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THE TACTICIANS' WISH

Eliwood's and Hector's tales Chapter 9 Gaiden and chapter 9 Gaiden II

Dragon World:

'...He's here,' Idoun thought as he saw the figure of the young silver dragon in his human form enter the spring.

Rodrak relaxed his tense muscles; he never enjoyed politics. He would have to sit for hours listening to his father and other important figures talk. This resulted in severe numbness and the desire to commit suicide. But he was able to fight that desire, because most young male dragons' deepest desire is to get laid, and he wouldn't want to die a virgin, now, would he? He sighed; the spring water always does the trick in making him relax.

'...No. I can't do this,' Idoun blushed as she started walking towards the spring. '...But father will be angry,' she thought again, and started to walk closer. '...But this feels...strange,' she stopped again. '...Maybe I should come back some other time...No. I'm going to do this today,' she thought, and finally resolved to take her clothes off quickly, and walked quickly towards the spring.

Rodrak heard something in the bushes. Another dragon in human form was nearby. 'Crap,' he thought. He was near fire dragon territory. If this was one of their sentries...he would be dead. Then he focused his hearing; he could hear the other dragon's footsteps; they were light, like a child's. "Phew..." he sighed in relief; it was only a child...or not. His nose started to bleed like crazy as Idoun's naked form entered the spring from the side the sound came from. 'Oh...crap,' he thought, and hid himself underwater quickly.

Idoun sniffed, something smelled weird. She smelled blood, and looked in the direction of the smell. A small clump of blood was on the surface of the water...next to some air bubbles coming up. She could see the silver dragon's figure underneath the surface. She started to wade towards him.

'If I can't see her, she can't see me...If I can't see her, she can't see me...' Rodrak kept on chanting in his mind. He opened his eyes for a quick peek and saw the girl walking towards him. 'Damn! She spotted me! Aborting mission...' He jumped out of the water making a giant splash, surprising Idoun and sending her falling backwards into the water. He then started to wade towards where his clothes are.

"...(spits out water)...Wait!" Idoun pleaded as Rodrak was wading at full speed towards his clothes.

The silver dragon stopped and turned around to look at the girl. His nose started bleeding again. And that wasn't the only thing on his body that became 'alive' after doing so. "WhatdoyouwantIdidntseeanythingIdefinitelydidnotseeyounakedAAAAA!" Rodrak panicked. He turned around and waded even faster, making the other dragon sweatdrop.

"...um...sorry if I startled you..." Idoun apologized.

"...I...Guh...Um...Er...Sorry for overreacting..." Rodrak said quietly, still not looking at her.

"No no, I should be the one apologizing; I didn't see you here. Um...see, I have a problem with my nose, so I couldn't smell you either..."

'Smell? Is she a black dragon? She seems too innocent and naïve to be one...' Rodrak thought, but decided not to say anything.

"See...uh...I like to come here often...I just didn't know that you found my favorite solitude spot...um..."

'This is awkward...' Rodrak thought. "Um...This is my uh...favorite solitude spot too...Um...I'll...uh...I'll come back later..."

"Oh! No, no, it's fine...um..." Idoun feels strangely attracted to the silver dragon; she walked closer to him. Rodrak thought he was seeing things when he thought Idoun was moving towards him, but when he noticed that he wasn't he started moving back instinctively...until he hit the side of the pool. The girl moved ever closer towards him in a sort of a trance; she was doing so with her eyes half closed, making the silver dragon's face turn a very deep shade of red. It was awkwardly silent as Idoun continued to move towards him, until she finally touched him.

'...Her hands...so smooth...soft...' he thought, as the girl squeezed herself onto him. Then he snapped back to reality. "Um...hello?" he tried to move a hand to poke her, but since her whole body was almost completely touching his, this proved to be a problem. So he decided to poke her back. His hands however, decided to go lower and went for her behind. 'Hmm...soft...'

