1 I apologize for the long time it took me to write this. Actually I lost
interest in writing and reading fanfiction but I finished this one now.
Her past will be in a few chapters. I actually have it all written out and
It's 16 pages so I'll probably make it 2-4 chapters. If stuff doesn't
match up I'm sorry. I didn't know original ages when I started writing
this story so I estimated. And sometimes I get mixed up with what I've
wrote so if something doesn't correspond with previous statements please
tell me and I will change it. Hope you enjoy the story.
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"Oniichan are you here?!" A 4 yr old jubilant Kimiko yelled exuberantly as she bounced in the front door. "Hai, I'm in my room." An 6 year old Tamahome called. Kimiko ran to his room and slid open the door. "Watcha doing?" she asked curiously as she saw him with a deck of cards on the table. "I'm learning how to win more money." Tamahome said importantly, with yen signs in his eyes. "More money?" she asked innocently. "Hai." He replied. "How? I want more money so I can buy that new doll that came in today." Kimiko said. "Kimi-chan. Let me show you something." Tamahome said opening his hand. "There's nothing." She said. Tamahome turned around, and then turned back to he. "Haha see, I have the ace in my hands. "How did you do that?" she asked curiously. "Well I'll show you later. I busy learning right now." He said. "But how do you win money with a card?" she asked. "It's a game. Where big people put lots and lots of money. If you win you get all that money." He replied. "Wowwww." Kimiko said in awe. Tamahome nodded proudly. "Yup." He said.
2 years later
"Niichan! Otousan said he found you a teacher, to teach you how to fight." Kimiko said as she looked adoringly up at her brother. "Can I learn too?" she asked. "Girls aren't supposed to fight. Only real men are allowed to." Tamahome said swaggering to the door, and tripping. Kimiko giggled, Tamahome glared at her and walked out the door with his pride injured. "Otousan I want to learn too." Kimiko said hanging on to her otousan's arm. She looked at him with puppy dog eyes that he could never turn down. "Well we'll umm have to see what the teacher says." He said, unable to resist those eyes. Tamahome's jaw dropped. "Otousan you're not serious." He said incredulously. Kimiko stuck her tongue out at him.
"So I can learn? Honto?" Kimiko asked excitedly as she jumped up and down. "Hai." The white haired man said, as he stared at her a bit curiously. "Sensei!" Tamahome protested. "No whining." The man ordered. After a few more weeks, Kimiko's progress excelled Tamahome's. "Tamahome, why can't you do that kick like Kimi-chan here." The man asked exasperatedly. Tamahome grimaced at the thought of his younger sister being better than him. He did another kick. "Is that better?" he asked a bit irritatedly. The man smiled, and Tamahome sighed and brought down his leg. "That was very good, but PUT THAT LEG BACK UP AND KEEP IT THERE FOR 15 MORE MINUTES!" the man said. "Kimi-chan you may be excused." He said pleasantly. "Hai Sensei." She said.
"Look it's the tomboy!" A bunch of boys sneered as Kimiko walked through the village on her way home. "I'm not a tomboy." Kimiko protested, she didn't want to get in a fight today since it was her birthday. "Well you and your wussy brother always learn how to fight but I don't think you can fight worth crap." One boy sneered. "Oniichan is not wussy!" Kimiko said, not quite sure what the word meant but didn't like the sound of it. "You're right he's stupid too. Stupid and cowardly." Another boy said. "Don't talk about him that way!" she said raising her fist, but then lowering it remembering that her otousan didn't approve of fighting, and she didn't want to get in trouble on her birthday.. The boy took a step towards her. "What the little girl wants to fight?" he asked patronizing her. Kimiko stood her ground and didn't move. The boy shoved her down. She angrily got up and swung at him and caught him in the nose. "She made my nose bleed!" the boy said. He held his nose and ran away. The other kids backed away also.
"Kimiko! You are not to use what you learn with your sensei, against the other kids in this village." "Demo, otousan they started it!" she protested. "I don't care who started it. But you're a young lady and you should start acting like one. From this day on you are not allowed to take any more classes." Her otousan ordered. She looked to Tamahome for help but he didn't say anything. "But oniichan sometimes gets into fights and you never say anything about him not taking anymore classes." She protested. "He is special." He replied. "You don't believe that they started it do you?!" she asked outrageously. "Otousan no baka!" she said angrily. She felt a slap on her cheek and looked up in surprise. "Don't talk to me like that." He yelled. She covered her cheek with her hand and ran up to her room. "No one listens to me around here. Otousan always just orders me around. And oniichan is always "special". He get's all the good treatment around here. It's not like they ever actually cared about me as much." She muttered as she packed all her things into a small bag. "I'm leaving." She said, crawling out her window.
