Blast: THIS IS ONE DAMN LONG CHAPTER! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I AM WORKING ON
THIS!?? Okay, I'm fine. Through his story, I'll be having my lousy excuse
for a classmate to be my muse. But he still owes me those 20 bucks. Anyway,
I don't own Digimon. I never will. DAAAAAAAMNNNNNN MY STOMACH IS KILLING
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Lots of dramatic scenes, so I'll place a
drama genre. Well, here goes..... and also, ARIGATO GOZAIMASU for the
reviews! (sniffles) I'm getting drunk these days...
~~ CHAPTER XII: THE TRUTH, THE CONFRONTATION, AND THE GOODBYE
The next morning, Sora woke up in her old room, her chambers when she was still a kid. Sitting up, she blinked, and looked at the window. It was raining. Some of the raindrops were tapping on her window. Smiling, she changed into her normal clothes and went down to her father and the whole family.
They all met in the dining room. But something was amiss, Sora noticed. There was no food yet. Her father is quite far away from Lady Louise. And for once, even Mimi and Jun are sitting far from each other. She took a seat beside Lady Marissa and looked at everyone. Looking at her mother's best friend, she inquired what was going on.
"I hope you've already made your decision, Sora." Was the only reply she got from Marissa.
What decision? Could it be?
"I have heard from Marissa of your mistreating Sora." Her father started, looking directly at his mistress. "She saw it with her two eyes. I would've known that you would put her to work, but I will never allow you to hit my daughter."
"She wasn't behaving properly in front of Lady Koe and Lord Kamaki." Louise explained. "I have to disciple her."
"Disciple?" Sora stand up, throwing her stepmother a dirty look. "Discipline when you are trying to take all of mother's memorabilia out of the estate? You must be crazy to think that. Father gave me precise orders to protect those things, and that was only a day before Lady Koe arrived!"
"What do you mean?"
"Father already sent me a letter, alerting me of visitors and requesting me to take care of things." She answered briefly. Mimi smiled, knowing she did the right thing of letting her go to the post office.
"And to inform you, Sora is still the heiress of the Takenouchi Estate." Arthur said. "And I am willing to bet that even the Queen herself knows of this."
"Father!" Sora exclaimed. Her father was going to tell everyone!
"You stay out of this, Sora." Arthur ordered. Sora silenced, and glanced at Marissa and Miyako. They nodded, as if to say, 'It is for the best.'.
"Do you have any idea of who the late Fauna Takenouchi really is?" he asked Louise, eyes saying, 'Try.'.
"Why would I care? That woman is nothing but a gold digger! She wants your fortune!" she exclaimed. "Even if she dies, this little girl will take everything you have worked and toiled for!"
"Don't you speak that way to my mother ever again, Madam!" Sora replied hotly, anger tearing up inside her. "You do that one more time, and you are going to regret it!"
"And what are you going to do, Sora?" Louise mocked, standing up. "You are still believing in such things."
"The child is right, Louise!" Arthur cut in, breaking the friction between Louise and Sora. Louise took her seat.
Meanwhile, Ken was getting confused. He casted a look on Miyako, who returned it with a tight smile and a small nod.
"Have you heard of the Southern Kingdom, Louise?" Arthur asked, calmly, standing up, and walked towards a certain painting located in the dining room. He saw Louise nodded. "Have you ever met the Royal Family?"
"What does that have to do with..."
"Don't answer me like that!" he interrupted, shutting Louise up completely. "A simple yes or no will do." Seeing her shook her head, he looked up at the painting. "If you had paid more attention to this mansion's great paintings and structures, you will know that the people in this painting are the same people ruling the South right now."
Everyone, except Sora and Marissa, looked towards the painting. On the painting was the Late King and Queen, complete with their crown jewels, along with the eldest son, who is the heir of the throne, holding the youngest by hand. The youngest was a beautiful girl bearing a tiara fit for her lovely self. She looked almost like...
"Sora." Mimi whispered, taking all this in. One by one, they quickly learned what was going on, even Ken.
Louise, however, didn't like the sound of this. This can't be!
"The woman you called gold digger," Arthur started, his back still on her, "My first wife and Sora's mother, Fauna," he continued. Suddenly he turned to his mistress with hot rage, "Is the youngest princess of the South Kingdom! She is the little girl portrayed there in that picture! The second in the throne!"
"Father..." Sora murmured. She doesn't like where this is going.
