A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the really, really late update. It's kind of been in my binder for about a month now…done. Wow, I'm a really lazy person…. Well anyway, because of later content this will be moved to the mature rating starting in the next chapter. So ya, I hope ya'll like this chapter, review oks? Oh ya, Sara all four girls were 17 and the guys were 18, but when they entered the game they're ages were alter the games preference… Sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes!

Disclaimer: Why must we go through this every chapter? I don't own anything!

Chapter 3

Kimi paced around her room in the inn mumbling to herself. Gaara rested calmly on the wall.

" I don't see how we could have ended up here. God, why'd Kyla have to be so…stupid?"

" It's in her nature."

" That's not nice."

" The truth isn't always nice."

" Ya, but still, she's our friend, we shouldn't say bad things about her, at least not behind her back." Kimi looked out the window. " So this is Triet. This is much more cooler then the game. I only wish-" Kimi's sentence was cut short as her red-contact eyes glazed over and she fell against the wall. Her unblinking eyes stared at a random spot on the wall opposite of her.

A bit alarmed, Gaara walked over to Kimi and shook her lightly. " Kimi?" He called lightly. There was no reaction. He shook her again. " Kimi." He said a bit more firmly.

The orange hair girl then started blinking again. She continued to blink trying to regain her proper vision. " That was weird…"

" What happened?" Gaara asked folding his arms across his chest.

" I really don't know. I just started getting weird flash backs." Kimi ran her fingers along the wall as she walk about the room. She stopped when she reached the exact middle of the wall opposite of the door. She looked down and noticed a large red box. The red-eyed girl bent down and opened the box carefully. As she did, the box turned into red sand that retreated into the cracks of the wall leaving behind two red- coloured Chakram. " Ok, that was weird." She retrieved them from the ground and stood up. They were almost circular but the edges were jagged and sharp. A red metal bar ran through the middle of both weapons giving the user some place to hold them, and each of the pointed edges bared a silver symbol. Kimi turned to Gaara. " I guess I should tell you what saw when I spaced out. I'm apparently 21 years old and I'm a human. I'm from Palmacosta, but I'm here on vacation. My family is one of the most powerful families because I'm Colette's first cousin. I battle with Chakram, the same weapon Colette uses. These are called the Battle Fires. I have to go to Luin for some reason, I just can't remember why." Kimi sat down on the bed. " Weird huh Gaara? … Gaara?" She looked over to the far wall where Gaara was standing. His red hair, which he had let grow a little longer in the front, fell over his cyan coloured eyes, the kanji still visible through the stray strands of hair." I guess he's getting a little memory thingy too." Kimi concluded. She had noticed that unlike Gaara her clothes had changed. She was wearing a short black skort that had an orange slash belt and two hooks to place her Chakram. She was wear knee high black boots and an orange tube top. She also had elbow high fingerless black gloves with the edges rimmed with a dark orange, matching the rest of her outfit. She glided over to the window and leaned out. The window faced south giving her a clear view of a looming black tower. Kimi looked at it for a while. She vaguely wondered what time frame of the game they were in, and why the tower was black, not white. Shaking her head, she turned around and looked towards the door, where Gaara was currently leaning, he's arms were folded across his chest, as they always were. Beside him was a fang shaped, double- edged sword. The blade was two tones of topaz and pale silver symbol, like Kimi's weapon, ran up the side of the blade. The hilt was just darker then the blade itself. As you looked toward the bottom of the hilt, you could see the colour grow darker, until at the very end, it was a chocolate brown. " So what did you see?" Kimi asked, generally curious.

Gaara shrugged. " I'm 22 years old. I'm from a floating village called Exire. It landed when the two worlds were joined, I've lived in Triet ever since. Aside from you, and some girl from Palmacosta, I only have one other friend, a boy from Ozette." Gaara picked up the sword and paced it in the sheath across his back that replaced his gourd.

" No sand?" Kimi asked.

" No sand." Gaara confirmed. " Which, by the way pisses me off."

Kimi laughed. " I couldn't tell." She laughed again. " You've definitely more relaxed and open now… What the hell did Kyla do to you?" Gaara shrugged and gave her a small smile. " Did you just smile?"

" Maybe."

" Haven't seen you do that for a while." Kimi laughed again. " Well anyway, you may not have your sand but it looks like you have an Exsphere." She pointed to his left hand.

" As do you."

Kimi reached for her neck, and fingered the jewel. " It's a Cruxis Crystal… Why do I have a Cruxis Crystal?" She shook her head. " Well, I guess we should head for Luin, right?"

"Hn." Gaara answered in respond.

Kimi rolled her eyes. " Come on."

The two of them left the inn and ventured into the town. As they walked, Kimi noticed the towns people stop and stare at them wide eyed. Gaara seemed to notice it too. " What the hell are you all staring at?"

The people flinched and shrank back at the sound of his voice. A young man standing beside the food stand weakly asked. " Chosen. Ha-has that ha-half elf ta-taken you hostage?"

" Excuse me?" Kimi asked surprised.

" Half elf! We cannot allow you to take our only hope at peace! Step away from the Chosen and leave the village!" A group of armed villagers formed at the entrance making escape almost impossible.

Gaara drew his sword and held it at his side ready to defend it needed. Kimi looked around, thinking of what she could do. After weighting her options, an idea popped in her head. Not knowing what the situation was in the game, she cleared her throat, and spoke in a strong voice. " Citizens of Triet. I'm not being held against my will. This half-elf has agreed to escort me."

" You trust a dirty half-elf to keep you safe? Have you been drugged Chosen?"

" No. I just feel I'd be safer with him then an ordinary human." She turned towards the crowd blocking the entrance. " Now please move."

