Minna! It's time for the 2 part chapter! Let's see what happens at the meeting shall we~? Hope you like it and enjoy!
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Chapter 10 part 1
The day came when the meeting was going to be held and so everyone prepared to head out to the designated place of meeting. Before leaving Jurina had Mayu set up a trap so that if anyone were to try to break into the palace they would be killed immediately. Mayu had summoned strange stone guardians and dead bodies as well. Tomochin also activated some of her traps as well as Atsuko. Yuki used some her power and left part of her shadow behind somehow and so it turned into her only it was a more Black figure. Once everything was set they headed off to the meeting place that was supposedly somewhere in the woods far from the two palaces. On the way there Rena noticed that everyone was pretty calm. Atsuko on the other hand also seemed very anxious. She would sometimes walk ahead of everyone else and Jurina would have to call her back to make sure she doesn't get too far ahead. Rena pushed Jurina along the path following Yuki who was leading the way. She remembered some of the woods back on the day they first found Rena and took her away. That day wasn't too long ago so Rena started to wonder how the house was. She started to remember the path way back up to her house as she walked through the familiar woods. Perhaps she would go up and visit if possible.
Eventually they made it to the meeting place which was a large house in the middle of the woods. The gates opened upon their arrival and so Rena walked in almost welcomed. They moved inside where there was a main hall like the one back at the palace. Suddenly a cat came out and sat in front of Jurina. The cat was purring and moving its tail almost happy to see Jurina. The cat turned around and then started to walk to another set of doors. Jurina instructed Rena to follow the cat and so she did into a large room with a circular table. There sitting at one end was Sayaka and Sae. Rena had recognized them but there were two others she did not know. There was one empty chair and there was also a girl who was sitting there with her hands folded. She looked very small for a person her age but what really fascinated Rena was the fact that the girl's arm was made of metal.
There was a big chair sitting in the middle of the group and when Rena saw her she could have sworn she was the girl from the dream she had. The dream with Jurina being killed. The girl had the same brown hair and short figure. When she smiled Rena saw two buck teeth that were similar to a squirrels. Everyone sat down and then Rena watched the cat walk over to the empty chair and sit in it. Soon after she transformed into Mariko who Rena had thought wasn't there. Jurina didn't make eye contact with the girl in the middle but the girl was definitely staring at Jurina. The room was silent for no one was talking let alone moving an inch. However Rena could feel the tension in the room for when she looked at the others they were all staring at each other. Atsuko was staring at the short girl, Yuki was staring at Sae, Mayu was staring at Mayu was staring at Mariko and Tomochin was staring at Sayaka. Rena didn't know what was going on but it appeared to be some sort of long time rivalry. For a long time no one spoke until suddenly the one in the middle said,
"So you got a new toy Jurina?"
"She's not a toy. Her name is Rena." Jurina said.
"Well it's nice to meet you Rena. My name is Oshima Yuko and I am the leader of the Blue bloods."
Rena bowed and Yuko smiled and then said,
"This one seems to have manners. Much better than your last one. Rena you've already met Sayaka, Mariko and Sae. Let me introduce you to Takahashi Minami. She's one of our leading medics in the Blue kingdom."
Yuko pointed to the small girl with the metal arm and that's when Rena realized this was the one that could turn her blood into a weapon. Her arm also reminded her of the story that she had read about the girl who couldn't control her powers. However Atsuko didn't have a metal leg from as far as Rena could tell. Her leg seemed pretty normal to Rena. Yuko looked at Jurina and said,
"Jurina I know you're holding her in your kingdom. Surrender her now or face the consequences." Yuko glared at Jurina as she finished her sentence.
"I told you I don't have her Yuko." Jurina said calmly.
"I know you do."
"I'm telling you I don't Yuko and the more you ask the more time you waste. You and I both know she left because of that fight you two had."
Suddenly Yuko's expression turned to a very angry one and she banged the table with her fist. Jurina simply smiled easily and rested her head on one head. Rena could see the others getting ready to fight each other and she knew this wouldn't be good. She had to think of something to calm everyone down and only one thing came to her mind.
"N-nee minna let's have some tea!"
Rena quickly rushed to the kitchen and grabbed some cups. She then quickly made some tea with the herbs that the kitchen had and then carried all the cups in on the tray. She placed a cup in front of everyone and then walked back over to Jurina. Yuko took the cup and sniffed it and then looked over at Sayaka. Sayaka held her cup of tea close to her nose and took a sniff of it. She looked over at Yuko and said,
"It's clean."
Yuko took a small sip and her anger disappeared and a happy face appeared on her face.
"Wah this is really good! Minna try it!"
Everyone took a sip and all nodded in agreement as they continued to drink.
"You're quite a good cook Rena. I must say this is far better than the tea back home. How would you like to come with me to the Blue Kingdom?"
"Back off Yuko she's mine!"
Jurina glared at Yuko who only giggled and said,
"Relax~ I was just kidding Jurina relax."
Jurina eased a little but was still cautious of Yuko's words. When everyone finished their tea Yuko said she wanted everyone to hang out for a while since it had only been and hour and she wanted to relax a little bit. Therefore everyone split up where Mayu and Yuki went with Sayaka and Sae while Tomochin and Mariko went their own way. Atsuko and Minami went somewhere else as well and Jurina and Yuko went somewhere else as well. Rena was on her own and didn't know exactly what to do so she decided to make dinner since the others were going to stay for a while. Rena searched the kitchen and found some ingredients for a dish she knew how to cook. One of the main ingredients she was missing though was a boar which she knew would be too hard to handle. Rena knew that she was going to need help so she decided to try to ask one of the blue bloods for help. Rena walked over to Sae and Sayaka to go hunt a boar for her. They eventually agreed and headed off into the woods. Once that was done Rena started to prepare a soup that would be served with the dish. She cut up potatoes, carrots, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, leek, and other vegetables. She added some spices for flavor and when Sayaka and Sae got back, Rena skinned and gutted the pig and then placed it over the fire to cook.
