Well, here's the next chapter. I'm nervous... I have convocation on Thursday and I have graduation on Saturday with my party on Sunday. Anyway, I am happy that Taylor Hicks won American Idol! Yay! Anyway, forgive my rambling. Time for the next chappie!

Chapter 5: Lovers

Yggdrasil had made it back from the Renegade base in time to be around for the visions that he wanted to help Storm through the most. Sutra was looking a little upset by what Storm had just been through so he decided to send her away.

"Go to the Renegade Base and help those Desians. I don't care if you defeat them, in fact, I'd rather have you just scare them off so I can deal with them later," Yggdrasil ordered her. Sutra nodded and immediately left the room, leaving Storm with her mentor.

Storm was still extremely upset over her episode with her family. She wasn't sure if she wanted to be bothered anymore. She could feel herself beginning to lose control and she wasn't sure how she would react to anyone else coming in. Storm held her breath when she saw who came in next. She wasn't sure if she should be excited or worried when Yuan came in and stood in front of her.

"Yuan...," Storm said, almost desperately.

"I can't believe you did this. I thought we both wanted to make sure that Yggdrasil didn't come back. You promised me that you were through with Cruxis. What happened?" he asked her sadly.

"Yuan, I'm so sorry. This isn't how I wanted things to turn out. I thought that they'd let Anna free, but she wants to stay with them and now I'm a prisoner here. Forgive me," Storm pleaded.

Yuan looked her over a few times before giving her his reply. "I thought that I knew you, but I guess I was wrong. I thought you were over lying to people, especially me. Why would Anna want to stay with Cruxis? This is no different than the promise you made to me. You told me that if I waited we would be together," he yelled at her.

Storm couldn't believe where Yuan was taking this conversation. She couldn't understand why he was getting so upset about that. He knew that it would take longer than the time she'd been given. Would Yuan really say something like this? Of course, if it wasn't the real Yuan, how would he know about that?

"So, you and Yuan got together? Very interesting indeed...," Yggdrasil said to himself as Derris Emblem brought out Storm's deepest secrets and fears. He had heard that she was married to Zelos, the Chosen from Tethe'alla, but Yuan? Was Storm having a secret relationship with the leader of the Renegades?

"Yuan, I told you that we would get together eventually," she defended herself. "You can't expect me to leave Zelos now. I love him too and you know that. I told you that when we were done I'd be with you and only you," she finished.

"Maybe I don't want to wait anymore," he yelled at her angrily. "I want you to chose who you're going to be with. I'm tired of this now pick!"

Storm was really shocked by Yuan's outburst as she began to feel the tears well up in her eyes. She really didn't want to choose, but she did know that she couldn't blame her for acting like this. She looked at him sadly before giving him her answer

"I'm sorry Yuan, but I'm going to choose Zelos," she told him. Yuan became very upset with this response, he walked closer to her and stared her right in the face.

"Fine, but I hope you understand what you're missing. You'll regret this one day when you're all alone," he replied as he turned and stormed out of the room angrily.

Storm began to cry from her new loss, but it didn't last long as she felt a hand whip around and slam into her face, sending her to the ground. She hit the ground hard and she could feel a small trickle of blood roll down her face from the impact. She felt the sting of the slap and the pounding in her head with it's contact from the ground. She also realized that she had been so into the moment with Yuan that she couldn't even remember who was in the room with her or who hit her. Things were beginning to become confusing for her as she focused more on her pain and rage than the things around her. The only thing that was still comforting to her was the fact that Zelos could still come and rescue her.

Soon, her dreams crashed when she saw Zelos come into the room and stand in front of her. She knew why he was there and almost regretted letting Yuan leave. She knew that this could be a rough situation for her to deal with.

"Storm, you didn't bring Anna back like we promised and you joined Cruxis. You keep breaking all these promises you make. This is just like the most important promise that you broke, the one that we made to each other. We promised that we would be faithful to each other and you couldn't even do that," Zelos yelled at her, trying to retain some patience with her.

"Zelos I...," Storm began before being cut off.

"Tell him how you really feel. He didn't come here to rescue you. Tell him how you feel about that," the eery voice began to speak to her once again, but she tried her best to fight it off. She wouldn't snap in front of Zelos, she couldn't.

"Everything I did for you, and it still wasn't enough. What was it you liked in me? Was it my looks, or was it because I was rich? Do you like knowing that you're filthy rich? If that's what it was then I could have married some other stuck up girl hanging around the ritzy end of Meltokio. I married you though, and all you could do was insult me by running off with Yuan. Then I gave you another chance and now you've run off with Cruxis again. I'm through with giving you another chance. It's over Storm, we're through," he told her as he waved his hand in front of her face and turned to leave without even giving her another look or an opportunity to defend herself.

Storm was at a breakdown. She couldn't lose Zelos, he kept her alive. Without him she was nothing. She didn't know what to do except cry. She felt the tears begin to form, but the voice came back and it was angry.

"Don't you dare cry. If you cry, you'll find yourself on the floor and you'll have more than a bruised rib and a little blood on your forehead. Push those emotions somewhere else, anywhere else, just don't show any sadness," the voice yelled at her.

Storm closed her eyes and tried to get rid of the emotion entirely, but instead it fueled her rage as she turned and violently punched the wall, leaving an impressive hole in it. She then collapsed to her knees to regain her breath. Yggdrasil walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Well done, doesn't that feel better?" he said as he patted her shoulder. "There's one more thing that you need to see."

Yggdrasil and Storm had no idea that Sutra was witnessing all of this outside of the room. She didn't leave right away, but rather stayed to see what would happen next with Storm. She couldn't believe the torture that Mithos was putting Storm through. She didn't really like Storm that much, but she knew that she couldn't possibly deserve all of that. Perhaps everyone was wrong about Mithos and he wasn't really as great as he sounded. She had revived him and he hadn't once talked about helping the half-elves. She began to wonder where her allegiance should lie. What was better morally? Was the suffering of one girl more important than the suffering of an entire race? And could this man really be trusted to help her with her mission? Sutra thought about this as she headed to the teleporter that would lead her to the Renegade Base and Yuan, Kratos, Zelos, and Lloyd.

Well, there you go. One more thing for Storm to see and the fight scene with the others in the next chapter. It could be pretty interesting. Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter. Please review this chapter and tell me what you think. Thanks!