THE VAMPIRE PRINCE AND THE MOON PRINCESS

TAMAKI'S TRUTH

After the shower Sakura wrap on robe around her and crawled into bed and cried her self to sleep. After the ball Tamaki came in to check on Sakura but realized that she was already sleeping, she gently sat on the bed beside her and stroke her hair moving the loose hair from her face. As she did that, she saw that her cheeks were wet with tears, "damn she cried herself to sleep, I am so sorry that you have to go through this pinky." Tamaki whispered. Tamaki then kissed her forehead gently trying to not wake her, "good night princess sleep well" Tamaki said turning off the lights and exiting her room.

The following afternoon Tamaki came in to check on Sakura, who was now sited at her bedroom window staring at their parents' picture and looked like she was in deep depression. "Hey Pinky, can we talk for a minute?" Tamaki said walking over to where she was. "Not really in the mood to talk today Taki" Sakura replied. "I completely understand that Sakura but what I want to talk to you about is really important, it might clear thing up a lot, might make you see thing in a different light," Tamaki replied stroking her long hair. Sighing deeply Sakura agreed. Come on I brought let's go to the rose garden I know it's your favorite spot after all.

After a few minute Tamaki and Sakura sat on the swinging bench in the garden. Sakura listen, I don't want to look at father differently, despite all that happen I know he cares about us, I know he too is hurting over mother's death and deals with it differently, but you should also remember father was forced into taking over the throne at an early age as well, after the death of Grandfather Senju" Tamaki told her as she looked at the sky sadly. Sakura then turn to watch Tamaki who had a painful expression on her face. "Taki? Are you alright? What is it Taki? Tell me please, you have me worried now." Sakura told her watching her with concern. "Sakura, I know you think that Takuma and I had an easy union, but it wasn't, I was 17 when I came across Takuma, he was a rude, self-centered and obnoxious fierce warrior from the north star and when he came here he took the oath to protect me, I despised him, he was always mean to me, but after a while of spending time with him, even training with him, after all he taught me how to weld a sword, we fell in love. We couldn't be apart from each other we were so happy. Until one day father forbid us from being around each other: "he said a princess should conduct her self in a proper manner and should not be training to fight" But we still use to sneak around to see each other, we use to kiss all the time, for someone that was a fierce fighter he was such a gentle and compassionate kisser." Tamaki said with a smile.

"Wait I don't get it, why did father forbid you from seeing him? I thought Takuma was a Prince?" Sakura asked "you see at the time Takuma was running away from his pass, his father wanted to kill him and so he seeked refuge with father" Tamaki said pausing and returning her gaze to Sakura."So what happen?" Sakura asked Tamaki intensely. Sighing deeply Tamaki continued. Konan saw me sneaking out one night and followed me, she saw Takuma and I together and told father about it," Tamaki said taking another pause as the pain from the memory overwhelmed her. "WHAT! Stupid Konan why would she do that! Oh no what did father do?" Sakura asked. Takuma was beaten for days and sentence to death by beheading as for me, I had public humiliation." Tamaki said pausing again. Sakura could tell that the memory of that day still hurt Tamaki, she didn't want her to continue if it would make her worse.

"Taki you don't have to continue if it will hurt you more" Sakura said as she watches tears roll down Tamaki cheeks, Tamaki quickly wipe them away. "it's okay Sakura you need to hear this and understand why Yuuichi won't risk it. I was stripped of my clothe and stood naked in front of everyone, including the Celestial-being, Fair-folks, Were-children\Moon-children, Guardians, Head of the counsels and Kings. Everyone was there, they tied me to pole and whipped me till my entire body was covered with cuts and bloody. As if that was not enough for father, when he asked me if I renounce my love for Takuma I said no!, He then order them to dump me in the electric chamber, where thousand of volted deadly eels were placed in there. I scream in agony, begging for the pain to seize but it kept coming over and over and over again. Mother had enough and demanded them to release me, and father didn't dear to challenge mother, so they did." Tamaki told her,