Chapter 5
A/N: Ok- long chapter should hold you for a while… right? Hopefully. Anyway- sorry for taking so long- well it actually wasn't too long of a wait… Thanks for the reviews and all! I luv you people!
And here's the next chapter-
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Time seemed to go by slowly. As it did so too did periods of extreme heat and utter cold. The pain had eased up gradually but she still laid in darkness. Faces of her brothers and then those elite soldiers flashed in her mind.
'Goodbye dearest daughter.' her father's voice echoes through her head.
"No" She moaned. "NO, father…no… NO!" She cried sitting straight up.
The first thing she noticed was her surroundings. She was no longer in her home, or on the open field traveling, but in a large room. Sora found herself lying in a bed five times bigger than any bed she had ever seen. The white sheets were of expensive silks and there was a see through lace canopy surrounding the bed. A slight breeze moved the curtains. Her hands went to her side and found it bandaged and cleaned. The swelling and colors had gone down and for that she was glad.
"So you're awake?" A gentle voice called as someone entered the room. Her long brown locks were pulled back in a high ponytail. As Sora looked the woman over, she noticed the large bulge in her stomach signifying she was with child.
Putting her hands on her head, Sora tried to rub away the dull throbbing as the woman came closer. Drawing back the bed curtains, she sat on the side of the bed.
"W…where am I?" Sora moaned.
"You are in the capital city of the Kamiya kingdom. This is your room in the palace…"
"How long? Who are you?" Sora murmured trying to piece together her last few memories.
"My name is Lady Mimi Ishada. But you may call me Mimi. We were worried about you, especially Prince Taichi. We thought you were a goner."
"What happened?"
"Well, you were injured some how and then you got sick. Taichi rushed you back here as fast as he could." The bubbly woman smiled. Sora flopped back down on the bed and sighed.
"The orphanage…" Sora mumbled.
"What did you say dear?" Mimi asked as she took a cool cloth and wiped Sora's forehead.
"I was injured when the orphanage was destroyed. There were three children trapped in the fire, and I tried… I tried to save them…. But another round of projectiles hit. A beam came falling and hit me. I wasn't able to… I couldn't save them…" Sora said in a hushed voice before she started to weep. "Father… Rowan…Aki… I miss you so much…" She sobbed into a pillow.
"Hush now, it's ok. Everything is going t be fine. You're safe here."
But no amount of soothing could stop Sora's tears. After a time she ended up crying herself to sleep.
Mimi covered the girl up and quietly exited the room. As she shut the door she noticed Tai waiting in the hall.
"Your Highness."
"Mimi… how is she?" Tai asked as he looked at her with a tired and worried voice.
"She woke up for a little while, but she didn't eat anything. Her fever is down." Mimi told him. But before she could walk away one thing was nagging her conscience. "Taichi… did… did you really attack an orphanage?"
"What?"
"The injury… she said she was trying to save some children in a burning house…"
"We didn't target it on purpose…" Tai tried to defend himself and his men's actions, but he stopped. 'No wonder she hates me…' He thought sadly.
"Don't worry. She's going to be fine. Joe said that her wound was well taken care of. Even he was impressed with those dried herbs she used on it."
"Thanks Mimi… could you…"
"Keep an eye on her? Sure. The poor thing needs friends right now."
"Give her everything she could possibly want- cloths, perfumes… anything. I'll get her what ever I can to make her happy."
"Taichi you are such a sweet heart. I just wish my Matt would turn out like you." Mimi sighed as she rubbed her large belly.
"He's a good man, he loves you a great deal." Tai assured her.
"I know… but he's such a flirt. It just makes me feel forgotten at times."
"Things should go back to normal once the little tike is born." Tai replied. "Let me know when she wakes up will you? I've got to talk with my father…" He added as he walked down the hall and out of sight.
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Sora awoke to a splitting headache and the sound of gentle humming. Opening her eyes she saw she was still in the same large bed.
"It wasn't a dream." She moaned as she moved her legs and stretched.
"So you're awake again. Feeling any better?" She heard a voice ask.
Sitting up Sora pulled the sheets to cover herself. Her shirt had been taken off and she laid in her chest bindings and bandages coving her chest.
"What?" She asked looking around the room. The curtains of her bed where opened at one side and the same woman as last time sat in a chair near a large window. "How long have I been out?" Sora asked groggily.
