I'm back! SO in another one of my stories I had explained that something happened to my computer, it was in "Were We Really Meant to Be?" ANYWAY next chapter is up! I also changed some things in the story. The royal family crest for Momoko is now a heart, and her kingdom is known as the Kingdom of Blossom instead. Also, Brick's is not Kirai Kingdom but the Kingdom of Aka instead. Okay, after those announcements... WAIT! I have ONE more thing to tell you!

So, I really really love to write. So, I wrote a book and I really need help, I need donations so I can publish it! You can read the summary and donate here: /17p5EUM The link is on my profile too, first link above everything else. Please if you would! Thanks!

Okay! That is everything! Now, enjoy the story!

*Hime means Princess

*Oji means Prince

Momoko's POV

"Momoko, your real name is Hime Momoko Blossom Akatsutsumi of the Blossom Kingdom." Hideki stated.

"What?!" I asked, completely shocked. "This can't be…"

"But it's true." Haru-kun said.

"I don't believe you…" I said as I dropped to the ground and stared at it. Rain began to pour.

"We know it's a lot to take in." Arisu-chan said.

"No…" I whispered.

"We will forever be in your service until the very end… Hime-sama!" They said in unison.

"No! I'm not the Hime! I'm not!" I cried as tears slid down my cheeks. The rain got heavier. "I don't understand. Why is this happening?"

"Hime-sama, you will take this place back! You will bring down the Kingdom of Aka, and take victory!" Hideki said.

"I can't…"

"Yes, you can. Believe in yourself and you can do anything."

"I don't know if I can."

"You are this place's last hope for a bright future." What should I do? Do I have the courage to do this? Do I have the courage at all? Suddenly, I remembered… everything. All my memories returned in a rush. I stood in a moment of shock recalling all the memories I had not known existed. Memories of what I had was a happy family. I lived in the castle which was taken over by the King of Aka, my uncle, and father's brother. He had changed the name crest of the Kingdom. Everyone in this town had been convinced and brainwashed to believe my father, King Isao was a horrible and selfish man who beat children and arrested people for no reason. However, it was not true, he was a kind man, loved by all. He was my rolemodel, a man deeply loved by his servants and the townspeople. The King of Aka, King Norio. I remembered happy tmes I had, sad ones too, until that day... I had a personal maid named Akane and a little sister named Kuriko too! What happened to them?

"Tell me... what happened to Kuriko? What had happened to my little sister? I do not see a grave for her here." I stared at my own grave the longest time.

Hideki spoke, "She is not dead. She is known to be the only survivor of the Blossom family, well thought anyway. She had been captured along with your servant, Akane, and thrown in the dungeon for a while. We know Akane escaped from the castle a few years ago, but we were unable to find her. It is unknown what has happened to Kuriko though, we know she is alive that is for sure, but her whereabouts are unknown. We are sorry." Her placed his hand on my shoulder and gave me the sincerest look.

"Now it is time for your future to fight!" Atsushi said. He handed me long item wrapped in paper and rope. I carefully unwrapped the item, as soon as it came into view of what it appeared to be, I dropped it in fear. A sword with the family crest of the Blossom family. "We have seen many die. Family members and innocent people massacred. People captured and never seen again, and innocent people arrested and given a highly cruel punishment, never to see their family again. People here are starving, because that fat king is keeping all the food to himself! There is plenty of food, there is no food shortage like the king has said! He his simply keeping it away for himself when someday a war may break out, and there will be a food shortage, but not for him! He's a nasty king that must be taken down! Come on, Momoko! Please, tell me you will fight." I shakily lifted the sword from the ground, fear had not left my face, neither had the shock I had from the beginning. This was so much for me to handle. Could I do it? "Hime Momoko Blossom Akatsutsumi, will you fulfill your destiny and take back the thrown?" I finally was able to keep the sword steady. In my fantasies, I always dreamed becoming a heroine and saving people, but this was real. This was not when you would have a villain I would transform and become a heroine of justice and save everyone. I would not have special superpowers or magic, I would be using a real sword to fight with, and spill blood. This is not what I wanted at all. This would not be an old fairytale or story where the heroine or hero ALWAYS wins, where the hero or heroine would not die, and if did, would always be resurrected. No, this is reality. In reality, this would be a fight between life and death, and if I let my guard down for a mere second, I would be dead before I could react.

