'I hate this feeling of…loneliness.' Natalie inwardly contemplates to herself.

She suddenly feels her legs start to painfully ache before she slowly stretches it out to its normal full length.

The raven haired woman defiantly refused to venture back outside of her bedroom door since it was only to be met with none other than the Avatar's presence.

'What does he want from me? I didn't do anything bad to him.' The soldier weighs while she attempts to rationalize the intergalactic diplomat stances toward her.

'Yet he can walk around freely as if he is some kind of a god.' The woman angrily notes to herself.

'What kind of God uses misery, pain, and suffering to aim at someone's heart? When that very someone has continuously tried so hard to break away from it?'

"I hate him for doing that." She harshly utters as as she tightly clenches one of her hands in a fist and unexpectedly slams it against the ground.

'Now I do nothing but burn and destroy relationships that I establish with everyone because of his presence.'

'Still…I wonder who really cares about me enough to see past those faults that haunt me?'

'I just want to go to sleep now.' The woman concludes.

She gently leans the length of her body against the wall while her head nestles in the corner.

0000

Minato was lost in his thoughts on what was the right thing to do for Natalie and even the right thing to do for him.

'If I only I had listened to Queen Eva and made my move earlier, we wouldn't be in this predicament.' He mentally face palms his forehead since he did not heed the queen's advice from earlier.

'How can she possibly acknowledge me as a friend when I could barely tell her what was really bothering me?'

'Still I feel like I'm partially to blame though…' The blonde inwardly considered once he suddenly remembered the expression on her face after he confessed his feelings to her.

'I knew she was going to freak out when I finally revealed to her my feelings, but why did I do it in that fashion?'

'I was torn on whether or not I loved you as you, a fellow warrior or as a close friend to me.'

'What kind of crap was I thinking then?' The young man desperately felt the need to repeatedly slap himself in the face.

The knight was being so childishly naïve with his feelings toward Natalie.

He knew the root of the problem was none other than the Avatar, who tried to get him fired from his job through a web of lies.

'What he doesn't realize is that he just revealed who he really is?' The blonde conceives to himself.

'...however my first duty is to my heart and I need to find Natalie before she hurts herself.' The young man clearly states his resolve.

0000

Jordan continuously observes Princess Mai's fascination with the Royal Family's garden when he unexpectedly spots Rick enters inside of the garden.

The raven haired male then executed an upper movement of his hand that signaled for the Avatar to follow him.

This sudden action prompted the golden entity to wonder if he had properly disciplined the blonde idiot.

"If you will excuse me Princess Mai, it appears as if my presence has been requested." The young man calmly voices before Mai glances in his direction.

She merely tracks the Avatar's gaze over to where a man with long feminine raven black hair was poise with black shades over his eyes.

'This doesn't look like it will end well.' The princess inwardly predicts before she resumes her focus on the flowers in front of her.

Jordan swiftly rises from his seat and speedily travels over toward Rick and curiously inquires, "Is there something wrong?"

"I just wanted to be crystal clear about certain allegations that you brought forth about Minato, especially a soldier of his nobility and stature." The intergalactic dignitary explains the reason about his current presence.

Rick closely observes the Avatar's facial expression when he hastily defends, "What are you trying to say Rick? That my case doesn't have a chance."

The raven haired male releases a deep sigh of frustration before he dutifully recites, "Every Noursaian citizen is entitled to a fair trial because of due process of the law."

"Let me clarify to you that when you happen to assault the exact same officer on more than one occasion, the court will render a decision of Harassment."

"So I will courteously extend this piece of advice to you...I will allocate you a couple of more minutes to really think about all of the possible consequences that can and will arise within this case." The older man boldly suggests to him before he departs from the Avatar.

'Did Rick really try to vouch for that blonde pest? What has my friendships come down to?' The golden figure inwardly deliberates to himself.

'Your insane sense of personal greed and lust for a girl that doesn't want you has caused you to ruin them on your own accord.'

'Ah shut up…no one asked you for opinion!'

0000

"Does Jordan's actions still bother you?" Eva curiously interrogations her husband because he was abnormally mute ever since her announcement.

"I just don't understand what he plans to accomplish from destroying other people's feelings by making them drown and wallowing in their own pain." Aikka conveys his confusions to his wife.

She rotates her head until it returns to its original position and implies, "He's one of those type of people, who automatically assumes that people are mere marionettes that he can possess and manipulate them as if he is the puppeteer."

He sharply inhales a breath before he expels, "I hate people like that."

The raven haired with crimson tips judges from her the orange haired man's tone that he really wanted to punch Jordan in his face in order to release his built up anger.

"No you can't punch him in the face! He's the freaking Avatar for crying out loud!" The pregnant woman hastily reminds her husband of Jordan's position.

"I don't care if he was even one of the High Priests…if he is doing wrong someone should put him in his place." Her husband firmly verbalizes to his wife.

'I have to calm him down before he bursts a vein in his head on how to end Jordan's life.'

"How about this then..." The woman speaks up, which breaks her husband's concentration. "...if my plan doesn't adequately fall through to the point that Jordan cannot rectify his actions then you can handle him in any humane and probable manner."

The queen silently prays that due to her husband's fit of ire that he would recklessly selects the hothead decision of yes.

