Explanation

Disclaimer: I do not own Voltron Force

Ok, so I know it's kind of late, but trust me, school has been absolute hell! Anyway, I just finished this, edited it, and am now posting it. I have no clue when I'll get the chapter up, since it is an important chapter, and it contains the lemon. So please bear with me. Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers.

Enjoy.


Everyone gathered around and took a seat. Duchess Leona sighed heavily.

"Daniel, understand that we didn't want to put you up for adoption. And it wasn't that we weren't prepared for a child." Leona said.

"So what was it?" Daniel asked.

"You were born three months early, with little chance of survival. The doctors were doing all they could to keep you healthy, but they knew that it would be a long time before you were ready to leave. And being royalty, we couldn't stay more than a month. It was hard to have to balance all our responsibilities and knowing that you weren't well. We made the decision, not because we didn't want you, or because of our royal duties, but we felt that maybe if you were free to go to a different planet, that maybe you could find the help you needed. You stayed here till you were two, and then you were adopted out, you were still sick but when you got to earth they immediately healed you. Since then we learned what it was and how to fix it, but no matter how bad we wanted to, we gave you up." Leona said. It was silent for a moment as Daniel and the rest of the force took it all in.

"Daniel, you must understand that the doctors here could hardly do anything. We felt as though we didn't have much choice, and it still tears me apart that we gave you up." Damien said sadness very clear in his voice. Daniel was very quiet.

"Understand that we never wanted to give you up." Leona said, a sob hiccuping in her throat.

"I understand that mother." Daniel said sincerely, smiling up at his parents. They looked up to him and instantly his mother ran across the room and hugged him tight, as if he might just disappear again.

"Can you ever forgive us?" She sobbed. Larmina really felt bad for the woman. She just now met her only son, and he was a young man now, commander of the Voltron Force, successful and a natural leader without even knowing of his heritage.

"Yes, I forgive you, I was never mad at you guys." Daniel said to his mother, trying to calm her hysteric crying. Damien walked over and rested his hand on Daniel's shoulder.

"We know you're eighteen now, and a functioning adult now, but you forgiving us not only is it the greatest gift a parent can get, but it gives you back your title as Duke of Corscon." Damien said.

"But, you're the Duke." Daniel said, confused.

"Yes, but so are you." Damien said, smiling to his confused son.

"Excellent, we can announce his return at noon." King Forsot said happily. Prince Darok walked over.

"You know that makes me your cousin right?" Darok chuckled.

"I figured." Daniel laughed. They walked around and Vince made yet another observation.

"So, I've noticed that the machines around here move fast, and that the transport we were on was set at a low, below normal even, and we were still going fast." Vince said, trying not to confuse himself.

"Ah, well, Corcians are some of the fastest people, so we tend to have a need for speed." King Forsot chuckled. Everyone, but the cadets, looked at Daniel.

"That explains everything." They all chuckled.

"Well, we have Arielian speed, Druel endurance, Arusian agility all wrapped with Human advantages." Prince Darok chuckled.

"Ok, this is getting fucking ridiculous. He's already the commander and now…" James began but Milani slapped her hand over his mouth.

"Be quiet and pretend to be happy for once." Milani hissed. James glared at Milani and pushed her.

"If I could I would sue you for assaulting me you bitch." James growled. Before Daniel could even take a step, Larmina jumped into action, activating her voltcom into a whip and wrapping him in it.

"How dare you…" James began.

"I'm the Duchess of Arus, go ahead, pull the superiority card all you want, I have higher power over you." Larmina snarled. James didn't respond he just glared at everyone.

"King Forsot, do you have a cell we could put him in until we leave?" Daniel asked.

"Yes." The king said smiling and Druel like smile, but only briefly before it turned kind.

"Big deal, I could get out." James taunted. Daniel walked over, found his arm with the voltcom on it and yanked it off, making it revert to its smaller form, which looked like a watch.

