DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN BROTHERS CONFLICT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
"Well, Wataru, what do you think? Think Miss Shadow will be a good horse for Ema?" Stephon asked as he, and the group of Asahina brothers all stood in front of a stall that held a beautiful white horse with a few black spots on spread around her body.
"She's pretty, that's for sure," said Wataru.
"Yes, I could so see Ema riding her," Tsubaki said stroking his chin.
"Something wrong with the way you said that," Azusa muttered.
"Mr. Derrick, make sure you have Miss Shadow in tip top shape for Ema when she comes home so she can decide if she wants her," Stephon ordered.
"Yes sir," said Mr. Derrick.
"Um, did the young master still want to try riding Storm's brother?" Rose asked as she stood next to the horse's stall with a saddle and blanket in her hands.
"Yes, yes, please!" Wataru begged, "can't I ride him please?"
"Of course," said Mr. Derrick, "he's one of our newest horses and he's pretty gentle,"
"I'll get him set up," said Rose as she opened the stall door and went right to work preparing the horse.
"Does he not have a name yet?" Azusa asked as the brothers all came and watched her work.
"Not really, like I said he's new," said Mr. Derrick.
"I think we should call him something powerful and strong!" said Wataru, "like Wind Storm!"
"Oh, that's an interesting name," said Masaomi.
"We'll try it out, see if it fits," said Stephon.
"I can't wait to get on him and ride! I'm sure I can make him run super fast!" said Wataru.
"Have you ridden before?" Rose asked as she finally led Wind Storm out.
"Uh, no, not really," Wataru confessed.
"Then maybe we should start with the basics before you go racing him," Rose suggested.
"Good idea Rose," said Stephon, "but why don't you let someone else teach him. I'd like to see you ride Storm while I'm here so I can see personally how he's doing."
"Sure your majesty," said Rose.
"I can help them," Natasha offered.
"Uh," Masaomi and Azusa both sputtered.
"Good idea," Mr. Derrick, "Natasha, you can start with the instructions while Rose rides for the king."
"And when I'm done I can instruct Lord Wataru," said Rose.
"Don't worry, that won't be necessary," Natasha insisted as she took the horse away from Rose and led him outside.
"Can't wait to ride Wind Storm!" Wataru cheered following.
"Watch out for her and your brother,"Azusa heard Rose warn as they followed after him.
"Right," Azusa said to himself.
"So first you're going to want to put your foot in the stirrup," Natasha explained as she guided Wataru up a step ladder to get closer to the horse.
"Like this?" Wataru asked as he put his foot in.
"Perfect," said Natasha, "now grip the back of the saddle and the reigns, and pull yourself up."
"Like this?" Wataru asked as he tried doing as Natasha instructed, only to have to have Masaomi help him all the way up.
"Great, now can I try racing him?"
"First you need to learn how to make him start," Natasha said annoyed, "kick him on his sides and click your toung."
"Okay," Wataru said as he tried that. Wind Storm started walking at a small pace. "That's not so hard."
"Sure it wasn't," said Natasha.
"You're looking good Wataru," Stephon encouraged as he, Azusa and Tsubaki watched from the side.
They heard another horse neighing and saw Rose was escorting Storm to another gated pasture than where Wataru was learning.
"Ah, let's see if Storm still has it," Stephon said as he walked over to where Rose was. Rose climbed up on Storm have a loud, "Yah!" Immediately Storm started running fast around the open field.
"Wow," Wataru said as he too stopped to watch her ride.
"She's pretty good huh?" said Masaomi.
"When can I ride like that?" Wataru whined.
"You'll need lots of practice kid," Natasha said snarky. Suddenly, she slapped the back of Wind Storm, scaring the poor animal. It caused him to rear up, with Wataru still on him.
"Whoa!" Wataru cried out in fear.
"Wataru!" Masaomi shouted as he tried to calm down and get to his brother.
"Somebody calm him down, quickly!" Stephon called out.
"I'll try, Natasha said, trying to act innocent, acting like she was truly trying to calm Wind Storm sown.
However, suddenly, everyone heard Storm himself neighing and saw Rose racing him towards the other feild. He made a gallant leap over the fence and ran over to his half-brother where Rose reached out and grabbed hia reigns.
"Whoa, steady, steady!" she said in a commanding voice. Wind Storm slowly managed to settle down until he completely calm.
"Good boy, good boy," Rose said as she patted the horse.
"Wataru, are you okay?" Masaomi asked as he helped his little brother down.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Wataru said, "why did he do that though?"
"Something must have scared him," said Rose.
"It happens," said Natasha.
"Are you really alright Wataru?" Stephon asked as he walked up to the boy.
"Yeah, I think so," said Wataru.
