Chapter 3: I'd Be Delighted.
It wasn't like Raimundo was scared or anything. He just didn't want to go to the Temple yesterday.
"Another letter has arrived for Raimundo."
Omi smiled brightly while Raimundo stared blankly.
Why did Omi start calling Raimundo... Raimundo?
"Burn. It. Now."
Raimundo bottled his anger up and tried to grin, it looked more like he was mad.
"Yes Master, and can I get you anything to drink?"
"What are you trying to do! Make me sick! I'm getting out of this dumb place!"
He got off his bed and stormed away.
Here's
an example of how bad he was feeling: He kicked a cat, pushed a servant
with laundry, and brought Sophia outside to be shoved in the mud again.
"There! DON'T FOLLOW ME!"
By this description, you can tell Raimundo is a very violent person.
He
didn't bother putting on his cloak, he ran to the Temple and pounded on
the door. Was Kimiko going to answer? Or was he going to answer to
Master Fung?
"Yes Young one?" asked an aged man.
"Don't call me that! I need to talk to Kimiko."
Raimundo tried to sound like he was calm, but he's not that good at acting, and fortunately, Kimiko was.
"Kimiko. You have a guest."
The old man ushered Raimundo in and offered him a seat.
"No thank you geezer." Raimundo remarked.
"Yes Master Fung?" A familiar voice. Kimiko.
"This young man wishes to talk to you, I'll leave you two alone now..."
He got up, then wobbled a little, Kimiko went to his aid and gave him his walking stick.
"Thank you Kimiko, you have a good heart."
This was something that got Raimundo thinking.
Nobody ever said anything nice about Raimundo, and nobody ever appreciated him either!
"So why did you come and see me?" asked Kimiko pleasantly.
"You
know perfectly well, and why do you keep bothering me? I know that you
are a person that doesn't know where to go in life, but why bother me!
It's like you don't even need to exist." He replied.
"I never knew
you were so good at acting, I know I made you angry. Another thing:
Everyone has a right to live, if I didn't; many people would be dead
right now!"
Kimiko got up and turned to leave.
"Wait, Kimiko."
The Prince stood up and grabbed her arm. She spun around and glared.
"What? Want to insult me again, and then do something else stupid!" Her
blue eyes seemed more red now.
Something unexpected happened.
Raimundo and Kimiko had there lips together, and both of them did feel bliss.
Her arms were making their way to his neck, but she stopped.
After they both realized what they were doing, they broke away quickly.
"How COULD you?" Kimiko slapped him on the cheek and Raimundo yelled
"WHAT the HECK did you DO! YOU... YOU-"
She had already pushed him out the door.
"DON'T EVER THINK ABOUT COMING BACK!"
"I won't you WITCH!"
Practically everyone in the Kingdom heard that.
Raimundo rushed to his palace, not caring about the mud on his clothes.
What WAS that?
It was probably one of her spells!
He sneered at everyone and everything, then he threw himself on his luxurious bed.
By this time, Kimiko was doing the same, except on her stony hard mattress.
"Omi! Servant!" On Raimundo's command, Omi came into the room and bowed.
"What is that on your lips Master?" Omi asked.
"Oh
be quiet! Just get me a pot of tea and be gone!" Raimundo thundered.
Once the midget left the room, Raimundo bounced up from his bed and
studied his face in the mirror.
His lips were red.
What did she use on her lips? All the rich women used this substance, not low lives!
"What is wrong sister?" asked Keiko.
"It's that terrible Prince again! How dare he!" Kimiko cried a little into her pillow and stopped.
Anger was starting to consume her now.
"What did he do? Hurt you?" Keiko took a potion from the cupboard and poured an ounce into a cup.
"Drink this, it'll let you talk without being angry or sad"
"No, I don't need it sis."
Kimiko always called Keiko sis because they were both orphans.
But not of the same family.
"Why? I can see you being mad right now!" she prodded.
"I can take on that stupid boy myself, he's no match against us mages."
If anyone was listening, they would gasp.
Mages disappeared a long time ago, but their was magical creatures and magic still around.
But in the Temple?
"Don't
say that out loud! People aren't supposed to know we exist. When the
time is right we are to reveal our true identity." Keiko whispered. "I
wish it would be that easy. Mortals think mages are exactly like
witches! We are not."
