YAAAAYYY! REVIEWS! asdfghjkl thanks to xSnowflakesx and sOdAPopgrl133 for reviewing! Sorry it took a while, I was trying to write Chapter 9 of Into It 3, but even though I rewrote it twice over a time period of 2 days, it still turned out...derpy. Let's just hope that doesn't apply for this chapter as well, but I'm all psyched about this thing because when there was only a chapter up we got 7 follows and 6 favourites and 2 reviews! SQUEEAA!


.::Review replies::. (yeah, we gonna do this.)

xSnowflakesx: That's true, Glaive would be most likely to be the father. We didn't think that having an unknown father in the story would be so interesting. Actually, we only made Ara the mother because she was the only other member of the Elgang left that didn't have a part or something. But, dang, your brain works like a detective's. O.O mind=blown. and thanks!

sOdAPopgrl133: Um, not sure what you mean by 'nonsensical' but, thanks? We can be logical sounding...idk XD yeah, it's really boring when everyone's the same age =_= *nods* we're glad you enjoy it! we'll see about Jun's death... *creeps away*


Chapter 2

11 years later...

"Uncle Noel!" The blond boy cried, trying to keep up with the skipping man. "Slow down!"

"And this is the weapon shop – a dude named Horatio works here," Noel sang, playing a few out-of-tune chords on his ukulele. Chung and Eve finally caught up to Noel. "And I'm not your uncle, but you can still call me that anyway," Noel hummed.

"Stop…running so fast!" The silver haired girl panted. "Our…legs aren't…as long as…yours,"

"Yeah," Chung said, out of breath, "do you want us to get lost in the streets?"

"Alright, alright – just pay attention to where I'm going," Noel said, walking off to the small hut across the street. Chung and Eve quickly scrambled across the street, following Noel. "This," Noel said, gesturing to the small hut, "is where Lucy is for now. She's travels around Elrios a lot, if you want some sort of rare accessory, Lucy's the girl to go to," Noel then skipped off, down the street.

"Uncle Noel!" Chung whined, his legs giving out. "We've been chasing him around for hours, Eve, I'm tired!"

"Tell me about it," Eve groaned, massaging her knee joints. "I'm beat,"

"Are you two coming?" Noel called.

"Just give us a moment to catch our breath!" Chung said, somewhat irritated.

"I'll be hanging with Stuck-Up Mama's Boy~" Noel sang, already running off.

"Wait–" Chung called, but Noel was already gone in the sea of people. He groaned. He's only been out of the castle three times, including this time, and all three times were when his Uncle Noel had smuggled him out by putting him in a potato sack. It wasn't fun, everytime he ended up getting separated from Noel and helplessly lost.

"Who's 'Stuck-Up Mama's Boy'?" Eve whispered.

"I think he's referring to Rod Ross," Chung whispered back. Eve had a puzzled look on her face. "You know, that guy that just stands there, basking in his self-glory, but no one knows a thing about him (1)."

"Oh," Eve replied, trying to remember if she ever passed this Rod Ross guy. Before Eve had a chance to think, a familiar tune filled her ears. However, this tune was completely foreign to Chung. All the kids on the streets froze with a giddy look on their faces. They squealed and ran towards the approaching white vehicle, which the tune was emitting from. Eve looked excited, but Chung was just plain confused. Why were the children so excited to get over to a vehicle? If a soldier came up to them in a tank, they wouldn't be all giddy and excited to get the tank.

"What are they so excited for?" Chung asked. Eve suppressed her laughter.

"Right, I forgot," Eve murmured, cracking a smile. "This is only your third time out of the castle. You've never seen an ice cream truck (2),"

"An ice ka – what?"

"An ice cream truck, there's this person in the truck that gives us ice cream and apparently we have to pay," Eve explained as a man zipped past them.

"ICE CREAM TRUCK!" Noel squealed, running to the truck with open arms, but just as Noel reached the truck it started off in the other direction. Noel sprinted after the truck, completely forgetting about Chung and Eve.

Eve stifled a laugh. "Noel knows what it is –" Eve suddenly paled, realizing something. Chung realized the same thought. "Er…we can get around town by ourselves, right?"

