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Believe Chapter 6
by Matthew Hyder
(Scrapped)

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(August 15, 2011 Monday A.D.)

At first there was darkness.... then light? Lush grass, tall trees, and the shining sun flashed at the eyes of whoever woke up. That person was... Shintai.
Shintai: "... Uh... What is this place? Where am I?"
Where is everybody? Don't tell me their all separated!
Shintai: "Atama! Kokoro! Tamashii! ... *kicks the ground* God damn it! Where did everybody go?"
All of a sudden I spotted something.
Shintai: "Who's there?!"
???: "Oh no, it's a human!"
???: "He's going to kill us!"
???: "The trees... the animals... we must protect them!"
It's... a human? Is that what they said? Are they not human then?
???: "What should we do? Should we go get our leader?"
???: "Nah, let's kill it by throwing rocks at it! We can take on this stinking human by ourselves."
???: "Stop it! That's enough! I'll handle this."
Some weird lady walked up to me. She wasn't quite as weird as the train lady though. But she had these pointy ears and a dress made up of leaves.
Saku: "Hello there. I'm Saku Hana. What's your name?"
Shintai: "I'm Shintai Chikara."
Saku: "Well then Shintai, welcome to our home!"
Shintai: "Um... I don't mean to be rude, but what the heck are you?"
Saku: "Huh? You've never heard of an elf before?"
Shintai: "Well, you're probably not going to believe this, but I kind of time traveled to get here."
Saku: "*Gasp* No way! So the rumors are true! They came up with time travel! So... you must be a chosen one!"
Do rumors like this spread everywhere?

(August 25, 2011 Thursday A.D)

Shintai: "H-how do you know all of this?"
Saku: "Um, well.... We heard it from our spies. We heard that there was a city that is only seen to those that believe in it."
What? Then.... this whole thing really is like a dream. What is reality? I don't understand what's going on anymore...
Saku: "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
Shintai: "Nothing.... Is there anything I can do to help?"

(October 31, 2011 Monday A.D.)

This idea has been scrapped. I will recreate this under Saku's perspective. smile

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(November 26, 2011 Saturday A.D.)

I woke up to the smell of pine cones and the sweet aroma of flowers. Beautiful greenery surrounded me everywhere I go. I breathed in the fresh air, taking in the serenity of my home and this wonderful morning.
Or so I thought. Today was quite strange. We heard a soft thump, but it was lough enough to reach our ears. Our hearing is really sensitive you see. That's how we, the elves of the forest have always been.
When me and my kind went to check it out, we noticed a human was in our forest! It was a fairly young man, or perhaps a fairly old boy? He seemed to be knocked unconscious and was wearing some very strange clothes. They seemed almost... ancient?
We quickly surrounded the human, wondering what we should do with him.
Elf Woman: "*Gasp* A human! What should we do?"
Elf Man: "Is he dead or sleeping? We should probably get rid of him."
Old Elf Man: "I spy a weapon of some kind. He's a dangerous one alright."
It bothered me sometimes when the others seemed to try and my place and come up with all these hasty decisions, but at the same time I was proud of them for trying to take action. They all had a strong heart. Still, why must everything be solved with violence?
I stepped forward to take leadership.
Saku: "Silence you three. Let's interrogate him first if he wakes up."
It turned out the human wasn't dead. He woke up and took in his surroundings. He seemed confused and immediately said some kind of foul language.
Shintai: "What the hell is this place? Where is everyone?"
What could he have meant by everyone? Were there other humans as well?
As we stepped further, the human seemed scared. He seemed to have immediately notice our ears. I hoped that he would not attack us.
Shintai: "Whoa, what are you people...?"
Saku: "Please remain calm. We mean you no harm. We are elves."
Shintai: "Elves? What are elves? So you're not human?"
Saku: "Well, it's hard to explain. You should come with us."
Shintai: "Alright then..."
So we took the human with us to our home. We assumed that we had him outnumbered and he wouldn't cause any harm. Perhaps he could help us.

(November 29, 2011 Tuesday A.D.)

