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Oh, and, don't let the title mislead you. I couldn't think of a good title.

War on My World

Chapter 3: Their Plan

When Chihiro awoke the next morning, she realized that she was staring at the sky. "Wha-What?" She asked herself, sitting up. She suddenly heard a gunshot ring out, and clamped her hands to her ears. She looked all around her, and saw she had been sleeping behind a giant boulder. When she looked to the left of her, she saw the Valley, burning.

"No! The Valley!" Chihiro shouted. Haku, who must've been on the other side of the boulder, stood up so she could see him.

"I know. Those-" Haku looked at Chihiro. She knew exactly what he was going to say, even though he refrained himself from saying it. "Those Toulmakians burned down the Valley, because we were winning, but they decided to use fire. I had to take you out of the Castle, or else you would've never made it out of here. I can't believe you slept through that, but it's ok." Haku said. Chihiro blinked as smoke cleared from her eyes. She gasped when she saw Haku clearly.

"Haku! You're hurt! I'm not the one that needs resting, you are!" Chihiro shouted, getting up. Haku had scratches all over his face, and his shoulder had been bandaged, but you could still see the blood soaking through.

"No, Chihiro! Get down. You'll get hurt!" Haku said urgently, pushing Chihiro down and hiding with her behind the boulder.

"Where's Nausicaä...and Prince Asbel?" Chihiro asked, fearful.

"Trying to make negotiations. It's not going to well, though." Haku said, looking over the boulder.

"Well, you said they were attacking for power." Chihiro said, slightly confused. She knew how greedy people could be. She doubted that some words from Nausicaä and Asbel could do anything. But, then again, this was another world. Chihiro just hoped that it would work.

"They want more than that, though." Haku said, then noticed the look on Chihiro's face-he knew that she didn't want anyone to get hurt. "Some people are injured, and a couple from our side have fatal casualties. No one has died yet, on either side, though the Toulmakians have experienced third-degree burns. Don't worry, I was protecting you while you were sleeping. This was the only safe place I could find."

"Thanks." Chihiro said, and smiled, sitting on her knees and looking out over the boulder. It was true. They were on a giant field in front of the Valley that had not been consumed by flames, and their were guns lying about and blood stained parts of grass. She could see they put up a medical tent. Chihiro had learned, from her Social Studies class, that people from war were never supposed to attack the Hospitals where they kept the wounded. It was an un-spoken law of war. "Did everyone from the Valley make it out ok?" She asked.

"They all made it out fine, but one person suffered a third-degree burn. But what about you, Chihiro? Are you ok?" Haku asked, and Chihiro nodded.

"I'm fine. I'm just worried...what is they kill Nausicaä and Prince Asbel?" Chihiro peered into the distance, and could see a bunch of tanks and Nausicaä and Asbel in front of them. She had no idea what they were talking about, but it was probably long, boring negotiation stuff.

"I think the Toulmakians want to exchange their lives for their people's safety." Haku said, looking at Chihiro.

"What? Why? Why do they want to kill them?" Chihiro asked. She heard about wars in Social Studies, but, to think, she was actually in one! It wasn't as exciting and happy as the textbooks believed it to be.

"So that they can control their people. Without Nausicaä or Asbel, their people won't know what to do, and will have no choice but to follow the Toulmakians. You're right, Chihiro, it's all mainly for power." Haku said grimly. "But they're trying to make it so that their lives won't be taken. But I bet they'll be willing to spare their lives for their people." That surprised Chihiro. After all, if Haku was Nausicaä's cousin, wouldn't that technically make him royalty?

"Wouldn't you be the heir to the throne?" Chihiro asked. Haku shook his head.

"No, they don't really know about me. They would try to kill me first. Ah! They must've negotiated successfully. They're coming back!" Haku said, as everyone on the battlefield from either Pejitei or the Valley cheered, glad to see that the two royalties hadn't gotten hurt. Nausicaä and Asbel made their way over to Haku and Chihiro.

"The negotiations aren't going so well. They want the Princess." Asbel said. Of course, Chihiro assumed that he meant Nausicaä, but she assumed they were friends and would call each other by their first names. Maybe not, she didn't really know how things worked in this world. Haku sighed.

"What about me?" He asked. Nausicaä sighed when Haku asked that.

"They said they wanted to kill you, but she would be safe if they killed you in your dragon form. After all, they're still mad about you scorching some of their soldiers when they went after her." Nausicaä said. Chihiro was now desperately confused.

'Why would Nausicaä 'she' instead of 'me'? She can't be talking about herself, unless that's the way grammar evolves.' Chihiro thought. 'No, wait! Haku said that he protected me while I was sleeping, so they couldn't mean me, could they? No! I'm not a Princess!' "I'm not a Princess!" Chihiro voiced her last thought.

"Chihiro, you don't know your own heritage? Maybe in your world you're not a Princess, but in our world, you are." Nausicaä said.

"But what am I a Princess of? I don't have my own country." Chihiro said, slightly confused. It wasn't like she knew of this. She never took her own parents as being King or Queen of anything.

"Didn't your Mother or Father ever tell you?" Nausicaä asked, and looked at Haku.

"I think the people who Chihiro thinks are her parents aren't her actual parents." Haku said, not sure. He didn't know much about this whole Chihiro-being-a-Princess-thing either, but certainly more than Chihiro herself knew. Speaking of the girl, her heart almost shattered.

"I-I...I was...adopted?" She managed to ask, her voice barely above a whisper.

Well, that's it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, there's more revelation and something very special at the end of the next chapter. Oh, what the heck, you all know, anyways. ;)