Chapter 8. The Katuka.
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Neal isn't the king's nephew, I just made that up because I had to say something and I couldn't think what! (Sorry!) Yeah I forgot to mention this too, look I know Chis is supposed to have died in an earthquake but I just pretended that never happened! I hope you guys like this chapter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Look, he was really nice to me that day and he came to my room to ask me for some help with Shang fighting and…well, you know…one thing just led to another I suppose" Chis said. "Besides he seems so nice! I really don't see any harm in me being with him, and anyway you don't have the right to tell me not to be with him," She added. "Chis he is the type of person who would do that, and more to every girl he meets! Not me because I'm not pretty like you and he thought I was stupid wanting to become a knight but I didn't think you of all people would be taken in by it, besides, may I remind you that you are getting married to one of my friends next year" Kel yelled at her, "now in my eyes you seem just as bad as Joren!!! How could you do this? To me and to Roald. I know that you didn't know what his personality was like, but I never thought you would do this to Roald at the very least!!!" Kel was hysterical at this stage. (I think you can notice that!)
"Listen Mindelan I don't know who you think you are! You can't just go around telling me how to live my life! I can make my own decisions, I have authority and I am a princess! What if I don't want to marry your precious friend Roald? But I guess I don't have a choice do I? No I don't! You're always on about how it isn't fair on Roald but do you ever think about me? Oh No!!! Did it ever cross your mind that I might not want to marry Roald? No wonder Neal's fighting with you! Anyone would because you are the most annoying, irritating bitch I have ever known!" Chis screamed back at her.
"You know what Chis?" Kel said quietly, "sometimes I can't believe that you are my best friend, and I can't believe" – she was speaking even slower now – "that you just used authority on me!" Kel hissed. Chis stumbled backwards onto the bed – she had gotten to her feet in her rage – and said in a weak, scared sort of voice, "I didn't did I? I…I couldn't have" she put her hand up to her throat as if trying to block any more words from coming out of her mouth. She never used authority on anyone least of all her best friend
"I…I'm so sorry" she whispered, "I…didn't mean…any of that stuff…it just came out!" she was almost crying now. "Chis it's o.k. Just never, ever do that again," Kel said firmly. "I don't know what came over me, it's just…" Chis swallowed, she couldn't go on. "It's fine, just stay away from him, ignore him if you have to, that's my advice" Kel said. Chis nodded. "Is there anything we can do to get our minds off this whole matter?" Kel said. "Fan toss?" Chis managed to squeak out.
Fan toss was a game played in the Yamani islands. What happened was the people playing tried to keep the fan up in the air for as long as you can. It was very hard and extremely dangerous, seeing as you played with a katuka.
A katuka looked exactly like a fan but was really a deadly weapon. The Yamanis travelled a lot and seeing as in the Yamani islands women were expected to fight and in other countries they weren't allowed to, if they were rich or just plain worried that someone might attack them the women carried a katuka. It was very heavy and its edge was made of steel so you could easily cut someone, or even yourself! But women trained themselves how to use them and very rarely hurt themselves.
The two young women went out into the practice courts and along the way invited Lalasa and Yakushi –who was Chis's personal servant – to come with them. They had to teach Lalasa how to play, but they were soon ready for the game. Soon enough the fan was being tossed about in the air, barely having time to come down to one of the girls hands. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye Kel saw Neal staring at them, and turned to look at him, and so she missed the katuka when it was coming down. It fell to the ground with a loud thump. Kel realised what had happened and thought to herself: thank you mother goddess for not harming any of us. All the girls were horrified that Kel had dropped the fan.
After the game the girls went back to their rooms to get changed for dinner, and as Chis pointed out gleefully "the ball is next week!!!" Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the ball, Kel thought, I suppose I'll have to wear a dress! This made her think of something. "Chis? Do you know anything about a dress being sent to me? A Yamani one?" "Of course I do!" Chis replied, "I sent it!" "You sent it! But why?" Kel exclaimed. "I dunno, I just thought it would be nice!" Chis answered, shrugging. Kel sighed and shook her head; there was just no arguing with princess Chisakami!
