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"Yes I am, though it will be a little faster than you, you're a Duon, right?" She asked Mina sweetly. She offered them all a seat, leaving shortly to return with tea. "And you yourself, you're also expecting, aren't you? Eric, you never told me who your traveling companion was."

Eric stayed silent, sweating bullets on how to go about this. Lorene saw that he was troubled and put her hand on his shoulder. "Dear, Eric, I take it she's your new girlfriend?" She looked away and towards the ground. "It's okay, I understand, you moved on. We were separated for a long time, I thought you were dead."

"I thought you were too, I tried, but it seems Farley made all the difference."

"She wouldn't let me rest until I have, I've been looking for you for months." Said Farley, he kept looking at Mina, blushing a bit at how attractive she was. It was weird, thinking she was when there was no doubt she could be anything but pregnant.

Lorene shook her head. "Actually, it disappoints me. I had hoped you had given him what I could not." She gave Mina a rather peculiar look during her latter statement.

"Then, who's baby is that?" Asked Eric, he was rather relieved it wasn't his, but also disappointed in some ways. He knew he and Lorene wouldn't have anything anymore, but didn't mean they couldn't stay the good friends they used to be. He looked over to his good friend, whom he just caught staring at Mina. "Is it yours Farley?"

"If it was mine, you could had made certain I wouldn't had looked for ya, Eric. That's just asking for trouble and a bullet in my chest." He crossed his arms. "Besides I'm keeping my half of the contribution out of the baby making process."

"Nonsense Farley, I wouldn't had hurt you. I wouldn't hurt whoever it is either. Now tell me, who is it?"

On cue, the front door opened, walking into the living room was Eric's older brother, Derrick. Farley high tailed it behind Mina and Lorene, then he pointed to Derrick. "That man over there."

Eric lept from his seat at high speed. The guns were out. "Derrick I'll murder you!" Derrick lifted his shotguns from his own holsters and began to fight Eric. The bullets began to fly around the house, despite the pleas of Lorene who had just refurnished everything. A barrier of wind thank's to Farley kept Mina and Lorene well protected as the brothers fought. There was a lot more to their blood feud than they let on.

"Those two have been fighting for Lorene's attention ever since they were four and six years old. Eric won in the end, but Derrick never stopped chasing her. Lorene's solely responsible for making those two testosterone charged males as competitive for her affections as they are. Even if I wanted Lorene, I'd never get the chance anyway." Explained Farley, Lorene shook her head, it was true, even if she hated to admit it. "And if you couldn't tell, that would be the same Derrick that is his older brother by two years."

The two continued to tussle around until Eric got both of the shotguns away from his brother. However Derrick managed to get a hold of one of Eric's guns, the two both pointing them at each other.

"If you're going to shoot me, then squeeze the trigger, Eric."

"You always wanted her for yourself brother, I'll end this here."

"Like you really have the...Ow sonfa, you shot me in the arm!"

"The next one will be in your chest, you couldn't even honor a supposed death! I've always meant more to her than you ever did, you just leeched. You waited till I was out of the picture..."

It was then Farley stepped in. "Okay Eric, how about we...Can you stop shooting people in the arm?!"

Now Farley had a wound as well for his troubles.

"Stay out of this Farley, I'm just doing what I should had done years ago!"

"So that's what that does."Eric thought, the others on the otherhand were too frightened by her power to say anything. Derrick gave her the guns without a any sort of hassle.

"I'm sorry Mina, it's just, I can't believe him. Even after I'm gone he still went after her." He looked at his brother venomously. "Well you have your wish now, Derrick. Things aren't the same between her and I anymore, and that also goes for you too. After today, I don't want to hear or speak to you again, brother."

"Eric, you don't mean that. You're just upset."

"I know what I said Lorene. He just better treat you the way you deserve to be."

"Hey! Even if that's true, you didn't have to include that!" Said Farley, he was still holding his arm. "Man, it just isn't worth it with women troubles!"

"Mina has a one year younger sister you know. Just as attractive, no kids of her own, has that less talkative hard to get personality you like so much."

He looked at Mina a blushed, quickly turning away again. "...Then again..." Farley began to ponder on this. Meanwhile, the two began to think about the things Mina had said.

"To be fair, I only came into my house guns a blazing to defend myself against him, but I am sorry Eric. I'm also sorry for sending you on all the harder fights too."

"So it was you that did that!"

"Eric..."

He sighed, looking at Lorene who was tapping her foot, then Mina, and lastly his brother. "Forgiven on all and any other untold accounts." He walked over to Mina and kissed her. "Thank you for being the foot and voice of reason just now."

Derrick looked up to Mina and smiled. "You don't say? Can't say I noticed." He said rather sarcastically. "I'm Derrick, Eric's older brother. This here is girlfriend, Lorene. You two have something in common, i'm sure."

"Oh, stop that, won't you?" She smiled and kissed Derrick's cheek.

"And I'm Farley the single friend that no one cares about because they're too busy knocking up their girlfriends. Forget every thing he's ever done for them all for being such a loyal friend." He said rather grumpily.

"That's not true, Farley. I do appreciate you as a friend."

"Appreciate? You shot me in the arm!"

"It's a flesh wound from a wind bullet of all things, just go to the healing winds later, you'll be fine in no time." Eric then looked at Mina. "Got all sorts of things to show you since we're here. If they still exist."

"Destroyers haven't been any easier, they just keep coming." Added Lorene, she worried every day for Derrick and Farley because of it.

"Everyone's a comedian, I swear." He stood up (having fallen after being shot in the arm) and looked away. In truth, he'd hope Mina would do that for him. He didn't intend to knock her up though, just wanted to meet her. "But that would be nice." He muttered underneath his breath. "Still, you killed them, like, kill kill and not drive away?"

"Kill, just like we used to. Except it didn't take a unit, just Mina, myself and a genius of a friend from Tresion named Ecalena."

"More girls? I think i'm coming on your adventures!" Farley slid over to Mina and knelt down in front of her. "Please take me with you!" He said as he took her hand.

"Farley making a fool of himself aside, that's amazing. But I can't help but to ask, don't you think Mina shouldn't be on the battlefield anymore?" Asked Derrick.