A/N: Hello! I'm sorry, normally, you must have the chapter last week, but like I was sick, I couldn't post it. Secondly, I already wrote chapter six, and I plan to write the seventh; but I don't know if you'll have the next one next week. I'll be in exam and I would like to write the seventh before posting the sixth.

Aaaanyway! Here the chapter five of Memories, and I hope you'll like it! I really enjoyed writing it and...Well, don't kill me. You can throw tomatoes - I love tomatoes! - but don't kill me.

Oh, and again, xx means that it's the same point of view, but not in the same place and/or moment.

Disclaimer : Tales of Xillia doesn't belong to me.

An Argument

The young girl, barely woken, took her cellphone and smiled when she saw that she had a message. It was from Leo, the last day, who told her to have a nice sleep. It had been one week that she was living with Alvin, spying for Rowen and being friend with Leo and she was happy. She didn't know why; working for Pater always sick her, but knowing that Rowen relied on her and that she had a new friend helped her to work. 'Good morning. Don't be late today!' She sent to Leo before leaving her room. Leia yawned and smiled when she saw Leo's answer ('Hi! My name isn't Agria'), and she entered the kitchen. There, she stopped abruptly.

In front of her, there was a woman, a big one, with short brown hairs and big blue eyes. To Leia, she looked beautiful and she was suddenly jealous of her. But for now, the only question that came in her mind was: who was she? It was the first time she saw her, and, if she paid attention to her outfit, she was here for the night.

"Hello!" The woman said.

Leia looked around to have some help from Alvin, but as he wasn't here but in the bathroom, she answered:

"Huh…Hello?"

"Alvin's little sister, I guess? I'm Selena, nice to meet you."

"Little sister, yeah…" She mumbled for herself. "I'm Leia, it's a pleasure for me too."

A pleasure? Seriously? She looks kind but…I don't know, the young spy thought, confused. She didn't know what to think about her.

"Well, perhaps you don't know it, but Al' and me are…" Selena began.

"I-I don't care!" Leia cut her, putting her hands just in front of her chest, as a wall against everything. "I mean…Alvin is a big boy, he can do everything he wants with everyone. I won't bother you, don't worry."

She who thought that perhaps, Alvin didn't have a girlfriend…She was wrong but she was a little bit relieved too: he wasn't alone until she came. Not like she was bothering about it, anyway.

"Oh, but you don't bother me. " Selena said. "It's me who must be forgiven, I'm encroaching on your apartment."

"I'm only my brother's guest, you know…"

The two women didn't say a thing for a while, probably wondering what to say to each other. Leia wasn't at ease in the kitchen and, after an uncertainty moment, she finally said:

"Well-er-I'm going to dress me up to go to see…"

"Your boyfriend?"

"My…Huh? Oh-er-yes, that's right. My boyfriend. Don't tell Al', okay? You know how big brothers are when their little sisters are in love, right?" She said with a nervous smile.

"Yes, I have an elder brother too."

Great for you…, Leia thought, before nodded to the woman and went to the bathroom. There, she looked at herself in the mirror, blushing. My BOYFRIEND!? Well, in a way, Leo is a boy and my friend but…No. Not like that. She would explain him what happened with this Selena, she was sure he would laugh a lot. He was always laughing when she said strange things or was clumsy, and she loved to hear it.

She sighed and decided to take a shower: it would be nice before going to work, and she wouldn't think about this Selena, and her relationship with Alvin. In any case, she didn't care at all about what Alvin did with other people, and she didn't want to think about it. But still, she couldn't help but being jealous of every people who could talk with him as a friend.

xx

Her green eyes looked at the left and at the right. Waiting patiently that the man left his computer, Leia was hiding behind a wall, a little bit worried. Does he never leave this place? She wondered while the man was eating sandwich.

"Agria? What are you doing?"

She startled, her heart beating furiously against her chest, and she looked at Leo who was in front of her, probably wondering why she was hiding behind a wall. She didn't hear him approach, how was it possible!? She was sure he was leaving the headquarters some minutes ago.

"Le-Leo! Don't scare me like this." She whispered.

"Sorry. But why are you hiding? Have you any problem?" He asked again, not whispering at all.

Please Leo, shut up! You'll spoil everything.

"Well-er…"

"You! What are the two of you doing here!?" A man's voice shouted.

The two young people startled and looked at the man. Leia wanted to smile when she saw that he finally left his computer, but she remembered that he caught them too. It wouldn't help at all because of Leo. Great, she was near of her goal…

"Well, we…"

"Wait a minute. You're new members, right?"

