Chapter 2
Reunion
Ten years later…
Kyo Sohma stood in front of the castle gates and looked at it for the first time in ten years. Ten years ago he was banned to enter the castle grounds because of what happened to Tohru Honda. It was easy to blame him, the son of a simple village peasant. He could still remember the day when the queen blamed him for the reason why Tohru Honda was missing and forever banned him from playing with Yuki and entering the castle grounds. Kyo took a step forward when one of the imperial guards stopped him.
"What business do you have?" The castle guard asked in an intimidating tone. However, Kyo was not intimidated by him.
Kyo glanced at his partner, a short blond foreigner who was also a Sohma and nodded. The short blond nodded in reply and captured the guard's gaze with his hypnotizing blue eyes.
"You will let us pass" His partner said in a girlish whisper. The guard's expression slowly turned blank and slowly opened the gates. The blonde's eye's never left the guard's and as soon as they entered the gate the blond said in a soft, barely audible whisper:
"Very good. As soon as this gate closes you will forget everything about us" With those final words the gates closed behind them.
"Well done Momiji" Kyo said. Momiji gave him a bright childish smile and continued walking. The smile always got on Kyo's nerves and Momiji knew about that. As they continued walking Momiji looked around the place with great interest.
"This place looks pretty Kyo" Momiji said in awe as they passed by one of the gardens. Momiji's hair shone like gold under the sunlight while Kyo's orange hair burned like fire. Kyo sneered and continued walking, his brown cape billowing behind him. He could hear Momiji running to catch up with him while at the same time let praising everything single thing he could set his eyes on.
"Kyo look at those flowers. They look so-"
"Momiji shut up" Kyo snapped. He didn't want to hear any words of praise about the place that only gave him bad memories. "You are getting on my nerves" Momiji fell silent and they continued walking. Along the way they passed by frantic maids that were busy running here and there. Occasionally a few of them would stop their work and stare at Kyo and Momiji.
"Kyo-"
"I thought I told you to shut up" Honestly this kid may be a good spell caster but can't he even keep his mouth shut? Kyo thought angrily.
"I heard that Prince Yuki is getting married to Countess Motoko" Momiji silently whispered. Kyo stopped in his tracks and looked at his partner.
"Where did you get that piece of information?" Kyo demanded. Momiji shrugged his shoulders and answered.
"I read it from the mind of that passing girl. Her name is Minami Kinoshita. She is Countess Motoko's closest friend" Momiji brightly replied flashing Kyo one of his annoying grins.
The blood that flowed on Kyo's veins suddenly turned cold as he processed the information that Momiji just gave him. He forgot his promise! Kyo thought angrily as he clenched and unclenched his fists. The promise he made to Tohru!
Images started floating on Kyo's mind as he remembered the promise they both made to Tohru ten years ago…
"I-I'll get lost…" Tohru nervously mumbled. Yuki and Kyo both looked at Tohru with raised eyebrows.
"No you won't Tohru" Yuki gently told her.
"But in case if I do Promise me you'll find me" Tohru whispered. "Promise me…"
Both boys exchanged exasperated looks and smiled at her.
"Of course we'll find you" Yuki said with a smile on his face. .
"What makes you think we won't look for you?" Kyo added. .
"Okay!" Tohru brightly replied. "Let's play!"
"That bastard" Kyo dangerously muttered under his breath before he quickly strode towards the castle "Momiji track down where the prince is" Kyo spat out the word prince like as if it was a foul disgusting word. Momiji nervously bit his lip, closed his eyes and started muttering the tracking spell to find the prince. He got a sudden image in his head that showed a young man with raven black hair standing in a room. Momiji guessed that it was his chamber. The image suddenly vanished and he ran after Kyo.
"Kyo, he's in his chambers"
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Yuki Sohma took out a bottle of red wine and poured it into his wineglass. He watched the blood red liquid slowly fill the cup until it reached the brim. He took the wineglass and raised it towards the white haired man sitting in the corner of his room.
"To my doom" He said bitterly before he drank it with one gulp. The white haired man silently watched his prince drown out his sorrows of the upcoming marriage by drinking endless bottles of wine "Do you want some Hatsuharu?" The prince asked as he started filling his glass again.
"No" Hatsuharu silently replied. "My prince-"
"I know what you're going to say Hatsuharu. It won't work. I won't be able to get out of this marriage" Yuki replied, his voice filled with sorrow. Hatsuharu was his cousin and bodyguard. After Kyo was thrown out of the castle grounds Yuki's mother, the queen requested to her older sister, a countess, that Hatsuharu should start living within the castle grounds. Hatsuharu's mom readily agreed and the two boys formed a quick yet strong bond of friendship.
"Yuki I was wondering…"
"What?" Yuki asked in a slurred voice. Hatsuharu hesitated before he continued.
"I was wondering about…forget about it" Hatsuharu shrugged.
"About what?" Yuki asked. Hatsuharu fell silent. "Tell me Hatsuharu" He demanded. There was a knock on the door and Hatsuharu let out a relieved sigh.
"It must be the servants bringing us more wine. I'll go get it" Hatsuharu offered and ran towards the door. Before Hatsuharu could place his hands on the handle the door burst open revealing a young man with orange coloured hair. Next to him stood a young blond that was slightly shorter than the orange haired man. Hatsuharu drew his sword to protect his prince. Yuki dropped his wine glass in surprise. The orange haired man could only be his childhood friend, Kyo.
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