Chapter 8: Final Ending: Part 2:

A/N: Sorry for the wait everyone. I've been really busy with school lately, so I haven't really the time to write chapters anymore, but just for you guys I will make the time. Also, if you think of ideas that you think would be great in this story, don't be afraid to comment. I'm willing to put anyone's ideas into the story. Thanks.

The next morning came quickly. The bright morning sun rose over Sindria, lighting up the streets with its warm rays. The sunlight shined down upon the palace, into Shun's balcony window once more. The warm light easily woke the young prince, but for him, the light was a timer counting down quickly.

The young prince slowly opened his emerald green eyes before he slowly sat up in his bed. He sat there for a few moments thinking to himself about the upcoming days before he finally decided to get out of bed. The young prince quickly got dressed before quietly leaving his room. As Shun closed his door behind him softly, the other children came out of their rooms quietly as well. The children were silent as they made their way down the hall, making sure they didn't wake the adults.

Once the seven children reached the throne room, they split up. Lily and Ayane went down the hall towards the dressing rooms; Izaya, Kohaku, Aoba, and Misaki left the palace, heading straight for town; Whilst Shun walked down another corridor, heading for the servants' quarters. All of them remained silent as they separated. It didn't take the children very long to get everything for the wedding ready to go. Once they were all finished, the seven children met up in the throne room a few hours later near the end of the day where the sun was starting to set beyond the vast ocean.

"Is everything done and ready to go?" Shun asked with his arms crossed over his chest. The children nodded just as Sinbad walked into the throne room.

"There you are. Where have you children been?" Sinbad asked with a serious look in his eyes as the Sindrian King approached the seven children.

"In town..." The young prince bluntly stated as he started walking past his father.

"What for?" The King asked as the other children started following their prince.

"No reason." Shun bluntly stated once more as he disappeared around the corner, heading towards the palace garden with his friends following close behind him. Sinbad stood in the hallway, watching them disappear with an unknown look in his eyes.

Once the seven children reached their little clearing in the garden, they all sat in a circle once more before pulling out a piece of paper. One sheet of paper for each team.

"So, everything is ready to go then?" Shun asked with a frown on his face.

"That's what we told you already." Misaki stated with a huff, folding his arms across his chest.

"Misaki, don't be rude like Aoba is." Izaya said as he shook his head with a sigh.

"Back to the subject at hand. Izaya and myself have pre-ordered the cake and told the baker not to make it until the adults order it themselves. We have a description of the cake for the wedding right here on paper." Kohaku explained as he reached over and handed Shun the piece of paper he was holding.

"Good work, you two. Aoba, Misaki?" The prince asked, looking in the said boys' direction.

"Misaki and I have made a list of the decorations. We also pre-ordered it as well. The company have it packaged and ready to go for the adults when they call for it." Aoba said as he handed his paper to the young prince. After taking Aoba's piece of paper, Shun turned to look at the two girls.

"Lily and myself have the outfits picked out and ready to go. We told the servants about it as well." Ayane said with a smile upon her face as the young prince took their paper, adding it to his stack.

"Good work, all of you. As for my part, the servants know what to do. But, just in case, I wrote the direction here on paper." The young prince said with a frown as he waved all of their papers in front of him. For a few moments, the group was silent before Misaki broke it.

"What about the twins?" The blue-haired boy asked.

"They agreed to help us out." The young prince said. Before Misaki could open his mouth to speak again, Ja'far's voice rang out through the garden.

"Children! It's time to come back inside now! It's getting late!" She called out. The children looked at each other in confusion before looking up at the sky. Ja'far had been correct, it was already dark out, the stars shining brightly over Sindria with a bright waning moon shining next to them.

"I guess we lost track of time talking..." Lily said as the group of children stood from their spots and started walking towards Ja'far, who stood at the garden's entrance.

Later that night, when midnight came once again and everyone in the palace was fast asleep, the seven children snuck out of their rooms, heading back towards the garden. Mika and Kuro were already waiting for them as they reached their little clearing in the garden. As the group sat down in a circle again, Kuro sat in between Shun and Ayane, whilst his sister sat on the other side of the young prince.

"Before we go after Al-Tharmen, we're going to need to prepare ourselves." Shun stated, looking around at everyone.

"What do you need us to do, my prince?" Izaya asked with a nod.

"Ayane, Lily, I need you to gather enough food and money for the nine of us here to last us until we find out where Al-Tharmen is." Shun said, using his commanding voice.

"Hold on. Kuro and myself know where Al-Tharmen is actually based. We can lead you there. We even have a map of the building. Al-Tharmen's base is in the Kou empire. The Kou empire is about four days away from Sindria. Then, from the ports it would be a three day walk to even get to the base. We'd also have to walk through an open desert, so we'd be wise to bring enough water and a cloak or something to shade us." Mika explained. Shun nodded at her before turning back to Lily and Ayane.

