Me: I'm sorry my update is late! I would have had it done yesterday but a went to a concert with my friends.

Genis: Its only been six days, some people don't update for a month.

Me: But still...

Genis: Oh come on, get over it!

Me: Fine.

Genis: She owns nothing.

Me: Except anything that is not originally in the game.


You know, studying from the beginning probably would've helped. I was in the class room with everyone else… studying. I have never studied, I never needed to, but now I needed to.

I was skimming through a bunch of books, mostly history. I was not about to fail a test. If I did, it would be the first test I had ever failed. Anyways, I had about ten books surrounding me, all on different subjects. I was mostly just worried about history though.

"Wow, that's a lot of books," Lloyd commented.

"I haven't been in school since I was 13 and lately I've been slacking in my studies. You should probably start studying too," I responded.

"Fine…" He groaned and left.

I continued my last minute studying. I kept thinking that the test would be the hardest I had ever taken. I only had the knowledge of an eighth grader with some ninth grade knowledge. No, I did not make a mistake, I am thirteen with the knowledge of an advanced eighth grader. It's annoying to have that knowledge because then everyone comes to me for help. The only reason I was like that was because everyone on Earth is always expecting something great out of me. I hate to disappoint people so I try to be perfect for them. But, no matter how much I try it's never enough.

Anyways, when I turned the page to the book I was reading I found a note.

'A note? What's this doing here?'

I took it out of the book and opened it. My eyes widened at the handwriting. My brother had wrote it, there was no mistaking his handwriting. I looked through the note and it was basically an outline of Sylverant's history. At the end of the note is read:

Good luck, little sis. I hope this helps, I don't want you beating yourself up over a failed test.

I smiled and started reading over the outline.

'Seriously, how does he do that?'

Well, I knew for sure that he was there. He was also looking out for me. But, the most important question then was: Where is he?

So, after everyone had finished studying we went to the test room. I blocked out all the talking to continue running over all the information I had read. When I got the test I became really nervous. But, I took it anyways, hoping that the outline Kuro had given me would help.

After the test was over I kept wondering how badly I had failed. The dean came back in with the tests in hand. I was really nervous and fidgeting a lot then.

"I will announce the results. First, last place is… Lloyd Irving with 25," The dean said.

"Whoa 25," Lloyd responded

Colette turned to Lloyd, "That's your best yet, Lloyd! Congratulations!"

I sighed and shook my head. The sigh was for both relief and pity.

'That's like… 6.25 percent… I think.'

"The rest follow in order: Colette Brunel: 210," The dean was interrupted by Lloyd.

'So far so good. Hers is about… 52.5 percent.'

"Sarah: 350," The dean announce.

'That would mean I got… an 87.5 percent. Awesome! Thank you Kuro, I didn't fail!'

"Kratos Aurion: 380."

'I'm not even going to bother, he obviously got some wrong.'

"Raine Sage: 400."

"Not like we expect anything but perfection from the Professor!" Lloyd commented.

"Now, I shall announce the scores of Genis and Mighty."

Everyone got silent to hear the scores.

"Mighty Washington: 398."

'Dammit! I just remembered the I was suppose to go to Washington D.C. this summer. Now I'll have to wait longer to go because I'm in another world.'

"Genis Sage: 400."

"I did it!" Genis cheered.

"That's not…possible," Mighty gasped.

"Take that! Genis is amazing!" Lloyd shouted.

Mighty turned to Genis, "… I lost… I'm sorry I made fun of you."

Genis turned down the acceptance to the academy to continue the journey with us. Everyone headed to the front and Lloyd came up to me.

"Hey, I thought you said you hadn't been in school since you were 13," Lloyd reminded.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I haven't been studying since then. I'm just surprised I didn't fail," I replied.

"Oh… Why didn't the dean say your last name?" Lloyd asked.

'He noticed? Damn, I didn't think he would.'

"Probably because I didn't put it down," I answered.

"Why didn't you put it down?"

"I have my reasons," I responded.

I just ignored the rest of Lloyd's questions about my last name. We all headed to the Governor-General to ask about the Book of Regeneration. I was wondering about the future events and what I could do to help.

Governor-General Dorr glanced up at us as we entered the building. He smiled and stood up to greet us.

"Greeting, travelers! We welcome travelers, as per the teachings of Martel. May the blessing of Martel be upon those who journey," Dorr greeted.

I glanced over at Kilia who I caught glaring at me. I quickly turned my attention away from her.

'Looks like the real Kilia is already dead. But, why glare at me?'

