Notice the new pen name! Anyways………………………I have finally taken the time to update. Sorry I didn't update this weekend, I meant to though. What? You don't believe me? Honestly. Anyways………………..

Disclaimer: Usual.

"Look, Neal. You hold it like this, not like that." Kel said, shifting Neal's hands on the glaive.

"Yes, yes I know, I know." Neal sighed, giving the glaive a swing. It was a morning, the cold dreary, miserable type. This better help me win back Yuki, Neal thought. I swear to Mithros, I will never steal anyone's beau again! With an afterthought, he added to himself, Okay, that's not very likely.

"Watch out!" Kel screamed, as Neal almost hit her with the glaive.

"What's the matter, going soft? It's not like you to scream." Neal drawled.

"It is when almost being whacked by a madman with a glaive," Kel muttered.

"What's that?"

"Nothing." Kel replied, all innocence.

"Likely." Neal scoffed, trying another swing. He was unsuccessful, and shattered a vase in his chambers.

"Okay, okay. Time to move outside, before you break another 100 gold noble vase." Kel scolded. She took his glaive and hers, and their covers. Putting the covers on the weapons, she walked out of his room. Neal followed her.

"Ninety-nine, for your information," he retorted as they walked into the hall, and headed for the practice courts.

"Well, well, well…. What do we have here?" Dom's voice was joking, his blue eyes twinkling as he walked over to Kel and Neal. Previously busy practicing his sword, he took a rest to say hello to Kel and Neal. "The resident Meathead and the resident Lady Knight. And Meathead, with a weapon I thought only Kel and the Yamanis were brave enough to try!"

"It's a long story, Resident Madman." Neal sighed, looking around for an empty court.

"Hello Dom," said Kel.

"Hi there, sweet." Seeing Neal looking around, Dom also added, "You could join me if you wanted. And do tell all…"

"Sweet? Kel? Did I hear correctly?" Neal asked, confused. He looked at his best friend, and she shrugged in return.

"Long story." Dom said with a smirk.

"Story for a story?"

"Later, come on Neal!" Kel interrupted, dragging Neal by his tunic-sleeve to an empty spot.

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"Dinner tonight, Kel?" Dom offered over lunch.

"I don't see why not." Kel replied. I guess it's official. I'm Dom's beau. That is not a bad thing at all. Not at all. Kel mused to herself.

"You two are driving me nuts!" Neal exclaimed all of the sudden.

"What, don't like the fact that I'm able to ask a girl to dinner and get 'yes' as an answer?" Dom asked.

"I can too! Any woman in the court would kill to be asked to dinner by me!"

"Are you willing to bet on that?"

"Yes. One gold noble. Who shall I ask?"

"Oh……………how about………….Kel!" She looked amused at Dom's suggestion, and Dom winked at her.

"I'm waiting, Neal." Kel joked after a while. Mithros, what have I gotten myself into? Neal asked himself.

"Would you like to go to dinner with me?"

"No." Kel replied, trying not to burst into laughter. Finally she gave in, and Dom joined her.

Between laughter, Dom asked, "My money?" Neal grumbled and reached into his tunic and handed Dom the coin.

"So seriously, Dom, how did Kel and you become well, you know…," Neal trailed off.

"I don't know, it just happened, I guess." Dom told Neal. "You never told me why you were learning the glaive."

"Oh. Well…" Neal stuttered in reply.

"In short, Yuki's lover from the Yamani Islands came back, she thought he was dead, but he wasn't , Neal and him got in a fight, and they challenged each other to a glaive match." Dom raised his eyebrows at Neal, and Neal shrugged and said,

"It's the truth." With that remark, the three continued their lunch in silence.

Okay, that's pretty much it. I hope you don't mind that I made it Kel/Dom. I wasn't sure which way to go, Kel/Dom or Kel/Neal, and, well, yea. Hehehe. Go review!