Hi! My second story ever! My hope you likey!

Disclaimer: I do not own fire emblem! I repeat! I do not own fire emblem! I DO own Karleniia. But sadly that's all…

Six months later.

After taking control of Ilia, Sacae, and most parts of Bern, the Black Fang had its sights set on a new target: Magvel, another continent some 7500 miles of the coast of Caledonia.

The plan was to pose as one of Grado's allies. When the stones were shattered the Black Fang would overthrow Grado and gain control of Magvel. Why Nergal needed more land to control was a mystery to Karleniia.She figuredhe must have some kind of control issue. But nontheless, she was a member of the Black Fang and it was her duty to carry out Nergal's wishes.

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Karleniia and the Black Fang had arrived in Caledonia around two weeks ago. Planning to set sail for Magvel any day now, Karleniia, Nino, and Jafar were hard at work finishing the ship they planned to sail to Magvel.

The dock they were camping at was hot and sticky and smelled terribly of fish. Caledonia was once a great fishing port. That was until the Black Fang claimed it as their own.

"It's been two weeks," Karleniia whined, wiping the back of her hand across her forehead, "and it still smells like fish! Make it go away!"

Jaffar glanced over at her but for the most part ignored her infrequent complaining. He, too, was sick of the stench, but he kept his mouth shut.

Staring up at the afternoon sky, watching the seagulls overhead, Karleniia wondered where Marisa had wandered off to.

She glanced over at Nino and asked, "You seen Marisa lately?"

Nino shook her head.

Karleniia put her hammer down and spit out the nails she was holding between her teeth.

"I'm gonna go look for her. We've been working our butts off and she's probably off somewhere trying avoid more work."

She began to walk away but was roughly jerked back by an unexpected body that had latched itself to her leg.

It was Nino.

She looked up at her with huge puppy eyes.

"Take me with you," she begged, "leave Jafar to work, but, please, take me with you!" .

"Getoffame!" She screamed, violently shaking her leg.

"Please, please, please, please, please, please, please!"

Karleniia glared down at her and retorted,

"No! The ship's to be finished by tomorrow so we can leave. It'll get done faster if you stay here." She stared down at her with her hands on her hips.

Determined to leave with Karleniia she tried again.

"I won't work! I'll sit there and stare at the ocean!"

"Yes you will." Jaffar averted his gaze from the side of the ship towards Nino.

"Eep!" She gulped and reluctantly, slowly pulled herself off Karleniia's leg.

With his gaze holding her firmly in place Karleniia was able to escape without being delayed for a second time.

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All around her was the scent of the ocean. Waves crashed against the sandy beaches and seagulls glided overhead, catching air currents, drifting farther and farther out to sea. She watched as the sun lazily descended onto the ocean's far off brim; as it sunk down into the sea, only to be replaced by the soothing beauty of the moon.

Captivated by the Sun's spectacular performance she hadn't realized how long she had been sitting on the beach. But there was no reason for her to bring herself back to reality for the voice behind her did that for her.

"I assumed when you said you were going out to find Marisa that's what you would do. But it looks like to me all you did was try to evade more work."

She closed her eyes and leaned back on her palms.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize how long I'd been out here. I stopped to watch the sunset and all of a sudden its night. Sorry if I caused any trouble." She leaned her head back and stared up at Jafar. She felt particularly relaxed after watching the brilliant display of colors.

"Did she ever come back? Marisa I mean."

His head shifted position and he stared up at the luminous stars.

"No that's why I'm down here. After you left Nino continued to gripe about having to stay at the ship while you got to "run away". Marisa still hadn't come back even after we finished working so Nino had me go search for you."

Karleniia jolted up and spoke, eyes alert.

"We have to go search for her. Have you asked everywhere? Are you sure no one has seen her?" She tilted her head back and stared up at Jaffar with concerned eyes.

He looked away before saying, "Yes. No one has seen her since last night."

Hearing this, Karleniia jumped up and began to run. She didn't make it far, stumbling and eventually falling into the sand. Recovering herself rather quickly she continued toward the sand dunes. With the beauty of the sunset already lost to her she stopped at the top and paused for a minute. Breaking the surrounding stillness she yelled back,

"You comin' or what?"

Jaffar turned around to face the water and observed the moon's rippling reflection on the ocean's face.

He sighed and thought,

Damn it.

He turned around to face Karleniia and muttered,

"Yes…"

And with that he slowly began to advance towards the dunes where Karleniia was patiently waiting.

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"Argh! Marisa where are you!"

