Fall of the World: A Revue Starlight Fanfiction

Chapter 6: Kind Princess

A year had passed in the blink of an eye. Not much had changed. Tamao was still concerned for Mei Fan. She was no closer to rescuing her than before. All she had were Fumi and Rui to help. There was no way they could ever save anyone with just the three of them.

Fumi had done well with her training. Rui was a good teacher in Tamao's eyes. She was very capable. And thanks to her, Fumi now was equally matched with any of the other knights in the kingdom. No one could push her around. Not that many would try. Tamao was very clear that punishment awaited anyone who harmed her knights.

"Fumi, will you come out to town with me?" Tamao requested, "I just feel like getting some air."

"Sure. Are we going now?" Fumi replied.

"If you're ready."

"Yeah. We can go."

The two of them took a slow walk out of the castle and to the town. It was a peaceful day. The sun was shining in the sky, no clouds to be seen. A light breeze kept it cool enough that no one was too hot.

There were a lot of townsfolk out, going about their daily lives. Most bowed to Tamao when she walked by them. A few sent her glares. Fumi would return the glares and make a motion toward her weapon, as if daring them to try something.

"Do you hear that? It sounds like yelling." Fumi said.

"Hmm? Oh, I hear it now. Let's see what that's all about." Tamao replied.

They made their way toward the source of the yelling. They found a crowd of people gathered outside of a shop. Tamao pulled Fumi toward a gap in the crowd so they could both get a closer look at the scene.

Tamao did not like what she was seeing one bit. The apparent shop owner was beating someone up. A child. Someone who didn't seem too much younger than her or Fumi. Tamao clenched her fists. How dare he do that to a child? What had she done to him?

"Excuse me. What's going on?" Tamao stepped in, unable to watch the scene any longer.

Fumi quickly stood by her side, a hand on her weapon. She was ready to attack at a moment's notice.

"This little bitch tried to steal from me." The man replied, giving the girl another hard kick.

"Fumi." Tamao nodded to her.

Fumi understood the message and in one swipe took off the man's head. The crowd was in shock at what they were witnessing. Fumi kept her eyes focused on them in case someone tried to be bold.

Tamao knelt down and examined the girl. She appeared to be unconscious now. She was covered in bruises and blood. She was caked in dirt as well. And on a closer look, Tamao could see she was very thin.

Tamao carefully picked up the girl and then turned to Fumi, "Let's go."

Fumi nodded. They made their way back to the castle. No one followed them, thankfully. The crowd seemed to be in too much shock to react much to anything else.

"Tamao, why did you do that?" Fumi questioned.

"She is blessed."

"Oh. I see." Fumi nodded, "How does she look?"

"Very bad. I feel she may have been living on the streets for a while now." Tamao replied, "If you could fetch Rui when we return and start a bath for this girl, I'd appreciate it."

"Of course. Do we have clothes that will fit her?"

"Hmm... she's so thin everything will be big, but I think some of mine might work. We did just clean out old ones. Try and find some of those that are in good enough condition for now. We'll get her better clothes once she recovers."