Author's Note: Author's Note: Okay, the Kaiser got hurt and everybody wants to kill me for killing him, but everybody wants to kill me for no apparent reason since he's not going to die, but everybody still probably wants to kill me 'cause I didn't get this part done fast. Seriously, how bloodthursty can someone freakin' get?!?!?!?!?

btw, i don't own digimon.

- Rose

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Straydes

Part 8 of Chapter 4

Only one thing was going through TK's mind: Tell Davis, and get the hell out of there as soon as possible. That would mean forfeiting, but all's fair in love and war. And this, is war. Besides, wasn't that how the emperor won a lot of his wars?

"Davis!" he yelled. His eyes skanned over the scene of blood, dead bodies and soldiers who were still going at it. He finally found Davis. Davis was defending himself against one of Draco's men.

TK shoved his sword through the soldier's body and grabbed hold of Davis.

"Have you noticed? The emperor's not around here! His men aren't anywhere either," Tk said. Davis stared at him.

"Correction." TK and Davis spun around.

"He's right behind you," Draco stated.

TK wasn't about to be fooled, so he didn't turn around. Davis, on the other hand, looked and gasped.

The group behind them was a portion of Ken's army. There were maybe five thousand men in all. They imediatley started attacking.

TK spotted Ken, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw one of Draoc's soldiers coming at Davis. He quickly reacted by pushing Davis out of the way and plunging his sword into the soldiers torso(sp?).

"We need the arrows." TK said.

"But-" Davi started.

"We're in trouble now! Give the signal!" TK snapped. With that, he started beating up some of soldiers from Ken's army.

Davis looked at his blood stained hand. It suddenly began to glow with a bright golden light. A few seconds later, the light turned crimson.

Then he thrusted his hand into the air and bright red fire balls shot up into the black sky.

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"There's the signal," one of the twenty or so soldiers who were back behind a small fort said.

They were to wait until they got the signal which told them to start shooting the poison tipped arrows. Once the arrows ran out, they were to ride back to the battle and help the rest of their army.

As soon as the soldiers saw the red fire balls in the air, the lined up and got ready to shoot.

"FIRE!" the captain yelled. The soldiers shot their arrows toward the place where the battle was still raging. The soldiers grabbed another arrow each as the first wave pierced through the air.

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The arrows pierced the hearts and other organs of soldiers from opposing armies and soldiers from their own armies.

The arrows made the battle more hard to fight for both sides.

The soldiers had no choise, but to duck them. Draco and Ken could've done something to block the arrows, but with TK and Davis, trying to block them, their spells would need their full attention.

Needless to say, it was hard to give a spell your full attention while you're fighting a winning or losing battle.

Ken got right into the fight as soon as possible. He repeated the same moves over and over again. Find an opposing soldier, kill him and move onto another one.

But, all of that changed once he spotted Davis. He made his way over to the king, killing some more soldiers on the way.

As soon as he reached him, Ken spun him around to face him and punched him to the ground. The emperor drew his sword and was about to slice Davis' through open when he felt a burning pain right below his left shoulder.

That only stopped him for a second, because the next momment his had plunged his sword into the king's torso(sp?).

Ken was about to reach back to grab the arrow which was stuck in his shoulder, but everything went black.

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Now, the empress could be calm and quiet. Her baby was doing the yelling and crying for her. It was amazing how fast her pain had disappeared once the child was out of her.

"You know, Miyako, my dear empress, you could look a little more enthusiastic," Sara murmered. Miyako hardly heard her. All she could hear was the crying of her new born baby.

Miyako closed her eyes. That had taken a lot of strength. She was so exhausted. She just wanted to close her eyes and go to sleep. There was silence for a few minutes.

"Come on, Miyako, you have to get cleaned up," Miyako heard Selena say. Miyako moaned in annoyance, but she let her sister pull her up.

Selena helped her to the washroom and Miyako cleaned herself up by taking a quick bath and changing into a white silky nightgown.

