A/N Hi. I have nothing else to say

STORY!!

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Seto looked down on Mineral as she got up.

"About what?" Mineral asked. She looked him in the eyes waiting for him to reveal her.

"About the murders you've been hiding" He said. She almost let out a sigh of relief but caught it just in time.

"I'm sorry we've been hiding them, we didn't want to freak anyone out" Mineral said "Don't worry either, we have them under control"

"Under control?" Seto asked "Seven of your guards have been killed, all left with a note in their hand"

"Wait, Seven?" Mineral asked looking at him. Kye stepped forward

"Three more were found just now in separate places" She said "All with notes"

Mineral shook her head in sadness.

"What they say this time?" She asked

"They just had letters" Brandon said stepping forward. He handed her the three notes. He was right the only thing on each were two letters

Y/A

S/M

T/O

Seto leaned over and looked at the notes before grabbing them from her hand and holding them closer.

"Looks like you have a real problem" He said and.. Smiled? Mineral looked at him puzzled.

"I know that already but why do you find it funny?" She asked. He turned away, still smiling and stuffed the notes in his pocket.

"No reason, it just looks like your trying to hide a secret and someone has found it out" he said. Mineral's face went pale.

"H-how'd you know?" She asked looking at him. He turned back to her holding a book.

"I'll tell you later" He said "But first, what are you going to do about the murders?"

"Send more guards, go out and look more" She shrugged "There isn't really anything else we can do that we haven't already done" Seto smiled again

"Except one thing" He said

"What would that be?" Mineral asked

"Ask for help" He replied and walked out of the room. Mineral stared after him dumbfounded.

"Could it really be that easy?" Endra asked sitting on the window sill.

"And what did he mean about you hiding a secret someone found out?" Brandon asked.

"That's not relevant right now" Mineral said brushing his question off and walking after Seto. She caught up easily.

"Who do we ask for help?" She asked

"Any of the people here" He said not stopping

"Are you willing to help?" She asked

"I might be" he said as they neared his door. He opened it and turned to her.

"I'll get back to you on it" He said before closing the door in her face. Mineral stood there staring at the door for a moment before sighing and  heading to her room.

She changed into a tight fitting tank-top and shorts and headed to the training room.

"Why do I have to deal with this?" She asked as she punched the training dummy. It bobbed around as she punched it more.

"I mean, he told me to ask and I did but then he just goes and says he'll get back to me on it?" She round house kicked it causing it to fall over before bobbing back up.

"It makes no sense!" She punched it again and stopped. She had worked up quite a sweat and her arms were glistening in the light coming through the window. She grabbed her water bottle and took a long drink.

"Hey" A voice said from behind her. She turned to see Budder walk in wearing a men's tank and shorts.

"Hey" She said with a little wave. He walked over to a punching bag and started practicing with it. She set her water bottle down and walked over to him.

"You're doing it wrong" She said. He stopped and stared at her.

"I think I know how to punch" he said before continuing.

"If you keep holding your thumb like that you're going to break it" She said "Always keep it on the outside of your fist" she said making a fist to show him.

"K" He said and readjusted his fists before starting again. Mineral walked over to the long stick stand and grabbed one before walking back to her training dummy. She started to hit it with the stick, finishing with a kick to the stomach.

"That's pretty good" Budder said walking over "But how would you be against a real opponent?"

She smiled at him and put the stick back on its rack.

"Is that an offer?" She asked. He shrugged giving a cocky smile.

"It might be if your interested" He said

"Sure, why not? Its been a while since I've trained with someone close to my match" she said smiling. He smiled back

"Swords or no?" He asked

"Swords" She said and walked over to the rack with them. She grabbed two wooden ones and walked back over, handing one to Budder.

"So we don't accidentally kill each other" She said and climbed into the ring. He looked at the sword before climbing in the other side. He took his shirt off before they started and Mineral tried not to stare.

"Whenever your ready" he said and took a stance. Mineral waited a moment before launching herself into attack. She swung at his side, making him step back to dodge as he swung back.

"Pretty good" Budder commented "But not good enough"

He swung low, trying to nock her feet out from under her. Instead, she jumped and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying back. She landed on the other side of the rink in a crouch. Budder was lying on his back stunned. Mineral took this chance to walk over and pin him by putting a foot on his chest and her sword to his neck.

"Am I good enough now?" She asked smiling as she leaned down toward him before removing her sword. He smiled at her as he sat up and she held out her hand for him. Instead of using it to pull himself up though he pulled her down to him. She landed with a slight yelp in his lap. She reddened a bit.