"And that little girl," he pointed at Sora, "is her daughter! Sora will second that throne if ever the child of the King denounces her crown! So you do not have any right to talk to my daughter like that!"
"Father!" Sora started, but Marissa placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Why would Fauna want my riches?" Arthur asked, still angry. "You know what really happened at the castle? I'll tell you! The crown prince married someone the Royal parents didn't quite agree with, and gave the crown to Fauna! And you know what she did? She turned that crown away and convinced the King and Queen to do good with her brother and her sister-in-law! You know why? Because she loved me! Had she not, she would've accepted the position and became the Queen! Now, do you believe that she is after my riches? TELL ME!"
The whole room was quiet. Sora had begun crying. All the wishes of becoming normal, staying with her friends, will be whisked away. Mimi, Sam, Ken, Taichi, Hikari, and Matt. If this continues, she'll never see Matt again! Mimi ran over to her and hugged her.
"Sora, tomorrow, you'll be leaving." Her father declared. She shot up. "You are to go to your uncle. The Southern Kingdom is in distress right now, and you are needed badly." He left the room.
Mimi and Miyako escorted Sora to the living room. Sitting down on the couch, they continued to comfort the girl who unknowingly became a candidate of the crown of the South.
After Sora finished crying, Mimi patted her. "Hey, don't worry now. I'll visit you, I promise."
"Mimi, the others..." Sora whimpered. "Taichi, Hikari, how will they react to this? And Matt...Mimi, that was only yesterday, and...I'll never see him again!" Breaking into another batch of tears, she latched herself to the brunette.
Mimi sighed, as she embraced her stepsister again. 'You'll meet him sooner than you thought, Sora...'
The rain stopped by early lunch. The young children decided on stopping by Taichi to bring on the news. Knocking on the door, they were greeted by Hikari. They went to the fields, where Taichi is tending to the golden palomino. Sora, this time, wore something more elegant.
"What's the hold up?" Taichi asked as he saw all of them again. After kissing his girlfriend for a few moments, he surveyed every one of them and saw what was happening. "Sora? You okay?" he asked, seeing his childhood friend's face red with tears.
"Taichi, I want you to take care of my palomino." She answered, stroking her horse.
"What? What do you mean?"
"Tai, I'm leaving." She said, her eyes still on her horse.
"What? Where?" he took Sora by her shoulders. "What happened? Tell me!"
Mimi broke the hold, and took Sora to her. "She can't explain this. Perhaps Miyako can fill that answer. You need to know the truth about Sora. And she will need to know the truth we've been hiding from her."
"What truth?" the redhead asked. Mimi soothed her.
"We'll talk about it later." She said. "Now, let's take Palo for a little tour." Mimi took Taichi's Thoroughbred and Sora took the palomino's reins and walked to the plains. Miyako explained what happened that morning and told him the whole truth.
"Well, that beats it all." Taichi concluded. The children looked to him, questioning. "Well, if she's really the niece of the King, Matt can always find her."
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"Well, if my memory serves me right, Matt is none other than the crown prince of Ishida, Prince Yamato." Tai mused, looking up. "That won't be a problem."
"But that is the problem." Someone argued. They looked and found Matt, wearing his castle clothes, and on his Clydesdale. "I won't have a chance on her because she will be ruling the South." Looking at their confused faces, he sighed, "Because the crown princess of the South, Princess Rika, who is Sora's cousin, is betrothed to marry me."
"Matt!" Tai exclaimed. "When did you just learn all of this?!"
"Last night. Father told me directly." He answered. "And mother told me of who that woman really is. Although I thank you for pushing me to Sora, I still couldn't believe you hid the truth from me."
"I can't believe this." Miyako said. She looked at Yamato. "Lady Sora is in the plains together with Lady Mimi. You might want to have a word with her."
Matt nodded, and ran after Mimi and Sora. Tai sighed. "What a crazy world this is."
"It certainly is." Ken affirmed. "I wonder how will this story end."
"Well, it is either fate, or the author really wants to screw this story up." Miyako answered. Ken shakes his head.
After hearing Yamato's side which was told by Mimi, Sora looked up. "I am in so much trouble."
"I didn't believe Taichi at first," Mimi said. "But he could never tell a lie to me. I have heard of Prince Yamato, but we never saw him."
