A "Tales of series" crossover fic, yup. Basically, a multi-"arc" fic starring a team of freelancers composed of misc. chars from the Tales of Series. I'm not sure what the time era is for the fic. It's kind of like the "Naruto-era" where there is electricity, TV's, yet they have no cars and they still fight with knives.
Disclaimer: I only own the various plot stories in this.
The characters shown will probably act somewhat OOC to suit the story. They'll also be put into random roles like...a singer or a cousin to another random character. Also, the stories in this fic will change from time to time. One might be a long, serious arc while another story might just be a short joke arc. Ah well, please enjoy this "Tales of series" random mix.
"Augh!" Luke shouted with utmost annoyance, "Hey! Leon! We're out of food, again!"
With a growl, Leon turned to Luke, continuing to push the vacuum cleaner under the couch, "Well then…go get some!"
With a sneer, Luke turned away with his hands on his hips, "I can't be caught doing something as trivial as that! That is servant work. I'm the son of royalty. I can't be seen bringing food into this two-bit freelancing company!"
Indeed it was true Luke was royalty and it was also true that he was trapped working in a washed-up freelancing organization with several companions. His father was close friends with Leon's father. In fact, they had known each other since high school. Even as the two split from levels, Luke's father ascending into royalty and Leon's father descending into petty work, the two remained best of friends. As a way for Luke to learn discipline, his father had forced him under the hand of Leon who currently ran the freelancing organization.
"And what kind of name is Magnus Freelance Corporation? It has no ring to it!" Luke complained again, "And this apartment is so small. I can walk from wall-to-wall in a second! This carpet is filthy. Leon, do something about it!"
Leon, for some unknown reason, was pegged the starter of all these problems, turned to Luke, "What do you think!" Obviously annoyed by the complaining man's presence, "Stop complaining and go do something productive!"
Luke sneered and crossed his arms. He plopped back onto the cheap leather couch and reached for the remote. Flipping through the channels, he stopped at the celebrity channel, "Hey, hey, Tear is on!" Wiping his mouth with his thumb, he leaned in forward to watch, "Man…her melons are huge!"
Leon rolled his eyes and continued vacuuming the carpet. Growling at the large stain on the carpet that was caused when Luke accidentally knocked over a coke can, complaining that the apartment was too small and he didn't have enough elbow room.
Just as Luke listened to Tear sing, a commercial flipped on and a very familiar blonde singer began.
"CLAIRE!" The oh-so familiar voice of her biggest fan boy screeched. Coming from the room right behind Leon, Veigue rushed out, knocking Leon to the ground as he did so. Snatching the remote away from Luke, Veigue watched the blonde haired woman sing on the TV screen.
As soon as the commercial ended, Veigue turned back to his room and walked in as if nothing had happened. Veigue was a reliable man. He did his work right. He stayed calm in the toughest situations. His hobbies never inconvenienced anyone. He even sustained with less food than the rest. His only problem was his love for the famous diva Claire Bennett. Leon swore that if Veigue had to pick between saving the world or saving Claire, he'd pick Claire.
Luke looked around, "Huh? Where's the other stooge?" Leon replied to him with a shrug and continued his vacuuming.
As is summoned by Luke himself, Stahn barged in through the door with a half eaten pizza in his hand.
"Food!" Luke shouted as he ran over to Stahn, snatching away the pizza.
Stuffing his face with pizza, Stahn turned over to Leon, "Hey! Leon! I got some pizza! I had four with me but…I kind of ate them. There's still half of one left!"
"Stahn!" Leon scolded, "We're already dirt poor as it is! Don't waste money on pizza!"
Stahn paused for a sec as if he had to slowly take in what Leon was saying. Calmly, he patted Leon on the head, "Relax! We'll just make the money back later!"
"Unless you have some magical way of making money…"
"We'll just get a job, charge extra, and boom! We'll be okay." Stahn replied in his calmest voice.
"Don't say it like it's that easy. We haven't gotten a job in weeks!"
Stahn shook his head, "Business is just slow. I mean, who really needs a freelance team during Christmas time! I'm sure things will pick up sometime soon."
Leon sighed heavily. Stahn and his positive attitude were totally oblivious to anything outside the circumference of an extra large pizza. His eyes narrowed as he saw Luke, dropping crumbs from his pizza onto the carpet as he ate.
"Watch it!" Leon shouted, "I just vacuumed!"
Luke shrugged and continued to eat, "Then vacuum again!" Luke leaned back on the couch, accidentally knocking a can of flat coke onto the carpet.
Ready to explode, Leon glared daggers at Luke. Immediately sensing this, Stahn grabbed the smaller, black-haired man and held him down by his arms.
"Let go! I'm going to kill him!"
