A/N: Another new chapter. I think this is the most chapters I have ever written for a story before. Please R&R. Thanks to all my followers and reviewers. Sorry for the wait, but standardized testing takes time out people's lives...
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When the beautiful woman spotted Shining, a flicker of recognition flashed in her startled eyes. One dainty hand raised to her mouth as she gasped, her pink lips forming an 'o'. The shorter, but older, man beside her looked at Shining as well, his deep chocolate brown eyes taking in the equally imposing man that currently occupied his wife's attention.
"Mitsuo?" the woman asked. Her voice was silky and soft as she addressed Shining over her son's shoulder. Her teal silk gown made a light swishing sound as she disengaged from her son and approached the familiar producer.
Shining continued gaping before he could form words. "B-but, you're dead. You died, I saw the plane crash! You can't be alive, Kotomi." His booming voice broke on the last word as Shining fell to his knees on the hard marble floor, not sure what to think anymore.
Kotomi shook her head slowly. "No- I'm alive. Twenty-two years ago, I woke up in a desert, surrounded by wreckage with no memory of who I was. The only reason I even knew my own name was the travel badge pinned to my jacket. I wandered through that desert until I stumbled across a gleaming city. The music drifting across the scorching sands had brought me to a beautiful land that worshipped the Muses, I found Agnapolis. Once there, I met and fell in love with a wonderful man who turned out to be the king, my beloved Sohrab. I have had amnesia about my past for over twenty years, and now, seeing you, it's coming back, in bits and pieces."
"Do you really remember me?" Shining asked slowly. His voice quavered as if he was hoping against hope.
Kotomi nodded this time, her auburn waves bouncing on her slim shoulders."I do now. Oh, Mitsuo, where is our son?" Sohrab's chocolate eyes widened as he learned more about his wife's missing past. Cecil looked at his mother in surprise, getting presentiment about what was about to occur.
"Right here," Shining said softly as he put his arm around Otoya's shoulders, confirming Cecil's guess.
Otoya's eyes widened like saucers and he clutched Haruka's hand for support. The shell-shocked red head gaped as the news sank in. "HUH?! After wishing and wondering for years, I never imagined meeting my parents this way. First I found out I was going to be a father, and now I find out that I'm not an orphan at all!" Ruby eyes flickered back and forth between the two adults before going blank. Otoya suddenly swayed on his feet passing out from shock. He started to fall backwards onto Tokiya, but the blunette caught him by the shoulders, slowly lowering his limp form to the dark emerald carpet.
Kotomi gasped when he started falling and then sent a puzzled look at Shining after she made sure her older son was taken care of. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she could form words, someone else started talking.
Syo piped up, "But doesn't that make Otoya and Cecil half-brothers?"
"Very good, Shorty," Ren added, ruffling Syo's hair in a condescending manner.
"I already knew that," Tokiya interjected abruptly. "The two of them are a lot alike and their facial structure is nearly identical. I did some research about the president's music career when I was deciding to attend Saotome Gakuen, and I came across a woman named Ittoki Kotomi. When I was determining whether or not to accept Cecil as part of the Master Course, I researched his home country. Imagine my surprise when I found out the queen, Aijima Kotomi, was the same woman. After some more cross-referencing, I had confirmed it."
Everyone stared at him in shock. "Well, you always were good at getting facts," Ren agreed. His voice showed his slight awe at the bluenette's analytical prowess.
"But, why didn't you tell us?" Cecil asked in confusion.
Tokiya looked uncomfortable at the question. "I was going to, but when Ringo realized what I knew, he told me that I should let the family find out on their own because more was involved than I realized. When the topic never came around again, I had mostly forgotten." He rubbed the back of his his, as if ashamed and slightly embarrassed.
Attention now turned to Ringo who was admiring his candy-apple red nails when he felt many eyes staring at him. He chuckled nervously. "Don't be mad, Shining-san needed to figure this out on his own and with good time."
Shining looked like he was going to say something when Cecil began talking again.
"I have a brother," Cecil trailed off, looking at his older brother who's eyes were just beginning to flutter open. The younger man looked as happy as he had when he joined STARISH.
Kotomi looked at her passed out son. "Didn't he say that he is going to be a father?"
"Yes," Shining stated slowly, not caring to elaborate yet. The plan of forcing STARISH to tell their parents had backfired when he had not paid closer attention to the king and queen of Agnapolis. He had met Sohrab before on many occasions throughout the years, but he had never seen the queen before, he hadn't even been expecting her to be here today. Now, he had met the queen, and she was also the love of his life, now married to his foreign friend.
Otoya jolted upright suddenly, only to stare at Cecil, as if really seeing the teal eyed prince for the first time. Cecil didn't give him long to stare though, he immediately tackled Otoya in a bear hug. "This is so cool! I always wanted a brother!"
Otoya returned the hug weakly, still adjusting to the idea of having a family outside of the orphanage. Just wait until he tells the principal of the orphanage!
Cecil was helping his brother to his feet when a woman in her mid-twenties suddenly appeared in front of Cecil and Otoya. She had long, wavy black hair that bounced around her hips and deep almost black eyes that pierced the prince's soul and simultaneously complemented her mocha complexion.
"Ah! Miki, you're here too," Cecil tried to sound excited, but he quickly became quiet when she stared at him.
"Who is she?" Masato asked Cecil.