"Ah, thanks. Actually, we're looking for something called the "Booklet of Regeneration." We heard that it's here," Lloyd said.

"What the?… It's the Book of Regeneration, dummy!" Genis commented.

'Dummy? He really needs to expand his name-calling vocabulary.'

Lloyd turned to Genis, then back, "I…I knew that. Yeah, what he said."

"The Book of Regeneration? Yes, that's our family treasure. But, what of it?" Dorr asked.

"We want you to lend it to us," Lloyd answered.

"What an insolent request…" Neil insulted.

"I'm sorry, that was rude. We are aiding the Chosen on her journey of world regeneration. For the sake of the future of our world we wish to learn the path followed by Spiritua," Raine explained.

Neil's eyes widened slightly, "… Governor-General Dorr."

Dorr hardened his gaze, "Yes. The Chosen was here just yesterday! How dare you defile that name! These despicable criminals must be arrested and turned over to the church at once!"

The guards cornered us and we all turned around to face them. There were six guards blocking us. Colette stumbled back and accidentally released her wings. I helped Colette back up.

"Wow! Father, did you see?! She has wings! She's like an angel! They're beautiful!" Kilia chirped.

'Wow, that's some good acting.'

"W…wait! Everyone, lower your weapons! This person before us is undoubtedly the Chosen of Mana!" Neil warned.

The guards lowered their weapons. Colette put her wings away and Lloyd and I turned to face the Governor-General.

"There is no mistaking the angel wings that are on your back!" Neil realized.

The guards dispersed back to their original positions and the others turned to face Dorr.

"Please forgive our insolence, Chosen one," Neil apologized.

Colette turned to Neil, "Ah, um, please, it's okay. Um, um…it's all right, really. Everyone tells me I'm not very Chosen-like at all."

"But, this means…The Chosen we gave the Book of Regeneration to was an imposter?!"

"…Wait a minute. You said something about the chosen coming here already," Lloyd commented.

"You handed over the Book of Regeneration?" Kratos asked, slightly anger hinted in his voice along with annoyance.

"Yesterday, the Chosen of Mana came and asked us to give her the Book of Regeneration," Dorr began.

"We had received information that the Chosen's group was headed this way. So we naturally thought that they were them…" Neil finished, embarrassed by the mistake.

"Are you stupid or something?! Now what are we suppose to do?!" Genis yelled.

"I'm terribly sorry…" Neil replied, upset at himself.

"I can't believe this! Do you use your eyes at all or are they just there for decoration? You humans are-" Genis then got smacked by Raine. "Ow!"

'Ouch.'

"Genis, that's enough!" Raine scolded.

"You don't happen to remember the contents of that whatever-it's-called book, do you?" Lloyd asked, stupidly.

"I'm afraid not… It is, after all, written in the language of the angels, so only members of the church can read it," Dorr admitted.

"I guess we don't have any choice but to search for the seals ourselves…" Lloyd sighed.

"Well then, let us go," Kratos replied.

As we walked out I stopped and turned around to face Dorr, Neil, and Kilia.

"Um, I have a questioned before I go," I said.

The others stopped and looked at me.

"Yes, what would that be?" Dorr inquired.

"You wouldn't happen to have seen a tall, skinny, kinda lanky, guy with black hair and brown eyes, have you?" I asked.

"…Now that you mention it… Yes, I've seen this person. He came here a few days ago and was looking for someone. You match the description he gave us. He said his name Kuro," Neil answered.

My expression brightened at this, "Did he say where he was going?"

"Unfortunately, no. I'm sorry," Neil said.

I sighed, "Don't worry about it. I'm sure I'll find him soon."

We then left the building and returned to the inn to rest before heading out. We were in the lobby sitting around and talking.

"May I ask who this Kuro person is?" Raine inquired.

I looked over at her and sighed, "Kuro's my brother."

"I see," Raine left it at that.

"Don't worry, Sarah. I'm sure you'll find him soon," Colette cheerfully responded.

I smiled and nodded, "Yeah, he was here a few days ago. So I should run into him sooner or later."

"So where do we head next?" Genis asked.

"Hakonesia Peak. Remember those guys Colette bumped into? They said something about Governor-General Dorr's family treasure and that they were going to sell it to an old man at Hakonesia. They were the imposters," I explained.

"Wow! That's amazing, Sarah! You remembered all that?" Colette chirped.

"It's hard to forget idiots like them," I replied.

"Well then, let's get going," Kratos commented, standing up.

