Ok guys! Here...is chappie 23 of.OAW! I just can't get enough ideas can i...sigh...

Chapter 23: To Deningrad!!

Ladir stared at the ceiling in total silence; the only sound was of the morning birds outside his window. His eyes showed no emotions, and he seemed like an alive zombie with no heart.

His throat and body hurt, as did his head. Ladir frowned as the image of Gitaia holding the dead Juria flowed through his mind like wild fire. It made him want to yell out, but as he held his head in pain, and as fresh tears fell from his eyes onto his cheeks, he could not speak.

'I...can't BELIEVE THIS!' his mind yelled.

His body burned feverishly as he moaned under the pain. 'Make this damned thing go away!' his mind cried out, even though nobody could hear.

"Ladir? Hey hun...how are you doing...?" a lady asked, coming beside him and putting a hand to his forehead. "Still you have a fever..." she whispered, and put a hand by his neck and pushing down. "And your voice box seems to have not healed yet..." she sighed and went to the cupboard and brung out a needle and a small blue bottle.

His body tensed as the fever raged on, sweat falling down his forehead and making him burn. The lady went beside him and flipped his hand over so it showed the top of his wrist, then she placed the tip of the needle into the liquid, bringing it out and clicking it. "Lie still Ladir..."

She put the needle into his skin, him pulling in a fast breath and groaning. "There...that should help you a bit...get some more rest hun..." she whispered into his ear, and place a cold wet cloth on his forehead, Ladir sighing to the coldness.

The nurse left the room, but not before shutting the blinds and closing the door behind her, leaving Ladir in slight darkness.

: Outside in another room where Dart was:

"What happened?" Lavitz asked, looking at Dart with serious eyes.

Dart shook his head. "I don't really know, but it seems...that lady Juria is dead." Dart mumbled with a slight grim tone in his voice.

Behind Lavitz and the others, Setria's eyes widened, as did Lodis's. "She...she can't be!!" she yelled, backing up into Albert, who placed his hands on her shoulders comforting her.

Dart stared at the bed sheets. "We couldn't do nothing Setria...we tried...but we couldn't!" his voice becoming serious. "Also, you have lost somebody...but one person we now know has also lost something...something deeper then these people called Guardians. He's lost love."

Setria lowered her eyes, tears forming in them. "What...is going to happen now then...if she isn't alive anymore...what's going to happen?" she whispered, barely audible.

"We'll go to Deningrad...just as planned..." a voice said from behind them. Hiecaro stood there, with arms folded and Naomi by his side with a glint in her eyes. Lodis frowned and stared at Setria then back at Hiecaro. "Don't you ever give some people time?" he hissed.

"Too much time makes your heart grow weak, and you can never let go of what has already happened...let that be a lesion..." he whispered and left the room, Naomi staying and walking over to Setria and placing a hand on her shoulder and nodding.

Her eyes shined and she smiled with a grin. "Yah! Let's go!" Setria said, and Dart got out of the bed.

: In the waiting room:

As everyone walked into the room they say Hiecaro leaning against the wall thinking and a very pale Ladir with his hands clasped together and his elbows on his knees with his head against them, as if he were sleeping. "Are you two ready to leave?" Albert asked as they reached just before the door.

Hiecaro nodded, Ladir just stood up and walked out. Shana, being observant casted a glance at Hiecaro. He only looked back and left. "Something's wrong with those two young men..." Haschel murmured, Meru and Albert nodding.

"You should know...Ladir might not be responsive to anyone during the past few days because of his voice and mind..." the nurse's voice said from behind them, the Dragoons nodded and then left.

: Evergreen Forest:

The Dragoons had just finished ending a battle with the wolf Kamuy, Teo ran to the wolf's side. "No...Kamuy!" he cried, pressing his face against the fur. Shana swallowed hard and walked up to Kamuy despite Dart's protests and placed her DS on Kamuy's fur. It glowed, and soon the big wolf was transformed back into the little wolf he used to be. Teo's eyes lit up.

"Thank you! Thank you!!!" he said with happiness in his voice. "Teo, come on, your family is worried..." said one of the mercenaries that planned to kill Kamuy but stopped as the dragoons came by. Teo ran around Kamuy and ran after the mercenary with the little wolf behind him.

"That was nice of you Shana..." Albert said and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you not tired?"

She shook her head. "Nope, I'll be fine Albert...don't you worry over me..." Shana laughed and began walking behind Dart and Rose.

: Left side of the forest:

"Umm...Dart?" Meru's little voice peeped from behind the red-eyed dragoon. Dart turned. "What is it Meru?" he asked.

