OH! SECOND CHAPTER! WOOT WOOT!
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"GIACAMO!?"
"What?" Kalas looked at them. "You know him?!"
"G-giacamo..." Sagi repeated. "He did say, 'Giacamo' right?"
Yep, he said 'Giacamo'.
"No way...it must be a different Giacamo..." Milly whispered to Sagi.
"W-well yeah, but...he did know us..."
"What are you two whispering about?" Kalas demaned, looking ticked off.
You think they might know Giacamo?
"If you two know him, tell me right now!"
"We...well, we're not sure if it's the same Giacamo..." Sagi stammered.
"Yeah, he couldn't be the same one we know." Milly said.
Or could he?
"Oh shush Marno..." Sagi sighed.
"Who's the one you know?" Kalas asked suspiciously.
"Some punk-kid from the Empire." Milly said. "He's only like thirteen..."
"Oh...so you don't know this one?" Kalas asked.
Sagi and Milly shook their heads.
"Do you have a problem with him, or something?" Sagi wondered.
"Damn right I do!" Kalas snarled. "That bastard...I've been looking for him..."
"What for?" Milly asked.
"...Giacamo killed my Gramps, and my little brother..." Kalas muttered.
"What? That's awful!" Sagi gaped.
"That's..." Milly growled. "THAT ASS! Let's go beat the shit out of him!!"
Kalas smirked, "Heh, I think I like you, Milly."
"H-hey-!" Sagi stammered.
"You're not that bad either, Kalas." Milly smirked back.
"Hey...!" Sagi looked distraught.
"Hey, Sagi, why's your face all red?" Milly raised an eyebrow.
Sagi glanced away, blushing.
Kalas laughed, "Don't worry I'm not coming onto your girlfriend."
"Sh-she's not my-!!" Sagi shot bright red.
Sagi and Milly, sitting in a tree! K-i-s-s-i-n-g!
Hehehheheeheheh...
"HEY! Marno! Latara! Knock it off!" Sagi said.
Kalas laughed, "Anyway...I'm going after Giacamo."
"We'll tag along." the younger swordsman said.
"What? Why?"
"I'd be worried letting you go alone, and we need to save Xelha."
"Oh! That's right!" Milly snapped her fingers. "Off to save the damsel in distress!"
"Let's go. I don't want to lose him." Kalas turned to leave.
"Squ-squeaaaaakkkk?"
"Oh, Meemai." Kalas blinked, "Did you want to come too?"
The greythorne squeaked, hopping up and down.
"All right then," Kalas laughed, "Hop in my cloak."
"Squeak!"
Meemai hopped into Kalas' cloak, squeaking some more.
"Aw, it's so cute..." Milly said.
Sagi stared.
"Er...YOU HEARD NOTHING!" Milly jabbed a finger in his face.
"Uh...okay..."
Milly's cracked. You do know that, right Sagi?
"Marno, knock it off..." Sagi muttered.
After exiting the forest they headed for Cebalrai, thinking at least someone would have seen the
giant machina ship that carried Giacamo as it passed overhead. However, the village was in quite
a bit of an uproar...
"What was that Empire ship doing here?!" someone cried.
"It went to the forbidden woods, who knows what they were up to!"
"Now, calm down," a graying man said calmly.
Larikush!
Who?
He's the doctor here, he helped Kalas after he got attacked in the woods.
"Doc?" Kalas looked over at him.
"Ah? Kalas...I'm glad to see you're safe, with all that's going on..."
"Well- Oh! Did anyone see where the ship went?!" Kalas asked.
"The ship? It headed for Pherkad, why do you want to know?" the mayor asked.
"Duh! They took Xelha away! We've gotta save her!" Milly scoffed.
The villagers eyes widened.
"You mean she was in the woods, with you?" one asked.
"Uh, Milly-!" Sagi stammered.
"That's right! Duh, what else? We've gotta-"
"MILLY!"
"What?!" she scoffed.
Sagi sighed, the villagers glaring at them with hatred.
"You went into the woods?!" the mayor hollered.
"Uh..." Kalas trailed.
"You've brought misfortune upon us! We-...wait...who...?"
The mayor, along with a couple other villagers, stopped to examine Sagi and Milly whom were
partially blocked off from them because of Kalas standing at the head of the group.
"Aren't...you...?" one woman trailed.