"I'll leave you in charge of the supplies. Make sure to grab enough food and water for a week. Also, make sure to borrow enough money just in case we need it." Shun commanded. The two girls nodded.

"Of course. We'll even bring along the cloaks as well." Ayane said with a serious look in her eyes. The young prince nodded once more before turning to look at Izaya and Kohaku.

"I need both of you to get a ship for us. The ship should be small enough not to get noticed, but big enough to hold everything." The young prince said. The two boys nodded in understanding.

"Leave it to us!" Kohaku said with a salute before the prince turned to face Aoba and Misaki.

"I leave the two of you in charge of our weapons. I need you to make sure they're sharpened and polished and ready to go." The young prince said.

"Consider it done." Aoba stated.

"What about the twins? What are you going to have them do?" Misaki asked with his arms folded over his chest.

"Mika and Kuro will help me come up with a strategy for the upcoming fight based on what they know about Al-Tharmen." Shun explained with a low voice. The other children nodded before the proceeded to stand up.

"One more thing. We'll be leaving Sindria tomorrow night, so if you would like you can leave a note in your room for the past versions of our parents." The young prince added. The others looked at each other for a moment before nodding at their prince.

Once the nine children left the garden, they didn't head straight back to their rooms. Ayane and Lily made quietly snuck around the guards and heading straight to the treasure room. Izaya and Kohaku, sneaking around the guards as well, made their way out of the palace, heading straight for the port. Aoba and Misaki gathered the other childrens' weapons before sneaking out of the palace as well before heading in the direction towards the blacksmith. Shun stayed in the garden clearing waiting for the twins as they went to grab a map of the Al-Tharmen base before they started thinking up a plan to defeat the threat.

As the night slowly turned to day, the children decided it was best if they went back to bed. It would not help any of them if they were all tired in the morning. Although, Izaya and Kohaku managed to 'borrow' a good sized ship for them. Ayane and Lily had managed to gather enough money for the nine of them. The food and water plus the cloaks could wait until morning. Aoba and Misaki had to wait for morning to come to be able to have the blacksmith sharpen and polish everyone's weapons. Shun, Mika, and Kuro had managed to acquire enough information to come up with a plan. But, the three of them decided to make up a strategy as they sailed across the vast ocean towards the Kou empire.

Once the sun rose over Sindria again the next day, the children set back to work on their assigned tasks. Although, Shun couldn't come up with a strategy without the twins and if they were there in broad daylight, they would get caught. He had to wait for nightfall to set over Sindria. At that moment, he was currently running around the palace gathering the cloaks for all of the children and putting them on the ship without getting caught by the guards or the adults. The task was easy enough for him since he was raised by his mother, who happened to be an excellent assassin as a child. The young prince could easily get past everyone without being spotted. But, as for Ayane and Lily, they had a tougher time and nearly got caught sneaking food out of the palace.

"Shun?" Ayane said softly as both her and Lily approached him. He turned to look at both of the girls before he smiled softly.

"What is it?" Shun asked calmly.

"Do you think you could sneak the food out of the palace? We nearly got caught by the guards just trying to sneak them into our rooms." Ayane said quietly, looking around to make sure no one was listening, but no one was currently in the hallway except those three.

"Sure. You're able to get the water right?" Shun asked them in a low whisper. The two girls nodded their heads.

"We'll be able to get the water from town. The food is stashed away in Lily's room. Their already in barrels. You just need to get them to the ship." Ayane whispered back before the girls turned back around and started heading in the direction of the town. The young prince started walking down the hall again, heading straight for Lily's room, walking silently in the shadows. When he turned a corner, he caught sight of his father talking with a guard and by instinct, the young prince hid himself. Neither of them even noticed him as they past by his hiding spot in the shadows. Shun sighed softly before quickly making his way down the hallway again, making sure no one saw him.

Once he got to Lily's room, he looked around making sure no one was watching before quietly making his way inside the room, closing the door softly behind him. Inside the room, there were six barrels filled with enough food for the nine children. The young prince made his way over to the balcony window, opening the doors and peering over the ledge making sure no one was below. But, as he stuck his head slightly over the ledge, he caught sight of his mother and Yamaraiha walking along the path. He quickly ducked down by instinct once more before listening in on their conversation.

"I was going to tell Sin about it, but he had a meeting with someone." Ja'far said with a slight smile on her face. At that moment, Shun realized he left the balcony doors open. He quietly crawled over toward the doors and started to shut them.

"Ja'far! You're going to have a baby! He would have skipped the meeting and started running around the palace bragging about it!" Yamaraiha scolded as Shun shut the balcony doors quietly. The young prince froze at what he had just heard before crawling back towards the ledge.

