Hello everyone! This is a sequel to my Elsword story series. The series is currently two full stories and a companion short story series.

The stories the series consists of are Relearning the Seraph, Finding the Blazing Heart, and Anecdotes of a Small Child.

Relearning the Seraph is story one of the series, mainly an ElsEve. It gives the main premise that the series is founded on, as well as why Seris is alive.

Yes, Seris is alive. Relearning the Seraph explains why, but this story gives an inklet of a hint too.

Finding the Blazing Heart is the second story in the series and is a relationship developments between Chung and Elesis. It also contains a Pichu.

I do not own Elsword or its characters. But I ship Elsword and Eve, Raven and Seris, and Chung with Elesis.

I own my conceptual format of Seris; including her class I made called Body of Light. My boyfriend and I share joint ownership of Cedric.

Please enjoy and review!

Classes:

Elsword: Rune Slayer

Eve: Code Nemesis

Rena: Wind Sneaker

Raven: Blade Master

Chung: Deadly Chaser

Aisha: Dimensional Witch

Ara: Sakra Devanam

Elesis: Blazing Heart

Embracing the Future

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Prologue: Bearing the Field

'Miracles aren't always graceful...and some don't begin as miracles...'

"So...you can't bear my brother a child?"

"I am not sure...I believe my systems and body would need severe modification."

"B-But I want a niece...or nephew...or both..."

"I'm sorry. Metal is a long way from a fleshy uter-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence."

"...sorry."

The Blazing Heart groaned loudly in exasperation and planted her face on the dinner table, sitting across from a certain nasod as the rest of the El Gang slept soundly in their rooms. Eve frowned somewhat guiltily as she looked on at the distressed woman before her; the sister of her husband. It had originally been said nasod going to the other for advice after a strange conversation with Elsword from the night prior to this beautiful day in Elrios. Now, however, Elesis was clearly not in an advisory stance...if she ever was. Eve sighed then, closing her eyes as she thought back to the whole conversation that had started this mess. Honestly, why had she asked such a stupid question in the first place? Worse, why did Elsword have to answer in such a complicated and illogical manner? For once, Eve realized she felt pretty stressed out about this subject, which had never come around to bother her before. All because of one dumb question...

"Does it bother you that I'm...well, not human?"

"Huh? Not really...aside from you outliving me for however long I suppose..."

"Oh...good. I was just thinking that I-"

"Although I did want a kid one day. Especially because sis had always wanted to see my children when I grew up; so she said. I mean, I have to carry the bloodline somehow, right? I'm okay without that though...I'm probably too busy for children, aside from Cedric."

"Oh. Okay..."

But he had frowned. She had saw it...she knew that look in his eyes...

He was disappointed...

It occurred to Eve that she should have known not to go to Elesis for such a matter, given what Elsword had said. Getting up and leaving Elesis there, Eve walked to find Chung in the next room. Sending said White Knight of Hamel to his girlfriend who was now depressed, the nasod watched him run to the saddened Blazing Heart before trying to think. Her systems and body would definitely need to be modified, probably far beyond possibilities right now. Maybe she had other options, and surely she did when she really thought of it. Eve immediately headed upstairs, deciding there was an important task before her now. On her way, she passed Raven and Seris, the former of which was carrying Cedric on down the stairs. Eve paused, watching Raven smile as Cedric played with the man's face. The laughter of said child...it was such a good sound, she had long decided.

The child was four years old now, and the nasod was happy for the joy that he brought to his parents. Raven had never been happier in the time the El Gang had known him, and the miracle of Seris being found after three years along with Raven's son, Cedric still was a great story of stories. She had been carrying the child at the time of what had been thought to be her death, but she had been disposed of in the Ruben forest later. There, the few people and the animals that lived there helped care for her until Cedric's incoming birth would wake her from sleep. They would wonder for three years in the forest, until the day Elsword and Eve found them. It was important...and Eve thus continued up the stairs, passing the room she shared with Elsword as the knight slept.