"And now you can't." Daniel said.

"You can't do that!" James shouted.

"Yes I can actually, I'm your commander. Lance, let Pidge know to get a certain machine ready." Daniel said. Lance smiled and walked away.

"Ok Dan man." Lance chuckled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" James asked.

"Everyone has had it with your arrogant attitude. You keep trying to take control of a situation you know nothing about; you're failing all your courses, and you seem to walk around like you run the place. If you were ever to take over, it wouldn't be a democracy, it's be a dictatorship. And that's no way to run Voltron." Daniel said.

"You're the freak that got infected with Haggarium and you're part Druel, if anything you should be kicked off. I would bring Voltron into a new age!" James shouted.

"You would use it for your own personal gain. I gave you a chance to fly Black and you failed, you had no clue what to do, when the first time I flew a lion, which was Yellow, granted I didn't know the weapons, but I at least knew how to operate the machine." Daniel said sternly.

"You can't do this to me! Do you know who I am?" James shouted.

"Guess what James, I can and I am. Once we get back to Arus your things will be packed and your memory will be erased and you'll be sent back to earth before you awaken. And I don't care how much money your parents throw our way, you're not allowed back." Daniel said sternly. Darok stepped up next to his cousin.

"Guards, take this foul mouthed hooligan to the cells." Darok said. The guards drug him away as he began to yell.

"I apologize for that cadet; he's been a problem since day one." Daniel said to his cousin. Darok smiled at him.

"No need to apologize. Now, in an hour you'll be introduced to the planet Corscon as the young Duke, son of Damien and Leona." Darok chuckled.

"Compared to battle, that's easy." Daniel chuckled.

2 hours later

Daniel was both sad and glad to be heading back to Arus with his friends, girlfriend and the cadets. James was currently unconscious and with Larmina, still tied up and they were only twenty minutes from Arus. Daniel hadn't expected this, he only knew a few people that hadn't been welcomed into the Voltron Force, more namely former and deceased Sky Marshall Wade. But he never thought that after a few months he'd make the hard decision of getting rid of a cadet because of his egotistical, dictatorial ambition. Upon landing on Arus they quickly took James back to the memory room, as it was justly called. They only used it once, and that was on an enemy spy one year ago. Just as the neared the door James woke up, his eyes filled with confusion, then anger, then absolute hate. Luckily, Larmina had gagged him so he couldn't try to bite them or even yell at them. He started to thrash around wildly. Pidge had the machine ready to go, but now the difficult part was getting James to sit in the chair. It took all five members plus the four cadets to place him in the chair so the restraints could activate. Once he was restrained the helmet lowered and Pidge began to press button, making lights flash.

"I'm erasing up to the day before he got notified, that way he'll never know." Pidge said. James growled under the helmet and through the gag. Pidge pulled the lever and the other cadets looked away. As much grief and trouble James had caused them, they didn't want to see what he would have to go through, they imagined it was painful, and by the sound of his muffled screams of pain, they were right. Once the machine stopped they saw James was once again unconscious. The restraints popped off and Larmina removed the gag. With the voltcom off, the royal attendant quickly whisked James away to change him into his normal clothing and soon enough Daniel was hauling him onto Black lion, Larmina going into the ship as well.

"We'll be back as soon as we can. When he wakes up he won't remember any of this and he won't even know he was accepted and then kicked out." Daniel said before taking off.

"I really hope his parents understand." Larmina sighed.

"So do I, but then again, kids learn from their parents." Daniel said.

"Joy." Larmina said sarcastically. When they finally reached Earth and found James's home, carrying him carefully up, Daniel knocked on the door. A butler answered.

"Yes?" he said snobbishly.

"Yes, I'm Commander Daniel of the Voltron Force and we'd like to talk to Mister Matthew." Daniel said. The butler looked around Daniel to see James unconscious.

"What happened?" The butler asked in a cold tone.

"I'd prefer to discuss that with Mister Matthew." Daniel repeated.