The room cooled down a little.
Kimiko added "Maybe when the Mages do reveal themselves, I can find my parents."
What was that thing hanging on Kimiko's neck?
Raimundo thought about the events that took place.
She was wearing a ruby on her neck. But she was poor and insensitive!
No person in the whole country side would have a ruby!
Except the royal family tree and possibly a very lucky-
"Raimundo, I have brought you news from the King. He says: Meet me in the Throne Room."
Omi said.
"Then tell him to wait! I need to get dressed."
Omi scampered away and Raimundo opened his closet. What should he wear today?
Something regular. Like his red robes with a Medallion.
Simple, but acceptable.
He shut the door and changed into a new pair of clothes, there might have been Kimiko germs on the other thing!
"Omi, once I am done changing, wash this!" Carelessly, he glanced out the window.
You could see the whole town from Raimundo's window, it was beautiful.
Kimiko would have gasped with joy, but Raimundo would have shrugged.
"Yes Father? You wanted to see me?" asked Raimundo.The King nodded and smirked.
"Do you even know why you are marrying Sophia?"
"To make my life miserable with that stupid faggot." he muttered.
"I have lied to you, she is not rich." Charon explained.
Raimundo's face lit up.
"That means I don't have to marry her? Oh I am Blessed!"
"She is going to marry you still, because you have-"
Maybe
he stopped talking because Raimundo was getting very angry, or that
Wind was blowing so fiercely in the Throne room that the doors were
being blown open.
"I should tell you later, why don't you get some rest?" suggested Charon.
"I HATE YOU. I HATE BEING A PRINCE. I HATE THIS!"
Raimundo went through the flapping doors, bringing the Wind with him.
"You should have told him Charon, that would explain a lot to him." Lucia murmured.
"We need to warn Omi not to tell Raimundo about the Wind Element."
Hopefully, Omi would keep his promise and not tell Raimundo.
"I need to go." Kimiko saw Raimundo, stomping around the town and randomly bellowing."I see. Do tell him that I think he's cute!" Keiko chimed.
Kimiko didn't even think about what she said.
To admit, she felt a little bubble of anger.
"Raimundo! What are you doing?"
He stopped kicking up dirt from the ground and frowned when he saw her standing there.
"Come to say I'm not welcome any more? Well good! Because I HATE being Prince!"
Kimiko thought this weird.
A few hours ago, Raimundo savored the fact he was better than everyone, and now he just wanted to be a regular person.
Sympathy shone through her eyes.
"Come, we need to talk." Kimiko touched his shoulder and lead him out of the town square.
People looked upon her with respect, and she smiled back.
Raimundo followed her into a forest.
"Do you mind if we go here?" asked Kimiko.
"Not at all, I don't even know what my purpose on life is." Raimundo responded.
She laughed.
"I think we have more in common than I thought, come sit down."
They were both at a water fall.
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"No. It is ugly." Kimiko narrowed her eyes.
"So what troubles you?" she asked. Raimundo didn't think she would ask that question.
He thought she would be rude and not hesitant to slap him again.
"Nothing." he replied simply.
"There
must be something! Like marrying somebody, are you going to? You have
to be mad about something, or else you wouldn't be stomping around like
that!" Kimiko insisted.
"Fine you win. I have to marry this girl, that is really mean and stupid."
Kimiko didn't know why her heart sank.
"What's her n-name?" stuttered Kimiko.
Raimundo didn't notice her sudden change of speech.
"Her name
is Sophia, and she's so vain. I don't want to marry her! And today my
father said he would tell me why I had to. It better be a good reason."
He dipped his finger in the water and sighed.
"Is she pretty?"
"Very. But it's not really looks that matter."
She was touched.
He was a totally different person underneath.
"Then follow your heart, that's all I can say."
Kimiko giggled when he blushed.
"Kimiko, I'm kind of sorry for messing up everything in your life."
Raimundo mumbled.
"Excuse me?"
"I said I'm sorry okay?""I'd be delighted to be your friend then."
"But I didn't- Fine, you win." Raimundo shook his head.
They didn't seem to remember the awkwardness from their first hate kiss.