Hi again. Here's the second chapter of Princess and the kidnapper dedicated to MissJelloChan.
Man, is she one awesome writer. And the fact that she's seen Inuyasha makes me like her even more :).
Rima opened her eyes blearily, purple swimming in her vision.
"Nadeshiko?" She murmured sleepily. Did Nadeshiko knock her out?
Rima eyes flew open. Where was she? This barely lit room didn't jog any memories at all.
All she could see was the person who was sitting on the other side of the small room. A person with long purple hair…
She let out a soft groan.
"Oh, you're awake, Princess." The person's gaze, which had been on their lap, fell onto Rima.
"Is this person a girl or a boy?" Rima wondered aloud. That voice had been a bit deeper than a girl's but everything else seemed pretty feminine.
"You're strange: Most people would ask where they were or who I was first. You instead wonder about my gender," The person chuckled, "I'm a guy, anyway."
"That's your fault for looking like such a girl. So where am I and who are you, anyway?" Rima sat up and looked around. The room was tiny compared to her room in the castle.
"You're in a truck heading to someplace which doesn't concern you and I am your kidnapper, Princess."
Rima was taking this pretty well. In fact, this situation amused her so much that she started laughing, hard.
"You expect me… to take a… kidnapper… which looks… like a girl… seriously?" She somehow got that sentence out between her laughing fit. She gasped for air.
The kidnapper didn't find this entertaining at all.
"Yes." He said shortly in a tone that gave Rima chills. She stopped laughing.
Rima and the kidnapper sat in silence for some time, both absorbed in their thoughts.
An idea formed in her head and suddenly, she was really happy she was as short as she was.
"Um… Mister Kidnapper. Why did you kidnap me?" Rima spoke in a small babyish voice. Fake tears started spilling from her eyes.
The purple-haired kidnapper didn't flinch at all.
"I can tell that those tears are fake and the reason we kidnapped you was as an ultimatum for the king."
Rima was curious about the ultimatum but a new escape plan pushed it out of her mind.
"Can we please stop somewhere? I need to use the restroom." Rima tried to look like she was embarrassed to admit it.
It seemed like the Kidnapper expected this because he grabbed a metal bucket that Rima hadn't noticed before and passed it to her.
She sat the bucket behind her and the Kidnapper turned around.
What he wasn't expecting was her to swing the bucket at his head with all her strength.
He collapsed.
Rima ran at the back of the truck as fast as she could. Her arm collided hard with it and it budged a little. She ran at the door again and it cleanly opened.
Sadly, momentum sent her flying into the road. Rima skidded a few inches on the tar and pain ran all up her arm. She considered herself lucky that it was dawn so there were no cars on the road.
Dawn? Her parents would've noticed her absence by now.
She shuddered. Her parents' wrath scared her more than some stupid kidnapper ever could.
Rima used her good arm to lift herself off the road and she sprinted off the road.
She was free. She hid behind a building to catch her breath and turned back to see what was happening by the truck. A girl and a boy who looked barely older than her left their seats in the front to investigate the open door. After a quick glance, the girl climbed inside to care for the purple-haired kidnapper and the boy started looking around for the missing Princess.
Rima tiptoed away. As soon as she was confident she was out of earshot, she ran to the one house she could see. Maybe she could find a phone to contact her parents…
Outside the building, a red-headed young girl was skipping. Rima smiled at her luck.
"Excuse me…" The girl looked up and the rope in her hands fell limp,"Can I please speak with your parents?"
"Mommy said Yaya mustn't talk to strangers." She whispered like she would get in trouble if she was seen talking to Rima
Rima laughed and stooped to her level and stared in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. My name is Rima. Now I'm not a stranger."
"Yes. Rima-tan looks too small to hurt Yaya, anyways." She stuck out her hand.
Rima was a bit insulted but she shook the girl's hand.
"So can I please talk to your parents?"
"Sorry, Mommy and Daddy aren't here. Is there anything Yaya can do?"
"Can I borrow a phone for a few minutes?"
As Yaya crossed the entrance of her house, Rima noticed the boy by the truck was searching a few meters away. She let out a little gasp and climbed into a nearby tree. With all the practice she got from leaving the castle, the tree wasn't a problem for her.
"Rima-tan!" Yaya called out, phone clasped in her small hands.
The boy turned at her voice. To his surprise, it was a small girl who was looking around. He walked to her.
"Who are you looking for?" He asked the girl in a kind voice.
"Mommy said Yaya mustn't talk to strangers." Yaya answered, completely ignoring his question.
"My name is Kukai. I guess I'm not a stranger anymore."
"Hi Kukai. I'm searching for Rima-tan. She told Yaya that she wanted to use the phone."
Rima watched the scene from the branches when one twig cracked. She nearly lost her balance but she regained it before she fell.
Unfortunately, Yaya caught a glimpse of her face through the trees.
"There you are." Rima quickly put her fingers to her lip to shush her and Yaya caught on, slapping her hands over her mouth.
"Where is she?" Kukai asked curiously but Yaya shook her head.
"I'll give you lots of candy if you tell me." Yaya looked at Rima helplessly. She really wanted candy.
Kukai followed her eyes and noticed a dark silhouette in a tree.
He grabbed a walkie-talkie from his belt and spoke something into it. He then climbed into the tree and got Rima down.
"Sorry Rima-tan…" Yaya sobbed. She then started hitting Kukai.
"Where are you taking Rima-tan?" Kukai ducked down and ruffled her hair.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt Rima. I just need to talk with her." He reached into his backpack and pulled out a small bag of sweets.
"Here you go." He plopped the bag into Yaya's hands.
Rima forced a smile on her face.
"It's alright. He's my friend. We were playing hide and seek." She ruffled Yaya's hair to assure her that it wasn't a problem that she was caught.
Rima felt a little better when Yaya stopped crying.
She let herself be pulled by Kukai.
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