The Bedridden Princess is a Hero: Chapter 1.5: The Two Goddess

Chapter 1.5

The two Goddess

4C Lover Company Building, Tokyo, Japan

April 20, 3100

4C Lover Limited is the world’s no.1 Technological related Company. They are the no.1 distributor of gadgets, weaponries, appliances and medicines, etc. The company was established on November 3000 by the Kuroh Family Ancestors. The company assists the government in different ways. Though the real history behind the establishment of this company is still a mystery to everyone but due to the fact that the company helps lots of people in good ways the mystery stayed unrevealed. Up until this day the company continues growing.

“Akemi, wait for me!”   Usagi yelled as she runs toward the lad. “Don’t leave me behind!”

“Ah! I’m sorry I didn’t notice you.” He explained to the young girl beside him.

Kuroh Akemi, 12 years old, is a 3^rd year middle school student at Mische Academy. He is the 4C Lover Company CEO’s only son. At his young age he is already working for his father company as a manager on trainee, a preparation for succeeding his father’s position. He is based on New Development department. He is a very handsome young boy yet because of his status he became introverted to the world. He rarely smiles and he acts very mature for his age. He has a very awkward relationship with his father who is very busy with an invention he isn’t yet allowed to know. He always got mad easily and scold people around him easily except to Usagi who’s been beside him since they were still a baby.

“Are you still thinking about what your father said?” Usagi said to the young boy who had been acting strange since the meeting this morning,” I know your father didn’t mean what he said. I’m sure of that!”

The young girl said trying her best to cheer the boy beside her.

“Thanks Usagi.” Akemi politely said.

Maki Usagi, 12 years old, is a 3^rd year middle school student at Mische Academy like Akemi. She is t the only daughter of the owner of Maki Trading Company. And like Akemi she currently being trained at 4C Lover Company. She is Akemi’s girlfriend and as well his future wife. She is a very lovable and nice girl who’ll do everything for the person she likes.

“No, I’m glad I could help you.” She answered with a very big smile on her face.

The two then continued walking until both of them arrived at their destination. They were about to enter the office when the door on the other side opened and a woman came out.

“Oh! Usagi, you’re already here,” The woman said.

“Mom!” Usagi shouted as she run towards the woman. “Since when did you come back?”

“I came back last night because something occurred on the invention field.” She explained. “How are you, Akemi?”

“I’m fine, Mrs. Maki,” Akemi replied with a kind voice and bowed his head a little.

Maki Yanami, 33 years old, is the mother of Usagi and the wife of the Maki Trading Company’s CEO.  She is a famous doctor who works at the Invention Department of 4C Lover Company. She is also working in a hospital in Germany at the same time.

“I’m glad.” She answered. “By the way, I’ll be going first. I’m going home to get a bit of rest.” The lady said before leaving the two again.

“Have your mom told you about their invention?” Akemi asked. He was very curious about the invention his father and Akemi’s mother had been working for these past years. Up until now the thing had been confidential for them.

“No, but I’ve heard it was about a project called Sonata.” Usagi explained. “But I still don’t know the other details though.”

“So it was the same to you...,” The young lad said with disappointment in his voice. He had been curious about that Sonata project that his father and his ancestors had been working for the past few years. Though he knows that someday the day that he’ll be doing the same will surely come. The urge inside to know the thing he had been cursing since her mother’s death.

At the age of 5 Akemi’s mother died in a car accident. His father never showed up at the burial since then he hated his father especially the Sonata that took all of his father’s time. Up until now the reason for his living was to destroy that project. He never plans on succeeding his father position at all.

“Akemi, Let’s go?” Usagi invited. The two then entered the office for the ND Department Members.

Now they were working for a game gadget called “VSR Gamepod” a gadget that can create another body of the user in the game field where she/he can move freely on the virtual world called Mische. The game field is like the real world yet everything are made by programs.

“Ake! Usagi!” the senior member called out to the young members who’ve just arrived a while ago.   

“What’s wrong, Reon?” Akemi asked politely. “Is there something wrong with our new gadget?”

