Chapter 5: The Thoughts

Written by: Aoi Tenshi

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Matt woke up in the middle of the night. He was awaked by a strange dream. Staring at the window next of him, he stood up and went to look outside. An owl was staring him deeply into to his blue-azure eyes, before flying away. He sighed. While staring outside, he was thinking what his dad had told him this evening.

¤ Flashback ¤

Matt was explaining TK, how he and Tai met the two girls in the woods. Tk, full with curiosity, listened cautiously what Matt told him. Just when he was on the best part of the story, his father came in as Matt quickly stopped, when he saw him entering his room. Matt glared at him. Though, Matt and his Father don't understand each other well, Matt always respected him, not as a father, but as a king.

"What is it, Father?" TK asked him.

"I must talk with you, Matt." His said, eyeing at Matt's direction.

"What is it now?" Matt murmured.

"It's about your marriage with the princess of the Tachikawa Kingdom."

"What's wrong with it?" Matt asked coldly. He hoped his marriage with her will be cancelled.

"There's nothing wrong with it." His dad assured him. "The Tachikawa's wanted to invite us for a masked banquet in their Kingdom."

"And what does have the marriage to do about it?" Matt replied.

"Well, your marriage will be at the same day as the banquet."

"What?" Matt exclaimed. "The same day like my marriage?"

"I just heard it from his Sender." His Father told him.

"This is just unfair!" Matt yelled, crossing his arms.

"Matt, look, I know you're upset right now, but we don't have a choice. No matter the circumstances, you will marry her, if you really want it or not." He said. "I know how you feel right now."

"How can you now that!" Matt yelled furiously. "You don't know how it is to marry someone you never met! It's just so unfair! Unlike you, you didn't have to choose if you wanted to marry Mom!"

"Matt, listen! Stop putting your Mom into this conversation. Your Mom has nothing to do with it!" his father yelled back, pointing his finger at him.

"I don't care!"

"How can you talk to her like that?" he yelled. "I married your Mom, because my father ordered me to. Those were the rules!"

"Stupid, rules! If they didn't exist I just run away from here and never come back!"

"Don't dare doing that!" his father said with a dreadful tone. "If you ever do that, I swear, I'll lock you up till you understand how it is to be a father ordering his son to do what he must do!"

"Pff Yea, right." Matt simply replied coldly, crossing his arms.

"I'm not going to waste my time with you." he told him, full with hatred.

He turned around and glared at his son, before walking away.

"I won't go to that stupid banquet!" Matt called after him, but his dad just ignored him.

"I hate him!" Matt murmured.

"Don't be so harsh on him, Matt." TK said." He does this for your own good, you know."

"For my own good?" Matt said, almost yelling. "I hate this! I hate this castle, I hate being locked from the world and I certainly hate my dad for not choosing someone I love!"

"I know, Matt, but what do you have to do next? You don't have any choice than to obey him." TK told him.

"Even if I marry this girl, he still can't judge me from not going outside the palace walls." Matt said.

"If you don't get caught, though" TK replied him.

"You're right! If he still can't see I'm sneaking away, he still can't get my freedom yet!"

TK smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Goodnight." Matt said. "Don't forget to cover for me again!"

"I won't" TK told him, before walking away from his room.

¤ End of Flashback ¤

Still thinking of what his dad had told him, he sighed. Tomorrow he will see that girl again, and this time, he won't miss the chance of asking her where she lives. With a last look at the full moon, he went back to his bed, and decided to sleep.

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In the other side of the Matt's room, there was Tai's. Like Matt, he couldn't stop thinking about the brown-reddish girl he met from the forest. Lying on his bed, he relaxed his arms at the back of his head and stared at the ceiling. He remembered her face very well. Her pale-brown skin, her hazel eyes and her sweet charming voice was still speaking trough his mind.

Tai sighed with a smile. Tomorrow they will meet again, and he wouldn't miss this for gold! He turned around of his bed and started thinking about the marriage. Yes, the marriage. All because of those stupid rules and traditions, they just couldn't live their own life.

If he could choose which woman he wanted to marry with, it would be Sonia (stupid name, isn't it? I just couldn't think about name, when I updated this story.) Though, he only met her once, he was already fallen in love with her, and he knew Matt felt the same as him, but for Miranda.

Still thinking about the marriage, he tried to figure out how he can avoid it. He thought it was too early for him to marry, but his parents had already decided. Stupid rules, Tai thought mad. Without them he could do anything what his heart requests.

But it was useless, he couldn't escape from his loyalty that was given to him, but he can change the thoughts of his dad, for not going to the banquet at the Tachikawa Kingdom.

