Chapter Seven: Cielle Wrapped and Packeged

"Morning Cielley!" Kirei said happily popping out of no where.

"Kirei...I told you not to call me that," Cielle said as she stood up, put her hands on her hips and looked down at her sister.

"I know that, but its sooooooo much fun!" Kirei said as she twirled around and giggled. Cielle sighed and looked up at the sky. It was an overcast day and the forest still had some fog lingering in it from last night. Cielle walked over to the campsite with Kirei skipping along behind her, everyone was sitting around the extinguished fire talking, exchanging glances and laughing.

"Hey there you are," Nova said with a smile as Cielle approached them.

Kirei sat down next to Otto and flashed him a big smile. "I have a new game to show you!"

"Alright Kewl," Otto said. Cielle seated herself next to her younger sister and lifted her head, to her surprise she was sitting right across form Antauri.

"Good morning Cielle," he said to her.

"G-Good Morning, Antauri," she said looking down at the ground.

"So Cielle, what are our plans for today?" Chiro asked her. Cielle looked up at him with an expression less face.

"To get you to your ship, so you can leave," Cielle said darkly.

"What? They can't leave!" Kirei said.

"What Kirei?" Cielle asked as she sifted her glance to her.

"Yeah! We're going to help you find the Queen," Otto said.

"We are?" Antauri asked confused.

"Yeah! We're going to help save Tohruu!" Chiro said.

Cielle's eyes widened and she glared at her younger sister. "What are you talking about? Your going to leave and go back from where ever it is you came from," she said.

"Huh?" Nova asked confused. "Why would you do that, we're gonna help you," she said.

"Kirei," Cielle said sternly. Kirei tail drooped and she looked away from Cielle. "I'm sorry my sister asked for your help, we don't need you to endanger your lives for the sake of us..." Cielle said.

"Cielle! They're our last hope! You said yourself that things were going to get worst and that she's going to start hurting people! You said we can't let that happen! Your the protector of the planet and you need to start acting like it! All you ever do is beat yourself up about how you failed the queen, and the city and yourself and how you let everything happen! When in reality none of that is true! You used to be fun and happy! Not dark and dreary! I haven't heard you laugh in ages and I've only seen you smile once! I want the real Cielle to be my sister, not the dark angsty one!" Kirei yelled.

Cielle's pupils dilated twice there size and tears were forming at the edge of her eyes. "They're leaving!" she yelled. And without another word she turned and ran into the forest. Kirei bit her lip and lowered her head.

"I'm sorry..." she whispered. "I've been holding that in for so long...I thought getting it off my chest would make me feel better...but it's made me feel worst..." Kirei said.

"It's alright," Antauri said as he placed his hand on her shouter. "She just needs some guidance."

"And don't worry we're not going anywhere until we find your Queen and get Tohruu and your sister back to normal!" Chiro said. Kirei lifted her head and smiled.

'Thank you," she said.

Cielle had wandered into an area of the forest she didn't know and was regretting running off. "Kirei's right, I've been beating myself up about this whole thing...they offered there help I should have excepted...but what if they get hurt...I would never forgive myself if Antauri got hurt...and his friends, after how nicely they treated us..." she thought aloud. All of a sudden there was a flash of light that blinded her. She yelped as covered her eyes only to be thrown to the ground. Cielle opened her eyes and saw a large silver lioness growling at her. It was Valencia's animal form, Cielle has failed to tell her new friends that Valencia had more then one form which led to her deadliness. Cielle pulled out her cannon, 'Aerial Cannon!' she yelled as she shot the lioness off of her. She stood up only to find she was surrounded.

"Suki sent you didn't she!" Cielle asked them. They hissed at the sound of Princess Suki's true name. "How'd you find me?" she asked narrowing her eyes and readying her cannon.

"You were easy to find," one of the Valencia said.

"By the time we're done with you, you'll be nothing but scrap metal," hissed another.

"That's what you think!" Cielle said as she bowed to them.

"Bowing to leave? Where do you think you have to run?" one of the Valencia asked. Cielle looked to the sky and thrusted upward using her rocket pack. The Valencia roared as she try to escape through the tall trees. "If only there weren't so many...ack!" she said as something grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up above the forest. She looked up and saw a huge silver eagle.

"Unh! You can fly now!" Cielle growled.

"I'm taking you to the Master," the Valencia said ignoring her question.

to be continued...

L'arc en Ciel7: Oh no! Poor Cielle she's been captured again? Oh well...

Snowkat: What do you mean oh well?

L'arc en Ciel7: I mean that her monkey in shinning armor (literally) is going to save her, wait if that happens then that would make this a romanc story, you said you were going to veer away from romance stories!

Snowkat: What? I never said that! And don't assume that that's going to happen!

L'arc en Ciel7: Oh come on it's obvious what's going to happen, he's gonna go after her and save her and then they're going to fall in love!

Snowkat: You know what shut up or I'll rip your math homework into tiny pieces. (I really did end up doing that, my math teacher wasn't happen with me :( Oh well it was worth it! Bwahahahahahahaha! )