Neverrrr: Hey! This is my first attempt at a fic so I expect lots of criticism, in fact I welcome it, I want it!! I expect you all as readers to correct me if I get anything wrong ^.^ Now flames, if you want to, go ahead! Make yourself look like a fool. And have fun doing it because I know I'll have fun reading it. As you all should know by now, this is a story with Ike/Mia being the only pairing as of now, I will make more based on the reviews I get! So make sure to put in your opinions about other pairings! (Not including Ike and Mia).
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Fire Emblem characters! I only own the title/plot!
It was a very quiet morning, not even the animals seemed to be stirring for a heavy rainstorm the night before pounded the land. It was several months after Elincia had been crowned Queen of Crimea, and the chaos that ensued finally seemed to be dwindling. For Ike and the mercenaries, all the chaos was hard to stand and most were glad to leave the castle when things settled down.
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Mia stretched in her bed, at the same time kicking off the plain white sheets that protected her from the cold air that lingers around when the sun retreats beyond the horizon. The sun's beams intruded her room, making everything clearly visible. Slowly opening her eyes, she got out of her bed, yawning while doing so.
"Ah what a beautiful day," Mia mumbled, still a bit drowsy from waking up, "Sure beats last nights downpour."
Getting her clothes she decided to take a bath at the lake, which was not far off from the fort since it was such a nice day. It was still fairly early and she saw no one was up except for Oscar who was already making breakfast for the Griel Mercenaries.
"Hey Oscar!" she exclaimed whilst walking in the room.
"Oh hey Mia," Oscar grinning as he spoke," Good morning."
"Yes what a beautiful morning it is!" Mia said starting to head out the door," Hey I'm going to head out for a bit, should be back by the time breakfast is ready!"
Mia was gone before Oscar could respond, nodding his head he went back to his task at hand, cooking a meal large enough for a small army.
A trail leading through a dense part of the forest surrounding the fortress is the path Mia took to head to the lake, Ike and many of the others head down here from time to time to escape chaos that would ensue in a mercenaries life. She decided no one would be around the lake at this time of day though, so taking a bath would have no harm. Stripping to nothing but bare skin, she prodded the water with her foot, deciding it was warm enough to go in, she walked in, squealing every now and then when the water hit dry skin.
Ike had gotten up not long after the light had assaulted his eyes, he was already down talking to Oscar before heading out to the lake to swim like he did every morning. Oscar was still cooking, humming a seemingly happy tune, ignorant of the new presence that had entered the room.
"Hey Oscar," Ike said," going to go swim, see you in a bit."
Once again, the intruder left before Oscar could respond, he decided to be a bit more observant to avoid that from now on.
Ike followed the trail to the lake, slowly walking absorbing in his surroundings. He was walking amongst trees standing thirty feet tall. The Tree leaves blocking a significant amount of the sun's rays, making intricate patterns of shade on the ground. Bushes and plants seemed to sprout everywhere, making the forest lush and vivid with life.
"This trail is so beautiful," Ike stated out loud, I only wish the rest of the world was this peaceful."
Ike pondered at the thought, a world without pain or hurt, only love and peace. It seemed to good to be true, so he tossed the thought from his mind for the moment. Ike arrived at the lake emerging from the forest, wasting no time slipping clothes off until he was only in his shorts, completely missing the other pile of clothes not even ten feet from him. Jumping in he made quite a splash, when he emerged a small smile traced his lips, he always loved swimming, he never got to do it during the Mad King's War so he was making up for lost time.
Mia was floating when she heard a splash, it shocked her at first, thinking it was a wild animal, perhaps a bear? No she saw clothes scattered around in the distance, who the hell was it. She then saw someone emerge from the water... blue hair, soon after she saw this Mia realized who the intruder was.
Hiding behind a rock that conveniently was close to Mia, she muttered to herself, " Boss what are you doing here!"
She glanced again to see him floating around almost lifelessly like she was doing not even two minutes ago. He was quite far away but she could easily see his toned muscles.
"Guess the war did some good for him," she thought," At least he is not an eyesore."
Mia dearly wanted to leave the lake, but decided against it and figured waiting until he left would be a smarter course of action. Sighing, she laid her back against the rock giving her legs a break.
Ike felt completely at ease, something about the water, it relaxed him, maybe it was because the lake was so calm, or maybe it was how the water surrounded his body, engulfing him, yet, didn't harm him in any way. He couldn't figure it out but he enjoyed it nonetheless. He thought he heard movement in the water nearby, but paid it no mind.
It was 30 minutes later and Mia was getting impatient, sure she didn't mind sitting in the water, but this was far longer than she had planned for, she had half a mind swimming right past Ike not giving two damn whether or not he saw something. She knew she would only regret that later, so decided against it. She found a smaller rock perched on top of the larger rock which she now leaned against for support, out of pure boredom she tossed the smaller rock out into the water watching it make a small splash, then get swallowed by the overwhelming mass of water.
Now that, caught Ike's attention, a splash in the middle of a lake, now he knew there were fish in the lake but most did not come near the surface. He started to swim in the direction of a rock, that seemed to defy the waters need to swallow it whole, determined to find out the cause of the splash.
Swimming closer he thought he heard an, "Oh Shit!" Now he was really curious, and a bit nervous as to what he would find.
