Me: I realized that I am grateful for your reviews, but almost no one reviews, except for the godofmadness43. I mean instead of reviewing when I don't update, it'd be a lot nicer if you reviewed when I do update. I also want to say in the previous chapter instead of saying "Thank Nao" It should've been "Thank Morrighan" Just saying.


'Who's that blond next to Noel? What's she doing with him?!" Yuki glared with hatred. Whatever she was feeling it made her feel like biting the girl. She scrunched her brow and the bridge of her nose was scrunching as well. Yuki quickly swooped down to Noel and fazed through the girl's torso. The girl let out a yelp. Noel's face lit up when he saw her. He sprang into action right away.

"Yuki! Yuki I'm sorry! Please don't leave me. I was wrong so please, please come back!" Noel pleaded as he saw her appear.

The message wasn't acknowledged though, Yuki's gaze held strong to the blond, her hateful gaze piercing right through her. She twitched uncomfortably and moved even closer to Noel, which made Yuki's hair start to float and clench her teeth. Noel noticed the heavy atmosphere and introduced them.

"Ah… Yuki this is Maryanne Susan. Mary this is my ego, Yuki."

"She's an ego alright." Mary said under her breathe. Yuki's eyebrow twitched. No one dared move. There was a long period of silence as the land began to dim and the moon came over the horizon. Feeling the chill set in, Noel ushered everyone to move along and get help for Jeff. Much to the delight of Dily, Jeff was being healed at the moment. Things were still very awkward since everyone got back together. Noel made small talk with Dily, if not Dily may have killed Jeff by now. In the corner Yuki was trying to stab Mary with her eyes. The tension between the two continued until Dily had finished healing Jeff, after Noel stopped her from strangling him for the fifth time. The girls got up quickly, eager to get away from each other. Noel proceeded to pay Dily.

"Dily… I'm no healer," he paused, thinking of a proper goodbye without insulting her, "I don't think almost killing the patient speeds up the healing process…"

"Doesn't hurt to try." She said, being her usual cheeky self.

All joking aside, Noel was very worried about how Mary and Yuki were interacting. The intense energy followed them all the way to the inn. Upon their entering Nora greeted them with big smiles.

"Noel, Strangers! How're your travels?" She opened her arms wide as if expecting a hug.

Noel lifted Jeff higher onto his back to answer her question. Nora smiled; use to weak travelers walking into the inn. There were offered two rooms upstairs. As they all walked up Nora heard a very loud jingle. She looked for where it was coming from. Maryanne's bag was making a loud jingle.

"Wow, she must be pretty rich to have so much gold with her…" She shrugged it off and continued her work.

As they entered the room Noel gratefully laid Jeff onto the bed and jumped on one himself. Maryanne stood by the door, idly looking around. The awkward silence crept back into the room and lingered far too long.

"Well I guess you should go to sleep too, Maryanne." Noel gestured to the neighboring room, uncomfortably.

She took a few steps closer to Noel and with a small, seductive smile said "You can just call me Mary, like a wedding." Noel's face flushed and he quickly moved away. Yuki scoffed in disgust.

"Or you can call her Ary, like her brain."

Distress was evident in Noel's face as he was scared of what would happen. Electricity was sparking between the girl's eyes. The war was just starting.

"Mary, why don't you go to bed now? I'm sure you're very tired. We all are, right Yuki?"

"Well then I want Yuki to stay in my room too. Goddess knows what she'd do to you." Maryanne folded her arms as if stating that Yuki could actually do something.

Both Yuki and Noel shrugged in confusion, one being, Noel wasn't sure how Yuki could do anything and Yuki didn't even know what she was being accused of possibly doing. In the end Yuki ended up staying with Noel anyways and Mary got her separate room with a bit of a huff. Noel lay down, glad he could finally rest.

"You sit down too." He patted the spot right next to him. "It's been one wild day, huh?"

"Tell me about it. What're doing all this for anyways?" Yuki descended next to him.

"All this?"

"You know, letting Jeff be with you as well as Maryanne."

"Hmm…" He crossed his arms under his head as he relaxed. "I'm not sure, but I think I'm doing it for me; to grow maybe?"

"Grow… eirys grow, right?" her gaze looked far off.

"Well of course! We just have to feed you a lot of items. There might be another way… You know what, Yuki? Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but one day I will do something for you so you can grow too."

Unsure of what to say, Yuki dumbly nodded. Accepting the quiet nod as a thank you, Noel prepared for bed: gold pouch on the nightstand next to him as always, and mace to his left. Without a word the lights were shut and sleep settled in for Noel. Sleeping still wasn't a necessity for Yuki and she stayed up and watched Noel for awhile. Then she started to think.

