On the last chapter…..

Albel went to call everyone for dinner when…..

"Well, what a coincidence….Albel, or Albel the wicked," Said a stranger behind Albel.

Chapter 3

"What? Who's there?" Said Albel.

The stranger came out of the shadows……LIEBER!

"Oh, it's you, I didn't know you were here," Said Albel. "Who are you again? You're that weird guy who keeps stalking that blue haired maggot, right?"

"Miss Maria isn't a 'blue haired maggot' for your information, and I have gotten over her now," Said Lieber. "I'll see you later at dinner, Albel, and let me warn you……you may have her now, but later it's going to be me who's going to win." Said Lieber with a maniacal laugh. (ok, this is sooo not Lieber-ish…..)

"Who the heck are you talking about, fool? I have no one, and I won't ever have anyone, maggot." Said an irritated Albel. He didn't like the way this guy was acting.

"You'll know soon, Albel, you'll know……until then, at dinner.." Said Lieber, walking off into the shadows again...(spooky……not!)

Like I said, all these people are fools…..Albel thought as he walked to Maria's room to tell her that dinner's ready.

Lieber

Well, so far that's good. I'll soon get my precious Nel from that jackass…….wait a minute, I forgot to tell him my name…..oh well, as long as he knows who I am.

Just then, he spotted Nel. There's my pretty spy! But I must hide, I want to make myself a surprise…..HAHAHAHA!

Albel

Well, I should head to the dining room…(A/N : where do they eat? All I know is that there's a kitchen, but it's too small to be a dining room too right?)

On the way when Albel was going to the dining room, he spotted Nel. "Hey Zelpher," he called out.

Nel heard Albel call out her name. She turned to see him. "Oh, Albel, did you tell everyone that dinner's ready?" she asked.

"Yeah. Never go inside Fayt and Sophia's room when they're kissing. That's a new lesson I learnt today." Said Albel with an expressionless face.

"Ummm…they were kissing?" Said Nel uneasily but she recovered anyways. "Well, I guess that's what lover's do. Get used to it, Nox." She said.

"I'm over it already!" shouted Albel. It seems he has forgotten about the incident that has happened between him and Lieber. (Bad memory or something? But it's Albel we're talking about!)

As the both of them were walking towards the dining room, they heard something move behind them. They both turned and looked if there was something there. Apparently, they could not see anything. But they were on their guard.

"Did you just see that? Was there something moving behind us just now?" Said Nel looking suspiciously to the surroundings in the castle.

"I don't know, fool. Just stay on your guard." Said Albel, holding the end of his sword, as if he was going to get ready to fight.

Nel, like Albel, was doing the same. "I guess there's no one here. I'm going first if you're not going to come with me." Said Nel.

"How can you be so calm at a time like this? What if your precious queen gets kidnapped?" Said Albel, smirking a bit.

"My queen will not get kidnapped. Besides, I'm not dumb. I am still on my guard. And I don't need your help if I get attacked." Said an irritated Nel.

"Who said I was going to give you any help? It's going to be your fault when the queen gets kidnapped, because of your carelessness, fool." Said Albel.

"Hmph. Think what you want Albel. You're always like this. You think everyone is weaker than you. You think you can step on everyone like tiny little ants." Said a very angry Nel. She walked off first.

Albel too was angry. Nobody has the right to go against him. He walked normally towards the dining room while he saw Nel slowly disappearing from view.

Phew. That was close. I hope nobody saw me while I was eavesdropping on those two. Ah, my precious beautiful Nel. And stupid jackass Albel. He doesn't scare me! I'll teach him to mess with me!

Everyone was having a conversation with each other while eating. Only Albel wasn't talking much because he usually doesn't talk so much and because of the argument just now between him and Nel.

Suddenly the door burst open. (the door didn't break though…) Everyone stopped chatting and eating and looked at the door. Albel, Fayt, Cliff, Maria, Nel and Mirage got up to get ready to attack to the stranger who came in. Sophia was just shocked so she was just frozen in her seat.

"Hello everyone! It's me Lieber! SO ALL OF YOU CALM DOWN!" Said Lieber in a cheerful/mad way…..

"What! Lieber? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on the Diplo?" Said Maria. She was hoping he would listen to her and go back….but unfortunately…..

"I asked Marietta if I could stay here for a while, and amazingly and fortunately for me, I could!" He said cheerfully.

"Oh, ummm….well Lieber, would you want to eat? I'll get you some food from the kitchen." Said Nel.

"Why thank you, Miss Nel!" He said with a huge smile. "Thank you very much!"

Albel remembered the incident that happened between him and Lieber. So this is what he was talking about. I have Nel as my partner…..that fool. I don't even like her….I think…..Well I'm not going to lose to that idiot! This war's on! He thought evilly, and suddenly laughed out evilly towards everyone. They all stopped everything again and looked at Albel. He stopped and looked at everyone and said "What?" and started eating again. Everyone seemed to ignore it and went back to eating again.

Nel came back with food for Lieber and gave it to him. "Here you go. I hope you like it." Said Nel.

"Of course I will, Miss Nel!" Said Lieber with another HUGE smile which made everyone shudder because it was WAY freaky.

"Uhh…..thank you…" Said Nel as she took her seat again. Everyone was back to what they were doing again.

Albel and Lieber locked eyes. Albel glared with the look saying 'It's on' and Lieber glared and smirked at the same time.

And so begins the war between Albel and Lieber……Nel, better watch out!

Author's notes : So, how's this story, a bit shorter than before, but I hope u like it! Once again, please tell me what you think of it and I'm soooooo sorry to Fayt/Maria fans…..GOMENASAI Maiyoko Iwagashi! Hey are you Japanese by the way?