Reo: Greetings friends! I decided that it was about time that I did a Fire Emblem fanfic, because if I didn't I wouldn't be able to classify my self as a true Fire Emblem fan. So here it is!

The Two Men Of Caelin

Chapter 1- The Wager

The village could probably never predict the coming trouble which would fall upon them as the two knights entered the town square. Upon one horse rode a knight in soft red armour, whose fiery red hair stood out from the firm look in his eyes. On the other rode a brown haired knight dressed in green armour, who gave a smug grin to three women as they rode by.

They were knights of Caelin. Kent and Sain. Of course, the civilians of this particular village had never seen them before in their life. If they had known about what would unfold they probably wouldn't have thought of these knights in the same way.

They had been sent into the village to buy weaponry for the rest of the group. Sain thought back at how he had pleaded with Lady Lyndis to come with her to the other village where the rest were buying supplies.

"Come now Sain. Surely you can complete something this simple."

"It's not that Milady! I just don't want to do something tedious with Kent. Besides, he already sucks the life out of any chore."

"Sain, it isn't really a chore. All you have to do is pick up some weapons from the armory, and then you and Kent have the rest of the day to enjoy in your own way."

"But that's the thing! Kent will never let me enjoy a free day!"

Unfortunately for Sain, Lyn had wondered off with the rest of the party and she didn't accept his plea. So Sain was now forced to help Kent, who in turn would probably make his day miserable. Even as they rode through the town square Kent was continually pestering him to stop 'eye boggling' the ladies.

"You're never easy on me Kent," Sain sulked whilst dismounting his steed. "For once you could at the very least allow me to do my own thing."

"We've been sent to do an important task. We can't waste time socializing."

Why must he always take everything so seriously?

"What about after we complete the 'important task'?" Sain suggested, nudging him with his elbow as they walked into the sizeable armory. His face gave out a wide eyed looked as he pleaded with Kent. Kent simply ignored him and walked up to the blacksmith with a long list of items written on a large manuscript.

"Good morning. I was wondering if you had any of this weaponry available for purchase."

The old blacksmith placed his hammer onto the anvil and took the long parchment from Kent's hands. At the first look at the list he said, "You young knights are after a lot of weaponry if there's only the two of you."

"It's not just for us," Sain added.

"Oh, I see…" The blacksmith took another look at the list. "I'm sorry to tell you but I don't have any weapons which are made of silver. I only do iron and steel."

"That will be fine. We will just have to manage with steel." As the blacksmith fingered the list, overlooking each item which had been written on it, Kent pulled out a sword from its fabric covering and placed it on the anvil.

"Tell me. Is by any chance that you would be able to repair this sword?" he asked as the blacksmith gazed at it.

"My goodness… this is the Mani Kati! The legendary sword itself!"

"Indeed," Kent said, "It has been through a lot of ware lately, and I was wondering if it was possible to restore it to its former glory."

"I'll see what I can do," the blacksmith said with excitement.

"Kent?"

"Yes?"

"Do you think it was a good idea to trust that blacksmith with Lady Lyndis's sword?"

"I'm certain he's trustworthy."

The quite streets which they had arrived to in the morning were now bustling with civilians, all of whom were haggling at the markets and carrying large amounts of goods. Standing next to a stall were two elegantly dressed young women. One with dazzling blonde hair and delicate blue eyes, the other with light lavender coloured hair tied in a bun and deep purple eyes.

Kent was quick to notice Sain's wandering eye, which was slowly drifting towards the two women. As Sain attempted to wander off Kent swiftly stuck out his leg. As Sain fell head first into the nearby stand, the two women began giggling franticly and quietly walked away.

"Kent!" Sain shouted, "Why on earth did you do that?"

Kent kept his serious tone as he spoke, even though he too was on the verge of laughing. "We can't go about wasting time Sain."

"Wasting time? Do you never want to get married Kent?" Sain queried while dusting the soil from himself. "Do you just want to die a miserable, old man with nothing?"

"We're in the middle of a campaign. We do not have the time to be going after 'selfish desires'."

Sain's frustration grew. "So are we just supposed to wait here all day and night whilst the blacksmith mends and makes our weapons? In my opinion Kent, you're the one who is wasting time!" Kent just stared in silence. "I could almost bet money on it that you could never woo a woman."

"That is not true!" Kent protested, "We simply have never had the time to court a woman!"

Sain smiled, "How about this… We have today and tomorrow free. I wager ten gold pieces that I can woo a woman before you in that space of time."

"I'm not sure I agree on this…" Kent said hesitantly, "If we are to waste two days on such a venture, I say we should raise it to fifty gold pieces!"

"Done," Sain agreed, shaking Kent's hand. "May the best man… or in your case 'gentleman' win."

And with that, both knights were off.

Reo: So… what do you think? Should I continue with this story? If you think I should, simply review and tell me so. If I obtain 5 reviews, I will definitely continue.

Till next time!