Night of Fate by Kinomi (books to read this summer .txt) 📕

to test and take them to the human village,” he recommended.
I nodded. “You still haven’t met their king and queen, have you, Shing?” I asked.
He shook his head. “No, I don’t believe I have.”
“Their son should’ve been born by now, I’d say he’s about fifteen…hmn, I wonder how Zelia is doing,” I said aloud.
The kids laughed.
“What?” I asked.
“Were you like this before you had us?” Hana asked.
“You’re really talkative all the sudden,” Ryuu managed to say through his laughing.
I looked at Shing. “I dunno, was I?” I asked him.
Shing hid a smile. “Just a little,” he said truthfully.
I laughed. “Well, I guess so. I’ll wake everyone up bright and early. We’ll leave and spend the day there,” I said.
Ryuu and Hana cheered while Shing and I smiled.

The next morning we were at the gates of the castle all of us in our human forms.
“Sir, I’m a friend of Aaron, let me by,” I said when the guard didn’t let me in.
“I’m sorry ma’am, the king isn’t seeing anyone today,” he said.
I looked at him closely. “Have you been guarding these gates for over twenty-five years?” I asked when I barely recognized him.
“Yes, is something wrong?” he asked.
“You should remember me if I do this then,” I said with a mischievous smile.
I took my Elfin Spirit form and smiled at him.
He immediately bowed to one knee with his head down. “I’m sorry, Lady Mikazuki! I didn’t recognize you!” he apologized.
I smiled at Shing, who was trying not to laugh.
You’ve got them in the palm of your hand! Shing thought, picking Ryuu up.
“It’s nothing,” I said. “I’ll be going now,” I said walking past him.
He stayed on one knee as we passed by.
Hana touched some of the flowers as we passed through the garden. “They’re so pretty!” she said.
Ryuu sighed. “Sister, hurry up! We’ll meet a human king and queen if we do!” he reminded her.
Hana took his hand and started speeding up. “I’m coming!”
We were finally outside the throne room.
“Let me go in alone, I’ll tell you when you can come in,” I told them.
Shing nodded in understanding.
I took my human for again then walked in.
There was a young boy in the throne. He looked up when I walked in.
“Who are you?” he asked.
“The real question is, who are you?” I questioned.
“I’m Shihan, the prince. Tell me your name, woman,” he demanded.
I hated it when people told me what to do.
“Lady Mikazuki!” I heard Aaron’s voice call.
He walked over to me. “It’s been a long time!”
“If I’m not mistaken, twenty-six years?” I asked.
“What do you mean twenty-six years?!” I heard the young boy exclaim. “She looks almost as young if not younger than me!” he said standing up.
“Shihan, calm yourself!” Aaron demanded. He looked at me. “Sorry, he’s got the temper of a wolf.”
“Just as I said, right?” I smiled.
Aaron nodded. “You hit it spot on…you haven’t changed one bit!” he said.
“Should I have?” I asked. “I mean, I could now if you wanted.”
I could see Shing getting angry at my joke.
I laughed.
“What is it?” Aaron asked.
“My husband and kids are outside, he wasn’t too happy about my joke,” I said.
“So you’re married now?”
“Yes, I’ve been married for twenty-five years now,” I explained.
“Kein is your husband, right?”
I shook my head and tried not to laugh is I saw Shing’s jealous face. “No. Speaking of marriage and husbands, where is Zelia?”
Aaron looked away. “She died giving birth to Shihan’s younger sister…the baby died with an hour after being born,” he said saddened.
I felt for him. “I’m sorry,” I said. I too was close to Zelia, so it felt like something was trying to stab me in the heart.
We were silent until Shihan interrupted.
“How can you be older than me?” he asked looking at me.
“I’m only about ten thousand years old…that’s not too bad! My parents were way older than me!”
“You can’t be telling the truth! Show me!” he demanded.
I looked at Aaron. “This looks familiar. Should I show him?”
Aaron smiled. “Have fun scaring the daylights out of my son. He really needs it,” Aaron laughed.
I took my Great Spirit form and looked at Shihan to see him trembling.
“Believe me now?” I asked making myself look like water.
He nodded then sat down so he wouldn’t fall.
I took my human form then smiled at Aaron. “Would you like to meet my family?”
Aaron smiled. “I’d love to,” he said.
I could see the door starting to open.
“Mama, mama!” Ryuu and Hana both said as they ran to me.
Shing walked a little slower as he smiled.
I bent down to hug them then picked them both up and looked at Aaron. “They’re both five.”
Aaron smiled then made a face. “Twins; I can’t imagine. One was bad enough!” Aaron said smiling.
Shing smiled as well but stayed quiet.
Hana tried to get down. “Can brother and I show him what we can do?” she asked. “The fire technique that daddy showed us!”
I glanced as Shing. You taught them fire? I asked kind of uncertain.
He looked away smiling. Why not?
I put Ryuu down. “Be careful, I don’t want to destroy Aaron’s things,” I said even though I would fix it.
Ryuu and Hana nodded.
Aaron went to his throne and sat down.
Shing and I followed, standing.
Hana smiled at Ryuu. “You start off!”
Ryuu was being bashful, so he just shook his head.
Hana sighed. “Okay,” she put her hands up above her and created a fire ball.