"Sure, you've done tons of errands for your mother, you'd know your way around," Chung said, "right?"

"Yeah…but not this isn't Denka's shop," Eve murmured.

"We're screwed," Chung muttered.

"We should start trying to find our way back to the castle if we want to get to some sort of shelter by sundown," Eve said.

"But, why the castle, though?" Chung asked.

"Because it's huge and more noticeable than a common Hamel household," Eve retorted, crossing her arms. "Now, let's go, already,"

XXX

"Chung," Eve said. Chung gave his Destroyer a tug, pulling it forward.

"Y-yeah," He replied.

"Why do you keep dragging that huge cannon around everywhere you go?"

"Well," Chung said, pulling his Destroyer again. "My father hasn't been home much recently, and my mother has been rather disappointed. I lug this thing around, even though I don't really know how to use it (3), because I don't want to be another person to disappoint my mother,"

"Oh, that's sweet of you," Eve said. Chung's face was changing colours from all the effort he put in trying to move his Destroyer.

"Eve, do you mind helping me?" Eve walked behind the Destroyer and pushed it while Chung pulled. When they managed to move it, the Destroyer's metal scrapped against the concrete sidewalk, creating a weird screeching noise. Chung tugged on it again, but he bumped into someone on the sidewalk. Chung turned around and instantly apologized. "Sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going," Chung looked up and saw a man towering over him. He had long, dark hair tied into a pony-tail with a streak of red standing out in his black hair. Chung noticed that he wore a lot of black clothing. He was also aware of the fact that this man was equipped with many sharp weapons like a gauntlet (4).

The man's gold eyes had a cold and hateful look in them, it made Chung somewhat uncomfortable. For a moment he was actually convinced that the man was going to rip his head off, but then, his mood suddenly change. He smiled warmly at Chung (5).

"Hello, Chung," He said. "It's nice to finally meet you, but it's rather coincidental meeting you out here in town," The man extended his hand, the one that wasn't wearing a gauntlet.

"Oh, er, um, i-it's nice to meet you, sir," Chung stammered, hastily, shaking the man's hand. Chung could hear Eve suppressing her giggles. "Hey, you should meet my friend, here," Chung grabbed Eve by the shoulders and shoved her out from behind him. Eve was unsure of what to do. Chung nudged her arm.

"Uh…hi, I'm Chung's friend, Eve," Eve introduced, awkwardly.

"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you, sir?" Chung asked.

"Oh, yes. Yes, yes, we haven't met before so, naturally, you wouldn't know who I am," The man said. "I'm Raven, your uncle," Before Chung had time to process the words they went flying out of his mouth.

"I have an uncle?" Chung blurt, he shook his head rapidly. "Er…um…what I meant to say was; I was never told I had an uncle," Chung corrected himself, sheepishly.

"Well, Jun has been working a lot lately so, I assume he didn't tell you about me," Raven said. "Has Jun toured you of Hamel yet? Being future king you should know your kingdom well," When Raven said 'future king' he sounded off, like he disliked the word or something.

"Not really, but Uncle Noel smuggles me out sometimes and tours me, in fact we were actually on one right now, but then Uncle Noel saw an ice cream truck and left us." Chung explained. "We're kind of lost. Could you direct us back to the castle, sir?"

"Call me Uncle Raven, or whatever," Raven said, "but wouldn't you like to explore Hamel a bit more?" Raven suggested.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Eve exclaimed.

"But weren't you the one who said we should find our way back to the castle soon –" Chung didn't get to finish his sentence since Eve had clamped her hand over his mouth.

"Yeah, but he sounds like he knows somewhere interesting," Eve whispered, excitedly.

"How would you kids feel like exploring this off-limits site?" Raven asked, crouching down to Chung and Eve's height. Chung really wanted to get home before the demons begin roaming, but he didn't get a chance to decline.

"Tell us which way," Eve blurt.

XXX

"You kids see that building over there?" Raven asked, pointing into the large, temple-like building. Chung squinted and he could see that the building was emitting a strange blue light.

