Ahhh…. Spring break is over, as I write this. I had a great time playing parties with my band, and not only that, I finally invited my girlfriend to see us play. The look on her face while I strip teased to the song Feed my Frankenstein by Alice Cooper… PRICELESS!

But anyway I have the disclaimer to say. So uhh, disclaimer. Ok here we go. Gotta get it out Jess, no matter what. Eye of the tiger, eye of the tiger.

I don't own Soul caliber or Legend of Zelda although it'd cool if I did. Cuz then I would Soooooooooo whore out LOZ merch like crazy. Just like Sharron Osbourne whores out Ozzy.

Damnnnn , Low blow.

So chilly out…. But I'm still pretty warm, I guess. I wonder if I should get up… Yeah, I guess so.

Hmmm? Something's wrapped around my waist? Is it my clothes? No, it's a little heavier then that.

Did it just move a bit? Wait… It's an arm? Not mine, then who's?

Raine's eyes fluttered open, not realizing whose arm was around her. She peeked under the covers of the bed and followed the arm up to someone's semi toned body. She was still a little groggy so she couldn't think of what she should do about the situation.

Who's that?

She turned slightly to see it was her best friend, Maga. She breathed in a gasp of surprise and then quietly let it out.

This is kind of awkward…. But it feels so right. Well, I guess I can't get up yet.

Some foot steps could be heard out side, and a bit of whispering from two familiar voices.

I don't care who that is… I'll just go back to sleep' She thought as she turned to face the still asleep Maga. He had a small smile on his face, making her smile a bit as well. She closed her eyes and slowly fell back to sleep.

"Okay, here's the plan, we'll get a few pales of water, and then dump it on the both of them." Dante said Mina began to giggle at the devious idea Dante had pitched to her. It's not everyday she got to rudely wake someone up, especially in this way.

The two went down stairs and got some pales full of ice cold water. They quietly made their way back up to Maga's and Raine's room and stopped in front of the door.

"Okay, when I give you the signal, splash water on Raine. I'll get Maga."

"This is going to be fun" She said as she quivered with excitement.

The two opened the door as quietly as possible, and both saw Maga's arm wrapped around Raine as the two slept.

"Awwww, how cute." Mina whispered. Dante made a movement to get Mina's attention, which he did successfully. Dante gave the signal and the two dump the pales of cold water onto their two sleeping companions.

Holy shit that's cold! What the hell? Water?

"Whoa! What the…?" Maga shouted in bewilderment as he shot up out of the bed.

Dante and Mina started laughing.

"Got you back!" Dante said as he laughed so hard his stomach started hurting.

"What the hell?!" Raine jumped out the bed.

"You bastard!" Maga managed to say through his own laughter. Maga fell to the floor laughing until he couldn't breathe.

"What happened? Did you throw water on us!?"Raine shouted as she began to laugh.

"Revenge is so sweet!" Dante said laughing.

"I just wanted to throw water on you!" Mina added. (A/N: I don't normally do this, but can someone say super bitch?)

"Man, I'm soaked." Maga said with a smile still laughing.

"Tell me about it." Raine said looking at the water dripping from her clothes.

"Well, now that you two lovebirds are awake," Mina said, "Dante and I are going to see if Link and Talim woke up yet." Mina said as she left the room.

Raine slightly blushed at Mina's 'lovebird' comment.

Dante followed Mina and laughed the whole way out.

After they had left Maga and Raine to change, Maga turned to Raine with a smile.

"I guess we'll have to make a personal note not to throw water on Dante anymore." He chuckled.

"Yea.." Raine added.

For a moment, the two just stood there, looking at each other's wet clothes.

"Wait, what did Mina mean by lovebirds?" Maga asked.

'She wasn't all that wrong about that comment ' Raine thought

"You got me.." she said with a blush.

"Well, I guess we better change…" Maga said embarrassingly as he went to his pack and gathered out a few random clothes.

Raine nodded in agreement and looked for a set of clothes as well.

"Wait a sec, where are we going to change?" Raine asked.

"Well, I was just going to change here." Maga said after thinking for a moment.

"Then where will I change?"

"I don't know, I guess you can change in here as well."

Raine started to blush wildly now.

"Are you okay?" Maga asked.

What am I going to do? I can't just change in front of Maga! But then again, I kind of did last night….No! that's not the same as now! I didn't have to get completely naked last night! But now look at me, Soaked down to the bone! I know! I'll make him turn around and wait for me to get dressed! But what about him? He's just as wet as I am, He'd have to get naked too…..hmmm.. I wouldn't mind… No, I'll just make him turn around and then I'll just turn around and change too.

