Part 4 of RAPUNZEL? すお & なぎさ SPECIAL part 2
By Aya-CLAMPGAKUENlover -HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKIRA IJYUIN!!! It's December 24!-
Guide -again-:
Italic words - Suoh's thoughts/narration/whatever
" " - Of course… These are words coming out of the person's mouth!
Italic words with underline - remembering a quote from a previous chapter
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Nagisa Azuya is like a flower you'll forever adore…
The truth I never knew was revealed.
Without realizing it, a fierce battle was happening.
My name… Takamura…
I was supposed to protect people.
I'm mortified.
My thoughts tell me that a flower may be a thing you'll forever adore, but I didn't think of one important thing.
It was… Flowers fade and wither.
There is no forever.
It might be too late but…
"Take this. Forever may happen if we wish it."
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"Are you really the legendary lady of the Wisteria?!" Queen A stood up from her throne and took a big look at Nagisa.
The young prince fetched a book from the royal library about Ancient History. Little Suoh grasped his outfit, touching a box that wields a special item. Nagisa blessed the two queens with her mysterious smile and stood like a Holy knight.
"Suoh-kun doesn't know anything about this, Queen A?" Queen B whispered.
"Yes. His family didn't want the new descendants to know about her existence." Queen A answered.
Little did the queens know that Suoh was blessed with perfect hearing. That made him wonder what his family hid from him.
"I'm back!!" Akira was carrying a giant book as big as he is.
"Akira-san sure knows where things are! AMAZING!" Queen A and B cheered for Akira.
"I finally got this book down… -sigh-" Akira dragged the book to the throne and smiled to his mothers.
He was panting and sweating a lot after placing down the book. Suoh approached his friend and gave him a hanky. "Are you all right, Ijyuin?" Suoh asked.
"Daijobu desu." He smiled.
Ijyuin's mothers sure don't know how to take care a young child… How does Ijyuin cope up with the Queens' wishes?!
But what's really wrong?
Why the sudden need of Nagisa-san to see the Queens?
Nagisa-san...
The Queens broke a page in the giant book. They stood up and showed the page to all of them. Nagisa was deeply serious, yet hides the eyes of loneliness. The page was a picture of a story on the kingdom's past.
A lady that really looks like Nagisa-san
The kingdom in fire
A golden haired girl, holding Nagisa-san's flute.
…That girl…
Is she?…
Nagisa was deeply saddened seeing that page. Somehow, the lady with golden hair gave her quite a shock. "Nagisa-san?"
"What is it, Takamura-san?" She asked.
"That girl holding a flute. Is she the woman who shot something at you?" Suoh took the page from Akira's mothers.
"You see, a lady with golden hair shot something in my body while I was playing my favorite flute."
"Yes." She said in a deep tone.
After that, Ijyuin suddenly collapsed. Strange that it would happen at a particular time. The Queens dashed to their only son and left the throne room. Nagisa-san and I were alone in the room.
I couldn't form any sentences for me to speak.
I'm really confused.
I really didn't know what was to happen next. I'm not usually like this.
Nagisa-san… Did I suddenly exist in this Puppy Love?
What was happening anyway?!
I can't cope up, though everything seems simple.
"Takamura-san. Atashi…" She took the page from Suoh's hands.
Nagisa started to act really serious. It looked like she was about to burst out of tears. But... "Please stop!"
If I could calm her, maybe I could know everything on every step.
That's right. I held her in my arms.
Though I was a year younger than Nagisa-san, I was a lot taller than she was.
I wonder. What kind of expression is she feeling now?
Maybe I'm a… A little young to understand all of this.
Nagisa opened her eyes. She blushed and squealed, letting go of Suoh's arms.
"Takamura-san?" Nagisa blushed.
"I know this is a wrong time to talk about this. And I better not bother at all." Suoh hid his shy face.
"Iie, Takamura-san."
"The truth is… Boku wa…"
"I love you!" Those words came out of both their mouths at the same time.
"Nagisa-san…"
"Suoh… All right. I'll tell you everything." Suoh covered her mouth with his two fingers. "If you really need to leave, I'll never doubt you."
"…But I'll never see you again." Nagisa held Suoh's tiny hands.
Suoh thought about it. Not letting Nagisa go be the same old thing again. But civilians could be in danger. Though not knowing what is Nagisa's fate, he really had to let her go.
I shouldn't be selfish, right?
He fished something out of his outfit and gave a lavender box to Nagisa. "What is this?" she asked. "Take this. Forever may happen if we wish it." He grinned.
"I believe that we'll see each other again. Hold it dear near you until I find you." Suoh smiled. "For now, I'm just a boy. I'll definitely be stronger for you when I grow up. I'll be a man."
It was a ring. It would only fit Nagisa's pinky, and no one else's. "Suoh… Arigatou…" Nagisa cried of joy and pure bliss. Who would ever think of giving a pinky ring at the age of five?
At that moment, I never saw her again.
She left me her final present.
She said that fate would lead us together again.
And when that happens, His highness would find his princess, We'll be together again and…
The land would have its eternal peace.
"Long ago, even before once upon a time, the land we stand before us was in deep jeopardy. The kingdom is attacked by an evil sorceress, assuring a big suffer at the townspeople. Two protectors appeared for the kingdom's greater good, the Takamura and the fairies. The Takamura clan agreed to cooperate with fairies. They came up with a plan to eliminate the sorceress. All the fairies were divided to guard a part of the land, namely north, south, east and west. History tells that a silent war is still ongoing…"
"I'm sure… It's Nagisa-san's magic." There they were. Suoh and Akira were talking about his past, at the thick branches of a tall tree.
"Ijyuin, why didn't you tell me about the secret history of the kingdom?" Suoh asked.
"Two reasons." Akira said.
"For one reason, you didn't asked." Suoh sweatdropped. "And… My mothers somehow knew you met Nagisa-san." Akira gave his thought of view and frowned. "BUT… WHY WERE YOU WATCHING MY BACK HUH?! It's not like I'm gonna die by saving a person in a tower…"
"…Call it ninja intuition. But we have to break the magic wall…" Suoh said.
Akira prepared himself to break the wall and whispered to the wind, "Wait for me, Utako-san…"
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TO BE CONTINUED TO Rapunzel? Finale
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