Dreii Reon, 15 years old, is a 3^rd year junior high student at Haname Technology Center Academy. Like Usagi and Akemi he also came from a good family and is under strict training at 4C Lover Company. He is a good friend of Akemi and Usagi.

“No, there’s nothing wrong,” he answered. “It’s just that the trial version of VSR gamepod is already finished. Would you give it a system try?”

“Okay, sure.” He replied. “Just put it on my table I’ll try it out later after passing the contract to the other department.”

“Then I’ll just leave the rest to you.” Reon said. “I’m going back first because I have a class this afternoon. Bye Usagi! Ake!” The young lad said before leaving the two. The two was about to sat on their chair to their jobs when the door suddenly opened again. The two both looked at the direction of the door.

“Hi guys! Did you see my brother?” A girl with a short hair and pale white skin asked.

“Oh, Aimie!” Usagi greeted to the girl who was standing near the door. “Reon just left a few minutes ago. He said his going to school already”

Dreii Aimie, 13 years old, is a 1^st year junior highschool student at Haname Technology Center Academy. She is the younger sister of Reon and Usagi’s bestfriend. She is also a member of ND Department who is working for the outside affairs of the department.

“Eh? Is that so?” she confusedly asked. “I hurriedly went here to tell him about the thing he asked me yet he’s not here. What should I do?”

“I think he have something important to do cause he was a bit in a hurry” Akemi explained. “Try calling him?”

“I can’t... he left his phone at our house this morning.” She explained. “What should I do? I have to hurry to the airport now,”

“If you want you can just leave it here then. I’ll give it to him later on my way home.” Akemi suggested.

“Oh, Really? Thanks!” The young girl politely said. “I’ll leave it to you then, Ake! By the way would you also try that gadget, ok?” The young girl asked before leaving the two in a hurry.

“Where do you think she’s going this time, Akemi?” Usagi who’s is seated now asked.

“I think her destination is Greece this time,” Akemi replied. “Famiel asked her company to buy some materials there for our next project.”

The young boy explained while arranging the 2 gadgets inside his back pack.

“By the way, Usagi,” Akemi called out.

“Why?” The young girl who stopped from typing something in her laptop asked to her boyfriend who suddenly called her.

“I’ll be going earlier than usual today. Are you going back with me? I can at least drop you at your house,” He suggested.

“No, I still have few works I need to finish today and I’m also going to the Finance Department later to pass the report regarding the VSR.” Usagi replied. “You can go ahead.”

“Ok, but don’t push yourself so much, ok?” The young boy demanded kindly to his fiancé.

“Ok, thanks,” Usagi said with a sweet voice making Akemi smile a little.

The two then started to work making the whole office filled with the sound of keyboarding tapping and paper movements. It continued for almost an hour when the sound of a moving chair sounded inside that Department.

“Usagi, I’m going now,” Akemi said to his girlfriend whose eyes were all focus at the screen of her laptop.

“Ok, take care on your way back,” Usagi said. Her eyes were still on the laptop screen even after his boyfriend left.

“Sir Akemi, the car is waiting at the entrance gate. I’ll guard you there,” Akemi’s driver said to his young master with respect. As his young master went to the side of the car, the driver opened the door at the back seat so her young master could enter already.

Akemi entered from the right back seat of his black BMW. As he was on its way to enter the car, a limousine suddenly stopped at the back of their car. Akemi stopped to see who’ve just came.

The driver seat’s door of the limousine opened and a young man wearing a black suite that looks like the limousine driver went out and opened the door on the back seat. From that side a woman went out together with a young girl aged around 15-17 years old based on her height. She was wearing a simple gothic style black and pink stripes dress and somehow half of her face was hidden with a pink gas mask. Her eyes were beautiful with its sky colored contact lens. Her skin was pale white and she looks very fragile somehow just by looking at her makes a person wants to protect her. And with her long black silky hair leaning on her pure white yet pale skin she looked like a real goddess. Akemi felt his heart almost skipped a beat for a moment there.

