Blazing: I'm so sorry that it took us so long to update but it's hard when you don't even see each other anymore and you're going to a new school and stuff.

Midnight: Indeed. We just started high school this year - 2014, year 7 because we live in Australia. But I must apologise for us not updating in an entire month. Also, we call xXxBlazing HeartxXx Blazing now instead of BH because other authors call her this so we're doing it too.

Blazing: Ya and I'm becoming more of a loner every day… *sigh* I'm going to become the most kuudere person in my school… Oh wait, I probably am already.

Midnight: We actually finished up to before the torture part but then we stopped and just continued on the 18th or 19th of February or something.

Blazing: Ya and she wanted to write more than this… How many words is this?

Midnight: I'm guessing around 3,500 words.

Blazing: What?! But it's about 10 pages!

Midnight: On google docs that is.

Blazing: But still! That's so much hard work!

Midnight: I couldn't care less. Let's just end this boring author's note so that our viewers could read our fanfiction. *sigh* I've been sighing too many times… Please read and review… We enjoy writing this a lot so please enjoy our hard work!...

Yuki's POV, The Infirmary, Morning

I was sitting on the bed that El was lying on when the ground suddenly shook and the roof caved in, and all exits were blocked leaving the room being close to pitch black. And then I was trapped in here, alone, with El. Thanks to Sayomi and I playing our games at night with no lights on, my eyes adjusted to the darkness rather quickly.

"Hey Riku! Are you okay?!" I heard Sayomi's voice ring out over the buzzing of a large crowd standing on the other side of the rocks had collapsed. Why did she called me Riku? Did she lie about our names or something? I quickly replied to her that I was okay and she said that it was a relief, although she is in acting mode so I don't really know what's going in her head right now.

"Well is Elyos okay too? And a tip Riku, in your magic book there should be a healing spell. Go to page 74 and check it out! It might be helpful!" … Come to think of it, there were a few healing spells and they looked a bit tricky to cast although I don't really care, it's ONLY A BIT tricky..

And so, El is called Elyos… Wasn't that a place from Grand Chase? But hey... Why couldn't she have told me about the healing spells earlier or couldn't I had at least have remembered about this so that I could have healed El and then I wouldn't have needed to carry him?... And again! How did she know about the spell in the book?! I need an explanation straight from her lips…

"Also, just cast it, don't worry about anything else! In your pocket should be an item that boosts your magic skill and power. I kinda… Umm… Picked it up from somewhere!" Sayomi. So. Took. It. From. Somewhere. Or Someone… Sneaky girl… She always did took my strawberry and ate it from my plate… So mean… And she does that only 'cause she knows that strawberries are my favourites!... But why didn't she act like she didn't do anything in this case?

I heard some mumbling from the other side as I then ran towards the mound of rocks and soil. I couldn't make out the exact words but I think it was the leader guy saying that it might be a bit tough to get us out. Sayomi could get us out easily but first, she's in acting mode, meaning that she won't do it and second, she most likely doesn't care and is having fun right now…

Soon everybody left and the commotion died down as I then heard Sayomi tell the leader to hold the rescue for later since everybody should get the equipment for getting us out but the leader seemed to have lost the keys to the room that held all the tools… And it seems he lost it just a bit before… I can tell she took it.

I shuddered as I heard a voice in my head, "Yuki, have fun with El now~" THE HELL WAS THAT! I don't like ghosts….. But really, who cares at the moment. I need to heal El.

I began to open the book I kept with me all this time. I flipped to the page Sayomi recommended to me and started to re-read it. 'Ah! Here it is!'

The First Blessing

This spell is used to cure wounds and the such but only lightly. It does not fully recover the injured person for this spell is quite weak. It cannot heal broken bones but it may heal the cuts and bruises. If a person were to be in coma, it would speed up their health recovery for three days, which is quite a lot for beginner's magic.

So lets see how to cast it again... Concentrate the mana into the very tip of my wand and let the magic release, sorta like letting it burst. A cool, refreshing mist would then cover the injured person. Okay. I think I got it.

"Now then El... You're going to be the first person I'll cast a spell on! Be glad." I giggled to myself, thinking of how much fun I'm going to have with magic in this world as I then prepared myself for the casting.

