Emil and Marta woke the next morning. They awoke at the sometime today different from yesterday. Marta was wondering what was going on with Emil almost as much as she was wondering why they were being called to Mizhuo. Marta felt a strange presence from Emil ever since last night when he was stricken with that serve pain. She thought it could have been Ratatosk but she knew that was impossible. Then again, if it seemed impossible for Emil to have returned, why would it be impossible for Ratatosk to have come back too? She stopped thinking about it and looked over at Emil. He seemed to be in a daze. Must have been from just waking up he did seem a bit tired the night before.
"Emil, are you tired?"
"Hmmm? Yeah Marta, I'm. We don't have more time to sleep though; we need to leave for Mizhuo. Regal and the others may be waiting for us already."
"Al..Alright then."
Marta leans over towards Emil, embraces him, and gives him a long passionate kiss which he returns. They remain together like a burning ball of heat energy made of love for several minutes, before Emil breaks the embrace and grabs the things they have packed.
"Emil, Promise to never leave me again."
"Marta, I will never leave you again. I hurt you, and myself far too much when I did. I'm here to stay, with you, forever."
"Ohhh, Emil. Hehehe"
"Come on, let's get going."
Emil grabs Marta by the hips and flings her into the air and then onto his shoulders. Marta seemed to like piggy back rides, and despite her fear of hits she seemed fine with it, because it was her Emil. Emil with Marta still on his shoulders headed for the elevator to the lobby floor of the Hotel. They said their goodbyes to the staff there, checked out, and headed to the other end of the city to get to Regal's HQ. They arrived at the HQ shortly after twelve o clock in the afternoon. Strangely the staff at Regal's Company was already waiting for them, as if they knew they were coming. Then again they were talking about one of the largest companies in the world.
"Right this way, Lady Marta, Lord Emil. We have made preparations for you too head for Mizhuo using one of our company's custom Rharids."
"Thank you. We are ready to leave for Mizhuo now."
"Very well, both of you please come with me".
The employee walked them up to the sky terrace. A beautiful rooftop of the building that seemed to be so closes the heavens, where Martel is believed to be by the church of course. Emil and Marta looked up a the huge hunk of metal that was a Rhaird. They had used one towards the end of their journey after Llyod joined them. Marta always seemed scared of them, and was always questioning how such a large hunk of metal could be kept in the air. Nevertheless they used them before, and yet again they were going to use them, to travel to Mizhuo. The employee walked them over to the machine, and prepared it for departure to Mizhuo. Marta and Emil got aboard, and rose into the sky, and toke off for Mizhuo.
"Hey Marta."
"Yes, Emil?"
"Do..Do you remember where exactly Mizhuo is?"
"Of course Emil...You don't?"
"No. Ever since I got back from that place..."
"No! Don't worry about it Emil. You're my knight, the prince of my dreams, you're, and you're my Emil. I don't care if you've lost some of your memory, you remember me, right?"
"Yeah...""Then it doesn't matter. All I care about is being with you. Hehehehe."
Marta walked over to Emil and held him into a warm and loving embrace. She never wanted to let go, ever. She was so glad to have her Emil back, someone she loved, and thought she'd never see again. It had only been a couple days since he came back too her, and she didn't want too loose him to some crazed adventure they may be invited too join in on. Marta did not want to join any adventure right now. She just got her Emil back, and didn't want to loose him to some stupid adventure. Besides, the door to the demonic realm is shut, and the cores are there too. What else could be so dangerous and scary that they needed to meet in Mizhuo? Marta stopped thinking about everything, and removed herself from the embrace, that had turned more into cuddling as they hovered just outside of Mizhuo's gates. They landed the machine in front of Milhous, got off the machine, and proceeded into the village.
"Marta you're--"
"Is tha...Is that Emil!!??"
"Yes, Sheena, it is Emil. I know it is hard to believe, but he came back to us just a couple days ago. I'm so happy."
"Well, that is quite something, Marta. Welcome back to the world, Emil."
"Thank you for welcoming me back, Sheena. I have missed you, and the others. I thought I would never come back"
"If I may ask. How did you come back, anyway?"
"It's a long story. I'd rather not talk about it."
"Alright well, please follow me into our elder's house."
Marta, Emil, and Sheena walked along the dirt path of the Mizhuo village path to the village's elder. They proceeded inside of the elder's humble abode. The elder seemed not too be inside of house. Sheena explained that he had gone along with some of the Mizhuo scouts to Flanoir. She explained they had run out of certain supplies, and could only get them in Flanoir at the time. They had also heard that their might be a strange jewel at the accessory store in Flanoir. Sheena explained also that they were worried this jewel could be an Exsphere, or somehow, one of the cores. It seemed impossible, but with Emil's return, nothing seemed impossible, just un-likely. After Sheena explained everything to Emil and Marta she told them they should go to Flanoir, to the store, and see what exactly this jewel really is, and too check on their elder and scouts. Emil and Marta said their goodbyes to Sheena, and proceeded to walk to their Rharid. They boarded the machine, and begun to head for Flanoir.
