Sakuchii: ATCHOO! Oh, good day mina-san... (sniffing)

Aiko: What happened? You look pale.

Sakuchii: You know... winter is here already and we have finally snow... And it's cold O.o

Yukiko: And this is nothing related to the next story, right? (Sakuchii nodds) So let's continue with something else please.

Aiko: The next finally is up! Really sorry to make you guys fait for this so long.

Ichinose: Sakuchii doesn't own Inazuma Eleven or the charas on it. She only owns her OC's and all the other OC's belong to their rightful owners.

YukikoxAiko: EH? Why are you here?

Ichinose: You'll find it out soon. Enjoy the chapter ~

Chapter Nine: The Scars Of Heart
~ Part I: The Bittersweet Feelings ~

The - now so called - crown prince of the Snow kingdom sighed as she glanced outside his room window. Week had passed by since Shirou had changed places with the real crown Fubuki Atsuya II and Shirou felt himself bored. Hitomi hadn't allowed him to leave Atsuyas room, incase someone might recognize him. Kidou had tried to create some kind of color that would dye Shirou's hair to pink so that he would look like the real crown prince, but so far all his creations had failed. It seemed as if Shirous hair couldn't be dyed to any color.

The pauper sighed as he walked away from the window and wandered around "his" huge room. For a whole week he hadn't stepped out of that room and he felt strange and bored. He guessed that this was the very reason why Atsuya wanted to leave the palace. Anyone would rather die of hunger than boredom. Shirou's eyes widened and he school his head in desperation. What in the world was he thinking? He from all of the people should know just how horrible it is not to have anything to eat for day. This boredom was really driving him crazy.

As Shirou was about return to the window, he suddenly heard someone playing piano. Shirou listened to it closely and decided to check just who was playing this beautiful piece of piano. The gray haired boy slowly opened the door and checked that no one would see him and then sneaked out of his room while closing the door behind. He walked in the hallways, trying to avoid the maids and the quests but if he accidentally met someone he just smiled sweetly and lowered his head.

When Shirou finally arrived to the room where the piece was coming from, he slightly opened the door. His eyes widened when he saw the crown prince's personal maid - Hitomi - sitting before the piano and playing it with closed eyes. He had never seen her so serious and yet her expression told that she was enjoying playing the piano.

The gray haired pauper didn't know much about piano pieces, since he had never heard anyone playing it, or to be more exact he had never seen piano. But he had learned little about music from his younger step sister who was no long in this world and he could put music into feelings. This piece was angry and it seemed as if it was ready to kill someone, but at the same time it was worried to the extreme and this feeling was mixed with sadness and desperation. Shirou closed his eyes and closely listened as Hitomi ended the song with coda.

After stopping playing the cinnamon haired girl opened her eyes and sighed. She had finally managed to calm herself down from all the stress and worried that Atsuyas disappearance had given her, "That was beautiful," she heard a voice praising her and turned around to see who it was. Her eyes glazed when she saw Shirou entering the room while smiling shyly. She stood up from the seat and glared at the gray haired boy.

"What are you doing here? Haven't I told you that you're not allowed to leave your room?" she asked sharply which made Shirou to gulp, "So... Sorry." he apologized and Hitomi humphed while turning away and then sighed, "Why do I even bother, this whole thing is your fault anyway." she said and then walked to the window and placed her palm on it. Her eyes softened and Hitomi bit her lip.

Shirou understood just what was Hitomis problem and he walked to the piano while asking, "Have they found him yet? The real crown prince, I mean." he asked and pressed one of the pianos keyboard. It gave out a light voice that stayed singing in the room even after he wasn't pressing in anymore. Hitomis eyes flashed with a cold red fire and she turned to the gray haired pauper.

"No they haven't," she started while approaching the boy and the piano. "And that annoys me the most. I have sent my most trust worthy guards to search for him, but none of them have even seen a glimpse of him," Hitomi said and sat before the piano. She slid her hands trough the piano keyboards and then pressed few of them.

"What if he's already dead?" the maroon eyed girl suddenly asked and turned to Shirou while tears formed into the corner of her eyes. "Or... maybe he has left the capital... If so when we will never be able to find him," the maid cried and Shirou didn't know what to do. He had learned only one way to comfort a crying or desperate girl, but the boy wasn't sure if this was the right moment to use it.

