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Chapter 5

"Tears and The Sudden recovery"

"I'm back!!" Hikari throed herself in the bed and began rubbing her face with the pillow. It was a long day, she had never thought a day could be this long, she was tired. She thought about school, the other things that happened to her. . . and . .

That guy . .

What is that supposed to mean?

"I'll let you get away with this, for now . ."

Is he afraid of something . .

No.

Is it because of what I said . . . ?

Maybe somewhere between them

But . .

Why does he need to touch me like that . .

Hikari's face began to blush, her body's getting weak just by thinking about it.

Its like ecstasy . . driving her crazy.

. . .

The girl went to her dressing room and changed clothes. She sat in front on her bed and thought about calling her friends overseas, but then again they might be busy . . they're college students now, she wondered if they are doing well. How she wanted to see them again. How she wanted to go back . .

The sadness filled her up

Guys . . I need you right now . .

Knock! Knock!

The door called her presence, Hikari opened the door and found Hinata. She told her that dinner is ready, she just smiled. Even dinner can't cheer her up.

"Hikari-sama is there something wrong?" the maid was worried about her master, she haven't said a word since 2 minutes. Hikari looked at her.

"I want to go home . . I want to see them again . . my friends . . mom and dad . ." Tears began falling down, her face was red and she can't stop it. Hinata was so sad in seeing her beloved master like that, she was always smiling.

"Hikari-sama please don't cry . ." Hinata's tears began to fall too. Anybody would feel bad if they saw Hikari crying, she's like a kid who has been abandoned by everyone. Like it was already the end of the world.

Hikari noticed her friend was crying too, she immediately wiped the tears away and panicked.

"AHHH!! Hinata-chan!! I'm so sorry!! please don't cry now! see? I'm alright!! you don't need to worry!!" Hikari was all over the place, the maid began to laugh.

The two began talking happily again.

. . .

"Don't worry Hikari-sama, I'll be returning on sunday." she assured her. Hinata was leaving today and will be attending a seminar. She won't come back till Sunday.

"Sai will going to assist you all day tomorrow so please do not worry." she added.

The girls finally reached the palace's dinning area and Hinata bid farewell to her master.

"Take care!"

- - -

Right after Hinata left, it was Sai who showed up. His fake smile greeting her, she felt annoyed.

"You know Sai, for a bodyguard you sure go a lot of places without me . ." she asked him suspiciously. The guy's famous fake smile didn't fade.

"I have a lot of errands these days, I'm sorry if I'm missing out a lot, But tomorrow on I will always be with you." he replied.

Hikari looked at her for a moment, inspecting if he was lying or not. Sai felt curious.

"Very well then, let's go!" she smiled at him.

I wonder why he always have that fake smile?

"Hikari-chan!! Dinner is ready!" an old man called her, it was Jii-chan. Hikari was so happy.

While walking towards her seat, she noticed that Mikoto, Fukaku, Sasuke and Itachi wasn't there.

"Where are they? aren't they dinning with us?"

"Fukaku and Mikoto are gone for today, but my grandsons are here. Maybe they're having training again . ." the old man wondered. Hikari's curiosity rose.

"For what?"

"Well Hikari-chan, as a member of the royal family and being the princes, those two must know how to hold a katana or anything that can protect themselves and others. They must know the discipline and the ways of a noble." the old man told her. Hikari was surprised, who knew those 2 can fight?

". . They are taking a while though . ." the old an scratch his head. Hikari blushed.

Sir, I might know the reason but I rather not say it . .

"Why don't you go to the Uchiwa dojo? They're probably there . . can you fetch them for me?" Hikari fell down from her chair. There is no way she'll gonna go there, what if she saw something that isn't supposed to see . . . or hear!?

. . but she can't say no to his majesty. She asked Sai the directions then she leaved the scene, she just hoped she finds her way in the dojo.

Why me? . .

After of 15 minutes of endless walking, she finally saw a huge old looking dojo near a shrine. It was beautiful, she felt like a ninja who is being in an undercover mission, she felt excited.

Of coarse as a ninja, she didn't enter the main door . . she entered the window. Hikari was wearing a skirt so she had a hard time going in, she really felt the excitement.

Bammmmm!!

Hikari stepped the wrong wood so she fell from the ground.

Looks like nobody heard!! . . wait is there any people here?

The girl silently walked the halls of the very huge dojo, it looks really old and you can really see the history of the place.

. . .

Moments later she heard Sasuke's voice and the sounds of their swords flying through each other. The girl followed it and peeped into the door. She was amazed.

"Haaaaa!!"

Sasuke's attempt on attacking his brother from the back has failed. Itachi immediately bent down and slashed him from behind, the scene was so fast that she didn't see all of it. The battle was full of force. They both looked like a samurai, really hot ones.

S-sugoi . .

