READERS OF FANFICTION! I, EVIL-SORCERESS, IS MAKING A FIRE EMBLEM STORY! I couldn't find many Ike/Ranulf stories so I'm making one myself instead of waiting for one that I haven't already read to come along.

Pairings: Ike/Ranulf, Micaiha/Sothe as far as I know right now...

Beta Reader: Rosieroozoo

Rated: T

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!! But the storyline is mine!

--s2--

It was freezing outside. Winter had fallen over the land of Tellius. Ike, Mist, Soren, and Ranulf, had explore the land of Tellius not leaving one stone unturned. It was amazing to see all the different places in their world, but they knew as soon as they stepped on their home land again that there is no place like Tellius.

After the war came to an end the amount of battles where brought down to none at all. Soren believed that it was a good idea to keep up with some training just in case; all agreed.

It was getting dark out and the small group was slowing their pace through the woods east of Gallia. It had been three days since they came back and they thought because it was closer that they would go see their Beast Laguz friends first.

"I'm tired!" Mist whined. She kicked her feet back and forth which made Ike, who was carrying her on his back, stop walking.

"You're tired?!" Ike asked loudly. "I'm carrying you! I should be the one tired!"

"You only started carrying me!" Mist yelled back.

"Yeah, like an hour ago!" Ike reminded her as he placed her back on the ground.

"What's your point?!" Mist questioned crossing her arms.

Before Ike could answer his little sister Ranulf was in-between them pushing them away from one another. He gave Ike a look as to say, 'Quit it'. Ike huffed and crossed his own arms across his chest and backed away. Being brother and sister it was only natural that he and Mist would have little fights.

"Let's set up camp here." Soren said as he dropped his backpack on the pure white snow. "We'll get to Gallia in the morning."

"OK!" Mist cheerfully agreed. She took off her backpack and sat down on a rock.

"I don't see why you fight with her." Ranulf said passing Ike his backpack that he was carrying for him so Mist didn't have to walk. "I find it rather amusing though."

Ike stared at Ranulf's small smirk. "Of course you would." He responded gruffly.

Ranulf laughed. "Well, it's my turn to go get the fire wood." He told him with a smile still plastered on his face. "Would you care to join me?"

"Sure." Ike dropped his backpack and followed behind Ranulf. "We're off to get some wood! Be back later!" He yelled to Soren before he and Ranulf went deeper in the woods.

--s2--

Ike and Ranulf both held four logs as they made their way back to camp. They talked about random things and laughed at each others jokes. They were one good couple. They didn't tell anyone that they had feelings for the other and they thought it was better that way. Beorc and Laguz did not belong together no matter what. It was forbidden, but they didn't give a damn.

It was quiet between the two now, but it wasn't awkward. Even though they weren't coming up with conversations didn't mean that it had to be awkward. They just enjoyed have the other as company.

Ike smirked as he stared the blue haired Laguz. "Ranulf," Ike said to get the cat's attention.

"Yes, Ike?" Ranulf looked up at the slightly taller man.

Ike bent his head down low enough to whisper in his ear. "You look hot…"

"Ike…!" Ranulf hissed pushing him away lightly. "Not now! We're back."

Ike pouted as the two made their way back to the camp. Mist had already set up the sleeping bags, which they had bought during their trip, in a circle so they could make a fire in the middle. Ranulf put three logs of wood one on top of the other and Soren used his fire tome to make the fire. The left over logs where set aside.

Looking around, Ike found Mist already asleep. He smiled at her and strolled over to his sleeping bag. With a yawn he lay down and closed his eyes. "It is pretty late…" he whispered to no one in particular. Soon every one of them had curled up in a sleeping bag and fallen into a deep sleep.

--s2--

"Ike…" Mist whispered. Ike gave no response. "Ike." She shook his shoulders. "Ike!"

"What…" The blue-haired man groaned.

"Ranulf is missing!" Mist told him.

Ike's eyes opened wide as he sat up almost intently. "What...?!"

"Ranulf's gone." Mist said again. "Soren said that he heard voices and one of them was Ranulf's."

"Do you know where the voices came from?" Ike asked worried about Ranulf's safety.

"They can't be too far." Soren told him. "They came from that direction." He pointed to his left.

"Let's go then." Ike got up and grabbed his steal sword. "Mist, stay behind me."

"Okay…" Mist answered in a cute and scared little tone.