Everyone agreed and we soon left. While we were walking I began to write in my journals again.

"What are you doing?" Lloyd asked.

I looked up from my journal at him. He was walking backwards to face me. That reminded me of something that happened on Earth. I was walking with my friends and Angel, oh, that's ironic, anyways, Angel was walking backwards and he walked into a parked car. Brittany and I laughed but didn't stop because we knew he'd be okay.

"Um, writing," I answered.

"I mean, what are you writing about?" He rephrased.

"The journey. I'm keeping a record of the events that are happening," I replied.

"Oh, why?" He asked.

"Because, it keeps me busy."

"That all?"

"Yep," I continued writing.

"My, that journal you're writing will probably become a historic document someday," Rain put in.

"Yeah, probably…" I responded, thinking about it.

"When this journey is over you should give it to the Governor-General or the Palmacosta Academy," Raine informed.

"That sounds like a good idea," I replied.

'I think I'll give it to Sybak or maybe the lab in Meltokio or… there are too many places to leave this journal.'

The walk to Hakonesia Peak was going to be long, but I didn't mind, I liked walking. I had finished writing in my journals and put them away. Raine had decided that we needed to take a break and everyone else agreed. Since we were taking a break, that meant Lloyd and I would have a training session with Kratos. We all set our bags down and Colette, Genis, and Raine sat down. Lloyd and I followed Kratos away from them to train.

Nothing interesting happened during the training session. We set off a little after training. Lloyd, Colette, and Genis talked while we walked. Raine read a book, Kratos was, well, Kratos and I was deep in thought. We reached Hakonesia Peak not long after. Meeting the old man was not something I wanted to do. But I didn't really have much of a choice. I couldn't think of an excuse.

"If you're looking for road passes, it's 100,000,000 Gald per person," Koton informed.

"Wha?! What kind of price is that?! That's robbery!" Lloyd shouted.

"Silence boy! I'll have you know I hate men!" Koton spat.

"That means even those on pilgrimages with the Church of Martel can't make it past here. Sarah, how did you get through here?" Raine asked.

"I didn't, I took an alternate path. But it's not something a group our size can get through," I replied.

Koton faced Raine and I, "Oh, my, you two are quite the beauties! If you're on a pilgrimage, you should join the Asgard ruin tour at the Palmacosta travel agency."

I glared at the old man but didn't say anything.

"Hey! You're in cahoots with the travel agency!" Genis pointed out.

"Oh, shut up! If you don't have any money then get out of here!" The old man shouted.

Colette noticed the book and walked over to it, "Hmm? That's a very old scripture…"

"Oh, my beautiful maiden! You have a good eye! This here is something I purchased from the Chosen of Mana. It's a rare scripture record that contains the Legend of Spiritua!" The old man explained, "I've been wanting to get my hands on this for ages! I'd just about given up on Dorr ever letting go of it. It was very fortunate that the Chosen herself was willing to part with it!"

"Let us have that! At least just let us look at it for a bit," Lloyd said.

"You've got to be kidding! Why should I show it to you people?!" He shouted back.

"Oh, come one! Colette is the Cho-" He was cut off by Raine smacking him.

"Stop. We'll be the ones treated as imposters," Raine muttered to him.

"The Cho…?" Koton pressed.

"The Chosen of Mana's devoted follower. She wishes to view articles that the Chosen has possessed. Colette is a faithful believer and is versed in the language of the angels," Raine lied.

"Ah, yes, that's right. I've studied it since I was a child," Colette informed, backing Raine up.

"Well, if it's that important to you, the maiden, beauty, and lady can have a look at it. More than anything, I want the Spiritua Statue that is displayed in the House of Salvation. If you bring that, I'll consider showing you the book," The annoying, avaricious old man replied.

"You're so stingy! Like it costs you anything to just let us look at it," Genis insulted, annoyed with the old man.

"Shaddup! Get the heck outta here if you don't have any money and don't have the statue!" Koton yelled back.

"Gladly," I retorted and left.

The others followed after me. I looked around and saw a bunch of people outside.

"What's going on?" I asked.

One of the bystanders turned to me, "Uh, you don't know?"

Another one turned, "You all would be better off waiting here for a while. No matter what you should stay away from Palmacosta."

"Did something happen in Palmacosta?" Lloyd asked.

"It seems the Desians are headed for Palmacosta," The tour guide informed.

Lloyd face the guide, "What?!"

"Plus, they say the leader of the near by human ranch, Magnius, is with them," The man added.

"Magnius…" Lloyd tailed.

