Hello everyone, sorry for the wait to update, i was busy with homework, but still have time to work on my other story. But to be honest, i had writers block for this story, but the ideas began popping in my head again, so expect more chapters soon! Now, here at last is Chap, 5, enjoy! 3

Kaito and Lucia

Chapter 5

Nanami House: "Have you found her yet!?" Lord Nanami demanded. "Not yet sir, but we've searched everywhere, she's nowhere to be seen." It was Keichi, the head Familiy's guard who said it. His only job was to protect the royal family.

"That is no excuse, she must be found! The entire fate of the entire North Pacific depends on her!" Lord Nanami shouted. "Dear calm down, she'll turn up, she couldn't have possibly run away, could she?" Lady Nanami said trying to calm im down. "She very well could have! After all, you saw how she refused to marry Lord Kawamoto, if she doesn't turn up, she's considered a traitor!" He shouted louder.

"Please my lord, there's no need to shout, Lucia would never leave or betray us. I'm sure she'll be back momentarily." Nikora said.

"For your sake Nikora, i hope your right!" He said and stomped out of the room. "Oh Nikora, what could i have done to frighten my own daughter away?" Lady Nanami said, her whole being looked so fragile it looked like it would break.

"You did nothing Milady, no one has, Lucia just wasn't happy with the way her life was being run. She never had a choice in life and when she had one she gracefully took it. Even if it meant leaving for a while." Nikora said. She chose to go away with the one she loved, but i can't tell her ladyship that. She thought.

"Do you think she'll ever come back?" Lady Nanami asked. "I'm sure she will, even Lucia has times when she misses her family. Besides, she can't betray the ones who raised her and gave her love and nurturing all her life." Nikora said with a smile.

"Thank you, Nikora. I think, i'll go see Madame Taki, and ask her advice." Her Ladyship stood and walked to the corridor stairs where just upon them, one floor up, was Taki's room.

"I better see Father Mitsuki!" Nikora said and rushed out of the house.

The weather was bad, just a mild thunderstorm, Nikora ran through it in a hooded black cloak to hide herself from the search parties that still searched for Lucia, and Mitsuki's cell was still blocks away.

Madame Taki's Room: "My lady Nanami, what is it you ask of me?" Taki asked. "I want you to find my daughter, find Lucia, find my little princess." She cried. "I will try, but because of your husband's strom, i cannot see clearly." She warned.

"I understand, plese let me know when you see her." Lady Nanami said and went back downstairs. Nikora was gone.

Mitsuki's Cell: "Father Mitsuki! Father Mitsuki!" Nikora said knocking on his doors. "Nikora? What's wrong!?" He asked as he opened his doors. She was soaking wet.

"It's Lucia, she's gone, and her parents are terribly upset. I'm worried that she is still in danger of her father's wrath. He seems very angered by her disappearence." Nikora cried to him.

"Calm down, where is she? Do you know?" He asked. "No, but i'm sure she ran off with Kaito, from the Domoto family." She said. "Well then, i'm sure she's fine, don't worry so much. But if your still worried, i'll try what i can to keep her safely hidden." He soothed, she calmed down.

"Even from Taki's vision?" She asked. "You know Madame Taki never had a great vision in the first place." He laughed. "Your right, i know i can trust your judgement." She smiled, and he thought for a minute. "You know, i think i know where you can find them." He said with a smile.

"Where?" Nikora urged. "Talk to Keisuke, i'm sure he knows." He said. "But i can't go on Domoto property, you know that." She said.

"Yes, but who said you had to go on Domoto grounds?" He asked with a mischevious smile. "Just come to the park tomorrow at noon, there'll be someone waiting for you there." He said and he went back to do some work in his chambers.

"Father Mitsuki, i hope your right. About everything." She said and she left, putting the hood of her cloak back on and running back into the bad weather.

Kaito and Lucia's Home: "The weather is bad." Kaito pointed out. "I guess father has definately noticed i'm gone." Lucia said. "How can you tell?" He asked. "My father has sort of a temper, and when he gets upset, this is sort of the result, i'm glad i'm not in that house now." She said staring out the window.

"What was it like in that house?" He asked. "Like a cage." She answered. "'A cage'?" He quoted. "Yes, when i was growing up, he was always so kind and gentle, because he was still king of the North Pacific. Did you know he met my mother in an arranged marriage?" She asked.

