A/N: Hey, here's the next chapter~ originally it was all part of chapter 1, buuut I decided it'd make a better chapter 2, so here ya are. R/R~!

They settled down for camp eventually, Emily helped Amelia a bit and now they sat around a fire, eating and talking. Xellos had sat beside Emily, which made her blush but she calmed herself down and ate, enjoying the noise of everyone talking and being in good spirits. She participated a bit and her natural wit and sense of humor came out a couple of times, she had actually nearly brought Lina to tears in a fit of laughter at one point, making her blush and grin; she loved when she could make someone genuinely laugh.

They all talked more before deciding to go to bed. Amelia and Lina had said she could sleep in their tent with them, but she wasn't ready to sleep yet so she told them she'd be in later. They simply shrugged and told her not to stay up too late and went to sleep. Emily stared at the dying fire a bit, forgetting almost that Xellos was still beside her.

Xellos looked at her, wondering what was on her mind. She thought a lot, maybe she was daydreaming. She looked so serious, though, it was unnerving. He also noticed she was shivering a bit, though she looked like she was trying to control it, he found it amusing. After a moment's consideration he unclasped his cloak and put it around her shoulders; her jump and her wide eyed face made him laugh out loud.

"T-Thanks…" she mumbled, embarrassed. She HAD forgotten for a moment that Xellos was there…and he surprised her by giving her his cloak, he must've seen her shivering despite her efforts to hide it. She was also surprised to hear him laugh, she knew her reactions could be funny to others but this was Xellos.

"It's fine, are you sure you shouldn't be getting to bed?" he remarked, she shook her head though.

"I don't sleep easily…I probably should try to sleep, but all I'd end up doing is laying awake until early hours anyway.." She sighed, "…besides…I want to sleep out here, anyway. I doubt there's a lot of room in those tents and I don't want to take up space…maybe if we become actual friends I wont mind, but for now…" she said, her voice softening. He looked at her for a moment, very slightly surprised by the consideration. He mostly figured she would be like that, but it was still a nice gesture.

"Well, you can use my cloak then to sleep with, if you're sleeping out here," he offered, smiling. She blinked and looked up at him, her heart pounding a bit. He could feel her emotions build a bit before she abruptly smashed them down; at least she was keeping herself from getting carried away. After a moment she smiled very sweetly, Xellos thought she should smile like that more often.

"Thank you, Mr. Xellos," she said, keeping her emotions in check. She knew Xellos could be nice, she was surprised he was being nice to her though, but she wasn't complaining. She just had to remember that's as far as it would go.

He nodded and looked at the fire, staying silent. She followed his gaze and did the same, not remembering what she was originally thinking about.

"…do you think you'll make it home?" He asked her suddenly, not looking at her. She took a minute to respond.

"…I don't know…I hope so…" she replied, her voice growing quieter. She really had no idea, it scared her a bit but she still had to try.

"…what would you do if you couldn't go home?" He looked at her this time, curious. She stayed silent as she thought, her eyes slowly wandering down to her feet. Confusion, anxiety, fear, sadness, loneliness, he felt them very strongly.

"…one can only belong if the environment is right for them and they are willing to belong," she spoke finally, though Xellos had to lean in to hear. "…while I would love to stay here…the thing is I DON'T belong here…you guys live your own lives and have found your places here…I don't know if I can even survive here, let alone find my place…I'm not good at a lot, I mean I have some talents, but I'm not good enough to make any sort of living off of them…I could go in for apprenticeship, but…I would always feel out of place, I think….In all honesty, I'll probably…just…" she trailed off again, she seemed to do that a lot, but she didn't feel like finishing her sentence.

Her eyes stayed on the ground, her sadness growing. Xellos stared at her, his eyes opened slightly. He had many ideas on how she would've finished that sentence, but he didn't bother thinking much on it. She was an interesting girl alright…very thoughtful in a way, with a little studying and work, she could be a philosopher though he didn't know how much of a living that'd really be. She could learn magic maybe, though he wondered if she even had the ability to, being from a realm where magic doesn't exist. His thoughts were cut short when he noticed slight movement from her.

She had looked at him like she had been about to say something but before he could look at her she was looking back at her feet again. He felt her nervousness….she felt stupid, he was curious.

"What is it?" he prompted her, she hesitated slight before peering up at him through her bangs. She looked rather cute doing that, though Xellos didn't dwell on it much.

"…could…is…is it possible...for humans to…you know…become mazoku?" She mumbled, turning red and look down more so her bangs hid her eyes. She felt really stupid for asking, it probably wasn't. While a human COULD make the pledge with a mazoku for immortality, she figured that was at far as it could go. She was still curious, though…maybe she could make a life of being a mazoku and following orders from whoever would take her. Who knows, she'd probably just end up dying even if it was possible but she could still try.

Xellos blinked at her in surprise, she wanted to be a mazoku? He grew serious as he thought about it. She had to know the ups and downs of it, and even being one of his "fans" (he felt strange saying that), he didn't peg her to be the type to want to be a mazoku.

"…yes…you can be a mazoku…you would just have to find one to change you…and you'd most likely be a half mazoku…I don't know if it's possible to become a full one." He said finally, she nodded, a flicker of hope sparking through her but it remained just that - a flicker.

