Guys, I'm sorry to say, but I got the name of the guy who appeared in the last chapter wrong. It's supposed to be Anael not Arael. Sorry about that. Anyways, I've fixed it, please review!

Amalgam24: Well, let's see.

Guest: Maybe I am. I guess we'll just have to find out, won't we?

Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Chapter 98

"So, Kelly, leaving your mental break behind…" Petal said, frowning. "I was just wondering… What do you think we should do now? What should our plans for the future be?"

The two of us were sitting on the observation deck, staring out at the night sky. I knew there was something I needed to talk to her about, but I didn't want to bring it up.

"I don't know." I said, shrugging. "I became a ranger so that I could save people and make a difference, and I've already done that. I feel that no matter what I do now, this is all I can accomplish by myself. I've reached my peak. I just don't know what to do now."

"Well, it's obvious, isn't it?" Petal asked, turning to me, smiling. "We'll just keep doing what we're doing, and be happy about it."

"I guess." I said, shrugging.

"Of course, because all we need is our love for one another." Petal said, wrapping her arm around mine, smiling.

"I can't believe you can say things like that with a straight face." I sighed, smiling.

"Well, I've had a lot of practice with you, haven't I?" Petal asked, smirking.

"Yeah, I guess." I said, smiling.

"You know, when I first met you, I liked you because you were such a wimp." Petal asked, smiling. "Did you know that?"

"I wasn't a wimp!" I said, frowning, more than a little offended at her.

"Yeah. You were." Petal smirked. "And it was adorable. I liked picking on you, it was so much fun, teasing and picking on you. But as I got to know you better, I realized that you really do have a manly side. And I guess that was when I fell in love with you."

"I see…" I said, smiling.

"What about you?" Petal asked, excited. "When did you first fall in love with me?"

"…" I smiled, unsure of how to answer this question.

"ANSWER ME." Petal said, smiling, an irritation mark throbbing on her head.

"Well, remember when you told me that story about your sister?" I asked, smiling.

"You mean Sakura?" Petal asked. "Yeah, I do…"

"Well, the fact that we had only just met and yet you opened up to me about all of your problems…" I said, smiling. "I guess… I guess that was when I first fell in love with you."

"So we both fell in love when we were in school, and now so much later he we are together, happily in love and sharing a child." Petal said, smiling. "I never knew I could be so happy."

"I love you, Petal." I said, pulling her into a hug, planting my lips against hers. "And I'll always love you. I want you to be happy."

"I want you to be happy, too." Petal said, frowning. "Why would you say something like that?"

"Professor Hastings said that for my services during the raid, he would promote me another rank and wants to send me out to the island region Oblivia." I said, frowning.

"We're going to the islands?" Petal asked, excited.

"No." I said, shaking my head. "He said it was just for me."

"Seriously?" Petal asked, shocked. "You mean I can't come…?"

"Petal…" I said, frowning.

"Well, don't take it." Petal said, frowning. "I mean, we need to be together, right?"

"Yeah, I know." I said, nodding. "That's what I told Professor Hastings. I said I didn't want to go unless we could all go together as a group. And that's why I decided that I wanted to talk to you about this. We're the same. We want to be together."

"Yes." Petal said, smiling happier than I'd ever seen her smile. "Now, we can be together forever."

We hugged on that rooftop for a very long time, the two of us happy and content with our lives.

"Okay, I need to go talk to Professor Hastings, and see if it's possible for the two of us to be assigned somewhere together!" Petal said, smiling. She ran from the observation deck, leaving me alone and drenched in moonlight.

"Hello, Kellyn." I turned and saw Aurore standing in the sky, smiling.

"You." I said, frowning. "What are you doing here?"

"Hello, third child." Aurore said, smiling. "I just wanted to see how you're handling the truth that exists within your mind."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, frowning.

"Didn't you see the truth?" Aurore asked, smiling. "I'm certain you did. Or do you not remember?"

"I remember." I said, frowning. "What about it?"

"Petal hasn't seen the truth, has she?" Aurore asked, smiling, knowing full well what the answer to that question was. "She's just an innocent girl. And I wonder what will happen to her when the two of you encounter the dangers of truth."

"I'll protect her." I said, frowning.

"Kellyn, once I thought that." Aurore said, frowning. "I thought that I could protect the woman I loved. But when I became one with the celestials, then I knew that there was nothing I could do. The only way I could protect the woman I cared about was to break her heart and never talk to her again."

"I'm not like you." I said, glaring at him. "I will protect the people I care about."

"I sincerely hope you can." Aurore said, frowning. "But I don't think it will be possible. There is just no way you could do something like that. Please, you have to leave her to keep her from being dragged in to something like this. That is the only way she can be saved.

"No, you're wrong." I said, shaking my head.

"I sincerely hope you can." Aurore said, frowning.

So do we. Let's see what will happen.