"That's impossible...they're much too young..." the Mayor gaped.
"...Uh...What is it?" Sagi asked nervously.
"Why are you looking at us like that?" Milly titled her head to the side.
"...LEAVE! ALL OF YOU! DON'T COME INTO MY SIGHTS AGAIN!!" the mayor cried.
"Wh-what?!" Sagi gasped.
"Woah! What's with you?" Kalas stared.
"LEAVE!!!"
Sagi scurried out, Milly right behind him. The older swordsman hesitated a moment before doing
likewise and following his companions out of the house.
Once outside, Milly began doing what she does best...
"What the HELL was that about?!"
Hissy-fitting.
"I don't know..." Sagi frowned, "Something's a little off here..."
"No kidding...did you get in trouble here before?" Kalas asked, "They seemed to know you."
"Well...we've been here before, but we never did anything bad..." Sagi frowned.
Hm...something's REEEEAAAAALLY off here...
Yeah...hm...I wonder...
"Excuse me."
The group turned as the old doctor, Larikush, came out to walk to them.
"Doc? What is it?" Kalas asked.
"...Would you mind stopping by my house, later? I want to talk to you."
"Well...we're kinda in a hurry, Doc, we'll stop by later." Kalas said.
"...Very well, I'll see you later." the old man nodded.
The somewhat unorthodox doctor walked off for his home, leaving Sagi a bit perplexed.
"Hey, Milly? Did we meet him when we were here last time?"
"Huh-? No, I don't think so...I would have remembered someone like that."
"Well, I'll catch you guys later," Kalas turned for the town exit.
"What-? Hey! We're coming too!" Milly snapped.
"Yeah, Xelha's in trouble." Sagi added.
"What do I care? She shouldn't have gotten herself kidnapped." Kalas snorted.
Milly's eye twitched and Sagi's normally sweet face jolted into an expression of anger.
"What?" he hissed.
He shouldn't have said that...
Um...Kalas? I think you should apologize...
"Apologize for what, Latara?" Kalas snorted, "It's the truth."
"She's in trouble! Don't you care what happens to her at all!?"
"All I care about is getting Giacamo..." Kalas' face hardened, "He needs to pay..."
Sagi flinched, remembering how his face had held that expression at a time. When Shanath had
had his mother's wings ripped from her back before him, it was a look of blind hatred...
"...Then get Giacamo, we're going after Xelha." Sagi stated finally.
"...Fine then, see you around." Kalas began to walk off...
Wait, Kalas, they're going the same place, you might as well stick together.
I hate to admit it, but yeah, it'd be safer that way...
Kalas sighed and Sagi nodded, thought somewhat grimly. Milly just looked confused.
"What? What'd I miss?"
We're going to stick together for a little bit longer.
"Oh...I hate it when I miss out on the info!" Milly groaned, "I can never hear Marno, I can't hear
you unless you're talking directly to me, and most of the time you guys are all just leaving me out!!"
"Sorry, Milly," Sagi smiled sheepishly, "I'll fill you in from now on."
"You'd better!" Milly huffed, "Now, let's get going! To Pherkad!"
The teen gave a little cheer before walking off proudly, leaving both blue-headed swordsman to
stare after her. Sagi sighed and rubbed the back of his neck as Kalas hesitated...
"Is she always like that?" he asked.
"Well...yes, but she's a good person at heart." Sagi smiled.
"If you say so," Kalas rolled his eyes, "might as well follow her."
And follow her they did, before long they came to the nunki valley...which, however...
"It's BLOCKED?!" Milly shrieked.
The man before the blocked passage way began to shake, terrified upon having the raving
machina-girl angered at him. Milly angry is a terrifying thing, as we all know...
"I-it's okay Milly, we'll find another way around..." Sagi chuckled.
"There isn't." the man muttered, "And it'll take a week to break through like this."
The man was obviously a slow learner.
"WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTT!?"
HIT THE DECK!
Sagi leapt behind a nearby bush, hiding from his pscyhotic girlfriend and- picking up the hint-
Kalas joined him. Milliarde began to do what she did best...she threw a complete temper tantrum.
Kalas grimanced.
"Ooohh...is she always like this...?" he flinched.
"This is nothing, you should see her PMSing..." Sagi paled.
"Yikes."
