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Disclaimer: The characters that I created and the Dragoon Judges are MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE! All mine! HA!! …I don't own Legend of Dragoon though…

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Chapter Nine

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Milro waited for everyone to sit down at the table. It was breakfast the next morning, and after several minutes of waiting, Milro and the others finally realized that Kanzas and Hajeri weren't coming. They were obviously still sleeping.

While everyone ate, Milro stared at Phirala and winked.

'Uh-oh. Not again. I know that wink.' Phirala started banging her head up against the table. 'This is just not my day.'

Milro accidentally dropped a pancake on Saphira's lap.

"Hey!" Saphira glared at him but he pretended he didn't do anything. She threw a piece of sausage at him. The food fight had begun.

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All the Dragoons were either throwing the food, or hiding under the table trying NOT to get hit. Damia and Phirala were the only two under the table. The rest were having fun. Shirley ducked as another pancake came flying her way. She was laughing her head off. The others were also laughing.

The doors swung open and Diaz and the Dragoon Queen stood in the doorway. Diaz stared at the fight.

"Oh, Milro." The Queen smiled as she shook her head. 'That man is always making everyone happy during bad times.' She continued to smile, but her smile quickly disappeared when she sensed anger coming from Diaz. "Don't worry, Diaz. They will clean up the mess."

"They shouldn't have started the fight in the first place!" Diaz was furious.

Everyone froze. Once Milro saw the look on Diaz's face, he knew he was in trouble.

"Clean up this mess at once!" Diaz shouted. "Who started it!?"

No one wanted to get Milro in trouble, but Milro walked up to Diaz.

"I did." Milro stared straight into Diaz's eyes, not afraid of the man.

Just then, Kanzas walked in. 'Looks like he already got into trouble.' He smirked.

Diaz was too furious to say anything.

"Please don't be mad, Diaz. He only wanted to make everyone happy. We deal with the same food fights where we come from, and it makes them happy. I've even suggested he continue starting the food fights because I think it will help out Hajeri." The Dragoon Queen tried to explain.

'Hajeri…' Kanzas frowned at the name.

As Milro left the room, Diaz turned to the Queen. "Please do SOMETHING about that man's attitude. He could cause trouble." He turned and left.

The other Dragoons frowned, but began cleaning up the mess.

The Queen sighed as she left to find Milro.

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"Milro?"

"WHAT??" Milro asked, not looking at the Queen. He was leaning up against the wall just outside the dining room.

"Can you please change your attitude? For now that is." The Queen pleaded.

"Why? Just to make that Emperor happy? Tch. No way." He closed his eyes.

"Please? I don't want you to get into anymore trouble." The Queen looked at Milro.

"NO." He opened his eyes and stared coldly at the Dragoon Queen; something he only did to Winglies. "I will NOT change my attitude just because that bastard wants me to." He told her harshly. He stomped outside and out of the town.

"Milro…" The Queen understood how Milro felt. She was going to talk with Diaz about his attitude. But the Queen was also beginning to think that Milro was staying around Hajeri too much. She walked back into the room. "Belzac? Can you do me a favor?"

"Yes, your Majesty. What is it?" Belzac looked down at her.

"I need you to watch Hajeri for a while. Milro should be back in a bit. He's taking a walk." The Queen had sadness in her eyes. 'I do hope Milro is okay.' She turned and left to go speak with Diaz.

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Melbu paced back and forth. 'How is it possible for Humans to control Dragons?' He asked himself as he thought back on the fights inside the Coliseum.

"Sir, Faust has offered to help find those Humans that you're looking for." A Wingly man reported to him.

"Really?" Melbu smiled. 'Things are turning out better than I thought they would.' "Fine then. Tell him to do whatever he wishes, as long as those Humans are found."

"Yes, sir." The man bowed and quickly left.

'Things are going much better than I thought they would.' Melbu smiled once more. 'I should have those Humans back in my hands in no time.'

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Milro was walking around the forests of Gloriano. He had arrived there so quickly because he had transported. Luckily, no one saw him. He stepped into the town, Phelestial. The houses were small, nothing fancy. He walked slowly around, just looking. He had never been here before, so it was new to him. He was just glad to be out of Vellweb.

