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Steffan had ignored Shigure for a minute, listening to Matthew, then shaking his head in the direction of a no, " No, not at all. " He smiled, " Thanks for you're help Matthew. If the prince had died I dont know what we'd have done. " He then turned to Shigure, " We should head back to the hotel, I already have a room there. " He turned and smiled at matthew again waving, as Shigure had walked out of the door, then he shut it. And started heading to the hotel.

Joshua was feeling a lot more relaxed now, even if his mind felt a little fuzzy now, it was almost a miracle he was alive, it was as if he were knocking on Death's door, and now he felt perfectly fine. It was just a bit of a weird feeling. He was mummbling things in his sleep, must have been some nightmare, " ....Mom....Dad.....Amber......Don't leave me..." He'd whispered.

When they reached the room Steffan waited for Shigure, then helped him place Joshua on the bed, closed the door, and sat on a chair by the table. What an odd day. " Poor kid. " He said out of concern.

Joshua kept whispering things in his sleep, he was having a nightmare. The whole castle evacuation, the murdering of his parents, everything, reaplaying in his head like a sick, unreal, nightmare. Then he woke up slowely, wiping his eyes to find tears on his hand. He'd been crying.

Steffan shook his head then spoke, " Oh... It's nothing really. He used to be a healer under our castle a long time ago. you were still a trainee then, so you didnt know him. but he'd quit for some reason. I don't know why he did though. He was a great healer, he could have been a noble if he'd wanted to."

Joshua was suprised at the tears that had run nonstop down his face. He tried to rub them off but they kept coming. " ...This is.... what I get for....Trying to be so tough.... ha ha. " Damn. They just kept coming. Maybe because he'd never really mourned his parents deaths up until now. And now that he was able to cry. Everything just seemed to hit him all at once.

Steffan stayed silent. Watching as Joshua just lost it.

Joshua finally gave up on wiping away the tears, that were still running down his face. Then a flash of anger came across him. And he grabbed the flower vase and threw it at the window, breaking it, and the window.Then rushed up to the door throwing a chair at it. Snapping the chair in half, " DAMMIT! WHY?! " He suddenly grabbed shigure by the collar out of mere anger, about to punch him across the face. Then stared at shigures confused/concerned, and scared expression. And let go. Then he dropped to the floor, his head covered by his arms, which were crossed on the ground, he layed his head against them. Once he dropped, he just plain out whinned like a child, his voice shrunk, "....w-why?......I dont...Get it... Why did they kill my parents....why?..."

Joshua contnued to cry out loud, "WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW?! " He yelled, " .....your parents werent killed.And if there was a reason for their death then what was it?! I dont see any reason! " He held a knife tightly in his palm, he had been highly considering killing himself. He stared at the knife for a while, then he shut his eyes tightly and threw it to the ground.

Joshua glared at Shigure, anger obviously still lying in his gray-blue eyes. Then he stood up quickly, throwing the door open. " You know what! " He yelled, almost loud enough for the whole hotel to hear. " I'm leaving! " he rushed down the halls of the inn and out the front door. Walking into the dimm moonlight, it was already dark. Joshua paused when he heard a rustling sound, then dodged a few arrows that flew towards him, "Dammit! "

Steffan nodded, " of course. He needs a bodyguard at all times. They're trying to kill him remember? You don't need my orders in times like these. " And with that he ran off towards the door.

Joshua, enraged as he was, attempted to fight all the soldiers alone. He drew his blade and ran towards the archer quickly slicing the soldiers gut to his neck, killing him. Then another soldier appeared behind Joshua, kicking him right in the middle of his back, paralyzing him for a minute. The soldier was about to hit joshua with his sword but Joshua moved and thrusted his word through the soldiers. Joshua had thought hed beaten all them. Three archers had snuck up on him. Joshua turned around shocked, and at the same time a soldier slugged him across the face, Joshua let out a grunt as he fell to the ground. Then the archers kicked him and stepped on him, and all that. Making Joshua's body paralyzed for the moment. They pulled Joshua up by the neck, and held him in a strangle-hold waiting for the soldiers who had just came outside to see Joshua in danger.