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3. A Simple Teasing
"Again, which way is which? Moreover, which way did I come from?"
The Empress of Shinyen asked herself as she was walking around,
"It's not my fault that I'm just new here in Saiunkoku that I'm lost. OK. Fine, Kami, I know that I have no sense of direction. Heck, even back in Shinyen, I still get lost."
She muttered as she walked and walked,
"Great. Now, I'm already in the Gardens. This time, it's a different garden. This steps... makes me remember this incident years back."
The young Himeko-hime was walking around in the gardens,
"Eto? Himeko-hime?"
"S-Seien-sama?" She recognized the young exiled Prince,
"Let me guess. You're lost once again?" He asked,
"Urusai onegaishimasu! I'm not lost . I'm just wandering around."
"Wandering, eh? Well, wanna go back already? Your Otou-sama might be looking for you."
"Eh? Otou-sama did?"
"He said about your poor sense of direction."
"Sou ka..."
Seien took the princess' hand and told her, "Let's go back already?"
"Hai." The young princess agreed while blushing at the same time as Seien held her hand,
"Those days. When I often get lost, Seien-sama would often look for me and bring me back where my Otou-sama was. Too bad, no one would find me now. Too bad Seien-sama's gone already." She whispered as she sat down on the stairs,
WHOOSH WHOOSH
"Who's there! I command you to present yourself!" Himeko said as she stood up being alert,
The 'thing' came out of the bush and presented himself,
"Himeko-hime?"
Himeko bit her lip...
Meanwhile...
"Ah, Ran-shogun."
The Older brother of the head of the Kou Clan recognized the young general, who was with the princess,
"Ah, Shouka-san. this is...." "Senshi Hidari. Dozo yoroshiku." Hidari interrupted the young general, who almost presented her as a princess,
"Ah. Senshi-san. Dozo. Please do sit down."
"Senshi-san, this is Kou Shouka-san. The Head of the Royal Archives." Shuuei introduced Shouka before Hidari,
"Anyways, would you want some manjuu beans? My daughter made some." Shouka said as the three sat down,
"Ah. Sure, Kou-san. But then, how are you related to the Empress?" Hidari asked bluntly,
"Ah. She's my daughter."
"Sou ka desu. Would you mind if I go over the scrolls?" Hidari asked as Shouka nodded and Hidari went off gleefully and took a look on the scrolls,
"She is one of the Princesses of Shinyen, neh, Ran-shogun?" Shouka asked the young general, who was surprised, but nodded anyways,
"It must've been tough on her when her father died." He said as Shuuei gave a questioning look,
"I knew her father very well. He was a very good Emperor, not only as an Emperor but as a person." Shouka said as Shuuei nodded,
"Sou ka. But how did you know that she was a princess?"
"She resembles her father very much. Meanwhile, Kogo Himeko, resembles their mother."
"Ah!"
"Senshi-hime?" Shuuei rushed to the princess' whereabouts,
"Ah, daijoubou! Daijoubou! Just me and being very clumsy... Hehehe..." She chuckled as she was covered by dust while lying down on the floor,
"Matakun..."
"Scared you, Ran-san?"
"Nonetheless, please do stand up." Shuuei said as he offered a hand to the fallen princess, who took it and stood up,
"Luckily, you didn't deny being clumsy, though." Shuuei teased the princess, who glared at him,
"Urusai onegaishimasu."
"Saa, saa, Senshi-hime, you don't have to speak formally when all you say is urusai." Shuuei added 'gas to fire',
"Whatever Ran-san. Whatever. Please don't disturb me." Hidari said as she turned away and went to another shelf,
"Chotto matte, Senshi-hime! You might get lost again, now." Shuuei called the princess who turned to him, while he sighed in relief, but then, she blurted her tongue at him and ran,
Shuuei smirked and said, "You want to play with me, neh. So, let the games begin." And he ran after her, who was still running and running away from him, wherein he tried to catch up to the Princess.
Nonetheless, while their small game of tag was happening, Kou Shouka was just sighing and observing the two, running all over the Royal Archives.
"Eh?" The princess went and stopped on running when she realized she has gone on a dead end.
"T-This is it, Senshi-hime." Shuuei said as he smirked,
"Ch-Chotto matte Ran-san! W-What are you implying?" Hidari asked as she stuttered,
"You made me run for a while now. Don't you think I deserve some kind of reward for finally catching up to you. Moreover, now I have cornered you." Shuuei said as he straightened his posture, while Hidari made a defensive pose,
"No use, Senshi-hime. Please do remember that I am a general." Shuuei said as Hidari narrowed her eyes,
"So what? I can't just lose something while I didn't do anything before you retrieved it!" Hidari said,
"I like the way you think, Senshi-hime. In short, I like you. But then, I would like to ask on what you are thinking that you're going to lose." He said as he smirked as Hidari was glaring at him,
"W-Who knows!" She said,
"Really? I'd really want you to tell me, what was in your mind when you said so. At this moment, I can do anything to you. Heck, if you're a princess of Shinyen." He added,
"How dare you!" Hidari said,
"Just joking!" Shuuei said as he gave a goofy face, "I was just teasing you all the while, hime. I wanted to stop earlier, but I liked the way that you were reacting." He added as Hidari's expression darkened,
"Relax, Senshi-hime! I was simply teasing you!" Shuuei said as he stepped back while Hidari went near him, her expression never changing and she sat down on the floor,
"You scared me back there Ran-san." She said as Shuuei helped her stand up. She walked to the end of the shelf, where there was no dead end,
"But nonetheless, the next time this happens, I hope you understand what I might do against you." She added as she left,
"But then, Senshi-hime, the part when I said I like you, was not part of the joke." He said as he smirked as Hidari blushed,
"Whatever."
Well, luckily, 2 people reviewed!!! Let heaven rejoice and Earth be glad, let all creation sing!!!
Stelra Etnae: Really? I hoped you really liked Kogo Himeko... I hope i'm not kinda cranky with my japanese and how they call each other... how about Shouka-san? what i remember is someone calls Shouka, Shouka-san, while Seiran calls him 'danna-sama' right?? it's ok that you have long reviews that way i can improve my fanfic! i have no live journal account... it's kinda confusing...
unknown player: Hi there! so i hope you liked Shinyen, as much as you liked my other story! well, here i am, updating soon! i suppose i usually update my stories around twice a week,,,