Reconciled hearts: a season9(Lloyrumi story)

Chapter 68: Cold streams

Being accompanied by yet again another troupe of ludicrous town guards, Harumi didn't have many prompts to another escape plan. "This place again.." she mutters in a low tone as she takes in the emptiness of the dark lord's throne room. She never really liked how his throne room was so close to a steep fall but he was the emperor, she should not question it.

Tacky black stone throne with a wasteland of destruction below it all. Harumi gulped when she was knelt down by the guards pushing on her back. "Head up." An ominous voice called from above her, Harumi immediately obeyed and when her eyes met with the one who commanded her, she saw how the dark oni's four arms extended towards her.
"Hello Harumi." He greeted seriously.
She did not at all expect that.

She expected that he would have started scolding her for her pathetic reason to escape this tower unattended. Her lips pursed to breathe for a moment then when she began to speak in response to that, "What were you thinking?!" Garmadon suddenly lashed out on her. Harumi winced and thought to herself.
'Ah I shouldn't have spoke too soon..'

Glancing back at the furious man in front of her, she sighed. There was no escaping it now, huh? He was wild and irritated and she had no defence against herself. "I'm sorr-" she was interrupted by yet again another yell. "You left without my permission, you let yourself be seen by the townspeople! What if your greedy friends found you?!" He grabbed her by force. Harumi felt the memories of when she was first attacked by Garmadon relive through her mind.

"I didn't! I swear! I wore the hood and-and, Cloud!" She abruptly remembered. Where was Cloud? In a panic, Harumi glanced all around her but only saw the mocking faces of the SOG guards. She attempted to hide a growl only to focus her attention back at Garmadon. The man's eyes narrowed over at a buff man, presumingly a guard, who just exited the lift. "Looking for this mutt?" He addressed to the white Pomeranian who just entered the room along with the buff man. Harumi shook her head angrily, "She's not a mutt." She growled, bearing off her canines for this time. Cloud whimpered, being held up by the neck fur by the guard. He approached his emperor but Garmadon told him to halt. "Keep the dog chained up."

Harumi's eyes flared up at the order made by the dark lord. She immediately lashed out and attempted to break hold from the SOG guards pinning her down. "No, don't you touch Cloud!" She argued against the oni's wishes. Garmadon just shook his head at her then turned his back. Harumi felt her vision getting blurry, she couldn't take it anymore. 'I hate this.." she admitted in her helpless and anger-blind mind. It was the last word she heard from Garmadon in days, almost a week even.
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At the start of a new week, Garmadon patrolled the hallways of the highest floors in contempt. How should he say this, lately he's been feeling...guilty? He hadn't seen the white haired girls in many long days and has been kind of waiting to hear a positive response from her. He considered apologizing to the girl but sometimes pushed the idea back to make room for new plans to control the terrified people of Ninjago, how to reduce the resistance to a submissive and weak group.

"Listen, it was wrong what you did but I'm sorry." He growled and scrapped it off his apology idea lists. No no, she surely can't forgive him with something like that and he knew it. His whole goal for today was without a doubt be forgiven by Rumi. As for Cloud, he was sure that the adorable pup was doing terrible without her owner. Hopefully the guards treat her nicely like Garmadon asked them too.

His palm curled into a fist and he silently stood in front of her bedroom door. He sighed and knocked quietly. "Harumi." He called, waiting for a response from the teenaged girl. Oh man oh man how he messed up every single thing about her life so far, killing her lover, limiting her escape plans, keeping a human being like her captive with no way out, isolating her from her very own companion...Yet to think, the girl admired the oni very much, calling him her "hero." There was still no response coming from inside.