"Yosh! Now that that's done.."
Rena knew it was going to be a while so she decided to leave the food to cook for a couple hours and in the meantime go exploring around the house. It certainly was a very interesting home since she had never seen it before. She walked down the halls and into many beautiful rooms. There was one room she came across that was very strange for a home. The room looked like something for a a little girl. The bed was small and there were plushies everywhere with pink ribbons on the bed posts and flowers painted on the walls. Rena walked over to a dresser where there was a single picture of a little girl. When she looked at it she realized that it was the same girl she had the picture of. This was Jurina's sister which means this was her sister's room when she was young. Rena started to look around for more clues but was soon interrupted when she heard noise outside. She looked out through a crack in the door and saw Atsuko and Minami. They looked like they were talking about something so Rena stood behind the door listening.
"It's been a while nee Minami?" Atsuko said.
"Yes it has.." Minami said.
"How have you been?"
"Fine.. You?"
"Fine."
The two were silent for a while. Both of them were moving awkwardly side to side. Then Atsuko walked over to Minami and suddenly hugged the smaller girl holding her tightly.
"I missed you so much.."
"Get away from me!"
Minami pushed Atsuko away and then said,
"Atsuko stop it. You and I can't be together. Not after what you did to me..."
"Minami I'm sorry. We were kids and I couldn't control my powers. I can now so please Minami.. can't we be together?"
"No Atsuko. You are a black blood and I'm a blue. We can't."
"Minami..."
"I'm sorry Atsuko. It was nice seeing you again."
Minami walked away and Atsuko ran off crying. If what happened in the story was true then Atsuko really did destroy Minami's arm. She felt bad for Atsuko because it was obvious that she really loved Minami. Rena started to think about the things she just said and then Rena came up with a plan that would surly work. With that she ran off and began her plan to get Minami and Atsuko back together. When dinner time came around Rena had everyone gather back into the dining room. There she served the food and everyone ate happily.
"You are really good at cooking Rena!" Yuko said as she ate some more boar.
"Thank you.." Rena said shyly.
As everyone was eating Rena walked over to Atsuko and leaned over to grab a plate. At that moment Rena whispered something very hurtful to Atsuko. Atsuko looked at her with disbelief and Rena just smiled evilly and walked back over to Jurina. A couple minutes later Rena walked over to Atsuko again and did the same thing making it more hurtful. Atsuko glared at Rena who only stuck out her tongue and walked away. When dinner was over Rena collected the plates and then brought out some water for everyone. When she made it over to Atsuko instead of setting her glass on the table, she dumped the water directly onto Atsuko's head. This caused everyone to stare in shock as the water continued to be dumped onto Atsuko. When the water was gone Atsuko quickly pushed Rena onto the table and wrapped her hand around Rena's neck. Her eyes started to turn black and Rena could feel pressure on her neck start to tighten. It felt as if her throat was being twisted on the inside squeezed so no air could come out. During her struggle Rena managed to say one word,
"Mi..na..mi.."
When she heard it Atsuko changed back to normal and let go. Everyone was surprised to see Atsuko able to stop the destruction midway because usually it was extremely difficult for her. Atsuko backed away and then ran away from the others. Soon after Minami got up and followed her. Once Rena assured everything was ok she went to go see if Minami and Atsuko were ok. She found them talking to each other outside so Rena hid in some bushes and waited. She could hear them talking about what had happened just moments before.
"That was incredible Atsuko. You managed to control your powers." Minami said.
"I told you I could.." Atsuko said.
"I was wrong about you Atsuko. You have grown."
"Un.. So can I.. hold you?"
"Yes Atsuko."
Atsuko ran to Minami and pulled her in for a tight hug. She started to cry and cry as she held onto the smaller one. She kept saying how sorry she was and how much she missed her. Minami simply smiled and patted her head. Minami kept telling Atsuko that it was ok and she had forgiven her a long time ago. She wiped away Atsuko's tears and then suddenly Atsuko held Minami's arm. She took it and placed it on her thigh moving it up towards her hips. At first Minami was blushing but then she quickly changed when she felt something odd. Rena watched as Minami grabbed a piece of thread and pulled it. As soon as she did she saw the skin on Atsuko's leg start to come off. Minami pulled down a little more and under the moon light Rena could see the reflection of Atsuko's metal leg. It was then Rena realized that Atsuko used fake skin to cover up her fake leg. Minami herself was taken back and then Atsuko said,
"I too remember that day Minami and at one point I was afraid to touch you. However the more I thought about it the more I realized that I love you Minami. I want to hold you forever in my arms and never let you go."
Minami didn't say anything. Instead she kissed Atsuko and said,
"I love you too."
At that moment Rena knew her work was done and then quickly went back inside the house. She cleaned up the mess everyone had left and then went to check on Jurina. When she walked in she saw that she wasn't anywhere in the meeting room. She walked towards the main hall and that's when she was surprised to see Jurina on the floor and Yuko on top of her with a sword pointed at her neck. She looked as if she was about to kill her but then Jurina looked at her and said,
"Are you really going to kill me Yuko? Are you really going to kill your little sister?"
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So will Yuko really do it? Find out next time in part 2!