Author's Note: haha my first review pointed something out that I kind of forgot... you don't have SP or HP in real life... and yelling out "HIDING!" before you hide isn't very effective... this next chapter will hopefully use the advice given to me to my advantage.. thank you for reviewing! Tom Valor, JaN::RaGaLINiTe, and Ashes Kittyhawk!!!

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Chapter 2

"Y-you're.. an..." she stood shakily, mingling with confusion and awe.

The man averted an eerie crimson eye to glance at his side...

Swiftly, he pressed a bandaged finger to the girl's lips and pushed her up against a trunk of the tree, shielding her again with his body.

She did not see his lips move beneath the mask, the hushed whisper of his voice seemed to come from the wind itself.

"Teleport us to Payon. Quickly."

Retrieving a blue gemstone from her pocket, she held it fast to her heart and began casting the warp portal...

In a blinding flash the duo felt themselves ripped from their current location, whirring through a white gap in space.

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With a final pierce from his sword, his final orc foe lay dead.

The knight's sword swung loosely to his side. He used his gloved hand to mop his sweating brow.

"Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwff!" he exhaled a long sigh before unceremoniously landing on his rump next to his observing steed.

Daisuke opened his eyes, looking to his steed.

"You could've helped a little ya know... pecked some of their eyes out or somethin', you coulda' even crapped on 'em if ya liked..."

The peco shook its feathery head in incomprehension, or pure ignorance.

"Fine, be that way." The brown haired knight stood up and mounted his steed. "But whether you like it or not.. we got some rescuin' to do.."

And the noble, or .. semi-noble, knight coaxed his steed toward the direction of Payon.

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A head speared the calm surface of a blue lake causing ripples to spill out in every direction from the disturbance.

The figure made his way to the land, sopping wet dragging an unconscious body with him.

'This is as close as she can get? Damn. Why do I have to be such a sucker for a novice.'

His arms stood on either side of the Priestess' head and his body cast a shadow over hers, dripping water onto her tiny frame that was revealed as her soaking clothes clung innocently to her body.

The priestess lay unconscious.

The assassin sighed a weary sigh, but nonetheless slid one arm under her back and another under her knees, and in a moment flashed away in a blur toward Payon Caves.

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A while later, a pair of chocolate eyes fluttered open to observe her mysterious surroundings.

Hikari hand found herself in a dripping cave, and in the corner was a warm glow emanating from a fire that had been made. The fire's creator crouched next to the flame bandaging an arm with some worn linen.

She stood unsteadily to her feet and grasped her side. The click of each footstep ricocheting off of the walls.

The assassin was fully aware of her presence, and continued to make nothing of it, continuing to bandage his wounded arm, when a soft hand gently touched his own, he froze.

"Let me help you.." She sidled the worn linen from his fingers and slid them into her own hands and began quickly repairing the damage on his arm.

"I haven't re-ga-gained all my e-energy yet but when I-I do I-I can heal you." She forcibly offered.

'Since when have I ever been so kind to an assassin, a murderer? Is this to clear my conscience? I wonder if Sir Daisuke is alright.'

A bandaged hand cupped her chin and brought it to its owners face, yanking her from her train of thought. She stared into his eyes, her body rigid from fear.

He had soft tendrils of silver hair which shielded his right eye if by extinct. His eyes were a crimson red the shade of blood, and he bore that eye into Hikari, leaving her at the utmost disadvantage.

"Your eyes," he whispered barely audible. "they say everything..."

She held her breath.

'He's going to kill me now!'

Her mind raced in terror.

"Don't worry..." he muttered. "I won't hurt you."

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Author's Note: Haha... any reviewers left? Sorry I had to be gone for two weeks... but I'm back! So please come back too. 3 reviews and ill update. .Tell me what you think!