Update time. sorry for the wait. Trying to work with the testing out of math and history class type thing.

RECAP:

Raine is researching something at the renegade base after a massive slaughter of the renegades, this becomes apparent to her when people are heard in the base and they both escape. With the new threat present to her, Raine escapes to Tethe'alla with Yuan to find Lloyd and the others after sighting a suspicious man.

They go to Dirk's house but the only ones there are Lloyd, Colette and Genis. So they split up due to the numerous places their friends could be and the limited time until the man shows himself.

Lloyd, Genis and Colette are gone. So as Raine and Yuan leave they come across him, (Yeah... it's like, "Oh SHIT")

He doesn't with to fight Raine, and really makes no real attack towards her while he fights Yuan even though she tried to fight him initially. He seemed to have this power that entranced her for but a moment, but Yuan snapped her out of it.

So Yuan ends up kicking his ass but is still injured nevertheless.

Now Yuan's...like, a cripple.... and Raine's healing isn't working on his wounds yet, so she suspects a curse-like effect. She wants a way to reverse and prevent it and had read on a similar move before, so she sent Lloyd and the others to go find the ingredients which are in Tethe'alla, while she and Presea stayed behind with Yuan.

End Recap

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Lloyd and the others. The journey.

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"Sooooo." Zelos trailed, "How much fur--"

"Zelos, don't even say anything." Sheena cut him off.

"B-but! It's the second time we're hiking through sand in the passed--"

"Shut UP." She growled, throwing her empty cantine at his face.

"Ow! Lloyd the banshee hit me!"

"You guys shouldn't be so angry, we should stay alert in case that guy shows up." Lloyd said, putting his arms behind his head.

"...Really."Genis sighed.

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Raine, Presea, Yuan

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"..." Yuan took the plate in his hands as Presea put it in his direction with a smile.

"I didn't know that you could cook, Presea." Raine smiled, then thinking I kind of wanted to try a breakfast recipe I thought up last night though....

"..." Yuan stared for a second, at the plate of fried eggs before him. Breakfast in bed, charming in a way, He thought.

"Professor?" Presea cocked her head to the side in attempt to decode Raine's expression.

And then I would add the shredded cheese and cake mix.

"..." Holding the fork in his hand, Yuan looked up from his food.

"..." She lifted her hand to her face as she thought, her fingers lining her cheek and thumb to her other side. Staring intensely downward, Raine brainstormed with the numerous things that she could always add hot chili peppers to.

"..." Presea hesitated, but then turned to Yuan, "It's.... fine, I think." she looked down, before starting to eat the steaming food before her.

Yuan went silent for a moment before returning to his meal, he seemed to enjoy it for some reason.

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The house was silent. To put it simply, they were all bored.

Well, with the exception of Raine who decided to make another report on the difference in forest animals, Tethe'alla vs Sylvarant.

Presea sighed and hummed to herself while pacing the room slowly, glancing out the window occasionally and watching Yuan, then Raine, then the door.

silence.

"...Presea," Raine had a bit of sympathy for her, she looked up over the top of a small pair of glasses at the girl and made a small smile, "You should keep watch outside, maybe it would be more effective if you could keep a perimeter watch."

"I understand." she just turned and left, her blunt and sharp looking ax in hand as she stepped quietly.

Raine sighed the moment Presea closed the door behind her.

"...Hn." Yuan made a noise out of boredom and glanced from the window to Raine again, observing her everlasting concentration. But after a few minutes of him staring he noticed her starting to get uncomfortable, unfocused.

"...Do you want something to do?" Raine asked suddenly, "Is... that why you're--"

"No."

"I see." Raine paused for a moment before returning to her work. "I wonder if your wounds are ready to be healed yet..." she trailed, thinking aloud.

"Maybe you should try."'

Getting no reply at first, Raine closed her notebook and stood, pushing her chair back.

"I suppose." she cleared her throat and started walking towards the bed. "Please ah..." she looked down at him, indicating he had to undress himself.

"I'm a bit exhausted." Yuan stretched with his arms above his head and looked up at her challengingly.

"I'll do it, then." Raine said, making it clear that he wouldn't be able to get out of it. She sat on the bed and pulled him forward so that he was sitting upright, she then put the tips of her fingers to his waist where the plain white shirt ended. She grasped the rim and quirked an eyebrow at Yuan, he didn't make a motion to stop her.

"Nh-" Raine made an unnoticed, slight pulling away of her hands as the contacted the firm surface of his lower stomach.

"Something wrong?" Yuan questioned.

"N-no." Raine lifted her chin and straightened herself out mentally. She grasped the bottom of his shirt and pulled it upward. She maneuvered it over his head and disposed of it off to the side as she began examining his wounds.

