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Watching Over You
Chapter Seven: The Truth about the Red King
You may not know,
I'm there with you,
Protecting you,
…Watching over you…
Kouji laid back on his bed and stared at the ceiling of his bedroom. 'So it's really happening now.
The chosen one is here and soon we'll be leading a war off against the queen, and it's all my fault.'
He turned to his side and sighed. 'None of this would be happening if I'd never let Mia die.'
Although everyone thought that the prince had thrown the memory of the princess away, the truth was
otherwise. He was able to hide it all during the day along with all the rest of his feelings to the degree that
many thought that he didn't even own a heart at all, but during the night he was never able to get rid of
the sound of her screaming. On and on he would here her voice repeating the same helpless and terrified cries for help.
"Help…". The screaming began again. "Arghh, I've got to get this out of my head!", he shouted at himself
furiously, and then got up and headed to the door to get something to drink. He opened the door but as he
did, he heard another scream, but this time a bit louder. He shook his head angrily and made his way down
the hall. But with each step he took the screaming just got louder and louder. He stopped abrupt with realization
that someone was really screaming now, not his imagination. He began to walk faster now to find the owner
of the screaming. He finally got to the end of the corridor where the voice was the loudest. He looked at one
of the doors read 'Prince Ryo' at the top of it. The sound wasn't coming from there, for it was a girl's
voice screaming. He turned to the other direction. There were three doors with readings above them, one
'Princess Mimi', the second 'Chosen One' and the third 'Princess Rika'. The screaming by no doubt was coming
from the chosen one's room. 'Why would she be screaming now', the prince wondered annoyed. But then a
sick thought came to him. 'Damn! What if the queen sent some of her guards to kidnap her! Could they
really have gotten past all my guards without me even noticing it?!'
He didn't have any weapon with him at the moment, but he knew he would probably be too late if he went
to get one …again. He threw away his thoughts in disgust, and then opened the door and quickly positioned
himself to fight. He looked around the room and saw no one in the moonlight.
His heart sunk. He was too late. 'No, I can't believe this! Why does life like torturing me?'. Although he didn't
even know the girl he felt that he had betrayed her, just like he betrayed the one whom he cared for the most.
He clutched his fists painfully as his most horrible memory made its way into his mind.
(Flash Back)
"Wait here Mia, I have a surprise for you", an eleven year old image of Kouji said.
"A surprise, for me? What is it?" the young princess Mia asked curiously but cheerfully while letting the
wind play through her lovely long hair.
"If I told you it wouldn't be a surprise now would it. So stay here while I go get It.", Kouji replied happily
as he began to make his way.
"Okay then, but hurry back. I don't want to stay alone for too long.", she called after him.
He made his way to a tree that had a hole in it and took out a small bag. He looked at the bag smiling momentarily.
'This is just perfect. Now I'll be able to show her how much I like her'. His thoughts didn't last long, for he
then heard a distant screaming. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Kouji! Help!"
"Mia!" He began running back towards where he had left her. 'What made her scream like that?' he wondered
as he ran. As he reached the place he had left her at, he looked around and saw something just leave his vision.
He continued to run in that direction until he could make out an outline of a large person or creature dressed
in black running after the young princess who wasn't much farther away into the forest.
"Please help! Anyone! Please Kouji!" she was crying out as she ran. She kept on turning back to look upon
her pursuer, developing an even more terrified look each time, either because of her pursuer's looks or because
he was getting closer.
Kouji ran faster and faster more determined to save her with each step. He could see the horrified look
on her face each time she turned, and it pained him to see her like that, for she was always so cheerful and happy.
But then as she turned around once more she gave a cry even more frightful than any other. The young prince
looked at the figure in front of him and then knew what caused her fear to increase. The shining of a long
sword blade gleamed as it was touched by the few sunrays that shone between the trees. He felt sick as he ran
and his heart was racing. 'Was whoever or whatever it was going to, to kill her, with that sword?' The idea
never quite occurred to him, but what else had he expected.
Her screaming continued as the sound of water was heard. Kouji kept running after them, watching as the figure
got closer and closer, and also as the sound of water got louder and louder. "Stay away from her or else you
will pay for it!", he shouted at the monstrous figure, but it never turned to face him, as if it didn't even r
ealize that he was following.
