A/N: So... ready for part 2...?

Leia woke up slowly to see stars in the night sky. 'Where am I?' she was confused. She thought for a moment before remembering that she was hit with a sudden and deadly force. Aw man, I should have kept my guard up. She got up from whatever she was sleeping on, but was pulled back into the same position. She looked behind herself to see Alvin wide awake with the same roguish smirk plastered on his face. She realized that she was sleeping on his chest and instantly, she felt her face warm up, hopefully because it was cold...

"Alvin! What are y-" her sentence was hushed when he put a finger to her mouth. Then he motioned to where the others were sleeping.

She continued more silently, "Where are we?"

"Still in Rusalle Highroad. We were on our way to Trigleph until a certain cheeky teenager decided to take a nap," his tone held a hint of amusement in it.

"Well, sorry. The blow was so sudden, so I didn't have time to brace myself," she retorted.

"Hey, be grateful that I caught you. We wouldn't want that pretty face of yours to get injured now would we?"

She sighed, "Yeah, thanks for that. I just can't believe how easily I let my guard down..."

"Well maybe, you need to practice how to not get overly excited," he offered playfully.

"What's wrong with being enthusiastic?" she fired.

"Well, there's the fact that you didn't pay any attention to the dragon."

"At least I tried!" she almost exclaimed. It felt good talking to Alvin like this, without feeling... uncomfortable.

"Hey, hey, hey... there are people sleeping," he hushed with a playful glint in his eyes.

She laughed silently at Alvin for talking like he was talking to a preschooler who was being too loud.

A moment of silence passed, while Leia gazed at the stars, unable to sleep while Alvin kept watch around the small camp the group set up.

Suddenly, a rustling in a nearby bush drew the attention of Alvin and Leia.

"What was that?" Leia asked, getting up into a battle stance.

"Dunno, but whatever it is, we gotta take care of it," Alvin stood up and readied his gun and sword.

An unknown monster specie appeared, which surprised Leia, "What is that?" The monster wasn't really … large. It's form was completely made of water, and it looked like Undine, the Water spirit, except in a weaker and smaller form.

"Who cares? We just need to kill it."

The lesser spirit began to cast a spirit arte, and before Alvin could charge, Leia stopped him, "Wait, let's link and use this time as practice!"

Alvin seemed amused, "Alright, hurry up though. We need to take care of that monster." They were both engulfed in a blue light, and together, they hurried off to stop the spirit arte.

A little too late, the monster cast 'Blue Sphere' and right as it made impact, Leia covered Alvin with her magic guard. Thanks to that save, they didn't take as much damage from the advanced arte.

"See? I gotcha," she smiled.

"Yeah, thanks."

Leia dispelled the magic guard and, Alvin rushed towards the enemy in order to stop it from casting anymore spells. She quickly joined, both of them bashing and slashing at the lesser water being.

"Alvin! Impact Cross!"

"Right behind ya, Impact Cross!" The two thrust right through the unknown monster and left an explosion of energy at their intersection.

The monster made a hissing sound before sinking into the ground. Leia cheered, "Oh yeah! That was amazing!" she high fived Alvin who was smirking at her child-like antics.

"Let's do that again!" Leia, still stoked about the finishing blow, exclaimed happily.

"I don't know about that. Maybe later?" Alvin asked while yawning and stretching.

Leia stopped her bouncing and cheering, "Are you tired?"

"Just a little," he grinned drowsily. His eyelids were heavy with sleep.

"Then let's sleep. Sorry for making you fight when you were sleepy," she apologized.

"Nah, I don't mind. I did say I would help you, so maybe this practice helped build up our teamwork. Know what I mean?"

She grinned, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Alvin lied down on the ground while Leia sat down to his left. As soon as they had sat down, Leia could already hear Alvin snoring. She looked at him and smiled, Maybe our teamwork can out match Jude and Milla's. She thought determinedly.

For now, she can only hope that the both of them could improve. She lied down on Alvin's chest and used him as a pillow. Tomorrow, we'll show Jude and Milla that we can do just as great as they can. She smiled before closing her eyes, waiting for sleep to knock her unconscious.

A/N: With this, I intend to finish the story... unless the ending wasn't satisfying and you people want more, or the story doesn't make sense if it ended here, I'm not entirely sure... Reviews (comments,grammar/spelling errors,criticism) would be nice. I guess that's all...?a

Thanks for reading

~Shadow Wurmple~