Long Night's Work

She smiled and tried to hug Guilford.

He hugged her back. "How're you holding up, little one?"

She smiled and purred a bit while hugging him. "Guilford..." Tears were running down her cheeks. "I'm so glad to see you again even if it's just for this night."

"Hey, shhh. It's all right. Crying doesn't suit you, you look too beautiful for that."

She looked up at him and smiled. "I...I've missed you though Guilford." She then stepped back. "I wanted to see you one last time though...to give my farewells."

"I know. How's Harkon doing?"

"He's going by his middle name now." She looked at Guilford. "He looks a lot like you now if you ignore his cat ears." She then looked down. "I Don't know if I'll outlive him or not since he's mostly human now."

"It doesn't matter. You should stop looking so far ahead in the future. Think more of when he'll get a girlfriend, or a child of his own. When he gets married. You should be giving him away at the wedding then, you know."

She smiled. "Can you promise to watch over us?" She turned and looked at him.

"I have been, and always will be." He hugged her.

She smiled and looked up at him. "I'll always miss you Guilford."

"You better be taking good care of that Gloucester for me." He smiled, hugged her, picking her up a bit, and kissed her. Then, as if he was a balloon, he vanished, and she found herself in the room again, with Darkrai and C.C.

Tears were running down her cheeks but she just stood there smiling to herself. "I...am." She then looked at Darkrai and bowed. "Thank you."

He didn't say anything in return, but went down into a shadow through the floor, and then disappeared entirely. C.C. walked to her, and put her arms around Namide. "Hey. Shh. Its all right, you can let it out."

She buried her face against C.C.'s shoulder and started to cry. "I...I miss him Oka-San."

"I know you do. We all do." She had her in a tight hug, and rocked a bit with her, trying to soothe her.

SHe looked up at C.C. and smiled. "Oka-san..." She then stood up on her toes and kissed her cheek. "Thank you."

"It's ok. I'll have to be thanking you as well, for still being this friendly after nothing for 500 years. To be honest, I was a bit scared you might kick me out again."

"Again?" She looked at her. "I never kicked you out."

"You know, of appearing here again. So, I heard the Knightmare Program in the Human world is progressing. Have the Demons thought of making any of them?"

"We have a few already...but we don't use them...I worry that if we start to use them then the other worlds will."

"Well, Humans have been using them the entire time. They are now into Mass Production of the Lancelot Knightmare for policeforces, and Albions for the military."

"Humans don't have the technology to integrate demonic energy or magical energy into their Knightmares!" She looked at her. "We do."

"Well, humans don't have demonic or magical energy to begin with. They do have a new secret system, though, that allows their minds to bond with the machine, and make them a couple times more ferocious then you'd be able to on just controls. We have Jeremiah to thank for that."

"I see...how is he doing anyway?"