JaN : Haha...thx for the cute review Tyrant and white tiger rage! Really made me laugh...keke

Erm...actually the name Kaede is actually referring to LeGhazo...hmm...but I think I should probably call Kaede as LeGhazo now...

Chapter 14 : What Now?

Chiaki and Ultima walked to the park later and it seems the gang was there, too. El and Evan quickly informed the gang and everyone prepared the surprise.

When Chiaki and Ultima reached the park...

"WHA-?!" they exclaimed.

Big banners that say "Welcome Back Chiaki and Ultima!!" were hanging from the trees and Szeto knocked Ultima's shoulder. Ultima and Chiaki blushed furiously and everyone kept questioning them about what happened.

"Err.....Oh no....."

The gang laughed and said,

"Tell us what happened!! Did you guys kissed? Or kissed more than once? Tell!!!!!"

This time, Chiaki and Ultima's jaws dropped wide open. (Imagine if a fly enters it..lol) Their faces went really red and a big sweat drop was formed.

Chiaki's POV

Oh no.....I better get away from here.... It's getting tense here...

All of a sudden, a wizard came out from the bushes.

"Shinja!!" Rhine exclaimed in excitement.

Shinja, was also in the party last time. He finally came back after exploring the whole world (wanderer of some sort). The rest welcomed him back and Shinja was surprised on what was going on.

"Wow...Ultima, I never knew you could've done it!" Shinja exclaimed.

Ultima's face flushed. Chiaki was just silent.

Later, they got back to Rhine's home to have dinner. The rest chatted together downstairs, while Szeto and Ultima sat on the roof. Dexy, the mischievous assassin recorded Szeto and Ultima's chat with his video camera. The rest came up later, and they joined Dexy.

Chiaki came up later and was wondering why everyone is packed in Rhine and Kazu's room. She soon found out that they were watching Szeto and Ultima.

"Made the move yet?" Szeto asked.

"What move??" Ultima replied.

"Come on...I know you have a thing for Chiaki..." Szeto continued.

"What?!" Ultima shouted.

"I said I know you have a thing for her! C'mon...Don't hide it!" Szeto exclaimed.

"Ah! I don't have a thing for her!" the loud reply came from Ultima.

"Uh huh...You expect me to believe that?" Szeto said.

"I'm telling the truth!" Ultima shouted, when he's actually denying the truth.

"Riiiiight....." Szeto on!" Ultima said.

"Uh huh..." Szeto said in a don't-lie tone.

"Ok! Ok! Maybe...a little..." Ultima only spoke a portion of the truth.

"Hmm...A little....hmm...well, I don't think so!" Szeto said, in a tone that he wasn't satisfied with the answer.

"Ok! Not a little...A lot!!" Ultima confessed.

Everything was caught on camera. Everyone was happy for Chiaki and they made a lot of noise. Szeto and Ultima wondered what had happened, and realized that everyone found out his secret. Everyone hugged Chiaki, and Chiaki was just blurred. She was quite shocked, and yet, there was some "colour" on her face...

Ultima went, "OH MY GOD!!!"

Szeto patted his shoulder and said, "At last, You have spilled the beans..and none of this could've happen without my smart plan."

"Wait a minute.. All THIS?! Your plan?!" Ultima exclaimed as he never it was Szeto's idea all this while.

Shinja patted Ultima's back. "Come one dude, say it now! Say that you love her!"

Chiaki was in a state of shock. Ultima was clearly shaking in fear. Together, everyone started to cheer for him.

"Tell her!!"

"Ultima!! Ultima!! Ultima!!" they cheered together.

Suddenly, they felt the ground was shaking. From the rooftop, they could see that Prontera was attacked. This time, the whole city was swarmed with large numbers of Undead. It was summoned from Glast Heim. But who? Everyone stood on the roof, thinking on whether they should go and save the citizens or stay on the rooftop, waiting for Ultima's confession.

What they chose? If they chose to stay for Ultima's confession, guilty feelings for not saving the innocent lives of the Pronteran citizens will haunt them. If they chose to save the citizens, their only chance to see Ultima confess will be gone. But they made a wise decision. Their decision was to save the citizens.

They quickly rushed down to the city and attacked the monsters. Rhine opened a cross on the ground, which was Magnus Exorcimus. Simon was the strongest priest in the party, so he could cast more spells than the rest. Szeto used Turn Undead, while Kazu casted support spells for the party. Selena and Nicot shot arrows, Xan (not in the party) also casted Magnus Exorcimus. Evan, El and Ultima used their swords while Dexy used his sharp Katars to slice through the undead's rotten body and skeletons. Elaine, Chiaki and LeGhazo used heal on the undead. Shinja showed off his wizard skills by casting powerfull spells.

The battle continued until Ultima looked at Chiaki. An undead went up behind her and was about to slash her and Ultima had to save her. He ran towards her in a flash and blocked the attack with his sword.

"Move!" he shouted to Chiaki.

Chiaki pouted, but she slowly backed away. She also casted some support spells for him to perform better. After he had gotten rid of that Prisoner Skeleton, they realized that there are more problems awaiting them. They were surrounded by the Skeletons and Ultima gripped his sword harder. When the undead attacked, Ultima used Magnum Break and it made the undead sustain some injury and were pushed back a few steps. Chiaki healed his injuries and she even used Heal against the undead. Soon, the undead was vanquished and the rest had gotten rid of the other undead.

Everyone fell to the ground in exhaustion. The citizens thank the whole party for saving their lives.

"Thank you! Thank you! May God bless you!!"

All the whole party could do was to scratch their heads and say, "No problem.."

But who could've done all this? It remains a mystery...

"I think we better head home now. You guys can stay at our home for the night." Xan said.

The rest thought for a while and agreed. They walked home, and settled themselves. Szeto and Simon shared rooms with El and Evan; Elaine shared rooms with Rhine and Kazu. Nicot, Dexy, and LeGhazo shared the room downstairs. SO where will Ultima and Chiaki be?

El set up a plan. He purposely made the both of them to sleep in the hall. Then, he asked Dexy to record them with his video camera. When they were asked to sleep in the hall, they were shocked.

"El!! Why us? The hall?!" they exclaimed.

"Sorry guys, we have no more space. And furthermore, you guys are always staying in inns or cabins far away from here. We have no other choice." El replied, which when he turned around, he gave an evil grin.

JaN : Hey ya! Gosh...It was really a long time since I last updated...I joined a love story writing competition..and well, I was hooked on to it that I couldn't even spare time for this fanfic...I'm so sorry!!