"As long as your plan doesn't work then it is fine by me."

Eva happily cheered since she really knew her husband so well that she could almost predict exactly what he was going to say next.

"So now that we finally decided upon it how about we head to bed so I can get some sleep." She proclaims before she stifles a yawn with her mouth.

"If you say so…" He states once he realizes how sleepy his wife was, 'I almost let my anger cloud my decision making blind me for the people that I care for.'

0000

'What time is it?' Natalie wonders before she leisurely lifts her forehead from the surface of her forearm so she could study her area.

She stared out of a nearby window and realized that the once blue sky of the morning transitioned to a dark purple borderline black hue of light.

That registers as late afternoon or early nighttime.

'It's almost nighttime.' The raven haired woman concludes after she peers out of the window and reverts back to her original position.

'My neck feels really stiff.' The solider mentally conceived once a painfully pinch at her neck made it harder for her to rotate her head until she gently massaged it.

The young woman carefully stretched out her body since it become rather quite stiff and tense.

Her green eyes critically scan the vicinity again until it registers that she is presently in her bedroom by herself, all alone, uninterrupted, and still to herself.

Yet, there was a hidden longing that was panging her heart when reminiscing about her loved ones.

'I don't deserve to be an officer…nor a Captain of a battalion with my emotions scattered everywhere.'

'My men would be highly disappointed in me.' The woman reminds herself of the responsibilities that she along carries with her title.

'I let dad down with my irrational and unpredictable behavior. I mean what kind of Captain would abandon her post for the sake of avoiding an Intergalactic Figure, such as the Avatar, just so she wouldn't lose her position!'

'Somehow Minato managed to find me and then I even revealed my horrible past to him just like that at the snap of a finger. I even declared all the things that held my hatred for.'

'Why?' The soldier finally understands.

Natalie hastily covers her her face to block the blush that was present on her face.

Then there was the acceptance of a new duty with the title of "Godmother" from none other than King Aikka and Queen Eva, who holds her in such high esteem.

'Then I just up and left Kieran and Kiera in a vulnerable position. I never thought that my actions would prevent them from their studies.'

'Yet, they kept me in their company with genuine feelings and was never really bothered about my sudden absences.'

'How could I be so stupid?! Why don't I ever think my actions all the way through?! Why can't I remember all of those faces that I hurt through my decisions.'

'God I'm just like…' The title instantly ceased from the amount of animosity that this individual had managed to build up inside of her.

However that thought appears to have some truth value, which births a sense of trepidation in her heart.

It was all starting to make sense to her now.

'I can't sit here and let this develop any further under my watch! I have to get on my feet and correct my wrongs through my own self-will and power.'

0000

Minato registered that he could not afford to waste any more time whatsoever due to the fact that the odds of him being able to locate Natalie was now slim to none.

There were some glimpse of hope left in his heart whether it was for his own selfish desire to make her happy or maintain a healthy friendship with someone he deeply cares about.

How the blonde's heart badly yearned at the mere possibility of being more than just friends.

However, the young man's mind continuously cycled through the rejection phase so he could be prepared.

'If the Avatar wasn't here then this would be such an easy process.' The knight refers to the root of the problem.

'He creates misery, sadness and grief in such a peaceful and serene setting of the Noursaia's Royal Family's Castle.'

'From what I was able to gather, he had been really interested in Natalie from the very moment that he arrived here.'

'So that explains why he was easily able to get under her skin.'

'Yet, he seemed to have gotten absolutely nowhere with her if he so called likes her that badly.'

'...but then again Natalie isn't a normal girl that would fall head over heels for a man with a title of importance like Jordan hope she would.'

'That raven haired woman, by the name of Natalie Andros, was in fact on the far end of his predicted spectrum.'

'I think he's so oblivious to the fact that he is greedy and self-centered. His actions clearly highlights that he desperately wants to obtain someone that doesn't want to return his feelings is quite pathetic.'

'...but I want the others to see it for themselves. I learned from that interview with Rick that I had someone in my barracks.'

'All that is left to do is for the king and queen, who also shows signs of doubt in the Avatar, to make a move. Maybe Queen Eva has a plan up her sleeve or could it be King Aikka?'

'Whoever it is…won't matter until I can see Natalie on my own. I need to make sure that she doesn't rampage throughout the castle in her mood of despair.'

'So if I was Natalie…where would I want to hide so I can have as many days to myself and where I won't be disturbed?'

Once he processed that question, the answer nearly knocked him over as if he was hit with a blunt force object.

0000

Jordan stewed in sheer ire after being approached by Rick in the garden.

Apparently, the raven haired male completed the investigative portion of the allegations that he submitted to him.

'I need for Rick to believe in an old friend and the friendship that we had prior to my transformation and before he met Natalie.'

'Still all is not lost…not ever since I had my little encounter with a new power that I discovered.'

'Maybe there's a light past the horizon for this to work…if not I will just have to take matters into my own hand.'

'Have you no shame about hurting the people you love and care for, for your own shameful and lustful dreams of a girl who wants nothing to do with you at all?' his consciousness chimes in.

'Ah for crying out loud…'

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Author's Note:

12.12.16 Major editing revision

06.26.17 Major cleaning edits