 “Sonata, let’s go?” The woman who looks like the girl’s mother talked. The woman aged around 35- 40 years old and somehow she doesn’t resemble any traits of the young girl beside her. “Just hold onto my arm, ok?”

“Thank you, Lisette.” The girl politely replied. The girl then hold on to the old lady’s arm while walking. The two then entered the 4C Lover Building leaving the young boy startled there.

“She’s blind?” Akemi whispered to his self feeling a sudden pain inside his chest. He pitied the young girl yet it felt different, a feeling he can’t distinguish yet. A familiar feeling yet he can’t define.

“Sir Akemi, Is there something wrong?” The bodyguard asked to his young master who seemed to be acting strange.

“No, it’s nothing,” the young boy said before entering the car. “Send me to my house, Kon but before that I’ll drop by Haname Tech. Academy to meet Reon,” The young master coldly explained to his driver.

“Ok, sir,” The driver then started the engine and took the road calmly. It will be a half hour of trip to reach their destination and another hour to his house so Akemi decided to open his laptop to do some work.

He stayed like that for the whole trip when the car suddenly stopped.

“Sir Akemi, we’ve arrived.” Kon said to his young master whose eyes were all inside his laptop screen.

“Ah, is that so?” The young master coldly replied. “Ok, I’m going now. Wait for me here.” The young boy said before coming out of his car without his driver’s help. He then walked toward the gate to talk to the guard when a young girl suddenly showed up.

“Is there something I can do for you, little boy?” The young girl said politely to the young boy.

The girl stands around 5’4 – 5’6 in height, and based on her uniform the girl seems to be a 3^rd year student at this school. She has a long wavy black hair yet half of it was tinted with brownish red dye yet they’ve looked genuine. It suits her white pure fragile skin somehow Akemi felt like she met another goddess in this girl. Her eyes resembled the eyes of the girl he just saw a while ago.

“Hey!” the girl exclaimed. “Are you alright, little boy?”

“Ah, sorry I spaced out and please stop calling me little boy.” Akemi blurted making the girl laughed at him.

“You’re weird and cute, I like you.” The girl complimented to the strange boy, making the young lad blushed. “By the way my name is Aiyuu. I’m a 3^rd year student in this school and the Student Council President. What about you?”

“I’m Kuroh Akemi, a 3^rd year middle school student at Mische Academy. It’s my pleasure to meet you.” Akemi introduced. “And I’m here to see Maki Reon to hand something important to him. He’s the same year as you, Miss Aiyuu,” he explained.

“Oh, just call me Ai. I’m weak against honorific.” She demanded with a smile.

“Okay, Ai” The boy said in a low ashamed voice making the girl laugh again.

“You’re really cute.” Aiyuu commented. “By the way if you’re looking for Reon I can show you the way to their room.”

“Really?” he asked.

“Of course!” The girl replied with an energetic voice. “Let’s go!”

The girl then pulled Akemi’s hand to lead him inside the campus when suddenly Aiyuu became strange and snapped her hand back from holding Akemi’s hand startling the young lad for a few seconds.

“I’m sorry, something felt weird inside my body.” The girl apologized.

The girl then took Akemi’s hand again and led him inside the campus. They’ve continued they’re stroll for about 5 minutes when they’ve finally reached a big building called Athena Dream the two stopped.

“You can see him there,” Aiyuu said as she pointed the room on the 2^nd right from the south at the 3^rd floor of the building. “I’m sorry but I’m not allowed to enter the Athena Dream building so I can only accompany you until here.”

“Eh, is that so?” The young lad said in surprise because somehow the girl showed a painful face. “It’s alright I can go alone from here, thank you for accompanying me here.”

“Then I’m going now, Goodbye.” Aiyuu said with a low voice at Akemi’s ears. The girl then kissed the young lad on his cheek making the boy stunned there before fading away in Akemi’s back.

“I’m wishing for the happiness of the two you. Till then my...”  The girl whispered before fading somewhere.

Somehow Akemi felt like the girl smiled beautifully to him making him felt undefined happiness inside.