After Milly's tantrum had calmed, they decided to go back to Celbarai, after all nothing was going
to be accomplished by staying out there. Though the question remained...what would they do?
They couldn't wait a whole week, they needed to get to Pherkad as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, they didn't have any means of doing so...
"Great! So what do we do?!" Milly huffed.
"Er...well..." Sagi thought.
I'd bet something could get rid of those rocks. Something that goes BOOM!
...You men all think the same, I swear.
"Wait! I think Marno's onto something!" Sagi snapped his fingers.
"What? Like find some explosives? In a village like this?" Kalas asked.
"Huh?" Milly blinked, "I guess that would work, but..."
"Come to think of it...I did see some gunpowder in Larikushs home..."
"Gunpowder? Isn't he a doctor? Why would he have stuff like that?" the girl asked.
"Beats me," Kalas shrugged, "but hey, it works to our advantage."
"Hm...let's go ask about it." Sagi said.
"Well, nothing better to do." Milly sighed, rolling her eyes.
The trio- er...fivesome, counting the spirits..oh, and Meemai. Six. Whatever. Anyway, the group
proceeded to the home of Doctor Larikush. Milly and Sagi looked around questioningly.
"Sagi...wasn't this a barn...?" Milly whispered.
"Huh-? Y-yeah...wait a minute...what's going on here?" he frowned.
The couple observed the home as Kalas talked with Larikush. It was the same place, but
completely different. The stalls which held the pows were gone, as was the hay. Instead, beds
lined the walls and medical supplies did so for the walls in place of the hay and cartons of pow
milk. Sagi bit his lip. This...wasn't right. Something was off...
"Thanks, Doc!"
The couple shook out of their daze when Kalas walked up to them.
"Look, he gave me some blank magnus." he said, "We can't take some explosives."
"Really? YES!" Milly cheered.
"He did?" Sagi turned to Larikush, "Thank you, sir."
"You're quite welcome. Come by anytime." the man smiled.
The group turned to leave and almost did so, until the doctor spoke up once more.
"Ah...young lady, may I speak with you a moment?"
"Me?" Milly stopped.
Well, how many 'young ladies' are in here?
Ahem?
Visible young ladies, that is.
...You're right... Latara sighed.
"Yes, you. Mind if I ask you something? Privately?"
Sagi tensed, looking back and forth between the old man and Milly...
"Doc, you're not a pedophile or anything, are you?" Kalas asked.
The younger swordsman all but fell over and Milly shot red, staring at Larikush.
"Wh-what-? No, of course not." Larikush huffed, offended, "Dear me, Kalas...honestly..."
"You'd better not be, for your sake." Milly growled.
"I'm not. For earths sake...may I ask my question?"
"Sure, what is it?" Milly crossed her arms.
"...Kalas, Sagi, may I ask you to leave?"
"No way." Sagi said sternly.
"...Fine then, but Kalas...please, would you mind?"
"Huh? How come I have to go?" the young man huffed.
"I'd rather you not hear it, they may tell you later, if they wish."
"...Fine then," Kalas sighed, "I'll wait outside, okay?"
Kalas exited the house and not a second later Larikush blurted:
"Do you know a woman by the name of Milliarde? Father, Baleheit?"
Milly raised an eyebrow, "Yeah..."
"Any relation?"
"Relation? I am her." the girl tilted her head to the side, frowning.
"...You're Milliarde." Larikush raised an eyebrow.
"Well, yeah." she said, not liking where this was going.
"...That's impossible."
"Huh? What do you mean it's impossible?" Sagi asked.
"Because that Milliarde would be nearing her fourties by now."
Needless to say, they were somewhat shocked.
"WHAT!?"
...Did I say, 'somewhat'?
"Milliarde of Mintaka, Alfard, daughter of the deceased short-lived Emperor Baelheit, was
seventeen years old at the time of the Tarazed incident twenty years ago." Larikush frowned, "I
lived in Mintaka at the time."
"Tarazed...TWENTY YEARS?! DID YOU SAY TWENTY YEARS?!"
"That's impossible!!" Sagi gasped.
Twenty years? Tarazed incident? What the hell...?!
"Impossible? It happened, I saw it." Larikush said, "I remember seeing Corelia, Ladekahn and
Rodolfo at the port of Mintaka, watching Tarazed as it began to fall apart...I was one of the few
that remained in the city after the exodus to Tarazed."