"I'm going to wait here until things cool down. You should hold off on going anywhere for a while, too," The man suggested.

Lloyd and I turned to the others.

"Let's go check it out," Lloyd said.

"Lloyd are you crazy?!" Genis shouted.

"I agree with Lloyd. Besides, we can't get through here and we still don't know where the seal is. There's nothing else we can do right now. We should make sure the people of Palmacosta are alright," I explained.

"…Well, I guess you're right," Genis gave in.

"I agree with Lloyd and Sarah, too," Colette added.

Raine looked at our determined faces and sighed, "I suppose we'll go."

"Alright then, let's get moving," Kratos started walking.

We started back for Palmacosta.

"What's that avaricious old geezer's problem?!" Lloyd shouted.

"Agreed, that was the rudest man I had ever met," I added.

Then Raine went into her rant about Lloyd using the word avaricious. I just watched as Raine insulted Lloyd without meaning to. I smirked at the sight and hid my laughter.

"That just reminded me of something," I muttered slightly.

"Reminded you of what?" Genis asked.

"Just this time when I was with my friends and something similar to this happened," I replied.

"Which side were you on?" He questioned.

"The side that didn't get their intelligence insulted," I answered.

Genis laughed and said, "I'd expect that from you."

I faked a smile but didn't say anything. "Expect," I really didn't like that word. People on Earth were always expecting something good out of me. No matter how hard I tried, they always expected more and something better. I was too nice to want to let them down. That's how I got to be top of my class and good at a lot of things, it was all to try and impress and please everyone. But, all it really did was take away my chance to be like other kids and have more than just two friends. Those two friends betrayed my trust too. I have a horrible social status at school because I always focused on trying to live up to everyone's expectations. Seriously, I hate that word.

Anyways, enough of my ranting. We traveled all the way back to Palmacosta. We all looked around but didn't see any one.

"Where is everyone?" Lloyd asked.

"Probably all at the town square. The Desians are probably there as well," I replied and headed towards the town square.

"How do you know that?" Raine asked, suspicious.

"Trust me, I've had a lot of run ins with Desians," I answered and continued walking.

We got to the town square and saw Cocoa with a rope around her neck. The towns people were all in the town square, probably being forced to watch. I set my hand on my weapon, ready for the soon to come fight. We got there right on time. We saw the very beginning of the scene play out. Lloyd asked about the city militia and a bystander explained to him about the training exercises. Genis insulted the Desians then Chocolat showed up and ran up to the gallows, to her mom.

"Stop right there, woman!" commanded one of the Desians.

"If you interfere, we'll make you suffer in ways that will have you begging for death!" a Desian mage warned.

"You think Governor-General Dorr will let you get away with this?!" Chocolat spat.

"Dorr! Hahahaha! Don't get your hopes up, woman!" Magnius laughed.

Magnius was just about to give the signal to hang Cocoa but a little boy, whom I've got to compliment, started throwing rocks at him.

"You…disgusting little vermin!" Magnius shouted and jumped down.

He approached the little boy but Lloyd threw a demon fang at him.

"Stop right there!" Lloyd shouted.

I took that as my opportunity to bring out my weapon and unsheathe it. The little kid ran away and four Desians surround the injured Magnius.

"Lloyd, stop! Do you want to turn this city into the next Iselia?" Raine asked.

"It's not the same! This city doesn't have a non-aggression treaty with the Desians! How can we go on a quest to regenerate the world is we can't even save the people standing right in front of us?!" Lloyd argued.

I ran up to back Lloyd up. Colette walked up next.

"Lloyd's right! I won't just stand here and let this happen!" Colette agreed.

"Plus, this city can defend itself! It has a militia," I added.

"…You! You're wanted criminal 0074... Lloyd Irving!" One of the Desians shouted.

"Well, now! So, you're that boy with the exsphere! Hahahaha! This is perfect! After I take that exsphere from you, they'll make me the leader of the Five Grand Cardinals! Get them!" Magnius ordered.

One of the Desian mages with the weird hats started to cast Fireball. Seriously, what is up with those hats? Who designed them? Also, what's up with that weird dance thing they do when the release the spell? Anyways, back to the situation.

Genis ran in front of us a blocked the fireball attack. He then walked to the back smugly, calling the Desians, "Amateurs."

"Dammit! You worthless idiots! Enough of this! I'll take care of this woman first!" Magnius shouted, annoyed and gave the signal to hand Cocoa.

"No!" Colette shouted and ran forward, hurling her chakram at the rope, freeing Cocoa.

