The relation between the Libra and the Lynx

by Rakuen10

this story follows dohko who never had interest in any woman for over more than 200 years he does have a adoptive daughter sunrei but now that everything has changed and he has country he needs to marry someone wat he doenst like until he meets his soulmate. this story will contain violance, action, romance and eventually sex scene's.

3. Chapter 2 the party

Chapter 2.

The party

As the young females were a bit recovered from the fear of the nearly death experience they girls moved towards a different path than the boys from the Ryouzan waterfall back to the city again, but it happened in silence.

Normally Britt who was full of energy and optimistic and always talked off Claire her ears was for once silence. The purple haired female was feeling so miserable of the idea that she and her best friend had almost died because of her.

Claire who knew Britt all to well knew that her best friend was regretting this and was blaming herself for all of this. Even though it was Britt her idea to climb the waterfall Claire could to help to think it was her own fault to,the blond female wanted to talk to her friend but she could not find the right words to say so she kept quiet. The silence slowly was getting taken over by the calming sounds of nature, the wind was blowing softly through the bamboo bushes and made some rustling sounds of the leafs.

As the soft wind kept blowing Britt felt how it softly touched her face and moved through her hair, The wind gave her a small smile and made her feel comfortable and also a bit nostalgic about her home. But the wind did more than that for some reason it felt as if he wind was trying to blow away her worries and was saying that she needed to cheer up. For a little moment it did worked she did forget her worries and let her mind being taken away by the wind and thinking of nothing, But it didn't last long. When the young lynx turned her head to the side she looked at her friend and then the images of her friend falling down came back again. Looking back at the ground Britt gritted her teeth, this wasn't something that is meant to go away or slide off easily no not at all, Clare was her only and best friend she meant everything to her, so the idea of Claire dying only because off her was just to unbearable.

Both girls wanted to say something to each other but neither of them had any idea how to start or what to say, the only gave each other some stares at the moment that they wanted to say something but nothing came out so they broke their eye contact again.
For walking around 10 minutes they finally had reached the city, at how the situation was the walk felt as if they would never leave the bamboo forest. Finally being at the edge off the city Claire grabbed her phone and called the driver and told him were to pick them up. As she was calling with the driver she was instructed to move a bit further and to wait at a little well that was close by them. When that was said both girls moved to the well and when they finally had reached it they could see a little bench close by and started to sit on it.

As they both had sat down Britt had finally summoned the courage to say " i am sorry".

When those words were said Claire turned her head and with her soft caring pink colored eyes she looked at her best friend and gave her a little smile. "don't worry... i am sorry to" she then said and looked back at the ground, but when she did that she had not noticed that Britt was looking at her with a confused looked on her face.

" Why do you say sorry ?" Britt said confused she then grabbed her friend by her shoulders and turned her around to look at her " what are you saying...you didn't wanted to climb, i wanted to climb...this...this is all... this is all my fault " the purple haired female said as a little out burst and tears already had formed in her eyes and slowly started to roll down her cheeks.

Not expecting the sudden move from Britt, Claire looked shocked when she suddenly got turned around and was looking at her crying friend who clearly was regretting all off this. "Britt...Britt " Claire started to say to get her attention and when she saw the female stop sobbing and looking at her again "calm down... the reason why i said i was sorry, is because i didn't stand firm to my decision" the blond female started to explain and with her one arm she hugged the purple haired female. "i am your best friend and adviser and i also want you to be safe ... i knew that this was dangerous, every fiber in my body was shouting no...but i let you talk me into it, because i didn't wanted to chain you down as your father is doing back home"the blond female then said.

Being confused by the hug and the explanation Claire was giving her, Britt understood her worries and what she was saying which made her smile and hugged the blond female back " i really am lucky to have you as my friend... i promise that i wont do anything like this ever again " Britt said honest " or well... at least when you are not around" the purple haired female then said with a chuckle. When Britt had said that last part Claire started to laugh from it and shacked her head a bit " you know, you really are crazy " she replied as she had let go off her purple haired friend who also started to laugh from her comment.

Both girls were happy that everything was alright again and now just waited further for the car.

"bu~~~~ t ...now that you had your fun not it is time for my fun" Claire said chirpy and with a big smile on her face.

" eh ? " Britt replied confused while she looked at the blond female with a questioned expression on her and was unsure at what Claire was aiming at. As Britt was still looking at Claire clueless as ever, the blond female bursted out in a laugh because it was just to funny how clueless the purple haired female was and how she kept trying to think what fun she meant.

Honk Honk the sound off a car sounded

When they heard the honking sound both girls looked up and saw that there ride has arrived and stopped right in front off them. The girls stood up and moved towards the car as when Britt wanted to open up the door it suddenly was already done by the driver who had stepped out of the car in a quick and shift way "let me do that princess"the Driver said and then opened up the door for them.

When the driver had already appeared in front off the door and had opened it up Britt had taken a step back from it, she didn't knew how but the driver was always faster then her to open up the door. It really annoyed her because it was such a simple thing she could do it herself and wanted to do it herself but it never happened, but when the driver called her a princess a little growl escaped from the purple haired female her lips because she hated it even more to be called a princess.

Even though Britt was a princess she never saw her self like that, she sees herself as a normal person just like any other but nobody saw or treated her like that accept for Claire. Suddenly Britt heard a little laugh next to her and which a questioned expression she looked next to her.

Claire knew how much Britt hated it but she could not help it to laugh " growl as much as you want now but when we arrive at out destination you can't " the blond female said and as she moved into the car she said amused " you are going to hear it a lot for a few days".
"but that is just part of my fun "Claire then said and looked at the purple haired female who was still looking at her " the other fun part is that you are going to wear a dress that i pick out tonight " she said in a humming way. At the moment that Britt was stepping in the car she froze when Clair said that she was going to wear a dress tonight, and by seeing that Claire laughed even harder. " now come on get in before we are to late " the blond female said and pulled Britt into the car and when she was in side the driver closed the door.

