Hey all! Here is the next chapter to my story, Eternal Destiny. I hope you like it! Well,
here it is.

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Eternal Destiny
::Chapter Six::

Unmei sighed as she had *ahem* placed Fleckin's stuff away and had cleaned up her room,
removing evles and dragons figurines, rare exotic flowers, strange crystals, and any other stuff
Fleckin mite brake or take.

She then walked out back to where the leaders, Oaken, and Kiro had been talking and
looked inside. The room was dark, and empty of anyone. Well, that's what Unmei thought until she
took a closer look. Inside she noticed Saykio flapping about and reading some books.

Unmei smiled and walked over to where he was reading one book with a look of urgency. She
looked over his shoulder and read a few lines which where written in mysin.

...where she and her children left, no one knows, but last she was heard, supposedly she
was heading to...

She was cut off as Saykio wipped about and stared at Unmei. She stared as Saykio looked
at her and said,

"Unmei, we do not know yet. When we find out, we will tell you. Even if we did know for
sure now, I do not think we could tell you. Soon, though, you will understand everything." Saykio
murmured.

"What are you talking about, Saykio?" Unmei asked. Did it have something to do with the
book?

"Nothing amd everything. Just know that you will understand, soon. Though I think you
might not want to know too soon." he replied.

"So what are you doing all in the dark, reading? You are so small, and cute, it is
depressing seeing you so sad." she replied.

"I came to look something up on Mystics. I thought if I learned some more about them, I
might find ways to protect you and Kiro better. I was so scared when I could not help you against
that merman." he said quietly, in his soft high pitched voice that made him adorable.

"It was not your fault. Not even Kiro could have saved me. His powers are useless under
water, unless he is able to cast a spell first so he could. Now lets go eat. It is about lunch
time." she replied, grabbing Saykio's little paw, and held it as he flew with her to the table
where all was seated, waiting for lunch.

When they entered, Oaken was in the door way, so they could not get through. He looked at
Unmei and said,

"Oh! I thought you where still getting the room set. I was comming to get you for lunch."
he said, grabbing her other hand and led them to a chair. Unmei sat between the elder from
earlier, and Oaken. When she sat down, he seemed to tense up.

Everyone at the table looked at her, except for Oaken, and then at Saykio. She looked at
Saykio questionly, as if asking what to do. He shrugged his little arms and stood by her hand
on the table.

"This is Saykio. He is a gaurdian for mystics, he came with Ki..." she was about to say
Kiro, but knew they eyed Saykio suspiciously when they found out what he was. And Kiro did not
want them knowing he was a mystic too. And looking at Kiro affirned her thoughts.

"...I mean Cosset. An elf I met a couple days back. He was living among the elves, and
when we met, he came back with me." Unmei convincingly ammended. She looked at Saykio and he
nodded, affirming what she had said to them all.

"Yes, I was a little annoyed at her bringing the little felow at first, but he is a cute
one, and I could not send him away. So now here he is. He is always watching over Unmei." Oaken
said with ease. It sounded to Unmei as if he was able to go between worlds, and in one world,
what he had just said was true, and Unmei had indeed befriended Saykio through her elf friend,
Cosset.

Kiro said nothing, but nodded, and turned back to a another village leader with brown
hair with gray hairs starting to pop up, and he had blue eyes. Unmei looked back at Saykio and
smiled.

"So I guess as long as they are staying, your kind of my little pet." Unmei whispered,
then smiled. He smiled back, replying,

"Yeah, if they where to see me with Kiro to much, they might suspect. But don't worry. Me
and Kiro are pretty quick minded. We can get our selves out of any thing!" he replied. Unmei
giggled, which made most of the people around the table stare at her. Unmei blushed and turned
away.

"Ah, Saykio! Look at what you made me do?" she pouted. At that time, the one cook Oaken
had, came in with lunch. All of the village leader's plates had exravagent foods, like oysters,
which where had to get around The Hills, and chicken, and bread, and rich red wine. But Unmei,
Kiro, and Oaken had small eggs with an apple, orange, or whatever they preferred with water.
Saykio, though, just ate some wild berry, a bit of Unmei's eggs, and a sip or too of water.