"We have you right where we want you. The night of the sixteenth birthday of Momoko Blossom Akatsutsumi, it was foretold, people would be gathered here. It was surely unexpected that the princess is alive. It shocks me you were able to hide her so well." A teenager wearing an expensive purple royal gown, a small tiara atop her puffy brown hair, and wore a sinistered look shown by her unusual purple eyes with white stars in the middle spoke. She had several identical guards behind her ready at will to protect her.

"Noble Himeko Shirogane, what a pleasant surprise to see you." Hideki said.

"Cut that crap, Hideki. Listen, I saw Hime Momoko at Oji Brick-sama's birthday. I would like to inform her to stay away from Brick-sama! If you know what is good for you, you should. I am someone who knows the existence of you, so you better watch it and never see him again!" Himeko snapped her fingers and from behind her, a masked girl stepped out. The girl had a black mask covering her face, wearing a black shirt, with black pants, and black boots along with a orange cape in the back. The only thing she wore that had color. She had long, brown, wavy hair and you could not tell her eye color from the shadow of the mask. "Come near him again, and this executioner will end your life." The executioner's sword hanged at her side, and she had daggers strapped to her pants and boots. "She is known as the orange executioner of no mercy, remember that. She has no heart, no family, and no one precious to her, which makes her a hard target to burn. I will take my leave now, Hime Momoko Blossom Akatsutsumi. I hope we do not meet again, but if we do, it better be your execution." She moved her fan in front of her face and left the grave yard along with the executioner, and her guards.

I stared at the sword once again in my hands, and I raised the sword over my head. "I will fight, I will stand in fight! I will not let anyone take this country from me when it is mine! I will overthrow the king and take back my kingdom! I will find my sister and rule along with her! I am ready to give it my all and fight! I will not let anyone tell me what to do!" I knew today would be the day, I would take on more than I could handle. However, I will not let anyone stand in my way!

*The Next Day*

It had seemed the noble, Himeko Shirogane, had not already informed anyone of the news of me being alive, which was strange since she would do anything for attention. I wore my regular red cloak while walking around town for any interesting news. Suddenly, a girl with spikey raven black hair, with emerald green eyes, wearing extremely cheap male clothing bumped into me. People yelled out, "Hey, stop that boy!" It had surprised me because I thought he or she was a girl, turns out 'he' is a boy. The boy dropped a bag full of apples when colliding into my body. He quickly grabbed my hand to get me away from the shop owner running after her.

"Wait! Do not pull me along!" I shouted, but it seemed she was not listening. After a while, escaping into an extremely poor part of town, sure that the shop owner was not after her anymore, she stopped and let go of my hand. "What did you think you were doing? Are a thief? Do you realize they think I was involved now? What if the police come after me later? Don't you think that was quite a bold move to involve me?" I ranted.

She sighed as she waited for me to finish my ranting. "Are you done? Gosh, you talk too much. If I hadn't, they would have suspected you anyway. I just saved your ass, they would have taken you to the police instead, lieing that you were involved in the thievery because you would have gotten in his way." He crossed his arms, and then lifted the bag of apples from the ground.

"Oh, I see... I am sorry. Thank you."

"No problem, girl. He wiped her hand on her shorts. "You can call me Buttercup. What is your name?" He tossed an apple to me.

"I'm... Momoko. Wait, I don't want to eat a stolen apple!"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, then give it back. I don't tolerate wasted food. Food is not easy to come by." I handed the apple back to him. I noticed in a way, He looked very familiar in more ways than I could think for the moment.

"Wait a minute. Your name is Buttercup? Are you from the Buttercup Kingdom's country? Were you named after the kingdom?" I questioned him.

"Woah, I'm sorry, but I don't tell personal information to anyone I just met. Well, you're safe now, see ya." He began to walk away.

I decided to join him. "Where are you going?"

He turned to look at me. He looked confused, probably because I joined him. again. "You'll see." I followed him to a small abandoned house, it was a one room house, very dirty with trash everywhere. Does he live here? He entered the house. Several kids gasped and ran up to him.

