Chapter Three- For Love or Family
Hatake opened his eyes, his vision was getting worse by the second. The looked to his left and saw a young girl holding a wet cloth above his head. He recognized her from yesterday, where he abducted her for no good reason at all. But why was she helping him? She noticed he was awake and smiled at him.
"How are you feeling?" asked Sakayo wiping off some of his sweat on his forehead.
"Ummm... a bit numb," he answered looking at her warm greeting in the morning.
"Oh, yeah, you were poisoned last night. Probably some food poisoning or maybe Something you drank," she told him.
"Oh. Okay then," he said looking at the ceiling.
"You aren't sad that you're paralyzed for the rest of your life?" asked Sakayo surprised looking at him.
"Wha!?!" yelled Hatake as she looked at her. "What did you say?!?!"
"You're paralyzed for the rest of your life," repeated Sakayo.
"You just had to say it..." said Hatake.
"You asked me," said Sakayo innocently.
"I was being sarcastic," explained Hatake. "Geeze, you are such a... I'm not going to say it."
Sakayo just looked away from him. 'He's sad... I wouldn' t blame him, I just wished he wouldn't blame everything on me.'
"I'm sorry," he said. Sakayo looked at him silently.
"What do you mean? I never said it was your fault." Said Sakayo.
"I shouldn't have been so rude to you, you're nice and all but I just can get grumpy at times." He told her. "Thank you for not running away, I would have been who-know-where by now."
Sakayo blushed. "It's nothing, I'm just like that, I can't leave someone when they need help."
"Say, why are we still here? We should of been kicked out, I haven't paid for the fees yet," said Hatake. "I figured your personality," said Sakayo. "I worked for money so I could pay off your debts."
Hatake just stared at the ceiling. "You're too kind, what if I was just using you?"
Sakayo looked surprised. "I don't think you would, but I can't really tell, I'm really not that smart."
"Don't say that, you seem like those spoiled girls. That was one reason for kidnapping you. But you can really work can't you? You're so nice, kind, and generous, anyone who has you as a wife would be truly fortunate." Complimented Hatake.
Sakayo blushed and turned away to hide her face. "Thanks..."
"Tell me..." said Hatake while Sakayo looked back at him. "Are you royalty?"
"I don't really want to say but, I am." Said Sakayo. "I've never been outside the castle walls ever since I was born. My mother is protective, she doesn't know I'm gone."
"No wonder," said Hatake as his attention turned to the door.
Sakayo saw three people figures outside the door. The people barged through the door and revealed one large man in fancy clothing while the other two were muscled men as guards. "Hello Sakayo...."
"You are whom may I ask?" said Sakayo looking at the man.
"I wouldn't blame you for forgetting me, I'm the Prince whom seek your hand in marriage but you refused." He said in an irritated tone.
Sakayo got up and looked at his men. "What are you planning to do?" The Prince snapped his hand and the two guards lifted Sakayo up.
Hatake watched while Sakayo yelled and kicked trying to get loose. "You poisoned my drink?"
"Huh?" said Sakayo looking at the two. "Yeah? So what? Let's go boys."
Sakayo screamed while the two guys dragged her out. The Prince placed a bomb in front of Hatake's face. The bomb was going to explode in one minute, then he'd die along with the tower. Hatake was mad and started to move slowly a bit, motioning to get up to save Sakayo. Sakayo yelled and screamed but was silenced when she heard a bombing noise. "HATAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The Prince laughed while Sakayo just remained there silenced for life. "Good riddance to that annoying boy." Said the Prince.
"I'm no boy," said a voice behind them. The four of them turned their attention to the man talking while the Prince was knocked of his feet by the surprise approach.
"Hatake!" yelled Sakayo happily. Hatake smiled at Sakayo and knocked the other two guards unconscious. Sakayo smiled at Hatake while they just stood there. After a while, they heard some soldiers running towards them. "My mother's men."
"Come, let's go!" he told her grabbing her hand while running through the forest. Hatake then figured she was too slow and carried her. The men seemed to be far behind so Hatake decided to rest in the old abandoned shrine until they had to leave.
"I thought you died Hatake, but I'm glad!" she said hugging him, which caught Hatake by surprise. He held her as well, "Me too, how else am I suppose to take over South Seiji castle?"
"What?" said Sakayo knowing that name of the castle.
"It's not your castle right? I know that, I'm going to take over Seiji castle and become the new King, the King died there years ago so I'll be the next one to rule this territory," he told her.
'South Seiji, that's my home. What should I do? I can't hand Hatake over to my mother, I'd betray him. I can't tell him I'm from South Seiji either. What should or can I do?'
The two were silent all of a sudden but it was all wrecked when they heard soldiers surrounding the shrine from the outside. "Let's go Sakayo!" he said quickly grabbing her hand.
Sakayo slipped her hand away from him and shook her head. "No Hatake, they will wait for me and come for me no matter what. Please!" She said as she waved her hands to the side as if she wanted to embrace him.
Hatake laughed. "What on Earth are you doing Sakayo?"
"I'm going to give myself up," she said sadly looking at his face. "Please! Do what you must! Don't you want to hug me? Don't you want to at least give me a hug goodbye?"
Hatake shook his head. "I won't need to, I'll come visit you."
Sakayo was shocked at what he said and closed her eyes in disappointment. "Very well then." Sakayo walked towards the door and looked back at him. "Farewell Hatake."