Karleniia dropped to her knees and pounded the ground, screaming obscenities all the while. Her feet were torn from running on the rocks and she was tired.

2 hours later and they still hadn't found Marisa

Jaffar sulked by a tall palm tree watching with mild interest. He sighed and spoke for the first time in three hours,

"Did it ever occur to you that in the dark of the night she might have crept back without us knowing?"

Karleniia hung her head and toyed with a small sand beetle with her finger.

She sighed and slowly turned to face the voice. She frowned and spat,

"Well that doesn't matter now, does it? I can't even walk back to the tent with my feet all torn up like this."

She carefully lifted her right foot to examine it. The skin was torn in various places, but that did not apply to the blood. The blood was everywhere. The same went for her left when she looked that one over, too.

A long silence was issued afterwards. Not an awkward silence, just one to pause for a minute and listen to the waves, rushing out, and then recollecting itself, a cycle that seemed to have no beginning or end.

During this she leaned back against a nearby tree and entertained herself by watching a "sand rat". Before anything else it cautiously sniffed around at its nest's entrance, making sure that all was safe. It emerged scurrying around smelling various items that intrigued it. One a large, overgrown weed, something at its base was of particular interest, for the "sand rat" spent quite a while sniffing and digging at its roots, a torn piece of dirt brown cloth that hinted it had once been white from the infrequent creases of it, and another "sand rat", a dead "sand rat".

Jaffar walked over and knelt down, his back towards her.

He spoke without looking at her,

"Get on my back. I'll carry you back to the camp."

Karleniia blinked at the unexpected kindness from Jaffar. If you could call anything he did "nice", no matter how nice it would be for a "normal" person.

"Hurry up or I'll leave."

Karleniia climbed on and he stood up, shifting the weight on his back.

They began to head back but the silence was disturbed when she asked,

"Ummm… if I'm too heavy… I umm… I can… try walk-"

"I'm fine"

"Are you sure? I mean-"

"I said I was fine."

Silence.

"Okay…"

Their trip back was a long one, but she didn't care. She was happy that she didn't have to walk.

Wow… the oceans so… beautiful…

She rested her head in the crook of her arm and watched the ocean's waters ripple and glimmer in the moon's light.

She sighed and laid her head down. She hadn't realized how far out they had gone. It would be awhile before they returned to camp.

Might as well get some sleep…

The soothing sounds of the ocean's waves acted as a lullaby, calming, relaxing her. In no time she was fast asleep.

Back at the camp everyone was inside their tent asleep. There were no fires anymore; they had all been snuffed long before.

Jaffar walked around for a while, searching for Karleniia's tent. Once he did he stopped, and looked over his shoulder at Karleniia, fitfully sleeping, her quiet breathing audible only if you were completely silent. He was still for a minute, listening to the small sounds escaping from her partly opened lips. Walking into her tent he crouched down and quietly laid her down.

He grabbed some gauze and ointment from a corner and began to carefully bandage up her feet.

Before leaving Jaffar spread of Marisa's blankets across her, making sure she wouldn't be cold.

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Jaffar-you make me sound like I'm going soft or something.

Kasa(me)- he he he…

Jaffar-what was that?

Kasa-what do you mean?

Jaffar-that "he he he…".

Kasa-I didn't say "he he he…". Honestly Jafar I think your losing it. SMILE! click

Jaffar- Agh! Stop! Why the hell are you taking my picture?

Kasa- well. It says here that your gonna die in ch.4 so I thought I take a picture. innocent smile

Jaffar- me die? NEVER!

Kasa- hey it says so. I'm just readin' the script, dude.

J- don't call me dude

K- what? why?

J- cause its weird

K- so are you. So shouldn't I call you something weird?

J-…

K-um…hello?

J…

K-oh my god he's dead!

J-uh kasa-

K call an ambulance!

J-I'm not dead.

K-ITS ALIVE!

J-…

K-pulls out big huge butcher knife must kill…

J-uh… kasa?

K-die puny monster! Bwa ha ha! chops Jafar's head off

J-oh thank you that was quite pleasant.

K-DIE DIE DIE! starts swinging butcher knife around splat! Kasa's head flies off and smacks serra in the face

S-What the hell is this shit! Get the fuck off me!

J,K-uh… oooookay…

S-runs off screaming.

J- so… your still alive after all that?

K-yep! heart

J-picks up head and walks away. later, dude!

K-what? Did you just say dude? Hey get back here! I need my head! I said get back here! I'm gonna get…

The End! Okay that was weird but that's okay. Bye til chap 2