Sasuke's katana flew up high and fell from the ground, Itachi won. The younger man was very exhausted but the older man seems very chill. Hikari was very amazed.

H-he's this s-strong?

The younger man looked sad, the older man looked at him and smiled. Hikari's heart skipped a beat.

. . There it goes again . . he smiled just for him . .

Itachi bent down and touched Sasuke's chin, he held it up high so he can see him. Hikari was flustered.

"How may times do I have to tell you." Itachi's tone was different, it sounded like it wasn't the cold, stoic and expressionless Itachi she knew.

". . but you did it . . in front of everybody . ." Sasuke was sad, he was different too, but unlike Itachi it was the somewhat the same Sasuke.

"Hn." the older man leaned closer to his brother, Sasuke's eyes closed, like he was afraid that he might do something to him. Hikari's heart was pounding like mad, she wondered about what was the matter.

Be still . .

"I was only doing it because she said something that might ruin everything . ." the man told his younger brother like he was teasing him, the younger man was currently blushing. Hikari remembered the scene earlier.

"I wouldn't even talk to her if it weren't for grandfather . . . she's nothing to me . ." he added, Itachi stood up and looked at his brother, Sasuke looked at him.

He smiled "Don't worry."

. . .

Eh?

Hikari's mind went blank, tears started to roll down her face without her noticing. It felt like somebody pinched her heart . .

She started to wipe it away but it keeps on falling down.

Why? . .

The more she thought about it the more her heart feels the pain, his words echoing on her existence. She can't understand herself. . .

If she doesn't leave now, she might break down.

Hikari stood up, tears still falling. She saw him looked at her, tears began to fall faster. The pain got worst, she just broke down, she run through the halls and searched for the exit . . her searching was taking forever. Tears was falling non-stop.

Please . .

Hikari was still searching for it, but she can't find it. She was exhausted.

The girl found the window that she used in entering the dojo earlier. She jumped on it, not caring for all the noise that she had made. She didnn't care if they might heard her cry.

Her ribbon untied when she jumped, her long and beautiful hair flowed through the air.

Somebody . . help me . .

Hikari run through the woods and immediately went inside the palace, a few guards saw her running. Tears still coming out on her eyes non-stop, the pain, she hated it. The girl went through kitchen, there was no people. Thank God . .

There she cried, on a small corner near the rice sacks, there she cried her heart out.

"Why? . . why do I feel so sad? He doesn't care for me so what!? Its not a big deal!! I don't care . ." Hikari's cries was loud, she was letting it all out.

Its just 'him' . . he doesn't mean anything to me . .

I don't care . .

- - -

"What's taking them so long?" the high emperor said, it was already an hour since he sent Hikari to his grandsons.

"Your majesty do you want me to look for them?" Sai suggested.

"Nope no need, I'm sure those kids was enjoying each other now . . but still . . " The old man was really looking forward to dinning with his family tonight, especially Hikari was with them now.

"Ojii-san, I'm sorry we were late." his eldest grandson told him. "Were really sorry. ." his younger brother added. The old man rejoiced when he saw the two of them, He love them. They didn't look like it but they were happy to see their grandfather too, they bowed at him. The old man was very happy but . .

"Where is Hikari-chan?" he asked them. Sasuke was curious, Itachi remained emotionless, he was holding something.

"We didn't saw her." Sasuke replied as he sat on his chair, Itachi remained emotionless. The Emperor was worried, he knew that the girl has a bad sense of direction. He asked them again.

"Are you sure you two didn't saw her? Because I ordered her to fetch the two of you in the Dojo?" the old man was getting worried.

Before Sasuke made his reply, Itachi cut him off.

"Should I go look for her? the foods getting cold already." he sounded a little pissed though. Because he was already worried, the old man let his grandson searched for her.

"I wonder where she is . ." the old man signed.

- - -

Itachi walked through the dark halls of the palace, his eyes weren't visible. He was remembering what happened.

"Don't worry . ." he told his brother. The man felt like there was somebody who was watching them but he ignored it, he knows it wasn't important anyway. What important right now is to assure his 'beloved' that 'that girl' was not important.

The man looked at the small opening on the door,

there he saw her . .

Tears rolling down her face. She looked at him, her eyes widened.

Her eyes was full of sadness.

He saw her run . .

Run away from him . .

She made a lot of noise as she run through the halls, Sasuke went out to check what was happening.

He can hear her cry . .

He can feel her sorrow . .

Is he guilty? . .

He shouldn't be . .

. . .

"It was just a cat . . I scared it away . . it wouldn't come back for a long time . ." The man told his younger brother as he went back. Sasuke couldn't understand him.

While walking through the quiet halls of the dojo, Itachi saw an open window. He told Sasuke to wait outside.

He walked towards it and saw a red ribbon hanging on the windows lock. Itachi held it . . he knows that it belonged to her.

