KAT: I apologize for the reaaaalllly~ long update. It's because i'm thinking of a way to somehow correct my mistakes regarding the Gods without messing up the other chapters. And it's really hard~ Plus I rarely get a chance to type now that school has started.
Arme: Oh. You DO know that education comes first.
KAT: I know! But I don't want to disappoint the readers.
Arme: *sighs* Fine, but do your best in school.
KAT: Yes, Arme.
Elesis: Lemme do the disclaiming!
KAT: Hey! Great idea!
Disclaimer(Elesis' voice): KAT does not own Grand Chase but she owns the plot and reviews! Copy it without KAT's permision and you'll get a glimpse of hell whenever you see me. +_+
KAT: You really mean that? I'm so touched!
Elesis: Meh! It's just my way of saying thanks because you've given me a lot of lines in this chapter and the chapter before this one.
KAT: Is that so? Well then, you're welcome!
Amy, Arme, and Elesis: Enjoy the story!
Nighttime finally fell, much to Elesis' irritation, and relief.
"Hey guys! There's a spot!" Amy said. Arme ran to the direction where Amy was pointing. It was spacious, a river beside the sleeping area. Good. We can clean Jin's wounds this way. The purple haired mage stood up.
"Okay guys! This place is good!" she reported. Elesis placed Jin's things on the ground. Vanessa only followed suit.
"Please fill this up with water for me," Arme said, handing Elesis her surprisingly empty pot. She stared at it as thought it has eyes and was talking gibberish.
"Don't worry, I didn't pack bombs with me, it's only purpose now is for cooking," Arme said. Elesis gave her an i'll-kill-you-if-this-thing-explodes-in-my-face look and decided to fill it up.
Arme blinked at first and started hunting for some fresh meat. Midway she felt someone's stare, boring holes in her body. She shivered, not because of the cold, she slowly turned around.
"Hello? Is anyone-"she was cut of when she saw a cloth, and inside: Spinemon meat. It has no signs of having bones and organs in it. And one more thing, it was freshly cleaned.
She's starting to get nervous; a note fell off the cloth. Arme was curious as usual and picked the note up.
Don't be scared, I mean you no harm. I am only helping you. Now please return to your friends. It is quite dangerous walking alone at night.
She was taken aback by the note. Hoping that she wasn't acting too crazy, "Thank you for the meat," she bowed and returned to her friends after saying and doing so.
In the shadows, the boy smiled at her cute performance.
"Why do you even waste time following that girl?" an imp said.
"Shut it, Arkham," the boy said, closing his eyes. The little devil called Arkham pouted and decided to return to his card muttering something about bratty masters.
-Back to Arme and the others-
"Hey guys I found some meat!"Arme said as she ran towards her comrades. She saw Amy bandaging Jin's wounds. Arme just smiled and immediately started cooking. And like any other nights, their stomachs were satisfied with their dinner.
"Amy, please give this to Jin before he sleeps," Arme said, handing Amy a charm.
"This…this is a protective charm!" the musician said. Arme replied with a smile and said, "This will protect Jin from any attacks, I know how special he is to you." Amy blushed at her statement.
Arme giggled and patted her on the shoulder. "Don't worry, everything will be fine." She said. Amy smiled and nodded and ran for the crimson haired fighter.
Arme sighed and an anxious expression replaced her happy face.
I'm definitely sure that it's him…she thought, staring at the starry night before she let sleep steal away her consciousness.
Sweet dreams…Arme…
-The Day after-
They were all set to continue their mission. Arme managed to whip up a quick meal for them before they left.
"Let's go. Bultaros is definitely near by," Elesis said. Vanessa paused for a moment before speaking.
"Let us make haste, I'm afraid I must return to Master Zen as soon as possible after assisting you in your mission," she said. They nodded once more and started walking; no words were exchanged the whole day.
Amy was really tired, but she wouldn't budge, she can't let her friends down. Elesis stopped and jumped away, as if on cue, a huge fire ball passed by.
"He's here…" the red head said. A huge dragon flew them by, landing right in front of Elesis afterwards.
"So we meet again," a familiar voice spoke. Elesis searched for him, looking up.
"What? Back for more?" she yelled. Astaroth just smirked.
"What's with that cocky smirk?" the savior asked in an irritated manner. Bultaros suddenly tackled Elesis, clawing her shoulders.
"Elesis!" Arme yelled. She took out her battle staff and teleported behind Bultaros, burning him from behind. Before the dragon got a chance to sent her flying using his claw, Arme teleported in front of Elesis, grabbing her and teleported behind Amy.
"How did he manage to make Bultaros obey him?" the knight asked. Arme looked back at the monster before them. Then shifting her attention towards the man named Astaroth as if to confirm something.
"I see…No wonder I've noticed something off about Bultaros the first time we fought him," Arme said as she stood up, leaving the healing job to Amy.
"What?" Elesis asked, looking up, not minding the dancer.
