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Let's see what's going on with Kita...

Chapter 2: Stigma of shame.

The royals were in shock at Kita's statement. "The last time we see each other?"

"Kita, w-what do you mean?"

"This isn't funny, sister."

"Are you kidding me?!"

"Kita. I don't understand." Kita turned away from all of them. Tears started to run down her face.

"I'm sorry everyone. It has nothing to do with you. Rather, it's me and what I've done." The sorrow Kita felt seemed to project itself onto everyone else. The memory of the tragedy made them feel a lot of remorse. "I hurt so many innocent lives. I KILLED our MOTHER!" She reminded them all. The words made her mouth turn sour as they wormed their way quickly out of her lips. "Takumi was right, *sniff* I should have never come back." She buried her face in her hands and turned to run off.

But before she got far, she was stopped by a hand that grabbed her shoulder. "Sister, wait." Kita turned to see Takumi as the first one to stop her. He looked rather concerned about Kita. He slowly retracted his arm and took a deep breath. "Look, I'm not one to quickly trust someone as soon as I see them. But seeing everything that happened here. How you were mercilessly attacked by that Nohrian jerk when you didn't even have a weapon." Takumi paused to calm himself down. "Bottom line, I'm sorry for what I said back there." He apologized bluntly. Kita still seemed very un-sure of herself. She was about to something when Takumi interrupted her.

"And don't go playing the self-pity card again!" He interjected with a playful smile. "Mother wouldn't want to see you beating yourself over something that isn't your fault." He grew a little more serious, yet still kept the smile. "You didn't plan all that, you didn't know what would happen. Coming back home was the one good thing that came from that… incident." The other siblings stepped forward and Ryoma took over.

"Takumi is right, sister. Please… come home." Kita just stood there for a little as the wind howled and a storm rolled in. Rain fell down incredibly fast and soaked them all. The princess slowly walked back towards her family looking down at the ground. She suddenly wrapped all five of them in a big group hug. "Come on, let's go home." The royal family went back to Hoshido as the rain fell down. The people were still trying recover from the attack.

They looked up and saw the royals walking in a huddle. In the center was Kita, who still hung her head down in guilt. Prince Ryoma stepped forward and cleared his throat. "People of Hoshido, this dark time may drag us down today. But tomorrow we hold our heads high." He continued on, trying to inspire his people. "First, we shall work on tending to the injured and making our boarders stronger. Then, we shall bring the fight to Nohr and fight for our dreams of peace!"

As the people rejoiced and supported Ryoma's plan, the royals walked back to the castle as quickly as they could. As they walked through the path, Kita did her best not to show her face for fear of ridicule. Yet, as she walked she heard a few villagers ask about her. "Where is Princess Kita?"

"Is she okay?"

"Did the Nohrians hurt her?" As she heard this words, she cried once again at the thought of still being cared and wanted by people she felt responsible for hurting.