“Oh! Ake, What are you doing here?” Reon shouted as he saw his friend standing blankly in front of his room building. “What’s wrong?”

“Oh nothing!” Akemi exclaimed. “By the way here,” He said as he handed a small box to his friend. “Aimie wants to give that to you but she was in a hurry so she couldn’t come here,”

“Ehh is that so?” Reon replied. “By the way can you keep and try it out for me instead?” His friends said while handing some wrist watch figure gadget to him.

“That’s a teleportation gadget that our class invented were planning to submit that on Weaponry Department but I have to configure some parts first but today I have a meeting with the student council president so I can’t test it now. Would you test it out for me?”

“Ok sure, I’ll test it out at our testing field later.” Akemi replied. “By the way can you say thank you to the student council president for me?”

“Oh sure! But why?” Reon asked. “Did you know her?”

 “She’s the one who helped me out so I was able to see you.” He explained. “But she left after sending me here. I weren’t even able to thank her properly because she left in a hurry.”

“Okay I’ll tell Yuuki.” He said before leaving his friend there. “Bye!”

“Wait Reo!!” Akemi shouted to his friend who was walking on its way to the Student Council Room. “Isn’t your student council president’s named Aiyuu?”

“No! Her name is Catherene Yuuki!” Reon answered before fading on his sight. Somehow he was startled by his friends answer because the girl she met awhile ago introduced herself as Aiyuu.

Suddenly a cold breeze of wind enveloped his whole body making him feel a sudden chill from his toe through his shoulder. He then decided to leave the place without looking back until he reached the car where his driver is waiting for him.

He entered the car in a hurry and asked his driver to drive him home.

“Who was that girl then?” He thought on his mind. He was about to get his laptop to start working again so he could forget about that girl and that incident when the car suddenly lost its control and......

“Find Sonata... I’m sorry, D...I’m...I love.” a familiar voice muttered into his ears and the face of a girl she met a while ago showed up on his mind before he lost his consciousness completely.

“Little boy! Little boy! Little boy!” An unfamiliar voice of a person shouting beside my ears and I can hear people’s foot steps. I tried to open my eyes but my whole body felt tired. It felt like a run from a long marathon, that I went from a long journey. I can’t even lift the lids of my eyes so I just gave in with the tiredness inside me.  

The Bedridden Princess is a Hero: Chapter 1: The Beginning

Chapter 1

The Beginning

St. Clairemont Village, Tokyo, Japan

April 20, 2997

“I’m going now, Sonata!” Sana shouted to get her twin sister’s attention who is sitting at her bed beside the window on her room. She was staring blankly at the blue sky outside her room through the window again, Sana thought. “Is there something you want me to buy on my way back?” She pitied her sister so much, making her chest sting.

Minako Sanako, 15 years old, a 3^rd year Junior Highschool student at St.Catherene Junior High Academy. She is the 2^nd child of Minako residence. She is a very nice, beautiful and energetic girl. She loves her younger twin sister so much though there were times she envies her a lot for getting everyone’s attention.

“Then would you mind getting me the new volume of “Creative Life” by Haname Aiyuu,” she answered to her older sister who is standing in front of their house, now she is looking at her older sister. “I also want to eat milk pudding and cream puffs!” She demanded with a smile.

“Okay I’ll buy them for you on my way back!” Sana answered with an energetic voice while running on her way to school. She stopped after a few meters away from their house before looking back to see her sister again. She then waved at her with a big smile on her face.

“Take care on your way there.” Sonata whispered to the wind before her sister fades away as the young girl took a turn at the corner of the street. For Sonata this day is just one of her usual day. She can’t go to school like Sana because of her chronic yet unknown illness.

Minako Sonata, 15 yeas old, the younger twin of Sanako. Because of her illness she became bedridden and mostly stayed at home. Her body was currently fine except the fact that she can no longer walk since her illness started to attack her body.

It all started when she was 5 years old when her family went on a vacation in her grandmother’s place in a province in Hokkaido. It was a day her family can never forget, the day they’ve found out about Sonata’s illness.