'Who does he think he is? Tellin' me to change my attitude. Tch. I'll never obey him. He may be the one to lead this war they are about to start, but that doesn't give him the right to boss me around. I was only trying to help. That's all. Didn't he see how happy they were? That man needs to lighten up.' He smiled, but it quickly disappeared. 'It reminds me an awful lot of my father......' He shook his head, trying to get the thought out of his head. 'The past is over. I can't go back and change what I did...not that I really want to, but my mother...I...' He froze. "NO. I...I HAD to do it. I just had to." He told himself, trying to make himself feel better; but it didn't help. He looked up in the sky. "Huh?" He stared at something coming towards the town. When he shook his head, the 'something' disappeared. He shrugged his shoulders.

"S'cuse me, sir. Would you happen to have some spare change on you?" A small boy asked Milro. The boy was in rags, and filthy.

Milro stuck his hand in his pants pocket and pulled out ten gold. "Here ya go, kid." He handed them to the boy.

"Thank you, thank you!" The boy took it and ran off towards a woman, who looked to be his mother.

'Such an innocent child. A lot like Phirala before she became a Dragoon......' He smiled as he thought of his baby sister. He smelled smoke. He scanned the area, then soon found what the problem was.

"FLANVEL!!?? WHY IS FAUST HERE!!??" Milro quickly ran to get a better view.

Two of the small towns there had already been burnt, and now Flanvel was headed towards Phelestial. Milro couldn't stop the flying tower, so he decided to help the Humans here escape. "EVERYONE RUN!!" He began running around, ordering everyone to escape for they got burnt to crisp. When Flanvel did arrive at Phelestial, all the Humans had made it out safely. Milro herded everyone towards the safe part of Gloriano. Which was a hidden cave.

'Why is he attacking?' Milro asked himself. 'Oh no. He must be looking for US. I knew getting out of Kadessa couldn't be THAT easy.' He ran back outside after he told the Humans to stay in here. He saw Flanvel burning Gloriano and the towns there. 'This is NOT good.'

"WHERE'S MY SON!!!???" A woman cried. It was the mother to the boy that Milro had given the gold to.

'Great. Why now??' Milro sighed, but turned to the woman. "I'll go get your son. Just stay here." He ran back towards the town.

Once he stepped into Phelestial, he immediately began looking for the boy.

'There's a very good chance he's not alive. It's a good thing Faust didn't burn down the entire town.' He continued looking.

After several minutes, Milro finally found the boy hidden underneath a blanket.

"Come on, kid." He picked him up. 'At least he's alive.' Just as he thought that, Winglies surrounded them.

"HEY!! It's the Human from Kadessa!!" One Wingly shouted.

'Well, duh. Who'd ya think I was? MELBU???' Milro looked down at the boy. "It's gonna be OKAY." He whispered to him. The boy nodded. He had to get the boy out of here safely, but how?? "Stay here, okay?" He put the boy down. "I'll be done in a bit." He unlatched the axe attached to his back and held it tightly in his right hand. 'Time to fight.' He stared at the Wingly ahead of him. Milro began seeing things; an image of his father appeared before him in the place of the other Wingly.

"What are you going to do? Fight back? HA! That's a joke! You're a disgrace to all living creatures! But then again, you are quite rare, aren't you? Being half Human and half Wingly? Don't you just hate me?" The image of his father smirked at him, his silver hair glistening in the sunlight. "Your mother's scared of you, ya know. Having my blood in you scares her. She thinks you'll become just-like-ME."

"SHUT UP!!!" Rage took over Milro as he lunged at the Wingly and swung his axe.

Of course, the image of his father disappeared and a simple Wingly stood before him. The Wingly's eyes went wide as the axe came closer and closer to him. Before he could cast a spell, his head was already off. Milro lunged at the next Wingly before he could do anything. All five Winglies were slaughtered before they could cast any spells. Milro reattached the axe back to his back and looked over at the boy.

"You're safe now. I'll take you back to your mother." Milro told the boy.

The boy looked scared. Who could blame him? He just witnessed a single man take on five Winglies in less than five seconds. Milro noticed, then crouched down to meet the boy eye to eye.

"Don't worry. I won't hurt you. I promise." Milro smiled at the kid. He nodded, then allowed Milro to pick him up again.

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Milro put the kid down once they stepped into the well hidden cave. The boy immediately ran to his crying mother.

Milro decided to report back to Vellweb and he would be taking these Humans with him.

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Milro thrust open the double doors and stomped into the meeting room. Everyone, not including Hajeri, Belzac, the Dragoon Queen, Diaz, and Kanzas, were sitting at the long table.