I started chanting the words as the tip of my wand began to glow a mysterious ultramarine. I concentrated it on El. When the spell had been completed and a mist began to cover El's defenceless body, I saw his head move a bit as a heavy groan came out of his bloody lips.

"Yuki?..." he mumbled, barely audible for my ears to hear.

"Yeah? What is it El?" I replied, keeping my voice steady from the excitement of casting a spell perfectly and effectively.

"You must be a death god or something that came to take my soul in the body of the person that I killed so I would reflect on my actions or be thrown through a hell of experiencing the time that I killed them right?...But really… I kinda don't wanna die." He said jokingly with a painful smile as he sat on the filthy bed while crossing his arms and looking up with his back towards me. "It's amazing. I'm already dead yet I can still feel pain…"

'… What? Oh yeah… Sayomi got him to think that we fell and died… Then he fell head-first down… What an idiot!'

"And here I was actually beginning to like her… She may be annoying and stubborn at times but she was a good girl… When I saw her sleeping the other day, I think my heart beated a little faster than it usually did..." he said quietly with a chuckle coming from the smirk that was plastered to his face but…

WAIT, WHAT WHAT WHAT?! Did he just say he liked me or something!? But seriously, what the hell?… Perverted bastard... Staring at others when they're sleeping. How come Sayomi didn't stop him? She's always on guard! She even always has these two daggers of hers with a strangely curved blade and an interestingly designed black handle that she ALWAYS keeps by her side and treasures so much! One of them has cobalt jewels implanted in it and the other has scarlet gems. She treats them like they're her children or something...

I replied back, struggling hard to keep my voice steady, "May I ask what you mean by you like her? Did you just confess to me that you like her, as a female?" I'll try to see what he really means before telling what had actually happened.

"Hmmm… I guess?... But we only kind of just met yesterday or something. I'm not too sure of my feelings to her but it's between the feeling of a sister and the feeling of a woman I guess." That still means he sorta likes me as a girl…

You know what? I'm going to do what Sayomi told me a long time ago, hit him hard and make him faint or something. When he wakes up, tell him nothing had happened at all. Hopes it works though…

"El. Come forward. This was the time of confessing. Now it is time for the making of you to lose consciousness. The rest is classified." I tried my best lying like how Sayomi does as he came forward to me with a smile and he told me a simple "I'm nowhere near ready so lets get on with it before I start screaming my head off and running away."

'I'll do the move Sayomi thought me. It's something about hitting the back of neck or something I believe?…'

"Turn around and face your back to me" I ordered in the best monotone I could muster after what he just said.

I raised my arm up high, then slammed my elbow down the back of his neck hard as I could. I caught him before he fell down due to the impact. He groaned a bit as his eyes then started to close peacefully, still with a grin on his face until it faded completely. His eyelids soon met each other and his face kept an undisturbed expression.

I let out a long sigh. 'I really, really think Sayomi is influencing me by a lot… I even resorted to violence… But I always use violence, what the heck am I talking about?!'

I was bored after a while so I sat down to think about what to do now. I heard Sayomi's voice from the other side of the rubble as she then said, "Yuki… I see you read the book so many times and you still can't remember anything?... There should be a simple spell for you to move the debris and rocks out of the way you know… You can find the stupid page yourself you pathetic girl who can't even remember that… But then again… Maybe you want time alone with El~" I could almost see the smirk on her face as she said that last sentence. There wasn't anyone around anymore so she resorted back to being mean old Sayomi… Why does she keep pressing that I would want to be alone with El anyways? And yet again with the things I never noticed.

I flipped through the pages of the book again and again until I saw the page with the spell. I was so annoyed that the stupid magic book didn't have a contents page. It wasn't categorized as a spell, but as miscellaneous. The page was titled 'Telekinesis'. It started off with a basic description of telekinesis, followed up with the actual method of how to move objects with your mind. It stated that this 'spell' was easier to cast without a wand or staff, but rather, with yourself as the object to focus your mana in.

I read over the instructions once more before I set down the book and my wand. I closed my eyes to focus my mana into my hands, prior to opening them again. I moved my hands in fluid movements as the stone moved to the places I guided them to.

'I think I'm getting the hang of this!' I thought as I maneuvered the last few boulders out of the way. It was only when I stopped, when I felt how much energy it had taken away to move those rocks out of the way, although, I could see the lights from the main cavern now.

Yuki's POV, The Main Cavern, Noon

It seemed that Sayomi was leaning against the wall and then looked at me while saying, "... You finally got out. I know you only took so long to have some fun with El~" and then the first thing she says is mockery of me wanting to be with El! Despite knowing that what she said was false, I could feel my face heat up and I could only imagine how red my blush was. She moved the rest of the rocks and pulled me out forcefully.

"Hmph. Look at your face Yuki," she taunted with a soft scoff. Hearing her say those words only made my cheeks become even warmer.

People then began to come as Sayomi once again plastered that ditz look onto her face. "Riku! I'm so glad you're alright! Did Elyos wake up or anything?"

"He did, but he passed out again," I replied as I turned my face to another place with a reddened face. As I turned back, I could hear the other people muttering something.

"Witchcraft!" a lady shouted. Hmm? In Eliros, isn't there magic? I thought to myself a bit about that matter when Sayomi spoke.

"Do please don't jump to conclusions. Despite her appearance, my dear sweet Riku is actually quite strong!"

"Prove it" the leader challenged. "I wanna see it for myself. That rock there, lift it." He pointed to the biggest boulder in sight. I couldn't possibly lift that!

I walked slowly towards the rock as I sneaked a few glances at Sayomi. She gave me a look that said 'Everything's gonna be alright okay now don't worry your stupid little head off', before muttering something that was impossibly quiet, barely moving her lips. I looked back in the direction of the rock and gulped.

'She is so laid back… Now, I could only hope that Sayomi was right about it being fine...'

I placed my fingers under the rock, lifting it up slowly. How the hell was I doing this?! The rock felt so light!... It's almost as if… Sayomi did something… Yep. There's going to be a lot of questions that I'm going to ask her.

The head of the group gave a smirk and laughed, "Hmmmm? You're quite the strong girl indeed! I'm Bradley and Edenel said that you were Riku?"

I replied with a simple "Yes…" as Sayomi came up and asked Bradley "Ummm… It's nice and all that you're getting along but could we get Elyos on a bed or something if possible Mister Bradley?..." I just noticed but Sayomi seems to help me a lot of times when conversations go awkward…

"Why ever not? Follow these ladies and they'll give you a room for you and your friends," Bradley replied as he pointed to a few ladies nearby. I started dragging El again as Sayomi and I followed the ladies.

We were led into a room that looked quite luxurious for these times of wars and battles. Inside the room, I saw a double sized bed, enough to fit two people. The ladies apologized that there weren't anymore beds so, I guess one of us was going to have to sleep on the floor or the couch.

I saw Sayomi snickering a bit with one of her hands covering her mouth a little. She then faced me with a mischievous smirk while saying, "Today has been a very entertaining day for me… I'll take the couch. You can sleep with your dear El tonight~ Aren't you glad?~"

'Why does Sayomi keep teasing me all day?! Why in the world does she keep thinking that I like El or something!?' I thought as my cheeks began to fill with that blazing heat from before. My blush was probably as red as Sayomi's eyes by now. "Why do you keeping thinking that I like him? I don't like him!"

Sayomi just kept sniggering, "I never said you do, Yuki-chan~"

'Crap she used -chan while dragging it out! Run away! She's gonna tease me like hell now! And she also tricked me' I ran, dragging El to the bed, then I chucked him on the bed like what I do my school bag. His head hit the metal frame as he mumbled an "Ow…" 'Yes he's awake! I can change the topic!'

He sat up on the bed while rubbing the back of his head.. "Wait, aren't you two meant to be in Heaven or somethin'?"

"... You really think Sayomi would go to Heaven? And no, we didn't die," I replied with a straight face.

"Then… That means you guys are alive! But… I did that suicidal thing for no reason then…" El's voice faded at the end but every word he said was clear.

Sayomi walked over to El with her arms crossed and her head tilted a bit to the side. 'Uh… She is going in total sarcastic mode now… I'll just make some distance between us now...'

"Yuki. Stay exactly where you are. And El~ You miserable wretch who lives with no stupid hope, although I don't much either, do you really think that Yuki and I would die like that, now do you?~ That just makes me sad. So, so GOD damn FRICKING sad now, dear El~" 'Eeeek! I really wanna run away from her right now!... But, I can't, or I'm dead!...'

Sayomi's face, which had a completely twisted smile plastered on her, then completely changed into an emotionless expression. "... Now enough with my entertainment, you are now called Elyos here while I'm Edenel and Yuki's Riku. We went inside this underground place and we're hiding our identities. Okay? Good because I don't care about your answer." Leaving an empty silence, El remembered about the time before, when he 'confessed' to me.

"Wait… If we're still alive… then I… either… dreamt about… or I actually said what I think I said?… OH HOLY SHIT!" Damn. He remembered everything.

"Shut your foul mouth you incompetent fool!" Sayomi silenced the room once more, "You are to listen to EVERY single thing I tell you to do whether I say, whether you like it or not or else…"

El then began to recall about when she supposing was afraid of him during last night, when he glared and she shivered. Yes, I was awake during that time and it was really hard, and I mean HARD to refrain myself from laughing hysterically.

"Hmmmm?~ What could you possibly do to me? Slice my head off with that sword, that's fit for a man, not a pathetically weak girl like you? You probably can't even wield it properly!" El's face showed a remarkably huge grin as he glared.

"Doing that isn't in the slightest, painful. There are many other things that exist in this world much more painful than that my boy. And, there are no rules for me to abide by here. I could… Simply take out this dagger I have here, and do many, many other things that just slicing off your head."

His crimson eyes gleamed towards the dragger that she held so preciously beside her all this time against her face with a smirk but from, who knows where did she take that dagger out?

"Like what?" he questioned stubbornly. Didn't he realize that he was treading on thin ice now?! VERY thin ice!? Actually nevermind. He probably already broke it ages ago.

"Well, well. I wonder?..." Her eyes still fixated towards the dagger and she moved it around a bit to get the light reflect off of it towards El's eyes for fun.

'This is a personal question to me but… Why does Sayomi seem to be so natural ever since we arrived here? She would be sarcastic as ever, and doesn't keep that emotionless facade for long as she would then become sadistic towards another. Being here rather than that boring old world of ours sure feels refreshing though...'

"Stop playing with the light and tell me what you're gonna do if I won't listen?!" El had gotten irritated by Sayomi's fiddling with the lighting and yelled out of annoyance.

"Sheesh little boy. You want to be tortured that much? Hmmmmm…. Let me think of an easy punishment for those who don't obey… The Spanish Donkey is a soft torture that I can think of for now since all the others are stupidly stupid… Okay. I'll prepare the Spanish Donkey for you! Aren't I so kind?~" SHE CALLS THAT SOFT?! WHAT KIND OF TORTURE DOES SHE THINK IS PAINFUL?!

"The what? Spanish Donkey? What the Hell is a spanish donkey?" El asked, having absolutely no idea what the Hell she was talking about.

"Kukukukuku… Kolkolkolkol…" Sayomi's having psychological attack! Eek! I need something to change the topic with or she'll really will torture him… Or do it to me instead! But she'll be softer... I hope…

"Sayomi… You keep suggesting that El and I like each other… He…" I leaned in and whispered into Sayomi's ears and I 'entertained' her with what had happened while we were trapped in the room from before.

"That's so cute~" Sayomi chimed, suddenly happy again. "Now, back to the torturing~ But first, I'll explain what the Spanish Donkey is because I'm so nice right?~" 'In no way are you nice Sayomi…'

"The Spanish Donkey is also called the wooden horse. We place the victim, which would be you in this case, astride on the apparatus, which is actually a vertical wooden board with a sharp v-shaped wedge. Weights or something heavy or something would then be attached to the victim's feet and eventually, the victim's own weight and the extra weights would then cause the wedge to slice through the victim's body, splitting the victim in half~"

'She explains it so happily…'

"... And how would you make that? That Spanish Donkey or wooden horse torture device? Hmmmmmmm!?" It was clear that his voice was breaking but he kept up a brave front with a grin on his face. But doesn't he realize that his arrogance was exactly what made Sayomi think of killing him in the first place.

"Quite simple my dear El. I'll just use some stuff lying around and make it. I have made it before but never got the chance to use it because my victims all moved away to some countryside where they think I won't reach them before I could use it… As if I wouldn't find them… Who do they think I am?!" Sayomi's voice quietened down.

