Chapter
4
~Later that
day~
Knock
Knock.
"Who's
there?" Yamato called, leaning his head against the door.
"Sir,
it's Taichi." Yamato nodded and opened the door for the knight.
"Good
evening Tai, what seems to be the problem?" Taichi sighed and came into the room.
"Your
highness, I have to tell you something." He wrung his hands around his cloth,
or whatever he had in his hands.
"First
off, call me Matt. Second, what is it?" Taichi sighed deeply and showed Yamato
the cloth. Yamato opened the cloth and stared at the design. It seemed like a
crest, something of a heart, but it curled in on one of the sides. The reddish
pink color reminded Yamato of the dress Sora had worn earlier today. The fabric
seemed to be ripped from a larger piece, a uniform maybe.
"And
what may I ask is this?" The prince asked, looking at the knight. Taichi sighed
again.
"That,
Yamato, is the crest of the Takenouchi Kingdom…my home." Yamato thought for a
second, and then realized what Taichi was saying.
"You
came from Sora's kingdom?" Taichi bowed his head and nodded. Yamato stared at
the young knight. "You-you're her love, aren't you?" Again, Taichi nodded.
Yamato then smiled. "That's great! Now you two can be together!" Taichi looked
up at him, a twisted smile on his face.
"Her
father hates me! He's the one that told me that I she had died in the
fire…that's why Hikari and I left, we had nothing left for us there." Yamato
nodded.
"She
thinks you are dead." Taichi's eyes widened.
"She
told you about us." Yamato nodded and then thought.
"Come
on, we have to find your princess." Taichi shook his head in defense, but
Yamato grabbed his wrists and pulled him out the door.
"This
is not a good idea Matt." Taichi said trying to pull away from the determined
prince, but Yamato was showing strength he hadn't shown before.
"Yes, it is. Sora is too wonderful of a
person to be miserable. You are going
to be together." Taichi sighed as they reached Sora's room. Yamato rapped
lightly on the door.
"Princess…I
have something for you." The door slowly opened and there stood Sora. She
looked at Yamato questioningly, but then turned to Taichi and gasped.
"Oh…"
She whispered, backing up into her room. Taichi smiled weakly and entered the
room. "Tai?" She whispered, touching his chest. "I thought you were dead…?"
Taichi nodded.
"I
was…I was away from you." Sora's eyes shined and the two embraced.
Yamato smiled and closed the door behind him.
Now,
how to tell the King?
~*~*~
Sora
and Taichi went onto the balcony of Sora's room. The sun looked as if it was
about to set, the sky melding beautiful reds, yellows, and oranges.
Sora's
heart was racing and she couldn't keep her eyes off her love, he was alive!
Taichi
stared at the princess, the princess who stole his heart.
"What
happened after the fire?" Sora asked him, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Taichi sighted and he wrapped his arms around her thin waist through her arms.
"Hikari,
Gatomon, Agumon, and I traveled many miles to the closest town…here. I met up
with the commander of the army, showed off some of my fantastic skills," He
winked and Sora giggled, falling into his chest, and he wrapping his arms
around her. "And I joined their army. Then I saved the children of the
schoolhouse from a fire…Prince Yamato and Takeru acknowledged my…braveness? And
threw me a party." He sighed and the two walked back into her room, sitting on
the bed. "Hikari and Takeru seemed to be growing…closer, so Yamato suggested
that we stay close to them, to see if something happened." Sora sighed, what a
coincidence that he came to the Ishida Kingdom, and that Hikari and Takeru fell
in love…did he say Agumon and Gatomon? Sora coughed, and looked Taichi in the
eyes.
"You
two…you two have Digimon?" Taichi nodded slowly, eyeing Sora carefully.
"Yes…why
do you ask?" Sora looked away, towards the ground, thinking.
"It's
just…it's a coincidence that you came here. You know, seeing that both of the
Ishida princes have Digimon…and Miyako and I have Digimon…I think Miyako's
advisor also has a Digimon…" Sora kept mumbling to herself as Taichi looked on.
Then he couldn't take it anymore,
"Sora,
tell me! What's the big deal about Digimon?" He placed his hand on her
shoulder. Sora looked up at him and breathed in deeply.
"You
remember how I used to read the old myths and prophecies of our country?"
