A/N: Hello, here is the next chapter, I know your all probably in shock that it's so soon, but I felt bad so I decided to just do it. Anyway please read the note at the end it is very important.

Disclaimer: don't own….

Another obstacle

The sun was slowly setting over the human city France, as I quickly returned to where Irene was waiting. This city was where Irene's senses had led us and we had decided to split up and try to find Saya in this monstrous metropolis. However it wasn't too long before I felt Irene calling us back to her near the city's port.

She was on the roof of a port-side church;statues of angels blowing trumpets sat on either side of the balcony on which she stood.

"I can hear it." Her voice was a whisper as I swiftly came to stand beside her.

"She's here." She said a bit louder, as Karman came to stand on her other side.

"Saya… tonight, definitely." My voice held confidence as the others one by one surrounded us.

I kept my eyes locked on the boat a moment longer before I turned and headed into the church's attic. The exhaustion from exposure to the sun had caused sweeping over me.

"We should rest; we need to be in top shape for tonight."

I felt the others follow me into the dark room and take different spots along the walls. Karman sat near me, close enough to feel each others heat but not close enough to touch. Irene and lulu sat on my other side and quicklywent to sleep. Jan, Darth, and Gudrif sat on the other side of Karman, close together.

As I dozed I realized that without saying anything we had separated ourselves into mini groups. We were still one group and we all cared about each other but at the same time we each had our own…niche,I suppose is the right word. A small thought ran through my head and although I couldn't get rid of it, I was able to push it to the back of my mind: when everything was over, would we still be one group?

Soon night fell and as soon as it was dark we leapt from the church and headed out across the port and onto the ship. There, on deck, were several guards who quickly started shooting.

We scattered, each of us taking down a guard, as I approached mine he fired rounds of bullets at me, each one stinging as they sunk into my body but I continued to advance as he backed away. Tiring of his attempts to kill me I rushed forward and cut him in half with my scythe then fell back into formation with the others.

"Let's go."

The calm in my voice was evident as we split up to dispose of most of the guards and look for Saya. I moved through the ship's halls killing all who entered my path, never catching a whiff of Saya or her chevalier. I heard gunfire in the next hall and saw Lulu killing the guards with a small smile on her face. I also saw one of the ones she missed start to pull his gun on her so I impaled him on the end of my scythe, holding him up. I sensedIrene and the others coming up behind me.

"Where is Saya?"

A wall collapsed behind me as Gudrif appeared with Karman, Jan and Darth appeared next to Lulu. Unhooking the dead man, I turned to Irene as she closed her eyes, searching for Saya. There was a pregnant pause as no one said anything.

"How come you still haven't found them?" Karman's rough voice rang with impatience.

Turning to him, I tried to keep the peace so that Irene could concentrate.

"Karman! Calm down. We only need to go after Saya and her lone chevalier. There's no rush. Unlike going against Diva's chevaliers, if things go according to plan, we should be able to get to them."

"I know that, but if they get away…"

"I've found them."

Irene's soft voice cut through Karman's voice.

"Saya is at the top."

"At the top?" Karman's voice had softened and was laced with confusion.

"All the way at the top, on the highest point of this ship."

"Is that chevalier with her?"

"Yes, but there's something else…"

"We have no need for humans" Dismissing her last words, I gave the order.

"Let's go"

We flew through the levels of the ship to the top and one by one stopped in formation at the other end of the place Saya had chosen to face us. She drew her sword and the color of her eyes deepened as Lulu and Jan rushed forward to engage her.

She blocked them both and turned as Gudrif came down at her from above; she swung at him and barely missed as he reversed his movement away from her. Lulu tried again, swinging her axe but was blocked by the chevalier and pushed away from Saya. She jumped into the air to escape the chevalier but was caught in mid air by him again. Their weapons clashed and she landed on a different part of the roof, joined by Darth and Gudrif.

My attention was diverted from them as Saya came running at Irene and I, however I ran forward too and caught her off guard as she blocked my attack, sending her flying backwards before she regained her footing near Irene. Bullets clanged against Irene's sword as guards fired at her from the stairs they were climbing.

Jan evaded one of the guards fire while Karman attacked Saya who blocked him. One of the men on the platform fired at him but the bullets just bounced harmlessly of his javelin's head.

More gunfire ripped through the air as we dodged the attacks of the guards and Saya, but we continued to strike out at her periodically. Karman stabbed at her but she blocked and flipped over his head while Lulu went around one of the guards and killed him by slicing his back open. I saw Jan kill another of the guards and the man flew from the roof on to one of the lower levels.

Jan followed the man, apparently after someone I couldn't see and Saya followed him. The remaining guards ignored us and followed them to the edge firing down on Jan. I whipped my scythe around and killed one of the remaining guards, only leaving the blonde one with the hand gun. Karman jumped down too,about to attack Saya while she was turned away but a small human with a strange smell that seemed familiar grabbed onto his weapon.

"Out of my way!"

Karman threw him against the wall and speared him with the butt end of the Javelin. The kid screamed in pain and I saw a man around my age freeze and cry out as well. Everyone seemed to freeze as Saya continued to struggle against Jan, though obviously distracted. Karman rushed towards Saya but her chevalier knocked away his weapon and forced him and Jan to retreat to the rest of us as we reassembled on that level as well.

"Riku!"

Both Saya and the young man ran to the child and looked at his wound while the chevalier stood guard.

"Why? This… Riku…"

Saya gasped and backed away as the wound Karman had inflicted slowly healed, leaving only the blood. In an instant I knew why that smell was so familiar.

"A chevalier?"

Irene's words only confirmed my thoughts. I could see some other humans gathering closer and Saya turned away.

There was a slight movement from my left as Jan decided to take advantage of the situation.

"They're mine!" he cried, jumping away.

"Wait!" I yelled.

He hadn't seen the look in Saya's eyes, nor had he thought about the danger of two chevaliers; all I could see was death.

Sure enough as he flew towards them the chevalier struck at him, causing him to have to dodge, however while he was in the air, Saya came towards him and sliced his stomach open and he fell over the side of the ship into the ocean.

Instantly, I could feel the tension and anger radiating off of Karman. Worry and images of the same fate happening to him ran through me.

"Damn you!"

His voice was a low growl but as much as I wanted vengeance too I couldn't let him or anyone else die too.

"Stop it."

I could see Saya and her chevalier ready themselves for any other attacks we might bring and that only confirmed my decision.

"We're pulling out."

I made my voice so that there was no question about my decision, but of course, Karman, still in a rage, had to argue.

"What?"

"Saya is different then she was. And… there are two chevaliers."

With that we turned and disappeared from the boat, returning to the shore and ran back into the city. Finally we stopped in a deserted clearing, but no one said anything.

"Find food, walk around…find something to do until the sun rises…just, don't go back to the ship. When the sun does rise, go to the abandoned church towards the edge of the city."

Without looking at them, I turned and ran off to find food for myself and then to go rest in the church. I didn't have anything to say to them; we had failed again, and consequently Jan had been lost.

A/N: Alright, I hope you liked it! As you know the one year gap is coming up soon (one more chapter) and so I'd like to have suggestions about what should happen during that one year. Any and all suggestions would be great. No matter what my decision is though, you can bet that Karman and Moses' relationship is going to grow.

Till next time! ^-~