A.N.-I'm back, yay^_^. K, now about Aya's aditude. Its very importent through this fic. This along with her knowing how to fight will reveal itself in due time. -_^, you got any more questions about my fic, just ask i'll gladly anwer^_^_^



Dedication-Aiko the flame dancer, LiNa, Sabby, Vanessa St. Cloud, Dillyslilkat, Brenda Mueller, and Dragonslayer Snowstar. Thanx for the reviews!^_^_^_^_^_^



Aya watched Allen with intesty. Her blue-gree eyes burning into his icy blue ones. His eyes studyed her seemingly confident movements across the wooden floor. The way she studyed his every move. He flinched to attention as she dove forward with a war cry and brought her sword down hair onto his.
All her weight pressed downward. He trembled slightly as his own blade came close to his neck. He'd been sure he'd make the first move. Apparently not. Casting away his chiverless helpless-female attiude he pushed her off and swung his sword around towards her back.Aya moved quickly, but not quick
enough. She cursed inwardly as she felt his cool silver blade swipe effertlessly through the tender cloth of her white dress and into her flesh. Hissing in pain her hand went up to wound and felt the courseing dark red blood fall down her arm and spill onto her hand. Glanceing up at him she saw in his eyes
triumph. He was so sure he'd just won. Anger searing through her pains she saw the images of all those times she'd been picked on. Been beaten up. Been tricked. Been laughed at. This only succeded in raiseing her anger all the more. Glowering she droped her hand from the wound and raised her sword
higher. In a fluied, yet controlled movement, she dove forward and swiped her sword down with more force then before. He bloaked it with ease, but in anger Aya struck her sword out too quick for him to doge, but only succeded in ripeing one of his the middle of his blue and white uniform. Breathing
heavely she stared at his icey blue eyes. Trying to figure out his next move with his body language.

He smirked slightly, as if he'd just heard the funnyest joke on the planet,"Are you ready to just give up, girl? You can not win agenst me. Why not just give in. Betray Zeibock."

Aya sneered,"I would never betray them for someone like you, Shizare."

His smirk disspered and his brow furrowed as they both began to circle the outher,"How can you be so loyal to them?"

Aya narrowed her eyes slightly,"Becouse, they are everything you are not."

His eyes burned with fury but his arrogent smirk returned,"You mean everything but a murder. Zeibock has killed thosands of innocents."He searched her face and Aya felt her barrior over emotions weaken more then ever before. Her eyes gazed into his widely. He then added,"Or didn't you know that?"

Aya licked her lips slightly. Her confidense fadeing like leaves on the wind,"Y...You lie!" she stammered.

Allen's eyes light with amusment,"You don't even know where your own loyalties lie do you girl?"

Aya squented her eyes,"I know they don't lie with you. The Zeibock are not murders. You seem more like the killer to me."Aya spoke rapidly. Trying to make herself belive her own words..after all she only knew two people in Zeibcok....

Allen hardened his face,"So you shall still stand with the cowards of Zeibock?"

Aya snarled. Her anger returning,"They are not cowards!"

Allen said no more. No words where needed. He shot forward then to an unexpecting Aya his sword pointed right at her middle. Fearfully she moved slightly but his sword scraped her side. A painstriken yell escped her lips. Choseing anger over pain she stabed him in the shoalder and knocked his sword
from his hand. He turned away grasping his shoulder in pain. Aya leaned agnest the wall. Her eyes closed in pain as beads of sweat appeared on her now pale face. She opened her eyes to see Allen was clutching his right shoulder, his teeth gritted to shut out any cries of pain that might come forth. That
was almost lost though when the ship or 'Crusade' as Allen called it suddenly jerked violently sending Aya's sword flying to the outherside of the room and her to the ground also. Slaming hard into the wall she rolled over on her back. Her vision dizzy and her head throbing with pain. Seeing her sword to
her right she reached for it only to feel and emmense weight on her stoamak and see a sword pointat her hand. Her eyes went up slowly to see Allen learing above her.

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Dilandau quickly boarded Allen Shizare's Crusade ship. His garnite eyes hard as he stormed through hallways. Above severel of his Dragon Slayers where in the Guymilths behind him a few of his Dragon Slayers followed. Dilandau winced as he felt that burning pain in his side and right shoulder. What was
wrong with him? Since when did he care about what happened to anyone? Shaking his head he reminded himself why he was their. Not that he really needed to. Aya. He had to find her. He didn't really think Shizare would dare touch her let alone torture
her. Wait a minute. This was Allen Shizare. The biggest play boy on Gaea. Instently he began to walk faster.

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Aya Slowly started to squrmed out from benith his foot. Standing slowly she stared first at his sword then at him. Her heart jumped into her throat. She steeled her face but already could feel her emotinal barriers breaking down. She was going to die. Noone to save her. Noone. This was it.
He stepped toward her till he had her backed up agenst the wall. More fear then Aya had ever felt plunged itno her heart.

Allen tilted his head his sword pressing lightly agenst the white cloth just over where her heart lay,"One with your skills would make an excellent warrior agenst the murderess Zeibock. Reconsider."

Aya glared, and surging up courage she didn't have she stated defiently,"Never would I betray the only people that have been kind to

Allen raised an elegent brow,"Fine."

Aya closed her eyes slightly and waited to feel the cold siver blade burn through her skin and pierce her heart. Secouds that seemed like years went by. Slowly she opened her eyes to see Dilandau standing in the doorway. His expression a mixture of rage and worry. Aya glanced downward and saw
Allen Shizare laying dead on the ground a sword patroding from his side. His eyes closed peacefully. Suddenly the reality of the fight hit her and the fact she nearly died.....instently she began to tremble in fear.

Dilandau stared at Aya. Many emotions burning through him. Rage, Worry, Relef. Allen Shizare had almost killed her. Had he been a split minute later Aya would have been dead. With no words he walked over to her and pulled her trembling body into his arms. It was then he saw her wounds.
He stared at them in horror before looking back into her tear glazed eyes. Gently he held her closer to him. He opened his mouth to say something when the ship suddenly jerked hard to the right. Yelping suprise the two fell to the ground. Suddenly
they felt a lurch as everything felt like the Crusade was going downward and quickly. Dilandau and Aya gasped as they relized the ship was going down....and they were going down with it......




A.N- Good chapter? Dilly saved Aya^_^_^_^_^I hoped you liked this chapter^_^_^_^ I'll have the next one out as soon as I can^_^_^_^