Me: Hale me want chocolate! Hale: no. Me: why? Hale: you ate them all for God's sake! Me: oh… NOOOOOOOOO! I CAN' LIVE WITHOUT CHOCOLATE! Hale: can you we just get to the story? Me: all right.

Chapter 4: The Alchemist

It wasn't so long when the group reached the city o Al De Baran. "Al De Baran at last! Now we can eat!" Kaina said.

"Poring, poring!" Pan-chao said.

"Shut up poring!" Kaina bit.

"Kaina, don't argue with Pan-chao again," Aika said.

"But… but he started it!" Kaina said.

"Poring, poring!" Pan-chao said.

"Did too!" Kaina said. The two argued once again. Aika sighed.

"Thos two will never get along," Aika said. Airuko and Keishi looked t each other with questionable looks and shrugged.

"Hey there's a restaurant over there, we could eat there," Keishi said.

"Yehey! We get to eat!" Kaina said.

"Poring!" Pan-chao said excitedly. They went in the restaurant and ate.

"So, you girls want to be reborn and become transcendent?" Keishi asked. Aika nodded. Keishi looked at his assassin companion who was just sitting there quietly. "Such a coincidence isn't it Airuko?" Keishi said. The silver haired assassin just nodded in agreement. The two girls blinked and looked at each other.

"You two want to be reborn too?" the two girls said together.

"Poring…" Pan-chao said trying to steal a steak from Kaina's plate when she stuck her fork on it.

"Oh no you don't," Kaina said eating the steak whole. This kinda got stuck in her throat choking her.

"Kaina!" Aika said. Everyone was alarmed.

"Get her some water! Quick!" Keishi said. Airuko got up from his chair and quickly went to the choking knight's side with a glass of water. He put the glass on her mouth and let her drink from it.

"Are you all right?" Airuko said. Kaina took deep breaths and turned to face the assassin. His chocolate brown eyes met with her hazel ones once again. His eyes full of concern. Noticing how close their faces were. The two blushed and back away from each other a little. Kaina averted her gaze and looked down on the floor, still blushing.

"I… I'm fine…" Kaina said shyly. Keishi elbowed Aika a little with a smirk on his face. Aika, understanding that smirk smiled at the two people who were blushing.

"Damn it!" they heard someone from the table next to them say. They turned to see a female alchemist with straight, long, light-brown hair wearing a bunny band. "I'm short on ingredients…" she said. The group looked at each other then at the light-brown haired alchemist.

"Hey miss, is there something wrong?" Kaina asked.

"Yeah, wait, hey why don't you get your ass out of this!" the alchemist bit. Kaina made a face.

"Well sorry, I was just trying to help," Kaina said.

"I don't need any help…" the alchemist said, but then something hit her. "Wait… do you have a party?" the alchemist asked.

"Yep," Kaina replied.

"How many?" the alchemist asked.

"They're right behind you," Kaina said. The alchemist turned on her chair and saw Kaina and her party.

'Hmm… a priestess, a crusader, a knight and an assassin, well, they'll do,' the alchemist thought.

"Um… Ms. Alchemist? May we know what your problem is so we might help you?" Aika asked.

"Please, my name is Hayveene, Hayveene Zati," the alchemist said with a smile.

'She was so mean before…' Kaina said giving the alchemist a look.

"Hayveene… that name's kinda long…" Keishi said. Hayveene's emerald green eyes glared at the violet haired crusader. She neared him and bent down to make eye-contact with the crusader.

"Got a problem with that? Or of your tongue's too lazy you could just call me Hayve," the alchemist said.

"Uh… Hayve… sure…" Keishi said, thought he wasn't really concentrating on the alchemist. Well, he was actually staring at her uh… chest. (You know how girl alchemists dress). He was blushing like crazy. Hayveene stood up and sat down.

"Well, I'm Aika Kimasaki, and this is Pan-chao," Aika said.

"Poring!" Pan-chao said.

"I'm Kaina Yamastu!" Kaina said in a hyper tone.

"Airuko Kamistu," Airuko said somberly.

"And um… Keishi Okairi…" Keishi said, still staring at her chest.

