Author's Note: Well, this is a lot lighter then some of the other chapters and it's probably not that great, but I wrote it as sort of a bridge to the next part of the story. Still, I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own Kare Kano

Wouldn't you all like to believe that the story was over after the prince found his true love? Well, not exactly. Little did the happy couple know they were in for a lot of mayhem in their near future.

Yukino woke up the next day with a huge smile on her face. She quickly got up, made her bed, and skipped out to do her chores.

"Hello, you lovely chickens! Isn't today the most perfect day?" She said as she threw chicken feed in front of the chickens, who seemed to be very confused since they were used to Yukino attacking them. She dumped the last of the feed down before smiling at her job well done and went inside to get ready. She put on the gown she had received from Soichiro a while back and put on her diamonds and pearls as well.

"I'm so excited! He's sending me an escort to go to the castle!" She bustled around her tiny shack some more, looking out the window every so often. A golden carriage pulled up and she shrieked as she ran out the door and into Soichiro's arms. She looked up at him and asked, "So why did you want to get me all dressed up?" Soichiro helped her into the carriage and after closing the door behind him said, "Well, I'm having a ball tonight, and I wanted you to be the first one at the palace so we can greet the guests as they arrive. You do have a sort of, princess-like behavior so I thought that you would like it." Yukino's eyes lit up and said with excitement, "A real ball! With a lot of royal people! Really!" Soichiro smiled and nodded his head as they approached the castle. He let her out and escorted her inside to the main ballroom.

"Wow!" Yukino said in awe as her voice and footsteps echoed in the enormous room. She looked around and saw tables filled with food and a string duo starting to perform. A grand piano also filled the room as she began to dance with herself before Soichiro came and started waltzing with her. Yukino giggled and Soichiro asked, "What? Can't my first dance be with a beautiful girl?"

The stern king watched the two dancing from the entrance and cleared his throat before saying in a deep voice, "Soichiro, you shouldn't be dancing with girls before the ball even starts. You'll disgrace the entire royal family. And who is this young maiden?" Soichiro walked Yukino over and said, "This is Yukino Miyazawa, she's my new girlfriend."

"What kingdom is she from?" The king asked looking Yukino up and down. Soichiro and said, "This kingdom."

"But she's got to be a princess!"

"No she doesn't, I can choose who I like."

"But if you marry an unroyal women, that'll make the blood not completely royal! Your children will be…..half royal, half peasant!" The king gave a disgusted look at Yukino and said, "After today, I forbid you to see her." Soichiro looked down and said, "Father…I don't get angry too often, do I?" The king looked at Soichiro and said, "No, not really. You always have the image of gracefulness like your mother!" Soichiro clenched his fists and said, "Well now I'm angry. Father! You can't forbid me from seeing her! If you make me leave her, I will leave the royal family, and you'll have no heir to the throne," The king thought long and hard before smoothing out his beard and sighing, "You there, Yukino, in case anyone asks, you're the duchess of….Lucrid, and if they ask where it is, just smile and change the subject." Yukino nodded as the king left mumbling stuff about youngsters.

"That was too close," Soichiro said sitting down in a chair.

"Well there are going to be some people who are surprised right? I mean, not everyone is going to approve of us," Yukino said getting a sandwich to eat.

"When does the party start?"

"Wow, in about ten minutes! Well, at least everything is ready," Soichiro said getting up to open the oak ballroom doors for the guests to arrive through.

Not to long later, all the guests had arrived and everyone was having a merry time. Yukino and Soichiro were together telling jokes to a group of people, but little did anyone know there was a girl in the room who wanted Yukino's popularity.

A girl named Maho Izawa.