Chapter 4

Rin was walking around in the fort, looking for something to do.

"Hmm…" Rin started to get bored.

Mist and Nasir came by. "I'll show you where the book is, Nasir. This is a bad place to leave your journal here." Mist said.

"I just hope nobody has read it… Mist who is that girl?" Nasir asked

"That is Rin she is a Laguz who and two others were found by Ike. Rin, do you need something?" Mist asked

"Is there a library, here?"

"Sorry, Rin there is one in town. After I give Nasir his book we could go to the library."

"Alright…"

Meanwhile…

Rolf was practicing shooting his arrows, with Shinon.

"Now concentrate on the bull's eye okay." Shinon said.

"Okay Uncle Shinon."

Hina was flying around with her face facing the sky. "One cloud, two clouds, three clouds…"

Shinon saw her. "Shouldn't you be playing with your friends?"

"Hi Shinon-San!"

"Shinon-San?"

"I call my kid friends Chan and my teenage or adult friends San!"

"It makes her look adorable too…" Rolf said

"Bull's eye, shoot the bull's eye…" Shinon told him.

"Okay…"

Hina watched them for 29 minutes.

"Why are you still here?" Shinon asked

"I'm bored…" Hina replied

"Why won't you play with Sasami or Rin?"

"Sasami is with Lethe, and I don't know where Rin is."

Shinon was starting to get annoyed by her. She kind of reminds me of that annoying Janaff, maybe because she has the same hair color, same eye color and same wing color…I got to find someone who can play with her… "Hina come with me, Rolf keep on practicing."

"Alright…" Groaned Rolf

"Where are we going?" Hina asked

"Somewhere…" Shinon answered

At the mercenary fort…

"Janaff, why are you doing here?" Mia asked

"Well I wanted to barrow a book but I took the wrong one, it says "Property of Nasir"." Janaff answered

"That must be his journal, he left it here and now he and Mist are looking for it."

"Tell Nasir you found it in a bush…"

"Okay…"

Shinon saw Janaff. Hina could play with him! "Janaff!" Shinon yelled. He grabbed Hina's hand and walked towards to Janaff.

"Oh great…" Mumbled the hawk

"Janaff could you do me a favor?" asked Shinon.

Janaff's eyes widen in confusion. "What do you want?"

"Could Hina stay with you for a while?"

Janaff looked at Hina, Hina looked at Janaff.

"Hello, Janaff-San…" Hina said

"Hello Hina." Janaff responded

"So will you stay with her?" Shinon asked

"I'm very busy…" Responded Janaff

"That is too bad…" Mumbled Shinon

"Bye Hina, it was a pleasure meeting you, but I have to go now!" Janaff flew off.

"I have to find somebody else now, come on Hina. Hina?" Shinon looked down and notice that Hina was gone! "WHERE DID SHE GO!" Shinon started looking for her; he might get in trouble for letting a defenseless hawk go somewhere alone.

At Phoenicis…

"A hawk child was there?" Ulki said with surprise

"Uh-huh and she quiet adorable. I kind of wanted to play with her but I'm very busy." Responded Janaff

"Um…King Tibarn gave us a day off today so we could have done anything we wanted today."

"What! How come I didn't get that memo!

"You did yesterday…"

"Oh…"

Hina followed Janaff to the Phoenicis Hall. She was watching Janaff and Ulki talking. "Hehehe…" She giggled at Janaff's reaction about the memo.

Ulki heard her giggling. "Someone is here."

"Really?"

"Yes, behind that pillar." Ulki and Janaff walked slowly to the pillar and looked behind it.

"Hina! What are you doing here!" Janaff asked

"Well I wanted to play with you, Janaff-San!" Hina responded

"Does Ike know you are here?" Janaff asked

"No…"

"Then you have to go back!"

"You will have to catch me first!" Hina flew to another room quickly

"Ulki you go look at the other side and I'll go after her!" Janaff flew after Hina, while Ulki went to the other side.

"Hina, where are you!" Janaff looked everywhere in the area, then saw a maid. "Excuse me do you see a little girl flying around?"

"Does she have tanish hair, big brown shirt on, a brown skirt, and she looks adorable?" The maid asked

"Yes!"

"Nope haven't seen her." The maid flew away.

"What the? She explained how Hina looked like correctly and says she hasn't seen her!"

"Pika-boo! I see you!" Hina showed herself and flew away.

"Hina!"

At the other side.

Ulki looked here and there. "Hina is a good hider…"

"Ulki shouldn't be enjoying yourself on your day off instead of looking for someone?" Tibarn flew to him.

"King Tibarn! Well this is kind of important."

"Who are you looking for?"

Ulki notice Hina behind Tibarn. Hina gave a little wave to Ulki. Tibarn looked behind himself; Hina flew up on the ceiling before Tibarn could see her. Hina then flew out the window.

"Could you please excuse me for a second your Majesty?" Ulki flew out the window quickly.

"Hina!" Janaff was still looking. Then the same maid came by. "Excuse me; I know you know where she is! SO WHERE IS SHE!"

"…" The maid said nothing.

"I'm the Hawk King's eyes, Janaff."

"Oh! Hehehe… She is outside in the garden!" The maid flew away.

"Hope she is right." Janaff flew outside, and saw Ulki chasing Hina around.

"Janaff a little help here!" Ulki yelled.

"On my way!" Janaff flew straight to Hina.

"Uh-oh…" Hina dived down; she couldn't control herself so she ended up slamming herself on the ground. "Ouch… Sniff… Wipes tears"

"Hina!" Janaff and Ulki said it at the same time. They flew to her.

"…" Hina said nothing.

"Are you okay?" Janaff asked.

"…" Hina again said nothing.

"Are you hurt?" Ulki asked

"…" Hina again said nothing.

"Hina tell us!" Janaff commanded

"I'm fine…"

"Is this child the one you were looking for?" Tibarn flew to them.

"Uh we can explain!" Janaff said.

"Oh no!" Hina cried, she pointed to a group of bird laguz.

"Get that little brat! Or the boss is going to be upset!" One of the bird laguz said. They transformed and charged straight at them.

"Hina get inside, now!" Janaff commanded

"Alright." Hina flew straight inside.

Tibarn, Ulki, and Janaff transformed. Tibarn easily killed 6 of them; Janaff was striking a hawk while Ulki was trying to kill a raven.

Janaff killed the hawk, another hawk strikes him down, and Janaff flew back at the hawk with a body slam, then strikes and kills the hawk. A raven tried to strike him but it missed and Janaff kills it.

Ulki killed the raven that was bothering him. Two hawks strike him down, Tibarn kills one of them and Ulki gets back up and kills the last one.

They transformed back. Hina flew to them.

"Why were they after you?" Asked Janaff.

"First take me back to Ike, Sasami, Rin, and I can explain everything there.

End of Chapter 4