Story Notes: I originally posted this story on freedom of speech , but since I don't use that page much anymore I desided to post it here,

Also this story is based before the actually plot line of the original game , this begins a year before Fayt and Ciff arrive . it will go along with the game with a little throw in here and there by me, since this is fan fiction anything can happen. lol anyway enough of my blah blah blah and hope you enjoy

Disclaimer: Star ocean till the end of time does not belong to me. Only Yuki and Kila there mine so if you sue me ill win!

And so the first chapter . enjoy :)

Chapter 1: Peacefull huh?

The trading town of Peterny, a center of commerce for the neighboring Kingdoms on the continent known as Gaitt, also known as a secondary capital for the Holy Kingdom of Aquaria. Many travelers from across the continent gather here for trade and items and equipment not found anywhere else. This town is also known as the home to the Craftsman's Guild. An organization that recruits people of all ages, to invent and improve goods and weapons in the open market, helping to better others in their everyday lives, but sadly as of late, not may inventers are called in this field of business, since most of the focus was on the war between the military power Kingdom of Airyglyph and the Sacred Kingdom of Aquaria. Not many people had the passion to work on new product because of this and also because of money shortages only worsened the lack of creativity, causing most of the surrounding workshops to shut down, the only working workshop was the one in the west side of the central plaza of the town, across the road were the Craftsman's Gild was located. Although the Work shop is originally owned by the Craftsman's Gild itself and is used by all inventers, there is one woman by the name of Yuki Gardner that has took up resident in the small workshop and make it her home. The Gild Master had given Yuki permission to live in their workshop as long as she helped expand its facilities and took care of its tools, along as letting others use it as well. Yuki agreed to these conditions and made it her trade to upgrading items and enhance weapons to sell to the public as well as produce new inventions to the Craftsman's Gild. To keep up with all this business and not crash form overwork Yuki had created a schedule of work, she would upgrade and smithy weapons on Mon-Weds, on Thus and Fri, she would spilt her routine in half, work on an invention and take one or two orders of remolding items, and have the days off on the weekend .Yuki usually tried to invent one new item a week for the Gild, though at times she couldn't think of anything to invent and didn't always follow her work plan, but the Gild never really had a due date on their inventers , allowing them to work at their own paste believing that a person creates things best when they are more flexible and are not stressed by deadlines, Understanding that people sometimes had off days and sometimes couldn't think of anything to make.

Today however was Saturday and was one of Yuki's off days, although Yuki could use this time to do something productive, she had decided to take a little nap against the front counter of the workshop, she slept silently her head nestled in her arms as she rested form the hard week of work. She had midnight blue hair that came down to her shoulders as strands of it cascade around her , some shifting in its place as her shoulders softly moved up and down from her breathing. She ware an unique outfit , a sleeveless green and white lined vest , with a black sleeveless top underneath, along with matching green and white arm warmers that came up just an inch or two over her elbow, fingerless gloves on her hands. Her arm warmers had an extra length to it and would cover most of her hand, leaving the fingerless gloves unnoticed at times. On her lower half she ware comfortable, yet smooth feeling and fitting green pants.

As she slept soundly, she was unknown of the fact that someone was watching her. A small shadow had peeked form the front door and snuck into the workshop undetected. It crept around the front desk as it went through the door leading into the work area. It dodged behind some crates beside a nearby wall, peering over them, checking if the slumbering woman at the desk noticed her. Finding that the woman was unmoved, the shadow deemed it safe to vetches further in the workshop, it quietly sprints form the crate of boxes and heads toward another area of the shop only to trip on a tool lying on the floor casing the shadow to lose its balance and slam against a wall, the force cased the shelf above to wobble and become week, breaking and dumping its contents on the cooperate. The shadow let out a small "oww" as it was now covered by white powder. The woman twitched at the sound of the crashing pots.