"Uh, I have to go somewhere's...I'll be back though! I'll meet you at Deningrad ok! Bye!!" she then ran off. Rose then moved back where Meru was last, and began following. "I just remembered, I need to be somewhere...I'll be back as well."

"O-ok..." Dart mumbled. "Come on guys, let's go to Deningrad!" Haschel said from where he stood. "I'm cold here!" Everyone nodded and began to follow Dart again.



"Lavitz?" Anya asked the man beside her. "Do you think...Raoul will be back...?" she whispered, not wanting to erupt the others.

Lavitz looked at her with a small smile on his face and wrapped an arm around her, "Don't worry...I'll keep you safe, even though I wasn't able to before...i will now..." he told her and brung her close. Anya smiled inwardly, and snuggled up against him as they continued walking with the others and the Dragoons.

: Deningrad:

"WOW!" Naomi sprung forward and stared at the ice structures and all the houses, including the huge Crystal Palace. "Its so...AWSOME!!!" she yelled jumping around like a 5 year old.

Lodis rolled his eyes and began to walk off to the weapon shop, Setria, Naomi, Anya and Hiecaro right behind him. The others just stared and then walked on toward the Cathedral where a bishop was busy telling some people about the story of the Divine Tree.

"Hey, what is this tree about?" Haschel, being one to ask question from past times asked.

The bishop started to tell his whole story again. Seemly fine about doing it.

: Weapon's Shop:

"Aghh! This is too small..." Lodis grumbled, stomping his foot and walking over to another set of swords and other weapons. Setria shook her head, "He's gotten more annoyed hasn't he...?"She questioned everyone, and they nodded. "He's stubborn if that's what you're saying..." Hiecaro muttered before walking out of the room into another part of the shop.

Naomi looked after him and sighed, walking out of the shop into the streets. Anya followed her and placed an arm on her shoulder stopping her. "What's wrong?" she asked, concern filling her voice.

Naomi turned around and had a desperate face on. "How can you tell if your in love?!?" she asked suddenly going red, and lowering her face. Anya grimaced and then smiled unsurely, "I guess...it just appears sometimes, and you don't know...if you do. That's what happened between Lavitz and me...we meet, he saves me, we share our first kiss..." she stopped when she noticed Naomi looking at her and blinking as if really listening.

"Ah, you're not ready for love yet Naomi! Wait a little longer till the person you think you're in love with shows some love for YOU...you don't want to be hurt."

Naomi nodded sullenly and walked off, whispering about silent types and peoples with attitude and bad references. Anya just giggled and walked over to the library.



: Cathedral:

"And where do we find the library owner?" Dart asked, his voice growing with concern. The bishop laughed and pointed over to the corner. "He's right there young man..." he smiled and walked off leaving the group with a very, VERY old man in mid 70's looking at them with a piercing gaze.

"Alright, if you want to go and find out some things about the Dragon Campaign, its best you follow me...Young people, don't know what to do with ye lives..." the man snorted and began walking out of the building and onto the street toward the library.

Lavitz leaned in and whispered to Albert. "He's worse then dad, look at him with his stubbornness of an old man..." he whispered into Albert's ear. Albert looked at Lavitz and chuckled, the getting a gaze from the man walking in front of them. The two of them blinked and then laughed outloud, earning stares from people all around except for the Dragoon group.

"You guys sure are loosening up! Right Al!" Meru's voice piped up and she swung her arms across both the men's shoulders and hung from them, they carrying her. Lavitz shook his head, and smiled "Welcome back Meru...." he said. Albert blushed then looked away seeing Meru was eyeing something other then his face...his...

"MERU! Let me go this instant!" Albert yelled, running away from the girl who was desperately trying to grab his cape. "Aww your no fun!!!! ALLLLL! PLEASE!!!!!!" she cried, jumping up and down and in circles, and finally stopping right beside Ladir and looking at him in the eyes.

"Can you help me?" she asked the man who stared straight ahead. Shana looked at Meru and grabbed her around the arm and dragged her over to the doors running in and moving over to the large statue. "Meru, I think you should be careful around him when he's in a bad mood...he's not himself, and he hasn't talked at all, just leave him be okay?" she whispered out of earshot of the others. Meru nodded and said a quiet sorry and ran up the stairs looking for a book to read.

Shana, Haschel, Lavitz, Ladir, Dart and Albert did the same, going into different places to read the different types of books on the Dragon campaign.



So...there ya have it. Chappie 23, finally. Sup ya all who like this story! Now...after this chap, I like to say, I'm gonna be updating all my other stories...and I'll be taking of Insanity re-written, tis dumb. OKAY! Most of, be ready for an update with...AROUDN DA WORLD SOON!