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Damned Angel of the Dying Light: Yeah, I haven't either, I only heard about it and how to complete it. Anyhow, sorry for the long wait, chapter eleven is here!

Chapter 11: Reunited
Triet desert
Feeling as if I was just about ready to explode with extreme heat, I let go of Yuan's sleeve quckly. He was looking at me with his usual expression. Thank goodness he wasn't making a face at me, although if he did, it would've looked odd on him, since I never saw him with a different expression that his original one, the one I couldn't make out. Mithos was somewhat stiffling a laugh, but half accomplished and half failed to do so. Next thing I heard was Mithos yelping in pain and Martel telling him to stop laughing at something that wasn't funny at all. But soon on, we were walking down the desert again, no conversation whatsoever, especially anything involving me and Yuan.

"So, where to next, Martel?" Mithos suddenly questioned, and I agreed on the question as I awaited Martel's answer.

"Well, that's sort of an surprise. I heard it was an nice and peace village, I won't tell you until we get there!" I was kind of excited about this now, but I didn't show it, for all I wore on my face was one of an tired one, because I really was tired, in truth.

"Aw, come on, Martel!" Mithos wasn't to give up, I could tell that.

"I'm not the only one that knows where we're going Mithos, Yuan and Kratos also knows." I saw Mithso whip around and face the two men.

Triet desert-A few minutes later
Mithos had continued to ask Yuan and Kratos where, but neither of them answered, respecting what Martel had asked them to keep secret. Yuan was doing it because he was her fiance, but I wasn't so sure why Kratos was doing as she had said. Maybe because he was a mercenary, and he was paid to do all this? Why get paid to keep a secret? Although that does kind of make sense in my type of world. But the fact that Yuan was Martel's fiance, I really thought the half elf was lucky. I do admit it that I kind of like Yuan out of the entire gorup. Although with that thought in mind, I hadn't realized the light red blush across my face until Mithos discovered it first.

"Hey, warming up to the weak one here?" This question asked by Mithos flushed me right out of my thoughts as I shook my head quickly, making it hard for Yuan to hold me.

"Stay still." He demanded, which I followed.

I didn't know why, but I greatly respected Yuan for who he was. Maybe because he was a fellow half-elf? No, the other two were also half-elves, but I didn't respect Martel and Mithos as much as I did with her fiance though. Maybe it's because I like him? No, that's not true, I don't like him, only as a friend in a sense. Or do I? Do I truly have feelings for Yuan? But, he already belongs with Martel, and if I continue with my emotions, I'll end up hurting myself, because when those two get married, I'll have a heart break or something. I must keep myself from liking Yuan at all cost. For everyone's sake I'm sure.

Plains
I tried my best to look at the surroundings as Yuan still had a hold of me. Finding myself strong enough to move by myself again, I tugged on Yuan's sleeve lightly. He took this as a sign of me wanting to go by myself and gently let me down as I touched the soft, lush, green grass. The plains was a nice sight, and I couldn't wait until we arrived to the destination, for I was sure if this wasn't the place Martel was talking about, the actual place would be far more better. Trying to imagine the place, I couldn't imagine anything more peaceful than the plains we were currently at. Since I was in the labatory for almost my entire life, I haven't been out at all, so this was the best of place I was able to remember.

"Are we there yet?" I heard the voice of Mithos asking again, as I heard Martel respond,

"Yes, we are, Mithos, we're very close." I was able to hear Mithos whispering a 'yes', which told me he wasn't exactly happy with the fact that he was kept from an secret, and that they had walked pretty far, with me on Yuan half the way or so.

"That's good, because I'm so worn out...!" I heard Mithos exclaim as he shook his head.

Plains-A few minutes later
Okay, certainly we were going to be somewhere soon, but we were still on the plains. Mithos was almost jumping up and down, trying to rest both of his feet as Yuan and Martel was walking pretty closely, with Kratos trailing behind. He was the only full human of the group, and I wasn't so sure of that. I mean, the humans were doing these terrible things to me and Yuan for all this time. But Martel doesn't seem to care about Kratos being a human, although Mithos every now and then glared at Kratos rather furiously. Sometimes, I thought Mithos wanted to kill Kratos or something of the sort, but I doubt that he'll be able. The mercenary will just knock some senses into him, probably with one blow.

Suddenly, I heard Mithos yell something about we were there. I perked my head up rapidly as I saw a forest ahead, with a small gate in view. I tried to to get a better view, but we were a bit too far. I snapped out of my effort as I heard Martel yelling for Mithos to wait up, who was already running there for the sake of his tired feet. Soon on, Yuan and Kratos were sort of power walking, and I was left in the dust. I sort of ran to the direction Martel was in, and eventually caught up, after a long run. It seemed that I wasn't much of an runner either. Then what use was I? I couldn't fight, I couldn't be of any use know, would I? No, I couldn't think that way... I shook my head as Martel noticed my sudden reaction.