She came back and imediatley plopped herself onto her bed. She saw two maids walk out of the room. What had they been doing here? Then, she noticed that that the sheets on the bed had been changed. She once again closed her eyes and tried to drift off to sleep.

"Boy or girl?" Miyako heard Misty ask. Miyako's eyes shot open. She'd always assumed it was going to be a boy. Wasn't a male heir what everybody wanted?

"It's a-" Sara's voice was cut of as another person appeared in the room.

"Miyako, I-" Pansy said. She gasped when she saw the crying baby in Sara's arms. "You gave birth? How come you didn't tell me? I knew something was going on here, it's why I decided to come by for a visit."

"Pansy, it's kind of hard when you're miles away and when I'm dying in pain," Miyako said with a slight smile. Pansy also smiled.

"Boy or girl?" she asked.

Sara smiled as she lay the baby beside the empress. Sara had washed the child and the baby was wrapped in new blankets.

"It's a girl," she whispered.

The child moved a little bit and opened her eyes. She stared right into her mother's eyes.

Miyako stared right back into her daughter's violet eyes. Her daughter . . .

Miyako was now a mother. She couldn't believe it. Before tonight, Miyako barely knew what was smart to do and what wasn't good to do. Not all of her choices had been adult-like. For example, her choice to try to escape after her marriage. That hadn't been very smart. In short, she still acted like a teenager in many ways. But, she only very recently turned nineteen years old.

Miyako smiled and lightly touched her new daughter. Along with his eyes, the child had also gotten her father's navy blue hair.

"So, I guess you'll be naming her Audacia then, right?" Pansy asked, remembering her conversation with Miyako about names.

"Well, I'll have to wait and see what *he* thinks . . . " Miyako's voice trailed off.

"Right," Pansy nodded. "Well, you look tired so I'll just let myself out. I'll come by tomorrow. See ya."

Miyako smiled as Pansy disappeared.

"Well, we'll also be leaving, but we'll have to take the child for the night," Sara said. "Is that alright?"

Miyako nodded mutely.

Sara picked up the girl and Selena blew out the candles. The three women left closing the door behind them. As soon as they left, Miyako shut her eyes and went straight to sleep.

If only she'd known what was happening hospital part of the castle. If only she'd known who Sara was tending to as soon as she got there, Miyako wouldn't have been able to go to sleep.

End of Part 8

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Hey, guess what! I worked on Victoria Day for you people!!!! Then, I had fun with fireworks. (smiles idioticly) Hehehe, Queen Victoria, thank you for giving Canadians, Brits and all those other counties like Austrailia and New Zealand an extra national holiday!!! Tsk, tsk, America, you should've waited until she died or something . . . Is anybody even listening? Yeah . . . Beer, beer, beer, ba ba ba, beer, beer, beer . . .

- Rose

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Straydes Part 9 of Chapter 4

Miyako stared down at the emperor's face in shock. Her stomach ached and she felt weak.

He was asleep and there were bandages wrapped around his chest and right shoulder.

It was morning. The first thing she'd said to Selena when she'd woken up was "Where's my daughter? Is he here yet? Does he know?"

"Well . . . " Selena murmered.

"What?"

"He's here, but . . . He doesn't know, and there's a very good reason for that."

Miyako stared at her sister, confused.

"I'm sorry, Miyako," Selena started. "At the battle yesterday, he got hurt."

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"I'm sorry to tell you this," May said, snapping Miyako out of her thoughts. "He may not make it. We're in a sticky situation here."

"What happened?" Miyako asked, her voice trembling. Tears were threatening to spill out. For what, Miyako didn't know. She told herself over and over again that she didn't love him. 'It's shock, that's all . . . " she tried to assure herself.

"The enemy was losing-" May started.

"I thought so, did he win, though?"

May raised an eye-brow and look towards Selena and Misty. Misty just rolled her eyes. Selena and Misty knew about the empress's feelings, even though Miyako won't admit them to herself.

