No Turning Back

chapter 1

    TW: knives needles and mentions of death
'Water must have water' I thought as I trudged through the hot, desert "This is it this is how I'm going to die, all hot and sweaty" I groaned aloud. Kuroo my guard grunted in agreement. Our limo had died in the middle of a desert, just great. 'Maybe wearing my ceremonial robes wasn't a good idea' I thought. Then I saw tall palm trees, beautiful crystal blue water, and in my mind, I didn't think about it being a mirage, Kuroo must have seen it too because we just ran towards it. I almost threw my switch in the process. As soon as we reached it, it disappeared from my sight and was replaced with more sand. "Damned sand....why do you have to be everywhere" I muttered to myself while kicking up some of it. I walked a little more and suddenly the sky got darker and darker, my mouth got dry, and my head spun until everything went black.
    "Maybe he's just dehydrated, ever think of that?" A male voice said. "Or he's dead, could he be dead?" A small girl's voice piped in. "No baka he's not dead. He just hasn't awoken yet, give him time." Sometime later my eyes finally opened to a bright light pointing at my face "am I dead?" I said groggily. I heard a chuckle "No you are not dead you are very much alive Prince Kenma." 'Prince...?'  I looked to where the voice came from and saw a dusty old man in an apron "H-how did you know I am Prince Kenma?" I said shock spreading over my face. He spoke, "Where should I start hmm....the way you were dressed, your jewelry, and this dagger here." He showed me the dagger I was supposed to present to the Prince of Miyagi. I tried to sit up but it felt like something was weighing me down and all of a sudden I felt tired. "It's no use, your body has gone into shock. You can't feel anything below your neck can you?" He gave me a sympathetic smile but I didn't want his sympathy so I glared daggers at him. An hour or so later I heard an "Oh I see you're not popular with the prince now huh?" We both turned towards the door behind the man, a pretty little girl and an older boy were standing in the doorway. The boy walked forward "I have a few questions" he said while sweeping a deep bow. With that, the little girl ran forward deeply curtsying beside him "yes, yes WE would like to ask some questions."
     I gave them a puzzling look then after a while I thought 'well it couldn't hurt to answer some simple questions'. "Ask away," I said noticing I could finally sit up. I suppose that made the girl very happy because she ran up to the bed I was sitting in and jumped on it. "Natsu get off, that is not how we treat a Prince" Her brown eyes dimmed and her pout made her bottom lip stick out, it made her look like a really small child. I couldn't help but giggle and they all looked at me with puzzled looks it was the boy who spoke first "What is so funny prince?" "You guys seem to get along really well" 'More than I can say for my family' I thought. Disappointment settled across my face. The older man spoke up "by any chance dear prince are you an only child?" "Yes sir I...am now, and you don't have to keep calling me prince, Kenma is just fine. I don't like formalities" His face crumpled up, "I thought that there were two other children King and Queen had." I felt my eyes start to tear up and spill over, I wiped them away fast. "Kenma are you alright? what happened?" I felt Natsu's hand wipe away the rest of my tears and wrap her tiny little arms around my equally tiny body. I finally managed to talk "My siblings were killed in a rebel attack, I'm the youngest of three and the only one left." My eyes landed on a small metal chair with fabric that looked familiar and my jewelry, I then looked down and saw I was wearing what looked like polka-dotted sheets. I swung my legs over the side of the bed, tried to push myself up but pain surged through my right arm and I cried out in pain. there was an IV in my arm with tape around it. I worriedly looked around the room and didn't find my guard. "Where my guard?" The old man gave me a sympathetic look and said "Prince er umm Kenma you were all we found who we thought should make it and we barely thought that. I am truly sorry" A hint of sadness in his voice. I remembered I haven't learned their names. "Oh I'm sorry you know my name but I don't know yours." The boy spoke up this time. "I'm Shoyo, this here is Uaki." He said pointing towards the older man. "And that is Natsu." "Well, how do you do everyone?" I said with a monotone voice.
