A?N: Yeah, here's the last chapter! I'm finally done. There will be more stories to follow this, but it may take a while for them to get up. I have no working computer no internet at my house, so I can only go to friends' houses in order to get anything done. I hope you like the ending. ;;)

Chapter 21: An Unpleasant Surprise

"Diana!"

I turned around to see my mother standing before my doorway to my rooms. It is extremely unusual for my mother to leave her lands. The only place she goes when she does is to my father's lands in the Yamani Islands. After all, she is the queen of an all warrior race. She rarely ever left her protective forests. The only reason she would be here was one of two things. Either she had heard about my little kidnappings and she was coming to see if I was alright, or she was coming to check up on me to see if any of my actions might endanger the treaty.

"Come in Mother. Please, have a seat. I will put some tea on."

"That will not be necessary. We are going down to the king and queen's audience chambers and we are going to see how you can make up the knowledge that you have missed while you were away. You will not fail. It was your dream after all to become a female knight in a sexist army after all."

"Yes mother, I know. I will not fail, I already have a plan on what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it. I may be your daughter, Mother, but I am no longer your subject to command. you gave up all rights as my queen by signing me over to the land of Tortal. The king and queen of Tortal are now my majesties. Now, if you'll please excuse me, I have an audiance with my Queen and King at this moment."

I was able to direct my shocked mother out of my rooms and lock the door. I was already over the rail and riding on Sakura before she shook it off. I knew she would be angry at me for this, but I no longer cared. I've gone against al regulations by allying myself to Sosonokatsu. Now, how everything was setting up, if I could convince the queen and king to allow me to come back next year and restart my training over, I could get Soso as my knight master.

"Are you sure that this is what you want, Princess Diana? You are intelligent enough to finish this year off with some help on getting the missing assignments that you need."

"Yes your highness. I have seriously thought this through, and this is what I want."

"If you are positive, then you may do as you have wished. You do also have our permission to remain here in Tortal as a Tortal citizen, as was decreed in the alliance papers."

"Thank you your majesties."

With this short, but seccessful audiance done, I left the royal courts to go find my friends. They were sitting on the fences of the practice ring, watching a couple of the paiges go at it, to practice in their free time. When they saw me, they leapt off and came running to me. As soon as they attacked me with hugs, they bombarded me with questions.

"What's going to happen?'

"Are you still going to be a paige?"

"Are you staying here?"

"If you go back, who's land are you going to return to, your mother's or father's?"

"Whoa, whoa. Slow down. Who said I'm going anywhere? I've spoke with their majesties and we have talked out a plan. I am still going to be a paige, but I will not be finnishing this year up. Instead, I am going to return next year to try this paige thing again. If I fail to complete the four paige years, I can still remain hear in Tortal, so I will try out for the Queen's Riders."

3rd Person POV

After dealing with my friends, Diana went in search of Sosonokatsu. Unable to find him, she went to her usual tree in the gardens and sat on a high branch. She had successfully dodged her mother and none of her family would think to look for her here. Besides, if they did she could always go into the forests to hide until they left. She did have the rest of this year and the break to stay hiding if need be.

She was deep in thought, staring up into the slowly darkening sky when she was suddenly grabbed from behind and pulled into an embrace. She was about ready to strike when Soso's scent wafted to her nose. Grinning, she sank into him. Smirking, he pulled her up a little higher and kissed her on her cheek.

"So, my beloved, you are staying here after all. Good, for if I had to, I would kidnap you from where ever you would go to and bring you back. You belong to me."

Diana twirled in his arms and met his second kiss with passion. Katsu, with Diana in his arms, leapt to the ground. He was about to head towards his rooms when he heard two set of throats clearing. Abruptly, they broke their kiss to see who was interupting them. They clutched eachother closer together possesively when they saw their parents.

Diana's mother was standing with her arms crossed and a light red tint to her eyes. Soso's father was standing on the otherside, the anger evident on his face. This situation did not look good. Their countries were still at war and here were two of the leaders in eachother's presence.

"Mother-"

"Father-"

"ENOUGH!"

"Sosonokatsu, you are come home with me immediately."

"Diana, you are coming with me back to your father's land."

"No father, I am staying here with Diana."

"Mother, you are no longer my queen and connot order me around. I am a citizen of Tortal and forcing me to leave is kidnap."

"I will not allow you to dally with this... this... feline of our enemy."

"I will allow you to no longer be molested by this vile beast."

"I care not what you say father, I have claimed her as my mate."

"As have I, mother."

"I see no mark to prove this!"

Clutching eachother tightly, they both bit into eachother's necks before their parents could stop them, marking each other as the other's mate. Now there was no separating them, no matter what the parent said. And neither parent could disown their children, for none of the other children had survived the war, they were the only heirs left. In disgust, they left their disgraced children to return to their own lands to vent. Dian and Soso looked at each other in triumph.

"Now there's no separating us."

"We belong together."

A/N: Yes! I'm finally done. It's taken me forever, but I have finnished it. I will start writing the next story, but after I'm done finnishing another on a different pen-name. I hope you liked the ending of this one. I'll try to make the next more interesting, and I may even rewrite this one to make it longer and better. Who knows, only the future.

Pesche: Unable to disown the children, they are able to stay together and become rulers of their countries, but that's not until way later. This is the last chapter, and sorry it' been a long time since I've finnished all of this, but I promise you that it won't take me as long next time. The next story I will put up a few chapters at a time instead of one or two. And I'll post them up more often.

Plushie-kun: I don't need ritalin anymore. It seems as if I have outgrown it. And we all, who understands the greatness of Kai, want to pet him.