"Please help! Kou………….aaahhhhhh!" the young princess's voice trailed off. Her image disappeared, and
then her pursuer changed direction and also disappeared. "Mia!" Kouji called, and continued running until her
reached a cliff. He stopped in shock. There was a waterfall that led a very long way down and completed the
flow of a river, and that had big sharp rocks at the bottom. He looked down painfully only to see his dear
friend, for the very last time ever, splash in the waters and disappear … forever…
He sank to his knees, and did something that he had never done in his life before…; he cried.
(End Flash Back)
He squeezed his eyes tightly fighting away the anguish. Just then he heard another cry as a figure sprung
awake in bed. He turned to see the image of a young girl with long hair sitting up in bed panting rapidly, and
moonlight sparkling in her eyes revealing tears running down her cheeks. The moonlight was bright enough to
only make out her outline, and that was enough for him to know that she was alright and was just having somenightmare.
'I am so pathetic and weak. How can I let my emotions take over me… all they do is bring more pain and
sorrow.' He glanced at the girl one more time and then just left the room quietly in hope of not being noticed.
Once he was in the corridor again, he took a deep breath and then headed back to his room forgetting about
his earlier crave for water, and made a very important decision on his way. 'From this second on I shall lock
my past away along with all my emotions and put up a barrier. I will not be weak again nor pathetic. I will
be ice!' He made a turn into his room and finally got the rest he never had in years.
Izumi woke up the next morning feeling like she had just been sleeping on a pile of logs. "Damn that stupid
dream! When will I stop having it?!" she said grumpily to herself. She rubbed her eyes and got out of bed. She
looked around the room and realized how totally big it was and how beautiful it was. It was mostly a light lavender
color, with some light pink furniture here and there. It also had its own bathroom. 'Too bad I didn't have
any fresh clothes with me, I could really use a shower now', she thought to herself. Then she looked at her
watch and realized that the others might all be awake and waiting for her. She quickly made her way to a mirror
where she found a brush and she brushed her hair into a neat ponytail, and then she made her way to the door.
When she opened the door, she noticed a man standing there. "So you've finally awaken, I shall lead you
to the breakfast room." He said and began to make his way down the corridor. His words had been so sudden
that it took a few seconds for his words to sink into her head. When they did she quickly made her way after
him. "So did you have a good night sleep?" he asked as they walked through the huge castle. She sighed before
lying, "Yes I did. It was a very comfortable night." He remained silent for the rest of the way and so did she.
She kind of felt guilty for lying to the old guy, but what was she supposed to do? If she had told him that she
didn't he might've taken it as an insult or he might've felt offended or something. Besides, she wasn't
just about to tell a complete stranger about her problems when she couldn't even tell her own family. Finally they reached their destination.
Izumi looked into the room, which was very big, and saw six people seated at a very long table, that was covered
with many different kinds of foods, two girls on one side and four boys on the opposite side. Mimi was seated
on the right side of the table and a few seats away from her was another young beautiful teenaged girl with
ice violet eyes, red fiery hair with some blond highlights that was tied up into a spiked ponytail, and pale skin.
She was wearing a knee-long black leather jacket over a blood red shirt that read the words 'Don't mess
with me', and black pants with leather boots on. She had a very cold gaze. Izumi guessed she was Princess
Rika. On the other side of the table, Auron and Ryo were seated next to two other guys. One of them had
cool chin-length blond hair with sky blue eyes. He was wearing a blue jean jacket over a sleeveless green
shirt and green camouflage pants. He had a straight face. The second guy beside him had long black hair
tied into a pony tail with deep blue eyes. He was wearing a black hooded sweater with a picture of a red
dragon on the front that was wrapped around an iceberg, and black cargo pants in addition to a navy bandana
on his head. He had the same cold gaze princess Rika had and maybe even colder. She guessed that he
was Prince Kouji from what Mimi had told her about him, while the other was Prince Yamato.
