Ronan's P.O.V.

As I awoke, the first thing that had crossed my mind was to check up on Arme. Lire and Elesis had already gone to bathe in the pond and Ryan was having a full out conversation with a nearby tree. While I entered the tent where Arme slept in, Ryan had burst out in hysterical laughter.

"Oh my god! No way! You've got to be kidding! You're totally pukking my leg, Winston!" He choked in between laughs. Weirdo. Disregarding the outburst by Sir Forest Lunatic the first, I set myself down by Arme's comatose induced body, placing a hand on her cheek and gently stroking it. To my touch, Arme let out a deep sigh(or heavily exhaled, if you will.) Could she truly be sleeping?

"Arme…" I forced out, in desperation. I leaned in closer so wherever her mind had been residing, it would be able to follow the sound and find it's way back to here. To me. "Please, open your eyes… It pains me to see you like this.." Much to my dismay, Arme had not budged nor shown any sign ofhearing and comprehending what I had said. She continued to lay there as if I had said nothing at all. I continued to stroke her cheek tenderly, mentally praying to the heavens for some miracle that this girl's eyes would open and—

What was that? Upon gazing at Arme's sleeping body, I could've sworn I had seen her eyes flutter, if not twitched slightly to the caressing of my thumb. Flabbergasted, I pulled my hand back all too quickly. A small flame of hope began to burn inside of me at the thought that she could be awakening. That she could be trying to discover where my voice was coming from. That she had actually HEARD me!

"Arme," I begin, a smile etching across my face whilst I lean forward until our foreheads touched and my oceanic blue hair met her violet ones. "If you can hear me, open your eyes. Everyone is waiting for you with hopeful smiles." Her pink lips parted, as if to say something, but then froze. I waited in anticipation, hoping that she would try to say at least something or let out a sign that she was returning to us but, to no avail. Other than the rise and fall of her chest to indicate that she was breathing, she had let out no response. Defeated, I stood up, preparing myself for the long trek we would have to face towards the orc temple. Just before I crossed over to the outside world beyond the tent, a small moan was heard behind me.

Sieghart's P.O.V.

Again. I could not protect her again. I could not save her. If only I had just left things from when I saw her at the outer walls of Serdin. If only I had brought her back after saving her from the crab… none of this would've ever happened. My hands were buried in my hair, pressed tightly against my skull in an attempt to force back the tears that threatened to fall.

"Tch… Get it together, Sieghart. Legends don't cry." I scolded myself in an attempt to avoid thinking back to her face right before she fell into a coma. She was laughing with me, pouting with her cheeks puffed and her lips purched. My teeth clenched as I thought back to the battle between me and… HIM. If only..If only… Damn him. Damn him straight to hell, right where he belongs.

"This time… I won't give up so easily."

Lire's P.O.V.

Heavy atmosphere lurked in each and every corner in the area where we sat. It was still barely daybreak while we sat around a campfire, eating boiled eggs the kindom of Serdin had given us to cook on our journey. The desert sand brushed against our moist skin, resulting in a series of itches to interrupt our feasting. Elesis stepped out of Arme's tent, her head hung. She looked up, noticing the look I was giving her and shook her head. Arme had not awoken.

"Dammit, this is depressing." She ferociously ran her hands through her auburn locks. Ronan had moped his way to a nearby tree(Which I presume to be Winston.) and sat there, his head buried in his had me held by his side, fiddling with a delicate violet flower while melancholy possessed his face.

"I just wish I knew what had happened.." I murmured under my breath, placing my head on Ryan's shoulder as he caressed my golden hair. He nodded at my statement, signaling he had heard my wish and had been wishing for the same thing as I.

"I think we all do, actually." Ryan replied, twisting a strand of my hair around his finger "The only information we have on Arme's current state is that the harpies were the cause of it but, they're dead. And the only other person who knows is Sieghart, the person that was there. Problem is, he wouldn't utter a word. All this is too bazaar.." Elesis grumbled and glanced at Ronan's location, frowning. Out of us all, Ronan was the most depressed,the most mournful. His expression was heartbreakingly lifeless and it pained me to see such a man of great virtue in such a state. If it had pained ME, who had not even been that close to him, I can only imagine how Elesis, who appeared to be in love with him, was taking it. I'd see him visit Arme few minutes at a time, each time with some small expression of hope in his eyes and leave, that hope extinguished once more. Elesis would watch from a distance, her face expressionless and unreadable each time though I could tell, it was killing her inside. Her close friend in a comatose, the man she loves being heavily infatuated with the comatosed friend. It must have seemed like she was losing two people instead of one. But, I can only make inferences. Elesis is not the onto talk about her emotions like many girls do. What a disturbingly complicated love triangle.

Wait a minute…Love Triangle? I felt a light go off in my head as I stood up, shocking Ryan with my sudden movement.

"I'm going to check up on Arme." I stated, walking towards the tent. I immediately stopped once I had reached the flaps that posed as doors and glared at each and every member before Continuing. "No one comes in, no one eavesdrops unless I tell you to do so. Failure to comply with these rules will result in painful damage to ones most sensitive area. Agreed?"

Ryan flinched at the words "Most sensitive Area" and covered his crotch, nodding in complete horror at the thought of being heavily damaged there. Elesis nodded as well, not really caring about what I was about to do and stole of one Ryan's boiled eggs as he was cringing. Ronan, on the other hadn, did not nod but this was due to the fact that he had been drowning himself in a pit of lonely thoughts and concerns that involved Arme. Feeling that I got my point across, I closed the tent and tightly sealed it before turning to Arme's body. Too early…Allof this had to be happening too early; too fast. I paced towards her body and set myself down beside her. Peering down at her slumbering face, I spoke.

"Come out, now. I know you are there. I wish to speak to you." Almost immediately, Arme's body rose as if someone was pulling her up by the torso or had been possessed by a spirit. Once she had been sitting up, her face was turned to me, her eyes slowly opening. A smile tugged at her lips as she saw me.

"Hello, Lire."

Anneyeonghaseyo~

Long time no see ;D I know how you've all been waiting for this chapter and I'm terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for nearly a year! Fear not, though. It is summer! And you know what that means? More freetime~ Yes sir in deedy~ There was actually more to this chapter but, I decided to add the rest onto chapter Eight to make it longer, that is why this chapter is so short. Forgive me ;c Plus, I HAVE to leave you cliff hanging for more, don't I? What kind of writer would I be if I don't do that? Haha! I wanna thank all the reviews and messages I was given to encourage me to continue my stories ^^ And don't worry. You won't have to wait another year for Chapter Eight. I plan to be on the ball as much as I can and pray nothing comes up in my journey to do so. Next Update will be with my Elsword story. Look forward to it my ElswordXAisha lovers c; I have as many great plans for that story as I do this one. I hope you stay with me until the very end! Haha, Fighting~!