REM: Thanks for the Aya-Rei fans' support!

DISCLAIMER: I never owned GALS… only through my fics!

[Always]

GREETINGS: Well… Sorry and sorry for the delay!!!! I know I've been too cruel not to finish this one, anyways, I will continue this once more. I really had a hard time for schoolwork. So now, its vacation; time to continue the fics!!!

*Megami laughing hysterically*

"A Ko-Gal Princess"

-Dreams come true-

OPENING NOTES: Thanks for the critics… hehe, that will help me in finishing this fic!

Chapter Two:

"Have tea at the castle of Rubies?" Aya asked the knight who came to her with an invitation.

"Wait…" Mami said as she enters the scene. "Are you sure that's for… Aya?"

"Definitely, your highness…" Rei answered politely. "And if you think the invitation's wrong, I think there is only one girl named Aya around here… am I right?"

His sensible reasoning made them sure that the invitation is for Aya. Princess Mami abruptly left, quite embarrassed. Rei faced Aya and continued:

"I doubt that you'll go alone there…" he replied, "A royal carriage will probably take you there."

"Thank you…" Aya said to him. She was surprised when the knight isn't yet over.

"Wait, young lady…Is this jewel… yours?"

Aya glanced at the locket Rei holds in his hands. The brilliant golden spark both took their attention.

"…well, I don't think this plain and precious thing be Princess Mami's" Rei told her. "I'm pretty sure this is yours."

"Right," Aya responded smiling shyly. "I'm glad you found it… thank you once more."

Rei gave it to her at once. Then he quoted something before he left.

"You're mostly welcomed,"

After sometime, the royal carriage of Rubies arrived, and the knight Yuuya was there to fetch her. Yuuya took time to stare at the whole place.

"The place… I can't explain why it is unusually…" he began to think. "I think I lived here… but…"

"Yes?" Aya's sweet voice asked the confused Yuuya. "Can I help?"

Yuuya bowed down politely.

"I am one of the Ruby Kingdom's knights, Mademoiselle, and I came here to fetch a girl named Aya." Yuuya explained graciously. "The Princess Ran wants her to be with the Princess Miyu right now for tea at the Palace Garden."

"So the invitation was true…" Mami replied "Aya, Aya… be sure to come back before the twilight…"

She turned about-face and left them.

"Ah! You are Ms. Aya!" Yuuya exclaimed. "So, shall we? A royal carriage is waiting for us."

Aya smiled shyly as she walked with him. Rei, on the contrary was looking after them, and smiled a bit.

He moved away, and noticed Princess Mami watching him from afar.

"Here we are," Yuuya told her. "Our warmest welcome for Ms. Aya, Princess Ran's friend. I hope you'll enjoy your visit."

"My pleasure, Mr.…" she paused "may I know your name, courteous sir?"

"It's Yuuya. Nice meeting you, let's go now. They might be waiting for you," he replied, smiling.

Before they came to the exact place, Aya saw a girl of her age waving her hands. It's Princess Ran and she warmly welcomed Aya.

"Ah… Ms. Aya! I'm glad the girl Mami let you go!" Ran exclaimed happily. "Welcome! And I hope you don't mind!"

"Your highness, why will a servant like me decline an invitation of a royal?" she quoted and smiled at her shyly. "It is my delight to be with you this afternoon…"

Some maids went in and served them tea. Aya came to help, but Princess Miyu stopped her from doing so.

"At this point of time, you are a guest, Aya. They came to serve you today." She said. "Let's drink! I've missed this red tea that stands out all over the three kingdoms,"

"I adore its creator," Aya began. "Though she is a mere girl from the woods, she was able to derive a formula that was able to heal the Prince…"

"Wow! I've never heard that story!" Miyu exclaimed. "You are intelligent Aya."

"Thank you…"

"And that girl is my great grandma. It is a true inspiring story." Ran added. "Aya! I am impressed. Have you studied history?"

"I actually just heard it while I am serving Princess Mami in one of her lessons at the palace." She answered.

The whole afternoon passed. The two princesses learned a lot form their guest, and knew more about Princess Mami. They admire Aya for standing Princess Mami's foul character, and for her intelligence. At the end of the day, Miyu presented her carriage to bring Aya back to the Sapphire Kingdom. Not long after that, they arrived. They bade to each other and Aya went back… to her being a maid.

"Run! Save them! Save my son and daughter!"

Fire spreads throughout a castle and the people had nothing to do. The war must've brought this: all of the turmoil happening and the events. A man was shot b a gun, leaving a crying girl wandering, dressed in torn clothes. On her pocket a locket is present, and a woman came and saved her…

Fire… Fire… Fire…

Some men came from a group of soldiers helped to cease the fire, and some led the survivors in a shelter. A man comes toward a boy… takes him by the hand…

Fire… Fire… Fire…

"Ahhh!" Yuuya exclaimed as he gasped for air. "t-that same… nightmare…"

He stammered and found himself sitting down on his sleeping quarter, perspiring and tensed. So he decided to go out and cool down himself.

