GI I LIVE!!!!

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Faryl was breathing extremely hard. Her arms were sore and shaking, but she didn't let the others know. She didn't want to seem weak, and continued to trudge through the tunnel.

"Faryl," Nimblesquirrel began, concern woven through his words.

"I'm fine," Faryl gasped out, not looking back to see the worried look on the Galka's face.

Silian shook her head, "If you need to rest, just say so. We've been traveling non-stop for hours. You i must /i be getting tired by now!"

Faryl hissed a little bit in her words, "I'm fine!" she was growing extremely frustrated on top of her fatigue.

The Galka grabbed her shoulder, stopping her easily, "We are resting here," he said, voice stern, leaving no room for questions. His friend would wear herself out if he hadn't stopped her.

Faryl forced the glowing sword into the ground, sitting down against the wall, letting a stored breath out, "Fine."

Leech sat close next to her, Silian on her other side, and Nimblesquirrel across the tunnel form them, "The tunnel is becoming narrower. I fear that soon I will no longer fit through it," Nimblesquirrel said, looking over the arch of the tunnel.

Faryl closed her eyes, saying nothing. Silian, however, had much to say, "What!? But we need you! We need your power! We need your strength! You can't stop!!!"

Nimblesquirrel sighed, "It is not that I want to leave Faryl behind, but I may have no choice. If I cannot fit, I cannot continue on."

Faryl knew he was right. And she, too, had noticed the tunnel getting narrower, and knew his journey would be cut short. "We have yet to see any enemies. We have not needed his ability yet, so let us hope that after he turns back, we will continue not to need it.

"You know as well as I that this game throws monsters at you when you least expect it. Is it really safe to say that?" Leech growled, glaring at the Galka with hatred of abandoning Faryl.

"I need to sign out," Silian blurted out, "I'm getting yelled at for spending too much time on here. Don't leave without me!!" Silian saved, and logged out

"We cannot continue anyway, so I too will log off and get some sleep. I suggest you do the same, Leech," Nimblesquirrel said, beginning his save. Leech followed, and both disappeared, leaving Faryl alone in the blue light of the sword.

"Why was I chosen to do this…?" Faryl sighed, pulling her legs to her chest, "I'm sick of this. I want to go home… I'd be happy to even go back to school. I wonder what I'm doing back in the real world. I can't be moving… I'm moving here, in Vana'diel."

A loud thunder echoed down the tunnel. Faryl heard rocks crashing to the ground as the sound approached her, "What that hell…?"

The black Quadav was back, trudging down the tunnel the way they had come from, "Ah shit! Nimblesquirrel! Leech! Silian!? Help!" Faryl tried to force the sword from the ground, but in her rage, she had shoved it in nearly half way down the blade. It would take the strength of a Galka to get it out. "I'm in trouble now… This is it!" The Quadav swated her against the wall, "AH SHIT!" Faryl fell into a heap on the ground, trembling, looking up at the huge Quadav.

Faryl's head was bleeding, "Sh-shit… this sucks… what can I… blood?" Faryl rubbed her fingers together, the blood dripping on to the cave floor, "Blood saved me last time, and maybe it can do the same this time…"

Faryl lept up, "Come and get me, asshole!" Faryl lept around the Quadav, touching her hand to her head, drenching it in blood, "This is it!" She grabbed the sword with her hands, slicing the palms of them open, blood running down the glowing blade, "I'm killing you this time!" she slid to a stop on the opposite side of the sword than the Quadav. The sword continued to glow at a constant light, but never changing, "Oh…. Oh hell… it didn't work!" Faryl gripped the handle of the sword, wincing has the leather dug into her bloodied hands. With all of her might, she wretched the sword fm the ground, swinging it at the Quadav, "Die!"

Nimblesquirrel logged back on only to see Faryl wielding the sword against the Quadav. She was dressed in full Red Mage attire and glowing with built up magic, "What in the name of Vana'diel…" he muttered, watching in awe at the matured Mithra.

Faryl lept at the Quadav, bringing her sword down at it. The Quadav raised its huge blade, fending Faryl's blow off. She had barly touched the ground when she jumped again. The Quadav swung its sword at her, but she landed on the flat of it, leaping off it like a step, and at the Quadav's head, slicing it clean of, blood drenching the tunnel, Nimblesquirrel, Faryl, and the glowing blade.

"Ah hell! We're going to drown in blood!" Nimblesquirrel screamed, shielding his face with his huge forearms.

Faryl landed as the beheaded Quadav corpse crashed to the floor, sword crashing against the wall. Faryl's blade was glowing blue, the blood dripping into a pool on the ground. Faryl looked over to see a blood-drenched Nimblesquirrel, peeking out from under the shield of his arms, "N-Nimblesquirrel…?" Her eyes became horrified as Nimblesquirrel looked up at her with fear-filled eyes.

"A-Are you afraid of me…?" Faryl pulled a glove from her hand to reveal a blood-free, clawed hand. She wiped the blood away form her eyes, "You are…" she whispered, casting her eyes down.

Nimblesquirrel burshed the blood from his arms, "Faryl, you have matured… You can wield your blade. You no longer need me." He quickly saved and logged off. Faryl stared at where he had stood, tears welling into her eyes.

"I need you… Please, Nimblesquirrel, come back…" she bagan to sob, sinking down to the ground.

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Silian and Leech signed on, looking around at the blood and massacred Quadav body in the tunnel, "You did this, Faryl?" Silian asked, looking the corpse over.

Faryl nodded, "Let's go. I think we still have a long way to go." She rested the now-cleaned sword on her shoulder and started down the tunnel.

"H-Hey! What about Nimblesquirrel! We can't just leave without him!" Silian said, hanging back.

Faryl didn't answer. She simply continued on, tipping her hat down over her eyes slightly more.

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GI Yay! I like this story. I wish more people would read it… 