A/N: Yay! So many good reviews! I love you all! And everyone, go read Scarabsi's new Fire Emblem fic, it is so great! Scarabsi, now that I updated, you had better update! I NEED to read more! Oooh, I got a lot of pairing requests too! Some for KentSain, RathWil, HectorEliwood…and a NinoJaffar request. Eh, I would, I really would…but there are two reasons why I can't put NinoJaffar in. The first would be that I wasn't really going to write het in this fic (maybe I should have made that clearer -.-;;) and the second would be that Philip, a friend of mine and Nino fanatic extraordinaire, would find out and kill me. Err…I can put scenes in with both Nino and Jaffar, that aren't necessarily NinoxJaffar, and you can see it however you want and well…x.x;; Philip, please don't hurt me.

Nari: And here we see an example of an authoress trying to please the reviewers without getting herself killed. Isn't it sad?

Disclaimer:  Me? