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Authors Note: This is not yet the last chapter. There's still an epilogue coming up. I want to thank all of you for all the reviews. They've helped me a lot in making it this far thanks so much you guys. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

The Truth will Lead Me To You

Yamato stepped down the altar as he saw Sora there. Jou got up from his seat and was now standing so he could see his friend clearly. Yamato was shocked to see her there and so was the crowd, his family and a very annoyed and angry Cassandra. Everyone was silent as she entered and soon Yamato could help but ask again "Sora….wh-what are you doing here?"

Sora breathed heavily and weakly and tried her best to speak "Please, just listen to what I have to say…" she stopped for a moment as she noticed that everyone was looking at her. She looked at Jou who was worried and at Takeru as well "I…there's something that you have to know…Cassandra…she's…" before Sora could continue any further, someone clamped her out shut.

"I'm so sorry for this rude interruption sire. I didn't quite expect hindrances during this fine event, but I guess that I was proven wrong." Said no other than Van. As he used his hand to shut Sora's mouth he used his other hand to grip her wrist tightly that it made her wince in pain. She had no more strength to fight back so she couldn't.

Yamato saw Sora's eyes filled with pain and sadness that even though he knew he shouldn't have interfered he couldn't help but do so "Release her." He spoke looking at Van

"I'm afraid I cannot your highness, she is a prisoner and she is to be returned where she belongs. Please continue on with the wedding and I shall take her back." Said Van as he saw Cassandra smile at him with delight

"…" Yamato clenched his fists and was furious that he couldn't do anything, he was feeling helpless until…

"Van, kindly release the girl this instant." Said queen Natsuko standing up from her seat.

Van was shocked and so was everyone else, the king was also shocked and was about to object when Van suddenly spoke "Why so your majesty? She deserves to go back in prison where she needs to be. She has escaped and deserves to…" before Van could finish he was cut off

"It would seem to me that this girl has something that she wishes to share with us. I do not mind giving her the freedom of speech. I am willing to listen to whatever it is that she has to say. I doubt that she would be doing anything to harm anyone at the moment." Said queen Natsuko

"But…" this time Cassandra was the one to object

"It's alright dear, I'm sure that this wouldn't affect you in any way. There isn't anything that you should be worried about is there?" Said queen Natsuko then she saw Van release Sora in a harsh manner almost throwing her to the ground.

Yamato was getting furious and he wanted to hit Van with all he's got but he couldn't seem to do so. Queen Natsuko looked at Sora and smiled "Now young lady, what is it that you wanted to say earlier?"

"…" Sora was silent for a moment then she looked at queen Natsuko and spoke "Princess Cassandra…"

"Yes? What about her?" asked queen Natsuko

"She…she was the one responsible for the incident in the village…" said Sora softly as she hoped that no one heard

Gasps filled the room and shocked faces looked directly at Cassandra, who was also looking shocked. Queen Natsuko remained still and so did Takeru and Jou. Something told the queen that Sora was telling the truth. Sora on the other hand stood still as she heard the gossips of the different royals from the crowd, mostly coming from Cassandra's side of the family…

"Is this girl insane?"

"What is she talking about?"

"Why would the dear Princess possibly do something like that?"

"She should be placed back in that cellar where she belongs."

Sora wanted to cover her ears as to not listen to these rude comments and Jou wanted to do the same. Takeru wanted to object along with Yamato but both of them stood frozen on the spot.

"Silence!" came the voice of king Hiroaki and with this everyone was silenced and no one spoke a word. King Hiroaki got up from his seat and faced Sora. He looked at her and spoke "What would have made you think of such assumptions? I'm quite sure that Cassandra would never do this to harm anyone."

Sora was silent for a while and Cassandra spoke "Your majesties, I'm quite sure that this girl is simply here to ruin the wedding. It would seem that she doesn't approve of my marriage with Yamato and this is what she's thought of doing. Blaming me on something she's clearly done herself."

Again gasps erupted the room and gossips scattered again. These gossips were in agreement to what Cassandra has said and Jou didn't like it. "Why does his have to happen?" thought Jou as he looked at the crowd

Cassandra smiled inwardly, glad that her plans were working. Sora breathed again and couldn't handle this any longer "Staying weak and being like this for the past few days…it was nothing I would have done…I can't just stand here and wait for Tai…they're counting on me and I can't let hem down." She thought then a few more gasps and gossips came she could no longer keep silent.