"That's because my mother never let me out." Yamato added, riding towards their direction. "Damn they're so strict." He stopped in front of them and got off his horse, with a plain look on his face. "A good day to you, Mimi, Fauna, or should I say, Sora?"
Mimi acknowledged the greeting, but Sora looked away. "I should leave you two to talk. I need a word with the others." She quickly rode away.
Sora got off of her palomino, and faced Yamato. Both of them made a mistake, and it must be attended immediately. But Matt wasn't one to show patience.
"Why didn't you told me who you really were?" he asked, first calmly. "You told me that you are a servant of the Takenouchi household, and yet, you are the heiress! That letter came from your father! Why haven't you told me?!"
"I'll tell you!" Sora cried out. "Even though father is with me, I have no actual rights while my stepmother is there! If I were to tell you I am a landlady, would you believe that right away from the sight of my clothes?! What if I was wrong? And I never became the heiress?" Having no reply from the prince, she continued. "And you know what? It never happened! My father suddenly lose his nerve this morning and will send me to the South right away! As I'm sure you know why. Even though we will still meet, it won't be the same. You are going to be my in-law by the next week." (AN: Let's just say Sora learned that from her father, and never told Miyako.) She drew up her horse once again. "Had I knew who you really were, if you didn't chose to hide, I would've told. And there I was in my room, thinking that I'll never see you again! I was thinking of dying instead than to be away from you!" she rode off, her cinnamon red hair covering her crying face.
Yamato groaned, rubbing his temples. He was hoping that the whole problem will be solved. Now he was never going to marry her! He have to convince the Princess not to agree with the marriage. He mounted his horse, and sauntered back to the stables. This was not going well. And for the first time in the young prince's life, he wept.
As Sora returned to the stables, she dried her tears and put on a convincing face. But Mimi saw through her mirror, and asked what was wrong.
"I have to go home." Was her reply. Mimi and Taichi looked at each other. Something must've happened. Bad.
They were gone by the time Yamato returned to the stables. Taichi heaved a sigh, and looked at his best friend. Yamato returned the look, and his brown haired friend shook his head. "I guess I screwed up bad." The young prince said. Tai nodded.
"Things'll work out in the end, Matt." He replied simply.
"I'll see you later." He said as he rode off. Tai let out another sigh.
"This definitely isn't Yamato's day." Hikari walked up to her brother, wiping her hands on her apron. She had already finished her chores for the day. They don't need servants to do things for them, they can just handle things by themselves.
"It sure isn't."
Sora sits on the center of her bed, clutching the large bed quilts. It was near evening now, and she haven't went down after coming home from the Kamiya's. Letting her head rest on her bended knees, she began thinking whether what she did was right. If she can't see the prince before next week, she may never had a chance to be with him. Still embroidered in her tangled mind web, she hadn't heard the bedroom door open.
"Sora?" She looked up and saw her father, smiling softly. She broke into a small smile herself. Arthur sat on the side of the bed. "Listen, Sora, I'm sorry I acted like that this morning. But what I say is true, my child. Since it was the Princess who is going to marry the Ishida's crown prince, you have to (AN: Don't even think of complaining of the monarchy system in my story because I'M THE AUTHOR!!!) take her place as the ruler of the South for a while, until the the whole inheritance is passed on to both of them."
"Father, it is not the crown I'm getting to worked up about." Sora replied. Arthur looked at his daughter, rather confused. "It...it's the crown prince."
"Huh? What has Prince Yamato got to do with your...wait, don't tell me..."
Sora told her father the whole story, including her last confrontation. After narrating the events, she covered herself with her bedsheets and cried.
Arthur was quite surprised of the roll of events. It was known that the prince was quite a escapee, but he never thought that the young man would bump to his daughter. And quite a problem they were presented with. Taking the crying girl into his arms, he said, "Little one, no one is perfect. It was wrong to lie, and both of you made the same mistake of lying to each other. But this is a small problem to deal with. If the two of you can't make up for this tiny quandary, then you can never face the danger that might be lurking ahead." Sighing, he continued. "Even though your mother and I got together, our web of story is just as complicated as yours, but of little difficulty as your mother isn't the holder of the crown as long as her brother is there." Making Sora look up to him, he smiled. "There is no problem that couldn't be solved by talking in a calm and orderly manner."
Sora returned the action and nodded. Her father is right. "But it's too late now. I'll be leaving tomorrow." She presented him with a smile and went back to to her stance before her father entered. "I just have to live with it, I guess."
