Toph's Snow Chap 18
Chapter 18: Together
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Week 27 (November 10-16, month 6)
Third Person
"I don't want to sacrifice myself. I just want to have a normal life, with normal responsibilities."
"We can't always have what we want Kazuka. Or should I say, Chiharu."
"That's not my name anymore."
"It will always be your name, whether you use it or not. It is a sign of your status as the Earth Kingdo-"
"Don't say it. I never wanted it. Not when I was nine, and not now."
"We all must do things we do not like."
"I chose not to."
"And you have caused your father years of heartache."
"If he had just listened to me, I wouldn't have had to run away."
"You are his daughter. It was inevitable."
"I'm done with this. And I'm not going back."
"If you won't go back, will you at least send him word that you are alive and well?" Kazuka considered it for a moment.
"No promises." She turned and left Piandao standing there shaking his head.
"She's exactly like her mother; headstrong, stubborn and independent." whispered Piandao as she left.
Third Person Kazuka
She walked swiftly down the hall to hover around the door to the party. She was just about to turn around and go to her room when Xiao called her name.
"Kazuka."
"Hey."
"Why are you just standing around out here?"
"I, uh..I didn't want to go back in."
"Oh. What did Piandao want?"
"Um, he wanted to…congratulate me for pushing through and passing the tests to get my mastery."
"Oh. What do you want to do if you don't want to go back?" Kazuka thought for a moment and then decided on something.
"We could go back to my room."
"Alright."
Third Person Xiao
The two of them made the trek down the hall and up the stairs, hand in hand.
Once inside her room, Kazuka flopped down on her bed.
"You should probably take that off first."
"What?"
"Your cheongsam. You don't want to mess it up."
"Oh, yeah." She stood up and gave Xiao a mysterious look as she walked over to the dressing screen in the corner. A few seconds later, Xiao heard her ask for help.
"Hey Xiao, could you come unbutton this for me?"
"Yeah, sure." He walked behind the screen, where Kazuka was standing with her back to him, holding her hair away from her neck. Slowly, Xiao undid each button, admiring the tan skin that was revealed as the garment was opened. He took every opportunity to brush his hands over the smooth skin of her back.
"Thank you." She said a little breathlessly. Xiao said nothing.
"Give me a second and I'll be out." Xiao turned and went back to the bed. Kazuka walked around the screen a minute later, wearing only a thin pink robe. She sat down on Xiao's lap and pushed him so he laid back, putting her head to his chest.
"What are you doing?"
"Shhh."
Xiao laid as still as he could as she listened to his heart beat in his chest. She put her hand over her heart and laughed.
"They're the same. Here, feel." She grabbed his hand and pressed it to her chest.
As soon as his hand came in contact with her chest, Xiao lost the battle over his control and leaned up, silencing the gasp that came from Kazuka's mouth. She smirked into the kiss and Xiao guessed she'd done all this on purpose; trying to make him lost control first. Xiao pulled away for a second and Kazuka frowned.
"Wha-?"
"Are you sure?" He interrupted her.
"I want you to be my first."
"First and only." He said firmly. Kazuka smiled.
"Forever and always."
Xiao growled, flipping them over and claiming her mouth again, giving himself over to sensation.
Third Person
3:27 AM
Five figures crept up to Kazuka's window. The leader peered inside the room and then turned to inform his crew.
"She's in there, but she's not alone." He said.
"What! Our source said she'd be alone." Someone complained.
"Looks like they didn't know about her boyfriend here."
"Awww. The little princess found herself a prince." One of the lackeys said.
"Too bad we gotta break 'em up."
"Yeah, looks serious too." Everyone but the leader snickered.
"Shut it! You'll wake them up." Said the leader. "Do you have the stuff?"
"Yeah, boss. Right here." Replied the second in command, holding up a bucket that had a few cloths swirling around in a brown liquid in it.
"Good. On my count, we go in. Masks up. Three, two, one, go." They quickly clambered through the window, one at a time. Two of the men separated from the group and walked over to the bed. As they began to lift Kazuka from the bed, Xiao started to wake up.
"Someone gas him! And her just in case." Said the leader. The cloths were taken out of the bucket and placed over the teens faces, knocking them unconscious.
"Okay grab the girl and let's go."
"What about the boy."
"Leave him; he won't even remember we were here."
They wrapped Kazuka up in a blanket and carried her out to their cart. Two of them gathered up her things and took them with them. They strapped her down in the back of the cart and drove off to their hideout to wait for instructions.
8:00 AM
When Xiao woke up the next morning, he was alone and someone was banging on the door.
"Kazuka! We know you're in there." Yelled Li.
"Li! Shush. She's probably still sleeping."
"I know. But Xiao didn't go back to his room last night, so he's probably in there."
"Shush! They may not want everyone to know that."
"They should have been more careful then." Li banged on the door again.
Fed up with the noise, especially since he already had a headache, Xiao got up and put his clothes back on, then stalked over to the door and yanked it open.
"Yes?"
"Oh. Um, we were looking for Kazuka." Said Li, backing down because of the look on Xiao's face.
"She's not here. I figured she'd be off with you two somewhere."
"We haven't seen her since last night." Said Sara.
"There's only one other place she would be."
"The library." said Sara.
The three of them tramped down to the library, sure that would find their friend inside. They looked over every inch of the large room and found no sign of her. Then they checked the rest of the house and the grounds and couldn't find any sign that their friend had been there. Even the clothes and things in her room had gone missing.
9:00 AM
A person dressed like an Earth Kingdom noblewoman knocked on the front door of Piandao's palace. A maid opened the door.
"I'm here to meet with Master Piandao."
"Right this way ma'am." The maid led the woman to Piandao's office, where the man himself was eating breakfast.
"Ling, you came."
"Yes. I'm here to bring the girl back home. The Earth Kingdom sends it's thanks for finding it-"
Three teens, burst into the room, followed more calmly by their former teacher.
"What is the meaning of this?" said Ling, indignant.
"Sokka. What's going on?" asked Piandao.
"She's missing!" Shouted Li.
"Who? Who is missing."
"Kazuka." said Xiao.
Third Person Kazuka
Kazuka groaned, rolling over. When she felt cold hard ground underneath her instead of her bed, she sat up and took in her surroundings. She was in a cave, far enough back that she couldn't even see the entrance. The only light came from a fire. Around the fire sat three men. She stood up, and backed away, trying to figure out which way she should run.
"Hey, look Boss. She's awake."
"So she is. You might as well stop. There's no way you are getting out of here."
"Who are you? What am I doing here?"
"Who I am is none of your business. But you're here 'cause someone paid us to kidnap you. They'll be here any minute to come get you." There were voices from a different part of the cave and then a well dressed man came walking around the corner. He walked straight over to Kazuka and grabbed her by the chin, inspecting her face.
"Hello Princess. I've been looking for you for a long time." Kazuka gasped.
"Takahiro. What do you want."
"Tsk, Tsk, Chiharu. Is that anyway to greet your future husband?"
It's done. It jus too a year and six months.