Ok, about the name of this chapter, I didn't mean, than, "Than" is an actual name.So don't get confused or anything. Alright, onto the story. Oh, and sorry I took a while to update. I was busy with school and such. But now I'm back and ready to write!

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Asbel's body simply wouldn't respond to his brain calls, despite what he did.

It was like that barrier disabled anything that touched it by means of pain. As much as he would hate to admit it, it worked pretty well, and now he was vulnerable to anything in this forest.

Nausicaä, you need to get out of here. But I can't come to warn you, my body, has been immobilized. Nausicaä...

Asbel clenched his teeth shut inside his mask, he couldn't move, and the only thing he could do is hope that Nausicaä gets out of the Toxic Jungle alright. Then, Asbel remembered that he had the sword with him.

My sword...

The Pejite's hand slowly began to move towards theblade on his hip. Everytime the muscles in Asbel's arm and hand moved pain would spark through him, as if he were being shot with the blasts of dart guns. Despite that, he had to get Nausicaä out of here, no matter what would happen.

The longer it took for him to try and reach for his sword, the faster he was slipping into unconsciousness.

Then, with a great deal of effort, Asbel opened his eyes to see if his hand had progressed. He sighed thankfully and when he saw that his hand was just touching the hilt of his weapon.

Now comes the hard part...

Struggling, Asbel drew the sword from its scabberd and put the edge of the blade on his leg, then, he quickly pulled. His eyes widened as pain shot through his leg, and he could feel wind on the open cut. He swiftly rose to his feet, surprised that his idea had in fact worked.

He began to limp back to where he had left Nausicaä and Tato. But everytime he moved his injured left leg, he winced in pain, and his breathing started to become more ragged through his mask. Faintly, he could hear the worried voice of Nausicaä shouting his name with Tato squeaking right along with her, "Asbel? Asbel, where are you?" Through his mask, Asbel managed to shout, "Nausicaä!"

A gasp answered him, and he could hear rapid footsteps approaching where he was. Suddenly, he saw Nausicaä come into view and run towards him full speed. She skidded to a stop in front of him and her wide brown eyes reflected fear.

"Asbel, what happened? Are you alright?" She questioned hm worriedly.

She grabbed his arm and slung it over her shoulder, Asbel panted and looked the princess in the eye. "Nausicaä, you have to get out of here." He began to explain. Nausicaä shook her head, "I don't understand. Why Asbel? What about you, I want to know what happened here."

He just shook his head, "No Nausicaä, I can't use my glider right now. Go back to the Valley of the Wind, something bad is happening here." But Nausicaä was too stubborn to listen to Asbel's words, "I can't leave you here. I don't want anything to happen to you Asbel."

Asbel smiled and stood up. He limped over to Nausicaä's glider, "Look, you have to go back Nausicaä. All I can tell you is this, someone is after you, I don't know for what reason, but they are. You shouldn't be worried about me, I just want you to get back to the Valley. Understand?" Nausicaä was silent and staring at Asbel with a confused expression, "Asbel." She murmured.

"Nausicaä, please." Asbel was begging now.

The princess stood up and got on her glider. She hooked her foot on the pedal (what is that thing, really?) and looked back at Asbel. Asbel nodded and smiled at her, it'll be alright. His expression said.

Before she could change her mind Nausicaä triggered her glider, and it rose up in the air with a whining sound.

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As Nausicaä rose higher and higher into the air, it became harder and harder to fight the urge to go back and help Asbel.

But something in his eyes told her that he wasn't kdding around, there was real danger here. She had hoped that no danger would ever befall the places where she protected. But it seemed that she had been wrong, they had all been wrong.

And Asbel had been the one to find out, and somehow he had gotten himself hurt. Who knows what might happen to him?

Nausicaä bit her lip and pressed her glider to rise higher into the air to get a better view of the forest. Nothing above the forest seemed out of the ordinary, but something was wrong. Nausicaä gasped when she heard a pained cry, "Asbel!" She shouted.

