Woah, a lot of reviews for that chapter...I'll try to answer them as best I can, 'kay? If you don't want to bother with the dedications and responses, scroll down a bit and you'll get to the action. Thanks!

Mad Hatter: There will be NO Cesia/Lykouleon in this fic. That is creepy, and I don't like it. It is creepy in a way very, very different from all these Demon pairings. Instead of being forced into submission, like Cesia is here, it is like hanging out with a dirty old man. A nice man, but one who is already married and quite old, though he doesn't look it. shudders NO. Just no. I TOTALLY Agree about Dark Rath. Rowr. VERY rowr. Hmm...that is an idea...I WILL bring Dark Rath into this fic at some point, guaranteed. And yes, he will be like you imagine, because that is too yummy a Rath to NOT do it. loves the Dark Rath description ooer.

Chisakami Saiyuki: Thanks for the hug!! Honestly, I don't think I will do it again, but I make no promises. I just kind of go one chapter at a time, using the ideas that strike my fancy. I know it is freaky, it's kind of my intention, but yeah. I agree with you. Poor Cesia!

Hentaikoneko: You're welcome! I tried to make this one different. I haven't seen much yuri AT ALL in DK land, so I thought I'd add in a bit, you know...Glad you liked it!

Insaneoveranime: ::sniffles:: I...I'm sorry....::cries:: I didn't mean to bother you so!

Stary Angel1: it was short? O.O ehehe...sorry?

Lady Kilgorin: Kat! Hi! Thanks for reviewing! Tell me what you liked or didn't like or whatever next time, okay? Oh, and technically they aren't spoilers, because the books HAVE been released in English...you just hadn't read them all yet. Therefore...

Lexzzz: thank you!!! I am updating as soon as I finish and proof this, so it has just been completed!

Kage Ohkami: I think, personally, that Cesia is still in shock from the (more or less) rape by Nadil. And when she is in the tub (chapter 6) she is still "Dark" Cesia. If you reread it, you'll notice little giveaways that she is still thinking dark thoughts. Thank you, I do appreciate your comment, as I have said many times before, my goal has always been to keep and portray the characters to the best of my abilities.

BakaNeko: Why thank you!! ::is a little nutty herself:: I'm flattered you'd say such a thing! And I'm glad you like the plot, odd and rather plot-less seeming that it is...

Raesia Artist: Hi!! I know you!! Thank you, thank you, and I'm glad you liked my ending! Endings are hard sometimes... And I'll try not to do more ShyrendoraCesia.

moonwillow: I LOVE your name!! 'tis so pretty! And thank you SO much for your review! made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside...I am SO, SO glad you say I got Shyrendora IC. She is HARD!

Aquajogger: I changed the titles because they had gotten rather cheesy. And being lactose intolerant, I don't really like cheese. You may have noticed, but I DID change chapter 5 back to "Touch Me, I'm Screaming" just for you. And yes, I agree about the titles. Okay darling, here's the story, so goes the gossip train. Tetheus and Shyrendora had a "thing" for a while...she loved him because he made her feel special and cherished and pure...and he was DAMN hot. She was sexy, raunchy, hard to get, and yet, because they were siblings, she was easily accessible. Hormones. LOTS of eager, VERY eager, hormones.

:::Chapter 8:::

My eyes caught upon the dark star of Kainaldia, and I watched it pulse with evil. I could not remember its name, certain though I was that I had heard it before. And then, like a flash of blinding light, I saw him.

Rath.

The one who had entered my dreams with stormy eyes that drew me in; and held me captive in their embrace. His name echoed around in my brain, the word reflecting what I saw before me.

Rath...

He looked the same, still handsome, perfect and kind. I wanted to reach out to him, to hold him and cry for all I had gone through, all I had suffered without him by my side. I wanted to cry on his shoulder and apologize for all the wrongs I caused him, how undeserving of his love I was, to betray him for Nadil. To allow Nadil to do to me what I had only hoped to do with him.