Idoun snapped back to reality. '...Why...why do I feel...?' she thought, but then cast aside any doubts and started kissing the boy in an insane display of lust. Of course, touching leads to kissing, and kissing leads to...more adult stuff. So let's leave these two at that for now.

Valor:

"A great, rotted tree. This would appear to be the place of which Uhai spoke," Eliwood commented.

"So if we move west from here, we'll reach the Dragon's Gate, right?" Lyn asked him. Eliwood just nodded and walked a bit slower.

"Lord Eliwood, are you well? You have a pallid look about you... Is something amiss?" Marcus asked his boss.

"You heard what Erik said when we were in Laus, Marcus... What do you think?" Eliwood asked the faithful paladin.

"That Lord Elbert was involved in a rebellion plot?"

"...Yes."

"It must be a mistake. Your father is loyal to Lycia. He'd never break his oath."

"You're right. I can't believe he'd be involved in this conspiracy. Yet... why do I feel so anxious? When I think of my father, I can't catch my breath."

"Lord Eliwood, do not mistake your feelings. That feeling that strikes you when you think of Lord Elbert? It springs not from a distrustful heart. It comes from concern for your father, who needs your help. He is involved in something larger than all of us. This is all happening so fast; it's easy to lose sight of that."

"I see... You... You're right. ...Thank you, Marcus. I feel a bit better."

"I'm glad to be of service. Bah. The air on this accursed isle... It's disquieting."

"...It feeds the despair already lurking in our hearts. If you hadn't been here for me, Marcus, I..."

"Eh? Something is happening ahead," Marcus interrupted.

"...It's Hector! Let's go," Eliwood replied.

"Stop yelling at me! It's because of that clattering armor you're wearing! I'm just saying we have to move cautiously. Nothing more!" Lyn said angrily to Hector.

"I know! And I'm saying that I'm doing my best!" Hector replied with an equal amount of rage.

"Quiet, both of you! Armor or no, if you two keep shouting like that, every enemy from here to Pherae itself will hear us!" Eliwood scolded them.

"...Sorry," the other 2 lord apologized.

"We must proceed with caution. I can't believe that Uhai was the only Black Fang in these woods," Eliwood warned the other 2.

Deeper into the island:

"Lord Aion, we've received word from the pegasus unit. Targets are approaching from the far side of that mountain to the east," an assassin told Aion the sage.

"Hmph... Uhai must have failed after all. I'm not surprised. We're talking about the shallow wisdom of a Sacaen nomad, after all. He possessed a certain rough talent, but no mind for planning. Our units are in place, are they not?" Aion asked the assassin.

"Yes," the assassin replied.

"Ha ha... Good. Very good. In confined spaces like this, my thunder magic devastates. The battle has already been won... I cannot lose. Combat is an equation. Those with intelligence have a natural advantage. Those imbeciles will not reach the Dragon's Gate. Never. I will bury them here in this forest!"

"...The target?...Lord Hector! I must warn him!" Cierra said after realizing what Aion had said, and broke into a run towards the place the assassin said the army would be coming from.

"Cierra! Wait!" Yuan called, but she didn't stop. Sighing, he and Ayla followed the mage.

"I can see ruins. Is that the Dragon's Gate?" Eliwood asked no one in particular. Ninian and Serene started to look weak again. "Serene? Ninian? Are you all right?"

"...Beware! ...The enemy comes!" Ninian said in her trance.

"Eliwood of Pherae! Prepare yourself!" an enemy shaman yelled as he and a group of other shaman ambushed the group. One of them launched a Nosferatu spell at Eliwood, who was caught unprepared. Luckily for him, Serene pushed him out of the way.

"Oof! We won't reach the Dragon's Gate if we stay on the defensive. Hit their commander, and attack the ruins!" Eliwood instructed. "Thank you, Serene."

"WATCH OUT!" Serene yelled, pushing Eliwood down again. After they got up, the group of shamans was already decimated.