He shook his head no. "Well, they were happy with their arrangement, my mother used to tell me stories of the surface and how everyone lived free and could fall in love with the person of their dreams. I always thought she meant that because she couldn't choose for herself, she wanted me to choose who i loved." She stopped and continued staring out the window.

"But as i grew older, the stories changed, and so did my father, everyday he'd always tell me to stay hidden from the surface and remain in the kingdom. One night i went up to the surface behind his back, and i gazed upon all it's beauty. But soon after, a storm just like this one was created. I was scared because the waved washed me around, when i realized i was being pulled." She stopped again and looked at him.

"Did you know mermaid legends say that if a human sees a mermaid, that the whole country will suffer for her mistake, and that that mermaid shall suffer the most?" She asked.

"No." He said quietly. "Well, that's why my father kept me hidden all that time, he didn't want me to ruin our way of life. But i wanted to live my life freely, and see things i never got to. But he never understood what i wanted." The storm winds blew roughly outside. "Even though he kept me hidden, he was still my father."

"I loved my father, and he was so kind when i was a child, then when i got older, he changed into a tyrant who only wanted to control my life and make me live how he wanted me to. That's why i say that house was like a cage, i was a lonely canary, just trapped in a tiny cage, who could only sing, and couldn't fly away." She stopped again.

"Why didn't your mother do anything?" He asked.

"She was just as controlled as i was. But she loved my father, and he was the very first man to ever love her, so she didn't want to hurt him. I tried as much as i could to try and convince him that no one should be controlled like a puppet. But everytime i brought it up, he'd consider it complaining and would shut me away."

"When that party a while back came, he lightened up a little and started treating me equal again, like he did when i was a child. I wondered why, at first i thought it was to make up for my being locked up. But all he wanted was me to marry off to some horrid prince. I didn't want to have my husband chosen for me, i wanted to choose for myself, like all the other things i never got to."

"Sometimes he said he did all his for my own safety, but i didn't believe that."

"The other night he yelled at me, basically saying that i was selfish. But i wasn't the selfish one, he was. I never want to go back to that cage again, i never want to be controlled ever again!" She finished and she was quiet. No tears were in her eyes, no sign of fear or hatred.

"I never thought being a Nanami, or even a princess was that bad." He said lowly. "It was, and i'm still a princess, no matter where i go to escape it. Whenever i played with the other princesses, i envyed them, because they talked about how they got to go to the surface. But a mermaid only got to go when a New Moon ceremony was held."

"New Moon ceremony?" He asked. "Yes, it's a tradition that when a mermaid turns 13, she's permitted to go to the surface. But when i turned 13, i was still forbidden to go. Until my father moved us up to the surface home for the summer. Which was when i met you." She said with a smile at the end.

"The worst i ever had in my life was getting banished, i never thought you suffered so much." He said with sadness in his eyes. "But it's okay now, i don't feel trapped anymore, you freed me from the cage. Now i don't have to hurt anymore." She said and she looked at him with a big smile.

"Besides, now that we're far away from there, i don't have to marry that revolting Johnny Kawamoto." She laughed. "I still can't believe you were supposed to marry that guy." He frowned.

"Me too, but it's okay, now i don't have to. Because i'm here with you." She said and he turned red.

"So, your father, you say he makes these storms?" He asked. "Yeah." She said. "How does he do it?" He asked, curious.

"You really wanna know?" She asked. "Sure." He said. "Because he used to be king of this sea, his mind and abilities were in tact with it. One of his gifts was controlling weather." She answered.

"So he's no longer the king then?" He asked. "No, the line of royalty was passed to me, but i can't assume queen until i marry a prince. So technically i'm still a princess." She said. "What's so terrible about the power then?" He asked. "If people outside the kingdom know about it, they get struck by lightning. And die." She whispered.

"What!? What do you mean struck by lightning!?" He was panicking like crazy. "I'm only kidding, i always wanted to do that to someone." She laughed, his reaction was so funny.

"Lucia, that wasn't funny! Why me?" He pouted. "Aww, now who looks cute when they pout!" She laughed harder.

"Your not being fair!" He pouted more. "Who ever said i was?" She giggled. "Maybe i should drag you back to that house, maybe they can still teach you to be more fair." He teased.

"No, i'll be good!" She said quickly, still laughing. "Oh by the way, i found something while i was out in the garden outside earlier." He said getting up and going to a window in another room.

"And i found these two flowers i thought you'd like." He said and he brought in 2 plants.