"Very well, the madam and master will be here soon, come in." The butler sighed as he led them to the massive living room. Daniel and Larmina sat on the love seat, James was propped in the chair, still unconscious, and then the butler left.

"What died and crawled up his ass?" Larmina whispered quietly.

"Good question. Let's not ask." Daniel whispered back, snickering.

"Introducing Master Matthew and his wife, Mistress Matthew." The butler said as they walked in, making Daniel and Larmina stand in respect, even though Larmina could see how snobby they were.

"Oh, do sit." Misses Matthew said snobbishly. Both Larmina and Daniel sat, and then the parents noticed their son's condition.

"What is wrong with our boy? Why is he not in his cadet uniform? He is a member of you establishment." Mister Matthew said.

"Your son is unconscious; he'll be fine in about an hour. Now, please, let me explain everything before you jump to conclusions." Daniel said. The parents looked at him, their eyes sharp and steely, yet arrogant and cocky.

"Your son has been, in essence, exiled from the Voltron Force." Daniel said.

"What is the meaning of this? Our son is the perfect soldier and you just turn him away! He was born to take your position and lead them into the next generation, where only the privileged and beautiful people can be on such a prestigious Force." The mother shouted angrily.

"The Voltron Force is not for appearances sake, or representing a major company, it's the protector of the universe, not some gimmick." Larmina said calmly, though she wanted to scream, she had to keep her poise. Damn royal heritage, now Daniel understands. Larmina thought angrily.

"Then why are there action figures, posters, cards, stuffed toys, and other merchandise?" Mister Matthew asked arrogantly.

"We never asked for any of that, and do you honestly think it goes into our pockets? It goes into repairs, care, upgrades, and charity to other, less fortunate planets." Daniel said.

"Whatever the case may be, we demand that our son be taken back to Arus immediately!" both parents shouted and snapped their fingers.

"Excuse me, but on all planets, I hold a hierarchy, being the Duchess of Arus. And Commander Daniel is a knight of Arus and recently discovered that he's the son of the Duke of Corscon, hence making him a Duke as well." Larmina pointed out.

"Not the point!" both parents yelled.

"Actually, yes it is. We could have you arrested for buying your son into the Voltron Force." Daniel said. Larmina looked at him confused as the parents looked in shock and anger.

"How did you find that out?" Misses Matthew hissed.

"Pidge, ex Green lion and head of castle defense and technology, did a little digging and found that you paid off all his teachers to pass him and paid off the test graders. He real grades showed that he could hardly pass the seventh grade, so why would I want someone incompetent on the Voltron Force. It's not just looks and prestige, we stick our necks out for the whole galaxy and I can't afford to have someone who lacks battle knowledge and strategy, not to mention team work, on a team based on dynamics and communication, when all he was interested in talking about was his wealth, his ego, my girlfriend, and taking over to create a dictatorship." Daniel said calmly. Mister Matthew took out his checkbook, scribbled a number down.

"Fine, six million to take back our son." He said.

"No." Daniel said sternly, going into his commanding role that Larmina loved.

"Fine, ten million." Mister Matthew said. Larmina was completely stunned at the audacity of this man.

"No." Daniel said again, making Larmina smile, hoping that Mister Matthew would get it this time.

"Two billion." Mister Matthew said. Larmina tried very hard not to roll her eyes or punch this guy. What a prick, Larmina thought.

"What makes you think you can buy me off? I studied under Lance and Keith while I was ill. I learned battle tactics on my own. I went through daily injections all because I knew that if I tried hard enough I would lead Voltron, and because I had the belief and trust in my teammates. James doesn't have that, the other three cadets don't even like to be associated with him. He's rude and disrespectful to everyone he meets. No one trusts him or even wants to listen to him, because he goes about things as Lotor did, take everything, even if it means losing your comrades. I may have been infected with Haggarium, and I may be a quarter Druel because of the Corcian lineage and history, but your son acted more like the psycho tyrant Lotor than I ever did, and he never touched or was highly exposed to Haggarium." Daniel growled before turning on his heel and walking away. Larmina followed, smiling and trying to retain her laughter at the expression on the Matthew's faces.