Sora gathered all of her courage to face everyone in front of her and she spoke "Please do excuse me your highness."

With the sound of her voice the room was once again silent and no other voice could be heard but her own "I would beg to differ. If only you would give me a chance to speak and I may share what it is that I want to tell you."

The king kept silent and so queen Natsuko stepped forward and smiled at Sora. She spoke "Alright dear, please do tell us. What is it that made you say Princess Cassandra was the real culprit to the crime in the village?" she asked

Sora's voice was still weak for the fact that she was ill, but on the contrary her willpower has grown to be the way it was before and the only thing she feared now was for heir plan to turn against them and she knew that she couldn't just let that happen. She soon broke the silence in the room "The princess has displayed clear hatred towards me and towards my friends as well. It would be likely for her to think of a way to get us out of the way o succeed in her plans."

"Oh? And what might that possibly be?" this time Cassandra was getting annoyed and she planned to get the wedding over with "Why would I waste such precious time just to get rid of people who pose no threat to me? It would simply be a waste of my efforts and my time."

Sora kept a straight face as Jou was smiling knowing that Cassandra was breaking down. Jou also knew that Sora was trying to stall time, at least until the others get there. "If that is the case then please let me continue. You, princess displayed hatred towards us for a reason…I believe you highly remember what occurred months ago. Making that as your motive now would be improper, but to add to what has happened you were also furious for the fact that we have made friends with his highnesses am I correct?" asked Sora

"I would be happy if Yamato and Takeru would gain new friends. It's not my fault that their friends were now known as criminals now is it?" retorted Cassandra and then she spoke again "And that doesn't explain why I would want to get rid of you or any of your friends, as I said doing so would be a waste of time for me."

"I beg to differ." Said Tai as he and the others burst into the room. Sora and Jou were shocked to see that Davis and Ken were wounded and that Tai and Koushiro have a few scratches.

Tai looked at Sora and said "Sorry we're late, we had to fight off security and man was it a hassle!" exclaimed Tai as Sora laughed a little "Glad to see you're back to normal…" Tai looked at Cassandra and said "Sorry we're late, we couldn't seem to get to the entrance, we didn't interrupt did we?" asked Tai as he saw Cassandra fume with anger

"What is the meaning of all this?" asked king Hiroaki

"I'm so sorry sire, but this is no moment for a joking matter. We come here now to reveal to all of you the truth." Said Ken as he stepped forward

"Of what exactly?" asked the king

"Simple sire, of the incident in the village." Replied Ken plainly "We do believe that all this was a mere scam and none could be called a coincidence."

"You're saying that you wish to agree with this young lady?" asked king Hiroaki looking at Sora

"But of course sire, we are a part of this as well. We have come to prove our friends' innocence and much to everyone's surprise princess Cassandra's guilt." Said Ken

"Oh? And how do expect to prove me guilty exactly?" challenged Cassandra, not knowing that they had the letter and not knowing she just made the wrong choice

"That is also but a simple matter princess. It would seem as you have planned this all to the last detail." Said Ken

"What you didn't know was that one: We're not that oblivious to the things that happen around us. Two: You highly underestimated us and Three: You just made the wrong choice asking us for evidence. Because much to your surprise we have it right here." Said Koushiro as he saw Tai and Davis with a grin

"And may we see this so called evidence?" asked queen Natsuko

Sora pulled out the white piece of paper from her packet and handed it to the queen. Queen Natsuko approached Sora and took the piece of paper from her hand and asked "How is this paper related to all this if I may ask?"

As the paper was shown Cassandra's eyes went wide as she already knew what was inside that letter.

"I know it would seem like an odd piece of evidence at first glance your majesty, but please do open that piece of paper and read it's contents. I' sure you'll find it quite interesting." Said Ken

Queen Natsuko opened the paper and read it. As she did so her eyes widened and she soon spoke "These are…plans….but how?"

