HEY GUYS! (GROAN) I'm SO SORRY it's been over 3 months since I've updated; holy crap, college sucks up your time! I'm here to bring you another chapter and one more concern; I got this review from a guest:

"Eww... Gary Stu alert..."

Um... WHO'S the Gary Stu? This is just a poor review; I honestly cannot take this seriously and so I treat this like it's from either a troll or a hater, for I do not know who this is or what they want changed. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, you need to ELABORATE and tell me what I need to change in this; thank you. And to whoever is the guest, please next time, if you're going to take a few minutes to say that, then take another few minutes to explain. Kay? Thanks.

(BTW, sorry if that sounded rude, but recently, I've been having a tough time of it and I just don't really need this.)

Now, back to the eagerly waited story...

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Somehow, interestingly, the gang all got to Torim Harbor in one piece. Surprisingly no battles, but maybe with themselves. Despite a few irritations (apparently Raven was too close to Rita's "personal space", which is surprising that someone can call a big distance around them personal space), the group managed to get there fine. As the boat approached, the harbor seemed to welcome them with open arms of wonderful weather.

"All right, everybody! Get ready; I'm gonna dock the boat off pretty soon!" Patty called happily to everybody.

A silent agree from everybody told her that they were ready. She professionally steered the ship to the docks, and with the help of the others, they were able to get to the docks safely. In a matter of minutes, the party was grouped together.

"Well, I suppose this is goodbye, everyone," Clay said as he turned away.

Yuri looked to him and replied, "I guess that person you were going to meet is here?"

"Yes, now if you excuse me, I must go," Clay nodded and ended the conversation as he walked away.

A gentle shrug from Yuri ended his part of the conversation and then turned back to the group. But Tai couldn't help but watch Clay walk further away into the lively town. He ended seeing him gently walk past people and soon stop to talk... with none other than Voirrey, the woman who Tai talked with the night before! So SHE was the one he was meeting up with. That led the teenager to believe that Clay must be helping this woman do something.

"Hm? Tai? What is it?" Estelle ended up asking as she noticed her friend's head looking away from her.

Within a few seconds, the princess walked over to him, wanting maybe a tiny response. When she saw where he was looking, she happened to catch the two people walking away. She blinked as she tried to focus closely on them.

"Huh? Was that...?" she started to ask.

"Hey!" Akihiro barged in between them, catching both of their attention as he looked in the same direction, "Whatcha staring at? I wanna see!"

"Hello!"

The three looked back to see the group to see everyone was looking at them. Yuri had his arms folded and he was literally tapping his foot as he was a tad annoyed.

"Are you three even remotely listening to us?" he asked with an unimpressed look.

"Oh! S-Sorry, Yuri," Estelle apologized, immediately bowing in humbleness, "We were distracted by something. Go ahead and say it again, please?"

"You mean Tai and you were; I didn't even get to see what you were looking at..." Akihiro ended up mumbling under his breath.

Seeing the three were now paying attention, the leader once again spoke, "I said, we're going to be heading to Heliord in a few hours. If any of you have to go to the bathroom or get any more items, now's the time to do so, because we're not gonna have any trips back here for a while."

"And can we hurry it up please? I wanna just get this over with as soon as possible; I've got research to do!" Rita looked away with a grumpy attitude and said.

"Yeah, and we have urgent matters for Harry to hear," Flynn agreed politely, nodding.

"Exactly," Yuri agreed, "So get ready to leave soon, okay?"

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Skit – You don't think...?

Tai: (neutral face, eyes closed) ….

Estelle: (her and Raven's portrait come on screen, neutral face) Huh? Tai, is something the matter?

Tai: (opens eyes) Oh, Estelle, Raven... No, I'm fine; I'm just thinking about something.

Estelle: Hm?

Tai: It's just I happened to watch Clay walk away, right? The person he ends up meeting is Voirrey.

Raven: (neutral face) Hey, that's the woman Tai bumped into last night.

Estelle: And if I recall correctly, she's also that woman from the wanted poster. (looks down, sad)

Raven: (head tilts to the right, eyes shorten, curious face) Now what could Clay be doin' with a woman like that?

Estelle: (Raven closes his eyes, Tai looks to his right, uncaring face) You don't think he's helping her with whatever she had planned, do you?

Raven: (eyes open) I dunno. But we don't know their plans; only Tai does, and he promised that sweet woman not ta tell. Quite noble if ya asked ol' Raven.

Estelle: (neutral face, Tai's shoulders perk up, shocked face, raised eyebrow) Well, for now, let's keep this between ourselves. (Tai looks up into the upper right, a slight blush on his face, Raven tilts his head to the right, smiling) We can tell the others if this gets any more worse.

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Skit – Zagi #1

Yuri: (neutral face) That woman and Cescoral... that giant monster Orochiberus... and now Zagi running around again...

Raven: (head tilts to the right, smiling) Just like the good ol' days, huh, Yuri?

Rita: (turns to the left, serious face, Yuri leans his head to the left, incredulous face, eyes closed) That's not even remotely funny, old man.

Repede: (looks to the right) (Groan)

Yuri: (eyes open) You took the words right out of my mouth, Rita. (head tilts to the right, upset face) I don't need my craziest fan, also known as the world's wackiest psychopath, running around from the dead after me again. I literally have had enough of that guy for a lifetime.

