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Ikki hung on these words -Find this man take back what is yours then find something you love and fight for it- Hey ran them through his head a few times -find something you love and fight for it- He sat and starred out into the dark sea.

"Love..."

He looked down at Katrea and smiled thinking to himself. I cant back everything he took from me, but I can get the most important thing. Ikki sat down and closed his eyes he though for only a moment. He saw himself standing on a hill. Burning all around him the mechanical cross on his back. He was taller and his hair tipped in red. Eye opened his eyes breathing heavy.

"No, It wont happen to me, never again. I can controll it this time."

He stood back up and looked into the water. His emotionless face turned into that of his former self with a devilish grin on. He shook it off and thought to himself -It knows im searching. It wants me to find it-

Taras opened his eyes and saw a blue sky "what is this?" he asked himself as he tried to get up. There was many people around him doing things he didn’t know what however. soon by the rocking of the floor and the smell of sea air he realised he was on about and this simple setting is where his story would start. he cupped his hands and started to cry a bit in them, but trying not to be seen he crawled into a corner and thought about himself.

"my name is Taras i am dug from the sand and now I am here, is that really all i know. what’s wrong with me?"

he then looked to the sky it was charming. He had got a hold of himself now and just sat thinking some more. No sooner than he felt better a little girl with one pigtail to the side of her hair came over and spoke to him. "Hello there boy, you’re a odd looking guy. Where did you come from and why are you that grey colour and how did you get all them scars." it was all a bit much for him and a man picked the girl up and said to her in a loving voice.
"don't ask so many questions at once milly. sorry about her" she giggled in response.

"what is you name boy?"

"its..... its taras."

"well taras, we are going to Glasica and we found you in the desert on the way to the docks thinking we couldn't just leave you there and he towns people didn’t know you so we took you with us."

"thank you, but i can't remember anything what happened."

"we don't know, but your welcome to come with us if you help out a bit on the boat."

"thank you, that would be nice."

he felt happy knowing he wasn't fully alone and this crew was like a happy family. he rested for sometime before helping the crew with lifting and fishing. this old wooden boat was a nice place to wake up to. taras was very strong and the men liked the help, they got along well and it was fun for sometime.

Nightmare laughed as he thou8ght about when he was a female wolf.
To many it confused then when they first found out he was a male but thats what made it funnier.
As Squirm said he didnt remember Nightmare shook his head.

"Its no that i dont remember, Its just the last time I was here I was on a mission to Find Chey and I wasn't a wolf than."

Nightmare sighed as he thought back years ago and a small smile spread across his face only to be quickly replaced by a frown and blush as he heard what Squirm had said as he walked of towards the town.

Shifting his feet Nightmare quickly raced after squirm.

Squirm smiled at the twos reaction to what he said and continued with them into the bustling city.

"that might not be a bad idea yarshea."

as they walked into the city there were plenty of traders doing business in the street and trying to haggle with what they had. some peacefully trading others in dispute while down back alleys there were a couple of more illegal looking trades and squirm was careful not to pay much attention thou he could see they watched them pass by. squirm new a little of this place and great valuable artefact could be exchanged from very exotic places. items weren’t all they traded and it was not unheard for them to go into slave trading, that’s why they needed to stick together.

"lets head over to the docks, im sure a few captains will be looking for hired help to lift there cargo on board."

squirm agreed and nodded walking with more haste as they hurried along the cobble streets and past the many traders. some eyed them cautiously while others felt there might be a trade in it and prepared there stalls. as they approached the dock it was lined with all kinds of vessels from large sailing ships and row boats to more luxury vessels. squirm spotted a ship with a mountain of crates waiting at where it was docked and the captain smoking a pipe. he was an odd looking person large but very scruffy with a long black beard.

"hi there, i don’t suppose you would be looking for hired help."

he stared down at the three of them looking them over.

"ey, I do, but you three dint look like the type to do this sort of work."

squirm hid his face slightly.

"your seem much to puny for that kinda thing and i doubt a little girl would be much help." he pointed his pipe at yarshea.

"Hey! That's not true! I can handle it, I swear!"
Yarshe blurted out, overly insulted the captain thought she would be of no help.

Cynn came up on the deck and gave the captain another bag, this one jingling with the sound of gold.

"There. 1000 gold pieces, just like you wanted. Who are the new lackeys?" She asked, getting only the response of 'deck-hands'

She jumpped over the edge of the boat and began to help the three lift up the crates, picking up a medium-sized one by herself.
"Hi." She smiled, "My Names Cynn... who are you guys?" She asked, starting to carry the crate to the ship.

Maki woke up and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Whew...why is it so hot all of the sudden?" she asked herself crawling towards the bed pushed herself back onto the bed. She looked around for Sai's diary. "What the?"

Flipping through the sheets and under the pillow she couldn't find it. She slowly eased herself to the floor and looked under the bed. She saw the spine of the book and reached for them and heard something click. She reached back further and felt something cold and slick. Slowly pulling the book and the item forward a tear poured down her cheek as she recognized Shinja's shades and smiled as she gently folded them and placed them on top of the book and laid them both on her bed. Sitting on the floor with the covers she sat and stared at both the shades and the diary. To objects from two men she loved dearly.