"Otousan Otousan!" Kimi-chan is gone!" Tamahome cried. His otousan rushed to Kimiko's door and opened it. There was nothing in there but the bed. He fell to his knees and started crying. "Okaasan what should I do?" Tamahome said, tugging on his mom's arm. "Go alert the villages. Have all the men go and search for her." She ordered. Tamahome nodded and ran to tell the other villagers. They sent out search party after search party but could never find her.
"Kimiko-chan go get the water from the river." A women said to a young 8 yr old girl. The girl nodded and took a bucket and walked down the road to the river. "Stop!" she heard voices calling. She saw a young boy of about 16, with armour and a cape, stumbling down the road with numerous wounds on him. She looked farther down the road but saw nothing. She dragged the boy into the underbrush on the side of the road, betting that the men after him were just about to turn onto this road. She heard heavy footsteps and cursing as several stinky heavy men passed her. She held her breath as they passed but none noticed her. She peeked out and saw no one on the road. She dragged the unconscious boy onto the road and dragged him onto the other side of the road. She huffed and puffed as she tried to move his heavy body. "You're lucky that my secret hiding place is near." She muttered to him. She finally dragged him through a screen of bushes and into an open clearing, that was cluttered with little things. She made sure he was comfortable and grabbed her bucket.
"Here's your water miss." Kimiko said as she held a full bucket of water. "You're so helpful Kimiko-chan." The lady said pleasantly. "Ano I was wondering if I could have some extra food today and maybe some bandages and stuff instead of my usual wage." Kimiko said, shyly looking down. "Instead of money? Of course. Is there something wrong with your family?" the lady asked concernedly. "Well my okaasan accidentally cut her leg and I think she might need some more bandages and stuff, and she couldn't cook tonight so I need to bring her some food too." Kimiko lied. The lady looked at her with some pity, and went into her house. "Kimiko-chan this is for you and your kaasan." The lady said holding two big huge steaming plates of food. "And this too." She said bringing out a box with bandages and alchohol. "Domo arigatou!" Kimiko said happily. "Do you need me to help you?" the lady asked concernedly. Kimiko waved her hands. "No no I'm ok." She said taking the plates and box with some difficulty.
Kimiko brought the food into the clearing and set it down. Next she brought the box of medicines in. She moved to wake up the boy, and suddenly found a razor sharp knife at her throat. "Who are you?" the blonde boy asked hoarsely. Kimiko was too terrified to reply. "Who are you?!" he replied more forcefully. "W-w-watashi wa Kimiko." She stuttered. "Where are the others girl?" he asked pressing the knife harder on her throat so that it cut skin. "I-I-I don't know what you're talking about." She stuttered frightenedly. The boy looked suspiciously around the clearing. He took the knife from her neck and put it back somewhere in his clothes.
Kimiko put a hand to her throat and felt something. She looked at her hands and saw blood on them. "Wahahhaahhh, I bleeding." She said starting to cry. The boy looked at her in surprise. "Ch-ch-chotto be quiet. I didn't mean to cut you." He said trying to get her to stop. He looked around the clearing for something to stop the bleeding. He spotted the medical box and ran over to get it. He bent beside Kimiko and removed her hand from the wound, and put a bandage on it. "There. Now stop crying. You're acting like a baby." He said gruffly. Kimiko sniffled, but stopped crying. "What's your name?" she asked drying her eyes. "My name's Nakago." He said, sitting next to her. "Why did you save me?" he asked. "I heard some guys chasing after you and I saw you fall on the ground, so I dragged you into the bushes." Kimiko said proudly, her cut already forgotten. "Aaa." He said. "You should say thank you." Kimiko said. "I don't thank anyone." He replied. "Demo, my otousan and okaasan taught me to also say thank you to people who help you." Kimiko said confusedly. "I told you I don't thank anyone." He replied. "Fine be that way, you're a mean and rude boy." She said, crossing her arms and turning away. "I'm not a boy I'm a man!" he exclaimed.
