Hello! Finally updated…I'm so sorry for not updated sooner…busy with college and all…and being lazy, but mostly lazy. Happy to be back ... Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, and R&R please.

NOTE: This is AU fic, so please try not to connect with the storyline from Suikoden 1,2, and 3 too much or else you might confuse.

"Normal talking."

Unspoken thought

Chapter Five

"I'm here on be half of my Lady, I welcome you two to the Magician's Island."

Here I'm, kneel on the ground staring at the kid – or I could said gorgeous, hot, and very sexy chick kid – without blinking. She was the most beautiful girl I have lays my eyes on, none of the nobles or rich families girls, and others normal girls were a match for her. God, I must really look like an idiot by now, but I can't seem to take my eyes of her, even if I want to – but obviously I don't want to.

"If you follow me, I will guild you there," she said, still have that smile on her face. But then she drops that smile as looks at us blankly after we gives her a 'huh' looks. "I take that you two in no condition to walk," she smiles again.

I still staring at her when she starts chanting on her magic spell, but then I start to be alarm. I don't know who she is; I don't know whether she is friend or enemy, and I don't know what spell she casting. What if she attacks us with that spell? Pretty girl usually evil, they use their beauty to lure guys to work for them, or something like that. I read many books like that and usually the evil person use pretty girls to trap his enemies and controlling them. Think it true rather than sorry, I shouldn't easily trust her after all of those dame-confusing things just happened.

But before I could do anything, she already finishes her chanting and casting the spell. Within matter of seconds, all my wounds are heals and my strength returns to me. I look at Sarah, and see she back to good health also make me feel relieve.

"Shall we get going?" She asks…still have that smile on her.

"Whatever," I reply, not sure this was a good idea, but I can't said no, who know what she going to do to us if we don't. So, all I can do is be caution around her.

There something makes me uneasy toward her. I don't know why, but she seem mysterious to me – meaning something about her that is very 'different' from other people.

And so we following her to who know where, all I know is that she going to take us to her Lady – whoever that is.

"Gosh, why do I all get nervous with her around? I never get nervous around anyone before. Well, it good thing that kid didn't look back here, so I won't see her face. Yeah, that's right, I'll be fine as long she not looking back her," I think.

I must have look trouble or distract to cause Sarah concerns and asks me what wrong, which is not a good thing to do. Why? Because the kid stop walking and looking back HERE, at ME.

"Is there something wrong?" She asks in indifferent.

"N-nothing is wrong," I said, afraid that kid not buying it – I'm sure Sarah doesn't.

"Oh, okay, then let us continues," the kid said, then adds that seductive smile to that dame seductive face.

She turns back and we resume our walks. I glance at Sarah, she giving me a knowing look, but said nothing. I think she starting to know what's wrong with me. It fine with me as long she doesn't talk about it.

As we walks further into the forest, the landscape was beautiful – they less creepy and more…neat. It has various types of flowers blooming with various different colors, the trees looks more in order than back there, and there more sunlight entering – so basically it look like a well taken care garden.

"Wow, it so beautiful," Sarah exclaims. I wonder why women are so attract to flower, they just flower anyway. I do think they beautiful, but not that attract to it.

"Why is this place so different compare to the other parts of the forest?" Sarah asks the girl.

"Because we already entered the Magician's Island," the girl explains.

"You seem to know a lot about Magician's Island. Do you leave here?" I ask.

"Yeah, but did I told you that already?" She asks.

"No, all you said were 'I'm here on be half of my Lady, I welcome …" I stop saying any further. Embarrass at my own mistake for not catching on that. I was kind off 'distract' at the time to notice it.

"I guess his mind was somewhere else or rather his mind was occupied on 'something else' at the time," said Sarah, smirking at me.

"Oh shut up," I shout as I blush a little.

"I don't get what you guys talking about, but can we continue?" She asks as she standing there looking at us in confuse.

"Whatever you want," I said. Sarah snickers and mimics my sentence as she mumbling loud enough for me to hear, but soft enough to avoid the girl.

The place getting prettier as we walk deeper into the Magician's Island, I look at Sarah, and as I expect, she seem fascinate by it. I wonder when are we going to reach our destination, we has walk for quite sometime now. I hope someone there can explain to me whatever happened back there; I'm still very confuses about the whole thing. They have to have something to do with the whole thing happened back there. I mean…she did appear right after those guys disappear, Sarah said that they were just an illusion, and the girl might be the one to create them, you never know. But if she is the one who create them, then for what purpose? If she planning to use those people to kill me from the start, then why did she stop them? Are those golden wolfs also an illusion as well? There are too many questions occupy in mine mind right now, I wish I can get the answer right now so I can be in peace from my headache. I can always ask the kid but I don't think she'll reply anything though. I feel like she only here to guide us to her Lady – I guess her Lady is Leknaat; after all, Magician's Island is her home for the past centuries – and nothing else.

"We almost there," she announces, "it just around that corner."

"Finally," I said.

The place was surrounds by the high mountains, hidden from the view, so as we turn at the corner at the base of the mountain, we see massive of land before us, covering with many flower and tree. I have to admit, it was a very pretty place, much more than where I'm come from. The best word for me to describe this place is…'paradise'

I can see why it calls Magician's Island, it was also surround by water. There are many fishes swimming around in that fresh water.

And what does she mean by 'we almost there it just around that corner'? Judging from the size of that land – she said the tower locate in the middle of the land – from where we are, we must be at least six miles away. That's close? Does she have distance-judging problem?

"Almost there? Does this look like 'almost there' to you?" I shout in frustrate.

"…Uh…yeah," she said.

I sign in defeat and signal for her to continue. We begin crossing the wooden bridge that connect from the land we was on to Magician's Island, it approximately half mile long. I just wish Sarah can just teleport us there, unfortunately as long we inside the barrier, she's unable to use her teleport. But that fact never stop me from hopping she can teleport us there, I'm getting tire from long hours of walking continuously.

"But Sarah seem to be fine, and that girl too. Wait, why do I even comparing her? She lives here, so she should use to this entire walk. But Sarah…how come she not tires like me? Am I that weak? "

We walk, walk, walk, and walk…I don't know how long we have been walking, but I guess about half a day since it starts to getting dark. As we closer to her 'home', I see a fifteen level high dark gray tower stood in the middle of the ancient gray stone house there's some space between the tower and the house.

"We here," said the girl.

"Finally I can rest. Man, my legs are killing me," I respond.

"If you're tire, why don't you ask to rest? If I know you tire from walking, I could just teleport us here."

"………" Sarah and I said nothing and stares at her like she was an idiot.

"But how can you teleport while you in the barrier? Sarah was unable to do it."

"She unable to doesn't mean I can't," she replies bluntly.

"So you saying that you could teleport us here?" I ask in irritate and annoy.

"Yes."

"THEN WHY THE HELL DON'T YOU DO THAT IN THE BEGINNING? THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WALKED ALL THE WAY HERE, AND WE COULD HAVE SAVE A LOT OF TIME," I snap at her. Sarah tries her best to keep me from trying to straggle the hell out off that kid.

"B…Because I…like to…walk around in the forest," the kid answers in frighten.

"Luc, please calm down. You scaring her," she said softly in my ear.

I look at the kid and see the frighten expression on the her face…cute

"No, I'm not going to give in for that kid. I'm not, not, not, not, not…God dame it, I can't stand seeing that cute face without give in. "

"FINE! Hurry up and take us to your lady," I order.

"Y-yes, Lady Leknaat is expecting you on the top level of the tower," the girl replies.

Top level of the tower…I looking up at the highest level of the tower. My eyes twitch.

"Does you really expect me to walk up there after all of those walking?" I shout at her.

"Uh - I can teleport you there," the girl said nervously.

"Good, then hurry up. I don't have all day."

The girl nod and the next thing I know, the three of us inside a huge room full of books…I mean, many, many, many, many, many, books. This must be the library.

" This is beyond what I expect to find in the Magician's Island. "

"This is the library, we currently in level four of the tower. Miss…um…"

"Just call me Sarah," Sarah responds.

"Sarah, can you stay here waiting while…" She looking at me…

"Luc," I said.

"While Luc here having little chat with Lady Leknaat?" She asks Sarah.

Sarah looks at me then at the girl. "I guess."

"Thanks, you can read any book here if you want while waiting for him, or you rather rest for awhile instead?"

"I think I wait here," Sarah answers.

"Okay. Most of the books here are about magic defense and attack, they are quite powerful spell."

"Can we just go to see your Lady Leknaat?" I complain.

"H-huh, sorry. This way please," she said as she starts walking toward the stare for the upper level.

"I'm NOT walking up there," I said in irritate as I cross my arms.

The girl, back facing me, immediately stops walking in alarm, and I swear I hear she mumbling something about me being hard to deal with. Well, guess I'm, but I can't change who I'm.

"Sorry, I'm forgot." Another flash of golden light, both of us disappear leaving Sarah alone in the huge room.

"I don't think Luc figure out about that kid yet," she pauses, "well, he know soon or later. But I wonder what his reaction would be like," Sarah said as she smirk evilly.

Chapter five end