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Me: Thanks to reviewers… Because I just found out "Review corners" are outlawed. -sweatdrops- BUT… Since my STUPID EVIL COMPUTER WON'T LET ME REPLY TO THE PRECIOUS REVIEWER NAMED KITAKU…

I shall say this: KITAKU, YOU ROCK!

-notices reviewers start glaring at her-

…Um… I'm TERRIBLY sorry for the long time it took me to update…?

-;-

I glance up. Crud, it's Sheena… in all her not-wearing-enough clothes glory. I wave blandly in the background, and as she jumps down from god knows where, she sweatdrops and nearly falls. I wonder if she gets that thing in her ankles. Like, when you jump, it feels like someone smashed a hammer on them? Maybe… I'll have to ask her that some time.

Didn't Lloyd jump about 400 meters off a cliff once? Man, what is it with these people and jumping off stuff! If I did that, my ankles would be swollen for a week… Well, I'm off topic again. Back to current subject- crazy ninja lady.

"Is the Chosen of Mana among you?" she asks. She's obviously not as brave as the façade she's putting on… So I'll shut up now. Well, maybe I won't. I look at her clothes. This blandly reminds me of something from earlier- I was watching Ninjas of the Night by Sifl and Ollie once and one of the things they said was 'For example, in the confusion of a smoke bomb, I could remove your bra and you wouldn't even notice.'

Nifty, eh? Heehee. I jump roof to roof… and get my friends free cable! It's BAD ASS. ANYway, getting away from the subject of idiot ninjas, Colette decides to answer.

"Yeah, that's me!" says Colette. She's way too innocent. I swear, if a murderer came to their house, she'd probably invite him in and serve him tea and crumpets or something. GAWD.

"Prepare to die!" then, Colette trips. You know, they call her the Clumsy Assassin when you fight Sheena, but I think Colette'd probably give her a pretty good run for the money on the klutz part.

"Uh-oh." says everyone minus Kratos, who's being a munch. Well, and me, because I only start laughing. Kratos thinks I'm crazy again. Who wouldn't?

Sheena falls down the hole. Bye, bye, miss Ninja!

"Oh no, I did it again…"

"…Smooth…" I state, almost breaking out in laughter.

"I do feel sort of bad for her. I mean, she's got BAD luck, standing on top of a trap door and all."

"It's not a trap," I say, "It's a hidden maintenance passage for the mountain path." Raine looks as if I'm crazy- and she's RIGHT, for once.

"Even assuming her weight to be 42 kg, and this hole to be 8 meters deep, calculating the gravity constant at 9.8, it shouldn't have been fatal." I zone out as Genis starts droning.

"Sooo… She's alive, right?" I ask, lamely, after he finishes.

"Gravity… Constant?" asks Lloyd, as equally as lamely as me. Yay, he's probably as stupid as me too. We can be special friends. 'Special Friends'. Even saying that makes me feel shivery. Because in like, 2nd grade this weird guy came up to me saying we could be 'special friends'. It gives me the jibbles.

"Probably."

On the mountain path, we meet a few hundred of those giant brown bear-resembling things, Hares and those annoying humanoid plant women things.

I found out a cool new move- Heaven's Reaper! It's like Judgment, except they're more blades than beams, and each one is blood red.

I killed a hare and a bear today. (That RHYMES! Good for me.) Though a couple of giant wasps nearly K.O.ed me. Stupid flying insects. You know, if my friend, Jonah, were here, he would spend a few hundred hours lecturing me ('They're not INSECTS! NO, wait, they are, but I must give you a long speech on the difference between arachnids, bugs and insects.)

I have a new hobby. Singing this…

"I shall use…

My Chinese star…

To pick the locks…

And steal your car!" I do this whenever I do the last hit in a battle. My phrases so far are 'Eat my shorts', 'I am the champion, my friend', 'Evil shall prevail! No wait, we're good, right?' and, when in combo with Kratos, 'I'm better than you, mister Purple!' as Kratos replies, 'In stupidity, yes,'. Damn him.

As we continue by the mountain path (on which, may I add, I got a new robe-type-thing) I yawn and sit on a stump. Hey… The stump of the Linkite tree!

"Hey, everyone, c'mere!" I yell, catching my teammate's attention. They wander over (Kratos and Raine look unwilling.)

I pick up a Linkite nut.

"What?" asks Kratos impatiently. He is being rude as usual.

"See this? If you make it into a flute, and play it, the Summon Spirit of Light will come," I wave it absentmindedly. Lloyd snatches it.

"Okay then!" Kratos now glares at me with a 'Don't give out information like that' look in his eyes. I shrug. Well, I pretty much ruined the whole 'HOWTHEHECKDIDASKAGETSUMMONEDBYLITTLEMISTERMITHOS' bit.

Now this gets me to thinking. As we're resting here… Who will I become an ally to? Cruxis or Lloyd? I choose Lloyd, but I don't want to betray Yggdrasill, either. It's an odd thought. I help the renegades, right? So, basically…

Anyway. I'm pretty much still a teenager, because I've stopped aging. About Mithos liking me, why'd that be? According to my memory, I was the only little kid except for Mithos.

That works itself out, but wouldn't Mithos be too busy mourning his sister's death then to love someone? Well, when I'm sad, I go to my friends for comfort, so…

I'm sorry, Lord Yggdrasill. I'm gonna betray you.

I blink as Raine pats my shoulder. On the trail after we get going more, we talk.

"Amy?"

"Yeah?"

"You're about 20, right?"

"Hai…"

"I know this sounds childish, but… Would you assist me in studying? You seem smart in the area of summon spirits and the angelic language," she asks, absentmindedly. I nod, smiling, though… Smart? COUGHHACKnoCOUGH.

"I'd love to! I'll also help you teach the kidlings!"

Raine looks kind of blank.

"What?"

"I'll help you teach Lloyd and Genis!" She smiles, nodding.

"You know, Amy…"

"Yeah, Raine?"

"You look about 18, to be frank." Raine laughs. Whoa, that was odd! I think I have a new best friend until Sheena appears!

"Arigato." I say. Raine practically has a question mark floating over her head.

"What's that mean?" she asks. I smile.

"Thank You." Raine smiles. I have a new song to sing now.

"DOMO ARIGATO MISTER ROBOTO!" I shout in Kratos' ear. He flinches and nearly punches me.

I smile and evade said punch.

"Stop doing that, Amethyst." he commands. I grunt and cross my arms. I go over to Lloyd.

"Hey, Lloyd."

"Yeah?" he asks.

"You know that woman?"

"Yeah…" he says, looking confused.

"She was a ninja!"

"What's a ninja?" he asks.

"A trained stealth fighter. For example… Listen well."

Lloyd looks at me like I'm crazy again, but nods.

"Go on."

"With the precision of a cobra, ninjas kill and leave no trail… We… know ancient stuff, and we have fun ----ing stuff up! I leap roof to roof and get my friends… free cable! I use my Chinese star… to pick the locks, and steal your car!" I sing, annoying our favorite mercenary.
As we get near the end, the giant door swings down and out pops Sheena.

"Wow, she caught up with us!" says Lloyd.

"Prepare to die!" she yells, panting, and lunging forward.

"Get ready!" I respond.

…And, of course, I get my ass whooped, but Kratos saves said ass. I shall resolve to not poke him as much from now on.

Sheena disappears in a ninja-poof, and everyone's like 'WTF, MATES!' and stuff… Anyhoo… I know the bit with Raine was awkward...

Guh.

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Short, I know, but R&R.