"...Mmm... ...You must beware magical attacks... They will not attack from the front... If you wait, though... something may happen. For good or for ill, that I cannot say. Ah, I can see no more," Hannah said as she came out of her trance.

"We must be prepared then. Florina, Fiora, Erk, Serra, Priscilla, Hilda, and Mark, you'll have to take the front lines because of the magic users. Everyone else, just be on guard for ambushes," Hiro instructed. The group then started advancing slowly towards the ruins, around the mountain. "Hm? There's another ruin here."

"We'll go check it out," Raven offered. "Lucius, let's go."

Raven and Lucius entered the ruin; apparently it was a small one; it wasn't very important. However, there was someone inside; Raven found out when he heard footsteps. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

A middle aged man peeked out from behind a wall. He was wearing bluish grey bishop's robes, and was holding a scroll in one hand. "I'm Father Renault. I'm on a pilgrimage."

"So you're a bishop? Forgive our rudeness..." Lucius bowed his apology.

"What are you doing here? You don't appear to be with the black-robed group I saw earlier," Renault said.

"No, we stand opposed to them. ...This is a battleground. We can't let you get caught up in our fight. You should stay here, out of sight."

"I'm sure that I cannot convince you to lay down your arms. That being the case, I give you this," Renault shook his head sadly, and took out a staff from his robes. He gave the Recover staff to Lucius.

"This..."

"It may help you live longer. Even if you face the misery of defeat in combat, you might yet find another road if you but live."

"You have my gratitude."

"May you be watched over and protected in your venture."

"Hm. Blessings upon you, too," Lucius bowed, and then he and Raven started walking out.

"Lucius, wait...Haven't I seen you somewhere before?" Raven asked Renault.

"I doubt it," Renault replied. Raven shrugged, and walked out again.

After he was sure that he wasn't in Raven's and Lucius's hearing range anymore, he sighed, and said, "I'm sorry, Raymond, but it's not time for you to know yet."

"Wha-What! The magic power of this place...The source is...distorted...I...I can't use any of my magic!" Aion exclaimed.

"Lord Aion! Disaster! A magic seal!" an assassin told him.

"A magic...That good-for-nothing has shown his face! Curses... I'd not foreseen this!"

The 'good-for-nothing' has indeed appeared, with 2 snipers and knights by his side. He stood somewhere nearby the ruin which Aion was guarding. '...'

On the other side of the mountain again:

"...someone's coming!" Hector exclaimed. "Prepare for battle!" As soon as he said it, Cierra, Yuan, and Ayla came into view. "...Cierra?"

"Lord Hector!" Cierra sprinted up to him. "Lord Hector! I...we...we couldn't save her! I saw him kill her! The Angel of Death!"

"...Cierra, what are you talking about?"

"Leila...the Angel of Death...he killed her! Jaffar killed her!" Cierra panted, and started crying. "I couldn't stop him..."

"...We know. We found her corpse earlier, and I've already buried her," Matthew told her, walking up to the front of the group.

"Who's this?" Eliwood asked Hector.

"That's Cierra. She's another one of Ostia's spies. We sent her to work on the same case Leila is. Cierra, who are the other two?" Hector explained, and asked Cierra.

"They're both Sacaeans who want revenge on their tribe which was attacked by the Black Fang. After I saw Leila die, I decided to flee. These two were being imprisoned, so I freed them. I...I should have stayed to gather more information, but I was scared. Scared of Jaffar. I'm sorry, milord, I have failed you," she looked down at the ground.

"...It's all right. That was smart of you to escape; otherwise we would have ended up with nothing at all," Hector told her. "Don't cry. Please. You know I can't stand that."

"...I'm sorry Lord Hector. May I ask...why are you here?"

"We're here to rescue Lord Elbert."

"I see. Then...may I join you? I want to make up for my blunder," Cierra said, after recovering from her crying fit.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"May we join you as well?" Yuan asked Hector.