Kimiko heard a pained grunt and turned around. "O I almost forgot, I brought back this medicine to help you." She said taking out a bag out of her pocket. "Where'd you get it?" he asked. "Ummm the person who gave me this box of bandages gave it to me." She said pausing a little bit. "You stole it didn't you!" he said. "Well, if it wasn't for my thieving then you wouldn't be able to heal your wounds." She said. "And it wasn't really thieving. It came to me, I didn't take it." She protested. "What do u mean?" he asked. Kimiko concentrated for a second, and a small doll on the ground started to float. "How did you do that?!" Nakago asked surprised. "It's kinda hard and sometimes it doesn't work. See ever since I was little strange things were happening. And my master told me that if I concentrated on something I could do it. It kinda hard to explain." She said. "I can do something too." Nakago said, producing a ki ball in his hand. "Ooo pretty." Kimiko said. She concentrated for a little while and a small small ki ball appeared and disappeared just as quickly. "That's too hard." She complained. Nakago laughed at this, something he hadn't done in a very long time. "Can I call you Na-chan?" she asked hesitantly. "If I can call you Kimi-chan." He said with a small grin. "Haii!!!" she answered.
"I brought us dinner." She said pointing to the two, now cold, plates of food. She and Nakago sat down to eat. Nakago saw her yawn as she finished her food. "Are you tired?" he asked. "Just a little." She said rubbing her eyes. Nakago leaned back against one of the trees and closed his eyes. He felt a small hand tap his shoulder. "Ano Na-chan. Can I use your lap as a pillow?" Kimiko asked. "Hai." He said. He woke up an hour later and looked at her innocent face. A breeze past and he saw her shiver. He pulled off his cape and put it over her, wondering how long this innocence of hers would last.
"Na-chan!" she shouted running towards him at full speed, with a lot of things in her hands. Nakago turned towards her and saw a group of men running after her. "Stop thief!" they yelled. Nakago sighed, and the ground in front of the men blew up. They froze and none of them dared to venture any further. Kimiko reached him and turned back, staring at the frightened men. "Arigatou." She said, laying out the contents in her arms. Nakago turned back to see the men starting to pick up rocks. He blew them up as they took to the air. "Na-chan I hope your not hurting them. Remember you promised that you wouldn't hurt or kill anybody." Kimiko said not turning around. "Hai hai. I know, Kimi-chan." He said, blowing up the ground hear one of the men's feet. "You shouldn't use your powers like that." She said, finally turning around. Nakago stopped, and the men ran back to the village.
"Hey Kimi-chan, I think I found a way to get revenge for my parents." Nakago said, quietly as he stoked the fire that night. Kimiko sat up from her laying down position. "You have?" she asked. "Hai, but I don't know if you should go with me it might be dangerous." He replied. "No. I gonna stay with Na-chan no matter what. I going to be Na-chan's bride one day and stay with him forever and ever." She said adamantly. Nakago laughed at this. They had been together for almost a year now, and they were very close. They were the only friends each other ever really had. "Hai hai." He said. His voice turned serious again. "Kimi-chan you know the guys chasing me the day you found me were from the emperor of Kutou." "Why?" she asked. "Well I'm a Seiryuu seishi, that's why I have this heart sign on my head, and special powers." He explained. "A what? Am I one too because I have special powers?" she asked. Nakago sweatdropped at her ignorance. "You've never heard of a seishi?" he asked. Kimiko thought hard for a second and shook her head. "I am a warrior for Seiryuu." He explained. "I told u before that I accidentally used my powers and killed my okaasan. I never used them again, but the emperor wanted me to use my powers, so he sent all his best men out to kill me. So I would use them to defend myself." He said. "But Na-chan. You always use your powers." She said confusedly. "Before, I didn't want to use my powers, because they're what killed my okaasan, but since I met you I've changed." He said sadly, thinking about his mother. Kimiko went over to him and patted him on the back, "It isn't your fault it's the stupid emperor's fault." She said fiercely. "But why did you change when you met me?" she asked, not understanding. "Well ever since I met you, that's when I decided to use my powers, to protect you." He said, pausing and then saying slyly, "After I saw how much trouble you get in." "Hey!" she proteseted. "Well anyways, we have to go to the emperor, and one day when he trusts me, I can kill him." He said slamming his fist on the ground. Kimiko took a step back, she had never seen him this angry. "Daijoubu Na- chan?" she asked. "I'm okay. But do you still want to come?" he asked. "Of course, baka. If I wasn't there who would take care of you?" She said. Nakago sweatdropped. "Promise we'll always be together Na-chan?" she asked a bit fearfully. "Hai Kimi-chan. We'll always be together, I promise." He said gently, "Now get some sleep. We have a lot of traveling to do tomorrow." He said taking off his cape and putting it over the two of them as she rested in his lap.