"Yeah," Chung and Eve murmured in unison.

"That's the place," Raven said, walking over to a pile of rubble. "Come," Chung and Eve climbed over the tall pile of rubble with difficulty since they kept slipping, especially Chung since he had to drag his Destroyer up with him.

Behind the pile of rubble was an unstable rope bridge. Quite a few boards were missing from the bridge and any missteps could send you plummeting 40 feet into the freezing ocean filled with sharp rocks and possibly demons.

"People don't use this route much anymore because of how unstable the rope bridge looks." Raven said. That's because it is unstable, Chung thought. "It's not as stable as it was before, but if you're careful you'll get across," Raven turned and looked at Chung. "How about you go first, Chung?" Chung laughed nervously.

"S-sure," Chung stuttered. I'll just fall and die in the process. Then an idea popped into his head. "I'm a genius," He murmured.

"How?" Eve asked, utterly confused.

"Watch and learn my friend," Chung saddled his cannon and searched his Destroyer for a trigger. His hand slid over a hook-like thing and it sent him flying across the bridge. "I found the trigger!" Chung shouted as the Destroyer propelled him across at a breakneck pace. Chung couldn't really see anything because the wind made his eyes sting so he shut his eyes tightly.

"Chung, look out!" He heard Eve shout. Chung pried his eyes open and he smacked right into a tree. When Chung and the Destroyer collided into the tree, it somehow deactivated the Destroyer. Chung sat up on the ground, feeling his face for his nose. "You okay?" Eve called. Chung felt a bump between his eyes, indicating his nose was still there.

"Yeah, I'm good," Chung replied. Eve heard someone mutter something, but there wasn't anyone but Chung's Uncle Raven and her. Raven looked as if he were about to strangle someone, so, naturally, Eve just quickly crossed the bridge. She was about to reach the other end of the bridge, but suddenly the ropes securing the bridge snapped. A shriek escaped her mouth.

"Eve!" Chung shouted. He jumped, hoping to grab her hand before she fell, but her wrist slipped out of his grasp. Eve clung onto one of the cut ropes and tried to climb up the bridge, but there were missing boards beneath her feet so she couldn't climb.

"Chung!" Eve shouted. Chung's head peeked over the ledge and he smiled at the sight of her.

"You're alive!" Chung exclaimed.

"Yes, now if you don't help me up soon, I won't be. Instead, I'll be falling to my death." Eve said. Chung extended his hand and Eve grabbed his hand. Chung pulled Eve up. Halfway up, Eve started climbing the bridge since she wanted to get onto solid ground as quick as possible.

With one last tug, Eve crawled onto the cliff and Chung was lying on the ground nearby, exhausted.

"Next time, we'll both ride my cannon," Chung said, in between pants. Eve collapsed onto the ground next to Chung, breathing heavily. Then a thought occurred to her.

"Chung," Eve said, still panting. "What about your uncle?"

"Oh, right!" Chung blurt, instantly sitting up, propping himself up with his arms. "Uncle Raven, you alright over there?" Chung called.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'll just stay here and do…stuff while you guys explore," Raven called back. Chung turned to Eve.

"Well, you heard the guy; let's go," Chung said, helping her up.

XXX

"Whoa," Eve whispered, awed. Chung just shrugged.

"Its got lots of lights and its pillars pour out water, but if you take away the lights and water, it's almost the same as the castle, but more temple-like." Chung said, looking around. The place Raven referred to as an 'off-limits site' was rather pretty. The 'ceiling' of the building was actually just the roof of a cavern. The building had many pillars supporting the building up. The pillars were made of a sort of purple stone and there were intricate designs on them. From the sides of the pillars, water poured out – kind of like a waterfall. The floors were made of marble and were smooth to the touch.

Deeper into the building, there were two winding stair cases – one to the left, another to the right. It seemed as if the stairs went on forever, but Eve could see the stairs led to a platform at the top. Eve walked closer to the stair case on the left, but suddenly, she saw a flash of something shiny. It came from the platform. Eve elbowed Chung.

