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Chapter: 09

Warning; Slight smut will be included

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- - - Kenma - - -

When we marched through the gates of Nekoma, the soldiers of Shiratorizawa stood alongside Aobajohsai, with Tooru and me in the middle of the formation.

I knew Ushijima was leading his men and I grew nervous that Hinata was next to him on the front lines, but a battle had no place for worries. I just had to believe that she was smart and fast enough to keep herself alive.

I had successfully avoided Tetsurou all morning and he was currently standing off to the right, near Iwaizumi.

When the Nohebi soldiers came out to face us, everything became chaotic. I lost Tooru for a second, which was bad because we needed to get inside the palace together for the plan we concocted with Ushijima to be successful.

I saw a soldier with Nohebi colors rushing towards me, but then Tetsurou was there, cutting him down. "Princess, Ushijima, and Iwaizumi have secured a path to the left. Follow me."

We slipped through the fighting soldiers, stepping over the bodies that littered the grass. I vaguely noticed it was mostly the dark green and yellow colors of Nohebi.

We came upon the same gardens where Hinata and I first met Iwaizumi and I saw them waiting for us at the entrance. I made eye contact with Hinata to see if she was mad at me for leaving her yesterday.

She smiled softly and I ran over to hug her, relieved that she wasn't holding any grudges.

"This is it," I said as I pulled back. She nodded and held my hand as we followed Iwaizumi through the maze of hedges to the secret door that led into the palace.

I could hear the clank of swords and screams, but the further we went, the more distant they became. The sun was almost in the middle of the sky by the time we made it to the fake wall covering the entrance to the tunnel. Ushijima went first, followed by Iwaizumi, me, Hinata, Tooru, and Tetsurou.

We were hoping most of the soldiers would be guarding the main entrance, leaving Daishou with minimal guards.

We made it to the end of the tunnel and crept down the hallway of the palace. Hinata moved to the front of the line we formed to walk beside Ushijima and we continued towards the throne room.