Sorry this took so long everyone. Too much schoolwork most of u can identify with that ^_^. Uhhh thanks for all the reviews last time. That's all I have to say cuz I gotta do math now bah -_- but disclaimers and everything and now on with the story.
"Emperor. Nakago is back." A soldier said, running into the throne room. "Nakago?!" the emperor shouted, standing up from his seat. Nakago was ushered in, by a group of guards pointing their spears at him. Kimiko clinged to him frightenedly. "Daijoubu Kimi-chan." He said patting her head. He waved his hand and all the spears turned towards the guards and shot at them, pinning them to the wall. The emperor walked over to him. "I see you've gotten control over your powers. I see my little test from before was effective, I always wondered what happened to those men I sent after you a year ago ." He said, reaching out a hand to caress Nakago's face. Nakago pulled away. "Na-chan." Kimiko said, tugging his hand. The emperor looked at her. "Who's this?" he asked. "She'll be very beautiful when she grows up. Is this a present to me." He asked, taking in Kimiko's appearance. Nakago pushed Kimiko gently behind him. "No one touches her." He said in a cold tone. The emperor's eyes lighted up, "I'll make you a deal then. You obey me and she doesn't get hurt." The emperor replied in a cold tone. Nakago's eyes narrowed. "Iie. No deals. She does not get hurt no matter what. I came back because I thought it would be in my best interest to join you. She has no part in this." He said. The emperor rubbed his chin for a second. "Fine. But if I hear one word about you running away or anything she's as good as dead. You can't always protect her." He said. Nakago nodded and they were led to their rooms.
"Na-chan! That emperor is scary." Kimiko said tugging on his sleeve. "I know Kimi-chan. But I won't let anything happen to you. Ok?" Nakago said picking her up, and setting her in his lap. "Haiiii! I trust you!" Kimi-chan said in a loud voice. "Ano Na-chan can we go play? I bored but I don't want to go anywhere by myself." "Hai Kimi-chan." He said getting up. The door opened and a soldier entered the room. "Nakago. The emperor requires you to go to the courtyard to train." He said. "Demo Na-chan said he'd come play with me." Kimiko protested, standing in front of him with her arms crossed. The guard shoved her away and grabbed Nakago's arm. He was suddenly blasted into the wall. Nakago picked Kimiko up and set her on his shoulders. "No one touches her." He said in a slightly angry voice. "Tell the emperor that I will be down there soon." He said icily. "H-h-hai." The terrified man said practically running out of the room. Kimiko sniffled. "Na-chan, I don't like it here. The people are mean." She said wiping her nose. "Daijoubu." He said walking out of the door. "Where we going now?" she asked. "We are going to visit a friend of mine. She took care of me when I first came to Kutou, before the emperor found out that I had powers." He said. They entered a steaming kitchen and everybody turned to look at them.
"Oii obaasan!" he shouted. A plump motherly looking woman walked over and rapped him on the head with a ladle. "Still as rude as ever Nakago-kun." She said. "Who's this?" she asked looking at Kimiko on his shoulders. He set Kimiko down on the ground. "This is Kimi-chan. I was wondering if you could take care of her while I train and stuff." He said. "Of course. She's such a pretty little girl, and she looks so nice and obedient." She exclaimed. "Unlike some other kids I know." She muttered. "Na-chan wasn't a nice kid uhh umm ano I don't know your name?" Kimiko asked innocently. "Na-chan?! Hahaha." The lady laughed. "You can call me Maria-san. And No child your Na-chan wasn't a good boy. He was very rude and unobedient boy." She said with a smile. "Hoy obaasan. You don't have to make me look bad." He said with a sweatdrop. "It's ok. Kimi-chan why don't you go over there and help that girl clean the pots." She said. "But I want to chop up those vegetables with that lady." Kimiko protested. "Now now, little girls shouldn't play with knives." The lady said. "But I really like knives." She said, pulling out a small blade. The lady gasped and snatched it. "You shouldn't play with such dangerous things." She said putting it in her pocket. "I knew there was probably something that Nakago-kun rubbed off on you. Only boys play with knives. And only big boys." "Demo I can do lots of tricks tell her Na-chan." Kimiko said. Nakago eyed the ladle warily. "Ano I think obaasan is right. Kimi-chan be a good girl." He said, zipping out of the kitchen. "Oy! Na-chan don't leave me!" Kimiko yelled. The lady held her and pointed towards the pots. Kimiko sighed and pulled up her sleeves.
Nakago breathed a sigh of relief as he rounded the corner. He really didn't want to get in between those two. They were the 2 scariest people he knew. He stopped running and slowed down to a sedate pace, noting to himself to buy Kimi-chan a new knife or else he'd never hear the end of it. He stepped out into the courtyard and sensed some things coming at him from behind, he automatically blew them up without turning around. "Very good Nakago." A man clapped from behind. "Varnell-san." He said coldly. "You remember. I thought you'd have forgot by now." The man said sarcastically. Nakago remembered. He remembered him very well. "Captain Varnell of the Kutou army." He said without thinking. "Actually now you should call me shogun. The other shogun had lets just say a few accidents and is indisposed." He said with a sadistic grin. Nakago inwardly felt disgusted at seeing this man but kept an expressionless face. This man was easily one of the best fighters in the whole country and Nakago was forced to train with him without using his powers. Frequently Nakago lost but sometimes he won and for this Varnell hated him. Varnell was also cold and unfeeling only doing things for himself and had no morals whatsoever. "The emperor has ordered me to train with you to see if you've lost your powers or not." Varnell said. "I don't know why. Teaching a kid is beneath a shogun." He said with a scoff. Nakago clenched his fist. He'd gotten better over a year. A lot better, and he was confident he could beat Varnell. "Let's get started then." He said, charging at the older man.
