Chaos: Yay! We have time to work on this!

Rue: Yup, we also have no other time this week to do it...

Chaos: We may...

Ryutsei: Here's Sakura with the disclaimer.

Sakura: Thank you! Okay, we don't own Squaresoft/ SquareEnix or any of their characters. But we do own the appearances of the spirits, and a bit of their personalities. We also own the vessel.

Chaos: Anyway, thank you reviewers, glad you guys actually read this! Sorry we don't have time to update..and my eyes hurt!

Rue: ...

Sakura: Anyway here's our newest chapter!

Chaos: This one is called 'Lost Princess.'

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"We've been searching for hours…" Sighed Chumpy, he seemed tired from fighting. Elazul was just as tired, but didn't show it. He was determined to find Pearl at this point, but Chumpy was nervous of what his sister would do to him. Chumpy had disobeyed her orders and left without telling her. But they were coming into an opening inside the cave, going to yet another unexplored area. This time they found someone inside, a woman with flowers in her hair and a skirt that flaunted her legs. She smiled at them, but she was obviously not to be trusted.

"You shouldn't associate with this type." She said to Chumpy, pointing to Elazul. "Wouldn't want you to turn to stone…"

"How do you know what I am?" Elazul asked, a hint of panic in his voice.

"You should hurry Lapis Lazuli knight. A Jumi's core can be so easily scratched, especially Pearl's." She said in a wicked voice. Chumpy looked at Elazul, clueless to what a Jumi was.

"AHHHH!" A female scream was heard from the next area of the cave.

"Hurry…" the woman smirked.

"Pearl!" Elazul shouted, running into the next area. Chumpy followed, glancing at the woman quickly before he left. "Pearl! Where are you!"

"Elazul!" Her voice was muffles, but Chumpy walked towards her voice.

"Watch out!" Elazul shouted. A giant rock was falling towards Chumpy. He looked up, but didn't have enough time to move out of the way without being injured badly, but he could move to survive the blow. His arm was hit by the pointed rock and it slashed down his arm fiercely. He yelled from the pain and fell to the ground as a huge rumble echoed through the cave. He looked behind him, seeing a monkey-like monster. It had a huge axe-hammer thing and roared loudly. It swung the axe part off the handle in a boomerang manner as it swung and almost hit Elazul. But Elazul was hit by its large foot, tossing him against the cave wall. Chumpy looked up, getting hit with the monster's foot as well, but he managed to catch himself before he hit the wall, his feet sliding against the floor.

"Take that!" Came a familiar voice. He saw a girl holding a 2H sword, ready to slash the beast relentlessly. "You are such an idiot Chumpy!"

"Lina?" Chumpy held his bleeding arm.

"Take care of him, I'll take care of this monster!" She gestured her head at Elazul who was on the ground. She jumped to attack the monster at its head. Slashing with great speed and force, which the speed was very uncommon with a heavy sword. She swung at its head, hitting the monkey thing's face and forcing blood to fall in heavy drops. It roared in pain and eventually fell to its death. But as it fell, the monster disappeared, leaving behind giant strength crystals and a lot of gold. She collected those and walked up to Chumpy and Elazul. "It's safe to come out, lost Princess."

"…" A girl wearing a strange white dress and floating pearls around her came out. She had long blond hair and seemed so sweet and innocent. "Is he okay?"

"I'm fine Pearl." He said sitting up. Lina knelt beside him and Chumpy got up to see if the girl, who apparently was Pearl, was alright. Looked at his face, holding him gently by the chin. "What are you doing?"

"I'm checking to see if you're okay." Lina said calmly. "Your face isn't cut up too bad, but your other injuries are worse."

"…" Elazul fell silent, he wasn't expecting Lina to be kind to him. But he noticed large gashes on her left shoulder, down her right arm, and on her left leg. "You have worse injuries."

"Shh." She pressed a delicate finger to his lips. "Not in front of him."

"Are you alright Pearl?" Chumpy asked, oblivious to his sister and Elazul. She nodded shyly.

"Let's take them to our house, we can mend them there." Lina suggested, Helping Elazul up. He groaned in pain as she did so. She sighed and picked him up gently. "I'll carry him."

"What!" He shouted, she held him in her arms. He seemed embarrassed by this, but he didn't struggle because he was in pain.

"It'll stop you from hurting yourself any further." Lina said. "Your legs have the most cuts, Lapis Knight."

"How did you know?" He asked.

"Because I read and I can see your core. You're a Jumi right?" Lina smiled at him gently. She started walking away. "Come on guys, we should hurry."

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Lina was upstairs bandaging Elazul's wounds. Well at least she would be if he only cooperated with her.

"You have to take off your shirt!" She argued as he sat on Chumpy's bed. They had a bunk bed, hers was the top one. She held some wrapping bandages in her hand as well as some ointment.

"No." He refused. He held his shirt down as she tried to pull it off.

"At least it's not your pants!" She put her free hand on her hip. "Your injured badly!"

"No." He repeated. She was trying to think of a way for him to cooperate. She suddenly kissed him on the lips, catching him off guard. But this made her plan work perfectly…well as perfectly as what she wanted to do. As she pulled away, his shirt came off as well from her pulling it off with her free hand.

"What the!" Lina and Elazul gulped, Lina turned around slowly. Her older twin brother was standing there, jaw dropped. He had obviously come up to check on them and caught her kissing the older man. "What is going on here!"

"Wow, you're loud Chumpy." Lina said calmly. She had Elazul's shirt in her hand. "Go back downstairs and help Pearl."

"Not until I hear an explanation!" He shouted walked up to her. He was taller than her and looked stronger. But looks can be deceiving.

"I said go help Pearl." She said demandingly. "Don't make me say it again."

"Don't make me repeat myself." He said. She dropped the shirt in her hand and grabbed her brother's arm. She pulled it forcefully down, making fall face first into the wooden floor.

"I suggest you do it now." Lina said. Chumpy got up, his face red from the contact from the floor. He left downstairs as she ordered him to and Lina turned back to Elazul and sat on the bed next to him. She placed the bandages on the bed next to her and poured some ointment on her hand, rubbing both her hands together. "Hold still."

"…" He stayed silent as she applied the ointment that smelled strongly of mint, on his cut up back. His mantle was hung on the bedpost and his shirt was on the floor. She gently spread the cold liquid on his back, but she didn't make a sound. "Why are you so kind now?"

"What do you mean?" She asked, Lina moved to apply some on his right arm. She wrapped a bandage gently around his arm and looked at him. "I have to put some on your chest…"

"Go ahead." He said. "And I mean, back at the cave, you wanted to make sure I was okay. You are also helping me now."

"I never hated you, or disliked you." Lina said, blushing slightly as she applied the mint smelling liquid on his muscular chest. She tried to hide the blush from him. "I was just mad when we were at the pub."

"…" Elazul was staring at Lina, he knew that she was hiding a blush. But then again, he knew his face was turning slightly red from her being so close to him.

"I can't believe her…" Chumpy said. Pearl was bandaging up his arm. She had couple band-aids on her face, nothing serious.

"I'm sure it'll be fine…" Pearl said shyly, even though she had no idea what happened.

"I'm just have an odd feeling that she may like him…" He sighed.

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".…" Lumina held an orb in her hand and it disappeared. "Anger, worry, and attraction…"

"Suspicion, worry, and understanding…" Salamando said, holding an orb similar and making it disappear. "We still have some more to go Lumina."

Chaos:Okay done with this chapter! Please Review!

Rue: Yeah this chapter kinda sucked.

Chaos: Jerk…although I agree. I suck at fight scenes. But Lumina and Salamando made appearances!