As Britt was buckeling her seat belt the driver stepped into the car and started to drive to the Libra house. On the road Claire was really chirpy and was teasing her friend with all kind of idea's from what she could make Britt wear. Britt only reacted with some growls or or god no don't you dare. Eventually Britt tried to shut her ears off and not to think all about that now she was really hoping that the evening would go by really fast. But shutting her ears off had no effect she could still hear the blond female talk about glitters and ruffles, Short style and everything else that would make her look like a real girly girl and with that being said she hit her head softly to the car window from that she was getting nuts.

Finally after half an hour driving they arrived at the Libra house. For Britt that half an hour felt like a whole day because of her Claire talk about dresses which she was still doing, but suddenly she went silence Britt had no idea why yet but for this moment she signed with relief she never knew that silence would sound so good.

The reason that Claire suddenly went silence was because she saw the Libra house she always knew that it was a big house but this was even bigger than she had imagined in her eyes this wasn't a house anymore no it was more a mansion. Eventhoug Britt liked it that Claire had stopped talking about dresses she could not help it to look at the blond female to see why she was quiet so suddenly. Blinking and rotating her head a bit she still had no clue why her friend was silence and looked so stunned. Slowly Claire raised her hand up and pointed out in front of her towards the front glass of the glass. Britt followed the pointing hand and when she looked out side her eyes widened by the view. Even she could not believe how big the house was in her country her house was the largest of all the other houses but this house looked as if it was fifty times her house their size. But not only thinking about how big the house was it was also breath takingly beautiful.

On the outside was big wall so that strangers could not enter the ground or the mansion. The gate was guarded by two big tiger statues that was a symbol and resemblance of the first ruler his nick name and because off the tattoo that he had on his back. Behind the wall was obviously the big mansion but it wasn't just one there were more in the middle was off course the main building and the biggest one but around it were allot more little ones that looked like different houses but they all were connected to walk towards it.

Britt was really amazed by what she was seeing now everything was so big and so beautiful that she had no words for this at all but it did show her that her country and status were nothing compared to this and slowly she started to get really nervous. As far as she have seen in the car she mostly saw the wall of course because they were driving next to it but sometimes she did got a glance of the big house and the garden. For as far Britt knew and had heard / read was the Libra ruler a well known gold saint that was really powerful and also was the most balanced one off all the other gold saints. In the years of peace between Hades and Athena every land started to have their own specialty and well known status. Even though the Libra country was know for the many different food and materials they traded the Libra country was also known for a very different reason. Mainly the people who had trained in the Libra country are also people that have become very good guards and martial artists. Ever since many people were trained under the Libra saint, they didn't learned everything but they started to learn the best basics and from out that they could develop their own unique fighting style. As being the Balanced saint he trained his students in a balanced way so that they knew what was good and bad and how to take care off them self's and because off that many turned out to be good martial artist and guards some off them even turned out to be good saints.

Because Britt her country lived right next to it they heard the tales and also experienced some of there good fighters, but what she still could not believe was that Roshi the first ruler had been ruling this land for more than over 200 years.

As the car went through the gate they drove into a big open space, like every Chinese royal house it was an open place were the warriors were doing open training performance to let the king or ruler see how good and dedicated they were. Normally it would be full of training people but because off the party the place was totally empty.

With big blue eyes Britt looked at everything she could see from the big mansion in front off her everything was so different and pretty that she was breath taken, and then at the entrance the young female saw that the royal servant was waiting in front off the entrance and also for the car to stop. With a soft turn so that the door would open right in front off the entrance the car then stopped. Seeing the royal servant and the mansion Britt felt the tension, the tension of meeting someone important and by the looks of how nice and quiet everything was, was also a sign that the ruler was pretty strong.

This definitely showed Britt that she knew nothing at all, as a kid she had seen roshi a few times because he always visited them but he never had seen as someone that powerful , he was obviously really wise but he never gave off an aura of being a ruler who was powerful or as someone really important. Or better said he never showed it to her he just lived normal and wanted to be treated like someone normal, but not even in her biggest dreams she would ever imagine that he was living like this.

Suddenly the young lynx female swallowed and started to become very nervous, the more she looked at the big mansion the more thoughts entered her mind like, who would she be meeting, who is this person?, is he kind? Or is he a tyrant?. No matter how she was thinking or trying to imagine him it just didn't work, the young female just had no idea what to expect now this was just to much for her.

The only thing that Britt knew of this ruler was that his name is Dohko and that he turned twenty-two years old today and that he was roshi his grandson. But that was all, she knew nothing more no reputation, background or even his personality she knew nothing which made the young female even more nervous.
"nervous?" was the word that letted the young female snap out off her thought, slowly she turned her head and looked at the person who talked to her.

A hand was being placed on the purple haired female her shoulder " don't worry Britt i know you will do fine, i am sure off that" her blond friend said full trust and smiled sweet to make her relax.

For a moment Britt was quiet and just looked sheeply at her friend " ... yeah.. you are probably right, i just need to be myself and make a good impression" the lynx female said and slowly got more confident from what she was saying, suddenly the young female slapped both her hands against her cheeks to calm down her nerves and with determined eyes she looked up again and said " yush!". Taking a deep breath she looked how the car door in front off her went open and when she moved out off the car she slowly exhaled.
Claire followed Britt out off the car and when both girls were out they both looked at the royal servant who was bowing in front of them.

"welcome, we have been waiting for you miss Lynx and miss...? " the royal servant said and when he had no idea of how to call Claire he looked up at the blond female.

"Claire , ou can call me Claire" she answered "aahh yes miss Claire, let me guide you towards the rooms you are staying" the royal servant then said with a smile and wanted to step aside to walk but then he noticed that the two females were hurt and then stopped them.

