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Chapter Two

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"Oh no! It's gonna rain again!"

Iris squealed as she pointed at the dark clouds overhead.

Fenris just nodded

"I guess if it's going to rain it's going to take us another five days to get to the next town."

Iris collapsed and lay down on a grassy area.

"We're gonna be camping again? My back still aches from last night."

Lydia, who was walking in front of Iris sat down on a rock with Sessy by her side.

"I suppose we're just gonna leave you and let you pass as a corpse."

Lydia laughed hysterically and kept on pointing at Iris. Iris's head was burning out steam and she finally let it all out on Lydia. At first, it was just a long word fight but it soon opened an opportunity and ended up in a fight involving pulling of hair, pinching of cheeks and a wide blend of wrestling moves between the short-tempered thief and the much shorter-tempered cleric.

Night came like a velvet blanket enveloping everything. The rain poured and washed of their trail along with the eroding soil.

"Why me?"

Lydia sat in the center poking the burning wood with a twig as the fire blazed.

"Why should I be on the look-out tonight? Me legs are like jelly and my body aches all over. I wanna rest my eyes! I haven't had any beauty sleep for days. My face will be ruined!"

Loki, who was sound asleep, shifted to another position so as to cover his ears and ignore Lydia's grumbles.

Lydia, on the other hand, didn't notice Loki was awake and started to talk to herself. Words that made Loki, yes, EVEN Loki blush. Well, just a little. That you won't even see from a distance. She would pause every now and then and oggle, and drool over the handsome, dashing, and ultimo coolio mysterious assassin!

Loki forced himself to sleep until he couldn't hear her boisterous voice.

Because Loki was ignoring everything around him, he didn't sense Iris was gone. Lydia didn't see the tall, pale, handsome man with dark spiky hair who was carrying the cleric. And not a moment too soon, she entered dreamland.

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End of Chapter Two

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Me: Muahahaha!

Penny: The plot thickens! Who was that guy? What's gonna happen to Iris now? What's with the title 'Kakashi'? And what exactly did Lidia say that made Loki blush?

Me: The mysteries have started popping up already!

Lynna: So…

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