It had been nearly a month since the battle with Seraph Lamington. And over that month, Laharl has been completely silent to Flonne. He had reasons. He was about to sacrifice his life for a "love freak", as he would call her, and above that, he cried as he thought Flonne had died when the Seraph turned her into a Lily.

Flonne on the other hand, was upset over this whole deal. She could understand why she was turned into a demon, but banished from Celestia? And to make matters worse, Laharl wouldn't talk to her anymore. She didn't mind too much though. Ever since Laharl was more polite to the others and wasn't as mean as he used to be.

But, unknown to them, the Dark Assembly was having a private meeting.

A judge banged his mallet on his table three times. "Order! Order!" he shouted over the loud crowd. "We are now in session about what happened in Celestia!"

"What has Laharl done?!"shouted another senator. "He has already broken the first seal! And he doesn't even know it?!"

"No one ever told him about the seal to begin with, and thats how it will stay! If he finds out about this, he'll simply try to open it himself, just so he can..." the judge was cut off from another interrupting senator.

"Like we have much of a choice! Eventually he will find a way to open it, and alll because of that damn Angle!"

"I believe you mean Fallen Angle?" said another senator correcting the other.

"I don't F***ing care what it is! All I know is that if she lives, it'll be just another step closer to the release!" The judge banged his mallet again.

"Silence! I do believe what you say is true. However! If we don't think about the prince, no one can stop it from happening! Simply killing the prince will release the barrier as well!"

"Then what if we had an alternative?" said a mysterious figure, leaning in his chair, whose face was covered with a hat.

"And who the hell are you?" asked another senator.

"Ah, where are my manners? My name is Xeta. I just recently became a senator."

"And would you please elaborate this so called 'idea' of yours?" said the judge as all heads were faced torwards Xeta. Xeta grinned a bit...

Meanwhile, Etna was walking down the hall carrying food for the Prince's lunch, when he heard sobbing coming from a room down the hall. The sobbing got louder as she neared it. She set the food down near the door and took a peek in. She saw Flonne crying on her floor with her head up on her bed, arms covering her face.

"Flonne?" asked Etna.

"Huh?" Flonne looked around, and was surprised when she saw Etna standing at the door. "Etna." She gasped as she wiped away the tears. "Wha...what are you doing here?" Trying to sound cheerful in case Etna didn't notice her crying.

"Flonne, whats bugging you?" asked Etna. If there was one thing about Flonne you could count on, you'd know when something was wrong. "Ever since the day we came back you and the Prince haven't said anything to each other. What's wrong?"

"Well..." Flonne sniffed trying to shake off her feelings of uneasiness. "Laharl hasn't said a thing to me ever since we came back."

"Well, it wasn't easy for him to be seen crying. I never even expected him to be able to cry, much less see it in my lifetime."

" But it's more than that!" Stammered Flonne. "He ignores me, he doesn't notice anything I do, he...he..." Flonne went back to crying on her bed, this time louder than she had been when Etna was in there. Etna growled at this as she saw her crying again.

She went back into the hall and grabbed the food. She stomped her way through the hall until she reached the dinning hall. As she opened it, she saw Laharl waiting with an angry expression on his face.

"What the hell took you so long?!" he shouted. "I have a good sense of smell, and knowing you, you just stopped on purpose to get me hungrier!" Etna had her teeth clenched angirly. She through the food over the other side of the table, hitting the wall. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" Laharl shouted.

"Will you open your damn eyes!" Etna screamed angirly. It was the first time Laharl heard her scream so loud it surprised him a bit.

"What are you talking about?" asked Laharl.

"Why have you been so rude to Flonne?"

"Thats none of your damn business. Besides, I don't see her having any problems with it whatsoever, so why the hell should I even care?!" Etna grabbed him by the ears. "Ow ow ow let go!"

"Open your ears and hear for yourself!" Said Etna as she pulled on Laharl's ears. Laharl felt like she was about to rip his ears off. "I know you have a better sense of hearing than most demons, and therefore you should be able to tell the problem!" She shouted into Laharl's ears.

Laharl gritted his teeth. Even though he found it annoying, he knew that Etna was right, and he could hear Flonne's crying from a mile away practically. But he acted like it didn't matter to him.

"What the hell is your point?" He asked angirly, as he pushed Etna's hands away from his ears to keep her from pulling them.

"Flonne's been upset because you've been ignoring her ever since Celestia. Not only that, she has to deal with the fact she was turned into a demon and banished to the Netherworld, never to see her friends or family again!"

"What makes you think I even care for that old wench anyway?! Laharl shouted with his face right in Etna's face. Etna was steemed from what he just said. He smacked him right in the face, leaving a red mark on his cheek. He froze for a minute before turning his head and putting his hand on his slapped cheek.

"Don't deny anything like that. I know for a fact you like her. I knew ever since you started listening to her and did what she suggested once in a while I knew it was because you liked her. She's lost more from this whole ordeal than you ever could've imagined! And you act like your the victim here?!" Etna breathed heavily a bit trying to catch her breath from what she just said. She was actually surprised to have gotten that angry at the Prince, even if he was a pain.

"...You know when the last time was I got slapped across the face like that?" Laharl suddenly said.

"Huh?" Etna questioned.

"The last time anyone ever hit me like that was when my mother was still alive." Etna gasped a little bit, surprised at this. No matter what she did, she would never try to make him remember his mother. It brought him pain everytime he heard that word.

"Prince...I...I didn't mean too..." she stuttered a bit as she was trying to think of what to say. Laharl just walked away, and went out of the dinning hall closing the doors behind him. Etna felt terrible.

Laharl walked down the hall as he tried to gather his thoughts. He knew what Etna said was right, but he just couldn't bring himself to think of Flonne. After finally crying for the first time, he showed love, and still denied it. If he would accept love, he would never be able to look at himself again.

Suddenly, there was an explosion in part of the castle. Etna and Laharl both heard this and knew where it was coming from. The shriek they heard as they ran to the source of the explosion told them exactly who's room it was. It was Flonne's.

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