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Riley Strike, a young Myrmidon fifteen years old, his silver short hair he wore just by itself, he just made sure to comb it every morning, even though it's with his hand, he usually wears skin tight short sleeved black shirts, with loose black jean like pants, his sword on his black belt, the sheath had the name Zypher on it, in gold letters.
Riley was a freelancing merc, taking part in any war he could to make a few bucks, once he got news of Gallia and Begnion having a war, he couldn't help but chuckle on his way to where he was pretty sure the battles would start, he was correct, but it seems the already had mercs working for them, heavily trained as well, but hey, it's not like he wouldn't try to get a job.
Heading out of the forest where they were, he saw a firghtened general flee into a building, Riley decided to wait for Gallia's army to get close first, to show off his skill.
Soon, their leader for this battle, Skrimir, approached ripping through them like nothing, Riley decided to jump in before Skrimir killed them all.
Drawing Zypher, Riley rushed into his opponents, slicing through them quite easily, even more faster than Skrimir, once they were taken care of, Riley stood there, smirking, chuckling sort of, he didn't mind whom he killed, as long as he was paid for it, but to get a job he had show off skill.
Soon, the Greil mercanaries approached, Ike had his sword drawn, pointing it at Riley, everyone was being cautious around him, Riley sheathed his blade, holding up a hand, looking down with his eyes closed smirking, "Don't worry, I'm a friend, not a foe." the Laguz warriors didn't transform back into their human state, Ike sheathed his blade though, and held out his hand for a hand shake, "I'm Ike, commander of the Greil Mercanaries." he said, Riley didn't really care whom he was, but as long as it got him paid, "I'm Riley Strike, a merc as well." Riley siad, and shook his hand, Riley's icy blue eyes pierced the night as his silver hair gleamed, Skrimir changed back into his human state and gave Riley a pat on the back, stinging like hell, Riley smiled, "Nice to meet you..?" he said, not knowing his name, "I'm Skrimir, general of this army." he said laughing, "Fine work you did these Begnion bastards." Riley smiled, "Thank you, Skrimir." he said bowing, Skrimir then asked, "Would you like a job? We could use soldiers like you." Riley smirked inside his own mind, "That would be my pleasure." he said, soon they set up a camp, to go over battle plans, Soren was skeptical of Riley, his gaze showed blood, and lots of it, he was a cold blooded killer, Riley listened to the battle plans, soon a catgirl enetered the tent, Lethe was her name, Riley looked at them, beautiful girl, Lethe came and stood by Riley, not noticing him, her ears twitched every now and then, blinking, never noticing him, soon Soren dismissed them, waiting for night fall to come, that was their time to strike, Riley loved that word, Strike, his last name.
Riley was exploring the camp, soon finding Lethe once again, she was staring into the sky, sitting down, she soon heard Riley's foot steps, "What do you want?" she asked coldly, she hated the Beorc, Riley sat down next to her, "What's your name? My name-" he didn't get to finish, Lethe interupted, "You don't need to know mine, nor I yours." she said, getting up leaving him there, Riley sighed, wondering why she didn't want to talk to him, Riley went to play around in the woods with sword untill nightfall, and when it did, their plan wnet into action, the Greil Mercanaries and Riley, along with Lethe and Lyre, began their assault to open the gates, Ike and his friends ran towards the gates, taking out any in their path, Riley snuck around taking out people from the shadows, Lethe and Lyre transformed and followed the Greil Mercanaries, Lethe was ambushed by a few lowly soldiers, she took them out quite easily, Riley soon noticed Begnion soldiers in the shadows near Lethe, so many sword clashes made it impossible for her to hear their footsteps, soon she was stabbed in the leg by swordsman, afterwards he was chuckling, bout to slice her neck, Riley flew out of the shadows, "Boo." was all Riley said before slicing the man's head clean off his neck, Lethe transformed back to her human state, she couldn't walk, nor did she want his help, but Riley picked her up in his arms, and held her gently, "Geeze, these guys stoop to the lowest of tactics." he said, smiling at her, Lethe hated this moment, she was in his debt, he had to save her, she hated not being able to stand up for herself, (no pun intended.), she looked away from him, Riley didn't want to push his luck, so he retreated back to the camp, with her, when he got back he looked for a mage, Mist was still there, she was helping cook, when Riley found her he showed her Lethe's leg, "Miss, can you mend her wounds?" he asked, Lethe still not looking in his direction, Mist nodded, "Sure! I'll be there shortly, so just take her to her tent." Riley nodded and took Lethe to her tent, and placed her gently on the bed, she turned away from him though, but did mumble something, "Thanks." she said, hoping he didn't hear, "No problem." Riley said sitting at the far end of the tent, smiling, Lethe blushed a bit, wondering how heard, and she didn't expect this kindness from him, Mist soon showed up and healed Lethe, "Now Lethe, I want you to rest for tonight." Riley said, as Mist left, "To ensure you're surely healed." he added before leaving the tent, Lethe waited to make sure he was gone before running out of the tent and bumping into him, "You're predictable." Riley said, taking her back to her bed, and he sat down next to the bed, "I'll be staying here to make sure you don't head out to the batle field." Riley said, and sighed, soon they both fell asleep, sleeping soundly untill the morning.
Riley: Well damn, not much happened between me and-
-Ike hits me in the head knocking me out cold -
Ike: Don't spoil it, even though most probably got the idea of who you're ifatuated with.
Lethe: And who's that?
- Ike runs away fast -