I don't own Breath of Fire III

Chapter One

Rei's POV

We looked over the desert, all relieved that we finally defeated Myria. Now the only thing on our mind was that what were we gonna do now. Half our party was now gone. Were we going to be safe? Well, I was pretty sure we were. After all, we just defeated the goddess.

We all camped out before we set out on the longest journey back. We had found out that the teleporters were destroyed all with the destruction of Myria. So we had to do it the hard way, some how.

It was so quiet around the camp fire. We all stared into the flame. Nina tried to make a conversation, and the only one who seemed to pay attention was Ryu. But that was Nina, always being optimistic. I looked across the fire, at Momo. She didn't notice me staring at her; she also stared into the fire. She looked beautiful, but I could never tell her. I would be so embarrassed if she knew what was on my mind.

After a little while, she seems flustered and looked up, and saw me. I quickly turned away, but I could still feel her eyes on me.

"Well," I got up to stretch." I'm gonna hit the sack, it's getting late."

Nina seemed upset. "But I was just getting to the best part of the story."

"Uh, I'm sure I won't miss much." I looked at her and walked into the tent. Momo was no longer staring at me.

I pulled out a sleeping bag underneath the table with that blue book. I remember Nina exclaiming she had no idea why that book was there, she wanted to know what was in it. Nina would say that, after all she's Nina.

I set out the sleeping bag in my usual corner, laid down and face the corner. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

I remember waking up to noises outside. I turned over and noticed everyone else was sleeping and the light was off. I got up to check the noises. I walked out and noticed it was Momo. She was crying.

"Momo…" I said

She shrieked in surprise and to her reflexes, pointed her gun at me.

"Whoa!" I held my hands in front of my face. "It's only me, Rei"

She slowly set down her gun. "What are you doing out here?" She asked me.

"I should ask you the same." I told her

She stared at the ground. "Just thinking."

I settled myself on the ground beside the rock she was sitting atop on.

"About what?"

"About….everything. About what's going to happen to me after I get home. There's no point in making bigger machines. They could destroy human kind. I can't work at the plant; I don't want to make anymore mutants. I don't have a purpose in life. I don't know what I'm going to do." She said

I thought for a second. "You're only 21; you have your whole life ahead. You can't automatically assume that you know what you're going to do with your life now. And if you still can't figure out what you want to do, maybe you should settle down. Ya know, have a family."

She looked at me like I was crazy." Settle down? A family? Rei, look at me."

So I did, I took a real good look at her. She had on a long white semi-shear night gown. With her hair out of the braids, and some part of it was hanging in front of her eyes. She looked incredibly sexy.

"Yeah?" I questioned her.

"I'm not what you say pretty, I could never get a guy to like me. Let alone the one like."

So she likes someone. "Who?"

She gave me a questioning look. "Who? Who what?"

"Who do you like?"

She stared back at the ground. "I can't tell you."

"Why not, I won't tell no one."

She laughed. "No, it doesn't work that way."

"Is it someone back at home?" I asked her

She paused for a second. "You could say that if you want."

"But is it true?"

"Maybe….maybe not." She had a sly smirk on her face.

"You women are so complicating."

"Complicating? No, it's quite the reverse."

"It's quite the reverse." I said in a mimicking voice." Can't you speak normal? It's the new age."

She gave me a mean look..

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." I apologized

She looked shocked. "Oh my god, you actually apologized to me."

I did, didn't I? "Well…so?"

"You never say sorry to me."

"Well get used to it. It's a new Rei, along with the new world."

She laughed. "Oh okay, well, I'm tired. So I'm gonna go back to bed."

"Okay, I think I'm gonna stay out here for a little longer."

She started to get up, but paused. "No, I think I'm gonna change my mind. I'll stay out here with you."

I shrugged my shoulders. "Whatever smokes your sausage."

Lufia here signing out, longer fic later.