Those Beautiful Lies

Chapter V

-OIKAWA POV-
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(Picture is of Kyzer)
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It happened at approximately 4:30 in the morning. Everyone was sound asleep, as usual. It had been almost a week until the announcement, and nothing was more out of the normal then usual. Until now.

Oikawa was awoken to the sounds of piercing screams and shouts. They rang through the Shadow Village, filling every ear. Oikawa bolted awake, his family starting to awaken too. He heard running feet outside, gunshots ringing, orders being shout from what he assumed were head guards.

Oikawa self consciously set his hand on the hilt of his dagger, backing up to the rest of his family. "What's going on?" Lilly hissed. The younger kids looked terrified, and they clung to her and the twins' legs.

"Oikawa." A voice said, and he turned around to see his dad. "Do you have any idea of what's going on out there?" His mother was clinging to his arm, a worried look on her face as well. Oikawa just shook his head helplessly. He honestly had no idea.

The screams were getting louder, the gunshots more consistent. There were wails of grief echoing from some of the neighboring huts, and Oikawa stepped in front of his family as he heard the clunking of heavy metal boots right outside their cloth door to the hut.

That's when 5 guards, fully armored and equipped, burst through the cloth door. They pointed their guns and swords at Oikawa and his family, some of the littler ones screaming in terror. The one at the lead was clad in shiny armor, as well as medals and badges. He was wielding a sword...a sword just like the one Oikawa had, except this was a sword and not a dagger. And this sword was less flashy...but threatening all the same.

"Tooru family." One of the guards said, holding a notebook in one hand. It was the notebook. The one that one of the guards had been holding at the first inspection. "Oikawa Tooru, 19." The guard pointed straight at Oikawa, all eyes flashing to him. "There."

That's when the head guard, the one with the badges, flicked his hand. "Oikawa Tooru. You are required by the Royal Palace to come with us." He said in a low voice, his eerie grey eyes scanning him up and down. The other three guards, not including the one with the notebook, slowly started walking forward with their swords at the ready.

"Come with you? No way." Oikawa scoffed, backing up as the guards came forward. His family shuffled back as well, but his baby brother clung to his leg, starting to whimper.

"Refusing?" The head guard sighed. "How many times I've done this today, I don't know." He adjusted his grip on his sword, his eyes flickering down to Oikawa's brother clinging to his leg. "Wait, Prince Kyzer-" One of the guards said.

Oikawa's eyes widened. Prince? One of the Princes of the Royal Palace? Oikawa looked him over. He defiantly wasn't the oldest...but that didn't mean anything to Oikawa right now.

"Shut up." Kyzer hissed, and he started stalking forward. Right towards Oikawa's brother. He suddenly realized what he was about to do, and Oikawa'a eyes widened to the sizes of saucers.

"NO!" He screamed as the Prince lunged forward, swinging his sword at his baby brother. Oikawa reacted on instinct. Barely thinking about what he was doing, he whipped out his dagger and lunged in front of Kyzer just as the sword almost swung down on his brother. Oikawa though, not having the training, wasn't able to stop the highly skilled Prince.

The sword slashed across across his arm, and Oikawa screamed in pain as he sunk to his knees in front of the Prince. "YOU FOOL!" The Prince screamed, his eyes flashing in anger as he missed his initial target. He raised up his sword, swinging it down once again. But this time, even though it felt like his arm was on fire, he raised his dagger and blocked it.

Their sword and dagger clanged together, and Oikawa had to hold the blade up as well under the Prince's strength. The blade cut into the palm, and Oikawa winced greatly, but kept pushing.

The Prince suddenly stopped pushing down on Oikawa. Now, his gaze was entirely fixed on the dagger. "Where. Did. You. Get. THAT!" The Prince seethed. "THAT IS ANCIENT ROYAL PROPERTY!"

The Prince, Kyzer, swung his foot out and kicked Oikawa in the ribs. Oikawa screamed in pain, falling back away from the furious Prince. The dagger fell from his hands and dropped to the dirt ground. Kyzer snatched it up, then reached forward and tore the sheath off of Oikawa's belt loop.

"Guards. Take him. Put him with the other first borns." Kyzer hissed. Oikawa's family screamed and cried in protest, trying to leap forward and grab Oikawa back, but one of the guards held them all back.

Oikawa felt himself being lifted up, but he was already out of fight. He was bleeding from two places now and bruising in another. His knee, on top of that, was weakening. He couldn't stop the guards from hauling him away. The only he could do was turn his head, reaching out with his torn and bloody hand to his family. They stared with helplessness and grief as he was dragged out of the hut...probably for the last time. The last thing he saw as he was dragged away was Kyzer's evil grin spreading across that wicked face.
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Hey guys! Sorry for haven't updating in 5 days, and sorry this chapter is a little bit sort, but what do you think about this chapter? Pretty good cliffhanger, right? Where do you think he is being taken, and what did that son of a biscuit Kyzer mean by the 'rest of the firstborns?'
I absolutely loved writing that chapter, and I hope y'all liked reading it! New chapter will be updated soon.
Much love, Avianna