Author's Note: Because I didn't mention it in chapter one, I will mention it here. This is only a ROUGH DRAFT version of the story. I will constantly update (or randomly update) depending on when I update the original story on my computer. Also, this chapter is mainly about Yori's and Zea's meeting and friendship. I won't bother with any other part of the story in this chapter. Read the notes on Chapter 3 too .>


Yori looked up into the bright blue morning sky after he awakened. It was spring, and everything had an air of rebirth around it. Everything was fresh and alive after thawing from the winter. Most, if not all, plants were a vibrant green. The birds that had already come back from the south were singing, and everything was peaceful. Yori looked to his side, where Zea was sleeping, and began to remember when they first meet, on a morning similar to this…

Yori was three, and his parents were away from the house. His dad, a blacksmith, was in his shop trying to make an acceptable weapon. His mother, a wizard, was at the Yuno library, reading about potions and spells. Because his parents were gone, he wasn't allowed to go outside, and so he looked at the other children happily playing in a small field near his house, on the outskirts of Amatsu. Then, he noticed a child that stayed away from the others, in what looked to be fright. The child was wrapped in a small, torn blanket. When the child got closer, Yori tried to call it over. It did. Now, he could see into the blanket, and into the face of a demon girl. Yori, though, had no idea of this. "Why do you stay away from the other children?" He asked.

"Because I'm afraid they will hurt me, just like everyone else." She replied. After she said that, Yori noticed that she was staying away from the window.

Yori, saddened by this, said "I won't hurt you. Please come here, I want to give you something." She did as he said, though cautiously, and came closer to the window. Yori handed her an apple, and a necklace he had found while he was out in the fields with his parents during a trip to Prontera. He managed to get it before a padding Poring could grab it and bounce away. "Friends?" He asked. The demon girl started crying, though not for any reason Yori could think of. "Why are you crying? Please don't cry…" He said.

She managed to choke out a reply between sobs, "B-because, n-no one's ever been nice to be me before." After awhile, she managed to calm down, and introduced herself. "I don't know my name, but the first thing I remember was the person holding me saying 'Ugh, a Zealotus', and dropping me into the streets," She said.

"So, I guess your name is Zealotus. I'll call you Zea. I'm Yori. Nice to meet you," Yori replied. After a bit of talking through the window, Yori went and unlocked the door, and brought Zea inside. After that, they were mostly inseparable. Yori usually spent most of his time in his room anyway, and that was where he kept Zea hidden from his parents. When he became a novice and started his adventure, they both explored the fields and forests around their home, and had a good time full of good memories.


Endnote: Find out about Yori's right eye in the next chapter, when Yori is an acolyte and when he becomes a priest.