~Later that night~

Okay, hi. YAY! They DID post my story! LOL, they NEVER post them!! Or at least they post them really late. LOL. Okay, here's the second part, the second couple is revealed, and Takeru and Hikari find a VERY clever way to betray The King and Queen…

Chapter 2

~Later that night~

Knock. Knock. "Yamato, I need to talk to you." Takeru banged on his brother's door. No answer. "Matt…" he whined. He normally doesn't open doors without asking, but…Takeru turned the knob and swung the door open.

There he saw Yamato climbing off his balcony straddled on the railing. The moonlight illuminated his figure, and he had on a startled look on his face.

"Goodness, TK, you could've knocked! I almost fell off the balcony!" Takeru sighed.

"Goodness Matt, I did knock!" Yamato rolled his eyes and swung out over his balcony's edge. "Where are you going?" Takeru asked, stepping out onto the balcony. The moonlight helped them see each other, and Takeru could just make out a blush on his brother's face.

"I'm going to Koushirou 's house…" He whispered, starting to climb down.

"I'm coming too! I want to see Hikari!" Takeru exclaimed leaning over the railing and watching his brother descend down the wall. Yamato sighed, wrapping the vine he was holding around his wrist.

"Fine." He said and gestured his brother to follow.

The two brothers climbed down at least four stories of vines until they finally reached the ground. They walked through the empty field that separated Koushirou 's manor with the castle.

"Why are you going to see Koushirou so late at night?" Takeru asked, lagging behind his brother, admiring the moon.

"Um," Yamato said. "I'm not going to see Koushirou." That caught Takeru's attention.

"Then you are you going to see?" Yamato felt a blush creep up his neck.

"Well, my chosen lady of course." Takeru's smile widened and he quickened his pace so that he was walking next to his brother.

"So that's why you're always visiting Koushirou! And to think, I actually thought you were his best friend!" Yamato laughed, scratching the back of his head.

"He is my best friend! He just happens to have a maid that I am extremely close to…" The two brothers laughed as they neared the gates of the manor.

As Yamato pulled out the key to the gate that Koushirou had given him, Takeru tried to get as many details as possible of Yamato's mystery lady.

"When did you meet her?" Yamato sighed as he pressed the key into the lock.

"A few months ago…I was in Koushirou 's barn playing my flute when heard the most amazing voice singing the lyrics to the song. I had to find out the owner of the voice…I found her." Yamato smiled, remembering the memory. "She's the most beautiful girl I have ever seen Takeru." He said, looking towards his brother. "She's sweet, funny, and she has a beautiful spirit and I love her so much." He sighed, and pushed the gate open. "Go on. Go see Hikari." Takeru smiled.

"I will…I just want to meet your maiden first." Yamato blushed then messed up his brother's hair.

"Alright then. Come on, she lives in the room above Koushirou 's." The two traveled down the path towards the large stone house. There was a light coming from a window on the second story, where a figure of a young woman stood. She soon disappeared, taking the source of light with her.

The door of the large house swung open, and someone ran out.

"Yama!" The girl squealed, with a high-pitched voice. Yamato's smile grew and he started to run towards the girl, leaving Takeru behind. Takeru sighed and jogged after his brother.

Yamato and the girl met halfway, and they hugged each other tightly, then joining in a kiss so deep that Takeru had to turn away, embarrassed. He had never kissed Hikari like that before!

Takeru turned back to see that the two had separated, and were now whispering to each other. "Ahem." Takeru said softly, looking up and whistling.

The two looked back at him and the girl giggled. Yamato sighed.

"You do recognize my brother, right sweet heart?" The girl nodded, leaving Yamato's embrace to go and curtsey to Takeru. She had shoulder length pink hair, and happy brown eyes. Her smile was enormous and she didn't seem to have a worry in the world.