"Honey, do you think Eve is okay? She looked upset..."

"I'm sure she's fine, dear," Raven smiled at his wife, patting the Body of Light on the back

"Don't worry Mama, don't worry Daddy! Aunt Eve will probably be fine!" chirped Cedric.

The blond woman smiled at her husband and child, "You two are right. I'm sure she'll be fine, Elsword does always make sure she's not upset for long. They take really good care of each other, just like we three do."

"Right. I'm actually proud of Elsword," Raven nodded, "-he's really grown up well."

"I haven't known him long," Seris giggled, "-I still remember him mistaking me as Rena."

"Well, you do look like Rena. But I think you're more beautiful."

"Hurray! Mama and Daddy are being all gushy again!"

Smiling at their son, the pair went to the kitchen as Ara and Aisha each grabbed a piece of toast before flying out the door...quite literally. They were excited to get back to their adventures, and toast for each was a fair enough breakfast on days like this one. It was a strange day, the air full of a strange tight feeling that suggested strange things were bound to happen. No one feared it though, because this day rarely produced anything truly bad. Since Raven and Seris had the responsibility to cook for that day, not to mention take care of Cedric, it was their day to remain home. Chung and Elesis, once ready, were both out the door as well, a perfect team now that Elesis had accepted him. Her Spiky-Ear Pichu, Stay, was with them as well, making them a very...special...team within the El Gang. Elsword didn't rise yet, and his wife did not awaken him just yet. She was busy doing something she considered to be very important, and something she hoped would make her husband happy. It would not take her long, just a little work. Just a little time...

"So Lento and Ara really broke up?" Seris looked at her husband in wonder.

"Yeah. Apparently they kept arguing about which of them was stronger. Supposedly, her secret arts were starting to scare him too."

"What a wimp. Isn't he supposed to be the Knight of Feita. Come on!"

"Who knows? Maybe Ara is scarier than we think."

"I don't know, she's always nice to Ceddy. I think Cedric is even getting a little children's crush on her. I just think it's so adorable of him!"

Raven raised an eyebrow, then sighed, "Oh great, just what we need. Little Cedrics and Aras, not to mention Euns running around the house."

"He's only four! He could have a crush on the toaster and it would still be cute."

"Seris...crushes on toasters are not cute. Ever."

"I was kidding, dear."

"I know, dear."

The black haired man kissed her cheek, giving her a small hug as they explored the kitchen for dinner options while Cedric played with his dinosaur and the deactivated drones Eve always gave him. Since she often got upgrades over her Moby and Remy drones, the young one received all of the old, deactivated ones as toys. They were clearly small and everything so she figured it was fine, although Raven was nervous about it at first, it ended up being considered harmless. He was a darling child, his hair midnight black and neatly arranged, although a bit spiked like Raven's. His eyes shone emerald green like his mother's, and he had a heart of love, often wandering the house in assorted shorts and shirts. He was a tiny four year old, but he was definitely a happy and smart one. While Cedric remained playing school, army, and other random games with his small army of drones plus stuffed dinosaur, his parents continued their talk.

"So that means that Ara and Rena are the single ones now. Unless Aisha and Allegro...?"

"No, they didn't break up. They're still...something."

"Something?"

Raven struggled not to laugh, "Well I heard that Aisha tried to make him girly."

"Oh..."

"Yeah that didn't go well, and his pride is still sore at her. She's trying to make up for it now."

"Poor Allegro..."

"Very much so. Ariel was laughing so hard that she fell off that little post she stands on."

"Oh goodness! Poor dear!"

The sudden scream of 'Ah! Who are you and why are you in my room?' rang out of the upstairs hallways, quaking the walls a little. Surprised, Seris raised an eyebrow and glanced up at the ceiling, wondering why such a cry would belong to Elsword. Surely he knew everyone in the house, they had all lived here for a while now, the cry seemed to be a bit unnecessary out of context. What Raven and Seris did not know was that the knight had just been awakened by a small child that was barely the height of the bed, only slightly taller than Cedric. Long, spiky red hair with a single silver stripe in the middle of it adorned the kid's head, with eyes showing heterochromia with a red and gold eye, Elsword could only blink at the strange being in his room. Unphased, however, the feminine child simply stared on at the startled man...