"Sure, if you're not scared."

"Of course not," Yuan replied, and then he and Ayla walked to the back ranks of the army.

"Haven't seen you two in a while," Hiro greeted them as Yuan and Ayla walked up to him. "How have you been?"

"...It wasn't going too well. We located the Black Fang headquarters here...but we were captured, and...well, here we are now," Ayla told him.

"...I see. I met the leader of the attack on our village."

"Oh?"

"He's dead now."

"...I take it that's your doing?"

"...Yeah."

"...Thank you Hiro, for succeeding where we failed."

"Think nothing of it. Let's go," Hiro waved for them to follow him, and the 3 Sacaeans moved onwards.

"Thunder! Thunder, hear my cry!" Aion cried desperately for his Bolting spell to activate. However, nothing happened.

"Fire! Fire, DAMMIT!" Erk yelled over and over again, but nothing came out. "...Something's wrong here...This tome worked perfectly well in the last battle..."

"Whatever. Our enemies are vulnerable now!" Wil said, and aimed a shot at Aion.

Aion was still panicking, clutching his head in frustration. He looked up in time to see an arrow going for his head. "Oh shi..." and Aion was dead.

'So. Who's the useless one now?' Kishuna thought. 'It is time to go.' And with that, he and his men teleported away.

"Is everyone well?" Eliwood asked the army.

"Yes, somehow," Hector told him.

"Eliwood, I'm sorry. I said things I shouldn't have," Lyn apologized.

"No, I was shouting without thinking. I was wrong. Forgive me," Hector argued.

"No, it was my fault. If I hadn't..."

"It's no one's fault," Eliwood told them wearily; he was getting tired of their bickering. "There's an eerie power here."

"Eerie power?" Hector asked him, confused.

"I don't feel it any longer, but... It was meant to make us uneasy. Was it connected to that area where magic was nullified?"

"Now that you mention it, I was so irritable... I couldn't let even the smallest thing go by without complaining. ...What could that have been? The Black Fang couldn't use magic either. So it wasn't an ally of theirs..." Lyn mused.

"Who knows?"

"It's gone now, so no sense in worrying about it. We should concentrate on pushing forward," Hector said.

"Hmm. Let's make haste to the Dragon's Gate," Eliwood said.

"Hold on Eliwood. Ninian's disappeared!" Serene told the lord.

"What? When? How?" Eliwood asked her.

"...I don't know. She was here one second, and the next...she was gone..." she said. "...I'm sorry, I should have been keeping watch..."

"No, it's my fault. It was my duty to watch her," Kuro apologized. "Let's go look for her. She couldn't have gone far."

Ninian walked inside an old ruin. It apparently had been a library some time ago; the place was full of books. As she walked further inside, she grew sleepier and sleepier, until she had a little dream. The setting of the dream was the place she was inside at the moment, but much earlier than this; the place looked kind of new.

"...You hide and wait here. There's food and water in this pack. ...If you ration yourselves, it should last about ten days," a shaman said to two children. To Ninian, they looked vaguely familiar.

"...What about you, Daddy? Are you going away?" the girl asked, apparently she was his daughter.

"Daddy has to go to Aenir. ...I'm going to get Mommy."

"...Mommy? Where is she?"

"Some bad men took her away. They can't have gone very far, though. I have to go after them and save Mommy. You wait ten days... if Daddy's not back by
then, take your brother and go to the other side. You're a clever girl. You know the way, right?"

"...Daddy..."

"...Daddy...Don't go..." the young boy finally spoke.

"...You're good children. Both of you. I'll come for you. I'll be back..." and with that, the shaman left.

Ninian snapped back to reality. She heard a man walk nearby. "Who's there?"

"Hello. My name is Teodor. Did I surprise you, miss?" a druid asked her as he came out from the shadows.

"Ninian!" Kuro called to her as he entered the library. "Ninian where are you?"

