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A/N: well i must be doing something right, i've beaten my old record of 15 reviews. its now 16. weeeeeeeeeeee! but anyway, this one is a little shorter, 'cause well, i'm getting into a stuburn part, meaning i dont really know what to do, so if any of you have suggestions that you would like to see please feel free to share.

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evenmy friendswho have helped me so far will get credit on my 'Author's Notes and Reference Page' that will appear at the end of the story.

Chapter 26: Bad News, Good News

He couldn't believe it. He had been living a lie all his life and the one who should have told him was standing right there in front of him.

"How could you!... Why did you not tell me!" he yelled, and threw the small book at the offending person, and then ran out of the villa.

Allen could only stand there in shock. How could Chid have learned about Princess Marleen's and his affair? Only he, Princess Marleen, Princess Millerna, Hitomi and possibly the late Duke Freid, knew about the affair.

"What are you doing? Go after your son!" shouted Hitomi, seeing as Allen was only staring at the spot that Prince Chid was standing. After a few moments Allen still didn't move. Hitomi just shook her head at the blond knight, and took off after the distressed prince.

Tears streamed down his face as he ran. He hadn't cried in ten years. He couldn't believe it. He was played like a fool, and everyone must have known about it.

He was so weak.

He didn't even know who his real father was.

It was so obvious too. He looked nothing like his father -the duke. he wasn't a true prince of Freid. He couldn't even keep his promise not to cry.

Well Hitomi's reading was right; he over came the great trial, and everyone did seem to want to help him. Even Allen had stayed in Freid as long as possible after the war.

Allen

That name again. Over the past ten years he had tried to stay in Freid as long and as often as he could; parading around the grounds in silent mockery, pretending to be his friend.

His lungs were burning. He had to sit down.

He was raked with silent sobs as he tried –with out success- to catch his breath.

He didn't hear the footsteps as somebody come up to him and wrapped him in a warm embrace. He buried his face into the person's shoulder, and clung on like his life depended on that person -not really caring who it was.

The person just let him cry, not saying anything. Just letting him cry. Once he could pull himself together, he looked up to see Hitomi's comforting eyes. He had no idea how long the two of them had sat there, but it was quickly getting dark. He looked around at their surroundings; they were in the exact same spot in front of the fountain that she had first given him advice. This was were he had first started looking up at her as a person, not just for the power she held –to see the future. She was a strong person –not like him- and was selflessly lending some of her strength to him. Hitomi wiped some of the tears off of the teen's face with gentle fingers, and smiled a sad smile.

"How could he, Hitomi? How could he keep something like that a secret, when we were supposed to be friends?" he asked in a voice that was lower then a whisper and Hitomi had to lean closer so that she wouldn't miss what he was saying.

"I can't really say for sure why he didn't tell you, but I think that he might not have, because the time wasn't right or that he didn't want you to question if you were the right one to rule over Freid. But I know that pains him knowing that you wouldn't – didn't - know who your birth father was."

"You know, Hitomi?" he asked a little surprised that another one of his 'friends' knew but didn't say anything. "Well, of course you know, you're Hitomi Kanzaki, the woman from The Mystic Moon. You have the power to see the Past and Future. Of course you know."

"I may be that, but the only thing my powers told me was that there was a very strong bond between the two of you." The youth's brows came together in a frown. "I'm not sure if you know but back during the Great War, Allen actually asked me to marry him." Chid looked directly at Hitomi, eyes still a little red from crying and full of shock. "I was to give him my answer when he returned from battle. But before he left, he made sure that I knew that you were his son.

"To me that shows that he truly does care about you."

The two of them sat there for several more minutes as the prince thought about these knew views; Allen hadn't told him because everyone was happy living a lie, and that he was around not to taunt him but to be there like a father should.

Then something caught his eye.

There, on Hitomi's left hand, there was a ring. He let out a small laugh, which caught Hitomi's attention, and she gave him a questioning gaze. He nodded towards the ring that he knew wasn't there the day before. For, ever since the two had shared a dance everyone had kept a close watch out for that ring on her finger. "It's about time you two got together." Thankfully for Hitomi, it was completely dark out now, and it hid her slight blush.

"So you know?" she asked timidly.

"Who on Gaea doesn't?" was his reply. Hitomi's blush deepened at this. "Everyone knows that it was your love for each other that saved Gaea… so may I be the first to say, congratulations."

For some reason she was relieved to hear that he approved of the union.

They then headed inside in search of something to eat.

well that's it for me this time round

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