Hello there GC Fanfic community. Yes. You. I'm taking to you, Reader.

This is my first fanfiction. It would be appreciated if you could give me some feedback instead of random reviews about continuing the story. ^^ I will be updating this story in intervels of time. I don't know what that means, but I will update and not abandon this story. Unless I die. Or people say I shouldn't.
This will be a series of stories about the GC characters getting together. I will try not to disappoint anyone. That is quite impossible since people don't like the Lire X Lass couple. . I will write about it anyway, so don't read it if you don't like it.
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Set up: Always Helping, In the Shadows (Prologue)

A Grand Chase Fanfiction

Disclaimer: I do not own Grand Chase or any of its characters.

"Ahrrg! I'm so bored…" Lire exclaimed to no one in particular.

Lire was sitting right outside of the Grand Chase mansion. There was a huge porch right outside the mansion where Lire was at the moment.

Confused? That would be natural. Here's the story.

The Grand Chase decided to live together after their adventure together. They were together for too long to separate and they were given a large mansion to live in right outside of Serdin. The house was provided by the Knight Master. Astroth and Void were finally defeated and the swords were recovered. Everyone was safe and the Grand Chase grew closer through their journey, which was finally over.

Now that you understand, let's continue this story.

Lire was bored with the life she had now. There was nothing to do. She could barely talk to anyone anymore. Everyone was doing something.

Elesis was training others knights so they could be prepared for anything that would be coming later on. Elesis had learned to control her rage a little, but the knights were always on the receiving end of it.

Arme was doing the same for mages, as well as training her own magic so she could protect everyone. She actually learned how to put up a shield around the mansion so only the Chase and their friends could enter it without problems. Anyone else would have to ask permission before they could enter.

Lass was always wandering to find people he could help. The boy was still trying to make up for what he did when Kaze'aze had control over him. He was so sneaky that no one could ever find him other than at dinner time.

Ryan was always off gardening or looking after animals. He insisted on planting trees around the mansion and he also made a little house for all the pets.

Ronan was usually helping Elesis train the knights. He also did most of the paperwork that came to the mansion; he just seemed like the perfect person to do it.

Amy was off who knows where. The hyper-active girl didn't really have anything to do other than a little cleaning. The rest of the cleaning was left to Lire, but she usually finished it quickly.

Jin was off training to catch up to the rest of us. He still feels as if he isn't strong enough to keep us safe. He probably wants to impress Amy with his strength, but that's obvious to everyone. Except Amy. Those two love-birds really have to work everything out.

Sieghart was… well he slept for most of the day. He was too lazy to get up except for meals. He was awake sometimes, but he couldn't be easily found.

Mari had her own lab for research. She was in there most of the day, even missing meals when it was something serious. She was working on life elixir potions to keep the rest of us alive. She said to us, "Not everyone can be immortal", much to Sieghart's annoyance. They really cared about us, so they tried their best to keep us alive. It's as if they felt sad for being immortal, but they would move on, especially when they had eachother.

Dio was usually outside, doing whatever he wants to. Ley was with him often, telling him how he was incapable of one thing or another. They really needed to realize their feelings for eachother. It was getting irritating now, for everyone. The only reason no one said anything was so they could realize their own feelings, without anyone's help.

Zero could be found anywhere. It wasn't hard to find him. He was usually in his room talking to the GrandArk. They had conversations for hours sometimes, it made everyone wonder what they even talked about.

Lupus was away on a mission right now, but he usually checked over his bounties. He always checked over the people in the village near-by to see if anyone there was dangerous.

Yes, Lire was alone. She didn't have anything to do but practice her archery, but she already had perfect aim and all her moves were strong enough to beat Kaze'aze alone. It didn't seem like she would ever find anything to do. She sat there for another few hours, thinking about the old times the Grand Chase had and how wonderful, yet difficult, their adventure was.

She was glad that the world was safe, but that didn't stop her from wanting something exciting to happen. She almost wished there was someone the Chase could fight, those times made them become really close. She was interrupted from her thoughts when Arme came home.

"Hey Lire, enjoying yourself?" Arme asked sweetly.

"…There was nothing to do today, I just sat there and thought about our adventures," Lire replied truthfully. She was surprised Arme had come home already, but she usually did that when she had nothing to do.

"Well, that's nice," Arme said smiling. She walked up to the porch and opened the door. She was about to go in, but came to a stop remembering something. "We should start cooking before everyone else gets here."