The pauper shook his head and pulled himself together. This wasn't the right moment to worry about it. He then glanced at the maid who tried to hold her tears and he smiled lightly.

Hitomi cursed while drying her wet eyes when she suddenly felt two strong arms wrapping around her. She jumped in startle as Shirou pressed his face on back of her head. A light crimson appeared on the maids face as she tried to ask, what was he doing? Suddenly she heard Shirou whispering to her ear. "Don't worry. Everything will surely be alright."

Hitomi lowered her head and sat there still while Shirou kept embracing the embarrassed maid. Suddenly they heard a light knock on the door and the maroon eyed girl stood up in startle while accidentally hitting Shirou on his face. "Yes?" Hitomi asked with calm voice and the embarrassment from before had completely disappeared. Shirou was amazed just how fast she was able to change to a completely different person.

"Anami-sama. The crown prince of Unicorn Kingdom, Ichinose Kazuya-sama and his wife Ichinose Yuki-sama." a young errand boy told as he entered the room and bowed.

Hitomi thanked the boy and gave him the permission to leave. When the boy wasn't in the room anymore she turned to Shirou and stared at the pauper with her cold maroon colored eyes. "You're coming with me," she said and when Shirou was about to ask why she turned away and continued, "Don't forget that this is all your fault, you commoner."

-OO-

"That would cost 2 silver coins." Yumiko smiled happily as she packed the cake that she just had sold. She gave it to the costumer while taking the coins. "Thank you and see you again." the ocean blue haired girl smiled as the costumer left the shop.

As there was no more costumers in the shop Yumiko stretched her hands and laughed. "You're surely on a roll today," she heard a voice saying and turned to her best friend, San Ningyo. The girl was sitting near a table drinking her afternoon tea while playing chess. San put her cup on the table and turned to Yumiko. Her eyes shined mysteriously as she smirked.

Yumiko giggled at her friend's expression," I know. Usually no one even bothers to enter this shop, but lately there's been more and more costumers buying my cakes." she said. San stood up from her seat and straightened the hems of her gorgeous dark purple and black colored dress which had purple ribbons on both sides of the dress and write underskirt.

She then took her cup to the kitchen while speaking, "Maybe it's because of that fortune telling shop?" San pointed out and Yumiko was surprised but then she bit her lip. Why was she bringing that up at a time like this? "If that's so, then why haven't I still met that "Prince" of min..." the girl burst in anger, but stopped when she heard the shops door opening. "Welco..." she smiled happily but couldn't continue when her eyes met us with smiling red ones.

The person who had entered the shop was wearing a dark brown cloak on him and the ends of his blonde could be seen. The boy smiled at Yumiko and the girl blushed in embarrassment. She turned away and shyly glanced at him. When Yumiko noticed that he seemed to be looking for something, she walked to him and asked, "Is there's something you're looking for?"

The boy glanced at her and spoke, "My friend adores your strawberry cakes. I would like to buy one of those." the male smiled and Yumiko glanced at him as her eyes glazed. What was this person talking about? She had only once baked a strawberry cake and it was more than a six years ago. How could this friend of his like them when he hadn't even tasted them. Or... Yumikos eyes finally got their color back... he was familiar with the person who had brought it. But that person was... the crown prince's personal maid Hitomi together with a stranger whom she hadn't recognized.

For the boys luck Yumiko had just re-newed her cake list and was now selling strawberry cakes too, "Su- sure." Yumiko said and walked to the kitchen and took the strawberry cake that she had just completed decorating. "One strawberry cake, would you like anything else?" she asked smiling. The boy shook his head and told that this was enough. "Then, it's two silver coins." the ocean blue haired girl said not really wanting to make her prices too high. To most of the people having even one silver coin was really rare so there was no certainty that he would have two.

The male searched something from his pocket and then placed two silver coins on the table and took the cake. Yumiko took the coins and saw the boy smirking, "I was pleased to meet you Suzume Yumiko. Boku no Hanayome," the blond haired boy mumbled and then left.

