Hyo's winter

Chapter 6

"what do you mean they never made it home?"
Hyo asked as if her ears were playing tricks on her.
"I'm so sorry.." The maid said hurrying away.
Hyo covered her mouth and fell to her knees. She didn't cry just sat there shocked.
Ichiro hurried to her side and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's okay you're okay." Ichiro spoke with the softest voice he could.
Hyo looked at him no tears were visible.
"He could've hurt us but thought it would hurt more if he killed the last of my family." Hyo's voice cracked.
Ichiro kissed her forehead, "I'm so sorry if only you had never came here."
"No I would've died being alone with him." Hyo said standing up. She brushed her dress and held her hand out to help Ichiro up.
"I won't let him torment me anymore. I'm sorry but I have to go." She said speed walking toward the front of the castle.
"What if he attacks you! You don't even know what happened to your brothers!" Ichiro exclaimed worriedly.
"I'll get someone to explain the situation on my way home but for now I got to get back." Hyo said pushing the front doors open.
"I'm coming with you than. No buts about it you can't do this alone." Ichiro said grinning.
"Okay you can be my partner in crime then." Hyo smiled and ran up to a servant working on the garden.
"Hello sir! May you please get me a mirror so I can signal someone." Hyo asked giving him a warm smile.
"Of course m'lady! Please wait here I'll go grab one."
He said running to a shed and coming out with a communication mirror.
"Here you are." He said dazzled by the fact he could interact with a princess.
"Thank you so much! I will give my word to the king." She waved before leaving him in awe.
She called the king and smiled when the jolly man showed up.
"Hello dear I heard about your lose I'm so terribly sorry."
"Don't be they're in a better place now, any way I need some one to go over the details of my brothers murder. Oh and call a carriage and tell them to meet me and Ichiro in the front." Hyo said getting to the point.
He laughed and said, "Will do! I assume you're kidnapping my son?"
"HO HO HO. You caught me red handed!" Hyo said smirking at the end.
"I'm sure he will protect you. He may seem all soft but he could kill thousands if it came to it." The kind king spoke with a serious tone.
"I never underestimated you and you're son and I never will. Bye bye!" Hyo said waving before switching it off.
She turned to see Ichiro talking to Nina and the carriage behind them.
"I guess I won't be able to taste your Popsicle.." Nina said sadly.
"Uuh Nina If you want I can make some Popsicles??" Ichiro laughed awkwardly.
Hyo blushed at what Nina said and rushed to Ichiro grabbing his arm.
"Come on let's get in." Hyo said looking over at the salty Nina.
Hyo smirked and dragged Ichiro into the carriage. Inside sat a fancy old man .
"Hello everyone my name is Excalibur."
"Hi I'm Hyo and this is Ichiro." Hyo introduced herself and her boyfriend.
The carriage was already on its way to the orange kingdom. Leaving Nina in the dust.
"So.. What happened that night." Hyo's words sounded as serious as her eyes looked.
Ichiro glanced at Hyo surprised he as never seen her so serious.
Excalibur nodded sipping his tea.
"It was the night the two left, they said it was an emergency but the two have been discussing the fact that there have been threats through out the kingdoms.
The king got a letter out of nowhere. All it was a photo of you Hyo when you were little and on the bottom it said.
'Your sons life lays on her back.' Your brothers left after they had got the information they needed. They needed to get back to start lining up defenses."

Hyo hugged herself remembering the letters she got herself.
"They didn't tell me anything about threats they said it was all over." Hyo mumbled.
"That's not all m'lady they've been getting photos of you in your room sleeping or photos that had to be taken in your room since the death of your parents."
Hyo stared at Excalibur letting it all sink in. Ichiro slid his arm behind than tugged her closer to him. He was scared for her.
"The night they left, thy were jumped by some bandits from the  corrupted kingdom. They killed the two and carved the symbol that you have on your back." Excalibur sipped his tea as Hyo flinched.
Excalibur than started glowing lightly,
"My job is done." He said,
"Thank you, for you have enlightened me." Hyo thanked Excalibur as he turned back into a tiny sword.
"Thank you." She whispered grabbing Excalibur and putting him into a case she had for things like him.
"Hyo what does he mean symbol on your back?" Ichiro asked his words crisp in the cold air as they based through mountains.
"When my parents were killed Moru said he wanted me. So he had his own father brand me with the symbol of the corrupted kingdom." Her voice hesitant for she had sworn to her brothers not to tell anyone about it.
"Can I see it?" Ichiro asked softly his hand patting her back.
"Umm... Isn't that a little too embarrassing? Don't you have any shame?"! Hyo scoffed blushing.
"I've seen Nina naked and was able to touch her body she said it was the next step on being her friend." Ichiro said trying to untie the ribbon on the back.
"YOU WHAT!! D-does that mean you gave your v-virginity to her!" Hyo asked her eyes as wide as the moon.
"Unh.. Yeah? She said she did it to all her guy friends and she taught me some tricks too!" Ichiro said clapping his hands.
Hyo pushed Her self away from Ichiro. Her facial expression showed she was mad.
"Stay away from me." She hissed before opening the little screen between the rider and the driver.
"Can you drop me off here? I can walk. But please make sure the prince gets to my castle.
"Yes ma'am." The driver said stopping the wagon and let Hyo out.
"Wait! We need to talk i don't  know what I was doing was wrong!" Ichiro cried as the wagon drove away.
Hyo knew her way home from here because she had gone on walks sometimes.
The rain started to pour down lightly. She placed her hand on her chest and started walking.
Tears rolled her cheeks as she walked. She had bundled up too much. Her brothers had died and reality hit her hard.
"Rue.. Lanz." She sobbed knowing that she wouldn't be able to have cat fights with Rue anymore or listen to him talk on and on about his books.
And Lanz won't be able to make cheesy jokes or laugh like a mad man when he was angry. He won't be there to draw with her on the balcony.
She's going  to have run the castle and kingdom. She's going to have to eat every meal alone.
She couldn't stop the tears from falling harder than the ran.
Ichiro the boy she'd loved since she was little touched another woman who is on a higher level just because he thought she was telling the truth. She chuckled looking up to see the entrance of the castle.
By the time she had got there her white shirt and brown skirt clung to her skin.
She sighed as she heard her name being called. Her hair was wet and curly.
"Hyo! We got here hours ago where have you been!" His eyes puffy and his voice cracked with concern.
Hyo looked down at her shoes and noticed how badly her legs and feet hurt.
She looked down and walked past him.
"Just leave me alone." She said breaking his heart.

