Ramza's Holy love
by
Swordsman of Darkness
Diaclaimer: Final Fantasy does not belong to me.
Chapter 1
They say you don't know how valuable something is until its gone. The same could be said about love. this story tells of a love between a young and strong noble and a holy knight. An young Beoulve named Ramza, and the captain of Princess Ovelia's guard, Agrias Oaks.
At the current time, we find our hero Ramza and his band of warriors providing assistance to Agrias with the protection for the Princess. They were heading to Lionel Castle, to meet with Cardinal Draclau. To tell the truth, Ramza began to fall in love with Agrias the moment he saw her. It had been years since his father died, due to illness. As his father laid on his deathbed, He told his youngest son the real reason for picking up the sword.
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Flashback
In the bedroom of Balbanes Beoulve, three of his four children had gathered to be with their father in their last moments together. Alma sat on a chair next to the second oldest sibling, Zalbag. Across from them was Dycedarg, the oldest sibling of the four. "Where is Ramza?" Zalbag asked. "Just when we need him the most!" he added. Balbanes then spoke up. "Dycedarg, Zalbag... My beloved sons... Take care of Ramza." Balbanes said lying in his bed. "He may be your half brother, but he is of my own flesh." he added. After that was said, footsteps could be heard running down the hall and into Balbanes' room. "Father!!" Ramza yelled. he walked up next to Dycedarg, who asked him to lower his voice. Dycedarg then moved over so Ramza could look into Balbanes' eyes.
"Father..." Ramza said sadly. Balbanes then went into a small lecture of the meaning of the name 'Beoulve'. One piece of the lecture remained in Ramza's head, "Never shame your name, never tolerate injustice." Balbanes said. "Living true to your heart is the warrior's way...the Beoulve way." he added. "I understand, father."
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Ramza sat in front of a campfire that his wizard had conjured. As he thought of his father's last words, Ramza's mind came back to the mtter of his newly discovered feelings towards Agrias. 'Does fighting to protect her means that I lived to the beoulve way?' Why? why couldn't Ramza tell Agrias of his feelings?
Ramza wanted to tell Agrias of how he felt, but chose to hide his feelings until the right time. Right now, Ramza got up from his spot on the ground and went to check on Agrias and Princess Ovelia.
However, Ramza wasn't the only one with problems of the heart. Agrias Oaks was also in need telling a certain person of how she felt towards him. Since the small battle at Zirekile Falls, she had began to grow feelings for the young Beoulve. Ramza had followed Agrias and Ovelia to a small hill, and began to listen in on the conversation. Ramza had hid in secret until Mustadio had came yelling for him. After Mustadio told Agrias that the Hokuten Knights hadn't caught up to them, Ramza heard a strange sound. He turned around to see Ovelia trying to play a reed flute. Agrias had seen how Ramza was able to calm the Princess so easliy. To Agrias, Ramza seem almost immortal, but unknown to her, Ramza was hurting on the inside. Though, he would never show it around his troops.
That night, The wizard and the time mage had awoken to see the campfire was still lit. They went out to put the fire out, but saw their leader, Ramza staring at the fire intently. "Something wrong, Commander?" asked the Wizard. Ramza had paid little mind to the question as he continued to gaze into the flames. "Lord Ramza, are you alright?" asked the Time mage. Ramza had responed at that moment. "Huh? oh, it's yout two," he said. "I'm fine, why do you ask?" Ramza questioned his soldiers. "We came to put the flames out and saw you here." said the Wizard. "Oh, well I'm sorry i worried you, but get some rest, we leave bright and early." Ramza ordered as he put the fire out.
The next day, They left for Lionel Castle once more. After a few miles they arrived at Bariaus Hill. What they didn't expect to find were warriors waiting for them, or rather Mustadio. The band of warriors included two knights, two acrhers and two summoners. The battle was a bloodly test to see if Ramza and Agrias truly had feelings for each other. The battle was long and hard with the summoners calling monsters like Ramuh and Shiva. Not to mention the archers raining down arrows out of nowhere.
Agrias had just finished a knight off and turned around to see an arrow flying right at her, leaving little time to dodge or block. To her suprise, Ramza had appeared and took the shot that was meant for her, in the shoulder. Seeing Ramza had really taken the hit was so impressive of him. To put himself in danger to protect her was amazing. Agrias knew that she was falling in love with the right man.
Meanwhile, At Igros castle.
Dycedarg was in an meeting with the Dark Knight, Gaff Gafgarion. The subject of this meeting was the kidnapping of Ovelia and the deaths of Ramza, Agrias and anyone else who interferes.
Back with our hero, Ramza and his troops were resting from the bloodbath of a battle. Agrias personally treated Ramza's injuries. While doing so, Agrias had discovered the injuries that Ramza had all over his upper body. She began to wonder what drove this young man to fight as hard as he does.
