Hello folks! Chapter seven!

Yuan: Wow, you're still writing?

Me: Why wouldn't I be?

Yuan: Well, cause that one reviewer called you an arrogant bitch so I figured you'd sulk...

Me: Sulking won't get me anywhere, so why should I do it?

Yuan: I thought it hurt your feelings?

Me: Big deal. Everyone get's their feelings hurt, I don't matter. I probably deserved it anyway.

You know, if no one brings you down every now and then, your head tends to swell.

Yuan: So... you're fine with it.

Me: Yeah. It made me look more carefully at my behavior. I was kinda being a bitch.

Yuan: You are one fucked-up weirdo.

Me: Yep. I own nothing!

As we left for Triet, I was thinking about something. As much as I couldn't believe this was

happening, I knew it was. I'd imagine this would happen, see Kratos and all that, but...I don't really like

myself when I feel that way. There's a million other girls who obsess over Kratos, obsess over Yuan,

obsess over whoever the hell they want, I'm just one of the crowd. I don't like being one of the crowd.

When I was younger I would've done anything to be part of the crowd, now I want to just

be...different. It kind of bother's me to see the word 'fangirl' as a grouping of screaming girls running

after guys, and being grouped into that. In reality, you wouldn't catch me flirting if my life depended on

it. I'm just a scared little weirdo, afraid of rejection. I noticed I'd been acting alot different since I got

here, I mean, the insulting Genis and the other's and stuff... before I only insulted someone if they were

mean to me first. What was with me? I was acting like the jerks I hated. I made a resolution right there.

I would not insult anyone. Though I might playfully tease once I got more friendly with them.

The next minute, we found ourselves in Triet.

"Well, let's start out search for the first seal!" Raine said. "Everyone ask around, see if anyone knows-"

"LOOK! LOOK! IT'S RAINE!"

A bunch of geeks- argh, watch it Jaela watch it, a bunch of... people who like to learn and stuff, who

were apparently Raine's fanclub (How'd she get a fanclub here?) were running toward us.

"Uh-oh..." Colette paled. "Mob..."

Kratos sighed slightly. This was probably, in his words, 'going to be a nuisance'. The angel attempted

to stop the hoard, while Raine, Colette and I... well, we ran for the hills. Colette was in front, ran and-

"OUCH!"

So that's how that hole got there...

"Are you all right?" I ran over.

Damn... that had to hurt...

"Ooh..." Colette stepped back from the wall, dizzy.

"First aid!" Kratos cast, running over.

By some miracle, he managed to stop the advancing hoard. Wow, how does he do that...? After the

little...misadventure, we headed out into the desert again. We didn't get far before we ran into some

monsters. No more picking on ladybugs. Besides by some miracle blocking when Kratos trained me,

and the only reason I even did the 'intellectual' move was because he let me. Besides everything I had

somehow managed to do so far. Even besides the cruxis crystal which made me stronger. I learned

something very important, wanna know what it is?

I suck at fighting.

"UGH!" I groaned as I was thrown onto the ground.

The scorpion headed toward me and I managed to stab it through the head.

Kratos had just killed the last monster and helped me up.

"For your apprentice she's not very good." Raine examined me.

"She's just starting out." the angel said, but I could tell he thought the same.

"I'll...I'll get better," I blushed, gritting my teeth. "Just wait."

"I'm sure you will if you work hard!" Colette chirped.

I am such an ass, I dissed her and she encourages me.

"...Thanks Colette." I smiled slightly.

You know, Presea was right, I was I could just be nice like that right after someone was mean to me...

We were just about to get moving when Genis came riding up to us on Noishe.

"Genis?" Raine gasped. "What are you doing here?"

Before we knew it, we were heading toward the base, Genis was filling us in.

I felt like an ass for the millionth time that day. ...Wasn't there something I could have done? If I

knew...couldn't I have saved one person at least? I didn't have much time to think, before I knew it, we

had charged through the doors...

"You guys came to save me?" Lloyd said, almost disbelieving.

For some reason, that almost made me smile, I mean, in the game it always made me smile... Botta

charged at us with his two lackeys, since I knew I sucked at fighting, I decided to take out the weaker

ones, I'd probably be more useful that way. Genis cast fire ball and Colette whirled her charkams,

Kratos and Lloyd, both being...them, went all out on Botta. By some miracle, I actually managed to

take out one 'desian'. I went over to the next one whom Colette was trying to take out. The 'desian'

attempted to slash her, and since he didn't notice me I managed to block his attack.

"Thanks!" Colette chirped before finishing him off.

"DEMON FANG!" I shot some 'sword force' things at Botta.

They hit the renegade who flinched just as Lloyd 'sonic-thrusted' him.

"Yes!" I cheered as Botta fell. "Victory!"

Botta then ran away as Raine walked in. She picked up the weapon.

"Is this a...?" she examined it.

"Professor!" Lloyd grinned.

"Ah Lloyd... Genis told me what happened..." she turned to her brother. "I'm sorry for the trouble."

"No... it was my fault." Lloyd sighed. "I'm sorry."

"Uh, this is all very dramatic, but we should get out of here." I pointed out.

"Right!" Lloyd nodded.

We all ran out and headed for Triet. Kratos pulled Lloyd aside as we walked.

Man, it's kind of hard not to eavesdrop anymore.

"Lloyd, about that fight back there..."

"You're not gonna tell me I got in the way are you? Cause I was a bigger help then Jaela..."

I'm gonna slap him. ...Okay maybe not, it was true...

"You did well." Kratos said, ignoring the comment about me.

"I what?" Lloyd blinked, then smiled. "Really?"

It was so cute, well, I guess cute isn't the word, ...touching, that's it. Y'know, father and son chatting.

"Jaela, you did really good!" Colette scattered my thoughts.

"Uh..." I blinked. "Maybe you weren't paying attention, but no I didn't."

"You did better than before!" the blonde blinked. "So you did good!"

"..Thanks Colette." I smiled. "And uhm...sorry about calling you an idiot before..."

"Hey!" Genis griped. "What about me? You called me a crybaby!"

"Don't take it personally," I shrugged. "I tease everyone, I rarely ever mean it."

"Did you mean it that time?" he hissed.

"Well...All right!" I griped. "Sorry! Now get off my back!"

"But he's not on your back..." Colette blinked.

I decided to ignore her.

"Colette," Raine sighed. "It's an expression."

"Oh," she nodded. "I see!"

When we got to Triet, we met in a room where we told Raine about exspheres.

"Is one of these perhaps a key crest?" Raine put some things on the floor.

Up close, they really did look kind of cool, you know...ancientish.

Raine started to explain her stuff. "This is a crown from the Balacruf-"

"Any reason it looks like coral?" I blinked, looking at it.

"Why...I never noticed that!" Raine tensed up. "Perhaps the Balacruf dynasty-!"

What have I done?

"This is a..." Kratos stopped her by picking up a key-crest.

"Professor! This is a key crest!" Lloyd exclaimed.

"It is? Oh marvelous!"

"I can fix it for you Professor." Lloyd said, taking it.

After that, we all went to our rooms. I had to share with Colette... urgh...

Yuan: Oh boy... I don't like where that's going.

Me: I know...ugh... Review! Flames are welcome, cause I'll use them to torch Yuan.

Yuan: What-? Hey! Wait no!

Me: Mwheheheheheh...