A/N: yes, i finially updated. and yes this chapter isabit longer than any chapter that i have written (so far). this will also be the last chapter that i will have updated until sept, seeing as aug is a very busy month for me, and the fact that im going to the CNAmine convention in toronto next weekend,XD im sooooooo excited, its my first convention XP so give me a shout if ur going to be there too cause id love to meet some of my fans...

xXFoolishXx- thank ya for the review

TigerWolf - well heres more for ya, and just because there was fluff in the last chapter, dosent mean that theres a brease to take it anywhere...
trekker4life- ya i know that theres sweet and suit, but too tell u the truth, i honestly thought that i used the right one

Macky- as always... thank you

mysisterthinksimasquijum- yes i kno you knew, and no, i am not a penguin in deguise (for those who would like to kno what we r talking bout please read her story, 'the clash of the random people')

maeko14- so you want to kno if having the visions r a good thing or a bad thing? ... well i guess that would depend on your view. so i guess to be sure u'd have to read some more... XD

math-nerds-unite- im glad that u liked it, and i hope that u'll enjoy this

Clémence - im glad that u liked it and i think that u will like this one too, you get too see a little bit of why Demon is acting the way he is

Lady poison of Fanelia - my home country is the biggest country that borders only one other country. (aka Canada) XD, and u would like to see them kiss... humm... lets see...

Kerrilea- ya i have to admit that the ending was cute, although i didnt really plan on it being so cute (it was only after i had posted it and gotten some feed back on it did i notice that it was...) and this chapter is longer (1,129 words, not encluding A/Ns) but dont expect them to be this long from now on... cause i have one chap that will rivil for my shortest lready palnned out...XD

linkinparkfangirl-why is Hitomi in the Queens Suite? you ask. well theres a simple answer to that ... Sora put her there (hint hint)

TheElvenHanyou- like i said... i didnt know that i actually put fluff in till after...

pure hope- what. have. i. done. backs away slowly ...

Chapter 18: Sidesaddle?

Once again Hitomi woke up with a groan at the sudden light from her window, the sound of the birds singing in the new day, and the small noises of a city starting a new day.

"Five more minutes, Yukari! Just five more!" Hitomi pleaded.

All that she got in answer was giggling, and it didn't belong to her friend. Hitomi slowly opened one eye and found the source of giggling. It was the maid that was apparently assigned to her.

"Good morning M'Lady. Lady Merle told me to make sure that you were up in time for your riding lesson, this morning."

"But I already know how to ride a horse." Complained Hitomi.

"Ah, but do you know how to ride sidesaddle?"

"What's that got to do with anything?"

"Lady Merle has informed me that the plans have changed and that King Van and his honored guests shall be riding to Austuria, and that it is only proper that you ride side saddle."

Seeing no way out of it Hitomi reluctantly slid out of bed and went to go change.

After a quick breakfast Hitomi went out to the stables, where Merle was waiting for her.

Van was headed out for a morning ride, and was about to mount Demon when Hitomi reached the stables. They must have been down wind of her for Demon whinnied a greeting and trotted over to her, dragging Van along with him.

"Good morning to you too." She said to the horse as she stroked the beast's nose. "Are you ok, Van?" she asked in concern, he had been dragged all the way across the stable courtyard –by his foot.

"I'm alright." He said as he untangled his foot. He got up and started brushing the dirt from his clothing. When he finially got a chance to really look at her his breath got caught in his throught.

She

Was

Hot

He had thought that she looked good in Austurian clothing, but that was nothing compared to what she looked liked in Fanielian clothing. She had an ankle lengthed baby blue skirt, a short sleeved wedgewood blue bodience that hugged her curves heavenly, and her hair was pulled back in a French braid.

"Oh, Hitomi, good your up." Said Merle as she lead Chikara from the stables to a practice rink. Hitomi bid farewell to the two males and went over to where Merle was waiting for her.

Curious on what the girls were up to Van led Demon to where the girls were, releasing the breath that he didn't know that he was holding.

Merle was instructing Hitomi on how to properly mount a horse while in a skirt, when he come close enough to hear what they were saying. Hitomi nodded and was about to mount Chikara when Demon suddenly charged forward ripping the reigns out of Van's hands, leaped over the fence surrounding the rink and ran straight at Chikara, startling the smaller horse, who quickly danced out of the way. Demon then stopped in front of Hitomi in the same spot where Chikara was just standing.

"Demon?" asked Merle who was in complete shock.

"Here I got him." Offered Van, who then jumped over the fence, into the arena, picked up the fallen reigns, and proceeded toward the gate.

Demon didn't budge.

Van tried pulling on the reigns.

Still the horse didn't budge. He wasn't going to let the goddess ride any other horse until they had found her, her horse.

"I guess that we'll have to do it his way." Stated Hitomi.

Giving up on trying to move the stallion, Van walked over to where Chikara was standing and led her out of the arena.

Seeing as there wasn't another way of getting out of the lesson, Hitomi got up on Demon. No more then ten seconds sitting on top on the beast Hitomi found herself sitting on the ground.

""Hitomi!"" both Merle and Van yelled in concern for their friend.

"I'm ok! Thankfully I landed on the one part of the body that's padded." She looked up at the derelict creature that was standing there like nothing had happened. "What just happened?"

"I didn't see exactly what happened-I think that I blinked-but it seems that Demon doesn't like you ridding sidesaddle." Observed Van.

"Maybe you got on wrong and your weight was off." Suggested Merle. "So lets try it again."

So she tried it again, with Merle helping her step by step. Either Merle was right and Hitomi had her weight in the wrong spot, or Demon had more tolerance now, and she was able to get the horse moving a little when she suddenly found herself in an undignified heap back on the ground.

"Ow, that one hurt." She said, more to the horse then to anyone else. She heard some laughing, she looked in the direction that it was coming from and saw that she was starting to gain an audience -again.

She mumbled something incoherent, got up, brushed the dirt from her skirt, and went, it seemed, to get back on to the horse, but instead brought his head down so that she could whisper in his ear. "Look, I know now that you don't like me ridding other horses, but it seems that you don't like me ridding sidesaddle even more. So for the time that I have to ride that way would you allow me to ride Chikara?" Demon just stood there, his large deep brown eye looking at her. "And just to let you know, I am not planning to ride all the way to Austuria sidesaddle." He snorted his agreement. "Good. I'm glad that we had this little talk." She then picked up his reigns and led him out of the arena over to where Van was still standing with Chikara. "I think that I'll have better luck with Chikara." Van eyed her unbelievably, she gave him a warm smile and exchanged horses.

True to her word Hitomi did have better luck with Chikara, meaning that she didn't end up on the ground within a matter of seconds.

It was nearly time for lunch by the time Merle declared the sandy blonde's ridding satisfactory.

Hitomi dismounted just as Sora came out of the castle holding a picnic basket over one arm. "I took the liberty of having the cooks prepare a picnic for you."

"Well I'll have to take a rain check." Said Merle.

"Why is that?" Inquired Hitomi.

"'Cause today is Jack's day off." She replied as a playful smile spread across her face. She bid farewell to her friends and took off to go see if Jack was awake yet.

"DADDY!" cried a little five-year-old girl, who had raven black hair, and red-brown eyes.

remember that if u kill me now u'll never kno what happens next...

and sorry no kiss

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