"Your majesty if you will please turn the paper over. If you do so you'll see a certain signature at the bottom and I'm sure you know whom it belongs to." Said Tai with a smile

Queen Natsuko turned over the letter and true enough she saw the signature Tai was referring to. As she was it she turned to Cassandra and spoke "It would seem as though these people have something to prove Cassandra…now if you would like to defend your innocence do start by telling me why your signature is on this letter of plans."

Cassandra's face whitened as she saw queen Natsuko hand over the letter to king Hiroaki. As he read it his eyes widened as well and he was now looking at Cassandra for explanations. "Seeing as our dear princess can't seem to offer us explanations we would be delighted to do the explaining to everyone." Said Tai

"Well to start off, it's true that she has displayed hatred towards us. And she used this to get us out of her way." Said Yolei

"She wrote he letter to specify which houses to skip the very day she planned for the village to be attacked and what made it more convincing was the fact that we were out of town that very day." Said Tai

"So when she got our friends arrested she thought that she got us for good. Oh, but was she dead wrong." Said Davis

"She even went to the trouble of asking an accomplice of hers to do her dirty work…" said Mimi then she looked at Van "Isn't that right Van? You told us you wouldn't tell us anything when it comes to her plans right? Unfortunately for you we figured it out on our own."

"And you see your majesties, she wanted to get rid of us for a reason. Amongst all of us the one she hated the most was this lady right here." Said Ken pointing to Sora

"And why is that?" asked king Hiroaki

"She hated Sora and I'm sure it's pretty obvious to most of us why. I'm sorry for the informal speech sire, but if I may…" said Koushiro as he looked at Yamato "Yamato, you didn't want to go through with the wedding didn't you?"

Everyone looked at Yamato in shock and was awaiting his answer but before he could do so Tai spoke "Yamato here wanted to marry someone else, if not marry then the proper term would be that he loved someone else and that someone was way different from Cassandra."

"This person treated Yamato like an ordinary person and cared about him for who he was and not because of his social status. In fact, the very reason she couldn't voice out her feelings was because of fear that it would not be allowed." Said Mimi

"It's simple, Cassandra found out that Yamato loved someone else and couldn't handle that so she got rid of her." Said Davis

"She sent the plans to Van and got it done. We went to Town Hall and verified her signature and we weren't surprised to find that it was hers." said Ken

"In conclusion her plan to do all this backfired because other than the fact that we're the one's telling the truth she failed to get one important information." Said Koushiro

"And that information proved to be of big advantage to us. She forgot all about our good friend Jou Kido." Said Tai as he looked at Jou and smiled

"Jou was the one who was able to retrieve the letter from Van's room. And luckily he didn't get caught." Said Davis

"When we got our evidence we were finally able to prove that she did all this and framed us for it. If you want more witnesses do ask a friend of ours. Her name is Jamie and she works as a seamstress at the village and I assure you that she saw the event take place." Said Ken looking at everyone's shocked faces

"I do think that the letter and everything else ties this all together sire. I do hope you understand that we have proven all that we could and now it is up to you to decide who is telling the entire truth." Said Koushiro

Everyone waited in silence, that is until a few more minutes later and their dear princess lost it. Cassandra looked at Jou and all the others with anger and spoke…or yelled to the very least "You! All of you! This was never supposed to happen if you haven't been meddling with my plans! How dare you!"

Everyone was shocked at Cassandra's use of language. However, for Tai and the others it was just too good to let it slip "What's this? Our dear beloved princess is finally revealing her true colors to everyone." Said Tai teasingly that made her fume even more

"The charade is over Cassandra, you might as well give it up. This time you're the one getting a taste of your own medicine." Said Davis

As Cassandra was having her little outburst, the king yelled "Guards! Arrest her immediately!"

The guards were pulling Cassandra away as she was trying her hardest to fight back "No it can't end this way! I was just one step closer!" other than that Van was also getting arrested along with her for what he has done.

