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Chapter Six

Fuu dressed for bed, putting on a sheer silk pale green night gown. She slide on the matching robe and went out on the balcony, just as she had every night since she had returned home. There out on the balcony, she said a prayer for her beloved.

"Please Ferio, don't die for what I have done." She whispered into the cold night air.

She ignored the chill of the night and stared up at the stars. The bright light of the stars reminded Fuu of Ferio's smile. And the way they twinkled reminded her of his sweet laughter. A single tear rolled down her cheek and fell upon the gray stone of the balcony ledge. Another tear soon fallowed, and another after that.

The cold soon made Fuu retreat to her room and she closed the doors to the balcony. Fuu slide under the covers of her dark green sheets. They were soft yet cold, as all things seemed in the castle she once called home. It was now her prison.

With no more tears left to shed, she sighed loudly. The white walls of her room cast the shadow of a girl, morning the loss of happiness and lives she valued more then any gold or jewel.

Fuu closed her eyes, and hoped she'd never wake, forever dreaming, forever living. Suddenly her eyes snapped opened. Warm arms rapped around Fuu's shoulder.

"I couldn't stay away any longer," Ferio whispered.

"Oh Ferio.... I thought I'd never see you again!" Fuu cooed softly.

She rolled over and snuggled against his warm clothed chest. "But how did you get in?" Fuu asked.

Ferio laughed lightly. "I climbed up the side of the castle with a pick and rope."

"Ferio-chan, I love you. I never meant for it to be this way. And I'm sorry I never told you. I didn't want you to think of me as anything more than a girl who loved you."

"Oh Fuu-chan you silly girl. I blame you for none of this. And I said you need not share your secrets with me. I also wanna tell you thanks for making me happier than I ever dreamed possible."

Fuu smiled and looked into his eyes. "Ferio-chan, I am carrying our child."

"Oh Fuu-chan! You are with child?!" Ferio gasped and he dare not listen for the answer.

Ferio kissed her passionately, a passion of a man that could be no happier.

"Ferio-chan, my father wishes to kill you." Fuu whispered. "It would be best for you to leave before daybreak."

Ferio looked into Fuu's now dimming eyes, the thrill of their meeting fading away as worries consumed her. Her body seemed stiff and her eyes brimmed with wavering tears.

"I won't leave," Ferio replied as he kissed her. "Each kiss more sweeter then the last. It was painful not being able to kiss your divine lips and look into your beautiful eyes."

Fuu blushed. "You must stop, with each word you cut into my heart."

"Oh please Fuu-chan, one more night with you and I swear I will be gone." Ferio replied.

"If they find you, they will kill you." Fuu whispered.

She did not have the courage nor the heart to tell him that their child too will die.

"But I am glad to be back in your arms." Fuu whispered.

Ferio caressed he face gently and kissed her lips. Soon the cold night alone in bed was fiery passion beneath the sheets. Sparks much hotter than anything in the glowing fire place...

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Lii mean while sat awake by a dying fire light. He worried about Fuu's health, for she seemed to grow paler with each days passing. A very beautiful and willful girl, a perfect woman to sit by his side as his queen.

He considered checking on her the lady faired, but worried he'd awaken her like the night before, and again face a flying object.

"Soon Fuu, your love for me will bloom as mine has for you." Lii whispered as the last ember in the hearth burned out.