Harvest Moon Island of Confusion

Yuuki's Dream

"Goddess...."

"Yes, Yuuki?" she asks back. Yuuki smiles just from hearing her gentle words.

Years passed and Yuuki had now reached the noble age of twenty-one. His father made his appearance occasionally, and bared gifts to Yuuki to express his feelings. The Harvest Goddess was still not amused by it, for she had a hidden rage inside of her. A hidden rage which was directed towards "that man". She knew the reason behind his rare arrivals, and truth be told, they were not for Yuuki.

"I am in love with you.... will you do me the honour of being the woman whom I shall wake to each morning. The woman whom I can title, mine?"

"Y-yes, of course" she smiles, but Yuuki's glow dimmed. He knew that her words were not sincere, and that smile which he received, was fake........

"She tore my heart straight from my chest. Do you understand my actions now, Miss Chelsea?"

They were located in a room, top of the tower in the castle. It was also the watch room, where Yuuki was able to watch for oncoming attacks. "You have still left blanks!" she shouts, still frustrated.

Yuuki sighs. "I knew what she told was untrue. However; I was smitten with her, and that there... led to my downfall" the Lord explains. "The wedding was set up by her spring. It was just the sprites, the Princess, and I who attended. Come time for me to express my eternal love towards her, she wasn't there. She was never there. All that bitch did was write a letter explaining her absence, and left it on my bed for me to read... just as my father had done on my tenth birthday"

"She abandoned you..."

"She did more then leave me behind at the alter! She was my first love!... She ruined me"

He grips her shoulders and shook her, as he had an abrupt explosion. Chelsea's eyelids lowered and a moment later, did she raise them once more. "Who you are now" she said, gazing into his eyes, intently. "You created, not her"

His eyes were widened, as he stared her down in shock. "What!?"

"You ruined yourself by dwelling on such memories. You created the man you are now. So if you hate yourself, you are to blame more so then her!"

She felt his grip on her arms tighten, and she gave a yelp out in pain. Through his grasp on her could she also feel the vibration of his trembling. "Y-Yuuki!" she stutters.

Chelsea winced in pain, a tad surprised by his strength. She however; went unnoticed. Lord Yuuki was too enraged to have paid heave to her. "She... she was the cause for my sinister actions... not I" he mumbles to himself. This worried our heroine greatly. Chelsea looks up with a confusion struck face, and upon seeing how unstable his state of mind was, her eyes enlarged.

"Yuuki... please!" she begs, trying to reason with him. Yuuki continued not to pay attention, and go about his ways. "Y-You're worrying me...."

"You and I... we can never love...."

"Y-Yuuki...."

"I... can never love...." his words drift from his mouth and enter her eardrums smoothly. That sentence alone expressed much sorrow and despair, that she caved, and gave into his strength.

"Sure you can..." she smiles, brushing off his hands to pull him into a kind, and warm embrace. "You must let go of that which still haunts you in the past, and move forward to better your future"

"Chelsea....." he lifts his arms to accept her affectionate gesture. When suddenly-
"Oh my, what a sight"

Their heads turn mechanically, and they were indeed surprised to have found the Harvest Goddess in person, standing before the two near a portal on the floor. Her expression, not showing any signs of amusement. "G-Goddess!" Chelsea asks, trying to stumble free from his arms.

Yuuki kept firm grip on her, and made it quite clear that he did not want to release her. "You finally decided to make an appearance?" he snarls. "It seems like an eternity has passed"

"Yuuki.... allow us to settle this, once and for all"

...................

"Thank's for bailing us out!" Mark smiles.

Lillian returns the smile as she ran beside Cam and Vaughn. Cam held her slim wrist and pulled her the way. She lightly blushes at his touch and she turned her gaze away. "Th-that's alright" she laughs. "I will need your help to rescue Rachel, and locate Chelsea"

Allen positions his glasses, as he calls for the men to stop. They all halted and questioned why. "Can we all agree that this search would be quicker, if we separated into the teams we formed earlier?"

"Lillian comes with me, then!" announces Cam. Mark sighs at his request, and shakes his head.

"I need her to find Chelsea-"

"I need her by my side where I know she will be safe!" he roars. "Would you not say the same if she was Chelsea!?"

Mark lowers his shoulders and surrenders. "Alright" he sighs. "We'll split up. You guys keep an eye out for Rachel, I'm going to find my Chelsea!"

Kana rests his hand down on Marks shoulder and grins. "Stay out of trouble" he chuckles. "Lets all meet back here in' bout two hours?"

Mark laughs also. "Fine" he snickers. "You guys better keep out of trouble too!"

With that being said, all groups dispatched and left to go their separate ways. Mark took his men to go find Chelsea, while everyone else went in search for Rachel. The inside of the castle was massive, with its halls being long, and seeming never-ending. "Mark!" Allen grumbles. "Slow your pace!"

"I can't! Until I know where that bastard ran to with Chelsea, I will not "slow" my pace!" Mark became hostile, and Allen did not approve.

"I understand you want to be with her" Ash comments. "However; we must slow down and observe our surroundings properly-"

"Damn it."

Just as Mark cursed, a group of soldiers had ambushed them in the hall. All obviously armed with heavy, sturdy weapons. Ash, Mark and Allen all went back to back in defence mode. "Well men." Allen smirks, repositioning his glasses once more. "Lets enjoy ourselves here"

To be continued.
Rachel preaches.