"Buttercup-oneechan! You're back!" The kids shouted. Oneechan? That means Buttercup is a girl! I was right!

She laughed. "That is right! I brought food too!" She handed each of the eight kids an apple.

"Wow! We each get one whole apple? That is so amazing! We feast tonight!" The children shouted happily. Each of the kids were wearing practically rags, and they had very poor hygiene. These poor kids.

"Are these kids orphans?" I questioned her.

She simply nodded. "No gave a damn about them. One day, I found them starving, and on the verge of death, but they still stayed together no matter what. They still had a determination to stay together and not abandon one another. I found this place and now they live here, it is not much, but it is better than sleeping out in the cold next to trash cans. I try to clean up when I can, but whenever I come back, I found trash all over the place, it is because people just toss their trash over here." She clenched her fists in frustration.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know. Hey, how about I come back tomorrow and help clean this place up? I have some leftover money I normally use to buy myself treats, but I'll use that money to buy the children some decent clothes and some food to last a little bit! We'll make this place a lot nicer too! How about it?" I told her.

She looked at me in shock and smiled warmly. "Thank you, it is not that I care for these kids... it is just I can't stand them having no one to take care of them." I giggled, knowing she really did care for them, she just did not want to admit it. "What is so funny? Anyway, that would be awesome! Do you promise?" She reached out her hand.

I nodded and I shook her reached out hand. "It is a promise!" I grinned, and then waved goodbye to the children and Buttercup. Once, I got home, everyone did not seem to happy with me.

"You were out for so long! You have to be careful! We need to be even stricter with you now!" Kaede scolded me. "For starters, we have something to tell you. A noble knows your alive now, there is no telling when the public will be told and only a matter of time before they find us. We have decided to send you away for sword training. You will be leaving tonight, I have a friend in another country who will teach you. You will be learning to fight."

I looked at her in shock. "Tonight? I can't! I have something to do tomorrow!"

"I'm sorry, but it can't be more important than protecting your country!" Atsushi told her. "Arisu will help you pack your bags. You will be leaving in two hours. That is the end of this conversation."

No... it can't be... why? Why would they do this to me? I clenched my fists. "Maybe I don't want to protect this country! Maybe I don't want to be queen! Have you ever considered my feelings in this? I can't just live in a normal life and then be thrust into a violent and dangerous life full of responsbilities! I'm still a teenager you know!" I stomped out the room and slammed the door to my room. Tears poured from the corners of my eyes. I grabbed my bag and packed, clothes, my cloak, and my mother's necklace, along with my father's sword. I don't even want this sword, but I'll be in more trouble if I try to leave it here." I sighed as I closed my bag. Someone knocked on the door and then, Arisu-chan, Akihiro-kun, and Haru-kun entered the room. "What do you guys want?"

"We want to support you. We know this is hard for you, that is why we have decided to train too. Hideki-san is going to train us in fighting too. He didn't want to train you because he wanted to trust you to someone he knew would definitely get you ready. So, you won't be the only one fighting!" Akihiro-kun informed me.

I smiled a little. "Thank you."

They nodded. "Of course." Arisu-chan replied.

"Now, mom said the trainer got here early. So, you should get going." Haru-kun said. I hugged the three of them and then left the room.

I stepped outside and faced a woman with long light brown hair and familiar violet eyes with a white star in the middle. She wore a dark purple dress, white tights, and purple heels. She wore a purple cloak too. She stood in front of a carriage. "Hello, Momoko-san. My name is Miko, I will be training you in sword fighting."

Done! I will be updating when I get a chance! I had started this chapter a week ago, and then I got really sick and couldn't think and felt awful... I have so much homework and stupid unnecessary tests to prepare for! Anyway, I'm trying my best to update more often! I will be updating 'Were we Really Meant to be?' when I get a chance, but first I will finally be updating 'The Mysterious Girl at the Masquerade Party', and I'm going to be trying my HARDEST to update faster. If you want to know about 'Powerpuffs' and 'AKB0048's Undercover Mission', read the top of my story, 'Were we Really Meant to Be?' and you will see what happened. I'm not sure if those will be continued considering what had happened to my computer and all my profiles and data... ANYWAY, please review! Let me know what you thought of this chapter! Thanks!