" i see that you two got hurt, before you enter the rooms we first need to bandage your wounds" he then said. Britt looked confused when he talked about being wounded she then checked herself and then saw her scrapped and bleeding hand. * oh yeah... i totally forgot i hurt my hand while stopping the fall * Britt thought and then looked at Claire who actually needed the help because her arm was dislocated.

After both the girls there wounds were treated they finally got guided towards their rooms. Britt looked at her hand and was quiet surpriced normal even if it got bandage and stuff it would still hurt but even now she didnt feel any pain then she looked at her friend. Claire had i a bit more difficult she was actually calling the people many things when they placed her arm back, it was funny how she was calling the people mean and stuff but the purple haired female was happy that she was further alright her arm no just needs to rest a bit more so she got a mitella around her arm to not make it move much.

As they were walking through the hallway following the royal servant Britt looked at all the servants who were running from place to place to make everything in order for the party. But at the same time the young female was mesmerized by the place.

Even though Britt had never been here the place that made her very nervous at the beginning suddenly started to feel very relaxing and comfortable but there was also something else. The young lynx female also felt something different but she had no idea what it was * what is it... it makes me feel good...and somewhat i know it...what was that word again..* she was thinking.

As they kept walking Britt kept looking around and thinking what that feeling was but at the same time she could not believe that she would be staying at this amazing place for a few days, it was very different than here home but at the same time this place felt as home to, or actually the aura that was hanging around here felt as if she was home. * i now this isn't my home ... everything looks and is different but still...it feels so...it feels so..nostalgic* the young female was thinking and then it hit her , nostalgic... yes that was the word she was looking for, it felt so nostalgic because it reminded her of roshi, as if he was still by her side and saying that everything was going to be alright and that she didn't have to be afraid. It was his aura that always made her feel safe and relaxed. But as she was still in her thoughts and being relaxed a bit by the aura it suddenly disappeared when the royal servant started to talk.

"okay ladies, here we are your rooms " the royal servant said and stopped in between two doors which were three meters separated from each other. " you each have your own room so pick one you like . " he then said and when he said that the male looked at his clock and saw that it was almost time for the party. " if you ladies will excuse me i need to be somewhere else, the party starts in over an hour , so in the mean time you can change and look around if you want " he said and after that said the male bowed and then quickly moved away from the 2 girls.

When they were alone both girls blinked and then looked at each other, Both Britt and Claire were thinking off what they would do. Were they going to look in the room separately or going to watch both rooms together?

But the choice was made pretty quickly, both girls could not hide their excitement anymore and ran towards one of the doors. " okay ...should we open it together ?"Britt said as she looked at her blond haired friend, " yes" Claire said shortly and placed her hand on the door knob. Britt placed her hand on top of Claire her hand.

" 1...2...3"

they both counted and when they were at 3 they both turned the knob and opened up the door, as the door went open both girls gasped from how big the room was and also how beautiful it was. The room looked like a mini ball room you could fit at least 50 people in this room if it isn't more. The room was obviously Chinese style decorated. The floor was covered with marbled stones and in the middle of the room was a big fluffy like carpet with the sign of the Libra country on it. And in front off them against the wall was a plateau and on top of that was a big king sized bed with a night stands on each side. The whole plateau was cover in carpet so that you wont have cold feet when you step out off the bed.

With open mouth's both the girls just looked into the room in silence hey were breath taken by how pretty and large the room then they quickly ran towards the other room and looked into there. As expected this room had the same design but this room had a different color scheme. After walking around the room and touching some stuff and also looking in the drawers and also being calmed down Britt saw that their luggage was placed in this room next to the bed.

As Claire could not use one of her arms the purple haired female let her have this room. " i am taking my stuff and go to the other room " Britt said with a smile.
So she grabbed her luggage and headed back to the first room they had checked out.

When Britt was in the other room she moved towards he big bed and placed her luggage on top off he bed and hen sat on it her self.

When the lynx female sat on the bed her eyes widened, the bed was so soft she never had felt anything this soft. Because of this her cat like instinct wanted to come out from that she wanted to lay on the bed and jump in it and many more stuff, but Britt shaked her head from side to side in order to control herself. "no ... i am not a home... and i need to unpack my stuff and dress myself for the party. " she said determined and started to unpack. But after unpacking the first suit case the young female was very agitated and mumbling in herself, it seemed that the clothes that were inside her suit case weren't the clothes that she had packed so quickly she checked her other suit case but also this one didn't had the close in it that she had packed. All the clothes that she had now were kunoichi like clothes so a bit ninja like dresses. The purple haired female didn't hated those clothes they were pretty cool and from her mothers home town but the skirts were mostly to short and she didn't liked that. Britt knew exactly who had changed her suit cases , it was her father all though he was over protective over her , he still wanted her to find a good man and of course look like a pretty beautiful girl. "that bastard " Britt said irritated " he must have changed the suit cases when i was going back for my bracelet" the young female said in a growling way as she had made a fist from her hand and hold it in front of her face.

" he could have at least given me a few normal pants with them " she said as she looked at the shorts that were with the clothes that she could wear under the skirt. With a big sign Britt started to unpack them and had no other choice then to wear them or that she was going to shop tomorrow, i would probably be the shopping option she would choose but that was an other concern. Right at that moment she thought it could not be more worse her room door went open and in the opening was Claire looking at her with a big smile on her face and holding a really big suit case.

Britt was getting creeped out by that big smile off her friend and got a little shiver which warned her that this wasn't something good.

"oh god" the lynx female suddenly said and knew what was in the suit case, it was none other than many different dresses for her to try. If it wasn't a party and not a promise to wear one Britt would have hissed like a cat and try to run away but she had agreed to this so she just stayed on her spot

Claire was really happy she had waited a very long time for this day to come, the day to put the beautiful purple haired lynx female in to a dress. But as time was running the blond female quickly moved towards her friend and in the little time she had, she let Britt try out as many dresses as she could and of course looking to the details if it suited her.
Claire wanted her to wear the perfect dress for this party, not only with the attention of letting her look like a princess but also a nice woman who would get a guy on the hook. Britt had no idea that Claire also was trying to look for a boyfriend for her or actually that she would try to couple her with someone.