Yumiko tilted her head in confusion and glanced at the coins in her hand. All of a sudden she screamed, so loud that San dropped the cup that she was holding in her hands and it scattered all over the wooden floor. "What's wrong?" San asked as she ran to the shop where Yumiko was laying on the floor while pointing with shivering hand at the two silver coins before her.

San took the coins while checking what was wrong with them. She then glanced at Yumiko who nodded her head. The older girl sighed and squeezed her fist. The coins weren't worth of two Snow-silver coins. They were totally worth of ten Snow gold."So that was him, huh?" San mumbled asking while turning to Yumiko. The other girls face darkened as San continued, "The crown prince of Zeus, Afuro Temuri." San cursed as she squeezed the two Zeus-silver coins in her hands.

-OO-

"Thank you for the meal," Atsuya said as he had finished his dinner and Ohiyoko stood up while taking both his and her plates. She then returned back to take Akira's plate but noticed that the boy hadn't even touched his food. Ohioyko sighed, "For how long are you going to keep up this childish game of yours?" the older sister asked and Akira glanced at her while crossing his arms and pursuing his lips.

"I'm NOT going to eat ANYTHING until THAT MAN leaves this house." the smoky black haired kid yelled while pointing at Atsuya and the crown prince glanced at him with murderous face. If it was fight that Akira wanted, then he surely would get one. Ohioyoko sighed at the two glaring boys and shook her head in desperation. This fight of them had lasted for a week already and neither of the sides wanted to give up. Just how stubborn could you get?

"Ohiyoko?" the ivory haired girl heard her mother calling. Without any waiting she stood up and walked the stairs up to her mother room. Few minutes later she returned with troubled expression on her face and she glanced at Atsuya. "Atsuya-kun," she said and Atsuya turned to the girl.

Akira used this chance and was about to attack the crown prince but Atsuya sensed him coming and stopped the boy. He took the hold of Akiras face with his palm and at the same time glanced at Ohiyoko, "Yes?" he asked. Ohiyoko stared at Atsuya with shocked eyes. Akira was struggling against him, waving his hands and cursing the older boy, but Atsuya didn't seem to mind him at all.

The girl gulped and continued, "My mother wishes to see you." she said and Atsuya glanced at her, not believing her words. He had been living in Ohiyokos house for a week already but he hadn't met the girl's mother yet. So, why so suddenly?

Atsuya stood up from the chair and loosened his grip on the younger boy making him to fall on his nose. "Hey you!" Akira shouted as he rubbed his nose which was covered in blood. "This battle is not over yet!" the younger boy continued and dashed towards Atsuya but Ohiyoko stopped him. She scolded her younger brother and Akira finally calmed down. Still he glanced at Atsuya while pursuing his lips in anger.

"I'm coming in," Atsuya said as he knocked the door and only after getting an answer from the older woman he opened the door and entered her room. Usually he wouldn't bother to wait and walked into the room just like that - after all he was the crown prince - but after few unlucky times when he had opened the door while Ohiyoko was changing her clothes, he had learned that you should always knock first before entering the room.

He glanced around the small yet comfortable looking room and then he saw a woman sitting in the bed. She had ivory colored hair just like Ohiyoko and she had dark bags under her smoky black eyes. Atsuya noticed that the woman seemed to be really tired, as if she hadn't slept well for days even for years.

"Come further young man." Ohiyokos mother smiled and offered him to sit on the chair next to her bed. Then she glanced at Atsuya with those tired eyes of her, "What's your name?" she asked.

Atsuya took his time to answer, but then he finally said, "I'm Fubuki Atsuya II, the current crown prince of the Snow kingdom." he said and then there was a death silence in the room. Atsuya waited for the older woman answer. After many deathly minutes it finally came, "The crown prince, huh? My daughter met one nasty person." Ohiyokos mother laughed and then sighed. "Then the crown prince of Snow kingdom, I have request for you." the older woman said with serious tone while looking away from the boy.

The pink-haired boy closed his eyes and folded his palms, "I'm listening to you." she said calmly and the older woman smiled. Then she took a deep breath while changing her stance into a better one.