"No way..." Milly gaped, "No way!!"
"Twenty years...? That was twenty years ago...?" Sagi repeated, dazed.
Larikush nodded, "...So you see, when she says she's Milliarde, it's impossible."
"No way..." Milly leaned against the wall, dazed, "No way..."
"B-but Larikush! She is Milly! And I'm Sagi, I worked for Verus before-"
"Verus? Why did you work for Verus?"
"Well-...wait, did you know him?"
"I met him, once." Larikush stated, "A very...twisted, fellow..."
No kidding. It's no wonder wiseman took him for a host...
"...This is...impossible..."
"...I heard you lost your ship?" Larikush asked.
"Huh-? Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Kalas mentioned it. ...What was your ships name?"
"The Sfida." Milly said.
"...Where were you before you lost your ship?" Larikush asked.
"We were headed for Mira, in the trail of souls-" Sagi started.
"The trail of souls? ...My my my..."
"My my my WHAT?!" Milly snapped, obviously fusturated.
"I'm sure you've heard stories of that place...that it leads to different demensions, different worlds,"
the old man trailed, "it is a distinct possibilty...it may also lead to different times."
"...So we're in the future..." Sagi gaped.
Holy shit.
"AAAUUUUUUGGHHH!!!" Milly cried.
Then she began to relieve stress by bashing her head against the wall.
"...If you wish to return to your own time, seek out Queen Corelia."
"Her? Why? What can she do?" Sagi asked.
"Corelia is very wise in the ways of magic, she'd be most able to help."
"Right..." Sagi nodded, "Thank you."
"You're quite welcome. However...may I ask a favor?"
"What's that?" Milly asked.
"...Until you part, would you look after Kalas? I'm afraid for him."
"Huh? What for?" Sagi frowned.
"...No reason. Now get going, don't you need to save that girl?"
"Oh! That's right! Sagi, we can worry later, right now Xelha needs help!"
Sagi sighed, "Yeah...you're right. Let's go."
Twenty years...holy crap, we're going to be in for some shocks...
The trio left the house to find the impatient Kalas waiting for them, a look of irritated displeasure at
having been kept waiting so long diplayed clearly on his face. Sagi laughed nervously.
"Uhm...Don't we need to get going?"
"What do you think I've been waiting for? Let's go!" Kalas snapped.
A few minutes later the group found themselves passing through nunki valley. Milly and Sagi were
deeply saddened at the fact the forest still hadn't grown back. If twenty years time couldn't heal
the damage done by Hughes, what could? Mostly, they were just silent the entire way through,
earning unnerved glances from Kalas.
"What are you guys so down about?"
No kidding. What happened in there?
None of your business, lady.
Well! How rude! The least you could do is say it politely!!
All right, then PLEASE stay out of our business.
Grrrr!!! You jerk!! How can you-!? ARGH!
"Well, Latara seems ticked..." Kalas muttered.
"Sorry about Marno..." Sagi laughed nervously.
"Huh-? What-? Did I miss out again?!" Milly cried. "ARGH!!"
It was a minute later they arrived in Pherkad, though the city had not changed drastically. Sagi and
Milly looked around nervously, afraid someone might recognize them. They didn't need that...
"Let's head for the capital building." Kalas said. "The ship's right there."
"Yeah. Okay. Right." Milly muttered.
"Hm? Hey, are you listening?" the man asked.
"Yes. Sure. Okay." Sagi mumbled.
"HEY!" Kalas snapped, "Are we going or not!?"
The couple jumped.
"Oh! Right, sorry Kalas. Let's go."
Kalas rolled his eyes and made his way for the governer's residence, only to find it blocked by
Emperial guards. Millys eyes widened and Sagi groaned a few words that sounded like 'not again'.
"Dammit, I doubt they'll let us in that way..." Kalas muttered.
"We should look for another way in." Sagi looked around, "But...er..."
"STOP RIGHT THERE YOU LITTLE BRAT!!"
The group turned in time to see a young boy being chased after (And seemingly caught) by an
infuriated looking woman. The boy grinned at her, taking part in a little bow.
"Palolo the third, Master of Shadows, at your service!"
WHAT?!
"Oh you have got to be kidding me..." Milly muttered.
That's enough for now. Sorry it took so long. I forgot a few things that happened...
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