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Chapter 2

"Can you please wait up?" asked Anna stopping near by a huge bolder. Kratos stopped his tracks and looked at her. "We don't stop yet. The Desians will catch up sooner or later," his voice sounded concern for both their safety. Anna nodded and got up, her legs quickly felt pain through them. It was torture for Anna since she hasn't walked as much as she used to. Kratos knew this and knew that he had to let her rest. He wasn't human so he didn't really feel any much pain.

"We're almost there, so don't worry. Just hang on just a little bit longer," he said to her while walking again. Anna nodded and began to follow him. "Where exactly are we going? All I see that's in front of me is dirt and up ahead sand," she looked both ways. The scenery was beautiful, of coarse it would be since she hasn't been outside of the ranch for the longest time. The dirt was clean as a sparkling glass. It wasn't as cool, it was really hot. If this heat kept up, Anna knew that she would have a fever hit her sooner or later.

"It's not like I want to rest or anything I just want to know where are we." Kratos looked at Anna. He could see that she was tiered from the two day walk. "First we'll stop at The House of Salvation, later on we will go to Triet," said Kratos looking at Anna who was nodding her head. To him she looked a little bit pink, but he dare not worry about her right now. He was already in a big mess, "Well get there by nightfall." Anna nodded and ran towards him.

They kept walking all the way to The House of Salvation non-stop. They stay for a little while at the House of Salvation which did not bring a cheerful mood on Kratos. He seemed sour and didn't even feel like talking to Anna at all. Anna seemed worried about this, but dared not to question him. She didn't want him to get mad, after all he was helping her to get inside to save Koki. It wouldn't seem right if she messed things up now. Once they were miles away from the House of Salvation they left to Triet as quickly as possible. By nightfall they were already half-way to Triet.

Anna's head began to spin, it was because of the heat. She felt as if she would die right in the middle of the desert. "I don't think I can survive anymore…" she whispered to herself, not letting Kratos hear at all. Kratos looked straight forward and heard a bug thump. He turned around and saw Anna laying there unconscious. The sand was like a marshmallow burning in the fire, it was really hot so he knew that he couldn't wake her up. He walked towards her and put his hand on her forehead. Her head was burning up and she did look pink. 'Why didn't I noticed? She's just a human.' He thought looking around. He picked her up and walked to Triet. He did not want the Desians to catch up at all. By night he was in Triet, the sand blew as hard as it could. Kratos looked at Anna that was in his arms suffering from a fever.

He looked around and saw a small Innnear a Katz store. 'Why the hell are there Katz everywhere. Every town and every where I go?…' he thought not even wanting to know about it. He went inside the inn and looked around to find the front desk. He looked at a man who seemed very bored and went up to him.

The man who looked bored, looked up at Kratos and grabbed something to write with. "What would it be? One night would be one hundred glad." he asked looking at Anna and back at Kratos. He made a confused face and Kratos ignored it. He put Anna on the floor and paid the man at the front desk. The man looked at him pick up Anna and went to a room. His dark brown chocolate eyes closed his eyes once the door was shut. "I don't get paid enough for this…" he muttered to himself grabbing the glad and putting it somewhere safe.

Kratos laid Anna to a bed next to him. He knew he could not go to sleep and watched her sleeping soundlessly. He had to find a doctor that can come as quickly as possible. He walked towards the door and looked behind him. She was sleeping like a child worn out from playing outside to long. His lips were now formed into a grin. He had not seen such a person like that, only one, but…that did not count. He knew that she was already gone. She would not come back at all. Nothing now can change it.

His grin turned into a frowned and left the room leaving Anna sleepless and soundly. Once he shut the door, he realized that he had grin for the first two thousand years now. He shook his head in a disappointment and walked away leaving the man at the front desk puzzled, "I really don't get paid enough for this job." The man ignored and went back to sleep, wishing he had a much better job.

Anna woke up feeling light headed . Her face seemed a little bit flushed, not like last night. She looked around at her surroundings. The place seemed small and yet comfortable. There was only one bed and a window in front of it. Anna frantically looked around, she hadn't seen Kratos anywhere in the room. She got out of the sheets and out of the bed. She looked around for her shoes and found them next to the door. Feeling quite dizzy she sat down to put her shoes on and began walking slowly, since she did still have her fever. Once she was about to open the door, Kratos was right there in front of her, looking puzzled, "What are you doing?" Anna blushed making her fever rise a little, "Ah!…Umm…Looking for…food…?" Kratos made no sign of this and walked up to her. "Your fever is still high up, the doctor last night checked on you and told me that you must stay in bed for about two days."

"Two days?! Are you crazy?! We can't stay here that long! What if the Desians catches us here at the Inn?!"

"They won't…"

"How are you certain?"

"…"

"Well?"

"Do you wish to go back or not?"