"Oh… Yeah, sure," Lire said as if just remembering. She had the job of cooking all the meals. She had almost forgotten today. It didn't suit her not being responsible, but everyone makes mistakes.

Arme's smile grew bigger as she said, "Well, let's get started!"

Arme entered the mansion and Lire followed suit. The mansion was big enough to fit everyone in there and at least ten more people. The second you enter the house, you see the stairs, which leads you upstairs, the kitchen to the right, and the training room and living room to the left. Lire and Arme walked over to the kitchen and Lire started to prepare to the food.

"I have to go change, save some work for me!" Arme said enthusiastically.

"That's fine, don't take too long," Lire replied without turning her head. She continued to prepare the food. She was going to make some stew for everyone today, since they were probably all tired from their work today. She also knew that a certain boy loved stew, especially when she cooked it. Lire was so focused on preparing the food, that she didn't see the two males enter the house, one of them being the stew-loving boy mentioned before.

"Hey Lire, enjoying yourself?" Ryan aksed. Why was everyone asking her that?

"Oh, just the usual. I didn't really have that much to do today, but cooking took my mind off things for a while." Lire replied smiling. She really was enjoying herself right now. Cooking was one of the things that she liked doing.

"What are you making today? Can I help?" Lass inquired hopefully. The boy really wanted to help somehow.

"No, you're not very good when it comes to cooking. I'm making stew for everyone today." Lire answered in a mocking-yet-sweet voice.

"Alright!" Ryan shouted. Lass and Ryan's face both lit up when they heard they were going to have stew.

Arme came down the stairs shouting, "I'm back!" She entered the kitchen and quickly greeted the boys before she asked Lire what she could do.

"Just get the plates ready. There's not much cooking left for you to do, so I'll just finish it." Lire said quickly.

"Okay!"
"Arme was like Amy in some ways. She was always so happy and cheerful, even after all those battles that we went through. We all changed in some ways, but not everything changed." Lire thought happily.

Lire continued her happy thoughts and soon the cooking was finished. The Chase had all come back in that interval and got ready for dinner. Everyone was happy they were having stew. They really needed it after all the work they had done today.

"Okay everyone, dinner is ready," Lire announced.

"Yay!"

"Let's go Elesis."

"Mmmm…"

"Alright, coming!"

"Someone call Mari up"

"Dio, hurry up!"

"I'll be down soon"

The calls came down from upstairs and around the house. It all seemed to echo through the house.

Everyone came down in the minutes that followed. The table was set up perfectly and everyone complimented Arme and Lire on the meal, more than they usually did.

"Okay, is everyone here?" Lire asked the whole group. They seemed to be missing someone.

"Mari is probably still doing some experiments in her lab right now," Sieghart replied in a very bored manner. Lire knew Sieghart cared for Mari a lot. That was obvious enough when Mari had finally unlocked her real powers and found out she was immortal like Sieghart. She had travelled back in time to help Kounat, but Sieghart followed her and convinced her to come back. He had told her that they could set things rights if they just stopped Astroth and Void. Sieghart always tried to look like he didn't care, but everyone knew he did. "I'll see-"

"I'll go call her up," Arme interrupted happily. She always did want to help, just as much as Lass and Ryan. "MARI! IT'S TIME FOR DINNER!" Arme shouted as she made her way down to the lab.

"Let's all take our seats and wait for them," Lire suggested. She took her seat as she watched everyone else take their own seats. Amy sat down after her, across the table, with Jin sitting right beside her. Ronan and Elesis sat beside each other, next to Amy and Jin. Zero and Lass took the seats on either side of the seat she was on. Sieghart took the other seat beside Amy and saved a spot for Mari. Dio and Ley sat beside each other next to Zero. Ryan sat beside the seat saved for Mari, with another seat, between him and Lass, saved for Arme.

(If you are confused, this is a round table with everyone sitting around it in the following order:
Lire, Lass, Arme, Ryan, Mari, Sieghart, Amy, Jin, Ronan, Elesis, Ley, Dio, Zero)

Mari came up with Arme, slightly irritated at being disturbed, but warmed up when she saw everyone there. Mari was being more open now after her memories returned to her. She never told anyone what happened at Kounat with Sieghart. That seemed to be a secret between them.

"Let's get started then," Lire finally said as Mari and Arme took their respective spots. The meal was lively. They were all enjoying being together, like the old times. These moments only took place when they were all gathered together, but that was only at meal times or missions. They rarely got missions anymore.