"Ahem", the guard said, "The chosen one has awoken." As he finished his sentence they all looked up from
their breakfast to look upon her. She received warm smiles from Mimi and Ryo and an acknowledgment
from Auron. She smiled back at them appreciatively, but she then frowned. The blonde was staring at her
rather strangely, and she also caught both the looks of surprise and shock from the redhead and bandana
boy even though they were brief and turned almost immediately to their previous cold stares. 'What is
their problem?! Why does everyone keep looking at me like that? If this is some joke of Mimi's I swear
I will pay her back', she thought almost angrily. Just then Mimi said merrily, "Good morning Izumi. Come
grab a seat and have a bite to eat." Izumi shook her thoughts away and took a seat next to Mimi. "Izumi this
is Princess Rika," she said pointing to the redhead. Izumi smiled at her and she was a bit surprised that
the princess actually returned her it even though it was a small one. "And this is Prince Yamato," she continued
as she pointed to the prince with blond hair. He was still looking at her in a rather suspicious way but when
she smiled at him he shook it off and replaced it with a warm smile. "And last but not least, this is prince Kouji.
" She said finally pointing to the remaining boy with the long black hair. He only looked at her only briefly in
acknowledgement when she turned to smile at him and then turned his attention back to his meal. She
continued to look at him for a bit longer, and then thought, 'He reminds me of someone although I can't
quite remember who.' He raised his head and looked at her again and then she quickly turned her attention to
her food for she didn't want to be caught staring.
"So how long have you been waiting for me?" she asked Mimi. "Oh not for long. I just woke up myself about
ten minutes ago." Izumi continued to eat her meal and then Mimi spoke up again, but this time her words
weren't directed to Izumi but to Prince Yamato. "So I heard that you came here without waiting for Rika."
she said to him.
"Yeah, I did." he said coolly avoiding her eyes.
"That wasn't what we planned!" she said slightly irritated by his tone.
"Well what if I forgot what we planned!" he said to her equally.
"And I bet that you never forgot for even one second what we planned!" she raised her voice angrily at him.
"So! Even if I didn't forget, I can choose for myself if I want to wait for a murderer's daughter or not!" he said with an even higher raise of voice.
"Hey, don't say that!" she said standing up angrily, "You can't prove that he killed anyone!"
"You Wanna bet?", he said also standing up. Then he took a quick glance at Rika who was just sitting calmly
eating her breakfast as if their fight had nothing to do with her, and then back at Mimi and said, "Don't cover up
for her. She isn't even trying to stand up for herself!"
They both stood there facing each other with evil glares, until Auron finally said, "That's enough both of you.
Sit down and eat up so we can get moving."
They both sat down stubbornly, their eyes never even blinking, and then as if by magic they both dropped their
eyes to their food at the same time. Everyone remained silent. Izumi looked at everyone, and she could almost
feel the tension in the room. Mimi and Yamato kept on looking at each other in disgust, Ryo kept on looking
up at Mimi, Yamato, and Rika with a mixture of sadness, pain, and sorrow on his face, while Rika, Kouji,
and Auron all remained calm and seemed unconcerned about what just happened.
The silence was suddenly broken by the abrupt sound of Mimi's chair pulling back, and then Mimi's voice
saying darkly, "I didn't realize how time can easily change a person's soul into a real jerk." Her words
playing menacingly in the atmosphere of the room, as she turned out of the room. Yamato grunted, clearly
getting the message that her words had been directed to him, and then he too got up and left. Ryo sighed and
also stood up, but before he left he said, "Don't let Yamato's words get to you; he's just had it a little hard.
" Izumi looked up, but he was already leaving the room. 'Was he talking to me or to Rika?' she wondered.
"Idiot." She heard a soft female voice say. She turned and saw Princess Rika getting up and leaving the room
with a look of annoyance on her face. 'That was funny. So who was talking to whom now? Was Ryo talking
to her? But then why would she have said that he was an idiot? Or was she talking about Yamato? Man
these people are starting to confuse me!' She looked around at the remaining two who were still seated at the
table. They were both silent and eating as if nothing had happened. Izumi got up and left the room, and headed
back to her room.
She had surprisingly remembered the way to her room so it didn't take her long to get there. When she
had reached the corridor that separated into the bedrooms, she could here a faint voice crying. She stood
before each room silently to see which room the crying was coming from before she located it. It was
coming from Mimi's room. She put her hand on the doorknob gently, and then slowly opened the door.
The crying grew a bit louder now that the door was opened. She saw Mimi sitting on her bed crying into her pillow.
