Helloooooo Readers and Reviewers (luv ya) here is my third chappie of Royal's Lineage. Please, if its a little short I'm VERY VERY sorry, but I somehow screwed up my wrist so it hurts to type and what not. It sucks cuz like when I want to IM someone it hurts like hell so I'm all "ow ow ow" D:

But enough about me! I wanna thank all of you have left me a comment because that's basically what's keeping this alive for me. I usually start then just totally stop whatever I'm writing so I'm proud of myself right now! 3

Oh and I'm am in need of some more of your ideas, now that Rei has entered the picture! So some of you had suggested that eventually Tala should end up with Bryan. So now I'm stuck with Rei...should he be single till the end? Or maybe like ReixTy or BrookxRei (wow that's kinda random) What do you think? Plz tell me! :D

Kai left the school building with a sigh, refusing to look up pass the ground. He ignored all the distracting screams coming from most of the female student body as he headed towards one of the black cars he used earlier. One of his body guards opened the door for him and he climbed in quickly. As soon as the driver was seated, they drove off as the screaming girls behind them attempted to chase after the car.

As the front courtyard of the school quieted down as the screaming fan girls ran to the gates, Brooklyn had his hands full holding a screaming Hiromi and struggling Takao back. They finally calmed down when the black car was out of sight and Hiromi sent Max a glare when he refused to stop laughing at the two.

"You have no right to be laughing at us!" Hiromi huffed at the blond.

Max clutched his stomach and gasped for breath when he finally began to calm down. "Of course I can." He replied still giggling lightly. "If only I had a camera and maybe you'd see just how ridiculous you are."

"Us? Ridiculous?" Takao asked in disbelief, but changed his mind at the skeptic stares both Max and Brooklyn gave him. "Ok, point taken. But," he defended, "its you two who are abnormal." He declared as he pointed at the two other boys. "You both hate the Prince, but he's got the whole female population and hell, probably even half the male population after him."

"Yea, notice what you say there: half." Brooklyn informed as he rolled his eyes at his friend's stupidity.

"Brooklyn's right, though." Max agreed. "You say you like the Prince, but if you actually knew him, you'd probably think he's a jerk." Max shied away from Hiromi and Takao as soon as the words slipped from his mouth as both of them had murder written all over their face. "B-besides," Max stuttered, "even if you still liked him, it wouldn't matter. He already likes someone."

"WHAT?!" The two screamed at their friend. Max's eyes widened in realization at what he had just confessed. He slapped a hand over his mouth quickly and habitually looked towards Brooklyn for support, but Brooklyn was just as shocked as the rest of them.

"Who is it?" Hiromi exploded. "Whoever it is, is dead!" She vowed to herself out loud.

Filled with unease, Max slowly edged his way away from the group, but Brooklyn's question made him stop in his tracks. "How would you know something like that?" He asked. Smiling nervously, the blond replied, "Well, I kinda might have overheard something about it..." He trailed off as Takao and Hiromi looked expectantly at him.

"So, so?!" Takao asked anxiously. "Who is it?"

"Well, you see..." Max glanced down at his wrist and suddenly said, "Well, would you look at the time. I gotta get home. Bye guys!" With that, Max turned around and dashed away from the school and his friends. Behind him he heard Hiromi shout, "MIZUHARA, YOU DON'T FOOL ME! YOU DON'T EVEN OWN A WATCH!"

In his car, Kai leisurely flipped through a magazine, as the car came to stop again. He didn't bothering to read anything from it. He simply needed a distraction. Bored with his reading material, he cast it aside and glanced up at his window. Outside there was a lady tending to her flowers outside of her shop. Beside her was a blond student chatting away with her. He wore the same school uniform as Kai and around his waist was an orange sweater.

I've seen that sweater before, Kai thought to himself. Suddenly the image of the kid who had been eavesdropping on him and Tala flashed through his mind and he growled slightly as he took in the kid's feature's by heart. Tomorrow was going to be hell for the blond.

Soon the blond was left behind him as the car drove on the palace and slowly his surroundings began to blur around him. But Kai just smirked to himself as he thought about what tomorrow's events would be like.