You never change . .

- - -

Hikari was walking by herself now, trying not to remember it . . trying not to cry . .

She was half okay now.

It was a very bad luck though . .

" . . . " the girl's eyes widened, he was there right in front of her, that man . .

Hikari can't see his face well, he was looking at her, it was dark that time. It was perfect since she doesn't want to see it anyway. She tried not to look at him, she tried not to cry.

He stopped, she wasn't moving, she couldn't even if she tried

Don't look at me . .

I don't want to see your smiling face . .

telling him that for you . .

I was nothing . .

All the pain that she felt went back. The girl's eyes was filled again with tears. She tried to hide it as much as possible.

The man was standing 4 meters away from her, but it didn't ease away even an inch of sadness; its making it worst.

She tried her hardest to swallow all the pain and commanded herself to move. It was very difficult.

She felt numb as she walks ahead of her, passing him, who was still standing there. Emotionless perhaps? maybe angry? smirking? no . . must be 'that look' again. Who knows? That's the only emotion that he showed her so far or maybe forever.

He never smiled . . just for her.

The girl closed her eyes as she walks closer to him, one step at the time. Finally passing him.

". . ."

The girl was startled. The man grabbed her arm, tightly. His strong hands held her so tight that he might break her arm off.

Hikari felt shivers as he held her, why does he always hold her like he want to break her? The man spoke.

" . . Hikari . . wait . ." his tone was indescribable. Like it was a mixture of irritation and something else, but it was soft. The girl finally let her cries out, who cares? he already know.

"What do you want from me? . ." she yelled at him, he wasn't facing her. Her tears kept on falling, the pain was coming out.

"Let me go!! . . let me go . ." the poor girl fell from the ground. She looked like a princess with her hair down, sure she was already beautiful but with her hair down, she can sweep any man from his feet; she looks like a dream come true. But today was different, she looks like a princess that has been ignored by prince charming, letting her die on the tower. His hand was still holding her arm, very tight. The man spoke.

" . . his majesty wants to see you . . he's waiting . ."

"Why would you bother to search for me yourself!?. . you can just let your 'servants' do it for you, right? . ." Her tone was sad but somewhat teasing him, she was falling apart.

"I'm nothing remember? . . for you I don't exist . . "

The girl cried her heart out again after that sentence. The man let her go, he wasn't moving. The pain was unbearable.

"Hikari . ." the man called her,

his voice . .

Its very mysterious, the land of tears.

- - -

The girl run away again, she went to the same place that she knows he wouldn't find her; the kithchen.

She cried there for a long time, letting it all out. It felt good.

Moments later, the lights were switched on.

"Hikari-sama . . ?"

. . .

Itachi went back, his grandfather and his brother was still waiting. The old man was very worried, Sasuke was happy to see his older brother back.

"Itachi, what took you so long? Where is she? Is she alright? Have you found her yet?" he was asking a lot of questions.

"Yes . . she's not feeling well . . " he lied. The man walked towards his seat, he was . . . emotionless. The emperor, stood up.

"Shirou!! Tell Chef Teuchi to cook something for Hikari now! Maids, call the family doctor!" The servants immediately followed him, he 'is' the emperor.

Sasuke looked at Itachi, he knows that something was wrong but he didn't say a word. Itachi looks a little . . sore? For what reason? Hikari is the one who is supposed to be the victim here.

After eating their dinner, His majesty and the princes say goodbye to each other. Itachi and Sasuke was walking together.

"Nii-san, what happened?" he was worried. Itachi gave him a reassuring look, the younger man smiled.

"Hikari-sama!! where are you!?" Butler Shirou, Sai and the other maids were looking for her. The two princes was startled.

"Ah! your highnesses." The butler and Sai bowed at them. "Have you seen Hikari-sama?" Sai asked.

"I haven't seen him but . ." Sasuke was cut off by Itachi.

"Have you looked at the kitchen?"

"The kitchen?" The butler and the bodyguard was confused.

. . .

"Butler Shirou!! We found h-!!" a maid shouted, but before she continued her sentence . .

"AHH!! You'll never gonna take me alive!!" A beautiful girl yelled, she was having a blast. She looked like a a kid. Butler Suchiro and Sai followed her. Sasuke was really weirded out.

"Hikari-sama wait!!" Sai shouted. They were all over the hall.

"I'm not sick!! don't take me to the doctor!!" she was scared of the doctor, because back in the days she was always in the hospital; curing her asthma.

The girl's eyes roamed the halls to find sanctuary . . she stopped, she saw him.

Itachi looked at her like he wanted to say something. Hikari was remembering what the chief had told her earlier.

"Its a just part of the challenge, there is so many coming up in the future. Learn how to get over it, even if it hurts."

Hikari tried to ignore the pain, it was very hard, she smiled to him, he was surprised.

