As Yumi hugged her son, she looked at the gang who all had smiles on, all except Alex and Vanessa who both had a hand in their mouth.
"What?" Yumi asked.
Joshua looked at them confused.
"Its like watching you and a mini Ulrich" Kate said
This made Ulrichs eyes widened. He looked at Kate, stunned by what she said.
"He is a mini Ulrich. Even his favorite color is green" Yumi protested.
Ulrich went a little red at that statement. The thought of being a dad was still new to him.
He went back to his original color "Why don't you girls go to the spa? We'll take care of the kids" Ulrich said. He walked up and crouched down in front of Yumi looking at Joshua. "I want to get to know my son a little more"
Yumi smiled at this. Joshua stuck his hands out as in he wanted Ulrich to pick him up. Ulrich did so and stood up with Joshua clanging to him like a monkey. Yumi got up and hugged Ulrich with Joshua squashed in between. He smiled at the fact that his parents were together again. Yumi let go and kissed Ulrich lightly on the lips.
"You guys can have whatever you want, just ask the maids and butlers, or Joshua. He knows where everything is and how to run things" Yumi said. She walked over to Kate and Aelita. Yumi raised her hands and it glowed black. Alex and Vanessa lifted out of their mothers grip and landed in their dad's hands.
"Don't loose them, or we'll have Yumi over here deal with you" Aelita said.
Yumi smirked at this and her eyes glowed blue as she looked at the guys for a second, with the smirk still on. Once they faded back to normal, she looked back at Kate and Aelita.
"Come on, I have the best people in Japan here. We'll see you guys later"
Yumi said. She went up to Ulrich and Joshua and gave them both a quick kiss. Aelita and Kate did the same to Odd and Vanessa and Jeremie and Alex. Then they left through a set of French doors. They waited until their shadows disappeared into the palace.
"So Joshua, you know this place, where should we go?" Ulrich asked his son.
"Hmmmm" Joshua thought. "How about we go to the park and play soccer. I haven't done that for 3 days."
Ulrich smiled 'This is definitely my son' he thought
'I told you' he heard a voice say in his head.
He searched around for where the voice was coming from. 'Im up here' he heard it again.
He looked up and saw Yumi smiling and waving at him. He smiled too and waved back.
'This is the best gift I could ever dream of from you' Ulrich thought.
Yumi smiled bigger 'Im glad you like him. But the guys are thinking that your hallucinating'
Ulrich looked at the guys. They had a puzzled expression on. Ulrich pointed up and they looked up too. They smiled and waved.
"We'll see you later, Yumi!" Ulrich said and they all left through the doors.
"Ok Joshua, how do we get out of here?" Odd asked.
Joshua pointed in the direction and they walked to the point where they were in the foray.
They met up with the butlers at the doors.
"We wish to go to the park to play soccer, please" Joshua said.
The butler smiled at him and nodded. He walked out of the room real quick and came back with a soccer ball. Then he led them outside where a limo was already waiting for them
"Thank you" Joshua said as the butler handed him the ball.
"Its my honor, sir" the butler said and opened the door to the limo for them and they left
.: With the Mothers :.
All the girls were getting a facial and manicure at the same time. There were 3 women working on each of them.
"You've been living nicely Yumi, im very impressed" Kate said.
Yumi smiled "It was never the same without you guys. You don't know how much I wanted you guys here" Yumi said
"You seem the same to us… although now you have responsibilities… you have to rule a country and take care of Ulrichs child" Aelita said.
Yumi smiled at the thought 'Ulrichs child, it has a sort of ring to it' she thought.
"Its not hard to rule a country, its fun at some points. And Joshua is a great kid. Hes very shy like Ulrich was, but then again, that could change. Im more worried about when he's a teenager. I wasn't that easy to calm" Yumi said adding a laugh to the end.
"Yes Yumi. You were a very tough cookie." Kate said.
"Well can you blame her, she's been living a lie. We never even knew who she really was until she was 14. But then again, I could see why she wanted to keep it a secret" Aelita said.
"Yea, the press is murder trying to escape them these days" Kate said.
Yumi smiled. "You should have seen them when Joshua was born. They were practically killing each other to get to my door at the hospital but I had people guard the doors so anybody with a tie and camera weren't aloud. Although they did mistaken a couple of dads that were there for their wife's delivery. I was glad I had Astara" Yumi talked about the new ambassador.
The calming specialists were done with their nails and facials. Yumi got up and bowed to the women. Kate and Aelita did the same. They tightened the belt around their black velvet robes and walked to a different room where 3 men were waiting.
"Your massage, Princess and guest" one of the men said pointing to the massaging beds.
There they got the best treatment of their lives
.: Dads and Kids :.
Odd, Vanessa, Jeremie, and Alex watched as Ulrich ran after Joshua on the soccer field. So far Joshua was winning by one point.
"Do you think he's letting him win on purpose?" Odd asked.
"No I don't think so. Joshua's the son of a Princess who can have his own private teacher. Or he got the running fast from Yumi and the soccer skills from Ulrich. Those too were always competitive when Kate came. Then again, so were you and Kate" Jeremie pointed out.
Odd smiled and nodded.