"You know you and Van really go well together, you both have a twisted way of thinking that's for sure." Said Davis as the others laughed

Cassandra was taken away and the others were left along with the king, queen and the guests. Everyone was silent until… "Um…so does that mean Tai and the others are off the hook now?" asked Davis out of the blue

"Davis! That's rude!" scolded Mimi

"Sorry…I was just asking…" replied Davis

"No, it's quite alright…I believe that we're the one's who owe all of you an apology." Said queen Natsuko

"Yes, we truly do…I apologize for defending Cassandra not knowing what she was doing to all of you." Apologized king Hiroaki

"It's quite alright sire, what's done is done. We're just glad that we got things sorted out before it was too late." Said Ken with a smile

"Now, moving on…what is it that we do with the wedding now?" asked queen Natsuko looking at the king for an answer

Tai looked at the others and spoke "Now's our chance." He whispered to the others as they nodded

Kari looked at Takeru and he nodded then Mimi went over to Sora and she whispered "Alright Sor, now's your chance so don't you dare waste it you hear me?" she whispered

"W-what are you talking about?" asked Sora confused

Without giving an answer, Mimi gave Sora a push forward towards Yamato. As Sora was pushed she lunged forward towards Yamato's direction, she lost her balance and was about to fall to the ground when….

She felt herself being caught by someone before she fell, she opened her eyes and saw Yamato's deep blue ayes looking at her with worry. "Are you alright Sora?" he asked concerned

"Y-yes I'm fine thank you…" replied Sra getting up from her fall

Tai slapped his head as the others were either laughing nervously and Mimi was getting a bit annoyed and tense at the same time "Is that it? Oh no this is not going to end this way. All our hard work will result to something." Said Mimi looking at the others

"What do you want us to do force them? But you're right this is taking too long…man Yamato you are so…argh…do something…" said Tai silently

As Sora stood up she couldn't stop looking into Yamato's eyes, there was something about them that she couldn't put her finger to. Yamato got closer to her and touched her cheek lightly and spoke "Sora…I'm sorry…."

"For what?" she asked confused

"I should have never gotten you or the others into any of this, I apologize. I've cased you nothing but trouble and you've done so much for me." Said Yamato

Jou smiled and spoke "Yamato isn't there something that you want to tell her?"

"R-right…there is one thing…." Said Yamato

"What might that be?" asked Sora confused

"I…I want you to know that…Sora I…" Yamato was mentally hitting himself now and thought, "Stop staggering! Say something!"

Before Yamato could finish whatever he was going to say Sora suddenly felt weak and she could no longer maintain her current strength. She suddenly collapsed and fell, as Yamato caught her once again he spoke "Sora! Sora are you alright? Sora!"

She could see a blur image of Tai and the others rushing to her aid, she also heard Jou speak as well "Sora! Tai hurry we need to get her someplace where she could rest….and get some sleep too."

"Is she going to be alright?" she heard Mimi ask in worry

"Yes, she's just coming down with a fever or something of the sort. She hasn't had a proper eating or sleeping habits for the past few days and this is it's effect to her body." After she heard Jou say those words the last ting she heard was Yamato's voice full of worry and concern for her calling out her name. Soon darkness filled her sight as she passed out and could no longer hear her friends' voices and their figures faded to blackness…

The following day, news spread all over the kingdom about what had happened during the wedding. Some were happy for Yamato that his life wasn't ruined by the marriage and some were confused after al that's happened.

Yamato was in the palace and he was asked to go to the throne room along with Takeru, Tai and all their other friends excluding Jou. All of them were asked to stay the night because of Sora's condition. Jou had his business of taking care of Sora for the day, as she still hasn't woken. Yamato and the others walked to the throne room and as they went inside they saw the king and queen waiting for them.

"Good morning to all of you, I hope that you all had a good night's rest." Greeted queen Natsuko

They all nodded in reply and none of them spoke. Queen Natsuko smiled at them and said "Please don't be afraid to voice out whatever it is you want to say, I'd be happy to listen."

"Mother, is something wrong? Why have we been called here?" asked Takeru

"Well your father has something to tell you all." Replied queen Natsuko

"Yes, that's true. Yamato I would like to speak to you about the matter of the wedding. Even through all that has happened, the fact that you are to be the next heir to the throne has not changed. Therefore, you are still to be wed." explained king Hiroaki

"Oh no, not this again." Thought Yamato as he remained silent

This time, his father paid attention to him and saw that he was unease. "However…" he started "This time, I am giving you my full permission and my support that you choose the girl that you are to marry and that you are to do this freely with no further boundaries."

Yamato was speechless and shocked at the same time, then he saw his mother smile at him and he spoke "Thank you father…although if I may ask…why the sudden change?"