When he heard the banquet was at the same day as his marriage, Tai almost freaked out when his parents had told him. Tai sighed. He couldn't believe it. Just when he thought the marriage would be enough, this must happen to him. He was feeling so unlucky. He wished he would live like an ordinary peasant, working on land with horses and chickens, but no, he must be the prince of the Kamiya Kingdom.

With all of those thoughts, Tai slowly drifted into sleep.

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As the sun slowly appeared from the horizon, Mimi woke up by the shine light that hitter her eyes, which snapped her from her wonderful dreams. She groaned tiresomely and tensed her arms. She got up from her light-pink bed and walked towards the mirror to see her reflection. Mimi was shocked as she saw how terrible she looked in the morning.

She swiftly grabbed her comb and started combing her hair in a fluently way. Though, she really had long hair, she never had knots in it. Then when she was done, she refreshed herself a bit up, before picking up one of her Royal robes inside her wardrobe. While searching for a perfect robe, she landed into her peasant clothes, she used yesterday. Mimi stared at it for a while, before stuffing it deeply into her other robes. She doesn't want to visualize how her mother will respond, as she saw them; lying on the floor.

When she was done, she left her room and went to the Royal Garden. She doesn't have any idea if her sister was awake or Sora, but she smiled when she arrived. This was Mimi's favourite place. Flowers from different continents were observable.

A fountain in the form of a swan was standing in the middle of the Garden. Birds were flying graciously into the morning light as the leaves were slowly moving from the gentle wind.

From all the wonderful rooms and places inside her Kingdom, this was her favourite. As she walked on the small path, she enjoyed the bird's songs and the smell of the flowers. Her favourite tree was the Cherry blossom tree. It was laid in a small corner and underneath of its pink petals, a bench was set into the ground.

She remembered when she was little; when she broke one of her mother's Chinese vases, given from the Emperor of China. Scared of being punished, she let it fixed by flowing down some glue and putted it back on its place.

Unfortunately, her mother saw it and got furious. Little Mimi went to the Garden, crying on the bench under the Cherry blossom tree. But when she felt a petal on her hand, she looked up and saw the Cherry blossom tree moving. (Not literally) From that day, she always went to that tree, to tell her, her problems.

After so many years, telling each others secret, this tree was like her journal. It knew everything about her and her life. Even when she sneaked out of the palace walls, Mimi was always there, telling her adventures. Mimi sighed with a smile.

Standing in front of the tree, Mimi suddenly heard a voice behind her. She turned around and saw Sora rushing to her.

"Hey Sora!" Mimi yelled.

"Hey." She said when she was standing before her. "What were you doing? I was looking all over for you." Sora told her.

"You did?" Mimi asked. "Well I was just watching the Cherry blossom tree." Mimi explained her.

"Well anyway, when do we go the Misty Forest again?" Sora asked her. "I can't wait any longer to meet him... I mean them again."

Mimi narrowed her eyebrows and grinned. "It's too early now to sneak out." Mimi told her. "Why won't we go after supper? Mom and Dad are going to see an ancient museum outside the Kingdom."

"Yeah, I heard my Mom telling me that too." Sora said.

"Hey? And where's Kari?" Mimi suddenly asked. "About this time, she must be awake now."

"Don't know." Sora shrugged.

"Here I am!" they heard someone calling.

"Kari, there you are!" Mimi called back.

"Kari, we have a favour to ask you." Sora told her.

"Should I cover you up once again?" Kari asked, knowing the answer.

Mimi nodded, "Thanks Kari." She said, hugging her little sis.

"But promise me you won't stay that long like yesterday." Kari ordered her.

"We won't." Sora assured her.

"Because of those nice trips and cute boys, we've forgot the time to head back home." Mimi explained her.

"Well, I hope you won't forget it now." Kari replied, crossing her arms. "Other wise I won't cover for you guys again."

"Fine, we won't do it again; Now happy?" Mimi asked her with an annoying voice.

"Okay." Kari smiled.

"Now let's head back inside. It's getting cold." Sora told them, when she started to shiver from the wind.

Mimi looked at the sky. Instead of giving a light-blue colour and white clouds, it turned into grey. Mimi knew what this means; rain will fall and they can't go outside when it's pouring. She looked at the two girls, who had the same opinion like her. With disappointed faces they all went inside. Mimi and Sora hoped it wouldn't rain.

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What will happen if it really does rain and Mimi and Sora has to stay inside? Will they still go, or not? And will Matt ever understand his father? And what will happen if they really meeting each other again?

¤ Aoi Tenshi Talking ¤

Guess I end it on a stupid way for this chapter. But I'm having a writers block and I still can't figure out if I have to add other characters or not? But still, I'm not giving up and truly don't want to stop now! I want to thank all the ones who reviewed me and supported me to continue! You guys Rulz! ^_^

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