Double Leaders
By: M14Mouse
Type: Suikoden I/II
Summary: McDohl and Hero talks
Disclaimer: I don't own Suikoden
Author's Note: My hero from the first Suikoden was named Rudy. My hero from the second Suikoden is Vahn.
The sun was shining and the air smelt sweet. Everything was beautiful and peaceful. He could understand why Ruby would hide and could live in peace. He needed someone to talk to. He needed someone to understand him where he came from and what he went through. Rudy knew how he felt about the war, runes and friends lost. After the war, he went to Gregminster. He found that Rudy has return to Banner Town. Vahn chuckled to himself. Rudy liked fishing way too much.
"Do you guys mind waiting for me at inn? I would like to talk to him alone." Vahn said as he turns to his friends, Jowy and Nanami.
Jowy. He was his best friend. Once, he was the enemy and was the former King of Highland. He was same man who killed Annabelle and hundreds of others. Yet, he forgave him. He couldn't hold a grudge. The Blue Shield Rune suits him perfectly. His most powerful healing spell was "Forgiven Oath". It would be a prefect match for his forgiving nature.
Nanami. Nanami was his sister. Not his real sister but his adopted sister. She was still family to him.
"I will be fine, Nanami. I will be with Rudy. No, I wouldn't catch a cold. Why don't you talk to Gremio? He should be inside." Vahn said. He sighed as he watched them go inside. She has took the role of a mother hen complex.
He laid my pack near the edge of the dock. Rudy was fishing. But his face... His face looked content and relaxes.
"Hello, Rudy." Vahn said.
Rudy turned his head and smiled. "
Hello, Vahn. Come and have a seat down." Rudy said.
"Thanks." He said as he took a seat next to Rudy on the dock. Then a silence fell between them.
"I heard the war was over." Rudy said.
"Yes."
"How does it feel?"
"I don't know. I have all these emotions. Happy, Sad, Guilty, and Angry. Do you understand these emotions?"
"Yes, very much. One of the reasons, I left. It takes time to sort out those emotions." Rudy said as he pulled in his line and checked the bait then he threw the line out again.
"What are your plans now?" Rudy said.
"I am going to travel. I want to see the world. I want to forget. I want to forget the bloodshed. The pain."
Ruby said nothing for a moment.
"I did at one time. I don't want to have to tell another someone's family that their little boy wasn't come home. That I killed my father." Rudy said sadly.
"You and I were too young to fight and lead in these wars. But we had not chance to choice. We must fight because we would havelost anything we would have held dear." He said softly.
Then a silent fell between them once again.
"You are right. So, how is Kasumi?" Rudy said causally. He smiled. He knew better.
"She is fine. I think she returned to Rokkaku"
"Good. I can visit her on the way back."
"You like her, don't you?" He said. Rudy's face turned red.
"Like the way, you like Eilie." Rudy said.
He was turning red too. Great.
"We will never forget, will we?" He said.
"Probably not, it may fade into our memories." Rudy said as he looked at the darken sky.
"I think it time to turn in." Rudy said.
"Yes, you are right." He said. The two leaders stopped for a second.
"But it was one adventure you would never forget." Rudy said. The two former leaders of the respecting armies laughed as they walk toward the inn.
The End