By the next morning, the carriage set for the Nonaka Kingdom was on their front yard. The footsmen took all of Sora's belongings and placed them in the back. Sora, together with all the others, save for Louise and Jun (AN: I'm a JUN-hater, so sue me.) joined her outside. Sora shared a hug with her father before turning to the rest. Mimi stands beside them, tears already flowing.
"I will trust you to handle the estate, Mimi, while I am away." She said.
"Don't worry about me, Sora. You got your issues to deal with." Mimi jested. Both of them looked at each other, and broke into an embrace. "Oh Sora! I'll miss you!!"
"I will to, Mimi." Sora replied. They separated, and the redhead looked at Sam. The young man took her hand and kissed it.
"Expect that this will not be the last we meet, Sora." He said, after, and released her hand. (Me: 'looking up innocently'. Drex: Hey, you're turning this into something else! Me: AM not! You are just illiterate!) Sora smiled, and turned to Miyako and Ken. Her smile grew wider.
"I am looking forward to see the both of you at the Nonaka's." she assumed, winking at the lavender haired girl who instantly blushed at the sound of 'the both of you'. Ken was smiling innocently, scratching the back of his head. Sora turned to the Lord and Ladies. "Lord Kamaki, Lady Koe, Lady Marissa, I thank you of visiting us here, and I anticipate that you will be visiting the South as well."
"You give us a call, we'll be there." Koe smiled. Marissa grinned, knowing she need not say anything.
Sora smiled back. (AN: They're smiling a lot even though she's going to be away. Drex: Sicko. Me: Get lost. You're just data in my story. Drex: Sounds more like a muse. Me: GET OUT!!!!!!) She went to the carriage, where she is greeted halfway by the footmen, who escorted her to the stagecoach. Before completely stepping into the carriage, she looked up to the window, where she saw her stepmother and her stepsister watching her. She nodded slightly and went into her transportation. The stagecoach hurried off right away.
At the cliff near the road to the outskirts of the Ishida's Kingdom, Yamato watched at the stagecoach passed by. Reining his Clydesdale, he looked at the carriage that had the only girl, aside from his mother, that he loved, disappear from his sight. What he didn't know is that they'll be meeting again sooner than he thought.
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Blast: If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, right that day he'll see and TALK to her again. I'm such a spoiler. And, mind telling me what OOC means? My other story, a Ryouki, had a review, and it involved that certain abbreviation, or whatever it's called. Try guessing what will happen next!
~~ CHAPTER XII: THE TRUTH, THE CONFRONTATION, AND THE GOODBYE
The next morning, Sora woke up in her old room, her chambers when she was still a kid. Sitting up, she blinked, and looked at the window. It was raining. Some of the raindrops were tapping on her window. Smiling, she changed into her normal clothes and went down to her father and the whole family.
They all met in the dining room. But something was amiss, Sora noticed. There was no food yet. Her father is quite far away from Lady Louise. And for once, even Mimi and Jun are sitting far from each other. She took a seat beside Lady Marissa and looked at everyone. Looking at her mother's best friend, she inquired what was going on.
"I hope you've already made your decision, Sora." Was the only reply she got from Marissa.
What decision? Could it be?
"I have heard from Marissa of your mistreating Sora." Her father started, looking directly at his mistress. "She saw it with her two eyes. I would've known that you would put her to work, but I will never allow you to hit my daughter."
"She wasn't behaving properly in front of Lady Koe and Lord Kamaki." Louise explained. "I have to disciple her."
"Disciple?" Sora stand up, throwing her stepmother a dirty look. "Discipline when you are trying to take all of mother's memorabilia out of the estate? You must be crazy to think that. Father gave me precise orders to protect those things, and that was only a day before Lady Koe arrived!"
"What do you mean?"
"Father already sent me a letter, alerting me of visitors and requesting me to take care of things." She answered briefly. Mimi smiled, knowing she did the right thing of letting her go to the post office.
"And to inform you, Sora is still the heiress of the Takenouchi Estate." Arthur said. "And I am willing to bet that even the Queen herself knows of this."
"Father!" Sora exclaimed. Her father was going to tell everyone!
"You stay out of this, Sora." Arthur ordered. Sora silenced, and glanced at Marissa and Miyako. They nodded, as if to say, 'It is for the best.'.
"Do you have any idea of who the late Fauna Takenouchi really is?" he asked Louise, eyes saying, 'Try.'.