"He'll tell us everything he knows!" Mister Matthew yelled. Daniel and Larmina chuckled before exiting. Just as they left James awoke, only hearing the roar of the jets before all faded to quiet.

"Mom? Dad? Why am I down here and not in my room?" James asked.

"You were brought back by that lowly Commander Daniel and the snot Duchess Larmina." Misses Matthew hissed. James quirked an eyebrow.

"What are you talking about? I never got accepted, Tony, Serenity and Milani got accepted, but I didn't. I guess they didn't take the bribe." James said nonchalantly. His parents looked at him oddly.

"Son, quit kidding around. Tell us what happened while on Arus." His mother pleaded.

"Mom, I never went to Arus. I never got accepted. Oh well, guess I'll just take over the company when the time comes. Who wants to be a part of those lame-brain heroes?" James said arrogantly as he walked off to his room. The moment he was gone Misses Matthew looked at her husband, who seemed to have a knowing look.

"They erased his memory, and since he was under their guardianship, we can't do anything about it." Mister Matthew said.

"It's probably for the best." Misses Matthew sighed.

Daniel and Larmina let out a sigh of relief when they didn't get a call from anyone on their tail.

"I still can't believe they paid off his instructors. What a slimy bunch of people." Larmina said disgust clearly in her voice.

"I know." Daniel chuckled.

"And we're royalty and we never acted like that." Larmina snickered.

"Well, I didn't find out till recently." Daniel pointed out.

"I know, but still, I never acted like that unless I was having a bad day." Larmina giggled.

"True." Daniel chuckled. They continued talking till they arrived back on Arus.

"Hey, they're back." Vince chuckled. After landing in Black's hanger they met up with the others.

"So, how did his parents take it?" Allura asked.

"They tried paying us to take him back and all this other nonsense about making it so only the privileged and beautiful can be a part of the Force and stuff like that." Larmina scoffed.

"They sound like a bunch of rude people." Allura said as her sleeping son began to open his eyes. Arlone flailed his arms towards Larmina.

"Larmina, you cousin wants you to hold him." Allura sang. Larmina rolled her eyes but took the wiggling baby boy.

"Demanding child aren't you?" Larmina asked as she rubbed noses with her cousin, who giggled in return. Daniel would never say this aloud, even though everyone was thinking it, but Larmina was good with kids, considering that years ago no one would believe it. Arlone then looked to his father, smiled and began to wiggle again.

"Keith…" Larmina chuckled. Keith smiled and took his son, who was finally content enough to hold still for a little while. After they explained the whole story to the other members, and Daniel's family, who happened to call shortly after they arrived home, Daniel and Larmina went off to the rec room.

"I want one someday." Larmina sighed to herself.

"One what?" Daniel asked.

"I was about to ask that." Vince chuckled behind them. Larmina rolled her eyes as Daniel laughed at his friend.

"Dude, stop reading my mind to find me." Daniel laughed.

"Sorry, it's easier, and sorry for cutting in." Vince laughed as he walked with his friends.

"No worries." Larmina said.

"So what do you want again?" Both Daniel and Vince asked.

"A baby. Not any time soon, but eventually." Larmina said casually. Daniel couldn't stop his mind from wandering, and Vince saw every thought but luckily kept his mouth shut as Larmina walked off.

"I saw that." Vince chuckled.

"I know." Daniel laughed lightly.

"Something tells me she brought that up on purpose." Vince said.

"You know, it wouldn't surprise me." Daniel laughed as they ran to catch up to Larmina.


And now the mystery of James has been discovered. Hope you all liked this chapter. The next chapter is both important, and contains the lemon. I'll get it posted when I can. R&R.