"Kila... What are you doing now?" the woman mumbled sleepily as she slowly opened her eyes with an annoyed look on her face, knowing was behind her rude awaking, though she hadn't looked at the white covered intruder, she already knew who it was.

Yuki turned her head to her left at the wall, she see a small child at the tender age of 7 smiling brightly at her with bright green eyes covered head to toe in flour." being a sneaky spy." the girl said innocently as she put her finger to her mouth in a sshhh motion.

Yuki smirked slightly placing her elbow in the counter resting her chin on her palm. "Really you're not doing a job of it.. Aren't spies supposed to be unnoticed, unseen, and less clumsy?" Yuki asked the small girl before her.

The young girl nodded her head as she stepped out of the shattered pottery and dusted herself off "yep, I was until I tripped and broke those pots. Sorry about that." the little girl apologized as the flour came off of her cloths reviling a beautiful strapped yellow sun dress .all that was left that was white was her hair.

Yuki smiled as the little girl walked over to her, Yuki moved her chair so that she was now facing the flour girl, reaching out and patted to the girls hair to revile hazelnut brown hair. "Oh don't worry, after all your going to help me replace the damages next week." Yuki said with the same smile on her face.

The girl beamed up at Yuki with wonder in her emerald eyes asking excitedly. "Wow Really, I'm gonna make my own invention!"

Yuki suddenly realized that letting the little girl work with her will only case chaos and cause this whole workshop to burn to the ground. " umm .not exactly on your own yet, first you have to practice by helping me around the workshop then once you get the hang at it you'll be able to invent items on your own " Yuki said trying covering up her error as she continued to pat out the white powdered substance form the girls hair.

The little girl frowned as she muttered. "But that's what I always do. I think I've practiced enough."

"Well… you may have the skill... Buy you're just a little young to handle some of the equipment around here" .Yuki added as she finished patting the flour form the girls hair and placing her hands no her lap.

The young girl looked at Yuki's knees for a moment tying to find a way to talk Yuki into letting invent her own item; she looked back up at Yuki holding the woman's knees lightly. "But Eilza is about the same age as me and her parents let her invent. Why can't I?"

"Because… she is older than you and is more responsible when she's working, I can't let you work on inventions because you are sometimes to careless and you can really hurt yourself or others in the workshop." Yuki sighed as she admitted truthfully to the girl.

"I promise with all my heart that I'll be responsible and carful, I want to invent things like you do Mama Yuki, I what to help so you won't be mad at me when I break things sometimes. "The little girl said determined to her mother.

Yuki smiled, placing a hand on the girl's cheek affectionately as she spoke softly. "Kila I am never mad at you for when you sometimes break my works, upset maybe, and annoying me to the instant. But I know you don't mean to do it…. And you can' help it at times. I'll tell you what, since you're so determined to be an inverter like me I'll let you create whatever you want, as long as it's cooking, crafting, or compounding. "

The little girl known as Kila face had brightened up quickly when her mother spoke this , causing her to wrap her arms around Yuki's legs lovingly, barrowing her face on the young woman's knees. "Thank you so much mama Yuki, I promise to make the best invention ever!" Kila exclaimed as let go of Yuki throwing her fist in the air...

Someone then walks through the door causing Yuki to avert her attention from her child to the front, "oh good morning Ameena. " Yuki greeted a brown haired young woman with a simple brown dress and a brown fur around her shoulders. In her arms she head a basket of flowers that she sales and collects form the forest west of Peterny.

The young woman named Ameena smiled at Yuki as she came to the desk answering Yuki's greeting with her own. "Good morning to you two Yuki how is business?"

"It's been busy and tiring, but it's all worth it." Yuki answered yawning at the end.

"I can see." Ameena commented as she watched Yuki yawn.

"Hey Sister Ameena guess what, imma gonna be an awesome inventor like Mama Yuki!" Kila exclaims form behind the counter happily, her head barely reaching the top.

