Jen: You know I was kidding right?

Jess: I thought so, but wow! You sounded serious!

Jen: I have that skill.

Jess: I wish I had supernatural powers like that.

Jen: I'm sure you will.

Jess: Any ways here's the disclaimer. We do not own Namco or Nintendo, Soul Calibur or Legend of Zelda. But this plot is ours. And according to Jen, she owns anyone at Street Fighter.

Jen: True dat.

Here he was again. Pitch darkness. But something felt different… He wasn't afraid. He wasn't short of breath and he didn't have his sword .But something was in his hand. Something smooth to the touch. He looked to his right and saw a woman standing next to him. She wore a brown cloth top and a brown cloth skirt that covered her front and back side but not the sides of her legs. She wore a brown colored headband that had several different designs on it and her brown hair was in a braided ponytail, just like she always wore.

'You know, talking helps….' She said to him

'I do now.' He replied back

'Then what's on your mind?'

'I'm not sure… Something doesn't seem right.'

'What do you mean?'

'I feel like we're being watched.'

'By what?'

'Something is following us…'

'What is?'

'I don't know..' He replied.

'What ever it is, we'll get through it… together.' She said as she clutched his hand.

'I hope you're right….'

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Dante woke up on his side, his arm wrapped around something. He slowly opened his eyes saw exactly what his arm was around. It was Mina. Her face was inches away from his, slowly breathing in and out, and her arms were wrapped around him. He tried to move, but when he did, she tightened her grip around him. Dante quietly sighed to himself. There was no way he was going to break her hold on him without waking her up, and that's something he didn't want to do. He just looked at Mina, watching her as she blissfully slept. She was smiling, dreaming a dream of happiness. Dante just laid there, watching her sleep, thinking of what she could possibly be dreaming. Suddenly, Mina's face went that of serenity, to something of panic. Her smile faded into a frown, and her eyebrows tensed. She began to move around, and her legs slightly began to kick.

"No…." She mumbled. Dante didn't know what to do. Should he wait for her nightmare to pass, or should he wake her up? She began shaking her head and her kicks were now getting more violent.

"Don't touch me…. Help…. Someone help…." She muttered quietly. Dante thought for a moment and decided what he would do. He leaned in closer to her.

"Don't worry." He whispered, " I'll help."

"Get them off of me…"

"Get what off of you?"

"These men… They're hurting me…. Get them away from me…"

"Don't worry, I won't let them hurt you." He whispered again. After a few moments passed, Mina began to calm down and Dante let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you Dante….." She mumbled again. Dante closed his eyes and relaxed. He felt at peace knowing that Mina would sleep well; he put his arm back around her waist and held her firmly. He had a feeling that today was going to be a good day.

"Hey Maga, wake up. We're leaving today, remember? I want to get an early start."

Maga inhaled quickly through his nose and opened his eyes groggily. Raine was standing above him, politely nudging his shoulder. In response, he turned and lay down in his side, throwing his pillow over his head. Raine let out a huff and tapped Maga with her foot. Maga sleepily swiped at her leg, like a child would when they didn't feel like getting up; which is exactly what he was acting like.

"Get up!" She urged him, giving him a light kick in his kidney area. (A/N: truly a painful feeling.)

Maga turned back onto his back and stared at Raine tiredly.

"What?" He asked. Raine smacked herself on the forehead and let out a sigh.

"We're leaving, remember? Come on, get up and get moving." She demanded.

Maga nodded sleepily and stood up from his cot on the floor. He let out a yawn and ruffled his hair. "Good morning." He said, smiling at Raine. Raine couldn't help but smile back.

"Good morning," She giggled, "Now come on, everyone else is waiting."

Maga shuffled to the far wall and picked up his and his brother's bags; knowing that Dante slept in the infirmary overnight. He turned to his left and took his sword, which was leaning up against the wall and hefted it up on his shoulder and turned towards Raine and the doorway. (A/N: and and and and and.)

"Well, let's go then!" He happily exclaimed as the two marched out of the room and into the hall.

When they entered the living room, he saw that everyone was already packed, ready to continue on with their quest of salvation. Kilik was standing next to Maxi, leaning up against the wall and had his eyes closed. Maxi was sitting on the floor, resting himself on his knee. Link was sitting up against a wall as well, keeping a close eye on Mitsurugi, who was also sitting up against the wall. Xianghua and Talim were sitting on the couch, yawning and stretching, and Rothion was also awake, to send the group off with some provisions. Maga also noticed that Mina wasn't there.

"Where's Mina?" He asked. Xianghua just shrugged and let out yet another yawn.

"We think she might have liked Dante's idea of sleeping in her own bed at the infirmary, so she might have stayed there and pretended to be sick." Link said.

"That definitely sounds like something she would do." Maga chuckled.

"Let's go get them if we want to get an early start." He suggested.

Everyone agreed, getting up from their comfortable positions and saying their good bye's to Rothion.

"Thank you for allowing us to stay here, Rothion." Talim said.

