Hello everybody! Happy New Year!

(I don't own Dragon Knights)

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Ninxia woke up suddenly. She was shaking and could feel the sweat upon her back. She looked at her arm and saw where Kharl had bandaged her with his sleeve. Ninxia gave a sigh of relief, she was home and safe. She got out of bed and changed her clothes. She looked out the window and saw The sun begin to rise in the blue grey skies. She decided to head for the bathroom to get a new bandage. On her way there she saw Kharl sleeping against the main doors. A sword lay idly by his sleeping body. Ninxia got a blanket from his room and wrapped it around him. She was so close to him, she could feel his warm breath tickle her cheeks. A slight tint of pink appeared on her cheeks. 'Oh, Lord Kharl. You held me all last night.' Ninxia's face came closer to Kharl. Then she stopped, 'I shouldn't do this, but I want to be near him always.' Ninxia lightly kissed him on the lips so as not to wake him. He felt warm and welcoming. She got up, her face even more pink and headed to the bathroom.

"AAAAAAAH!"

Kharl woke up immediately. He had heard Ninxia's scream. He smelled an aroma around him. It reminded him of the sweet scent of ginger. He grabbed his sword and ran through rooms looking for her. Then he saw her standing in the bathroom, "What's wrong?" Ninxia turned around to face Kharl, "What's wrong? What's wrong is this bathroom!" Kharl peeked in through the doorway. The floor needed a good scrub along with the walls and the ceiling. (that's another story ^_^) Everything was strewn across the floor, "Looks fine to me!" smiled Kharl.

Ninxia watched Kharl give a huge yawn, "It's alright, you should go back to sleep. I'll take care of it." Kharl scratched his head lazily, "Alright then!" He sleepily went back to the doors and snuggled in his blanket. Ninxia giggled knowing where Kharl was sleeping.

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"Phew all done!" sighed Ninxia. The bathroom was sparkling clean.
Suddenly she saw a huge billow of smoke pour out from the kitchen, "Oh
dear." She walked in the kitchen to see Kharl trying to put out the
flames on some pancakes. He smiled at her, "Hello! Just tryin' to make
some pancakes!" Ninxia quickly ran over and threw the pancakes out of
the window. She grabbed a towel and blew the smoke out of the house,
"There all bett." A blob of pancake mix landed on Ninxia's head. She
looked up and saw about 3 half baked pancakes dripping down from the
ceiling. Kharl looked up too, "Oh, I can explain that one too! You know
how some chef's flip the pancakes really high?...well, um, mine went a
bit too high!" Ninxia nodded her head, "I see that."

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Ninxia was admiring the sunset on the window seat in Kharl's work area.
Bright orange rays filtered into the somewhat clean room. Books and
papers lay scattered across the floor. She snuggled into a fleece
burgundy blanket. Kharl came out with two cups of hot cocoa. He sat next
to Ninxia, "I made you some hot cocoa.don't worry the kitchen is fine!"
Ninxia laughed. She took a sip, and smiled, "Thankyou." She had no idea
what hot cocoa tasted like, but she was sure this wasn't what it was
supposed to taste like. Kharl smiled, "I love watching the sunsets."
Ninxia nodded her head. Kharl looked at Ninxia. She was so beautiful to
him. He still couldn't believe what those men had done to her, 'If only
they knew you.'

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This chapter was so fun to write! Hee hee! Please review! Thanks for readin'!