A HERO'S RETURN
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or anything else, except this story, on Suikoden IV.
Author's note: The names I chose for the game are as follows; the hero's name is Link, the ship's name is the Dauntless, and the army's name is the Crusaders.
A week after the Hero was found floating in the middle of the ocean.
Lino En Kuldes, leader of the Island Nations Federation, was sitting on his throne, taking a breather from all the work he had to do today. As soon as Graham Cray was defeated, and the Dauntless returned to Obel, things started to feel normal, with a few differences.
The Crusaders might have disbanded, but the legend of their great deeds would never die. Especially those of their commander, Link, whose bravery and kindness will always be remembered by those who served under him, and those who were saved by him.
Before the INO was formed, Lino has forgotten a little bit about what has to be done as leader since he passed those duties onto Link, when they first sailed out on the Dauntless. Since the forming of the INO, Lino felt a little guilty for doing that to him, plus making the ships captain, and leader of the Crusaders, when he had his own problems to worry about. Even though the Rune of Punishment was sucking the life out him, he used it to save other people's lives.
A loud "OH MY GOD!" from Setsu snapped Lino from his thoughts, with the sound of running heading his way. He quickly stood up just before Setsu came in from the lobby. Setsu stop, gave a quick bow, and said, "Milord, somebody very important here to see you."
Lino was about to ask who when two sets of feet could be heard coming, but at different distances. One of them stopped in front of the entrance, while the other pair came through, belonging to his daughter, Flare, who was carrying a bigger smile than she usually had since that day. She took a step to her left and said, "There is a very special person to see you father." She said with pure satisfaction in her voice.
The footsteps started again, and this time, stepping into the light was a young man strapping two swords on both sides, and a pair of black half-gloves. One good look at the face confirmed at who he was looking at.
"Link?" Lino asked in complete shock.
"Hello . . . father." Link said.
Hope you like the prologue, I will try my best to squeeze this in with my other projects the best I can. Read and review.