Lady Yumemi's plan.

“Run!run! " screamed the voice in Yumemi's head.

'I must make sure that he never gets the tablet! He must NOT get my tablet! I WILL not allow him to have it! The dark tablet of Kuraizen is mine to protect and he will never get it!'

Yumemi has managed to get away from Jasmine's suffocating confines in Kina. She had made her way with some trouble to the Kuraizen border with a stolen horse from Kina.

Where she was met with a border patrol who asked for her papers.

        She was so angered that  she could barely control herself from cursing him into next week Then she let the horse into the nearly wastelands and  snuck into back of a travelers van . When the border patrol searched the caravan she hid under a sheet and hid in a corner shadow .Safely across the border,she allowed herself to travel a few more miles in the van before it turned and she jumped off hurriedly  She had nearly tripped in the process and cursed before regaining her balance. The chill weather blew round her thin arms and legs and she wrapped her cloak around her more tightly. Clearly the frilled dress gave her no protection but her feet were relatively warm in their small boots.Scuttling to the side of the road,Yumemi started along the road ,recognizing it in the light that came from the dying sun , as the main road to enter the central kingdom.

Yumemi's thought were hurried and anxious at the thought of what Lord Cameron would do with the tablet if it was in his possession.

She meant to tell Queen Jasmine-she wanted to so much-but something had stopped her.

She didn't even know why she hadn't told her. It had felt like a strange sense of home when Jasmine had rescued her,had petted her.

Lying on her lap allowing Jasmine to stroke her hair-she felt like she was safe.

Like family.

It scared her.

How could Jasmine BE like  family? It was absurd.

Jasmine was like a beauty,royal and so open hearted.

She on the other hand...a misfit,cursed.

Utterly alone.

Right?

It scared her to feel so safe. Every time she had felt safe,something horrid happened.

She realized this when her anxiety had got the best of her in her bed at the Kina palace..

'What if he did find her? What if he found the tablet? Would he come after her?.' 

She realized if he did come after her she was putting everyone around her in danger.

She was putting Jasmine in danger.

That thought hurt her and her face felt red with anger and regret. She did not want to feel like this..she hated that Jasmine made her worry for someone else beside her own welfare. She had to be ruthless and Jasmine had somehow seen right through her.
It wasn't right. 

She didn't want to feel helpless which is what she felt when she was around Jasmine.  

'No..first find the tablet...make sure it's safe...'

The tablet meant more to her. Her best friend Tsuke...her only friend, had died trying to stop Cameron coming back into this world. 

'He had been a fool.' she thought savagely to herself.
After what seemed like an hour ,the capital kingdom came into view and she broke into a run. Clutching her cloak close to her and hooding herself she felt her skirt swish and stick to her knees. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she ran,her breathing started to get ragged. The sky was turning to a deep black blue-perfect cover for sneaking past any nosy soldiers that dared cross her. When she saw the guard posts she slowed to a trot and crept into the stray shadows that had formed over the grounds. A line had started to form at the  circular guard posts which bore the emblem of the Kuraizen kingdom.
This creeping around was irritating her...without faithful Shadow she could only cower and hide and cast minor illusions,instead of allowing Shadow to take care of the vermin that dared to cross her. She wondered vaguely if Shadow was alright but then checked herself. Shadow was fine when she acted alone her time in the forest proved it. She only hoped Cameron did not follow Shadow . Silently  she crept near the line and hid in the shadow of a rider and horse . The pair seemed to creep along the line and Yumemi's patience wore thin. The horse did not smell to great and it stamped it's hooves annoying her.
Ugh if she had Shadow she could cross this border and kill anyone who would stop her...
But no she realized-if she did that it might alert that menace and she wanted to make sure she did not cross him. Cameron's power scared her-he had shown her a taste of his true power and fear filled her as she pictured his face.

No..he must not be allowed to get the tablet-the chaos it would cause.