Our wonderful homes were around the trees, inside the trees, up on the canopy, and even down below among the wildlife. The human was starting to be breath-taken by our marvelous workmanship even all the way out here in nature.
I turned away and smiled with glee to the human. I for one was actually very excited to invite a human to our home, so long as they were willing to get along with us. It's boring to only be around your own kind for so long. I wonder if he felt the same way, traveling this far.
Saku: "Welcome to our home! Let me show you where my house is."
As we walked to my home, we finally introduced ourselves once we were inside.
Saku: "Human, I am Saku. Is it alright if I ask for yours?"
The human seemed rather pleased by my manners and felt happy to reveal his name.
Shintai: "I'm Shintai. By the way, what's with the different position of homes?"
Saku: "Well you see, the poor ones are down below. They are our animal caretakers and florists. The houses around around the trees are for merchants, warriors, and healers. Finally, inside the trees are our scholars, teachers, clergy, and leaders. I am the chief huntress of my people, so I get this tree in the very middle. It is said to be the world tree."
Shintai: "Really? Why is that?"
Saku: "Well, it's full of life giving properties, and wonderful tasting fruit. Every year we celebrate the passing of the season under the tree."
Shintai: "That sounds pretty fun. I think I'm actually starting to like it here. Now then, what did you need me for?"
Saku: "Oh right. Well you see, people like us were once human, until we decided to become one with various regions of nature. We were afraid of the side effects of to the power of technology and human's lust and corruption from control. One particular human appears to be a witch that wants to cut down the world tree for her own purposes. She lives in the dead part of the forest with the dark elves."
Shintai: "So you're not just an elf, but a..."
Saku: "Light elf, yes. We tend to believe we are all the same though. The dark elves actually help us bury the dead."
Shintai: "Interesting. So now you want me to go with you?"
Saku: "Yes, but I wish we had a way of using magic against the witch."
Shintai: "I might have an idea. You need to find a monster that talks."
Saku: "Alright. Thanks for the advice. Come, let us be off."

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(December 2, 2011 Friday)

Me and Shintai started to make preparations for our journey in the village, but we didn't have much money on our hands to buy much, so we decided we we're already all set and that we would make preparations later. We kept walking until we encountered a monster of some kind. It was some kind of badger, but it had a fierce look in it's eyes. It's eyes were red and with evil and it's usual white stripes were turned to gray. Naturally, being out in the wilderness and the leader of my people I knew all about wild monsters. It was so sad to see ordinary animals turn into such vile beasts...
I knew I had to kill it, but I am ashamed to admit that it was hard to bring myself to do so. So far our kind has only hunted animals and monsters only when we have to. It hurt us deeply to think about killing other living beings... Although even as animals some of them hunted us already.
Shintai however seemed to have no regret in killing the creature. He immediately pulled out his weapon, ready to attack.
Shintai: "Hey Saku, this thing is a monster right?"
Saku: "I... I think so..."
Shintai: "Well then, I'm afraid we'll have to get it out of the way."
As I sat there waiting still, the monster lunged at me and took a bite at my right leg. I screamed in agony as the blood dripped from my veins. I didn't want to do this, but I now had no doubt in my mind that Shintai was right.
Shintai: "Saku! Are you okay?!"
Saku: "Yes, I'm alright... Don't worry about me, I can still fight."
Shintai: "That's it you piece of s**t... It's time to send you back to hell where you came from."
I was surprised to see Shintai emit so much anger towards this thing, even if it was to try and protect me... He didn't seem evil though but it did seem like he could be close to madness. I wish I could calm the rage inside his heart somehow...
As we fought the beast, the battle was shortly over. If only there was a way we could tame it and avoid bloodshed...
Shintai looked at me and applied herbs over the small wound and I did the same for him. I knew that deep inside his heart that he had an intense kindness to protect the ones he loved.
Shintai just kept walking in the direction we were headed in. We kept going until we found a small pond. It looked safe enough to drink and bathe in and I noticed that there were small fishes swimming inside. I assumed we were about halfway there from reaching our destination. While I thought there was no time to sit around and take a break, our stomachs started to growl. I immediately blushed and looked away from Shintai. Shintai on the other hand just laughed.
Shintai: "Ha ha ha! It seems we'll need to take a quick stop here. Is it okay if we bathe too?"
Saku: "Oh! *blushes* Um... b-but... Are you sure you won't touch me or stare at me?"
Shintai: "I promise. You have my word as a friend."
Saku: "Thank you very much Shintai. That is very kind of you."
Shintai: "You're welcome."
As we bathed, I couldn't help but look at Shintai despite what I said. He was a very handsome young man. He didn't seem like my type however. I wonder why...
Shintai kindly respected my wishes though by sighing, putting his hands behind his head, and leaning his head on to the ground by the edge of the pond and looking up at the sky. I quickly turned my eyes away in embarrassment from staring at his chest.
As we finished and put our clothes back on, Shintai asked me if we should continue on. I told him we should eat some berries first and drink some of the water. It seemed we were getting a little ahead of ourselves.
Shintai seemed a bit displeased with the fruit.
Shintai: "Don't you ever eat meat?"
Saku: "No... Not often. We don't normally kill other living things."
Shintai: "Oh. But you need meat to get stronger muscles right? I think even women should train to get stronger sometimes. I wouldn't want to marry someone that was too weak to defend themselves. It's only natural for people and and animals to hunt. It's not something out of malice. It's out of instinct."
Saku: "Hm... You have a lot of wisdom for someone your age."
Shintai: "Hey, I'm not that much of a child, okay? I'll be a man in a couple of years. Although, I do hate being pushed too hard."
Saku: "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be rude! I don't want you to get hurt either."
Shintai: "It's alright. Just please balance your expectations of people, okay? You can never be too belittering or admiring of others, nor can you be too negative or confident in your skills. You always got to try hard and yet know that there might be a chance of failure at the same time."
Saku: "I understand. Let us press on."