After seeing what Oaken and Kiro had gotten, ignoring Unmei, because she was only a
mystic, felt funny, but ignored it and ate away any ways. Through lunch they talked about when
they should start the challenge for Kiro. Finally they agreed on the day after tomorrow. Then
they continued on, asking even MORE, if possible, questions about Kiro.

'Why don't they just take out the guy's diary?' Unmei thought impatiently. Finally,
Unmei set down her cup of water and said,

"What do you think about taking this challenge? Are you afraid, nervous, exited,
confident?" she said nonchantly. Most of them looked puzzled that Unmei would ask such a
question. They always asked questions like, where was he born, what kind of teachers did he have,
and other unimportant stuff to Unmei. To Unmei, it only showed how much money they had, how
smart he was, and how stuck up he was. It did not tell what kind of person he was.

Kiro just smiled and said, "I do not know. I am uncertain, for I know little (though he
knew more than Unmei)of this evil threat coming over the lands. I do know, how ever, it is great,
though I am strong, I do not know if I have the power to get theses stones if I pass the
challenge. I can only hope I can."

All was quiet a moment, till Fleckin rose his haughty little nose and said, "Unmei, tell
me, where are your real parents, hmm? Why are you here with Oaken?" His eyes seemed to glint
knowingly.

Unmei angrily averrted her gave straight into his eyes and glared. "This whole problem
is about the stones, and who is best to look for them, and who is most knowledgable about it.
Not about some little unimportant mystic who could die, and destiny would go ever on. What role
do I play? I am just some silly little girl in the middle of one large problem, slowing everyone
down. But still for some reason, out of all this, you are able to ask a stupid question as to
why I am here when it is none of your buisness!" Unmei quickly stood up and began to run from
the room.

She felt a tug trying to pull her back, and relized Kiro was trying to get her to come
back, but Unmei broke through, and ran outside, since she could not go to her room. Unmei ran
through the trees and over the hills, to the edge of the village. There she ran for ten minuets
till she came to the edge of The Forest.

She looked about and saw something glint in a closed up flower bud. 'A fairy. All curled
up and safe from the world in that single delicate flower, until that flower falls and the fairy
is sent out to face the world alone. Kind of like me and my mother. I was safe with her, cared
for, and loved, until my mother left me into the world of those who would for ever shun me.'
Unmei thought.

'Here, also is where this all started. This was where I was first given away, from my
mother. Here is where me and my adopted parents of the time found out I was a mystic. Here is
where I found my first spell book, and here is where I met Kiro. This place is a fountin of
memories.' she thought on. Unmei sat and looked about, staring dazedly, being lulled to sleep
by the gentle wind, caressing her like a mother she could barely grasp in little flashes of
memory.

Slowly Unmei's eyes drifted shut, and Unmei fell asleep under a tall wide tree that
looked like a gaurdian protecting her, even from the sun.

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Hard, rough hands. That is what Unmei felt. A pair of hands where going through her bags
and pouches. Now they where grabbing her. Unmei quickly realized that they where thives, and
jumped up, prepared to fight.

There was two, both about thirty. They both had black hair, and one had blue eyes, the
other had brown. When they noticed she had jumped up, they looked at her and smiled.

"So are little witch has woken." one said.

"I am not a witch!" Unmei replied angrily. Witches where people just like mystics, except
they needed special items for every spell they cast, and usualy cast them against humans.

"Then what are all these interesting trinkits for?" the other said, holding up a silver
cystal, and a couple of scrolls with some spells.

"You are right. I do cast spells. But I am not a witch." she replied, leaning against the
tree as if this sorta thing happened all the time.

"You are not of this village, are you?" Unmei asked. Both shook there heads.

"Then if you are not a witch, but cast spells, what are you? A giant fairy?"the first
mocked. Unmei glared angrily at them.

"Well obviously you are not of this village, other wise you would have heard of me. I am
Unmei, one of the last mystics." With that, Unmei bowed to them, smiling. They looked upset for
a minuet, then they calmed down.

"So? Does not matter to me. You do not have your scrolls of spells, so we are safe." the
other replied. Unmei smiled.

"Yes, yes, you do seem to have my spells, what a pity. How will I cast those spells when
they are on the scroll and you have them?" she asked, sarcasticaly.

