I don't own the rights to Skies of Arcadia or Skies of Arcadia: Legends. Don't sue, I'm broke.

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Author's Note: Well, it's my first fanfic ever. I've been reading a lot of the stories here, though, so maybe I can put something decent together. Reviews, even bad ones, are appreciated. Constructive criticism is always a good thing.

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A Conversation Between Legends

It had been six months. Six long and plodding months since he had led a charge against Galcian, six months since he had faced Zelos, and six months since he had killed Fina's best friend. Sometimes he would feel the pang of remorse in the back of his consciousness, if only because of what seeing Ramirez die had done to her. She was almost always in her room crying, and if she wasn't she was moping around either Crescent Isle or their new ship, the Cloudpiercer. The only times that he had seen her happy since that day were at Enrique and Moegi's wedding, and the day of the Cloudpiercer's maiden voyage.

Vyse decided that today was going to be different. They say that time heals all wounds, and he swore that no matter what, it would be no different with her. Even though deep down, he knew that it was. Usually when someone dies, people are supposed to mourn their loss and comfort those who knew the person. In Fina's case, she had not only seen one of her best friends kill her oldest friend, but when she reached out for someone to tell her that she would get over it, and that everything would be okay, they were all too busy celebrating it. But today was going to be different.

He walked slowly up do her door, a look of concern crossing his face when he heard soft sobs coming from within. He considered turning around and walking away, but no, he decided, he was going to do this right now. He knocked tentatively, almost as though afraid of something. "Fina? Can I come in?"

"V-Vyse?" He heard her say through the door.

"Yeah, Fina, I need to talk to you." Why did Aika put me up to this? I want to help Fina, but I have no idea what I'm gonna say. How long have I been standing here? Probably long enough to look like an idiot. Moons, just let her open the door. A million thoughts raced through his head at once.

"Okay, hang on," she finally responded. Her voice sounded hoarse, a far cry from the gentle tones that Vyse was used to hearing from her. As she opened the door, he could see that she had really gone downhill. Her room was completely disorganized, for one. It was completely unlike her to not have everything in its proper place. And Fina herself was in no great shape, either. She was wearing her traditional Silvite dress, which Vyse thought that she had stopped wearing in favor of her Blue Rogues outfit. It was torn and dirty, and as much could be said for the owner. Her normally pale face looked bright red, especially under her eyes. He could definitely tell that she had been crying, now.

She cleared off some of the clothes on her bed and sat down, motioning for Vyse to sit next to her. After closing the door and sitting down, he started talking. "Fina…" He didn't know what to say. He had come in with a plan before he came here, but seeing her like that just blew him away. She had become so different over these past months.

"What is it?"

"I…I just…" Damn it, say something! "Everyone's worried about you. You haven't been yourself lately, since…that day, with Zelos and everything…" He didn't want to say Ramirez. He thought that she would start crying if he said it, and that was the last thing that he wanted.

"Vyse…" she started.

"No, let me finish." He wasn't exactly sure what he wanted to say, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep going if she said anything. "I know that losing Ramirez was hard, and I wish things had turned out different, but they didn't. And now I'm afraid that Aika and I are losing you."

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean, Fina. We barely ever see you anymore, and when we do, you're always depressed. It's not healthy, and we're worried." There. He said it. Now he just had to figure out what to say next. She didn't give him time to think before she responded.

"I don't want you to worry about me. Look, Vyse, Ramirez was my best friend. I knew him since before I can remember. It hurt me when you killed him. And even though I know that he might have destroyed Arcadia, something keeps telling me that it could have ended differently. We could have stopped him, Vyse." She stopped and looked at him for a response, her eyes starting to mist up again.

"We might have, but you can't let the what-ifs rule the rest of your life. I'd hate it if this thing with Ramirez ruined our friendship. And I was thinking, before I came here, that we haven't really gone sailing in a while. You know, just you, and me, and Aika. I think it would be good for all of us, and you used to have fun out there, right? Maybe it will get your mind off of all this." Well, at least I hope it would. It was true; they hadn't been sailing for a while. The only sailing Vyse had done in the past three months was to go to Nasrad for supplies.

"I don't know. It's just…I don't know, let me think about it for a while." It might be fun to go out sailing again. And I don't want Vyse and Aika worried, but I don't know if I'm ready to move on yet.

Vyse took that as his cue to leave her alone to think for a while. "Okay, maybe I'll talk to you later," he said as he got up and left.

"Okay."

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"Well, how did it go?" Aika asked eagerly. She had watched Vyse go into Fina's room from the balcony near Crescent Isle's meeting room, and she confronted him when he went up near the flagpole to think.

"Fine, I guess. She seemed a little better than usual." Vyse didn't seem all that convinced of that himself.

"Well, that's good."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. I asked her if she wanted to go sailing. I figured maybe we could go and see Enrique and Moegi, and it would also give us a chance to spend time with Fina, maybe get her back to normal." He looked out at the sun setting over Valua, remembering back to the time that the three of them had seen that moonstone crash on Shrine Isle while they were sitting up on Lookout Island.

"That actually sounds like a good idea. I hope that she agrees to come," said the redhead quietly.

"Yeah, me too." Then, after a while, "It's starting to get dark out. Let's go grab some dinner," he said, walking down the hill.

"You know, that's a pretty good idea, too," she said following.

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When Vyse left, Fina sat there for a while considering what she should do. Finally she decided to consult another one of her oldest friends. "Cupil, what do you think I should do?" Seeing as he had been acting as a bracelet for Fina during her conversation, he had heard the whole thing. He gave out an affirmative-sounding squeak, to which she responded, "I suppose you're right. It's been six months. I'm going to go sailing again."

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AN: Well, what do you think? Any potential here? Point out any mistakes or improvements I could make, and I'll try to make next chapter (if there is one) better.