' Sry I haven't been updating lately… ya know jobs take away all of your free time then I quit my job and other stuff kept getting in the way, then when I finally got the time to write I've been in a total writers block --'. Oh well here is the 4th chapter FINALLY but for now on since I'm still in writers block I would not mind trying something new. I'm willing to take options on how the story pans out, ya know when people get so upset when the story doesn't go the way they want it? Well if you want something to happen in the story I'll try to work it in for ya

Enjoy the story!

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The pinto pulled up at the Carona Port. Mint and Rue walked out and onto the port and took their bags out.

Rod: "I'll meet you guys later; I gotta go back to me camp.

Rue: "Alright, thanks."

Mint was looking around and was not paying any attention to them.

Mint: "Finally I'm back in Carona! No more paper work, no more royal meeting, no more Maya…"

Rue: "Err Mint don't you think we should go to Klaus and Mira's house now?"

Mint: "Wha- - oh yeah lets go."

Rue: "Did you…. Want me to carry your bags for you… I mean you have a lot more than I do and they do seem heavy."

Mint: "I'm fine! Nothin' I can't handle." Mint grabbed her bags and began to walk up the port steps entering Carona…even though she wouldn't say it her bags were kinda heavy.

They had reached the home of Klaus and Mira and knocked on the door, at first no one seemed to answer.

Mint: "What she heck is taking them so long?"

Rue: "We should just knock on the door again and give them more time…. I mean they might not even be home."

Mint started banging on the door rapidly and didn't hear a word of what Rue had just said

Rue: "'Sigh' Why bother anymore?"

Mint: "HEY OPEN UP! WE'RE AGING OUT HERE!" Just as she was about to pound on the door again it busted open and a small child jumped out and knocked her to the ground.

Prima: "Heh thought that was you, acting like an idiot." -

Mint: "Prima you little troll get OFF ME!"

Prima: "Nice to see you too fart face." Prima jumped off and turned toward Rue. "Hey Rue! Mom and Dad are down stairs in the lab, your welcome to go down there."

Rue: "Thanks."

Mint and Rue walked down the stairs and saw Mira and Klaus buried in a mountain of books.

Mint: "Oh man, what is all this for?"

Klaus jumped at the sound of Mints voice.

Klaus: "Oh' you've made it welcome, please sit down. Mira and I were just researching the relic of Yizon"

Rue: "Yizon…. that sounds familiar somehow."

Klaus: "Yes Yizon is also the name of a spell caster who was known for her beauty and charm. It was also told that she had fallen in love with a drifter and stayed with him through out his voyages for years until he went to the Shimundo Desert. The drifter had fallen ill and passed away despite what Yizon's magic had done to sustain him. It was said that Yizon built a fortress in the desert and buried him there and she vowed that her heart will beat forever for him…"

Mint: "So you're saying that the relic is her heart?"

Klaus: "There is more to the story but I'll let you guy's look over the info on your own for now… Its almost 8:00pm, you'd better go to the Inn and get your rooms. Here…" He handed Mint and Rue huge piles of research books and maps. "Look over these and you can find out more about the relic."

Mint and Rue walked out the house and went next door to the Inn; the owner was sitting at the desk and saw them come in.

Owner: "Welcome to the Carona Inn! May I help you?"

Rue: "Yes, we need to book two rooms here."

Owner: "Alright lets see what I can do." The owner started to flip through her papers and her facial expression changed.

Owner: "Err we have a slight problem…"

Mint: "What type of problem?"

Owner: "Umm…heh heh… we don't have two rooms available at the moment."

Mint/Rue: "WHAT!"

Mint: "So you're telling us that you don't have any rooms at all!"

Owner: "Well I didn't say all that, I do have one room left… a couple had booked it and changed their minds this afternoon… If you wouldn't mind sharing a room I can easily give it to you with no charge for this inconvenience."

Rue: "Ahh Mint…can I talk to you for a moment?" He pulled Mint over to the side. "Maybe we should try the other Inn…"

Mint: "Are you crazy? She said that she would give us a room for no charge, if we go to the other Inn we gotta pay at least 500g a night."

Rue: "But…then that means we have to share a room together…"even though he's happy as hell about the idea of doing so

Mint: "I don't mind sharing the room as long as its free, anyway what are you scared of rooming with me or are ya nervous?" she wised her eye brow hoping to get the reaction she wanted

Rue: "NO- - I mean, I have no problem sharing the room with you! We can spend our t-time together researching….." 'Is she onto me?'

Mint sighed. She didn't get the exact response she wanted out of him... she would rather spend time with him and not time reading over some dumb books. Mint walked over to the desk where the owner was waiting."

Owner: "Have you decided on the room?"

Mint: "Yeah, we'll take it."

The owner gave them the key with the room number on it and apologized again for the trouble. Mint and Rue made it to the room and opened the door. It was very big with tons of space, it had a huge bed for two, a big bathroom and everything… Mint dropped her things on the floor next to the bed and flopped on it.

Mint: "Finally I can relax a little."

Rue also put his stuff down and sat on the couch… He began to flip through the pages of one of the books and found a novel that seemed to be based off Yizon and her love for the drifter.

Rue: "Hey Mint! Check this out…. Mint?"

Rue got up and walked toward the bed and saw that Mint had fallen fast asleep. He shook his head and laughed, you haven't changed a bit Mint… Rue pulled the covers over her and admired her as she slept. "I guess I'll tell you about it tomorrow… Good night Mint."

He sat back down onto the couch and began thinking to himself…

'I wonder if I'll ever be able to tell her how I feel... oh well… maybe I will… at the right moment.' Rue turned on a lamp near him and began reading the novel until he himself had fallen asleep.

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Well that's it for now! I'll try and write the next chapter in a few days. If you have any suggestions before then please e-mail me or leave a comment about it and I'll think about it and see if I can work it in.

Thanks for reading -

JANE!