At the last minute Claire had finally found the perfect dress for Britt and was happy with the results "you look really beautiful in that dress "the blond female said and even she was kind off amazed by how pretty Britt looked " i think that even the ruler would be knocked off his feet when he sees you " the young female said happy and with a teasing smile.

Hearing what her best friend said about her Britt got a huge blush on her face and moved towards the mirror to look at her self in the dress "d-dont say that... i am not that pretty " the purple haired female said while she was walking. Britt was never good with those kind off compliments , she did like the but it always made her shy and blush a lot because she had no idea on what to say to them. When britt had reached the mirror she saw her self and gasped a bit even she herself had not expected this. Her outstanding purple hair was just hanging lose no hair tie or clip, the only thing that was in her hair was a little lotus flower hair pin that kept one of her front bangs out off her face. Further she had a little bit of make up on but nothing more as for the dress she was wearing a Chinese styled dress which was good for this occasion but also seemed to be a good clothing style for her. The dress had a little high collar that was connected to a button strip wich both were purple colored, further more was the dress it self white colored with a tints of pinkish glows / shadows on it and was patterned with lotus flowers.

"oh wauw " Britt finally said in a surprised way " it...it really is pretty..." the young female then said and could not believe it that she liked it how the dress looked on her but that side didn't stayed long. Her stubborn self returned and she started to move her body a bit and just as she expected it felt really uncomfortable. " i admit.. it looks pretty but... it is so tight on my body" the lynx female started to complain a bit an really hated it this kind off tight clothes.

Knowing that Britt was going to say all those things Claire only shook her head while she walked towards the purple haired female " now come the party is about to start" she said while grabbing Britt by her wrist and snatched her out off the room. But at the moment that Claire wanted to walk out off the room a servant stood suddenly in front off her in the opening which made the blond female flinch, she had not noticed it all that the servant was standing there or even moved to there.

The servant bowed in front off the two females and started to say " good evening ladies, i am here to escort you to the party ".

"uhm okay thanks" Claire responded and was still a bit shocked, Britt was looking at the servant and also she had not noticed that the servant was around and found it pretty weird because even now he was standing in front of her he didn't gave off any aura at all as if he wasn't there at all. But the purple haired female could not think further off it because when the servant started to move she got dragged along by her friend. As they walked Britt could help it to think off it again that he gave off an uncomfortable feeling but now she started to doubt herself because the dress also was uncomfortable, as she was slowly being consumed by her thoughts again the young female quickly shook her head * no... i cant be thinking about that... it is time to have some fun now. * she thought.

Once the party had started Britt was actually enjoying herself she was seeing many different people she had never seen before it was pretty fascinating how they were or what they were talking about some off them also had very nice stories to which she listened to because they were very interesting. After being there for e few minutes she started to look around more and noticed that the ruler still hadn't arrived at his own party, which made Britt even more curious about this Libra no Dohko, maybe she ahd already seen him without noticing or would he totally look different as she is picturing him she had no idea but the longer she waited he more curious she got.

When the music started playing many people started to dance, Britt wasn't really a good dancer so she moved to the side staying in the background so that nobody would ask her to dance. As she was standing next to a table with some drinks she looked at the people who were dancing and between those people she saw her best friend dancing with her boyfriend Aries no Mu. With a little smile on her lips the young lynx female kept watching how they were dancing, Britt was really happy for Claire that she had found her soul mate but it also made her a little bit jealous. Britt also wanted to find her soul mate but after all the things that had happened the young female didn't saw that happen anymore. She had such a bad luck with with boy's, most of the boy's she had met and wanted to have a relationship with her only dated her because of her beauty or that was the next heir in line, so after noticing that she had vowed to herself to have no boyfriend at all.

Even though Britt tried to hide and blend in the background it was still impossible because she was still standing out as the only one with such a bright colored hair. A small group of men had been watching Britt for a while now and finally moved towards her. As Britt was taking a sip of the punch the young female noticed the presence of people walking towards her. As she looked over her shoulder the young female swallowed because it were more people than she had thought and all off them were males. When the males we by here they kind off surrounded the young lynx female by standing in front off her in a circular way. Saying nothing Britt just analyzed the five males that was standing in front of her and by looking at all off them she noticed that the male in the middle was kind off the leader. The middle male had black hair and brown eyes and started to talk first to her " why is a beautiful woman like you standing here all alone?" the male asked in a charming way and took a few steps closer towards Britt. Keeping her eyes close on the male she gave a soft smile and said " i am not really a dancer i rather watch".

The male was obviously surprised by her reaction because most woman would say something like that they needed a rest or just wanted to drink something and not something like this, it was intriguing and the male got only more interested in her.

"you are new here aren't you " he then said and as he took a step closer again he took out his hand and softly grabbed Britt by her chin so that he could look her in the eyes in a flirting way. When Britt felt how her chin got grabbed her eyes widened for a moment she took a step back and then with a swift twirl the female was suddenly standing behind the black haired male with her back also towards him. "ehehe sorry i don't really like it to be touched" the purple haired female said with a little nervous laugh " but yes i am new here." she said polite as she turned around to look at the male because that was polite.
The male blinked from how fast the young female was, a smile started to form on his lips and he got only more interested in the female. As the black haired male turned around to face her again he looked at Britt with predator like eyes he wanted her no matter what.

Britt kept closely watch to the male in front of her but when she saw his eyes her cat like instinct started to kick in and she swallowed. This was bad she knew pretty well what those eyes meant, he was the kind of men that even try to rape a female only for his own benefits. She need to get away from him but the young female didn't knew how, normally she would have already floored the guy to show them that she wasn't easy to get or interested in them, but this was a party and it was in appropriate to do.