She chose not to dwell on it for long as Ramza had fell asleep. She kindly left his side and went to check on the Princess. Agrias could not help but feel responible for Ramza's condition at the current time. Ramza's priestess had told her that there was nothing to worry about. She assured Agrias that Ramza would be back on his feet in no time.
The next day, the group had arrived at Lionel Castle. There they met Cardinal Draclau and was told of the Zodiac Brave story. When the story came up, Mustadio paled, it went unnoticed by all except for the Cardinal, who looked in the young man's direction, which in turn caused everyone else to look in his direction. Mustadio then explained in detail why Bart was after him. After his story, the Cardinal told that while the men fought, he would rescue his father.
Ramza had chose not to wait, and go Goug with him. After saying their goodbyes for now, Ramza and Mustadio left for the machine city. The path to Goug was simple, they had to cross the Zigolis Swamp then, catch a ship across the ocean. Before they left Lionel Castle, they stocked up on items and equipment that they may need.
They arrived in Goug two days later, but something was amiss. The town had looked like the wasn't a even a battle, not a drop of blood, nor a dead body lying anywhere. So Ramza and Mustadio decided to search around for clues. They had agreed to meet in the near-by slums. Afterward, they had split up, unknown to them, some of the townspeople worked for Bart and followed Mustadio. They planned to get the stone from Mustadio, one way or another.
After stocking up on items and equipment that his party may need, Ramza decided to go wait for Mustadio at the location they agreed upon. When he got there, Ramza had noticed that Mustadio had not arrived yet and chose to wait. Rain began to fall as Ramza waited and waited for Mustadio to show up.
All of a sudden a deep-sounding voice spoke up and said "Are you his friend?" Ramza heard the voice and turned around. "Who are you!?" he quistioned. Out of nowhere, came a heavy set, ill-looking man, followed by two archers. "Bring him!!" he ordered. A thief had forced an captured Mustadio to came out and kneel. "S..Sorry, Ramza." he said as his head hung low. "Are you OK, Mustadio!!" Ramza asked worried about his new friend. Ramza was about to come near Mustadio until the man said "That's far enough.". He looked Ramza in the eyes and said "Don't move any closer!"
At that moment, Ramza realized who this man was. "So, you're Rudvich!!" he said. "Let Mustadio go!!" Ramza ordered. Rudvich decided to bargain with Ramza, on his own terms. "Give me the holy stone, then you can have him back." Bart said. He turned his gaze towards Mustadio. "C'mon! Where'd you hide it?" he questioned. "Talk!" Bart ordered. Mustadio remained silent.
Bart then decided to use dirty tactics to get what he wanted. "Won't talk, huh? Even after seeing this?" he asked. Another thief came out of nowhere, this time, Mustadio's father was brought into the mix and forced to kneel. "Father! Are you okay?" Mustadio asked worried about his father. "I'm...all right... Don't give him the 'Holy stone'." Besrodio replied. Bart, once again, chose to play dirty. "put him un there!" he ordered. The thief shoved him into the house and locked to the door. "Ready to confess now?" Bart asked with a smirk on his fat face.
Mustadio looked at Rudvich with rage, then hung his head low with false shame. "Inside the chimney...at Ramza's feet.." he said. Bart turned to Ramza and told him what to do. "Well then, you, pick it up! If you want to safe his life!" he ordered. Ramza went to chimney below him and picked up the stone, however, this stone looked funny. "This...?" Ramza wondered what was going on.
Ramza took the stone and once again told Bart to release his prisoners. "First give me the stone!" Bart replied. "Let them go, first!!" Ramza countered. "Throw the stone, then we'll let them go!" Bart ordered. Ramza had no choice, he tossed the stone to Bart. Keeping his word somewhat, Rudvich let Mustadio go. "The Zodiac Stone!" Rudvich said in a pride-filled tone. "Finally we've got it!" he said. "The Cardinal'll be very pleased!" he added.
Rudvich turned to leave, but had one last thing to say. "Good job. I'm done now." he said. "You take care of the rest. Get rid of them!" he ordered to his lackeys. As he left, two summoners came into view. Ramza was suprised as well as angry that Draclau was in on it.
The following battle was a blood bath, however, none of Ramza's soldiers lost a drop of blood. Ramza had so much anger and rage that the earth beneath him began to shake. He took his sword and rammed it into the ground proforming an Earth Slash attack. The attack killed one thief. Ramza's next attack, had thunder strike his sword as cut down another thief. The next one to die, was a summoner, by way of a dark demise. One by one, enemy fell at Ramza's hand. Ramza's handiwork didn't go unnoticed.
Mustadio had heard legends of knights who could the elements of the planet to their will. After the battle was over, Ramza and Mustadio ran inside the house that Besrodio had been locked in. Once they found out that Mustadio's father was okay and they had gave the Cardinal a fake stone, they then realized that Ovelia and Agrias may be in danger. Ramza had readied himself to face any daners that await them. No matter what the cost was, Ramza was going to save Agrias and the Princess.
End chapter 1