"Good evening, Ouji-sama and Sasuke-kun! Have a good night."

There was silence, Sasuke looked at her, Itachi's eyes weren't visible.

Hikari run through the halls, happily. She felt good after that . . but there was still that pain that everytime she thinks of it makes it her want to cry.

Why?

"Have a good night as well, Hikari." Itachi said to her, she was startled. The man signaled the the servants to stop. Itachi's magnetic tone made her heart skipped a beat. She felt funny inside, she blushed.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!!

The girl continued to run . . faster. The night ended quietly.

- - -

Its a happy Saturday morning and Hikari had a great sleep. Its just 5:30 am but who cares? Its great to go outside this early and besides nobody will be outside today. His majesty was a funny man too, her 1st day of Senior High was friday? and last nights hide and seek. She laughed as she remembers it.

Hikari arranged her bed and changed her clothes, she looked at her window and saw a very foggy scene, Autumn is coming .

Hikari walked through the halls of the palace and it seems like a lot of maids and men in black was already awake, keeping the place neat and secured is a tough a job. No wonder Sai is so busy. Hikari went to the palace kitchen and get some food from Teuchi, the palace's head chief. They became friends since last night.

"Hikari-sama its very foggy outside, are you sure you want to go?" The old man said as he gave her a sandwich and a bottle of water. Hikari put the food inside in her bag.

"A huh! don't worry if anything happens to me I'll call right away!" the girl assured him.

Hikari was finally outside, she was so excited. The fog was not that thick so she walked further. As she was walking, Hikari heard a familiar running water she heard from before, the girl followed it.

Out of excitement Hikari walked faster to reach her destination.

. . .

Hikari's eyes cannot believe on what she saw, there was a huge fall in the palace grounds! The place looked really romantic, there was a traditional japanese bridge, colorful trees and a variety of flowers all over the place . Hikari was so happy!

She walked towards the bridge and from there she saw the entire beauty of the scene "I can't believe I didn't have my camera with me . ." she was a little sad.

As the fog was starting to fade Hikari decided to look at herself in the water.

"Hn, I was only doing it because she said something that might ruin everything . . I wouldn't even talk to her if it weren't for grandfather . . . she's nothing to me . ."

Tears started to roll down on her as she remember what he said.

Why am I remembering it . .

"Have a good night as well, Hikari . ."

The girl's pain dissolved and has been replaced by that "funny feeling". Her face turned red, she panicked.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!! last night I was crying my heart out, then I felt nice and secured thanks to Chief Teuchi's advice, then . . then . . "

"I can't believe all my pain and sorrow faded with just that . ." she can't understand herself. Is she crazy?

What's happening to me?

End of Chapter 5

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Next chapter preview:

Hikari went to her room after that and changed clothes. Since nobody was home for today, she decided to go out of the palace and explore the wonders of Tokyo!

Butler Suichirou told her to hide her face in public as much as possible, she felt curious. He also told her to bring Sai with her.

"What! why? I'm fine by myself!" the girl protested, she really wanna do this alone since its her first time. The butler gave her a serious look.

"Hikari-sama. you have a bad sense of directions remember?"

. . .

And with that . .

"Hikari-sama this way. We can't let other people saw you getting out." Sai was pointing out to the small door in the back of the Shrine, near the Uchiwa dojo.

"Alright coming." she has no choice. She understood it since the people of this entire country might know her now, plus there are a lot of rumors that is surrounding her.

Tokyo was beautiful and very busy at the same time. A lot of people are probably going to their work, some are hanging around with their friends and a whole lot more. There are huge T.V s, a lot of electronic shops, bookstores and other stuff! there are a lot restaurants too! Her feet can't decide where to go. The girl noticed Jii-chan's voice, she looked above.

It was a news report, and his majesty is with the press. Hikari and Sai stayed there to watch the press conference for a while. Other people was watching too.

"So you majesty talking about the crowned prince, Itachi-no-miya. He just reached 21 right?" one of the press asked.

"Yes he did. Actually last July 9." he told them, the old man was smiling. Hikari though that Jii-chan might know what are they going to ask. She turned her gaze around and saw a huge mass of people watching the scene too; kids, teenagers and adults. Sai faced her, she felt curious. She faced the T.V and watched the interview.

"Autumn is coming and a lot of people are kept on asking about the his highness's future wife. Do you have any plans about this matter? Is his highness's have a girl he likes now?" Hikari was startled by the question, Sai was still smiling. The people who were watching was starting to talk too, especially the girls.

Huh?

Uchihahazel-chan: Hey guys thank you for reading this chappy! I'm sorry if this sucks!! I'm not good in making sad moments! I promise the next chapter will be very exciting! so be sure to wait!

Again thank you! If anybody is going out of chara please tell me! I'm also open for suggestions!