Disclaimer: I don't own Treasure Planet, just my O.C's

Leanna gazed at Asher as though sizing him up. Both got in a stance, but neither moved. Scroop wondered what they were both waiting for. Why wasn't Leanna attacking? Then quicker than a flash they ran at each other and began to battle. Scroop couldn't keep up with their swift, agile movements. Finally Leanna and Asher broke apart with scrapes and bruises. But their injuries were so small they healed almost immediately. Somehow, Scroop got the feeling that he'd be out here all day. Asher rushed at Leanna and threw a blast at her. She easily dodged and aimed a blast of her own at him. It hit, but didn't do much damage. Why? Scroop wondered. He was sure it would have.

Then he saw her taking deep, steady breaths and saw that she had less water than before. Of course. If he was affected this much he could only imagine what it was like for her who depended on water. No way was she going to stray too far from it.

"Okay, this isn't my ideal battle ground. But you can't stay up here, forever." Leanna pointed out.

Scroop didn't bother to hide the growl in his throat.

"Asher, take her down!" He snapped angrily

"Leanna, what were you talking about earlier, when you were talking about all that 'killer instinct' stuff?" Asher asked curiously, ignoring Scroop

She frowned

"Look, I don't know what kind of game you're playing, so let me be perfectly clear. Whatever reason you have for locking it away,"

"He didn't lock it away." Scroop snapped so suddenly they both stopped to stare at him "It was wiped out of Asher. He doesn't even remember anything about it."

Scroop tried to block out the look on Asher's face.

There was a long pause before Leanna finally spoke.

"I see. Dissapointing, although it does explain a lot." She sighed, mulling over what to do in her head.

Without another word of explanation she left. That's when Scroop noticed that Asher was gone, too.

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Scroop quickly rushed back to the ship and tried to make himself appear casual, unconcerned.

"You knew what she was talking about all along. What did I do that was so awful?" Asher asked, clearly not about to fall for Scroop pleading ignorance again.

Scroop wasn't sure how to tell Asher and quite frankly he didn't want to.

"If it was something you should know I'd tell you."

"I say that it is something I should know." Asher argued

"It isn't your place to question me, boy." Scroop growled

which was wasted on Asher

"Fine then, I'll just ask Tesh. I'm sure he'll know." Asher reasoned

"No."

"It's not up to you." Asher snapped

and Scroop was thrown aback.

"It's late, go get some sleep. I'll think of a way to explain it by morning." Scroop told him

Asher looked hesitant, yet did as he was told. Leaving Scroop to worry over what he was going to tell the kid.