Chapter 5: I think I love you, So what am I so afraid of?

Author's note: Okay! So the reason that I haven't updated in about a week is because of final exams, which are now over! So is the school year! I will now be starting more than likely more fanfics!! But I might get grounded whenever I get my report card, no matter how hard I have worked through the school year. I did try and study, make no mistake over that, but I did badly on my history exam, so If I sudden;y stop with the fanfic updates, you'll know That I must receive just punishment over my bad job. Thank you Kiyda and Water goddess! Here's the fifth chapter!

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Zeek was just staring at me as I smiled. He looked at my chest as though it wee a big nasty monster. That was the look on his face. When looked down, I didn't see a bug from the movie Alien, I saw beautiful symbols on the shirt. Except it was all in blood. My blood. . . .

And then it hit me; the pain I had felt, the darkness, the pleasure of causing death. I had the dark dragoon spirit INSIDE MY OWN SPIRIT! I swayed a bit as the shock hit me. It sort o felt like someone just got a cold slimy fish and whacked you on the head. I felt sick too. Zeek picked me up like I was as light as a feather. I wasn't really, I weighed about one twenty five when I was five six. But it felt so comfortable, so warm. I wondered is the first Zeek had ever done this to the original Rose.

"What happened?" Zeek asked Dart. His voice sounded deeper when my head was laying on his chest.

"The Dragoon Stone of darkness broke." Dart said. I looked at him from where I sat.

"Why didn't you transform?" I asked, my voice barely breaking.

"I can't anymore," Dart had whispered, but everyone could hear him, crystal clear.

"What do you mean?"

"I can't!" Dart shouted. "Not since you arrived, I just can't!"

He pulled out the Dragoon Stone. It was glowing and it was cracked. Just like the dark one. And the divine dragoon. It floated out of Dart's hands and into Zeek's. I wanted to get down and out of Zeek's way, but he clutched me closer.

"Why is it cracked?" He asked.

"Maybe, we're preparing for a bigger foe. Melbu Frahma wasn't that much of one, but now, maybe the spirit is trying to break so we can be more pure Dragoons. I don't really know . . ." I said, as I passed out.

WHY DID I HAVE TO FRIOGGIN' PASS OUT SO MUCH?!!!!

When I woke up, I felt small cool hands wrapping my body. Shana? Was it she? I opened on of my eyes and saw Wink.

"Mama told me to come and clean you up and re-wrap your cuts. I'm glad you're awake,! Are you feeling any better?" Wink asked, propping herself up with her elbows.

I smiled an sat up. I was in a foreign room. It was more than likely a room at the Seles Inn. I told wink she could go so I could wash the dried blood from my chest. When I got up, I noticed the blood where my back had been. Seems like the light went right through me. I walked up to the mirror and glanced at my back.

Remember Final Fantasy 10? You know, before they went disco in short shorts? Well, The signs that they had for the Aeons were cool right? Imagine the one for Bahamut with Winglie magic. Even though there were several different characteristics than that of FF10, that's what it reminded me of. I decided to look t myself through the mirror in the corner of the room. The Dark Dragoon, as I will now call it, was turning grayish purple, almost black, but still purple. It took up the vicinity of my sternum just between my breasts.((Hey, this is like anime, okay? You can't see anything unless I say you can! This is a shot of her sternum ONLY!)) I turned around to see my back. It had silver signs and took up all of my back. They were like swirly wings in the circle this time. Oh yeah, I was truly a Dragoon. While I was looking at it, the door swung open and Zeek stared at me., I stared at him. I screamed The door slammed. Did I have a wonderful sense of deja vou or was Zeek's timing centered on seeing me naked?!

I jerked on a shirt and went into the hall way. On thing I did notice was the inn had two floors. I was on the second. Zeek's face was as red as his armor. He stood with hands on the balcony's railing, looking down.

"Sorry, Wink had told me you desperately needed my help." he said. At that moment, Wink's childish laughter sounded through the halls.

"I . . . Okay, you're forgiven." said I, the second victim.

"Thank you for saving my Father." Zeek said.

"Hey, no prob. I didn't really want anyone else to die. Seeing as my life really isn't all that valuable, I thought it'd be best for me to go instead of you. Ya see?" I asked in my cheery voice.

"It does matter," Zeek said, angry. He was clenching the railing and his hair was covering his face. "Of course your life matters. How the hell can you think that it doesn't? If your life didn't matter, then why did I bring you back here to stay alive?!"

"The Dragoon Stone—"

"No! Because—"

"I look like Rose?"

"No! Because I—"

"Felt Sorry for me and how pathetic I was?"

"HUSH! When I saw you I fell in love with you! THAT'S WHY!" He yelled, his breath heaving. I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. We just stood there in that stunned silence.

"Zeek, honey! Your father wants to talk to you and Rose!" Shana yelled up the stairs.

It took a moment for us to slowly descend the stairs. Why couldn't I really think at that moment. Could he think? Was he telling the truth?

While I pondered my thoughts, Dart and Shana were waiting at a table on the first floor. When we got there, Dart looked rather serious.

"You both must leave Seles and go to King Albert. Tell, him, Rose. Tell him about what has been happening. He shall know what to do." Dart said. He barely looked at me; he went to his son and laid his hand on Zeek's shoulder.

"Protect Rose. She will protect you. Work together and go to Bale. You know the way. Even so, get my old map. A couple of things have changed in this world, but it shows the basic way to where you need to go. Have fun exploring the world. And become a man."

I sorta stood there and edged away from their father-son moment. Shana rolled her eyes at the two men and showed me to her inn room.

"I'm gonna give you some clothes for your journey and a very special weapon. Through time, you may learn to weild it, but if you don't you can still twirl it around."

"Thank you!" I replied.

"Oh, could you two leave before Wink gets back? She might get really upset that she didn't get to go." Shana said.

"Okay" I replied, taken aback, somewhat.