Frostbitten Heart

Chapter Two- Last Moment

Yukie stands there for about another minute before saying anything. "Oh, greetings Miyuki, just getting ready for dinner." Yukie walks around Miyuki and goes to sit down in her seat. A servant pulls out her chair for her to sit down, once she sits he pushes the chair back into place. Miyuki sits down as well. It's just a few minutes before the food is brought out when the doors open to reveal Lord Hojo Minami.

Lord Hojo walks to his chair and gets seated quickly. Dinner is then brought out, tonight it's fish, lobster, and rice. For about ten minutes they eat in silence until Lord Hojo speaks up. "My daughters I think it would be a great idea for you two to start spending more time together." Yukie and Miyuki look at him with a surprised look.

They don't say anything so he continues. "Tomorrow you two shall go on a walk together. Walk on the special royal path that goes from the backyard to the decorated wood area." Miyuki nods but has one request. "Father, since I get barely any time with Yukie may we go without any servants of guards? The path is completely safe." Yukie looks at her in amazement but says nothing.

Lord Hojo goes into thought for a few moments. "Very well Miyuki, just be careful." Miyuki smiles and seems excited. Yukie however seems kinda unhappy. 'She probably is just acting, like she'd want to spend time with me.' "...Yukie?!" Yukie snaps out of her thoughts to see her father looking at her. "Yes father?" "I said I hope you and Miyuki have a good time tomorrow on your walk." Yukie decides to go with it. "Yes father, I'm sure we will, I'm looking forward to it."

LATER

Yukie lays on her bed thinking about her and Miyuki spending time together, what made her father make a decision like that? She'll just put on an act then and just go with it and be happy when it's over. Her sister doesn't really want to spend time with her, she's just doing what her father wants. Yukie doesn't know it but her sister is wanting time with her.

Yukie gets ready for bed, tomorrow her and her sister will take a walk. They should be gone for no more than twenty minutes. She hopes those twenty minutes will go fast. Yukie finishes getting ready for bed, she lays down and turns off her bedroom light. And oddly enough for the first time in three years she won't dream.

NEXT MORNING

Yukie wakes up to the sound of knocking on her door. She lifts her head. "Enter." Again Sota Takahashi walks in. "I'm sorry to wake you Miss Yukie, but your father requests your presence." He quickly walks out, gently shutting her door. She heads to the dining room, knowing he would be eating breakfast.

She's right, when she walks in she sees Lord Hojo and Miyuki eating. She turns her head to see Shun eating out of his bowl in the corner of the dining room. She gets seated and gets her breakfast, eggs, waffles, and orange slices. Lord Hojo finishes his breakfast and begins to tell the girls what they're going to do. "Okay, in about thirty minutes you two will go on your walk together, make sure you stay on the path and be very careful. Miyuki doesn't want any guards going so please be safe."

'Oh please father, you only care for Miyuki's safety. If I were gone they wouldn't notice a thing.' Yukie quickly eats then gets dressed for the cold, she puts on a black cloak, about twenty-five minutes later she's ready. Both girls meet at the backdoor. The two glance at eachother. The two then begin to walk in silence.

For the first five minutes they walk and don't say anything. Miyuki finally tries to make conversation. "You know Yukie, I'm glad we can spend more time together." Yukie glares at her but says nothing. 'Yeah right Miyuki' Miyuki frowns. Yukie tries to speed up a little so she is not walking side by side with her sister.

Miyuki then finally has had enough. "What's wrong with you Yukie?! You won't talk to me at all!" Yukie stops then turns around. "What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you your highness! You and father don't care about me! He only cares about you!" Yukie begins to run she gets to the end of the path but she keeps running further.

"Yukie! Wait!" Miyuki runs after her. Yukie stops after running to the base of another huge mountain, Ice Mountain. This mountain is called that because the sides are pure ice and when the sun comes out, which is a rare occurrence in Hoshi Region, you see rainbows all over the mountain. At the very top there is a lot of very thick snow.

Miyuki finally gets there. "Yukie I can't help you if you don't talk to me!" She tries to put her hand on Yukie's shoulder but Yukie slaps it away. "There is no talking to you! You nor father care for me! It's all about you because you're the heir to the thrown!" Miyuki gets wide eyed. "You didn't care about me when mother died either, I was all alone! Sister, I hate you for it! It's your fault!"

Miyuki walks over to Yukie to try to comfort her but Yukie backs away. "Keep away from me!" Yukie screams at the top of her lungs. Suddenly they hear a rumble. They look up to see the snow and huge blocks of ice coming down from Ice Mountain. It's an avalanche. The girls start to run but Miyuki accidentally steps into a deep part in the snow and falls.

"Help Yukie!" Yukie panics and turns around to go help her sister. The blocks of ice are hitting the ground now. Yukie helps Miyuki up and they start to run. Miyuki pushes her younger sister to get her away from there as far as possible. The snow finally has clashed with the ground. The snow start swallowing the area. The snow is catching up to them. Yukie tries to grab Miyuki's hand.

Their finger tips brush and just a moment later the snow and blocks of ice bury Miyuki. The avalanche finally ends and Yukie tries to find her sister. She then sees an arm sticking out of a pile of snow covered with sharp shards of ice. She carefully uncovers Miyuki. Blood coming from her mouth and top of her head.

Miyuki opens her eyes and smiles. "G-glad y-y-ou made it Yukie. I'm sorry f-for all the p-pain you w-went through." Yukie feels tears running down her cheeks. "Miyuki no, don't go!" Miyuki lifts her hand and places it on Yukie's chest, just where her heart is. "It's my t-time now. M-mother is w-waiting for m-me." The hand then falls. Miyuki is gone.

Yukie sobs over her sister, and then realizes it's all her fault. She ran further, she screamed and made the avalanche. She killed her own sister. 'I've got to run away, I'm a disgrace. Father will never forgive me. My sister is dead because of me.' Yukie puts on the hood of her black cloak.

Yukie runs in the direction of a hill heading toward the region that is not far from Hoshi Region, the Katsu Region, the land of cherry blossoms. She's too disgraceful to stay in Hoshi. She reaches the hill walking down she trips and falls down the hill about 400 feet. She lays there with tears running down her face. She blacks out.

Sad, I know. Hope you liked. More soon.