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"Oniichan are you here?!" A 4 yr old jubilant Kimiko yelled exuberantly as she bounced in the front door. "Hai, I'm in my room." An 6 year old Tamahome called. Kimiko ran to his room and slid open the door. "Watcha doing?" she asked curiously as she saw him with a deck of cards on the table. "I'm learning how to win more money." Tamahome said importantly, with yen signs in his eyes. "More money?" she asked innocently. "Hai." He replied. "How? I want more money so I can buy that new doll that came in today." Kimiko said. "Kimi-chan. Let me show you something." Tamahome said opening his hand. "There's nothing." She said. Tamahome turned around, and then turned back to he. "Haha see, I have the ace in my hands. "How did you do that?" she asked curiously. "Well I'll show you later. I busy learning right now." He said. "But how do you win money with a card?" she asked. "It's a game. Where big people put lots and lots of money. If you win you get all that money." He replied. "Wowwww." Kimiko said in awe. Tamahome nodded proudly. "Yup." He said.
2 years later
"Niichan! Otousan said he found you a teacher, to teach you how to fight." Kimiko said as she looked adoringly up at her brother. "Can I learn too?" she asked. "Girls aren't supposed to fight. Only real men are allowed to." Tamahome said swaggering to the door, and tripping. Kimiko giggled, Tamahome glared at her and walked out the door with his pride injured. "Otousan I want to learn too." Kimiko said hanging on to her otousan's arm. She looked at him with puppy dog eyes that he could never turn down. "Well we'll umm have to see what the teacher says." He said, unable to resist those eyes. Tamahome's jaw dropped. "Otousan you're not serious." He said incredulously. Kimiko stuck her tongue out at him.
"So I can learn? Honto?" Kimiko asked excitedly as she jumped up and down. "Hai." The white haired man said, as he stared at her a bit curiously. "Sensei!" Tamahome protested. "No whining." The man ordered. After a few more weeks, Kimiko's progress excelled Tamahome's. "Tamahome, why can't you do that kick like Kimi-chan here." The man asked exasperatedly. Tamahome grimaced at the thought of his younger sister being better than him. He did another kick. "Is that better?" he asked a bit irritatedly. The man smiled, and Tamahome sighed and brought down his leg. "That was very good, but PUT THAT LEG BACK UP AND KEEP IT THERE FOR 15 MORE MINUTES!" the man said. "Kimi-chan you may be excused." He said pleasantly. "Hai Sensei." She said.
"Look it's the tomboy!" A bunch of boys sneered as Kimiko walked through the village on her way home. "I'm not a tomboy." Kimiko protested, she didn't want to get in a fight today since it was her birthday. "Well you and your wussy brother always learn how to fight but I don't think you can fight worth crap." One boy sneered. "Oniichan is not wussy!" Kimiko said, not quite sure what the word meant but didn't like the sound of it. "You're right he's stupid too. Stupid and cowardly." Another boy said. "Don't talk about him that way!" she said raising her fist, but then lowering it remembering that her otousan didn't approve of fighting, and she didn't want to get in trouble on her birthday.. The boy took a step towards her. "What the little girl wants to fight?" he asked patronizing her. Kimiko stood her ground and didn't move. The boy shoved her down. She angrily got up and swung at him and caught him in the nose. "She made my nose bleed!" the boy said. He held his nose and ran away. The other kids backed away also.
"Kimiko! You are not to use what you learn with your sensei, against the other kids in this village." "Demo, otousan they started it!" she protested. "I don't care who started it. But you're a young lady and you should start acting like one. From this day on you are not allowed to take any more classes." Her otousan ordered. She looked to Tamahome for help but he didn't say anything. "But oniichan sometimes gets into fights and you never say anything about him not taking anymore classes." She protested. "He is special." He replied. "You don't believe that they started it do you?!" she asked outrageously. "Otousan no baka!" she said angrily. She felt a slap on her cheek and looked up in surprise. "Don't talk to me like that." He yelled. She covered her cheek with her hand and ran up to her room. "No one listens to me around here. Otousan always just orders me around. And oniichan is always "special". He get's all the good treatment around here. It's not like they ever actually cared about me as much." She muttered as she packed all her things into a small bag. "I'm leaving." She said, crawling out her window.
