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Golem

Ahem, I was living in a cave for that last little while and now I'm free to do what it is I wish. Schools almost done! Yay!

Now that I've finished my rant I'll tell you warnings, disclaimers, and all that jazz.

So the warnings are as follows: I have Yaoi and Yuri in my fic! If you don't like then don't read. (Though I do also have het, can't be helped, though probably not what you're expecting.) I also would like to explain the M/NC-16 rating. There is going to be a lot of violence and suggestive scenes. I don't want any little kiddie reading this then running to their mommy crying about how traumatising it was. Also there will be spoilers! S-P-O-I-L-E-R-S!

I do not own anything okay? Good, on with the story.

(P.S. Thanks to all the reviewers! I live off of your praise!)


He…looked so fragile lying in my arms. His eyes lightly shut. Breathing quietly, and peacefully. Long blue hair splayed across the ground. He looked nothing like the Yuan I knew…

I blinked at my own thoughts. "Whoa, dude you're checking out a guy!" My mind screamed at me. I didn't listen however. Haven't before, why pick up the habit now?

He moaned, scrunching his eyes. I watched in mild fascination as he struggled to awaken, or that's what I thought till I found him trying to retreat from the sun that I had just noticed had been shinning in his face.

"Um…" I said. I mean he did look really cute sleeping and I didn't want to have to awaken him, but I also knew we weren't out of the woods yet (quite literally) and I knew I couldn't carry him. He was light, but unfortunately not light enough. That and I didn't have a clue as to where I should go.

"Um, hello?" I asked prodding him.

He scrunched up his face again, and then slowly opened his eyes. He blinked slowly, looked at me, and whispered, "Master Lloyd…?" He blinked again, and it seemed his eyes came into focus. "No…not him."

I blinked. Did he just call me Master? I smiled reassuringly, or at least I tried to, considering the situation, and who it was. "Um, hi. Are you okay? You took a rather hard hit to the head…" I said, suddenly embarrassed. He was staring at me, as though studying me…

"I am fine…" He said and tried to sit up, only to fall back down again.

"Whoa, whoa! Take it easy, you did just woke up, and you were hurt!" I said holding him.

He looked at me with shock. It's as if he'd never seen anyone care about him… much less some stranger. "A-Ah." was all he choked out before he turned his head away.

"Hey, do you know where we are?" I asked gently, unsure exactly how to talk to this frailer Yuan.

He looked back at me, then the immediate area. He seemed to think for a moment then turned to me again. "We are in the Gaoracchia forest." He replied at length.

"Oh! That would mean we're near Sybak!" I said happily. "Ozette, and Mizuho should be near by as well."

The 'Frail Yuan' (As I will now dub him) looked at me funny. "Um, no…we're near Iselia." He said, raising an eyebrow.

"I-Iselia?" I choked. How could we be near Iselia! It's not possible!

Frail Yuan tilted his curiously, looking very much like a puppy. I probably would have found it more humours if I wasn't to busy freaking. "Why are you so upset?" He asked, clearly noting my distress, and sitting up so he could be face-to-face with me.

I looked at him and blinked. Why was I so upset? This is, after all, another world. Not my own…When I thought of that I became depressed.

Frail Yuan seemed to notice this change as well, because he put, what I assumed to be, a comforting hand on my shoulder.

I looked at him, and I couldn't believe what I saw. His eyes were so…warm and comforting. Like that of a… I blinked in surprise. How could his eyes…? This was Yuan, wasn't it? I guess he really was different.

After a moment I straightened and stood, and helped frail Yuan on his feet. "Can you walk, or do you need to me carry you?" I asked.

Shakily he stood and smiled. "I will try." He took one step and almost toppled over. I was quicker however and caught him before he hit the ground. "Th-Thank you…" he said blushing.

I smiled my typical reassuring smile and said, "That's fine. I'll carry you. I've caught my breath now anyways."

He looked down and murmured something under his breath.

"Yo, you okay?" I asked, he seemed pretty upset…

"Yes…I'm fine. Don't worry about me." He said smiling at me. That smile looked disturbingly familiar, though not on his face…

I shook off the feeling and asked. "So, where are we going?"

He looked forward. "As far as I can tell, south, to Iselia." He replied. So I headed south.


"We've been searching forever!" Zelos complained.

"Yes and we'll search forever more, or till we find what we need to bring back Lloyd." Raine growled at him.

Zelos held up his hands defensively. "I know, I know…but it doesn't seem as if we're getting any closer."

"It would appear so to me as well." They all turned to the doorway.

"Yuan!" Zelos yelled. "What the hell are you doing here?" Everyone seemed to have the same question.

"Relax chosen, I was called." He said looking to Kratos.

"You called him!" Genis yelled at Kratos.

Kratos glared at him then turned to Yuan. "It took you long enough."

Yuan hmphed, and walked over to him. "So what did the little idiot do now?" He asked.