"I don't have much time left and I want you to take care of Ohiyoko and Akira after I'm gone. They are both still so young and I want them to have better life than I had. That's why I'm asking you to take care of them. I know that you can do it." Ohiyokos mother asked and Atsuya was left speechless. He didn't completely understand what she had meant by her words and that's why couldn't answer to her request.

They suddenly heard a light knock on the door after what Ohiyokos voice spoke, "Mother, it's time for your medicine."

"Come in," the older woman answered to her daughter and Ohiyoko brought the medicine. After drinking it the older woman yawned and leant on the pillow. "Oyasumi nasai," Ohiyoko said and then turned to Atsuya, "And we should go to the market. Our food supplies are getting smaller." she said and went to put the medicine to where it belonged.

Before leaving the room Atsuya turned to the ivory-haired woman. To his surprise she was smiling, but at the same time tears were falling down her cheek. "I'm counting on you." he heard her whispering before her closed the door.

-OO-

On that day Aiko didn't feel herself so good. She was constantly nodding off, her sight was getting worse every time she blinked her eyes and she had trouble to keep them open. Whenever she stood up she felt as if she would faint at that very moment and her walking was wobbling. Haruya was playing in the living room and he glanced worriedly at the indigo haired girl who strolled from the kitchen to living room and leant on the couch.

"Aiko-nee okayh?" he asked as he walked to Aiko and stared at her with his big wide open golden eyes. Aiko smiled while patting the younger boys head, "I'm just fine." she claimed but in reality she was sweating and panting hard.

They then heard the front door opening and Aiko stood up to sit on the couch. She wondered just who was coming at a time like this. Yukiko and Osamu had just left to the market taking Fuusuke and Midorikawa with them and Haruya was with her. Aiko tilted her head in confusion while feeling that she had forgot someone, a fourth person with the kids, but at that time her head was so dizzy that she couldn't even think properly.

A dark figure with dark brown cloak entered the living room. When the person took off his cloak before Aiko was standing the Zeus Kingdom crown prince Afuro Temuri, better known as Aphrodi. "I bought to you the strawberry cake, just like you requested." he smiled and placed the cake on the table.

Aiko tilted her head wondering if she had even requested but her hunger won over her doubts. The indigo haired girl sat on the chair and helped Haruya on the seat next to her. Then she patiently waited as Aphrodi cut a piece for her and the red haired boy next to her, "Itadakimachuu~" she said all exited and took a bite from the cake. Her eyes started to shine and she cuddled as she tasted the familiar taste of the strawberry cake that she loved. "So sweet!" the indigo haired girl blushed of joy.

Aiko had really missed this taste of strawberry. The last - and first - time she had tasted this was over six years ago. Indeed, Hitomi had bought it for her the last time she had Yukidamura. "I'm full!" Aiko laughed after eating more than half of the cake she then turned to Aphrodi and smiled. "Thanks for buying this to me," she thanked and the blonde shook his head while smiling, "It was nothing. After all I got to see her at the same time," he then said.

Aiko glanced at him while smirking and was about to stand up but suddenly her eyes glazed as her mind went blank and her legs betrayed her. The girl fell down but Aphrodi managed to catch just before she touched the ground. "Oi, Aiko you okay?" he asked worriedly while letting Aiko to rest her head on his chest.

The indigo haired girl was sweating hard and her whole body was burning, "I quess I'm not," she answered laughing sarcasticly. "This is not funny at all... To think that I would get fever from over using my powers." the indigo haired girl said and Aphrodi tried her forehead. It was burning hot. He needed to something to lower her temperature. Otherwise they might lose the girl completely.

Haruya who was still sitting in his chair, stared at the indigo haired girl with emotionless eyes. His hood had dropped down while revealing two black wolf ears popping from his head. Still he kept staring at the indigo haired girl without talking his glance off her.

Suddenly before him appeared a strange picture that he didn't remember. On it the same girl was lying on the ground while her face was covered in blood. She was embraced by a strange figure who seemed to be smirking happily. All of a sudden the picture disappeared and he again saw the indigo haired girl standing before him. Haruya didn't clearly understand what the picture was about, but he understood one thing. The older girl was in danger.

And the one behind all of this was... Haruya turned to look at Aphrodi whom he saw smirking inside his mind.

