I am using the Japanese nicknames from Tales of Legendia, as well as the Japanese spells because I adore the Japanese version. Which means 'Revive' is actually 'Ressurection!'
Note: Do not complain or post pairing requests. I am not taking any, nor am I planning to change any.
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"Ku! Watch out!"
The dragon's sharp claws swung heavily at the young knight who was leaning on one knee. Already very tired, she looked up with half-opened eyes as the claws approached her.
"GRAND DASHER!"
Suddenly, mass amounts of large sharp rocks errupted from the ground, piercing through the dragon, which ultimately finished it off.
'Breath Type..' She thought, as she slowly turned her head around.
Chloe Valens, the young injured knight, turned around to take view of her allies. She could see a white haired man approaching her rather quickly. Well, it was no surprise. To Senel Coolidge, friends were now everything to him. Behind him she could see a tall, bare-chested man, quickly putting his spear away, as he also began approaching her. And behind him..
"Chloe! Are you alright!?" Senel exclaimed, as he kneeled down to check the young knight's wounds.
And behind Moses Sandor... a girl was running as fast as she could to her. She could see the worried expression plastered on her face. It was strange to see such an energetic, careless girl worry like that. She smiled slightly as the girl kneeled down, her view still on her.
"Hold on, Ku!" she exclaimed.
Closing her eyes, she held her hands out. Slowly, green light began to surround her.
"Ressurection!"she yelled, her eyes jolting open.
Suddenly, Chloe felt a strange, yet refreshing jolt of energy go through her body, as her eyes were now wide open and her wounds, gone. However, reality slowly came back to her as she rose up.
"Thank you, Norma," she said, looking at the girl, as she also got up and dusted herself.
"You've got to be more careful next time, Ku!" Norma said, putting her hands on her hips.
"She's right, Chloe!" Senel continued.
"Ya really had us worried there, ya know!" Moses finished.
"I'm sorry to have worried you.." Chloe said, sighing.
"Now stop being so formal!" Norma yelled.
"You've been acting strange for the past few days, Ku.."
"Now that Norma mentions it, you have, Chloe. Your battle positions have been off all day, and your aim, too," Senel said, with a worried tone.
"Really? I ain't really notice that.." Moses said, rather confused.
"Of course not. Someone as dumb as you could never be able to tell what's different about Ku!"
"What'd you say!?" Moses exclaimed, stomping his foot.
"I said-"
"Enough, you two!" Senel yelled, stopping them before they started.
"Hmph!"
Senel sighed.
"Anyway, is something wrong, Chloe?" he asked.
"No, it's nothing really. I've just been kind of tired.." Chloe said,looking at him.
"Oh, alright.. well, we're almost done here. If you're ready, then let's continue and finish what buisness we have here," Senel said, looking at the path ahead of them.
"Yes, I'm fine, let's continue," said Chloe, as she began following him.
It was only the four of them in this monster infested dungeon. Ever since Grune had.. well, disappeared.. they've been taking jobs from Will to exterminate monsters that were causing wreckage among local areas. However, rarely would Shirley or Will actually come, since they were rather busy with their roles. Jay often accompanied them; however, today he did not. Afterall, he had his role to take on, as well.
"Ku.."
"Hm?"
"Ne.. are you sure you're alright?" Norma asked.
Chloe's eyes widened a little, but then softened as she felt a comforting feeling inside.
"Yes, I'm fine.." she said, smiling.
Norma looked at her honest smile, and felt relieved.
"Well, that's good.." she said, looking ahead.
Her eyes wandered onto Senel's back.
Suddenly, her eyes widened a little.
"Oh, that's right!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands.
"What's the matter?" Chloe asked.
"Hehehe, seems Senne-Senne was really worried about you back there!" she said, happily.
"Ah.. yeah.." she said, looking down.
Senel.. that's right. Chloe has always had feelings for him. Perhaps those feelings started when he rescued her from nearly drowning and then promised to keep the fact that she couldn't swim a secret (even though Norma found out anyway, and eventually everyone else..), but it showed his loyalty and honesty, which ultimately made her slowly fall for him.
But Senel... he never had eyes for her. She didn't even remember.. when she had finally realized that. Ever since that moment in the Ice Monument, when Norma realized that she had feelings for Senel, she's always been supporting her. However, Senel only had eyes for Shirley. After everything, how could he honestly have eyes for anyone else? Besides, Shirley was now one of Chloe's most important friends. Ever since that day it rained.. that day she held onto his back. That day she truthfully befriended Shirley.. that day.. she let go. Even so, Norma keeps supporting her.
"But, Ku, you should have fell into his arms and said you can't carry on anymore, so that he'd hold you bridal style until-"
"Stop saying such ridiculous things!" Chloe yelled, with a faint blush on her face.
"Oh, come on!" she pouted, crossing her arms.
"You've been so distant to him lately!" she said.