"Hey, we should go up there and see what's at the top," Eve said, pointing to the platform at the top of the stairs.

"I don't think it's a good idea," Chung said as Eve grabbed his wrist, leading him up the stairs.

"Chung, you walk up and down stairs all the time, it's not like just because there aren't any railings on the stairs means one of us will slip and die." Eve said.

"It's not that, I just have a bad feeling about this," Chung murmured.

"You have a bad feeling about everything." Eve noted. "You said the same thing when your mom gave you a haircut."

"T-that was a d-different kind of bad," Chung stammered. "She could've missed and sliced off my ears and I would've ended up deaf!"

"And in the end, you still have both ears and could hear," Eve said. "Last one to the top has to buy the other ice cream for a week," Eve and Chung scrambled up the stairs, careful not to accidentally shove the other off.

Just as Eve's foot was about to step onto the platform, Chung launched himself at the platform, only to land nowhere near the platform due to the extra weight of his armor and his Destroyer.

"Haha!" Eve shouted, raising her fists and dancing around. "I win~!" Chung grunted and quickly sprinted up the stairs with his Destroyer over his head. "You have to buy me ice cream for a week!" The minute he was on the platform, he dropped his Destroyer onto the platform, gasping for air.

"Dang, that thing is heavy," Chung said, breathlessly.

"Really, I think you would've known by now," Eve noted. Chung rolled his eyes, but then his gaze past Eve and he noticed a large floating violet orb. It floated near the platform, but not on it.

"Wow," Chung breathed in awe, brushing past Eve to see the violet orb better.

"Hey! Are you listening to me?" Eve demanded, turning around to see where Chung was going. Eve's jaw went slack. "Oh my gosh,"

"This is…really…big for an orb." Chung said, inspecting the sphere.

"Well, gee. I didn't notice that. Thanks, Captain Obvious," Eve said, sarcastically, as she approached the orb. Eve stared at the purple sphere. It was pretty, captivating even. She felt as if the orb was, gradually, drifting away from her. Eve slowly walked forward – she almost walked off the platform, until Chung grabbed her arm.

"What are you trying to do?" Chung asked. "I don't think diving into concrete is such a good idea," Eve knew she would regret it, but she glanced down. She instantly felt dizzy and nauseous. She stumbled back from the edge, but Chung caught her before she could stumble off the other edge.

"Thanks," Eve mumbled, standing up and steadying herself.

The screeching sound of a blade being dragged along the marble floor filled her ears. Eve was about to turn around, but just before she did, the sound stopped. Out of curiosity, Eve turned around.

"Well, well, well. Look at the two brats that decided to barge in without a proper invitation,"


(1) - I haven't been on Elsword in a while and I've never actually seen that Rod Ross dude and there's literally NOTHING about that guy on the Elwiki the Internet, too. So, I'm just assuming things. In my eyes, he looks like a stuck-up mama's boy. Or most people's definition of a sassy guy.

(2) - I'm not sure if Elrios has ice cream trucks, or even ice cream for that matter, but I really wanted Noel to chase after it, I mean how else would they have met Raven without Noel screaming, "NO! CHUNG AND EVE! YOU SHOULD AVOID THAT GUY!"

(3) - Let's just say that the Destroyer was Jun's gift for Chung on his 11th birthday and he was always too busy to ever teach Chung how to properly use the Destroyer.

(4) - Since Raven's human, his arm isn't jacked up so that means he doesn't have a Nasod arm so he wears a gauntlet that looks like his Nasod arm...idk.

(5) - In my eyes, Raven is this moody weirdo. In Zenya's eyes, he's acting nice so he can gain their trust.

Short chapter, I know, but I actually read my writing before updating for once~ (I got Zenya to read it over, too, but...w.e) I'm not used to typing in 3rd person so it's all weird. It was originally supposed to be longer but then I remembered a derpy fact and it screwed up my idea. Also, when I was trying to describe the Halls of Water I wanted stairs to be there because it'd be really illogical if Chung and Eve were to just fall and land on that platform or fly up there - they're not Superman, people! Anyway, guess who the person at the end speaking is. It's probably obvious, but meh.

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