On the pavement at the garden, there stood Princess Ran, in a dreamy state and watching the stars at the sky. Yuuya looks at her directly, and he wonders what she is thinking…

"She's one of the luckiest girls in the world… she mustn't have a problem."

"Yuuya!" she greeted him, and Yuuya cringed. Princess Ran waved her hands. She comes closer to him.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"


"I should be the one asking that, Princess…"

She smiled at him.

"Not really," she replied. "Wait, thanks for fetching Aya…"

"Consider it nothing, my Princess…" he replied…

"Aya, my dear, what happened at the Ruby Castle? Did they treat you well?" Shui asked her.

"They are really good, they treat me well…" she began. "I like them."

"Good… they are really educated, compared to our Princess,"

Aya heard a loud call of her name. And speaking of the ill-tempered princess of the kingdom… the one and only…

"Yes, your majesty?"

"Aya! My, you are so slow like a turtle!!! I am calling you so go forth immediately!"

"I'm sorry, Princess Mami," she bowed down.

"Now… now…" she began "Help me choose a perfect dress for tonight's gathering! I shall announce something to the knights… a rebellion has started, and I shall talk to them. The knight Rei will be around, so I have to dress up perfectly…"

Aya blushed at the mere mention of his name.

Rei…

When Aya looked at the window, she saw his emotionless face, and his tranquil personality.

"AYA! Are you just physically present?!!!" Mami shouted.

Rei heard Princess Mami's shriek.

"Tsk, tsk…" he thought "I think Aya is more princess than Princess Mami…"

Dusk finally came. Princess Mami gathered the kingdom's knights and she is together with her advisors.

"We ask you to come here for a very serious happening at the west of the kingdom," Mr. Kouji began "and in fact a deteriorating happening at the west."

The men began to murmur some things.

"Excuse me, gentlemen…silence please," Rei began and everything came back to order. "Sir, could you please tell us the beginning and cause of this revolt?"

"As I was saying," he continued. "The cause of it is the wide industrialization and construction at the fields… they continue to disagree about it."

Aya was quietly serving some food they prepared for the meeting. She knew the decision of the princess is wrong, and she tried to warn her to do so. But she didn't listen, and the revolt happened.

While serving food, Aya accidentally dropped some silverware on the floor. Princess Mami, as usual, shamed Aya in front of the people. But someone defended her unexpectedly, and she got the sympathy of the crowd.

"Stop it." Rei began coldly… "Don't humiliate someone that badly… put your self on her situation,"

Princess Mami kept silent, and walked away. It's true that she likes Rei, but not everything can be helped. Not everything that even her stubbornness s brought into the eyes of the public.


But Rei can't stand it, seeing Aya helpless in the iron hand of the Princess. True, that he's helped her oftentimes. And now he wants to help her for always, because he was now fond of her.

Aya stared at him for a moment, bowed down and went away to the garden. There she gazed up, and looked at the stars drifted in the night sky. The cold wind approaching her comforted her, and then she closed her eyes. She feels sleepy, until she was to fall… and then has fallen in somebody's arms.

"Sir Rei!" she exclaimed and quickly evoked away him. She blushed at this, then cringed suddenly. Her heart raced at the same time.

"You seem tired," his emotionless speech began. He looked straight into her lonesome eyes, and then he felt something warm inside him. Her eyes whose luster gives a sense of loneliness, but with a kind aura…

"I… I've probably been…" she stammers and looked down. "Sorry…"

"I must say that." He commenced, and he turned serious. "I don't like the princess's treatment against you."

"You're noble enough to say that, sir."

"And you're courteous enough." He said "If you won't mind, I want to correct the way you call me. We both serve the Royal Lady and what makes difference,"

"You've got a point… R…"

"Rei. Rei Otohata."

Her keen smile took his attention, not to mention the crescent moon that beams onto them. The night is really perfect.

Aya sighed suddenly, and looked up again.

"I wonder which star do my parents stay…"

"The Memory of the Stars," Rei replied. "An old myth. At that certain star, one's memory is located… the souls of the dead and the great knowledge is stored there."

"But no one of us knows it… or where is it."

"You don't really need the Memory of the Stars," he said coolly as he gets closer to her. "The present is the one that counts. The future must be expected."

"You are right, I know we must continue to live for the future…" she beamed a smile on him. He smiled back, and turned about face, with Aya by his side. He glanced at her.

"That's much better, your smile makes you more attractive." He almost whispered. Aya stopped along the way, blushing.

She'll keep everything in her heart. His cold but inspiring words… everything.

**to be continued!**

^_^ haha! Aya and Rei!

[Love the coupling!]