Aiko jumped in startle when she felt a strong magical aura near her. She tried to find out who was behind this strong magical power since neither Yukiko or Osamu who could have it, were there. She seached around the room and finally her eyes met up with Haruyas.

The red haired boy was surrounded by a pitch black magical aura and he was glaring at Aphrodi and Aiko with his cold and colorless golden eyes. Haruya's pupils were as thin as cats and his cloak floated in the air revealing his black wolf ears and the same colored fluffy tail that was pointing up. The boy had sharp eyeteeth and his palm looked more like an animal paw with long and sharp claws than normal human hand.

Aiko's face darkened. "You get away from him," Aiko said with deep and deathful tone. Aphrodi glanced at her with questioning face. The girl vein popped hard and she raised up her voice. "LEAVE THIS ROOM NOW! THAT KID HAS LOST THE CONTROL OF HIS POWERS!" the indigo haired girl yelled and tried to push Aphrodi away, but because of fever her hand slipped and she fell while laying her face on the blonds chest.

This was the final piece for Haruya. Seeing this happening he completely snapped and got into his attack stance, "LET GO OF AIKO!" he yelled in anger and was about to slash Aphrodi with his claws. But suddenly instead of hitting the boy he saw as an indigo haired girl getting between them and he made three long bloodlines on her cheek.

Haruyas eyes glazed and the claws disappeared when he saw the older girl falling on her knees while covering her right cheek, "AIKO-NEETAH!" the red haired boy shouted in panik and ran to Aiko. He stopped all shocked when he saw red blood dropping on the floor. Not long after that, a light blue water started dripping on the floor mixing with the blood.

"Aiko-neetah!" Haruya once more yelled not knowing what else to say. He ran to Aiko and embraced the crying indigo haired girl while crying on her lap. Aiko smiled lightly when she saw the red haired kid crying. "Come on, why are you crying too?" she laughed while drying her tears with the free hand. Haruya looked up and then stared at the bloody hand that was covering three cuts on her cheek.

"But I... Haruya hurth you padh!" the younger boy answered sincerely and Aiko couldn't do anything else but to hug him. "It's okay now. It doesn't hurt at all." she lied to the red haired kid while trying to calm him down. In reality it hurt so badly that she wanted to scream, but she hold herself down not to make Haruya anymore worried.

After this Haruya layed his head on Aikos lap and she heard few snobs. After a while they for some reason stopped and when Aiko turned Haruya around the boy was already fast asleep. The girl sighed and while smiling and carried Haruya to his bed. She covered him with a blanked and caressed his head while smiling, "You just called me Aiko, didn't you?" she asked while remembering the red haired boys words. For a moment she had thought that the person before her was the real Haruya... not his child version. Aiko then sighed, of course that couldn't have happened, right?

Suddenly the kid before her turned around and mumbled in his sleep. "Aiko-neetah, BAKA!" Aiko's vein popped hard but she calmed herself down and stood up while walking to the door. She then closed the room while leaving the red head sleeping alone.

When walking to the living room Aiko turned to Aphrodi with more than half of her face covered in blood. She glanced at the living room which seemed as if a tornado had just hit it. "Bring me a towel or something. We need to clean this mess up before Yuki-chii and Osamu-kun return." Aiko said to the crown prince but suddenly her mind when black and everything around her darkened as she collapsed.

-OO-

A young snow-white haired girl with the same colored round eyes glanced outside the carriage that was taking them to the Yukidamuras palace and sighed while closing her eyes. Then she turned to the dark brown haired boy who was sitting opposite her. "Say, Kazuya-kun. Do we really have to meet the crown prince of this country? I heard that he's super scary person." she said and blushed when the boy turned to her and their eyes met. She lowered her head so that her embarrassment couldn't be seen.

The male sitting before her laughed, "I know that you're not really good with these kind of things, Yuki." he said and when the girl raised her head and looked at him, the boy continued, "But Fubukis 16th birthday is coming soon and we were invited to his birthday party, so there's no way we could refuse this invitation. And after that it's the wedding of the crown prince. No one would want to miss something as important as that. You remember all the quests in our wedding, right?" Ichinose Kazuya the crown prince of Unicorn kingdom smiled at his wife Ichinose Yuki who turned away from him while a deep crimson appeared on her face.

