The two couples woke up the next day all with smiles on their faces. They were the happiest they could ever remember.
Sen felt like this was the first time she could remember when she had ever been this happy. Up till now, her life was her work, but now she had something else to live for. She smiled the smile of a woman in love for the first time and enjoying every minute of it.
Dark knew that he would always love Rika, but Sen was different and he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life, however long that may be. He was finally free from the Black Wings and could love her with his whole heart, instead of just half. He knew that Sen was the only girl for him, and he wasn't about to give her up.
Ness could have died right then and known that she wouldn't have cared. She was the happiest she could ever remember, even more than when her first painting was hung in the Museum of Modern Art. She didn't ever want this moment to end and as she wrapped her arms tighter around Krad's body, she knew that it never would.
Krad was amazed at his own actions. He had changed so much in the last few months that he was appalled by he own actions in the past, especially towards Satoshi. He knew the reason for this changed was allowing this girl into his heart. She managed to weasel her way so deep into his soul that he would never be able to completely get her out of his system, not that he wanted to. He wanted to stay with her forever, and no force on Earth was going to stop this, not even Satoshi Hiwatari.
Satoshi was growing restless. He had been up almost all night since they had awoken to Dark's screams. He refused to believe that Krad could have changed so much that he would stay with Ness forever. Ness only thinks she's in love with Krad and when the haze she was currently under faded away, she would realize that it was a mistake to get involved with Krad. She won't like being under his control. She didn't like being under her parents' control and she won't like being under Krad's. Satoshi thought about the other girl's feelings too. Sen and Ness were quite similar, although Sen seemed more practical. Sen would more than likely come out of the haze first and succeed in throwing both of those…unnatural creatures out of this house and out of their lives. Satoshi sighed as he ran a hand through his white hair. If that didn't work, he already had a back-up plan in motion.
Risa watched her husband from the kitchen. He seemed to be relaxed, but she knew that he was just waiting for the "children" to come into the room and then his anger would explode. Satoshi was a good man, and very sweet, but he was also very protective. If something wasn't going right in the family, he worked his hardest to fix it. As far as he was concerned, Krad and Dark were problems that needed to be solved. Risa, herself, felt that her husband was over exaggerating the situation. The girls were happy and the guys cared about them. It was highly unlikely that they would just up and leave them. Dark was too noble to do such a thing, she knew from personal experience just how noble he was. Krad was a different story, but from what she had seen from him he seemed to care about Ness very much. He had changed enough that it seemed unlikely he would do anything to hurt Ness because it would hurt him as well.
Risa sighed. The others would be up soon and then she would talk with the girls, like her husband requested. She may not like the way her husband was handling the situation, but after being married to him for so long she knew that eventually he would realize his mistake and apologize. Plus, Risa knew that Ness wouldn't stand for this and if Sen was as stubborn as Ness then it wouldn't matter what Satoshi wanted her to say, the girls wouldn't kick the guys out and the guys wouldn't leave.
"Good morning Gran," a voice said beside her. Risa came out of her musings to face her dear little granddaughter.
"Thank goodness," she said with a smile. "Your hair has returned to normal. I was being to wonder if it was permanent."
Ness chuckled before sitting on a stool on the opposite side of the island in the middle of the kitchen. "Need any help with breakfast?"
"Nope, I'm making my special chocolate chip pancakes."
Ness' smile widened. "Really! I love those pancakes. I don't know how you do it, but for some reason they always taste better when you make them. Usually you only make them for special occasions though."
"This is a special occasion." Ness narrowed her eyes in confusion. "My dear granddaughter and my newly discovered niece are both in love. It is a time to celebrate."
Ness rested her head in her hands as she sat with her grandmother while she made the batter.
"I love you Gran, you know that. No matter how crazy Gramps is, you always are his voice of reason."
Risa's smile faded. "Not this time."
Ness frowned. "What do you mean?"
"In this particular case, your Gramps won't listen to me."
"What?"
"He doesn't believe that you are actually in love. He thinks that this is just a passing infatuation. He can't see what I can."
"Oh, what's that?"
Risa gave a little smile as she mixed the batter and poured in the chocolate chips. "I can see it in your eyes. You love Krad. I can see it in Sen's eyes too. She loves Dark. I don't understand why your Gramps chooses to ignore it."
The door opened and both Risa and Ness turned to a yawning Sen. "Morning all."
"Morning little niece," Risa said with a smile.
"So," Ness said with a smile. "Did you sleep well last night?"
Sen blushed slightly before calmly replying. "Better than ever. I have never had such a peaceful night's sleep."
Ness nodded with a knowing smile. Sen sat next on the stool next to Ness shaking her head. "Ness, you are impossible."
"I get it from Gramps, what do you expect. I am almost as stubborn as he is."
"If not more so," Risa said as she poured some batter into the pan. Ness smiled widely before turning back to Sen.
"Sen," she whispered, hoping that Risa wouldn't hear. "Can you still hear the voices?"
Sen looked over at Ness and nodded her head. "I thought they would go away when we completed the prophecy."
"I know, but I can still hear them."
Sen started to respond when her head began to pound. She shut her eyes to try and block out the pain, but it only intensified. She opened her eyes and glanced over at Ness to see that the same thing was going on there as well.
"You girls ready for the first batch?" Risa said, with her back to them.
Neither Sen nor Ness answered. Instead they fell to the floor and curled up into the fetal position, both trying desperately not to cry out in pain and alert the boys to their dilemma.
"Girls?" Risa said again before turning around. She was the one who let out the scream. Neither Ness nor Sen heard anything else as they passed out.
Krad and Dark were in that kitchen only seconds after they heard Risa's scream. They rushed over to the woman and asked her what was wrong. Risa seemed to be in shock.
"Risa," Dark said gently, "what's wrong?"
"Ness…Sen…they're…gone…"
Dark turned to Krad, who was standing on the other side of the island. The stools had been knocked over, but the girls were nowhere to be found.
"What the hell is going on here?"