Patty: (hands holding face, eyes like dots, slight blush, freaking out face) Doesn't it scare you guys that he's back? I am!

Flynn: (looks down, sad/upset face) To think he was literally brought back to life... (Rita's face blushes, widened eyes, shocked face) This could potentially lead to sick and unforgivable acts; bringing back the dead is horrid.

Rita: (head goes down, closes eyes, blush across her face, scared face) T-THERE IS NO WAY (all look surprised) THE DEAD CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE! Zagi must've survived that fall! That's the most logical solution!

Yuri: Rita, he fell from nearly the top of Taquaron! There's no way he could've survived that!

Raven: (eyes narrow, unimpressed face) Yuri, this is Zagi we're talkin' about. The guy who somehow comes back no matter how much ya try ta put him down.

Flynn: (narrows eyes, serious face) And only with one person we're all getting worked up... I hope this isn't a bad omen of things to come.

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Well, it wasn't very long before the group was getting ready to leave for the next city over. But before all of them seemed to group together, Akihiro, Flynn, and Rita were gathering up a few food items for cooking just in case.

"All right, it looks like we have everything we need," Rita said, holding one of the few bags they had.

"Very well; it seems we ought to head back over to where we meet," Flynn agreed as the three headed over.

Just as he was finished speaking though, suddenly a person behind them called, "Watch out!"

As the three turned, they saw a young male run towards them. Before they could react, he ended up jumping over them in an impressive front flip and then dashed away from them. They still weren't able to see a clear detail of his body, but they were able to see he was wearing a bright pink and blue shirt, with some sort of fur around the collar, and that he had blond spiky hear with some sort of an orange headband on, like Akihiro's. The three recovered quickly and watched him run out of the town.

"That was really rude!" Rita said aloud in anger, "That jerk nearly jumped on top of us!"

Akihiro's face was completely blank as he asked to no one, "W-Who was that guy?"

"Hey!" they all heard someone yell out of breath.

As they turned, they saw a regular dressed man run over to them. He bent over trying to catch his breath as he tried to ask his question quickly. Finally regaining his oxygen to supply his lungs again, he faced the trio.

"Did you three happen to see a male teenager with blond hair wearing some sort of pink top?" he asked.

"Yeah, he nearly just bolted us over; he ran out of town," the mage remarked quite annoyed.

The man slowly lowered his head and sadly said, "Darn, I was too late then..."

Flynn immediately let his knightly instincts take over and address him seriously, "Why did you chase that man? Did he do something wrong against you?"

"No, not at all," the man quickly defended the unknown teenager's reputation, "In fact, I was trying to confirm if he was somebody."

"Huh? Who did you think it was?" Rita asked.

"Call me crazy, but I really think that was the Champion of Nordopolica!" the man said.

Suddenly, the teenage boy who happened to be in the listening range of the conversation, twitched in excitement and asked the man almost right after he spoke, "Wait, REALLY?! THAT WAS HIM!?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm confused; would one of you please explain?" Flynn asked for both himself and Rita.

"A couple months ago, right after the Adephagos was defeated, they say a teenager walked into the coliseum of Nordopolica and within one day, defeated the 200 man challenge, the team challenge by himself, and then proceeded to win the newly and nearly impossible 500 man challenge without even a scratch on him. After that, they crowned him the Champion, the spot I want!" Akihiro said with passion, "And that's why I want to become stronger; so one day, I can challenge that guy!"

All of them, even Rita, was impressed by hearing about this boy's supposed success.

The mage ended up looking at that man with interest, "So you honestly think that teenager was here?"

"Yeah! I was down at the docks a couple minutes ago, talking with a few people, when suddenly that boy walked by us. One of the others claimed that he looked awfully like the Champion. The boy must've heard us, because he froze for a split second and then took off like the fastest monster alive. I tried to follow him, but he outran me, and then I bumped into you three," the man explained.

"Wow, that must've been him!" Akihiro said grinning.

"Huh... well, what do you know..." Rita said to herself, looking off in where the boy ran.

It wasn't long before the man said good-bye to the trio and left, but that didn't stop the boy's fiery passion about the Champion being so close.

"I can't believe it! The Champion was here in this town! Rrgh, that's so exciting!" he nearly shrieked at the top of his lungs.

Rita looked like she could slap his head right off as she interrupted him, "We know already, all right? We were just here when it happened."

"Well, that's not gonna stop me one bit!" Akihiro yelled as he suddenly ran away from them to the town's exit.

The two were taken off guard as Flynn yelled to him, "Hey! Wait a minute! Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna see if I can catch up to the Champion! Tell Yuri I went on ahead and I'll meet you guys up in Heliord!" they heard the boy yell back.

Flynn attempt to yell back, but got quieter as Akihiro was out of sight, "But how can you meet us there; you don't... know where... Heliord is..."

Rita groaned and held her face in her hand as she shook her head, "That moron; does he try to get himself killed at any possible opening? Yuri's gonna be so annoyed like me when he hears about this."

"Yeah, but the two are so alike; you tell them a warning, and it just goes in one ear, and out the other," Flynn said, looking up unimpressed, then back at her, "Come on, we better get Yuri, before he gets too far away from us."

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Wow, it feels great to see another chapter on this story! Hope all of you have been liking it. ^^ Keep on reading!

P.S Hmmm... that Champion happens to be another OC of mine... but he's my favorite for a reason. Only time will tell why... B3