Remembering about Ace's promise of a date night: Lucy dragged Ace out of their inn and took him around Crocus, showing him the sights as it was his first time ever visiting the capital of Fiore. First they decided to just walk around the city, showing him the Domus Flau and telling him the stories of the Grand Magic Games. And as they walked around, Lucy also told him about the year she spent living in Crocus after Fairy Tail temporarily disbanded, it was mostly stories of working for Sorcerer Weekly as a reporter, but he roared with laughter when she told him about Natsu nearly melting the stadium too.

"He really did that?!"

"Oh you know Natsu, always showing off." Lucy waved his laughter off before smiling when she saw how happy he seemed. He noticed the way she was looking at him and raised an eyebrow, interested in why she was doing it in the first place.

"What is it?"

"Nothing. I just really like your smile." Lucy replied, hugging his arm and Ace blushed as he began to rub the back of his head.

"Th-Thanks."

"Why are you so embarrassed? You're my future husband after all." Lucy said as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. After a few minutes of walking, the two passed in front of a clothing store and Lucy smiled as an idea crossed her mind. "Let's go in here!"

"What?" Ace asked as he looked at the store and realized what it was. "Clothes shopping?"

"Yeah, why not?"

"I don't know. Why do we really need more clothes?" Ace asked as he looked down and tugged on his shirt. Lucy scoffed and motioned her hand up and down, pointing out the very simple outfit he was wearing. All he had been wearing since he started using magic was just a simple white shirt with black pants. But she also despised his outfit because it got dirty so easily and she would spend a long time trying to clean his shirts when it was her turn for laundry.

"Because you need something you can dirty and mess up and I won't have to spend an unhealthy amount of time washing it every time." Lucy said as she grabbed him and led him inside of the building. Once they were inside: Lucy looked around in awe at all of the different styles of clothing inside of it. Meanwhile Ace was unamused and kept looking down at the outfit he was wearing.

'I don't see a problem with this...'

"Look at this!" Lucy yelled as she grabbed a pink bikini from a rack and showed it to Ace. He looked at it and raised an eyebrow, chuckling as he was amused by her excitement. "Isn't it cute?!"

"You want it?" Ace asked and Lucy happily nodded. But then she looked at the price tag and sighed as it said 40,000 Jewels, so she decided to put it back. "Where are you going?"

"Putting it back? It's too expensive." Lucy said as she placed the swimsuit back on the rack she grabbed it from. But Ace walked over and grabbed it again, handing it to her. "What are you-"

"Get whatever you want." Was all Ace said before walking away, shoving his hands into his pocket as he went to the men's clothing. Lucy looked at him confused before remembering something very important about her fiancé: he came from a wealthy family, that's why money didn't seem to be an issue with him. So she started looking at the clothes around her, picking out each thing she loved the most while also reminding herself not to take advantage of Ace. After twenty minutes of shopping and an arm full of several articles of clothing: she decided to go check on Ace to see if he picked out anything. When she found him: she saw him looking at a dark green cargo jacket with an interested look in his eyes.

"Do you like that?" Lucy asked, catching Ace's attention and he turned around to look at her.

"Yeah. I think this is cool." Ace said as he grabbed the jacket and tried it on. Lucy giggled at how happy he seemed when the jacket fit him and nodded.

"And you look cool too." Lucy added as Ace took the jacket off and slung it over his arm. "I think if you replace that white shirt with something a little darker: you'll look absolutely handsome." Lucy said and Ace nodded in agreement. That was until he looked at the amount of clothes in Lucy's arms and he facepalmed.

"Really?"

"I think these are cute!"

"We need a real closet..." Ace groaned as he thought about how little space they're going to have left in their wardrobe. He sighed and grabbed the clothes from Lucy's arms, beginning to head to the register with it. Lucy followed him, happily humming while Ace began to grumble in annoyance. After paying the extremely high bill of 834,000 Jewels: Ace sighed in defeat as he looked at the amount of bags both of them were going to have to carry now. But when he was going to hand half of them to her to carry, his eyes widened when he saw Lucy was already headed towards the door. "Hey!"

"Oh, thanks for volunteering to carry it all." Lucy said as she winked and blew him a kiss. Ace grumbled and grabbed the bags in both of his hands, thanking the cashier as he began to follow Lucy out of the store. Once he was outside: Lucy laughed when she saw how annoyed he looked and walked back over to him. "I'll help you, honey."