While playing with her sister and brother, Sonata suddenly fell into the stairs. She was carried over to the hospital because she hit her head straight to the floor which became a big mystery to them especially to her mom who is a doctor. As we all know when a normal human fell or tripped, we usually use our hands or arms when supporting our body from falling yet on Sonata’s case she doesn’t have any bruises on her hands and arms which mean she didn’t use them or she weren’t able to use them at that time. The doctor then told them about Sonata inheriting an illness called Mische. An illness that doesn’t have a cure yet and information about it are still limited at that time. The specialist then told them that her body will start losing its ability to perform the things she normally does like standing and walking on her own. And sooner or later her ability to speak, move, see, smell, hear and feel will all most likely be gone someday and it’ll cause her death. Up until now the only thing the technology can give to her was medicines that can slower her death. Until the medicine that can cure her illness is discovered she has to bear the reality that she’ll vanish in this world soon. But with the help of her family somehow she was able to cope with the changes in her body putting her at ease even for a bit of time.

Sonata was once an energetic girl like her sister Sanako. She loves to read books and manga, watch dramas and anime as well as collecting gadgets. Like her twin sister, she is indeed a beauty and due to her confinement inside her room she has a very pure white skin yet a fragile body. And because she can’t go to school like a normal girl she has a home tutor that came everyday to teach her so when the time that the cure for her illness is discovered she can go back to reality without having any difficulties. That’s the kind of life she had been living for these past 10 years.

She was about to lay down again when a knock on her room door surprise her. She hurriedly sat back and waited until the door opened.

“Sonata, I came with your medicines.” Her mom said as she entered her bedridden daughter’s room holding a tray with a glass of water and a few bottle of medicines. “Do you want to eat something before drinking your medicine?”

Minako Shynne Miki, 38 years old, she is the mother of the Minako siblings. She is a very kind mother and wife. She was once a doctor in a prestigious hospital in Germany where she met her husband and the father of her children. She is half German and Japanese and was raise in Germany but she can speak Japanese fluently due to her mother’s influence. She decided to come back in Japan with her husband when Reiiki was born and continued working in a hospital there. Right now she stopped from working at the hospital to give her support to her sick daughter. She also helps in inventing a medicine to cure her sick daughter.

“No, Mom I’m not hungry yet,” she answered with a polite voice. “By the way Mom, did Rei called?” 

“Yes, he called this morning but he was in a hurry so he just told me to say hi to you.” Her mom answered. “And also he sent a package for you and Sanako. He said it’ll arrive here after 3 days.”

“Really?” she asked with sparkling eyes and a big smile on her face. “If Rei called again can you say thank you for me, Mom?”

Minako Reiiki, 23 years old, a 3rd year student at Rutherford Medical University in Germany. He is the older brother of the Minako twins. He took up medicine for the sake of finding a cure for his sick sister. He is a very loving brother but due to the fact that one of her sister is in beneath of death he became biased to Sonata making Sanako drifted away from him. He isn’t just great inside; he is also indeed a hottie outside like his siblings.

“And also please tell him give me a call sometimes.” She added. Her voice was asking politely.

“Sure, I’ll tell your brother,” Her Mom said while preparing her medicine on the side table beside her table so she could easily grab and drink them. “Here’s your medicine, please drink them, ok? I’ll return to get them later,”

Her mom said before leaving her daughter alone in her room.

“Thanks, Mom,” she whispered to herself. Once again the room was filled with deafening silence. Sonata stared blankly at the blue sky outside through the window of her room again.

“I want to go out too,” She said with a low yet disappointed voice before releasing a big sighed that felt like she was holding the whole world in her two fragile hands.

She continued like that for about 5 minutes when she got tired of it and decided to drink her medicine already. She picked up the white bottle first and opened it carefully. She tapped the bottle down until 3 pieces of white small tablets went out. She put them all inside her mouth after that she took a sip of water from the cup beside. She does the same thing with the other two medicine bottles. After drinking everything she decided to lie down to take a short nap. It was only a few seconds after she lay down when she felt her consciousness slowly drifting away making her fully slipped to slumber.

While....