I was reminded of my dream, where I had let my inherent passion take control of my consciousness. It seemed that Rath and I had been no more than inexperienced teenagers, writhing on the sheets in some sort of instinctual heat. And I shamed myself, knowing I had let it all go--even if it was nothing more than a dream. I suppose, in truth, it was because I knew that I would do it all again if I could. That deep down, I had no regrets, and I felt nothing for giving myself to Rath. But he deserved better than that.

I watched him silently after that, trying not to blink, not to ruin the image I had of him, and I was frozen in time. I could not tell you then, nor could I now, how long I stayed on the balcony, my eyes faced towards the starry moon, beckoning him to me. Begging him to come and save a bedraggled girl we both thought he knew. Even if I had betrayed his trust, his love. It was a far-fetched thought, that he would come to get me after all I had done to wrong him, when I no longer was deserving of what he had to offer me. I did not deserve the heir to the Dragon Lord.

But then his image turned, his reflection in the moon, and our eyes met. I had to stifle a scream. His eyes were still that beautiful red...but they were empty. Hollow. He was nothing more than a shell, bleached and dry upon the sand. Those red pools were no more.

'Forget me, Cesia...I am no more,' his eyes told me. 'I have nothing to give you. I am sorry. I don't know what we had, only that I felt good being with you. But I can't save you; I can't do what you want me to. You're better off living in the Demon castle.'

"Bastard!" I cursed, whirling around to see Nadil smiling like a devlish serpent behind me. "Don't you dare make a mockery of me!"

"Now, Cesia...you know that is the truth. Your precious Dragon Knight is nothing more than a scared little boy; we both know that. And you couldn't change him if you tried."

"Go to Hell." I hissed at him, and he laughed in my face.

"But Cesia, this is Hell. Haven't you realized that by now?" His eyes bore into mine, penetrating and powerful and I felt as if he were raping my soul with his eyes, stripping me down until I was naked and cowering before him. I winced and looked away, gluing my eyes to the floor, but I did not hear him leave. And then I figured it out.

He had been no more than a hologram.

I could hear laughter, echoing around me, and my head spun with the voice, it's repetitive, melancholy drone cackling loudly into the backdrop of my mind, blocking out everything, and every one of my senses crumbled to it. I was gripping the balcony and struggling to remain upright, as I was overpowered by a sound I could not recognize. I simply could not place it, and that made me feel nauseous and scared.

Then I choked; the evil flew into my open mouth, coating my teeth with a tainted vortex of sinister darkness. I pressed my eyes shut, feeling my body convulse and contort with the force of the venom. I clutched at my midsection, gagging under the strain of keeping my insides in. I stumbled, teetering and finally falling, feeling one of my knees splinter from the impact. The pain joined with the fear and evil presence, I was on my hands and knees, retching out the darkness, the poison, the blood. My vomit was a sickening combination of crimson and black bile. It sickened me more still, and I shuddered with terror and anger. I coughed up another wad of slime, trying desperately to ignore the vile splattering as it hit the ground. My limbs were shaking uncontrollably now, there was evil, so much darkness and power, I was crying and coughing up wave upon wave of dark, ruby blood, but my eyes were shut tight, and I couldn't have opened them if I tried, fearing that they too were encrusted with bloody, bodily secretion.

And for the second time that day, I felt myself become embraced by the comforting darkness, and I once again succumbed to the emptiness of being unconscious. My last remaining thought was a whisper of apology to Rath.

:::End of Chapter 8:::

That was SO much better than doing my homework...

I'm sorry it took me so long to update...I had to fight off a bit of writer's block...If anyone DOES have suggestions you think would be kind of cool, I will try my best to put them in. If I get no suggestions, I will have to rely on my weak creativity...which may or may not make for longer breaks between posts. We'll see.

I got a lot of reviews for that chapter. I hope you all continue to R&R and enjoy my writing!

Yes! Finally, R/C is making a slight comeback in DK land!!! is overjoyed

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Lady Dragonnaine