Taichi thought for a moment, and then nodded. "I remember one about the
destined children and their Digimon…oh, if I only had the book with me!" She
closed her eyes. "Taichi, do you know any more people with Digimon?" Taichi nodded,
"Other
then my sister and the princes? Why yes, my good friend Daisuke has a Veemon
with him, and Lord Koushirou has a Tentomon. His maid has a Palmon, pretty
little thing," Taichi thought for a moment. "Ah, once, when I went to get my
arm sown up, for I had been slashed in battle," Sora frowned and touched his
arm. "The doctor had a Gomamon helping him, bringing in his equipment." Taichi
looked towards the ground. "Oh! And I saw a Wormmon in the flowerbed of the
Church, I don't know who it belonged to. There's also Terriermon running around
the streets of the town." Sora nodded, and was counting in her head the number
of people with Digimon, but then there was a knock at the door, causing the two
to jump.
"Your
majesty," Sora heard one of the castles many servants call. "It's time for
dinner." Sora turned to Taichi,
"When
I leave you can sneak out, I'm sorry we couldn't talk for long." She kissed him
gently on the lips. Taichi smiled and kissed her again.
"I've
missed you." He whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist. She nodded and
placed her arms around his neck.
"And
I you." And they kissed, not wanting to ever part.
~At Dinner~
"Now, how are our love birds doing?"
The King asked the princes and princesses. They all kept their eyes locked on
their food. They each were living a lie, and they had no idea how to break it
to their parents.
Takeru looked up at his brother. He had
told Yamato about Mimi being sick, and that had troubled his brother deeply.
You could see by the look on his face that he had something heavy lying on his
mind. The Queen also noticed this.
"Yamato darling, what's the matter?"
Yamato looked up at Takeru, then at his mother.
"Just. Tired, I guess. Nothing to worry
about." His mother didn't buy it.
"Now Matt, I know that look, what's
wrong?" Yamato sighed and ignored his mother, taking a sip of his drink. The
King noticed his son's reaction and exclaimed,
"You will answer your mother." He said viciously. Yamato closed his eyes
and then looked at his mother.
"Really, I'm fine." He mumbled. The Queen looked away, but the King kept his
eyes locked on his son. Yamato felt this, but he didn't let it bother him; he
kept eating.
The dinner was interrupted when the
doors flew open. They all looked up and saw Lord Koushirou and the town doctor,
Jyou Kido.
"Your majesty," Koushirou exclaimed,
running towards Yamato. "You need to come to my manor right away." Yamato's eyes widened, realizing that the situation
had something to do with Mimi. Yamato pushed himself away from the table,
knocking the chair over in the process.
"Let's go," He said, picking up the
chair. The King stood up roughly.
"Where do you think you're going in the
middle of dinner??" Yamato closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"To the manor, where does it look like
I'm going?!" Yamato screamed. Takeru gasped softly. Yamato had finally snapped
at his father. Takeru turned to the King, only to see that he was red in the
face.
"Don't you ever raise your voice
to me again!" He shouted. "Give me one good reason why I should allow you to
leave this dining room!" Yamato crossed his arms and walked backwards towards
the door.
"Because I'm going to visit my sick
wife!" And with that, he left. Everyone was shocked, the King still in the same
position he was in a minute ago.
"Did he say wife?" The Queen whispered, her hand now covering her mouth.
Koushirou and Dr. Kido shared a look, and the two raced out of the door after
the angry prince.
Sora looked across the table at Takeru.
The young prince was literally in shock; Yamato had released his secret! It
wouldn't be long until they figured out his relationship with Hikari….
"He said wife." The King mumbled,
plopping down on his sit. He looked over at Takeru. "Did you know about this?"
Takeru snapped back to reality and turned to his father. He just stared at him,
not knowing what to say. The King grew angry. "Did you know?!" He screamed,
causing Miyako and the Queen to cover their ears.
Now it was Takeru's turn to be angry.
He nodded, and snorted.
"Of course I knew! And do you want to
know how I found out?" He said, standing up and throwing his napkin on the
table. The King watched him fiercely. "I found out from the priest. What was I
doing visiting the priest?" He asked, tapping his foot and he pushing his chair
in roughly. "I WAS GETTING MARRIED!"
He yelled hysterically, storming out of the room.
The two princesses looked at each
other, then at the King and Queen. The two were shocked, not knowing what to
say. The Queen started to cry, and the King looked down at her, confused.
