Chapter 2
Ohayoo Minna-san!
How is everyone? I'm…about to commit academic suicide ^_^; I have a HUGE test tomorrow- and well, to put it nicely- the cute Japanese sensei's are sadistic! I want to cry- but I took a short break to type this chapter- I had to get my mind off Japanese homework & studying for a while or else my head was about to explode… anyway…not much else going on right now… I've pretty much finished another one of my fics currently in progress- so I can devote more time to this fic! That means more frequent updates… well no, I take that back- I have two papers to write :( then more frequent updates- but I won't let you hang for long-
Oh well- enjoy!
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The sounds of birds chirping began to awake her from the darkness of her sleep. Feeling a cool breeze teasing her skin, and something tickling her nose she began to move slowly. Batting the offending object that was tickling her, away she rolled over and laid on her back.
Not knowing how long she had laid there unconscious, Sora kept her eyes tightly closed. The object ran across her nose once again, but this time it was accompanied by a light masculine laugh. Finally she sobered as she heard the noises around her again- birds chirping… a chuckle…
Sitting up with a start, Sora saw the source of the laughter. A boy sat next to her holding a long piece of what appeared to be grass. Taking in her soundings, Sora found she was no longer in the shrine- or anywhere she knew of back near her home in Tokyo.
Turning to the boy with the wild brown hair, her eyes went wide with shock. His deep chocolate eyes bore down in her crimson ones as he seemed to come closer towards her. Slowly he brought his hand up and caressed her cheek lightly. Moving suddenly he claimed her lips, drowning out her startled cry with his mouth. He let out a moan as he tried to deepen the kiss.
Doing the only things she thought proper in this situation, Sora brought her hand back and slapped the boy off her. She rolled away from him quickly and tensed as she looked back at the shocked brown eyes that looked annoyed more than anything.
Suddenly he stood up on his feet, just staring at her. Not saying anything he rose his hand- as if signaling someone off in the distance.
"Wh… where am I?" She asked meekly expecting him to strike her. Not really fearing the impact that much due to the fact she had lived through a lot worse, she continued to search his face for an explanation. She awaited his strike, but to her amazement it never came.
"What am I doing here?" She asked to break the silence between the two. But still she got no answer. "Who are you?" She continued.
"That's what I'd like to know about you- and what you are doing in MY personal garden." He finally spoke.
Out of nowhere two large armed samurai arrived behind the brown haired man.
"Yes, highness." They called in unison as they bowed.
"This concubine has angered me- take her to the dungeon to cool off." He said turning his back to her.
"WHAT?" Came her angered scream as the two men grabbed her arms and began to take her off. "NO! I'm not from here! Let me go! And I'm not anyone's concubine! Please you have to believe me… please!" She cried as she was dragged off kicking and fighting.
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Finding herself locked in a cold dungeon cell several minutes later, she couldn't help but let the tears come.
'Great job stupid! At least at home you had a warm bed to sleep in…' She berated herself as she huddled together to try and keep herself warm.
"Mama… oh mama what am I going to do?" She wept as quietly as she could as to not attract any more attention. The guards had been a little rough with her since she fought and struggled with them. Plus from the fall, her body was already sore and tried.
Not knowing how long she sat there with her knees pulled tightly to her stomach as she cried, or how long a gentle looking man stood there in front of her, she stopped crying as she suddenly met his kind eyes.
"Here…" The blue haired man said handing her a cloth handkerchief. "Dry your tears… everything is alright."
"Alright?… Alright?" She asked feeling hopelessly alone and scared. "I'm God knows where, locked in a dungeon, I'm cold, tired and my head hurts…" She sobbed into the cloth. "Not to mention some strange man coming up and forcefully kissing me when I wake up after the fall…"
"Well that would be highness- the First Prince Taichi… I'm sorry, it is rude of me, I am Joe, I'm a personal attendant to his highness, Miss… I never got your name."
"My name?"
"Well, yes. Unless you want us to call you Miss for the rest of your stay."
"My stay? Why do you need to know my name if I'm going to be down here forever?'
"Miss, we're not going to keep you down here- in fact the Prince himself asked me to come down here and release you."
"What? You're letting me go?"
"Yes Miss. Right after his Highness' requested audience with you."
