Zalia smiled, as she grabbed a medium sized 'suitcase' of sorts. She carefully filled it with the clothes she had chosen...and the swim suit, then closed it. She then looked at Trinity. "Is there anything else that catches your eye, before we head back?" She asked.

"I apologize to you Shadow for calling you a pony earlier. So where are you two off too?" Steve asked

******

"I talk with Filthneck before leave, there no traps in cave. Entrance hidden, but me know where is. Any chance enemies follow us to mountain?" Beelzenef asked as he lead the group the their destination

Zalia smiled, as she grabbed the 'suitcase'. "Then we shall head back." She said, as she walked out of the closet. "I know a shortcut of sorts." She said. "It will get us back to the others in only a few minutes."

******

Arisa smiled faintly. "You don't want to know what Shadow thinks of you." She rested her hand on Shadow's head. "I was actually looking for my parents."

Zalia nodded her head, and walked out of the room, and down the stairs...seemingly, leaving the same way they had come into the house. But instead of leaving out of the front door, as they had come in, she walked towards the back of the house and through the kitchen...also empty. She walked to the back door, and left that way. If she didn't have the suit case, she wouldn't have bothered coming back down stairs...she would've went out the window in her room. Once outside, Zalia pointed to the mountain, that the goblins lived under.
"It's a five minute walk from here." Zalia said to Trinity, then headed towards the mountain.

Zalia chuckled softly. "I know my way around, because I've sneaked out of this estate many, many times." She replied, as she continued to make her way back to the mountain. "Shouldn't be too long now."

Vizard and Gizzard, who had quite unsavoury reasons for possessing the ability to tell when women were around, looked over at Trinity and Zalia as they came towards them.
"Why... hello, ladies," Gizzard smiled, slicking back his hair.
"And what," Vizard purred, "are two such gorgeous damsels doing walking around without a muscular man or two to protect you from whatever may abound?"
Tyrcestus smiled at them. "Good, you're back," was all he said out loud. But his eyes met Trinity's for a second too long, and then he looked away hurriedly.
"We should get going. Beelzenef, we're all here, take us through the forest. The sooner we do this, the sooner I don't have to worry about elven archers shooting us."

Zalia raised her brow slightly, then looked at Trinity. "I think the two of us could handle whatever attack that may or may not have happened." She looked at Beelzenef and smiled gently. "Where are we going?" She asked.

Beelzenef clamped and arm around Gizzard and whispered "Be nice to Fox-girl Zalia, or me not be nice." before he walked over to Zalia and wrapped an arm around her shoulder and said "Glad you back, this mean girl time over?" and he pulled her in close. He then turned to everyone else and said "We go to mountain where shiny thunder sword be. Me know where tunnel is to get there." Beelzenef said as he pointed to their destination, which wasn't far away.

*****

"Ohh, so where are your parents? How come your trying to find them?" Steve asked

Gizzard rubbed his arm. "Please... I'm always good to the ladies."
He winked at Zalia. "Unless she likes bad boys... then I can be so very bad."

Vizard and Gizzard fell into line either side of Zalia, not knowing much about her.
Hexy took this opportunity to whisper to Sean, "They're quite the pair of lechers, aren't they?"
Tyrcestus found himself walking next to Trinity, and was trying his hardest to not make a comment that would make him sound foolish.
Eventually, he settled for "That's a very beautiful dress... it suits you," before looking away and blushing crimson, kicking himself for sounding like an idiot...

As the the last group of archers where focusing on grouping back up, they saw a odd group meeting up with a couple girls.
"Isn't something a little off about that group?"
the leader looked back.

" the only person that we're focused on is an lightning outsider, preferably one who's been rumored to have in his procession, the sword or storms. that's the group we're after. now we have our orders so come on and don't focus on them."
the leader and the others carried on, but the one who was curious had already drawn and charged an arrow up.

if he is one, than he should be able to sense this. oh the master is going to be happy...