Note 2: I'm actually hungry now that I'm finished writing this. XD This took me about 1-2 hours to write as well.
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(December 3, 2011 Saturday)
As Shintai walked with me, he brought up another question. I didn't mind it either because it meant we were boding more. It would help him better understand this new world that he didn't seem to be from. I wonder how he got here then and where he's from.... But I figured I should save that for another time.
Shintai: "Hey Saku, I just realized something."
Saku: "Oh? And what is that?"'
Shintai: "If you don't like killing animals, how come all of you were trying to kill me?"
I was shocked. How did he know that?! Was he actually concious when his eyes were closed? Or could he tell because of our distrust in technology? The fact that we weren't human? I knew that I needed to choose my words carefully.
Saku: "H-how did you know that?!"
Shintai: "I could just telll. Everyone has been looking at me funny. I felt like I was being taken hostage and forced to help. Besides, I'm a stranger and I'd just be another hungry mouth to feed right? Wel, it's too long of a story for now, but I'm on a very important journey so I have to be here."
Saku: "I see... Well, we often see more bad humans than god that are full of greed and corruption, forcing people under their control and pollluting the world... They think of themselves as a god should... We're not trying to kil you humans ou of revenge thouugh. We're thinking about it out of fear. We just want to protect our home, our loved ones, and the world..."
Shintai: "I see... I was used as a slave too for a bunch of tyrants, sort of. I mean, I still had some freedom, but not much. I wish I could rule the world too... but to be able to set things right."
Saku: "Oh... I see... I suppose that is actually a noble cause."
Shintai: "Wait, you actually understand me?!"
Saku: "Yes, I do.... Like a god, there are good ones and bad ones right? For any one belief."
Shintai: "Thank you... I'm sorry... We should be going right?"
Saku: "No, it's fine. But yes, let's keep walking."
As we finally reached the edge of the forest of life, the forest of the dead was just a step away. Shintai seemed to be getting nervous. I didn't blame him. Newcomers alwyas seem to get a sense of dread coming off of it's creepy aura. Dead trees were scattered all around, it's roots wapped around in ivy, and poisonous toadstools popping up in random spots. To make things worse, the sky was magically darker and cloudy. It has always been tis way, even without the monsters. Now that their here though, there's even a small sense of fog in the area.
Shintai: "THIS is the place we're going to...?"
Saku: "Yes, I know it will be a dangerous task, but with our powers, we should be able to make it through."
Shintai: "I hope so..."
Saku: "Hey! Who was the one talking about confidence?! *Giggles*"
Shintai: "True... Alirhgt then... I guess it's butt kicking time!"
Saku: "*Sigh.. I don't mean to be rude,but where did you learn to talk like that?"
Shintai: "Oh.... Well it's sort of a rebellious thing I guess, as much a I hate to admit, that starts from being an a teenager. You know, an adolescent. Some adults do it too. It helps to vent off our anger. I know... I have an ugly heart from all the pain I've been through... I'm sorry..."
Shintai: "Oh... I'm sorry... Can I give you a hug?"
Shintai: "Um... sure?"
I embraced Shintai and him feel better. It seemed to have work and he was ready to go inside.
Shintai: "... Thanks..."
Saku: "No problem. Everything is going to be alright... I have faith in ourselves. I know you said we shouldn't have too much confidence but I can't help it. I feel like our power inside and out is like the sun and the moon in the sky, like a candle in the dark."
Shintai: "Heh heh, that's a nice way of putting it... Alirhgt then, let's go!"
(December 4, 2011 Sunday A.D.)
Many strong monsters awaited us inside. I felt that I wouldn't have made it through if I didn't have somone like Shintai. I as very thankful to have him as an ally. The forest must be protected. The world must be protected.
It's a good thing I knew where to go as a guide for Shintai or else he would have been completely lost. Or mayeb not. I felt like our hearts could have pushed us in the right direction. What was it called again? I think it was... instinct.
The dark elves actually live inside the trees like our highest, but only there bows and arrows are in there. The trees are short from decay and are caving in, and their too poor to afford anything. They make everything themselves and they highly respect the dead. The wish for everything to rest in peace... That even animals and plants have souls just like we do. We feel the same way, but death is something most people naturally fear... There's so much to do.... like us trying to save the world. The dark elves however are absolutely certain that those of a good heart and an innocent nature will be in a better place, and this life may not be worth living. But we're not giving up without a fight!
We ignored their homes for they were all nocturnal and we didn't want to disturb their slumber. And yet I feel like I'm trespassing their home.
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After a while, we finally reached a stop. We felt a prescence we didn't understand. Shintai appeared to have felt it more than I did.
Shintai: "It's here."
Saku: "Waht's here?"
Shintai: "The being of wisdom for this area. You van feel it, can't you?"
Saku: "Yes, but... I didn't know what it was."
Shintai: "That's alright. Now you do. Get ready."
That's when a giant living... tree appeared. And yet... it looked dead. It's body looked repossessed by it's owner. While we usually claim that as an abomination against nature, this thing's soul felt somehow... good. Like it had a purpose to fufill before it can rest in peace.
Wood Guardian: "... A light elf and a human... Hm... What are you two doing here?"
Saku: "Um, well..."
Shintai: "We've come to seek your power and wisdom."
Wood Guardian: "Ho ho ho...! This human knows well! Then prove your worth little ones, but know that if you fail... you will become something like me. Your senses will start to fail you. There may not be pain, but there will not be joy either. There will be a vast nothingnes that is yet still there like the wind. The ones I've seen are wandering spirits at least."
Could this be what the afterlife has always been and always will be? I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to believe it. I wanted them to rest in peace. We can't die here... Not now.
Saku: "We accept your challenge."
Wood Guardian: "Hm hm hm... Very well then, take you best shot."

