ELFEN TALES:

'LOST'

Hot. Sweaty. Thirsty. All adjectives that Demain hated to be, but when you live in the desert, what more can you expect? She pushed her tired, sore legs to walk faster.

"Oi, Ren," She groaned "When do you think we'll make it there?"

Normally, Ren had all the energy in the world but even this journey was too much for him. Curious about their current location, he pulled out the map Granites had given him from his sac. His round violet eyes skimmed the paper for a good three minutes, which was much too long for Demain to take.

"So, how long?"

Ren reluctantly looked up from the map. The truth: they were lost. What he was going to tell Demain:

"We're near by Rupes, so just hang tight, we're almost to the port."

He flashed her his brightest smile, trying to be as believable as possible. Demain caught on to lies very quickly and when she did, the scene was never a pleasant one but it wasn't as if telling her that he didn't really know where they were was anymore pleasant.

"Are you sure," She pressed "Cause if I'm not mistaken, we passed the scorpion mark a good 3 hours ago., which is right outside Rupes. So…"

She stopped and dropped to the ground, rolling around in the sand. Ren tried his hardest not to roll his eyes.

Here she goes again. Drama queen.

"Ren, I know what you must be thinking" she whimpered, regaining her posture "but, I'm hot. And I'm thirsty and I need a bath really badly. So if we don't get to Tir Chonaill soon, I'll personally carry out your execution. Now please, tell me. Where. Are. We.?"

Ren sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his sandy blond hair.

"Well, that's the thing. I don't know where…we…" Ren slowed to a stop, his heart jumping at the expression on her face. She looked like she was ready to cry. Now, for Ren seeing a woman cry was just unbearable, no matter for what reason but seeing Demain cry. That was on a different level. To him, Demain wasn't just any woman, she was…she was….

"Hey, hey. Wait, please don't cry! I mean. It's almost…" he fumbled through his pockets, looking for the watch he was given along with the map.

"16: 40," he smiled "Soon, the sun will be setting and Eweca will rise. So then you won't be so hot."

Demain's face brightened but then fell again.

"Ren," she whispered "we live in a desert," She took a few steps towards her companion, closing all the space between them.

"I'm sure I don't have to remind you how friggin cold it is as night!" her dainty fingers wrapped around his neck proceeding to strangle him. Ren's cries for help and Demain's grunts of displeasure completely left them oblivious to the footsteps approaching them from behind.

"Wow, and I thought elves were come cool people. 'Guess I was wrong."

Demain immediately dropped Ren and turned to meet the face of stranger.

"and just who the hell are you?"

The man smiled, taking Demain back a little bit. Ignoring her question, he walking over to Ren, offering him his hand.

"Poor, kid," He shook his head "that woman must be terrorizing you."

Demain was too focus on trying to figure out who this mystery guy was. No doubt he was a foreigner. He had lightly tanned skin, with paper white hair-which mostly was hidden under an elfen turban. He didn't have any elfen features, so automatically she crossed any chance that he might be an elf in her mind, and he sure as hell wasn't a giant. So, that left her with only one race left. She grinned.

"You're a human, right?"

He looked back at her, his eyes cold as ice.

"No, I'm a Giant." He turned away from her and continued to help Ren to his feet.

Oh, aha ha. Very f**king funny.

She swallowed the urge to shoot an arrow up his ass, and continued speaking.

"Listen, we need to deliver a message to Chief Duncan of Tir Chonaill. Now, I really don't mean to impose on you but-"

"Save it. Do you know how long it took to get here, even with mana tunnels? No way in hell am I going back just so you can deliver some stupid message."

She was completely ready to curse him out, when Ren stepped in. "Listen," he growled, surprising both the stranger and Demain "I do appreciate you helping me, But loose the attitude. I will not accept anyone being rude to Demain. Got It?"

The stranger scoffed and looked at Ren as if he was an idiot. "That thing over there, was just choking the crap out of you and you're taking her side." Unexpectidally, he grinned "wow, buddy. She's got you whipped. I don't see why a man would ever let himself fall so low. She must be amazing in bed."

Demain's face flushed as red as her hair. In her whole entire life (which only consisted of 14 years) she's never met a man so rude and arrogant. It just made her so mad, that she didn't even know what to do with herself. She could attack him, but surely she'd receive punishment from Castanea. That woman was always on her back for every little thing.

"Now, you watch your damn mouth! I don't know who you think you are, but you don't know me and you sure as hell don't know Ren. We will kick your sorry human ass."

Ren whipped his head around to Demain. Just what did she mean by 'we'? the stranger stared at both Ren and Demain. It seemed like he was really take on their challenge, but then a pained expression popped on to his face. He scoffed again, then turned in the opposite direction; walking away.

"Whatever. Like I'd way my time on someone was weak as the two of-"

He fell to the ground. No warning, no nothing. Ren stayed put while she hurried over to him, sure he was an ass to her but as someone who studied medicine back in Filia, she couldn't leave a person to suffer.

She turned him on his back, her eyes scanning until she could find some kind of sign as to why he'd fainted. Soon, her eye caught on to a patch of his jacket being with blood seeping through. Without a moment's hesitation, she ripped open his jacket. Her eyes almost popped out their sockets at the sight before her.

"Ren, c'mon, I know you're mad, but please. He needs our help. He's wounded. Really, badly wounded."

Despite himself, Ren ran over to her. Inspecting the wound as well. He sighed and placed his hand on Demain's shoulder.

"he's too badly wounded for us to help him."

"I'm refuse to let him die. We're going to have to return to Filia."

Ren sighed and nodded. There was no use in arguing with her. Once Demain decided she was going to do something, she was going to do it and no one could stop her from doing it.

'Great" he thought "just great."

Alright guys, there's Elfen tales. When I came out with Ever Lasting Fantasy I thought it was unfair that my elf didn't have a story, but I was unsure whether to make one or not, then I realized that is I made an acronym out of Ever lasting Fantasy it spells : ELF :D. So, I took that as my sign. Now, i don't expect it to be as good as Ever Lasting Fantasy, but I do hope it turns out fair :D. Well Guys, until the next chapter :D

-Kyu~Kyu-