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A/N: i wanted to get a chapter out before the Holidays, its a bit of a filler, and a character from 'Shopping with Merle' comes back... enough said. so hope youall have fun spending time with friends and relitives.
Chapter 28: The Return
"Who do you suppose they were?" asked Allen. They had all gathered in Allen's room once he had woken up. His wound wasn't as bad as they had thought, it was just deep enough to need stitches, and went from his hip to his bottom ribs, and had missed all his vital organs.
Everyone was silent for a while thinking about whom they could have been…
"Those were Dragon Slayers." Said Celena, breaking the silence.
"Are you sure?" asked Van.
"Very." She said while staring at the floor, but seeing something very far away. This was followed by another awkward silence, as everyone remembered how much damage the Dragon Slayers had done in the last war, lead by the nitrous Dilandau Albatou –Celena's alter ego. They had first burnt Faneila to the ground, forcing Van into hiding, along with Hitomi, leveled Allen's fortress, kidnapped Van, forcing the members of the Crusade to rescue him -with Hitomi's help- and so much more.
"So what are we going to do now?" Hitomi whispered, catching everyone off guard.
"You and Lord Van will go back to Faneila and have your wedding, Brother and I shall go back to Asturia and tell Lady Millerna the news, and we all…" Celena answered Hitomi, "Prepare for war."
Letters were sent out to allied countries telling them that the rumors were true and of the latest Zaibach attack. Prince Chid had instead that the Fanelian party take one of his Levi ships back to Fanelia, so that the Crusade could go straight back to Asturia as soon as Allen's wound permitted him to travel.
Before the Fanelians bordered the Léghajó Kagen announced that in response to recent events the wedding would be held and would be a small wedding consisting of only of the citizens of Fanelia, and close personal friends of the couple, in exactly one moon's colour.
It only took them a day and a half to reach Fanelia aboard the Léghajó, a smaller, but much faster ship then the Crusade, Hitomi continued to be sick at random intervals during the day. Which puzzled most of the people aboard, for she was as healthy as could be otherwise, and what was the most puzzling thing was that Van wasn't insisting on her seeing a healer as soon as they landed.
Once there, Van called a meeting of all his advisers and told them the news about Zaibach's latest attack, and of his engagement.
Word spread quickly that the king had finally found a bride, and that he was going to announce whom the lucky woman was and when the wedding was going to be -that night at sunset.
"So, Merle who is the lucky girl, hmm?"
"Oh, hi Sakka." Merle greeted the black hared writer. She and Hitomi were headed down to the practice courts so that Hitomi could show the guys some of the moves that she learned back on the Mystic Moon. Which in other words meant that she was about to hand the guys' their asses on a silver palter. Which in Merle's opinion meant that there was going to be a great show that should not be missed. Both Van and Jack had gone ahead with the twins to start the boys' lessons, and to inform the other knights of the news.
"SO, who is it?" the writer asked, "Come on, please tell me."
"Sorry girl, the King himself said that no one else shall know until he announces it tonight."
"But when was the last time that you did what he said?" Merle just looked at her. "So, Hitomi." She said turning to Hitomi, taking the green-eyed woman's hands in her own, "Your pretty close to the King- BY THE MERCY OF JECHIA ITS YOU!" Hitomi intrinsically looked down the hallway to check that no one heard the outburst, but thankfully no one was in the hall to hear it. "So, what made you decide to stay?" Sakka inquired, " Are you pregnant?"
"Umm…well…ah…"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! You are!" The writer squealed, and jumped up and down a few times. "O.K. When, where, and how good was he?"
Hitomi just stood there with her mouth slightly agape, and her face turning fifty shades of red. "Now, Sakka-"
"What! You know of this, Merle. I thought that you would be on my side."
"Of course I know about it, why wouldn't I?"
There was silence while the hazel-eyed writer tried to come up with something to say to that.
"Well, I guess that I should be going…"
"Oh, no you don't." Merle intervened. "Now that you know who it is, you have to stay with us."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, otherwise you're going to spoil Lord Van's announcement. And besides, you don't want to miss Hitomi showing the guys a thing or two on sword fighting, now do you?"
"I suppose not."