"Raine?" Maga said with concern, "Are you feeling okay?"

Raine snapped back into reality and looked at Maga, whose shirt was already off. This only made her blush even more. Then there was a thud in the room next to them.

"Turn around!" Raine blurted out.

"Okay, don't need to act weird about it." He said as he turned around.

Goodness….. He looks so amazing… all wet like that... I just want to go and traced my finger all up and down.. WHAT! WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING!! IT'S MAGA IM THINKING ABOUT HERE! She thought wildly as she turned around too and began to take her own clothing off.

This is weird… Maybe I should just peek around.. Just to make sure he's not… OH MY GODS!!!!

Raine thought as she looked over her shoulder to see a completely naked Maga facing away from her.

He looks so amazing!

She thought, almost forgetting she was completely naked. She could feel her ears start to burn up, and her head feel lighter.

What's going on with me! She thought as she put on a dry pair of panties and slipped her bra on.

She finished putting her clothes on very quickly.

"You done changing yet?" She asked while still facing her back against Maga.

"Just finished." Maga said.

"Okay, then I guess we can turn around." She said while turning.

Maga was dressed in a new pair of breaches and a black cloth shirt. His hair was still a little wet.

"Okay, we should get going…" She said.

Why am I thinking like this all of a sudden?' She thought to herself as the two made their way out of the room.

"Whoa! What the…!" Was what woke him up.

Link snapped his eyes open at the abrupt sound coming from the next room over.

He silently looked around with a small hint of alarm, slowly taking his surroundings in.

Okay.. I'm in the room we rented last night… I fell asleep on the floor… wait, when did I get this blanket on me? He asked himself in thought.

He had more than just a blanket. There was a pillow behind his head too.

His eyes shifted towards a lump in the bed.

Talim.. She must have put these here…

Links smiled as he thought of the kindness of the girl when he heard a man and a woman laughing and begin to open the door to their appointed room.

Link became alarmed at this and grabbed his sword and shield; luckily it was dark because the window shutters were closed. Silently, he waited for the intruders to come in. First walked in the man, Link lunged forward and talked him to the ground, making a large thud. Talim shot up and fell out of the bed.

"Easy! Don't need to get all crazy!" Yelled a familiar voice.

Talim ran to the window and opened up the shutters, letting light come into the dark room.

"Dante?" Link said and quickly got off of him.

"Yes I'm Dante. What's up?" Dante asked in a harsh bewildered tone.

"You startled me… that's all." Link said embarrassed. "Sorry..." He added.

"It's okay man… Such is expected from an always battle ready elf." Dante replied, giving link a hearty pat on the back.

"Well, I'm happy I didn't come in first." Mina laughed. She was still in the doorway when Dante was tackled to the ground.

"Why are you laughing so much??" Talim asked.

"We just played a little prank on Maga and Raine." Dante chuckled.

"Like what?" Link asked. He always looked forward to something like pranks.

"Remember when they splashed water on me back home? Well, I got them back for it, with the help of Mina of course." He added quickly

Link started to laugh and Talim just looked confusingly at the two.

"Revenge is very wrong." Talim said sternly "What if you could have hurt them? What if they get sick from the cold water?"

"Talim, stop worrying, It was just a little prank."Dante assured her.

"But What about what they think about it?" She began to argue.

"They were laughing about it" Mina said.

"But what if they weren't?"

"Then I guess Mina and I would have hell to pay." Dante said shrugging.

"You should stop worrying Talim." Link said.

"They're family, so they gladly accept pranks from each other."

Just then, Raine and Maga walked through the doorway with smiles on their faces.

"You talking about us?" Maga asked.

"Talim's just frustrated at us for playing that prank on you two." Mina said.

"Why?" Raine whispered.

"She can't stand to see people get mistreated." Mina whispered back.

"Okay, everyone, we have stuff to do today. We should go eat and search for any leads." Dante said when he heard a grumble come from Maga. Maga looked around embarrassingly.

"I guess we should go eat first…." Dante said with a sigh.

The group was in the small restaurant next door to the inn. The same one Raine and Talim had been to the night before. After they received their orders, Maga dove into his food and finished it quickly. Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.

"Did you get to taste it" Mina asked Maga in a sarcastic tone, "I was just wondering because I could have sworn the food didn't even touch your tongue."

"It was awesome! Beats the heck out of eating whatever we find hanging off of bushes or trees."

"You got that right." Said Dante as he finished his food.

Raine nodded in agreement and began to finish her food as well.

The troupe of warriors was eating for about forty-five minutes when they finally received the bill.

Everyone dug into their pockets for the cash to pay off the restaurant when link motioned them to stop.