"Now Leon, calm down. Luke is just being Luke, there's…" He was cut off by Claire singing on TV, "Oh crap."
In an instant, Veigue rushed out of his room, knocking Stahn and Leon over like bowling pins. At that moment, Stahn let go of Leon and Leon lunged at Luke, bashing him on the head.
"Watch it!" Luke hissed as he punched back.
Just like that, a fight broke out between the two. Stahn, struggling to keep the two under control, soon got pulled into the fight. Veigue merely stood there watching Claire on the TV.
In the midst of all the fighting, the phone began to ring. Reaching his arm out, Leon grabbed the phone while fighting off Luke, "Hello? Welcome to Magnus Freelancing Corporation."
"Hey Leon, it's me, Jade." The deeper voiced man spoke.
Jade worked under Luke's father for several years as captain of a military team and captain of a scientific research lab. During a slump in the research lab fund, Jade has taken the duty of escorting Luke to different places. Though Luke never really enjoyed being followed by an 'old man', the two looked out for one another. As soon as the slump ended, Jade returned to his job but still continued to look out for Luke.
"Oh, are you looking for…" Leon paused as a fist came into the side of his head. He replied to that with a kick to Luke's face, "…Luke?"
"No, no, not today. I have a job request for you."
Leon paused, knowing Jade's love of using sarcasm, "Look, we aren't in the mood right now for jokes."
"This isn't a joke. I've received a request of assistance from one of my colleagues." There was a loud clatter as Luke took another punch from Leon, "Um…is there something wrong back there?"
Seeing that Leon wouldn't fight back, Stahn immediately restrained Luke.
Leon nodded thanks to Stahn and turned back to the phone, "Everything is under control. What's the job?"
"You see, one of my lead scientists emailed me the other day asking for some bodyguard service. It seems strange for her to ask so. Raine is usually very self dependant. Anyway, so I decided to give this job to you guys. She's asked that you meet her at her house. The address is 24 Gossamer road."
"Alright, we'll get there when we can. Thank you, Jade." With that, he hung up the phone.
Luke looked at the phone, "Wait! That was Jade! Did he say anything about letting me leave this hellhole?"
"No," Leon replied bluntly, "He gave us a job."
Stahn let go of Luke and punched his fists into the air, "Yes! I told you!"
Luke brushed off his clothes and straightened out the creases, "Damn. That's a shame."
Calmly, Veigue turned to Leon, crossing his arms in the process, "So then, Leon, what is the job?"
Leon walked to the door, "I'll brief you about it while we walk there."
"Atchoo!" Stahn sneezed as they walked through the freezing cold, "Hey Leon…are we there yet?"
"For the last time, if we were there already, we wouldn't be out here!" Leon shouted. Anyone could tell this black hair man was easily frustrated by his dysfunctional crew of misfits.
Veigue walked calmly, unbothered by the cold, "Hey Leon. Why were we given the job? Jade said this was one of the top scientists right? Why would he give an important job to freelancers like us?"
"Who knows…?" Leon replied as he turned the corner, "There it is." He muttered as he pointed to the average-looking house before them.
"What?" Luke scoffed, "I thought Jade said she was really important. Why's she living in something as trashy as this place?"
Veigue closed his eyes, "Luke, it is not nice to comment on other people's houses like that even if it is rather trashy."
"Veigue! Luke!" Leon barked, "Don't be so disrespectful! We haven't had a job in weeks. Our landlady is tired of getting paid with debt. Don't blow this one!"
"Well, excuse me princess!" Luke hissed, "I don't really care about this freelance thing anyway. It'll never last."
They were interrupted by the sound of a doorbell. The three turned to Stahn who stood right by the door. With a creak, the door opened, revealing a small white haired boy.
Stahn stared at the kid, "Uh…are you Raine?"
The kid shook his head shyly, "No…who are you?"
Leon pushed past Stahn, "We were hired by Raine to act as bodyguards."
"Oh! Come in! I'm Genius by the way!" The four were rushed into the house by the child.
As soon as the door was closed and everyone was set for staying, Genius rushed in front of them.
"I need you to do something for me."
Luke waved his hand at the kid, "Look, we're here as bodyguards for some woman. We're not here to play around with you."
"I know! Just listen to me; I was the one who hired you!" Genius squeaked in his voice, "You see…my sister Raine has been coming home with bruises and scrapes so I began skipping school to see what's going on. I saw people attacking her! I'm getting worried so…I want you to be her bodyguards!"
Yeah...sorry for making Luke look like a total ass. I personally love asshole chars, they make stories so much more fun. Also, sorry for making Leon the "Housewife" char, I'm just cruel to my fav characters. Please review and tell me what you think!