"Why don't we check you out first," said Masaomi.
"Good idea," said Stephon.
"Oh," Wataru moaned.
"Don't worry, I'll make it quick," Masaomi assured him.
"Natasha, take Wind Storm back to his stall and guve him an extra carrot. I'd like to let Wataru try him again," Stephon said.
"Of course sire," said Natasha.
However, the minute the king's back was turn, Natasha felt a hard kick to the back of her head.
"Owe!" she moaned as she turned around to see Rose behind her.
"I sure hope trying to kill a child was worth it to please Lord Robert!" she snapped.
"I don't know what you're talking about," said Natasha.
"Sure you don't," said Rose.
"You see that?" Azusa said as he snd Tsubaki watched the confrontation between the two women.
"Yeah, boy royals are interesting," said Tsubaki.
Futo wondered the halls of the palace looking at the different art works and sculptures they had displayed.
'This place seems so, boring. They really need to add some more excitement in here.,' he thought. However he was distracted with the sight of Ami coming up a hallway holding something delicately.
'Though the people here are easy on the eyes,' he thought. He was about to walk right up to her, when suddenly the butler he recognized as Tom seem to appear out of nowhere and bump right into her, causing her to drop what she was holding.
"Oops, my bad," Tom said cheerfully, "look what you did."
"Don't you ever have anything else to do besides always knocking me down!" Ami asked, a little teary eyed.
"And miss the chance to be close to you? Are you crazy?" Tom asked as he tried stroking her hair.
"You, Maid!" Futo suddenly said quickly.
Both Tom and Ami looked as him confused.
"Oh Lord Futo," she said as she stood up and bowed.
"Go get me some movies, quickly. I need to do some research while I'm here," Futo ordered.
"Movies?" Ami asked a little confused.
"Yes, particularly ones that are popular with Elence's young people," said Futo, "good to know what they like and all."
"Uh, okay, I'll go find some for you," said Ami.
"Good, and then bring them to my room," Futo ordered some more. Then he looked at Tom, "and you, clean up this mess. It's blocking my way."
"Excuse me?" Tom asked, "who do you think you are to order me around?"
"Oh, should I inquire to my sister, the princess and her grandfather, the king, that you're not being hospital towards me? I'd doubt that look good on your part and job," said Futo.
"Uh, well," Tom sputtered.
"Clean, now," Futo ordered again, "when I come back this way I expect it to be clean and easy for me to walk through."
"Little prick," he heard Tom mutter. Both he and Ami looked his way.
"Such language around a lady and in a palace of royalty," said Futo, "I shall seriously have to speak to my sister, the princess, about this." He suddenly threw his arm around Ami and led her away.
"Let's get you out of the presence of such a man," he said leading her away.
"Thank you Sir, for the help," Ami said timidly.
"Help?" Futo said, "I just want you to get those movies and bring them to my room. Hurry please."
Ami gave him a little smirk, "right away Master," she said bowing and walking off.
"Mmm," Futo said watching her walk away, "I could easily see her becoming the envy of every girl in Japan and Elence."
"Looks like you're going to be just fine," said Masaomi as he and another doctor looked Wataru over.
"Does this mean I can ride Wind Storm again?" Wataru asked.
"Maybe tomorrow, you can learn along side your sister," said Stephon.
"Oh, okay," said Wataru, "what should I do now then?"
"Game room?" Stephon suggested.
"Oh the game room!" Wataru cheered. He dashed out of the room and hurried out.
"Somebody better help that boy find the room, fast," said Stephon with a chuckle.
"Sir, Chrissy suddenly said, "the prime minister is here, wanting to see you."
"Oh yes, I'm sure she'll want to talk about the new development with Ema, excuse me," said Stephon as he walked to his office.
When he came to his office, he found a tall elegant woman standing respectively with her hands clasped behind her back.
"Hello Mrs. Cook," Stephon said.
"Your majesty," Mrs. Cook replied, bowing her hand.
"I assume you're here in regards to my newly found granddaughter," said Stephon.
"Yes, actually," Mrs. Coom said as she took a seat. "I did get the DNA reports about her. I'm very happy for you. I know, well the whole country knows how heartbroken you were when your daughter disappeared."
"Thank you," said Stephon.
"So am I correct in assuming she's now the new heir to the throne?" Mrs. Coom.
"No, no not right now," said Stephon, "at least not right now. Too many complications to work out first."
"Naturally," said Mrs. Cook.
"And it gets even more complicated, I may have found the long lost son of my cousin, Walter, Louis," said Stephon.
"Louis?" Mrs. Cook said, "didn't they all die in that fire?"
"Well, the boy may have survived. If saw him, you'd see the resemblance to his mother," said Stephon, "of course DNA should still be tested of course."
