Tatsu: By popular (Does four people count?) demand, I'm going to continue this! Thanks for the good reviews, too! I'm glad you liked it!

Norma: Yay! Will I appear in this chapter?

Tatsu: … No.

Norma: What?!?!

Senel: You went missing, remember?

Norma: grr…

(Shirley makes muffled sounds, tied to a chair and gagged)

Chloe: Shouldn't you start the chapter now?

Jay: Yes, before the demon gets loose. I want to see how you'll pull this off.

(Resists urge to turn this into a Senel/Chloe)

Tatsu: Moses, start us off!

Moses: YAHOO! HERE COMES CHAPTER TWO: SENEL'S FEELINGS!!!

Jay: Stupid bandit, you didn't need to shout.

Moses: But it's cooler that way.

(More fighting ensues)

Chapter Two: Senel's Feelings

The rest of the day had gone uneventfully. Well, not exactly. Senel and Chloe managed to put off questions about Norma by saying she went off treasure hunting again. Since she did this often, no questions were asked by the others. Then Will had gone into the details of what they needed to do today.

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Will crossed his hands, looking at the group, minus Norma. "We've faced tougher monsters before, but now, they've gotten even worse. Even though the mist is gone."

He was referring, of course, to when the eight of them beat Grune's other half or something like that. Afterwards, Grune had gone as well. Now, without Norma, their fighting force was down to six, for the time being.

"We need to get rid of them, the ones around the city, to be more specific. Senel, you and Chloe…" At this, Shirley gave a squeak of protest.

"Shirley, we need no distractions, and that's why he is with Chloe, and not you." Shirley sighed, and hung her head. Will turned back to Senel and Chloe, who were standing at attention. "Take the spring. As that place is visited most often by members of the city, it needs to be cleared out fast and efficiently."

Senel and Chloe both nodded. Will smiled. "Jay, you and Moses…" Jay gave out a low growl of protest, and Moses… was Moses. "Come on Jay, it won't be so bad." Jay put a hand to his head. "If I'm sane by the end of the day, I'll praise every star in the galaxy." Moses got furious at hat, taking an angry step towards Jay.

"And just what is that supposed to mean?" He said. "It means you'll drive me crazy, you stupid bandit. Can't figure it out?" Jay responded, also taking a step towards Moses. "Oh yeah, want to bet?" Moses said. "On what?" Jay said. "You're logic makes no sense at all.

"Regardless…" Will said, stopping the fight from going any further for the time being. "You two will clear out the area around the Oresoren Village. You can manage that, right?" He said, glaring at them. Neither wanted a head bonking, so they nodded.

"Good. Shirley and I will take the Lighthouse. A few monsters have managed to get up from the quiet lands; we just need to take care of those. Let's go." He said, and all of them expected a Norma chant of "Charge!" But it never came.

"Right… Norma's off treasure hunting…" Shirley said. Senel twitched. He hated having to lie, but he saw no other way around it, for now.

Later on, Both Shirley and Will had cleared the lighthouse. It had gone fairly easily, as there weren't many monsters there that needed to be taken care of. "Senel's acting strange." Shirley said simply. Will couldn't disagree. "I don't know what could be bothering him, so we'll just have to wait and see if he tells us."

Jay, however, wasn't worried about Senel. "Hit me in the head, Pippo, hard." He said, handing the otter a hammer. The Oresoren tilted its head in a confused way. "YAHOO! WHO'S NEXT! COME MEET MY SPEAR!" Moses screamed, taking down any monsters that tried to come close to the village.

"You'd think that stupid bandit would have quieted down after what happened with Geit… he must be too stupid to even feel sad for long." Jay said, leaning down only slightly, as he was short. "Please… knock me out… save me from this living nightmare…"

Senel and Chloe had just finished off another monster. "Thanks Chloe, that was close." She couldn't help but blush slightly. "Umm… right. No problem, Coolidge." Suddenly, Senel grabbed her arm. She blushed madly, wondering what was happening, until Senel pulled her towards him, then dashed passed her to hit the monster that had been sneaking up from behind her.

