From a far away plateau of trees, shrubs, and small creatures moving around Zakuro was sitting with her legs in front of her off to the side of her body with Shinrou's near sleeping head in her lap. She rubbed his forehead with her left hand while her right hand was on his chest being held by one of his hands.
A slight breeze blew from the west as she stopped to gaze up while she spoke in almost a whisper, "you could've waited for me to sneak out. Ichigo might be worried since you've kidnapped her a couple of times on purpose."
He made a light moaning sound as he opened his eyes, "Ichigo isn't the one that's worried, it's you that's worrying about Pierre. He has more control over your actions than you originally thought."
"It seems so," she said turning her head back around to look into his eyes, "demo, father hasn't seen me with anyone either than the Host Club, Shunko and Surge – being taken away like that might've crushed him. You know how he's been since mama fell asleep."
He smiled as he narrowed his eyes just a bit moving his hand to the side of her face to gently twirl a strand of her loose hair, "I see …"
"Eh? See what?"
"You really do care about Pierre, all he sees you as is Chocolat with his eyes – that's the way Pierre is. Chocolat was the only thing in this or any world that made him feel better and Zakuro is the only happiness and joy he feels. Either than that, Pierre is just another cold and dark person."
Zakuro didn't smile, she looked sad, she even turned her head away and tried to move her arms but his hold on her made her look again.
"That's the truth Zakuro, even your friends know it; I saw what happened when he went for your teacher."
Zakuro thought about that time as well, "Tamaki and Kyoya protected me, they even made him back off … demo, my father has never betrayed me like that before – that's why I began to cry so suddenly."
Shinrou closed his eyes and sat up to face her holding tight onto the sides of her arms, "Pierre has kept your power to a minimum, he refuses to let you go anywhere without him or his assistant, and he even locked you up in the palace to make sure you never got hurt! What kind of father is Pierre if he locks up his precious daughter in her room for weeks at a time?"
"He protects me," she told him pulling her arms away as her voice slowly broke, "my father has suffered enough to know that I shouldn't make any of the choices that he, or my mother, has made in this lifetime and that I should follow my own path on becoming Queen of either world!"
Shinrou, being just a little overwhelmed by her words, managed to pull his hands away from her and down to the side of his body as he slowly gripped his fists tight as he looked down, "gomen," he breathed, "Pierre shouldn't see us together then. I'll stay here in the Magical World while you go back to the Human World until your mother awakens."
He stood up as if to walk away but instead he held out his hand to help Zakuro off the ground since she was still in her gown. When she finally stood up and fixed her shawl Shinrou kissed the back of her hand, turned around, and began walking off.
"Wait …" she yelled after him as her arms went around his chest to hold him real tight, "… can't you wait here with me a little longer? Nobody knows this place exists but us," she said as her voice broke just a bit. He turned around and held onto her, "anything for you, my princess."
Unknown of what was about to happen next, Woo and Soul finally found each other and began talking as they continued to search. "Where do you think they went Woo," asked Soul as he flew up just a bit. Woo shook his head as he went a little lower, "let's try that secret spot – Zakuro is a memories witch, she can see the memories of anyone, so it might be possible that she's there since Chocolat, Vanilla, and us knows about it."
"That's right! Shunko and Ichigo have wanted to go but Zakuro knows too much as it is already. Let's go before Pierre gets really mad," Soul said as he began to speed up.
Woo and Soul flew down low near a hidden valley, rested for a bit on a nearby mountain ridge and looked outward towards the lake. "I still don't see anything Soul!"
"Keep looking Woo, Zakuro has to be around here somewhere," he said looking towards the plateau and saw the young couple, "ah! There she is!"
Woo looked where Soul was looking and saw Shinrou dancing with Zakuro. "Do you think her powers can pick us up from here?"
"Why do you ask that," Soul asked looking at his brother, "you're not going to disturb them are you?"
Before Soul could stop him Woo was already heading off towards the couple, "Zakuro!"
They stopped dancing as they saw Woo coming towards them really fast, "get away from Zakuro!"
Shinrou stepped in front of her as he readied himself for a fight. "Wait, Shinrou …" Zakuro tried to hold him back as he rushed off and began fighting Woo.
"Feuille Épée!"
"Your weapon has no effect, Fire Rain!"
Zakuro watched as a storm cloud formed above their heads as it began raining fire. Woo could evade every fire drop until his leaf blade caught on fire and almost burnt his hand. She watched them until a hand touched her shoulder, she looked behind her and it was Soul nodding his head. Zakuro knew what he meant, "un, Chandelle de Glace," she said holding her hands above her head towards the storm cloud as ice crystals froze the fire until there was no cloud at all.
"Woo that's enough! Zakuro will come with us if you stop," Soul yelled.
"No he has to be taught a lesson!"
Soul sighed as he put a finger to his lips, "Mur de Lierre!"
"What the - …" Shinrou said as Zakuro grabbed his arm and kissed his cheek. "Go now before they catch you," she told him with a smile to her face. He bowed his head and began to fly off into the little bit of clouds he had left.
As the leafy wall slowly began to disappear Zakuro turned her head back around and saw that Woo had a noir heart. She narrowed her eyes as she held out a hand, "blocus!"
Woo's eyes slowly closed as Soul grabbed his fainting body and landed him on the ground very carefully as Zakuro held his heart in her hand, "I'll give this back to you Soul." He looked up as she slowly leaned over to hand over his brother's heart, "his normal color will change in a second. Is there any way we can control his jealousy? Or is it due to his noir being quite strong?"
Soul smiled, Woo's head was near his knees, "yeah, the last one I think. But you should get back to the Human World soon. I'll let Pierre know that you went back – I'll even leave out this event but only if you hurry."
She smiled again as she bowed her head, "arigato! Demo …"
"What," Soul said without looking up this time as he put Woo's heart back inside his chest, "Shinrou should be more careful if he decides to go back to the Human World since your friends are worrying about you."
Zakuro's expression changed as her worried look came out. Soul held up a hand while looking at her again, "if you really are Chocolat's daughter then you should go with your instincts and tell Pierre that you love him. Shunko really loves you and might have noir when you finally tell everyone, Surge mostly likes Ichigo even though he has an orange heart for you, and well …" he stopped as soon as he saw that she began to tear up.
"Gomen! I know I should tell father but … I - … I - …"
Soul stood up and held her close, "Vanilla told me where to find you in the forest that one time because she gave you that Fleur de Rose bottle and you accidentally broke it." Zakuro opened her eyes as he continued on, "I saw him trying to help you but then Woo found you and used his energy blast to protect you. So I let him carry you home."
Woo began to moan as he slowly came back. Soul patted her head, "go on home now. Let us deal with the Grand Council when they found out you went home."
She finally smiled again as Soul leaned over and kissed her forehead, "good girl. Ja nae Zaku-chan."
Just in case I don't have this down yet. Thanks everyone who reads my stories!
Mur de Lierre – wall of ivy
Zéro absolu
Chandelle de glace
Feuille Épée – leaf blade/sword
Cage Épine rose – 'cage of rose thorns'