Instantly, she turned her glider around and sped back to where she had left the prince of Pejite.

Nausicaä ignored the stinging sensation of floating spores slapping against her face. As soon as she was able to, Nausicaä jumped off her glider and looked around the area for Asbel. "Asbel!" She shouted his name out, which echoed around the forest.

Her hands came up to her chest, and she clenched them tightly while looking around the forest. Not even Tato seemed to know where Asbel was.

Asbel, what happened? Who is after me? And, where on earth did you go?

A warning jolt ran through Nausicaä's body, there was someone nearby, and they were dangerous. She turned and looked around the forest for anything that was out of the ordinary.

Then from out of the blue, a pink shot ran right by Nausicaä's face, and struck the little-fox squirrel on its shoulder.

Nausicaä cried out and watched in horror as Tato landed on the ground, squeaking in pain. "Tato!" She cried out and tried to run to her fox-squirrel. She was intercepted by 4 men dressed in green clothes and shining armour, although they were far from nights in shining armour.

The feeling of anger began to flood Nausicaä's body, "Who are you? Where's Asbel?" She questioned the four, her anger rising by the second.

She began to lose control, the princess reached back behind her and grabbed her xerconium ceramic sword, and she held it out in front of her, the look of death in her eyes.

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In a dark room, Asbel watched, his forehead was slick with blood. But his eyes were glued to the mirror in front of him, he watched Nausicaä hold the sword tightly in her hands. Lord Yupa had told him of an occurance like this before, her father had been killed by the Tolumekians, and she had gone into a fit of rage and had killed nearly everyone in the room.

Despite the fact that his hands were bound, he tried to move forward and shouted her name, "Nausicaä!"

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Just as she was about to attack, Nausicaä heard Asbel's voice.

'Nausicaä...'

Nausicaä froze, "As...bel." She murmured. She looked at the sword in her hands, which had the blood of one of the armed men on it. Her eyes were filled with fear, and she dropped the sword, horrified at what she had almost done.

Then, something struck the back of her head, and a jolt went through Nausicaä.

Her consience began to slowly slip away from her, and she went limp. The princess fell to her knees, and began to fall forward.

Asbel...

She hit the ground hard, her eyes closed tightly with pain.

The four men nodded to each other, and the injured onewatched as they grabbed Nausicaä and began to take her away. He walked over to the injured fox-squirrel and put two fingers on its hurt shoulder.

A blue light surrounded the little animal. Tato blinked, and opened his eyes. Tato got to his feet and looked at the man who was holding him.

Strangely enough, Tato didn't attack. Instead, the fox-squirrel cocked its head and looked at the man with big green eyes. The armoured man placed Tato on his shoulder and started walking in the direction that his comrades had gone in.

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Asbel watched with wide brown eyes, Nausicaä had been captured, and for some strange reason Tato wasn't retaliating against his capturer.

A man behind him chuckled, "You are enjoying the movie, are you not?" He asked. Asbel bristled, he struggled against his binds, and turned around to face the man, "Who are you, and where did you take Nausicaä?"

The figure let out a malevolent laugh, "You would like to know where Princess Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is? That is for me to know, and for you to find out. However, about my name. I am called, Prince Than."

Asbel narrowed his eyes.

This must be the guy I heard talking about capturing Nausicaä when I touched that electric tree. But he also ordered for me to be killed. So why hasn't he done it yet, who is this, Prince Than?

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DUN DUN DUN!

Sorry about the big wait, I had a lot to do. Schoolwork and such, but now, on this most wonderful of days, school is now almost over. (I still have math to do until the end of June) Hopefully I can get inspiration and such and make more chapter quickly. Thank you for all the reviews you have given me, and if you're wondering about the weird guy who healed Tato, I'll just tell you this: Prince Than didn't see the healing and such. That's all I'm gonna tell you for now.

So, have fun with the beginning of summer, and review my story!