"Ah...Elsword..." Eve's voice finally called as she stepped into the room slowly.

"Eve, be careful! We have an intru-"

"Elsword, that's a child. I...well, I built us a child. See? Now you have a kid, just like you wanted! I even used our DNA profiles from our hair to help."

"Wha...okay, first of all, you have DNA?"

"Well...sort of. Kind of computerized, but it is technically DNA."

"Alright...second of all...what?" He ended up sputtering, before breaking down into laughter.

Eve pondered his laughter as the child turned to look at her, "Mother, Father is acting strange."

"Well...he's laughing. Apparently something I said was funny..."

"I don't know what that means."

"I'll explain later."

"Okay Mother..."

"Pfff...!" Elsword rolled off the bed, his laughter continuing.

Back downstairs, in the kitchen, the parents just stared at the ceiling in confusion. What was even going on up there at all? First a scream from Elsword and now laughter, not to mention that loud thud. Sighing, the two decided on the meal to use, and then went to join their son in his current playful endeavors. Eve just stared on as Elsword laughed, the child she had built still standing there. Her hair was spiky and thick, into the triple ponytail style of the Rune Slayer Elsword was. The silver stripe in the middle of the hair thus colored a ponytail on its own, while the other two were red.

"Why are you laughing?" Eve called.

"You built a child! I cannot...!"

"How is that funny?"

"Only you Eve, only you would ever have that idea!"

Calming down, he sighed as he stood up and sat on the bed to look over at the small child, slowly reaching out to place his hand on her head. It was so strange, seeing Eve's face, his hair, and a perfect mixture of their colors. The ponytails were longer, about to the length of Eve's own hair, but she was clearly Elsword's as well. Even though such a precious child was pretty much robotic, it was interesting to understand that DNA had been involved with her in some complex manner that only Eve could ever process. But she was beautiful, and Elsword realized that he understood what Raven meant in saying his son was his second love. The child Eve had...built...for him, with all her love and good intent...it was amazing. It made Elsword laugh on the inside still, but at the same time he was simply in awe of the child. She was beautiful, as adorable as her mother, and definitely special in all of her tiny little self. He wondered what would come of this...but now he really understood that he could never hide feelings from Eve. No matter how hard he tried or how hard he attempted to cover it up, she would always figure out how he was feeling. Still, it was the same as him reading her feeling, so he did question how he hadn't figured she would notice. She was definitely the best wife he could ever want, and it made him thankful that he had her with him.

"So you noticed..."

"Noticed what?"

"That I did feel a little sad."

She nodded, "I did."

He chuckled, "Eve, you're the best wife I could ever ask for. What should we name her?"

"Hmm...we'll think of something..."

Smiling, he nodded to her before pressing his lips softly to hers. Embracing him and kissing back briefly before they embraced their child, Eve jumped when another scream erupted through the house. However, this one was different, as it was multiple consecutive cries...and it was downstairs, back where Raven and Seris were with their own child. Aisha, Ara, Elesis, and Chung were all crying out in a panic when they reentered the house, none of them even having been gone for more than an hour and a half. Eve picked up their child, running with Elsword towards the stairs as they listened to the assorted shouts of requested help.

"Raven, Seris, help!" screamed Aisha's voice.

"We found a strange child at Residential Area 3!" cried Ara.

"She had to be knocked out because she was being a brat!" yelled Elesis.

"I think it's important that we make sure she's okay!" called Chung.

The first to respond was Raven, a strange feeling boiling up in his mind...

Thanks for reading! Review and enjoy! Some good stuff is coming up soon!

I own the concept of Eve and Elsword's new 'built' child.

Any votes on a name? Let me know in your reviews!