"Now come and help me pound the dough for the bread." Maria ordered Kimiko. "But my arms hurt. I just scrubbed all those pans." Kimiko complained. "Nakago-kun had to do this too, when he lived with me." Maria said. "Maria-san? How long have you known Na-chan?" Kimiko asked. "Since he was a little boy." Maria replied, wiping the sweat from her head. "Ano why is Na-chan so untrusting and mean some times?" Kimiko asked. Maria froze. "I mean he's nice to me and all but to other people it's like he expects them to try to kill us. And when I was playing with some kids in one village he almost blew up one kid because he accidentally shoved me down, plus he always watches me. I mean it's nice because I know he cares but I dunno…" she trailed off. Maria started pounding the dough again. "You have to ask him yourself." She said. "Demo he won't tell me about his past." Kimi-chan said. "Well then you'll just have to try harder." Maria said, stopping. "There all done. You can go now, Nakago-kun should be done by now. I trust that you know your way to your room." She said. Kimiko sighed and slid to the floor her arms too tired to move. Maria picked up the dough and looked at her. "You know you're probably going to get trampled down there, since they are about to serve dinner." She said. Kimiko's eyes widened as a herd of people came rushing toward her. She scrambled out the door and sighed. After a few minutes or so,
she got up and started walking down the corridor.
Kimiko walked up another corridor and suddenly realized she was lost. Everywhere looked the same. She had tried to ask directions from people but they all seemed in a big hurry and ignored her. "Aii yah. I can't believe I got lost." She said putting a hand to her forehead. She heard sounds of fighting and excitedly went in search of it, forgetting that she was supposed to go back to her room. She excitedly opened the door slightly and peeked in. She saw an older man maybe in his mid 30's and, "Na-chan!" she said falling in. Nakago got distracted and Varnell took advantage of this and hit him. Nakago fell backwards, some blood trickling out of his mouth.
"Na-chan!" Kimi-chan said going over to him, seeing him hurt. "No Kimi-chan stay out of this!" Nakago said desperately. It was too late, Varnell had already spotted her. "Who's this?" He asked grabbing her arm and turning her around to face him. "A little girl? My my Nakago you've gone soft, that might explain your weak fighting skills." He said mockingly. "Na-chan isn't soft." Kimiko said starting to get angry. "Yeah right. You're just a little brat liar, just like Nakago over there. He was spouting off his mouth saying how he'd beat me before and now look he's sitting on the floor." He said. Kimiko felt herself get angry. "I AM NOT A LIAR! AND NEITHER IS NA-CHAN!" she shouted. Varnell felt a kick to his face as she flipped over and landed neatly on her feet. He stumbled backwards. "Teme!" he yelled grabbing for her. She moved with abnormal speed and before he knew it she was behind him, doing a flying kick to his back, crushing him into the ground. Kimiko powered herself up for a ki-ball but felt Nakago grab her arm. "Don't do it, Kimi-chan. Don't show your powers to anyone." He whispered in her ear. She nodded and relaxed her arm and mind. Varnell got up and stared angrily at the two. "Tell that little brat of yours to watch herself, Nakago!" he shouted angrily. Kimiko sniffed and turned her head away, "I am not a brat." Varnell started toward the two, but stopped when he saw Nakago glaring at him. He had never seen so much protectiveness or anger or for that matter any emotion, in Nakago's eyes before. "Fine. But I still won this match today." He said, striding out the door. A knife came flying right past his face, embedding itself in the door. He turned around, fear and surprise in his eyes. Kimiko was grinning at him. "No you didn't. If you can't even beat me. How can you expect to beat Nakago?" she said arrogantly. Varnell felt anger welling up inside him but held himself in check. He knew who to mess with and who not to mess with, and these two were definitely people you didn't want to mess with.
"Wow Kimi-chan you were sugoii in there. Where did you learn how to fight?" Nakago asked surprised, when they entered their chambers. "I learned when I was little. You didn't know?" she asked. "Iie. You never told me." He said. "Well I never had to use it since I met you. You always take care of everything." She said, happily munching on the food that Nakago had gotten them on the way back from the kitchen. "I guess I do. Demo Kimi-chan. It's good to know some self defense, but maybe you should learn some more girl things, now that you have a chance too. I mean before you were a little kid and we didn't have all these things but your going to grow up very soon." He said choosing his words carefully. "Iie. I want to train with Na-chan. You'll teach me won't you. And you have to still teach me how to use my powers. I don't always have control over them." She said. "Plus I hate dolls and stuff." She continued. "Hai hai." Nakago said, admitting defeat knowing that right now he wouldn't be able to get her to do anything like that. "Honto you'll really teach me how to fight?" she asked. Nakago nodded, thinking that at least she would be able to defend herself if he wasn't around. "Ano Kimi-chan I just have one question. How did you get your knife back?" he asked. "This knife?" she asked taking the knife she had thrown at Varnell out of her pocket. She motioned for him to come nearer. "I got it out of her pocket, when she was going to put the dough in the over." She whispered in his ear. "Don't tell her." She whispered. Nakago sweatdropped. "Hai hai." He said. Kimiko rubbed her eyes. "Na-chan I'm tired. Let's go to bed." She said, tugging his big hand with her small one. Nakago wasn't tired at all but he climbed into bed with her. After a few minutes he heard her breathing even out and gently put her head off of his chest and onto the pillow. He settled back in bed and looked out one of the windows in the room.