"so were do you come from ?" the male asked and interrupted her mind

" i am from the lynx country " Britt replied

"well that is interesting i never knew that the lynx ruler had a daughter " the male said thinking and got only more interested her he looked at the others which as asign that they needed to shut Britt in.

Britt noticed how the other males started to close her in and she slightly started to panic inside " my father is a very strict man...it is a rule in the family that the daughter can be shown after a certain age" she lied and tried to look for a gap to slip through as she kept talking to the male so that he would not notice it.

One of the other males was a bit to hasty a took a step to much which created an opening. The young lynx female grabbed her chance and slipped to the opening as fast as she could " well uhm it was nice talking to you but i really need to go now" the purple haired female said while she moved her hands in front off her face as if was using jazz hands but more in a nervous way to run.

When she took another step back she bumped into someone, her eyes widened and froze a bit, had she miscalculated? It could not be because there were five off the and all five were standing right in front off her, or was this one hiding for a case like this? Britt had no idea but out off instinct she wanted to turn around and jump away from the person and apologize for the bumping but she couldn't.
Before the young female knew it two firm and big hands started to rest on her shoulders and was holding her on the spot.

At first Britt wanted to call for help out off reaction, but these hands were holding her loosely as if they didn't wanted to hurt her. They didn't felt dangerous at all no it was the opposite they they felt warm and protective.

"what you doing to this poor girl ?" a deep noble and gentle voice behind the female said. The voice did sound sweet and nice but in it there was definitely a sound of power which made the other males step back a bit.

"we were just talking to her sir nothing more" the black haired male answered looking at the male that was holding the girl he wanted.

" it didn't seem like you were talking but more like something else "the other male responded and didn't look happy at the black haired male. The black haired male flinched and had no idea on what to say against that.

" well then how about you leave her alone for now and enjoy the party " the other male suggested as he kept looking at them with stern eyes.

All of the other males bowed and quickly left accept for the black haired male trying to win the stare contact the male eventually backed down with a low losing head and bowed in front of him " i am sorry sir Dohko... i got carried away by the actions of this young lady ...it wont happen again" he said and then finally took his leave.

Being silence and looking at the other males Britt letted out a sign off relief when the group off men finally left. But totally forgetting that she had been hold by someone she felt how her warm shoulders turned cold and how a nice, gentle and warm voice asked"are you alright ?".

Britt still progressing what had happened even though it went normal it felt like there was more to it but then she recalled the last thing that the black haired male was saying, he said sir dohko... but wait did that mean that the person who was behind Britt was truly lord Dohko ? She could not believe it was she just saved by the ruler it self? As curious as she was the young female turned around to see the face of her saviour and thank him " yeah thanks for the he-..." she was saying but she suddenly cut off her sentence when she had a good look of the person who was lord Dohko. She could not believe her eyes, the person who was standing right in front off her was none other that the tanned brown haired man who had saved her at the ryouzan waterfall.

"y-youre ...the naked man?!" she suddenly slipped out and quickly placed her hands in front off her mouth. How could she say that? How could she say that to the ruler of this land, the person who she was going to pay her respect to.

The tanned male coughed a bit while scrapping his throat " uhm yes " he said embarrassed but still tried to hold his composure, the male already had a slight blush on his face from how she called him but the blush got a bit brighter when he saw the face of the young female in front off her to his surprise he didn't knew that she could looked even more beautiful as when he saw her at the waterfall.

Out off reaction Britt quickly bowed in front off him " i am so sorry... that was so disrespectful from me " the young female said and swallowed a bit.
When Britt reacted like that Dohko looked a bit disappointed in this reaction off her and it seemed like he had misjudged her.

When Britt was standing up straight again she wanted to tell him her name and again thank him for saving her not only from this but also from saving her at the waterfall. But right at the moment that Britt wanted to say it a loud gong suddenly sounded and the young female looked up from shock.

The royal servant who had guided Britt and Claire to their rooms and had treated their wounds was standing at the other side off the room with a little gong in his hand. "lord dohko has entered the room, and as seen the time it is time to eat" the servant said and looked at all the people he than pointed his arm to side pointing at a door next to him " if you all will follow me to the next room there you can eat and give the young lord his presents for his birthday." he then said and guided everyone to the room.

Britt still wanted to talk to dohko but she saw that already started moving "ah ...wai-.."as she tried to call out for him but then she saw him have a painfull and boring expression which made her stand still and thinking about something she might have done. * was i because i called him the naked men ?... did i already blew it ?* she started to think suddenly she felt that someone grabbed her hand which made the young lynx female flinch and quickly look at who it was.

But she quickly relaxed again when she saw that the person who holded her hand was her friend Claire and next to her mu smiling at her, giving a soft smile back Britt said nothing and just followed Claire and Mu into the other room.

As they were walking towards the next room Britt was expecting to see a big room with many tables or just one long, big rectangular table in a big boring room but when she entered the room she was surprised and wrong. The room it self was big of course but the walls were covered in bamboo plants. And It wasn't a long table or many tables, no it was one big round table with cushion chairs around it that were just simply brown colored accept for one chair which was red and gold. That was definitely the ruler his chair. On the table were white little cards and on each card was the name of he guest written or the name off the country from were they have come from.

As Britt was looking around she saw that Mu was sitting right next to Dohko on his left side en that Claire was sitting next to Mu, what was of course obvious she May be Britt her adviser Britt still wanted to have Claire some freedom so it is only natural that she would sit next to her boyfriend. But she was still surprised because Claire was sitting really close to the new ruler she knew that the Aries people were really close friends with the Libra country but she found that Claire was really lucky to how close she was sitting now. Slowly the Lynx female started to walk around the table to look for her name or her country name because she was new here Britt thought that she was sitting somewhere in the middle or all he way in the back. She had started on the left side and kept walking in search for her name but slowly the courage started to sunk in her shoes, she had almost walked a whole circle and still hadn't found her name at all.