"Of course," said Mrs. Cook.
"How would you like to meet both him and my granddaughter? It might be nice for her to meet you eventually," said Stephon.
"I'd be delighted," said Mrs. Cook, "I should probably meet those other 12 Japanese ambassadors anyway." She chukled a little at that comment.
"Thank you for your help with that by the way," said Stephon.
"Not at all," said Mrs. Cook, "I hope they enjoy their stay here."
"You can't go in there. He's in a meeting," the two suddenly hear a guard outside the room shout as the doors open and Futo walked in.
"It's important and I'm an important guest of the king," said Futo.
"Futo, the idol," Stephon joked.
"Futo Asahina?" said Mrs. Cook, "I heard my maids playing some of your songs. Did not realize you were one of the new ambassadors, I might have come to the airport to meet you in person."
"Charming, Madam, thank you," said Futo as he walked over and kissed her hand.
"Futo, this Carlotta Cook, the prime minister," Stephon introduced.
"Oh, what a pleasure," Futo swoo.
"Why thank you," said Mrs. Cook calmly.
"What did you need Futo?" Stephon asked.
"I needed to talk to you about two of my servants," said Futo, "I don't care for the language or actions he uses around me. It's like he doesn't seem to care about how important a guest I am."
"Who's this?" asked Stephon.
"Tom, I believe his name is," said Futo.
"I'll have Richard or Chrissy look into it for you," said Stephon, "now then...,"
"Also, your highness, while I have your attention, there's something else I require," said Futo, "if I'm going to keep doing my idol work here, I'll need someone to help me and I was wondering if I could request a personal maid. Particularly, the one named Ami."
"Of course, if you really think you need one," said Stephon, "ask Chrissy about it."
"Thank you sire, you're such a good king," said Futo as he bowed and headed to leave. " I hope I can see you again Miss Prime Minister."
"Well, hopefully tonight so she and her family can meet Ema," said Stephon.
"And Louis as well, correct?" asked Carlotta.
"Why would you want to meet Louis so badly?" asked Futo.
"Something's come up in regards to the boy we have look into," said Stephon, "I'm sure he can tell you more about it later when he's ready."
"Okay," said Futo as he finally walked out of the room.
"He seems nice," said Carlotta.
"Oh they're all nice, as I'm sure you'll see when you come back for dinner later," said Stephon.
"Yes, of course," said Carlotta, as she stood up. "By the way, how has Lord Robert taken to all of this?"
"Not too well," Stephon admitted, "although everytime he tries to get rid of Ema, has resulted in her contradicting him. That's why she's at the house of council at the moment in my stead today."
"Did she really? How ambitious," said Carlotta, "I certainly hope she doesn't get too overwhelmed by it."
"Nah, not Ema," said Stephon.
"You know I can't really take sides in regards to the royal family's line of succession, but if it were up to me, I'd be very happy to see this Ema girl take Robert's place."
"Wouldn't we all," said Stephon.
Ema looked at Richard as they kept driving home from the house of council. He looked on edge.
"Richard, please calm down," she said.
"I'm sorry, but I always get mad when Robert pulls things like inviting the whole extended royal family to the palace behind my back! And there's only one reason he's doing this! He wants to try and make you look bad, him look good and have some of the more important memebers side with him to pressure your grandfather to retire and make him king!" said Richard.
"Well, maybe it won't be that bad," said Ema, "I'm sure there's some nice memebers of the family."
"Nice, but not brave," muttered Richard.
"I'm sure I'll be able to handle it," Ema insisted, "besdies if I go to this party with my head held high, it won't help with Robert's plans."
Richard smiled, "I suppose, you have put a damper on him before."
"I think Ema will knock her family's socks off personally," said Ukyo, looking over some of the notes from from one of the meetings that day.
"Thanks Ukyo," said Ema.
"I can't wait to tell grandfather about the plans for the hospital and how I'm helping with that building project," Ema said when they got back to the palace, "where is he?"
"He's getting ready for dinner tonight Princess and you should too," Chrissy said as she came down the stairs.
"Oh, okay," said Ema.
"We're having some special guests attending," said Chrissy.
"What, who? I thought the family wasn't coming until later!" said Richard.
"What?" asked Chrissy, "no the prime minister and her family are coming."
"Oh, right, that's fine," said Richard.
"I get to meet the prime minister?" asked Ema.
"Yes, so please go get ready," Chrissy instructed.
"Alright," said Ema as she hurried up the stairs.
"I'll go get ready too I guess," said Ukyo.
"What's this about family?" asked Chrissy.
"Another stunt by Robert, I'll explain to you and the king right away," said Richard.