"Milro!" Phirala jumped up and down. "I told ya he'd be back!"

"But not with good news." Milro stood beside the table. "I bring bad news. Where is the Queen, Hajeri, Kanzas, Belzac, and that bas-I mean Diaz?"

"The Queen went to go talk to Diaz, Belzac is watching Hajeri, and Kanzas is sleeping...I think..." Shirley replied.

"Well, they need to hear this too. I'll gather everyone up. STAY HERE." Milro quickly left the room.

Several minutes later, Milro returned; the Queen, Diaz, Hajeri, Belzac, and even Kanzas followed him.

Kanzas yawned. "This better be important. I was sleeping peacefully."

"It is." Milro pulled out a chair for the Queen.

"Thank you, Milro. So, now, what's the bad news?" The Queen watched him as he stood beside her.

"Faust has attacked and burned down Gloriano, your Majesty. I rescued the Humans in Phelestial. Phelestial wasn't that badly damaged; parts of houses still remain. The other towns weren't as lucky as Phelestial though. They were completely burned down, no remains left." Milro reported. "The Humans from Phelestial are here right now. They are resting up."

"How'd you get them here so quickly?" Damia asked.

Milro smiled. "That's my little secret." He looked at the Dragoon Queen. "We need to leave immediately, your Highness."

"I understand, Milro." The Dragoon Queen stood.

"Why can't you stay here and help us fight?" Diaz asked her.

"Because it is against Soa's will. We are just meant to judge your Dragoons, not help them fight a war. And plus, we've already helped, have we not? I gave you those Dragoon spirits that those seven now use." The Queen looked over at the seven people that sat at the table. Rose, Zieg, Belzac, Shirley, Damia, Syuveil, and Kanzas. "We must leave before the Winglies discover us. That would not help you at all."

"Well, guess I'll be seein' you later." Saphira hugged Shirley then turned to leave. Mike said good-bye and followed her.

"It was nice meetin' you all. I hope we meet again." Phirala waved and skipped out of the room.

"Milro, you know you're job." The Queen looked over at Milro.

"Aye, aye, Queen." Milro bowed, then began pushing Hajeri out of the room. "Move it, grumpy."

Hajeri looked over at Kanzas, smiled, then walked away. Milro right behind him.

The Dragoon Queen noticed Hajeri's strange attitude towards Kanzas, and was quite confused. She looked over at Kanzas. 'I wonder if I am able to read Hajeri's mind to find out how he knew that he was just two years older than Kanzas.' She shook her head, then turned her attention towards Diaz. "Hopefully we'll meet again." She gracefully left the room.

'I've never seen a woman like her before...' Diaz found himself thinking. He shook his head.

"Sir, Winglies have entered Vellweb!" A man reported as he stepped into the room.

"How many?"

"Six, sir."

Diaz took a deep breath and stood. He motioned for the Dragoons to follow him as he left.

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Diaz stepped out into the sunlight and immediately saw the silver hair of the six Winglies.

"We are here to speak with you, Diaz." A male Wingly announced.

Kanzas moved his hand to his belt where his new dagger was hidden. Rose had her hand on the hilt of her sword. Zieg also had his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Do not bother to draw your weapons, Humans." A cloaked figure stepped forward. The Wingly removed the hood. "It is I, Charle Frahma." It was indeed Melbu's older sister, Charle.

"Why have you come here, Charle?" Rose asked the Wingly.

"I have just found out that Faust attack Gloriano but I do not know why. But I do intend to find out. Oh, and do not worry about the other five Winglies that I have with me. They are simply my loyal guards. I just wanted to make sure no other Wingly has come here."

"No. You six are the only Winglies that have been here in a long while." Diaz told her. "Please report back to me when you find out why Faust attacked Gloriano."

"I will." Charle quickly flew off. The other five Winglies followed her.

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Melbu sat in his throne. He waited for Boralo to get back from his training.

"Sir, Charle Frahma has arrived." A Wingly reported.

Charle walked in. "It is good to see you, Melbu."

"Yes. It is good to see you, too." Melbu didn't really feel like talking with his sister, and Charle knew that. "Were the Humans that I was looking for in that place, Vellweb?"

"No, they were not. But I do have a question. Why did Faust attack Gloriano?"