"Why the hell are you crying?" He
asked. The Queen sniffled and looked up at her husband.
"I missed my babies' weddings!" She
cried, sobbing into her hands. The King sighed and shook his head.
~*~*~
Takeru raced out of the castle, trying to catch up with his brother. Out of the
gates, past the guards ("Your highness?!" "Sorry!!! I'll explain later!!"), and
into the vast fields of their castle.
Down the hills towards Koushirou's
manor Takeru ran at top speed, but he still didn't see his brother. Did he run
that fast? Takeru finally reached the gates of Koushirou's manor and pushed
them open, for they where unlocked.
He noticed that the door to Koushirou's
house was wide open, but what caught his attention was the fact that Hikari was
leaning on the wall beside the door.
Takeru slowed down and stopped in front
of Hikari. Out of breath, he sank to the ground and looked up at her.
"Hello." He gasped, trying to catch his
breath. Hikari smiled and bent down also.
"Hello yourself." She laughed, patting
her husband on his back. "You're the second blonde prince that's run by here in
the past ten minutes, what, is there a fire?" Takeru laughed softly, sitting on
the ground with his arms supporting him.
"I broke my promise." He whispered,
looking up at Hikari. She seemed confused, as if she didn't know what he was
talking about. "I told my parents." Hikari's eyes widened and she too fell to
the ground.
"You what?! Takeru! How could you??"
Takeru shrugged and looked away.
"It was a spur of the moment kind of
thing. I was so angry, I don't know what came over me." He looked back at
Hikari, who had a concerned look on her face.
"What do you think he's going to do?"
She asked, as she leaned against the house. Takeru shrugged.
"He's really angry, he could do
anything." Then he heard Yamato scream inside the house. It wasn't a frightened
scream; it was something of joy. Takeru shot up and tried to go inside, but
Hikari pulled on his sleeve.
"Leave him be. I know what it's about."
Takeru looked down at her, trying to figure out the secret. Hikari just smiled
and looked away. "It's a girl thing, I'll tell you that right now." Takeru
sighed, if it was a girl thing, he was never going to get it.
Takeru slid down and sat next to Hikari,
leaning his head on her shoulder.
"It'll all be over soon." He whispered.
Hikari nodded, stroking his blonde hair.
"Hopefully."
~*~*~
"I cannot believe this! Our own sons
betrayed our country!" The King screamed. He threw one of his heavy books
across the room, causing his wife to jump in fright.
"Please dear, we'll just have to take
this into our own hands. The other Kings will understand our situation, they
both have daughters and know how rebellious young ones can be!" The King didn't
buy it.
"That's not the point!" He huffed and
sat on his desk. "The point is that they betrayed me. They went behind our
backs and got-got married! Yamato was probably the brains behind this
operation! He probably convinced poor Takeru to marry-" He stopped and thought.
"Who did they marry?" He turned to
his Queen. She thought for a moment.
"I have no idea." Then she started to
weep. "Oh! I don't even know my own daughters-in-law!" She wiped away her tears
when she realized that the King was not
happy.
"Probably some pretty peasant girls.
They probably don't even know how to say their own names, let alone spell
them!" The King grew angry. "We'll have to dispose of these wives if we want
our peace arrangements to fall through." The Queen gasped and covered her
mouth.
"Are you implying that we kill two innocent
girls?" She whispered, not believing it. The King turned away and walked
towards the door. He stopped and placed one hand upon the frame.
"Darling, I'm not implying…I'm
demanding." And he stormed out, leaving the Queen to think of what her husband
has become.
Unknown to the royalty, the royal pets,
Gabumon and Patamon were hidden under the desk, listening in on every word.
They sat shocked at the King's words.
"He-he's going to kill them!" Patamon
whispered. Gabumon nodded, rubbing his chin.
"We have to get to the princes and tell
them before it's too late!" He hissed, crawling out from under the desk, and
past the Queen. Patamon followed his friend and the two made it out of the room
unseen.
The two Digimon scurried down the
corridors of the castle, trying to find the nearest exit. They came upon a
window, and Patamon got an idea.
"I'll fly out! You keep the King busy
while I warn the boys!" Gabumon nodded and helped lift Patamon up on the window's
sill.
"You have to hurry, lives and hearts
are at stake!" Patamon nodded and shot out the window, flapping furiously to
keep himself afloat and to gain speed towards the manor.