"But... but..." Yuki started panicked and then lowered her head. "What if I'm not able to keep that on. What if people will find out the real me? Will I be hated?" Yuki kept mumbling something as tears were forming into the corner of her eyes. Ichinose looked at her little shocked but then laughed. His wife surely was cute, panicking over trivial matter like that. But that was the very reason he loved her. That was the very reason he had married her.

"You're worrying over nothing. I'm sure that no one would hate you when you're showing your real feelings." Ichinose then said and Yuki turned to him. Her whole body was shaking and her eyes trembled, "I..." the girl tried to say, but nothing came from her mouth.

A smile appeared on Ichinoses face as he remembered the first time that they had met each other.

~ Flashback ~

The young crown prince Ichinose Kazuya was taking a walk in Chavi, the Capital city of Unicorn as he had felt himself bored inside the palace. He was approaching the marketplace when he suddenly heard a loud scream followed by laughing voices. After that he saw a group of laughing kids and a younger girl with snow white hair chasing after them while yelling angrily, "GIVE BACK MY BREAD OR I WILL KILL YOU!"

The young crown prince was amazed by this girl's action. She was going so far for just a piece of bread. Commoners were really interesting people. Ichinose decided to help the girl and ordered his guards to catch the person with the bread.

When the struggling kid was caught and Ichinose had the bread he walked forward to the snow-white haired girl who had frozen to that place when seeing the crown prince. Her eyes were wide open and she stared as Ichinose walked towards her. "This is yours, right?" he asked and when the girl nodded shyly he gave the breath to her. After that he smiled and the girl looked away from him while a deep crimson appeared on her face. "Tha... Tha... a..." the girl lowered her face and mumbled something but Ichinose couldn't hear her well. "ink... yu... you..."

"YUKI!" the boy suddenly heard a male voice yelling and the girl jumped in startle. Then a boy with jet-black hair and snow-white eyes ran to the girl. "You okay? Did you get the bread back?" he asked worriedly while making sure that the girl wasn't hurt. The girl shook her head, mumbled something and the boy sighed of relieve. Ichinose felt a pain in his heart when he saw this boy taking care of the snow-white haired girl. What was he to her?

Suddenly the jet-black haired boy noticed Ichinose and when the crown prince was about to say something he already spoke, "What do you freaky smiling prince bastard, want from my younger sister? Laughing at her because of the bread? You know not all people are as rich as you are... We have to earn for our living." the boy kept humiliating Ichinose even more and more.

The prince's guards were ready to attack the boy, but Ichinose stopped them. He was very well aware that people didn't like him because of his status but this boy was the first one to tell that to him right at face. Then boy finally calmed down, when his younger sister told that that wasn't the case. She explained that Ichinose had helped her to get their bread back. The boy listened to her carefully and then glanced at Ichinose while glaring at him.

"I won't thank you... and to say it more clearly. I do not wish to see you ever again, you freaky smiling prince bastard." he said with deadly tone. Both his tone and expression told that next time they meet the boy would kill him not caring about the fact that Ichinose was the crown prince.

"Let's go!" the older boy said and took his younger sister hand. Before completely disappearing to the crowd the snow-white haired girl turned to look at Ichinose and smiled sweetly.

~ End Of Flashback

After that he had tried to find this mysterious girl named Yuki, but failed. Even after searching the whole kingdom he still hadn't managed to find her. It was like she had disappeared like a mist. Although, finding her wouldn't been easy for anyone after this girl was a…

"Kazuya!" Ichinose snapped out of when he heard Yukis voice calling him. He glanced at the girl who looked away from him while looking her that he wasn't paying attention to her. Then she closed her eyes. "We're here…" she said and then the carriage stopped and Ichinoses personal butler opened the door while helping Yuki out.

When both Yuki and Ichinose were out, they heard a steps walking towards them and then a female voice spoke." Ichinose-dono, Yuki-sama. Welcome to Yukidamura, we have been waiting for you two arrive." a cinnamon haired girl greeted the two royal family members. By the outfit that she was wearing and yet her elegance stance Yuki assumed that this person had to be the rumored personal maid of Snow kingdom, Anami Hitomi.

