On returning to the village, it suddenly dawned on me that the villagers wouldn't approve of us returning with two Rath eggs. It had taken them almost a year to warm up to Citrine, and she was only a Ludroth! The villagers would have executed us had we walked in with the Rath eggs.

So I suggested the farm. They loved me there, and the only person that visited the farm was me. They would no doubt agree to help us hide and even raise them. Suzaku wasn't convinced. He seemed to think that we should take them back to the nest and come and check on them every day, but I didn't feel comfortable with that. Since their mother was dead, another Rathian might nest there instead, and she could have destroyed the eggs to make way for her own. Plus, I felt better knowing that when we weren't watching them, somebody else was.

We stopped at the Village gates and slipped into the tunnel that went to the farm, making sure nobody from the village had seen us doing so. When we arrived on the tiny cliff that was the farm, we were welcomed warmly by the Head Farmer and his Felyne workers. I was quick to explain our dilemma. The Felynes, being classed as monsters themselves, said that they would take them to their village and bring them back when they were about to hatch. The farm and the village were linked by a large tunnel which I had used occasionally for mining.

As the Felynes struggled with the eggs into the tunnel, I discussed with the Head Farmer about some mushrooms I had gathered. Citrine was chasing after Poogie, who was high tailing it around the farm like he had a barrel bomb shoved up his ass. Suzaku was surrounded by Felynes who were interested in his foreign armor, weapon and accent.

When the Felynes that had carried the eggs returned, they told us they had made a bed of hay for them to keep them off the cold ground. There were also two Felynes in charge of keeping the eggs warm. I was so pleased that I gave every Felyne present a hug. I noticed the male ones were all blushing when I put them back down.

Knowing that the eggs were in good hands, we went back to the village. The sun was slowly vanishing and the sky grew dark. When we returned to the village, the traveller who had informed me of the battle asked what the commotion had been. I decided to lie and say that a Rathian and a Great Jaggi were having a face-off. They had broken up on their own. He sighed with relief and thanked me warmly for investigating. I noticed that Suzaku was glaring at the man. I was confused and wondered if Suzaku had met him before, but that wasn't possible, was it? As the traveller left to gather supplies, I turned to Suzaku and crossed my arms. He seemed confused.

"What's up with you?" He asked.

"Why were you glaring at that man?" I asked him, ignoring his question. His eyes widened.

"I was glaring at him? I had no idea!" He said in shock. Somehow it seemed fake. His glare had seemed more like a jealous glare, now that I thought about it...

Maybe he never got as much praise as me back in his dimension. Maybe he just wished he was famous, like me. But if that was the case, he would have glared at me and not the traveller.

Confusing...

Alpha approached me with a broad smile plastered on his face.

"Somehow I have a feeling you were lying about what you told him." He said, tilting his head to the side in the direction of the traveller.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You said they broke up on their own, right? You never had to get involved?" He said.

"Yes." I replied, sternly, refusing to break eye contact with him.

"Then why do you have blood on your armor?"

My eyes widened and I slowly looked down. I winced. Seeing the blood that had stained my Lagiacrus armor's rough turquoise surface was like seeing thousands of monsters charging at you – absolutely horrifying.

It was only because Alpha had just seen right through me!

"So, what happened really?" He asked, leaning against his bow, which was lodged between two planks of wood so he didn't slip and look like an idiot as he went.

"Like I told him, a Rathian and Great Jaggi were facing off." I lied. I decided to pretend to be honest and just lie further.

"The Jaggi attacked so I killed them, and had to get out of there before the Rathian turned on me. I just didn't want to tell him that." I said to him. It pained me to talk about that Rathian like she was just another monster.

He glared at me with narrowed eyes for a few seconds. I could sense Suzaku behind me, I could almost feel him glaring at Alpha also. Seriously, what was up with him? It was almost like he was jealous of every man who talked to me!

"Fine, I believe you." He said with a nod, his stern expression changing to a childish one, with wide sparkling eyes and a cheesy grin. I had to laugh...

"I was only testing you." He stated, before ruffling my hair and walking off, pulling his bow from between the boards as he did so. Suzaku walked forward so he was standing beside me.

"That was a close one." He said with a smirk. I nodded, shaking slightly. Alpha would never speak to me again if he learned of the Rath eggs...

