BANZAI! Yeah! My first Mana Khemia fic so go easy on me.

Disclaimer: If only I owned this awesome game, I would be happy... And rich. And there would be more romance.

This fic follows Jess's route.

Chapter 1: Goodbye Al-Revis

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"Congratulations! Students of Al-Revis!" the principal, Bernard, congratulated the new graduates. Namely Vayne, Jess, Nikki, Flay and Roxis' batch.

The students rejoiced and cheered before slowly exiting the auditorium. The usual gang was the last to exit because it took them a while to say their goodbyes to the now senior, Anna, and the ghost, Pamela as well as Muppy the alien.

"B-but, do you really have to go soon?" Anna said sadly.

"Yeah, Anna's right. You know you could all just simply flunk like Flay and stay another year..." Pamela tried to reason unreasonably.

"Of course we do, we can't stay her forever you know!" Flay said.

"Oh, Flay can go. I just want the others to stay." Anna said plainly.

"W-what!" Flay said surprised.

"Anna, you know we can't stay. Take good care of the workshop for us 'kay? And get some new workshop members so you won't be lonely alright?" Jess said warmly.

"Yes..." Anna replied.

"Alright Anna, take care." Vayne said as he smiled.

"I'm watching you!" Nikki warned Muppy.

"What are you talking about? Muppy's completely innocent." Roxie replied without looking up from the book he was indulged in.

"No he's not! He's planning something evil, I'm sure of it!" Nikki said with determination.

"Let's say your theory about Muppy is correct, how will you keep watching him?" Roxis asked.

"Uh... Well... That's..." Nikki mumbled. "I'm working on it!"

"If you want Nikki, I could watch him and make sure he doesn't get into any trouble." Anna offered.

"Really! Thanks Anna! See Roxis! I got it covered." Nikki said hyperactively while jumping up and down while pointing an 'I told you so' finger towards Roxis.

Roxis sighed as he closed his book. "I think Anna meant differently..."

Vayne and Jess sighed simultaneously.

"Vayne, we really have to go now. The school will kick us out at this rate." Jess said with a slight worried look.

"Don't worry about it. Pamela can deal with the principal." Vayne replied.

"What about the vice principal?"

"Uh... That's gonna be a slight problem." Vayne chuckled nervously while scratching the back of his head.

"Come on guys! The world's waiting!" Flay said as he points towards the auditorium entrance valiantly.

"He's right for once." Roxis agreed.

"I have to go back and find me a hubby!" Nikki said.

"Right... Vayne, you're gonna stay with me and cure me right?" Jess asked for confirmation.

"I did promise you after all..." Vayne smiled.

"Oh... What's this? I can sense something that starts with the letter 'L' in the air." Nikki smirked as she quickly got in between Jess and Vayne.

The couple blushed.

"M-me! And J-Jess? Are you serious!" Vayne retorted quickly.

"H-hey Vayne! What does that mean! And Nikki, what the heck are you talking about!" Jess shouted while being embarrassed.

"Alright then you three, enough messing around. This is where the real adventure begins." Flay said strangely inspirationally.

"That's right, I have to become a top alchemist." Roxis smiled a little.

"Hey guys, do you mind if we see you off?" Anna asked shyly.

"Of course we don't mind!" Nikki replied.

"Thanks." Anna grinned.

"Hmm..." Nikki let out.

"What's wrong Nikki?" Pamela said after watching them.

"Muppy hasn't said anything. Are you sure you're bot plotting behind our backs?" Nikki said cautiously.

"Of course not. Muppy doesn't know what evil is." Muppy replied innocently.

"Tch, yeah right." Nikki snorted.

"Nikki, be nice!" Pamela scolded.

"Yeah yeah..."

Then the usual gang began to walk through the school corridors together for the last time.

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"Here we are. Wind's Corridor, you're gonna teleport to the lower ground from here right?" Anna verified.

The old gang was standing in front of a huge gate. Together in school for the last time.

"Guess this really is goodbye..." Vayne said disappointingly.

"Hey, it's not like it's the end of the world. We can still see each other next year. If you are going to watch Anna and Muppy's graduation ceremony." Pamela said.