"Marta, what do you think this jewel is?"
"I don't know, Emil. I doubt it's one of the cores though! They're all at the door, right?"
"Yeah. They were when I--"
"Emil, what's wrong? I can tell that something is bothering you. It's been this way for awhile."
"Marta, I'm fine. I was just going to say that they were their when I left to come back."
"Emil, I feel like you're keeping secrets from me...Did you tell Regal how you came back? If so, why not me!"
"Marta, if you really want too know, I'll tell you tonight in Flanior, I trust you more then anyone else. I love you, Marta."
"Ohh Emil. I love you too! Hehehehe."
Emil and Marta arrived in Flanoir a short time after leaving Mizhuo. It was quite cold up in the snowy parts of the world. The cold air was violent, and bothered Marta much more then Emil. They proceeded to get off the machine, and Emil held Marta close. She seemed to be so cold, that he could not just leave her to freeze. He still felt like her knight, but he was also her knight, her Emil. They walked cuddled up together to the Flanoir Inn. They decided to take refuge in the inn tonight, and move out tomorrow, when the wind was not so cold and violent. They paid for their room, and walked upstairs with their hand entwined with each others. They were tired, and feel asleep almost as soon as they had walked into the room. They dropped their bags by the door, removed their night clothing, and walked to the bed. They both crawled into the bed together, looked at each other. They said they loved each other, and then feel asleep. Everything seemed too nice in Flanoir. They slept cuddled together, in love.
Emil and Marta were no the only ones sleeping at the Flanoir Inn. It would seem that Lloyd and Colette become closer to each other after Emil locked himself and Richter away with Ratatosk. They like Emil and Marta had become a couple. They were two rooms down from Emil and Marta, and were cuddled together in their bed. Llyod woke up after hearing what he thought was Emil's voice. He rose from the bed, waking Colette.
"Llyod, what is it?"
"Colette, maybe I was dreaming, but I swear I heard Emil's voice..."
"What!? That's impossible, you must have been dreaming..."
"I know, but I still want to check it out."
"It's early in the morning though. We should wait."
"Alright, but I won't be getting back to sleep, so let's eat now."
Llyod and Colette got out off the bed and walked into the small kitchen. This kitchen was much less impressive then the ones in the Altamira hotel. Though it did its job. Llyod must have learned how to cook while traveling on his own or after he joined Emil and the others. Llyod made some very delicious looking rice balls and sat down at the table with Colette. They ate the food, and then got dressed. Llyod could not wait any longer, and decided he would go see if it really was Emil he heard from the other room. He walked down the hall and knocked on the door even though it was still early. The noise woke Emil and Marta up abruptly. They were both quite angry, and thought it must be room service intended for another room. Both of them got up and walked to the door, and opening it to their surprise there was Llyod.
"Llyod!?"
"Emil!?"
"So it was you I heard earlier! Wa-Wait! Is that Marta! Marta and you!?"
"Ye-yeah Llyod. The first person I went to see was Marta after I came back. We..."
"Yeah, I get it man! You finally manned up! Ahahaha."
"N-No it's nothing like th--"
"It's Alright Emil, I get it. Colette and I hooked up as well."
"Really!?"
"Yeah. Why don't you and Marta comes back to our room, and we can catch up."
"Umm, sure. Is that alright with you, Marta?"
"I don't see a problem with it. Let's go."
Llyod, Emil, and Marta all headed back to Llyod's room. They sat down and caught up with each other, exchanged stories, and just had an awesome time. Before they knew it was dawn and Marta remembered that they had to visit the accessory shop to ask about that jewel they apparently have.
"Oh, Llyod, Colette, I'm sorry but Emil and I have some business we need to attend too. We need to get to the accessory shop. They've gotten a strange jewel of some sort that we are supposed to investigate."
"Oh, well, why don't we come with you? Just like old times. Ahahahaha."
"Hmm, I don't see a problem with that. How about you, Emil?"
"I don't see why not. They're our friends after all. Let's go."
They all rose from their seats, and each couple's hands become entwined with that of their partners, and they begun to leave the Inn. They walked down together and paid what they owed for their stay. They headed out the door and down the road towards the accessory store. They were not sure what kin of jewel they would be faced with, but they knew they could not return to Mizhuo without it or at least some information regarding it. As they walked into the store they all felt a dark ominous cloud hanging overhead.