"I hate you." Ace grumbled as he extended the bags in his left hand to her. She giggled and grabbed them, leaning over to give him a quick peck on the lips.

"No you don't." Lucy whispered before grabbing his free hand, pulling him along as they kept walking. "Should we see if Keith is available?"

"Maybe. But since we didn't let him know we're here: I don't know if he's really going to be free." Ace replied. Lucy rolled her eyes and turned around, letting go of his hand as she began to think. "What?"

"Call your brother. We're going to see him." Lucy said and Ace scoffed as he put his hand in his pocket.

"I'm not going to-"

"One." Lucy raised a finger, beginning to tap her foot as Ace looked at her in surprise.

"Are you really count-"

"Two." Then she raised a second finger, raising an eyebrow as she began to smirk. "Want me to get to three?"

"Fine." Ace rolled his eyes and took out the rectangular Lacrima from his pocket. He connected it to Keith's, raising it to his ear as it began to call his brother.

"Hello?"

"Keith, it's your favorite brother."

"Hey Ace. How are you doing?"

"Just fine. I'm going through some big changes right now, but aside from that I'm doing alright. What are you up to?"

"I just got home from work. Why?"

"Well...Lucy and I are in Crocus for the night, and my lovely fiancée wanted to see if you were free." Ace sighed looked away when he saw Lucy giving him a proud smile.

"That's alright. Do you two want to meet up somewhere or do you want to come over?" Ace handed the Lacrima to Lucy when Keith asked him the question, and Lucy put it up to her ear to talk to him herself.

"Whatever works best."

"Okay so if you want: come to my apartment. I'd love to go out, but I'm just so tired."

"Alright so just tell me the address and we'll be there soon." Lucy said before making a mental note of the address Keith was telling her. She giggled slightly as she realized it was close to the apartment she used to have in Crocus, so she nodded once he was done. "Got it. Be there in a bit." Lucy said, cutting the connection and handing the Lacrima back to Ace. "Was that so hard?"

"I just didn't want to bother him. We could've always come another day and seen him."

"Ace. Your brother is in a new city far away from his family. You should always be in contact with him and seeing him when we're in town." Lucy said, walking over to his side and grabbing his hand once more. "It's only fair we do that for him, right?"

"I guess." Ace sighed and Lucy giggled, patting the back of his hand proudly.

"Good boy. Now, let's go see your big brother."

"Sorry it's not much. But make yourselves at home." Keith said as he filled two glasses with wine. Ace and Lucy had just arrived and after leading them to the living room: he offered the two of them drinks to be a good host.

"It's more than enough, thank you." Lucy said as she and Ace sat down on his sofa and put the bags from their shopping spree down. "How's your new job, Keith?"

"I'm so happy. My classes are all at maximum capacity and I'm just having such a great time shaping young minds." Keith said as he handed the two their glasses of wine and sat down on a dining chair across from them. "How about you two?"

"It's fun. This was our first ever job together and I think we did a pretty good job." Lucy admitted as she took a sip of her wine and patted Ace's leg.

"And Ace, really? A wizard guild? I didn't expect that from you." Keith said and Ace chuckled as he sat back.

"Mom told you everything?"

"Oh and then some." Keith replied and the two brothers laughed together, making Lucy smile from how happy they were. "Have you talked to Fabia?"

"Not at all. Every time I call home: she's never there."

"Well, who do you think has been running the company while Ryu is in Caelum right now?" Keith asked as he crossed his arms.

"Fabi? Really?" Lucy asked and Keith just nodded.

"Mom wanted to, but Fabia said that she could handle it."

"And is she?"

"Fabia's got the company like Dad had never left. Maybe even better than he did." Keith said and Ace's jaw dropped from the shock.

"So why the hell were Ryu and I doing that the whole time?" Ace asked, shaking his head from disbelief.

"Honestly? You were just eating shit." Keith bluntly said and Ace just glared at his brother in response. "Speaking of Ryu. How is he?"

"He was fine last time we spoke." Ace replied as he took a sip of his wine. "Did he tell you what happened when he met the Hinos?"

"Yeah. I felt bad, but what can we really do? It's not our fault that Dad didn't tell them anything and just cut them off when he and Mom got married." Keith said and the two in front of him just shrugged in agreement. "Their past is messy, but that has nothing to do with us. We just have to move forward and if Ryu's the one who has to fix our family: we have to leave it up to him."