Anna stood quite and went back to her bed putting her shoes on the floor. "I'll trust on you…" she whispered, which she did not intend for Kratos to hear, but he did. He didn't want Anna's fever to rise anymore. It would be to risky taking Anna to his friend. He thought about it and had an idea. Kratos walked away from the bed and was about to leave. "Where are you going?" asked Anna sitting up looking at him in concern. "For a walk," he responded not looking at her. Anna's brunette hair was untied, her hair went to her shoulders and her chocolate eyes were now worried. Kratos took a glance at her features and looked forward. He dared not look into her beauty, he did not want to fall in love, he didn't want to hurt her at all. She was so innocent and pure, and also yet a delicate flower. He knew Anna was acting strong, but inside she was weak yet strong. He wanted to know where her courageous part of her came from.

"I'll get you food on the way back." With that he left her in silence. Anna hear the door shut and she looked down at her sheets. She grumbled and thought about how Kratos treated her. It wasn't fair for her, she knew that she can still walk even with her fever. She did not want to be weak like her mother was. Her mothers life was a tragedy once Anna's father died in the hands of Desians. Memories started to come back to her. Anna shook her head and dared not to think about that day when she lost her father.

A few hours passed and Anna started to get a little bit worried. What if the Desians found him and took him away? If they did he would probably have a good beaten. Anna shook her head in horror, "Nothing is happen to him." She stood up, still feeling a little weak because of her fever, and walked to the window. Her dress was all dirty and ripped. She didn't care anyway, she was going back to the ranch in a few days. She opened the window letting some cool air inside the room. The wind blew her hair softly and her eyes were now closed. She felt the wind blew on her face softly too and began to hummed a song that her mother thought her.

Anna hear the door open and she turned to look around. It was Kratos brining a bag of food that he had promised. "Food!" she squealed in delight. Kratos was taken back from her reaction, but dared not to talk about it. Once he gave food to Anna, he sat on the floor eating his soup that he had bought for him and Anna. "You know this taste is way better that the food that the Desians gave out," Anna said randomly. Kratos nodded and didn't even talk. Anna got uncomfortable about the silence he had made. "Where is you family?" he asked looking at the plant that was in front of him. Anna frowned and looked outside the window. "Luin…" she whispered. Kratos looked at her direction, "What happen to your family?" Anna stood silent and began to tell her story right about when she received the news about her fathers death:

"Mama where's papa?" little six year old Anna was asking her mother, who was in tears. "Anna…" her mother whispered hugging her child as hard as she could, not so hard to hurt her. "Mama?" asked Anna with a cute confused face. Her brother stood there silent, making no motion.

His dark brown hair blew because of the wind and his hands were now in a fist. His eyes were red from crying. He dared not look at his younger sister. He knew she may not understand what living and death is. Anna looked at her brother, William, who was not talking at all and stood there silently. "Mama? Where is papa?" she asked again sternly. She wanted to see her father again from his trip back to Hima. Her father had promised her to bring her back a doll that he saw last time he was in Hima. "Anna…your father isn't going to come back again," her mother said now bursting into tears. She put Anna down and went inside her room not wanting to say anymore to her child about her fathers death.

Anna was puzzled about her outburst, she looked at William staring at her mothers direction. "William?…What did mama say? I don't understand. Why isn't papa coming back?" she asked questions wondering inside her head. William looked at her his eyes with anger and sadness. "Don't you get it?! Papa is DEAD…He isn't coming back! And it's all your fault because of that stupid doll that you wanted!" he yelled at her. He ran to the door and left. Anna stood there all by herself, she still didn't know what death meant, but deep inside her heart she knew that she would not see her father ever again.

Few years passed and her mother re-married another man. Anna was nine and she never liked her step-dad. He was rude and ungrateful. He would yell at her mother because of some stupidity he had made. Her brother William became cold to her, he barely talked to her and just worked for their mothers sake. Anna's mother, Lyn, became more weaker than ever. She barely ate and was like a servant to her resent husband. Anna despised that man, she never called him papa or dad, she called him by his first name, Andgres, a weird name but also a stupid one. Two years ago she knew how her father had died. He was murdered by Desians, because he had helped a prisoner escape the Asgard Ranch.. She now despised the Desians also, she wished they would all go to hell. It was inappropriate for a young girl like her thinking of those kind of things. But she did hated them all, because she was somewhat like her father she also did the same thing, she had rescued a woman and man from the ranch, and that was how she had been taken to the Iselia Ranch…

Anna finished her story and looked down. She dared not look at Kratos who made no sign of what she had just told. "You are a very kind person," he simply said. Anna looked up at him, "I don't think that at all…I yelled at my mother and brother once I left…I regret that." Kratos stood silent and looked outside the window it was about to get dark. "How do you feel now?" he asked still looking outside the window. Anna stood silent for awhile and touched her forehead, "I feel better now, the soup did do something don't you think so?" Kratos nodded and closed his eyes. "You know if you want the bed you can ask." Kratos opend his left eye and looked at her, "You got to be kidding me." He sighed and fell asleep for the first two thousand years, he tried to sleep. Anna looked at him admiring him, she had to be strong for Koki and her father.

HoujunRi: Haha awsome! I made chapter two! Yeey! Haha I now find this short instead of long. Haha well please review? XDD