Hmm… I don't know if anyone cares that I'm updating, but at least the reviews to my story say that at least some that care. Thanks to Skye for being my latest reviewer!

I've been recently bombarded with projects and stuff, so I wasn't really able to update in a while. The school paper also took most of my time (cramming articles and stuff). That article sucked up most of my time and creativity.

I also changed the formatting of the chapters (I noticed that the lines I made weren't showing…) and added disclaimers.

And with regards to pRO, I've been playing more often too, because of the 3x exp and 2x drop rate till November 30, 2005.

Priests rule! My priest is currently 66/37. Guess what? I changed at job level 40, unlike most support acolytes.

I guess I should stop ranting and raving already. I shall continue in the next chapter instead…

And now, I humbly present to you the fourth chapter of Illusions and Lies!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ragnarok. That's about it.

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A/N: There's a little scene here that may make some people uncomfortable, but it's not really that bad. It happens in a lot of video games and anime (and it's still rated T). It does not warrant an M rating, that's for sure. Just a clarification.

Chapter 4-Accidents Happen

The purple haired female continued to stare at him, her gaze unmoving.

"You have a lot of nerve showing your face here," she said coolly. "Pervert."

"W-well, you see… I was… well…" Akiru stammered, clearly at a loss for words. He started ratting off badly made excuses and slowly backed out of the room.

"You're not getting away with this, you-"

Akiru started to panic and did not notice the dress lying on the floor. He slipped on it and plunged forward, falling on the person in front of him (cutting her sentence) and as a result, the crusader landed on to of the priest, crushing her on the floor, and his face getting smushed on none other than the latter's breasts…

"Shit! You-PERVERT!" she screamed. And so…

Lex Aeterna!

SMACK!

CRUNCH!

POW!

"OUCH!" Akiru got up, tried to shield himself from her blows (but he was still on top of her), but then…

The commotion woke up some of the people in the nearby rooms, including the innkeeper. They were all at the door, wondering what happened. The innkeeper opened the door, which was surprisingly unlocked. The room wasn't in shambles (fortunately, thought the innkeeper), but when she looked in the bathroom (the door of which was wide open)…

"AKIRUUUUUU!"

Midori, whose eyes were blazing (think anime), entered the room.

"Look, Midori, it's not what you're thinking!" Akiru exclaimed.

"That's convincing," muttered Hikari, still unable to move beneath him.

Midori looked at him disbelievingly, obviously thought the same thing as Hikari. "Akiru!IknewyouwerealittlepervertedandstuffbutIneverthoughtyouwouldstooptothis!" she shouted, as if it were one whole word instead of a sentence.

The innkeeper finally took charge when she saw people trying to go inside the room and said. "Out! Out! Everyone go back to your rooms!" she shooed everyone crowding around the door. Everyone groaned and someone muttered something about 'people having fun'.

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Now only Hikari, Akiru, Midori and the innkeeper were left inside the room (rather, the bathroom). Midori pulled Akiru up, albeit harshly.

"Akiru. Explain." Said Midori stiffly, still frowning at him, gripping his wrist tightly.

"Ummm… Midori… you see…" fumbled Akiru, not finding the words to explain what happened.

The innkeeper shook her head and said, "Never has this happened in all the years I've been here…"

Before Akiru could object or say anything, someone said, "Umm… if you'd excuse me…"

Hikari's face flushed, embarrassed. She was the only one among them who wasn't, well, wearing anything resembling, umm… night clothes? Maybe not really, since Akiru and Midori are still wearing their uniforms and the innkeeper was the only one wearing an old frilly nightgown.

Still, she was in her almost-naked-except-for-a-towel glory.

Upon hearing this, the other three turned red and proceeded to step out of the bathroom. Hikari picked up her dress (which Akiru dropped) and tossed it in the laundry basket (since it was already dirty). She unzipped her bag (which was lying on the floor of the bathroom-somewhere at the side) and took out her night clothes and then locked the door.

But despite the locked door she still heard the three people in her room arguing.

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Akiru tried to explain, "Mi-do-ri. Look, it was just a-"

Midori countered, "Aww… c'mon Akiru! I don't forget the crack you made awhile ago at the stairs about female priests-"

"I was just kidding, you kno-"

"-and now I just saw you trying to make a move on that girl over there-"

"-oh my god Midori you have it all wrong-"

"-coincidence or not-"

"COINCIDENCE! Midori, if you know who she was you wouldn't be jumping in to conclusions like this!" Akiru cried out.

Hikari listened and dressed quietly as she heard the innkeeper trying to break up the argument.

"Miss… I know you are really pissed with your boyfriend-"

"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" shrieked Midori.

"Look who's talking," muttered Akiru under his breath. A/N: See end of chapter 2 for more details…

The innkeeper shut up after that. The two continued shouting at each other.