"Butaros is Astaroth's familiar." The mage said, disappearing. "Jin! With your speed, pleas act as a decoy. Wait for Amy to replace you." She said. The fighter nodded and stood up.
"Jin! You're still hurt!" Amy said, temporarily distracted from her bandaging job.
"Amy…I can't just do nothing, I'm a member of the Grand Chase, I must do something." With that said, Jin ran to the huge monstrosity. Amy wore a depressed expression as she continued bandaging Elesis' shoulders.
Before she could even lay a hand on her shoulder, Elesis grabbed her wrist, signaling her to stop.
"There's no need for that. Our main priority is Bultaros. We must not let anything distract us. Now let's go!" Elesis said as she stood up. Amy was staring up at her, surprised at what the knight had just said.
When her words finally registered in Amy's mind, the dancer stood up, now wearing a determined expression.
Jin was only focusing on evading and running, whenever Bultaros' attention shifted to Arme, he strikes the dragon with a kick. One kick terribly missed and Bultaros was solely focusing on the mage.
"Crap! I missed!" Jin started running after the dragon. A blur of pink passed him by, striking Bultaros at a very fast rate.
No doubt, it was Amy who saved Arme from the dragon. Jin only sent a nod on her way, running towards the monstrous being to assist the younger girl.
"Thanks guys…" Arme panted. I've already used four Deep Impacts, I'm not sure if I can run as fast as my previous speed. She thought.
"Arme! Take this chance and run!" Elesis yelled, slashing Bultaros fatally from the back. Arme nodded and ran away.
She was about to cast her last Deep Impact until Astaroth summoned meteors as big as her Deep Impact. Vanessa preserved quite an amount of energy, at the moment he summoned his meteors she ran towards the team and created a shield bigger than the usual.
Vanessa's shield managed to reach Arme, though, her part of the shield was pretty weak and shattered easily, surprising all of them.
"Arme!" Elesis yelled. In a blink of an eye, Arme disappeared along with Astaroth's meteors.
"ARME!" the three yelled. Vanessa clenched her fists and bowed.
"Forgive me Master Zen, for I have failed to protect them…" she said, bowing her head.
"Now…it's time for you to follow the same fate. Bultaros!" Astaroth yelled.
"Not quite…" an unknown yet familiar voice spoke. Elesis' eyes widened as she easily found th owner of the voice.
"Lass!" she yelled.
"What? Lass is here?" Jin turned to the direction where Elesis was looking. His eyes widened.
"Lass!" what surprised them more is the fact that the albino before them was carrying Arme. Amy was only curiously staring at him, her head tilting.
Arme's eyes slowly opened, which widened as soon as she realized who was carrying her.
"Lass…you came back…" she whispered. Lass looked at her and smiled; only she can see him do so. His expression reverted back to its usual cold mask. Jumping off the tree, he looked at Astaroth, giving him an intense glare.
"Jin. Please take care of Arme in my place," he said, waiting a reply from the fighter.
"Jin's arms are badly wounded! He won't be able to carry Arme!" Amy said. Lass looked at her with an uncaring mask. Amy stepped back.
"Lass…I can stand on my own!" Arme said. The albino's attention shifted back to her, "You can't even stand on your own." He said. Arme's face turned red.
"H-hey! As a matter of fact I can!" she yelled. Without thinking twice, he gave the mage a chance to prove her self. Arme was placed on the ground.
I-I can do this! She thought, seconds later she almost planted her face on the ground, luckily Lass caught her on time, but still…she failed miserably. Amy had a hunch that Lass will ask Jin again.
"I'll take care of Arme!" she immediately volunteered before Lass could speak. The albino just sighed and motioned Amy to come and get Arme.
"Do your job well, or else." Lass said, turning his back immediately. Amy frowned at his statement.
"I'm sorry for troubling you Amy," the mage spoke, making the dancer replace her previous angry expression with a caring smile.
"It's nothing! You were the one who got really tired fighting alone." Amy said. Elesis started replacing the bandage on her shoulders since her wound was starting to bleed.
Lass stood in front of Bultaros, as if inviting him to attack him. When he saw Bultaros make a move, he immediately jumped up, landing behind the dragon and took out a katana; before he could even attack Bultaros jumped up, only to land with a huge impact, throwing Lass upwards.
As gravity was doing its job, Bultaros jumped on a platform and pierced Lass' chest with his claws before he landed. Arme's eyes widened.
"LASS!" she yelled.
Seconds later a log replaced Lass, surprising his audiences. Lass suddenly appeared above Bultaros out of nowhere and sliced his head off.
"This much, huh." He whispered. "Well, whatever," he took Bultaros' chaos orb and tossed it to Arme.
"Now, there's no escaping, Astaroth." He turned to look at the man. Astaroth gritted his teeth and took out his sword.
'Astaroth, stop fooling around and return at once, tardiness won't be tolerated.'
