minor revisions again. Forgot to update here. it's been awhile.
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Kingdoms - Chapter 3 **Kiuchi Kingdom**It’s been one week since Yuko had performed surgery on the girl found at sea. Although her injuries have healed at a rapid pace, she has remained in a coma. Yuko has no idea why this girl has not woken up, her stats are almost normal to a healthy person.
Yuko entered her room to see Sasshi jotting down notes onto her clipboard.
“Ah, Yuko-san!”
“Sasshi, I’ve told you many times now. Just Yuko, no ‘san’. YUKO!”
“ugh, ah, I can’t do that.” Sasshi replied with an embarrassed smile.
“You can, but you won’t!” Yuko rebutted back at her with a smirk.
“How’s she doing?” Yuko asked changing the subject.
“No change since yesterday. Moeno-san sent back the CAT scan results. I left them on your desk.” Sasshi replied.
“Great, I’ll go take a look. As usual, let me know if anything changes.” Yuko said as she left the room.
Yuko sat down on her chair. She opened the drawer and grabbed the locket inside. She ran her fingers through the letters “K.H”. Holding the locket helps her think, especially when she is stuck on a problem. She opened the file that Sasshi had left on her desk and began reading the data.
**Aikuchi Kingdom**Mayu sat at the restaurant by herself. She wanted to get away from the Palace. Atsuko has been busy planning the attack on Kiuchi, Haruna was busy organizing medical supplies in preparation for the attack and Minami was sent on another errand by Atsuko.
As she was staring blankly into space, she noticed someone familiar leaving the restaurant. She quickly paid for her meal and followed the person.
“General Miyazaki!” Mayu yelled out at the person but it seemed that girl walked even faster.
The person turned right at the alleyway and Mayu followed.
Suddenly, she was flung against the wall.
“Look Ono Mayu, or should I say Watanabe Mayu, sister to Lord Maeda, if we all had not promised Lord Kashiwagi that we would not harm you in anyway in the future, you would be dead right now. DEAD!” Miho said starring Mayu straight in her eyes.
“Lord Kashiwagi died for us so we can live. She saved your life too, trust me, we all wanted you dead. I don’t know what magic love potion you gave her but she was head over heels for you. After all that you’ve done, she still protected you. Her best trait was her own worst enemy.”
Mayu stared back at Miho, she was speechless.
Miho continued, “She loved you, I’ve never seen her so happy. She really…loved… you.” Tears began to fill her eyes as she thought of her beloved leader. Miho let go of Mayu and began to walk away.
Stunned by what Miho has just said, Mayu remained silent and stood watching as Miho walked away.
Before Miho exited the alley, she turned around and said one last thing to Mayu, “Just do us a favour, if you ever see anyone of us ever again, pretend you don’t know us. It’s the least you could do for Lord Kashiwagi for returning you home safely.”
Miho walked out of the alley.
“Yuki….” Mayu fell to floor sobbing.
Back At Kiuchi HospitalSasshi ran into Yuko’s office, “She’s up, she’s up!”
Yuko didn’t hesitate and ran into the patient’s room.
The girl was up indeed. She sat up and looked at Yuko wide eyed.
For the past week since the major surgery, Yuko had been amazed at the girl’s fast recovery. Her wounds have healed quicker than any average person. It almost seemed like she wasn’t human.
“Hey there, how are you feeling?” Yuko asked the girl.
“I, um, where am I? What am I doing here?” The girl questioned.
“You’re at Kiuchi State Hospital. I’m the doctor in charge of this hospital. You were injured. Could you tell me your name?”
“I….My name….” The girl looked around.
Just as Yuko thought, her head injury might have affected her memory.
“Yuki right? We found something with your name on it.”
“Yu…ki? My name is Yuki? Yuki?” She questioned with a confused look on her face.
“You had a serious head injured which may have affected your memory. Let me check your stats again and make you sure you are doing ok.” Yuko said with a smile.
Yuki nodded.
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It had been a week since Yuki woke up, rather than sit around and do nothing, she kept busy by helping around the hospital. Her remarkable recovery has been the talk of town.
“Yuki-san, you’re a patient here, you shouldn’t be doing these things.”
“I feel fine and besides, it looks like you guys could use the help. I…uh… seem to know what I’m doing….” Yuki said as she finished bandaging a deep cut wound on a fisherman.
“Uh….” Sasshi was speechless.
“Sasshi, it’s alright, let Yuki help, we could use it today. It seems like she’s a pro.”
Yuko said to Yuki, “You must be a doctor or nurse or something.”
“I, uh…,” Yuki stuttered.
“Ah, sorry, you wouldn’t know, would you.” Yuko said with smile.
“By the way, since you’re perfectly healthy, why don’t you come live with me for the time being until you regain your memory? I have plenty of space.”
“ha?” Yuki questioned.
“ Unless you want to live at the hospital. Sasshi could use some company at the house.”
Yuki smiled, “Not really. And I don’t want to take up your bed space”
“I’m leaving in an hour or so, I’ll come by and get you.”
“Thanks Dr. Oshima.”
“Oh, don’t be like Sasshi, just call me Yuko, please.”
“HEY!” Sasshi objected.
Yuko smiled at Sasshi and left the room.
**Aikuchi Kingdom**Haruna was sitting in her office, holding onto her locket. She was deep in thought and hadn’t realized that Minami had walked into her office.
“You’re worried about her aren’t you?”
“Ha? Ah. Takamina, how long have you been standing there?”
“Long enough to know you’re thinking about her.” Minami replied.
“No, I’m NOT!”
“Haruna…”
“She’s never been in a war, let alone one that she doesn’t have time to prepare for. Kiuchi is not exactly a state of the art kingdom.” Haruna answered back to Minami knowing she will fully understand.
“There’s not much you can do, Haruna.” Minami replied sympathetically
Haruna nodded, “This is unlike Acchan, to go after a kingdom like Kiuchi.I still don’t understand.”
“I gave up arguing with her on this matter. She set her mind up long ago. I really don’t know what she’s thinking anymore and it scares me, Haruna. I’m so worried about her.” Minami’s eyes swell up with tears.
Haruna got up and hugged Minami to console her, but Haruna also felt comfort in the embrace. Haruna just hope that when the time comes, the fighting will end quickly, and most importantly, that ‘she’ won’t get hurt. Haruna gripped the locket tighter in her hand while still hugging Minami.
A few moments later, Minami looked up at Haruna and said, “Communication to Kiuchi won’t be cut off for another few days.”
“Minami, why are you telling me this?”
“Haruna, you know why!”
“I would never do such a thing!” Haruna replied back. “Even if I had thought about it, thinking and actually doing it are two different things!”
Minami smiled at Haruna. “Just checking.”
Haruna turned around and sat back at her desk. She let out a big sigh.
“I guess that means we will be deploying for Kiuchi very soon, right Minami?”
Minami simply nodded.
“In that case, I need to finish up the inventory and re-assign positions.”
“I’m going to look for Mayuyu.” Minami said as she waved goodbye to Haruna.
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this story is my baby so updates will be slow, but hopefully Chp 4 will ready before you know it.
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