Chapter 5

The Chase and the Captive Princess

Countess Motoko went to her fiancé's room. She was certain she heard him screaming a few hours ago. She slowly opened the door and let out a gasp. The prince was not in his room! She ran towards Hatsuharu's room and saw that the loyal body guard was also missing and she did what any countess her age would do. She ran towards the room of the king and queen and instantly they raised the alarm, word immediately spread throughout the castle like wildfire that Prince Yuki and his loyal bodyguard were both gone.

An army of guards were assembled on the hall waiting for the king and queen's orders to find the prince. Tension filled the air as the army of guards watched the king position himself on the balcony looking down at the army.

"Find them!" The king yelled. "Use whatever methods you have to, just make sure you bring my son back alive!" He commanded. "I don't care if you kill Hatsuharu in the process just bring me back my son!" He yelled, his voice echoing throughout the halls. If that blasted son of mine gets away my allegiance with the kingdom of Kiato will be over! The king thought angrily, glancing over Countess Motoko. The Countess was the ruler's niece; she was also his heir since the ruler was childless. Only through Yuki and Motoko's marriage would peace over the two warring kingdoms ensue. Damn that Hatsuharu for putting idea's in my son's head!

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The four galloped away on their stallions urging them to go faster. Kyo looked back and saw that at least five of the imperial guards were chasing them. Great. Kyo thought angrily. He glanced towards the two spell casters, Yuki and Momiji to see if they were doing fine and they were not. Beads of sweat were forming on Yuki's forehead as he tried to hold on with the cloaking spell he casted on the group of four while Momiji looked as if he was about to fall off his horse as he aided Yuki with the spell. Kyo knew the torture that the two were going through. The imperial guards were trying to break down through their defenses and Kyo knew the pain that they were going through. For the cloaking spell to be removed the guards needed to break into the mind of the caster, in their case casters. Having someone constantly trying to break through your mind was as painful as hell since once the caster would lower his defenses the guards will easily be able to take over the caster's mind and vanquish the spell.

Kyo glanced at Hatsuharu and saw that the white haired guard seemed to be doing fine. Hatsuharu was the one responsible for making the horses run faster than the wind. There was a piercing cry and Momiji slumped against his horse. The enemy had broken down through his defenses. With only one spell caster left to shield the group of four the horses became visible to the guards. From behind him he could hear the guards cheering.

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A brown haired maiden about the age of seventeen watched the glass orbs with intense brown eyes. One of the spell casters had fallen while the other one was weakening. The brown haired maiden bit her lower lip in worry. She glanced to the figure fully clothed in black and asked one question.

"Will they be able to make it?" She asked her voice filled with worry. "Will Prince Yuki's mind be strong enough to conceal them?" The figure clothed in black sadly shook her head.

"No. I'm afraid not" She whispered in a mysterious voice "With five people hammering into his mind it's impossible" The brown haired maiden's eye were filled with sadness as she listen to what her friend told her. "But there is a way" The figure clothed in black quickly added. The brown haired maiden looked at her friend; hope could be seen in her eyes. The figure bit her lips and looked at the tiny glass ball that her friend protectively clutched in her hands and the figure gently took it from her. "I can probably harm the minds of the guards using this glass orb as a medium for my powers to travel in but I'm not certain" She said in a whisper.

"Please, save them" The brown haired maiden pleaded to the figure clothed in black.

The figure closed her eyes and concentrated on her powers. She could feel it slowly building up in her mind. She aimed it towards the guards that were chasing after the four figures and she let go. Her power coursed out of her like some nuclear bomb and as soon as they made contact with the minds of the guards they fell of their horses, barely alive.

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The guards urged their horses to go faster when all of a sudden they saw a bright ball of lightning flowing towards them. Pain, indescribable pain coursed through their minds as the force cruelly ripped their brains apart. It felt like they were getting electrocuted. The guards let out a howl and one by one they fell off their horses, barely alive.

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The figure clothed in black watched the figures fall of their horses. She lifted her eyes from the glass orb and faced the anxious brown haired maiden and nodded. The prince and his friends will be able to escape. The brown haired maiden breathed out a sigh of relief and continued watching the glass orb with her brown coloured eyes.

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Yuki felt the painful hammerings in his head come to an abrupt stop. He breathed out a sigh of relief and continued on with his spell. Not bothering to look back to see the reason why the painful hammerings had stopped. If he did he would have seen the air around the fallen guards crackling with electricity.

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The brown haired maiden let out a relieved sigh as she watched the guards limply fall off their horses one by one.

"Thank you so much" The brown haired maiden gratefully thanked her friend, pulling her into a warm hug.

"It was nothing" The figure clothed in black replied softly, hugging the brown haired maiden in return.

There was a knock and in came a little boy about the age of eleven or twelve with ebony black hair and pale coloured skin. His eyes were dark brown, almost black in colour and they were unlike any normal human eyes because his eyes were lightless, his pupils almost invisible. The boy gave the brown haired maiden and the figure clothed in black respectable bows before sitting down on one of the chairs.

"I have important news" The little boy informed them in a soft whisper, toying with a piece of twig that was lying on a table by levitating it up and down.

"Did you find out his name?" The figure clothed in black asked, spitting out the word his with loathing. The boy sadly shook his head in reply.

"Even if I do find out his name it won't work" The child darkly informed the two.

"Why?" The brown haired maiden asked with worry.

"Because he is immune to curses. My powers would be useless against him" The boy replied, angrily throwing off his levitated twig outside the window. "I also have something very important to tell you" Megumi informed the brown haired maiden.

"What is it?" The brown haired maiden asked. There was a long pause before the boy replied.

"He, the sorcerer is coming to visit and this time he won't simply be staying for a fortnight" The boy whispered, his eyes growing darker in anger at the thought of living with the killer of his village under the same roof. "This time he will be staying with us in this castle for good. I think he knows that your friends are coming"

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Happy new year everyone! I was very busy for Christmas and New Year so I couldn't post any stories. I would like to thank faeryespell, eternalforever, CallaRose4ever, littleduck, .:CrimsonAngel:., mythathena, fan999123, DarkKyo and .X.Phoenix.X. for reviewing. Thanks for the reviews everyone. For Harry Potter readers I would like to say that faeryespell and I are making a Harry Potter story. The story is posted in faeryespell's account (It has nine chapters already) so if you're in the mood to read a Harry Potter story just go to faeryespell's account. For questions about pairings my answer is yes, there will be pairings in this story in the later chapters. Bye and thank you all for reviewing.