"Well almost three whole days." Mimi answered. "Everyone was worried."
"Everyone?" Sora asked confused.
"Well, myself, the healers, servants and even Prince Taichi came around asking for you every few hours."
"The prince… no." Sora cried as she flopped down on the white sheets and buried her face in the pillows.
"What's wrong? Hey…" Mimi asked as she got up slowly and walked to the bed. "I bet you must be hungry? Or maybe you would like a bath? We've got all sorts of dresses for you to wear also. Sora?"
"Go away." She mumbled into the pillows.
"Come on- a nice warm bath and then a walk through the gardens if you feel up to it. That'll do you good, and then I can give you a tour of the palace."
"No! Just go away! I don't want to eat, or get dressed up like a toy! I just want to go home…" She erupted in tears. Mimi sat there for a while not knowing what to do.
"I'll be back later then, in case you're hungry…" She said meekly as she got up and left the girl alone.
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"I don't know what to do Joe… she won't eat, or drink anything.. She hasn't left the bed for nearly four days now." A worried Mimi told a tall blue haired man.
"And she doesn't talk to you?" He asked as he looked through a cabinet of medicines.
"No- not since she told me to leave her alone." Mimi explained.
"Well I was going to go check on her today anyways. I might as well do that now." He said closing the cabinet and cleaning a pair of bifocals.
Entering the room, the two visitors came up to the bed where their patient laid curled together in a fetal position. The rise and fall of her chest told them she was awake.
"Miss?" Joe called out as he touched her arm. She tensed up instantly. "I'd appreciate it if you'd let me check that wound on your side. The bandage needs to be changed." He told her. But looking closer he noticed that the dressing had already been changed with a piece of her torn shirt. "Did you do this?" He asked surprised, but got no answer. "Well can I at least take a look? I need to apply some powders." Even though Sora tried to not respond to them she couldn't help but understand her wound needed those ointments if it was to heal. The moment it healed she would make her escape… she had decided.
Rolling over she allowed the doctor to look at her wounds. The first time she looked at the man who was treating her injury tears gathered in her eyes.
"Aki?" She asked as she reached towards the man.. "It can't be Aki…" She reminded herself. Tears came and she rolled quickly back away from him. The man just looked so much like her brother… well the hair and the eye color anyway.
"I'm Joe," he told her. "If you don't' mind me asking, who is Aki?"
"No… Aki's dead… they murdered him." She wept Calming herself down she stopped her tears. Joe rolled her over on her back again.
"I'm sorry." He said with the deepest sympathy he could.
"You just look a lot like my older brother did…" She said wiping her tears.
"You must have been close." Joe continued beginning to unbandage the wound.
"We all were…" she said quietly.
"Who ever did these stitches really did an excellent job. I've never seen this technique before. But they're holding and healing perfectly." Joe said trying to change the topic.
"They'll need to be removed soon?" Mimi asked as she came up and handed Joe some oils.
"No- they'll naturally dissolve once the wound heals totally." Sora said as she covered her eyes with her other hand.
"What?"
"I used a treated thread when I stitched it. The thread will naturally either fall off or dissolve by itself."
"You stitched this yourself?" Joe asked amazed.
"Yes, and I used a treatment out of herbs to reduce the swelling- there should be some in the pack… my pack? Where is it?" She asked worriedly as she sat up. "My necklace… it's gone!"
"Calm down, your stuff is right here." Mimi said handing her the bundle. Sora quickly dug through it and retrieved the jewel. After hugging it she returned the precious amulet around her neck. She let a sigh of relief, as it was where it should be.
Joe finished checking the long scar that ran from her shoulder to nearly her hip.
"I think you should take a nice warm bath." Joe suggested. "The waters will help clean the wounds out. Besides, I'm sure the warm waters will help you relax and feel nice." Joe helped her sit up once again. Without warning he picked her up off the bed and brought her to the adjacent bathing room.
The room was rather large. What she was use to was made to look like a small bucket in comparison to the large tub that sat in the corner. Servants were coming in through a back door pouring buckets of warm water into the tub.
Joe set her down on a stool next to the oddly shaped porcelain container. Sora had only seen such extravagant things coming into port- but her family didn't own such things. Her father taught his children rather to live simple and close to nature.
"Will my services be needed further my ladies?" Joe inquired after he tested the bath's waters.
"No- I can handle her from here." Mimi smiled as Joe bowed and left.