"Not to mention you've been acting really strange.. you won't tell me anything, either!"
Chloe's eyes widened as she looked at Norma nervously.
Norma observed her expression, she dropped her hands and looked at her rather seriously.
"..What are you hiding?" Norma asked.
"W-what?" Chloe asked, stuttering.
"What are you hiding from me, Ku?" she asked, again.
It was rare to have Chloe really hide things from Norma, especially when it was reguarding Senel or personal problems. They had gotten really close since the whole mess with the Black Mist and Grune. When everyone refused to accompany Norma on her ridiculous trips to rather dangerous ruins to look for treasure, Norma would somehow convince Chloe, usually by foolish remarks reguarding Senel, though they slowly had no meaning to her and she just went to accompany her.
Either way, Chloe would talk to Norma quite often, their topics ranging from cute outfits to knightly vows, from cooking to the beauty of the Quiet Lands; they literally talked about anything and everything since they had so much time together. Chloe was already used to the young treasure hunter's company to the point where being away from her for a long period of time was strange. And lately, Chloe's been feeling different. She thought it was strange herself and refused to awknowledge these new feelings.
"Oi! Stop spacing out!" Norma exclaimed, sending Chloe back to reality.
"H-huh?"
"Strange! Definitely strange!" Norma yelled, pointing a finger at Chloe.
"O-oh please. It's nothing. You always like to make a big deal out of everything, Norma," Chloe said, brushing it off.
"Don't try to change the subject!" the girl yelled, again.
"I'm not changing the subject! I told you, it's nothing!" Chloe yelled back at her.
Norma stomped her feet and swung her arms around in anger, her usual pose for rebelling or complaining.
"I can tell it's something! Hell, everyone can!" Norma yelled.
"Hey-"
"I told you it's nothing, dammit!" Chloe yelled, the frustration appearing bluntly on her face.
"Hey, you two!"
"Stop being so stubborn!" Norma yelled.
"YOU want to talk about stubborn!?" Chloe yelled back.
"WATCH OUT!" Senel yelled.
"Huh?"
In Unison, Norma and Chloe both looked in his direction. Before their eyes came a red dragon charging head first.
"AH!" They both yelled, jumping in the opposite directions from each other.
"W-what the hell!?" Norma exclaimed, grabbing her straw from small pouch.
"While ya'll two were goin' out on each other, we encountered some nasty monsters, ya know!" Moses yelled out, piercing his speer through one monster in the front.
"Are you two alright!?" Senel yelled.
"Y-yeah," Chloe said, unsheathing her sword.
"What the hell!?" Norma yelled, again.
"Why is a dragon like this in the Man-Eating Ruins!?" she asked, quickly getting up and running to a safe-distanced area to do her casting.
"I'd like to know that myself!" Senel screamed, using Bakugadan on one of the enemies in the front.
"Er.." Norma clenched her straw, rather frustrated that the damn battle had ruined what chances she had of getting some answers out of Chloe, for now. Chloe would surely avoid her this time, though.
Frustrated, she closed her eyes and started mummbling. A blue-aura bagan to resinate around her.
"D-damn it!" Chloe cursed under her breath as she tried to avoid the dragon's fierce attacks. However, she was too slow and was sent to the floor.
"Chloe!" Senel yelled, turning around.
The fierce dragon quickly drew his attention to the girl casting behind him.
'Come on, come on!' Norma thought, trying to hurry as she sensed that the dragon began to approach her.
The dragon then charged at her, head first. Norma canceled her casting and barely made the jump to the side. The dragon managed to cut her on the side.
"Ah!" she yelled, instantly grabbing her side.
"Norma!" she heard Chloe yell, as she opened her eyes to see the dragon standing before her.
"C-crap.." Norma mummbled, reaching to see if her straw was in reach.
Even though it probably wouldn't do any good, she still searched for it. However, it was no use, especially since the wound on her side hurt too much.
Norma shut her eyes tightly. Suddenly, Moses jumped in, wrapping his arms around the girl as the dragon's claws teared the skin off his back.
"ARGH!" he yelled, losing the tightness of the grip around her.
"M-mosuke!" Norma yelled, terrified.
"Shabon Musume, you're outta shape," he said, grinning.
He quickly got up and threw his spear at the dragon. It pierced straight through its chest.
"Se-no-ji!" he yelled."Leave it to me!" Senel yelled.
"Garyuu Ougi!" He yelled again, finishing off the monster as he slammed the dragon multiple times onto the ground.
"Mosuke!" Norma yelled.
"Are you alright!? Hold on!!"
"Raise Dead!" she yelled, quickly healing the wound on his back as she then casted Ressurection, also healing her wound slightly.
Moses raised up a little so that he could look at her.
"I wasn't unconcious, ya know.. it just hurt.." he mummbled, correcting her past action.
"Haha, that's Mosuke for you.." she said, happily.
"Heheheh.." Moses chuckled.