"Don't worry, I'll pay for it." He said as he pulled out a few jewels from his pouch.

"Oh yeah, I completely forgot about those things." Maga said.

Mina's eyes lit up at the sight of them, so did Talim's.

"How in the world can you just pay with that?! They're amazing!" Mina nearly shouted.

"Oh that's right…" Raine said. She forgot about how Mina and Talim still don't know very much about the currencies of Link's world. She didn't quite understand it as well.

"I'll tell you two later." Said Dante.

"But that's not important right now." He said as he stood up.

"We have a lot to do today. I think we should split up, you know, to cover more ground." He continued.

"Link and I will go through the slums and see if we can't find any leads there."

"Mina and I can go through the market" Raine said.

"Okay then, Maga, Talim, you two try to go through the upper class section of town."

Maga nodded.

The group left the restaurant, and left in different directions.

"We'll meet back her before sundown." Was the last thing Dante said before everyone was off.

"Wow! The upper class habits here are amazing!" Talim exclaimed.

"I know..." Maga replied in awe.

The roads were made with laid cobblestone, set perfectly align with each individual rock before it. The homes and other buildings were made of burnished brick, with canopies hovering above almost every home. In some cases, there were even balconies. This part of Athens was an amazing sight to see, with its every aspect molded to perfection.

"Where should we start?" Talim asked Maga.

"I… I don't know. I guess we should just start by asking people questions."

The two walked into a crowd of nobles, whom were minding their own business, and blurted out several questions about the demon sword.

"Have you heard of an evil sword in Athens?" Maga asked a well dressed man.

"No I haven't, but I have heard some weird things about the blacksmith's children."

"Oh really? Well were can we find the smithy?" He asked.

"He is more then likely in the market selling his wares now."

"Well, that's great, were going to have to walk all the way back to the market!" Maga bellowed in frustration.

"It's okay Maga, walking is a way to purify your soul." Talim said.

"Well, if you say so." Maga unwillingly agreed.

"But, I think we should just keep looking here, maybe someone here has heard of the sword."

"Okay, I'll keep asking around then." Talim said.

"This finding a lead thing isn't as easy as I had hoped…" Maga said drearily as he once again began his search for something, anything, that can point them in the direction of the evil seed.

(A/N: Okay, just to warn you, this part might get a little corny, only because I don't normally write this type of moment. If it's stupid, then shut the hell up and skim through it.)

"Hey Mina…." Raine began.

"What is it kiddo?" Mina said as the two were making their way to the center of the bustling market of purveyors.

"I think I…." She began to trail off.

"You think you what? Hungry or something?"

"No… I think I might like Maga…"

"Who doesn't? He's an okay guy." Mina said with a smile.

"No... I mean... LIKE him" She said putting emphasize on the 'like'.

"Awwww isn't that cute."

"It's not a joke!" Raine said now flustered.

" Oh, I know, young love is a serious thing. What is he, like your first crush or something?"

"I guess….. I mean… oh I don't know!"

"What do you see when you look at him?"

"I see Maga."

"No, that's not what I mean! I mean what do you think when you see him, about his personality."

"Well…. He's funny, he's kind, caring, tall, hand….." She stopped abruptly.

"Handsome?" Mina said, finishing Raines chants of Maga.

Raine blushed a bit.

"It's soooo cute!" Mina said. "You know what you gotta do right?" She continued in a sly manner.

"uhmmmm no." Raine said.

"You got to walk right up to him and give him a bit ole sloppy kiss!" She said and made a smooching noise.

"Huh!? No way! It's Maga! He's like a brother to me!"

"But he's not, is he?" Mina retorted.

"Well… no, but still it's Maga!"

"Well, if you want to talk about big girl things, then we can talk later then. We have to look for some leads." Mina said, suddenly becoming serious.

"Are you implying that I don't know anything?" Raine said, getting frustrated at Mina.

"I'm going that way." Mina said quickly. She quickly walked away in a random direction, leaving Raine alone, in the middle of the market.

"grrr…. Here I am, opening up and asking for some personal advice, and she doesn't take it seriously. Well, I'm better off just riding this through," She said as she thought about last night and this morning. " I'll go ask about the sword in that weapons shop over there." She said as she eyed a small building with weapons displayed in it's window. She made her way through the ever claustrophobic crowd into the building. She looked in awe as she investigated all the blades in the store. There were long swords, short swords, daggers, and rapiers , all along it's walls. This wasn't an ordinary weapons shop either, it had also specialized in armor as well. Raine had also noticed how shields adorned the counter.

"Greetings young lady, welcome to the only weapons trade building in Athens that will sell to both men and women." Said a man behind her.