She stayed silent for a long time as she thought to herself. In all honesty she wondered if she could convince Xellos to change her, or maybe ask Zelas to. She doubted it though, and she had no way of contacting the other two surviving lords; plus she had a snowball's chance in hell at convincing them. She didn't have to worry about it now, though, only if she had no way of getting home…

'What if you get Xellos to fall in love with you?' The optimistic side of her mind suggested, but she laughed a bit at the idea, feeling sadness take her again. 'Right…like that'd happen, I'd have better luck convincing Dynast to make me a mazoku…' she sighed, feeling her eyes water. Oh great, she thought, she was starting to cry, and next to Xellos too. How pathetic…

'You're pathetic..' a quiet voice said and her head craned lower. A tear dropped and landed on her hand and her jaw clenched. Stop crying, she mentally yelled at herself, you're being stupid! 'Dammit, stop it Emily…' she mentally begged herself but her emotions and body wouldn't listen as they still threatened to fall.

She jumped when she felt a hand on her back and looked up at Xellos, bewildered. She forgot him for a second, but here he was looking at her concerned, his eyes staring directly into hers. Suddenly she felt ashamed of herself, realizing that while she was stunned with Xellos tears began to fall without her noticing. She looked away, wide eyed and desperately rubbing her the tears away, covering her face. 'STUPID', ' WEAK', 'PATHETIC' kept raging in her head but she ignored the self abusing words. She had a bad habit of thinking like that at her low moments but she couldn't help it, especially now.

Xellos moved closer and gently rubbed her back, something very uncharacteristic of him but she liked it. She still avoided looking up at him as she tried to stop crying, though now that the tears started falling she had a hard time stopping them. He probably was feeding off of her sadness, she wasn't stupid enough to think otherwise, but she wondered why he'd go through the trouble of trying to comfort her. He could be nice, she knew, but why to her?

Maybe he was ordered to be her friend or something….but then that didn't make sense, what purpose would Zelas have for her? Maybe Zelas could find a purpose in their journey, who know what she could do in another universe if they DID find away home for her, but that didn't mean Xellos had to be nice, that just mean he had to tag along. So why bother?

Xellos stared at her, concern growing as her shoulders shook more, but she had never been more silent than now. He saw her desperately try to stop and he felt her sadness and shame, and he was shocked by it all. What had brought this on? Maybe she had been holding it in and all of the stress and fear and finally decided to let itself out, maybe it was something else, too, but he knew that the first one had to be a factor. Whatever was the case, he felt unnerved by seeing her like that. Plus he did decide to try being nice to her, so he did what he could to comfort her though he didn't know what to do really. She like it when he rubbed her back, but it still did little to help.

He was getting his fill, it was true, but he did honestly prefer rage or anger to sadness. He always hated seeing anyone sad, it bothered him. That's why he annoyed and bothered everyone, anger didn't last as long usually. Sadness was more subtle and lingering, though, and all in all he did not like sadness.

Now that he thought about it, he did know of a few ways he could cheer her up, but really that'd just be leading her on. He wouldn't do that, and in the end it'd just make her hurt more unless he meant it, which he didn't. Suddenly he froze in his thoughts at that last one.

He wouldn't mean it…would he? No, of course not, they just met, and besides, he's a mazoku. Mazoku don't love, they can't, maybe he'd feel physical attraction to her but never love.

'But Mazoku can feel happiness, can't they?' Xellos frowned, he didn't like where these thoughts were going, but they pushed on. 'They can feel happiness and passion and lust…so why not love? It'd hurt to feel it but that doesn't mean they can't.'

Stop, he told himself and his thoughts ceased. This was getting out of hand. They had just met, she was a lonely girl who ended up in another world and wanted to go home. He was a mazoku who did as he was told and decided to be a little nice to this girl so she wouldn't feel so sad. The only reason he was thinking about anything at all was because she was fairly pretty and she had feelings for him. That was it, nothing would happen, she'd either go home or maybe he'd be nice enough to change her if she really wanted and if she asked.

He looked at her and realized that hardly a couple minutes had passed, she was still struggling and he remembered what he was doing. Now she was clutching her chest subtly and he realized it was intense enough to hurt her physically. After a moments hesitation her slowly put his arms around her and she started, shocked by the action. Instead of questioning it however she clung gently to him and he hugged her tighter. He could really feel her shaking now and he continued rubbing her back while she slowly forced herself to stop. A while passed before she finally settled down and the pain was numb.

She pulled away slowly, somewhat reluctantly, and her eyes were red. He noted that it DID bring out her green eyes somewhat, he also noticed thanks to them that her eyes were two different colors, green with a hazel ring around the pupils, interesting. She looked at him, her shame growing once again.

"I'm so sorry, Xellos…" She said quietly, avoiding his eyes slightly. He shook his head and rested a gentle hand on her head, smiling at her slightly.

"It happens, I don't blame you. Beside, I could tell you were holding that in all day," He replied and she blushed slightly, her breathing still shallow from crying, "…you should get some sleep, you look exhausted."

"'Kay…" She said softly, and he smiled at the childish sound it had. He moved over and helped her lie down and wrapped up in his cloak. She faintly smiled before curling up in the smallest ball he'd ever seen an 18 year old make.

"Thank you, Xellos…" she said, sleep lacing her voice as she closed her eyes, he smiled at her and nodded. Soon enough she was out like a light. Xellos look at her for a bit before looking away and thinking to himself for the rest of the night.

A/N: Yeah, I know, Xellos's is being weirder than usual, but eh, it's a fan fiction story~ Also I can sometimes have terrible pacing but I'll work on it~ Hope you guys like it though, R/R!