You Found Me[EDITING]

Chapter 9

"Tokine!!" Obi shouted. "What are you doing!?" I gave him a blank stare as I painfully stood up from the bed I was sitting at.

"I'm going to save Shirayuki." I looked down at what I was wearing. "But first I guess I need to go to my room to go get my clothes." I tried walking pass Obi, but unfortunately he stopped me.

"I don't think that's very wise. You know you are seriously hurt, and you're going to go out."

"Obi, I don't care. I'm going to save her. It's my fault in the first place. And shouldn't you be with Prince Zen."

"Yes I should be, but I wanted to check up on you. And it's not your fault that Shirayuki got kidnapped. It's mine, so please don't blame yourself for it." I looked down outside the window. There were tons of guards outside. I wasn't sure how I was going to get out by myself. "Toki..." I turned around to look at Obi. "If you are really set on going..." Obi looked at me dead in the eyes. "I'm going with you, so I can protect you and look for Shirayuki. It's better if two people are looking rather than one." I was surprised by what he said. I didn't expect him to say that. I thought he would still try and convince me to stay here. I knew he would go alone and rescue her, but he actually thought rationally for once.

"Are you serious? What's with the sudden change of heart?" I questioned him.

"Yeah, It's better to listen to you instead of telling you no because either way you were going to go out and find her no matter what." Obi said as he shrugged. I smiled.

"Thanks, Obi." Once again I looked back down outside the window. "Now we just need to figure a way out of here without me getting caught." I looked down at what I was wearing. "It's going to be difficult moving around with this dress."

"Don't worry about that. I'll go to your room and get you your clothes. You just stay here a rest for a little bit and try to think of a plan to get out of here to go rescue Shirayuki." I nodded and he walked out of the room. I can trust that he won't just leave me behind because he does in fact know I will leave whether he comes back or not.

Now that I'm going to be able to get out of here and I won't be alone when looking for Shirayuki, I can think of a better plan then the one I had previously. Since it's Obi who is helping me I think this will be a lot easier then I thought. But now that I think about the people who kidnapped Shirayuki, those guys looked familiar. I just can't place my finger on it. Just where have a seen them before.

Just as I was finishing up my thoughts about how to save Shirayuki, I heard a knock on the door. That was unexpectedly fast. I thought. "Come in." Once the door opened, my eyes widen as I saw who it was. It was Prince Zen from Clarines. "P-Prince Zen. I thought you were having a meeting with Prince Raji and the king."

"Yeah, the king is apparently busy at the moment, but it shouldn't take long." Zen stated.

"Stupid old geezer. Thinks something else is more important then finding someone." I mumbled to myself.

"Don't let him hear you say that." Zen said all of a sudden, making me blush in embarrassment. "Haha, I heard from Raji that you weren't that polite around people you trust."

"Well even if I do trust the king, I don't think he's making the right decision for not seeing you right away. He always acts like that. I know he's king and everything, but still, right now someone's life is on the line."

"I know we will find her. I'm just as worried as you are, so don't worry too much, okay?" I heard another knock on the door. 'Please don't be Obi.' I thought. I really don't want him to see Prince Zen. If he does then that's the end for me. The door opened to reveal a guard. I sighed in relief.

"Prince Zen, the meeting's about to start." Zen nodded and headed towards the door, but stopped. He turned around.

"Oh and Toki, be careful out there. You are still hurt. I do hope Obi takes care of you. Since you are leaving the castle."

"W-what!?"

"You remind me of Obi. You seem like someone who wouldn't listen to someone like me even if I told you to stay here and rest. Please be careful." With that he left. Then I heard another knock on the door. "Please be Obi." I said quietly. "Come in."

"Hey, Toki, I hope I got the right clothes." Obi said as he put them on the bed along with some of my weapons.

"Thank you Obi, and yes they are the right ones." I stared at Obi for a good couple minutes until he finally realized why I was staring at him. He apologized and turned around. I rolled my eyes and started to undress, but because I was in pain, I couldn't really get the dress off on my own. I looked over at Obi and started blushing madly. I couldn't just ask him to change me, but if I get a maid now to help me, they might question me about why I'm changing. "O-Obi." I managed to stutter out. He hummed in response. "C-can you help me?" I asked.

"Huh? What do you need help with?" I could tell he wanted to turn around, but he was reluctant. I understand why since I was in the process of changing. I turned my back towards Obi so if anything happens, he would only see my back side.

"I need to you to just unzip the zipper on this stupid dress and I'll get the rest, so you can turn now and help me." He turned around once I said to. I moved my hair out of the way so he could get to the zipper easier. If you guys could tell I was a blushing mess right now. I know I was acting all cool and everything, but I just can't help but blush because of this. After he was done he hurried and went back to the way he was.

I got dress, put my weapons back where they belong, and put my hair up ready to go. Now the only thing we have to do is figure a way out of this hell while before Raji gets back. I looked outside to see if there was a way out, but it looked difficult especially in my condition. I mean I could still run, but not fast enough to get away from the guards. "So what's are plan to get out of here?" Obi asked as I was still starting outside the window.

"What were the guards doing when you walked in here?" I asked, thinking about a possible way out of here.

"They were very wary on letting me in here, but since they saw me with you and the rest all the time they let me through." I sighed. I knew this would be trouble, but this is proving more difficult than I thought.

"Wait..." I said making Obi curious, but he didn't say anything. I walked over to one of the walls and started looking for a bottom of some sort in the wall. You guys already know about the underground passageway, but not the secret ways to get in through the castle. There is at least one in every couple rooms, and especially in the royal family's rooms, but they are extremely hard to find unless you are someone like me.

A smile plastered itself on my face once I found the right stone. I pressed down onto the stone on the wall as it went in. "Ta-da!" I said as some of the floor disappeared. Obi looked surprised but also fascinated.

"That's so cool." He said.

"Yeah it's cool. Now come on before it closes." I pushed Obi down as I followed. And just as I predicted the floor went back to normal. But as a result of it closing it was now pitch black down in the passageway.

"Great. Now what's your plan to get out of the dark and into the light." Obi sarcastically said.

"You know, Obi, if you wanna go to the light I can have that arranged for you right now." I said a little irritated. All I heard was Obi's laughing. Feeling around I found a lantern. "Obi do you have a match?"

"Yeah, here." Obi said as he handed me a match and I was about to light the lantern. Now we were on our way to go find and rescue Shirayuki, and nothing is going to stop me now.