Just a few notes…. I gave Taichi's and Mimi's parents names… so they go like so:
Taichi's Father : Haruko Yagami
Taichi's Mother: Kumiko Yagami
Mimi's Father: Ryota Tachikawa
Mimi's Mother: Moriko Tachikawa
Britannia Part 6The Kiss's Consequences
The band that had been playing drew silent on the kings orders, Taichi and Sora were still in lip lock; Taichi's father strode toward him as did the Tachikawa's. Mimi and Yamato looked on, as did Hikari whom was starting to cry, Takeru and Daisuke both standing next to her watch shocked.
The people from all kingdoms were silent whispering among each other. Each of the villagers knew that there were problems but they hadn't expected this.
"My boy come with me, guards seize this woman in the dungeons this instant!" His father said with anger.
"Father, No! You can't I'm in love with her!" Taichi cried as he was being dragged away, Sora was in tears as the guards carted her away to the dungeons. "Sora!" he shouted as he himself was almost in tears.
The band began to play again to distract the ball goers, to distract from the current happening upon Queen Yagami's orders. Yamato and Mimi followed after her parents and Taichi and his father but were stopped from entering the thrown room, "You my girl stay out side this is business with adults and your fiancé." Her father said.
While Hikari went down to the dungeon's to see Sora, her former Lady in Waiting.
"You have disgraced this family Taichi! Your sister's Lady in Waiting! What is with you!" Haruko said as he waved his fist at his son who sat on the floor keeling to him.
"Father please do not punish her! She had nothing to do with it. It was my doing I went after her it's my fault." Taichi said his voice full of worry.
Haruko shook his head at his son, "She brained washed you only to get our fortune that I worked so hard to build! She wants in the royal family and there is no way I will allow that!" he said fiercely.
Taichi stood up, "SHE did not brain wash me! I choose her, for the longest of time! How could you deal me such nonsense that she brainwashed me! I love her and she loves me we are meant to be." Taichi glared at his father he was now very angry and was no longer worried.
"You know the laws that deal with royalty that go astray and fall in love with commoners? They then betray their betrothal to another royal? Do you son?" Haruko said.
"I do." Taichi said remembering those laws clearly as they were forced upon him when he was younger. It hadn't stopped him from falling in love with Sora though he felt connected to her.
Haruko then he look at his wife who was in tears about the whole situation, "I regret our son can not be the royal air to the thrown," he turned to Taichi who was still angry, "If you fail to choose right then you are no longer welcome here, Your exiled !"
Taichi's mother dropped to the ground in tears, "NO! Haruko! Leave him be he is young! He doesn't understand. He will eventually understand!" she said in tears they rolled down her cheeks like a running stream.
"Mother, I will be okay, I will leave but I'm taking Sora with me you will not harm her father." Taichi said calmly giving his father a glare.
"I don't think so, Sora is going to pay the price for taking my son away, then I will have her hung." Haruko said.
Taichi's eyes widened, "NO." and he tore out of the room quickly.
Hikari sat next to the cell that Sora was being held in, tears welded up in her eyes. "Sora, why did you not tell me? I could have help." She said wiping some tears from her cheeks.
"How could you possibly help? I'm going to be killed…your father will kill me." She said she broke down into tears herself.
"BUT YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT TOUCH HIM!" Hikari said shouting.
"I DID NOT TOUCH FIRST! HE DID IT ALL, he is the one that wanted me..." She said trailing off, "I warned him of the danger yet he would not accept that it was a good enough reason to not love me."
Hikari closed he eyes, "My brother is one that once he sets his mind to it. Nothing will stop him in the way of what he wants." She took a deep breath of air and looked up wards.
"I know that all to well," Sora said taking her hand in hers, "I'm sorry Hikari for lying to you."
"You love my brother don't you?" Hikari said with out answering Sora's apologies.
"I do, I would do anything to be able to go back in the future and stop myself from kissing him on the dance floor it's my fault." Sora said she let go of her hand and walked to the back of the dungeon.
"And you knew the consequences…" Hikari said she frowned at Sora sadly.
"Your brother knew there were consequences and he assured me that he would protect me," Sora said she turned around and walked back toward Hikari who was on the other side of the bared door.
"And if I make a promise I keep it. Sora come on we don't have much time," Taichi said as he came toward Hikari and Sora's holding area.
"You lied to me Taichi, you told me nothing about this!" Hikari said shouting at him.
"Hikari, father just disowned me and he plans to kill Sora, now let me go and help her escape!" Taichi replied he pulled keys from his pocket, "The guards didn't know that my father exiled me, they gave me the keys." He explained as he turned the key and unlocked the chamber door.
"Your father will hunt us down there is no way to escape, he will punish you, no he will punish me." Sora said but Taichi grabbed her hand, "Taichi…" she said trailing off.