"You don't have to call me 'Miss,'" Sora said standing up as Joe helped her to her feet and unlocked the doors. "My name is Sora. Sora Takenouchi. And I'd rather not talk to him again…"
"Miss Sora, the young master is harmless- his eyes are always looking at beautiful faces, but he hardly follows through with more than a harmless kiss or two."
"I'd still rather not." Sora said meekly once more as she followed the blue haired man. She knew not what to do or where to go as she simply walked behind him down the seemingly endless hallways. Walking into a large and bright room, Sora's eyes went wide as she looked on the magnificent scene before her. Plants that could not possibly be from Japan, let alone anything she had ever seen before filled the greenhouse like structure. A large pool collected water that fell from a majestic waterfall. It looked like a tropical paradise to Sora's tired eyes.
A splash of water and sounds of giggling women caused her to snap out of her day dream. Sitting amongst the company of several beautiful women was the man from earlier.
Eyeing him with intense disgust, she stood her ground next to the nice man who lead her there.
Noticing the presence of his attendant Joe, the brown haired man stood up and got out of the water. A woman from out of no where came out with a towel and dressing coat to put on over his wet shorts.
"Ah it's you. Ladies you bore me- leave." As if he was their master the women bowed and quickly disappeared within seconds of his words.
"Thank you Joe, I'll call you again once I'm done talking with…"
"Her name is Sora Takenouchi, highness."
"I'll call when Sora and I have finished talking."
"Yes highness." the blue haired man said as he bowed and exited, leaving Sora and the prince alone.
Sora stood there looking fearfully at the Prince as he dried himself off and went to sit on a rock by the pool's side.
"I don't bite." Came the prince's voice. Sora looked cautiously at the man. He motioned for her to come closer, but when she didn't he stood up and moved closer to her.
Instantly she tensed and tried to make herself as small as possible by pulling her arms protectively in in front of her at her chest. And then suddenly her head began to ache more and more. Closing her eyes she tried to will the pain away- she was startled when like a switch it was turned off.
"How did you get into my private gardens?" Prince Taichi asked as he walked around her inspecting her for something.
'Could he have sent her to try and assassinate me? That last attempt was close…' He thought to himself.
"No one sent me- I was in an old shrine back home. And then I fell and suddenly was here." Sora said quickly. "I couldn't have been sent here to kill you because I don't know where I am, and who you are or if I could even try to assassinate anyone…"
"What?"
"Didn't you say you thought someone sent me to try and kill you?" Sora asked a little scared of this man's anger.
"No-" Tai answered.
"Yes you did… I heard you."
"Where do you come from?"
"Tokyo." She answered right away.
"So you are from the country of Tokyo." Tai said looking at her oddly.
"No that's my hometown, I live in Japan."
"Japan? I've never heard of that country before." Taichi replied as he rubbed his chin. "And why are you dressed in such strange garments? I've never seen a lady have legs so long and exposed."
"It's not strange… it's a skirt." Sora said trying to pull the short skirt down because she was a little uneasy about him staring at her legs.
'She's quite attractive… her hair color is extremely rare and exotic. Her figure is perfect… I think she'd make a fine addition to my women servants.' Tai thought finishing looking her over.
But he was broken from his thoughts as he saw her hand once again about to strike him on the face. Quickly however, he grabbed it and stopped her. Twisting her arm around and pulling her back towards his chest he pinned her.
"Now see here!" He growled at her in anger.
"No! You see here! I will NOT be anyone's servant and I would be most grateful if you will stop looking at me like I'm some object or a piece of meat!" She struggled fiercely against his grasp. "Addition to you harem- Never! Now let me go!" She cried still struggling for the upper hand.
"I never said anything about all that!"
"Yes you did! I clearly heard you talking about the way I looked!"
"Wait-" Tai said as she stopped struggling with her and released her pushing her to the ground. "You can hear my thoughts?" He looked down at her with a questioning gaze.
"What?" Sora asked ready for anything he might try next.
"Just try it-" He said, still looking at her. "What am I thinking now?"
'This one is the craziest woman I've ever seen or the..'
"I am not crazy!" She fumed breaking off his internal conversation with himself.
"Amazing! You can read minds…" He said as he stepped closer to her and offered her a hand. Sora of course cringed and drew back expecting a slap… but once again it never came.
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A/N: thanks for the reviews! They make horrible days like today bearable!
It's snowing out right now… *tear* I hate winter… oh well- continue to let me know what you think-
Ja Ne!