They three jogged through the woods Soren leading the way. "You can't win, sub-human. Just give up." A low voice was heard. Soren stopped running as well did Ike and Mist. They snuck up behind some trees and watched for anything that moved.

"N-never…" Ranulf's weak voice answered.

Ike looked desperately for Ranulf. Once he found him he yelled out his name as he run.

A blue, oversized cat looked back to see Ike heading towards him. "No, Ike!" he yelled back. Ike stopped slowed down and came to a stop a couple feet away from the beast Laguz. "This is my fight…" Ranulf told him weakly. He dashed up to a man in burgundy coloured armor and went to attack.

"You got spunk I'll give you that much, sub-human." The stranger commented.

Ranulf hissed angrily as he got close, but this new guy was able to stop him by stepping to the right and slashing Ranulf's left side open in one swift attack. Ranulf collapse at the stranger's feet and transformed back into his human form.

"Ranulf!!" Ike hollered.

Mist and Soren came to Ike's side to see what had happen. "Oh no…" Mist whispered as she held on to Ike's pant leg, scared when she saw Ranulf's motionless body.

The armed man took off his helmet. Ike and Soren took the chance to see who this guy was. He had short black hair, green eyes, and pale skin. His left eye had a scars run across it, one was straight down and the other was tilted to the right at the top a little bit. He crouched down and picked Ranulf up by his hair to force him to stand. Ranulf growled softly and opened his green and red eyes to look at his opponent. "Pitiful." The enemy said to him. He threw him to the side and Ranulf was caught by the other solders. "Take him away with the others."

"Wait!" Ike ordered. He raised his sword ready for attack. "Who are you?!"

The green eyed man glanced over at Ike with boredom. "That is not of your concern." He told him. "You are not a sub-human. You are not the kind I'm looking for."

'Damn it! I thought this war was over!' Ike thought to himself.

"Ike!" Mist yelled. Ike looked at her and she pointed over to a jail cart full of Laguz beasts. Ranulf had just been tossed inside.

"If you don't mind," The raven haired man started. "I'll be leaving." He turned and headed towards the cart. After he took five steps however, a line of fire crossed his path. "What the hell?"

Ike glanced over at Soren who was mumbling words from his fire tome. "You're not leaving yet." Ike told the enemy. "At least, not until you give Ranulf and the other Laguz back." With that Ike ran up to attack the stranger. Their swords connected, sparks of friction flew from either sides and disappeared before they hit the snowy ground. They two opponents stayed in that position with them both pressing the same amount of pressure on each other's weapon.

"Why are you fighting for the sub-humans?" The evil one asked. "There were others that fought with them in Gallia. Tell me your reason to fight."

"It's because the Laguz are our friends." Ike answered. "They only want to live in peace, but people like you hate them for such a dumb ass reason!"

"They are not one of us. Their power can destroy us all if they are not told who runs this land."

"The one who runs this land is the Goddess, not Begnion!"

"The goddess isn't doing anything about these filthy monsters! Begnion is the only country that sees what they can do and decides to stop them before they become fierce and comes after our women and children!"

"If you stop trying to harm them they won't attack your country!" Ike pushed harder on his side of the sword wall breaking their conversation for the moment. They started to fight, swinging their blades left and right, up and down. Both were doing their best to prove who was right and who was wrong by seeing who wins the physical fight.

Meanwhile, Soren was trying to save the Laguz. Five men all stood around the doorway of the cart. Soren sighed and took out his el-wind tome. He mumbled some words out loud as he read the book and the air around the five men started to swirl around them. The solders all crowded together in fear of the sage and in a matter of seconds they were lifted from the ground and up in the night sky. Mist took this chance to see if the Laguz were alright.

"Hello?" Mist called. "Is everyone okay in there?"

"No…" Mist heard a lady say. "This one is barely breathing."

Mist gasped and tried to open the door. "It's locked!" She cried. She pushed and pulled on the door, but nothing worked. Getting frustrated she started to kick the door.

"Move." Mist gasped as she was pushed to the side by a green haired man that stepped in front of her. He knelt down so he could see the lock and took out a pick from his pocket. After about ten seconds he opened the door with ease. "There you go." He said and backed away so Mist could get inside.

"Thank you." Mist breathed and quickly got inside.

Mist found Ranulf lying on the floor of the cart with a woman with red hair, ears, and tail, cradling his head in her lap with a look of worry. "Are you able to save him?" The lady asked.