Max opened the door to his house and closed it behind him as he took off his shoes. "I'm home--" He began, but was interrupted when is mom and dad came out of nowhere and gave him a tackle hug as they screamed in excitement. "Um, what's going on?" Max asked cautiously.

"Oh Maxie!" Judy exclaimed as she hugged her son to her chest.

"Happiness is here!" His father cheered and patted the blond on his shoulders.

Max looked between his mother and father, still confused as to the attitude change. Usually the two were bickering and threatening to get a divorce, though they never have gone through with it. "Yay?" Their son asked, more confused then ever.

His father ran into the living room and rushed back out with a velvety box in his hand. "Look, look!" His father said anxiously as he opened the box in front of Max's face. The blond teen gasped in excitement as he looked at the wedding ring laying in the box.

"Oh, my god!" He cried out. Judy and her husband smiled at each other then at their son. They hadn't expected him to react so well. "Who's getting married?!" Max asked, excited. His parents immediately stopped their jumping and cheering and looked at their son.

"You are." Judy replied simply. Max looked at her and laughed. Again he asked, "No really who? Oh no wait!" He suddenly yelled. "Don't tell me. Its Michael, right? Its Michael." Judy slapped her forehead at her sons ignorance and said, "No its you. Your grandfather arranged it with one of his friends before you were born. We were just informed today."

Max looked at his parents in disbelief. "You're kidding, right?" He smiled hopefully at his parents. It soon died, however, when they both shook their heads. "People still make arranged marriages?" Max asked in disbelief. This was so unfair. He wanted to choose who he married, not his grandfather, whom he barely even knew.

"Now, now, Max," His mother tried to counsel him, "this was your dying grandfather's wish. How can you go against that?" She asked, attempting to guilt him.

Lucky for her, it was easy to guilt Max.

He sighed and shook his head at his parents. "Ok well if I have to..." Both his parents perked up and started to bounce slightly again. "Who is it too at least."

"U-um, well you see..." Judy began.

A jogger passing by the Mizuhara household flinched when he heard someone shriek, "THAT'S RIDICULOUS!!"

"This is a picture of the Mizuhara's son." Koto stated as she slid the picture across the table to her son. Voltaire grumbled and looked away, not at all happy about the marriage arrangement. "Coincidence or fate, I cannot say, but he happens to go to the same school as you." Kai looked at his mother and asked, "What? We're in the same school?"

She nodded. "He's part of the art department."

Curious, Kai picked up the photo and examined the boy in it. He did a double take as he realized who it was in the photo. "No way..." he said to himself. In the photo was Max, smiling warmly at the camera, his blue eyes sparkling.

Setting the photo back down, he whispered, "I don't believe this."

"So," Koto said, "what do you say?"

Kai thought to himself for a moment, before smirking and nodding his head in agreement. "Yes, I'll agree."

Koto smiled at her son's response, while Voltaire growled quietly in annoyance but said nothing.

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Hong Kong, China

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"Rei," Mai Kon said as she shook her sleeping son, "Rei, wake up."

Rei shifted in his sleep and mumbled incoherently, turning his back towards his mother. She sighed and smiled down at her son before shaking him again. "Rei, wake up. I have important news to tell you."

Rei took a deep breath and slowly allowed his eyes to crack open from his nap. He looked over towards his mother who smiled at him warmly. "What is it?" He asked gently. Mai smiled at him and replied, "Your cousin is suppose to be getting married."

Rei looked at her shocked, "What? Kai is?" She nodded her head in confirmation. "So, are you going for the wedding then?"

Mai nodded again. "Yes," she confirmed, "we are going back home. We'll give them a surprise." She smiled at him. "We'll take back what's rightfully ours. They abandoned us and cut contact for fourteen years. And now its time for us to make our return." She shook her head as if to reassure herself. She patted her son's head, then stood up and left.

Rei gave her a confused look, but shook it off quickly. He grabbed the blankets and pulled them closer to himself, trying to fall back to sleep.