Chapter 6: Farewell
In the dead of night, a figure crept from the shadows. Kratos had chosen to leave at night to avoid questioning from Yggdrasill. He left no indication that he was going anywhere (Yuan had not thought he was serious), and left no evidence that he had been there at all. He had not bothered to completely empty his room; it would be too obvious. Nothing either of them said would stop him, anyway. He had meant what he said.
Taking one last look around the foyer of Derris Kharlan Castle, he opened a portal and went through, closing it behind him. Luckily, the planet was close enough to the twin worlds at this point that portal travel was as simple as breathing.
"Where is he?" Lord Yggdrasill shouted at Yuan the next morning.
"I'm not sure. Yesterday, he said something about leaving Derris Kharlan entirely and going down to the worlds. I wasn't sure if he was serious or not…"
"Well? Are you going to go look for him?"
"Yes, my lord. I will find Lord Kratos and bring him back." Yuan bowed slightly to the Head Seraphim of Cruxis and fought the urge to ignore the order despite what he had said out loud; Kratos had said not to come look for him. In the end, though, loyalty to Cruxis won out over loyalty to his friend. Going down into the foyer, he opened a portal to the worlds and stepped through, knowing Kratos would kill him for looking and also understanding that if he didn't come back with Kratos, Yggdrasill would kill him. Death either way.
Yuan is faced with a difficult dicision(sp?). Did he make the right choice? I'll let you decide.