More Than Just a Four Letter word

Legal Stuff: Antoine, Bunnie and General D'Coolette are © Archie Publications and DiC Animation.

This is the final installment of More Than Just a Four Letter Word.

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Chapter 5: Going Home………...Again?

Antoine sat up as the sun's rays entered into the dark room. He hadn't slept a wink all night.

He just kept thinking about how to tell Bunnie. He had too, it wouldn't be right to leave her in the dark and hurt her again. He got up and dressed.

" I will tell her after breakfast." Antoine told himself as he looked into the mirror.

With that he walked out his door and down the hallway to the dining room.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were sitting at the table with their children and Bunnie. They had been kind enough to let them use their house these last few weeks while Bunnie was recovering.

Antoine took his seat beside Bunnie and bid everyone good morning. Antoine leaned over and whispered to Bunnie,

"I need to tell you somezing after breakfast."

Bunnie nodded then they started her breakfast.

After breakfast Bunnie and Antoine took a walk by the exact same lake they were by the other night.

Bunnie stopped and looked at him,

"Alright sugar, What is it?"

"Hhhmm?" Antoine looked at her confused.

Bunnie rolled her eyes but smiled,

"You dragged me out here. Now you can't even remember why you asked me out here."

Antoine sighed,

"Actually, I do. I'm just trying to find zee words to get what I need to tell you out."

Bunnie's eye's softened and she placed her hand on his cheek.

"Oh sugar, it's okay. Just tell me."

Antoine sighed deeply,

"Alright, but we should sit down. Zis may take a while." he said leading her to a big log .

They sat down and faced each other. Antoine took her hands in his and breathed in deeply,

"Bunnie , what I'm about to tell you, you must never tell anyone ever. I'm going to tell you zee truth of how I got zis horrendous scar on my face, and why I ……" he trailed off.

Bunnie squeezed his hands reassuringly,

"Its okay sugar, you don't have to if you don't…….."she started but Antoine put his hand to her lips.

"No, it iz okay, it must be said. I cannot keep zis from you. But when I'm telling you these things, no interrupting. Okay?"

Bunnie nodded and he continued,

"Alright here goes."

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Antoine flew back and hit the great oak with a bone crunching crack. He was dazed and in pain but tried to force himself up. His attacker walked up and sneered,

"Get up." came the quiet, yet forceful, sounding voice.

Antoine pushed himself up and looked at his assailant in the face. Questions filled his eyes as he looked face to face with his own father.

"I don't understand father, why did you do zat?"

General D'Coolette looked hard at his son,

"I've told you already Antoine, I will not allow you to dishonor this family by marrying or courting that rabbit."

His father's words made his blood boil.

"Don't you dare say zat! I love her and I will be with her!" Antoine spat.

Antoine was breathing heavily now to control his anger, but it wasn't seeming to help. General D'Coolette noticed this and thought of a plan to keep his son away from that……cyborge.

The general unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Antione.

" A duel then, Antoine. If you win then I'll let you be and never speak of this matter again, but if I win, you break off your relationship with Miss Rabbot and keep your interactions with her to almost nothing."

Antoine couldn't believe his ears, but he knew his father was serious. Men of honor do not joke about such things. Antoine was a man of honor and he would not let his father win.

"Very well father, I accept." Antoine stated. He then drew his own sword and took his defensive stance. His father smirked at him,

" You never did learn, did you? No matter, the first one to draw blood wins, alright?"

Antoine sneered,

"Fine."

Then their duel began.

They stayed even matched at first until General D'Coolette made a quick thrust at Antoine, which he maneuvered around but when he did he left himself open and his father's sword came down.

Antoine fell to the ground holding his face. He sucked in air through clenched teeth, not willing to show the pain he was in to his father. Trying to keep the blood out of his eye, he looked up at his father.

"I win, Antoine, therefore you must take a vow to me. As a man of honor." his father scorned.

Antoine was helpless. He knew, as a man of honor, he must take this vow, but deep down it was going to kill him. He force the words the words out as he stopped the tears from escaping his eyes, he didn't want to let his father see him weak.

"I vow to never speak or associate with Bunnie Rabbot ever again outside of tactical procedures and in doing so, restore honor to the family." he choked.

General D'Coolette nodded to his son,

"Very good, and may the Source help you if you ever break this vow." With that his father walked off.

Antoine sat there and watched his father walk away, unable to move from the pain of both his wounded face and heart. He could no longer hold the tears back and fell face down onto the earth.

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"After zat I got up and went straight to Dr. Quack then, well you know zee rest." Antoine sighed.

Bunnie looked up at him sympathetically,

"I can't believe your father wanted us apart so much that he would do that to his own son."

Antoine sat up straight and looked out over the lake.

"Don't worry about eet, I'm not because I don't care what my father says anymore."

Bunnie looked up at him with a question in her eyes,

"But what happens when you go back home to Knothole?"

Antoine looked down at her and smiled,

" I thought zat you still wanted to go find your home town in Southern Mobius?"

Bunnie looked puzzled,

"Well yeah, but didn't you want to go home?"

Antoine shocked her as her as he bent down and kissed her softly. As he pulled back he smiled,

"No matter where I am, as long as I am with you, I am home."

The End.

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'Pppthththbbbb!' I know too sappy an ending. Sorry it took so long I got busy at school, work, tech, and with sports. It's my senior year of high school so I'm going crazy! I hope you like the story and I know Antoine's father really isn't like that but I had an idea of how they might of broken up and this was the first thing that came to mind. It's been the backbone of the story all the way through you just didn't know it. I hope you enjoyed. If you have any comments or flames you can put them on the reviews . If you hate the ending I'm sorry. Anyway till next time,

God Bless

Josie B.