She's That Knight Known As Zero

Rino"s face turned red upon hearing Theo"s comment before he went ahead and hit him in the head just like Hideyos.h.i.+. He then looked at Azusa sharply, "Can you say everything clearly?"

Karen hearing them and seeing Rino"s face, couldn"t help but blush. She was just asking if Azusa was pregnant, how did it suddenly becoming her being the pregnant one instead? He looked up at Rino, when their eyes met, both averted their eyes instantly.

This is a bit awkward.

"Come on Azusa what"s going on?" Karen finally shook Azusa who was still in a bit of shock.

Returning from her shock, Azusa finally explained, "That"s not it everyone. What I"m saying is, the queen!! Queen Haruka is pregnant!! Why didn"t you tell us?"

Another moment of silence before a sudden eruption of cheers that were both of shock and happiness.

Rino and Nana suddenly realized that they haven"t said anything to their friends at all. They actually forgot to inform them.

The guys dismissed the knights after explaining everything and giving them tasks. Obviously this news would be known by the whole kingdom in the shortest span of time.

Akihiro and Haruka was even shocked upon receiving gifts after gifts. They could only shake their head upon hearing that the news came from Azusa and that a misunderstanding was even created.

This was fine to them, they are no longer hiding the baby anyway. Another celebratory atmosphere engulfed the whole kingdom. The first baby after the war, of course people have wondered when did they found out since the queen even fought against Juzo. They were shock that she didn"t have any miscarriage at all.

Soon it was also explained and the whole kingdom congratulated the royal family for this.

Meanwhile, the group of friends was by the lake once again.

"That truly shocked us, we thought you were the pregnant one," Feena exclaimed as they look at Azusa who was as red as a tomato.

"Geez it"s because I was not yet finish speaking and everyone already speculated so many things. We aren"t even-"

Azusa turned redder, she almost said "married". Gosh just what was she thinking. She shook her head but somehow the other girls understood what she was thinking.

"You"re thinking about "that" weren"t you?" Karen teased as she poke her.

"S- Stop that will you," Azusa tried to escape from Karen.

Soon the guys arrived with the drinks and food, they"ve decided to have a picnic for their lunch. With their favorite drinks, coffee and tea.

"So the queen was pregnant, such a joyous time," Satsuki said after they have settled down.

"Yes, it was found out the day after we met Azuma and the others. Eureka was fl.u.s.tered," Nana started explaining.

When she and Rino looked back to that day, Eureka looked like she was in control. But her continues chatter back then was uncharacteristic. She may have looked like she was in control but in reality she was fl.u.s.tered.

She must have been excited as well, other than being scared and nervous for its safety, she must have been antic.i.p.ating the day this baby was born.

"And have your parents thought up of a name?" Natsuki asked.

"Eureka did, she said that no matter if it was a boy or a girl, she wanted the baby to have the name, "Hikari". She wanted her or him to be the new light for our world."

They all thought of one thing upon hearing the name, it is a beautiful name.

It was the afternoon already and so the sun was no longer the glaring one but it gives you a warm feeling, the wind was neither cold nor hot either. The weather was just enough, soon all of them were either lying down on the gra.s.s or sitting and leaning by the tree.

They were quiet, but not because they have no more things to talk about instead it was because the atmosphere was more than enough. It calms and relaxes them. Each have their own thoughts in  mind.

They were no longer as depressed as a few days ago, they have finally accepted the fact that Eureka was truly a selfish person and that they could only wait. The day she returns they would surely hit her as hard as they can.

From time to time the other ten were thinking of the same thing, is Raven really alright? After they saw him cry when Yukimura hugged him back on the day of the war, he neither smile nor get sad. He would react like normal but the smile he would give never reached his eyes.

At the same time they never saw him cry again or even be sad. He just busied himself with duties and obligations. Of course they wanted to ask and comfort him. But that wouldn"t help him either. So they could only watch out for him.

Just as all of them decided to look after the royal family, these ten decided to look after Raven while she was gone.

"So you have decided to just wait?" Rino and Raven were the only ones currently leaning on one side of the tree.

That is why Rino took this chance to finally have a talk with Raven. Akihiro asked him to do so, he was worried of what may happen to this guy. But he himself was so busy that he didn"t have the time to speak with Raven.

He was worried for this is the man Eureka have chosen, if something was to happen to him then surely once Eureka returns she would be distressed.

Hearing Rino"s question, Raven could only sigh, "I understand that all of you are worried about me. But I am not that weak of a person."

He then drink from his cup before continuing, "I can wait and at the same I can"t. She had already left a note to me. If ever I find someone else then I would definitely not feel guilty towards her. I"ll move forward and be happy. That is if I find someone other than her."

Rino chuckled upon hearing his last sentence, isn"t he saying in the end that he would just keep on waiting for her?

Would there be any other girl that could replace Eureka? Maybe there is, but that person would surely be from a different world as well. He took a side glance at Raven and he knows that Raven was saying the truth when he said that he is fine.

His handsome face was still the same, as flawless as ever. Surely this shows that he sleeps quite well. There are no bags under his eyes and his complexion was still as fair as ever. In short he was way better than what all of them think of him. His weight still stayed the same, he didn"t become thinner at all.

Raven noticed his look and he too chuckled, "If I didn"t know better, I would think that you have fallen in love with me with the way you look right now."

Rino laughed this time, "Nah, I"m just thinking how my sister fell in love with you."

One corner of Raven"s lips lifted upon hearing his sentence but he didn"t comment.

He looks better indeed but Rino knew better, somehow Raven got Eureka"s quirk. Currently what he was drinking is milk. Not coffee or tea but milk. And Eureka drinks this same thing whenever she was having some trouble or when she feels down.

"Just remember that we are all here. Spar with any of us if you want to release some steam," Rino finally said before their surrounding returned to its silence.

Of course the others were aware of their talk but they left it to Rino who somehow has the same wavelength as Eureka and Raven to talk to him. After hearing the end of their talk, all of them had a subtle smile on their lips. Enjoying the peace she had gifted them.

*****

In another place. Just as two people were exiting a room in an underground place.

"Why is the world still fine?" the man asked the woman who was with him.

"It"s because that person was considered dead. Not until they wake up, the world won"t find any abnormalities," the lady replied as she closed the door.

The room was filled with torches that never dies. And at the fore front was a big bed, in this bed lay a person. Her long white hair surrounded her body. Her shallow breathing, tells you that she was still alive.

Her face was pale and her lips were almost out of its color. Despite all this she still looked as beautiful as ever. Her eyes were closed seemingly in deep slumber. She looks peaceful in her sleep and if people won"t look closely at her, they would think that she was a dead person.

If one of those people were here, they would surely be shock, for the person lying peacefully in the bed and was considered dead by this world was actually none other than the person they were all waiting for, Eureka.