Since neither of the girls would give her no sign of what to say, May decided to go along with the truth.

"Yes, my empress. King Draco had to go back and finish the battle when he found out that they were planning to burn down the castle and Straydes if they won."

"Well, how did he get hurt?"

"As I was saying, when the enemy started losing, the opposing army had back up soldiers who were hidden at a near by fort. The King gave them a signal to start shooting posion tipped arrows toward the battle field. As you can see, one got the emperor."

"Where did he get hit?"

"Right below his right shoulder. The poison immediatley entered his bloodstream."

Miyako was silent. She didn't know what to say.

Seeing that the empress was not going to respond, May continued.

"We got the poison out, but some of it was able to reach and damage his heart. We're waiting right now to see if his heart and body can heal itself. We've done all we can."

(A.N. Does none of this make sense? Probably doesn't, I pulling crap out of the top of my head)

"Errr, your highness, if you don't mind me saying so . . . " May's voice trailed off as Miyako looked at her.

"What?"

"You really should feed your child now."

Miyako stared at her for a second. Then, she nodded and May led her out of the room.

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"When's he going to wake up?" Miyako asked later on that day.

"We don't know."

"How long has he been like this again?" the empress asked.

Miyako still couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. All day she hadn't shed a tear, but the only reason for that was because she willed herself not to cry. This took a lot of willpower.

Every second, she felt like just breaking down and crying. Because of this, her throat was hurting her because she always felt choked up. Sometimes, when she really felt threatened that the tears would spill, she would hold her breath.

The whole day had passed with her holding her breath every ten seconds. So, as a result of that, her stomach was now hurting her just as much as her choked up throat.

"Your highness?"

May's voice snapped Miyako back into reality.

"Yes?"

"Think of me, right now, not just as a healer, but also as a mother (A.N. to anybody in my class who's reading this: yes, i got that from the book)," May said. "It will hurt less if you let your tears flow."

"Thank you for the advice." Miyako replied in a choked up, raspy voice.

Without saying another word, the empress turned around and left the room. She wandered around the palace for a few minutes until she finally found herself infront of the door which led to the emperor's study.

Miyako opened the door and stepped inside. She looked around and realized that she wasn't in here very often. Most of the time, she liked to stay away from here.

In Miyako's mind, this was the room where the plan for her family's death began. The empress knew that this was a very ridiculous reason to hate a room, but she never felt comfortable in here.

This was the room where he planned all of his battles and attacks. She realized that he was in here a lot. Was attacking innocent villiages his favourite hobby? Aside from beating up on one of his own soldiers.

The empress smiled slightly with mirth. He called it a small "play fight." Just to make sure he doesn't get rusty.

At least that's what he'd told her. But, she'd always noticed how he'd always have a "small" and "harmless" play fight with his soldiers whenever he was totally angered about something.

Miyako looked around the room. There was shelf of books that covered one wall. A wooden desk was against the wall to her right. A sofa extended from one end of the other wall to the other end. It was dark blue with a few pillows which were a light shade of bluw. A long wooden table sat a few feet away from the sofa. The carpet was a light blue. Beside the desk, there was another door.

Miyako knew that it lead to the library.

She closed the door and walked in. She lay down on the sofa. Her own room was on the fourth floor. She didn't feel like walking up another flight of stairs.

She stared at a necklace that she was wearing. It was pure gold with five rubies. The maid who had carried it up to her had told her that it was an arly wedding present from the emperor.

Miyako's vision started to get blurry with tears. They were soon running down her cheeks as she cried herself to sleep.

The End of Chapter 3

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A/N: Gods, this thing was only supposed to be three chapters long. Oh, well. So much for that. R&R, the more reviews I get, the faster I update. You know the drill!!! No chapter four until I get 15 reviews!!!

- Rose

P.S. I'M NOT JOKING AND I DON'T PLAN ON BEING NICE!!!!!!!!