A/N: Ok- long chapter should hold you for a while… right? Hopefully. Anyway- sorry for taking so long- well it actually wasn't too long of a wait… Thanks for the reviews and all! I luv you people!
And here's the next chapter-
-
Time seemed to go by slowly. As it did so too did periods of extreme heat and utter cold. The pain had eased up gradually but she still laid in darkness. Faces of her brothers and then those elite soldiers flashed in her mind.
'Goodbye dearest daughter.' her father's voice echoes through her head.
"No" She moaned. "NO, father…no… NO!" She cried sitting straight up.
The first thing she noticed was her surroundings. She was no longer in her home, or on the open field traveling, but in a large room. Sora found herself lying in a bed five times bigger than any bed she had ever seen. The white sheets were of expensive silks and there was a see through lace canopy surrounding the bed. A slight breeze moved the curtains. Her hands went to her side and found it bandaged and cleaned. The swelling and colors had gone down and for that she was glad.
"So you're awake?" A gentle voice called as someone entered the room. Her long brown locks were pulled back in a high ponytail. As Sora looked the woman over, she noticed the large bulge in her stomach signifying she was with child.
Putting her hands on her head, Sora tried to rub away the dull throbbing as the woman came closer. Drawing back the bed curtains, she sat on the side of the bed.
"W…where am I?" Sora moaned.
"You are in the capital city of the Kamiya kingdom. This is your room in the palace…"
"How long? Who are you?" Sora murmured trying to piece together her last few memories.
"My name is Lady Mimi Ishada. But you may call me Mimi. We were worried about you, especially Prince Taichi. We thought you were a goner."
"What happened?"
"Well, you were injured some how and then you got sick. Taichi rushed you back here as fast as he could." The bubbly woman smiled. Sora flopped back down on the bed and sighed.
"The orphanage…" Sora mumbled.
"What did you say dear?" Mimi asked as she took a cool cloth and wiped Sora's forehead.
"I was injured when the orphanage was destroyed. There were three children trapped in the fire, and I tried… I tried to save them…. But another round of projectiles hit. A beam came falling and hit me. I wasn't able to… I couldn't save them…" Sora said in a hushed voice before she started to weep. "Father… Rowan…Aki… I miss you so much…" She sobbed into a pillow.
"Hush now, it's ok. Everything is going t be fine. You're safe here."
But no amount of soothing could stop Sora's tears. After a time she ended up crying herself to sleep.
Mimi covered the girl up and quietly exited the room. As she shut the door she noticed Tai waiting in the hall.
"Your Highness."
"Mimi… how is she?" Tai asked as he looked at her with a tired and worried voice.
"She woke up for a little while, but she didn't eat anything. Her fever is down." Mimi told him. But before she could walk away one thing was nagging her conscience. "Taichi… did… did you really attack an orphanage?"
"What?"
"The injury… she said she was trying to save some children in a burning house…"
"We didn't target it on purpose…" Tai tried to defend himself and his men's actions, but he stopped. 'No wonder she hates me…' He thought sadly.
"Don't worry. She's going to be fine. Joe said that her wound was well taken care of. Even he was impressed with those dried herbs she used on it."
"Thanks Mimi… could you…"
"Keep an eye on her? Sure. The poor thing needs friends right now."
"Give her everything she could possibly want- cloths, perfumes… anything. I'll get her what ever I can to make her happy."
"Taichi you are such a sweet heart. I just wish my Matt would turn out like you." Mimi sighed as she rubbed her large belly.
"He's a good man, he loves you a great deal." Tai assured her.
"I know… but he's such a flirt. It just makes me feel forgotten at times."
"Things should go back to normal once the little tike is born." Tai replied. "Let me know when she wakes up will you? I've got to talk with my father…" He added as he walked down the hall and out of sight.
-
Sora awoke to a splitting headache and the sound of gentle humming. Opening her eyes she saw she was still in the same large bed.
"It wasn't a dream." She moaned as she moved her legs and stretched.
"So you're awake again. Feeling any better?" She heard a voice ask.
Sitting up Sora pulled the sheets to cover herself. Her shirt had been taken off and she laid in her chest bindings and bandages coving her chest.
"What?" She asked looking around the room. The curtains of her bed where opened at one side and the same woman as last time sat in a chair near a large window. "How long have I been out?" Sora asked groggily.