Ohayoo Minna-san!
How is everyone? I'm…about to commit academic suicide ^_^; I have a HUGE test tomorrow- and well, to put it nicely- the cute Japanese sensei's are sadistic! I want to cry- but I took a short break to type this chapter- I had to get my mind off Japanese homework & studying for a while or else my head was about to explode… anyway…not much else going on right now… I've pretty much finished another one of my fics currently in progress- so I can devote more time to this fic! That means more frequent updates… well no, I take that back- I have two papers to write :( then more frequent updates- but I won't let you hang for long-
Oh well- enjoy!
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The sounds of birds chirping began to awake her from the darkness of her sleep. Feeling a cool breeze teasing her skin, and something tickling her nose she began to move slowly. Batting the offending object that was tickling her, away she rolled over and laid on her back.
Not knowing how long she had laid there unconscious, Sora kept her eyes tightly closed. The object ran across her nose once again, but this time it was accompanied by a light masculine laugh. Finally she sobered as she heard the noises around her again- birds chirping… a chuckle…
Sitting up with a start, Sora saw the source of the laughter. A boy sat next to her holding a long piece of what appeared to be grass. Taking in her soundings, Sora found she was no longer in the shrine- or anywhere she knew of back near her home in Tokyo.
Turning to the boy with the wild brown hair, her eyes went wide with shock. His deep chocolate eyes bore down in her crimson ones as he seemed to come closer towards her. Slowly he brought his hand up and caressed her cheek lightly. Moving suddenly he claimed her lips, drowning out her startled cry with his mouth. He let out a moan as he tried to deepen the kiss.
Doing the only things she thought proper in this situation, Sora brought her hand back and slapped the boy off her. She rolled away from him quickly and tensed as she looked back at the shocked brown eyes that looked annoyed more than anything.
Suddenly he stood up on his feet, just staring at her. Not saying anything he rose his hand- as if signaling someone off in the distance.
"Wh… where am I?" She asked meekly expecting him to strike her. Not really fearing the impact that much due to the fact she had lived through a lot worse, she continued to search his face for an explanation. She awaited his strike, but to her amazement it never came.
"What am I doing here?" She asked to break the silence between the two. But still she got no answer. "Who are you?" She continued.
"That's what I'd like to know about you- and what you are doing in MY personal garden." He finally spoke.
Out of nowhere two large armed samurai arrived behind the brown haired man.
"Yes, highness." They called in unison as they bowed.
"This concubine has angered me- take her to the dungeon to cool off." He said turning his back to her.
"WHAT?" Came her angered scream as the two men grabbed her arms and began to take her off. "NO! I'm not from here! Let me go! And I'm not anyone's concubine! Please you have to believe me… please!" She cried as she was dragged off kicking and fighting.
-
Finding herself locked in a cold dungeon cell several minutes later, she couldn't help but let the tears come.
'Great job stupid! At least at home you had a warm bed to sleep in…' She berated herself as she huddled together to try and keep herself warm.
"Mama… oh mama what am I going to do?" She wept as quietly as she could as to not attract any more attention. The guards had been a little rough with her since she fought and struggled with them. Plus from the fall, her body was already sore and tried.
Not knowing how long she sat there with her knees pulled tightly to her stomach as she cried, or how long a gentle looking man stood there in front of her, she stopped crying as she suddenly met his kind eyes.
"Here…" The blue haired man said handing her a cloth handkerchief. "Dry your tears… everything is alright."
"Alright?… Alright?" She asked feeling hopelessly alone and scared. "I'm God knows where, locked in a dungeon, I'm cold, tired and my head hurts…" She sobbed into the cloth. "Not to mention some strange man coming up and forcefully kissing me when I wake up after the fall…"
"Well that would be highness- the First Prince Taichi… I'm sorry, it is rude of me, I am Joe, I'm a personal attendant to his highness, Miss… I never got your name."
"My name?"
"Well, yes. Unless you want us to call you Miss for the rest of your stay."
"My stay? Why do you need to know my name if I'm going to be down here forever?'
"Miss, we're not going to keep you down here- in fact the Prince himself asked me to come down here and release you."
"What? You're letting me go?"
"Yes Miss. Right after his Highness' requested audience with you."