"I guess." Ace muttered to himself and looked at the frame Keith had on his wall of all four Falkner siblings together at Fabia's wedding. "It's weird how not too long ago: all of us were together at home, not knowing what to do when Dad passed away."

"And now we're all scattered about, struggling to stay in proper contact with each other." Keith finished his brother's thought for him, and Ace nodded in agreement. "That's life, baby brother. Like Dad told me once: we all take different paths, but we're always connected in one form or another. Fabia's path kept her at home and taking over for Dad. Ryu's path sent him across the sea. Mine brought me here. And yours led you back to her." Keith said, pointing at Lucy who jumped slightly and blushed.

"He's right you know." Lucy said as she leaned her head on his shoulder.

"And now the question I wanted to ask you two: what's up between Ryu and that woman Erza. Every time I ask him, he always says the same thing: they're just friends."

"He's still lying?" Ace and Lucy asked with the same deadpan expression on their faces. Keith chuckled and nodded, imagining they would say it too.

"What are they?"

"If we knew: we'd tell you. But we're at the point we're going to bet that they're either secretly sleeping together, or in a relationship." Ace said and the three in the room sighed in defeat.

"But if he's happy, then I'm happy." Keith said and Ace and Lucy nodded in agreement.

"See? Visiting your brother wasn't that bad." Lucy said as the two were making their way back to their inn. They had stayed at Keith's for two hours, simply talking about whatever crossed their minds, and when they saw how late it was getting: they decided to head back to their inn for the night.

"I guess you're right." Ace said as they entered the Honey Bone inn and greeted the receptionist at the front. They walked upstairs and when they neared the door: Ace stopped walking when he caught a strange metallic scent coming from their room.

"Is everything-"

"Hold on." Ace said as he began to cautiously walk to the door. He took out the key and carefully opened the door, looking inside for the source of the smell. "Something's off."

"What makes you say that?" Lucy asked as they put the bags down and Ace began to sniff around the room. It felt so familiar, like he recognized the scent from somewhere. He walked over to the bag they had brought their clothes in, opening to see that it had looked like someone had rummaged through it.

"Did you go through our bag before we left?"

"I haven't opened it since we packed. Why?" Lucy asked as she began to reach for her key pouch. Ace snapped his head up, looking around to see if anything else seemed off. Everything else seemed the same from when they walked in, but then again he didn't exactly study the room before they left. But what caught his attention the most was the door that led to the balcony of their room. He walked over to the door, inspecting it closely as nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But then he pushed his hand on the door and realized that the latch was cut off completely when it suddenly opened with little force.

"Someone was here." Ace said and he looked outside for the culprit. Lucy rushed out beside him and looked around as well, until the two noticed someone was watching them from a rooftop across from the inn. "Them!" Ace yelled as the person turned around and began to run away. He leapt into the air, landing on the rooftop and beginning to chase after them. Lucy groaned as she closed the door behind her the best she could before reaching into her key pouch and taking out one of her gold keys.

Meanwhile Ace was in hot pursuit of the person, struggling to remember who the scent he was following belonged to. Once the person he was chasing jumped down from the roof they were on to the street below, he followed suit and kept his gaze fixed on them.

"Wait!" Ace yelled before the person in front of him suddenly stopped, looking down at the multiple buildings beneath them from the edge of the large wall where they were standing. Ace stopped running and walked up to them, feeling a lump in his throat as he prepared for a fight. He gulped as the person turned around, allowing the moonlight to reveal their identity as Rudy. "Rudy?"

"Surprise." Rudy chuckled as he extended his arms out, taking a step towards Ace. "Happy to see me?"

"I'm more confused than happy." Ace gulped as he took a step back. "Were you the one in our room?"

"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't." Rudy said, putting his hands in his pockets as he kept his gaze fixed on Ace. "Where is it?"

"Where's what?" Ace said as he took a step to the right. Rudy chuckled and did the same, the two of them beginning to walk around in a circle.

"My Lacrima. The one you found in that chest the day we met. Where is it?"

"Your Lacrima? Rudy, I gave what we found to Rayzen-"

"Oh don't give me that bullshit." Rudy cut him off, leaning his head forward as he began to scowl at him. "That was a stupid gem, barely worth a couple thousand Jewels. My men saw the two gems, and if you gave him the fake then you kept the real one."