Kratos glared at him for the remark (as did the rest of the group) and turned to where the mirror room was. He opened the door and showed him it.

Yuan blinked in surprise, then glared. "That mirror is evil…is this what happened?" He asked Kratos, who nodded in reply.

Yuan continued to glare at the mirror. He walked over it, though seemingly keeping a safe distance away. "So this is some sort of a portal…?" He inspected it closely. "There's some sort of inscription here…"

Raine walked over cautiously and looked where Yuan was pointing. "Ah! You're right. How could I have missed this?"

Yuan rolled his eyes, but held his tongue. No use getting into a fight with the younger half-elf. "It would appear as though the writing is in demonic."

Raine nodded. "You're right," she stepped back, "but I can't read it. Can you?" She asked.

He looked at her. "No, I can't. It seems as though the writing's…distorted somehow."

"Hmm…" Raine said, appearing to be in deep thought.

"Well I can't really help you, as I have never seen this type of demonic craft before." Yuan concluded.

Kratos glared at him and the mirror, unsure of whom to angrier with. He was about to say something when Yuan cut him off.

"That is till I can find out what this inscription means." Yuan finished.

He knew what Kratos was thinking as he glared at him. 'I hate you Yuan.'

Yuan glared back. 'Love you too Kratos.'

"Demonic eh?" Zelos thought aloud. "Where do you suppose we'd find the way to translate it?"

"Where indeed… I don't know anyone who practices the art of demonic magic anymore, and even if there was someone, they'd most likely not help us." Yuan said thinking.

"We may have something in our archives." Kratos said, referring to Derris-Kharlan.

Yuan glanced at him. "Perhaps…but if we were to go trifling through Yggdrasill's archive it will raise suspicion."

Kratos sighed, and responded, "Then only one of us will go, and since you've already been pushing your luck, I will go." He glared at Yuan, daring him to say otherwise.

Yuan met his glare with one of his own. "I am not the only one…" He turned to the group. "Fine, I will remain here and attempt to help these…people."

Everyone glared at Yuan. Not that he cared as he simply held his head high and began searching through the books as well.

Kratos turned to leave, stopping only to give a look to Yuan, which almost seemed to say something, and as he left he heard Yuan mutter, "You're welcome."


(Changing scene)

"Holy crap! You live here!" I exclaimed.

"Y-Yes, is it that amazing?" Frail Yuan asked.

"It's a fucking castle!" I whooped in joy and excitement. This was great! Frail Yuan was loaded! "Do you own it?"

"Own? I live and serve here." Frail Yuan looked at me oddly. Maybe I deserved the look; I was acting a little more immaturely than I probably should have.

"Oh…you're a servant?" I said a little down trod.

"To the lord and master, yes. I am his personal servant." Frail Yuan seemed proud of this fact. Hmm, maybe it was a higher position?

"What does that mean exactly?" I asked.

"It means I follow the lord, and do whatever it is he commands." Frail Yuan replied.

"Does that mean you take orders from others as well." Being from Sylvarant, I didn't exactly know much about servants and the sort.

He shook is head. "No, I only follow orders from him."

"So that means you're pretty important?" I asked. It wasn't everyday that people actually had the patience to explain things to me.

He blushed, which was odd to see, at least on his face. "I guess…"

I smiled my typical smile and slapped him on the back. He nearly fell forward from the impact. "That's awesome!" I exclaimed.

"A-ah…" He said still blushing.

"Let's go!" I exclaimed and rushed to the mansion, dragging/carrying frail Yuan along.

We got to the door and I looked for a way to knock. "Hey, how do you open the door?" I asked, upon finding nothing.

Frail Yuan coughed, and I let him go so he could do whatever he needed to do. He looked up the giant doors, and called out. "Kvar!"

Not one moment later did we hear, in an incredibly obnoxious fake French accent, shout back. "What?"

I blinked, whoever this Kvar person was they certainly were arrogant…

"Open the door!" Frail Yuan yelled back.

"What is the secret password?" This 'Kvar' person shouted back.

"Kvar open the door…" Frail Yuan yelled back, sighing when he got no response.

I looked at frail Yuan. "Um, is there a problem?" I asked.

"No…Kvar's probably just drunk again…" Frail Yuan sighed.

A moment later we saw Kvar stick his head over the side of the door. "What do you want you English pigs?" He shouted down to us.

I nearly had a heart attack. This 'Kvar' was none other than the Kvar that killed my mother. "Y-You!" I shouted at him, stepping back in surprise.

"M-Me" He sarcastically shouted back. Oh ya, he was drunk off his ass.

I glared up at him. "Let us in you bastard."

He howled in laughter. Not exactly what I was expecting…

Frail Yuan sighed and shook his head. "Kvar, if you don't let me in, the Lord's going to be mad, and it'll be your fault!" He yelled up.

