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Eez: The Noah Clan

"I am not on your side, run… now…"

The words echoed through Eez's head as he ran he wanted to know what all this was about. Why had Tyki said he was not on his side? Why was Tyki's skin gray, with those strange scars across his forehead? Who was that girl, with the same skin, eyes and scars beside him? Although Tyki had looked completely different, Eez had known it was him. He had sensed it, almost. The strange thing, however, was the sense of danger that accompanied it and Tyki's words…

"Eez! Where are you going?" Tiedoll and Chaoji were trying to catch up with him. They all stopped, with Chaoji gasping for breath.

"What's wrong?" Tiedoll asked, concern written all over his face.

Eez wondered how Tiedoll had known that something was wrong, until he realized his cheeks were wet from tears.

"T-t-tyki-nii… he, he chased me…" Eez stammered.

"He did, did he…" Tiedoll said thoughtfully.

"Tyki? Isn't he that Noah?" Chaoji said, sounding fearful "What happened to this kid? And Tyki-NII?!? Who ARE you?" this last was directed at Eez.

"Calm down, Chaoji, we will settle all of this right now, but first, I must explain to Eez what the Noah clan is." Tiedoll seemed to calm Chaoji and Eez down, as both sunk onto a nearby log.

"That's better. Now, where was I before Chaoji had his unfortunate fall?" Tiedoll asked, making Chaoji blush.

"You were reviewing the story of Noah's Ark, I think, sensei." Eez said helpfully, while wiping away the few remaining tears.

"Ah, yes, and such is a good place to start." Tiedoll started.

"So, as you both know, Noah was contacted by God and told to build the Ark. He put in two of each kind of animal, food and his family. Those in the Ark were thus saved from the Great Flood. Now, as we have recently found out, the Ark is not the boat we once believed it to be, but-"

"Ah! That cube in the sky that teleports people!" Chaoji interjected.

"Yes, that's right." Tiedoll replied.

"Really? It isn't a boat?" Eez said.

"No, but this Cube has something like an entire town within it. I have gotten off topic… Ah, yes, what we call the Noah clan are those few on Earth whose genes match very closely with those of the original man, Noah. These Noah are working with the Millennium Earl to destroy Innocence. You see, this first flood was caused when the Earl first tried to destroy the world, so I suppose he kept his accomplice, Noah, and his family alive, although this is just my opinion. The point is, Eez, though it is regretful and unfortunate, your Tyki is one of these Noah. You may be glad to know that the fact that you still live means he does care for you to some extent."

Eez couldn't say he was relieved by this fact, exactly; in fact, he didn't feel and couldn't say anything.

Tiedoll decided that he might as well finish, so that Eez could get over it all at once, without reopening the wounds left by the shock every once in awhile, leaving scars.

"We must defeat the Noah, and the Black Order is aiming to do so." Tiedoll said gently. "They are our enemies."

"You will be able to, I'm sure" Chaoji added encouragingly.

Eez said nothing. He was staring at his buttons with a slightly fearful, slightly nauseous look to his face as he realized where they had come from, and what the names meant exactly.

Sorry that this took so long, and that it was so short for the wait... I need more reviews to keep going!

Next chapter: Tyki visits the mines

Note: If anyone knows the names of Tyki's other two friends at the mines, could you tell me? I don't remember if they have any... Please review, you'll get the chapters faster if you do. On that note, thank you to the people who have reviwed and alerted this story! Unless you've written your own story, you won't believe how happy it makes me! (Constructive criticism is welcome).