"Why would I care? That woman is nothing but a gold digger! She wants your fortune!" she exclaimed. "Even if she dies, this little girl will take everything you have worked and toiled for!"
"Don't you speak that way to my mother ever again, Madam!" Sora replied hotly, anger tearing up inside her. "You do that one more time, and you are going to regret it!"
"And what are you going to do, Sora?" Louise mocked, standing up. "You are still believing in such things."
"The child is right, Louise!" Arthur cut in, breaking the friction between Louise and Sora. Louise took her seat.
Meanwhile, Ken was getting confused. He casted a look on Miyako, who returned it with a tight smile and a small nod.
"Have you heard of the Southern Kingdom, Louise?" Arthur asked, calmly, standing up, and walked towards a certain painting located in the dining room. He saw Louise nodded. "Have you ever met the Royal Family?"
"What does that have to do with..."
"Don't answer me like that!" he interrupted, shutting Louise up completely. "A simple yes or no will do." Seeing her shook her head, he looked up at the painting. "If you had paid more attention to this mansion's great paintings and structures, you will know that the people in this painting are the same people ruling the South right now."
Everyone, except Sora and Marissa, looked towards the painting. On the painting was the Late King and Queen, complete with their crown jewels, along with the eldest son, who is the heir of the throne, holding the youngest by hand. The youngest was a beautiful girl bearing a tiara fit for her lovely self. She looked almost like...
"Sora." Mimi whispered, taking all this in. One by one, they quickly learned what was going on, even Ken.
Louise, however, didn't like the sound of this. This can't be!
"The woman you called gold digger," Arthur started, his back still on her, "My first wife and Sora's mother, Fauna," he continued. Suddenly he turned to his mistress with hot rage, "Is the youngest princess of the South Kingdom! She is the little girl portrayed there in that picture! The second in the throne!"
"Father..." Sora murmured. She doesn't like where this is going.
"And that little girl," he pointed at Sora, "is her daughter! Sora will second that throne if ever the child of the King denounces her crown! So you do not have any right to talk to my daughter like that!"
"Father!" Sora started, but Marissa placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Why would Fauna want my riches?" Arthur asked, still angry. "You know what really happened at the castle? I'll tell you! The crown prince married someone the Royal parents didn't quite agree with, and gave the crown to Fauna! And you know what she did? She turned that crown away and convinced the King and Queen to do good with her brother and her sister-in-law! You know why? Because she loved me! Had she not, she would've accepted the position and became the Queen! Now, do you believe that she is after my riches? TELL ME!"
The whole room was quiet. Sora had begun crying. All the wishes of becoming normal, staying with her friends, will be whisked away. Mimi, Sam, Ken, Taichi, Hikari, and Matt. If this continues, she'll never see Matt again! Mimi ran over to her and hugged her.
"Sora, tomorrow, you'll be leaving." Her father declared. She shot up. "You are to go to your uncle. The Southern Kingdom is in distress right now, and you are needed badly." He left the room.
Mimi and Miyako escorted Sora to the living room. Sitting down on the couch, they continued to comfort the girl who unknowingly became a candidate of the crown of the South.
After Sora finished crying, Mimi patted her. "Hey, don't worry now. I'll visit you, I promise."
"Mimi, the others..." Sora whimpered. "Taichi, Hikari, how will they react to this? And Matt...Mimi, that was only yesterday, and...I'll never see him again!" Breaking into another batch of tears, she latched herself to the brunette.
Mimi sighed, as she embraced her stepsister again. 'You'll meet him sooner than you thought, Sora...'
The rain stopped by early lunch. The young children decided on stopping by Taichi to bring on the news. Knocking on the door, they were greeted by Hikari. They went to the fields, where Taichi is tending to the golden palomino. Sora, this time, wore something more elegant.
"What's the hold up?" Taichi asked as he saw all of them again. After kissing his girlfriend for a few moments, he surveyed every one of them and saw what was happening. "Sora? You okay?" he asked, seeing his childhood friend's face red with tears.
"Taichi, I want you to take care of my palomino." She answered, stroking her horse.
"What? What do you mean?"
"Tai, I'm leaving." She said, her eyes still on her horse.
"What? Where?" he took Sora by her shoulders. "What happened? Tell me!"