"Hmm, when you put it like that…" Kvar answered, "Then I'll really have to ignore you!"

This guy was really starting to piss me off. "Open the damn door!" I shout up at him.

Something must have spooked him because he suddenly jerked upright, and then promptly fell off his perch right in front of us.

Yuan eyes widened and he ran over to him shouting, "Kvar, my God, are you alright?"

I would have laughed my ass off if I weren't feeling a little guilty about it myself. "Um, is he going to be okay?" I asked.

Yuan placed a hand over Kvar's face, the hand glowed for a moment then Yuan sighed in relief. "He's going to be fine…he's just unconscious." So Yuan was a magic user on this side as well…

Yuan looked at me in with an emotion I could not recognise. He sighed and looked away, looking instead towards the door. He stood up and tried again. "Will someone let us in?"

Two more heads popped up over the fence and upon seeing Yuan, promptly opened the door. Two soldiers rushed out (though they looked kinda like people from Mizuho) and picked up Kvar, carrying him inside.

Yuan smiled at me and gestured towards the door, "Well then, let's go."

I blinked at him then towards the gates that were now open. I followed him in. I looked about the grounds; the place really was a castle. The courtyard was luscious, with trees growing everywhere and fountains of angels covering the places plant life didn't. The style however belonged to Mizuho.

"Wow." I said voicing my thoughts in a single word.

Yuan smiled at me.

Then we both jumped when we heard a booming voice yell out. "Yuan!"

Yuan seemed to pail and murmured. "Uh oh…"

The person who had made the large shout seemed to draw nearer. It's like I could feel the power they held in the very air. It was nearly choking.

Two doors slammed open on our right side. An opposing figure stood in the doorway. I couldn't see him however because Yuan was blocking my line of vision. He walked over to Yuan and asked in a deep, but oddly smooth voice, "Where were you?"

Yuan looked down, trying to avoid his gaze. "I've been out…" he answered meekly.

"Out? Where! You've been gone for over two hours!" The man shouted at Yuan.

Yuan cringed, I thought it was just about time I had a word with this man. "Hey, it's not his fault, some big ogres jumped him, and your stupid door man wouldn't let us through!"

The man turned his attention to me (who he had apparently not noticed, or cared about till now.) I almost died of shock, and so apparently did this man.

He and I were identical! We looked exactly same! Well except for the clothes and, strangely enough, the eyes.

He pulled out his sword and pointed it at me. "Who are you!" He shouted.

I was nearly startled out of my skin, "Tell me your name, and I shall give you mine!" I shouted back, undeterred.

My look-alike glared, and it suddenly occurred to me that I had seen this image before. "The mirror…" I murmured.

He raised an eyebrow, but kept his sword aimed towards me.

It was Yuan who broke the tension. "Lord Lloyd…please don't be …this boy saved me earlier today.

'Glare-Me' (As I will now refer to him as) looked back at me. "Is this true?"

I glared back, but not as fiercely. "And if it is?" I shot back.

He glared, then sighed and sheathed his sword. "Then I owe you my gratitude." He replied.

Yuan sighed in relief and turned on his heel. "I'll go make us some tea." He said happily.

"This does not mean you are not in trouble." Glare-Me said.

Yuan sweatdroped. "A-Ah…"

I watched the whole exchange. At first I thought that it was like a mother scolding a child…but now, it seemed much more…deep. I was probably reading too much into it. I turned to Glare-Me. "So um, your name's Lloyd?" I asked.

He nodded and proceeded to follow Yuan. I blinked at him. He didn't even bother to ask for my name…well he did before hand, but that was in different context! I sighed and followed the two of them inside.


(An aside)

"Hey Genis." Zelos called over to Genis.

Genis looked at him suspiciously then walked over. "What?"

"I've got something to talk to you about." Zelos said.

"I'm listening." Genis replied.

"This is kinda odd, don't you think?" Zelos stated more than asked.

"About Kratos, and Yuan's sudden urge to help us?' Genis said.

"Ya…" Zelos responded.

"I noticed that too, but what about it?" Genis asked.

"This is either a really good trap or something else much deeper with Kratos..." Zelos said looking suspiciously at Yuan, who glared back.

"What should we do about it?" Genis asked.

"I think we should watch our backs…" Zelos said.

"Well duh…what else? That can't be all your thinking." Genis said.

"Sarcasm aside, I knew I picked the right one to help me in my little endeavour." Zelos said smiling his typical smile. "You're right, I think we should put our heads together and figure out this mystery, before it bites us in the ass."

Genis looked seriously at Zelos, studying him for a moment. He came to whatever conclusions were in his head that he needed to conclude then nodded. "Alright Zelos."

"Alright, let's get working. We also have to find a way to save Lloyd." Zelos said.

"We will." Genis said, a determined look on his face.


And here is where I end it. I hope guys enjoyed and review.

I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible.