Marche: Okay it's been a while hasn't it?

Eivexst: Yeah but that's why I intend on making this chapter good and long.

Shara: Oh this is going to get interesting.

Eivexst: I do not own any part of final fantasy.

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Nel's POV: Umbra and Leona ended up going on that mission that was pretty much a vacation, and I honestly thought it was good for them though I couldn't help but feel a little jealous but I don't know why. "Nelly?"

I turned around to look at Marche who was now awake even though it was only slightly. "W-what is it?" I asked speaking human, at least I'm almost perfect at it, turned out I was a fast learner.

"W... Where am I?" He asked looking around and then winced holding his side. "W-where is shara?"

I put a hand on his fore head feeling that it was a lot cooler now and smiled. "She's out and about, she's a bit worse for wear but we had her go and show every one that she is okay while we wait for you to wake up, she'll be back soon." I said only slightly miss pronouncing some of the words.

"Really... Good." He said before falling back asleep and I put another cold towel on his head and slid the blanket back up to cover him as he smiled in his sleep.

"Nel, has he woken up yet?" I turned around to see Shara was standing there with a worried look on her face.

"Yes Shara, he woke up for only a minute or two though." I said as I got up and let her sit next to him as she started to gently run her thumb on the back of his hand. "Shara I have a question for you." She turned around to look at me with curiosity.

"What is it?" I felt a small ping of my nerves lower as I thought over how to ask but decided to just go blunt with it.

"You love Marche don't you?" I got the answer I needed when she blushed a tiny bit. "I knew it and here I thought you wouldn't end up like this, but I guess I was wrong this is going to be so interesting when I tell Ritz about it." I said putting on a small grin as she then frowned at me.

"Nelly don't you dare." She said in a dark voice that I hadn't expected and made me stare with slightly wide eyes.

"It was only a joke shara you know I'm not a gossip after all." I said crossing my arms over my chest. "But if I did mention it to her, I'm sure Ritz wouldn't like it at all." I stated remembering the look on Ritz's face when she saw Shara teaching Marche how to use a bow.

"I, I just want him t-to be safe is all." Shara said and I knew she wasn't being truthful with her self and I let it go at that walking out of the room.

"Olint." I said standing there and I saw after a couple seconds he was fumbling with a small box of some sort with it making small click like sounds as he turned it. "Olint what are you doing?" I asked.

"Oh, hello Nelly, I'm just trying to solve this, it's a puzzle box some one back in Lutia pass had handed me, it's rumored that the puzzle will change for the one holding it and if you manage to solve it, you will see a message meant only for you and if some one else tries to see it they will see nothing but an empty space inside." Just as he finished saying it I heard a loud snapping sound and the box opened and just as he said I couldn't see anything inside of it.

"Wow, Olint... Do you mind if I use the puzzle?" I asked feeling excited to know what it would say and I saw him nod as a slightly sad expression came to his face.

"Sure you can, just be careful with it, I still need to hand it to the girls parents when I find them after all." He said with his smile suddenly back and I nodded as I looked down and saw it was a puzzle that needed me to finish put all parts that were jutting out into a diamond shape.

"Wish me luck." I said as I started to try and solve it, the problem was puzles aren't my specialty. [Well... guess I better get started.] I thought as I started to push the pieces yet after a few minutes I realized I hadn't made any progress.

Ritz's POV: I was out side fencing with Marsha, she may be a red mage but she is really good at up close combat, so this was the perfect chance I had to practice. "Ritz next time try aiming at my chest even if you don't hit anything vital it's a wider area so you'll still have a higher chance of hitting something." She stated and I nodded following that advice.

I eventually got a hit in making it tap against her chest plate and she grinned. "I got you." I said returning the grin as I had just understood the principle of how I can aim better. "Great so now I have the basic idea for a feather blow now." I said smiling brightly as I thought over it.

"That's good as for me this has helped me get how I can help out my magic like this, but I need a differetn weapon for that kind of training this one couldn't handle the strain." She said and I noticed that it did seem a bit damaged now.

"Well that's fine, any way we should head in now, I think Olint is looking for you now." Not a few seconds after finishing that line Marsha started to run towards the pub. [I wonder what Umbra and Leona are up to right now...] I thought as I looked up at a passing by cloud.

