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Yuna nodded. "Yeah, training isn't fun." she said, "but usually it all comes out alright."

"I hope you're right.." Nate said, and a moment later Casimir and I came walking out.

"Come on boys, let's go." Casimir said, heading for the exit. The three stepped out of the airship and I looked to the water.

"Hey look, there's a ship." I said, pointing. The two boys looked out to the water and their eyes widened in shock.

"Serapis.." Max whispered, before they both took off in a dead run for the water.

Yuna hurried by me, trying to see what they had seen. "who?" she asked me, hoping I may know.

I shrugged. "No clue." I said.

As they were running, the boys clapped their hands together and a lance appeared in each of their hands. Max's was black, and Nate's white. They stopped before the ship, lances ready to strike the first person to make them angry.

First, ten soldiers hurried off the ship with guns drawn, who were followed by a man dressed in a lavish uniform.

He stepped forward to face the boys. "What is it you want?" He asked.

"Tell us where she is." Max growled, "Now!"

The man shook his head and chuckled. 'I'd rather not tell." He said, before snapping his fingers. The guards stepped in front of him again and aimed towards the boys.

As the shots rang out, Nate jumped into the air and formed his hands into an odd hand sign. He then blew through and flames shot from his hands and onto the guards.

Those who weren't incinerated, Max took care of. He swung his lance quickly, so it was hardly seen, and cut through the remaining men.

I looked to Casimir, who shrugged. "I didn't teach Nathaniel the flame thing." He said.

The man fell back quickly, fear evident on his face. Nate landed next to his brother, and they both pressed their lances to the man's chest.

"We'll ask again, where is she!" Nate growled, and the man furiously shook his head. "I don't know, and that's the truth!"

They jammed their lances into his chest, and the man began to whimper. "Alright, alright!" He said, "I sold her! I sold her.."

Nate was the first to pull back his lance, and Max soon followed suit. "I swear to god that if she's hurt when we find her, I'll gut you like a fish." Nate growled.

"We should tell them." Yuna said, tugging on my arm a bit "they need to ask who she was sold too…"

I nodded. "alright." I said, "Let's go."

The man quickly scurried up and onto the deck of the boat, and the boys watched him go angrily. "We're going to kill him, no matter what. Right?" Max asked, and Nate nodded. "No matter what."

We finally got to them and Yuna gasped out "Ask him who he sold her too and where. It wont help you any without any information."

"we don't need to ask." Max said, "There's only four people with enough money to buy a slave, and I have an idea of who it is."

"who is it you are looking for?" Yuna asked. The boys looked to each other and then to the ground.

"we'd rather not say." Nate said.

Yuna nodded. "That's fine...is there anyway we can help?"

Max nodded. "Can you take us to Bevelle?" He asked.

"We are not at best odds with them, but we will take you..."Yuna said. "Thanks." Nate said, before getting back onto the airship with the others.

"Where'd you learn that flame thing?" I asked Nate, who shrugged.

"Old trick." He replied.

"It was amazing!" Yuna said.

She then looked over her shoulder at the airship and noted Rikku and Paine motioning for her.

"I think brother is ready to go, if you guys are."

They nodded. "Yeah, let's go." They said.

We arrived at Bevelle quickly, Brother let us off and we started down the long walk towards the large building.

Yuna kept her head down as some people glared after us...stupid people...Paine and Rikku walked beside her, Rikku quiet as she had been for awhile, Paine glaring back at the people.

The boys kept their eyes ahead of them, ignoring the people. Seig would glare every so often, and Casimir was indifferent.

Max and Nate led them around the temple and down a flight of stairs, where there were some rather large houses. They walked to the largest of them, knocked, and waited for an answer.

It took a little while, but finally it opened. A girl, who looked about 13 or 14, was standing in the doorway. She looked a bit nervous, and had a pretty nasty bruise on her cheek.

When she finally looked up from the ground, her eyes widened in shock. "What are you doing here!" She said, "You cant be here! He'll kill you!"

"We can handle ourselves." Max said, "Now come on, we're taking you away from here."

The girl shook her head furiously. "No! I'm not going to put you two in danger.."

"You're the one who's in danger! Ryusa's crazy!" Nate said.

Her eyes fell to the ground again. "I know, but I cant just leave.." She said, "Mom'll get hurt, and you'll be hunted. I cant let that happen, I have to stay.."

"Tamar, who's at the door?" A voice called from around the corner, and the girl flinched slightly.

When the man stepped around the corner, I was shocked to see who it was.

Baralai.