Welcome to chapter 6! I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter!

Raguna: Why? Why do you torture me so much?

Sophie: That's because it's part of the story, do you think she likes torturing you?

Ivan: It definitely seems like she does. *mumbles about CWB torturing Raguna*

I DON'T LIKE TORTURING HIM!

Sophie: Anyhow,

"Speaking"

/thoughts/

((telepathy)) ((telepathy))

Raguna and Ivan: Let's get this chapter started!


Chapter 6: Some Explaining


Last chapter: "Konbanwa, you two. Ivan meet…" Raguna replied, and started to introduce them.


"Ivan meet Micah and Kyle. I got to know them 4 years ago." Raguna finished the introduction.

"Micah, Kyle, meet Ivan. I met him a few days ago here in the town of Kardia." Raguna said to the new people.

"Hello Ivan!" Micah and Kyle said.

"Hello Micah, Kyle." Ivan responded. An awkward silence fell upon them for a few minutes, each lost in their own thoughts.

++++(Same Scene: Ivan POV)

Once I said hello to them silence feel above us. The others are thinking about something, that's for sure. I am wondering who exactly these two are. Micah and Kyle, was it? Raguna seems happy to see them, so they can't be that bad. Hmm…what does that symbol mean though? Raguna said he met these guys 4 years ago. Wasn't that the time he does remember (?), the time that he wanted to forget? Does that mean that these guys may have gone through the same thing Raguna has gone through? Been in the same place he's been?

I take a closer look at the strangers and notice their eyes aren't like a normal kids eyes. They hold a lot more wisdom than anyone else that I've seen. I look at Raguna, out of curiosity, and notice that he has the same type of eyes as these two strangers. Raguna, Micah, and Kyle have guards up around them, to keep from people getting to close to them. Either because they are afraid of getting someone hurt, or afraid of being hurt by someone else. These three must've been together through all of their problems, because Raguna let down his guard, even if it was just a little bit, when he saw them.

++++(Same Scene: Raguna POV)

I couldn't believe that Micah and Kyle are here. I have surely missed them a lot. I wonder why they are here though.

I notice Ivan looking at them and then at me. He must've put together where I know them from. He does seem surprised or thoughtful about something though, I wonder what it is.

++++(Same Scene: Micah POV)

Ouch that fall hurt. Though I am surprised to see Raguna here. I wonder why he's in Kardia. Kyle and I came here for business purposes, but why's Raguna here? Also who is this Ivan guy? Should I let Raguna be around him? He might hurt Raguna after all. I won't let that happen in my watch.

++++(Same Scene: Kyle POV)

Huh? Fancy meeting Raguna here. I thought that Raguna had gone to hide away from us or something. We aren't too crazy though. We're just a bit weird. We need to catch up with Raguna after Micah and I are done with the business we have to do here.

Ivan…hmm, should I let him near Raguna? Raguna does seem to be calm around him. I wonder who Ivan is, and why do Ivan and Raguna look alike? Well, if Raguna wants to be around him, then who am I to stop him?

++++(Same Scene: Normal POV)

"So…Raguna what are you doing here?" Micah asked, once he and Kyle had gotten off of the floor.

"Well, I ended up here, decided to live here because I had nothing else planned, and met Ivan on my first day here."

"Oh, well, that's great. We're here because we have some business with the Mayor of this town." Kyle said.

"The Mayor? What would you want with him?" Raguna inquired

"Well, the old-timer, owes our towns some favors." Then Micah whispered in Raguna's ear, "Not to mention…that he knows the leader of that group." Micah finished and Raguna's eyes widened.

/Why is Raguna surprised. He seems to be split in-between fear and disbelief, but why? What did Micah tell him?/ Ivan thought.

"Also, I don't mean to be rude, but…Who exactly are you Ivan? You do realize that now that we are here in Kardia, we are going to be suspicious of you being near Raguna, right?" Kyle questioned and Micah nodded his consent.

"Kyle! Micah!" Raguna scolded and continued, "I was the one that let him get close to me, if anything I'm the one you should be mad at! Ivan has helped me quite a lot during my stay here and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't chase him away! Not to mention that he's from the past that I don't remember…" Raguna exclaimed, lowering his voice towards the end.