"I said that I promised to protect you I meant it," he said.
Later…
Hikari watched sadly as they rode away into the darkness of the night. She wiped her tears away from her eyes.
"Are you okay Princess?" Takeru and Daisuke appeared from no where, Hikari didn't move but then slowly turned around to face both of them.
"I will be, eventually" she said saddened.
"It's horrible for what happened and I'm sorry on behalf of the Ishida kingdom," Daisuke said he bowed to her.
"Thank you very much for you sympathy, however I would like to be on my own," Hikari said she walked back toward the castle slowly.
"On behalf of the Ishida kingdom? I'm prince not you," Takeru said sharply.
Daisuke rolled his eyes at Takeru, "I do really mean well Takeru, she is in pain because of what happened."
As the two bickered, Hikari made her way inside and was stopped when she heard her father shout her name.
"Why have you done this father?" Hikari said fresh tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"Do not start with me Hikari, your brother is not to be mentioned in my presences ever again do you hear!" he said shortly. "Now come with me right this moment." Hikari frowned but did as her father asked her too.
"Taichi where are we going to go I can not see a thing," Sora said loudly trying to over power the wind noise with her voice.
"I don't know Sora, but I will assure you that I will take care of you." He said confidently.
Koushiro ran out into the back near the stables and look far ahead into the vast darkness with wearily eyes, "Taichi, be careful out there. Your title won't be enough to save you from what awaits you along you journey."
"With all due respect I apologize that you came all this way for this arranged engagement that did not turn out as we had all expected it too." Haruko explained to Ryota and Moriko, Mimi parents.
Ryota gave a sigh, "With all do respect Haruko I made a deal with you and your son messed it up with having an affair with a commoner! Apologize won't be enough to cover this embarrassment. We will find our daughter a suitable young man." He said with anger.
Moriko was silent but she too was upset with this who situation that had occurred. Hikari watched from her seat beside her mother while Mimi was sitting next to her not trying to be happy that this engagement didn't happen.
"If this is how you feel, there is no problem for you to find someone else is there?" Haruko questioned.
"That my dear friend shall remain to be found out. Now if you will excuse us we need our rest, from then on you shall discuss any concerns with my lord Jyou." Ryota, Moriko and Mimi left the room except for Jyou who remained behind.
"Look what my son has done to me, he turned me to a lair!" Haruko said quietly. He was very upset at Taichi for what he had done.
Kumiko put a hand of Hikari's shoulder, "I know you are upset about what your father did to your brother. But Hikari he's got to understand that once he is in a arranged marriage then that means he has to stay with what your father has contracted to happen."
Hikari shrugged her mother's hand off her shoulder, "Mother you fail to notice that he loves some one else, how could he not stop caring for her?" she questioned.
"He loves a commoner, which is unacceptable." Kumiko replied silently but strongly.
"Jyou as the lord of Tachikawa kingdom, I have nothing further to discuss please leave me and my family to have a discussion." Haruko asked, Jyou nodded and left the chambers the doors were closed right behind him after he had left.
"Hikari my darling daughter, your now my air I have no other air to the thrown." Haruko replied, with great sadness.
"But..." Hikari began but stopped remembering that he father didn't want to hear Taichi's name ever, "Never mind." she gave a sigh and hung her head down.
"Well let's see, Ishida's seemed interested in you Hikari. You can be set up with that young prince, what is his name again?" Haruko questioned hanging on the thought of what the young prince's name was.
"Takeru my dear," Kumiko said answering his question.
Hikari sat back down in a chair and began to think where Taichi and Sora went. When father finds out he would be angry that Taichi saved Sora from execution. She gave a sigh and looked out the window over the moonlit grounds.
Taichi laid out a blanket to cover the dirt ground there was a fire that was started in the middle of the cave of that Taichi had found. Sora stood next to the fire staring into it and remembering over and over what had happened earlier that evening.
"Sora, Sora?" Taichi called he waved his hand in front of her face. She shook her head and looked up at him.
"I lost you everything, how could you ever forgive me for this?" she asked as tears of great disgrace rolled down her cheeks.
"Don't ever say that, my father is the one that lost me. It was not you who is at fault." Taichi said he walked toward her arms out, "I love you and nothing will change that."
Sora and Taichi embraced for a while then they slowly let go of one another, "What shall we do now? We have no place but this dark cave no beds to sleep in but the cold ground…and what about food what are we going to eat?" she said taking a deep breath of air.
"I will take care of it, Sora you got to trust me." Taichi said softly taking her hands into his own, "Trust me."
Sora nodded, "I do trust you but the future just seems very unwelcoming." She looked away from Taichi and out of the cave's mouth; "Like someone has had this planned…" she said trailing off.
To Be Continued….