Chapter 8

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3rd person POV

"Shirayuki has been kidnapped, Obi got knocked out by one of the men, and Toki has gotten hurt again. What am I supposed do!?" Raji was starting to panic about the whole situation.

"Prince Raji, you need to calm down. We can't do anything if you can't think straight. Why don't you try and rest?" Sakaki asked kindly.

"Rest? Rest!? How can I rest when all of this happened in just one day. Prince Zen is going to kill me because I lost Shirayuki."

"Again your highness, nothing will get done if you are stressed like this. You need to get some sleep. We already have our best Royal guards looking for her." Raji was very stressed out about everything that has happened up until now. Sighing, he agreed to go to his chambers to rest up, but he still wanted to help out every bit possible.

While Raji was trying to rest up, Obi finally woke up. He opened his eyes quickly and shot up.

"Obi!?" Rona and a maid said in unison. "You woke up." Rona stated.

"Huh!? Where is Shirayuki?!" Obi demanded.

"They took her. Toki tried to help, but ended up getting hurt again. The elite guards are trying to look for them, but they found nothing so far." Eugena explained. Obi was shocked to hear that. He couldn't believe that the guards lost sight of them. He was also worried that not only Shirayuki was still gone, but Toki got hurt once again.

"Toki's hurt!?" The twin nodded.

"Yeah. She was trying to get Shirayuki back. When she was fighting, the guy with a scar punched her in her stomach, so I guess when she got hit, he reopened her old wound." Rona started to cry, while Eugena was tearing up.

"I'm so sorry." Rona started. "If we didn't distract you. You would have been able to stop them." She looked up to Obi. "This is our fault." Obi felt sympathy for them.

"Don't say that. You guys were only trying to help." Obi might have said that, but the twins still felt guilty about what happened. "Now then, tell me how long I was out?"Obi asked the maid that was next to him.

"Just about an hour." The maid said in response. "Listen, Obi, you should really take it easy for a-" Obi cut her off.

"What about arrivals? Has anyone from Clarines?" Obi asked.

"No I haven't heard anything. Would you like me to check for you?"

"Yes, please do. And thank you." Obi said kindly to the maid. Obi looked over to Rona and Eugena.

"Look, don't feel so bad. Shirayuki will be back."

"You promise?" Rona said. Obi nodded in agreement.

"It's getting late for you two. Why don't you guys go get some rest?" Rona and Eugena nodded and started walking towards the door, but Obi stopped them. "Oh, where is Toki? I want to go and check on her if I can?"

"She's in Prince Raji's room resting up. He wanted her to be with him. He thought she'd be safer in his room. Last time I checked in on her, she was still asleep."

"Okay thank you again, miss." Obi thanked the maid once again. The maid, Rona, and Eugena all walked out the door.

"The master and the others should be on their way, but how long until they get here?" He asked himself. Looking over to a small desk, he saw a little package. Picking it up he said, "Oh right, this was for Shirayuki."

While Raji said he was going to rest put, he decided to play his violin to calm his nerves. Sakaki had decided to walk in and check in on his Prince. "Still haven't gone to bed your highness?" Sakaki asked. He stopped and looked at Prince Raji playing his violin. "What is that piece?" Raji stopped playing to answer Sakaki's question.

"It was the dance I have planned for Shirayuki." Raji looked toward the window to the outside. He was looking up towards the full moon. "Right about now, we would have danced." He stopped for a moment before continuing. "Shirayuki was the only one who took me seriously. She's always honest too. Sometime a little too honest. She's done so much for me, but I couldn't even protect her in my own damn castle."

"Raji, it's not your fault that this happened." Toki said suddenly, which surprised Raji and Sakaki.

"Toki! How are you feeling? Are you okay?" Raji asked worriedly. Toki was trying to sit up, but hurt her too much. She managed to sit up and look at Raji.

"I'm okay. No need to worry. And, we still have time to save her, you know?"

"Toki's right. We still have time. Surely there is still something that only you can do for her. Would you agree?" Sakaki pointed out.

Right outside the castle, Prince Zen and his aides were close.

"There's a lot of fire burning tonight." Kiki observed.

"Yeah, this can't be good." Zen said. After a few short minutes, Zen and the others had arrived in front of the castle. Standing outside were Sakaki and multiple guards.

"We've been expecting you. Please come this way." Sakaki asked once Prince Zen and the other got off their horses.

Back in Raji's room

"I said no, Toki! You're not going!" Raji's yelled at Toki who had gotten out of bed. She was trying to leave to help find Shirayuki.

"Why can't I go?!"

"You're still hurt. You reopened you old wounds, so I'm not letting you leave!"

"I have to, Raji!" Toki yelled back.

"Why do you have to leave!?"

"It my fault that Shirayuki got taken away. If I didn't get hurt, I would have been able to help her and catch those stupid bastards. So I need to go save her!" Toki yelled. She seemed frustrated and upset for what happened. She seems to blame herself for what happened just a few hours ago. Raji realized this.

"I really don't-"

"Prince Raji, Zen and the others from Clarines are here." Sakaki said as he interrupted Raji. Toki and said guy look over to the little group.

"Toki we'll talk about this later. Just get some rest. Do not leave this castle, understood?" Raji waited for an answer, but didn't receive one. He didn't have time to deal with her because of what's happening right now, so he thought she should just get some alone time and rest. He told some guards to stay by the door, so she's doesn't leave.

Toki's POV

"Tsk. I can't believe he's not letting me leave." I sighed. "Some guards aren't going to stop me from leaving to look for Shirayuki." I looked over to the big window in Raji's room. I tried getting up from the bed, but it proved difficult. The guy with a scar on his face hit me in my stomach, which resolved to me reopening my wound.

I sat on the edge of the bed. Once I finally decided to try and get up, the door flew open.

"Tokine!?!" Looking up I saw Obi. His eyes widen once he saw me because I was trying to get up. "What are you doing?!"

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Very short chapter, I know. I'm sorry again that I haven't posted a new chapter in a while. I hope to post the next chapter sooner than this one. Thank you for voting and reading my story.

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