"Any time, be safe on your journeys." He replied. Link gave him some Rupees for his troubles and Rothion handed him several loafs of bread and some bladder bags full of water.

"I can't believe you're serious about following us around." Maga said to Mitsurugi, whom had been quiet the entire time.

"I don't joke about a challenge." He replied.

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The sun was just beginning to rise and the birds greeted it with their beautiful songs of morning, the streets of Athens were beginning to fill with the business of people and their daily agendas. The group just arrived at the infirmary and was trying to decide on who wakes up Dante and finds Mina. They made Mitsurugi wait outside.

"Well, I don't know him well enough." Maxi said.

"Me either." Xianghua and Kilik protested in unison.

"He's already a little pissed at me." Maga said.

" The last time I woke him up, he was pretty mad." Raine said.

"I don't really want to get on his bad side." Link said.

"What about Talim?" Xianghua suggested.

Everyone looked at her. She was quietly playing with her braids, minding her own business, and when they mentioned her name, she looked around at everyone and saw they were looking at her.

"Okay, I'll go and get them… uh.. which rooms are they in?" She sheepishly asked.

"Uhmmm…." Maga thought aloud, " Now that I think about it, I haven't the slightest clue."

"All of the rooms are down the hall there… I suppose I can help Talim out." Raine said, now realizing that she couldn't remember which room Dante was in and saw how many doorways there were in the infirmary.

"Thank you." Talim said. The group slowly made their way down the hall, trying to decide which room Dante was staying in.

"I'm pretty sure he was in that room at the end of the hall." Link said.

"No, that was where we were stuck at." Maxi replied.

"Was it this one?" Kilik suggested, pointing at a door.

"No, that one wasn't it." Xianghua said.

"Maybe this one?' Raine asked, pointing at another door.

"This is going to take forever!" Maga exclaimed.

Just then, a door opened up behind them, and out walked Dante.

He stretched and let out a loud yawn and eyed the group walking away from him.

"Hey guys. Looking for me?" he asked aloud. Everyone turned around with surprise.

"There you are! Now all we need to do is find Mina." Raine shouted.

"She's in this room. Why are you looking for us so early?" He asked groggily.

"We need to get an early start, we've lost a lot of ground already." Kilik said.

"Well, you can wake her up, I need to find an out house." He said.

"Ugh, you can't hold it?" Raine asked.

"I have been holding it, all night, and I have to go now." He replied.

"There's one right outside." Link said.

"Thanks." Dante said, rushing down the hallway.

"He really needed to go." Maxi proclaimed.

"Yeah." Maga added.

"I guess we should wake up Mina." Talim suggested.

" I guess so." Raine said. She and Talim walked into Mina's room while the rest of the group waited outside.

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She was sitting on a bench in the middle of a beautiful forest, animals were peacefully living their lives and water was trickling down a creek bed close by. She was surrounded by tranquility, when suddenly, the ground began to shake and someone called out her name.

'Mina, get up.'

'Leave me alone, can't you see I'm relaxing?' she asked aloud.

'We're leaving, get up, please?' asked another voice.

Mina snapped open her eyes and wondered where she was and who had woken her up from her peaceful dream. She sat up, rubbing her eyes and looked around. Raine and Talim were standing next to her, shaking her shoulder.

"Okay, okay, I'm awake… Hey, where's Dante?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh, he went to use the out house. Why do you ask?" Talim responded.

"Oh… No reason." She chirped.

"Well, come on. We're going." Raine said. Mina nodded and got up from the bed. She stretched her arms up in the air and rubbed the back of her head.

"Well then, " She said, " Lets go." The three left the room and joined up with everyone else in the main lobby.

"Sleep well?" Link asked.

"Wonderfully, you?" Mina responded.

"It was better then sleeping outside."

Mina smiled for a second and then realized something. She had forgotten something, something she felt naked without.

"Did any of you happen to bring my…" She began but was cut off by link.

"I have it right here." He said. He reached in his pouch and produced Mina's zambatou.

"Oh thank goodness…." She sighed in relief as he handed it to her.

Maxi, Kilik, and Xianghua stared at Link in disbelief, and he noticed it too.

"Magic." He said with a smile.

Just then, a clash of metal could be heard outside and the group rushed out to see what had caused the all familiar voice of battle.

"Oh man… Gotta find that out house soon." Dante whined. He rushed outside and franticly looked around. After a few moments, he spotted a box-like shed with 'out house' written on it. He quickly ran in and did his business. Sighing with relief, he finished up and calmly walked out.

"Had to cry again?" asked a voice. Dante's eye twitched, due to a bottled up rage that was meant for one person, and quickly turned to his left and spotted the cause of all his anger.

"You missed our fight." Mitsurugi said. He had Dante's sword hefted up on his shoulder and stared at him with emotionless eyes.

"I couldn't help it." Dante shot back at him.

"How would you like to end it now then?" Mitsurugi asked, tossing Dante's sword at his opponent. Dante caught the hilt of his blade and gripped it firmly. He grinned at Mitsurugi.

