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Notes: This will be sorta an obligatory shorter chapter, if you will. I don't feel like typing a really long chapter this week, since I was doing rewrites. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kei slowly awoke the next morning. Almost immediately, she looked for Tasuki. He wasn't there, but then she remembered that Tasuki said he'd leave after she fell asleep. She had cried out a bunch of her problems to him. Then he began to kiss her and she forgot all her problems for that hour that they were together.
"*Damn, what a man…" Kei climbed out of bed and got dressed. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Taki woke up smiling. She remembered her nice time with Hotohori. She sat in front of her mirror, staring at herself. As she put on some eye shadow, she noticed her eyes. She had always been known for how icy her eyes were, but they were changing. She reached into her bag and pulled out a picture of her family before her father left. Her eye color was a deep ocean blue.
"I really have changed." She set down her brush. "And I think it was Hotohori who started it." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chichiri woke up before Lily. He felt his face flush. He had stayed in her room the whole night and not realized it.
"She looks so peaceful, na no da…" He ran his fingers through her soft hair. "I hate to wake her though…"
After sitting there for a few minutes, Lily began to wake up. She sat up and smiled at him. "You stayed…"
"Well, I couldn't leave." They both stood up.
Lily picked up her glove off the bad and put it back on. "It feels weird…"
"What does, no da?"
"I never thought I'd tell anyone about this…" She held up her hand. "But it kinda felt right too…"
Chichiri smiled and hugged her. Lily leaned into his arms. "You don't have any regrets, right, no da?"
"Right." She closed her eyes and stood in Chichiri's arms until he let go.
"I should go back to my room, no da." He put his mask back on.
"I know." Lily sighed as Chichiri disappeared into his kasa. She really hadn't wanted him to leave yet.
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After breakfast, everyone roamed around the palace. No one really had anything to do. Taka was more than pissed off at Kei since he found out what Kei had done to his car. Kei couldn't care less about what he said to her. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
All was not well in Kutou though. Nakago stood in front of a large group of cloaked soldiers.
"Well men, I'm sending you all out to carry out the mission now. Get that girl and she must be alive. If anyone gets in the way, don't hesitate to kill them. We must not fail. Our future depends on it."
All the soldiers nodded and disappeared from the meeting room in that weird way Kutou soldiers do.
Yui stood in the doorway. "I can't believe you Nakago. You won't get away with it. They'll stop you."
He smiled evilly. "I highly doubt that. This will succeed."
"You're wasting your 2nd chance at life. Why bother?"
Nakago said nothing. He just turned around and left the room. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In Konan, everyone was in the gardens. It seemed like a relaxing day, but no one really knew what was about to happen. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
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The day was so calm, but everything was shattered when the soldiers from Kutou appeared in the gardens. Everyone freaked out when two of the soldiers appeared behind Kei and grabbed her.
"Let go of me!!" Kei struggled hard against their grips but they held her tightly. More soldiers surrounded her so the seishi couldn't get to her.
Everyone began to fight the soldiers, but Tasuki went straight for the center of the circle where Kei was being held.
He was too late though. The two men that had her disappeared right as he got to the center.
As soon as they were gone, the other soldiers left as well. The group had killed a few of the men, but not enough.
Tasuki felt to his knees. He was stunned. She had been there one second, then suddenly in one big episode of commotion, she was gone. He clenched his fists. "Shit!" 'I can't believe that just happened. It was so fast… If I had just been paying attention…it was such a quiet day, so I let my guard down and she got taken. It's my fault, but I will get her back and Nakago will die for this. I know he's behind this…' ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Bum Bum Bum… Cliffhanger me thinks? Maybe? Slightly? Sorry there isn't more, you'll just have to wait. That was like the shortest one yet… Fanfiction.net has been very unfriendly to me lately.
No, I'm not the greatest drama writer ever, so this wasn't my greatest moment. La dee da… Umm, did everyone reread chapters 3&4 since I changed them?
Ah, feel free the talk to IM me or e-mail. ShadowHawk225@aol.com. I like to talk to people.
Oh well…until next time!
Ja'ne!
~*~Shadow Hawk~*~