Dance For The Prince

The Quest for the Truth

"So will you finally tell me your name" Hitsugaya said while he put his hand over his eyes as he sat down. "Yeah sure I don't mind. The truth of the past lies hidden deep in the palace's labyrinth. The forth coming of the future. The plan to destroy and conquer. Be too late and it will crumble, be too early and be banished. The reward isn't gold, silver or diamond, but a future that can either be dark, light or just right. Traitors hiding in every corner, waiting for an opportunity to over throw the ruler. Ask the royal warriors and they will help you. The moment you found the answer then you'll know my name" the dancer said. "Isn't it very cliche like of you to tell a riddle" Hitsugaya said as he looked at her straight in the eyes. "But I'm not fooling around though. What I am speaking holds the truth" she said before pulling out an old looking scroll. "Keep a close eye on your sister, she's in deep danger, if you love her then keep her away from Aizen" she continued before going out of the library and into the busy streets. As he sat there dumbfounded before regaining his senses and opened the scroll. The content was a map of the entire palace, not only that but there was a writing on the bottom right part of the scroll that he couldn't decipher. He then went out and found Matsumoto before telling her on how they met at the streets by nearly exchanging the things they bought before deciding to chat at the library then him asking her about her name and ending up with a riddle to solve. "Wow but why keep Hinamori away from Sosuke?" Matsumoto questioned. "I don't know but I don't think she made us go on this ridiculous quest if there wasn't some hidden meaning to us going through this" he answered. "I mean Momo is infatuated with him so maybe to keep a close eye on her" Matsumoto said. Both of them decided to not tell Hinamori about the quest and leave her out of it. As they went inside the palace they came across two familiar faces. "Oi isn't it one of the midget" the blue haired man said. "Sorry we don't have that much time to chat but do you know where the royal warriors are?" Matsumoto said nicely. "Do you have any business with them?" Harribel the yellow haired girl questioned. 'According to the riddle that she gave she said that traitors at every corner, does she mean...' Hitsugaya pondered for a while before speaking to the guards saying "Yes we do, we were wondering where the palace labyrinth is hidden" as he gave the map to Grimmjow. Grimmjow then looked at the content of the map and saw the writing on the bottomed right and unlike Hitsugaya, he can read it as clear as the moon. "Follow us" Grimmjow said, walking away while making a follow me motion with his hand. "So is that what she meant by traitors at every corner?" Rangiku quietly asked Hitsugaya. "Most probably but we can't be too sure yet, they might be tricking us after all" he answered her back. All four of them walked towards a door with the number 6. After they went through they noticed a blue rug in the middle of the room and beside it is a bed. "Don't mind my room" Grimmjow said as he lift up the rug and under it was a door with a keyhole. Grimmjow then pointed his index finger at the keyhole before his nails started morphing into claws. Once the transformation was complete he put his index finger's claw in the keyhole and turned it to the left before hearing the door unlock. He then raised the door and allowed everyone to go in before closing the door and locking it to prevent anyone else to go in. As they went underground Rangiku can't keep the question in any longer so she decided to ask, "Do you two have a zanpakuto too?" "Yeah we do. Each of the royal warriors have an access to the labyrinth but the sultan doesn't" Grimmjow said. "So the previous sultan really did trust you guys huh" Rangiku said in awe and surprised for she has never seen or at least heard of a ruler who trusts their people very much, even she has been taught by the previous head maid of the palace to always be careful of the people around them for if they told them some important information in where it can be used against them will have a higher advantage. As they went deeper and deeper underground they finally stopped at two ginormous doors before opening them. They then turned right before turning left then straight ahead. "How do we know that you are not going to leave us here once you get us lost" Hitsugaya accusingly said. "The sultana will kill me if I even thought about it" he said before stopping in the middle of the hallway. "What's wrong" Matsumoto asked. "Sosuke will be asking for us" Grimmjow said before turning back the way they came from and went back. Before Hitsugaya could even react Harribel gave him a scroll. "What's this?" He questioned. "A map of the labyrinth, I thought it might help" she said before walking away twice as fast to catch up with Grimmjow. Hitsugaya breathed a frustrated sigh before opening the map and tried to find their way around. As they were walking to the library they came across a painting that contains a girl in her younger teen years. "She looks different" Rangiku said while studying the painting. Hitsugaya as well stood in place absolutely in awe of the art. As they went closer and closer to the library they saw the paintings change, it started by a child around the age of 5-10 until the last picture in which the girl looks like the age 11. They then finally reached the door to the library but before they opened it they saw a painting containing a girl soaked head to toe from the rain and beside her was a guy around her age, the sky was dark. And then that's when they noticed that her clothes was covered with blood, her body was wrapped in shadows, eyes were teary but hold a strong hatred, skin was as white as the sand around her, bodies nearly stacked on top of each other, blotches of blood causing the white sand to be stained red, a tragic scene indeed. "Is this real" Rangiku asked with a shaking voice barely understandable. Hitsugaya can't help but think that it is a tragic tragedy. "It probably didn't happen" he said sounding like he was trying to convince even himself which he was. "Let's just go in" Hitsugaya said not wanting to look at the horrifying yet beautiful painting. Both of them then opened the door leading to the library.