"Kuro! In here!" she replied. The lord sprinted up to her to see her and Teodor.

"Who are you?" Kuro asked the druid.

"I am Teodor, a humble researcher. You stand now under the residence of a dark sorcerer from way back in the Scouring," Teodor told him.

"...I see. Well, thank you for taking care of Ninian while she was lost. Good bye," Kuro said, and Ninian followed him out.

"Hold on. I want to explain to you about the dark sorcerer," Teodor said. Kuro turned around to say no thank you, but Teodor went on anyways. "Do you know that dark magic, when wanted to be used at its full power, requires a price? You must have heard of one of the heroes from the scouring, Brammimond. He...she...IT, gave up all emotions and memories for its power. However, if your disposition is weak, the dark will overwhelm you. You will be...lost... ...Ofttimes, you will forget why you seek the power to begin with."

"What's all this have to do with us?" Kuro asked him.

"Nothing to do with you, really. Just the fact that if you don't hand the girl to me, you will die."

"...You're with the Black Fang."

"Bingo. LUNA!" the druid yelled, as 6 orbs of dark fire appeared and started circling. Then he waved his arm towards Kuro, sending the orbs at the lord. Kuro unsheathed his Harusame. Kuro charged his sword with purple anima energy, and swung hard at the dark orb closest to him. He struck the orb hard, sending it back to its caster and through the other orbs, destroying them. It got Teodor straight in the gut, making the druid reel backwards in pain. "Grrr...LUNA!"

Kuro just smirked, and did the same trick again. "Goodbye. HEAVENSPLITTER!" he yelled, as he dashed up to the druid and sliced him in half. After landing, he sheathed his sword. "Ninian, are you all right?"

"...Yes...thank you, Kuro."

"...Let's go back to the group then."

"It's getting pretty dark. We should rest here for today," Hiro advised. "I don't think anyone else has any energy left to continue..."

"I agree. Let's set up camp. Marcus alert the group, we're resting now," Eliwood told the paladin.

Dragon World:

Rodrak and Idoun looked longingly at each other's faces. "...So. Will you be here tomorrow, at the same time?" Idoun asked him.

"...For you, I will."

They left for home after that. Idoun had mixed feelings on this matter. They know who each other are, but she hadn't told him about Alveen's plans. She just told him that she's the fire dragon's daughter, or at least a clone of her mother. On her way back, she cried. She realized she didn't want to hurt the silver dragon in any way. She loved him, that's for sure.

Valor:

"...Lord Hector?" Cierra walked up to the lord and greeted him. "...May I have a talk with you for a second?"

Hector finished his drink before replying. "Sure."

"Will you come with me?"

"Sure."

They walked a little bit far, but close enough to camp to call for help if need be. "Um...I wanted to properly apologize for my mistake..."

"Geez, I told you, just let it go, all right? Leila's death wasn't your fault."

"But...I...As a fellow worker...I should have been there for her."

"..."

"And...cowardice...was just a general reason...fear of Jaffar wasn't the only reason why I left."

"I'd understand. You have family and friends you still want to see."

"...Yes," she said, sounding a bit disappointed. 'So he still doesn't know that...'

"...What's wrong? You're looking a lot worse than you were earlier today," Hector commented.

"Um...oh! It's nothing," Cierra blushed. "I'll...I'll be all right. Thank you, Lord Hector. I...I've missed your company."

"...Oh? I missed you too," Hector said, hugging her. "But be more careful if you can, all right? I don't want to lose another spy. Uther will kill me."

"Yes, milord."

Elsewhere at camp:

"So you can dance too, Serene?" Eliwood asked the winged girl.

"Yes. I learned how to from Ninian. I'm an expert at dancing, though I don't mean to brag, but Ninian's much better than I am," she replied. "...I want to thank you. You were the one that kept me alive...you saved me from death on the pirate ship."

"Oh?"

"I... I had lost consciousness, and I fear I never properly thanked you, Lord Eliwood."

