EDIT: FOR YOU GUYS THERE, I PROMISE CHAPTER 10 WILL BE OUT AROUND THE 29TH OF JUNE :D

*(A/N): GeGe means older brother in Chinese.

I don't know why, I felt so much pity for Uhri when I found out he was forced to become a eunuch. So, since this is an AU. I decided to make him not a eunuch. sorry 'Cause since the system was long abolished, Uhri should've still been sold to the Hittite temples and met Nakia anyway, right? I know how many arguments can spring out on solely what I just said, but I terribly apologize.

Chapter 9 Gege

Lyes got up from his bed to go use the restroom, just when he was walking towards the restroom; he spotted two cloaked people, judging from the figures, men sneakily lingering in the garden besides the back walls. The bigger of them was carrying something long? A sack? No, Lyes rubbed his sleepy eyes and took a look closer, to his dismay, he saw his mistress, Lady Yu Ling latched on the back of the man's back!

Surprised, he quickly shouted as loud as he could for the whole residence to hear, "Help! Intruder at the Gardens! Lady Yu Ling kidnapped! Help!" the eleven year old boy yelled at the top of his lungs.

"I can't wait for the guards to show up now." Thought the boy as he ran towards the intruders.

One of the men, startled by the outcry said, "Quick! They're coming! Take the girl and go to the place." The one carrying the girl nodded in response as he swung himself over the walls easily as the other did the same.

"Che. I can climb walls too!" Said the young boy as he finally arrived at the wall and also climbed over the wall, landing swiftly on the ground below, the boy was agile. Proving the many years of climbing trees to be useful.

"Where are they taking Lady Yu Ling?" thought Lyes as he sneakily trailed the two men, taking note to blend in the shadows of the night. He followed them all the way out in the more outskirts, plains of the city, where an empty carriage awaited them. The two men hastily put Yu Ling inside the wagon's back, and then proceeded to the front of the carriage. Just as they were about to leave, Lyes quickly snuck to the back of the carriage, flapping the covers open, and slipping inside the cargo space. He saw there, in the dark, that the wagon was filled with grain, wheat, and wares. "Were they merchants?" thought Lyes, even though he knew they weren't by the looks of the suspicious men. Lyes, seeing that his mistress was safe for now, sound asleep by a large sack of grain, he, himself hid behind the bags of wheat and jugs of water, covering his small body with a large woven hay covering.

At the temple of Arinna

Kail and Zannanza both heard as did the rest of the temple of the cries of a servant boy, Lyes, yelling that there was an intruder and Lady Yu Ling was kidnapped. "Kidnapped?!" thought Zannanza and Kail instinctively as they both rushed out of their rooms, still clad in nightwear to the gardens, where the voice was heard from. Upon arrival, they only saw the rest of the people of the temple, gathered there, murmurs of confusion.

"Your Majesties! Lady Yu Ling and Lyes are not in their rooms!" cried Hadi as she huuridely ran to the princes.

"What?!" said Kail.

Zannanza walked closer to the walls of the garden, "Brother, there are traces of the ground unsettled with footsteps, they might've climbed over the walls, as there are small foot prints as well, I'd expect that Lyes followed the intruders as well." Said Zannanza to his brother.

"Why would they take Lady Yu Ling?" said Shala, upsettingly as she and her twin cried for their new, but dear friend.

"Don't worry, Lyes is with her. Nothing will happen to her, Lyes is very fond of Yu Ling." Said Hadi to her younger sisters, in an effort to soothe them.

"But he's only a child! Only a year younger than Tito! Oh, Lyes, Yu Ling…" said Ryui, now sobbing over Lyes as well.

"Ladies, I trust that she'll be okay, even though small, Lyes is still a man." Said Zannanza to the sisters, even though he, himself, was unsure of his own words.

"It's the Queen. She did it, there's no one else that would want to take her." Said Kail coldly, disguising a hidden anger.

"She wouldn't just kill her off in the middle of nowhere, if she was to use Yu Ling in some sort of sacrificial rite, she would do it all prepared and properly." Said Zannanza to Kail, with the same expression as his brother.

"So the men that took her would undoubtedly be one of Nakia's henchmen, they would take her to Hattusa of course." Said Kail.

"We shall leave for Hattusa at once." Said the two princes, synchronizing.

"Please! Take us as well with you! It is our fault Lady Yu Ling was taken away!" said the twins.

