Fate 2

Why do you keep me calling your highness? This continued to echo in my head.

"Catherine..." his cold voice send shivers to my spine. I didn't even noticed he was behind me. He held me by my waist and we walked side by side.

Hikaru keep on walking and when we are both at the wide wall, I saw a huge painting. I was surprised. I stare at it and thought Oh my! Now I understand why.

Hikaru spoke but still staring at the painting, "She left without a word"  his voice was very sad. I was looking at him. He was longing for her. "No one knew where was she now, until you came, that was one of the reasons why Aiomi came angrily, rushing here." Hikaru added,

I looked at the painting again and asked, " Who is she?"

"Aiomi's queen, but since he rejected the proposal to be king, they had no other options than me to be the king and Destiny to be my queen"

"Where do you think she is?" I asked while hiding the sword at my back.

He walked to a couch near to a room. I followed him and stood beside him; he looked at me and answered, " A day before you came, she suddenly became uneasy and hot tempered, then the next day she disappeared. I don't know why is this happening now, it never happened before. Possibly she has predicted something... Does a katana or a sword showed to you?"

I grab the sword hidden behind in my blouse and showed it to him. He seems surprised and scared. I asked, " Why do you looked scared?

"That's ,that's Destiny's katana." He pointed at the sword while stammering.

Wait, what? I don't understand; is Destiny a human or not?  I thought.

"Destiny?"  I mumbled

"Yes, she was my queen" he said as he looked at the sword.

"Please take good care of her" he added still looking at the sword. He sighed and looked at me.

What look was that? I thought.

He stood up, grabs me by the arm and hugged me tightly.

"Destiny, please come back" I heard him crying

"Hikaru…" I hugged him back and comforted him. It took him a minute before letting me go.

He wipes his tears from his cheeks. He apologizes and fakes a smile. He sat down again, his face was on his hands , his elbows resting on his thighs. He heaved a sigh and looked at me.

"You've inherited Destiny's sword, I think you might as well have her throne." he said, his eyes were puffy now, I think he hasn't fully calmed down.

I was surprised at his sudden decision, "NO"  I shortly replied, he looked at me.

"And never ever!" an angry voice was heard from the staircase.

Hikaru stood up in surprise, I was still holding the sword. On the staircase stands, Aiomi.

Aiomi walks towards me, I can see anger and frustration on his face. Before I can even react, he pulls me off from Hikaru. He grabbed me tightly that I uttered, "Ow!"

He looked at Hikaru and said, "How dare you assign this…" Aiomi looked at me, angrily, from head to foot and continued speaking, " …commoner or rather a stranger to her place. She just came from nowhere". His grasp became tighter, " She may look like Destiny, but how sure are you that she…"

His wounds were almost healed, he has bondage on it.

I cut the conversation by escaping from his grasp. I was near the painting and hid the sword and held my throbbing wrist. It hurts. I stood and said, " Yes, I may look like her, but I won't sit on that throne. Destiny may have chosen me, not to be queen to fill her throne. She might have chosen me so I could protect you from each other."

At this moment, I both saw them listening.

I looked at them straight in the eyes and smiled, "You were brothers, right? Don't fight each other because someone came and you assumed that it will fill her seat. I won't take something for granted. If I have to work hard for something. I will do it. I will leave you for the moment."

I was about to leave when I saw Hikaru nod and smiled, then Aiomi spoke irritated, " And who do you think you are?"

"I will be your concerned guardian. In my world, people kill each other because of greed and jealousy. You can still fix your bond. We'll find her." those words struck Aiomi, he looked calmed and it showed his gorgeous face. He has cleaned himself immediately.

I left them, my heart was beating so fast. It is my first time to speak like that.

I walked somewhere in the palace.

As I was roaming I saw Meimei, I called her. She was smiling as she approached me. She bowed before me. "Yes, your highness?

I was irritated by that greeting. I complained, "Please stop calling me 'Your highness', it makes me uncomfortable" Meimei stopped smiling for a second and nodded. I smiled at her and said, "Just call me Cath"

Meimei smiled and asked, "Why did you call me?"

"I want to ask something about Hikaru and Aiomi. Do you know anything else about them?"

"No one in the palace knows more about them, aside from being brothers. I am sorry I couldn't be of any help" she lowered her head.

I patted her shoulder , "You shouldn't be sorry, it is fine. Thank you"

She raised her head  and bowed down, then she left.

Should I be this nosy about them?

It was afternoon when I felt hunger. I saw and followed Meimei when, " Why are you following her?"

I almost screamed but he was able to cover my mouth. "Be quiet" he said

He was a very handsome guy whose hair was black as the night and tantalizing hazel eyes. His hair was neatly tied to a bun, he was wearing a gold silk robe. He removed his hands from my mouth and smiled. I saw a crown, I think he is the… Oh my God!

I dropped myself to the floor, kneeling and stammering, " Y-your majesty, I am sorry". He laughed softly and almost knelt, "You are interesting. Stand up, it's me, Hikaru" he is still smiling and still controlling his laughter.

I am a bit pissed when suddenly my stomach loudly rumbled, " I see. Shall we?"  he said

I feel so embarassed.

"Where are we going?" I asked while holding my tummy.

"To the dining hall, we'll eat" he answered and started walking. I followed him and started imagining steak, lobster and all delicious food. I almost drooled when I bumped into someone's chest.

"Stop daydreaming" he sounded so calm yet you will feel irritation on his voice

"Sorry" I didn't look at him and passed him.

I reached the dining hall, Hikaru was there.