Pardon my temporary fangirlishness. It won't take long.

THEY MADE A LAST REMNANT SECTION! THEY MADE A LAST REMNANT SECTION!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

While you are reading this, I'm still trying to figure out a story to write. I'm currently halfway through the game, only have to defeat...that...FREAKIN...GATES OF HELLLLLLLLLL!!! It is SOOO HELLISH!

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"I'll help you save your sister, no matter what it takes!" Dave had said.

Now Rush was curious. More than curious. He had never met the Marquis of Althum, and probably didn't even know the guy's first name before this whole mess came about.

Now this guy, this top shot dude who was the ruler of a country was willing to help him, a nobody, a commoner, to solve a kidnapping?

Well, maybe Dave had some sort of sixth sense. Rush stifled a laugh as the thought of Dave, his serious face, and a vision that the whole thing would turn out to be a conspiracy centering around the Sykes.

Rush's mind kept straying to a very strange possibility. He tried to push it away. But it kept coming back.

He's after the heart of your sister!

Maybe Rush read too much fanfiction. Maybe he was just the overprotective nii-san (older brother in Japanese) of Irina.

Then the smarter part of Rush (yes, that very, very, VERY small section we hardly get to see in the game) scoffed. Don't be ridiculous, Rushy (Apparently the 'smart' side had strange pet names for people) Davey (see?) is like, what, nineteen?! And Irina's fourteen! Use you head, you dum-dum Rushy...

Gee, what was I doing, then? Oh wait, I can't use my head...it hurts when I do, thought Rush, sarcastically, as he brought up the glass of juice to his lips, which a servant had brought to the room that Dave had assigned to him. Then the paranoid part (also known as the not so smart part) retorted with the most brilliantest of ideas.

If he's not after Irina...then he's after...you!

Rush spewed out the juice. At this brilliant moment, Dave entered the room.

Yup. Rush Sykes, officially the first guy to spew juice over an important ruler of a city. (If I'm wrong, correct me)

Despite the fact that David Nassau, Marquis of Althum, was obviously quite the macho guy type, he screamed. Okay, fine. 'Yelped' would be more accurate, which sent Emma and Torgal and Blocter (Pagus was in the library...) running into the room, with weapons drawn, yelling, "LORD DAVID!" Which all in all, added to the lovely atmosphere of mass panic.

Finally, the smart part of Rush broke free from the panicked state. "HOLD IT!" Rush screamed. Blocter stopped his weapon right above Dave's head, Emma stopped strangling Rush, Torgal stopped stabbing the juice and glass on the floor like a moron, and a bird chirped in the gardens.

Rush pulled himself away from Emma's insane fingers. He gulped in lungfuls of air, then gathered his thoughts. "What...is...going...on...here." He managed to squeeze out of his squashed voicebox.

Torgal cleaned his blades on the bed, then sheathed them. "We heard Lord David's cry for help. And his front is wet." Dave reddened as he looked down at his stained front.

Finally they managed to get the whole story out, ending off with everyone glaring balefully at Rush.

"Eheh...hehheh...heh? Sorry Dave. Sorry guys." Rush grinned dumbly. The generals snorted and left.

David stayed behind till they left. Then he whipped out the flower that Irina liked, and stuck it out to Rush.

Rush's heart stopped. OmigoshDaveisgayandhehasthehotsformeeeeeeee...... was his first thought. "Yess....?" He managed to control his hysterical screaming.

David smiled. "Oh, I thought you might want to keep the flower!"

THUMP

David looked down at the unconscious Rush on the floor. He sighed.

"Servant, please call Lady Emma...or...something...and get this place cleaned!"

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Not quite sure how this is going to turn out...

RANDOMNESS!