" But Chosen-"

" Move or I will not be responsible for my escort's actions." Knowing full well of Gaara's abilities the crowd reluctantly moved away from the gates. " Thank you." They walked confidently through the crowd of people. Gaara glared at each of them fiercely.

" Chosen of Creation." An old man stepped in front of them. " Remember you only have one month to break the seals and get to the Tower of Destruction. Do not fail us."

Kimi stopped and looked at the man. " What?" She asked confused. The crowd looked at her in disbelieve. " Chosen, please tell me you're joking. You've not forgotten of your task."

" So what you're saying is I have to break all the seals in one month? That's nearly impossible! I can't get around Sylvarant in under one month!"

" Chosen…there's only two here in Sylvarant."

" Really? Well then-"

" – And two in Tethe'alla."

" Wait, Tethe'alla? Aren't the two worlds together?"

" They were. For eight long years we had peace, but six years ago that hideous tower appeared and the worlds were split again. The half-elf responsible for this resurrected Cruxis and now every year a chosen is offered to be sacrificed at the tower. But before that can be done, the Chosen must be put through the seal breaking ritual to insure that they are worthy to be even looked upon by the leader of Cruxis. If the Chosen fails and does not make it to the tower, the world that they are from suffers until a Chosen does make it. Tethe'alla already sent their Chosen six months ago. The fact that the tower still stands means that the Chosen didn't make it or that the Chosen's Mana signature wasn't what the half-elf was looking for."

" So whoever's responsible for all this openly told what was to happen to the Chosen? To me?" Kimi asked.

" That's correct."

" Then why not rebel against it?" Gaara finally spoke.

" We tried that, but that monster cut off our Mana supply. He controls the tree, which he imprisoned in the dimension that separates us from Tethe'alla. We suffered for a year. Don't you remember half-elf? You were unable to use your magic for sometime."

" So basically what you're saying is that I have to break the seals here and in Tethe'alla then sacrifice myself to maybe save the world? What if I refuse?"

" Then this world will be destroyed indefinitely."

" No pressure." Kimi mumbled to herself. " I promise I will try my very best not to let the world down. I guess we should get going-"

" Chosen?" A little boy emerged from the crowd holding a backpack. " There are gels, and bottles and things you'll need on your journey. Please be careful."

" Aw, thank you!" Kimi smiled, hugged the boy and then took the bag. " While let's get going Gaara." Nodding, Gaara followed silently behind her. The two walked all the to Ossa Trail, neither of them spoke during that time. The sun was setting so they decided to stay, and make camp. Kimi looked at the multicoloured sky. " Well today was extremely weird."

" Ya." Gaara agreed staring into the fire they had made.

" Wow, I'm the great Chosen. I would have guessed Kyla would have gotten that role."

" I wonder if she's ok…"

Kimi cocked her head to the side. " Are you worried about her?" She asked in an almost amused voice.

" Of course not." Gaara said getting up.

Kimi jumped up. " You are aren't you!"

" She doesn't need anyone to worry about her. She can take care of herself."

" So true. She definitely too stubborn to just roll over and die."

Gaara nodded and looked up the trail. " What is that?" He asked referring to a glowing spot on the path ahead of them.

" I don't know." Kimi walked over to it and slowly reached out to it. The light grew larger and took the shape of two figures.

" What the hell?" Gaara asked now behind Kimi.

" Oh my…" Kimi said in awe.

" Oh, hey Zelos I guess these are the ones huh?" The blond asked.

" Well, well, well. It's looks like I'm gonna be saved by another voluptuous beauty. They just can't resist me!"

" Uh, you guys are Colette and Zelos right? Wow, you guys have gotten old." Kimi said amazed at whom she was talking to.

" Of course silly, it has been fourteen years since we set out to do the world regeneration journey."

" Well enough small talk, we don't have much time." Zelos said seriously. " You two need to get to the seal of water and defeat the two summon spirits there, in doing so you will break one of the barriers protecting the Tower of Destruction. From there you will head to Luin where you meet up with the other group breaking the second seal in Sylvarant."

" Why don't we just go to the fire seal and-"

" One of the two groups in Tethe'alla will break it." Colette answered.

" Why do we have to defeat the summon spirits? Aren't they under Sheena's command?"

" They are being controlled by some chips that was inserted in their bodies."

" Ok, well then who's responsible for all this?"

" Mithos' has come back. We don't know how, but he has all of us imprisoned in the tower. We're only briefly talking to you because they left us unsupervised." Zelos answered. " Someone else has been helping him to, but we've never seen them."

" I see." Kimi said thinking.

" Who are in the other group?" Gaara asked in a monotone voice.

" I don't know their names but one of them is extremely cute, much like you my cute Chosen saviour." Gaara growled. " Whoa, sorry dude didn't know she was your girlfriend."

" What! No, I'm just a close friend! We're like family!" Kimi exclaimed.

" Oh, so you're single?"

" NO!"

" Well good-luck you two, our time is up. Please excuse Zelos' behaviour, and please hurry." Colette said. Both her and Zelos' image disappeared.

" Well I guess we know what we need to do to get out this game." Kimi said walking back to the fire and sitting down.

" Yes, we must defeat Mithos and this other enemy."

" We'll rest here tonight and find a boat tomorrow. I wanna get out of here as soon as possible."

" Very well. I'll keep watch you get some sleep."

" Ya, wake me up if something happens ok?"

" Of course."

" Alright, goodnight."

" Goodnight." Gaara tilted his head towards the sky and stared at the stars. ' It seems that this will prove more difficult then expected.'

A/N: There, chapter 3. Again so sorry for the forever update. I'll try to be more quick. Hope you guys liked it, please review.

Until next chapter Luv ya

Kitty