Senel and Chloe quickly ran to the two, still collapsed on the floor.
"Moses, Norma! Are you alright!?" Senel asked, crouching down.
"Yup, Shabon Musume doesn't take time to heal.." Moses said, grinning.
"Uh.." Chloe said, looking at them.
"Hmm?"
"Your.. position.." she said, rather disturbed by it.
Moses was still crouching over Norma, as she was still laying below him, her elbows on the floor, supporting her.
Moses realized what he was doing, and flushed red, while Norma was slightly embaressed.
"S-sorry.." he mummbled, getting off of her.
"Haha!" Norma laughed, getting up right after.
Senel sighed, also getting up.
"If you two are alright, let's hurry up and get out of here!" he said, going on ahead.
"Jeez.. that Senne-Senne, always in a hurry.." she mummbled, tapping her foot as she did.
She turned around to Moses.
"I would have probably been dead or something if it wasn't for you!" she said, rather excitingly.
She then softened her expression and smiled in gratitude.
"Thanks, Mosuke!"
Looking at her sweet smile, Moses couldn't help but feel embaressed, and at the same time, self-concious.
"It was nothin'!" he exclaimed with a grin.
Soon after, Norma skipped on ahead to bother Senel, probably regarding the battle just now. She'd probably lecture him.
Moses ruffled his hair and sighed. He felt somewhat relieved. He then looked to the right of him to see Chloe staring at him.
"Eee!" he exclaimed, rather shocked to see her, though she was obviously there the whole time.
There was no doubt that she just saw that.
"Y-you comin'?" He asked, laughing nervously, as he was still ruffling his hair.
"Ah, yeah.. let's go.." she said, pacing so that she could catch up to the now distant Senel and Norma.
While pacing, she couldn't help but think about what just happened.
'What was with his expression?' she thought to herself, rather frustrated.
Her eyes widened a little, as something had just struck her.
'D-don't tell me!' She stopped.
She turned to look behind her, as she saw Moses pacing as well.
'That.. he'
"Hmm?" Moses stopped to look at Chloe who was staring at him with a shocked expression.
Something felt uneasy about that expression.
"W-what's wrong?"
"Don't tell me you... Norma.." Chloe said, raising her finger to point at him.
"Wh-what?" he said, rather shocked as well.
"Don't tell me you lik-"
"HEY!!!!!" Norma yelled, surprising them so much that they almost tipped over.
"Hurry up!!" she yelled, again as she pointed out some monsters behind her.
Senel was already engaged in battle.
She crossed her arms.
"Jeez, what are they doing!?" she pouted, staring at them both as they sprinted towards her.
'Definitely strange..' she thought, turning around to begin casting, as she closed her eyes.
She felt both their presence as they dashed past her, joining the battle.
'Ku and Mosuke never really take the time to talk about anything..'
She could hear Chloe slashing away at the enemies, her fighting pose probably as enduring as ever.
'Could it be..!?' she wondered, jolting her eyes open, as she yelled out Blizzard.
'N-no way! Ku wouldn't... not Mosuke, would she?' she thought, as she watched Senel finish off the monster with one of his devistating throws.
'But what about Senne-Senne!?' she thought, getting confused and frustrated.
She looked at Chloe again, who was wiping off the sweat from her forehead. Chloe sighed, and sheathed her sword. She then turned her attention to Moses. Moses put his spear away, and turned to look at the young knight, only to find her staring at him. He quickly turned around, his face slightly red.
'Don't tell me she knows!' he thought nervously, looking down.
Norma couldn't help but think that scene was too suspicious.
Senel dusted himself off, and turned around, only to see Chloe staring rather distantly at Moses. And Moses.. had his back turned to Chloe, as he was lost in thought, still staring at the ground. Further away, he could see Norma, looking at Chloe, then back at Moses with an unsatisfied look of suspicion plastered on her face. But, of course the dense Senel wouldn't take time to think about this rather awkward scene that he was confronted with.
"Uh.. is.. something wrong?" he asked, ruffling his white, puffy hair.
Moses and Chloe suddenly snapped out of it.
"N-no!" They both said in unison, then looked at each other again.
Chloe quickly turned her view to Senel.
"I-it's nothing.. shall we make a move, Coolidge?"
"Yeah.." he said, turning around.
"Let's go already!" Norma said, dashing past Moses and Chloe.
She grabbed onto Senel's arm, pulling him forward.
"What are you doing?" he asked, in annoyance.
"Let's hurry up and go already!" she yelled.
Honestly, she had just wanted to move out of that awkward scene already. She had enough of it. She was annoyed, more so than any time before. She had no idea why, though. Either way, she would confront Moses later and question him about what happened earlier. Then she'd go question Chloe. Surely she'd find the answer she wanted.
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First chapter is done cause I got really bored. I was originally planning to make this a one-shot, but whatever. I'll get to writing Chapter 2 later.