"Of course!" She said happily. "Although the last time I saw you your highness, was when you were just a baby and parading around the fields in your diapers!" Takeru blushed, and shot a look at Yamato. Yamato just bit his tongue and took the girl's hand.

"Oh how rude of me! Takeru, brother, this is my lady, Mimi." Mimi smiled and curtseyed again.

"So sorry for not introducing myself. I was just so excited to see my Yama!" Takeru eyed Yamato.

"Yama?" He asked. Yamato looked away and smiled shyly. Mimi looked at each of the brother's and giggled.

"Sorry darling, I guess I wasn't supposed to say that!" Yamato sighed, and hugged Mimi from behind.

"It's alright, I know what Hikari calls him…" Takeru blushed and looked away, towards Hikari's cottage. She likes to bother him when he's silly and call him 'My dumb blonde'. Yamato over heard this and he's been calling Takeru that ever since.

"Yes…I think I'll go visit Hikari, hopefully she's not asleep." Mimi shook her head roughly.

"Oh no, she's up. She and Taichi were just screaming at each other a few minutes ago, it was probably about that young knight that he introduced to her." Mimi rolled her eyes. "He's trying to set her up with him, because he's his favorite little knight. Doesn't he know about you two?" Yamato and Takeru shared a look. Yamato hadn't told Mimi about their situation yet…

Takeru's heart sank and he looked down. What if Hikari found love in this knight? He was probably brave and strong, where Takeru has never actually been in battle.

"Thank you Mimi," He looked towards Yamato. "Don't call me when you go back, I might be a while." Yamato nodded and watched his brother's facial features intensely. Takeru turned away and headed towards Hikari's cottage.

~*~*~

He reached the door and sighed. The house was quiet, but there was a single candle lit in the window. He knocked softly. He saw the shadows in the window move, and the handle of the door turned. A pair of bright blue eyes close to the ground looked up at Takeru. He backed away, alarmed by the eyes.

He relaxed when he realized that it was a Digimon. A Gatomon to be exact. He bent down and looked the Digimon straight in its eyes.

"Hello there, is Hikari up?" He whispered. Gatomon just stared at him, looking his face over. It seemed to be observing every one of his movements. Takeru couldn't get away from the Digimon's eyes, so he didn't see the pair of legs that had come up behind it.

"Isn't late for such surprise visits?" Takeru looked up and was surprised to see Hikari. She wore white slippers, and a long white pajama, with long sleeves and a deep v-neck.

Takeru blushed, and stood up. He straightened out his shirt and bowed.

"Hello." He said simply. Hikari curtseyed softly, and pushed the Gatomon back into the house with her foot. She closed the door behind her, and wrapped her arms around Takeru's neck.

"I missed you today." She whispered, leaning her head on his shoulder. Takeru took in a breath of her sweet smelling hair.

"It's been a long day." Hikari nodded, and kissed his neck. Takeru kissed the top of her head and sighed. "Let's go for a walk." She loosened her grip around his neck and reached down and took one of his hands.

"Okay…" She whispered, looking up into his eyes. Takeru smiled and the two went down in the same pasture that they had pronounced their love earlier that day.

~*~*~

They went around the hill and laid down, Hikari in Takeru's arms, looking at the full moon.

"Takeru?"

"Mm?"

"What's going to happen to us?" Takeru looked at his love, although he really couldn't see her face, just the top of her head.

"Well…we're going to be together…we're going leave this place, we'll run away. And…live in a faraway land where no one will bother us, for as long as we live."

"And we'll have lots of children." She whispered, taking hold of his hand. Takeru smiled.

"Yes…I can just imagine…Takeru Jr.?" He joked. Hikari giggled and leaned her head into his shoulder.

"And we could name the girl…Angel. Yes…that's beautiful. She'll have golden hair and bright blue eyes like her father." Takeru sighed, and closed his eyes, imagining the world they were creating.

"And the boy, Takeru Jr., will have brown hair and chestnut eyes, like his mother." Hikari nodded, closing her eyes, enjoying the moment.