"Your men?"

"You think those bandits were there by coincidence? They're my men, they work under me. The idea was that they would scare Rayzen's team out of the dungeon and take the Lacrima for me while I kept them occupied." Ace's eyes widened at Rudy's explanation, making him growl slightly as he thought about that day once more. "Your buddy Natsu really did a number on them. But then again I'm not surprised, Fairy Tail is known for having strong wizards."

"Rudy. Were you the one who killed Rayzen?" Ace asked, gulping as the man's explanation began to make Rayzen's death clear to him.

"Well I'm not the one who did it personally, but he didn't accept my offer so he paid the price." Ace began to growl even more, feeling his magic begin to grow the more Rudy talked. "But you're a nice guy, so let me make you an offer."

"An offer?"

"It seems fair. You have something that belongs to me, I would just like it back. Give me back my Lacrima, and I'll go away and you'll never hear a single word from me again."

"That's your offer?" Ace scoffed, looking up as he began to crack his knuckles by clenching his fist tightly. "How is that fair?"

"Because you know what happened to Rayzen. Do you really want that to happen to you?" Rudy said, laughing quietly before both of them stopped walking.

"Rudy, I don't have that Lacrima."

"I would've believed you if I didn't see what you did on the train earlier. It was something that boosts magic, and your magic was definitely boosted by it." Rudy said as he took another step towards Ace. "Just hand it over and I'll be out of your hair. Or would you like your little girlfriend to be the one to pay the price?" Once he mentioned Lucy: Ace tried to lunge at him with his hands coated in green wind. But when he was in front of Rudy, brown tendrils burst out of the ground and wrapped themselves around his neck, wrists, and ankles, keeping the man stuck in the air.

"What the hell is this?" Ace growled as he struggled to move, and Rudy just laughed from amusement. He then raised a hand and pointed to his left, making the tendrils turn Ace's body and make him look at a nearby tree. His eyes widened when he saw the bald man with the scarred face sitting at the base of the tree with his hand extended forward towards him.

"Plant magic, duh." The man said as he stood up and began walking towards the two. "I'm using tree roots to hold you in place."

"Friend of yours?" Ace asked and Rudy shrugged.

"Asemu, this is Caius. He's my right hand man. And you already know my favorite lady." Rudy said before pointing to his right. Caius twisted his hand to the right and made the roots turn Ace's body around once more, showing him the fourth person walking up to them. His eyes widened when he saw Raiza walking up to them with an amused smile spread across her face.

"Her?! What the hell is going on?!"

"Wow, how rude." Raiza scoffed and motioned for them to come closer. So Caius nodded and pushed his hand forward, controlling the roots and moving Ace closer to her. Raiza cracked her knuckles and held her hands out, grabbing Ace's head when he was in front of her. Her eyes and hands began to glow white as she could see all of his memories starting from when he was a baby to that same moment.

"What is she doing to me?" Ace asked as he felt a throbbing pain in his head as Raiza began to search through his memories.

"Memory Magic. It's just one of the many things she's good at. It was how I joined Rayzen's expedition and had everyone there thinking I was in charge. It was how she joined today's convoy by making the little guy think she was his granddaughter." Rudy explained as he patted Raiza's shoulder. "Find my Lacrima."

"I've got a lot to go through. I see a loving family. I see that blonde bimbo as a kid. I see a funeral. Just looking for something is harder than just changing his memories." Raiza muttered while Ace tried to break free from his bindings, but Caius noticed and tightened the grip on him. Rudy rolled his eyes at the man's tenacity and turned around to leave.

"And after you find it, maybe erase his girlfriend from his memories too. Like a punishment for stealing and lying to me." Ace's eyes widened at what Rudy said, and he took a deep breath as he began to growl from anger.

"Whatever you say." Raiza chuckled as she reached the memories leading up to his procedure. "I think I-" She was cut off by an arrow grazing the side of her arm, making her let go of Ace's head. "OW!"

"Let him go!" The three looked behind them to see Lucy using her Sagittarius Star Dress with the Celestial Spirit standing next to her.

