Authors ramblings: oki doky! Here I go with another very odd chapter which I have no idea where it came from, ¬¬' hope it's readable enough…. Thank you all of the nice reviewers! You are too kind! *thinks* maybe there is a small teeny weenie possibility that I don't suck after all!! ¬¬' *sweat drops* naaaah!
PD: has anyone else been having trouble getting into Fanfiction.net at night or is my internet the problem…
"You should have killed us when you had the chance boy…" said a gruff voice.
Ferio looked up at the bulky men. They had barged in and wrecked his house completely. A lot more men were with him now. The truth was Ferio didn't care, there were more important things to think about. He had been sitting in the same spot since she left. A little bird made from leaves and twigs sat next to him on the bed. She had made it for him.
"Get up!" ordered the General
Without turning to the voice he delicately picked up the small bird examining it well for the first time. When she gave it to him he had said it looked odd, and gotten a poke in the ribs for it. He smiled to himself. How could he have been so stupid?! What the hell was he doing here? He should be with her… he loved her. For the first time in his life he finally understood his sister and smiled at her memory.
"Are you deaf?"
He looked up and remembered his situation. The sword was still outside, unless they had taken it. He cursed himself for being so distracted. Now he would have to depend on his speed, but there were too many men, all around the cabin. His brows knotted.
'I have to get out of here even if it costs me my life'
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Fuu came upon the cabin and stopped abruptly. Her heart still racing and her breathing fast and heavy. The door was open… not only open, but torn down. 'no, it's ok, he'll be in there, sitting in his corner just like always…' she said stepping towards the cabin.
She gasped flicking on a candle. The cabin was wrecked, the stove, the table, the little room in the back, were all in pieces and in places they were not supposed to be. But what shocked her more, was the floor. A red stain in the middle of the cabin, some hand prints with it and foot steps, a lot of them, and very large.
She was too late. Tears filled her eyes and awful thoughts invaded her mind. No wait, he is still alive, they would have left him here if they had … she shivered and headed out they door. How could they do this to her?! Make her life so miserable, take way everything she had, even love.
A fire burned inside her like nothing she had ever experienced before. She was more than just angry now. A gust of wind shot by, lifting up her hair, for some reason after the wind died down, she knew she could do anything. Save him… with this thought in mind she ran off ready for anything.
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"This is the boy." Said the general as he pushed Ferio to the throne. Kuu who was also sitting with her parents gave a small gasp. She knew this boy.
"What happened to him?" asked the King seeing the unconscious boy before him
"We found the princesses dress in his home covered in blood, when we went to go get her, he stopped us and kidnapped the princes again. When we came back today she was gone, we believe he killed her in this time. He didn't want to accompany us so we were obliged to fight back." He offered
the queen gasped and shot up "Then are you waiting for an order?! Take him down to the dungeon and tomorrow he shall die." She said halfway between tears.
Kuu turned to her mother and noticed her father did the same. This boy was Ferio. An old servant from about nine years back. he was the one who had a crush on her little sister. He could never have so much as set a hand on Fuu and she knew it. She looked to her father with pleading eyes. The king bowed his head. The boy was unconscious and they had no proof of his innocence. He raised an eyebrow looking at the general swing the boy over his shoulders. Kuu gasped. Ferio's shirt was cut open, a red stain on his back.
Kuu shot up from her seat startling her parents "May I be excused?" she said between gritted teeth.
The King nodded winking at her. She smiled at him and turned running down the hall.
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By the time Fuu reached the palace it was late, so late it was early. The usual guards were at their post and were very easy to get past. She decided to go around the back, to the dungeon that's where he probably was now. She reached a big stone wall and crouched down, pushing different rocks.
It had been such a long time she didn't remember. Her sister and her used to play around here, she was the one who showed her the small door. A loose set of blocks move about and inch and she pushed harder. They always got in trouble for playing in the dungeon with the prisoners.
It lead directly to the cells without passing the guard upstairs. She jumped down and began to feel the walls. It was very dark and she could barely see her own hand. All the cells were empty, at least they looked like it. She saw a low glimmer at the end of the hall, the last cell. There was a blue outline of a person. She could feel goose bumps on her skin.
"Ferio…?" she whispered
No answer. She knew it was him. She could feel it. But he was awfully still. Taking out a small thin wire from a pouch at her side, she began to pick the lock, after all, she was an expert at doing this. Her mother would always lock her in her room for this or that. And sure enough in a few minutes she would be out in the garden playing. When she was done she quietly made her way into the cell. Her eyes had long since adjusted to the darkness and she saw him.
He was sitting against the wall. His arms held up by chains and a lead ball at his foot. Her vision clouded thinking that this was her fault. She crouched next to him placing a delicate hand over his face.
He flinched at her touch and his eyes opened slowly. She brought his face up to hers and gave him a long, deep kiss. When she pulled away she looked up into innocent eyes and a light blush.
"What are you doing here?" he asked
"I came back for you…"
"Why? After I…" he was interrupted when a soft finger was placed over his mouth.
"Because I love you…" She surrounded him with her arms and hugged him tightly, he winced at her sudden movement.
"I'm sorry, it's just that…" he began
She didn't need an explanation. He had bruises all over his face, his neck and probably all over him. She also felt his back. his shirt had been cut and was now stiff and dry. She parted and went behind him. A long gash across almost his whole back. she fought back tears.