Hikari finished dressing up and wanted to step out of the stuffy bathroom, but she did not want to risk causing another commotion (remember, she was just wearing a nightgown…). But since they had not plans of stopping the argument, Hikari faked a really loud cough to catch their attention.

It did the trick. There was an embarrassed silence among them and finally, Akiru and Midori proceeded to leave.

Which left the innkeeper inside the room. Feeling slightly stupid, she walked to the washroom door then said, "Miss, I'm really sorry about the fiasco awhile ago. Please accept this reimbursement of all the money you spent lodging in here." She pulled out a money bag and started counting how much she owed her.

She waited for a reply, but no sound came from the bathroom, as Hikari dared herself not to speak, for she might say something she will regret later on.

Feeling even more stupid, she said, "I'm leaving it on your bed." And she did, and finally stepped out of the room.

As soon as she heard the door to her room click shut, Hikari unlocked the door and almost literally jumped out of the bathroom. She wiped off the sweat on her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief. She cleared her bed and put the money pouch into her bag, and prepared to go to sleep…

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The next day…

The sun was shining, the birds were singing, yadda, yadda, yadda (you know how it goes). It was a beautiful and peaceful morning.

Unfortunately, same cannot be said for the Prontera Inn…

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Before the chaos…

Hikari woke up to the chirping of the birds outside her window. She stifled a yawn and tried to get up, but her body hurt all over. Then, she remembered that a crusader with full plate armor crashed into her the other day. Anyway, she muttered a Heal and her body stopped hurting. Then, she proceeded to the vanity desk beside the wardrobe to check on her appearance. She looked in to the mirror and saw her disheveled appearance. She forgot to take off the necklace, which resulted into a big dark, mark above her chest. And she remembered:

Please wear at all times. For your safety.

It now dawned on her. Crashing into the crusader may have killed her, but due to the necklace she managed to just survive with a few bruises…

She decided to forget about that for now and concentrated on making herself look presentable. She fished around for her comb and was about to proceed with combing her hair when she noticed her appearance on the mirror change.

A beautiful lady with long, black hair stared back at her with the same piercing blue eyes.

That was for a split second. When Hikari blinked the person was gone.

Instead, there was a piece of paper, with the same cursive as the one who wrote her the torn letter (A/N: See chapter 2, again), and the same yellowing parchment, lying on her desk:

Geffen, the magic city and the home of the academy of alchemy.

There was a rough sketch of Geffen above the description.

Hikari remembered Father Augustine mention that Geffen had a big and ancient library, although it wasn't was widely recognized as the one in Juno. She also remembered searching the entire Prontera library for clues as to her true identity, but came up with nothing.

She stopped thinking about Geffen when she saw a sword lying at the foot of her bed. Attached to it was a brown, leather moneybag. Of course, she knew who left it…

At first she was tempted to leave it there in the room. But her conscience got the better of her and decided to return it to its proper owner.

And so, she proceeded to comb her hair, dress up, then pack her things…

And headed down the corridor (with the sword), but heard…

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During the chaos…

Room 211 (Midori's room)…

"Midori, have you seen my sword or my moneybag?"

"No, but I think you should go and apologize to the priest! Besides, you probably left it there" Midori shouted.

"Well, speak for yourself! I'm not going back to that room!" Akiru argued.

"Sheesh… I wasn't the one who busted into her while she was taking a bath!" countered Midori. "And besides, I wasn't the one who almost killed her!"

"Akiru bad! Akiru bad!" Setsuna the Yoyo taunted the really irritated Crusader while sipping on her banana juice.

"MIDORI! It wasn't my fault, okay?"

"I know, but you should really apologize…"

"That girl is really homicidal! She packs a punch, man! She Lex Aeterna-ed me and I nearly-"

"YOU DESERVED IT!"

"Excuse me, Midori, but she was the acolyte that gave me a Heal Bomb when I just came back from a long treacherous dungeon!"

"And so? That's no reason to go and peep on people!"

"Midori, what do you think she would do if I stepped into her room again?"

"She would make sure to make you regret the day you were born and tell you that next time, don't leave your sword lying around when trying to seduce a priest." A voice said from behind the door.

Akiru groaned. "Oh no…"

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Well, that's it for now… I guess you know who's standing behind the door.

I hope you liked this chapter… I may not be able to update soon (because of school), but I'll probably update sooner if someone reviews. It really perks me up when someone reviews a story I write…

Just a little note, after THE INCIDENT, Akiru ended up sharing a room with Midori. No malice here. Promise. (just to prevent people from asking why Akiru suddenly ended up in Midori's room…)

I really wish to get more reviews this time around, cuz this will be the time wherein I'll be really thinking my head off, as I was only able to pre-write chapters 1-4. (if you get what I mean)

Reviews motivate me a lot and really pressure me to update soon (or else, maybe I'll face the wrath of my readers…)

Okay, I shall now sign off!

-Kaylee

P.S. If it's not much trouble, please check my new story, New World…