Mimi who was still side tracked, was having a hard time getting her mind off the fact that Matt would want to kill her when he found out.
"Matt?"
"Yes?"
"I was wondering what you would do if I turned out to be the princess."
Matt cleared his throat. "Let's not talk about that."
Frowning a bit, "What's that suppose to mean?"
"It means I don't want to talk about it."
"So you're saying you would kill me."
"Why are you talking like this, your not the princess are you?"
Mimi froze a bit. "No. Of course not."
"Well then, no need to keep talking about it."
"Fine. So what do you want to do?" asked Mimi as they turned around the castle wall. Looking out she saw a white wooden swing hanging from a pink blossom tree.
"Oh look!" exclaimed Mimi running over to it.
Matt ran after her. "This swing was my mothers."
"Do you not want me to sit on it then?"
"No it's fine. Sit."
Mimi happily sat down and tried to swing herself. Matt walked behind her, grabbed the ropes and pushed her. Mimi smiled as she went higher, but it quickly faded when she saw her ''sister'' come around the corner.
As Mimi was swinging out she jumped off, Matt quickly caught the swing before it hit him.
"Mimi." Sora addressed.
"Sora." replied Mimi.
"Could I speak to you alone?" asked Sora eyeing Matt.
"Whatever you have to say you can say in front of Matt also."
Sora sighed in irritation, "Fine. I just wanted to apologize for bring up your—I mean our mothers death, and using it against you like that."
Mimi looked down and crossed her arms not wanting to reply.
"But. I am not sorry for all the other things I said. I meant every word."
"Yeah well, I meant it when I said I hate you. And when I said you are dead to me."
Matt stood there a little shocked, at what Mimi said to her own sister. 'Sora must have said some terrible things for Mimi to say that.'
"Well Mimi, I'm sorry to hear that. But I can't have you—ugh! Mimi I can not talk to you when he's here! Could we please talk in private?"
"No. I think we are done talking for today, and every other day."
"Why are you so stubborn? Huh? Do you have any idea what you're doing? I have a right mind to go up to you and literally slap some sense into you."
"Go ahead. Just try. I dare you."
"Perhaps I will." Sora challenged walking right up to Mimi.
"Go on right here. No one's stopping you." Mimi said pointing to her cheek.
"Uh Mimi, are you sure you really want her to--"
"Matt. I said no one is stopping her."
Sora took this chance and raised her hand, but before she could make contact with her face, the only thing that made contact was her back and the ground.
Sora stared up at Mimi gawking.
Matt was having a hard time not to laugh. Man Mimi could be very dangerous, and surprising.
Mimi stood there smiling down at baffled Sora. Sora stared up at Mimi fiercely. "Oh you're asking for it now!"
"Hey Yamato!" called Tai coming around the corner on horseback just in time to see Sora pull Mimi to the ground with her.
"Whoa! What's going on here!" asked Tai running up to the girls.
"You stupid bitch not the hair!" cried Mimi.
"Oh cry me a river will you."
"Shouldn't we do something?" asked Tai.
"Hold on, just one more minute." smiled Matt.
"You're actually enjoying this?"
"Aren't you?"
Tai was silent.
"That's what I thought."
Matt was starting to feel a little guilty for enjoying watching his fiancé get beat up. But on the other hand she was sort of winning. But could you blame him? After all he is a guy.
"Alright, alright. That's enough now." Matt said calmly as he walked over to them, and picked Mimi off of Sora.
"Stop it!" cried Mimi trying to break free and go after Sora.
Mimi settled down and looked up to Matt, she suddenly felt embarrassed, for letting herself get so out of control.
"Matt. I'm sorry."
"Shhh, it's okay. Nothing to be sorry for." he whispered kissing her forehead.
Tai and Sora watched the whole scene angry and shocked.
"Matt? Is there something you would like to tell me?" asked Tai.
"Yeah there is. Mimi and I are engaged."
Both Sora and Tai's jaw dropped. "What are you saying?" hissed Tai.
"Exactly what I just said." replied Matt.
"Mimi what have you done?" Sora asked silently, falling to her knees and crying.
Suddenly Mimi felt guilty, Sora never cried. "Sora I…"
"Don't talk to me!"
"Matt…" Taichi was speechless.
The air was quite except for the occasional cries from Sora.
"I am tired of this! I am going to tell Matt!" told Sora standing up.
"No! You can't!" Yelled Mimi.
"Tell me what?" he asked looking to Mimi.
"Do you know who your "precious love" really is?"
"Sora shut up!"
"No you! Matt do you have any idea who she really is?"
"Mimi what's she talking about?"
"Here's the thing Matt. We're not even sisters. We're best friends, or at least we were." explained Sora.
"Sora stop it!" pleaded Mimi.
"Mimi's real name is Mimi Tachikawa."
"Tachikawa… but that's the King's name…" said a confused Matt.
"Yes. Mimi is the only heir to the king. She is the princess." told Sora.
Mimi glared daggers at Sora.
"Mimi is that true?" asked Matt stepping away from her.
"Yes Matt. I am the princess of Altearia."
"No. No. No." Matt kept repeating.
"Matt its okay. I'm still the same person you said you love. I'm still the same person. This shouldn't be an issue right?" asked a hopeful Mimi.
Matt ran a hand through his hair in frustration.
"Mimi, why didn't you tell me? Mimi now I can't—Damn it Mimi why!" yelled Matt.
"What the hell are you saying then? I mean this shouldn't change anything."
"Yes it does! It changes everything! If you're the princess then you should know what our parents laid out for us. You know what we're supposed to do to each other right? "
"Yes of course I do. But we love each other now, so it shouldn't matter."
"Mimi I do love you but I can't—I just can't have anything to do with you right now."
Mimi's eyes welled with tears. Taking a deep breath she blinked them away.
No one said anything. Everyone keeping their distance from each other. The tension was broken when they heard a horse's gallops coming towards time.
"Excuse me your highness. But I have urgent news that could just lead us to victory in the war."
Mimi's breath was cut short. 'What could they have possibly done?'
"Your order to kill the king was fulfilled last night. We believe that the princess will be too heartbroken to battle from his death, and you shall easily take her life."
Everyone's eyes rested on Mimi.
Mimi fell to her knees. She felt dizzy and weak. Her bottom lip quivered a bit. 'Dead? He's dead? Matt gave the orders to kill him… Daddy's… dead?'
"You have no idea how heart broken she really is…" said Tai, suddenly feeling sorry for Mimi. She had lost Matt the one she loved and now her father.
Her body racked with sobs, as she kept crying "No, no, no, no... This can't be!"
Sora walked over to her, keeling down she pulled Mimi into her cradled her in a tight hug.
"Shh, Shh." Sora soothed silently crying with her.
The knight who had given the news had already left, leaving just the four of them. Once again it grew quite, except for the heartbreaking sobs from Mimi.
Matt couldn't stand to watch the scene. Yes he still did love her but she was the princess, and he had to kill her no matter what. He walked over to Mimi and Sora; it killed him to see her in such pain. "You are both free from my grasps." He said stiffly as he brought over the horse Taichi had rode up on.
Sora looked up at him surprised, and relieved. Mimi looked at him with hatred and remorse. They stood up and broke apart.
Mimi got on first and then Sora.
"To think I could ever love someone as you. To think I trusted you and believed in you. I thought I saw something in you but I was very wrong."
Matt closed his eyes to keep his own tears at bay.
"Mimi I will see you tomorrow at the wake of dawn for battle. Prepare your men. You are no longer anything to me but my sworn enemy."
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