Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango or any of its characters. Even though I wish to make Tsukasa my husband.
Strangers Fantasy: Grieve
Tsukasa silently listened as Rui related the attack and the kidnapping of Sakurako and how so many in the house died.
"What about Makiko?" Tsukushi interrupted him.
A pained look crossed Rui's face as he turned to Akira. Akira closed his eyes and turned his face.
Tsukushi watched the interchange of facial expressions among the friends.
"She did come back with you right?" She grabbed Akira's shirt desperation in her eyes.
"I'm sorry she was your friend right? She didn't make it." Akira backed up a little.
"How could she not have made it? She came with you so you were responsible for her. Where is she, tell me, please." Tsukushi's voice caught as panic and sadness emerged.
Rui, Soujirou and Akira turned to one another and then Akira beckoned for Tsukushi to follow him.
Tsukushi followed, each step she took felt like she were moving with weights on her legs. Akira bought her before a body covered in a white sheet among a bed of flowers. Tsukushi dropped down next to it her shoulders sagged as she reached with shaky hands to pull the sheet back.
Akira stood back silently with Tsukasa, Rui and Soujirou.
When Tsukushi pulled the sheet back revealing Makiko's sleeping face her tears began to fall slowly then with more earnest. She called Makiko's name and mumbled random memories as she reached over to hug her dead friend.
Rui stared at her back and motioned for Soujirou and Akira to look at it. Then Rui looked at Tsukasa with eyes wide and pointed toward a bent over Tsukushi. Tsukasa nodded his head.
Rui motioned for Akira and Soujirou to follow him and they left Tsukasa alone with Tsukushi and Makiko.
Tsukasa stood silently behind Tsukushi as she cried for a while before he finally sat behind her and pulled her into his arms. She turned around in his arms and tried to push away from him crying.
"Stop hugging me, I don't need you, this is your fault." She beat on his chest tears streaming down her face.
"She was the only friend I had in this place. If you hadn't come then she would be alive." She continued to hit him but he didn't let her go. She laid the blame on him even though she knew it wasn't his fault.
"She was the only one that accepted me even though my own adopted family threw me out and turned their back on me. She didn't care about my lineage she didn't care I didn't have money or influence. She helped me even though she was struggling herself using her body to survive." Her struggle lessened as she tired.
"She, she was the only friend I had…" She fell against Tsukasa's chest her pitiful cries echoed in his chest. She wrapped her arms around his waist as he tightened his around hers.
They sat there Tsukushi crying and Tsukasa lending his strength to her. When her cries died down he pulled back a little and lifted her chin and whipped her tears with his thumb. Her eyes remained closed as more silent tears feel down her face.
He bent down and kissed the tears from her cheeks and moved down to her lips. He kissed her slowly tasting the salty tears as his hand came up to caress her hair and then down her back pulling her closer. She pushed against him a little but gave up as his lips persisted in thier exploration.
"Tsukushi I know it hurts..." He kissed her neck.
"…but I want you to know that I'm here for you." He held her face and kissed her again.
"Can you please trust me?" He looked her in the eye hoping that she could see the sincerity in his.
She stared at him and she could tell that he might be telling the truth but she wasn't sure if she could fully trust him yet but maybe given time she could.
"I-I don't know, but I think that with a little more time I could." She was lost in his eyes and her heart began to race as she realized how close they were and a slight blush colored her cheeks.
"I can live with that." He hugged her again and whispered in her ear lightly.
"I'm never going to leave you again I swear I'll stay by you. My life is yours to command and my heart as it has always been since we were young. Tsukushi I've never stopped loving you and even if you don't believe me I'll prove it to you with the chance you've given me." He continued to hug her as she remained silent in his arms not knowing how to reply to his confession.
After a few minutes Tsukushi spoke up.
"Tsukasa I think I want to go with you to yo- our kingdom. I want to know about my heritage and why so many strange things are happening. I also want to do my part in fighting the Yabun no kumo. There is nothing for me here anymore and I want to get revenge for Makiko. She'd already had a hard life and she didn't deserve to lose it." She pushed off of his chest and looked him in the eyes.
"Are you sure this is what you really want? I don't want you to only seek revenge because once you have it you will feel empty."
"Only time will tell if I'm empty or not but this is what I want."
"Well if this is what you want then we will leave today after we bury your friend we do not have much time to waste."