"I know. But, this meeting was important. Besides, Sin is the King of Sindria." The female adviser said.

"And you're going to be the Queen of Sindria! Sometimes I can't believe you Ja'far..." Yamraiha said with a sigh as the two women past by the balcony and disappearing around the corner. Once the two adults disappeared out of sight, Shun stood up from his hiding place with a shocked and surprised expression on his face. It took a minute or two for the young prince to remember what he needed to do. Shun quickly shook his head before heading back into the room and grabbing one of the barrels, carrying it on his shoulder. Walking out on the balcony, Shun looked around once more before jumping from the balcony onto the path below. From Lily's room, the young prince only needed to walk in the direction in front of him in order to get to the ship. That's what he did. Shun made six trips to the ship to drop off the barrel, but on his way back to Lily's room, he was caught by his father in the palace courtyard.

"Shun!" Sinbad called out to his future son as he approached him quickly with a huge grin on his face. Before he could answer the King, the young prince was suddenly pulled into a hug by the said man, with Sinbad nearly choking him.

"Ja'far's going to have a baby!" He said excitedly with the huge grin still plastered upon his face.

"Good...for you...Can you...let go before..you kill me?" Shun choked out. Once Sinbad realized he was actually choking the poor boy, he quickly released him with a nervous laugh.

"Sorry about that." The King said. The young prince stood up straight, facing his father, rolling his eyes at the man.

"Just so you know, I heard Ja'far and Yamaraiha talking about it earlier." The young prince stated before he started walking away. The grin Sinbad had disappeared when he realized the young prince never called Ja'far mother like he did before. The King watched as his future son disappeared inside the palace. Within a few minutes, Sinbad was running around the palace again, telling everyone about the baby.

At dinner time, the seven children sat down together at one end of the table while the adults sat together on the other end with Sinbad bragging loudly about the baby. The young prince groaned when he heard Aoba snicker.

"Don't start it, Aoba." Izaya warned, making the adults look over at the children with small smiles on their faces.

"Why? This situation reminds me of the little princey as a kid." Aoba said with a grin on his face. The other children tried to hid their smiles, but were failing miserably. Except Lily, she wasn't even trying to hide her cheerful smile she always had on her face.

"What did Shun look like as a child?" Aladdin asked with a bright smile upon her face.

"Shun was really cute.~ He was short, but really fast and strong. Aoba was taller than him and he's younger." Ayane said with a small giggle. The young prince groaned again, pushing his plate away before placing his head on the table.

"We all know it's true, Shun!" Misaki teased. Without warning, Shun's plate hit Misaki in the face as the young prince stood from the table with a calm demeanor.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Shun said bluntly before walking out of the dining hall and in the direction of his room. Once he left, the children started laughing, including Misaki, who was currently cleaning up the mess around him. But, none of them knew the young prince was still near the dining hall entrance, listening to both his friends and the adults talk with each other cheerfully.

'The others sound so happy with the adults...Maybe I should go after Al-Tharmen with just Kuro and Mika...' Shun thought to himself as he quietly made his way towards his temporary room. He sat down at the desk he had in the room before he started writing a note to the past versions of his parents. Once he was finished with that, he walked out on to the balcony, staring up at the night sky, thinking about his parents in the future.

'Are you really gone...mother...father?' The young prince asked himself quietly with a sad look in his emerald green eyes.

Meanwhile, In a clearing surrounded by a dense jungle stood a building that which stood tall with a dark aura surrounding it. At the top floor was a throne room filled with dark soldier kneeling down in front a man, who's face was partially concealed by the shadows as he sat upon his dark throne. The man could clearly be seen wearing light body armor black as night with a red cape over his left shoulder. He was leaning his right elbow on the arm of the throne with his chin upon his fist. On his left side was a dark rapier leaning against the throne.

"Only one more week before they finally arrive. Once they finally arrive, I'd be able to use him and stop all of this once and for all." The man upon the throne said, his voice deep and calming.

"My lord, what are your orders?" One of the dark soldiers asked with his head bowed in respect to his said lord. The man was silent for a moment, a frown upon his face.

"I want every exit and hidden paths blocked off. The only path I want opened is the path that leads straight to me from the main door." The man said, his voice giving off an aura of command that the dark soldiers followed without question. When all the dark soldiers left and the room was left in silence, the man upon the throne gritted his teeth as a single tear fell from his face.

'Soon, all of this will be over. I pray my friends forgive me for what I have done to them...' The man thought to himself.

A/N: Hey everyone. I may or may not have changed a few things. If some of the times don't match, just so you know, I was too lazy to look through the whole chapter to change it all around. Anyway! Please review! Thanks!