Kai refused to believe anything that he had heard, everything that had been said. The meeting had ended, and the Red Shield had accepted the Chevalier Solomon Goldsmith into their ranks. But was he not the one who had kidnapped Saya in that air-base? Was he not the one who tried to kill her back in the Zoo? How could he have come to love her? How could she have come to return that love? What about Hagi? Did he not love her as well? Solomon was their enemy; they could not just bring him in even if he had Saya's word! "Hagi, why would you even allow this?" Kai demanded of Saya's stalwart Chevalier. Hagi only looked at Saya, who was walking with Julia into the medical wing to execute various tests regarding her... situation. "She's bearing that... man's children!"

"Saya needs her children" Hagi said. He had known Saya far longer than anyone had. He knew that it was her family that brought her the strength to fight. He knew it all too well. For a fact, he also knew that Solomon truly loved Saya. It had been so ever since the Chevalier with the ice-blue eyes met his Queen. It had been so, even before what had happened in Vietnam… "And only Solomon can be their father"

However, Kai would not listen. He stormed out of the meeting room, only to find Joel VI and Solomon speaking to each other. "It is an honor to have you here, Solomon" the wheel-chair bound leader of the Red Shield said. In his younger days, Joel VI had met Solomon and Amshell. They had been present at his father's funeral. He did not know that they were Chevaliers then, only that the brothers from the Goldsmith clan were his distant kin, for both their clans were once a powerful dynasty in the world of business centuries ago. "You have done much to help both the Red Shield and Saya" Solomon smiled in return, and shook Joel's hand. "Now, if you would excuse me, I have matters to attend to"

"Do not let me keep you, Joel" Solomon replied, and gave Joel VI a slight bow. After Joel VI had left, he turned to Kai. "You are Saya's adoptive brother, Miyagusuku Kai, are you not?" he asked with another bow. Kai nodded, and continued to glare at him. "I can understand why you distrust me, but rest assured that I will not allow anything to happen to Saya. You have my word"

Kai did not budge, even as Solomon offered a handshake. "You were Diva's Chevalier, and you switched sides so easily. How am I supposed to trust you?" He demanded. The Chevalier sighed and explained that everything that he did, every breath he took, it was for Saya. "Then where were you when Saya was in so much pain? Where were you in Vietnam… When our father died?"

"Trust me, I was there" came Solomon's reply. "You just could not see me, is all" Within seconds, he felt a slight impact at the centre of his chest. Kai had punched him, and he understood fully the boy's actions. If he had retaliated, Kai would have distrusted him more, and so, he did nothing. He just backed away, and left with a bow.

In the infirmary, Julia was giving Saya a sonogram, where she asked, "Saya did Solomon…" She found not the right words to say, for she was not sure whether Solomon had forced himself on the chestnut-eyed Queen, or did she give herself to him willingly. He was Diva's Chevalier, after all. Not to mention the CEO of a highly powerful pharmaceutical empire that could move the world if he wanted to. Surprisingly, Saya shook her head.

"He proposed to me, and I accepted it" Saya replied, smiling inwardly. "Julia, after… that night, I gained back more memories of the past, and before the Vietnam incident, I was actually with him." Julia looked at her in shock momentarily. Yet, it was not wholly untrue. According the Red Shield's data, she had been MIA after an attempted attack on Diva and her Chevaliers during the events of WWII. What happened then, nobody knew, except Hagi, who said nothing about what had happened then. "I can't explain this… but I feel loved around Solomon. He gave everything for me, and…"

Julia put her hand on Saya's and smiled. "I know, Saya. All that matters is that you are happy". Focusing back on her computer, she told Saya to look at the sonogram's imagery and explained everything to Saya everything there is to know about her unborn children. "They were growing at an exceptionally fast rate, as compared to Diva's. In human terms, you are about two and a half months pregnant, which is many times faster compared to your sister, since her daughters were… conceived earlier" She tried hard not to remain Saya of the pain of Riku's death, but as a scientist and a medical officer, it was her job to deliver the facts, and only the facts. After a brief pause, she instructed Saya on what kind of food must she take, the increase of blood transfusions and even the intake of Hagi's blood during her pregnancy. "Hagi, can you please make sure that Saya does all this?"

Hagi nodded, and said, "Anything to ensure Saya's health" He had lost to Solomon in terms that the latter had truly gained his Queen's love, but he was sure that he would always be there to protect and serve Saya no matter what. He was her Chevalier, after all. After Julia had finished what she had wanted to say, he picked Saya up and carried her into her room.

As he was walking down the numerous corridors of the expansive ship that was the headquarters of the Red Shield, he met Lewis, who decided to walk with them. By then, Saya had already been asleep. "You know, Saya here is a lucky girl" he said with a smirk. "She has a Chevalier like you, and most importantly, a rich and handsome fiancé like Blondie" Hagi did not need to guess who that "Blondie" was at all. "Just joking, pal, you're not half bad"

Solomon watched as Hagi placed Saya on her bed and pulling the covers above her lithe, curvaceous body. He had already been there before they arrived. "So beautiful, our Saya" he said, caressing her flawless cheek. "Her resolve burns as the fires that her eyes behold" Hagi merely stared at Solomon. "Whether you like it or not, Hagi, she is ours to protect now"

Hagi nodded, and said, "I agree with you. But, there is one thing that I must ask of you" There was a slight glint of hatred in his eyes.

"What is it?"

"Should you even make Saya cry, I shall take her from you"

Solomon chuckled lightly, and said, "Fair enough, so is it a truce between us, then?"