"On your command, my lady." Sagittarius said and Lucy nodded. He smirked and the horse-man drew 5 arrows from his quiver and fired them in Ace's direction. Each arrow from Sagittarius hit one of Ace's bindings, freeing him and dropping the man on the floor. He took a deep breath and began to cough as he could finally breath properly, gritting his teeth as he remembered Rudy's order.

"Caius. Deal with her." Rudy motioned towards Lucy and Caius nodded, moving his hand towards Lucy as he prepared to attack her and Sagittarius. Ace snapped his head around and let out his breath, unleashing a green tornado from his mouth at the man.

"Storm Dragon's Roar!" Ace's breath attack hit Caius head on and sent the man flying into a light post. He stood up and turned his gaze to Rudy who did the same to him. "Rudy!" Ace roared as he stood up and ran at him, clenching his fists tightly as he got ready to attack. "Storm Dragon's Surging Fist!" Ace threw his wind covered fist forward, feeling it make contact with Rudy's head. But his eyes widened and he gasped when he saw that Rudy's head was suddenly made of a silver liquid, taking the full brunt of his attack and losing half of itself while the man in question looked uninterested. "What the-"

"Is that it?" Rudy asked as he reeled his right arm back, balling his hand into a fist. His arm then became the same silver liquid and grew in size before delivering a powerful punch to Ace's chest. He coughed up blood and all of the air in his body was swiftly knocked out as he was sent flying backwards. Ace landed in front of Lucy and she helped him stand up.

"What the hell is that?" Ace asked as the three of them looked at Rudy as his arm went back to normal and his face reformed.

"Mercury. I'd be a little careful, this stuff is actually poisonous to a normal person." Rudy said as he raised his right hand again, changing his hand into a blade, then a mace, then an axe. "I really didn't want it to have to come to this." Rudy sighed as he turned his hand back to normal and put it in his pocket.

"Sagittarius, I think you should go back." Lucy said as she turned her attention to her Celestial Spirit. He looked at her in shock and placed his bow behind his back.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it."

"I'm always at your service, my lady." Lucy smiled when Sagittarius saluted her, raising his key and making the spirit glow gold as he returned back home. She then reached into her key pouch and swapped his key for Virgo's, placing it on her chest instead of summoning her.

"Star Dress: Virgo Form!" Lucy's outfit quickly swapped into the maid-like Star Dress and she patted Ace's back. "Ready to go, babe?"

"I'm ready whenever you are." Ace said as he wiped the blood from the side of his mouth and chuckled. "I'll cover you." Lucy nodded and the two prepared themselves while Rudy just yawned.

"Go!" Lucy called out as she jumped into the ground, creating a large hole that she began to tunnel through. Ace nodded and charged at Rudy, coating his hands in wind once more.

"You two are so predictable." Rudy said as he raised his left hand, changing it into a silver blade as Ace got close. He swung the blade and Ace slid under it, reeling his fist back as he got ready to attack the man again.

"Storm Dragon's Surging Fist!" Ace yelled as he threw a jab using his right hand at Rudy's head once more. Rudy rolled his eyes and moved his head away, but Ace smirked and used his left hand to throw a hook at Rudy's head. Once his fist connected, the wind on it shot forward and blew Rudy's head away. The mercury from his neck swiftly reformed Rudy's head and he was looking down at Ace in surprise.

"If I didn't have my Mercury Form on: that would've hurt." Rudy chuckled as he readied the same punch he hit Ace with before.

"Storm Dragon's Roar!" Ace took in another breath and released a weaker roar, pushing Rudy back and pushing himself away from him too. "Lucy!"

"Got it!" Lucy jumped out from the ground behind Rudy, her leg extended forward as she kicked through Rudy. Once her kick went through his body: Lucy's hands began to glow a bright yellow as she placed them together. "Spica!" Lucy yelled as she threw her hands forward, sending the yellow light at Rudy that slammed his body into the ground, creating a large hole where he landed. She landed on the ground and Ace walked over to her, smiling from pride as they looked at the hole.

"It's over, Rudy. We really don't want to fight you anymore." Ace called out as the two of them walked forward.

"Chances are the military is already on their way here because of all the noise we made. Just surrender and make it easier on yourselves." Lucy said as they looked into the hole. But their eyes widened when they saw that Rudy wasn't inside of it.

