A Forbidden Love

Chapter 27 part 2

Hinatas POV

Once me and Yoshitsune got to town we went to the wood shop and I ordered a boat for my mom. I told him to make it really nice. Then I ordered a really nice wooden coffin for my mom. She was going to love it. Jasmine didn't want to do this part so I put her in charge of giving out the invitations and Also making them. She was creative enough I'm sure she could do it. We had similar tastes. After all that was order I went to the market and bought a bunch of floating lanterns. They were from our "party decoration store". They had intricately drawn flowers in black ink and had the words "the remembered" on it written in black ink. I grabbed them and loaded them into a big box and Yoshitsune put them in the cart. After that I went to our bakery in town and ordered a bunch of food for tonight. After that I went and bought several bouquets of flowers from the flowers shop and then bought 12 dozen bouquets of blood red roses. After I crossed the last thing off the to do list for our errands we ran back to Yoshitsune's house and picked up a tux for tonight for him. After that we were making our way back to the castle. Once we got to the castle Yoshitsune and I headed into the castle and went up to my room. As we walked through the castle I was assessing the damage. There wasn't too much. Some burn marks on the walls and floors. The furniture faired quite well. And as far as I know the upper floors of the castle didn't even get touched. The Carpet in the stairs was pretty burnt though. I went down the hall to my room and saw the burn marks that coated along the bottoms of the walls and about half way up the wall. The ceiling was still missing the beam that had fallen Down on top of me and the beam was still in the same place. My room didn't look like it had even been touched by the flames. We were lucky. It wasn't too serious. And that we had minimal damage. And minimal injuries. But this fire ... Took my mom from me. And nothing could ever being her back. My eyes started to tear up but I quickly wiped the tears away. I wiped them with the back of my hand and Yoshitsune saw and set down his bag on the floor and pressed me against the wall. He happens to do this a lot I thought rather absentmindedly. He wiped the remaining tears from my eyes and said,"there is no need to hide your tears... You don't have to be strong in front of me... You can break down in front of me if you feel you need to.. And I'll be there to hold you and wipe away all the tears. Ok??" He said smiling as he kissed my cheek. I nodded and hugged him tightly. Too tightly cause I was wincing in pain afterwords. A pained look came across his face. "Are you alright hinata?" I nodded and opened the door to my room. Everything was exactly as it was when I left from it last night during the fire. I walked in and Yoshitsune set his clothes down on the bed. The smoke smell was still prominent in my room. I ran to the window and threw it open. I wished I had a balcony. But I don't. Oh well. I walked back to my closet and started fishing through my clothes for the black dress I planned on wearing to my mothers funeral. It was already 3:45. Her funeral is at 6. We spent a lot of time on those errands. I put my hand on the top of my head and rubbed my head. I am so stressed out. As I was looking through my closet for the dress Yoshitsune had gone into the bathroom and started putting on his tux. Once I got my dress I pulled out some black little 2 inch heels that had straps that cross crossed in an X. After Yoshitsune came out of my bathroom with his tux on it was already 4. I ran into my bathroom and immediately started putting on my dress and shoes. Befor I got dressed I brushed my teeth some more and After I was fully dressed and ready I put on some make up not too much though.. Just some blush, mascara and a little bit of some gray eyeshadow, and some pink lip gloss. After that I quickly finished blow drying my hair and curled it. After that I was ready. I took a deep breath and walked out of my bathroom. Yoshitsune was standing by the window looking out the window and when he saw me his eyes widened a little bit. "Wow... You look amazing..." I said in awe. His hair was left in its usual messy array but it looked like he had gelled his hair a bit. His tux was all black with black dress shoes and the black jacket that went over the white under shirt. He really did look amazing. Quite dazzling. I'm glad he is mine. He nodded and said,"not as beautiful as you look,"he said as he crossed the room and took me in his arms. It was already 4:30. We need to move it. "Thank you..." I said with a small blush. He took my hand in his and we headed downstairs. Once we were out of the castle we walked through the yard and towards the forest. Where the funeral would be. As we walked men and women were setting up the pathway to the river and we're putting white ribbons up on the trees and putting flowers along the pathway. Some flowers were bigger bouquets than the regular sized ones and were placed on the tree trunks. The forest was also being decorated with lanterns along the pathway hanging from tree branches lighting our path. Once we got to the meadow that had the creek directly behind it. The boat was already tied at shore and mothers casket was already inside it. I assumed she was already in there. The casket was already closed and nailed shut. I walked over to the boat and brushed my hand over her casket and kissed my fingers and placed my hand back on the casket. "I love you mom.." I whispered quietly. Chairs were already set up in the meadow with black chair covers all over the chairs. I turned to Yoshitsune and he squeezed my hand. I smiled and we walked back to the castle. Everything was finally coming together. Mother would be pleased. When we got back the tables were already set up and chairs were being set up with the tables. The dinner after mothers service would be here in the castle courtyard. I watched as more flowers were carried in a big cart pulled by a horse passed by heading to the meadow to set up the flowers down there. I sighed when I saw the blood red roses were still not ready. I Wales over to the table the rises were on and grabbed a pair of scissors that were beside them. I snipped off the stems and put one dozen in a vase. I felt Yoshitsune put his arms around me from behind and he kissed my shoulder. "Are you alright... You haven't been very talkative since we went to town and ran all the errands..." I nodded and sniffed back some tears that were threatening to spill over. I can't cry right now. I can't. Cause if I do I won't be able to stop. I began picking the petals off the other five dozen roses I had bought and was putting them in a black basket that had a white bow on the basket part. He grabbed half