"Anyone out there?" he called.
Trying again he yelled, "Is anyone out there?"
"No!" came a quiet but quick reply.
Confused, Ike started to swim trying to get to the other side of the rock to see who was hiding. Before he got too close the voice spoke again, this time trying to sound intimidating.
"You don't come over here!" the voice stated again.
Ike was now confused and a bit worried," Are you all right?"
"Yes Boss I'm all right!" Mia stated, before long realizing she gave away her identity.
Ike now realizing who it was, once again started to swim over while saying "Mia what are you doing here?"
Mia knowing all too well he was only about 5 feet away from the rock panicked not knowing what to do. In her panic she almost forgot he was coming, so when he saw the blue blur she let out a high pitched yell and punched him right in the face. Ike was in a daze, and started to sink not sure where he was or what he was doing.
Mia once again panicking seeing her Commander sinking because of her, deciding to pull him to shore. Putting an arm around his chest she got a hold of him, and with the other hand started swimming towards their clothes. After a couple seconds she realized what exactly she was doing, and what she was wearing... and started to blush profusely.
Ike started to come out of his daze, and realized he was being dragged, but he felt something soft and warm against his chest and left side of his body. Looking he saw Mia, dragging him to shore, he was confused and shocked, wondering what had happened.
"Mia, why are you dragging me to shore, and why were you hiding behind a rock," asked Ike in a confused voice.
Mia was startled when Ike started talking, but none the less she answered his question.
"Well, I am dragging you to shore because I panicked when you were coming around the rock, so I punched you right in the face not fully control of my actions," she stated as calmly as possible, a blush still evident on her cheeks.
"That doesn't answer why you were hiding behind the rock in the first place," Ike once again stated with confusion in his voice.
"Well boss, I am kind of not wearing much as of right now." Mia said the blush coming back full force now.
Ike looked at her and realizing what she meant, turned scarlet now, and felt extremely stupid for going around the rock. Mia got them to shore not long after, and immediately told Ike to cover his eyes until she was done dressing.
Once they got their clothes back on, Ike apologized still feeling a bit stupid for not realizing why she would be hiding.
"I am so sorry for that!" he stated.
"Don't worry about it boss, I know you were not trying anything!" Mia stated almost happily," You're not that kind of man! If you were I'd have let you sink after I punched you!"
That sent a chill down his spine, and quietly thanked the goddess he was not trying anything. The two started walking back to the fort, realizing breakfast was probably already made and put on the table. Before they got to it though, Ranulf walked towards them with a grin on his face.
"Where have you two been!" Ranulf exclaimed with mock worry on his face," we were worried you two had gotten lost!"
"Oh shut up Ranulf," Ike said smiling all the while."
"What were you two up to, on second thought, don't tell me, I don't want to know!" Ranulf said with a smirk on his face.
"Gah, No! Nothing happened I was just swimming at the lake and Mia happened to be there!" Ike exclaimed trying to make his friend see there was only innocence in his actions, although that did little to help.
"Oh so you two were at the lake together!" Ranulf said with a grin that threatened to widen his face permanently." I see, I didn't know you two had gotten that close…"
Mia had had enough of this, she was already extremely embarrassed as it was, and did not need Ranulf to rub it in further. With relative ease she took her sheathed sword and unhooked it from her waist, only to smack Ranulf with it in the center of his dead, knocking him on the floor.
Mia smiled in triumph, " Ranulf stop being so silly, me and the boss were doing nothing, right boss!" she winked at Ike only making him blush a bit and look down.
Ranulf laid on the floor in mock pain, " Ohhh my head... and I saw that wink! I know what is going on!," Ranulf said trying to get into Ike's skin.
It worked as he received another whack to the head, but by Ike's sheathed sword this time.
"Very funny Ranulf," Ike said grinning even though he was embarrassed.
Ike and Ranulf held a close relationship, always having fun with each other never taking the other one serious in times of peace. The two were always making fun of anything they could, driving Titania to her edge most of the time.
"OK boss I'm going in to clean up a bit, see you around!" Mia said while giving Ike yet another wink.
"She looks like a good mate for you, Ike" Ranulf joked, still trying to get under Ike.
Knowing this he paid no heed to what he said, only acknowledging he heard Ranulf by throwing a rock in his direction.
"I am going to head in and eat Ranulf, I assume you already did so if you don't mind me asking what are you doing out here, were you worried about your Ikee-poo?" Ike said whilst grinning.
"Yes I was terrified you might have stepped on a twig or tripped on a rock, " Ranulf said jokingly.
" I was actually going into town to buy some supplies before going on my daily hunt for food," Ranulf stated, this time telling the truth.
"Ah ok that makes sense, well I'm going to go ahead and head inside then, Good hunting Ranulf." Ike stated while turning towards the fort.
"I would say the same to you, although not exactly for the same reasons as me," Ranulf said still poking fun at Ike's earlier predicament.
Ike waved it off and headed towards the fort, muttering to himself, "What a strange way to start the day."
Neverrrr: OK! So First chapter done! I wanted to make it longer but wasn't sure if the readers would appreciate it, let me know! The next chapter will get deeper into the story, and a bit less nonsense ^.^ Thanks for reading all. Review plx ~!