"They're beautiful!" She said as she held the first one. It was a hibiscus. "Just like you." He said and she blushed. "These are my favorite flowers! Though i never saw them in real life, only in pictures in story books." She said gleefully.

"And this one is a peace lily, they look great together, don't they?" He asked putting them both together in her hands, holding them within his. "I promise that i will never let you go back to the cage you suffered in for so long. I will always protect you." He promised.

She leaned over and kissed his lips lightly. "I know you will, thank you." She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulders, staring at the joined flowers, and their joined hands.

The Next Day; Nanami House: "Nikora? Where have you been? And where are you going?" Lord Nanami asked, tense. "My lord, i must fetch some food for the cook to make dinner tonight." She said quickly.

"Very well, hurry back, we need you to keep watching for Lucia." He said sternly and she grimaced. "I'll-I'll be back soon my lord." she said and put her cloak back on and went out again. It was still windy, the storm had passed.

City Park; Noon: "I don't see why Father Mitsuki made me come here, i'm supposed to be banished and out of here." Keisuke complained. "Excuse me, might you be, Keisuke Domoto?" He heard a small voice from behind.

"Yeah, are you Nikora?" He asked turning around. "Don't turn around, we can't be seen talking to each other." She said and he stopped and faced the opposite direction as her.

"Was there something you wanted?" He asked. "Yes, i have a favor to ask of you." She said lowly.

"A server of the Nanami family wants a favor from me? How rediculous, it was the Nanami's fault i got kicked out of my home. It was your stupid princess who ruined what little peace ws left in my family! Look at what she's done to my cousin!" He said and the next thing he knew, Nikora was in front of him and had struck him on the cheek.

"Never, in a million years will you ever speak about my princess Lucia that way! She hasn't done anything to anyone. They fell in love! It couldn't be helped, if anyone is to blame it's Daisuke, he was the person who got you banished, Lucia had nothing to do with that!" She yelled.

"It doesn't matter! What matters is the fact that she shares the same blood as that idiot who dared cause our banishment!The way i see it, all Nanamis are evil fools who ruined the world by ever being created!" He shouted and she struck him again.

"You have no right to say that. All i want from you is the location as to where they are!" She screamed, luckily no one was around.

"I don't know where they are, i don't want to know where they are, the safest place for him right now is that cottage by the ocean a few miles back!" He blurted. "Cottage? By the ocean?" She quoted.

"Drat, i can't believe i said that! Well, cat's out of the bag. That cottage was an abandoned house by the sea Kaito and i found when we walked around the place a while back. That's probably the safest place he could go." He said.

"Thank you." She said and began running off. "Hey! Wait!" He called and she stopped and turned around. "If you find him, tell him, he better watch his back, because i'm gonna wail on him when i find him." He said with a small smile.

"Sure." She smiled back and ran off back to Mitsuki's church.

Mitsuki's Cell: "I see, i once heard Kaito mention a small house by the ocean, be said it would be nice to live in. But he was a prince of the Panthalassa, he never could go live in a house like that. Now it's no surprise he went there." Mitsuki said with a smile.

"But Father Mitsuki, why do you think Keisuke never told anyone where he could be?" She asked. "I'm guessing it's because he's still family, and that he couldn't really rat him out. Besides, what could he possibly gain from telling on him?" He asked. The question was retorical.

"But what about knowin that he was with My princess? He could've told someone he ran away with her, he could've told my lord and lady." She said.

"He could've, But he didn't, i suppose he doesn't hate your family as much as he shows it." He smiled.

"So what should i do now Father Mitsuki?" She asked. "Well, i suggest you and me go and see them, and see if we can't straighten this family matter out?" He suggested.

"But what about Lord Nanami? He'll be suspicious?" She asked. "No need to worry, he trusts me, if i tell him i need you to run an errand with me, he won't object." He smiled. "Right." She smiled too.

"Now, i guess first thing tomorrow, we go and see those two, and try to convince them to come back, at least to make proper arrangements for them to live in. The ones they live in now are too risky." He said, serious now.

"Oh dear, i must go Father, i have to get back to the house. Lord Nanami will be curious if i don't get back. Goodbye Father Mitsuki, i'll see you tomorrow morning!" She said and ran outside and back to the Nanami house.

Well, this chapter was interesting huh? What kind of arrangements does Mitsuki have in mind? Let's just wait until next time before we answer that. This forbidden love story continues next time! Byee! 3