"Ah, they're still not fully healed yet. I'll try now." The woman lifted her arms and held Yuan's wide shoulders in her smaller hands. "I need you to lay down, I'm going to have to make a focused move. " she said, Yuan stiffened, her tentative hands were soft and sent chills down his spine at contact.

"Yeah." Yuan agreed and put himself on his back.

"Hold still." She pressed her fingers gently to the left side of his ribcage where the jagged wound started, she trailed lightly around the edge of it, which caused Yuan to flinch slightly. The front of her hands were illuminating a solid indigo glow as she moved them along the wound. He found himself relaxing a bit, it was warm to the touch and tingled the surrounding flesh. The gash slowly re-sealed itself after her hand's movement.

"....Okay, I think that this should do it." she said, stepping back and looking down. "I can.... help you to the bathroom if you so wish."

"Problem." Yuan cut her off, "You should just hurry and help me here, considering I can't touch the ground anymore."

"You mean the injuries have moved to your feet?" Raine was slightly confused, "So it's also containing a virus-like effect in the magma substances spewed from the..." she looked down him and pondered. "I suppose I can help you here then...." she trailed, as Yuan stood up and swung his legs over the bed so that his feet were dangling.

She hesitated, but gathered herself quickly and knelt in front of him, forward a bit in between his legs. She reached forward at his hips and grabbed the rim of his pants. Staring down at her with a kind of stoic curiosity, waiting, blank. Raine returned his stare with a glance, he didn't seem to be trying to stop her.

Raine made a slight sigh to herself, and proceeded to tug his pants down around his ankles.

A/N: My mentality while typing this: Tugging his pants down slowly... with a sexy growl, he likes it.

Finding herself sighing again in relief seeing that he was wearing boxers underneath--

A/N: My mentality while typing this: Yeah, as if he wouldn't be. Like "Hey, take my pants off I'm not wearing anything under this." or maybe he would be wearing a thong... ha, dude I should like, put that instead....

Proceeded to press her glowing hands firmly into his outer thighs. She noticed Yuan gripping the sheets, a bit tense at the contact of her soft hands against his legs. After healing the upper part of his legs Raine started to wonder why he didn't even have hair on his legs, was it a Cruxis crystal thing? Or maybe an athletic thing....

Her face reddened for a moment, but she shook her head and regained her composure.

...Swallowing, Raine averted her eyes from his legs, taking a mental break for a split second.

Okay.

She groped down the back of his calves and the pain dulled away.

Raine grabbed his ankles and lifted them. "I'm going to start now, does this hurt?"

"Hn." Yuan looked away, fully turning his head. "Just hurry up." he lifted his chin in unmistakable superiority.

"..." Raine narrowed her eyes in a glare. "Yes?" the corner of her mouth twitched. Getting no real reply, Raine simply moved along. She slipped his shoes and socks off and held his heels in her hands on either side of her.

It took a moment at first, but the Raine felt more injuries further down his feet. She slid her hands down them and after a duration of ten seconds she was very convinced of her completion.

"I think that should do it."

"Hm." Yuan stepped onto the floor and looked down at his feet, he reached down and felt the place where a huge jagged scar a little below his chest should be but wasn't.

No reply at first.

"...Well done." Yuan started walking towards Raine who had stepped back as he got up. He stopped before her and paused.

They stood there in silence for a few seconds of Yuan observing her and Raine observing the places where the wounds had healed.

"..." Raine kneeled for a moment, grabbing something, she rose to her feet and handed him a shirt with a raised eyebrow.

He took it in his hands and turned from her. His stride was almost slow, the well-tones muscles in his back flexed, along wide, masculine shoulders.

Swallowing again, Raine just turned around and ran her fingers through her hair with a flustered intake of air.

A few moments of Raine waiting for him to finish changing and she found herself nervous. Tempted to dart for the door.

No.... I can't loose my nerve over something so trivial. Raine thought to herself. But upon feeling the trembling of Yuan's voice against the back of her neck, Raine started holding her breath.

"I'm not exactly sure how you want me to repay you." He whispered.

"You saved me, correct?" Raine stepped away from him and turned so that she could look him in the eyes. "I think it's me who's just repaid you." She smirked and with that faced the door and started walking.

"..." Yuan closed his eyes, also with a smirk, "Hm..." with that he turned and retrieved his cloak from the other side of the bed.

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"...Professor, did something--"

"No." Raine tried to smile, "N-no, Presea, I'm fine." Raine straightened out her clothes again and sat at the table with some notes. "There's something I have to go over again though. There's a chance I may have to go to another library somewhere to gather just a bit more data. I think... I'm missing something."

"Do you... want me to run a task, Raine?" Presea asked.

"No, that's quite alright. I just healed Yuan's wounds so there's no further reason for me to stay behind."

"I see." Presea trailed.

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Okay, that was seriously short. I wanted it to sort of like an exponential growth where the chapters lengths are getting... well, basically, lengthier. Guess I'm an epic fail now.