Not knowing if she could she said, "Don't worry, he'll be fine." She stood up and held her healing staff, which she had grabbed before she left the camp, up high enough for the crimson jewel on top was level with her head. Closing her eyes she concentrated on Ranulf's injuries. A red glow came from jewel making it hard for people to see, but they were all able to hear Ranulf breathing heavy breaths instead of shallow almost unnoticeable ones. Small wounds healed slowly unfortunately Mist wasn't able to keep her healing spell working for the giant slash in his side to even start to heal.

Mist opened her eyes and looked at what she had accomplished. The deep wound that was still there made her feel disappointed of her abilities. Taking in what little self control she managed to keep so she wouldn't burst into tears, she said, "We have to get him out of here, now!"

Everyone nodded in agreement when all of a sudden, flames were spreading up on the ceiling. The solders had grabbed a stick and set on fire with the flames that Soren already made and threw it on top of the cart. "Its gong to come down on us!" A Laguz child cried.

"Mist," Soren yelled from outside. "Get everyone out now!"

Sothe came inside and looked down at Ranulf. "What…" He cut short knowing it wasn't the time to ask questions. Thinking fast he picked up his cat friend and ran out of the cart, Mist and the other Laguz followed behind.

Ike continued to battle the new enemy that had attacked his cat. He could never forgive what he had done and was going to kill this imposter no matter the cost.

"You seem angry at something." Ike's opponent said dodging Ike's attack with ease. "What's the matter?"

Ike didn't answer him; instead he swung his sword again and almost hit him.

"You seem so mad by such a small wound that I gave to your friend. Shouldn't you be helping him?"

"Shut up!" Ike yelled attacking again.

Dodging yet another assault with little effort he quickly stepped up so he could whisper in his ear. "Okay, but he's dying."

"What…?" Ike looked back. He saw Sothe holding Ranulf's upper body away from the snow, Mist examining Ranulf's wound, and Soren was using his magic to keep all the solders at bay. Ike stared at the scene. 'How could I've been so blind? I was so wrapped up in killing this man that I forgot to help Ranulf.'

"I guess I should leave." The low voice of the stranger said. "I guess I lost. At least this battle I have. I'll be back with more Begnion solders and will take what my master desires."

Ike came back to the real world after mentally beating himself that he forgot Ranulf and caught the last sentence the enemy had said. "Wait!" Ike yelled. The man stopped and looked at Ike over his shoulder. "Who are you?"

"My name is," The man started to walk away again. "…Zarack."

"Zarack…" Ike repeated. With that, Zarack walked into the night along with his solders he had ordered to follow.

Ike ran to the group of Laguz standing around his friends making a small circle. He pushed his way through to see Mist covered in blood and Ranulf's face full of pain. "Mist," His sister looked up at him as he kneeled down next to her. "Is he going to be okay?"

"I don't know yet." Mist answered honestly. "Sothe, can you lie him down flat?" Sothe did so and went to the opposite side of Ranulf facing Ike and Mist. "Ranulf," Mist called softly. Opening his red eye Ranulf looked at the young healer. "This is going to hurt, I'm just warning you." Ranulf bit his lower lip and prepared himself for the worst. Mist opened the wound up to look inside as Ranulf screamed in agony grabbing the snow and grass tearing it up from the ground. Mist retracted her hands and looked at Ike, Ranulf stopped yelling, but you could tell he was in terrible agony.

"So, is there a problem?" Ike asked Mist in concern.

"Well, his internal organs aren't damaged, but we have to get him help, blood is everywhere!" Mist told him.

Ike nodded. "Let's head for Gallia then!" He went over to the other side of Ranulf and picked the cat boy up trying his best to ignore his cries of protest knowing he had to get to Gallia as fast as possible.

They all started running including the Laguz. "Ranulf," Ike whispered. Ranulf, who was cradled in Ike's arms, looked up at him with his multicoloured eyes. Ike hated seeing him like this. "You're going to be alright, I promise."

Ranulf growled at his pain and snuggled his head between Ike's arm and chest. Ike had promised him his safety, but with all the pain he was in and with the darkness trying to take over, the cat didn't know if he would be able to hold on and make it to Gallia alive.

--s2--

OHH! CLIFFHANGER!!! For you readers who read my stories before you should have seen a cliffhanger coming! Please review and I'll do my best to update ASAP!!! DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL YOU REVIEWED!!