"Another way to grow with Noel…" She felt a little bubbly inside and smiled. Whatever the smile meant was still a mystery but it felt so natural to do it. "Well I guess that means I should thank you, Master."

And with that she gave Noel a kiss on his forehead.

The night was at its peak, the red moon fully up with the large baby blue moon alongside it. The only one awake was Yuki, but she made no sound. She sat at the balcony fearing she might wake the others… well Noel at least… A silence that she hadn't felt ever since she first became Noel's eiry was very comforting. All was well as Yuki took in a deep breath. Her chest moved as air flowed in, but the cool air couldn't be felt. Nevertheless she was very content. Her serenity was soon broken as she heard a very light tapping. Quickly darting back into her mace to hide, Yuki waited till the tapping stopped. If Maryanne saw her awake and they sparked up the flames again, Noel would get mad and Yuki would lose all her contentment. However, the footsteps were very brief, a quick in and out. Noel groaned briefly and relaxed again.

"That was strange… It doesn't really matter I guess… The quicker she's out the better! I could've sworn I heard a jingle. It was probably nothing. "

The rest of the night continued without any other disturbances, but Yuki chose to stay in the mace for the rest of the night. Morning came with strong rays flooding the room. Everyone was still asleep until a knocking on the door was heard.

"Get up you sleepy bums; it's breakfast time!" Nora continued on her merciless banging.

"Good morning to you too." Noel groggily said as he rubbed his eyes. "Morning, Yuki." Giving his usual morning greeting to her as well.

"Mornin'!" She gave him a bright smile as she came out of her mace. "Have you seen Maryanne Susan?"

"No I can't say I have, why?"

"Just wondering, that's all." Yuki was slightly concerned about the tapping she heard last night.

After getting themselves set for the day they tried to wake up Jeff. Noel kept shaking him as Yuki screamed in his ear. The only responses they got were swinging fists almost hitting Noel. They gave up and decided to go down for breakfast. Nora was already sitting down and eating with her uncle, PIras. The table filled with bread, eggs and slices of meat. It all smelled very inviting. Noel pulled up a chair for him and Yuki to sit in.

"Morning boy, eiry." Piras gave a small nod.

"Her name's Yuki."

"It's Noel."

They both answered at the same time. Nora laughed a little and noticed something strange.

"Hey Noel, why is Yuki sitting? I mean there's no point right?"

"I suppose you're right, but she should have the right to sit at the table."

"And why is that?" Piras almost snapped.

"… She should because she has feelings… Sir…"

"Oh come on Noel, don't be scared of my uncle. He's a nice guy."

"That's ridiculous! Eirys don't have feelings! They're just weapons." He spoke with an edge, like he was explaining something to a little boy.

"Now hold on-!" Noel jumped up.

"Hey guys, and not guys." Jeff stumbled down stairs looking drunk.

"Morning and I believe they're called ladies." Yuki glared at him.

Jeff ignored her and sat down across from Noel and began to wolf down his food.

"So… Noel, are you pay for breakfast today?" Nora tried to break the tension forming.

"Yea… I'll pay. Let me go get my pouch…" His gaze holding strong to the sharp one Piras was sending. He slowly made his way up the stairs, careful to not break eye contact. Once out of his sight, Noel quietly shut the door and flopped onto the bed. Yuki flew through the door and sat next to him. He laid his forearm against his head and tightly shut his eyes.

'It made no sense how people how could be like this. Eirys fight with their partners and their partners teach them and keep them fed. Why is there a feeling of supremacy? Shouldn't everyone get along?' The thoughts kept repeating in his head.

The frustration radiating from his was strong. Yuki watched helplessly, reaching to try to comfort him. Her hand fazed right through his. She slowly withdrew her hand and stared at it.

"Yuki… Are there other people who treat Eirys like that, like objects?"

"Yes. While resting in Bangor my friends were adopted by humans. Some never came back, and those who did; did not have a good story to tell. Their owners had abandoned them, some say that their partners neglected them and made them fight even when they were starving…"

Such cruel things being done to egos seemed inhumane. Something had to be done to show that Eirys are human, they can be! Now wasn't the time to be dealing with that though. There was already one tyrant downstairs. Noel reached for his pouch. His hand landed on nothing but the stand. Noel jumped up and searched all around the room.

"Yuki, have you seen my pouch?"

She shook her head and helped him look. Then something hit her, hard.

"Maryanne…!"

"What?"

"Maryanne!" Yuki's eyes narrowed. Everything was so obvious now, and she let it happen right under her nose! Without a word she sped through and out of the Inn.

Noel stared at the wall that Yuki just left through in confusion.

'Yuki? Never mind the gold pouch!' He abandoned his search for the pouch and ran to find where she'd run off to. He scrambled downstairs and shot out the door.