"GOAL!" Alex and Vanessa yelled as Joshua made another goal in past his dad.
So now Joshua was winning by 2 points.
Joshua came by and gave Alex and Vanessa a high five and then ran back into the field.
Ulrich got the ball and was running towards the goal. He kicked the ball in the air and shot it in as he did when he was younger.
Joshua's mouth dropped as he saw the ball go into the goal. He run up to Ulrich and jumped on him.
"That was so cool. I haven't seen anybody do that except for the people on TV" Joshua said.
"Well, I played soccer when I was in school with your mom, aunt and uncles. Good times." Ulrich said starting to think of the past.
"Yea, that's why I don't want to grow up" Joshua said smiling.
"I thought the same thing, but if we didn't grow up, then we wouldn't have you" Ulrich started tickling Joshua as he rolled on the grass pleading for mercy. Ulrich stopped and smiled at his son.
Joshua popped up with a scared look on his face "Mommy's in pain" he said.
"Huh?" Ulrich asked looking puzzled.
"Mommy's in pain. I can just tell" Joshua said.
"Ok, we'll check up on her… Hey Odd!"
.: With the Moms :.
"Ahhhhh!" Yumi screamed as a guy cracked her back. She relaxed "You guys are too good"
Kates phone went off. She answered it.
"Hello? Oh hey Odd… no, why? Really? Hang on" she looks to Yumi "Joshua says that he can tell when you're in pain"
"Yea, that tends to happen. He can sense when something is wrong with me weather its pain, sadness, stress, happiness, or anger. Its part of being the 'Chosen Ones' child." Yumi responded.
Kate nodded and went back to Odd on the phone "Yea Odd? That's supposed to happen. Tell Joshua that Yumi is ok… Huh? Yea ok" she turns back to Yumi "Joshua wants to talk to you" Kate hands her the phone.
"Hello? Hey honey… yea I like him too… ok have fun… bye" Yumi hung up.
"What did he say?" Aelita asked.
"He said that he really like Ulrich and that he's glad that I brought you guys up here" Yumi said smiling. She thought about it, Ulrich, her and Joshua… being a family as she once did dream of. "Oh and they're going to get ice cream so they'll be back soon"
"Im telling you, kids and ice cream… not a good combination sometimes" Kate said.
"At least the guys have to do it and not us" Aelita pointed out.
"I don't know why he wanted to go out to get ice cream when we have a whole freezer filled with it" Yumi said. They guys finished with their massages. "You guys want sherbert. For some odd reason, im in the mood for sherbert." Yumi said.
Kate and Aelita nodded.
"Lets go get changed first. Come on, I'll show you what Japanese Princess's wear" Yumi said.
Then she ran through the house, up the staircase, down the hall, took a right and then a left and ended up in the master suit of Yumi Kin.
She led them to her closet, which was the size of the foray only with more seats and mirrors.
Yumi opened one door to reveal all different colored kimonos.
"I've had these specially made so when you guys get here, you could wear them"
She took out a white kimono with pink edges and black stitching and handed it to Aelita. It reached about half way down her shin. The sleeves were bell-like at the end so when she put her hands together, they would disappear in the sleeve. Aelita put it on rather quickly and looked at herself in the mirror.
"I can definitely get used to this" she said eyeing her reflection.
"Here Kate, this one is yours" Yumi said
She handed her a yellow kimono with purple edging a white stitching. It had the same process as Aelita's did with the bell-like sleeves and it being shin length. Kate put it on and came out looking at herself as Aelita did.
"Does this make my butt look big?" she asked turning around so she could see her rear in the mirror.
"No Kate" Aelita and Yumi said in unison, rolling their eyes.
Kate smiled.
"Now its your turn Yumi" Aelita said.
She went over to the closet and looked at each one carefully. Then she picked out one that would be perfect for Yumi.
It was black with dark blue edges and light blue stitching on it. The sleeves were a little bit longer and the ends draped down when she lifted her hand. It reached the floor and didn't seem to be too tight around the thighs. Yumi got dressed and smiled at her reflection.
"Now the shoes, unless you want to walk around in socks or barefooted?" Yumi asked.
"What's better?" Kate asked.
Yumi smiled. "Sliding in the halls while wearing these socks are sure to make you go far. Joshua almost couldn't stop but luckily Astara caught him at the end of the hall"
"How about we go with those simple 'Mulan' like shoes. Slip on, slip off" Aelita said.
Yumi smiled, nodded and pointed to a drawer. It opened up to reveal all different kinds on those particular shoes in all different colors. Some of which would fit the girls' outfits perfectly.
Aelita's were white with a pink bottom and black stitching, Kate's were yellow and a purple bottom with white stitching and Yumi's were black, blue bottom and light blue stitching.
"I told you I had them specially made" Yumi repeated.
Then they heard laughter echoing from the foray.
"Wow, that's a loud echo" they heard someone say "ECHO…echo… echo... echo… echo"
Kate laughed "That's Odd for you"
Yea ummm, Astara is like a Kate and Aelita for Yumi since they were gone in France. And if you havent realized already, Astara mean Star in Japanese and i just love the name (The Japanese one) R&R