"Glad to have the whole group back. lets get the sword and hope that no one else has found it before us, or is guarding it."
He heard Hexy and grinned a little as he found himself walking next to her.  
"you just figured that out?"
just as he looked towards the side of the forest, he felt someone charging up an energy source or something. as he watched he saw a flash of light come out of the forest, coming at him. his eyes started to glow blue as caught an arrow out from the air in front of him.

"We need to get into the forest quickly. that arrow did not just come from an ordinary archer."  
his hand adsorbed the energy from the arrow and crushed it in half. the added energy caused his eyes to glow deeper.
I swear, if it's more of those assassins...


the leader of the archer group saw all of this.
" YOU IDIOT! I TOLD YOU TO FORGET ABOUT THEM! Now you've pissed off one of Master Zekken's last studdents..."

Zerron saw where the shot came from and he was close by.
at least I don't have to go far... had i feeling that I would run into someone today.
he smiled as he dropped in on the small group of archers. of course not without letting the group he was protecting know where they where with a fire blast.
"So, your after my little friend aren't you? "

the leader, along with the four others where surprised as four drew their swords. the last one drew his bow.
"oh please, carry on with chewing out your subordinate. I can tell that he deserves it and honestly it's kind of funny...  

Sarret was more focused on getting everyone grouped up and informed on the new plan when he heard someone yelling. when he looked over the valley he saw one area in flames and across from it one Lightning ninja who looked really pissed off...

great....

Zalia looked at both men. "Sorry guys...but I'm not really available." She said to them, then looked to the mountain. "The sword shouldn't be hard to find then." She said to Beelzenef. "Let's go."

******

"I'm looking for them, because, the village we lived in was set on fire." Arisa replied. "I got separated from them when the fire started, and," she looked at Shadow; "if Shadow wasn't there, I wouldn't have made it out of the barn."

Tyrcestus took the jacket, and slipped it on. It smelt like her now.
For some reason, that made him smile.
"I hope it kept you warm."
He looked over at Zalia while Vizard and Gizzard were half-being friendly, half-making the moves on her.
Then he looked back at Trinity.
"Tell me something. Why did you go running off like you did before the fight?"
At which point he heard Sean, and instinctively took point again.
"Don't split up. Get into the forest. Sean, what are we dealing with here? Any ideas?"

As one, the group bolted towards the forest, Vizard and Gizzard automatically taking position either side of Zalia, Hexy practically gluing herself to Sean's side, Clun covering Beelzenef, and Tyrcestus found himself holding Trinity's hand as they made for the trees.
"What do you mean?" he asked her, his mind torn between the danger and her.
Focus, boy, a voice that sounded very much like Mandrate yelled in his mind.
What does she mean, a voice wondered, and the voice sounded a lot like his father.
He looked around the forest as they slipped between the trees, waiting for her answer whilst holding her hand.

Hexy met Trinity's gaze, and saw the question written there.
Well, on the one hand, I could mess with her head even more.
On the other hand, Ty would kill me.
She broke eye contact and looked around, looking for assassins.
"Sean... are they the kind of assassins that don't leave bodies intact?" she said curiously, wanting to know more about their assailants.
Vizard stepped grandly in front of Zalia.
"Don't worry, fair maiden! I will protect-"
Gizzard pushed him out of the way and took his place.
"No, I will protect you, beauteous damsel-"
The pair started fighting.
"I'll protect her!"
"No, I'll protect her!"
"You couldn't protect your way out of a paper bag!"
"YOU CHEEKY RUFFIAN!!"
Tyrcestus could see no assassins or archers, but he trusted the lightning ninja and maintained his focus.
However, he was now curious as to what Trinity was talking about. "What do you think she told me?" he asked, looking intently at her.

Beelzenef shoved Vizard into Gizzard before stepping in front of Zalia as he grabbed his sword and unsheathed it. His eyes looked around before muttering "Do the bloody elves try stop us? Hope they not know our goal."

*****

"So any idea where your parents are? Do you have any other relatives?" Steve asked as he looked at Arisa