Mimi broke the hold, and took Sora to her. "She can't explain this. Perhaps Miyako can fill that answer. You need to know the truth about Sora. And she will need to know the truth we've been hiding from her."
"What truth?" the redhead asked. Mimi soothed her.
"We'll talk about it later." She said. "Now, let's take Palo for a little tour." Mimi took Taichi's Thoroughbred and Sora took the palomino's reins and walked to the plains. Miyako explained what happened that morning and told him the whole truth.
"Well, that beats it all." Taichi concluded. The children looked to him, questioning. "Well, if she's really the niece of the King, Matt can always find her."
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"Well, if my memory serves me right, Matt is none other than the crown prince of Ishida, Prince Yamato." Tai mused, looking up. "That won't be a problem."
"But that is the problem." Someone argued. They looked and found Matt, wearing his castle clothes, and on his Clydesdale. "I won't have a chance on her because she will be ruling the South." Looking at their confused faces, he sighed, "Because the crown princess of the South, Princess Rika, who is Sora's cousin, is betrothed to marry me."
"Matt!" Tai exclaimed. "When did you just learn all of this?!"
"Last night. Father told me directly." He answered. "And mother told me of who that woman really is. Although I thank you for pushing me to Sora, I still couldn't believe you hid the truth from me."
"I can't believe this." Miyako said. She looked at Yamato. "Lady Sora is in the plains together with Lady Mimi. You might want to have a word with her."
Matt nodded, and ran after Mimi and Sora. Tai sighed. "What a crazy world this is."
"It certainly is." Ken affirmed. "I wonder how will this story end."
"Well, it is either fate, or the author really wants to screw this story up." Miyako answered. Ken shakes his head.
After hearing Yamato's side which was told by Mimi, Sora looked up. "I am in so much trouble."
"I didn't believe Taichi at first," Mimi said. "But he could never tell a lie to me. I have heard of Prince Yamato, but we never saw him."
"That's because my mother never let me out." Yamato added, riding towards their direction. "Damn they're so strict." He stopped in front of them and got off his horse, with a plain look on his face. "A good day to you, Mimi, Fauna, or should I say, Sora?"
Mimi acknowledged the greeting, but Sora looked away. "I should leave you two to talk. I need a word with the others." She quickly rode away.
Sora got off of her palomino, and faced Yamato. Both of them made a mistake, and it must be attended immediately. But Matt wasn't one to show patience.
"Why didn't you told me who you really were?" he asked, first calmly. "You told me that you are a servant of the Takenouchi household, and yet, you are the heiress! That letter came from your father! Why haven't you told me?!"
"I'll tell you!" Sora cried out. "Even though father is with me, I have no actual rights while my stepmother is there! If I were to tell you I am a landlady, would you believe that right away from the sight of my clothes?! What if I was wrong? And I never became the heiress?" Having no reply from the prince, she continued. "And you know what? It never happened! My father suddenly lose his nerve this morning and will send me to the South right away! As I'm sure you know why. Even though we will still meet, it won't be the same. You are going to be my in-law by the next week." (AN: Let's just say Sora learned that from her father, and never told Miyako.) She drew up her horse once again. "Had I knew who you really were, if you didn't chose to hide, I would've told. And there I was in my room, thinking that I'll never see you again! I was thinking of dying instead than to be away from you!" she rode off, her cinnamon red hair covering her crying face.
Yamato groaned, rubbing his temples. He was hoping that the whole problem will be solved. Now he was never going to marry her! He have to convince the Princess not to agree with the marriage. He mounted his horse, and sauntered back to the stables. This was not going well. And for the first time in the young prince's life, he wept.
As Sora returned to the stables, she dried her tears and put on a convincing face. But Mimi saw through her mirror, and asked what was wrong.
"I have to go home." Was her reply. Mimi and Taichi looked at each other. Something must've happened. Bad.
They were gone by the time Yamato returned to the stables. Taichi heaved a sigh, and looked at his best friend. Yamato returned the look, and his brown haired friend shook his head. "I guess I screwed up bad." The young prince said. Tai nodded.
"Things'll work out in the end, Matt." He replied simply.
"I'll see you later." He said as he rode off. Tai let out another sigh.
"This definitely isn't Yamato's day." Hikari walked up to her brother, wiping her hands on her apron. She had already finished her chores for the day. They don't need servants to do things for them, they can just handle things by themselves.
"It sure isn't."