Leia and Leo nodded and the man asked them to follow him. The young girl was scared: what would he do? Did he understand that she was spying him? If yes, she would be in big problems. But the man only took them until his computer, when he searched after something and, when he finally found it, he gave a file to each of them.

"What is it?" Leia asked, puzzled.

"Don't ask and go giving it to Mr. Aster. And you," He continued, looking at Leo. "Go giving it to Mrs. Morrison."

The two young nodded and hurried up to leave the man, exited by the door in front of them. They continued their way, quietly, and then finally dispatched, Leo taking the path of the right. When she was finally alone, Leia sighted and looked at the file in her hands. Then, she saw the toilets and, verifying that nobody was here, she went in, and locked the door.

She sat down on the toilet and, cautiously, she opened the file to read the papers into.

"Report about the experience 362.

Our 'partners' were cooperatives and we could do the experiment with their helps. Unfortunately, this experiment wasn't as good as we expected it.

As we already said it, Rieze Maxians' and Elympians' brains are functionning the same way. Of course, Rieze Maxians' have their mana lobs but it only proof that ours are 'dead'. So, as you suggested us, we tried many different experiments with Rieze Maxians' lobs."

Leia's eyes opened wide, scared by what she was reading. Experiments on mana lobs!? Biting her lips, she took her GHS from her pocket and took photos of the report. She had to copy that and send it to Rowen and Gaius. They needed to know. Then, she continued to read, even if she was scared of the next few lines.

"First of all, we tried to take their mana away. In result, their lobs died in the same way as ours. Since then, the Rieze Maxians of this experiment can't use Spirits powers.

Secondly, we tried to put the mana in the lob of an Elympian; unfortunately, it seems that once a mana lob dies, it can't be resurrected.

We are still trying to find a solution, but for now, the only way is that a Rieze Maxian and an Elympian have child together. In this way, the child has a mana lob and can use the Spirit. Of course, when they'll be able to use it, it would be too late to save Elympios; so, we are doing our best to find how we can put Spirits in Elympios."

Leia's heart was beating against her chest, and her stomach was hurting. She took more photos and closed the file, before closed her eyes. Did she read well? They tried to take Spirits from Rieze Maxia to put them to Elympios? They were ready to kill Rieze Maxia to survive? Were they stupid? Jude, Balan and the others trying to create Spyrites. Spyrites would replace Spirits and save Elympios! Why did they try to take Spirits?

She sighed and stood up. Then, she opened the door and, when she was sure to be alone, she left the toilet and hurried up to go to M. Aster's office. Once in front of his door, she knocked on and when he authorized her, she entered.

It was the first time that she saw that man. It was a little man, with big glasses on his nose, and a white blouse, like he wanted to show he was a scientist. His office was a mess – and she was relieved to see there were people worse than her! – and she didn't feel fine into. The walls were white, as white as Doctor Mathis' office, and she suddenly wanted to come back to Leronde.

"It's for what?" The man asked, with his piercing voice.

"I came to give you this file." She answered, a little bit scared.

The man looked at her and came near, taking the file. He stood in front of her for a while, like he was studying her, and he finally said:

"I'm still wonder why men are looking for Rieze Maxian women when I saw a beautiful creature in front of me."

Leia opened her mouth, in shock, and, she answered:

"I-I have other things to do."

And without another word, she left the office and took the path of the exit. She wasn't feeling well. This man made her sick, and she still had some problem to believe what she read in the toilet. She took her cellphone and sent a message to Leo to tell him that she wasn't feeling well and that she came back at home. Then, after a big breath, she left the headquarters.

xx

They were in front of each other, and the air around them was weird. Leia frowned whereas Alvin tried, like always, to avoid her eyes. In add, he seemed a little bit shy this night, and she didn't know why. I probably miss something…Hm…Let's see…, she thought. He didn't change his hairstyle…Nor his scarf…No, seriously, I don't understand what happened with him.

"Is there any problem?" She finally asked, curious.

"Hm…Well, I heard that you meet Selena."

"Oh. Yeah." I totally forgot about her.

"So…What do you think about her?"

She frowned a little bit more. Why did Alvin want to know that? It wasn't like she was interesting by his love story.

"Don't know, I only talk to her to say that my big brother was a big boy and could do what he wanted."

"You are still not happy being my little sister, are you?" He asked, raising his eyes.

"You're surprised? I'm not your sister."

"Seems that I'm not your friend too."

Her eyes opened wide whereas Alvin was mumbling something like "Crap, too far". Leia replied nothing and stood up, taking her plate and putting in the sink.

"Friend or not, sister or not," She finally began after a time of reflection. "I won't bother you, don't worry."