"Don't let it concern you. I wanted to help."

"But still...I owe you..."

"Hrm... Ah, I know! Next time you are free, show me your dancing! Not one of those little dances...something special."

"A special dance, my lord?" Serene blushed.

"Er...sorry, didn't mean to sound too forward!" Eliwood tried to cover his blunder. 'Smooth, you idiot,' he mentally slapped himself.

"No, not at all! I mean, I'd be glad to..."

Eliwood sighed inwardly. "Great, then it's a deal! I'm looking forward to it," he told her.

"Y-Yes. I am, too."

Elsewhere at camp:

"So how's Cally doing?" Odin asked Fiora, who was tending to her Pegasus.

"She's fine; her wings have almost healed completely. If not for your help earlier, I would have lost much more," she said miserably. "I...I failed my duties. I cannot fail again."

"Don't overexert yourself. You know, you should be thanking Wil, too; that's his medicine that's saving Cally's life."

"Yes. Um...Who is Wil?"

"He's the sniper that's always with your sister."

"Oh yes, him. I...find this rather unusual. Florina is usually afraid of men."

"She's not afraid of him, why? Well, those two are lovers. One night at camp, I thought I heard Wil propose to her; she told him to wait a few more years. Man, Wil was really ecstatic after that."

"...I see. Florina's changed since the last time I saw her. I was afraid to let her go out on her own; she was always so scared and unprepared; I didn't think I'd ever see her again alive after her knighting ceremony."

"Well, Wil's changed her for the better. So, how have you been? Florina kept on telling us about her two sisters. Where's the other one anways?"

"Farina..." Fiora began with a disgusted tone.

"...It doesn't sound like you want to talk about her much, so don't."

"...Thank you. Well, for me, as you've heard, the Black Fang have slain my comrades and I am here to avenge them. We lost many good people that day..."

"I wish you the best of luck," Odin said, and went to attend to his horse.

'...Unlike the other knights...he's different. Sain...I don't even want to begin. Lowen...is normal, like most people, I guess. Marcus is too uptight. Kent is a really good friend; he's a really caring and nice person, though he is also uptight. What am I saying, so am I,' Fiora thought to herself. 'But Odin's...different. He's nice and very relaxed, but I can sense deep sorrow within his being.'

At the campfire, Raven, Serra, Erk, Prsicilla, and Lucius were gathered there, sitting at chatting. And...of course, Erk was in a human tug of war again, being the entertainment of Raven and the monk.

"...Lucius, doesn't that bishop look familiar to you?" Raven asked the monk.

"Now that you mention it, Renault does look familiar. And I think I heard of his name before...just not sure where..." Lucius replied. Then he just remembered something. "Hold on!" He ran back to his tent, looked for something in his satchel, and ran out with a piece of paper in his hand. "Here! That's where Renault was!"

"Hmmm..." Raven mused over the picture. On the portrait, he was there, and so were Lucius, Serra, Erk, and Priscilla. Renault and a purple haired girl were also there. "...That's impossible. Where did you get this...?"

"I don't know. I always had this in my satchel since a few years ago. I forgot all about it until you brought up Renault. This is most unusual...There're Erk and Serra! We didn't meet them until now, right? How could this be? And look at the back!"

Raven complied, and looked at the back of the picture. He recognized his signature, Lucius's and his sister's, as well as Erk's and Serra's. The last signature was probably the other girl's, but he couldn't identify it. "Damn...What the hell is this?" he said, as he read the thing in the middle that said, 'Friends Forever.'

"Most unusual..." Lucius mused.

"Indeed."

"...I suggest we keep this away from those three..." Lucius said, pointing at Erk and the girls. "Who knows what weird fantasies Serra might think up; like she and Erk are long lost lovers with wiped memories or something."

Raven chuckled at his comment. "Let's hope not; that'll break my sister's heart...But...this is mysterious. Maybe our memories were altered."