"You don't have to call me 'Miss,'" Sora said standing up as Joe helped her to her feet and unlocked the doors. "My name is Sora. Sora Takenouchi. And I'd rather not talk to him again…"
"Miss Sora, the young master is harmless- his eyes are always looking at beautiful faces, but he hardly follows through with more than a harmless kiss or two."
"I'd still rather not." Sora said meekly once more as she followed the blue haired man. She knew not what to do or where to go as she simply walked behind him down the seemingly endless hallways. Walking into a large and bright room, Sora's eyes went wide as she looked on the magnificent scene before her. Plants that could not possibly be from Japan, let alone anything she had ever seen before filled the greenhouse like structure. A large pool collected water that fell from a majestic waterfall. It looked like a tropical paradise to Sora's tired eyes.
A splash of water and sounds of giggling women caused her to snap out of her day dream. Sitting amongst the company of several beautiful women was the man from earlier.
Eyeing him with intense disgust, she stood her ground next to the nice man who lead her there.
Noticing the presence of his attendant Joe, the brown haired man stood up and got out of the water. A woman from out of no where came out with a towel and dressing coat to put on over his wet shorts.
"Ah it's you. Ladies you bore me- leave." As if he was their master the women bowed and quickly disappeared within seconds of his words.
"Thank you Joe, I'll call you again once I'm done talking with…"
"Her name is Sora Takenouchi, highness."
"I'll call when Sora and I have finished talking."
"Yes highness." the blue haired man said as he bowed and exited, leaving Sora and the prince alone.
Sora stood there looking fearfully at the Prince as he dried himself off and went to sit on a rock by the pool's side.
"I don't bite." Came the prince's voice. Sora looked cautiously at the man. He motioned for her to come closer, but when she didn't he stood up and moved closer to her.
Instantly she tensed and tried to make herself as small as possible by pulling her arms protectively in in front of her at her chest. And then suddenly her head began to ache more and more. Closing her eyes she tried to will the pain away- she was startled when like a switch it was turned off.
"How did you get into my private gardens?" Prince Taichi asked as he walked around her inspecting her for something.
'Could he have sent her to try and assassinate me? That last attempt was close…' He thought to himself.
"No one sent me- I was in an old shrine back home. And then I fell and suddenly was here." Sora said quickly. "I couldn't have been sent here to kill you because I don't know where I am, and who you are or if I could even try to assassinate anyone…"
"What?"
"Didn't you say you thought someone sent me to try and kill you?" Sora asked a little scared of this man's anger.
"No-" Tai answered.
"Yes you did… I heard you."
"Where do you come from?"
"Tokyo." She answered right away.
"So you are from the country of Tokyo." Tai said looking at her oddly.
"No that's my hometown, I live in Japan."
"Japan? I've never heard of that country before." Taichi replied as he rubbed his chin. "And why are you dressed in such strange garments? I've never seen a lady have legs so long and exposed."
"It's not strange… it's a skirt." Sora said trying to pull the short skirt down because she was a little uneasy about him staring at her legs.
'She's quite attractive… her hair color is extremely rare and exotic. Her figure is perfect… I think she'd make a fine addition to my women servants.' Tai thought finishing looking her over.
But he was broken from his thoughts as he saw her hand once again about to strike him on the face. Quickly however, he grabbed it and stopped her. Twisting her arm around and pulling her back towards his chest he pinned her.
"Now see here!" He growled at her in anger.
"No! You see here! I will NOT be anyone's servant and I would be most grateful if you will stop looking at me like I'm some object or a piece of meat!" She struggled fiercely against his grasp. "Addition to you harem- Never! Now let me go!" She cried still struggling for the upper hand.
"I never said anything about all that!"
"Yes you did! I clearly heard you talking about the way I looked!"
"Wait-" Tai said as she stopped struggling with her and released her pushing her to the ground. "You can hear my thoughts?" He looked down at her with a questioning gaze.
"What?" Sora asked ready for anything he might try next.
"Just try it-" He said, still looking at her. "What am I thinking now?"
'This one is the craziest woman I've ever seen or the..'
"I am not crazy!" She fumed breaking off his internal conversation with himself.
"Amazing! You can read minds…" He said as he stepped closer to her and offered her a hand. Sora of course cringed and drew back expecting a slap… but once again it never came.
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A/N: thanks for the reviews! They make horrible days like today bearable!
It's snowing out right now… *tear* I hate winter… oh well- continue to let me know what you think-
Ja Ne!