"Hey where are you going? What about the bill?" Jeff shouted after him with a mouth full of food.

"No time, I have to find Yuki first!"

"That boy is way too clingy…" Swallowing his food he looked to a smiling Nora and Piras with his arms crossed. "Oh give the kid a break, Piras. He's lonely and that's his only friend. Noel just doesn't think like us, so don't let it bother you."

"You pay the bill then." Piras said coldly and left the room.

Jeff's face froze and his head slammed to the table.

"A-are you ok…?" Nora cautiously put a hand on Jeff's shoulder.

"D-d-d-", he stuttered.

"What?"

"DAMN IT, NOEL WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU GONE!" Jeff jumped up, "See ya, Nora. I gotta find Noel!" he yelled as he sped out the door.

Nora sighed as she played with a fork, "That's got to be the worst excuse to not pay the bill…"

Searching from the sky, Yuki dove and weaved between the buildings. Obviously Maryanne took Noel's pouch. What other reason was there to get close to him? She'd been so blind! While punching herself in the mind she noticed a familiar Cores' knit cap by Ferghus. Yuki swooped down and started screaming.

"I know what you did! How dare you do that to Noel! If I could I would strangle you!" Yuki frenzied, flapping her hands in emphasis.

Ferghus had already run to the back of his shop in fear, leaving only Maryanne. With both hands on her hips and dark eyes she spoke.

"I don't know how you figured it out, but you're not going to say a thing about this."

"How do you even plan on hurting me?" With a smirk, Yuki crossed her arms.

"Watch me…" Maryanne pulled out a yellow glowing bow and drew the loaded weapon.

"What the-? Is that an ego?"

Behind Maryanne was a male bow eiry striking the same pose as her only without a bow in hand, both looking ready to fire. They released. The arrow whizzed by Yuki but didn't even touch her.

"Ha! Nice try but your petty arrow can't hurt me."

A fraction of a second later Yuki's two piece dress' corners were shredded. Frantic, she looked around for the cause. Behind her was a boy on the floor.

"Noel!" she rushed to his side.

"I'm fine, but the arrow hit the mace square on though… I'm sorry…" He looked down in shame.

Yuki charged at the opposing ego with determination. He jumped back surprised but was tackled by her. Their hands were locked together fighting for domination. As they struggled, Mary's bow shook as well.

"She's not fighting alone!" Noel charged at her with his mace right behind him, shaking just as much. "I trusted you! You stabbed me in the back… just… like… everyone else!" He yelled between swings.

Maryanne dodged all of the swings easily. The only real problem was that her bow wasn't usable at the moment. As Noel continued to push back Mary, Yuki was pushing back the other eiry.

"It's not personnel," Yuki tried to sympathize, "your master must've forced you to do this."

The eiry scoffed. "No one forced me to do anything. I am fed, homed, and loved. I love my master and we work together!"

"Ok now its personnel." She pushed him further back.

Off in the distance Jeff could see two people. One looked like she was dancing and the other seemed like he was having a spasm. He ran across the bridge and found Ferghus hiding in the corner of his shop.

"Dude, what's going on and why are you in the corner?"

"I don't' want to die in that fight!" Ferghus pointed to the cloud of dirt that was forming from the brawl.

Jeff turned around to see that it was Maryanne and Noel who were fighting. He ran toward them to find out what was going on. The land had small craters from the velocity of Noel's swings.

'Dang, he must be pretty mad!' He jumped into the middle of the two, not aware of the reason why they were fighting. "Noel, man, you've gotta relax! I've never seen you so worked up."

He turned to his left to see Maryanne snickering. Yuki turned to see what was so funny. The male ego swiftly flew to his master while she was distracted.

"It looks like the serum is finally kicking in." The ego's face had a wicked smile.

"Serum? What are you talking about? Didn't you steal Noel's money?" Yuki stood up straight and cocked her head in confusion.

The two looked back with blank and just as confused stares. Then the ego slapped his hands over his mouth.

"Lamb you idiot! You just told them!"

"M-master I didn't mean to! I thought they- and-!"

Off to the side hysterical laughter broke out, "Oh jeeze! Your name is Lamb! You're Mary's Lamb! Oh this is too funny."

Suddenly Noel jumped at Maryanne, preparing to strike again. Jeff intervened and held him back but he kept struggling to break free. Yuki rushed to his side and tried to calm him.

"Noel it's okay, what's wrong?" She moved around him trying to draw his attention. However he continued to rage at Maryanne in fury occasionally shouting in anger.

Maryanne turned her shoulder to them, "I think it's about time we left Lamb. You've ruined enough." He avoided her gaze. They walked away and before them a dark portal opened. Everyone gasped in shock, everyone but Noel who was still in frenzy. Before they could step through it, someone stepped out.