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" I quickly shook my head again, as my hair cleared up more on the front, showing my auburn and blue combined exsphere.

"Martel, are you sure she can walk around with an exsphere flashing on her forehead? At least Yuan can hid his under his bang...!" I turned my face slightly and searched Yuan's face; no exsphere was visible, while mine was completely shown.

"Yes, I agree, Mithos, but we don't have anything to cover it now, do we?" Martel agreed as Yuan walked over to me, handing me a blue headband-like object.

"Wear it across your forehead." He simply ordered as I nodded and took the piece of fabric-like object, and tied it across my forehead, leaving a knot on the back for the string to fly around.

Martel thanked Yuan as he simply nodded. Mithos was not jumping up with delight as we reached the village. I looked at the village gate, which was not too far now, thankfully. But even the gates looked beautiful, the decoration made by wood was exquisite to me. For I was never outside before, this was one of the most beautiful things I have seen. Well, the gate was kind of decorated in a nice way, when it was just made from wood. Whoever made the gate was quite skilled with hand work and such. I took my eyes off of the gate as I peeked inside the best I was able, despiting I was kind of far from that view also.

"We're here! This is the village of Iselia...!" I heard Martel exclaim as I perked my head up again at the name; Iselia.

Iselia
My jaws dropped slightly as we reached the village gate, where two guards were standing. They permitted us to go in as I looked around more. The houses and trees were just so... beautiful. Being caught by the beautiful sight, I forgot about my greasy hair and the exsphere that was melted onto my forehead. There were also children playing together, looking so happy. Everything was almost perfect like heaven, except for one problem; they were all humans in the village, and Mithos wasn't comfortable with that. He sort of didn't look as happy as he normally would've, but then tried to forget that they were human. Of course, due to his disrespect towards them, he failed. I was somewhat worried about how Mithos would act here.

"I don't know if there's an inn around here, but we'll look for a place where we could stay." Martel explained as she left off with Yuan, leaving Mithos with his fist clenched.

"He can't even protect himself, what does he think he can do...!" He hissed furiously as I patted his shoulder to calm him down.

"Thanks, now come on, let's look around."

Iselia-A few minutes later
"What's taking Martel so long...?" Mithos whined as Kratos shook his head along with me.

"She will be here soon, Mithos, you must be patient." I agreed to what Kratos told the teenager as he did as he was told.

Iselia-A few minutes later
I shuffled to my feet as soon as I saw Martel walking towards us with a smile on our face as Yuan trailed behind, with his usual expression. Mithos practically rolled his eyes, for having to wait about thirty minutes or more. He also got up as Kratos stood where he had been standing the whole time. Did his legs ever get tired? That was a mystery for me, because he never showed any sign of weakness on his account. I looked at Kratos from the corner of my right eye. But then I shifted both of my eyes to Yuan and Martel. I brushed some strands of hair aside, since it was kind of messy, causing it to go anywhere it wished, mainly at the front of my face.

Martel was now in front of me as she looked at Mithos was smiled warmly again with the bright smile. I sort of looked at Yuan after a few seconds of looking at Martel. Even though his hair was kind of greasy like mine for not washing up for a long time, he still looked... handsome. I couldn't find any other words to describe him, because saying he was 'cute' just sounded kind of... out of order, considering he's already an adult or in his late teens. I think he was an adult, considering he only looked a few years younger than Kratos, who was twenty eight or something like that. Mithos was now happy with the fact when Martel told us that they found a place for us to stay.

"It's at the outskirts of Iselia, near the Iselia forest." The view of the forest came back into my mind.

The Iselia forest, as Martel had called it, wielded an odd presence to me. It felt so familiar, as if I was there before or something. This kind of scared me. Was I truly there before when I was young? Or am I just sensing things because I'm crazy or something? I grew more curious, but I shook that curiousity away, considering that was what almost killed me back at the experiment labatory, although Kratos saved me and I met Martel, Yuan and Mithos. Actually, that was the only time I would thank my curiousity; for I met such kind and generous half-elves and human. But sleeping near Iselia forest seemed odd... maybe I should stop thinking about it.

"Hello? Symphonia to half-elf!" I snapped out of my thoughts again as Mithos was waving both of his hands in front fo me.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go to the place we're staying at!" I nodded as I then followed Mithos, trying to shake off my weird thought of the Iselia forest.

Next chapter

Body Host Number 876407: My suspicions of Iselia forest is growing more and more now. And just at that time, Mithos decides to check it out, but decided to go alone... and sort of ended up dragging me over there. But isn't going alone with only me in tow considered dangerous? What is this feeling I'm getting? It's the same as when Ashura had been watching me at Triet...

Body Host Number 876407: Find out next on Chapter 12: Alone with Mithos.