Saito and Imrahil were walking down the hallway towards a room where Saito demanded an emergency meeting about what he had learned on his trip out. Saito already filled his Captain in on the details and even the seasoned veteran was surprised in hearing the details. The two walked in silence as they were enjoying it while it lasted because once they entered said room, they would have a storm of questions followed.

"Saito, are you sure that he said that?"

"Not said, thought and he was pretty confident in that thought I might add. I am sure that with the latest attack on our country that he will think it was Louise and not me who infiltrated the palace. Speaking of Lousie, the true reason stays with use only, am I clear" Saito asked which Imrahil nodded as the two reached the oak door separating them from the others. "Ready?"

"Always Saito." Imrahil responded as Saito smiled and opened the door and saw that everyone who needed to be there was there. Saito had in interesting face when he was his longtime friend sitting to Henrietta's right alongside his son. Tabitha was to the Queen's left and Siesta was next to her. The rest of the seats were filled with high members of the government. To Saito's thankfulness, Marie was not in the room to hear this. Unknowingly to the King, she had sneak into the room and was hiding in a room but left the door just bear open to hear everything.

"I did not expect you to be here Guiche?" Saito said as he took his seat next to Henrietta who hugged the man and kissed him.

"We need to talk after this is done."

"And those I lose my manhood, nice knowing you, it's been fun." "Alright, you have my undivided attention once this is finished." Saito turned his head to the men of the court as Imrahil stood behind the King and next to Agnes. "I have called this emergency meeting for a number of reasons, but the main reason is not for the attack we suffered."

"Then what could be greater than what just happened?" One man asked which got a majority of the others shaking their heads.

"Simple, an assassination on my head." Saito said plainly as everyone's attention shifted to the King.

"I am sorry King Saito, but did you just say an assassination on you?" Another old fart asked.

"Yes, and it is from none other than the Holy Pope himself." Saito said in a very anger tone which sent the mood for the meeting.

"Sir, if I may, do you think you may be jumping to conclusions?"

"King Saito, this sounds absolutely ridiculous, where is your proof?"

"Simple, I heard him say it himself, if that is not proof itself then I don't know what is?" Saito was obviously not happy and everyone in the room knew it. "We all know the Pope is not an idiot, he will wait until the perfect time to strike and when he does, it will be at the weakest point that will cause the most damage, in other words, me. If you take me out, the whole system I created will overtime fall into the hands of people who have not care for it and the previous government we had ten years ago will become a thing of reality. How many of you want that, be honest." Saito nearly demanded as a couple of the men raised their hands to the question. "If I do end up in a box from that guy and this government collapse and is reverted to the previous one, what do you think the public take on it will be?"

"Outright conflict with the crown." One man who raised his hand said.

"Exactly, if I kick the bucket from him, the only thing I ask is that this government stays the same unless THE PEOPLE want it to change, am I clear?" Saito ensured his role of leader on the attendants of the meeting which cause his closest friends to raise an eyebrow, this behavior was rare from the man. "now, on to the case with Louise."

"Are we going to have her killed?"

"No, I have a better plan than killing her." Saito said with a smile on his face as his conversation with his Captain entered his mind.

"Imrahil, we need to talk before enter the castle." Saito said as the two stood on the deck of the Yamato. "Everyone else can leave now, go and get some rest crewmen, you earned it." Saito said as all of the sailors headed off the ship and most likely home.

"This must be very important as to only tell me, do you plan on telling Queen Henrietta?"

"Not until the last second so to not have her stop me. Do you remember that pink haired girl who used explosive magic not too long ago?" Saito asked as he leaned on the railing of the ship as Imrahil stood in front of him.

"Louise if I am correct."

"Exactly, my former master and from what we say, she has come a long way with her Void magic to the point where should could aim and hit her targets instead of the unpredictable ones in the past." Saito chuckled at this as the thought of the past hit him. "There is evil going around the land and we need the help, we need Louise's help." Saito said as he turned his head to see the Captain trying to understand the situation before him.

"Sir, did I just hear you right, you want Louise, the woman who is leader the revolutions, to join use for some reason that I do not know yet?"

"Exactly, although I think she is using them as a means to gain whatever she wanted, I believe I know what it is she wants."

"And that is?"

"Me." Saito knew that true love dies hard and even ten years may not be long enough for it to die out. "We both know that it is out of the question as Henrietta would fight for me if she tried to take me." He chuckled to himself but entered a serious tone. "We need her help Imrahil. WE are going to be going to her and get her to side with use. I believe she will say yes if I offer her what I am thinking of right now but what really worries me is the response from the revolters losing their leader to another country, it will not go well."

"Saito, where would we even start?"

"Simple,with him" Saito pointed at his trusty sword, Derflinger. "and these." He showed the Captain the runes on his hand and he saw that they have changed. "If I put these two together, we can find Louise anywhere on the continent, at any time." He lowered his hand and let everything sink into the mind of the other man.

"Are you sure she will say yes, if she says no-"

"She won't say no, under that cold exterior is a girl who I knew ten years ago, trust me Imrahil, if at any time, trust me now." He extended his hand to the man in front of him who reached towards it and shuck it.