"Of course we'll be there." Nikki said

"I'll come by with some medicine sometime." Roxis told Jess.

"Thanks." Jess said happily. "I'll make sure I'll die at a ripe old age, when I've spent my life living it to the fullest."

"That's what you ought to be doing in the first place." Flay said proudly with his hands on his waist.

"Jess, promise you'll never think that way again. Please?" Anna said with a worried look.

"It's fine, that's why I've got Vayne here to babysit me." Jess said as she grabbed Vayne's arm to prove her point.

"Hey! You kids shouldn't stay here any longer. It's getting dark." Zeppel shouted to the gang from the transportation circle. "And you seniors better get back to your dorms, you have classes tomorrow."

"Yes sir." Anna replied politely.

"Let's go back." Muppy said. "It's chilly out here. It's bad for my skin..."

"Sorry Muppy." Pamela said apologetically.

"Bye!" Anna, Pamela and Muppy said altogether before they disappeared into nothing but feathers. The wings of Icarus.

"I know you want to keep your wings of Icarus but that would be against school regulation. These thing are expensive so they're secondhand." Zeppel told the graduates. "Now come along now before I close the teleportation circle."

"See ya Mr. Zeppel!" Nikki saluted before jumping in the circle and instantly disappearing.

"Thanks for everything." Roxis said before walking towards the circle and disappearing.

"We'll keep in touch no problem!" Flay announced proudly before jumping onto the circle himself.

"Bye Mr. Zeppel! See you next year!" Jess waved as she slowly walked onto the circle.

"It's been fun. Mr. Zeppel..." Vayne said before running of towards the circle."

Zeppel watched as his best students left the campus forever.

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Nikki was teleported straight home. So the only ones who stayed together after the teleportation were the Vayne, Jess, Roxis and Flay.

"Hey guys, where are we?" Jess asked.

"Well, there is a run down house over there." Flay said.

"That's very obvious..." Roxis replied

"It's my home. Or rather, it' my dad's house. Theofratus' house..." Vayne replied to everyone.

"Seriously! Is all his research still there." Roxis said loudly with the excitement of a little child.

"Yeah, they're untouched." Vayne replied.

"Well yeah, but why are we all here?" Jess asked.

"Well, me and Roxis are going to explore the world as alchemists. They figured it didn't matter where we started exploring. And as for you Jess, you have no where else to go other than be Vayne's first patient or go home back to your parents." Flay deduced soundly. Something very unlike Flay.

"Are you still Flay?" Vayne asked.

"Of course I am!" Flay replied proudly.

"So Vayne, what about you. Why did you end up here, back to where you live?" Roxis asked as he fixed his glasses.

"I... want to be a doctor who can help people. I still have Sulpher so I'm safe so don't worry about danger. I figured... I wanted to fix up the old place and make it my starting point." Vayne said with a radiant hopeful glow.

"I'll give you hand Vayne!" Jess said.

"We don't have to start our journey yet you know. We can stay to help, right Flay?" Roxis offered.

"Don't need to tell me Roxis! Course I will!" Flay laughed proudly.

"You guys... Thanks." Vayne said bashfully.

"We need to start with blue prints. The items aren't a problem, Alchemy can deal with that. We don't have too much expenses so money's not an issue. We have the manpower, most especially since we have Flay here. The town nearby has a variety of items. It won't be a problem." Roxis calculated.

"You all thought that up already?" Vayne said surprised.

"Hey guys, it's dark. Lets go in." Jess said worriedly.

"Yes, we'll carry on from there." Flay agreed.

Then the gang walked towards the abandoned house of one of the most famous alchemists.

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Wee! First Chapter Done!

I LOVE VayneXJess, it makes me so happy! You know I replay this game because of the character quests, most especially Vayne and Jess's.

So yeah, just an intro... kinda boring yes? But that's all part of building up the story.

To be honest, I have nothing to say actually... So I'll just shut up now okay?

BTW A review is very much appreciated. It would make me happy and motivated to finish this story.

Akabaka-chan signing out!