Hyo sped walked down the hall and finally made it to her room. She was about to open the door but someone pushed her on to the floor and pinned her down.
"I'm sorry but you slipped up sweetheart." Moru said hovering above her.
"P-please go you've done your damage isn't that enough?" Hyo whimpered.
"Oh honey, I'm here for you and I'm going to play this game for as long as I can." Moru smirked watching Hyo about to scream for help.
He covered her mouth and asked,
"Since you broke your promise either Ichiro goes or you lose your virginity to me." Hyo's eyes widened with fear as tears streamed down her face.
He uncovered her mouth and she started coughing.
"Please don't hurt Ichiro.. You killed my family he is all I have left." Hyo cried as he placed his mouth on hers.
His ruff lips didn't fit well against her soft gentle ones.
She tried pushing him off but he was so much stronger than she was.
"Please stop!" She cried loudly.
Moru placed a rag over her nose as her world came dizzy.

Ichiro suddenly had a bad feeling for he hadn't seen Hyo in a few hours. He had felt like he had given her enough time to calm down.
Ichiro made his way down the hall as he approached her hall he could see two people one was standing and the other was on the floor next to a body bag.
"HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" He Called running over seeing the man had placed a girl in the bag and was about to escape through Hyo's window.
Ichiro grabbed the body bag and the man and Ichiro played tug-a-war.
Ichiro pulled the bag away and gently placed it on the ground.
"Who are you?" Ichiro asked lunging forward and grabbing Moru by the neck.
"You're to late lover boy. I've done enough for now. Oh I didn't take her innocence I just played." Moru laughed as he pushed Ichiro away and fell into the darkness.
Ichiro's eyes widened now knowing who was in there.
He hastily opened the bag reviling Hyo's beaten up body. Her perfect lips swollen and the rest of her was covered in bruises.
Ichiro placed two fingers on her neck to find a weak pulse.
Her lifted her up to her back and saw it.
It was a scar that took up half of her back.
He flipped her back over and took off his coat. He dressed her in it so it covered up something.
He lifted her up and ran to the main lobby of the castle.
"Guards! Princess Hyo was attack by a man tonight he jumped out the window so send out several patrols." Ichiro ordered running to the clinic.
He placed her down on a bed and gently kissed her forehead.
"What happened?" A nurse asked before silently chanting something and placed her a hands together healing the princess.
"A man came in and jumped her i think. I don't think her took her virginity but probably touched her." Ichiro spoke his voice dripped with regret.
"It wasn't your fault you didn't know." One of the other healers say patting his back.
"It's you that saved her from being kidnapped." She added.
Ichiro sat next to the bed she was on and held Hyo's hand hoping she could feel him.
"I could've stopped him from harming her." Ichiro mumbled.
"All the major wounds are healed but her bruises will go away on its own."
Ichiro smiled and thanked them. Ichiro waited beside her til morning.
"Its morning miss you said she'd wake up." Ichiro asked tiredly.
"We're going to run some test prince." The healer said shooing Ichiro out of the clinic as several other healers came running in.
Ichiro sighed lying down on the bench outside it.
Ichiro passed out on the bench only to be woken up several hours later.
"Excuse me prince but the results are in." she said.
Ichiro ran his fingers through his hair and glanced out the window it was getting late.
"There was a curse placed on m'lady we called in the top wizards in the kingdoms." She said giving him a reassuring smiled.
Ichiro sighed opening the clinic door there laid Hyo twitching as if trying to wake up from a nightmare.
Ichiro's eyes filled with sadness knowing she won't be able to awake, so hoping to sooth her mind he kissed her forehead and laid next to her.
Hyo stopped twitching and seemed to calm down.
Ichiro smiled and sleeping next to his partner.

Sorry for it taking a long time to update Internet is down.

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