A/N: Reader's input! I want to know who you guys want me to pair Flau with. The choices are: Eon, Elmo (just for fun…XD), or Kain. You can message me, or go to quizilla and type in Radiata Stories under polls and vote there. I will put more suspense in for fillers. I'm very good at adding suspense…it's much like watching Pirates of the Caribbean. XD Please put in your input…I'll make this stretch as far out as I can; probably until the end of the game and beyond because relationships ARE NOT born in a day! They take time no matter what people say about it! Give me input if you can okay? I'm here for the reader's best interest! XD Well, onward! Yosh!!!

There were people surrounding a small, skinny child clothed in black rags. The child was dirty and his hair was unkempt. The people surrounding him were dressed in priest robes. They laughed and mocked, then marched away. The child found a place secluded in the forest. There, the child knelt down and wept. Face streaming with tears; cleansing the wounds and easing the mind. The child curled into a ball, secluded in their own world; locking the doors from everyone else.

Flau had walked back to Void. She passed Rynka without saying hello. When Rynka addressed her, she kept walking, silent tears falling from her eyes.

"Well, fine! Ignore me! I'll do the same!" Rynka said. She wasn't having the best time either. Her son was being defiant lately and it agitated her. She turned on her heel and continued walking.

Flau reached her house and entered. She lay herself down on the bed and cried softly. She shook with tears until she fell asleep.

A young girl, an orphan perhaps, ran through the hallways of the Olacion Shrine toward Anastasia's room. The girl stumbled through the door and stood there in front of Anastasia, smiling. The woman looked down at the child with a big grin. Her frame was average and her hair a deep crimson. The young girl who entered asked, "Am I a good girl, Aunt Anastasia?"

The woman smiled down at her. "Of course you are, Young Mistress Flau."

The girl grinned more and pulled out a crystalline bracelet and handed it to the woman. The woman's eyes widened. "Where did you get this?"

The girl averted her gaze with slight embarrassment. "Priestess Enjela asked me to give it to you. She told me that it would ward off evil spirits and bring good luck."

"This is a very fine gift, Young Mistress. Thank you," Anastasia said.

The little girl bowed before exiting. She entered the chapel and sat quietly in one of the pews, swaying her feet back and fourth above the ground. Priestess Enjela stepped down from the pulpit and walked toward the girl seated at the pew. "You're a good girl, Flau. I'm glad the gods blessed us with such a wonderful saint in Olacion," she said placing a hand on the child's shoulder. "Anastasia is fortunate to have you as an adopted daughter."

Young Priest Kain walked over to Priestess Enjela and Young Mistress Flau. "Excuse me, High Priestess Enjela, I wanted to inform you that I have finished studying the texts that you had assigned to me two days prior to today," he said softly.

The raven haired, blue-eyed priestess turned to the young priest with a calm, yet happy, expression on her face. "I'm very proud of you, Young Priest Kain," she said. "Your progress will be greatly rewarded. Olacion is blessed to have such honorable and helpful saints in Radiata."

Flau and Kain smiled up at High Priestess Enjela. Suddenly, the chapel doors opened and a man dressed in priest robes which were soaking wet from the rain ran to Enjela. "We've located a miracle stone, Priestess! You must help us recover the artifact!" he said excitedly.

The priestess smiled. "As predicted, the stone that heals all illnesses has been located. Where is it?"

"It's in a region far from Radiata or the nearby provinces. A long journey is ahead. Are you up to the job?"

"For the sake of the faith of Olacion, I will gladly accompany you," Enjela said.

"Understood. We will help prepare for your departure," the priest said as he bowed out and left the chapel.

"Priestess Enjela," Kain began. "Does this mean that you're leaving Olacion?"

"Yes, it does, Kain. I need you to take over while I'm gone. I know you're still young and twelve years old is very young for a high priest, but I'm counting on you, just as much as everyone else is counting on me for the cure," she said. She knelt down to his level and kissed his forehead. "I brought you to Olacion because I saw your potential as a monk and your kind heart. I've been meaning to pass down the title of 'High Priest' to you. Now the time has come. It is in the records and you are now the new high priest of the Olacion Order. Please take care of the people and never forget them in your prayers."

She then turned to Flau. "You've been blessed to have been placed at our doorstep. Never forget who you are and what you are able to do. I want you to choose your own destiny. As I have been called, I want you to prepare to embark upon your life's journey too. I know it will be difficult, but you'll find it. Trust in your heart and don't forget your faith," she said as she also kissed Flau's forehead before standing up. Take care, my children. I will return soon," she finished as she left through the door.

The two of them stood there for a few moments. "My life's journey…" Flau said thoutfully.

Kain turned toward Flau. "What's the one thing you want to know?" he asked.

"Well…there are a lot of things…I guess the one I really want to know is who my real parents are," she said.

"Then maybe…finding out who your parents are is your destiny," Kain said with a smile.

"Maybe you're right. That's it! As soon as I'm old enough, I'm going to embark on a journey to find my real parents!" she said determined.

Kain beamed at her brightly; his green eyes radiating warmth.

Flau opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. "But I already found them…" she said aloud. "They're dead. So…what is my destiny now?"

'What do you want to know?' Kain's voice from the past echoed in her head.