And somewhere else in camp:

"Rebecca?" Dart called to the archer.

"Yeah?"

"Here," Dart handed her something from his big hands.

"Oh! What a pretty shell! Is it for me?" Rebecca said happily, looking at the pink shell which is now in her hand.

"Yeah. Thanks for the food earlier."

"Well, it's awfully nice of you, but didn't you say we were even back there?"

"Uhh... I didn't think you'd remember that part."

"HeeHee. Don't look so frumpy! Thank you! I will treasure it!" Rebecca said, smiling. Dart noticed, however, after the smile, she looked rather down again.

"What's the matter?"

"I know I shouldn't keep saying this, but... Dart... You just look so much like my brother..."

"Is that so? Well, who knows. Maybe I am."

"What?...But..."

"I don't have any memories of my life more 'n five years back...Fargus found me, bloody and limp on a pier, and I didn't know who I was... I'm thinkin' I must have leaked more 'n just blood out of my ears, you know? Now I don't remember nothin'!"

"My brother left home... ...Exactly... Five years...ago..."

"It's just strange luck, that. Unless...there's more to it."

"Well, he did have a scar on his right side, on his abdomen... from when he was gored by a stag in the forests of Pherae! Do you have a scar like that?" Rebecca asked Dart, and tried to forcefully look.

"EI! Slow down...Abdomen... That's over here, eh? And me right... That's starboard, innit?" Dart asked her. There really is a scar.

"Amazing... You really are..."

"...Hey, is this for real?"

"Er..."

"Look, it's nothin' personal-like. I just want to be sure. I mean, I'd be glad to think you were my sister, but... I'd hate to find out I was wrong later, you know?"

"Dart..."

"Aww, blow me down... Just call me Brother... Either way, I'll go back to me ship when this battle ends... so why don't we both just play along for a little while...Right?"

"Uh, um...sure. I guess...that would be... Yeah! Big brother Dart!"

"Not...Dan?"

"No, I'll just call you "Brother Dart." You might not be Dan anymore, but you're definitely my brother! I'm sure of it..."

"And...Dart, didn't you say earlier that you were looking for treasure?" Wil asked him.

"...Now that ye mention it, yeah, I am."

"...What are you using to pinpoint its location; do you have a map?"

"...You after me treasure?" Dart squinted his eyes at Wil.

"...No, I just want some proof. Let me guess whose treasure it is, and where you got the map."

"...There's no harm in that, I guess..."

"All right then. It's the treasure of the legendary pirate king, Han Gak. If you were really Dan, then the map would have my name scribbled on the bottom right, because I found the map. I gave it to you so you can look for it if you changed your mind about giving up on finding the treasure," Wil said.

"...Heh. Looks like you two really are right then. I couldn't have been your best friend if I wasn't Rebecca's sister; and no one would have given me this map for nothing. And..." Dart took the map out of his pocket. "Well, what do ya know...you were right. It has your name on the bottom right corner...though it's a li'l hard te see..."

"Don't ruin the moment, now," Rebecca nudged Dart.

Hiro slept under a tree with Yuan and Ayla. Before he slept, he thought about Mitsuna and what he should do if he does meet with her. 'Damn...' he thought, standing up to join Erk and the gang at the campfire. 'Can't sleep.'

'...I don't want to know...' Hiro thought to himself as he heard moans and shrieks coming from Kyo's tent. '...Lucky guy...'

"...our memories were altered," Hiro heard Raven say.

'What's this?' the myrmidon thought, entering the area.

"...What's that?" Hiro asked Lucius.

"Oh? Look at this picture, (but don't show it to Serra, Priscilla, or Erk) and tell me what you think," Lucius handed him the picture.

After scanning it, he handed it back to Lucius. "Curious..." he said. "I think we should do some research on this when we get back to the mainland."

Hiro left to take a walk and go to sleep. 'Damn it, Mitsuna, where are you...?'

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