  She had a sudden mental image of Jasmine lying dead upon a rock,lifeless eyes, pale skin cold, hair fluttering in a cold breeze.

Never to walk again.

'No!' she screamed in her head.
'Next!' cried the guard and she nearly sighed in relief. The minutes passed as the guards inspected the rider on either side lazily. Yumemi  pressed her lips together in frustration as time seemed to stretch-and then finally-''You may go through'
Yumemi sighed in relief as they passed through and she looked about her with growing confidence-she was here-practically home-but she still had to be careful. As soon as she was clear from view of the gates she bolted to a nearby building shadow. She composed herself for some minutes ,composed herself and calmly walked along the pavement. She did not let her hood fall but she let some air penetrate the folds-the cloak was stuffy.
Guards seemed to be everywhere and remembered that elections had been held.
She smiled smugly to herself

'Cameron cannot take my queen ship the whole populace will rise against his foul deeds'.

She walked along the stoned path of the main city and she slowed her when she spotted a small crowd. It was gathered around a glass plaque that  hung in the light of a dim streetlight. Curiosity peaked as she heard her name mentioned faintly and she again held her cape and cloak to herself and edged towards them. Most of the populace also wore capes and scarves-the chill winds of evening brought about warmer attire in winter. She heard snatches of conversation that confused her.
'New governance'.
'New major of the kingdom'.
then
'Lord Craven'.

She froze- Craven? Impossible!-That sounded a lot like him . She remembered the cowed figure in the chair who had tempted her. When she finally got close enough to read the plaque ,she was horrified by the text of  bolded letters.

'New Mayor of Kuraizen capital,Lord Crave,according to the council held by himself and the Lady Yumemi has imposed a curfew and strict vigilance upon this capital and the entire kingdom. Citizens are ordered to produce papers of their loyalty wherever the the authority asks.'

It had a seal on it-HER seal.

Yumemi stood in shock for a spilt second before anger swelled inside her head and inside her heart. She clenched her fists so hard her nails dug into the flesh.

'That-that..that worthless piece of filth' her mind uttered and she could have choked in anger.

A Seal.-HER ROYAL SEAL?! HOW DARE HE!

She would kill him...she would KILL him..Crave....Lord Crave..MAYOR OF HER CITY?!!!

'He must die' she thought viciously.

She nearly ploughed into an old man in her haste to leave and made a beeline for the House of the Black widow. Her anger grew-Crave would die for this betrayal. He had taken over HER city...HER kingdom...was using HER seal to impose a curfew?! And keeping stock on the loyal ones using paperwork??!

She must find the tablet-and she would USE it-she would assassinate Lord Crave..and then perhaps she would try becoming a goddess and lay waste to that Sadistic pile of garbage called Cameron-she would take the tablet and use its power to ANNIHILATE him to the bowels of hell.

Her anger was so much that it seemed a mere few minutes to get to the Black Widow sanctuary. Even MORE guards were here but since it was night fall she again closed her cloak and vanished into the shadows that surrounded the spiral turreted buildings. It felt easy to cross the high metaled wall,covered with spikes as it was. Clutching at these was child's play-she had snuck in once as a dare from Tsuke and he had been very angry. Not only had she surmounted the iron wall,but she  had gone inside and come out again with the vice head's dessert spoon which bore his seal as proof. She climbed atop the wall albeit as a shadow form but luckily the guards head turned and she slipped to the other side.

All was quiet in the House of the Black Widows. 

The the bare ground at her feet made no sound as she spotted the entrance-luckily the house of the black widow kept lamps dimly lit at certain witching hours.  A oval of pillars in black stone bordered the entire place. Thus she found a pillar and rested in its shadow waiting for the time when the lamps would dim. It would be useless to go in when the purple light lamps were bright,the black widow spies were very very good at their job. She smiled and thought to herself ,

'Lord Crave..Master Cameron..I will dispose of you and will perhaps use the tablet to take over ALL the land...and nothing either of you can do can stop me'