"I didn't know you'd do that" She said dumbly, blushing. She tried to get up but he pulled her back down and held her gently in his arms.

"You know" he said "You remind me of someone I used to know" He whispered in her ear. Mineral paled a bit but looked at him.

"R-really? Who?" She asked

"A girl I used to go out with" He said "It was short but we made it last"

"What was her name?" Mineral asked relaxing a bit and leaned into his arms.

"Most people knew her as Crystal but her real name was Diamond" He said with a far off look in his eyes "It described her too, Her eyes shone like the moon and her skin was so soft"

Mineral raised an eyebrow at him and he laughed.

"We never slept together" He said "In that way anyways. She ran off several years back"

Mineral stood up and walked to the edge of the ring.

"I would too, even if it's just to get away from your smell" She teased. Budder got up and followed with a mischievous smile on his face.

"Oh I don't smell that bad" He said pouting. Mineral laughed and climbed out before walking over to her water bottle.

"You know, you're the one who smells here" He said coming up behind her. She smiled and looked at him. He grabbed his shirt and threw it over his shoulder.

"I am? How so?" She asked teasing him again. He sauntered over to her and smiled.

"A mix between roses, lilacs" He said coming closer "And something that died" He laughed as she threw her water bottle at him.

"You should be talking" She said back smiling "You smell like old gym socks and a dead bacca"

"Hey, that's not nice"  Budder said pouting. Mineral laughed

"You're right, that's an offence to baccas. They smell much nicer" Mineral said. Budder picked up her water bottle and took a drink before throwing it back at her.

"Thanks for that complement" Fluffy said walking in. Quartz, Nova and Tomy walked in behind along with Cap, Cherry and Jonas close behind. They seemed to be having a good conversation.

"Hey, no problem" Mineral said "I shouldn't have compared them to him in the first place though" She said smiling

"You're right about that!" Fluffy said pointing a finger at her "We defiantly smell better than him"

"Hey!" Budder exclaimed "Don't take her side bacca!" Everyone laughed.

"I'll take whoevers side I want!" Fluffy said putting both arms out to his side. Budder smiled and stood up.

"You wanna fight bro?" Budded asked walking forward.

"Bring it!" Fluffy said. Budder launched himself at Fluffy and soon they were wrestling on the ground. It didn't take long till Budder was pinned to the floor and Fluffy was pulled his arm back, pushing his face into the floor and a knee stuck in his back.

"Give yet? Do you give?" Fluffy asked pulling Budder's arm back farther until he screamed.

"Y-yes!" He said. Fluffy stood up, letting go of Budder who went limp.

"I think you broke him" Tomy said walking over and kneeling next to Budder.

"I- just need- to catch- my- breath" Budder panted and tried to sit up before falling back down.

"Yep, you broke him" Quartz said punching Fluffy's shoulder "Good going bacca"

"I didn't mean to" Fluffy said looking guilty. He leaned down and helped Budder up. Budder leaned against him.

"I'll be fine, really" He said trying to walk to the bench but ended up wincing in pain the whole way. He sat down and smiled at them.

"You sure?" Jonas asked "I could teleport you back to your room easy" This got several stairs from Cap and Cherry. Jonas noticed and smiled at them.

"I'm part enderman" He said laughing slightly at there astonished faces. He looked over at Mineral and saw she wasn't staring at him in surprise. He gave her a confused look. Mineral noticed and quickly stood up.

"I live with an ender dragon, I'm used to surprises" She lied. This got her stairs from cap and Cherry also so she explained "Endra is the next in line for the ender dragon spot. We made peace with her so when she comes to the throne she wont want to attack us. She also wanted to stay up here and we added that to the deal" They nodded understanding although it looked like they were just as confused.

"So, who wants to practice?"  Kye asked walking in. She looked over and saw Mineral

"Hey kitty!" she said smiling. Mineral facepalmed.

"Here? Really?" Mineral asked but smiled back at her. The others were looking at Kye confused. Sheesh they got confused easy.

"Whenever she's in here her claws come out" Kye explained "Want to demonstrate?" She asked looking at Mineral. Mineral smiled and stood up.

"Sure, although cap and Budder have already fought me" she said "But I'll go again. I still have energy" Kye smiled and walked over to the wall with swords, grabbed two iron and walked back over handing one to Mineral.

"Wait, your going to use real swords?" Budder asked "I thought you used wooden ones to practice"

"We do" Kye said "This isn't practice"

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A/N ALWAYS! I always leave off at the best part! Oh well, next chapter will be up tomorrow maybe. I don't really know, schools been getting busy and its getting harder to write and update with all the crams for homework. *derp* oh well. I'll try my best guys!

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