"She's my older sister," Cecil managed to squeak under her gaze. He grabbed Haruka's hand for support.
Miki interjected sharply, "Half-sister. I'm the bastard daughter of the king." The guys looked surprised at her coarse language.
Sohrab blushed, as if in shame. Kotomi gave his hand a gentle squeeze as the foreign king began enunciating, "Miki was the result of my indiscrete past. Her mother passed when she was young, so I have been providing for her."
"Who knew parents were supposed to do that?" Miki said with biting sarcasm.
Sohrab sent her a deadly look and she silenced. "Since her mother was a courtesan, she has no stake to the throne. My son is my only heir."
"You could just say my mother was a prostitute and since they aren't legal, neither am I," she rolled her eyes, muttering something about Sohrab and diplomats.
The air grew thick with the tension between the family. Haruka looked at Cecil's tired face now. He looked a bit like a puppy with its tail between its legs. "I don't want the throne," he mumbled with clenched fists.
"You will take the throne. You have no choice in the matter," Sohrab declared.
Cecil stared straight into his father's eyes. "What about my life in Japan? I have friends! I have been able to sing the songs of the Muses! I have a wonderful woman by my side whom I love more than anything in the world, and she has made me a father." Cecil gestured to Haruka as he ranted.
Sohrab looked at the pink-haired girl for the first time. "She carries a royal child?" His voice held intrigue as he judged the composer with calculating eyes.
Cecil froze. "No, don't even think about it."
"If she carries a child of royal blood, then the child must be born in Agnapolis. How far along are you, my dear? Seven months? Eight?"
Haruka blushed under the King's intense gaze.
"Hold on just a minute," Otoya began.
"Baba (A/N: Dad), stop it!" Cecil pleaded.
Tokiya suddenly stood protectively in front of Haruka. "She as also carrying my child."
Ren joined Tokiya, flashing his Colgate-white teeth. "Mine as well."
"Me too," Otoya declaimed.
Syo joined his bandmates. "Same here."
"I have been blessed as well," Natsuki added with a wide grin.
"WHAT!" For the first time, the people who had been sitting quietly on the couches made their presence known.
While Sohrab took in the sight of seven young men declaring themselves to be the fathers of one woman's children, Kotomi turned an accusatory glare at her former lover before her eyes darted back to her two sons and Haruka. Miki seemed to have snapped out of her sulking temporarily to gape at the eight people with a very unladylike open mouth.
Since Shining was the only parent besides Haruka's who knew about the pregnancy, most of the guys paled when they turned to face their respective families and explain the statement they had just made.
Ren's two older brothers had been sitting with perfect posture in their pressed blue business suits until they jumped up demanding an explanation for their younger brother's announcement.
A woman with deep lapis lazuli eyes and dark blonde waves jumped to her feet beside a man with kind hazel eyes and spiky, dark blue hair. Tokiya looked at the woman with an even, almost cold gaze, as if daring his mother to say something while his father smiled apologetically, rubbing he back of his head and chuckling nervously.
Another woman with short, curly blonde hair had engulfed her son in a hug, her emerald eyes taking in Haruka's figure over Natsuki's shoulder. "Na-chan, Mama is so happy for you!" She squeezed him tighter, and Otoya now understood where Natsuki got his personality.
Syo's parents and his brother had engulfed him in a tight hug. "Good going, Bro! She's a pretty one!" Kaoru cheered, ruffling his older brother's hair.
Masato's little sister, Mai, had managed a half-hearted congratulations despite their father's disapproving glare. Masato then faced his father with steely eyes, waiting for a punishment.
When Haruka scanned the faces of the crowd, she gasped when she spotted her own family. In particular, when her golden gaze landed on a familiar waterfall of purple hair and a tumble of ruby waves. Sitting there with her family was not just Kei, but Tomo-chan as well. Kei sat with his arm wrapped around her former roommate's shoulders, whispering sweet words in her ear, that made the singer blush.
Kei looked up at his sister and smiled gently. Haruka slowly made her way between the crowds of families to her brother. "Onii-chan, let's start over, ne?" she offered, letting him know he was forgiven. Kei started to cry as he pulled his sister into a hug.
"I'm so sorry, Haru-chan. For everything."
"It's okay now, you have Tomo-chan now. Tomo-chan is the most wonderful person. She is my best friend, so treat her well, okay?" She smiled at her older brother before turning to Tomochika. "Can you look after my brother for me? It's his turn to be loved by someone, and there is no one I would rather trust him with."
Tomo-chan laughed, "With a body like his, you don't have to worry, I'll keep my eyes on him forever."
Kei looked at his girlfriend with a fake pout. "What about my glorious personality?"
The red-head put her fist under her chin as she pretended to debate the question and draw out Kei's torture. "Hmmm, I suppose your personality can be pretty charming." She kissed him on the cheek and Haruka giggled at the couple's antics.
Suddenly, Haruka's head whipped around as she heard Kotomi screech, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANTED A NEW GENERATION OF IDOLS!?"
A/N: Okay, so a bit of a weak ending, but I just had to update. Again, I'm sorry for the wait, but my teachers are piling on the test prep for FCATs and EOCs...If anyone can guess correctly where I got Sohrab's name from, they get to name Ren's second older brother. If no one guesses by the time I post the nest chapter, his name is just going to be Kenji. Also, if anyone would like to venture a guess about where I got the names of Tokiya's parents, they get to name one of his kids in a later chapter.
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