Oh crap, not another pov style narration!!! Like I've said, and no longer need to say, I don't own the rights to Alice in Wonderland, Now, as I must say always, I don't own the rights to Shadow hearts or its predecessor, Koudelka. However much I want to….Onwards trust fic Thang!!!

Alice in Wonderland

_Chapter nine._

[ Blue tower, blue castle – Bistritz. Yuri's mind ]

The man kissed his wife slowly and tenderly as a young nine year old ran up to them.

"Daddy! Daddy! It's snowing!"

"What? This early?" Ben looked at Yuri, "Anne, do sense anything unusual?"

"No…" Anne said confused, "Do you?"

Ben nodded, "Dehuai is up to something. But the princess of the city of light has been taken by her parents to earth. So how-"

"Daddy, mama, Who's this Dehuai person you talk about all of the time?" Yuri tugged on his father's sleeve.

Ben looked at Anne, "Listen, I'm getting Zhuzhen, don't expect me back…I love you. Yuri, your mother will tell you all you need to know, goodbye son, I love you too, and make sure you protect your mom for me."

"Dad, will you be back?" Yuri asked, "I'm a boy so I can look after myself, but mama, she's a girl and so she cries and misses you when you are away. So will you be home for her?"

"I don't know, but I'll try my damndest. Goodbye, Yuri…" Yuri held onto his father.

"Daddy, please be careful!" Yuri looked up at Ben, "Swear to me you'll be careful!"

"I'll try, that's all I can promise…."

[ Prague – Alice's room, the inn ]

Alice looked up at the roof thinking about what her mother said. 'you must sacrifice something precious to find him…'

What was that sacrifice? Hadn't she sacrificed enough? Her delicate fingers ran along the silver studs on her pink velvet bustier. "What am I to sacrifice?" She got up from the bed and put on her long black boots. "That's what I want to know…" She grabbed her blue cloak and walked out of the room. "Ugh, I need a drink!"

[ outside ]

Halley looked up at the sky, "I wonder what's keeping Keith so long? Margarete will be pissed if he doesn't hurry…"

"Right…." Keith's voice said, "Thank you, my castle has been well kept by you, now I must find my friends and then we can get Yuri back so I can meet up with my wife in Rouen."

"Yes sir." Another man's voice said. "Will you help with the mayor too?"

"Yeah, I can do that." Keith said.

Halley walked up to them, "So what're ya talking about?"

"Oh, I've found Yuri." Keith said, "Where's the rest of the gang?"

"Oh Zhuzhen's out for a stroll and Alice, well, I haven't checked where she is." Halley looked at the man who promptly left the two friends to talk.

[ in the bar beneath the inn ]

"Oh, just an orange for me." Alice said, "Hee hee, I'm into the hard stuff already…"

"Heah, the sky at sunset was rilly pretty wasn't it?" Yuria sighed, "So, any closer to finding lover boy?"

"Not that I know of," Alice said, "Oh sometimes I think he'll just walk on through those doors and kiss me as soon as I run to him and wrap my arms around his masculine but gentle shoulders."

"That Yuri does sound like a honey, I wish I could find one of them types around here…" Yuria looked up at the ceiling, "oh, I fell a little tipsy…"

"Don't you mean feel?" Alice corrected, "You should go have a lie down."

"Yeah, you're right, see you around Alex…" Yuri fell off her bar stool.

"Goodbye Yuria.." Alice said helping Yuria off the floor.

"Hey Alice!" Halley and Keith called.

"What?" Alice said walking Yuria outside.

"I found him." Keith said, "In my castle in Bistritz."

"Blegh!" Yuria had just vomited.

"Oh crap…" Alice groaned, "Third time this week!"

[ Blue tower, Blue castle – Bistritz - Yuri's memory ]

"Mommy, what's happening?" Yuri looked up at Anne.

"Yuri hide now!" Anne pushed Yuri into a concrete bunker.

"But!" He looked at her, "But what about you?"

"I'll manage." She said smiling, "Now hide!"

Booming sounds were heard, the army of monsters were coming closer.

"Goodbye sweetheart!"

"Mama WAIT!!!"

= End chapter nine.

Ow, my ass is numb. I heard from Rex and my sister that the message board on Neoseeker has got a new mod, and they have closed the general discussion thread down. Is that true? That's nasty! Well, I'm sure if ye who are members on Neoseeker give the mod a run for their money, I'm sure that you'll soon teach the person that spamming is what yer all about!

Yuri: Right on!

Alice: ::Starts waving pom poms around::

Halley: You all are complete freaks…

Kitty (my big sis): Here foxy foxy foxy! ::Runs after a fox in an attempt to catch it and make it her pet::

Ugh, note to self, change DNA and find NORMAL ppl to live with…..

Fox face: ::Walks in::

Kitty: ::Notices fox face:: You'd make a good pet I reckon!

Fox face: ::Screams like a girl and tries to dodge Kitty::

Yuri: That's it Kitty make him sweat!!!!

Yup, change DNA!!!

Keith: I wouldn't mind doing that, have you seen my brother?

? The Darkness' reject member? The guy who has no taste in clothes? The Valentine of Shadow hearts two?

Keith: That's the one…

Poor you….

Keith: Hell yeah….lets swop DNA!

Nope, yer alright….

Keith: Awww nuts! I've gotta change my identity before the game's released!!!

Ah, no worries, you'll be pitied….Well gotta piss off now! Sis be wantin' the computer!