After Rean, Kurt, Altina, Elliot, and Laura informed Joshua and Estelle

their reason for being in this area Joshua and Estelle started to wonder

what the reason could've been for these crystals. " So Rean have you

guys been able to find any clues to why these crystals could be

appearing" asks Estelle " not really the only thing we've been able to

figure out is that they've only appeared around were we found a

member of class 7" answers Rean " also we've noticed that these

crystals can send out a signal that Rean is capable of tracking" says

Elliot" how so" asks Joshua the Rean thinks for a moment " I

think its better if I just show you" he says which leaves Joshua and

Estelle both curious and confused. Rean then unveils his hood and

takes off the bandages on his corrupted arm leaving Estelle and Joshua

with a look of surprise that his arm seemed to also be affected with a

similar effect that was on his face. After a bit of time the yellow veins

on the corrupted parts of his skin begin to glow again indicating that a

crystal was close " wow" says Estelle " so this how you've been tracking

these crystals?" asks Joshua " pretty much" answers Rean " and judging

by how quick and how bright my veins are the crystal or crystals are

very close by" he continues " you don't think these crystals might be in

the shrine do you?" asks Estelle " that's exactly what I'm thinking" says

Rean " and judging by the surrounding area it doesn't look like the

crystals are affecting this area yet meaning we should be able to get

there without any trouble" he continues " we'll then if you're planning on

going in there we're going to " says Joshua" are you sure you want to

come " asks Rean " of course, we couldn't call ourselves Bracers if we

left something that could be a threat alone" says Estelle " alright then

honestly I'm glad we'll be able to work together again" says Rean " same

here" says Joshua " I hope your not planning on leaving me out" says a

familiar voice behind them causing the group to look behind them to

see fie walking toward them " Fie I thought you left" asks Laura " were I

go doesn't concern you " she says less aggressively then before but still

with a bit of venom that causes a bit of a sting Laura " Fie are you sure

want to come " asks Joshua " yes even if I'm with them I still won't turn

away from my duty as a Bracer" she answers " though I think this

should wait until tomorrow the sun will be down soon" "huh looks likes

we were talking longer than we thought" says Elliot looking at the sun

setting" we'll have to tell Crow and the others they my need to set up

camp for tonight" says Kurt " agreed" says Rean who immediately

sends a message to Crow on his Arcus " so will be heading back or

staying here?" asks Estelle " if you don't have room we could probably

make it back by midnight" says Rean" no you can decide beside I need

to have a talk with you" says Fie " I guess were staying tonight then"

says Rean " its fine either way we have an extra tent if you need it" says

Joshua. So the group spends then rest of their time setting up the extra

tent. Once the tent was set up the group decided divide the tent by

gender with males on the left and females on the right as they were

finishing up preparations Fie decided that this was the time to talk to

Rean " hey Rean this is the perfect time for us to talk" says Fie " I'll be

waiting for you on the ledge behind Draco Shrine " she says then

immediately leaves. After making sure that everyone didn't need help

Rean immediately left for the location Fie mentioned. Although the

corruption on Rean had faded a little since touching that first crystal he

wasn't as agile as he used to be leaving him to take a little longer than

to scale the ledge then he would've been able to do but as soon as he

made it up he saw Fie standing under a tree waiting for him " you sure

took your time" she said with a nostalgic tone from before he left them"

sorry I'm still getting not as strong as I used to be" says Rean as he

joins her under the tree. Expecting the other to start the conversation

the two seemingly were in silence until Rean decided to break it a few

minutes later " umm Fie why did you want to talk me I figured that you

despised me down to my very core considering the way you talked to

me before" says Rean Fie merely continues standing in silence Rean

merely sighs and continues while looking towards the distance " look I

understand you despise me for what I did but I'm trying to fix my

mistake I know it wasn't right to pull something like that but I..." Rean

begins to say until he is caught of by a sudden feel of pressure on his

chest Rean immediately looks back to see Fie with her face buried in

his chest with her hands on both sides of her head balled into fists" I

can't ... I can't do it" she says "Huh?" says Rean " I can't stay mad at you

not with those scars on your face and arm " she says Fie then looks up

from his chest with tears flowing from her eyes " those scars just keep

reminding me of the sacrifice you made" she says " Fie" he says " I know

deep down that there was no other choice you could've made you

chose to sacrifice yourself knowing full well it would hurt us badly,

but you had faith that we would get through it and be able to continue

as Class 7 but we failed" she says " then when I saw you with Laura and

Elliot I couldn't handle it my emotions all came out at once except the

ones I wanted to come out" she says " I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" " Fie

please you don't need to apologize" Rean says wrapping his arms

around her as he did this Fie could feel the corrupted part of Rean's arm

it was different yet she could still it was his" so this is why I saw Altina

holding it" she ponders the two continue this hug for a bout a few

minutes then they pull away from each other" Fie I'm really glad I got to

see you again I understand if you don't want to apart of Class 7

anymore but at least we can still be friends " Rean says extending his

hand Fie stares at it for a second then lightly jabs Rean in the shoulder "

what you talking about what happened to once a member always

member" she says immediately returning to her usual tone Rean merely

stares for a second then immediately starts laughing " its good to have

you back Fie " he says " Its good to be back" she says. After a bit of time

the two begin to head down to the campsite were to prepare for the

next day and to visit Draco Shrine.

(Author's note: a bit of a quick chapter but I feel like this is better then how I was going to originally do it.)