First of all, I would like to thank my first reviewer: Wyrz.

Discliamer: I don't own any of the characters from ToS. I do, however, own the plot, Zelus, & Suna.


About a week later, the same group of pure-blood elves were at it again. Mithos had been waiting for Lloyd near the school gate so the two of them could walk home together, when the boys came up from behind Mithos and knocked him to the ground.

They all started laughing as Mithos tried to get back up. "What's the matter, human-fairy?" The leader demanded. "How sad, you're little dwarf friend isn't here to protect you. Pathetic little brat…"

"You know what's more pathetic, Zelus (1)?" a girl's sarcastic voice questioned from above, addressing the elf who had spoken. "You need all your little elven friends to back you up just so you can beat up some little kid." A young girl with raven black hair jumped down from the tree beside the group of boys, the smirk on her face being almost as noticeable as the small dagger at her side.

Zelus frowned, his tone disdainful, "What do you want, Suna (2)?"

She shrugged. "Nothing really, it's just I can't stand having my silence interrupted by your annoying voice." Suna brushed back a few stray strands of hair out of her face as she spoke.

"You're as arrogant as always," Zelus grumbled.

"And you're a dumb blond," Suna retorted evenly, smirking directly at him, "…as always."

At this, Zelus' head turned to look back at his friends as he told them to retreat for today. That he "has had enough of this human's smart mouth." They all then slowly walked away at first before running as fast as they could away from Suna and Mithos.

As soon as the elves were gone, Suna glanced down at Mithos who was laying motionless on the ground. "You okay, kid?"

Looking up, Mithos nodded. Noticing someone was coming towards them, Suna spun around and was about to jump back up into her tree when the new comer's voice called out to her. "Hey, you!" He shouted. "Get away from Mithos!" Lloyd came up to the two others, glaring as hard as he could at the girl. "Stay away from my friend," he ordered angrily.

"Look, I didn't do anything to him, okay? That was Zelus and his minions," Suna remarked defensively, holding hands up in front of her. She then pointed at Mithos, "Ask him if you don't believe me." Suna folded her arms across her chest as her face tilted downward. "Wouldn't be the first time…" she muttered to herself.

"Is she telling the truth, Mithos?"

"Uh, huh," the blond boy responded, nodding.

Lloyd looked up at Suna, his face apologetic. "I'm sorry that I jumped to conclusions like that. It's just that those guys have done that before and…I don't want any of my friends to get hurt, so…can you forgive me?"

Suna's face turned pensive, her golden eyes seeming to be preoccupied with thoughts, thinking up a response to Lloyd question. After a short time, she nodded in agreement, saying, "Okay, I will…This time."


(1) Zel (like in "Zelda")-Us

(2) Su (like in "soon")-Na