(December 6, 2011 Tuesday)

After a long, enduring battle to test our powers and reflexes, the monster called it quits. It seems monsters like these aren't actually ones that are supposed to die. Their meant to be learned from, maybe even tame.
The creature got back up, took one look at us, and laughed with encouragement. He seemed very surprised and proud of us for making it through.
Wood Guardian: "Ah ha ha ha! Very good! It seems you humans are stronger and more pure of heart then I made you two out to be! Now listen well children. I have much wisdom to give to you."
Shintai: "Ha ha ha... Here we go again! Another lecture. Although I suppose it does help."
Wood Guardian: "Hm... Well, first off, I want to say that living beings are meant to eat or be eaten. Their meat provides protein for stronger muscles so that you can overcome physical obstacles. Even females need to excel in this to some extent."
No... That can't be right... No! I won't allow this!
Saku: "*Sobs* B-but then... Do they just live to die?!"
Wood Guardian: "Well, I thought you of all people would know that the dark elves here at least take care of them even if they can't show their appreciation. I'm sure that they will have a good life here or in the hereafter. At least they have a life after death."
Saku: "Oh... That's right... I was so caught up in everything that I forgot..."
Wood Guardian: "I'm sorry... I didn't mean for you two to lose hope... I just wanted you two to very careful in your decisions. Now then, the next thing is that you should depend on technology more. People have been able to live longer, healthier lives from all the research that they've done. They even have plans to switch over to more safer and natural sources to fuel their resources. Maybe one day the things they make will have little to no damage on living things or the world. Now I just want to ask one more question: What are you going to use this power for?"
Saku: "We came to stop the witch of the forest. She's trying to cut down the new world tree. Our lives can be in danger if we don't stop her. Yet... We want to try our best to keep her alive and make her her change her ways. Killing her would be a last resort."
Wood Guardian: "I see... You are trying your very best to be noble, aren't you? Thank you very much. You can now have my powers."
As a green, warm light spread toward us, the power actually died out from Shintai and only came to bathe into me.
Wood Guardian: "Hm... It seems only the young lady here can obtain this power. That does not mean you couldn't help her because you can't be chosen though. In fact, that was a very kind thing to do."
Shintai: "Oh... *blushes* Um... Thank you."
Wood Guardian: "You're welcome. I must sleep now to recover my wounds. Farewell and good luck."
So then the magical giant went into a deep slumber. Shintai then told me what to do with my powers.
Shintai: "Take either of your arms, right or left, and extend them. Open the palm of your hand, close your eyes, and concentrate on your power to that spot."
I did as he instructed and a tiny flower bloomed from my hand. I stared at it in shock. I closed my hand not knowing what to do with the flower and assuming I could recreate it countless times I let the flower seep back into my skin. I now had the power to change the world! Before we left though, Shintai had one little comment to make.
Shintai: "Wow... This thing was quite stronger than the one I fought."

