nodded,"Very well. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
Sora started crying, so Taichi spoke,"I have just this to say, I don't care what you do, but we will find a way to be together. It is wrong to make a law that says who someone can marry and can't! A person should be able to love who he or she chooses! I love this woman, and I don't care what you do, I will still love her!"
Yamato thought for a moment. "Very well, Taichi Kamiya, Sora Takenouchi, you are hereby exiled from this kingdom! You have one hour to get ready, then the guards with 'escort' you out!"
Hikari started crying, and Ken slammed his fist into his seat. "Darn it!" he said,"There's got to be something I can do!"
"Well," Koushiro said, watching Taichi pack up his stuff,"if you're leaving, then so am I."
"No," Taichi said, placing a hand on his friends shoulder,"You're going to stay here. Work with Yolei and Hikari, you three will be my contacts here, understood?"
Koushiro nodded,"What are you going to do?"
Taichi slipped his sword into the belt,"Just because I no longer have a place to call home, doesn't mean I'm going to let Apoaclymon get his way. I'm going after those keys."
"But what if Joe and Cody don't welcome you with open arms?"
"I'll do it in disguise, then," Taichi said, as if it was common knowledge.
"Okay," Koushiro said, grabbing a bag,"But, are you sure you and Sora will be able to get across the desert?"
"We won't find out until we try."
"You're forgetting me," Hikari said, exiting her room with a pile of bags.
"Hikari," Taichi said, sternly,"No."
"Taichi," Hkari said,"I have never disobeyed you before, but I'm doing it now! I am going with you! Besides, without Mimi here, I don't have a purpose!"
"Your purpose is to live!" he said.
"Oh, and Sora's isn't?" she asked, smugly.
Taichi hesitated for a moment,"All right," he said,"Let's go."
The three of them started to walk down the stairs, when a voice cried out,"Hikari!"
"Taichi, Koushiro," Hikari said,"I'll be down in a moment, please wait for me."
"As you wish," Taichi said.
After he and Koushiro were gone, Hikari turned around and faced Takeru. "What do you want?" she asked, hate dripping from every word.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked.
"I'm going with my brother," she said.
"But," Takeru asked,"I thought you were going to stay with me."
She nearly laughed,"I'm going with two people who are my family! You will never be family!"
"Hikari," he said,"I'm sorry, but I'm the Prince of this country, I have to enforce the laws."
"You couldn't even leave two people alone who are in love?" she asked.
"No," he said.
"And that's why you won't be family, good bye, Takeru," she said, walking down the stairs.
Taichi followed the royal guard, Sora and Hikari directly behind him. They reached the gates of the kingdom, when they saw Ken sitting there on his horse.
"Lord Ken!" the head guard said, saluting him.
He nodded,"I'll show them out. You are dismissed."
The guard nodded, leaving.
Ken turned to Taichi," I understand that you will be journeying to the uncovered city?"
He nodded,"Yes, that is right."
"Good," Ken said, smiling,"I will do what I can to see if I can get King Yamato to raise his decision."
"Thank you," Taichi said.
Ken opened the gate,"Don't get yourselves killed, okay?"
"I'll try," Taichi said, as Ken shut the gate.
Sora and Hikari snuggled against each other. "I-I-I-I n-n-n-never thought it got so c-c-c-old in the d-d-d-desert!" Sora shivered.
"N-n-n-n-neither dd-d-d-did I," Hikari said.
The two of them where squeezing each other so tight that they might pop. They had layers of blankets on top of each other, and they were so close to the fire that they might get burned.
Taichi, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly, far from the fire, and just a thin quilt. "H-h-h-h-how can he sit there like t-t-t-that?" Sora asked.
"He's gone through extensive training," Hikari said,"He can handle almost any environment. You should read some of his journals."
"Oh, well, I..uh..."
"Oh," Hikari said, blushing,"I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so embarrassed! Well, one day, I'll teach you how to read and write, okay?"
"S-s-s-s-sure."
Just then, Taichi opened his eyes,"Please keep it quiet. We need to be at full strenght for tomorrow."
to be continued....
Taichi's face was black as he and Sora were lead into Yamato's throne room. He stared blankly ahead, his emotions covered. Sora, on the other hand, was crying. "What are we going to do, Taichi?" she asked.
Taichi didn't say anything as he followed the royal guard.
Sora started to panic, struggling against the bonds that held her hands together. Taichi seemed catatonic, if he lost it, what hope did she have?
After an eternity, they finally reached the throne room. Yamato was seated with a stern and merciless gaze. Takeru was next to him, with the same gaze on his face. KEn was on the other side, with a more concerned look.
