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Midnight- Cherry Blossom's Mission
45 YEARS LATER....
An auburn haired young girl ran swiftly through the forest dodging attack after attack.
"Missed me" she taunted as she flipped over a blue fire ball.
"I won't next time" came her older brother's reply
Adjusting her baggy brown pants she raced forward into the shadows and threw two daggers at the figure that was partially hidden.
"Gotcha" the girl cried out before face vaulting as the figure vanished at the last moment and the daggers embedded themselves into the adjacent tree. "Okay I don't gotcha"
"Come on Sakura" her brother cried out "You can do better than that"
Sakura let out a frustrated breath
"Don't you Sakura me Touya!" she exclaimed glaring at the shadows "You're not playing fair, you know I still can't control my magic!"
"Oh give me a break" A brown haired man appeared at Sakura's side "You've fought against my magic tons of times"
Sakura smirked "I know"
Suddenly Touya found himself on his back facing the pointy end of Sakura's sword
"I win" Sakura declared smugly, her green eyes flashing in delight before she sheathed her sword.
"Damn I fell for it again" Touya muttered as he stood up and dusted himself off
"Yup, you poor, poor idiot" She supplied grinning as she walked off "Come on, Papa said he wants us home on time for dinner"
"Yes oh sister dearest" Touya replied innocently "Right after I repay you for bruising my backside."
Shrieking Sakura ran off as Touya dashed behind her
8
Fujitaka Kinomoto sighed as he sat down next to his mother.
"Where in the seven hells are those two?" he muttered absently raking his hand through his now graying locks.
Silently his mother reached out and stroked his cheek "Don't you worry my son, I'm sure they'll be here any moment now"
As if on cue the door burst open and two figured stumbled in caked with mud.
"Touya, Sakura!" Fujitaka stood and stared at his two children who lowered their heads in disgrace. Though Fujitaka was not one to yell, it was considered far worse if one had to suffer the effects of his 'all knowing' stare.
"S...sorry father" Touya started daring to look at Fujitaka "We were training and we lost track of time."
Fujitaka shook his head and glanced at his mother who sat quietly.
"Come, sit" he ordered motioning to two chairs near the dining room table. "Your grandmother has something she would like to share with you"
Meekly the two Kinomoto children took their seats and turned their attention to the aging woman dressed in three different shades of blue.
Smiling sadly the old woman began her story.
"Now, I know you two have wondered about what happened to your grandfather and why we've never spoken of him but the truth is that none of us know whether or not he's still alive."
Sakura ears perked up at this, she being as inquisitive as ever had always wondered about that.
"You see, 45 years ago in the Kingdom of Feral, there was a King who fell in love with a peasant girl and married her, because of this the people thought him to be unworthy of his position and rebelled. They attacked the castle and all its occupants, slaughtering many with out mercy. The King, who still loved his wife dearly, helped her to escape with their infant son. He sent her to the Li kingdom and promised to come and get her when all was well but he never did and that was the last anyone ever heard of him"
Sakura who was very interested in the story blinked confused
"I'm sorry Grand mama but what exactly does this have to do with the King of Feral?"
"Hmmm" Touya was suddenly struck with a thought "Isn't the King of Feral supposed to still be on the throne...his name was Daiko something or the other"
"No, Daiko was a traitorous letch of a man, he doesn't deserve to sit on that throne disgusting bastard that he is" Grand mama Sierra spat out "Don't you ever call that man a king again, he was the one that started the rebellion against your grandfather!"
Sakura froze....
"O...our grandfather was King of Feral?" She stuttered
"That's right" she replied proudly "Your grandfather was King Fiji of Feral"
"B...but that would make us...." Touya drifted
"The royal prince and princess of feral" their grandmother supplied
Looking at her father with wide eyes Sakura noticed the look of guilt that crossed his features
"You knew about this didn't you?" she accused, the shock still evident in her voice
Mutely Fujitaka nodded
"Why didn't you tell us?" Touya asked angrily slamming his fist on the wooden table.
"Please Touya" Grand mama Sierra pleaded "Neither of us thought that it would matter until now"
"Now?" Sakura asked incredulously "Why would it matter to you now if it didn't matter then!"
"We're getting to that child" Their grandmother stated "We've recently received word that Daiko is planning to infiltrate the Li Kingdom and start a full out war."
"A war!" Touya exclaimed "A bloody war she says, and still what prey tell does this have to do with us"
"Everything" Fujitaka declared "We must stop this from happening, if the Li Kingdom fails to defeat Daiko, then we shall all perish."
Sighing at her grandchildren's blank looks Sierra tried again.
"For God's sake we need you to help stop this"
"But how..."
For a moment Sierra's eyes twinkled as she dug around under her mounds of clothing and brought out a necklace, a ring and a rather odd looking book
"These items will help you" She said as she handed the ring to Touya and The book and necklace to Sakura"
"How do they work?" Touya asked studying the ring thoroughly
Sierra smiled secretively "You will know when the time comes"
Clearing his throat Fujitaka started
"Now you better get come sleep tomorrow morning Touya will head out to the Eclipse Mountain to gain the assistance of Kaho the Enji mage and Sakura you must travel to the Li palace and warn the King. When you have finished your tasks go the Blade of Tonhu where you will meet up with your grandmother and I"
"What will you two be doing father?" Sakura asked fidgeting with her fingers
Fujitaka smiled "Why we will be recruiting refugees to help over throw Daiko of course"
"Now hurry along we've all got a long day ahead of us"
"Hai father" Touya and Sakura bowed to their elders before heading off to their rooms.
Hope you like it, this was more of an explanatory chapter so....yea!!!
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