A Cinderella Story: RK Fairytale

Chapter 12: The Betrayal

REVISED: 05 February 2019

12. The Betrayal

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Misao shoved hard to Soujiro but he would not budge. His kiss was excessively forceful and uncomfortable; his hands pressed on her back and it inflicts a pain on her. When he finally let go, she swung her hand to slap him but it never reached his face. Instead, he caught her wrist and Soujiro gave her a big smile in return, "Such a feisty spirit you have, Akari-chan! But we must behave in public you know. There will be a time for that later."

Shishio suddenly appeared on the scene, "I think it is time for you Soujiro to take your fiancée home, she seems to be ill again."

The room shrunk around Misao, the words Shishio spoke hit her hard, the shock making her speechless.

Soujiro shrugged and wrapped his arms around her as he led her towards the door. In the sudden burst of panic, she turned around to search for Aoshi; who was, looking directly at them. Misao looked at his expression, the way he was looking at her was very cold – and hurtful. She could feel the chill and hatred he was giving her.

Misao wanted to scream. Misao wanted to kill Soujiro. Misao wanted to yell the truth but every word was on the tip of her tongue as she felt a sharp pain on her waist. Soujiro leaned close to her ear and whispered, "My dear fiancée, you must remain silent and never utter a single word or I will kill you using this dagger. And also, the life of Yahiko depends on your obedience."

And with that, she had no other choice but turned her eyes to look at Aoshi from the distance. For a moment, his eyes intensely fixed on her then he looked away.

He would never forgive her.

In a sudden time, Soujiro pulled a handkerchief from the sleeves of his black kimono and put it forcefully to her nose - it smelled really awful.

The world around her became dizzy and everything went black.

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Aoshi saw red, the faint glow of sunlight. He stood on the tallest tower of the palace and glared into the sunrise. It had been hours since he had been betrayed by his bodyguard and of course, the woman he loves the most.

No, he had been betrayed the entire time; the image of Soujiro kissing her made his blood run cold. The idea that Soujiro was laying his filthy hands on her while he was away was too much pain on him.

And to think how he completely trusted her...

"I am a fool." Aoshi whispered and looked at the far distance.

He was ready to kill Soujiro who dared to kiss her at his front. His fists clenched and he grabbed his kodachi as his feet were ready to find the offending man when Shishio suddenly appeared. Kamatari and Yumi bowed at him.

"What are you doing here?" Aoshi coldly asked.

"Don't blame yourself, Aoshi-sama." Shishio said. "She was always a deceitful woman"

"Explain.", was all he managed to say.

"Kamatari will, my Lord. Yumi and I must go to check Akari and Soujiro." Shishio answered and led Yumi to exit. Both of them smirked which Aoshi found distrustful.

Once alone, Kamatari began an explanation...

"She was so thrilled to have caught you, she bragged nonstop on how she had seduced you! At first, we assumed that she would stop as Soujiro started to court her! We all thought that she was going to choose you instead of Soujiro but everything was completely the opposite. We thought that she would stop playing her games and who knows what more tricks she had on her sleeves! My deepest apologies, Aoshi-sama. We should have not attended the ball tonight." Kamatari paused then her face twisted with pain. He saw a glint of regret in her eyes.