Any one likes Tales series? I do, so I was thinking of writing their stories with vocaloid mix somewhere in coming year 2013… And also hopefully I'm in time to say "HAPPY YEAR 2013!" XD'

aira2889: Thanks for that pointers! I really need those critics since I'm still trying to improve =D
And also thanks for the extra info~ XD" I look up the term shota when I was like, "why everyone call Len a Shota, and what the heck was that word mean?" ….. And after looking up I realise I've to put this in my story as part of my "tormenting" from Rinny to Len…. XD" Oh yeah, and i need some eggplant jokes later….

Storm: Len's lack of formal education…. I almost forgotten about that until I found out that "Hey, Len shouldn't have know that" and adjusted accordingly…. Oh, and Len's strength on lightning will be getting more on soon after they have met up with BaKaito =P
And Mayu… Well, let's say I'm going to (try to) get attached to her soon in this story since she is going to play one of the major roles in this story….. Look out more of her~ XD"

And sorry about the shortness, since i'm a little writer block at the moment...

Chapter 35

~Somewhere in Igins, on the way towards Karas Town~

"…..Say Kaito, it's been a long time since I seen you doing a steal…" Ted started, trying to break the uncomfortable silence between them. He knew his companion wasn't a talkative type, but for him not to say anything, even what happened during this past three years somehow irked him.

"And it's still as good as before, if you want to know," the blue head smirked, throwing a pink, hand-made coin pouch with a badly sew kitty face up on the air and catching it.

"….eh?" Staring that the familiar-looking pouch, Ted quickly checked his pocket….which was empty.

"Kaito! Return that to me at once!" He yelled at the laughing Kaito, who had open to see the contains in the bag.

"Steal it back if you can… After all you are a leader of the bandits, wasn't it? Oh my….. that's quite a heavy pouch…..and gosh, all gallons? I'm rich~" He replied, and started to run after that.

Staring at the running blue figure for a while, Ted chased after him and hollering at him.

"Come back here, you little thief! ! !"

~Edge of the desert area near Karas Town ~

"If there are other deities other than the god Lucifer", Len muttered, "I'm really sorry for any bad things I had done so far…. I'll not waste my food any more, and I'll be a good boy from now on…"

"Come on Len, stop mumbling and start hunting those sand rabbits. We need at least 30 hides so that idiot pervert shopkeeper could sell us some decent weapons and armors….. I mean, you don't want to wear that the whole day, aren't you?" Gumi remarked, pointing at the young boy.

Right now Len was wearing the so-called the best armor for swordswoman, from what Karas Town weapon shopkeeper had claimed so. A short, frilly white skirt just barely covered his thigh, with two long indigo ribbons tied behind his snow-white blouse, and the end flowing down till his knee area. Wearing white leggings and a pair of white shoes, he looked like a "cute and beautiful white angel" as what the shopkeeper had claimed.

For the whole time after he gotten this dress up, Rin and Gumi had been laughing so hard that Len felt like digging a hole and laid there, never come out. If not because of the some agreement with the shopkeeper and that losing bet, Len would have burned these clothes to simmers.

"But Len, using a bow and arrows to hunt, wasn't it much more effective than using a sword to hunt?" Gumi asked, eyeing the blond curiously. "You had trained as a bow hunter by your father, and you still have your excellent aim and skills even after not using it again for a long time…."

"Well… I feel I need to save up those arrows and also, I need to practice more on my sword skills…" Len replied, trying hard not to stumble and made the reasons looked natural, which Gumi did buy off his excuse.

Truth to be told, Len hadn't told anyone before, not even Rin and his mother, that the very night when his father was taken away after accidently hurting the King's horse, he followed them quietly and saw, in front of him in his hiding place, the king ordered his knights and shot his father, until his body fully covered in arrows. He wanted to help, but the eyes from his father before his death, he told him to run, to live on. This scarred memory, along with his recent mother's death, Len truly wondered what was it that keeping his sanity. Normal kids would have forgotten them or gone crazy after that, but besides keeping that very memory of his parents last moments, the only thing he done so far was looking forward a day that he could end the harsh rule that occurs in Terra, and stopped using his archery skills for reasons he had forgotten.

'I wondered if I was I cursed…..' Len thought, before he was completely interrupted by Gumi.

"Hey Len, did you heard a cried?" She asked him, which he immediately glanced at the barren surroundings.

There, about ten foot away from where they were, was a young boy with whitish hair, waving his crossbow over his head to chase away flying monsters surrounding him.

"Let's go and help!" Gumi yelled, and without waiting for Len's respond, she dashed towards the scene.

-Meanwhile…in Karas Town-

"That was seriously hilarious…. Oh gosh, I wish I could do a portrait of his priceless expression…" Rin remarked, while reading her shopping list with Gakupo.