"But… If you don't like it, I'll won't do it." Sayomi voice faded as El face was showing all signs of happiness, although he did tried to keep his calm expression, of not being tortured by her.

"So instead you can have the saw torture! I'll hang you upside down so that your blood runs to your head so you'll keep consciousness while I'll slowly saw your body from your crotch to your stomach and so you'll pass away painfully~ But I don't want to use my sword… Or my beautiful dagger…" She caressed her dagger with love and affection, it looked so… Twisted… With that distorted smile on her face…

"Hmmmm, I guess you'll have to die by your own sword then… But first I'll have to chip your sword as to be like a saw so it would be agonising when I saw through your stupidly weak, defenceless and helpless body… What a pity. Being eventually killed by your own weapon… That disgustingly beautiful blood that is to trickle from your limp body will make my this one visible eye of mine to be filled with such pleasure..." El's face became filled with horror and his arrogance creased to a stop. I think my expression was similar to his as well… I still haven't gotten used to her sadistic ways...

"Well then now, my dear, so sweetly stupid El~ Which would you prefer?" Sayomi was serious, as she always was with her tortures, and I know cause once she did something completely mad, and well… Let's not go into any details shall we?...

But the scary thing is that… She actually does it in the cruelest manner and calls it a, uh… I guess she says soft torture and yet she keeps a face like a child playing with its favourite toy and like an innocent one at that…

El had known that she was serious and it left him stiff and completely speechless at her crazed words but he managed to choke up a quiet, "S-sorry..."

"If someone asks you a question, then you answer it. Don't say stupid random stuff which has no meaning whatsoever related to the situation, okay?~" I caught Sayomi slightly sneering with a twisted look on her face. The worst thing was her visible left eye… Her eye was filled with that sarcastically sadistic look… Sometimes I wish she covered both eyes… But then again, if she was to randomly show her eyes…. It would be 100 times more scary...

"I'm going out to ask for some clothes. Come here will you now?" Well, we didn't actually come with her, she literally just dragged and kicked us out along with her as the two of us couldn't move due to fear. El shot me a nervous glance from time to time, something that I couldn't scrutinize properly in his eyes. I wonder what he was thinking about...

Sayomi continued putting her acting skills to use then talked with some ladies who were standing around and asked for some clothes. One of the ladies measured our sizes by glancing at our figures while Sayomi talked about preferences. I couldn't tell what she asked for since Sayomi whispered quietly into her ear.

A lady came and gave Sayomi my set of clothes first which consisted of a pearl white, plainly designed dress with a violet bow on one side of the waist area and a hooded cloak that was as white as snow with folds that resemble cat ears on the top. 'Cute...' It was pretty much a cloudy white with glowing cerulean linings and a few lilac accessory additions too. They were so nice as to give me a pair of good, plain old brown leather boots that looked really comfortable as well!

Next was El's set of clothing which… The Hell?! It matched… mine… Although it was crimson in colour instead of azure and, of course, it didn't had the bows and girly features, including the car ear folds on top… The clothes were a quite simple. The pants were black and baggy, the jacket piece had long white sleeves as well as scarlet around the edges. The top piece was a short piece of clothing that was meant to show off his midriff and was a radical red. His shoes appeared to be made out of some kind of darkly coloured metal with a silver sole.

Sayomi chuckled to herself a bit as she said softly in my ears, "This would show off his abs nicely for all to see, which by all I mean mostly you… How nice is that for you Yuki dear?~".

I looked down at the ground so that neither of them could see me blush but I knew that they both noticed that my face had turned red. El had the normal reaction, thinking that I had a fever or something of the likes but on the other hand… Sayomi, of course, knows everything.

Lastly, Sayomi's set of clothing was delivered to her by the ladies. Her set of clothing was an ebony, long, flowing skirt, that was more like a long cloth that is to be wrapped around the waist rather than a skirt, along with an armless onyx black top piece that would show off a bit of her midriff. The top clothing was laced up and her skirt had a white sash too. The shoes given to her were black, strapped up sandals made of an animal's hide but I can't tell which one. Her entire attire was pretty much black except for the white sash…

Sayomi politely gave El his set of clothes and lightly pulled me into our room. She told El to wait for us to change first, before him changing as well as getting her a bag. As soon as we were out of sight of the others, she threw my new clothes right into my face and told me to quickly change.