"Otousan Otousan!" Kimi-chan is gone!" Tamahome cried. His otousan rushed to Kimiko's door and opened it. There was nothing in there but the bed. He fell to his knees and started crying. "Okaasan what should I do?" Tamahome said, tugging on his mom's arm. "Go alert the villages. Have all the men go and search for her." She ordered. Tamahome nodded and ran to tell the other villagers. They sent out search party after search party but could never find her.
"Kimiko-chan go get the water from the river." A women said to a young 8 yr old girl. The girl nodded and took a bucket and walked down the road to the river. "Stop!" she heard voices calling. She saw a young boy of about 16, with armour and a cape, stumbling down the road with numerous wounds on him. She looked farther down the road but saw nothing. She dragged the boy into the underbrush on the side of the road, betting that the men after him were just about to turn onto this road. She heard heavy footsteps and cursing as several stinky heavy men passed her. She held her breath as they passed but none noticed her. She peeked out and saw no one on the road. She dragged the unconscious boy onto the road and dragged him onto the other side of the road. She huffed and puffed as she tried to move his heavy body. "You're lucky that my secret hiding place is near." She muttered to him. She finally dragged him through a screen of bushes and into an open clearing, that was cluttered with little things. She made sure he was comfortable and grabbed her bucket.
"Here's your water miss." Kimiko said as she held a full bucket of water. "You're so helpful Kimiko-chan." The lady said pleasantly. "Ano I was wondering if I could have some extra food today and maybe some bandages and stuff instead of my usual wage." Kimiko said, shyly looking down. "Instead of money? Of course. Is there something wrong with your family?" the lady asked concernedly. "Well my okaasan accidentally cut her leg and I think she might need some more bandages and stuff, and she couldn't cook tonight so I need to bring her some food too." Kimiko lied. The lady looked at her with some pity, and went into her house. "Kimiko-chan this is for you and your kaasan." The lady said holding two big huge steaming plates of food. "And this too." She said bringing out a box with bandages and alchohol. "Domo arigatou!" Kimiko said happily. "Do you need me to help you?" the lady asked concernedly. Kimiko waved her hands. "No no I'm ok." She said taking the plates and box with some difficulty.
Kimiko brought the food into the clearing and set it down. Next she brought the box of medicines in. She moved to wake up the boy, and suddenly found a razor sharp knife at her throat. "Who are you?" the blonde boy asked hoarsely. Kimiko was too terrified to reply. "Who are you?!" he replied more forcefully. "W-w-watashi wa Kimiko." She stuttered. "Where are the others girl?" he asked pressing the knife harder on her throat so that it cut skin. "I-I-I don't know what you're talking about." She stuttered frightenedly. The boy looked suspiciously around the clearing. He took the knife from her neck and put it back somewhere in his clothes.
Kimiko put a hand to her throat and felt something. She looked at her hands and saw blood on them. "Wahahhaahhh, I bleeding." She said starting to cry. The boy looked at her in surprise. "Ch-ch-chotto be quiet. I didn't mean to cut you." He said trying to get her to stop. He looked around the clearing for something to stop the bleeding. He spotted the medical box and ran over to get it. He bent beside Kimiko and removed her hand from the wound, and put a bandage on it. "There. Now stop crying. You're acting like a baby." He said gruffly. Kimiko sniffled, but stopped crying. "What's your name?" she asked drying her eyes. "My name's Nakago." He said, sitting next to her. "Why did you save me?" he asked. "I heard some guys chasing after you and I saw you fall on the ground, so I dragged you into the bushes." Kimiko said proudly, her cut already forgotten. "Aaa." He said. "You should say thank you." Kimiko said. "I don't thank anyone." He replied. "Demo, my otousan and okaasan taught me to also say thank you to people who help you." Kimiko said confusedly. "I told you I don't thank anyone." He replied. "Fine be that way, you're a mean and rude boy." She said, crossing her arms and turning away. "I'm not a boy I'm a man!" he exclaimed.
