The Shogun's Daughter

Chapter 11

By: StarlightSakura

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*bright flashing lights*: Me no own, you no sue.

A/N: Hey howdy hey howz it goin? HAPPY LATE THANKSGIVING!!!! Well, here's Ch. 11. I apologize for taking so long to get it out Whitney. I know I take forever, believe me, it isn't intentional. Oh yeah!!!! This is the second to last chapter. I know I said that in Ch. 7 or something like that but that was when I thought I'd be done in a couple of chapters or so. But now, I wrote everything out and it's all planned and I know where I'm goin with this story. Now Whitney, don't say anything about the ending of this chapter until you read the next one (A.K.A, *deep announcer guy voice* THE FINAL CHAPTER!) Well yeah, here ya go, Enjoy!!!

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In the forest:

As Arima arrived closer to the Sohma house, he started to hear what he thought were more horses closing in on him. He turned around and his eyes confirmed his ears. Riding closely behind him were six more horses, one pulling a small carriage, each of which were closing in on him fast. The fastest one rode up next to him and the rider atop of the brown horse spoke, "I am sorry sir, we cannot allow you to go in this direction. For your own safety, please turn around."

Arima looked at the man as if he had just spoken another language. "What? You are telling me where to go for my own safety? My job is to tell people that. I am now telling you that you should not go further for your own safety." He said.

"What is going on does not concern you." The man said.

"My daughter is over there at that damn Sohma house! Her friend is also with her! I am going to go help her as much as I can!" Arima yelled.

The man looked shocked to hear that this stranger was heading to the Sohma house. "Your daughter? Are you Shogun Soichiro Arima? Your daughter is Soichiro Whitney?" The man asked. Arima nodded. "Sohma Hatori. We need to get your daughter out of there. I know not what is going on at that house. I do not want her to get hurt. You may ride with us to the house but I want you to find your daughter and her friend and get them out of here." Hatori yelled.

"I will go to the Sohma house and protect my daughter!" Arima yelled. He slapped the reins hard on the back of the horse's neck, causing the horse to pick up speed and leave Hatori a short ways behind.

As Arima neared the Sohma house, he noticed that the skies were looking a little more gray than usual. He looked up and noticed that there was a dark cloud looming in the sky. It wasn't covering the sky for miles around, it was only casting it's dark shadow over one area. From what he could tell, the clouds had also been dropping rain. "That's coming from the Sohma house! That is definitely not a good sign." He added. He wished the horse would go faster so he could get to the house and see what was really going on.

After 3 more minutes of riding, the Sohma house came into view. Arima looked and saw two figures standing about 30 feet away from each other, just staring at the other. "Kyo?" Arima asked himself, recognizing the orange haired boy from afar.

"Yes, that is Sohma Kyo. I wonder who that woman is." A voice said. Arima turned and saw Hatori slowing to a stop on his horse, followed by the four other horses and the one pulling the carriage. Hatori dismounted his horse and started running towards Kyo.

Arima followed suite but he was heading for the house to find his daughter.

"Akito-sama, we have arrived." Ayame said as he stood outside the carriage.

The door opened and Akito came out. His face was pale and he seemed to be having trouble keeping his balance. He held on tightly to the edge of the carriage as he walked towards the house.

"Akito-sama, are you alright?" Ayame asked as he grabbed Akito's arm to help him walk.

"I'm fine. I can walk under my own power. Let's hurry and get inside the house." Akito said shrugging Ayame's hand off of his arm.

"Whitney! Where are you Whitney?!" Arima shouted as he entered the house.

Whitney appeared from around a corner and was shocked to see her dad again. "Father? What are you doing back here?" Whitney asked. She led him into the room where everyone else was.

Arima looked around and noticed the frightened looks on everyone's faces. "What happened? What is going on outside?" He asked.

"The woman who cursed Kyo has returned. She placed a curse on our entire family. Kyo is outside with her and a man who appears to be working on her side." Shigure explained. He calmly stood up and motioned for Arima to have a seat on the ground. "Please, sit down. All we can do is wait and pray that everything turns out well." He added.

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Outside:

"You ruined our lives! What did my family do to you that made you curse them like this?!" Kyo yelled.

"They gave birth to you."

"Why do you hate me so much?! It was just that one incident when I was a child!"

"It goes back further than that one incident. Back to a past life." Anata said.

"A past life?"

"A life when you and I were to be wed, you left me for another. I retained those awful memories when my soul was reborn into this body. I cannot forgive you for hurting me like that. To make it worse, you switched to the enemy's side to be with her and killed my family!! For that, I will always be after you!" Anata yelled. "I HATE YOU KYO!"

The dark clouds that had formed throughout the sky had now gathered into one black cloud over Anata and Kyo. Light flashed from inside the cloud and the sound of thunder could be heard coming from the inside.

"What the hell is that?" Kyo muttered to himself.

"KYO! This is the lightning created by my hatred towards you. I can never forgive you for what you have done to me! I WANT YOU TO DIE!" Anata yelled.

She threw her hand towards Kyo and lightning struck the ground in front of Anata then headed in a beeline for Kyo. Kyo saw the lightning and tried to move but found his feet planted firmly on the ground. He looked at the ground and saw a pool of blood under his feet. He tried pulling his feet up and kept looking from the ground to the lightning bolts that were closing in fast.

"Kyo-kun!! Oh god NOOO!!!!!" A voice yelled.

Kyo felt himself being pushed out of the pool of blood and to the ground. He looked up and saw Whitney lying on the ground where he was standing. She stood up and looked at Kyo. Then, it happened.

"Whitney! MOVE!" Kyo yelled. But it was too late.

A shrill scream filled the air as Kyo looked on in horror at what was happening.

The one girl he loved, the one girl who returned his love, was caught in the lightning bolt meant for him.

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~*~*END CHAPTER ELEVEN*~*~