"Cichol!" They all went wide eyed.

Lamb and Mary both bowed immediately while Yuki and Jeff tensed.

"I can see that things are not going well," he began slowly, "so I shall inform you of something. First we must remove the distractions. Maryanne Susan, Lamb you are excused." His hooded head looked down at them.

They immediately went into the portal. As soon as they were out of sight Jeff could feel Noel calm down.

"As you can see your companion has ended his blind fury. This is due to the fact that the threat has been removed. I have taken Maryanne Susan under my wing so that she may assist me with such tasks. You see Noel; I merely wish to liberate you from your trapped state. Neither a formor nor a human."

With a shaky breath Noel spoke, "What do you mean not human, you must be joking." Taking it almost as a joke he couldn't help but give a weak smile.

"This is no joke, you're not even a *Milletian."

"If Noel's not a human then what can he possibly be?" Yuki wasn't so afraid of the god the formors, he doesn't even look like he can put up a fight.

"Half-formor."

Jeff backed away from him immediately. "This has got to be some kind of joke. Noel how can you not be a Milletian? Didn't Nao bring you here, don't you rebirth, don't you age every Samhain?!" They sounded more like demands then questions.

"No… I've never been reborn. I-I've always been like this."

"Damn, no wonder you're so weak! But this is impossible, Nao would never bring a half-formor to Erinn, she would never!"

"Why do you think humans detest you? It is in their nature to exile anyone different, but with my help you can be accept into another group. With my help you will be a full fledge formor. Being a formor you are more in touch with your spiritual side, that's why you and your eiry have such a strong bond. Imagine if the two of you could active your spirit awakening! What power you could unleash! This war could end without any problems, no more pointless deaths!"

"Like hell I would let that happen! I am a proud Milletian and warrior of Erinn!" Jeff stood proud and strong in front of Cichol.

"Silence!" Cichol's voice boomed venomously through the area. He opened his palm which shot out a small concentrated amount of mana and knocked Jeff back into Ferghus' shop. He was unconscious. Yuki swooped behind Noel, now she was scared.

"Look at how you two rely on each other. If you allow the serum to do it's job, the two of you will become closer, stronger, and invincible."

Noel's entire body was tense, everything was too surreal. This couldn't be happening, it might explain a lot of things, but that's ridiculous. Whatever this god rambled about he wasn't about to let Yuki be used as a tool of war. "What did you even inject to me…"

"To become a formor you must interact with more. To tap into your formor side I made a solution of unholy water, and two blood herbs as well as fine fabric that I turned into dust. These ingredients are the exact opposite of an Anti-formor robe. That solution will make you more formor like as well as draw formors to you.

"You sick monster!" Yuki screamed from behind Noel.

"If we work together your life and the lives of others will be much better. I'll even show you with something I'd like to call a gift." Cichol lifted both of his arms in front of him. Both flinched as he slowly opened his palms and approached them. Cichol's palms found their way to Noel's mace, which he tried to block but was deflected. His hands shone a misty blue light as well as the mace, then so did Yuki. He stepped back and let out a breath of air.

"I have given her the miracle of touch. Please take this offering and consider it the start of what you can create." He left in his own black portal and left two dumb founded people and one unconscious boy.

"What did he mean by – oof!" Noel was tackled by something, but there was no one here but Yuki. "Yuki… did you just push me?"

She had the biggest smile as she looked at Noel under her. "You feel squishy!" She laughed and rolled in the grass and ran to the sheep. Spinning in the field and laughing like a bubbly school girl, despite what happened Noel couldn't help but feel happy for her. She flew behind him.

"I'm not sure what happened, but I'm glad you're happy Yuki. How's everything feel to you?"

She wrapped both her arms around his neck and rested her head on his. "They feel great Noel…"


Back in the land of the formors Maryanne Susan and Lamb waited for their master to return. Once his figured appeared they both rushed to him.

"Master why did you tell them the entire plan? Why not just let the potion take complete control?" Mary inquired.

"Simple, we do not have much time left. The war is upon us and we need our weapon ready and at its fullest. With this the base has been broken down, the rest will follow suit.


*Milletian: For those of you who don't know a Milletian is basically what we are, players. People who rebirth with a different age, appearance, and sex. Their lifestyle and world is practically a whoe different dimension from the people actually living in Erinn. This is true and I'm not making this up. You can look it up on

Me: I finally have a story line. During a car ride (I use all the free time I have thinking of ways to end a writers block) an idea hit me then it all came flowing in after that. I hope you still like it though. It really has been a long time since I've updated, but please feel reassured that I haven't given up on fanfiction!