"Well, I know that I've been strict with you and your brother since and I thought I could protect you and keep you safe if you were to live a life under the palace and it's rules. But now I see that even inside the palace you may be harmed and you've found protection outside it's walls." Said king Hiroaki

"…" Yamato remained silent for a moment then his father spoke again "I have called you all here to thank you personally of what you have done to my sons and to my family. I owe you all a great deal of my gratitude."

"Thank you sire, but we stand for what we have said yesterday. We do not mind at all for we were glad to help. Seeing that our friends have now gained their happiness, we are happy as well." Replied Ken

"Thank you still, I also apologize for the imprisonment of the three of you along with your other friend for something that you did not commit." Said king Hiroaki looking at Tai, Mimi and Koushiro

"It's alright, we want to thank you for letting us stay here as well." Said Tai as he bowed

"It's no problem, compared to what you have done for out family, it is but a simple thing." Replied queen Natsuko

"Mother…I another question though…" said Takeru

"What might that be?" asked the queen looking at her younger son

"What happened to Cassandra and Van?" asked Takeru

"Yes, that is another ordeal that we have come here to settle." Replied queen Natsuko. She looked at the others and spoke "We have decided that you have the right to make the choice of what should be done. It was you who has suffered the most under her and you shall be the ones to make that choice along with Takeru, Yamato and Jou." Explained queen Natsuko

"I see, alright your majesty. We'll think about it then tell you about our decision as soon as we've made one." Said Tai

After a few minutes of silence Tai soon spoke once again "By the way sire…we have yet to introduce ourselves. How rude, we haven't made the proper introduction haven't we?" he asked looking at his friends

"Right…so may we start off?" asked Mimi as she saw the king and queen nod

"*cough* My name is Taichi Yagami, please do call me Tai and I wok at a restaurant at the town." Introduced Tai as he looked at Ken and spoke "This is Ken Ichijouji, he currently assists me at the restaurant."

Ken smiled and spoke "It's a pleasure sire, do call me Ken."

"This is my little sister Hikari Yagami. She works and helps a friend of mine in a flower shop, one that is owned by Sora Tekenouchi…she's the one who's currently sick at the moment." Said Tai

"Hello your majesties, it's a pleasure to meet you. You may call me Kari." Said Kari with a sweet smile on her face, now that everyone's back together she could happily smile again.

"Ah yes, Kari…you're that sweet girl that Takeru talks a lot about am I correct?" asked queen Natsuko as this made everyone look at Takeru and made him and Kari blush.

Everyone laughed at their expression; it even made the king and queen smile too. Mimi soon introduced herself "I'm Mimi Tachikawa, I work at a bakery with a friend of mine, Yolei Inoue." She said as she pointed to Yolei

"Hello, I'm Yolei and Mimi likes to be called just Mimi or in our case Meems." Said Yolei with a smile

"The last one's are Davis Mitonomiya and Cody Hida, hey moved in along with Ken and Yolei. Then we have Koushiro Izumi, he and Ken are like the ones with the smarts in our group and of course lastly we have Jou Kido our good old friend Jou." Said Tai as he ended the introductions and Koushiro smiled and bowed.

"I'm very pleased to meet all of you, though I'm quite shocked to know that most of you already have their own business in town." Said queen Natsuko "My sons have truly made such wonderful friends."

"Remember that you are all welcome to enter the place whenever you wish to do so. And Yamato and Takeru are allowed to leave the palace grounds as well." Said king Hiroaki

"Thank you so much sire." Said Tai

Soon somebody knocked on the doors to the throne room and it was none other than Jou "Sire, I'm sorry to interrupt. But Yamato I just thought that you'd like to know that Sor is waking up."

Hearing this, Yamato excused himself from his parents and followed Jou out of the throne room. Tai and the others looked at each other and Tai spoke "You think he's finally going o have the guts to tell her?"

