So here it is... The long awaited sequel to "Between Blood: What Am I?" I don't own halo, but those reading will probably know what's mine. I'm in the process of writing down the Elite's native language (yeah, I'm making it) and will most likly use some words from it, but i'll always say what it is at least once. I also wanted everyone to know that pen-name Bow Chika Bow Wow, my friend both online and in reality, has bugged me to no end. Thank him, or else it would be ATLEAST another month before this was posted. I've rewritten this chapter over a hundred times. Literally, and I wrote the first on the day I posted the last chapter. Still a Johnxoc, and without anymore of my constant blathering, I give you the first chapter of "Between Blood II: Who Am I?" .

I Am An Elite In Human Skin

The strangely cool wind ran over Star like drops of water as she rested in the shade of the strange metallic yellow tree that seemed to touch the sky in front of the covenant house of Acaadna.

The sun, twice as bright as earth's sun, gleamed off tall soft blades of silver-white grass that made a mattress for Star as she reclined using her arm's as a pillow. She was listening to Shasic and Acaadna spar with wooden staffs, and couldn't help but feel her eyelids drop as the rhythmic clatter of wood on wood played a soft lullaby to her.

She'd been living on the elite home planet for approximately 84 days. She did the math in her head as she shut her eyes. 84 days meant 12 weeks, 12 weeks meant that she'd been living on the home world of her new family for three months...

It was three months of rest... but she'd spent nine months aboard the covenant ships after she'd left the humans... had it really been a year without human contact?

Star sighed and smiled as she heard Shasic fall to his knees from one of Acaadna's strikes. It was sure to be Shasic, because it had been deemed impossible for either star or any of her friends the force him to the ground.

But that was a piece of the lullaby that the wood played for her.

Clack clack, Clatter clack, click clack, smack.

Clatter Click, Click clack, clack clack, smack.

Finally, Star felt the heat of the sun and the tiresome of a morning's sparing set in as she fell into sleep. A sleep that was always dreamless... Or at least it had been ever since she'd used the weapon to destroy to flood.

An alien hand on her shoulder made Star start, sitting up instantly and blinking sleep from her eyes to see Shasic had plopped down next to her.

She blinked again... It was dark out, an eternity of bright stars cast out before her, as the bright sun shone it's light against the two blue moons of her new home planet.

"Yappity should be back with some drinks soon." Shasic stated and Star smiled as she leaned her shoulder on Shasic, who didn't seem bothered at all.

Of course, Star reminded herself with a silent laugh, he'd already proclaimed his undying love to her a year ago, so of course HE wasn't complaining... Still, it was nice to have the comfort of the tall elite when there was such little comfort to be found.

"You must've worked hard this morning to tire you enough to sleep so long, little one." Acaadna said as he neared them and sat down on Star's other side. "I wish we could've seen."

"You're just busy, that's all." Megan spoke in Elite as she yawned again. She had worked hard helping Feriik tend the garden and had, had to rise long before sun-up to pick the Leekra pods before they were incased once more in the spiny bulbs of the tall ghostly plants. Even the garden would've warranted sleep, but after sparing with the new recruits to the army Star had barely been able to drag herself home and into the shade of the Katrii tree.

"II'MBACKI'MBACKI'MBACK!" Yappity sang as he ran back down the hill and the tall pale form of the priestess Feriik followed him. She was dressed in clothes like Megan had worn her first days of being a covenant, even before her name had changed.

Feriik held a tray with three cups of Leekra in it, one for Shasic, one for Acaadna, and one for Star. Even as she sipped it she felt how hungry she'd become in her slumber.

They sat in silence for a few moment's before Shasic asked after a moment's thought, "Do you miss the humans?"

Star smiled, in the year she'd finally bridged the gap of being human in the minds of her fellows. They used to look at her and see a human they had to be gentle with in sparing. But now? Now they saw a worthy opponent that was another more then an Elite with a different appearance.

Indeed, even her thoughts came with the rationality and quickness of an Elite.

"Why would I?" Star asked before taking another sip of the Leekra juice. It's sweet taste and milk like texture washing over her tongue, she couldn't think of anything better tasting then thsi sweeet nectar she now drank.

A more then a year ago, Star had, had no idea what she was. A Human, or an Elite.

"What am I?" She'd ask herself, and now, under her breath, she answered herself.

"I am an Elite in human skin."

"Naakan!" said a child elite as he ran over the hill and Star looked up in time to see that he was leading four others.

Shasic laughed at the nickname, which meant elder sister.

"What little ones?" Star asked with a smile and they said it almost in unison, "There's a weird ship in the clearing we play in!"

They all smiled, and, after deciding it was too late to humor them she answered simply, "I'll check on it in the dead of night with Shasic."

"But Star-"

"No buts, unless they're at hem in bed." Star said with stern look and the young elites hung their heads and walked back over the hill muttering to each other.

"Bed does sound nice." Star said after a moment and she stood, stretched and said goodnight before retreating to the fairly large, fairly crowded house and found her quarters. She lay her new armor out for the next day and crawled into her hammock with a frustrated sigh before blowing out her candle and falling into sleep.

There was shouts, screams, explosions...someone was shouting her name...someone was shouting orders in a language she'd almost forgotten. Suddenly Star's eyes snapped open and she tried to blink the dream away, only to find that she had not finally managed to dream...

The house was on fire, flames leaping under her orange hot door, and in a burst the door was gone from what looked like a rocket, Star stood and stared horrified at the figures behind the door.

And they stared back through their orange-gold face plates.

Dei Kaynl Je Kinf Deera Jeer Mosink - Arbiter Kyu Mali

The Peace shattered as if it was glass. - The First Arbiter

Yes, I'm gonna write a quote (that I make) That are suposed to be things spoken by Arbiters, religous leaders, stuff like that. And by the way, Review. Please. It makes me type faster.