"No, it's not—Forget it."

They were quiet for a while when…

"By the way, I heard that you have a boyfriend?"

I'll kill this woman personally! Leia cursed. It looked like Alvin wanted to know about her, what she did all the day. Perhaps did he just want to talk a little bit, to destroy the wall between them? It would be a rough path and Leia herself didn't know if she wanted it too.

"Perhaps. Why? Don't worry, I won't let him enter here."

The man screwed up his eyes before saying:

"Take care. Some Elympians aren't very friendly with Rieze Maxians."

The two people looked in the eyes of each other for some minutes, quietly. No noise could destroy this moment, could prevent it. Leia was a little bit confused: did Alvin know about Pater? Probably, they weren't so hidden. And did he know about her mission? No, impossible. She was careful and if he knew it, he would have talk about it sooner.

"I know that. I can defend myself."

Then, without saying another word, she began to leave, but it was without Alvin who stood up and caught her hand. An electric discharge passed though all her body, and she slapped the hand away, like it was a poison. In her head, images of Hamil came back, rougher than usual, and she thought that she was going to die.

"I'm serious. They would be ready to kill you if they knew…!" Alvin warning again.

"I'm not stupid! And all of the Elympians won't shot me in the back!" She replied, angrily.

It was only when she saw anger, shame, and especially sadness in Alvin's eyes that she noticed what she said. She bit her lips, trying to find a way to break up her words, but it was too late.

"I-I didn't want to—"

"Yes, you wanted." He cut her and he left her, going in his room.

"Alvin!"

She heard the door being locked and she cursed herself for being so stupid. Why? Why couldn't they have a normal talk? Why wasn't she able to forgive him? She tried, she tried very hard, but every time, the fear to be shot in the back, the fear to lose everything prevented her. She knew that Alvin was ashamed about this story, that he tried to be normal around her, but she couldn't help but not being at ease for now. What can I do? He won't forgive me this one. Perhaps he'll tell me to leave. Well…It won't be a bad thing for us.

She sighed and sat up on a chair. What could she do to be forgiven? No. She couldn't. They needed to talk about it, but every time, it was a total mess. Her cellphone rang and she frowned, then smiled a little bit when she saw Leo's message, asking her if she was better now. If you knew… She needed to talk about it. But not with Alvin, it was a bad idea for now.

She wasn't even sure he would talk with her anytime soon.

xx

The moon was shining and Leo's hairs were like gold in front of Leia's eyes. They were sitting on the swings near of Balan's apartment and were quiet for a while, admiring the sky of the night.

"I'm sorry to bother you at such a time."

"Don't worry, Agria. What happened? You don't look fine."

Leia sighted. How could she explain him? She couldn't tell the truth, even if she wanted. Since the discussion with Alvin – could she really call it a discussion? –, she wanted to give up, to come back to Rieze Maxia, to tell all the truth to Leo. But every time, this file about the experiment came in her mind and she remembered that she couldn't leave Elympios like that.

"It's just that…I had an argument with my brother."

"An argument?"

"Some months, something really bad happened between us, and this evening, I said bad words about it."

Leo didn't say a thing, still looking at the moon. Leia didn't try to ask what he thought; perhaps he didn't know himself, or perhaps he was thinking that she was worst that what he thought.

"I…I don't know what happened, and I don't have a brother, or even a sister, but I think that…I think that you have to talk with him about it."

"What?"

"The only way for you to have a better relationship with your brother is to talk with him."

"It's easy to say."

"I know. But if I had done something bad to you, for instance, I would like to repair my mistake. It would be bad to lose my first and only friend, right?"

"Leo…"

His first and only friend? What? Leia opened her mouth to tell something to his friend, but she didn't know what. She was still surprised to know that she was her first friend. She who thought that he had a lot of friend, she had some problem to believe it. But Leo was blushing, looking cute like that, and tried to avoid her eyes.

"S-So…It would be sad to lose your only brother, right?"

To lose her only brother…But Alvin wasn't her brother. Once, he was her friend, one with whom she was happy, and could say stupid thing, and could annoy Jude. But now, they were nothing. Even if she knew his story, even if she saw him in the worst state of mind, now, he was only an acquaintance. It was sad to think that, but it was only the truth. Did Alvin think the same thing? Probably. But even though it was true, he tried to talk with her like nothing had happen. But even with all the will of the world, Leia couldn't that. Yes, Leo was right. They needed to talk about Hamil events, she knew it. But when? And could they talk now that the wall between them was harder than before?

Leia sighed. Why did she have the feeling that every time she tried to do something, she messed it up?