On the side of the great hall was Koushiro, holding a crying Hikari's hand. Yolei was next to Koushiro, sharing his same worried look.
Taichi and Sora knelt in front of Yamato. "Taichi Kamiya, Sora Takenouchi," he said, in a angered voice,"Are you aware that it is against the law for a person of power to see a commoner, much less, a servant?!"
"Yes sir," Taichi said, unemotional.
"You idiot!" Ken said to himself,"You might have been able to plead innocent if you didn't know the law! Now, you're doomed! And if you're gone, so are we."
Yamato nodded,"Very well. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
Sora started crying, so Taichi spoke,"I have just this to say, I don't care what you do, but we will find a way to be together. It is wrong to make a law that says who someone can marry and can't! A person should be able to love who he or she chooses! I love this woman, and I don't care what you do, I will still love her!"
Yamato thought for a moment. "Very well, Taichi Kamiya, Sora Takenouchi, you are hereby exiled from this kingdom! You have one hour to get ready, then the guards with 'escort' you out!"
Hikari started crying, and Ken slammed his fist into his seat. "Darn it!" he said,"There's got to be something I can do!"
"Well," Koushiro said, watching Taichi pack up his stuff,"if you're leaving, then so am I."
"No," Taichi said, placing a hand on his friends shoulder,"You're going to stay here. Work with Yolei and Hikari, you three will be my contacts here, understood?"
Koushiro nodded,"What are you going to do?"
Taichi slipped his sword into the belt,"Just because I no longer have a place to call home, doesn't mean I'm going to let Apoaclymon get his way. I'm going after those keys."
"But what if Joe and Cody don't welcome you with open arms?"
"I'll do it in disguise, then," Taichi said, as if it was common knowledge.
"Okay," Koushiro said, grabbing a bag,"But, are you sure you and Sora will be able to get across the desert?"
"We won't find out until we try."
"You're forgetting me," Hikari said, exiting her room with a pile of bags.
"Hikari," Taichi said, sternly,"No."
"Taichi," Hkari said,"I have never disobeyed you before, but I'm doing it now! I am going with you! Besides, without Mimi here, I don't have a purpose!"
"Your purpose is to live!" he said.
"Oh, and Sora's isn't?" she asked, smugly.
Taichi hesitated for a moment,"All right," he said,"Let's go."
The three of them started to walk down the stairs, when a voice cried out,"Hikari!"
"Taichi, Koushiro," Hikari said,"I'll be down in a moment, please wait for me."
"As you wish," Taichi said.
After he and Koushiro were gone, Hikari turned around and faced Takeru. "What do you want?" she asked, hate dripping from every word.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked.
"I'm going with my brother," she said.
"But," Takeru asked,"I thought you were going to stay with me."
She nearly laughed,"I'm going with two people who are my family! You will never be family!"
"Hikari," he said,"I'm sorry, but I'm the Prince of this country, I have to enforce the laws."
"You couldn't even leave two people alone who are in love?" she asked.
"No," he said.
"And that's why you won't be family, good bye, Takeru," she said, walking down the stairs.
Taichi followed the royal guard, Sora and Hikari directly behind him. They reached the gates of the kingdom, when they saw Ken sitting there on his horse.
"Lord Ken!" the head guard said, saluting him.
He nodded,"I'll show them out. You are dismissed."
The guard nodded, leaving.
Ken turned to Taichi," I understand that you will be journeying to the uncovered city?"
He nodded,"Yes, that is right."
"Good," Ken said, smiling,"I will do what I can to see if I can get King Yamato to raise his decision."
"Thank you," Taichi said.
Ken opened the gate,"Don't get yourselves killed, okay?"
"I'll try," Taichi said, as Ken shut the gate.
Sora and Hikari snuggled against each other. "I-I-I-I n-n-n-never thought it got so c-c-c-old in the d-d-d-desert!" Sora shivered.
"N-n-n-n-neither dd-d-d-did I," Hikari said.
The two of them where squeezing each other so tight that they might pop. They had layers of blankets on top of each other, and they were so close to the fire that they might get burned.
Taichi, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly, far from the fire, and just a thin quilt. "H-h-h-h-how can he sit there like t-t-t-that?" Sora asked.
"He's gone through extensive training," Hikari said,"He can handle almost any environment. You should read some of his journals."
"Oh, well, I..uh..."
"Oh," Hikari said, blushing,"I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so embarrassed! Well, one day, I'll teach you how to read and write, okay?"
"S-s-s-s-sure."
Just then, Taichi opened his eyes,"Please keep it quiet. We need to be at full strenght for tomorrow."
to be continued....