Yamato looked the girl over and sneered.
"This, this is the best you could do?" he said, shaking his head at the little girl before him, who was looking around her surroundings in wonder.
Jyou didn't hear him though. He smiled at the girl, and brought her with him to the forest, where the two of them played in the trees and grass, scaring the more timid of the wood creatures away, and getting the curious and friendly to join in on their games.
"Mimi," Jyou said, as he lay panting on his back, exhausted from their antics, "I wonder, if you could tell me where you came from, before I wished you were with me?"
Mimi lifted her head to the top of the tree which she rested against, and looked thoughtful, "I can't remember a lot now . . . I lived in a village, and my family was murdered. I hid under pile of laundry, and they almost caught me, but there was a call from one of the other men that had raided our village, and they left. And then, after that, I was here."
Jyou frowned, "So, I didn't create you?"
Mimi giggled, "Of course not. Everything comes from something else Jyou."
He thought about that, but didn't get very far, until Mimi had jumped up and poked his shoulder.
"You're it!" she said, running away.
The two of them continued their ways for six years, when the young prince was now a 17 year old man, and his maiden was 15. The two had grown to love each other, dearly, and as they were isolated from the rest of the world, they held onto each other, for they were all that the other had.
Yamato, continuing his greedy and malicious ways, continued to use the boy for his own desires. He'd been hunting, with dogs and horses, like a nobleman, and the thought occurred to him that now that the prince was older, he might want to join his father.
This thought, with obvious reasons, was very devastating to the evil little man, and he came up with a plan to ensure that the boy would never reveal his evil deeds to the vengeful king.
He returned to his castle with the game he'd caught, and searched out Mimi. He'd found the girl in Jyou's bed chambers, resting peacefully beside him on the bed. Yamato quietly snuck up, and grabbed her, making sure her body was covered with the blanket she wore, and brought her to one of the many rooms in the castle.
"Mimi," he said, burning through the girl with the beedy eyes of a snake, "you shall go back into Jyou's bed chambers tonight, while he sleeps soundly, and plunge this knife through his heart. Then you shall bring me his heart and his tongue on a plate, or I shall have you killed."
Mimi looked at him, appalled, "Why should I slaughter an innocent man, who has never hurt anyone? Who has indeed, helped you beyond payment?"
Yamato only repeated his earlier warning, "Kill him, or I kill you."
Mimi's eys widened as she realized the man was serious, and stared at him with a disgusted gaze as he left the room. She couldn't kill the man she loved anymore than she could let herself be killed. And with that thought, she began her plan.
A/N: *cough* It has been awhile since I've updated this, hasn't it? Star Katt's review reminded me of that. ^^; So, here I am! It's short yes, but that's because I'm trying to keep the fairy tale feel to it (which is why it moves fast and I'm really laying it on heavy about how evil Yamato is). There's probably going to be one or two more chapters...and hopefully you won't have to wait ten months for them. *cough*