Kimiko heard a pained grunt and turned around. "O I almost forgot, I brought back this medicine to help you." She said taking out a bag out of her pocket. "Where'd you get it?" he asked. "Ummm the person who gave me this box of bandages gave it to me." She said pausing a little bit. "You stole it didn't you!" he said. "Well, if it wasn't for my thieving then you wouldn't be able to heal your wounds." She said. "And it wasn't really thieving. It came to me, I didn't take it." She protested. "What do u mean?" he asked. Kimiko concentrated for a second, and a small doll on the ground started to float. "How did you do that?!" Nakago asked surprised. "It's kinda hard and sometimes it doesn't work. See ever since I was little strange things were happening. And my master told me that if I concentrated on something I could do it. It kinda hard to explain." She said. "I can do something too." Nakago said, producing a ki ball in his hand. "Ooo pretty." Kimiko said. She concentrated for a little while and a small small ki ball appeared and disappeared just as quickly. "That's too hard." She complained. Nakago laughed at this, something he hadn't done in a very long time. "Can I call you Na-chan?" she asked hesitantly. "If I can call you Kimi-chan." He said with a small grin. "Haii!!!" she answered.
"I brought us dinner." She said pointing to the two, now cold, plates of food. She and Nakago sat down to eat. Nakago saw her yawn as she finished her food. "Are you tired?" he asked. "Just a little." She said rubbing her eyes. Nakago leaned back against one of the trees and closed his eyes. He felt a small hand tap his shoulder. "Ano Na-chan. Can I use your lap as a pillow?" Kimiko asked. "Hai." He said. He woke up an hour later and looked at her innocent face. A breeze past and he saw her shiver. He pulled off his cape and put it over her, wondering how long this innocence of hers would last.
"Na-chan!" she shouted running towards him at full speed, with a lot of things in her hands. Nakago turned towards her and saw a group of men running after her. "Stop thief!" they yelled. Nakago sighed, and the ground in front of the men blew up. They froze and none of them dared to venture any further. Kimiko reached him and turned back, staring at the frightened men. "Arigatou." She said, laying out the contents in her arms. Nakago turned back to see the men starting to pick up rocks. He blew them up as they took to the air. "Na-chan I hope your not hurting them. Remember you promised that you wouldn't hurt or kill anybody." Kimiko said not turning around. "Hai hai. I know, Kimi-chan." He said, blowing up the ground hear one of the men's feet. "You shouldn't use your powers like that." She said, finally turning around. Nakago stopped, and the men ran back to the village.
"Hey Kimi-chan, I think I found a way to get revenge for my parents." Nakago said, quietly as he stoked the fire that night. Kimiko sat up from her laying down position. "You have?" she asked. "Hai, but I don't know if you should go with me it might be dangerous." He replied. "No. I gonna stay with Na-chan no matter what. I going to be Na-chan's bride one day and stay with him forever and ever." She said adamantly. Nakago laughed at this. They had been together for almost a year now, and they were very close. They were the only friends each other ever really had. "Hai hai." He said. His voice turned serious again. "Kimi-chan you know the guys chasing me the day you found me were from the emperor of Kutou." "Why?" she asked. "Well I'm a Seiryuu seishi, that's why I have this heart sign on my head, and special powers." He explained. "A what? Am I one too because I have special powers?" she asked. Nakago sweatdropped at her ignorance. "You've never heard of a seishi?" he asked. Kimiko thought hard for a second and shook her head. "I am a warrior for Seiryuu." He explained. "I told u before that I accidentally used my powers and killed my okaasan. I never used them again, but the emperor wanted me to use my powers, so he sent all his best men out to kill me. So I would use them to defend myself." He said. "But Na-chan. You always use your powers." She said confusedly. "Before, I didn't want to use my powers, because they're what killed my okaasan, but since I met you I've changed." He said sadly, thinking about his mother. Kimiko went over to him and patted him on the back, "It isn't your fault it's the stupid emperor's fault." She said fiercely. "But why did you change when you met me?" she asked, not understanding. "Well ever since I met you, that's when I decided to use my powers, to protect you." He said, pausing and then saying slyly, "After I saw how much trouble you get in." "Hey!" she proteseted. "Well anyways, we have to go to the emperor, and one day when he trusts me, I can kill him." He said slamming his fist on the ground. Kimiko took a step back, she had never seen him this angry. "Daijoubu Na- chan?" she asked. "I'm okay. But do you still want to come?" he asked. "Of course, baka. If I wasn't there who would take care of you?" She said. Nakago sweatdropped. "Promise we'll always be together Na-chan?" she asked a bit fearfully. "Hai Kimi-chan. We'll always be together, I promise." He said gently, "Now get some sleep. We have a lot of traveling to do tomorrow." He said taking off his cape and putting it over the two of them as she rested in his lap.