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"Yes, yes, Azmaria!" Blaise said, urging her to stop shouting. "He'll be all right, just let me get him inside. We can help him as soon as we've got him inside."

Loque held the door open for Blaise as she brought Chrono inside. Kaden was soon there, biting his lip and looking to Blaise for an explanation. She gave him a silent look that told him to give her a moment

Annalise stood up next to Josha and took his hand to steady him in case he should grow weak a gain. "No, I'm coming with you."

Blaise found another empty room and was about to go in when Joshua called her name.

"Ah . . . Not exactly, Joshua; I won't lie." she called back up at him, "Just . . . stay there, I'll be with you in a minute."

Blaise then continued on into the room and laid Chrono down on the bed carefully. Kaden touched his shoulder and looked at the boy worriedly. "Blaise, what happened?"

"He . . . tried to take things on his own . . . we found him like this." Blaise told him truthfully, "He's not doing so great, anyhow, he needs to be healed. I'm not so sure if you should do it or Azmaria should. Azmaria does seem a bit distraught at the moment, though."

"No Chrono, stay still." Blaise told him then looked to Kaden. "Heal him."

Kaden grabbed her arm before she went to leave and stopped her. "Blaise . . . I'm not very good yet. I don't want to do it wrong and end up hurting him."

Blaise sighed and looked down at Chrono uneasily. "Well . . . I'll call in Azmaria. I wouldn't want you healing his foot on backwards or something."

Blaise stepped out of the room and saw Satella still holding Azmaria. "Satella, Kaden's going to need Azmaria's help."

She continued on untill she got to Joshua who was standing at the base of the stairs with Annalise. "Chrono's been hurt, we're doing our best to take care of him." She told the boy briefly.

Blaise sighed. "I . . . I don't know, Joshua. As soon as Chrono is better we can get some answers but untill then I suggest you relax a little and try and regain your own strength."

Kaden looked to Azmaria as she came in and let out a deep breath. "Azmaria . . . all I need is a little guidance. I'm still very new to this and don't want to heal something in the wrong place. Just a little help will see me through."

Blaise reluctantly stepped away from Joshua and warily approached Remington and Storm. "Remington . . . we cannot . . . there has to be some way . . . nevermind. Just . . . say something if you need me."

Blaise bit her lip to prevent herself from saying something stupid. She turned swiftly to walk back outside but stopped and looked over her shoulder. "We don't need a strong leader." She said firmly, "We need to be strong as a team. Divided we are nothing in Aion's eyes and he has shown us that quite clearly. Leaders fight battles on their own, that's how they become leaders. A leader is not what we need." Blaise then walked out the front door, shutting it behind her.

Kaden looked to Azmaria and nodded somberly. He delicately placed and hand on Chrono's chest and consentrated. He hadn't healed injuries so terrible since that night he healed Chrono's fatal wound. He was able to do it then, he could do it now. It wasn't long before a a soft blue glow was seen around Kaden's hand and Chrono's injures slowly started to mend.

Kaden bit his lip and kept his hand on Chrono's chest to complete the healing. Hopefully the boy wouldn't have to endure this much longer. It was but a moment more and Kaden could feel that there was nothing left to heal. Taking his hand away Kaden felt that he was unsteady and realized he was breathing heavily.

A healing like that took a lot out of him. He wondered why he didn't feel affects likt this when he'd healed Chrono on the battlefield. Kaden supposed he was too preocupied with the fact that he had this power to realize he was so tired. He looked down at his hand at the little mark beneath his index finger. It was tingling in a strange way.

"I . . . I'm going to go sit down." Kaden said faintly.

Blaise was leaning against a nearby tree with her arms folded across her chest. "Yes?"

Kaden found a chair near by and collapsed into it. He leaned foreward and rubbed his face with his hands.

"Just . . . need a little rest." He murmured quietly.

Blaise looked over her shoulder at Satella as she spoke then turned her head back foreward when she finished. "I do understand . . . Remington wants a leader. So I say lets give him a leader; find the next person who's foolish enough to take on Aion alone." She paused for a couple moments and shook her head. "He is not the only person that needs to be understood, Satella. He is not the only one fighting to get Rosette back."

"Yeah, I know . . . but yelling at me isn't going to make anything any better." Blaise sighed, shuffling her feet. Leaning her head back she looked to the distant mountains and the gloomy clouds swirling above them.

"Whatever happened to being happy? Being a kid and having fun . . . I'll be turning sixteen very soon, and yet I feel so much older. Poor Annalise never had a childhood . . . neither did I really, just trying to keep the two of us alive. I don't know . . . I was trying to get at something, but I've lost it now. Maybe it was that hopeless feeling. The one you get when your so little and can't do anything to help yourself, but your mum and dad are always there to help. I have that same feeling again . . . and it's reminded me that I really am still a kid. For so long I've fought to grow up so I could fight away my troubles . . . Remington's right. I'm not a leader. I'm just child where I don't belong."

"No, I'll be f--" Kaden tried to say but Azmaria had already left. He let out a deep breath and slumped in the chair, letting his head fall back and rest on the wall. He tossed a glance over at Chrono and shook his head. Hopefully he'd never have to heal something so terrible ever again.