"Please, Your Highnesses, we had the responsibility of taking care of your companion, but she was abducted right under our noses, so we shall take care of it." Said Hadi calmly, bowing down to the princes.

"Yes, you may accompany us. Now, rise." Said Kail as he walked away. Zannanza as well.

"Hadi, we all know Lady Yu Ling is the prince's companion, but exactly which one?" asked Shala to her elder sister. "Yeah, which one? I can't tell by Lady Yu Ling's actions or the princes." Said Ryui as well.

"Honestly, I have no idea. But, we all know there is something going on between them." Said Hadi, shrugging her shoulders.

"Now, Lady Yu Ling has been taken, but according to the Highnesses, she won't be in harm until they arrive in Hattusa, which will be a days' march. We have to hurry to catch up with them.' Said the elder sister to her siblings.

Prince Zannanza's POV

Why do I feel so unsettled? I fear for the girl's safety, I actually feel tightness clenched in my chest. It's uneasy. I hope Yu Ling will not be placed in any harm, please, at least wait until we arrive. Please, she is just a girl. If the Queen Dowager lays a finger on even a strand of her shining, black hair, I fear I may not be able to hold back…

Prince Kail's POV

Young Lyes, please, Yu Ling's wellbeing is in your hands. You may be a boy, but not for long.

It's unsettling, how can a mere girl make me feel this way? Oh, Teshub, and Grand Consort, Arinna, please take care of this girl. I swear I will send a hundred virgin goats and cows as tributes if you let no misfortune fall upon this girl. Sighing, I hastily got ready to prepare the carriage to Hattusa.

Four hours later…

Yu Ling was still in the back of the carriage, sound asleep, when the carriage's wheel goes across a rock, making the cart shaky, waking up Yu Ling.

"Wah? Why am I not…in bed?" Yu Ling said groggily to herself.

She noticed her surroundings, her hands were bound behind her back with a rope, it wasn't tight, and so the rough rope didn't bite her smooth skin, but nevertheless, tight. She pondered as to where she was being taken to in this cart filled with wheat, grain, and wares. She knew that much she was kidnapped, but whom? And why? With her back against one of the large jugs, she stood up on her two legs, and walked to one of the sides of the covered cart, using her nose, and she lifted the tarp that covered the cart, she saw, outside, barren lands of desert with nobody in sight. By the way the sun shone, she presumed it was around 8 or 9am in the morning. Sitting down again, she knew there was no way that she could jump out of the cart, because she'll only be left to dry up in the hot, relentless desert. She tried to venture a plan to release herself of her situation when she heard voices behind the tarp, where the driver and passenger sat; she heard two voices, both belonging to men. One's was calm, even, and cold, the other was rough, loud, and impatient. Yu Ling decided that they were bickering about something.

"Why can't I kill her now?" a rough, impatient voice said.

"I've explained this to you already, we must wait until we arrive in Hattusa, after the ceremony has been conducted, then you can have her." An even, calm voice answered.

"So they want to murder me? Hmm... I understand, since I am nothing of value here, but why specifically me? And why wait until they arrive at the capital to kill me?" thought Yu Ling.

"Fine. You promised me that the Queen will give me more gold right? I am working under the Queen right?" the rough voice said, with a hint of suspicion.

"Of course, the Queen will provide more gold, and of course you are working under her." The even voice replied.

"Ha! Then why did we lose the war! You promised us victory and told us their plan, but how come it worked at first, then suddenly some horses galloped down, letting us lose!" said the rough voice, filled with anger and doubt.

"We did promise you victory, but the horses were unexpected, so we did not know. But, next time, you can have the sacred city of Arinna." The calm voice answered.

"So they're the ones that got the information to be leaked! Working under the Queen as well, was she a traitor to her kingdom? I've never heard of the Queen like that. I've got to get a closer look at them, judging from their conversation, the rough voice seems to be from the Kaskans while the calm one is a traitor to Hittites." Yu Ling thought to herself as she tried to use her nose and flap the tarp to take a peek at their faces. Just when she poked her nose through, she knocked over a small jug of water placed behind the men, *clatter*. The two men, alarmed, whipped their heads around to see what the cause of the voice was. To their dismay, they saw a little nose poking out from under the tarp.

"She heard us!" the large man said, as he draws a sword from his waist.

"Hold it, Zuwa. You don't get her head until we arrive at Hattusa." The other man said.

"-But! She heard us Uhri! We have to kill her!" the man known as Zuwa said hastily.

"I said no." Uhri said coldly, with a face that was not meant to be messed with.