Tsukushi nodded and they picked themselves up and went in search of the other three.
They found Rui and Akira talking to one of the city authorities.
As Tsukushi and Tsukasa approached them they were finishing up and the man dressed in a uniform left them.
"I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself to you when we first met." Tsukushi held out her hand and received a hug in return from Akira and Rui.
"We know who you are Tsukushi." Rui smiled slightly.
"We thought you were dead for so long princess but Tsukasa never thought you were." Akira pointed in Tsukasa's direction.
"I'm glad that we've finally found you."
"You mean that I finally found her."
"You mean with Rui's help. If he hadn't of given you that potion she would have still been lost."
"Potion?" Tsukushi looked at Tsukasa then at Akira and Rui. The latter of the two looked very familiar actually the name was also familiar.
"It's a long story one that it's very ironic actually." Rui chuckled a little.
"Where is Soujirou?" Tsukasa cut Rui off.
"He went back inside the mansion to get your bag with Tsukushi's necklace."
"My necklace?"
"I'll explain when it gets here its too complicated without seeing it."
"No it's not its very simple actually. You see whenever- "
Akira was cutoff by a running Soujirou.
"Bad news guys." Soujirou stopped in front of them a bag in his hands.
"What's wrong Jiro?" Tsukasa took his bag from him.
"Look inside the bag Tsukasa."
Tsukasa looked inside his bad and a cold shiver ran down his back.
"This is very bad. The necklace is gone…"
Elsewhere
A piercing screech filled the air as a giant vulture landed atop a hill a few miles from the city. It deposited its cargo, a young girl, and then took to the skies once again.
Sakurako had passed out once she was in the air. When she came to she was on soft sweet smelling grass. She sat up and rubbed her eyes and looked around she was a lone.
"No you're not alone." A voice said behind her. She quickly turned around to see a smiling Amon.
"When you said something or someone was going to pick me up I had no idea that it would be a giant bird. I could have died from that trip and why did you tell me to cover my face when I heard a loud crash?"
"I'll tell you all in good time my fair princess but first did you get what I requested?" he slowly walked closer to her and she felt her heart jump. But it didn't jump from happiness it instead jumped from fear. The look in his eyes and the slight impatience in his voice disturbed her.
"Yes I do." She moved to reach into her bodice but in a blink Amon was holding her in his arms a hungry look in his eyes.
He pressed his hand against her chest. She started and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
"Is it in here?" he slowly looked down her chest.
"Ye-yes it is."
"I'll get it then." He reached his hand down her bodice and squeezed on of her breasts as he searched for what she bought him. She gasped at his blatant perusal but was too afraid to resist him.
"Ah this is it." She squeezed her eyes shut as he kept his had down her dress wishing he would take what he wanted.
He sensed the fear mixed with arousal in her and grinned as he whispered in her ear.
"Thank you very much princess, your prince is very happy when the time comes will you give yourself to me fully right?"
She nodded her head slowly and he pulled his hand from her bodice revealing a thin chain with a blue stone attached to it.
"This, my love is your ticket to the kingdom as the rightful heir."
"My ticket?" She looked at his handsome face and he grinned wickedly at her.
"Yes this is how they will know you are the true princess, there are many fakes. This necklace glows when it is in the possession on the real princess."
"But it didn't-…" he pressed a finger against her lips.
"It didn't glow with you because a fake princess broke it we are taking it to get fixed and then present you to our kingdom. And when we get there you're going to claim me as your fiancé and we shall marry. A wedding fit for royalty, what do you say to that?"
Sakurako absorbed everything that Amon said and his words made sense the more she convinced herself that they were right.
"I think I like that idea Amon."
"I knew you would." He pulled her into his arms and kissed her hungrily.
She kissed him back as he held her face. As he did so a small spider left the sleeve of his shirt and crawled up the side of her cheek and entered her ear.
"I love you Amon." Sakurako whispered against his lips.
He smiled against hers and gently whispered in her ears.
"I knew you would."
This chapter was a little shorter then what I'm use to so what do you guys think? . I was trying to go for a somewhat emotional chapter with a lot of words expressed by body language and facial expression. I wanted the emotions to move from sadness to determination to passion and fear. I for some reason think that these mixed emotions can go hand in hand it its amazing how one can turn into the other so quickly. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter R and R you guys are my inspiration to keep going.
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