         I turned to Uaki "Do you know how to get to Miyagi from here, wherever here is." He spoke up "We are in Miyagi why do you want to know?" "I have business with the king and his family, the business that I cannot speak of with you I'm afraid," I said almost apologetically. Natsu's face brightened "You are in the castle, the hospital wing that is." Shoyo scolded Natsu and asked, "what business do you have with my father?" "Business that my father should be saying instead of me, now hand me my clothes so I can be on my way please." I muttered "I can take him, can I, can I please?" Natsu practically shouted, I jumped startled at how loud she got. "Well can I go now? I mean staying in this bed is great and all but I think my switch needs me I said. "How long was I out?" I asked, Shoyo replied "three days" Natsu piped up "It was scary I thought you were dead but Shoyo said-" "Shhhhh he doesn't need the details" Shoyo retorted his face growing red. Uaki got up from the metal stool he was sitting on, moved towards, and opened the door in one swift move. "Can I get a nurse down here pronto?" He yelled down the hall. In less than a minute a pretty nurse dressed in white came in the room. "Hello prince Kenma, I am nurse Kiyoko," she said while shooing everyone out, Natsu protested "I wanna stay" "I'm sorry princess but this prince needs to get dressed." Natsu finally gave up and walked out the door that nurse Kiyoko closed. "Those children are a handful but they're well worth it." She said a bright smile on her face. "Have you seen a guard wearing red around here?" I asked my voice wavering. "Actually yes I have is he your guard?" I let out a breath that I hadn't noticed I was holding and nodded my head. "Alright then I'll just get you dressed and out of here so you can see him. Although he's in really bad shape right now" She told me while taking out my IV. I flinched when I looked at how large the needle actually was. "Th-that was in my arm? that needle is huge and why was it in my arm?" I said in horror. She just laughed as she walked over to my ceremonial robes.
          "It isn't a needle dear, it's just a tube. It's just there to give you fluids nothing to worry much about." That didn't make me feel any better but at least it was out of my arm, I was going to ask her what fluids were put in me when the door burst open "Prince Kenma!" Kuroo was leaning against the door frame. "Kuroo you need to go lay back down, you're not fully healed yet," Nurse Kiyoko said urgently. Ukai and another Dr. came to get Kuroo to drag him back to his room. As soon as they left the room nurse Kiyoko went and got my robes "My, my, my these robes are very heavy child, their ceremonial right? they certainly just won't do not in that hot castle even with air conditioning! Let me grab you some pants and a shirt" Nurse Kiyoko exclaimed. "I'm more comfortable in dresses if you don't mind" I almost whispered. "Alright then, I'll ask Natsu then" she said opening the door "Natsu dear won't you come in I have a favor to ask of you." Natsu rushed through the door brown eyes a-blazin' "Yes nurse Kiyoko, may I help you?" "Kenma is about your size take him to your room and pick out some clothes" and to me, she said "here is a robe put this on and follow Natsu alright, I'll take your robes to be washed with care." "Yay, yay, I have someone I can dress up, I bet you'll look pretty in purple or maybe blue or even green the possibilities are endless! This is going to be so much fun!" She said with determination in her eyes. "Now don't think the poor prince is your dress-up doll now Natsu, treat him with care" "Alright, alright fine but this is going to take some work," Natsu said with determination. I was being dragged away by a pint-sized project runway designer before I knew it.
         Once we stopped in front of her room doors she turned towards me saying "I have so many dresses but first you need a bath and wash your hair, no offense". I thought about it, yeah I kinda do need one, it's been a long time since I've even seen a bathroom let alone a bathtub, and my hair was really sticking to my head with all of the wet sand that dried in my hair. I suddenly felt itchy and gross all over. We walked into her room and all I could see was a princess bed and stuffed animals. "I guess this is stuffed animal heaven?" I asked. "I wish it were then there would be a lot more stuffed animals" we headed over to her bathroom and her maid ran me a bath. Natsu and her maid excused themselves to let me take a bath in peace.
    When I had gotten out of the bath I put the bathrobe back on and walked back out into Natsu's room. I walked into racks and racks of dresses of all different shapes, sizes, and colors. There had to have been over one hundred dresses just in this room. "Natsu where are you?" I asked. "I'm over here and I found the perfect dress for you" I heard her say. Soon enough she emerged from the dress racks. I gasped 'it's gorgeous'.
     

      Hello readers tis' I KittyBear with chapter 1. It took a lot of confidence for me to post to this app and bye for now😉✌