Sayomi took off her school uniform, with her back towards me. She then took off her black coloured choker that has a little, silver jewel hanging off of it. It almost covered her whole neck when she wore it.

Beautiful, obsidian black markings of butterflies connected together with ebon lines came into my sight. The vine-like lines connect each and every one of the thirteen butterflies together, like a kaleidoscope of butterflies together. When they are engulfed in the darkness, their colours would change into a bloody crimson. I don't know whether they're tattoos or not but they looked as if they're embedded into her pale skin. She's had them as far back as I can remember, although she only showed me once during middle school and that was it. She just told me a few details from time to time about herself.

Sayomi caught me staring at her markings and I quickly looked away and we both changed. As Sayomi finished, so did I, and we walked out of the room as she gently pushed El in and took the bag that was in his hands. She then stuffed our old clothes into that bag and after a little while, she went in, knowing that El had just put on his pants while dragging me in along with her. She didn't bother to take El's old clothes and place them in the bag as they were really old and torn, ripped, etc.

Swiftly and suddenly, Sayomi pushed El and I as fast as she could through a door that was hidden behind a tapestry and just before locked it behind us, she whispered loudly, "Run away from this place as fast as you can! Escape and go find a place called Shadow Forest. It should be the safest place at the moment. Now go! Scram as fast as your puny legs can carry you, you second placer in athletics!"

She pasted a note over to me as she pushed El and I further into the cavern and shut the door. All our important belongings and the bag that held some of our stuff was also chucked in along with us.

El was shocked, as I was even more surprised than El as we then picked up all of our belongings. I noticed that there was an extra bag along with them all. The bag was labeled with a note saying that it compresses any object and everything could be placed inside the bag. We threw everything inside, except for my wand, magic book and El's sword. The note Sayomi gave me was also inside the bag.

Behind the barrier I could hear Bradley yelling, "So you caught up on us eh? You knew we were all bandits all from the beginning, correct?! But what really makes me wonder is why you didn't try to run earlier."

Sayomi no longer held onto her false facade, "Hmmm?~ I guess I just had to make a few preparations?~ Well to tell the truth, the answer is that I just pretty much just stolen everything I needed from you~ Check your supply rooms and pretty much all the others rooms as well if you dont believe me. But I gotta admit, there was some stuff that was actually half-decent in 'there'… Anyhow… I'll just press this button that should have never existed." What the hell is she planning is all I could think of! And I could tell that El was thinking the very same thing! Does she plan to kill them all along with herself?

Blazing: Cliffie! And the chapter's actually more than 5,000 words!

Midnight: Those who would like to see Sayomi's new attire, please PM this account or our individual ones or tell us in the reviews or something. I don't have Yuki's and El's new looks though.

Blazing: I feel like level-capping my YR but my ShK needs to job change… And I want a GA or a WS but I can't decide… They're both pretty… WS is better for PvP… But GA has quicker mana gain...

Midnight: Good for you. I would want to level my Ara. I love my Code Nemesis… Hate KOG for nerfing my beautiful darling… I have to pick between Queen's Throne and Junk Break!

Blazing: And they made Aisha even more OP than before...

Midnight: Uh huh… Let's just go play Elsword now…

Blazing: Ya, sure.

Midnight: If any of you would like to play with us sometimes, just PM us on this account or on our individual accounts.

Blazing: I go on Elsword practically every night and sometimes even stay up past midnight so I don't really mind much.

Midnight: I can't do that anymore… *sigh* Losing all my freedom… Anyways… Bye peeps.

Blazing: And I'm getting less sleep than you now… And ya, jaa ne.

Midnight: I know right? P.S. Peeps is people in my language. Minna-san, sayonara. P.S.S. There is a secret behind how Japanese Yuki and Sayomi can communicate with Korean El and the others~

Blazing: You said bye already… And that secret is called English! Maybe… I don't even know what the Hell she's talking about.

Midnight: Baaaaaaaa-kaaaaaaa~ No, wrong answer. Now lets leave, don't put another author's note in.

Blazing: Ya bye.