Lire was thinking, as she often did. No one bothered her when they knew she was thinking. It wasn't like they would get her attention half the time anyway. Lire was trying to find a way to get them closer so they could do enjoy themselves like they did in the old days. Something caught Lire's eye while she was thinking this. Jin was trying to get Amy's attention, just like he always did. Something had clicked in Lire's head, this one display, a display of affection and love.

Love. Yes, Love.

Then it hit her. That was what she would do to get them all closer. She already knew that certain individuals in the Chase already loved another. The feelings were mutual for most of them too. She would set them up so they finally realized these feelings and confessed. Lire knew what she was going to do, how she would keep the Chase from drifting apart, as they were doing right now.

She was going to need help though. She thought about it. Who could help her that also knew what was going on? Who was someone she could trust more than anyone else to help her do this? She couldn't ask her own "crush" (love) to help her. That would just hurt his feelings; she knew that he also had feelings for her, so she couldn't do that. She looked around the table. Lass, Arme, Ryan, Mari, Sieghart, Amy, Jin, Ley, Dio, Zero. Zero. Lire knew he didn't have any feelings for anyone that was a part of the Chase. His heart was reserved for someone else. Lire was going to go through with her plan, and she would get Zero to help her.

While she was having these thoughts, Zero and GrandArk were talking through their telepathic connection they had developed. "Look at Lire, she is getting an idea," GrandArk informed Zero.

"Yeah, I'll approach her on it later. By the looks of it, I'm involved somehow. I might as well ask her about it so I don't get a surprise." Zero thought to GrandArk. Their conversations were simple sometimes. They could convey an entire message in just one sentence. Their bond had gotten that strong, so it was to be expected.

After the meal, everyone had gone to their rooms and they got some sleep that day. Everything was peaceful; even Lupus' absence didn't greatly affect anyone.

The next day was just like any other day, everyone got up and they all enjoyed breakfast. There was nothing important going on, so they just got on with their daily routine.

Lire was done her cleaning quickly as she usually was. Zero was the only one not following his daily routine. He knew Lire would be practicing her archery or she would be inside the house wandering or looking for something else to do. He guessed that she was still inside the house. He found her easily; she was in the living room, just sitting there quietly and peacefully.

Lire was thinking about how to get her plan going. She didn't know how she was going to get some of the couples together, especially her own interest. She really needed Zero's help, assuming he was going to help her.

"How is your thinking going? Is it helping you?" Zero said as he sat down on the couch beside Lire. Lire was startled to say the least. Zero had never come down to do anything other than eat or when he was asked to help. Why was he out of his room today? He also came out of nowhere and surprised her when she was thinking.

"Well, I'm having some trouble thinking about how to get this one thing done. I honestly don't know how I will do it," Lire replied as she went back to thinking, this time about her "interest". She quietly giggled and blushed, while did not go unnoticed by Zero.

"Ahhh, thinking about him are you? I'm sure he likes you too," Zero interrupted her thoughts with a smirk. He really enjoyed the reaction that came out of Lire next.

"Hu- Huh? Wh- What are you talking about?" Lire cursed herself for stuttering and she knew her face was glowing a bright red at the moment. She quickly composed herself and looked at him with a smile. "I should've known you noticed. Did you notice it about everyone then?"

"Well, I didn't catch all of them, GrandArk helped me with some of them, but I knew most of them," Zero answered with a face that told Lire he was willing to help her.

"I knew going to you was the right choice." Lire exclaimed proudly.

"Actually, I came to you"

"Oh, right. Umm… Well, thank you for helping out. Shall we start making the plans for this?"

"That's why I'm here isn't it?"

"Yeah…"

Lire was happy that she had help to further her plan to get the Chase to admit their own feelingss. She was aware that she had to tell her own interest about her feelings. She also knew that Zero was right about him having feelings for her. It was obvious to her too, but she was not one to just go up to someone and tell them how she felt. She could be considered as shy as Arme when it came to that. She was not as outgoing as Amy and Ley, so he probably had no idea about her feelings.

Lire was ready to start her plan now. She had planned things over with Zero and she knew how to get each of the couples together now. It was quiet easy now that she thought about it. Some of the couples just needed a little push, while others would sort themselves out. This was going to be fun for Lire.

She looked at her list of the couples and decided on the first couple she would help.

"Amy and Jin"