"Oh he better. This has taken too long to lead to nothing." Said Mimi

"I would like it if Sora were to marry my brother instead, although I'm not so sure if he's have the guts to ask." Said Takeru

"Well that won't be too hard since Sora likes him too you know. I wouldn't be surprised if something of that kind ever happened." Said Yolei

"True…." They all replied in unison

"It would seem like we already know who might be next in line for the throne." Said queen Natsuko

"Yes it would seem so…" replied king Hiroaki with a smile

Sora opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings, she was shocked to see herself in a huge room and she fully opened her eyes and saw that she was also in bed. "I'm not at home that's for sure…" she thought

Soon Sora heard the door open and she saw Jou and Yamato enter the room "I'm glad to see that you're awake." Said Jou with a smile

"Jou…I…what happened?" asked Sora confused

"Well, you collapsed because of your illness and then you were taken here at the palace t rest. You've been asleep since yesterday up until today. Do you have any headaches?" asked Jou

"No, I'm fine now actually…I just don't seem to remember what happened." Replied Sora

"Well, just continue to rest and you'll be better in no time." Said Jou as he placed a warm glass of water on a table beside the bed "Now, I have to leave and check on the others, Yamato can stay here with you alright?" and with that Jou got up and left the room leaving Yamato and Sora alone

There was an awkward silence as the two of them were left alone. They both didn't know what to say until Yamato decided to brake the silence "Are you feeling better Sora?" he asked

"Yes thank you…I'm sorry if I just collapsed like that." Said Sora

"It's alright, but you did worry all of us though. I thought something might have happened to you. I'm glad that you're okay." Said Yamato with a smile

"What happened to Van and Cassandra?" she asked

"They're awaiting our decision on what to do." Replied Yamato and silence once again

"Yama…." Started Sora "You said that you wanted to tell me something right? What was it?" she asked

Yamato was shocked hearing that question and soon he spoke "Well, I don't know how I'll tell you this…and I'm not so sure of how you would respond to it either…but…first of all I want to tell you that I'm glad I met you."

Sora was silent and continued to listen to what Yamato had to say "Next, I meant what I've said before. You're different from the other girls that I've met and I've learned to really…well you have something that draws me closer to you. You're just so…we'll you're beautiful both on the inside an on the outside."

Sora blushed at the comment and spoke "You can't possibly be serio---…" before she was able to protest Yamato cut her off

"I meant that, and I don't regret what I just said either. You worry me whenever you get hurt and I wanted to hit Van yesterday for what he did to you." Said Yamato "In conclusion to all that you make me happy and I care about you, right now more than anything else in this palace or even more than I cared about Cassandra."

Sora still remained silent, it's not like she didn't want to say anything, she just couldn't seem to find the right words. Yamato took that as a sign to continue "I have to tell you something really important, something that I should have told you a long time ago but couldn't. Sora…I don't know how you'd react to this but….Sora…I love you. I don't know what I would do without you."

Three little words…something Sora didn't quite expect. This shocked her and she couldn't speak. Yamato was getting nervous for her unknown reaction, but soon he saw something in Sora's eyes that told him that he wasn't about to get rejected.

Soon Sora spoke "Yamato I…" before she could finish though she felt herself being pulled.

She was right about that though. Yamato had pulled her closer to him and he pulled her into a deep kiss. Sora was still and didn't know what to do, but soon much to Yamato's surprise she kissed back. Soon they broke away and were both blushing.

"I'm sorry…I should have never…" before Yamato was able to finish Sora put a finger on is lips to stop him from talking any further

"Yama…I never would have thought that I'd meet someone like you, and I never thought that I'd ever fall in love…especially not with a prince." She laughed a little and looked at him again "You've made me really happy just getting to know you. The more I go closer to you the more I realized how I felt for you…Tai and the others realized it too. Truthfully I was afraid of admitting my feelings for you because of the whole social status difference and everything."

"*chuckle* Is that true? You know that I'd love whatever your social status is. Now…my family is dying to meet you." Said Yamato as he held Sora's hand

"Really….I don't know Yamato…I…." Sora was about to protest when she was cut off

Yamato gripped her hand tight and spoke "There isn't anything you should be afraid of, I'm here with you. Besides, my parents don't bite."

"Alright…" said Sora as she gave in and smiled at him

Yamato smiled at Sora and before they could leave he pulled her into a loving kiss once again. This time things were going just as they have planned and now maybe things are making it's way to a happy ending.

Authors Note: End? Nope, there's still and Epilogue coming up. I hope you guys wait for it in the next chapter. Please review and tell me what you think.