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Chapter VII: Something Silly This Way Comes

"So, um," I thought for a couple seconds. "Wh-" I couldn't bring myself to ask that one question that I was dying to ask. How could you ask Hajeri why he saved you for the zillionth time?! He could, like, blow up in your face or......something......and plus, he's Hajeri. He could have many reasons for savin' my life...again... I mean, he could just be saving me as a friend, as a bodyguard, there's MANY REASONS. And I won't know if he's lying or not! I let out a long sigh.

"What were you going to ask?"

"Oh! Um, nothing!" I quickly turned my face so I could avoid his stare. I was brave, that's for sure, but brave enough to face Hajeri? Um, yeah. I could do this...right? "Hey, gotta question."

"Sure."

"Um...wh-......wh-......" I just couldn't spit it out! I mean, what's the big deal anyways? IT'S JUST A STUPID QUESTION!! "Why did you save me back there and all those other times?"

Hajeri let out a laugh. "Because we're supposed to watch out for each other. That's what friends do, correct?"

I blushed. "Yeah. It is." 'It is indeed......" I quickly turned my face once more so he couldn't see me blushing. I was very happy for once when we arrived at Deningrad. "I do hope those dumb guards don't gimme trouble this time."

"The others should already be talking with Queen Theresa. We'd better hurry." Hajeri ran inside. I sighed, but followed.

We both stepped up to the castle stairs. Guards blocked our way. I stepped in front of Hajeri.

"Now, do we hafta go through this again??" I stared coldly at each of the guards.

I could see them shiver as they moved out of the way. "I didn't think so." As I walked past them, I muttered, "Scaredy-cats."

We walked inside and up the long, long stairs to the throne room. Once Queen Theresa saw me, she let out a sigh.

"Why are you here again? Guards!" She ordered five guards to come out.

"DON'T YOU EVER LEARN??!!" I raised my hand and pointed it at one guard. "Shall I?" I stared directly at the Queen.

The Queen shooed the guards away. "What brings you here?"

"We were waiting for her." Rose said as she stepped out of a room. Selistia and Phirala followed her.

"Well, hurry up and leave." Theresa ordered.

"Make us." I continued to stare coldly at her.

Hajeri smirked and Rose sighed.

"Crystal, please. Let me handle this one." Rose looked at me.

"FINE, but she was askin' for it." I turned on my heels and stomped over to the first of the steps leading down.

"So have you seen a brown haired man named Milro? I think he's in black armor and black pants. Maybe." Phirala was the first to question the Queen.

"Oh! HIM. Please, get him out of my town!! He causes so much trouble! If he killed people than he would be worse than HER!!" Queen Theresa pointed at me, and I smiled and waved. "All he does is play pranks on people! This morning, I found a giant spider in my room. Lucky for me it was fake, but it still scared me!"

I let out a laugh but quickly covered my mouth. 'I hafta remember to give Milro some gold for that.' I smiled at the thought of Queen Theresa getting scared out of her wits.

"Come on. We'll look for him." Rose walked down the stairs. All four of us followed.

"It shouldn't be too hard to fi-" Rose was cut short. Milro came running out of the library, the librarian right behind him with a broom.

"Get out of my library!" The librarian shouted.

Milro stuck his tongue out at him, then turned to face us. "Hiya, Crys, Phirala, and Rose." He walked up to Hajeri and.........punched him.

Hajeri regained his balance and rubbed his cheek. "Is that how you're gonna greet me for now on?"

"Yep." Milro turned to me. "So why are ya here?"

"Gotta mission. Didn't the Dragoon Queen explain everything to you?"

Milro thought for a bit. "OOOOOOOOOOOHH. So THAT'S what she was talkin' about. She should know never to talk to me while I'm eating cinnamon pies. I really didn't pay a bit of attention to what she said."

I sighed. "Great. Well, we're supposed to gather the Judges and find the new enemy that's been makin' the Dragon attack." I explained. "Ya know, the Dragon that attacked Donau." I continued once I saw the confused look on his face.

"OOOOOOOOOOHHH. So that's also what she was talkin' about......oops." Milro shrugged his shoulders. "I must've forgot."

"Anyway, Milro, this is Selistia. Selistia, this is Milro." I looked back at Selistia, who seemed unusually quiet.

"Hi......" Milro just stared at her suspiciously.

"H-h-h-hi........." Selistia seemed to have trouble talking and her face went red.

Milro just blinked and pulled me over towards him. "Why is she starin' at me like that, Crys?"

I looked at Selistia, who was still as red as a cherry. "OH." I also blinked. "She-she-she-she seems to......l-like......y-you." I found it hard to imagine. Milro was a nice guy, but he wasn't really the type to fall in love with a girl. I never even pictured him dating. I always thought of him as a loner.

Hajeri overheard our conversation and butted it. "Maybe you should kiss her, Milro."

Milro shook his head really, really, really fast. "NO WAY, MAN!!!"

"Calm down!" I took a deep breath. "We should get goin' now. We-"

"Crystal!!" I heard a very familiar voice.

I turned around. "Boralo!!" I ran up to the Wingly and hugged him. "It's so good to see you again!"

"Hey, why didn't I get that kinda reaction when I showed back up??" Milro asked.

Hajeri patted him on the back. "You got someone to like ya. That should be enough."

Milro just continued blinking. "I don't want anyone to like me like that......" He muttered.

"So how has Lloyd been?" I asked Boralo as I let go of him.

"Just fine, and you?"

"Perfect! I'm on another mission, so......would you like ta come??" I looked up at him.

"I'd love to." Boralo smiled.

"Great!!" I ran towards the exit of Deningrad. "We'd better get goin' then!"

A/N: So sorry this chapter was short, but I just had to end it there. The next chapter will hopefully be a bit longer, but no promises. And I'm glad that you like the battle scene! I worked really hard on it, so I was really happy when I got reviews sayin' that you really liked it. Thanks, YSYF and RoseSama35. Now don't ya know what I was plannin' to do with Milro??? Don't forget to review!!