Chapter 11

“Hey big brother, wake up.”

Haku woke up in a wooden bed with his sister in the doorway of a small room. “It’s about time you got up. You’ve been out of it for three days.” Haku quickly got up. “Are you serious? It’s been three days?” Kisango nodded. “We were starting to get worried.”

“Hey! Is he up yet Kisango?” Lin yelled from downstairs. “Yeah! But I think he’s really confused!” Kisango took his arm. “C’mon. Let’s go downstairs with Lin and everyone.” she said. “Right.” Because Haku was so tired even after sleeping for three days, Kisango had to drag him.

“Well, here he is Lin. I think we should tell him what’s been going on the past three days.” Kisango said. “Okay. Hey, sleepyhead. Sit down before you fall over.” Lin said as she pointed to a spot neat the fire pit. “Where are we Lin?” Haku asked followed by a yawn.

“We’re in the Village Hidden in the Shade.” Ray said as he walked into the room. “This is where Lin and I grew up.” Lin sighed. “So many old memories. We had a good time here until that old hag Yubaba took me away from here.”

“Where’s Takato?” Haku asked.

“He went with Kitsune, Usagi and Sora.”

“Who are they?”

“Oh that’s right! You don’t know what happened yet.” Lin said. “This house belongs to Nikkou, my grandmother. The other people who live here are my cousins Kitsune, Usagi, Sora, Kenshin, Neko and Kurogane.”

‘Wow. Big family.’ Haku thought. “By the way, where’s that one girl?” Haku asked. “You mean that Rumi girl? She’s around here somewhere here with my grandma. Maybe they went to the well.” There was a long pause before Lin said, “That girl Rumi, I feel like I can trust her. I don’t know why, but maybe she was telling the truth. Maybe she’s really…”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

Lin stopped rambling and Haku rushed to get to his sister. “Kisango. What is it? Tell me what’s hurting you!” Haku demanded. “A thousand…” she kept saying. “A thousand?” Haku asked. “Haku, I go get my grandmother. Maybe she can help!” Lin said as she ran out. “Kisango, what do you mean ‘a thousand’?” Haku asked again. “It’s like…a thousand needles all over!” Kisango shouted. “Big brother… I can’t feel my legs! My left arm hurts!” Tears kept flowing from her face. “It won’t stop! Big brother…please help me!”

“Princess!”

Takato ran into the room to rush to his princess’ side. “I told you Takato…don’t call me princess.” Kisango strained to say. “Is it that pain again?” Takato asked. Kisango nodded. “Wait. Takato, you know about this?” Haku asked. “Yeah. While we were-”.

“Haku! I found my grandmother!” Lin said, running into the room. “Grandma Nikkou, are we able to help her?” Lin asked. The 80-year-old medicine lady examined her. “Lin, go get the rest of your cousins outside. Tell them to go to my storage to get one of each herb in the blue box.” “Yes grandma.” Lin bowed her head and went outside. “Will she…be alright?” Takato asked. Haku got up. “Takato. We need to talk outside.” Takato nodded and followed him.

As soon as they got outside, Haku asked, “What happened to Kisango?” Takato sighed. “Get ready for a long story. It all started after you were gone. Your mother moved back into the castle. Then three days later, a kidnapping attempt was in progress. Their target was your sister. The thing is, the kidnappers were human and they were after…” Takato stopped after that. “What were they after Takato? I need to know.” Haku said.

“I don’t think you’ll like this, but I’ll tell you. I was in the library of the castle and I found this hidden passage way. I went inside and found a book with a black plume on the cover. The book tells the story of the Final Hour, when all worlds: human, spirit and demon, are going to be covered in darkness. After that, they’ll all be lost forever. The only way anyone could stop it is by getting the three keys that unlock the Door to Light. I know that he has two of those keys already. And now, he’s waiting for the first key to cooperate, the second key to be retrieved, and the third one to awaken. According to legend, a specific being not from this world but the human world is chosen as a key to because of their spiritual power. The second key is a being from this world that has a sacred jewel known as the ‘teardrop of the stars’. The final key is the power of princess Meian. The kidnappers were after Kisango because she’s the only one who has the teardrop of the stars since the jewel is passed down to the second child and not the first in your family. She holds the second key. Anyway, she’s been getting really sick because she bears the key to the worlds destruction and she can’t bear it any longer.”

Haku just stood there. After all, it was a lot to take in. “So, what are we going to do? Shiro’s behind this, so he won’t give up until he gets what he wants.”

“Your highness, your not imposing that we should just give away the jewel, are you?! I know that Princess Kisango is really sick right now. And trust me when I say that I want to protect her with my life! But we can give away the jewel since Shiro already has the upper hand!” Takato kneeled on the floor and bowed.

“Please, we can’t give it up! If we do, then we’ll all die!”

“Get up, Takato. You need to get ready to give the jewel away when Shiro finds out where we are.”

“But you highness we-”

“Don’t worry about it. I have a plan. Everything’s going to be fine.”

So lovely-bubblies, how was this chapter so far? It took me a while to do it, and here it is. I hope everyone who reads it reviews and if you have any idea about how I can improve my writing, feel free to tell me. Well, see you next time! Oh BTW, check out my profile to check out my upcoming stories!