Thanks to all those who reviewed my story so far. Here we go again with the next chapter. Enjoy.

Sheena awoke to find herself in Lloyd's arms. They had spent most of the night kissing before they fell asleep in each other's arms. All though neither of them actually said "I love you" to each other, that night fully explained it all.

"Thank you Lloyd." She whispered into his ear before kissing his cheek, and getting out of the bed. She was now only in her underwear, they had managed to stop themselves going all the way. She put on her nightgown and quietly left the room, heading for hers to have a nice shower before she returned to school.

Lloyd, who was awake before Sheena, opened his eyes and got dressed into his newly washed clothes. He then scribbled down a note on some paper, and laid it on his bed along with his violin. He left his room to find Orochi. It didn't take him long, as he was just entering with bags full of groceries.

"Hey Orochi." He yelled.

"Good morning...Lloyd isn't it?" he asked in return.

"Yeah it is. Listen to me, watch over Sheena, never let her out of your site." He was completely serious.

"Huh? Why what happened?" he asked quickly.

"I've no time to explain, but basically someone's after me but they know I'm friends with Sheena, so they may come after her. I'm leaving town soon but that doesn't mean they won't come after her." And with that he left, leaving a very confused Orochi behind him.

Sheena re-entered Lloyd's room, fully dressed, still holding her smile. She was hoping to find him in hope that he was now awake, but to her surprise he was gone. On his bed she saw his violin and a note. It read:

Dear Sheena,

I'm sorry I couldn't tell you this in person, but you would have tried to come with or stop me and I don't want you to get more involved with my problem than you already have. I care for you too much for you to get hurt. I've already left as I was awake before you and planned this all through. I'm going to tell Orochi to watch over you, so just continue to live your life as normal, go to school, and tell Mr. Ichi I'm sorry, but I had to leave town. I know it must be hard for you to do so, especially after last night, but you MUST forget about me and live a normal life. I'm sorry for getting you into all of this, I truly am. My last gift for you is my violin, it's not much but it's the best I can give you.

Love, Lloyd

Tears started to fall from her eyes, "Lloyd no." She sobbed. Without thinking, she ran downstairs to find "Orochi!" she yelled, "Where's Lloyd?"

Orochi stared at her, still shocked at Lloyd's sudden statement. "He just left."

"WHAT!" she yelled in shock, "Where did he go? Did he say?"

"All he said was to never let my eye off you, and that he was leaving soon."

"WHAT!" she yelled again, "He's gone to protect me. You fool." She headed for the door.

"Where are you going?"

"To find him." She said simply.

"Not on your own, you don't. Tell me the whole story and I'll come with you."

"There's no time, I've got to go now if I want to catch him!"

"Don't worry I'll go with her." Said a voice from the door.

They both turned to see Kuchinawa in the doorway.

"But you don't know anything either." Said Orochi.

"I just saw Lloyd outside, and told me everything that's happened." He replied.

"Fine, it's probably better you going anyway, you're the better fighter." Replied Orochi.

"What ever lets just go already." Stated an irritated Sheena. They both left for Raine's house, hoping he was still there looking for Lucrus.

'It's nearly time now.' Thought Kuchinawa, 'Cruxis gets that idiot, and I get Sheena's head.'

- -At Raine's- -

"What do you mean?" asked a very confused Lucrus, "You need at least a couple days training before we can leave."

"I'm not kidding!" shouted Lloyd, "We need to leave now whilst we still can!"

'Whilst we still can?' wondered Lucrus, then it hit him, "It's about that girl isn't it?"

Lloyd blushed. "I-I don't want her to get hurt."

"You love her don't you?" Lloyd just nodded, "Very well, then let's go."

"Not pant without me pant you don't!" yelled a half-angry, half-panting person.

They both turned to the voice to see... "Sheena!"

"YES ME!" she yelled, finally catching her breath. "DO YOU REALLY THINK I WAS JUST GONNA LET YOU LEAVE!"

"Well...no." he answer quivering in her anger, "I was hoping we would've left before you got here."

SMACK! "If you wanted that you shouldn't have told Kuchinawa anything when he saw you. Do you realised how worried I was when...?" She stopped when she saw his shocked and confused face.

"I never saw Kuchinawa, let alone told him anything." He replied still confused.

"W-What? Kuchinawa why did you...?" but before she could finish, Kuchinawa had covered her mouth with his left hand, and used his right arm to pin her arms to her body.

"Well I guess my cover's blown." He laughed evilly.

"Why are you doing this?" Lloyd yelled, furious of his actions. "You're suppose to be her bodyguard!"

"It's because of her my family had to be her bodyguards. If she didn't need protecting my parents wouldn't have died! IT'S ALL HER FAULT! Cruxis will let me kill her if I collect you."

"How can you say that!" Lloyd exclaimed.

"It's easy for you two to say that, you don't know..."

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS!" shouted Lucrus, "Cruxis, the ones you're working for, killed our parents." He felt fine saying this, even though Kratos and Anna weren't his parents.

"And you're fighting against them for revenge." He argued, "It's the exact same thing."

"Cruxis is trying to rule the world! How dare you say they're both the same."

"Look I've had enough of this!" yelled Lloyd, "Let Sheena go NOW!"

"Why don't you fight for her?" Kuchinawa sneered, "If you beat me I'll let her go, but if I win...well you come with me and I get the girl."

This was a big risk, but there was no other way, even letting himself get taken was no option, Cruxis will let him kill Sheena as his reward. "Fine let's do it."

"Lloyd..." Lucrus started.

"I've got to do this by myself. It's my fault she's in danger and I'm gonna put things right."

"Actually, I was going to say take these." He pulled out of his bag two swords, one red, one blue.

"These are..."

"Your father's and mine's greatest swords, they're yours." Lloyd took them, "I'm sure you remember at least the basics of your training?"

"I do, thank you Lucrus; my brother."

Meanwhile, Kuchinawa had tied up Sheena and gagged her. "If you two have finished?" he said laughing, "I'd like to get this over with soon."

"Don't sound so confident." Sneered Lloyd, "I was trained by Kratos Aurion, one of the greatest swordsman in the world!"

"And we'll see how that fairs against Mizuho's greatest warriors' fighting style!"

Well that's it, you'll have to wait to see who wins. Keep reviewing and I'll update soon.