Ameena looked over to Yuki asking. "Oh that's a surprise... But Yuki isn't Kila a little young to handle some of the equipment in the workshop?"

Yuki smiled as she stood up stretching her sore worked limbs. "Yeah... But she wouldn't be quite about the matter until I gave her permission.. I can't stop her from what she wants to do; as long as she doesn't use any of the dangerous equipment I'm fine with it. "Yuki told Ameena as she looked over to her after she finished stretching.

Ameena smiled as she said to Kila. "Well that's great Kila, I'm sure you'll invent something wonderful."

Yuki then added to Ameena comment. " yeah, and maybe if it's that wonderful , you'll be able to file a patent for it and people from all over will be able to use it"

This caused Kila eyes sparkled with growing excited as she asked "Re-Really, All over the world!?"

"if it's that great than yes." Yuki confirmed.

Ameena turned to Yuki and questioned. "But Yuki, doesn't she need to be a part to the Craftsman's Gild to file a patent?"

"Yes. I'll have a talk with Welch and the Gild Master about it, and I'm sure they will say yes; they love new inventers, especially younger with a lot of imagination and ambition like Kila has." Yuki answered Ameena's question.

Ameena smiles as Kila as she spoke "you never know Yuki; she might surpass you one day."

"Yeah, but that day is one day far away. Right now she just an apprentice." Yuki said smirking a Kila, placing her hand on Kila's hair and ruffled it smoothly. The young girl giggled, loving the attention Yuki was giving her.

"So is there anything you need me do make Ameena ,or are you just on a house visit?" Yuki asked looked back at the flower girl.

Ameena looked at the desk timidly then at Yuki. "Well I did come to visit you to see how you both were doing. And I came to ask a favor... That is if you're not busy?"

"Dose it look like I'm busy?. I have no pending project due or anything. What is it you need?" Yuki asked

"Well. If you're not too busy this week, I was wondering if you would come with me to Airyglyph. I have a map that shows where I can find a field of rare Moon snow lilies and I'd like to pick some and sell them as gifts for the upcoming festival next month, but I'll need protection on the way there and back.." Ameena explained.

"When do you plan on leaving?' Yuki asked

"As soon as I can, today if possible." Ameena answered a little hesitant at first.

"Ok, I'll go with you; it will do me some good to get out of town for awhile." Yuki said as she walked away from the desk into a back room connected to the left wall and another wall that reached form the front counter to the wall that held the front door of the workshop... A few moments later she reemerges with twin katanas on each hip, hosted up by a belt.

Ameena smiled gratefully at Yuki as she gave a small bow of gratitude as she said. "Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate your help, once we get back , ill pay you some Fol for your trouble."

Yuki walked around the counter walking out of the little door way on the right to the front of the workshop were Ameena stood. "You don't have to pay me Ameena, I'm doing this because you're my friend, and this is more like a mini vacation than trouble for me." Yuki said reassuring Ameena. Yuki suddenly felt a tug on her pants leg, casing her to look down to the source. It was Kila trying to get her attention.

"Mama Yuki, can I go with you?" Kila asked with big puppy eyes.

Yuki smirked "of course, I'm not going to leave you all alone unsupervised, which would be bad parenting." Yuki said to the Kila casing the little girl to yelp in joy

"Ameena, I have a friend that we can borrow a wagon and a Lum form, I'll get it ready while you get your things packed, and we'll meet you at the southern gate." Yuki informed Ameena

"Alright I'll be there in 30 minutes then" Ameena confirmed a time to meet

"Yeah that'll be fine... Kila I trust you to pack me and your things, pack some warm clothes and some previsions, we will be gone for while. And I'll get a Lum and wagon ready." Yuki said to Ameena then ordered Kila. Ameena nodded with a smile as Kila saluted Yuki uttering a " Yes Ma'am " and running through the door way that lead behind the counter and into the back room on the left were Yuki was previously and began packing and felling bags of items and clothing they would need for the trip..

Chapter End Notes:

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