Hello people. Decided to write the last part of this little two-shot before I start to wait too long and second guess if I should do it at all. I don't really have much else to say besides that, so with further ado here's the second and final part.

Lingering Fascination

Soon to be crowned prince Keane collapsed onto his bed, his head still swirling from everything that had happened since the night before. Myrrha was alive, but just like that he was gone again, although he'd heard that he did get a chance to see Lady Marian, so that was a good thing at least. Maybe it hadn't been the best idea to have told his mother about him so quickly, but she'd been so subdued since she thought he died, he was just trying to help.

Rolling over, the redhead sighed and closed his eyes. It was all over now though, so there wasn't too much he could do about it. There was a bit of a weight lifted off his shoulders knowing that Myrrha hadn't actually tried to kill himself, although it did make him wonder exactly how he ended up in the pond in the first place. He'd never gotten a chance to ask him, and he was pretty sure that had been the last time he'd ever see the silver haired boy.

He guessed he was still in a bit of denial about that, but he really had no clue where he went once they were escorted out of the palace. They'd been with Lady Crystala though, so maybe he could ask her next time she came to the palace.

The red head's mind started to turn from just the missing prince to that of his companions as well. They definitely were an interesting bunch, even if he was only able to spend one night with them. They were all anima too, but considering what had happened to Myrrha, it made sense. They seemed nice enough, but Keane just didn't really know how to interact with them too much. He didn't want to accidentally say something they might find offensive. He'd messed up once right off the bat by assuming that they were his servants.

In his head, he started going over the strange group. There were two birds, although he was pretty sure the hawk like boy wasn't really with them that much. The crow boy on the other hand, he was almost positive is name was Cooro, seemed pretty close to Myrrha actually, and nice enough. Even if he did help Myrrha scare him.

He'd never seen the Kim-un-kur actually use his anima, but there was several rumors going around about a bear anima during the attack, so he had to assume that was probably him. He hadn't said much, or anything if Keane remembered correctly, but he thought he might of heard the others call him Senri, or something along those lines.

The last one was that bat girl, Nana. Keane couldn't help but he a bit intrigued by her. All his life he'd only been around the queens and princesses, and the brunette anima didn't act very much like either of them. Especially when she first yelled at him and accidentally smacked Myrrha across the face.

He really didn't know what to think about everything, but it still fascinated him. Nana had said that they'd been friends with Myrrha for a few months now. He wondered what it was like for them, living every day. Myrrha told him that he was staying in Asteria, so that just added more mystery for him, having never been to the country to the east. He guessed that his friends, the other anima were from there as well, maybe that was why they were so different from what he was used to.

Of course, it was probably a whole slew of reasons for why they weren't like any of the people he'd ever met. They were commoner anima from another country, he should probably be more interested in anything that they had in common, but he hadn't really had enough time to stay with them and find out if there was any.

He still wished that he had a chance to say goodbye. Thanks to his own mistake they all rushed off so fast (and Nana had done… something that made him dizzy as anything) and his mother dragged him away after that, so he never got the chance. He just hoped that they realized he wasn't trying to trick them or anything, and that he really did want to help Myrrha.

He wasn't really sure why he cared so much about what they thought about him, seeing as the chances of any of them meeting again, even Myrrha, was slim to none. He was going to grow up to be king, and they were probably going to head back to Asteria. After all, Myrrha had said that he was going to leave after he got to see his mother.

Maybe that was part of the reason as to why he was still so fascinated. He'd most likely never meet anyone like them again, and yet he wanted to. He never really thought about the bubble he was living in until it turned out that someone had actually managed to leave, and then brought snippets of it back.

Rolling over, he glanced to where the bat anima girl had slept last night. He wished he'd gotten the chance to talk to her more too. She just seemed so much more interesting than any of the princesses he knew, even if they hadn't talked for very long. When she was talking to Myrrha she didn't seem to try and edit herself and speak all properly and formally, she just said what she wanted to. He liked that. Myrrha was lucky that he got to go out in the world and have actual friends with personalities.

Laying back down, he stared up at the ceiling, trying to tell himself that it would be best to just get over everything that happened and let life roll on until everything was back to normal. It would probably take the rest of the palace about a week or two to forget about the break in and assassination attempt, with a few exceptions. He knew that Lady Marian and the King would not let it go as quickly. His mother too, although he still didn't know why. He guessed that he never really would, since there wasn't any chance to try and ask Myrrha.

He wouldn't forget either. Even past the whole thing with Myrrha being alive and his guilt lifted, it was different meeting actual people who weren't so concerned with politics and all of that. They were like the people he'd rule one day, and it frightened him somewhat that he had no idea how those people were like.

Even though he'd never see any of them again, and they'd probably forget all about him once they went back to their own country and continued living their lives however they did, he knew that he'd end up thinking about them time to time, and that the lingering fascination would always be in the back of his head.

Hurray, finished it. Like I said, just a small little two shot written for my own amusement, and because the plus anima section needs every story relevant story it can have in order to fight off the surge of unrelated garbage (okay that sounds a little harsh). I do hope you liked the outcome, I'm terrible at writing anything even remotely romantic, so I'm not too sure how this came out. Probably too subtle for most people, but that's kind of how I wanted it, since they are just little kids.

Well, I hope you like it anyway, and please review.