of the roses I was working in and began picking them faster than me cause my hands were shaking. He took the other roses I had and finished them immediately. I can't even pick petals off of some stupid roses. Ugh. I am such a utter mess. How does he deal with me. He must love me a lot. I love him too. And I have for a very long time. I just haven't admitted it to anyone or even myself. Or him. What is wrong with me. When I heard Maria and Jasmine approaching with Goyo close behind I quickly wiped my eyes in case any tears tried to escape or did and turned to them. They were both wearing cute black dresses. Maria was wearing her dress with black flats and Jasmine had three inch black heels on. And Goyo was dressed in a tux similar to Yoshitsune's. I smiled and hugged Maria and Jasmine. And lastly hugged Goyo. "You guys look great. Jasmine did you finish the invites and get them all passed out?" Jasmine nodded and looked down at her feet. Just finds her mom and now she is helping with her funeral. I ran over to my sister and hugged her tightly. "You guys should go ahead and head down to the meadow. Everything is already done and ready to go. I'll need you guys to greet people and hand them a program if you don't mind. " they all shook their heads and Goyo said,"yes ma'am. You look good hinata. You too Yoshitsune.." He added awkwardly. Yoshitsune smiled and said"thanks.." As he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. I watched them head down to the creek and once I couldn't see them anymore I grabbed the basket and bouquet of flowers and started walking back to the meadow. It was already 545 according to Yoshitsune's wrist watch. People would be arriving very soon. Yoshitsune took the flowers and bouquet out of my hands and carried them for me as we walked back to the creek. Everything was already done at the creek and there was only last minute touches being made. Besides that everything was done. I went to th boat and set the roses down at the edge of the creek. And the rose petals right beside it. I went and stood at the beginning of the aisle and greeted people as they started showing up. Yoshitsune remained glued to my side the entire time with one arm around my waist. Soon all the chairs were full and there was five reserved upfront along with one more for my dad. But I made sure he sat on the opposite side of the aisle in the front next to goyos parents. I couldn't stand to be near him.
The service went something like this. The preacher came up and blessed the casket and mom. I said a couple words for my mother and talked about her. By the end I was near tears. I held them in though. I needed to be strong for everyone. I could mourn later in my own personal way. Alone. Away from everyone. After my speech for mom Jasmine came up and revealed to everyone she was my sister and the long lost princess and daughter of the emperor and empress. My big sister. She said it proudly with her shoulders held high and with confidence in her voice. Her voice shook slightly but she managed to conceal it from everyone except me. I am her sister after all. And I could see straight through her. I saw a sad little girl that was mourning for her mother that she just found. She was scared . Upset. Angry maybe even too. I don't blame her. I am too. But I also saw a young woman. A confident one who has been through much but has grown from all of it. She is strong, independent, has her voice and mind of her own, and isn't afraid of anything thrown her way. And I am more than proud to call her my big sister. Once she finished we both went up together and placed the bouquet of roses on moms casket. We both grabbed the basket of rose petals and we sprinkled some on top of the casket. After that we invited everyone else to sprinkle some and after they did we handed them a lantern that was already lit and ready to go as they went and sat back down. Yoshitsune had mine and his in his hands. After everyone had sprinkled some petals the preacher untied the rope holding the boat to the bank and together me and Jasmine pushed the boat and got mom going on the creek and we allowed the river to take care of her from there on. After that everyone grabbed their lanterns and released them and they all went and floated along the river after mom. Me and Jasmine released ours at the same time. After we had released the lanterns I put an arm around her waist and leaned my head on her shoulder while she wrapped an arm around my shoulders and rested her head against mine. We stared after mom in silence.
Once she disappeared through the foggy haze that had come across the water we stayed there for a moment until I broke the silence and said,"we'll figure this out together right?" She laughed lightly and said,"of course we will that's what sisters are for.. Together.." She agreed. After that she went to Goyo and walked back with him and Maria while Yoshitsune walked back with me. Hand in hand. He had his arm around my waist and he kissed my hair. As we were walking we watched the stars in the sky above us. After we got to the reception the reception flew by. We ate dinner and after we laughed and had a good ole time guests came to me and Jasmine and gave their condolences. It was respectful but after every condolence given I was that much closer to breaking down. Once everyone had left I gave orders to the people that worked around the house to clean everything up for me and I said please very politley. They all nodded and obliged happily. I was thankful I had such good and trustworthy people at the castle. After that I slumped against Yoshitsune and the wight of today was weighing me down. He scooped me up into his arms and carried me the rest of the way upstairs. Once we were in my room he set me down on the bed and unfastened my shoes for me. He set them on the floor beside the bed and was taking off his tux while I went into the bathroom groaning and changed into a black tank top with black shorts. Like the grey one I wore the other day. It has been an extremely long hard day. I washed all my makeup off my face and brushed my teeth. My stomach full and I plopped down into bed. Yoshitsune was climbing into bed with a pair of basketball shorts on and no shirt. I was too tired to argue about anything. Once he was under the covers and settled he pulled me into his side and wrapped his arms around my waist. I sighed in peace and comfort and turned off the light. Goodnight world. "Goodnight baby..." He whispered as he kissed my hair. I whispered back,"goodnight" and kissed His cheek. He hummed my lullaby knowing I would want him to without even asking. As the lullaby soothed me to sleep I thought about all the emotions I would be feeling tomorrow. Oh well. Tomorrow will come wether I want it to or not. Tomorrow was another day. A new day. A new beginning.