Micah and Kyle were shocked since Raguna had never raised his voice at them before, but they weren't the only ones shocked. Ivan was shocked as well, he didn't think that Raguna would've stood up for him, since he seems so timid and all. To say that Ivan was surprised would be the understatement of the century, but he still smiled a bit at the thought of Raguna standing up for him.

"Well, um, okay, Raguna. *beeping sound is heard, Micah looks at watch* Oh, right, we have to get going to the meeting with the mayor. See you sometime later Raguna, we need to go. Sayonara Raguna and Ivan." Micah said and Kyle said the last sentence as well.

"Guys mate!(AN: Not Mate like Mating, this is a Japanese word) Gomenasia…I didn't mean to yell at you guys. Can you forgive me?" Raguna asked.

"Of course Raguna, were not mad. We should be the ones apologizing, we were out of line after all. Ivan we're sorry for the way we acted." Kyle and Micah said.

"It's alright. You were only looking after Raguna after all, I appreciate that actually. I'm happy he has someone else that cares for him." Ivan replied with a smile and warm eyes. Raguna was surprised that Ivan had said that, but smiled after a while.

((Ivan really is a weird character…anyone else would've been really mad at them.)) Raguna thought, unaware he had uses the link.

((Raguna…are you okay?))

((Matt? Where have you been? It's been a while since I've heard from you.))

((Yeah, I'll explain later, okay?))

((Okay, if you say so)) Raguna thought back to Matt and went back to his friends and Ivan.

"Well we really gotta meet up with the mayor. See 'ya later alligators!" Kyle laughed and ran off, Micah followed not to long after, laughing as well.

"Wait…why was Micah wearing a vegetable?" Raguna mumbled to himself.

"They seem like good friends." Ivan suddenly commented.

"They are…believe me, they are" Raguna said, thinking about the past.

++++(Another Scene: Normal POV)

Raguna and Ivan were currently in Raguna's house after a walk around the village.

"Hey Raguna, it's probably not my place to ask, but, what did the symbol mean?" As soon as these words left Ivan's mouth, Raguna froze up.

"Of course, you don't have to answer that." Ivan finished, and waited for Raguna to decide.

*sigh* "I'll tell you…but, I won't tell you everything there is to know about it, or why I fear the organization behind that symbol." Raguna replied and Ivan agreed, some information was better than none at all. Matt was also paying attention to this explanation, even though Matt had the feeling that he already knew what it was.

++++(Same Scene: Ivan POV)

I heard Raguna agree to tell me some information about it, and sat down on the couch, it was comfy by the way, but that's not the most important thing right now, is it? I also feel like instead of two of us, there are three of us. I looked around and saw something, but it was gone as fast as it came, though I can still sense it here. Was it some sort of person? The silhouette sure seemed like that of a person.

I heard Raguna sigh as he took a seat I front of me and started to explain.

"Where do I start? *Thinks for some time* Alright, the symbol was a brown and white eagle, with a white lab coat on, eating a wooly with cat ears that was surrounded by snakes." Raguna described it. Raguna seemed to be a bit scared, but not as much as seeing it in front of him, like earlier today.

"I will tell you about the eagle and snakes first. The eagle is a predator and so is the snake. In this case the snakes are going to be the eagles' next meal, since they are prey for the eagle. The wooly being surrounded by snakes; means that it has been caught and has no escape, it just has to wait for its death. The lab coat on the eagle means that he predator is a scientist or something of that sort. The wooly having cat ears is a mixture between animals, which means experiments. They experiment on the prey and then throw it away like it left over food. The play with their prey, aka eating it, and then throw it away when they can't play with their prey anymore." Raguna finished his explanation. I sit there in silence, trying to wrap my head around it, and trying to figure out what this has to do with Raguna. He mentioned experiments, but Raguna seems completely normal to me.

Raguna already said he would only explain the symbol and not why he feared the ones behind it. Could they have done something to Raguna? He had mentioned that memory about people wanting him to use some sort of power…could they be from the same organization, or are they completely different people? I won't ask Raguna since I don't want to hurt him by asking or bring back any bad memories.

++++(Same Scene: Normal POV)

Raguna and Ivan had finished talking about the symbol and moved on to talk about more cheerful things.