Sora sits on the center of her bed, clutching the large bed quilts. It was near evening now, and she haven't went down after coming home from the Kamiya's. Letting her head rest on her bended knees, she began thinking whether what she did was right. If she can't see the prince before next week, she may never had a chance to be with him. Still embroidered in her tangled mind web, she hadn't heard the bedroom door open.
"Sora?" She looked up and saw her father, smiling softly. She broke into a small smile herself. Arthur sat on the side of the bed. "Listen, Sora, I'm sorry I acted like that this morning. But what I say is true, my child. Since it was the Princess who is going to marry the Ishida's crown prince, you have to (AN: Don't even think of complaining of the monarchy system in my story because I'M THE AUTHOR!!!) take her place as the ruler of the South for a while, until the the whole inheritance is passed on to both of them."
"Father, it is not the crown I'm getting to worked up about." Sora replied. Arthur looked at his daughter, rather confused. "It...it's the crown prince."
"Huh? What has Prince Yamato got to do with your...wait, don't tell me..."
Sora told her father the whole story, including her last confrontation. After narrating the events, she covered herself with her bedsheets and cried.
Arthur was quite surprised of the roll of events. It was known that the prince was quite a escapee, but he never thought that the young man would bump to his daughter. And quite a problem they were presented with. Taking the crying girl into his arms, he said, "Little one, no one is perfect. It was wrong to lie, and both of you made the same mistake of lying to each other. But this is a small problem to deal with. If the two of you can't make up for this tiny quandary, then you can never face the danger that might be lurking ahead." Sighing, he continued. "Even though your mother and I got together, our web of story is just as complicated as yours, but of little difficulty as your mother isn't the holder of the crown as long as her brother is there." Making Sora look up to him, he smiled. "There is no problem that couldn't be solved by talking in a calm and orderly manner."
Sora returned the action and nodded. Her father is right. "But it's too late now. I'll be leaving tomorrow." She presented him with a smile and went back to to her stance before her father entered. "I just have to live with it, I guess."
By the next morning, the carriage set for the Nonaka Kingdom was on their front yard. The footsmen took all of Sora's belongings and placed them in the back. Sora, together with all the others, save for Louise and Jun (AN: I'm a JUN-hater, so sue me.) joined her outside. Sora shared a hug with her father before turning to the rest. Mimi stands beside them, tears already flowing.
"I will trust you to handle the estate, Mimi, while I am away." She said.
"Don't worry about me, Sora. You got your issues to deal with." Mimi jested. Both of them looked at each other, and broke into an embrace. "Oh Sora! I'll miss you!!"
"I will to, Mimi." Sora replied. They separated, and the redhead looked at Sam. The young man took her hand and kissed it.
"Expect that this will not be the last we meet, Sora." He said, after, and released her hand. (Me: 'looking up innocently'. Drex: Hey, you're turning this into something else! Me: AM not! You are just illiterate!) Sora smiled, and turned to Miyako and Ken. Her smile grew wider.
"I am looking forward to see the both of you at the Nonaka's." she assumed, winking at the lavender haired girl who instantly blushed at the sound of 'the both of you'. Ken was smiling innocently, scratching the back of his head. Sora turned to the Lord and Ladies. "Lord Kamaki, Lady Koe, Lady Marissa, I thank you of visiting us here, and I anticipate that you will be visiting the South as well."
"You give us a call, we'll be there." Koe smiled. Marissa grinned, knowing she need not say anything.
Sora smiled back. (AN: They're smiling a lot even though she's going to be away. Drex: Sicko. Me: Get lost. You're just data in my story. Drex: Sounds more like a muse. Me: GET OUT!!!!!!) She went to the carriage, where she is greeted halfway by the footmen, who escorted her to the stagecoach. Before completely stepping into the carriage, she looked up to the window, where she saw her stepmother and her stepsister watching her. She nodded slightly and went into her transportation. The stagecoach hurried off right away.
At the cliff near the road to the outskirts of the Ishida's Kingdom, Yamato watched at the stagecoach passed by. Reining his Clydesdale, he looked at the carriage that had the only girl, aside from his mother, that he loved, disappear from his sight. What he didn't know is that they'll be meeting again sooner than he thought.
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Blast: If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, right that day he'll see and TALK to her again. I'm such a spoiler. And, mind telling me what OOC means? My other story, a Ryouki, had a review, and it involved that certain abbreviation, or whatever it's called. Try guessing what will happen next!