In the mess they all lined up to get their food. Joren was behind Chis, and Kel could see him burying his face in her hair, she couldn't see if he was kissing her neck or smelling her hair but both seemed equally bad. Chis shook her head angrily and Kel gave Joren a glare. He gave her one back in return, this one said 'I'm gonna kill you for this!' Kel just tossed her head calmly and ignored him, which made him even angrier.
During dinner, Kel and Neal still weren't talking to each other and Kel could see him flirting horribly with Chis who flirted back a little, if a bit uncertainly. Why does he have to do this, she kept asking herself in her head, over and over and over again. At one point they were all laughing at a joke being made by the clownish Cleon. Kel dared a look at Neal, he met her eye and his eyes went steely and cold, he scowled at her. She sighed inside; she was not going to let him see that she was upset, so she put her Yamani mask on. It wiped off any signs of emotion that were showing on her face. She started fiddling with her napkin. What was happening? She was never like this, nervous or worried. Soon she had paper pieces of napkin all over her dress. She couldn't take it anymore, sitting down and not talking to anyone. Watching Neal try and put her down purposely. She waited for Wyldon to dismiss them, getting more and more impatient. Finally he dismissed them all and she quickly excused herself and walked quickly from the room.
She walked back to her room slowly. She got to the door, put her special magical key into the lock, turned it right, whispered her name and walked in. Lalasa was sitting, working on a dress when she got in. Oddly enough when she saw Kel she quickly put her work behind her back and greeted Kel without getting up. "How was dinner Kel?" she asked. "Awful, Neal's never gonna talk to me again and I can't stand it!" Kel said angrily and plopped down on her bed. "Meanwhile I am going to sleep," she said. And under her breath she added "and I hope I never wake up!" and within two seconds she was snoring gently to herself.
Unbeknown to her Lal smiled gently and reached behind her back and drew out something… (I'm not going to tell you what! But I promise you'll find out later!!!) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I'm so sorry, this fanfic is really bad, I just can't think of any ideas. I might not continue, because I'm not getting many reviews and I don't know what's going to happen in it! If you want me to continue, please review and tell me so and I might change my mind Bye!!!
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Neal isn't the king's nephew, I just made that up because I had to say something and I couldn't think what! (Sorry!) Yeah I forgot to mention this too, look I know Chis is supposed to have died in an earthquake but I just pretended that never happened! I hope you guys like this chapter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Look, he was really nice to me that day and he came to my room to ask me for some help with Shang fighting and…well, you know…one thing just led to another I suppose" Chis said. "Besides he seems so nice! I really don't see any harm in me being with him, and anyway you don't have the right to tell me not to be with him," She added. "Chis he is the type of person who would do that, and more to every girl he meets! Not me because I'm not pretty like you and he thought I was stupid wanting to become a knight but I didn't think you of all people would be taken in by it, besides, may I remind you that you are getting married to one of my friends next year" Kel yelled at her, "now in my eyes you seem just as bad as Joren!!! How could you do this? To me and to Roald. I know that you didn't know what his personality was like, but I never thought you would do this to Roald at the very least!!!" Kel was hysterical at this stage. (I think you can notice that!)
"Listen Mindelan I don't know who you think you are! You can't just go around telling me how to live my life! I can make my own decisions, I have authority and I am a princess! What if I don't want to marry your precious friend Roald? But I guess I don't have a choice do I? No I don't! You're always on about how it isn't fair on Roald but do you ever think about me? Oh No!!! Did it ever cross your mind that I might not want to marry Roald? No wonder Neal's fighting with you! Anyone would because you are the most annoying, irritating bitch I have ever known!" Chis screamed back at her.
"You know what Chis?" Kel said quietly, "sometimes I can't believe that you are my best friend, and I can't believe" – she was speaking even slower now – "that you just used authority on me!" Kel hissed. Chis stumbled backwards onto the bed – she had gotten to her feet in her rage – and said in a weak, scared sort of voice, "I didn't did I? I…I couldn't have" she put her hand up to her throat as if trying to block any more words from coming out of her mouth. She never used authority on anyone least of all her best friend
"I…I'm so sorry" she whispered, "I…didn't mean…any of that stuff…it just came out!" she was almost crying now. "Chis it's o.k. Just never, ever do that again," Kel said firmly. "I don't know what came over me, it's just…" Chis swallowed, she couldn't go on. "It's fine, just stay away from him, ignore him if you have to, that's my advice" Kel said. Chis nodded. "Is there anything we can do to get our minds off this whole matter?" Kel said. "Fan toss?" Chis managed to squeak out.