Hatake opened his eyes, his vision was getting worse by the second. The looked to his left and saw a young girl holding a wet cloth above his head. He recognized her from yesterday, where he abducted her for no good reason at all. But why was she helping him? She noticed he was awake and smiled at him.
"How are you feeling?" asked Sakayo wiping off some of his sweat on his forehead.
"Ummm... a bit numb," he answered looking at her warm greeting in the morning.
"Oh, yeah, you were poisoned last night. Probably some food poisoning or maybe Something you drank," she told him.
"Oh. Okay then," he said looking at the ceiling.
"You aren't sad that you're paralyzed for the rest of your life?" asked Sakayo surprised looking at him.
"Wha!?!" yelled Hatake as she looked at her. "What did you say?!?!"
"You're paralyzed for the rest of your life," repeated Sakayo.
"You just had to say it..." said Hatake.
"You asked me," said Sakayo innocently.
"I was being sarcastic," explained Hatake. "Geeze, you are such a... I'm not going to say it."
Sakayo just looked away from him. 'He's sad... I wouldn' t blame him, I just wished he wouldn't blame everything on me.'
"I'm sorry," he said. Sakayo looked at him silently.
"What do you mean? I never said it was your fault." Said Sakayo.
"I shouldn't have been so rude to you, you're nice and all but I just can get grumpy at times." He told her. "Thank you for not running away, I would have been who-know-where by now."
Sakayo blushed. "It's nothing, I'm just like that, I can't leave someone when they need help."
"Say, why are we still here? We should of been kicked out, I haven't paid for the fees yet," said Hatake. "I figured your personality," said Sakayo. "I worked for money so I could pay off your debts."
Hatake just stared at the ceiling. "You're too kind, what if I was just using you?"
Sakayo looked surprised. "I don't think you would, but I can't really tell, I'm really not that smart."
"Don't say that, you seem like those spoiled girls. That was one reason for kidnapping you. But you can really work can't you? You're so nice, kind, and generous, anyone who has you as a wife would be truly fortunate." Complimented Hatake.
Sakayo blushed and turned away to hide her face. "Thanks..."
"Tell me..." said Hatake while Sakayo looked back at him. "Are you royalty?"
"I don't really want to say but, I am." Said Sakayo. "I've never been outside the castle walls ever since I was born. My mother is protective, she doesn't know I'm gone."
"No wonder," said Hatake as his attention turned to the door.
Sakayo saw three people figures outside the door. The people barged through the door and revealed one large man in fancy clothing while the other two were muscled men as guards. "Hello Sakayo...."
"You are whom may I ask?" said Sakayo looking at the man.
"I wouldn't blame you for forgetting me, I'm the Prince whom seek your hand in marriage but you refused." He said in an irritated tone.
Sakayo got up and looked at his men. "What are you planning to do?" The Prince snapped his hand and the two guards lifted Sakayo up.
Hatake watched while Sakayo yelled and kicked trying to get loose. "You poisoned my drink?"
"Huh?" said Sakayo looking at the two. "Yeah? So what? Let's go boys."
Sakayo screamed while the two guys dragged her out. The Prince placed a bomb in front of Hatake's face. The bomb was going to explode in one minute, then he'd die along with the tower. Hatake was mad and started to move slowly a bit, motioning to get up to save Sakayo. Sakayo yelled and screamed but was silenced when she heard a bombing noise. "HATAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The Prince laughed while Sakayo just remained there silenced for life. "Good riddance to that annoying boy." Said the Prince.
"I'm no boy," said a voice behind them. The four of them turned their attention to the man talking while the Prince was knocked of his feet by the surprise approach.
"Hatake!" yelled Sakayo happily. Hatake smiled at Sakayo and knocked the other two guards unconscious. Sakayo smiled at Hatake while they just stood there. After a while, they heard some soldiers running towards them. "My mother's men."
"Come, let's go!" he told her grabbing her hand while running through the forest. Hatake then figured she was too slow and carried her. The men seemed to be far behind so Hatake decided to rest in the old abandoned shrine until they had to leave.
"I thought you died Hatake, but I'm glad!" she said hugging him, which caught Hatake by surprise. He held her as well, "Me too, how else am I suppose to take over South Seiji castle?"
"What?" said Sakayo knowing that name of the castle.
"It's not your castle right? I know that, I'm going to take over Seiji castle and become the new King, the King died there years ago so I'll be the next one to rule this territory," he told her.
'South Seiji, that's my home. What should I do? I can't hand Hatake over to my mother, I'd betray him. I can't tell him I'm from South Seiji either. What should or can I do?'
The two were silent all of a sudden but it was all wrecked when they heard soldiers surrounding the shrine from the outside. "Let's go Sakayo!" he said quickly grabbing her hand.
Sakayo slipped her hand away from him and shook her head. "No Hatake, they will wait for me and come for me no matter what. Please!" She said as she waved her hands to the side as if she wanted to embrace him.
Hatake laughed. "What on Earth are you doing Sakayo?"
"I'm going to give myself up," she said sadly looking at his face. "Please! Do what you must! Don't you want to hug me? Don't you want to at least give me a hug goodbye?"
Hatake shook his head. "I won't need to, I'll come visit you."
Sakayo was shocked at what he said and closed her eyes in disappointment. "Very well then." Sakayo walked towards the door and looked back at him. "Farewell Hatake."