(Aeris) ::Clamps her hand over Kase's Mouth:: SHHH!!! ::clears her throat:: Thanks to alla you people who decided to review my story. Glad to see that some people actually remember it...after it took so long for me to write again ^_^; heh, ah well. here it is ^_^
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"Right this way" Loni smiled as she walked straight past the many guards that guarded the Palace. Reaching the large wooden front doors, she was halted by two female guards.
"I'm terribly sorry, Princess. But we cannot allow strangers into the Castle"
"Princess?" The kat looked oddly at Loni. Loni blushed,
"I must take him into the wash room, I soiled his cloak and have agreed to wash it for him as an apology" Lonisha persisted.
"I'm sorry, Princess. The King wont allow it"
"He would so!" Loni snapped.
"I certainly would not"
Lonisha and the kat turned around abruptly to see Zidane standing with his arms crossed and tail swishing from side to side irritably.
"Father.." Lonisha pouted.
"Lonisha, inside.." Zidane said calmly.
"But Dad"
"You know your not allowed outside until I've said so, Now Inside!" He pointed a stern finger at the doorway. Lonisha looked to the Kat briefly before storming off into the castle, slamming the doors behind her. Zidane shook his head and sighed. Remembering Loni's company, he looked over to the Kat. "Please excuse my daughter, if you like, my servants can have that washed for you"
"No, that's quite alright, Your Majesty" the Kat bowed slightly, "I apologise for any trouble I may have caused you and your family"
Zidane smiled, "No trouble"
"Thankyou, Your Majesty. If you don't mind, I shall be on my way now" the Kat bowed once more before turning and walking away, back to the city.
"Strange fellow" Steiner stated as he watched him leave.
"Mmmm.." Zidane watched him also. Zidanes' pondering was abruptly ended by an all to familiar 'SHRIEK' coming from the Palace. He looked to Steiner.
"Princess Lonisha.." Steiner gasped as they both bolted into the Palace.
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Torkan had awoken to a feeling of someone else's presence in his room. Not moving, he waited until he could feel the figure near him, then he pounced. Blinded by his bandage, he struggled with his offender who seemed to be holding something.
"Bastard!" Torkan felt the offender throw him onto his back, pinning him down. Hearing the door open, it must have distracted the offender for a moment. Torkan took this chance to knee the offender in the stomach. The offender flew off the top of Tork and landed on the floor with a loud thump. Torkan heard a shattering noise and a loud 'SHRIEK'. He recognised it right away.
"Lonisha!" He got fed up with his bandages and literally tore them off his face. His right eye adjusting to the light quickly, but the left remained a blackish fuzz. He glanced over to Lonisha who was busy trying to wipe something from her forehead. Then glancing to where he thought the offender was, he noticed that it was no longer there. He looked immediately to the window, remembering that his mother opened it when he woke up. Sure enough, it was swung wide open and the curtains were slightly torn.
"Damnit!" he got up and walked over to Lonisha who was still trying to wipe something off her head, "What are you doing?"
"That stupid thing threw a glass thing at me and it smashed on my head" she stated between sobs. Torkan shook his head, which immediately brought back that annoying throb. Ignoring it, he led Lonisha to the bathroom and sat her in the bathtub. Running some warm water on a cloth, he began to help her wipe away the goop that was now setting in her not-so-blonde hair.
"Who was that Torkan?"
"How should I know? I couldn't see it" he grumbled as he began to pick pieces out of her hair. She giggled slightly. Torkan smiled and continued to clean her up. As he gradually pealed her fringe off her forehead, he found a rather nasty gash in the centre. He gently wiped it with the cloth, even if Lonisha was wincing and cursing at him for doing so.
"I have to get that gunk out of it!" he snapped.
"I know...b-but it hurts" she began to sob again.
"TORKAN! LONISHA!" Zidanes voice rang through the room as he burst in.
"In the bath room!" Torkan called back. Zidane barged right in.
"What in hell happened!" he snapped.
"Torkan was..OW! attacked" Lonisha stated as she thwapped Torkan as he grinned and walked back to the basin to rinse the cloth.
"What? Torkan" Zidane looked to his son.
"It's true" Torkan looked back at him to see his father's eyes widen, "What?"
Zidane walked straight over to Tork and gently grasped his head and turned it to the light.
"Dad, What?!?" Torkan protested.
"How's your sight in your left eye" Zidane sounded quite concerned.
"Bloody shit house actually!" Torkan pulled his head free, "But it's Loni you should be worrying about, she's the one who's bleeding!"
"Torkan.." Zidane stepped back and sighed as he bent down to looks at his sobbing daughter. Torkan shook his head and went back to rinsing the cloth. Looking up briefly, he saw what Zidane was going on about. His left eye was slightly swollen but a whitish-grey colour. Growling, he swung around and threw the cloth to Zidane and stormed out of the room.
"Dad?"
"Yes Loni" Zidane picked up the cloth that hit him on the shoulder and began to wipe her forehead.
"What's wrong with Tork?" she winced.
"I think he's going blind.."
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That's it for another chapter. I hope you people like it so far. If you have any suggestions that you think would make it any more interesting, feel free to voice them in your reviews. ^_^ Chao!