"I'm so sorry…" she cried
"You have a tendency to blame yourself…" he said with half a smile
"But you…" she sniffled
"I'll be ok…" he whispered
Her fists clenched and she tightened her jaw. She shook her head and gained control of herself, beginning to release his foot, they didn't have all the time in the world, and this was no time to be angry. She proceeded with his arms and
was done faster than she imagined.
When he was free, she looked to him again. Even though the cell was darker than night itself, she could still see the shine in his eyes.
"Thank you for coming back…" he said.
"I had too……"
Pushing himself against the wall Ferio managed to get to his feet. She protested and went to assist him, when his arms were suddenly around her. She gave a small sigh of relief and leaned onto him returning the embrace.
"You two are still here?!" said a third voice "Damn I have been waiting for like half an hour already! you guys are cute but you take too long."
the both looked to the cell door alarmed.
"Kuu?" whispered Fuu
"Who did you expect? Princess Rupunzel?"
the couple stared at the woman with a small pouch in her hand.
"Come on! What the hell are you waiting for?! A war call??" she urged.
"What are you doing here?" asked Fuu
"I came here to help. I thought something was going on with you two when the general came in all angry. God I hate him!"
"That makes three of us…" winced Ferio
Fuu slid Ferio's arm over her shoulders and made her way to the door. Kuu went over to help and they headed for the hole in the wall.
"I thought you might need this. I saw in what state Ferio was dragged in and figured that you wouldn't take long." She said handing Fuu the small pouch
"What is it?" she asked
"Just take it! I want you two to take good care of yourselves and please this time go further away. I never want to see you back here again, understood?" asked Kuu as they made their way out of the dungeon.
Both still stared at her and nodded
"Now look you know the grass hall? Go to the end, in the third door there's a horse waiting for you, go quietly and as quickly as you can, and please for the love of God don't get caught! Now go!" she pushed them off
Fuu hugged her sister one last time before turning around. "Thank you so much…" she whispered
Kuu urged them on and smiled as they were out of sight. "Bakas…" she said to them and turned to leave.
"Princess Kuu." Said a cold voice
She gasped.
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They arrived at the third door and effectively there was a honey colored horse with about ten bags full of who knows what.
"Your sister doesn't exactly pack light does she?" asked Ferio
"Mou! Just get on!" she said boosting him on the horse.
"Hey! It's Momo!" observed Ferio once on.
Fuu looked at the horse and smiled. It was Momo. She had known this horse all of her life and even seen when it was born. Ferio was there too along with Kuu and the stall cleaner.
he offered her a hand and winced a little. She got on an apologised.
"Will you stop saying I'm sorry?" he asked
"Gomen…"
He glared at her. She sweat dropped
"Go Momo…"
And Momo being the obedient animal he was, went. Right to the wall.
"What is he doing?" asked Ferio
Momo lifted his hoof and started scraping the wall. The SD couple watched as Momo kicked the wall a little harder.
"Momo! What are you doing? We have to go!" urged Fuu.
Momo's hoof got caught in a small slot in the wall and he pushed. The wall turned revealing a very dark cave. 'This horse knows the palace better than I do…' thought Fuu. Momo walked through the open wall and once on the other side kicked it back into it's original place, when the door had sealed shut the cave was pitch black. Momo decided that was a good time to run. He took off causing the couple to almost fall off. Grabbing onto whatever he could, Ferio reached out for his life. Unfortunately for him, the first thing at hand happened to be…
"Hentai!!" screamed Fuu
"Gomane nasai!!!!! I didn't! I just! It was an accident!" He said lowering his hands to her stomach again.
"Be thankful I can't hit you now!" she said grabbing the reigns. Up ahead she spotted a patch of green. Thank God, she was edgy about going full speed to who knows where. But obviously Momo knew this passage very well. Once out of the cave Momo went even faster
"There they are!"
"Go around the back!"
"They're headed for the forest!"
About 20 Guards on horses and 30 on foot emerged from behind them and were already on their trail.
"We have company…" noticed Ferio
Momo ran with everything he had to the forest, in the line of trees and with speed they would probably loose the soldiers on foot, but there were still the ones on horses. Surely enough by the time they made it to the bridge of the river there were no more foot men. But they still had about 20 horses behind them. Rushing past the practice field, Fuu frowned.
"Ferio take the reigns." Said Fuu slipping behind him
"Wait Fuu! What are you going to do?" he asked obeying
"Fight back…"
"Fuu!" he called out.
She had already jumped off and was rolling on the forest floor. Ferio turned Momo around and headed in her direction.
"What are you doing? Go back!" she yelled
"Do you expect me to leave you here?"
"You're hurt! You won't be able to help me at all!"
"Konbanwa strangers!" said a cheerful voice
The couple turned to the forest and found two girls looking down at them. One had fiery red hair tied in a long thin braid, she was smiling at them holding a very well made thick sword. The other had long, flowing, blue hair, waist length. She held a long thin sword that seemed could be used with great speed.
"We'll help you." seconded the one with blue hair
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A/N: well whad ya know?! The cavalry is here! ^^ jeje, this is the last chapter I post before I go on vacations…. Spring break! Two weeks! Yahoo! Eheheh, anyway I hope you guys are liking it… actually this is all I have up to now, when I first posted the story I had until like chapter 3 and this is it… I'll think of something at my sisters house… but in the meantime hang in there! Arigatou Sushigirl-sama! And don't worry about my name… like I said very common mistake…