"Follow me, I take you to your rooms." Hitomi said after all the formalities had been done and Ichinose and Yuki followed her to the palace. While walking to the royal families guestrooms Yuki noticed that there was also fourth person with them but his existence was so weak that you couldn't feel him at all.

By the clothes he was wearing Yuki knew that he was the crown prince, but she felt that there was something off from him. Also she had the feeling that she had met him already.
Her snow-white eyes widened as she remembered something. No way, this person… She thought while looking at the gray-haired male whole was walking behind her… he couldn't be…!

"We're here." Hitomi then said and stopped while opening of the door and let Ichinose and Yuki in. After that she bowed and continued, "Excuse me, but I have to leave now. If you need something you can call for me or someone else of the maids." the maroon eyed girl said and after Ichinose nodded she closed the door behind her.

"So, what are you planning to do?" Ichinose asked from Yuki after telling that he would go to greet the other guests. The snow-white haired girl glanced at her husband while walking towards the window. Now that she was in Yukidamra, there was one place that she could visit. But then she shook her head while smiled… No she had to visit it otherwise those two would really kill her.

"I guess, I go visit my friends." Yuki then answered and Ichinose smiled, "You mean those mag…" the dark brown haired boy couldn't continue when Yuki already shouted, "Don't say that word in this castle! We don't know just who might be spying on us." Ichinose apologized while lowering his head and Yuki took the hold of his hand.

"Please don't be so down." she said while crimson appeared on her face. Then she took a deep breath, "Now that you have come to my world, you have to understand that every person in this world is an enemy and you cannot trust anyone not even yourself. That's why you cannot be open minded and careless." Yuki said and Ichinose nodded. He then embraced his wife while turned all red like a tomato.

Ichinose smiled. No one would find this girl… After all she was a sorceress.

-OO-

A little kid wondered around the market place while being completely lost. He had no clue where he was or where he had to go now. The kid had on him a copper colored cloak so that only his green colored eyes were revealed.

"Aiko-oneetaanh! Yukiko-onetaah!" Hitoro yelled while searching for something whom he would recognize. He had decided to follow Yukiko and Osamu to the marketplace but in the middle of it something caught his interest and he stopped. After staring the different cakes before him he realized that he had completely lost Yukiko and Osamu.

Hiroto tried to sense their presence but the two older mages had completely hidden them and he couldn't find them. Aikos aura was small and shivering and he understood that the girl wasn't doing very well. The boy rushed forward not really caring where he was going but then tripped on something and fell down on his nose.

"Onee-taaahh!" he bawled like a little kid while standing up. His cloak was covered in dust and eyes red from the crying. People around him didn't seem to notice the crying kid at all and rudely walked past him. As Hiroto tried to stand up, his legs went all numb and he felled down.

"Caught ya!" he suddenly heard a female voice saying and then two strong arms caught him before he was lying on the ground. Hiroto looked up and saw a female with long brown hair and silver-white eyes smiling at him. "What are you doing here alone? Are you lost?" she asked while taking of the dust from Hirotos face and cleaning his face.

Hiroto nodded shyly and covered his head more with the hood. He didn't want this person to see his real figure. The girl smiled and offered to help him to find the person that he was looking for. Hiroto's eyes widened and he turned to her, "You sherioush?" he asked his eyes shining with hope in them.

The girl smiled and nodded. The red haired kid started jumping around while celebrating. In the middle of his jumping his stomach rumbled loudly and Hiroto stopped while blushing hard. The brown haired girl laughed and then said, "I guess, first we should have something to eat."

Sakuchii: Few it's finally done. And it ended up being this long even after I cut parts from this completely. SORRY MINNA!

Aiko: This chapter was kinda of... O.o ... I dunno what to say...

Yukiko: SO THAT'S WHY Ichinose is here with us

Ichinose: Exactly! And now everyone, thank you for reading and forget to review... This was the next chapter can come ever faster.

Sakuchii: Please don't make promised that I cannot possibly keep...

All IE Cast: See you again!

~ deshii