Yu Ling, shocked that she was found out, but still with her nose poking out was about to stick back her head when Uhri grabbed her face and shoulder through the tarp and pulled her out with a surprising amount of strength.

"Ah! Let go of my nose!" Yu Ling said while her voice sounded like a little piggy's 'oinks'

Uhri let go of the hand that pinched her nose, but his hand was still firmly planted on her left shoulder. He grabbed her waist and placed Yu Ling on the bench-like seat for the people in front of the carriage. Zuwa grunted as he sat in the driver seat in the cart, with his hands back on the reigns of the horses and back facing the two of them.

Uhri checked behind Yu Ling to see if the ropes were untied, "Don't worry darling, they're still nice and tight." Said Yu Ling calmly. Uhri, taken aback with Yu Ling's reply, looked suspiciously at her. Yu Ling smiled sweetly in response. Uhri replied with a stoic face even though Yu Ling could clearly see the sides of his cheek going a bit pink. "Hah." She thought, "Men. All the same, even in ancient times." Yu Ling thought with a slight snicker.

Yu Ling then sat herself straight with her hands still tied behind her back, and looked out at the desert laid upon them. The glaring sun shone upon Yu Ling's pale skin, her eyes squinted upon the brightness of the sun. It was only the morning, and the sun was already this hot, Yu Ling thought to herself.

Uhri's POV

What is wrong with this girl? She shows no fear of being kidnapped, she knows we're going to kill her, even when Zuwa unsheathed his sword, she didn't blink at all. Is she truly fearless or just simply stupid? And now, she just sits beside me calmly, looking out at the barren landscape in front of her, as if she is just enjoying her nice ride. Nevertheless, Queen Nakia will have her head; we need her in order for the succession of the young prince. Why is that, for a moment, when she smiled at me earlier, I felt a pang of sympathy knowing that Nakia has already chosen her to be the sacrifice. Wait, what am I saying? I must be going delusional. The young prince's succession is the only thing that matters.

Yu Ling's POV

Sigh. This barren landscape is boring; my skin is starting to become red, even though Taiwan's sun is quite strong, the deserts' is not one to look down either. Sigh, Oba-san would definitely scold me for being out in the sun unprotected by SPF. I turn my head to the right, looking at one of my captors, judging from his voice, I'd say late 20's to early 30's. Sigh, Gege* would be around 23 right now…

"Hey," Yu Ling said to Uhri. Her captor turned around and looked at her, "Would you mind loosening this rope?" asked Yu Ling.

Uhri looked at her with a raised eyebrow, meaning, 'yeah, right.'

"Don't worry, I can't jump out of here, I'll only die in the desert." Yu Ling said calmly to reassure her captor.

"Fine." Said Uhri, as he grabbed her hands, taking out a dagger, slowly cutting through the ropes.

"I'll let her have some mild freedom before she meets her death at Hattusa." Uhri thought to himself. Zuwa, turned around and looked at him with a questioning look, then turned around when he didn't get an answer.

"Thank you very much, Uhri, huh? What a pretty name." Yu Ling said with a smile. Uhri didn't answer. Yu Ling, unsatisfied, and bored, "Uncover your face; it is disrespectful when one speaks to you and you hide your face." Said Yu Ling, suddenly with a demanding, authoritative tone. Uhri, for a second, was actually going to obey and take off his cloaked hood when he suddenly remembered who was who in this situation. He cursed to himself for almost following her command.

Yu Ling, seeing that he didn't do what she wanted came up closer, scooting to the right in her seat. She then took it upon herself to do it herself; she lifted the cloaked hood that covered Uhri's face, as the hood fell, revealing a man about 29 with long blonde hair that rested down to his waist, and eyes that were as if they reflected the blue sky. "Gege…" whispered Yu Ling as she launched herself on the surprised man. "Gege! Where did you go? I finally found you…I found you…" Yu Ling said with glee as she blindly latched herself onto the blonde man.

"What is she doing?" thought Uhri, surprised by Yu Ling's sudden adoration to latch herself to him. He was perhaps, the first time in years, dumbfounded. He stood aghast at the sight of the girl hugging him. "Who is this Gege that she keeps on calling me with such adoration? A lover from her old world?" Uhri thought, still haven't decided to cling off the girl that was glued to him.

