A/n: Hello people I'm back. Please review my fic. I hope to see reviews so I will know if I will continue it or not. Well, as promised here is another chapter. I'm trying hard to update real soon. Oh yeah, here I'll answer reviews. Thank you for the reviews, I so loved them all. I hope you'll all enjoy reading this fic. Anyway on with the story…
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Chapter Four: The Prince of Hokkan
"Eh!" Takiko gasped wide eyed.
The guy just took her hand and led her towards his own horse. Takiko allowed herself to be pulled although she was a little bit resistant. The guy wrapped an arm around her waist and then, jumped onto his horse with her on the front sitting sidesaddle while he, on the back, took the gold reins and rode off.
The soldiers also mounted their saddles and followed him but the guy commanded them not to.
"No, all of you should go to my father right now. Tell him I will be visiting a friend, but make no mistake on telling him I caught the miko. I will be the one to do that. As for me, I will be going somewhere first and then I will go back. No one should follow me." The guy commanded.
They all complied, half kneeling and bowing and then afterwards, all of them rode off back to the palace.
The guy immediately turned to the opposite direction, heading back deeper inside the town.
"I have watched out for you…Genbu no miko…" the guy said.
Takiko looked at him with confusion etched across her face.
"Genbu…? Miko? Who and what is that? I don't even know what you are talking about…How could you accuse me like that?" Takiko asked.
The guy looked far towards the hills. "You really are the miko…just by your knowing shows you are…," the guy said. "The miko is a priestess who defends the country in times of trouble…the priestess comes from a different world…just like you…you are the priestess of genbu…the priestess of this country…Hokkan…" the guy said.
"…how come…why me? I am only an ordinary school girl…why should it be me…? What am I to do? Where is this place? Who are you? Where's Tokyo? …I want to go back…I feel really lost and confused…" Takiko asked worriedly.
She immediately thought of her life back in Tokyo. Where she had found life in a much better situation. Where she had friends. Where she felt important. Where someone felt like a real parent to her. Where she met and started to like Reito.
"Tokyo…? Where is that?" the guy asked.
"EH! Koko nihon janai no!" Takiko asked in a horrified tone.
"You're in Hokkan…my country…there is no place called Japan in here or in any other countries." The guy replied.
Their conversation was cut of when the guy suddenly stopped the horse abruptly. Takiko nearly slipped off but was pulled back firmly by the guy. The guy pulled her close to him as a meaningful smirk crossed his face.
Someone approached them and Takiko felt the guy once more held her as he jumped down from his horse.
"Rimudo-sama! We are so honored for you to have come." A middle-aged woman said curtsying.
"Thank you Boraate-san, however, I will just be staying for only a short moment. I just wish to give this to Chamuka." The guy said handing out a rolled parchment.
The middle-aged woman accepted it with great caution. Another guy steeped out of the cottage.
"O! Rimudo. It all begins now isn't it?" the guy said with a meaningful look.
Rimudo gave him a slight nod and returned him a meaningful glare.
"I know…Take care yourself Chamuka. We should get going now. Tell no one." Rimudo said.
Rimudo took Takiko by the waist and jumped onto his horse with Takiko again side saddled in front of him.
They rode off about near sundown towards the direction of the palace.
"What's your name?" Rimudo asked reaching up an arm to lift her chin making her look up at him.
"Takiko…Okuda Takiko…" Takiko replied.
Rimudo looked far ahead as he spoke once more.
"Kaeritai?" he asked.
Takiko nodded.
He stopped at the place where he first saw her and took her. He placed her down and spoke.
"Go Takiko, your life is in danger here. Go back to your own world. If you do, both of us will be saved." Rimudo said.
The sounds of soldiers marching were heard around them.
"Hurry! Come on! Before it's too late!"
"Eh! Ch-chotto matte…! I don't know what am I to do! How am I supposed to go back? I don't know…If you do please help me, if not….what now…?" Takiko gasped frantically, looking around as she felt the marching of soldiers neared them.
"..kk…! sho ga ne—na…!" Rimudo said pulling her up again. He immediately took the horse's reins and rode off before they were caught.
He stopped meters away before entering the Forbidden City. (Ok people, I don't know if the forbidden city already existed back then in ancient china or in Yuu Watase's anime Fushigi Yuugi but just go with it. Thanks! )
He removed his cloak and placed it on her.
"People might recognize you. Wear this for now. Put on the hood too. It'll keep both of us out of trouble." Rimudo said.
Takiko nodded and put on the hood and cloak. Once again they rode off towards the gates.
Takiko kept her head bowed down while Rimudo talked at the guards.
"Rimudo-sama, welcome back." The guards said making way for him.
"Did my father sent for me or asked where I may be?" Rimudo asked.
"Yes Rimudo-sama, he said he wants you to meet him at the throne room by nightfall. But other than that, no your highness." One of them answered.
Rimudo bowed slightly and rode off hurriedly towards the palace before the last rays of the setting sun disappeared.
He leaned forward and whispered to her. "It's ok now, you may look up, but don't remove the hood or cloak. We might never know who's watching us right now. I'm sure my father is up to something. I have a very bad feeling about it…"
"Yes…Rimudo…sama…" Takiko answered.
They arrived the stable and they both got off the horse and left it on the stable without the guards notice.
"Just call me Rimudo………you're the only one who can call me that…" Rimudo said looking away and pulling her towards the back side of the palace.
"eh…?"
He pulled her towards a backdoor covered by two bushes. They crept inside and was about to enter a room when suddenly they were held back by four guards, two for each of them.
A/n: Another Chappie is finished! Oh yeah, please review and also tell me if my chapters are short, cause if they are, I could make them longer. Right now, I'm just keeping them all standard up to four-five pages so if that's not enough then please tell me. Please Review.
Translations: (not exact but will do)
"Koko nihon janai no!..." – "This place is not Japan!"
…-sama – this hmmm…suffix is just used to address people in a very polite manner. Often used for royals, and so on…
"Kaeritai?" – means "Do you want to go home?"
Chotto matte – means wait a minute or wait for a while or wait a sec. etc…
"kk…!" – is just a Japanese expression or something…no exact meaning or whatsoever ok? You'll hear it when you watch animes
"sho ga ne— na" – it's actually "sho ga nai na" meaning "there's nothing we/I can do." Or "No way out"……kinda like that…ok?
A/n: Please Review. I promise to be back soon. Chapter five is already soon to be done. Thank you all.
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