Fan toss was a game played in the Yamani islands. What happened was the people playing tried to keep the fan up in the air for as long as you can. It was very hard and extremely dangerous, seeing as you played with a katuka.
A katuka looked exactly like a fan but was really a deadly weapon. The Yamanis travelled a lot and seeing as in the Yamani islands women were expected to fight and in other countries they weren't allowed to, if they were rich or just plain worried that someone might attack them the women carried a katuka. It was very heavy and its edge was made of steel so you could easily cut someone, or even yourself! But women trained themselves how to use them and very rarely hurt themselves.
The two young women went out into the practice courts and along the way invited Lalasa and Yakushi –who was Chis's personal servant – to come with them. They had to teach Lalasa how to play, but they were soon ready for the game. Soon enough the fan was being tossed about in the air, barely having time to come down to one of the girls hands. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye Kel saw Neal staring at them, and turned to look at him, and so she missed the katuka when it was coming down. It fell to the ground with a loud thump. Kel realised what had happened and thought to herself: thank you mother goddess for not harming any of us. All the girls were horrified that Kel had dropped the fan.
After the game the girls went back to their rooms to get changed for dinner, and as Chis pointed out gleefully "the ball is next week!!!" Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the ball, Kel thought, I suppose I'll have to wear a dress! This made her think of something. "Chis? Do you know anything about a dress being sent to me? A Yamani one?" "Of course I do!" Chis replied, "I sent it!" "You sent it! But why?" Kel exclaimed. "I dunno, I just thought it would be nice!" Chis answered, shrugging. Kel sighed and shook her head; there was just no arguing with princess Chisakami!
In the mess they all lined up to get their food. Joren was behind Chis, and Kel could see him burying his face in her hair, she couldn't see if he was kissing her neck or smelling her hair but both seemed equally bad. Chis shook her head angrily and Kel gave Joren a glare. He gave her one back in return, this one said 'I'm gonna kill you for this!' Kel just tossed her head calmly and ignored him, which made him even angrier.
During dinner, Kel and Neal still weren't talking to each other and Kel could see him flirting horribly with Chis who flirted back a little, if a bit uncertainly. Why does he have to do this, she kept asking herself in her head, over and over and over again. At one point they were all laughing at a joke being made by the clownish Cleon. Kel dared a look at Neal, he met her eye and his eyes went steely and cold, he scowled at her. She sighed inside; she was not going to let him see that she was upset, so she put her Yamani mask on. It wiped off any signs of emotion that were showing on her face. She started fiddling with her napkin. What was happening? She was never like this, nervous or worried. Soon she had paper pieces of napkin all over her dress. She couldn't take it anymore, sitting down and not talking to anyone. Watching Neal try and put her down purposely. She waited for Wyldon to dismiss them, getting more and more impatient. Finally he dismissed them all and she quickly excused herself and walked quickly from the room.
She walked back to her room slowly. She got to the door, put her special magical key into the lock, turned it right, whispered her name and walked in. Lalasa was sitting, working on a dress when she got in. Oddly enough when she saw Kel she quickly put her work behind her back and greeted Kel without getting up. "How was dinner Kel?" she asked. "Awful, Neal's never gonna talk to me again and I can't stand it!" Kel said angrily and plopped down on her bed. "Meanwhile I am going to sleep," she said. And under her breath she added "and I hope I never wake up!" and within two seconds she was snoring gently to herself.
Unbeknown to her Lal smiled gently and reached behind her back and drew out something… (I'm not going to tell you what! But I promise you'll find out later!!!) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I'm so sorry, this fanfic is really bad, I just can't think of any ideas. I might not continue, because I'm not getting many reviews and I don't know what's going to happen in it! If you want me to continue, please review and tell me so and I might change my mind Bye!!!
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