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DEDICATED TO BRE! I must apologize for the fact that I wrote a lot of A/Ns in the middle of the story…just letting people know how I feel.

Dom stormed down the hallway, to Neal's room. How could she? That…. slut! How dare she just go and…. UGH! He banged his fist on Neal's door, denting it. A muffled "hold on" was barely heard, but Dom didn't care. He punched the door, his hand cracking with an audible crunch. Dom bit his lip to keep from screaming. Neal opened the door and glared at Dom. Then he saw his hand. Sighing, Neal placed a hand on Dom's as green magic laced his fingertips. Dom felt coolness go through his hand, but it did nothing to his hot head.

"What took you so long, damn it?" he asked, glaring at Neal, who finished and returned the glare.

"If you must know, I was on the can!" he said. A few court ladies that were walking by giggled. Neal blushed as Dom hit his head with his fist.

"I swear our family is retarded," he said. Neal grinned at him.

"Cheer up. You're related to me," Neal said. Dom groaned.

"Don't remind me."

"Well, you didn't come here just to break my door, so why are you here?"

"I caught Kel and Zahir kissing."

"So? They're betrothed."

"But they were doing a little more than that, Meathead." Neal thought about this for a second.

"A little more than kissing? …..OH GODDESS! Bad images!" he banged his head against the wall, then punched it, causing it to crack. "SHIT!" he yelled, before healing his own hand.

"Now I know we're related…" Dom muttered. He saw Neal turn green from the effect of bad thoughts. "No, meathead. They weren't having sex." He saw the color return to Neal's face. At least, the natural color.

"So they weren't….you know…." Neal made a couple motions with his hands that made Dom want to bite them off. He shrugged. "I saw the hickey on her neck. Its not that bad." He saw Dom go red with fury. "Oh stop it. You're being more dramatic than me, and that's something to say." He watched Dom storm off, and returned to his room, shaking her head.

Kel made her bed, running through what had happened just a few minutes ago. Zahir had kissed her. More than that, though. She blushed, forcing the image out of her head. But as hard as she tried, she couldn't forget the feel of his lips on hers, the taste of him in her mouth. Another knock on the door startled her out of those adult thoughts, thankfully. Wow, I must be more popular than I thought, she thought, opening it to reveal Yuki, holding a long box..

Yuki walked in before sitting on Kel's newly-made bed. "Happy early-birthday, Kel!" She said, shoving the gift into Kel's hands. Kel sat beside her friend, unwrapping it. Her jaw dropped when she saw it.

In the box was a glaive. On it was engraved, the best friend to a man is his sword, but to the Yamani women, their best friend is the glaive. Kel met Yuki's eyes, knowing that she hadn't loved her friend more than this moment. She reached over and gave Yuki a hug, putting all of her strength into it. Yuki emitted a squeak before pushing her best friend away.

"There's more," she said, gesturing for Kel to continue. Kel frowned before looking closer into the box. There was a miniature one in there, no longer than the size of her hand. Kel opened it to reveal….face paint. Yuki burst out laughing at the expression on Kel's face. Kel was shocked. She hadn't expected face paint. Of all the things, face paint was the least expected.

"Thanks Yuki," Kel said, smiling at her friend. Yuki grinned back, rare emotion showing for a Yamani.

"You deserve both of it," she said. " I noticed that you're glaive was getting pretty worn out, so I bought you that, and you're becoming a woman. Face paint is a must, especially now that you're getting married." Yuki's eyes started to fill up, even through her Yamani Mask. "Kel, you're growing up! Soon you will be moving on, and won't have time for me!" (a/n: this is what I wanna write: "Kel nodded. 'Yeah, but its too late for that.' Soon a meteor came crashing down on Yuki. Kel later found out that Dom had gotten a meteor crushing too, and Kel felt neither pain nor regret. Finally those bitches were gone." OOOHHHH…SOOOO BAD…..)

Kel shook her head. "Don't worry, Yuki. You'll be my best friend, no matter what happens." She hugged her, letting Yuki know that she meant it. (a/n: pfffftttt). Yuki wiped her tears away.

"I'll see you in a couple of weeks." Giving her friend a final hug, Yuki left.

Kel sighed. Man, life sure was complicated. Deciding to go for a walk, Kel locked up her room.

As she walked through the palace gardens, she felt a hand cover up her eyes, and another go around her mouth, pulling her towards an unknown stranger. This 'unknown' person put their lips on Kel's, and she struggled, before recognizing the taste and feel. She smiled and pulled away, the person letting go of her mouth but not her eyes,

"Naughty naughty," Kel said, grinning even harder. The person let go of her eyes, and she looked to find the person she had expected His lips caught hers and she let his hands trail down to the hem of her shirt. Kel's heart thudded as his hands found their way underneath. His fingertips grazed lightly against the small of her back, while his tongue pried entry into her mouth. Kel broke away for a breath, while Zahir mearly nibbled her neck, and going down to her shoulder. Pushing away the cloth, he began to chew on her shoulder. Kel slowly sucked and kissed the side of his neck, which was the only thing close to her. She pulled away.

"I'm hungry," Zahir said, taking his hand in hers and lacing his fingers through her own. Kel smiled.
"Then lets go eat," she said, leading him towards the mess hall.

A/N: Okay, I updated. YAY! I was going to end it before she walked through the gardens, but then I figured it wasn't nice of me to just end it without giving you a little somethin-somethin. Thanks to all of my reviewers. K out!

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