Millenia stepped out onto the ground and looked around the familiar scene.
"Solid ground at last!" she sighed and Ryudo and Elena stepped off.
Neither of them spoke to her or to each other. Millenia rolled her eyes.
"Talk about giving the cold shoulder!" she shouted after them, "In my defence I didn't mean for any off this!"
"I don't believe that's helping!" said Roan.
"Don't you start!" she snapped, looking down at him, "Where's Tio?"
"She's collecting her things, come on. We've got to get to the palace quickly." She Roan walking away.
"Tell me about it," whispered Millenia, looking down at her hand; which shimmered in and out of sight.
She tired to gather herself together and hold herself in one piece. She bit her lip and prayed that she could make to the palace in time, even though she knew that they might not find an answer.
As they stepped into the library of Roan's palace, Millenia and Tio were surprised to find the other three already hurriedly looking through books.
"Tio, which one is it?" asked Roan.
Tio stepped forward and looked over the shelves and pulled down identical looking books.
"One of these two, but I'm not sure where in the books the information was written," she said, handing one of the books to Roan and starting to look through the other.
Ryudo and Elena didn't say anything to each other and sat down at the table. Tio and Roan joined them as they looked through. Millenia was about to join them, when she suddenly realised she couldn't move her legs. She looked down. They too, were shimmering in and out of sight; just as her hand had done at the dock.
"Millenia?" asked Elena, "What's taking you so long?"
"Don't get snappy with me!" said Millenia angrily, "I can't move my legs."
"What do you mean?" asked Elena.
She walked over and watched as Millenia's legs shimmered in and out of sight.
"Um…Roan, Tio…you might want to hurry with those books!" she said.
Tio flicked quickly through the book she was reading. Roan copied, trying to catch anything that mentioned Millenia's symptoms.
"Ryudo, we need you," said Elena.
Ryudo walked over casually.
"What am I supposed to do?" he asked.
"You could help carry her or something," said Elena.
"You mean you're not going to get stressed at me for something I can't help?" asked Ryudo, "Because it would sure surprise me if you did!"
"This isn't about you, and it was your own fault!" said Elena.
"I was asleep! What was I supposed to do?" shouted Ryudo.
"Guys…" began Millenia.
"I noticed you weren't annoyed at her when you woke up, you looked perfectly happy!" shouted Elena.
"I had just woken up!" shouted Ryudo, "How was I supposed to react at that time in the morning?"
"Stop it!" shouted Millenia.
They both looked around at her.
"In case you hadn't noticed, neither of you are to blame!" said Millenia, supporting herself on their shoulders, "I was the one who went into your room. I just wanted to be close to someone who I knew cared about me! It was my fault; Ryudo didn't know, so stop moaning at each other and help me before I disappear completely!"
They both stared at her, and then looked at each other.
"She's right," said Elena.
"I know," whispered Ryudo.
"I'm sorry," whispered Elena.
"Me too," Ryudo said.
"So am I, now help!" said Millenia, but she didn't need help anymore.
What ever had just happened between the three of them had made her cling on just long enough to become solid again.
"Quick, sit down before you disappear!" said Ryudo.
"You're just too lazy to carry me, I don't weigh that much!" muttered Millenia sitting down.
"I think I've got it," said Tio "…should a person become separated from their true being, and their true being should die, then once their true being is pulled into the other world, that being will have the power to pull their missing piece in after them. However, if that missing piece should still be alive, they can only be pulled so far. This means that they are pulled into the none existing space between the two worlds known as 'nothingness'."
"Well, how do we stop it?" asked Millenia.
"Hold on…I haven't translated this piece yet," said Tio, running a finger along the page, row by row, "…if this should occur to a being that is not yet ready to leave this world…the only way to become a being in their own right is to…it is slightly smudged, but I think it says you must 'destroy their other half, meaning that they no longer in this world or the next', but that is only a rough translation."
"So I've got to destroy him to become whole…" Millenia trailed off, "I can't…"
"We'll help you!" said Ryudo, "We did it once, we'll do it again."
"We can't," said Roan and they looked around at him, "She has to face him in the other world. There's no way for him to get to our world."
"But that means she has to…" Elena didn't finish her sentence.
"Die?" said Millenia, glaring around the room.
Everyone had been thinking it, and it wasn't a pretty thought. At least, everyone had been thinking it except Tio. Something struck her and she smiled inside; finding new hope at last.
"Not necessarily," said Tio.
"Why?" asked Ryudo.
"In many books it is mentioned that there is a gate to the other world for those who wish to use it, but once you go through it is difficult to return." Explained Tio.
"How come?" asked Elena.
"I do not know," said Tio, "It doesn't say."
"It's a damn good thing you read so many books," said Ryudo.
Tio smiled.
"I have nothing else to do in my spare time," she said.
"In that case, start reading," said Millenia, standing up, "We're going to need where this gate is!"
(A/N) Thanks for reading! Please R&R.