"What the?!" Magnius shouted, watching the chakram soar back to its owner.

Kratos ran up and unsheathed his sword, cutting Magnius. He re-sheathed it and stood with his arms crossed.

"…Let us respect the wishes of the Chosen," Kratos said, nonchalantly.

A couple of bystanders heard and started talking about Colette.

"Do you all realize what you're doing? If you defy the Desians, this city may be attacked just like Iselia," Raine informed.

"That's right! And I know full well what I'm doing! I won't repeat the same mistake again. I'll destroy them all, the entire ranch!" Lloyd shouted.

'Wow… Does he really think he'd be able to do that?… Well, he will but he doesn't know that.'

"Lloyd, that's insanity," Raine informed.

"They're only after Colette and me anyway," Lloyd replied, "And besides, we have the Chosen on our side! The savior who will regenerate the world! Right, Colette?"

That gave Colette a lot of courage. She stepped forward and faced us, "…Yup! I'm going to fight for everyone's sake…"

That's when the Pastor of the Church spoke up, calling to Colette.

"I give up. You're all hopeless…" Raine sighed, "But, I'll help, since I'd be worries about you otherwise."

Lloyd faced Raine and smiled, "Professor Sage! Thanks!"

"Damned little… enough of this crap!" Magnius shouted, "I'm leaving them to you. Get rid of them!"

Magnius along with one of the mages left.

"How dare you lay a hand on Lord Magnius! You're all dead!" A Desian soldier shouted.

The Desians charged at us, ready to kill. Lloyd rushed in and started attacking the mage of the three Desians that were still left. I charged for a different Desian after slipping on my Cruxis Crystal. Our formation was as usual.

I swung my dagger across the Desian's chest, but he jumped back and dodged. I pursued and attacked again. This time I landed a hit on the Desian's shoulder. The Desian swiped his sword at me but I blocked with both of my daggers. I then kicked the Desian in the gut and pushed the sword away. I jumped back and was about to go back in to strike, but Colette sent an Angel Feathers attack and finished off the Desian for me.

"Thanks, Colette," I shouted.

She smiled and nodded. I looked over and saw that the Desian mage had shot a Fireball my way and it was already too close to dodge.

'Crap!'

I brought my arms up, to try and block it the best I could. If I could use techniques, it would have been really helpful then. The Fireball attack hit me head on, burning me badly. But, luckily, I couldn't feel it because of my Cruxis Crystal. I looked up after being hit with the attack and saw that the mage and Desian soldier had been taken down.

Raine rushed over to me and demanded that I let her heal my injuries. Cocoa and Chocolat took us to their house, where Raine continued to heal me. I had slipped off my Cruxis Crystal while they weren't looking. The burns hurt horribly. I almost collapsed to my knees from the sudden pain that I felt. Raine had me sit down while she healed my arms and other small burns I had. Cocoa and Chocolat thanked us. The conversation went how it was suppose to because I didn't interject. I was too busy getting healed of my burns. I'm serious, I've been burned a lot but nothing as bad as those burns.

The conversation soon ended and we headed back to the inn to rest. Raine still hadn't fully healed my burns, and I couldn't blame her, I had a lot of really bad burns. We got the rooms at the inn and we each went to our rooms to rest. Raine couldn't completely heal my burns but she did the best she could. So, Colette and I were resting in our room.

"How are you feeling, Sarah?" Colette asked, worried.

"Not too good, but I should be better soon," I winced.

I had gotten burned on my face slightly as well. It was a bit painful to talk. I reached for a roll of bandages to wrap my burns with so it wouldn't get infected in anyway.

"I hope so. Do you need help with that?" Colette questioned.

"Yes, that would be appreciated," I replied.

Colette walked over and took the bandages, wrapping up the burns. When she was done she put the bandages on the table and sat back down.

"Is that better?" Colette wondered.

"Much… Now I don't have to worry about the burns getting infected," I responded.

I looked over at my gloves. They were burned and had a bunch of holes in them.

"There go my gloves… Darn it," I muttered.

"Maybe we can go buy another pair later," Colette suggested.

"Yeah, that'd probably be best. I don't want to get blisters from holding my weapon so much. I'll go tomorrow, you don't have to come with me though," I replied.

"Okay, I think I'll stay with the others then," Colette responded.

We soon went to sleep.

Again, I woke up in the middle of the night. It had become a habit for me. I put on my boots and slipped outside, hoping not to wake anybody. I went to the bridge again and leaned against the railing. I looked at the stars and sighed.