"Can I come in?" she asked quietly.
Mimi looked up at her. Her eyes were a bit red from crying, and there were a few tears in them and some on
her cheeks that she quickly brushed away, and then she forced a smile on her face.
"Sure.", she said softly.
Izumi made her way over to Mimi's bed and sat down beside her.
"Are you okay?" she asked sympathetically.
"I'm fine." she answered starring at the floor.
They both went silent not knowing what to say. Izumi could tell that she was upset from the fight she had just
had with Yamato, but she wanted a way to make Mimi feel better. Then she got an idea. She began to sniff
herself to draw Mimi's attention. Mimi looked at her questioningly.
"Man I could use a shower now. I totally reek!" she said laughingly.
Mimi stared at her for a bit longer before they both burst out laughing.
Mimi was the first to stop, and then she said, "Why don't you go take a shower then?"
Izumi stopped laughing as well and then replied, "I can't. I have no fresh clothes to wear!"
Mimi laughed once again. "You really aren't from this world, are you?", and not waiting for an answer she
stood up and gestured for Izumi to follow.
Mimi led them into Izumi's room, and into the bathroom. She made her way to a closet and took out a glass
box, and then set it on a small table in the corner, and opened it.
"Put your clothes in here before you shower. In about ten minutes your clothes will return become like
new again, and even more fresh than they were."
Izumi examined the box carefully. It looked like an ordinary glass box to her but hey, nothing was as it seemed in this world.
"Don't take too long though. We have to leave in about another hour." Mimi said and then she left the room.
'Well I guess I'll have to trust her on this one…FINALLY! I get to be clean again!' She quickly began to u
ndress and threw her clothing into the glass box and shut it. She turned the water on and waited for a moment
for it to get hot. She stepped into the shower feeling the hot water on her body. She found some shampoo
so she began to scrub her hair. As she did so her head began to ache. She ignored it and just assumed that
she was scrubbing too hard, but as she turned around to let the water run on her back, her head began to hurt
even more and the hot water suddenly felt like ice as it hit her back while everywhere else it seemed hot.
A short scream escaped her lips as she moved away from the water. Pain shot through her whole back and slowly
made its way to her belly. She knelt down and grasped herself tightly trying to ease the pain.
After five minutes, but what seemed like forever to Izumi the pain stopped. She stood up cautiously afraid
that it would start hurting again, and then carefully rinsed the shampoo out of her long blond hair. She grabbed
two towels, and wrapped one around herself and one over her hair, and then she stepped out of the shower.
She decided to relax a bit on her bed before getting herself dressed. She lay on her bed for a few minutes until
she began to hear noises from the corridor and decided that she should get dressed. She made her way back
over to the glass box and opened it. A lovely smell spread over the room and her clothes really did look as
good as new. She quickly dressed herself and then head over to the mirror and combed her hair. She decided to
leave it down so it could dry, and then she left the room. There was no one in the corridor, so she decided to
walk back down to where she had breakfast to see if they were there. But just as she was about to go she heard
a door open. She turned to see Princess Rika leaving her room. The princess spotted Izumi and then walked
over to her with a small smile on.
"Were you all waiting for me?"
she asked in a cold yet somehow friendly voice.
"I'm not sure, I was just on my way down to the breakfast room to see if they were there.", Izumi replied.
The princess walked past Izumi and turned the corner. 'Well I guess she's not as cold as Mimi told me, but she should have at least waited for me now, I mean, it wouldn't kill her or me if we walked down together, would it?', Izumi thought. And just as she had finished that thought, and as if Rika was psychic which she most highly doubted, Princess Rika's voice sounded, "Aren't you coming?"
Izumi quickly snapped out of her thoughts and made her way after Rika who had been standing on the other side of the wall waiting for her. Together they made their way down to the breakfast room where, as Izumi had predicted, everyone was waiting.
"Took you long enough." Yamato sneered directing his statement at Rika more than Izumi, which earned him a glare from all three of the girls but he didn't really seem to care.
"Alright then, we should start going now that we're all here.", said Auron, "We'll have to go out from the back doors, and we since this kingdom never built any tunnels we will have to move through the forest and then climb the big hills where we will camp. Once we get there we'll decided which route to take."