"Maybe, just maybe, since I know a lot more than all those on the scrolls, and
unlike a witch, I don't need items to cast spells, I may be able to burn you from the inside out
for even thinking of stealing anything of mine." Unmei said, cooly, flame flicking at her finger
tips after murmuring something under her breath.

Now this scared them, and both ran off, back to where ever they came from, and they
dropped all of Unmei's possesions they had thought to keep. Unmei smiled and picked up her stuff
and put them away.

Quietly and quickly Unmei walked back over the hills and trees and returned back to the
house, just when it was turning dark.

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Gently opened the door, and went inside. She looked around and noticed that everyone had
indeed retired for the night. Unmei, though, was not tired after her nap. True, her feet where a
little sore from the trip, but that was all.

She looked around, and she finally found Oaken in the library. Unmei took a few steps in
when Oaken said,

"Unmei, come here." Unmei walked quietly to the couch where Oaken was sitting, with a
book in his lap. She sat down next to him, and watched him. He looked at her, than said,

"Unmei. Earlier you said that you where not able to help us in the middle of this. You
said only Kiro was important, and that you only slowed us down. But you are wrong. You are very
important in this matter, nearly essential. And even if you where not, you are precious to all
of us. Even to the village leaders, though they will never admit it. You are very much needed
indeed, though we can not tell you yet, why."

Unmei looked at him, curious as to what he had just said. Saykio had said the same
thing, about not being able to tell her now, but that she was important in all of this. Unmei
asked the first thing that came to mind.

"Why later? Why not now? It would be so much more easier!"

"There you are wrong again. It is hard enough for me to know, and
it could make you awfuly afraid." Oaken said sadly.

"Why! I am not afraid of no one or anything!" Unmei cried.

"Maybe. But I can not tell you now. Soon, though, soon you will know." Oaken replied,
then stood up and began to walk away.

"Oh! I almost forgot. Kiro said he would alow you to stay with him the night." he went
on.

"Oaken! You are gonna let me sleep in the same room as a man?! Besides, Kiro is stuck up,
and annoying and..."

"And handsome, and wise, and caring, and a gentleman, that will not touch you." Oaken
chuckled, interupting her.

"Don't worry, dear, if he touches, I promise to let you turn him into a purple specked
toad! That is, if you object to his touchings? You are growing up, Unmei, and it is about time
you got a life of your own, or found someone. Who you marry, will become village leader of
this village, and Kiro looks like a nice young lad." he went on.

"Oaken! One: I hate him! Two: He hates me! Three: I will NOT be getting married anytime
soon, so don't get your hopes up!" Unmei replied angrily.

"Very well, then." he smiled, "I am tired from today's events. Kiro will be no doubt
waiting for you." Then Oaken left to his small room. Unmei sighed. She SO did not want to have
to face Kiro. Damn her luck.

Unmei sighed, all the sudden tired, and walked towards Kiro's room, when she met Saykio
at the foot of the stairs.

"Hey, Saykio, whats up?" Unmei asked.

"Not much. I was waiting for you. I wanted to go after you earlier, but Oaken stopped me.
Now I feal bad I did not go, because then you had to stop those theives." Saykio answered.

"Hey! How did you know about that?" Unmei asked, shocked. She did not tell anyone about
them.

"Me and Kiro know. Kiro becuase, um, well...just, he knows, and I know becuase I am meant
to protect you, and I can tell and see mentally what is wrong when something happens." he replied
confusingly. 'How had Kiro known? Oh, whatever! This last week had been horrid, I just want to
go to sleep!' Unmei though.

"Well, lets go, Saykio, I am tired. Oaken told me we are to sleep in with Kiro." Unmei
said, grimacing at the thought. Saykio nodded.

"Yes, Kiro told me. Let's go then, you seem tired." Saykio grabbed her hand and tried
to drag her with him to Kiro's room.

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Hey all! What do you think? Pretty quick, huh? Hope you liked it! I would like to thank
Arwen for your reveiw. Thank you soooo much. It really made me happy to know someone is enjoying
this! And thanks to all of you, too, who are NOT reveiwing my stories. ^_~
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