Just then, Lyes, when he stowed away in the cart and hid, he fell asleep. "Humm…."Lyes said mumbling in his sleep when he heard voices that disrupted his sleep and woke up. He instinctively shot up straight from his hiding place, making the jug of water in which he hid beside him fall over and tip. The jug even had to fall on that one spot of the floor where the hay didn't cover much, making the jug break into pieces with the water spilled over.

*clatter*

"Oh, crap." Thought Lyes, now fully awake.

"What was that?!" Uhri thought, standing up suddenly and out of Yu Ling's embrace.

Zuwa also stood up, he stopped the carriage.

Yu Ling also snapped out of her phase, "What are you doing? He is not Gege, nobody can replace him! Huh? Why did they stop the cart?" Yu Ling said, slapping herself as she also got of the cart and walked to back of the carriage with them. Zuwa unsheathed his large sword as Uhri muttered something about a small animal that got in, but he still had his guard on.

"What do I do! They stopped the carriage! I can see their shadows behind this tarp, where's Lady Yu Ling?" Lyes panicked as he flipped his head around in searching for his mistress.

Zuwa flipped over the tarp with his other hand, only to find a small boy standing upright inside the cart. The boy flipped his head around in terror when he saw Zuwa and his large sword. He then saw behind him a blonde man and his…mistress?

"Lady Yu Ling!" he bawled seeing his mistress all well and safe. He was about to jump out of the cart into her arms when… "Hold it!" Zuwa said aloud, he grabbed the young boy by his arm while looking at him with an extreme pedophilic look. "Can I have him?" he asked the other man.

Uhri, now slightly less tense said, "Sure, do whatever you want with him, he seems to be the girl's servant."

"Hahaha…not like she'll need him anymore when she's dead. He can serve her later in the world of Nergal." Zuwa said evilly.

"Lady Yu Ling!" Lyes said to her, his whole body was trembling as his shoulder ached since he was being held up by only his left arm.

Yu Ling, surprised by the sight of Lyes said, "Oh! Hey Lyes."

"She doesn't seem to care for her servant at all, well of course, when one's own life is on the line, who would care about others? Much less a small servant boy." Uhri thought.

Lyes shocked that his lady only responded in a "Hey" was almost on the verge of tears as he silently closed his eyes to accept his death. He knew who Zuwa was, infamously known as the murderous Human Tailor of the Kaskan tribe, and he skinned his victims, using their skin to be turned into cloth and then clothes.

Uhri was about to walk back to the front of the carriage, knowing that Zuwa would take some time to kill his new victim.

Zuwa held his sword, preparing to chop off the young boy's neck to get ready to skin him…

"Hu. You're ticking me off now." Yu Ling said as she suddenly grabbed a hold of Uhri and put her hand along the upper third of Uhri's neck in a tight grip.

"Now, put down the boy nicely or this pretty boy gets a cervical dislocation." Yu Ling said nice and slowly while putting a distance between her and Zuwa.

"How?! Impossible, but her grip is tight, and I know she'll do it." Uhri thought, overwhelmed by her.

Zuwa surprised by Yu Ling's action, he knew that he could kill the boy and even if Uhri died, he could still easily kill Yu Ling. But, he also knew for a fact that he wouldn't be getting his gold if he returned with the dead body of the Queen's henchmen. He tossed the boy on the ground forcibly; he fell with a thud.

Lyes ran over to Yu Ling with tears in his eyes, Yu Ling, seeing that he was let go, released her grip on Uhri and embraced Lyes that was sniffling and crying while his whole body trembled. "You're okay now." Yu Ling said to Lyes.

Somewhere else…

The two princes were unsettled. Since they left at a moment's notice in the middle of the night to chase after Yu Ling's captors, Kail entrusted Kikkuri with the task of taking back the army to Hattusa the following morning. He thought he would think up an excuse to the king as to why he left his troops in the middle of the night later.

"Why won't this carriage go any faster?" thought Zannanza.

"I beg of you, please be safe." Murmured Kail.

The twins looked at the princes, "What is wrong with them?" they thought.

"I mean, I understand their worry for Yu Ling's safety as much as we do, but that's not…right." Said Ryui.

"Is it possible…that the both of them harbor feelings for Lady Yu Ling?" Shala said.

"Oh, I hope Lady Yu Ling is alright. Lyes as well, he's just a boy." Said Hadi, she was far too worried for the two that were kidnapped to care about the princes' love affairs.

I'm thinking of making this story kind of like depending on the popularity of the character, he'll be the one in lead. So, maybe polls? If you haven't already voted, please do so if you have at time, it's at the top of my profile.

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