And so they all followed him as he led them out of the castle and into the forest. Izumi noticed now that they were all carrying weapons. Yamato had two daggers and a long sword, Rika had a couple of daggers and a bow and arrow, and Kouji had a reversed edge sword. They were all also wearing different kinds of armor.
They walked for many hours through the forest. Izumi began to feel hungry and tired, but as she looked at the rest she noticed that they looked fine, so she remained silent. They walked a bit longer and then Izumi heard her stomach grumble. She looked to see if anyone had noticed. Auron, Mimi, Ryo and Yamato were walking a bit ahead of her, so she assumed they hadn't heard, while Rika and Kouji were walking along side of her, Kouji the closest to her. Kouji was close enough to hear so she prayed he hadn't. Five minutes later Kouji walked further ahead up to Auron and whispered something to him. Izumi watched him carefully hoping he wasn't telling him what she thought he was telling him. She was hungry but still she didn't want to feel embarrassed. But Auron kept on going on and Kouji slowly returned by her side. She guessed he had told Auron something else, since they never stopped.
Auron finally stopped ten minutes later under meat apple trees.
"We will take a break now to eat," he ordered, "Mimi and Yamato; you come with me to get the meat apples. Rika and Ryo, you go get some sticks to put them on. Izumi and Kouji, you two get a fire started. Oh and Izumi, this time actually start the fire."
Everyone reluctantly obeyed his orders. Izumi felt her face grow a little red from his last statement. Everyone left the small clearing they were in to do what they were told, leaving Izumi and Kouji to light a fire.
"You don't know how to light a fire?" Kouji's voice said icily. She was a bit surprised to hear him actually talk after his long silence, but felt a bit mad at his question.
"Of course I know how to light a fire! Why would you say that?" she said madly.
He remained silent for a bit, and then as if out of nowhere he asked, "Then what happened?", his voice still dry and his face still blank.
She looked up at him confusedly, "What do you mean, 'what happened'?"
He put a couple of leaves together with some sticks and grabbed two rocks and began to hit them together. "Auron said that you never lighted the fire last time. Why not?" he said with his eyes on the rocks.
"Oh, that…,", she sighed looking at the rocks, "I just saw a group of men staring at me as if I were some kind of monster, that's all." She watched as the fire lit up and then added, "But I don't know why."
Kouji sat back and so did she. And then after a few seconds Kouji looked up at her and said, "It's only normal that you don't know why if you're not from here as Mimi told me."
She was about to ask him what he meant, but then Ryo and Rika appeared and sat down by the fire with them. Rika looked like she was really pissed off because of something while Ryo had a straight face on. They all sat in silence until Mimi and Yamato's voices came into the hearing. As they came into eyesight Izumi could hear what they were saying.
"I swear it was him!" came Yamato's voice.
"You can't prove it", came Mimi's.
Izumi sighed. 'Looks like their fighting about the same thing again.' They finally reached the others and sat down followed by Auron.
"Ryo and I were there! We both witnessed it! Didn't we Ryo?" he said looking towards Ryo at his last sentence.
"Don't bring me into this man.", Ryo said rather warningly to him.
"Just answer my question, the truth can't hurt you!" Yamato retorted.
"Yeah, we did." he muttered before glancing at Rika to see if she would kill him for saying that or not, but she remained silent and calm.
Mimi handed a meat apple to everyone before saying, "And how did you witness it, if I may ask."
"Remember when we all were at Rika's castle for her birthday party? Well when we were all playing hide and seek, Ryo and I hid in the cupboard, and then both our moms walked in and sat down at the table. After a little while he walked in and gave them each a drink. And then as soon as they left the room he smiled and laughed evilly and said, 'I hope you enjoy this party, cuz it will be the last you will attend'. Then after five days, both our mothers died. Is that enough proof for you, or do I have to go and dig up my mom's grave and cut her open to show you that she died form poison?"
Mimi looked at him for a long time as if trying to see if he was telling the truth from his eyes. He stared back with a persuasive look on. Izumi looked back and forth between the two, feeling like she was watching some kind of staring contest. Finally Mimi dropped her eyes in defeat and then said, "Well, that still doesn't give you the right to call her a murderer too."
Yamato grunted, "You're just too stubborn to admit I'm right."