"Very well, I trust you King Saito."

Saito's smile disappeared as he knew what he would have to do to get what he wanted. "Henrietta."

"Yes Saito?"

"I will be leaving tomorrow, I am leaving everything to-" Saito's voice was cut off by his daughter running up to the man and pounding her hands into his back.

"You can't leave Dad; you just came back from your trip!" She shouted as he turned to face the girl with a look of wonder how she got in here and regret.

"Imrahil…" Saito said in almost a cry as the man behind his understood the message and walked next to the little girl.

"Of course… Marie, your father is doing this so you can have a safe future. Come along now." He took her hand gently and seemingly dragged the poor girl out of the room and took the Princess to her room. Henrietta, seeing this rose to her feet and stood in the face of her husband. The whole room sat in confusion of the action.

"Saito, your actions have been questionable at best, we all want to know what is really going on, and I will not stand for your rejecting of our daughter any longer. You did not say goodbye to her when you left and did not even say a word to her when you returned and now you are leaving again without even saying hello to her." The mother inside of the Queen kicked in and everyone knew that this was a bomb waiting to go off. Saito stood speechless at hearing this; here was his wife who was telling him that he was rejecting his daughter for whatever reasons.

"Henrietta I-" He was silenced by her slapping him in the face which shocked every living soul in the room, most noticeably the King himself who's first response was to strike back. His runes began to glow but he stopped. Saito stood nearly frozen in places as he looked at his wife with his right eye being of pain, sadness, regret and shame. The left eye was of anger, violence, and destruction, the emotions Henrietta could see clearly that he was not in control of his actions.

"Agnes, IMRAHIL!" she said her bodyguards name and shouted Saito's as the man nearly burst from the door and saw the situation. Agnes grabbed her weapons and Imrahil did the same as they stood on opposite sides of the King.

"Troublesome." As the only words said Saito was frozen in place as everyone looked and saw Tabitha had pulled out her staff and in a matter of seconds, froze the King of the land in an almost casing of ice, leaving only Derflinger unharmed.

"Derflinger, what the heck is wrong with him, he never acted like this before?" Imrahil almost demanded to know since the sword was almost stuck to the back of the man.

Saito was in his mindscape once again but with nothing in the background but white. Saito was not incased in a berg of ice and seemed to be perfectly fine.

"Alright Sasha, come out… we need to talk now." Saito said showing he was clearly not happy again. In a swirling of green light appeared the elf but Saito did not appear impressed at all.

"Oh my, this is very interesting, never did I think we would-"

"Cut it, why the hell did I nearly strike my wife when my runes activated on their own?" Saito said wanting answers as to why he could not control his actions just a moment ago.

"When she struck you, your runes activated and went into a defensive mood. Since she was the aggressor, the runes, in a matter of sort, took over your brain and gave orders to your body to attack."

"Why can't I control when they are used and are not, if this is the power you gave me then I don't want it."

"The deed is already done; there is no going back now."

"So you are telling me that if I get struck once by any person, I will go into a defensive mood and attack?"

"Exactly." She crossed her hand over she chest and stood there waiting for his next move.

"Then I guess I have no choice but to remove the runes the old fashion way."

"You would not dare cutting off your hand."

"If it means protecting the one's I hold dear to me then I would chop of the entire arm if I must. I will do what I must to protect my family." Saito said as Sasha began to laugh at hearing this which annoyed the man before her.

"And once again you amaze me with your determination to protect everyone. I could see in your eyes the you would do it if you had to. Tell me, do you really think your plan with your former master will work?"

"I don't think, I know it will Sasha. "The fire in his eyes was there once again as she closed the distance between the two until they were nearly nose to nose.

"Give me your left hand." She told his which he complied, a light formed over the runes which blinded the man. He opened his eyes and looked back at his runes and saw they were like they were before the first time he was here. "The first time I transferred the powers, I left that aggressive rune to see how you would response, if you passed, you would gain the true full power you can wield. Needless to say, you passed with your determination to protect everyone, even past enemies."

"What now…" Saito was looking over his hand, the runes still were there but in the moment, he did not realize that one part was missing.

"Now we finally part ways, this will be the last time we see each other until we meet in the afterlife. Go and bring peace to the world, you have the power now to do it." And with her parting words, the word vanished into black.

The ice that Saito was incased in exploded in a bright light, causing everyone to close their eyes. After a couple of seconds, they opened their eyes to see Saito standing up in front of Henrietta. The Queen's first reaction was to get some distance but she looked into her eyes and saw that the only thing in them was the soul of the man she loved.

"Saito…" She whispered as she buried her head into her husband's chest as he put his head onto hers.

"Thank you…" Were the only words that the King said as the mood lightened up in the meeting room.

Author's Notes – Definitely not what I expected this chapter to be that's for sure, gotta love writing on the spot. So ya, Sasha withhold Saito's true powers and now he can use them without limitations, let's see how strong he is with his runes now without a limiter.