"Oh brother. How cliche can you possibly be?" The two jumped back after hearing Rudy's voice coming from beneath them, and all of a sudden multiple silver spikes shot out from the ground where they stood. The spikes then came together, becoming Rudy as the man moved his head around to crack his neck. "Damn it."

"Let's go." Ace called out and Lucy nodded as they tried to run at Rudy once more. But they were stopped by roots suddenly sprouting from the ground and wrapping around their legs. Ace and Lucy began to struggle to try to free themselves, but the roots kept going higher until the two were left completely immobilized by them.

"Damn it. You got a lucky shot on me, kid." Caius growled as he stood up, keeping his right hand extended towards the two while he used his left hand to rub his back. Rudy walked up to the two and kept his attention focused on Ace the most.

"Storm Dragon's-" Ace took another breath, ready to use his Roar once more, but Rudy just extended his hand forward and covered Ace's mouth with a mercury coated hand.

"Shhhh. Stop talking or else this stuff is going to enter your system and trust me: it can really mess you up." Rudy placed a finger in front of his mouth and shushed him. "I tried to be friendly, but you decided to get violent. Asemu, just tell me where my Lacrima is. It's really easy to say." Ace shook his head in response to what Rudy said, and he just sighed and began to tighten his grip on Ace's head.

"Just leave Ace alone, he didn't do anything to you."

"On the contrary, beautiful. He stole from me, and them he decided to lie to me about it. I can't really forgive that or even consider letting it slide." Rudy said as he softly slapped Ace's cheek once more. He then turned to Lucy and gave her a friendly smile. "Maybe you can tell me. Or you can just give it to me yourself."

"I can't because we can't give it to you. And even if we could, you clearly don't have good intentions with it."

"Oh well. Raiza." Rudy looked to his right and watched as Raiza hurried over, covering her left arm as blood came down from the wound Lucy gave her. "Just do it." Raiza extended her hand to grab Ace's head again, but then smiled evilly when Lucy began to try to free herself.

"Don't hurt him!"

"I have a better idea." Raiza chuckled as she walked over to Lucy and grabbed Lucy's head with both of her hands. "This is for hurting me, bitch." Raiza said as her hands and eyes began to glow once more, taking a look into Lucy's memories. Before Rudy could protest, he felt Ace trying to escape and scream from his grasp and chuckled.

"That actually is a better idea." Rudy said as Raiza began to smile even more. She had found all of Lucy's memories of Ace and began to erase them one by one if they had to do with him.

Every single memory they had made, every single memory they ever had, all of it began to vanish from Lucy's mind as Raiza kept her hand on her head. Lucy began to yell in pain as her head began to ache from the magic being used on it. And Ace could only helplessly watch as Caius and Rudy kept him in place while Raiza used her magic on Lucy. When she was done, she let go of Lucy's head and she stopped screaming, hanging her head as she passed out from the pain. Satisfied with the outcome, Rudy nodded at Caius and he lowered his hand as the roots began to return to the ground. But Ace stayed in the air, being held up by Rudy, while Lucy fell to the floor in front of Raiza who looked at her with a sadistic smile.

"That's what you get." Raiza said as she spat on the ground next to Lucy's body.

"She's not going to know who you are when she wakes up. She's not going to know what you two were, and all of her feelings for you are going to be absolutely gone. I thought making you forget about her would've been a good punishment, but this is even better." Rudy said and Ace turned to look at him with tear filled eyes. "I'll see you again soon. I still want my Lacrima after all." Rudy said before throwing Ace away, slamming him into a wall. Ace coughed from the pain and looked up, seeing that the three were suddenly gone and only Lucy was left on the floor.

"L-Lu..." Ace began to tremble and his lips began to quiver as he struggled to stand. Instead of standing, he crawled over to Lucy's body and cradled her in his arms when he reached her. He began to quietly beg that they were lying, wishing that all of their memories were still there, praying that she still loved him as much as he loved her. "Please open your eyes. Wake up Lucy...please..." Ace whispered as he held her tightly. He heard her groaned and raised his body, looking down as he saw her begin to slowly open her eyes. "Lucy?"

"Huh? What happened?" Lucy asked as she slowly began to look around, seeing that it looked like a fight had just taken place. "My head hurts."

"I'm so happy you're okay. I was so worried they actually-"

"Who..." Ace stopped talking and his heart felt like it stopped when he saw her turn to look at him and it was like she was looking at a stranger. "Who are you?"