Chapter twenty two:

Two months later…..

"We should tell them." Near says as he and Matt are sitting in the living room of Near's place.

"If you are sure that you are ready." Matt says. "I'm sure even Mello would be telling you that it can wait longer if you don't think that you are ready."

Near takes a slightly deep breath and shakes his head. "We can do it." He says confidently. "I am certain about this."

"Alright." Matt closes his eyes gently. "We'll do this." He stands opening his eyes half way.

"Yes. They need to know." Near stands and the two turn heading out of the house to go to begin a meeting. "Please gather!"

The word spreads like wildfire and people rush over to gather to hear what the two have to say.

Once it looks like everyone has gathered Near takes a step forward.

"PEOPLE OF THE REBELLION!" Near begins as he raises his voice to make sure everyone can hear him as he speaks. "I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS TO BE SOMEONE TO TAKE THE THRONE SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME AFTER I KILL LIGHT!"

There are a few mummers but they are quickly quieted so Near may continue.

"AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE AT LEAST ONE HEIR!" Near announces. "AND SO WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT SO AN HEIR WILL BE PRESENT BEFORE THE RAID! THOUGH THE HEIR WILL BE ONLY ABOUT A MONTH OLD AT THE TIME... HOWEVER! I HAVE SPOKEN TO A WISE SPIRIT AND SHE HAS ASSURED ME THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON WHO CAN TAKE CHARGE UNTIL THE HEIR CAN TAKE OVER! AND THIS PERSON IS ALREADY IN THE CASTLE SO I HAVE HIGH BELIEF THAT IT IS ONE OF OUR COMRADES THAT WAS CAPTURED... THOUGH..." He slightly glances down but quickly raises his head again. "I AM SURE YOU ARE WONDERING HOW AN HEIR WILL BE MADE! WELL THANKS TO A LITTLE MAGIC WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT SO I WILL BARE A CHILD. ONE OF WHICH WAS MADE AFTER A SECRET LITTLE THING TO LET MELLO LIVE AGAIN USING ANOTHER'S BODY BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME!" He pauses to see if anyone freaks out but no one does.

"It's ok Near." One of the women in the crowd says gently. "We had a feeling it would happen like this. To us who walked into potion shops enough have seen the potion to allow males to become pregnant. We understand."

The people cheer causing Near to smile happily almost in tears and he swears he can feel Mello's spirit glowing with pride mixed with happiness.

"Thank you dear comrades."

The meeting ended not long after and Matt turns to Near as the others go to do what they were doing.

"So. Who is this person that can rule the kingdom until the heir is able to?" Matt asks curiously.

"I don't know as of this moment. I was told that I would know who it is though." Near says turning to Matt. "Are you perhaps jealous?"

Matt grins and shakes his head. "Nope. The Rebellion is one thing. An entire kingdom is another." He says with the shake of the head only for the 'nope' and as he finishes the rest he rubs the back of his head with his eyes softly closed. "So it's ok." He opens his eyes half way and look into Near's eyes. "I'm not even cut out for ruling an entire kingdom after all."

Near blinks then smiles. "I believe you." He says and that is the honest truth as he can tell that Matt is not lying about not jealous.

Over the past three months everyone has been training hard and Near has been doing his best even while being pregnant.

Things have been getting a bit exciting and nerve wracking with the attack happening in only two months.

Tension high in the air from the fact that such a huge event is going to happen so soon.

Near and Matt have also done some extensive planning to make sure that everything is solid, when they are not training or working with the others. Though Near has also made sure to go to his appointments to ensure it is all going good.

Near's P.O.V

In truth I am nervous about the baby coming. I'm mostly nervous about whether the whole thing we did actually worked and that the baby is actually Mellos.

I do truly hope that it is his.

One month later….

It's close to the time I am to be due. So as a result one of healers has been staying with me just in case.

I am currently sitting on the couch going over everything in my head about the plans that will be used in just a month.

It was then I feel a sharp pain.

I groan softly and it attracts the attention of the healer who was also in the living room.

"Right on time." She says seeming to sense what's wrong with me. She moves over to me and crouches by me then places a gentle hand on my stomach. She nods removing her hand before getting up. "We'll need some towels." She heads off as another sharp pain goes through me.

"Please hurry Lula. And please let this be over soon." I softly plead.

Soon I am being laid on the ground on the towels as the pain is getting worse and staying for longer.

"I'll have to perform a special procedure." Lula tells me as she sits next to me.

I nod an ok and she gets some stuff from her bag. I am glad that before joining us she had been raised in a family of doctors.

She joined us after she had been chased out by her parents who found out that she had a few medical powers even though they were against powers especially when used in their line of work. She places a softly glowing hand on my stomach for a moment or two then stops her hand from glowing. "There. Now the c section won't hurt as much." She says.

I feel glad that one of her medical powers is that she can take a certain amount of pain away in certain areas.

She begins the procedure and I turn my head away not wanting to watch this happen.

My eyes close a little tightly as I can still feel the pain of it being my time but I'm just really glad I don't have the pain of what Lula is doing on top of it. I just grip the towel my hands are resting on and hope that it's over soon since I'm holding back from screaming.

Lula's spell helping with that.

It took a while and a few sounds of pain manage to escape before everything is done.

"You did good." Lula says and I sigh in relief that it is all over.

I open my eyes and I feel tired now… really utterly exhausted.

But I have to see.

"Let me clean off the blood." Lula says and I let my eyes flutter shut as I feel so much better now that it is all over.

After what feels like only a few moments to me I can hear Lula coming back over to me making me open my eyes.

"Here you are." Lula says and I turn my head as she kneels next to me.

I slightly nervously take a look to what she holds in her arms.

AN:

Sorry about the time skipping. I just don't want to bore anyone.

Anyway! I hope that you are enjoying this story so far!

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Mello.