She started to get nervous and think of stuff like maybe she wasn't supposed to be here, or that they forget about her name. It was her first time here so she had no idea what was going on but eventually she finally found her name, she had literary walked a whole circle and when she saw where she was sitting she looked a bit shocked. Off all the spots where she could have been placed she was placed next to Dohko. She kept looking for maybe it was a mistake , it is impossible right ? or was she sitting this close because off her friend? But that still doesn't make any sense if it was because of her friend then she should sit next to her not next to the ruler. Many things went through Britt her mind and she could find an answer at all. She still looked with big eyes and then looked at the young Libra ruler who was standing next to her.

The male noticed the confused looked on the young female her face and found it look cute he then gave the young lynx female a sweet charming smile and to ease the mood he said " you can sit down... i don't bite"

When Britt heard him say that he would not bite she looked at the older male and suddenly a little laugh escaped her lips " aren't you supposed to be more scared of me ? i mean i do bit " the young female said with a cheeky smile on her face.

But by saying that the young lynx immediately got the attention off all the other guests. The other guests were surprised by the young new comer who dared to say that to the new lord.

Even Claire was a bit shocked by it and hit her fore head from her comment off all the things and moment she could do or say something stupid it was now.

Even Dohko himself was surprised by the young female her reaction and comment for a moment there was a silence and all eyes were focused on them. What was going to happen was the young lord going to punish her from her insolent comment or was she going to say sorry everyone was waiting for something to happen.

Britt on the other hand blinked and had no idea why everyone was looking at them she even saw Claire do her face palm and really didn't get it. As far as she knew she hadn't done anything wrong it was kind of the truth she did bite, but it was also a comment like that he needed to watch out for people who wanted to hurt him. So she wasn't wrong, or was she ? the longer the silence was the more she started to doubt her self en got a bit nervous * no i cant be nervous over this... hat would be normal comment... i am not going to try to be someone i am not...if he is going to punish me then so be it. * Britt was thinking and with her clear blue eyes the young lynx female looked at the Libra lord and was ready for what was going to come.

Dohko suddenly bursted out in a laugh he really had not expected that she would react like that to him, when he laughed even the others were surprised that he was just laughing from this "hahahah i see you aren't afraid to speak out" he said and had noticed the hint she was trying to give him.

When Britt heard him laugh and say that she wasn't afraid to speak out the young female gave him a sweet smile and said "well i would never really bite someone , i only bite when they do something un appropriate " she said honest and even if he was the ruler Britt would not let it slide she would hit, kick or bite him if he would do something like that.

"i am glad to hear that you would do that "Dohko replied and kept looking at her as he saw that she was surprised by what he said " other people would just let it happen because i am the lord " he then said and was really happy with her answer to that the male kept looking at the younger female and saw that she was a honest person but even though she looks like an easy going person she wasn't easy as people think she was which sparked his interest in her a bit.

After that being said many servants entered the room and all covered plates. Behind every person was a servant that laced down the plate in front off the people and opened up the lid that revealed their diner. Now everybody their attention was on the food in stead of the two young people, as the food got placed down Britt finally sat down and looked at the food in front off her.

Dohko on the other kept standing and picked up his glass from the table " everybody thanks for coming all to my birthday, i hope the food would taste great and that you all will have a nice time" he said in a simple way. Normally other rulers would keep it very long but Dohko himself hold it short because he himself was also pretty hungry and could not wait to eat. After that said he sat down and nodded that everybody could eat.

Eating in silence Britt was looking around and listening to the other people who were asking Dohko a lot off questions some questions were good and logic, and some other questions were about trades and what he was going to do as a new ruler but most off the questions were really stupid one and even bothersome. In some way it annoyed her and she wanted to say that they needed to lay off and let him eat in peace and all but for now she just kept quiet. She then looked across her towards her best friend who was just eating but sometimes she made some weird expressions and even got a blush on her face, Britt looked curious at her best friend and wanted to know what she was thinking off. but then Britt looked at Mu and saw him sometimes look with a very teasing smile or a loving face and then it hit her.

Mu could talk to people through his mind and Claire had said that her boyfriend was sometimes mean by that he talks to her into her mind and says dirty stuff to get her in the mood. Was he doing that now to ? what are they talking about ? is he talking dirty right now ? The young female wondered a lot about it but she would never know because Claire would never say such a things out loud to her or she would say that it is to embarrassing. But in some way Britt could just not imagine that Mu had that kind off sight even hearing it from her best friend the young lynx just could not image that the cool , natural , composed and well mannered Aries no Mu would be talking about dirty adult things...right?

"so what is you name?" a voice next to her suddenly sounded and made her snap out off her thoughts. The young female turned her head to the side from where the voice came from. But when Britt had turned her face she suddenly looked straight into the two big soft and caring blue greenish eyes of Dohko who had leaned forward with his head resting on his hand that was leaning on the table. Britt had not expected him to be that close to her face she had no idea why but when he was that close the young female her heart skipped a beat and she swallowed " ah uhm..sorry what did you say? " the young girl asked a bit flustered.

The Libra male chuckled a bit and found her reaction really adorable"what is your name ?" the male then asked again with a smile and sat back up straight again. Then the male pointed at her name tag " you name tag only says lynx so your last name and the person i know is a man now a woman" he then said.

Britt looked at the tag that Dohko was pointing at and then realized that he actually would have expected her father instead of her. "oh yeah right" the young female said and shrugged "sorry my name is Brittany, Lynx no Brittany" she then said and at the same time she scratched the back of her head and and blushed a bit " i totally forgot again that i never said my name... not even when you saved me...twice, i wanted to tell before we went here but then the gong sounded " the lynx female said with a soft chuckle and could not believe it that she forgot all about that again.