'Okay, I know Kuro is here, but what the hell is he doing? Shouldn't he have joined us or something? Argh! I can never figure out what he's up to!'

"Dammit, Kuro! What the hell are you doing here anyways?! You're suppose to be back home, on Earth!" I muttered.

I heard footsteps come up behind me. I turned around only to be met by a sword at my neck. My eyes widened slightly and I looked up to Kratos.

"Um, is the sword really necessary?" I nervously asked.

I tried to back up but only ran into the railing.

'Crap.'

"Mind explaining to me why you know so much or what this Earth is?" Kratos death glared at me.

"W-What do you mean?" I stuttered.

"You know too much and I heard you say something about your home being on Earth. Now, tell me, what were you talking about?" His glare intensifying.

'Crap, what am I suppose to do? I should've kept my thoughts inside my head! Oh man, unless I want to die I'll have to tell him something. Dammit, I didn't think I would have to spill this early on.'

"Well?" Kratos asked, getting impatient.

I sighed, deciding to tell him. "I'm… not from Sylverant… or Tethe'alla. I'm from a planet called Earth… And I know you're with Cruxis… and a lot of other things."

I heard Kratos move the sword and I closed my eyes and turned away, afraid that he had decided to kill me. But, then I heard him sheath his sword. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"What else do you know?" He questioned.

"What's going to happen in the future of this journey… a bit of your past… your relationship with Lloyd," I answered.

I probably shouldn't have said that because the second I did, he had his sword to my neck again. I was really scared at that point.

"I-I'm sorry… I won't say anything… It would mess up the time line anyways," I replied, my voice slightly shaking.

"Time line?" He inquired.

"I don't want to do anything that would disrupt the time line… Since I know what's going to happen," I answered.

"Why are you here?" He asked, lowering his sword.

"I-I made a deal with something, I don't exactly know what, but it sent me here. I basically have to ensure the time line is kept intact in order to keep my end of the deal," I explained.

"You come from a planet called Earth and you are here to ensure the time line is kept intact by using your knowledge of what is to come. Now, tell me, why should I believe you?" He questioned.

"Umm… Because you traveled with Yuan, Mithos, and Martel, who is not a goddess but Mithos' sister, to stop the Kharlan War," I said, a bit shaky.

There was a pause before he spoke up, "I believe you, but I had heard Earth was just a myth."

"That's… a bit strange… The reason I know what's going to happen… is because Sylverant and Tethe'alla are suppose to be fiction," I was still shaky because Kratos still had his sword pointed at me.

He sheathed his sword, "Where does your knowledge extend to?"

"To the end of this journey then two years later to another event. That's all I can tell you without disrupting the time line," I replied.

"I see… How do you have a Cruxis Crystal?"

"That, I honestly don't know. A lot of things changed when I came here. Sammy got a lot bigger, my clothes changed, a few years were taken off my life," I listed, but covered my mouth.

"A few years were taken off your life?" He inquired.

"… Umm… Yeah, I'm really 13 but when I got here I was turned 17," I explained.

"How are you going to get back to your home?" He asked.

"I can't get home until this journey is over. I'm not exactly sure how though," I partially lied about the last part.

"Alright then… You should probably get back to the inn before someone find that you're gone," Kratos suggested.

I nodded my head and started going back when I realized something. I stopped and turned around to face Kratos.

"Are you going to tell Yggdrasil?" I asked.

"No, I don't want to put you in anymore danger than you are already in. It's best to keep this a secret," He replied.

"Alright, thank you," I said and then headed back to the inn.

I silently walked in and back to mine and Colette's room. I slipped off my boots and laid down. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and sat up. I looked over and saw something laying on the nightstand. I picked it up and read the note attached to it.

Use this on your burns, it'll really help. I'll find something you can use to protect yourself from attacks like those so don't worry about getting hurt like that again. Try and stay safe little sis. I hope to see you soon,

- Kuro

I smiled and used the medicine on my burns after removing the bandages.

'So you really are watching over me, Kuro. Thanks.'


Me: Well, Kratos finally got his answers.

Genis: Kuro seems to help you out a lot now.

Me: Yes, I want to give him a bigger part in this story then others that I have written in the past.

Genis: You're clingy to your brother.

Me: So? My brothers important to me.

Genis: Makes me wonder if you'd end up like Mithos if your brother was killed.

Me: Shut up! There's no way I'd end up like him! And there's no way my brother would be killed!

Genis: Right...

Me: Whatever... Thanks for reading everyone! Please review!