"I want to know what I should do now…" she said. She got up from her bed and ran out of her small house. It was dark outside; the perfect time to look for him. She crept along the shadows and walked up the stairs toward Club Vampire.

She waved to Servia as she left toward the back of the club. She opened the door that led to the office and the basement, going toward the basement. As she reached the last step, Joaquel turned and glared at her. "No further! Our territory!" he bellowed.

"I'm here to see Eon," she said. Joaquel turned back to guarding the door he stood in front of. Flau passed him and the four prison cells to her right. She entered the torture room and saw Eon feeding the rats in the corner of the room. "Eon," she began.

He turned to see her and stood up, brushing the dirt off of his uniform. "What is it?" he asked.

Interlude groaned at the conversation taking place. The man hated people and that's why he secluded himself within the torture chamber.

"Let's go somewhere else to talk," Flau said.

"Where…?" he asked.

"Let's head to Vareth. Nobody is up at this hour and the institute is always open. The library is a good place to talk at night," Flau suggested. Eon nodded and the two of them left to the institute. Roche was sleeping at the reception desk as the two walked inside. They headed to the right and walked past Cecil's office and into the library. Flau sat upon one of the work desks and Eon leaned against a bookshelf.

"What do you want to talk about?" he asked.

"I just…" she paused. Her first instinct was to talk to Eon. She didn't know why; it was almost an impulse. "What is destiny to you?"

"I don't know. I've never given it much thought," he said. "I guess it's something of a matter of choices. Then again, it could be predetermined; something you know you're meant to do."

Flau looked down. "I heard rumors that Radiata is on bad terms with the fairy creatures," she said.

"I heard that too. The Radiata knights are being sent to Earth Valley tomorrow to negotiate. Something about the dwarves selling weapons for overly expensive prices and irrational demands. The government isn't taking it very well," Eon said.

"Are they crazy?!" Flau asked in disbelief. "They're going to start a war!" she said slamming her hand down on the desk she sat upon. "Those idiots," she muttered.

Eon looked away. He found Flau quite alluring when she was angry. She had caused him to blush slightly. "What can we do about it?" he asked. "Soon we'll be called to fight for Radiata if a war begins. What will you do, Flau?"

She looked over at the ninja. "I'm going to listen to what Ortoroz orders," she said confidently.

"Ortoroz…? Everything Ortoroz commands first goes through Nyx," Eon corrected.

"Again, I'm going to listen to ORTOROZ'Sorders," she said jumping down from the desk and leaning against a shelf herself.

"You're going to get into trouble," he said putting his arms behind his head. "Our leader is Nyx. Why do you see it fit to disobey him?"

"I'm not disobeying him. I'm serving his subordinate and doing that, in a sense, is obeying him enough," she challenged.

Eon stepped away from the bookshelf and walked toward her. He placed a hand next to her head and inched close to her face, almost towering over her. "You are foolish, Flau," he whispered. "Nyx is our leader. He would be very displeased if you did not address him as such."

"I don't care," she said looking away. "If you respect him so much, then why don't YOU follow his orders? You were supposed to keep an eye on me and keep me away from Kain. Why did you defy his commands?"

Eon looked away, but did not back away from Flau. "I wanted…your happiness," he said softly, his face turning red slightly.

"My happiness…?" she asked raising an eyebrow. Eon continued to avert his eyes. "I think you only want my affection," she said. He did not respond to the accusation. He neither moved away nor denied the fact. "You really do want it…" she concluded.

"This isn't a game, Flau," he finally said looking back to her.

"Romance is always a game," she taunted.

He leaned closer to her, his body pressing up against hers slightly. His lips were centimeters from her right ear. He whispered deeply, "Not to me, love."

It was Flau's turn to turn crimson. She moved her head to her left, away from Eon. He lightly took hold of her left cheek and brought her back to his crystalline gaze once more. The moment when their eyes met hung heavily. The minutes ticked away as their gaze was left unbroken. Flau's eyes held defiance, rebellion and determination, while Eon's eyes held a sense of dominance against her rebellion, warmth, and the same determination, but for different goals.

"What do you want me to do, Eon?" she asked.

"That has a very simple answer, Flau. I want you to be mine…for eternity," he whispered in the same deep voice. His right hand was unrelenting from her cheek while his left remained on the other side of her against the bookshelf.

She felt herself blush an even deeper red. He was so close to her and was obviously not going to let her go easily. She scowled at the position she was in. In a sense, it was humiliating. She allowed herself to get caught in this trap. She kept trying to tell herself that she loved Kain and no one else would take that away, but her futile attempts to let the verse sink in were meaningless; completely eliminated by the ninja before her. He was forcing her to forget Kain and focus on him instead. It was infuriating.

She gained the courage to glare up at him with flame-like anger in her eyes. He looked back and chuckled slightly. "I've always enjoyed the way you look when you're upset. It suits you well when I'm in control of a situation," he murmured.

A surge of annoyance pulsed through her, and obeying that feeling, she placed her hands upon his shoulders and pushed him away, causing him to loose his balance slightly before catching himself upon the desk. "Buzz off. I didn't ask you to flirt with me!" she yelled before leaving the library.

Eon watched after her. He smirked. "I guess now it gets interesting," he said aloud.