A voice echoed, Astaroth had no other choice but to obey. "Yes Master," he said, sheathing his sword and disappeared. Lass said nothing and sheathed his sword. He can never be the God of Domination. Afterall, no one has ever seen the God of Domination's true form and lived. He thought.
"Forgive me, for I must return to my Master as well." Vanessa said before she disappeared.
He nodded and walked towards Amy and carried Arme as though she was his bride. "Lass! W-what are you doing?" she asked, completely embarrassed.
"I'm carrying you back to the headquarters." He replied, not bothered by the 'still' shorter girl's struggles. Arme paused as she was trying to completely understand what he just said.
"Headquarters…? Wait! Y-you're really coming back?" she asked. Lass turned to look at her.
"What do you think?" he replied. Amy couldn't help but wonder who Lass was. Questions like, 'Who's he?' 'What is he to Arme?' or 'How does he know Arme and the others anyway?' invaded her mind.
Jin looked at Amy, somehow he knows what she was thinking of at the moment.
"Lass was a former member of the Chase. He left a year ago, months before Arme met you, to go on a journey to train and enhance his skill," he spoke, surprising the dancer.
"H-how did you know what I was thinking of?" the younger girl asked. The crimson fighter only chuckled.
"I know how it feels to be a new member, trust me," he said. Amy blushed and looked down.
"C-can you tell me more? Can you tell me how he met the Chase?" she asked. Jin replied with a nod and sighed.
"The thing is, he was Arme's childhood friend, so obviously Arme knows him better than we do." He paused when he saw the younger girl nod.
"The Chase met him in a very unusual way. You see…um…" Poor Jin, he can't seem to find the right words.
"We first saw Lass when he was still possessed by Kaze 'Aaze." Elesis said, suddenly butting in. "We managed to defeat Kaze 'Aaze, but she managed to escape; Ronan says that she's still alive, but it will take a long time for her to recover, so she's probably looking for a new vessel to speed up her recovery." She added.
Amy didn't really mind since Elesis was helping Jin in explaining for her sake. "He was Kaze 'Aaze's vessel? Did you trust him immediately?" she asked.
"No, actually, the moment he saw Arme unconscious, he carried her away, he didn't know us that time; so he didn't trust us,, we tried explaining to him, but he took Arme somewhere else with Sieghart chasing after him." Jin sighed, remembering the event the perfectly, as though it only happened yesterday.
They stopped walking when they saw the albino stop and turn around.
"We're staying here for the mean time. It's starting to get dark," he said. "And, Arme is…" he showed them the sleeping mage.
"We can talk about this later," Amy whispered. Jin nodded while Elesis sighed. They chose a perfect spot for them to stay for the night. Minutes later and it was already dark, good thing they manage to set the camp before night came.
Lass took out his old blue scarf and wrapped it around the mage's neck. Luckily it was long and big enough to keep the shorter girl warm. Since Arme was asleep, Lass was the one who cooked that night.
The three decided to talk tomorrow since Lass was wide awake, waiting for the mage to wake up on her own so she can eat her late dinner. Amy could only smile at how Lass could be so caring for Arme.
She blushed when she saw him caress her cheeks and give her a kiss on the forehead. She forced herself to sleep so Lass won't notice her. Poor Amy, she didn't realize that Lass already noticed her. But, let's just keep that a secret.
The night ends with Arme eating her late dinner and snuggled unto Lass when she continued her sleep. The moon gave them a very silent and peaceful night for them to relax after the battle, and now, Lass finally sleeps without being alert all the time, now that Arme is here with him.
Astaroth enters a certain castle, closing the door and headed for the throne room, where his master was.
"What took you so long? Minion?" his master asked. Astaroth clenched his fists as he listened to his Master's lecturing. Someday, but not today, I WILL be the God of Domination. He thought.
KAT: Hey readers! Lass fulfilled your requests! He returned!
Lass: Hello.
KAT: Today's blooper will only focus on Lass!
Lass: *stares at the audience* Whatever. *leaves the room*
KAT: Meanie! Why did you leave? *runs to the door to look for Lass and stomps foot*
Lass: Because I can't leave Arme alone.
KAT:Oh. didn't you say so? GO! *pushes Lass out of the room*
Sieghart: Really busy, huh?
KAT: What are you doing in my chair?
Sieghart: Nothing, just bored. *walks to the door and looks back* Don't forget Read and Review guys.
KAT: 3 What's going on? Why are they so nice lately? Did they eat something weird?
*a note falls of the table*
KAT: Oh! A note from Lass.
Sieghart accidentally broke your computer and bought an exact copy. He says: "That way Kaze'Aaze won't be able to track down her computer and hack it" Hope you're happy.
KAT: O.O My computer isn't brok- Oh... I get it! Thanks Sieg!
KAT: Again! Read and Review! 'cause I Love You! Ha ha! It rhymes! xD See ya! *waves hand and disappears*