"that is a nice sweet name " The male said with a smile

Seeing him smile like that and from what he said about her name Britt got a slight blush on her face.

Both Dohko and Britt kept looking at each other and both had no idea what to say to each other they just kept looking into each others eyes, until... " you know when i came here i was actually pretty nervous off meeting you" the young female finally started to say " i mean i have know your grandfather Roshi, but i have never heard him say anything about him having a grandson ... or actually that he even had children " the young lynx female started to tell as she started to eat her rice again and just tried to have a normal conversation.

With Blinking eyes Dohko looked at the girl next to him who was the first one tonight who as actually talking normal to him. It made him happy and he was pretty curious by what she had said "oh really ?" he asked. The Libra male kept looking at the purple haired female next to him and wanted to know what she was thinking about him. " am i what you expected ?" he asked in a charming sexy voice o see how the female would react on it, in his mind he already knew how she would react she would react as every woman had done to him being charmed with by him and started to get clingy. But that thought immediately went away when he suddenly heard laughing.

The young female had spurted out in a laugh from how his attitude suddenly changed and because off that she almost choked in her food. Quickly Britt grabbed the tea cup that was in front off her and drank from it. When she had stopped choking the female still laughed which she stopped she had letted out e relief sign from not chocking. Then Britt looked at the older male and gave him a cheeky expression " no not at all " she responded. As she was still looking at the young ruler her eyes started to look very charming at him and moved a bit closer to him " but i also had no idea that the new ruler would be bathing naked in please where tourist would come by " Britt whispered in a teasing way.

When Britt was looking charmingly at Dohko, the young male was about to take a sip off his drink to. As the tea cup was touching his lips the male kept looking at the young female who came closer and blushed a bit from the sex expression she had, but right at the moment that he took a sip off his drink he immediately spitted it out and coughed from what the young lynx female had said and looked at Britt with a red face.

As Dohko suddenly spitted out his drink and was coughing he caught every one their attention and looked with a questioned expression at the startled and blushing young ruler. Seeing that Dohko quickly regained his posture and coughed a bit "ahaha don't worry there is nothing wrong " the male started " i just heard a terrible joke that is all" the young male said a cover up and with that confirmed everybody went back to talking to each other or just eating.

With a hand in front of her mouth Britt could not help it to laugh softly at his reaction, the reaction he gave was pretty cute and she liked that. "ahum... that place is actually sacred" Dohko started to say in a whispered voice " nobody is allowed to go there unless they have my permission" the brown haired male said as a reply

"hmmmmmmm? but still " the young female started " why would bath their naked in the first place ? " Britt asked and looked questionable at the older male, because she found it not normal to do that. If he would swim there in his underwear or a swim suit she didn't care that is normal even she would have done that but naked? No she would never had done that even if the place is sacred and people weren't allowed there. " i mean every body knows about the famous ryouzan peaks so people want to see it and it is on the tour spots were can go , so there was still chance that if took a tour i would still have seen you " the female said thinking and found it all really strange.

While Britt was still thinking about it she suddenly heard the male shrug, she didn't get it why did he shrug did she said something weird? Or something funny? With the questionable look still on her face Dohko didn't answer her from why he did that. The male had no idea why but the more she talked to him or looked at him he started to get a warm and nice feeling inside, he had no idea what it was but it felt good and it was pretty pleasant. " you really are something Lynx no Brittany" the brown haired male said with a smile and he wanted to talk even more with her and he also wanted to know more about her.

Britt had no idea what he meant by that but she took it as a compliment " you can call me Britt that is way easier than my full name" she said with friendly smile and even she was liking talking to him.

As the conversation went on it slowly started to be a little discussion over the bathing but in some way Dohko didn't mind it all even more it made him laugh at how this young female actually tried to convince him that even though he is a ruler that it was no excuse to do everything he wants only because off that title.

It was very funny and Britt also saw the fun in it because it felt as if they were sparring but instead of standing on a training field using their fists they did it by using words to see who would fall first.

But slowly their subject started to change and they both wanted to know other things about each other. Like Dohko wanted know why he haven't heard of Britt or why she never had shown her face in other country's and all off that. And Britt wanted to know why she never knew that Roshi had a grandson and why he was never seen or known.

At the moment that one off the two wanted to ask the question they got interrupted by again the royal servant who had hit the gong because everybody was done with their food.

When everyone went quiet the royal servant scrapped his throat and said " now that everybody is done eating it is time for the presents". Britt looked at Dohko and would have thought that he would be happy to have his presents but he didn't looked like that at all, instead Dohko was more looking on comfortable then happy she wondered why but when she turned her head she saw it. Instead of a happy birthday boy there were really happy guests, they were looking at the young Libra ruler with glistering eyes as if they were expecting something back for their gifts. And most of them were thinking like that some people had brought gifts that took so much effort for them that they actually were hoping to get something back from it because off the trouble they went through.

Britt could not believe her eyes weren't they his friends or good allies ? why would they even think like that or actually why are they pressuring a new ruler like that ? are they trying to take an advantage over him? Or are they trying to get even better lives than they already have? The young lynx female didn't but she was disgusted by it.

Dohko looked at all the other guest who were looking at him with those glistering eyes and his happy mood he had gotten from talking to Britt quickly disappeared he hoped that the party would just end fast so that most off these people would be gone, he didnt mind some off them because those were close friends of him like Aries no Mu but the others were just here because they wanted stuff and nothing more the brown haired male signed and now just waited until everybody had they gifts so that they could give it to him.

As expected Dohko got a lot off presents and big once to, like he got a brand new car, a vacation house in some else there land, a golden statue, you could almost name every weird or pricey thing you could think off was all extravagant.