"Watch it crusader, I know what you're staring at," Hayveene said glaring at Keishi. He looked up, now blushing harder than ever of embarrassment. He looked down on the floor.

"Shit…" he said.

"Anyway Ms. Hayveene," Aika said.

"Please Aika, no 'miss', just Hayveene or Hayve is fine," Hayveene said.

"Um… all right, well, what's wrong Ms… I mean… Hayve?" Aika asked. Hayveene put her elbow on the table and rested her head on her hand.

"I need to mix some potions for some people in Morroc, but then I'm short on ingredients," Hayveene said and sighed. "If I don't give them what they want, who knows what they will do to the twins…" Hayveene said.

"Twins? What twins?" Aika asked.

"They're friends of mine, we were having a good time in Morroc when we got knocked out cold by an evil party," Hayveene said and flash-backed.

Flash Back:

Hayveene started to wake up slowly, finding herself tied to a chair and her two companions, twins, a girl and a boy in the same state as she is. "Heh, you're awake," she heard someone say. She looked up to see 5 rogues stand before her. All men. One of them stepped out of the darkness and went up to the alchemist holding her chin.

"Did you have a good rest dear?" he said. Hayveene gave him a deadly glare and bit his hand making him yell in pain. "Why you bitch!" He said taking his weapon out and was about to attack her when…

"Don't touch her!" both the girl and the boy said. The rogue stopped and turned to the twins putting his weapon back.

"Well look here, your friends are awake," he said.

"What should we do with them boss?" one of the other rogues said.

"Please don't hurt them! I… I'll do anything for you just please don't do anything bad to them!" Hayveene said. The rogue boss turned back to the pretty alchemist.

"Hmp, well I do have some things I need, and only alchemists can do it," he said.

"What is it? Name it and I'll do it," Hayveene said.

"We need these following potions," the rogue said and snapped his finger. One of the other rogues stepped out of the darkness. "Tell her what we need," the rogue said.

"Yes sir, we need an acid bottle, alcohol, aloevera, anodyne and coating potion," the rogue said.

"That'll be enough," the rogue boss said.

"B-but the ingredients are hard to find!" Hayveene said.

"Hmm… tell you what, we'll give you three days to make them, if you're not back in three days it's bye-bye for your two best friends, and you are not to tell anyone about us," the rogue said.

End of Flash Back

"Oh shit! I've just told you guys about them! Oh! They'll probably do something bad to the twins! And I'm already on my second day! I only have one day left!" Hayveene cried.

"There, there Hayve, we'll help you," Aika said.

"You'll really help me?" Hayve asked. Aika smiled and nodded. "Oh thank you Aika! Guys! I really appreciate it!" Hayve said.

"So, what do you need?" Kaina asked.

"Well… I need 1 immortal heart from a Verit, 5 empty bottle from either an Ant Egg, Drops, Muka or Pecopeco Egg, 5 stems from either a Blue Plant, Flora, Green Plant or Mandragora, 5 poison spores from a Poison Spore, 1 empty test tube from Geffen, 1 aloe from either a Flora or a Green Plant, 1 honey from a Hornet, 1 ment from a Red Plant and 1 Heart of Mermaid from an Obeaune," Hayve said.

"All right! We'll take the challenge! Though, this does mean we have to postpone our adventure for a little while," Kaina said.

"It's all right, we have to help Hayve, her friends are in danger," Aika said. 'I wouldn't want Hayve's friends end up like mine…' Aika thought sadly.

Me: well that ends chapter 4! Guys, I'll be going to Davao tomorrow so I couldn't update any sooner… Hale: I DON'T WANT TO GO! THAT MEANS LI AND JAY WOULD BE THERE! Me: might Hale, might, their dad has been kinda busy lately. Hale: oh… (goes down and prays) please don't let them come, please don't let them come… Me: (sighs) well, see you guys in three or four days!

the Goth priestess: Hale!Come right here and apologize right now!No!Either that or no more acolyte lessons for you!(Grumbles)sorry...Good,hey,why does Max get chocolate and I don't?(teary eyes)