They took care of it, Chloe finishing it with her famous 'Demon Fang' attack. "Thank you, Coolidge." Senel smiled. "Now we're even." He looked around. "Looks like we took care of them, come on, let's report back to Will." Chloe nodded, and they started back down the path to Will's house.

"Coolidge… what are you going to do about…" Chloe began. Senel cut her off. "Stop it." She looked taken aback. "I'm only…" Senel shook his head. "It's not that, I'm still not sure what to do about it. What I meant was…" He looked up at Chloe, who in turn looked at the ground instead.

"Senel." He said. She looked up in confusion. He was referring to himself in the third person. "Just call me Senel. Calling me Coolidge… just feels weird. I mean, we're friends, right?" He said, and she couldn't help but nod.

"Then just call me Senel. It… feels better, somehow." He said, shrugging his shoulders slightly, and making her blush like mad. "Umm… okay then… Senel." She said, and he smiled. "Not so hard, is it?" He said, laughing softly. "No, it isn't." She responded, and they continued on their way.

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"Good work, everyone." Will said. It was night now, and everyone had returned to Will's, although Jay looked a little dizzy, as though he had been hit in the head with a giant hammer a few times or something. But he composed himself to give his report.

"The monsters around the village are less, though thee are still a lot of them, so I recommend that tomorrow me, Moses, and Shirley report back, so we can do even more. If everyone else can come, that would help too." Everyone else in the group heard this.

"Alright. As for me and Shirley, we've secured the lighthouse. Not many monsters had gotten up, and we had some unexpected help." Will said, and Moses smiled. They all knew perfectly well who it was that had helped them ward off the monsters. All of them silently thanked Geit for his help.

"As for me and Cool… I mean, Senel," Chloe said, blushing slightly, and everyone looked at her, making her blush more. Senel stepped in. "We managed to clear out most of the monsters, but I think it might need to be revisited soon." Will nodded.

"Alright then, tomorrow, Shirley, Jay, Moses, and I will take the Oresoren Village. Senel, you and Chloe will take the spring again, okay?"

Everyone nodded. "Alright then, until tomorrow." Will said.


Senel sat on his bed, reading once again the note left by Norma. He must've read it countless times within the last hour. He crumpled it in his hand and lay down to sleep. He couldn't help feeling like he shouldn't be here. That somewhere… she needed him. She needed him more than anyone else.

Everyone else in the Fun bunch also had disturbed sleep. Something about Norma's disappearance was bugging all of them, and yet… they weren't sure why. Maybe… Senel hadn't told them everything.

Chloe also sat on her bed, and she knew the truth, and was worried. At the same time… she couldn't help but feel a little giddy. "…Senel…" She said again, as though the name meant the world to her. Perhaps it did.


In the darkness of a tunnel somewhere, a young girl sat, with her legs hugged to her body, a couple of tears running down her face. "Should've said… take care of C… Senny… you idiot…" Obviously, she was talking in her sleep.
Tatsu: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's how it end.

Norma: I did appear!

Tatsu: For like, two seconds…

Norma: But it counts!

Tatsu: ...Not really... (Whacked)

Will: I think you may have done a… adequate job.

Moses: What's 'adequate'?

Jay: Mediocre, you stupid Bandit.

Moses: I'm not stupid! …What's Mediocre?

Jay: (Sweat drop)

Chloe: …Senel…

Senel: What is it, Chloe?

Chloe: AH! Umm… it's nothing… sorry… (blushes like mad)

(Everyone is staring at them)

Senel: What is it?!?!

Tatsu: While Senel continues to be dense, I hope you all continue to review! Thanks for what you reviewed last time! See you all soon! I will write another chapter this time… I think.

Senel: What do you mean, 'dense'?!?!

Norma: What do you mean, 'think'?!?!

(sounds of scuffles)

Grune: You're all such good friends!