Umbra's POV: Leona and I were out in a small camp now, I set up the tent and was now sitting by the fire pit we made the sun was getting closer to setting and I noticed the weather here was cold, probably do to how the place was just past the Lutia pass, it was oddly cold here even though Ivalice is usually so warm.

"U-Umbra." I turned around seeing that Leona was hugging her self as she tried to warm up but she was shivering to much. "A-are we close?" She asked and I shook my head no.

"I'm sorry Leona, but we still have two more days to go till we get there." I said as I remembered how far away it is and I walked over taking her up carrying her bridal style as she yelped a bit in surprise and I started to walk back towards the fire as she squirmed in my arms.

"H-Hey what are you doing!?" She shouted and I ignored her as I sat down in front of the fire keeping her in my grip. "Umbra, come on answer me!"

"You of all people should know, I'm sharing body heat, it's a simple principle that you taught me back in that first year of winter when I was in the wood." I said as I could have sworn I saw the smallest blush form on her cheeks and eventually she leaned into me obviously accepting it since it was snowing slightly here and this would be us warm.

After a while I thought I felt her pressing into me a bit and I blushed at a small realization. "L-Leona, y-you might not want to move that way." I said as I couldn't help but feel something soft on my chest through my clothes. "But, I'm so tired." She said just before I heard that she was now breathing normally and not in her silent manner.

I sighed then as I looked up at one of the trees. "Exodus, what have you gotten me into?" I asked as I could have sworn I heard laughing I stood up after a while and went into the tent moving the blanket so that it covered Leona tightly so she could stay warm and I smiled seeing she was comfy now.

"So, this is where you went." I turned around to see that Spades was standing there directly outside the tent and I felt my eyes go into slits again as I tackled her with my rapier presing against her throat. "Thanks for the welcome, though I would have prefered flowers."

I heard my self actually growling as I pushed my hand down onto her collar bone to try to keep her down. "What the hell are you doing here you demon?" I said in the coldest voice I could muster as I made sure she couldn't see Leona in the tent.

"Oh, what's wrong can't a woman visit her-" I moved my hand so it would cover her mouth and growled even louder as I saw the satisfied look in her eyes.

"You, NEVER, get to call me that, NEVER!" I said as I pushed the rapier down drawing a small amount of blood as I felt her grin under my hand and she reached up with one of her hands stroking my hair as she locked eyes with me and I forced my self to look away and moved my hand slightly.

"Oh, what's wrong, don't you just crave for it again? Like all those years ago?" She asked as I looked at her again and cringed as I was forcing my self to stay in place and she put her arms around me forcing me down into a hug that had my head on her neck as my eyes widened from the smell she was giving off, it was too familiar.

"Let me go, let me go damn it!" I said trying to get away but she kept her grip as I heard a soft melody start to be hummed by her and slowly felt my self slipping away into sleep.

"There you go, now you remember what you did at that time, let's have a repeat shall we?" She said as she moved me to a position where I would have my head resting on her lap as she had me open my mouth slightly and I felt that same taste from all those years flood my senses.

A forbidden act, one that must never be doen for the one of the demons crest. Was all I could remember as I swallowed the substance and felt a faint smile come to my face from the soothing feeling it had before I fell asleep and my world went dark.

Dreams.

I was laying there on a large field tehre was rain falling all over but no clouds peppered the sky as I felt some one palce their hand on my head and I recognized the feeling. "Hey, you know what they told me to do right? Well I think you should fill in your due then." She had said and I opened my mouth as I remembered what I was told and smelled copper just before a odd taste flooded my senses.

The figure gasped once I pulled her hand over freely drinking what was in her palm and I then felt her hug me once I drank it all. "A... AM I done now?" I asked and I felt her hum which I hoped was a yes.

"Now just rest little Pentral, one day the rest of this shall be finished, but for now, you have life on your own reigns, have fun, little one." It had said before humming a odd tune as it gently rocked me into sleep and I could have sworn I saw silver hair as I did.

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Eivexst: Okay that's the end of that chapter.

Marche: I couldn't follow any of that.

Eivexst: That's because you were to busy giving goo goo eyes at Shara.

Shara: *slight blush*

Eivexst: Case in point, see you all next chapter and leave a review to let me know what you thought.