I mumbled under my breath to Shing so only he could hear. “Is this what I think it is?”
I glanced over to see Shing smiling.
“Maybe…maybe not,” he said.
“Oh boy….”
Ryuu was lighting quick as he flashed around her making smaller fire balls that stayed at four points around her.
After the fire balls that Ryuu created were half the size of the one Hana made, he leaped back the sent a gush of wind towards Hana.
Hana sent a surge of power to the fire then quickly moved before the wind got to her.
I looked at Shing and smiled. “To think Ryuu can already do so much…,” I whispered.
He nodded. “He’s excelling much faster than I thought he would. Hana struggles to keep up,” he said watching Hana as she panted and wiped her forehead of sweat.
Ryuu was barely even breaking a sweat even though he had done more than Hana. He smiled at Hana then watched the wind make the fire grow fiercer.
Ryuu shot another burst of wind making it circle the fire.
Soon, the fire and wind had made a small fire cyclone.
Ryuu made a cute face and laughed as he created a water sphere and sent it to the fiery cyclone. Then, just to tease his sister, he sprinkled rain over Hana.
Ryuu turned towards Aaron, Shing, and I then bowed.
Hana shook her head while looking at Ryuu then kindly bowed to Aaron, Shing and I.
I was concerned. To myself I pondered. How is Ryuu stronger and more durable than Hana? Hana was First born…maybe it’s like Shing and I…. I just hope she can withstand more than that later on. I thought trying to keep my thoughts to myself.
Shing looked over smiling to see my worried face. He sighed then put his hand on my back, whispering in my ear. “Don’t worry,” he started. “She’ll catch up with him.”
I still wasn’t convinced.
Shing sighed then looked at Ryuu with a smile. “Good job, Ryuu.”
When he looked at Hana, her eyes were filling with tears.
“Hana, what’s wrong?” he asked. “Did you get hurt?” he asked.
I closed my eyes concentrating on her. I knew that somehow she had learned, as well as Ryuu, how to block her thoughts from others. I knew how to get through it easily though.
“I-I just got burnt a little. I’ll be fine Daddy,” she said smiling.
I listened to her thoughts with ease.
They always look at Ryuu first…praise him more. No matter how much I try…I can’t be as good as him. Never; not if I was given all eternity to train, he’d have just as much time to get better than me. She thought looking at the ground.
I looked at Shing. “I’ve got to step out for a minute, get to know Aaron and show him some things with Ryuu,” I said staring to walk down the three steps that lead to the floor from the throne.
He nodded then gestured for Ryuu to come up.
I went over to Hana and bent down with a smile. “I need you to come with me, Hana. There’s something I want to show you,” I whispered.
She nodded wiping the tears from her eyes. “Yes ma’am.”
I sighed. “Also, please don’t lie to your father when you’re not hurt. He can get really worried about you,” I whispered to her as if it were a secret.
She nodded. “Yes ma’am…I’m sorry.”
I smiled and picked her up. “Well, come on, let’s go,” I said teleporting us to the moon.
I put her down. “Look, there’s where we live,” I said pointing to a green slab of land.
She was smiling from ear to ear. “Wow!” she exclaimed. “I thought you said we had to wait until we were ten until we could go anywhere other than Earth!” she said still smiling.
I nodded. “This time is an exception. There’s some place I really want to show you,” I said picking her up. Before I teleported us, I let Shing know where we were going.
We’re going to your Galaxy, don’t tell anyone. We’ll be back before morning. I thought.
Be careful, Mika. I heard Shing reply.
I teleported us to his Galaxy, and to the place where I found out what Shing’s true strong point was.
I let Hana down. “This is your father’s real home; where he used to live,” I explained.
She nodded then asked, “So this is where he goes when he leaves?”
I nodded. “Yes; sometimes he goes to the valley as well,” I said looking around. “It’s been a while since I’ve been here,” I said sighing. I put my hand over my mouth, feeling sick.
“Hana, stay right here, do not move,” I choked out before I left the room.
I went outside, leaning over. I started coughing.
What’s going on?! I thought as I looked at my hand to see blood.
I kept coughing; nonstop. I started getting dizzy. Shing…help…. I thought before collapsing.
“Mom!” I heard Hana’s voice exclaimed as everything went black.

When I woke up, I sat up quickly, coughing again. I looked around, I was in my bed.
My coughing came to a halt and Shing walked in with a worried glance. “Mika; how are you feeling?” he asked sitting on the bed beside me.
“Like something someone shot at and missed…threw a knife at and hit,” I said watching my language.
He smiled. “I don’t know what could have caused this. Kein has looked over and over to see what was wrong. He said there was nothing wrong with you,” he said looking away.
Then it hit us both at the same time.
I almost cried. “The baby…,” I said. I knew already that it hadn’t died, because I could feel its presence within me.
Shing closed his eyes. What wrong with it? He asked my through his thoughts. Probably not wanting to speak for fear that his voice would crack.
I put my