Kevin: Wow, feels like just the other day I started writing...

Skyler/Tori: HOORAY FOR SIX MONTH MARK!

Kevin: Yep. Now, ON WITH THE STORY!

- Chapter 36-

~(Ronan's pov)~

I woke up to the smell of...

Cherry pie?

Hmm... I think I'll get up.

I look at the clock. It's three A.M.

'... Who in their right mind would be baking a cherry pie at three in the morning?...

... Who else. It's gotta be Arme.'

I get up and go down the stairs, but stop halfway, hearing voices.

"Okay. I'll venture a guess. You like a guy, someone perhaps who gave or is giving you a place to stay, and you want to thank him?" Skyler's voice.

A pause.

"Would this person's name, perhaps, start with an 'R'?" Skyler again.

Another pause.

"Got it." Skyler's voice once again.

"You won't tell, will you?" Arme.

"Nah, but I will say one thing."

"And what's that?"

"Good luck. Although, I don't think he'd like to find you out here in the middle of the night. Go to bed."

"Okay... What about you?"

"Meh, I'll probably stay up. I can't sleep. Maybe go train."

"Ah. Okay then, goodnight."

I heard Arme walking towards the stairs, so I quickly got back to my room.

After hearing her door close, I came back out, and headed back down the stairs.

"Morning."

"You heard the entire conversation, didn't you?"

"Enough. Wanna spar?"

"Ah. Sure."

~(Gabby's pov)~

I woke up, looked at the clock, saw how late it was, decided to finally get up.

'I smell cherry pie... Oh well.'

I fly down the stairs, finding that Ronan and Skyler were bruised up and unconscious, probably from a spar. They must've simultaneously hit each other on the head. Again. Arme was tending to them.

They seem to have gotten to know each other so well that they can predict any attack the other will do, with a few exceptions.

Like a basic downward swing.

~(Arme's pov)~

"Ugh, stupid idiots... We were supposed to go fight Gaikoz today... idiots..."

Seriously? Why couldn't they save the fight in them for Gaikoz? WHY?

~(Tori's pov)~

Well, so much for that... Looks like we're waiting a few more days... Oh well, we could use the extra time to plan, I guess...

~(Timeskip: Three days: Skyler's pov)~

Okay. We're ready. We've got everything ready: attack plan: Elesis, Ronan, and Arme will attack the left flank, Jin, Briana, and Dio will distract from the right flank, while Tori, Lass, and myself will sneak past the army and take out some of the larger enemies. While this is happening, Ryan, Jack, and Emma will infiltrate Gaikoz's castle while the hoards of monsters are trying to defend the docks, and take out Gaikoz by any means necessary.

Why Ryan, you may ask?

~FLASHBACK, yesterday~

"THAT'S IT!" Ryan proclaimed.

Ryan and Lire were in one of the trees between the training grounds.

"What's it?" Lire answered, after trying for the fiftieth time to string the sharpened bow, only to have it cut the string.

"What that thing is!"

"Huh?"

"I knew I'd seen it before... Of course! Why hadn't I seen it before!" Ryan said, snatching the weapon away from Lire and jumping to the ground, rushing at a training dummy.

"Hey! Give that ba- woah..."

As Lire said this, Ryan exclaimed, "SPINNING PHANTOM!"

Ryan made a headfirst leap towards the dummy, spinning, and holding the weapon over his head, making it act like a corkscrew. A burst of golden energy erupted from the weapon, causing Lire to miss what happened. When she looked again, the training dummy was, visibly, in rock-sized pieces. Shredded.

~END FLASHBACK~

Yeah. That's why.

~(End of chapter)~

A/N: Yes, the Jade Hook is finally discovered. Even though it's been there the whole time.

Also: I'VE GOT VOLUNTEERS! I no longer need new volunteers to help with the higher up dungeons.

THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT KENTUCKY!(lolz)