Britt who was just looking and listening to all the presents Dohko was given made her jaw drop a little. Everything he got up until now were really fancy stuff and also very very expensive presents, even if she was a princess her country was really small and it wasn't as rich as all off them if she would think of some of those presents they sounded to expensive that her own country would not be enough to pay it off.
The young lynx female started to feel unsure about her own present and slowly she tried to hide it under the table. Her present wasn't big, or fancy or expensive. Actually it had cost her nothing at all, because Britt had made the present her self by gathering material out off the woods or what she could find in her house.

After hearing and seeing some off those presents it showed Britt that she didn't belong here or actually, that the gap was just to big of her status as princess compared to the others.
If Britt was being honest she never wanted to be a princess all she ever wanted was what other people had, freedom and friends.

Even if Britt is a fun girl to be with she had man rough and harsh years of not knowing who were really her friends or just people that used her for her status.

Or just found her a crazy person by helping others or doing labor stuff even though she was princess , or that she would do things that could hurt her. Before she met Claire she hadn't had friends at all even now Claire was her only friend.

And for freedom she never had tasted that as well, she was allowed to go everywhere she wanted to go in the country but she was never allowed to go out off the country. If she had the freedom and she was allowed to leave the country Britt would have gone travel all around the world and exploring stuff that she don't know about. But her father was over protective and never let her leave the country even family vacations were rare. Being here was a dream coming true she actually felt as if she was living again but now hat she was between these people she felt locked up al over again and even less wanted than in her own country.

After some long minutes everyone was done and had given their presents accept for one. All the eyes were turned towards the young heir of the lynx country. With judging eyes they kept looking at the purple haired female.

Britt didn't look at them but even if she didn't she could still feel their stares and it started to burn. Slowly she tilted up her head, she wanted to say that she had forgotten her and that it was still underway bu when the young female looked at Dohko she saw him look sweet at her. Dohko had a nice soft look in his eyes and wasn't judging her at all. Britt was still looking at him and got a feeling as if he was telling her that she didn't needed to be afraid, but she also could say it that she didn't had the present. She pulled from under the table and gave it to him.

"it isn't much or fancy as the other presents.. but..i hope you like it ..happy birthday " Britt said a bit unsure and gave small smile when she gave the brown haired male his present.
While raising one eyebrow the young Libra looked at the unsure female who was handing over the present, he was curious what she meant and why she was so unsure all off a sudden. At the moment that he was getting his presents Dohko wasn't interested in them anymore he didn't care what he got because most off them were present that he didn't likes or were actually useless. The only present e did like was that of his close friends off course but the other he could not careless he knew that the most of them only were trying to suck up to him to get some privileges and stuff.

But for some reason the brown haired male was very curious and even enthusiastic by her present. In a long time Dohko had not felt the pleasure of having a gift for a long time. When he hold the present in his hands he could faintly see a glow shining through the packaging, the young male was surprised by it this present gave of a caring cosmos it was a sign that this was something with value and a lot off love.
All the other guest were quiet and were waiting in anxious to see what that present might be. After looking at the present for a while Dohko finally opened up the present, but because everybody was so silence the ripping sound was extremely loud as if it was echoing through the room.

Finally the present was unpacked and when the others saw the present they gave it all a disgusting look or they a an expression as if they expected that it would be something less good as them because she was a lower rank princess instead off being one off them. But there were a few people who saw the great value off the gift that the little lynx female had giving the Libra male Like Aries no Mu knew what value it had. The silence was still there and because off that silence Britt had no idea if he liked the present or not so the young female looked up but what she saw was not what she had expected. Dohko was looking at her present with big eyes and a slightly open mouth.

Then a little gasp slipped through the young ruler his lips, he certainly was amazed by the present "did you ? ... did you made this ?" the brown haired male asked full surprise and then looked at the young female next to him with determine eyes from that he wanted to know the truth.

Britt saw the determination in his eyes and swallowed a bit from it " ah yes.. i made that " she a bit shocked because off his reaction.

With big eyes the young ruler looked back at the present he had gotten from her. In his hands he was holding a clock entirely made out off wood, but it wasnt just a normal boring round shaped clock... oh no this clock was carefully carved out with out most precision. In the middle were the numbers were supposed to be was carved out in the design of the sanctuary clock tower from the 12 houses. The numbers and the zodiac signs made with special glowing resin so that thy would be also visible in the night. On the lower part of the clock was carved out tiger that had bend with the roundness off the clock as if it was walking up. And on top off the clock a carved out Chinese dragon that was looking down at the tiger. Both animals were a symbol of china it's teaching. The tiger that had trained the dragon to rise up high into the sky, further had this nice master piece a form of a scale the represented the Libra constellation.

Nobody had ever giving him something hand made , well maybe many many years ago but not after the war ended and he had became a ruler. This present had more meaning than every other thing he had gotten so far, this present made him happy, made him feel alive again, it felt as if finally someone was seeing him a normal ruler instead of an all mighty being or a ruler or a strong saint. Dohko turned his head and meted with the young girl here clear blue eyes. With a true and meant happy expression the older male smile at the female and said " thank you ". he was truly happy with present and he would cherish it with all his heart "your present is really beautiful it must have taken you a lot off time" he said with a caring and loving smile.

When Dohko had looked into britt her eyes the young female saw how happy he was was and how warm his smile was , seeing that the young girl swallowed and her heart started to beat faster and even was blushing from it not only from his loving expression but also from what he said about her present for him. The young lynx was overjoyed by his reaction and comment she even saw how his gloomy and lifele expression turned to look happy and alive again. Something inside off her stirred up when she saw him like that and as clueless she was about her own feelings she had no idea what that feeling was but it felt good so she didn't payed much attention to it.

"i am really happy that you like it " she said happy and gave Dohko a big honest and bright smile.

Now that diner was done and the young Libra lord had his gifts all the people stood up and moved back to the dance room again to talk some more and of course dance with the new ruler which many other females were actually hoping for.