"You know your going to loose." Dante said.

"A pathetic revelation from a cry baby means nothing." Mitsurugi retorted.

"Let's make this a bit more interesting then. If I win, you have to buy me a bottle of the best saki Athens has to offer." Dante said. Mitsurugi smiled at this new addition to his challenge.

" And what if I win?" He asked.

"I'll buy you one." Dante said.

Mitsurugi smiled more now.

"You have a deal." He said.

"You know this isn't the arena anymore. I'm not following any rules." Dante said. Mitsurugi nodded and unsheathed his blade.

"Well then, let's get started!" Dante yelled and charged at Mitsurugi. Dante brought his sword down, hoping to bring it down on Mitsurugi's head' thus impaling him, but his hopes were severed when his blade met Mitsurugi's; making a loud clang. Mitsurugi pushed up with his sword, making Dante lift up a little, and kicked him hard in the stomach. He brought his blade sideways, aiming for Dante's neck. Dante quickly brought his sword to his side, deflecting the possible Decapitation. (A/N: Decapitatiooooooooon!)

"Stop it!" Yelled a familiar voice. Both of the warriors turned their attention to whom had demanded them to stop their battle. It was Link, followed by the rest of the group, standing in front of the infirmary.

"Why should I?" Dante asked, now beginning to stand up. He was breathing heavily from the adrenaline rush he had gotten from the quick fight.

"You're no use dead!" Link exclaimed and then looked at Mitsurugi, " I knew I shouldn't have taken my eyes off you."

"What do you mean?" Dante asked. Maga ran up to him and stood between him and Mitsurugi.

"It's complicated. Just go with it." He said. Dante still had further questions but Maga told him to wait.

" We've already lost valuable time." Kilik reminded them after the two had settled down from their skirmish, " We need to hurry up. Soul Edge is getting stronger by the minute." Dante let out a sigh and nodded in agreement.

"At least I won't be seeing this asshole anymore." Dante said, pointing to Mitsurugi. Maga looked at Dante in a questionable way.

"I'm not going to see him any more, am I?" he asked.

"Well… about that.." Maga began.

"No. Hell no. Hell fucking no." Dante started, shaking his head and waving his arms near his waist to make a statement.

"He is NOT coming with us."

"It's not that we're letting him, it's that he's following us." Maga said.

"What the fuck for!?" Dante shouted, looking at the Samurai who was now wearing a cocky smirk.

"It's because we didn't fight him in the tournament."

Dante let out an angry sigh.

" You're kidding right?"

"I wish I were, brother."

Dante turned and looked at Mitsurugi.

"There are other people to fight you fucking idiot! Why the hell do you HAVE to follow us?"

"I will get my challenge, whether I have to follow you to the gates of hell."

"Ahhh!!!" Dante yelled in frustration.

"Hey, calm down." Maga said.

"I am not going to put up with his fucking bullshit! There's already what, nine people in this group, and now we have to go look for Soul Edge with his cocky ass? Hell no!"

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, we aren't feeding him." Maga said, trying to calm his brother down.

"I fucking hate him. I have such a hate for him that killing him would not satisfy me." Dante exclaimed.

"Hah! If you think that's bad new, you should ask about the horses!" Mitsurugi yelled. Dante looked at Maga.

"What does he mean?"

"Well… we aren't taking them, we're walking here on out."

"This day just keeps getting better and better." Dante said. After a few moments of taking deep breaths, trying to find his inner peace, Dante calmed down a bit and tried to look on the brighter side if this out come.

"Well…" He said out loud, " At least I have a drinking buddy."

Everyone let out a sigh. They all began walking towards the gates of Athens, they walked through the market one last time, they walked past the Shrine of Hephaestus, and finally walked out of the city of Athens. They all took one last look at the beautiful city in silence. The sun was finally up and the normal day life of Athens resumed it's routine. It wasn't until they were well away from Athens that Maxi broke the silence.

"Hey wait, what makes you think I wouldn't make a good drinking buddy?"

Wow. This was by far the shortest chapter of anything I have ever written. But there was A LOT in it, if you get what I'm saying. Also, Brutal Legend reference in my author note. It's uhh.. weird(?) that I'm letting Mitsurugi just follow them. But eh, it's comical. Dante Hates him, so he follows them. I have a feeling this is going to get funnier now.

And Dante DOES have a softer side. Huh, I didn't know. Wasn't that just fluffy of him to help Mina out in her dreams? I think he might have a thing for Minaaaaaa~~ (And yes he does, but the romance is just building for him and Mina.) Any who, I have a feeling that Maga and Raine might be warming up to each other too. You might not see it, but I sure do. Any ways, Here's Jen's summery. Read and Review.

Hey guys and girls! I'm sorry this chapter was so short. It's hard to get everyone together and get them going. You know, resuming their quest and other stuff. It was also hard to really think of anything to happen in between the times they woke up and the time they all left. That's why this is such a short chapter. I'd just call this a filler chapter I suppose. I promise that Jess and I will have a longer chapter for you all next time. R&R!