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(December 8, 2011 Thursday A.D.)

I questioned Shintai what he meant by the monster we fought being harder. He didn't think it meant much, that all the elements were just different. He figured he was more physically inclined than magical. It made me so happy to know that he wasn't jealous.
We kept walking until we saw the old world tree. We looked for the witch but she was nowhere to be found.
Saku: "No... Are we too late?! Where is she?!"
Shintai: "... I have a bad feeling she's already at the new world tree back at your home."
Saku: "*Gasp* Oh no! We have to hurry! Come on Shintai!"
Shintai: "Got it! But... *Sigh* I hope the monsters aren't too much of a problem to fight through..."
Saku: "*Giggles* It's okay! We're a lot stronger than when we first started, right?! Although I suppose there are monsters we'll have to purposely fight for training... It's really sad..."
I started to cry softly so Shintai placed his left hand on my right shoulder for comfort.
Shintai: "Hey, it will be alright. I'm sure the ends will justify the means and that this will just be a small sacrifice for the greater good."
Saku: "Thank you. May the heavens bless our feet!"
We dashed through the forest as quickly as we could. When we got there we saw a strange, long black haired woman with the typical witch outfit but you couldn't see her eyes. Her hat was very tall and pointy and it shrouded her face in mystery. Her robes were black and raggedy and made her look like a phantom. She wielded an axe just like Shintai to cut down the tree. She looked far too young to me for some reason. She must have taken a magical potion to disguise her real age. She slowly turned around to look at us and started to laugh.
Witch: "Oh? It seems we have some company my dear friends...! Hee hee hee hee hee!"
Saku: "Stop what you're doing right now! Why are you doing this?!"
Witch: "... I'm here to find a way to bring my husband back from the dead."
Saku: "*Gasp*! ... B-but... Have you ever thought he might be in a better place now?"
Witch: "Then what do you suppose I do?! Kill myself?!"
Saku: "Wh-what?! NO! I'm sure your husband wouldn't want you to give up on your hopes and dreams! He'd want you to keep on living!"
Witch: "Lies! I'm a witch! Everyone has the right to fear and hate me!"
The woman was now getting hysterical, crying her eyes out and getting uncontrollably mad. I wish we knew a way to calm her down.
Shintai: "... Um... Hey, it's alright. We have magic too. We're also witches in some way. Perhaps we can be friends?"
By this point the witch had lost her mind. She slowly started to be overcome with a sense of evil. She started to slowly laugh maniacally as if the world was coming to an end.
Witch: "... Heh heh heh... Hee hee hee hee... BWA HA HA HA! I've had enough of this foolishness! All I want is my husband back and I WILL have him back! Don't you dare try to stop me!"
All of us stared in horror as the witch slowly got ready to attack. It was now time for another grand battle.
Saku: "As the chieftess of this forest, I, Saku, promise to put an end to your madness!"
Witch: "Madness? Me? Ha ha ha... You're the ones that are mad if you think you can possibly win!"

(December 9, 2011 Friday A.D.)

