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Chapter 3

We rode until the ground was covered in sand and drops roamed the desert. Once in a while, I could hear the annoying song of a muka. The Solgat Desert was where I used to train alone, when someone angered me. No one could find me here back then. For a while, I wanted to join The Guild of Assassins, but my father had beat the interest out of me. I snapped out of my daydreaming as I heard coughing behind me. The Wizard probably had gotten sand in his lungs because of the desert wind. Tugging on the grand Peco's reins, we rode more hastily to Morroc.

When we got there, I noticed my wounds were completely healed. I looked at the Wizard who was coughing by a fountain. He washed his face and drank some water before coming to me.

"Well?" He raised his right eyebrow. "Put the armor on before they come and attack you." I nodded and slipped into the suit of armor as he helped to buckle the belts that I couldn't reach. "Those guys really hate you don't they?"

"With Tobie in charge? Of course." I answered. "Oh well, what can I do…" The Wizard sighs and puts out his hand.

"Crono is my name." He said with another one of his smiles. "Hikaru Yui right? Oh by the way, sorry but I think they chiseled off The Legion emblem or something." He pointed at the marked spot where the emblem used to be. It didn't upset me much, but did they expect me to escape with the armor? There is no other explanation. Crono must've noticed the suspicious look I gave him. He opened his mouth with a defensive expression playing on his face. "Crusader berserkers usually get away from jail. That's why so many of them die before the priests get the Yggdrasil water to them."

"But they were going to execute me."

"That was Tobie only." Crono patted my back. "He's an ass, and Layton wasn't. Get the idea?" I nodded. "So…why didn't you go Knight? I mean, you must have Knight's blood in you right?"

"I don't like royalty." Was all I said. Crono starts to pace around. There was a long silence between us, until I thought to ask him his motive. "Why did you save me?"

"I have to have a reason?" Crono laughed. "I don't know. I just thought that it was sick, hunting down a human being like an animal." His face showed grief and sorrow suddenly. "I saw you at the battlefield about a month ago."

'It's been that long?' I thought. "You were apart of that?"

"Yea…" Crono answered as he looked into the fountain water. "It was my first battle. Hah, I thought we were going to fight against monsters or something."

"And you thought the battle to be murder?" I asked standing beside him. I could tell that we'd be traveling together a lot now. "And that you didn't want to be apart of it anymore?" He nodded. We were the same and probably ran from Prontera for the same reason. Using me or not, this Wizard's help would prove crucial in the future. We then noticed that the night was coming and decided that we should find a place to stay.

Looking around, we found a small inn to stay in. It wasn't all that fancy, but with the little zeny we both had, this will have to do. I tied the grand Peco outside with a water bucket and headed inside with Crono to sign in. We got signed up for a room with two beds and were given a key each. We went upstairs and checked out the room. It wasn't decorated, but it was very clean and looked comfortable. Crono flops onto one of the beds and sighs.

"A bed...finally." He said with his voice muffled in the pillow. "It's been too long since I've slept on a bed." Crono laughs and turns to lay on his back. "Well, better get some sleep for the journey ahead." He covers himself with the blanket and turned his back to me.

"Journey?" I asked, sitting on my own bed. "What are you talking about?"

"You want to be cured from the Spirit of Anger don'cha?" Crono answers with a yawn.

"Of course I do."

"Well then we should go to the Yggdrasil Tree." The Wizard gave another yawn, curls up a bit then I could hear his snoring. My heart then, felt a lot lighter. The journey would be horrid, but I have a companion, and just knowing that, my hope was refilled.