The sun vanished completely behind the mountains and the moon rose up from the sea. It was a beautiful full moon tonight, it illuminated the whole village. I was sitting on the little dock attached to my house, my feet in the water, watching Citrine swim in graceful patterns. I laughed as she jumped out of the water and into the air, did a back flip and slipped back into the water. In her absence while she was underwater, I found my eyes drawn to the shining full moon.

This night was much like the night of her funeral... My hero...

I remembered her smiling face as she ruffled my hair much like Alpha did. She had been the mother I never had...

I wonder if she would think any differently of me if she knew about Citrine and the Rath eggs? I wonder if she was watching me from heaven, and she knew about the Rath eggs? Was she angry at me for saving them, or was she proud of me? I guess I would never know...

Suddenly, I was snapped from my daydreaming from the sound of music outside the house. Leaving Citrine to swim, I got up and went to investigate. Suzaku rushed into the house as I stood up.

"What's going on out there?" I asked.

"I'm not terribly sure. Some of the fishermen pulled instruments out of nowhere, started playing them and now about half of the villagers are dancing." He seemed completely bewildered. I laughed. For some reason, on a night when the moon was full, the village burst to life. Sometimes I wondered if it was in homage to her. Although, it was probably just for fun. Full moons weren't very common, you'd be lucky if you got one every month.

I pulled him outside and felt a grin spread its way across my face. Seeing the village so alive made me happy. Men and woman were in partners, dancing by the fishermen wielding the instruments. It was a pretty wild dance, not anything slow like a waltz.

I had never actually taken part in the dances, I had only watched. There was nobody to dance with.

Suzaku seemed to be enjoying himself, his foot was tapping to the rhythm of the music. He had a similar grin to mine.

"Nothing happens like this where I live." He said in wonder.

"Your village must be pretty boring then." I joked. He nodded in agreement, not realizing I was joking.

Suddenly, the fast-paced song drew to a halt just as quickly as it had started. The dancers halted and waited patiently for the fishermen to play another song. When they started up, and the dancers realized the slow pace of the music, they began to waltz. Some however left the group of dancers and took seats somewhere else, watching the others with shining eyes.

I found myself captured by the music and I didn't realize I was swaying along until somebody tapped me on the shoulder. I looked to my left and saw Suzaku standing a few feet away, holding his hand out to me with a warm smile on his face. My face heated up instantly, he wanted to dance?

I tried to speak but no words would come out. Bewildered, I found myself grabbing his hand and he lead me out into the group of dancers. Our hands became entwined and he lead our dance. I had never danced before, so I just copied him. Once I had gotten the hang of it, I looked up at him and discovered he was looking down at me with a goofy smile. The way I was looking at him, I must have looked like a scared puppy. Very unprofessional...

I was enjoying it though. But, I don't think it was so much the dancing I was enjoying. I think it was because I was dancing with him...

...What? That doesn't mean I like him or anything! Or, maybe I did, I wasn't sure... Argh, so confusing!

I tried to stop thinking about it and tried to just enjoy the dance. But I kept getting distracted by his eyes, which I couldn't seem to look away from... Argh!

The second the song ended, I pulled away from him. He seemed shocked and slightly hurt, so I quickly apologised and stated that it was just nerves. He smiled in understanding.

Tired and still slightly shocked by the day's events, I went back to the house and got ready for bed. Suzaku did the same. We climbed into bed and lay in silence, facing away from each other. At one point I gasped and shivered – it was cold tonight...

"Are you cold?" He asked, turning over slightly to look at me.

"Yeah." I replied with a nervous laugh. I felt him turn over completely and tensed up when he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. I was already warming up, but this was still a very awkward situation.

"Umm... Suzaku... This is weird..." I said. He sniggered.

"Hey, I'm only keeping you warm!" He replied. I laughed and finally relaxed. It wasn't long until I fell asleep, the sounds of the music and laughter growing quieter and quieter until I drifted off...


Hey guys, just to let you know that I'm really sorry about the gap between uploading chapter 6, It's just I had some pretty serious exams so I stopped working on all of my stories, not just this one, and then I kinda forgot to take this story up again... But now this story is one of my priorities, and I'm aiming to get as much of it done as I can before the Summer Holidays ends, when there will probably be another huge gap because of more serious exams... Just to give you all a warning! XD