It wasn't easy, but we defeated the witch as we hoped. She fell down on her hands and knees and started screaming in frustration.
Witch: "No....! NO!!! How could I have possibly lost?! I've already lost everything!"
That's when a spirit of some kind started slowly walking toward us. I assumed it was her husband, but usually the spirits as well as the dark elves didn't walk this far. I turned to Shintai and saw him pale but not quite trembling. It seems he wasn't used to seeing the dead like this, which is understandable. He seemed rather brave about it still to be honest.
The witch didn't know what to say. It seemed so hard for her to speak, and yet she kept forcing herself. That poor woman...

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Witch: "Y-y-you're... you're my.... my... I... c-can't..."
Ghost: "Shh... Calm down now. I want to tell you that I've always been with you. My spirit has been trapped inside the old world tree which you made your home. I've been sleeping and watching over the place inside it, allowing some life to still go inside that ancient place. Did you not feel my presence?"
Witch: "No, I... I thought you were lost from me forever... How did you wake up?"
Ghost: "When I felt that you left. I thought you were in trouble. Let us go home together."
The witch looked up and I could finally see the rest of her face. Her eyes were beautiful... She looked like the happiest person in the world now.
She went to give her husband a big hug even though she partially went through him. He hugged her back and they walked home hand in hand together.
That wasn't all though. A dark elf woman showed up too. She almost looked just like the witch except her face was naturally pale and she had wilting flower petals for her clothes to match our forest leaves.The two of them had the same beautiful, soft brown eyes...
Dark Elf Woman: "Thank you for saving her. We realize now how important life still is for you all and we're sorry if we've been selfish and narrow minded about your way of life."
Saku: "It's alright. It's no trouble."
Dark Elf Woman: "Thank you. Feel free to come back to our place any time."
She then left to follow the witch back home. The light elves then cheered with immense joy.
Saku: "This calls for a celebration! Come on everyone, it's time for a feast!"
We gathered around the world tree and brought some apples, pears, cherries, grapes, and some roasted duck just for me and Shintai. We actually had some pottery and eating utensils from some of our human ways long ago. We all drank water and juices made from the fruit we were eating. It was a very joyous moment and I almost wish that it would last forever.
It was finally time to ask Shintai some serious questions. Hopefully we won't have to ask too many for quite some time.
Saku: "Alright Shintai, I think it's finally time for you to answer more about yourself."
Shintai: "Fair enough. I'm from some world where there's a City of Dreams, where everyone's wishes has a chance to come true. We went on to some strange train and I think we time traveled to here..."
No way... There was another city? Did he really come from another time?
Shintai: "What's wrong? Too shocking for you?"
Saku: "Yes, quite a bit... But, um... There's a city here called the City of Awakening... For some reason I have the strangest feeling that you're from the past. This is the future Shintai."
Shintai seemed a bit shocked but he felt that he really needed to say something else.
Shintai: "Um... I think... I might only be interested in guys, so please don't bother flirting with me..."
I admit I really wasn't expecting that. No wonder he agreed to not look at me so easily, although I'm sure that deep down inside of him he would be a gentleman about it even if was attracted to me. Oh... What a shame this is. He's so attractive to despite his age! I guess I'll keep looking.
Saku: "Well, what should we do now?"
Shintai: "Are you kidding? We should go to that city of course! But not today. Maybe tomorrow. We should rest."
Saku: "You're right..."
With all of that off our mind, we looked to the sky and saw that it was nightfall.
Saku: "Oh, is it night time already? Wow... The stars look beautiful! You think you can find a shooting star?"
Shintai: "Heh heh... Nothing is impossible for the mighty Shintai!"
Saku: "*Giggles* I thought you said we shouldn't have too much confidence!"
Shintai: "I take it all back now! Hey, look at those dancers over there! You think you can dance like that?"
Saku: "Ha ha ha, I'm afraid not! But maybe one day I'll learn how to! I'm sure a dancer would have excellent dodging skills against foes!"
Shintai: Well, we should probably sleep now."
Saku: "Alright then. Feel free to sleep in my home."
Shintai: "Nah, I'm too tired. Let's just sleep under the stars with nature. *Laughs* I just hope it doesn't rain!"
Saku: "*Giggles* Alright then. Good night Shintai!"
Shintai: "Good night Saku."
The elves left us alone to our slumber as we lay there snuggling close to warm each others' bodies. They probably though we were a bunch of love birds, but I didn't care. Soon we will still continue our journey to save the world. I then slept, dreaming about what Shintai's life could possibly be like...