"Wait really!?" Raguna asked

"Yeah, I always hated that teacher; she would yell at the students and give them a really hard time. She was apparently mad at me for something and I, being a good student of course, set up a little prank for her after school. It's the one that once someone opens up the door the bucket on top of it would fall. Since she's the teacher and has to enter before any of the students, it was the perfect plan. She was one of these people that loved to wear too much make-up so when she went in to the classroom and got a bucket of water and eggs thrown on her, the make-up was all over the place. She ran off crying and yelling, I quote, "This school is haunted and everyone in this whole franken school is against me. The ghost will kill us all." *Ivan quoted while copying the frantic hand movements of the teacher* end quote. The principal found out who did it later, but he actually congratulated me and gave me a medal for driving her away from the school. The other students had laughed their butts off for a whole month. Even until today, that story hasn't been lived down by the ones who saw it *laughs*."

"Wow, it almost seems like I was there, actually I think I was there…Oh well, it's still funny anyway. *laughs*" Raguna said. It was getting a bit late so Raguna offered Ivan the option to stay at his house and Ivan accepted it. Ivan went to sleep on the couch and Raguna on his bed, even though Raguna had practically begged Ivan to sleep on the bed instead. Raguna learned fast that Ivan could be pretty stubborn.

Raguna was currently sitting on the bed, thinking about things, when the hologram version of Matt appeared on the edge of his bed.

((Hey Matt.))

((Hello Raguna, are you feeling alright?))

((Yeah, I'm fine.))

((Raguna about the symbol…)) Matt trailed off, unsure of how to word his question.

((Matt, I don't want to talk about it.))

((It's not that. Earlier today when the monster attacked the two of you, I-I tried to get through to you but you wouldn't answer. So I tried to force your side of the link open so that I could get you to move away from the monster, but I was hit by a memory…a memory that involved a lot of needles, serums/potions, and machinery. I wasn't even aware that the link had the ability to do that! Raguna I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help! I couldn't handle the feeling coming off of the memory, so I backed off and let Ivan handle it. I'm sorry that I am so useless, Raguna.)) Matt lifted his legs to his chest, put his heads to his knees and started crying.

((You're not useless Matt! You've helped me several times, maybe not physically, but mentally. You've been there this whole time, and listen to me when I need someone to talk to. You're the best friend I could ever ask for Matt. I know you won't always be there since you have a life of your own in your world, but you take the time to talk to me and look after me. Your anything but useless Matt.)) Raguna thought to Matt, unknowingly having gone closer to Matt.

"You're not useless Matt. You're my support and I'm yours, don't hesitate to come to me if you ever need help, Matt." Raguna whispered, and laid a hand on Matt's shoulder for support. Matt smiled at him and wiped away his tears. Matt saw the time and said he had to go back to his world so that he could sleep.

((O-yasuma nasai, Raguna-san.))

"Goodnight to you as well, Matt-san." Raguna said his goodbye and went to sleep, not aware that he had been overheard.

/hmm…so I was right. There was someone else here; Raguna seems to know this person. Who exactly is this person? And what is that language the Raguna was speaking in, earlier today. Raguna seems to trust this person, so unless this person hurts Raguna, I don't see anything wrong with him being around./ Ivan thought and went to the dreamland of pranks.


Okay! That's a long chapter! I hope you guys liked this one. I have a few questions,

What do you think of Matt?

What do you think of the organization behind the symbol?

Is the humor good? I want to balance this story out after all.

Who guessed it was Micah and Kyle?

Now time for translations:

Sayonara(Not used to often in Japanese)=Good bye

Mate=Wait

Gomenasia=I'm sorry

O-yasuma nasai(Formal way)= Good night

The San at the ending is showing politeness, I used san because I still don't understand the difference between san, chan, and kun.

Also Ivan now knows about Matt. Is that good or bad? What do you think is going to happen?

Give me some humor ideas please! I need help with that, was the humor in this chapter good? And in the story over all?

How was the Matt and Raguna bonding? I figured since Ivan and Raguna had theirs, it was about time Matt and Raguna got one.

Disclaimer(It's late but you can't say I didn't put it in, lol): If I owned RF I would make one with all the RF Main Characters together. But that clearly ain't happening, is it?