"What about the princess that's coming?" She asked softly. "Takeru, what if you fall in love with her?" Takeru's eyes shot open, and he sat up, pulling Hikari up with him.

"Oh Hikari, there's no way that I will ever love anyone more then I do you. This other princess…I will have to have a conversation with her, I have a deep feeling that she is also regretting this arrangement." Hikari sighed, and looked towards the ground. Takeru took her chin in his hand, and lifted her face up, so that they stared into each other's eyes.

"Hikari, do me the honor-the honor of being my wife?" Hikari's heart started to race, and a smile grew upon her face.

"But-but what about your parents?" She asked a little excitedly. He just smiled and kissed her quickly on the lips.

"Just one more reason why this arrangement can't go through." Hikari started to breath heavily, and she kissed him on the lips again, just a little bit longer then he had.

"Yes! Oh yes Takeru, I will!" Takeru just couldn't contain himself; he wrapped his arms around Hikari's body and the two just hugged under the moon.

"Let's do it now!" Hikari whispered. Takeru loosened his grip and looked at her strangely.

"Excuse me?" Hikari giggled and pushed him.

"Oh! You have such a dirty mind!" Takeru smiled and kissed her cheek. "I meant, let's get married, tonight!" Takeru's eyes widened and he studied Hikari's excited face.

"So soon?" She nodded, getting up to her feet and pulling him up as well.

"The priest, he told me that he's always in the church, ready to help anyone at anytime! Oh Takeru, let's do this right now!" Takeru bit his lip, and looked to the ground. This will really disturb his parents…but he was going to do it anyway with or without their consent. He looked up at Hikari, and then picked her up, twirling her around.

"Alright!" They laughed and started back towards the manor.

~*~*~

Hikari had snuck back into her cottage to change her clothes; she didn't want to get married in her pajamas. She was careful not to wake up Taichi, but that wasn't too hard; he once slept through a hurricane.

Takeru waited by the door, making sure that Yamato and Mimi did not see him. He had seen the two walking hand in hand towards Koushirou 's house, but he didn't call out to them, not wanting to bother them.

The door slowly creaked open, and the Gatomon slunk out, a silver tiara on her head. Takeru watched as she walked down the pathway to the church, not bothering to look back at him.

"Ready?" Hikari said, startling Takeru. He turned back to her, and was stunned. She had on the pink dress she had worn to the party, but for some reason, it shimmered immensely in the moonlight. Her lips were a bright red and two pink flowers pulled her hair back.

Takeru nodded, putting his arm out for her. "Ready as I'll ever be." She smiled and took his arm, trying to keep her self from screaming with joy.

~*~*~

They entered the church, and there was the priest, wide awake, and standing at the end of the altar.

"Hurry you two! Gatomon awoke me with such force, I just had to come and see for myself the second couple of crazy young people wanting to get married at such and hour!" The priest was young, the same age as Takeru and Hikari. He squinted his eyes, and his long blue hair was tied back into a messy ponytail. "Is that-is that the other prince?" He asked, looking down at Gatomon, who was examining her nails.

"Other prince?" Takeru whispered. Yamato! He must've married Mimi! Who would've thought that they would both have the same idea! Gatomon just sighed at his question.

"Indeed." She said simply, looking up at him and smiling. The priest dropped his bible on his podium, and stared at the two walking down the aisle. When they were close enough to actually see whom the two really were, he couldn't believe it.

"Your-your highness!" He bowed down and scratched his nose. "What are you doing? Are you taking after your brother??" Takeru smiled and looked at Hikari.

"What does it look like Father Ichijouji?" Takeru asked. "I'm here to get married! And no, I wasn't even aware of my brother's wedding." Father Ichijouji was still stunned, but he shook it off, and started the ceremony.

