Overkill

                                    

                                          
The ship had finally arrived at the grand docks of Yumesia. There wasn't a grand welcoming party though...Actually, it didn't look that welcoming at all. There was a brigade standing by along with a mob of angry parents.
                          
"This does not look good...." Reiji muttered before making the call to have them drop anchor.
                          
"Hm? Why did we stop?"Naomi asked.
                          
"Ikki you might want to tell your new girlfriend that you're wanted," Reiji said before going below deck.
                          
"What?!" Naomi looked over at Otoya. Sure he told her the things he did, yet he didn't tell her the parts that were considered illegal. He didn't want to scare her.
                          
"Well, you see I may be wanted for breaking pirates out of prison and maybe assault on a royal guard...." Otoya rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled nervously.
                          
"Oh Otoya...I'm sure father can help straighten this out." She gave him a kind smile. No matter how many crimes he committed she is still devoted to him.
                          
"You really think so?"
                          
"Yes, because you did it for a good cause," Naomi was being very optimistic. "We can have them wave of as misdemeanors... right Lord Mikaze?" She looked over at the negotiator.
                          
"Hmm well I can try... but right now I recommend having me go to the docks first and have them bring a ship over to retrieve the girls," Ai said as he smoothed out his coat. "Everyone will be arrested on the spot if we try docking." They all agreed and sent Ai first so he can try calming down the mob. No need to have unnecessary bloodshed right?
                          
Ten minutes later a ship can and retrieve the ladies all except Lady Takeda.
                          
"Naomi you have to go..." Otoya said.
                          
"Not without you..."She was being stubborn again.
                          
"I can't-"
                          
"Please..." She held onto his hand and gently squeezed it. Naomi was afraid she will never see him again if she got on that ship.
                          
Otoya stared into her eyes and gave into her whims. The two boarded the second ship with the rest of the ladies.
                          
"He's dead," Malraux muttered as the pirates waved the couple off.
                          
"Oh without a doubt," Camus said.
                          
The ladies were reunited with their fathers and mothers and it's supposed to be happy ending there right? Wrong.
                          
As soon as the guards saw Otoya's signature red hair they charged him.
                          
"Otoya!" Naomi tightened her grip on her dearest hand as the guards tried to pry them apart.
                          
"Otoya Ittoki.... if that is your real name. You're under arrest for conspiracy to the crown and murder," The captain of the guards declared.
                          
"W-What?! I didn't kill anyone!" Otoya struggled against the guards' harsh grip.
                          
"Otoya would never do such a thing!" Naomi yelled as she pushed away from the guards that tried to take her away from her beloved.
                          
"Lady Takeda this boy is under arrest for the murder of the Duke of Yumesia." The captain said as he finally pulled her away and blocked her from getting any closer.
                          
Naomi and Otoya froze and stood there with wide eyes. Naomi's father was murdered? Naomi felt hot tears run down her cheeks as she frantically looked for her father amongst the parents and daughters in the crowd. She believed that this was just a cruel joke but doubt consumed her find when she did see her father's loving smile. "W-where is he...?" She pushed anyone who was in the way aside. "Where's my father?!"
                          
"My lady your father was slain by a sword and witnesses said they saw a young man with red hair flee from the crime scene and onto a small boat."Said one of the concerned parents.
                          
Naomi gasped and her knees began to buckle. Fortunately, Ai was there to support her before she hit the ground. The last thing she said to her father was 'Good night, I'm not coming back with a fiancé...'
                          
Otoya didn't pay attention to the guards putting him in irons. His eyes were too busy watching his lady collapsed in grief. 'It wasn't me,' He wasn't even in Yumesia when the Duke was murdered so how could someone automatically pinpoint his face and blade to the crime scene.
                          
Naomi looked over at redheaded with blurry eyes, "Otoya..." She needed him now more than ever but he was being taken away to the prison until a trial day.
                          
"My lady lets speak with your uncle about this," Ai spoke softly to her before leading her to the carriage.
                          
"O-okay..." She sat in the carriage in silence. There were the occasional sniffles and hiccups but that's all. She knew it wasn't Otoya but who could have done it? How can someone kill him? Their home was well guarded unless..."He let them in..."
                          
"Pardon?" Ai looked over at Lady Takeda.
                          
"My father invited the killer in. That means it's someone he knew that doesn't live with us right?" Otoya lived with them so that information can be used to prove his innocence right?"
                          
"Yes but we don't have much information on the case...It seems everyone assumes it was an inside job and the only ones that have swords and are around the house are the guards and Otoya." Ai explained to her.
                          
" Then it was a guard! We can ask the servants-"
                          
"Lady Naomi, we are not investigators," Ai said in a slightly stern tone. "First thing we need to know is what will happen to you since you are now an orphan."
                          
That's right, Both of Naomi's parents are now deceased so what will happen to her? Will she be in the king's care or be instantly married off to the highest bidder? "Lord Mikaze, I can't get married to a stranger. I want Otoya...I will give the money and land to charity if I must."
                          
"Let's not do anything insane," She was planning to give up everything for that son of a pirate, "It's not that easy since you are next in line for the throne until the King has a child. The Takeda royal bloodline ends with you until otherwise."
                          
"Oh..." She looked down at her lap. If her aunt doesn't have a child then it was her duty to keep the Takeda's at the throne....but she doesn't care about that. However, her family has done so much for her, so it would be disrespectful to not give back. "I understand."
                          
The two arrived at the castle and were escorted to the throne room where the King and Queen resides.
                          
"Naomi, I am so relieved of your safe return. Especially, after what happened to your father two nights ago.
                          
"Uncle do you know what happened to him?" She asked.
                          
"I'm afraid I cannot provide information when it comes to that topic."
                          
Naomi sighed and looked at the ground, "What will happen to me?" She asked softly.
                          
"Before you're father passed he had this contract written out and signed." The King said with a solemn look on his face. "It was a marriage contract."
                          
"W-what?!" All decorum was out the window now. Her father signed a marriage contract on her behalf while she was kidnapped? 'Father why?'
                          
"Apparently, a young man, claiming he met you at the ball, asked for your hand in marriage and your father accepted." The King presented her the marriage contract that was at the crime scene.
                          
Naomi looked at the signature with great scrutiny. It was her father's signature all right but the mysterious man's signature was off. "Who am I getting married to...?"
                          
"That would be me, my Angel."
                          
Naomi's heart stopped and she turned around and saw the last person that she ever wanted to see. "Otori?!" First Otoya being arrested...then hearing her father was murdered...and now finding out that she would be marrying the man that tried to kill her. The poor girl's heart and mind couldn't take anymore. Her vision blurred and everything went black.
                          
AN: I think I overkilled it with the bad news and drama. XD