"Well Rin, you have tormented him enough, so why don't you give that poor kid a rest?"

"But…." Rin whinned, and before she could continue what she wanted to say, a young kid looked no older than ten years old with green hair bumped onto her. By her luck she was caught by Gakupo immediately before she fell onto the ground. After steadying herself and giving a thanks to Gakupo, she stared at the boy who was giving her a toothy, sheepishly grin.

"Ops, sorry oneesan…. I wasn't looking…" The young boy apologized, scratching his head.

"Well… it's ok, just look where you are going next time alright?" Patting the young boy's head, Gakupo took his apology on behalf of Rin, who was pouting and crossing her arms.

"…you know I really preferred your food smearing on my face than on my clothes…." She said, looking gloomy, with Gakupo almost graped at her.

"I'm really sorry Miss, Ryuuto didn't mean to do that…" Ryuuto's companion, a tall light purple hair teen girl who came running towards them, quickly apologized to Rin again, which she waved off.

"Naw, don't be. Apology accepted if you tell me where did you buy that?" Pointing at Ryuuto's crepe on his hand, with some of the chocolate sauce still dripping hot, Rin asked while trying not to drool. "I would like to have that too…"

"Rin, before that…." Holding up a clean hanky, Gakupo continued, "Wipe that away before it becomes….."

"Of course, thank you Gakupo." As quick as possible, Rin wiped off the sauce stains and pulling Ryuuto towards the shop nearby to buy a similar food treats as Ryuuto had, leaving Gakupo and Ryuuto's companion behind.

"…so, we meet again?" The girl remarked, looking at Gakupo.

"Huh?" Looking at the girl carefully again, Gakupo finally realized who this person is.

"Oh, Yukari-chan…Yup, it's sure a pleasure to see a lovely lady like you again." He replied, hands over his back of his head. "Was that boy your brother?"

"Hmm….somewhat? He looks up everyone as his big brother or big sister except Yuki, who was like a rival to him…"

"Yu-neechan~ I found Ia-nee~" Ryuuto yelled, rushing back to Yukari side, with Rin and a light Blonde girl following causelly behind. All three of them were holding a crepe in each hand.

"Here, I hope you like this." Rin said, holding up a crepe with eggplant fillings and honey sauce dripping over. She had a milk crepe with orange fillings.

Thanking her, Gakupo looked at the weird combination of the crepe she had for him and, took a bite bravely. It was surprisingly good.

"Hi Yukari, sorry I was late again…" the blond replied, passing a chocolate crepe with some banana fillings to Yukari.

"Not surprising. You are a type that always gotten sway away from us when you found something interesting….Lucky for us and for you that you have gone here as part of your wandering road that you could find us." Coolly, Yukari took the crepe and ate it, trying hard not to smile at the happiness feeling when eating her favourite food.

While eating his food half-way, Gakupo suddenly looked at Rin questionably. "How did you manage to buy them so fast? I thought you need time to queue and waiting the crepes to cook?"

"Well, that's because Ia-nee had bought too many and couldn't hold it." Ryuuto chipped in, grabbing everyone's attention. "She bought seven in one go, and…"

"Ryuuto-kun~ do you want some more?" the girl, Ia-nee as Gakupo presumed, asked Ryuuto sweetly and holding another crepe she just got it back from Ryuuto.

"I want!" He yelled, trying hard not to drool because the crepe on her hand was the best-seller in that shop—fruity crepe.

Sighing hard, Yukari shook her head and turn her attention to Gakupo again. "Anyway since the person we want to find is here, you can go anyway you like and also, sorry that we had taken away some of you time."

"Well, there is nothing to apologize, and I glad that you manage to find her."

Suddenly, Yukari tip-top and leaned over, mouth near his ear and whispered, "Be careful, there is a dark shadow following you….threatened to swallow up your friends around you."

After saying that, she quickly slipped something into his pocket, going unnoticed by everyone except Gakupo and Yukari's companions before stepped away.

Bowing low at him, she walked away, with her companions followed behind and bid Rin goodbye.

Stunned, he barely registered Rin's calls before holding her hand and walking opposite direction, wondered, 'Just what was it all about?'

Right... this story is still a bit raw, and i knew i still have lots of spelling mistakes here and there but resassure, i shall get them done next year *sweatdrop* But still everyone is free to point out what or where is the mistakes i've made (so that i can be a little more lazy on checking~ *stab*)

Oh yeah, vitural cookies for anyone remember who Ryuuto is in my story, and Ia and Yukari's plushie for correct guess on what's their role in this story~ (i love guessing game XD *shot)

So... Kaiki over and out to celebrate Kaito's coming V3 append and the count downing of 2013! See you in next update!