Yay! Two updates! Once upon a Saturday I was bored out of my freakin' mind. So I sat down at my computer and started typing and VIOLA!!

Two chapters in one day!

I haven't done this in forever, but whatever.

Thanks to Culin for beta reading both this chapter and the last one!

She woke up easier this time. She snapped her eyes open willingly and glanced at the people in the room. Jade was there, and Anise was staring at her worriedly.

"What happened?" Luella asked, sitting up.

"You passed out. Jade said it was because you inhaled some miasma. You didn't inhale too much, though, because of that bandana. Where is that from anyway?"

She blatantly avoided the question, "How long was I out?"

"Only a few minutes, we're almost to Yulia city." Anise replied, smiling. Luella nodded, then tried to stand. Anise helped her, until Luella was stable, then let go.

"Anise?" She called tentatively.

"Yes?"

"Did you see Kayden…anywhere? At all? After the city's falling, I mean."

Anise frowned, "No, I'm sorry." Luella looked down. "Oh, Luella, it's okay, I--"

"What about Sync?"

Anise immediately became suspicious. "What about Sync?"

Luella's eyes widened for a minute, then she shook her head, "Never mind. Forget it."

"No, no, tell me!" Anise persisted, "I want to know, what about Sync?" Her voice sounded more conniving now.

Luella sighed wearily, "Have you seen him?"

"No, I--"

"Okay, that's all I wanted to know." She snapped, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall.

"Sorry," Anise apologized, but the grin was still there. "I haven't seen your--"

"Finish that sentence and you get a fonstone shoved through your head." Luella threatened, gesturing to the lights above them.

Anise just laughed. "Someone's touchy about their--"

"Anise!"

"--boyfriend!"

"He's not my boyfriend!" She objected immediately.

"Then why do you care if he's alive."

"I don't!"

Anise sighed, "Fine, whatever. He hasn't kissed you or anything, so I guess it's not official…"

Luella blushed a deep scarlet, "…Yeah…"

Anise gaped, and--wasting no time waiting for the reaction since Anise obviously saw right through her--Luella took off down the hall.

"Luella get back here! I want every detail! When did this happen? How did this happen? Where the hell are you going?" And she bound off after Luella.

--

"I want to know every single detail!" Anise demanded, once she had cornered Luella.

"Every single detail?" She squeaked in response.

"Starting from the beginning."

--

Anise only stared at her when she had finished. Luella became nervous under her stare and nervously asked, "What is it?"

"Damn…" Anise drawled, "He's got it bad for you!"

Luella tilted her head in confusion, "Got what? Did he get me a present?"

Anise stared at her incredulously, before correction herself, "NO, I mean--ugh! Have you ever heard the expression 'whipped?'"

Luella's expression turned to pure horror and her face went white. Her hand covered her mouth as she gasped theoretically, "He was whipped?" She screamed.

Anise slapped her head, "No!" She yelled, "It means he likes you! A lot!"

She relaxed, taking a deep breath and letting her face regain its color. "Well, that's good." Then she paused, "Does it hurt to get 'whipped?'" She asked, etching imaginary quotation marks into the air at the word 'whipped.'

Anise rolled her eyes, "No," She responded curtly, then got quiet. "Do you think he survived?"

Luella looked down, "I don't know…"

Anise frowned, "Well, I'm sure he did! He's a God-General! It should be easy for him to get out of that kind of situation!"

Luella only sighed in response.

Anise smiled warmly, "Come on, let's get you some clothes, those are all ripped.

"I don't have a pack or anything.

Anise shrugged, "That's fine, we'll find something of mine. You're smaller, but you can take some of my old clothes!"

Luella smiled, and Anise led her to her room. She got out a pack and started looking through "I think I brought something I liked--but it doesn't fit anymore.

She found it and pulled it out. It was a maroon dress, only reaching the middle of her thighs. It only had straps a few inches wide, and it had a pale pink under shirt with a zig-zag cut for the top. The dress ended with the same cut, and she had regular shoes--only they were pink in color.

It was fitted, and a little too girly for her tastes, but she was happy enough to have clothes that weren't in pieces. Not to mention they were comfortable.

"Thanks," Luella said quietly. Anise only frowned in response, staring at her.

"What?"

"You're hair, come here." Luella frowned.

"What's wrong with it?"

"Just come here!" She ordered, and pulled Luella's hair out, dropping one broken chopstick into her hand.

"What happened?" Luella asked, curious to where her previous hairstyle had gone.

"Must've happened during the fall." She shrugged. Luella nodded.

"We're at Yulia City!" Natalia called from the door.

--

Saying Luella was amazed with Yulia City didn't even begin to explain it. Every moment since they got there she did nothing but gush about how beautiful Tear's 'homeland' was--as she called it. The only time she pulled her attention away was when Luke had fought with Asch and passed out.

Luke lost.

Which was sad, because Luella really hated Asch, ever since he had called her 'The Tempest's girlfriend' before he fought Luke.

"You're the Tempest's Girlfriend, aren't you?" he asked, his voice lacking any possible interest.

"I am not his girlfriend!" Luella objected, glaring.

"Right," He said, rolling his eyes, "Of course you aren't."

"I'm not!"

"I agreed with you! No wonder you two are together, you're both really annoying."

"Hey!" She shouted, and he smirked in reply.

"Oops." he said sarcastically, "Didn't mean to say that out loud."

"Kick his ass, Luke!"

But now, as she stood with Tear--she had decided to stay with Luke, since she hated Asch--and couldn't shut herself up.

She went on and on about how beautiful everything was, and was planning to babble on until morning, but Tear sent her to bed.

She told her she needed her rest after everything that had happened.

Luella rolled her eyes, but obliged, and began to walk off. She knew where her current room was, but stopped by the library. She found a fairly current book on the order of Lorelei. She saw Van, and she wondered how long he had been Commandant. Legretta was there, Largo, Dist, and Arietta. Then she saw Sync.

He wasn't much younger in the book, so he looks virtually the same. She frowned and read the caption:

"One of the Six God-Generals, Sync the Tempest is a martial artist, as well as the strategist for the Six God-Generals' missions. He joined the order nearly a year ago and it is apparent he won't be leaving any time soon."

The rest was about his fighting style and a bunch of other stuff she already knew. She looked at the picture again and saw that mask. She had only seen his face once up close. The second time she could have seen it, but…was a little distracted.

He has pretty eyes… She thought, then rolled her eyes and shut the book. She left it on the chair and walked up to the room. She caught sight of the bedside lamp in her room, which was a striking shade of green, and frowned.

She picked it up, the tossed it in the closet, shutting the door. She crawled into bed, trying to fall asleep.

She knew it wouldn't come.

Arg!

I need happy!

But I need to work my way up to happy endings and stuff, so I have to be patient.

No, the ending isn't near, I'm just saying I have to wait before anyone's real happy again.