Rika pulled her apple back, stood up and walked away. Izumi stared after her, as did Ryo, concernedly while the two continued arguing, and Auron and Kouji minded their own business. She stood up and followed after the princess, and left her meat apple by the fire.
She found Rika sitting on a rock clutching her fists. She cautiously got closer to her and then said softly, "Never mind what they say. It was probably a coincidence that the two queens died on the same day, and maybe that wasn't your dad they heard saying those…", but she was cut off by the princess's angry voice.
"Stop it! It was him! I was there too!"
Izumi took a step back surprised by her sudden outbreak. The princess saw this and quickly turned away. They remained silent for a bit before Rika finally said, "He wasn't always like that you know, a murderer I mean"
Izumi walked up to her and sat beside her and signaled her to continue.
"He was so kind and so gentle that he wouldn't even hurt a fly. But then my mother got a terrible disease and so did the high king, which had no cure. But then the queen ordered all the doctors to find a cure. Days went by, and the doctors told us that they only have a short time to live, and then finally one of the doctors made a potion that was guaranteed to cure them but it was only enough for one person. The doctor said that it would take him another month to prepare another one but that would have been too late. The queen was going to give it to the king but my father said it wasn't fair, so then it was decided that no one would take it. And then from then on people said it was my father's fault the king died. And then as time went by, I could feel the hate grow in my father. He thought the people's accusations weren't fair, and that no one cared that my mother died. He decided to kill the other queens since no seemed to give a care that his queen was dead and also to give the people a real reason to call him a murderer."
Rika took a sigh in as if relieved that she had finally told that to someone. Izumi felt very sad for the princess, and was about to say something but Rika had more to say.
"Then on my birthday, he invited all the royal families over. All of them came except for the yellow kingdoms because Mimi was sick I think. Anyway, we decided to play hide and seek, and when it was my turn to seek, I went into the kitchen. I saw my father pour a few drops of something into the two cups, but I just thought they were for flavor. After a while I came into the dining room where my father was leaving from, and I heard him say what Yamato said just now. It was then that I suspected that he had poisoned the drinks, and after five days I was sure of it. Can you believe it? He did that terrible thing on my birthday! And guess what else? When the queen sent guards after him he told me to never let anything or anyone take my happiness away, and that he'd be back some day"
She paused shortly and laughed half-heartedly. "That bastard! He took away my happiness! He was my happiness! He left me there in the darkness of his reputation, and said that he would be back. As if that was supposed to make me happy! I hate him! And I never want to see his face again!"
Izumi watched as a tear trickled down her face. She set a hand on her shoulder and calmly said, "I know you don't mean that… it will all turn out right in the end. You'll see."
Rika smiled slightly at her, and then they switched back into silence once more. Then suddenly Izumi stood up hastily and screeched, "Oh no! My meat apple! It probably burnt! And I'm soo hungry!"
She quickly ran back towards the others. Rika looked back at her with a small smile, and thought, 'She is quite the same, and just as funny'.
Izumi got back and looked at the others. They were all getting ready to leave. She searched around for her meat apple but couldn't find it anywhere.
"Looking for this?" an icy voice asked.
Izumi looked to see Kouji holding out her meat apple. "Yes! Thank you sooo much." And she quickly took it from him.
"For a girl who was dying of hunger, I never thought you would walk away and leave it behind." he said in a cold yet mocking tone.
Izumi felt blood rushing to her face, and she looked away embarrassed, "you heard that?"
He smirked and walked up to the others. Rika finally came back and then Auron ordered them to walk on. They walked for a long time.
Just as the sun was setting, Auron stopped, and then a sound of evil snickering was heard. "Make a circle everyone", Auron ordered so they all formed a circle with their backs facing the center.
"Well, well…, what have we here… heheh…" a man's voice croaked.
Halfway through I have come,
Fighting battles one by one,
Learning more of what is already known,
Nearing the truth with every step,
…Watching Over You…
So how was it? … it doesn't really matter anyway cuz I wont be finishing this anymore.sniff I have too much homework and no time to work on this…….Not! No way I would abandon my own story! I would have to be crazy! :P
Suspense Questions:
Will Izumi ever stop getting that nightmare? And can Kouji really forget Mia? And what did they all come up against in the end of this chap? Find out in the next chapter. Please R&R.