"Well almost three whole days." Mimi answered. "Everyone was worried."
"Everyone?" Sora asked confused.
"Well, myself, the healers, servants and even Prince Taichi came around asking for you every few hours."
"The prince… no." Sora cried as she flopped down on the white sheets and buried her face in the pillows.
"What's wrong? Hey…" Mimi asked as she got up slowly and walked to the bed. "I bet you must be hungry? Or maybe you would like a bath? We've got all sorts of dresses for you to wear also. Sora?"
"Go away." She mumbled into the pillows.
"Come on- a nice warm bath and then a walk through the gardens if you feel up to it. That'll do you good, and then I can give you a tour of the palace."
"No! Just go away! I don't want to eat, or get dressed up like a toy! I just want to go home…" She erupted in tears. Mimi sat there for a while not knowing what to do.
"I'll be back later then, in case you're hungry…" She said meekly as she got up and left the girl alone.
-
"I don't know what to do Joe… she won't eat, or drink anything.. She hasn't left the bed for nearly four days now." A worried Mimi told a tall blue haired man.
"And she doesn't talk to you?" He asked as he looked through a cabinet of medicines.
"No- not since she told me to leave her alone." Mimi explained.
"Well I was going to go check on her today anyways. I might as well do that now." He said closing the cabinet and cleaning a pair of bifocals.
Entering the room, the two visitors came up to the bed where their patient laid curled together in a fetal position. The rise and fall of her chest told them she was awake.
"Miss?" Joe called out as he touched her arm. She tensed up instantly. "I'd appreciate it if you'd let me check that wound on your side. The bandage needs to be changed." He told her. But looking closer he noticed that the dressing had already been changed with a piece of her torn shirt. "Did you do this?" He asked surprised, but got no answer. "Well can I at least take a look? I need to apply some powders." Even though Sora tried to not respond to them she couldn't help but understand her wound needed those ointments if it was to heal. The moment it healed she would make her escape… she had decided.
Rolling over she allowed the doctor to look at her wounds. The first time she looked at the man who was treating her injury tears gathered in her eyes.
"Aki?" She asked as she reached towards the man.. "It can't be Aki…" She reminded herself. Tears came and she rolled quickly back away from him. The man just looked so much like her brother… well the hair and the eye color anyway.
"I'm Joe," he told her. "If you don't' mind me asking, who is Aki?"
"No… Aki's dead… they murdered him." She wept Calming herself down she stopped her tears. Joe rolled her over on her back again.
"I'm sorry." He said with the deepest sympathy he could.
"You just look a lot like my older brother did…" She said wiping her tears.
"You must have been close." Joe continued beginning to unbandage the wound.
"We all were…" she said quietly.
"Who ever did these stitches really did an excellent job. I've never seen this technique before. But they're holding and healing perfectly." Joe said trying to change the topic.
"They'll need to be removed soon?" Mimi asked as she came up and handed Joe some oils.
"No- they'll naturally dissolve once the wound heals totally." Sora said as she covered her eyes with her other hand.
"What?"
"I used a treated thread when I stitched it. The thread will naturally either fall off or dissolve by itself."
"You stitched this yourself?" Joe asked amazed.
"Yes, and I used a treatment out of herbs to reduce the swelling- there should be some in the pack… my pack? Where is it?" She asked worriedly as she sat up. "My necklace… it's gone!"
"Calm down, your stuff is right here." Mimi said handing her the bundle. Sora quickly dug through it and retrieved the jewel. After hugging it she returned the precious amulet around her neck. She let a sigh of relief, as it was where it should be.
Joe finished checking the long scar that ran from her shoulder to nearly her hip.
"I think you should take a nice warm bath." Joe suggested. "The waters will help clean the wounds out. Besides, I'm sure the warm waters will help you relax and feel nice." Joe helped her sit up once again. Without warning he picked her up off the bed and brought her to the adjacent bathing room.
The room was rather large. What she was use to was made to look like a small bucket in comparison to the large tub that sat in the corner. Servants were coming in through a back door pouring buckets of warm water into the tub.
Joe set her down on a stool next to the oddly shaped porcelain container. Sora had only seen such extravagant things coming into port- but her family didn't own such things. Her father taught his children rather to live simple and close to nature.
"Will my services be needed further my ladies?" Joe inquired after he tested the bath's waters.
"No- I can handle her from here." Mimi smiled as Joe bowed and left.