She flung herself around and nearly jumped through her skin when the man was standing right behind her.

"Ahh!" She yelled, frightening the man as well.

"Whoa! Easy young lady, I didn't mean to startle you." He said in a calming voice.

"Oh.. I'm sorry, I overreacted a bit there." Raine said.

"Oh, it's okay. Is there a specific weapon you'd be looking for?"

"I'm actually looking for some information. I was wondering if you've heard about a certain sword."

"Well, I've heard about a lot of swords, what does it look like?"

"Well, I'm not sure… but it's an epically evil sword." She said.

The man's face went slightly grim and pale.

"Are you okay sir?" Raine said.

"Your looking for it too?" He said " But you've got so much life ahead of you, why would you be going after Soul Edge?"

"Soul Edge? I haven't heard it called by that name yet, but I guess you know what I'm looking for."

"Indeed, I do…. Listen, come back here later, when the crowd has died down. I'll have the closed sign out, but don't worry, I'll be here."

"Umm okay? By the way, what's your name?"

"I'm Rothion."

"Well, my name is Raine. I promise I'll be back later, I just have to get my friends."

"Do what you must." He said as he went back into the back room.

"That was weird…." Raine said. It didn't exactly make since to her, but this guy seemed trust worthy.

She hurried out the door, and quickly found Mina talking with some handsome traveler over by a fruit stall.

"So, what's a cute young lady like you doing in the market alone?" He was saying.

"Oh nothing, I'm just searching for some information."

"Hmm like what, may I ask?"

"Oh nothing much, I just was wondering if you've heard of the whereabouts of the Evil Seed." She cooed calmly. The man's eyes widened.

"Your kidding right?"

"What happened to the smooth young man from a second ago?"

"Listen, don't go after that sword, It's a suicide quest." He said

"Oh I know, but that doesn't help me." She pouted.

"Mina!" Said a voice from behind her.

Mina turned around quickly and saw Raine running to her.

"There you are!"

"Who?" The man asked curiously.

"I got some information, but we need to get everyone else first" she said, catching her breath, "who's that?" She asked, pointing towards the man Mina was conversing with.

"He's just some chicken who won't tell me anything about the Evil Seed." She said with a shrug.

"H-Hey! I'm no chicken!" He stuttered.

"Then tell me what you know." Mina said to him.

"Fine! Just to let you know, it kills me sending a pretty thing like you to your death. That thing you seek, it is wielded by a demon in azure armor. His eye's glow as red and evil as fire, and he has a monstrous hand, with a thirst for blood you could never imagine. The last I heard of it, he was far to the west. He only leaves behind carnage and massacre. That's all I know!" The man said.

"Thanks!" Mina said in a gleeful manner and turned towards Raine.

"Now what did you say again?"

"I have information about Soul Edge!"

"Soul wha-?"

"It's what the guy at that weapon shop called it. He wants us to come back later."

"Oh! Well, let's go back to the inn; we'll wait for everyone to get back." She said as they both made their way back uphill towards their destination.

"Talk about crazy..." The man whispered as the two left.

The poor class of Athens resided in the slums. Many of the people had no education or knowledge enough to work as anything higher then a lowly crops-man. Though well knowledgeable of how to use dirt, not one of them capable of the skill of carpentry, thus the homes of the slums are lazily slapped together matchboxes of wood, being held up by the next. And the reek coming from the loiter and the pest infestation was by far the worst anyone could endure.

The sun was almost beginning to set, and Link and Dante have yet to gather any form of information about Soul Edge. They were tired, and disgusted at the foul stenches that resided in the slums of Athens.

"Ugh!" Dante yelled in frustration, "No one even knows what we're talking about here!"

"Calm down Dante." Link said. "There's no reason to get upset about it. Maybe the other's got some information."

"I suppose you're right. Let's head back. It's getting late…"

"That's a good idea…." Link said

"What's the matter? You seem a little depressed lately."

"I just miss my family. I worry about them everyday.. And I can't stand being away from them for this long.."

"How long has it been?"

"Well, It has been seven months since I left my world for yours. But it seems like an eternity since I've seen them…"

"I can't say that I know how your feeling right now, but I can say that I understand. Look, let's just hurry up and get out of here, the faster we find out if there's anything the others have gathered up, the faster we get this whole thing over with." Dante said, trying to make Link feel a bit less disheartened.

The two finally made their way through the nightmare that was the slums of Athens. As they neared the inn, they spotted their other companions waiting for the two to finally arrive.

"Where are they?"

"I don't know, they might have just gotten lost."

"Well, they'll just have to hurry up, we have to go meet with Rothion."

"Yeah!"

