A/n: Ah yes another wonderful chapter presented by me! Hope you all enjoy!

A Tale of Two Winglies

Chapter Six

Meru laughed as Guaraha watched her, he was still a little on the shocked side to see her again. So was about everyone. Some people had figured that she had gone of and gotten kill, which was the most popular rumor, the other was that she hated them and didn't want to come home. Meru quickly put all these rumors to rest. Just the other night she had basically told everyone what had happened.

She was still tired from that little story. She had sadly made it so long that her mouth and throat hurt. Guaraha was still trying to get small details out of her, but she was okay with that.

Her mother and father had both shown up almost as soon as she had entered and carted her off to go speak with the Ancestor. Who wanted a full report of how things went, and if she would be willing to speak to the people of Deningrad about the winglies joining them. She had excepted on the condition that Guaraha come with her. He had agreed rather quickly, in her opinion.

"So...... Do you have any friends in Deningrad?" Asked Kelina, who was sitting in one of the tree branches.

"A few, Miranda the lady in white with the golden hair, is one of the Sacred Sisters... So she's really important." Meru pulled at the bow in her hair to tighten it. "You know I think I should grab a new out fit or something while we're there."

"You mean that isn't popular with the humans?" Guaraha asked slightly amazed, compared with the other girls who had been with Meru she had been the skimpiest dressed, but no one seemed to care.

"Well you know if I'm going to be a diplomat then I do need some sort of proper outfit. This thing just doesn't really go...." She smiled and shrugged not too sure she wanted her friends to know that she had been working as a dancer. Even if she was a good one....

"Man.... I have to go get packed! I coming too you know!" Kelina said, before dashing off. Guaraha let out a sigh as she left.

"I'd better go to..." He said, not too thrilled about the expedition.

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Meru swung her pack over her shoulders and motioned for Guaraha and Kelina to follow. It was odd, how things just kept getting better and better. Life had never been so easy, or good to her. Before no one had agreed, now everyone follow.

Even Guaraha was starting to understand. She laughed out loud, which cause the other two to ask her what it was. "I'm just happy." She said. "Just happy that things are changing." And Meru walked out and through the portal to the outside world.

Guaraha and Kelina followed her right behind. It was ever so slightly different out there. The air was warmer, the trees had a different look, the path was worn. But perhaps the most startling thing for Guaraha was the absence of buildings, the strange mushroom like places in which he had lived all of his life were gone. The path beneath his feet wasn't the strange metallic gravel, but real dirt.

His eyes glanced up at Meru's. She gave him a friendly little shrug and pulled them both forward. "Come on you two! We don't wanna waste all day starring at the ground!"

"Oh... right..." Kelina mumbled, as she was pulled forward by Meru.

They stayed on the main path all day. However they didn't get to Deningrad. Kelina thought that they could have reached it if they flew. Meru told her off, and said if she didn't want to freak anyone out they didn't want to do that.

The most exciting part of the day was the monsters they ran into. Neither of them had much experience with monsters, in the forest there had never really been any. However Meru easily pounded them with her hammer, and in only a few swings they always died. She did let Guaraha and Kelina rack some fire balls up against them, just for practice.

"We'll spend the night here. Since it's summer we don't have anything to worry about.... I think Deningrad is another day away, but we are going way slower than I did with the Dragoons.... Uh, anyway get some sleep you guys will need it." And with that she wrapped the sleeping bag around her.

"Meru?" Asked Kelina clearly freaked out. "What about those monsters? Wont they sneak up on us in our sleep??!!"

"Naw! I have my Dragoon Spirit out. They see that and run the other way." She held up the softly glowing stone.

"So why didn't you have that out while we we're walking?" Asked Guaraha a little frustrated.

"Oh.... Well you guys need the training." And with those words Meru shut her eyes.

"But?!"

"Shhhh! I wanna sleep!"

Kelina sat there not to convinced that the monsters would stay away. Guaraha looked at her and then blinked. "Kelina, those are real stars I'm looking at."

"Wha..." She looked up and smiled. She had never seen real stars before. They sky in the forest had always been.... Been fake. But now, for the first time was looking at real stars, real clouds, real moons... "Oh..." And with that she laid back on her sleeping bag.

"Goodnight."

"Night..." Though the thought of the monsters still loomed over Guaraha's head. He didn't really mind the fact that his eyes where shutting. It was nice to know that maybe this human world was a lot more wonderful than he was expecting.... Even if it was far to large.

A/n: So??? What did you all thing of that chapter?! So sorry about the wait you had to go though to get this! It was Harry's fault, I stayed up all night reading that book. And was too tried to write. Really peeved that I did stay up to read it too. Wont say why tho, for all of you who worry about spoilers. *nods*

I did get to see Fruits Basket tho!! IT'S SO CUTE!!!!! I LIKE HARU!!! I LIKE HARU!!!! ^.^