"Tch." Shihna winced as Refill bandaged her arm. "Jeez, Shihna. You should be more careful next time. You almost got yourself killed," Genius said, watching his sister tend to Shihna's wounds. "Sorry," she said, apologetically. She knew she shouldn't have ran ahead of everyone like that. Not all monsters were that easy to beat, but she really felt like she could beat it easy this time. Apparently she was wrong. Thanks to her carelessness she almost got herself killed. Her...a ninja from Mizuho almost killed in a little battle due to carelessness. She made the rest of the party worry about her too. Everybody had asked her if she was okay...except for one. She turned her head to look at Zelos, who was sitting by the fire, not even looking in her direction. Was he mad at her?

He stood up and headed in her direction. "Can I...talk to you alone?" Zelos asked. "Sure..." They walked a few feet away from the rest of the party. "What the hell did you think you were doing?" Zelos demanded. "Eh?" Shihna stared at him, surprised by the anger in his voice. She expected him to be mad...but she didn't think he would talk to her like this. "Running in there carelessly like that. Do you really want to throw your life away?" Zelos asked. "Of course not," Shihna mumbled.

"You idiot! Think before you go running in!" She could understand that he was mad at her for running in, but she didn't expect him to get this angry. "You're a girl! If you run in like that-" "It doesn't matter if I'm a girl or not!" Shihna yelled back. "Yes, it does! You should stand back and-" The sound of Shihna slapping Zelos in the face echoed through the forest. "Idiot." She realized that everybody else was watching them. "Tell everybody that I'll be going for a walk," Zelos said, quietly. She watched him turn and walk even farther away from everybody else. Why did things always end up like this? She looked down at her hand that still stung from hitting Zelos. She headed back towards the rest of the party. "Zelos said he's going to take a walk," she said as she sat down. Nobody said anything.

Shihna stared at the fire. She shouldn't have slapped him. He was just worried about her after all. But he was so...frustrating. What was all this stuff about her being a girl? That kind of thing didn'ts matter. "Shihna, you should apologize to Zelos," she heard Lloyd say. "Zelos was so worried about you," Collet added. Shihna looked down at the ground. She didn't mind apologizing to him...but how? It would be so awkward to say that she was sorry right after she had done that. She stood up slowly and looked in the direction that Zelos went. She hoped that he had gone far. It would give her time to think of a way to apologize.

She started walking. The sound of crickets chirping kept her company. The moon was full tonight, casting shadows all over the ground. Then she finally noticed the person standing on top of a hill. "Zelos..." He turned around. "I..." She fumbled for the words she wanted to use. "I'm...sorry." That was all she could think of. She worried that if she said anything more something wrong would come out. She noticed that Zelos' face was still a little red from where she hit him. "You know, I was more mad at myself than you," Zelos said, gazing at something far away. "I was so frustrated with myself for not being able to protect you. I was worried...that I wouldn't be able to any more." Shihna's eyes widened as she heard these words. "You wanted...to protect me?" It never occured to her that he would. This was the man that always put himself before everybody else...or so she thought. "Of course," Zelos said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I would hate myself if anything ever happened to you."

"You would?" Shihna asked. "I would." She still couldn't believe it. "Am I really that important?" Zelos laughed. "What's so funny?! I was asking a serious question!" She glared at him as he continued to laugh. "S-sorry. It's just that your expression was so-" He burst out laughing again. "Grr! You're so annoying!" Shihna whacked him on the head. "Even though you call me annoying you still love me though," Zelos pointed out. "What?!" Shihna's cheeks started burning. "You don't have to deny it. I know and you know it."

"You stupid Chosen!" Shihna whacked him again. "Ow! That hurts!" Zelos whined. "Just when I think you're being serious you turn around and start joking around!" Shihna shouted. "But it's boring being serious all the time," Zelos whined. Shihna turned around huffily. "I'm going back." Zelos started running after her. "But, hunny-" He found himself tripping over a rock. "Whoa!" He crashed into Shihna and they both fell on the ground. "Umph..." Zelos looked down. "Oh...sorry." He realized that he was pinning Shihna down.

"G-get off!" Shihna stuttered. "Eeeh? But this position is-" "GET OFF!" Zelos sighed. "You're no fun." He stood up and held out his hand. "Need help?" Shihna cautiously took his hand. He pulled her up and kissed her hand gently. "Let's go back, my beautiful princess."

"What are you talking about?!" Shihna demanded, yanking her hand away. "I'm the one that guards the princess, which happens to be you," Zelos said. He took her hand again. "Now, let's go!" He started dragging Shihna back to the others. "What?! I'm not your princess, you stupid, philandering, womanizing..." Shihna named all of the bad things Zelos could be as he pulled her back. Zelos just continued smiling. Apology accepted, he said inside his head.

SakuMeiMei Says: Their argument...was really short. Sorry. XD I wanted to make it longer but my brain just died. Just totally...died. But Zelos actually got angry. Yay. XD In the end he really wants to protect Shihna. That was really what I wanted to show.

And for those who don't know...yes Refill is the Japanese equivalent of Raine. I really have no idea why they even named her Refill in the first place so it makes sense that they changed it to Raine in the English version. XD