"Because he offered to help me find those Humans. I didn't care how he found them, as long as he found them. But it appears that they have just...disappeared. That one Human was especially strange. He used Wingly magic." Melbu remembered when the brown haired Human, known has Milro but of course he didn't know that, had used Wingly magic to defeat several hundred of his warriors.

"I will send some of my guards out to continue looking." Charle told Melbu.

Melbu nodded and watched his older sister leave.

Charle returned back to her own palace and sat down in a chair. 'My brother has gone too far. I can't believe this. I have to do something.'

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Sophia ducked, twisted, and blocked as all three executioners tried to kill her.

'I have to get out of here!' She began thinking of a way out. Alive.

She threw a punch at Selebus, but Kubila defended her. Sophia was thrown to the side. She stood back up. 'Just thought of the perfect plan.' She put her hands together and began to move them apart as an eerie blue energy ball appeared between them.

"BAJIRO RASHIKA!!!" She hurled the attack at the executioners and flew off.

The energy ball exploded when it hit the three. When the dust went away, Selebus, Kubila, and Vector were still standing, but badly hurt and Sophia had escaped.

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The Dragoons sat at the dinner table. They all had already finished their food and were now just talking.

"So what do you plan to do after the war, Belzac?" Diaz asked the half Giganto, half Human.

"Open up a school for all the children." Belzac answered.

"And I hope to join that school." Damia smiled.

"That's a wonderful idea." Diaz looked towards Shirley. "What about you?"

"I don't know. I just thought about teaching at Belzac's school." Shirley looked over at Belzac, who smiled.

"That's also a wonderful idea. I think you'd be a marvelous teacher, Shirley." Diaz said.

"I agree. Shirley would make a marvelous teacher." Belzac smiled at Shirley. Shirley blushed.

"What about you, Rose?"

"Well, Zieg and I are planning to get married after the war." Rose looked over at Zieg. "And maybe have a couple children of our own."

"Yes. We'll live happily ever after." Zieg held Rose's hand.

"I wish you two the best of luck. I think you are the perfect couple." Diaz told them. He looked over at Syuveil. "And you?"

"I'd like to continue my studying on life and death and hopefully finish that studying. I might even open a library."

"I hope you finish your studying in the future. I know how hard you've worked on it." Diaz then looked at Kanzas.

Kanzas stood. "I will figure out what I want to do after the war, after the war." He left.

"A man of few words." Syuveil said.

"Yes. Indeed he is." Diaz watched Kanzas leave.

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The next morning:

Milro began banging his fists on the table saying 'food'.

"OH JUST HOLD ON!!" Saphira yelled from the kitchen.

Phirala watched her wacky brother continue acting silly. Saphira brought out the breakfast. Sausage, eggs, and biscuits.

"HEY!! I ordered beef stew!!" Milro exclaimed.

"Yeah. I know, but I didn't feel like fixin' that." Saphira laid his plate down in front of him.

"I wanna speak with your manager!" Milro pushed the plate aside.

Saphira sighed. "It has cinnamon in it."

"Cinnamon????" Milro's eyes lit up.

"Yes, cinnamon." Saphira smiled.

"Cinnamon????" Milro repeated.

"YES."

"CINNAMON!!!" Milro began eating the food really, really, really fast.

"Him and cinnamon." Phirala watched him eat.

The Queen walked in. "Milro, may I speak with you?"

Milro stopped eating. "NO. I refuse to talk to you especially if it's about what we talked about earlier. So, see ya." Milro stomped out of the room. The Queen rubbed her head. Seconds later he returned. He picked up his plate of food and headed back towards the exit.

"I do believe this is mine." He stomped out.

Hajeri laughed and everyone looked at him.

"You don't know why he acts like that, do you, Queen?" Hajeri looked at her.

"What are you saying, Hajeri?" The Queen looked right back at him.

"I'm saying that he acts like that for a reason and only I know why." Hajeri leaned back in his chair. 'You want to know, don't you, Queen?'

The Dragoon Queen stared coldly at Hajeri, knowing he was right. She did want to know.

"But I want something in return. I tell you the info that you want, and I get something in return." Hajeri smiled.

The Queen took a deep breath. "What do you want in return?"

A/N: Don't forget to review. Now, the next chapter is gonna take a while to come out 'cause I've hit major writer's block. Now on the conversation between the Dragoon Judges, I already have that planned out, it's just everything else that I need to plan out. Well, just don't forget to review.