The sun was ending it's journey across the heavens, and the group were going to soon be greeted by it's faithful companion following it every night. The streets of the market were beginning to die down as shops closed and merchants packed away their goods. Lanterns across the entire city were beginning to flicker on, and light could be seen through windows and flaring it's life behind curtains.

"We could leave a note for them." Raine said.

"Yea right, like that'll work." Retorted Mina.

"I didn't hear you having any idea's Mina!"

"Please stop arguing you two!" Talim pleaded.

"Look, there they are!" Maga said as he pointed down the well traversed road to the market.

"Finally!" Talim sighed.

"Hey! What took so long?" asked Maga as Link and Dante neared the group.

"Oh you know, we wanted to see the sights, maybe go out for a bite to eat and maybe after that go see a play." Dante remarked sarcastically.

"And how did that go?" Maga replied.

"Horrible, what did you guys find out?" Link said.

"Well, Talim and I didn't really get anything out of the snobs in the upper class," Maga said, "But, Raine and Mina got a lead."

"Speaking of which, "Raine butted in "We need to go meet him now."

"What are we waiting for then?" Link asked.

The group, led by Raine, began their trek back to the weapons shop in the middle of the much less active market place.

"Who's the guy we're going to see?" Maga asked Raine.

"He's a blacksmith named Rothion." She replied.

"A blacksmith? One of those rich people from the upper class mentioned something about a blacksmith's children…."

Maybe she lost interest in the sword…. The man thought as he began to close his modest shop.

Rothion was slowly approaching the iron door he had made to keep out the thieves and fumbled for his keys to lock it. Just then a knock came from the door as a group walked in.

"Hey Rothion! I'm sorry we're late, but some of my friends got lost." Said the familiar young lady from earlier today.

"Ah…. I was beginning to wonder why you were late" He replied.

He eyed the massive swords that two of the young warriors had wielded.

Such horrible craftsmanship, surely the swords will soon break.' Rothion thought.

"What?" Said the younger of the two.

"Nothing, I was just studying your swords."

"Oh," he said as he pointed his sword straight down, "Like it?"

Rothion only shrugged.

"Well, can you tell us where we could find Soul edge?" Raine asked impatiently.

"No, but I can tell you which direction you could search in. A man came into my shop yesterday. He had fiery red hair an-"

"Yun Sung was here?" Mina blurted out.

"was that his name? He never told me. But anyways, he had come through here from the far west. He was searching for Soul Edge as well, calling it the sword of salvation. He told me that he was looking for some leads to it. He also said he came across some insane girl in green."

"Maybe he was talking about you Mina?" Maga chuckled.

"Why don't you just shut up." Mina said, making a fist at Maga.

"And what else?" Link asked.

"He said she was a servant of Soul Edge, and if he could catch her, then he could find out where soul edge is."

"Why was he in here?" Mina asked.

"To get his sword sharpened."

"Did he happen to say which way he went?" Dante interjected.

"West. To a place called Ostriensburgh. He said that there was a chance it was there again."

"Again? That means it was there before?" Maga asked.

"Apparently. He said it always seems to return there. Why? I do not know."

"Well, we should go now then." Link urged.

"I agree." Dante said.

The group began to inch their way out of the shop when Rothion spoke up again.

"I don't think you should go equipped like you are." He said.

"what do you mean?" Dante turned and asked.

"Firstly, your swords look as if they'll break at any moment." He replied, pointing at Maga and Dante's weapons.

"Secondly, what if any of you were to get hit with an arrow? You've got nothing to deflect their sharp points."

"And your point about all this is?" Maga asked.

"At least let me supply you with new weapons and a little bit of protection." Rothion pleaded.

"Well…." Dante said as he thought for a moment.

"I suppose we should… But how long will this take?"

"Well, I can set you up with chain mail in a few hours…" Rothion said as he pointed to Dante and Maga, "And as for the weapons, I can easily replace theirs, but yours will take at least 2 days each."

"How much will all of this cost?" Mina questioned.

"I have a good feeling about the lot of you. It's free of charge on one condition."

"What?" Dante asked………

So? Like? Yes?

Lets see…. I got a few things to cover here.

Okay first off, I know I said 4 or 5 days, but I meant to say 4 or 5 weeks. So sorry about the delay of this update.

Secondly, EASTER!!!!

Thirdly, I have to explain another thing. I type these on my Laptop, but I have to put these files onto a flash drive and put them onto my desktop computer. Okay now recently, it doesn't feel like reading the flashdrives, so I have to figure out another way to upload these next chapters.

Anyways, Read and Review! (I dislike using the R&R acronym, it's like im too lazy to type it out.)