"..."

"..."

The two friends kept silent, not knowing what to say to each other.

"Hey No-" Lily said until she saw a knife that flew in the air, stabbing Nomi's in the head.

"Dafuq?" Nomi muttered as he fell to the ground.

"A KNIFE JUST FELL FROM THE SKY!" Lily screamed in panic, she turned behind and saw Hotaru and Zack. "Hotaru, Zack, a knife came flying into Nomi's head!"

"Yeah, we know. Pretty awesome aim I had there, didn't I?" Hotaru said with pride, not knowing she actually hurt somebody.

"Like hell it was! You just stabbed a 800 over year old book for god sake!" Zack screeched pointing at Nomi who passed out on the ground.

"Don't worry, i'm alright..." Nomi got up as he took out the knife from his head and threw it to the ground.

"Nomi's still alive? Tch..." Hotaru said with a pissed off look on her face.

"You intended to kill me?" Nomi screeched.

"Well, I intended to stab you,"

"It's the same fucking thing! Stabbing is something that might cause you to die!"

"Wait a second! You said 'might' so my whole intention was not killing about you, Nomi,"

They kept on with their argument that Lily and Zack had to take extreme measures.

"Are you sure this won't make people think we're weird and suspicious?" Lily asked carrying Nomi on her shoulders.

"Don't worry, if anyone were to ask, just say they drank to much alcohol. Problem solved," Zack said, carrying Hotaru on his shoulders.

"Wait, aren't we suppose to be underage for drinking?" Lily asked.

"Oh, we're here," Zack smiled as they reached Lily's house. They entered and laid Nomi and Hotaru on the bed of Lily's room.

"Hey kids! How ya-" Randy came bursting through the door asking how they were doing until he saw Nomi and Hotaru, badly beaten up and unconscious.

"I can explain, dad!" Lily said.

"I think I hear your mom calling me!" Randy said closing the door as fast as he could in an instant.

"Told you we should say they drank too much, it's now your fault your dad misunderstood the situation," Zack accused.

"My dad would never fall for a reason like that!" Lily shouted at Zack, pouting her mouth then looking away. "Hey Zack, do you still have any ideas who is Chloe,"

"Not a clue," he answered.

"Every time Nomi mentions the name, I feel so sad and stressed. Is Chloe someone incredibly close to me?" the pink hair asked herself.

At that moment, Nomi and Hotaru started to regain consciousness. "Ugghh..." Nomi groaned.

"Oh! You guys are awake," Zack said in relief. "It's time to get back home Hotaru. I'm sure Sam is seriously worried about you,"

She nodded and followed Zack out of the room saying "Goodbye you guys,"

"Hey, why were we unconscious? I thought you and I were walking back home from the forest?" Nomi queried.

"Ummmm..." Lily gulped. "ANYWAYS! What happened when you were meditating? The moment I sat next to you, you screamed like you were about to get killed. Mind explaining to me?"

"Oh! Look at the time, I gotta get some sleep, Lily," the red hair said then transforming back into a book.

"Hey! Nom-nomicon!" she grabbed the Nomicon and shook it, calling him.

After a few minutes she gave up and went to bed, still annoyed that Nomi would not tell her what had happened when he was meditating. She jumped out of her bed, not able to sleep. She decided to call Haruka and ask her what was happening with Nomi and who was Chloe.

"Hmm? Haruka here,"

"Hey Haruka,"

"Why hello Li-chan, what made you call me?"

"It's about Nomi,"

"What about Nomi?

"He's been acting strange recently,"

"Oh my, is that so? What makes him act so strangely to you, Li-chan?"

"He screamed when he meditated, has been quiet lately, we haven't been doing any trainings at all for the past 3 months and kept talking about a person named Chloe,"

"I see...I am also not certain about somebody named Chloe..But before Nomi and I fought the sorcerer, we used to hang out with his siblings and train together. Kuroe was always the bright one in trainings,"

"Kuroe? Who the heck is that,"

"A close friend of Nomi's. She died while fighting the sorcerer, like me, but I was reincarnated. Now that you've mentioned it, Chloe sounds alot like Kuroe I must say,"

"Hey...You are absolutely right, Haruka!"

"Perhaps Chloe is a friend of ours and somehow a reincarnation of Kuroe! But...Chloe's name might just be a coincidence that it sound like Kuroe..."

"Awww..."

"Don't be sad, Li-chan, cheer up my friend!"

"You always know what to say Haruka,"

"Hehehe, I have a weird feeling,"

"Why is that so?"

"It feels like...Something evil is coming,"

"What now, the sorcerer was already enough to handle! What could it possibly be now?"

"I don't know..But stay alert at all times,"

Haruka then hung up the phone, not even saying goodbye to Lily. The girl sighed and looked up at the ceiling and asked herself immediately,

"What colour am I now.." she covered her mouth in an instant, surprised by what happened. She dived back into her bed and covered herself with her gigantic, fluffy blanket, forgetting what had happened a few seconds ago.