I... Am a little shocked you chose to read on, Stranger.

~Scitah

"So where are you from?" Chiyoko asks with a large smile.

"Europe." Lia answered.

"Ooh!" Cooed the woman. "You speak Japanese so well!"

"I speak many languages. Japanese is just one of them." Chuckled Lia.

"Oohhh…. Do you speak French?" Lia nodded. "Italian?" Another nod. "Hm… German?" and, another nod. "Say something in another language!"

Inhaling, Lia chose Spanish as she spoke "I always get asked to say something in another language and it is always amusing…" she smirked lightly at the glee on Chiyoko's features. "That was Spanish." She informed the woman.

"Wow! You are so talented!" Chiyoko gushed. "Have you been to all these places?"

Lia gave a nod. "Of course."

"What is it you do?" Hina asked this time.

"I hunt down that which terrorizes the world and its inhabitants…" she stated.

"So, you're a Rider." Date states with a nod.

"I suppose so since that is your terminology for it…" Lia sighed at her empty plate. She was internally debating if she was even still hungry or if she just wanted more tasty food.

"What do you call it, then?" asked the Owner of Cous Coussier.

"I'm an Ancient Protector." She answered, shoving her plate away and leaning back in her seat. "It's a title that's been passed down generations…" she looked towards Ankh who kept a bit of distance but watched, "My ancestor – roughly 800 years ago – he was a power mad fiend… You could say that the current issues of Japan and her monsters are his fault."

Ankh stood from his partial perch and walked closer. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Simply that it is my job, passed down to me from the women of my family, to destroy the mistakes of Him." Lia answered honestly.

Confusion etched onto everyone's faces save for Ankh and Lia. The two stared at one another for a long moment. "Then you aim to destroy the Greeeds."

Lia gave a nod. "That is my objective."

Ankh studied her closely. "You look familiar…"

"I should look familiar to you, Ankh." She chuckled. "The women in my family live in relative seclusion from other people… We've found that alchemical cloning is best to preserve our mission and shame." She watched Ankh give her this deranged look as he took a step away from her, "Ah, you seem to remember now."

"You're the exact image of His wife!" Ankh growled and pointed with a clawed hand.

She smirked as she set down some money on the table, "It would seem we're confusing everyone… Perhaps you should walk me home so that we might speak a little more privately?"

"Eh?" Ankh was a little shocked and confused by that. Though he didn't have much of a choice in the matter as she latched onto his arm and began dragging him away. "Hey! Release me!"

Lia waved at the group, "I'm sure I'll see you all later! Good bye! The meal was excellent!" She then hauled Ankh out of the restaurant. Once outside, she released him and began walking.

Having no other choice, Ankh followed her. He would cast a glance at her and it was like looking straight back into his past at the wife of the Power Hungry King. There was a knowing smile on her face that he saw rarely on the Queen. The Queen tended to be unhappy and rather sad at the happenings that her husband caused.

"You haven't killed me…" Ankh states after a while. "Why?"

Lia looked towards Ankh and smirked, "I'm not sure you realized what happened with the Queen, Ankh…"

"Eh?"

Lia gave a small shake of her head, "Never mind about that." She inhaled and glanced towards him. Her gaze returned to where she was going, "You'll be last, Ankh… If it'll even be necessary."

He looks towards her with curiosity. "Will you ever give me full answers?"

A small laughed echoed from her, "No. Not until it is time."

Really?

~Scitah