"Um, we (he sweat dropped as he realized no one was there) are gathered here today, to witness the joining of Prince Takeru Ishida and Lady Hikari Kamiya." He looked towards the young couple. "Do you, Prince Takeru, take Hikari to be your lawfully wedded wife? In sickness and in health? Till death do you part?" Takeru turned to Hikari and smiled softly.

"I do." Hikari smiled and squeezed his hand.

"And do you, Hikari, take Prince Takeru to be your lawfully wedded husband? In sickness and in health? Till death do you part?" Hikari nodded.

"I do." Father Ichijouji sighed, and looked into the empty seats.

"If there is anyone who does not agree in the joining of these two young lovers, speak now, or forever hold your peace." Silence. Father Ichijouji sighed and his Digimon, Wormmon, pushed over two headbands of flowers. Father Ichijouji picked them up and he placed one on both Takeru and Hikari's head. "I now with the power vested in me, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." The two smiled happily and kissed softly, not wanting to ruin the moment.

They left after thanking Father Ichijouji. He sighed and leaned back into his seat, Gatomon leaning on his leg, falling asleep and Wormmon wiping away some tears.

"Lord have mercy on me. The King is going to have my head."

~*~*~

The newly weds walked back towards Hikari's cottage, keeping their eyes locked on each other. Takeru's head wreath kept slipping to the side, just like his crown, and Hikari would gently fix it.

"We're one step closer to our dream." Hikari whispered, backing up onto the front door with Takeru standing in front of her. Takeru nodded,

"Closer then ever…" He whispered, kissing her neck softly. Hikari blushed and opened the door.

"Now now, we can't really do anything…" She smiled slyly. "…until you settle this with your parents. Now that they have two married sons, it's going to cause chaos. You can't tell them about us until you figure out this situation." She looked intensely into his eyes. "Promise Takeru." He nodded and took her hands.

"I promise I won't tell." Then he bit his lip. "But what about Yamato and Patamon?" Hikari rolled her eyes.

"Oh, alright, as long as they don't tell your parents." Takeru smiled and he and Hikari shared a small kiss. She backed into the house and started to shut the door. "I love you…" She whispered. Takeru sighed happily.

"I love you too…and we will figure this out." Hikari nodded, and slowly shut the door.

~*~*~

Takeru made it back to the castle safely. He climbed up the vines, and into Yamato's room.

His brother was already in bed, although he wasn't asleep. He was sitting up in his bed, pajamas and all, staring at Takeru.

"Where have you been?" He asked slyly, standing up and coming over to his brother. Takeru looked away and smiled.

"Oh, you know. With Hikari…." Yamato smiled and stood up, joining his brother on the balcony.

"You didn't happen to run into Father Ichijouji…did you?" Takeru smiled and nodded.

"Sure did." Yamato's face slumped.

"Did he say anything?" Takeru nodded, turning his back to his brother and leaning on the balcony's railing.

"Oh yeah." Yamato leaned against the railing, and looked at his brother with a worried face.

"What exactly did he say?" Takeru thought for a moment.

"Well, he asked me if I would take Hikari to be my lawfully wedded wife—" Yamato pushed Takeru in the hard shoulder.

"Are you saying what I think your saying?" Takeru smiled slyly.

"If you think I'm saying that I too was married tonight, then yes, I am saying what you are thinking!" He exclaimed. Yamato's eyes widened happily, and he hugged his brother, each patting each other on the back.

"I can't believe we both did it the same night!" Yamato exclaimed, releasing his brother from his grasp. "Our parents are going to be so mad!" Takeru nodded, and then shrugged.

"Oh well. They brought in on themselves." He bit his lip. "Now we have to find husbands for the two princesses." Yamato thought for a moment.

"We'll find a suitable man for each of them." And he shrugged. "But come on, I mean, how hard can it be?"

That's it for part 2. If I get some more reviews I'll post the next part faster (hehe, I already have a bunch already written! I just need someone to request for it!!)

Until then…

S.C. Hardy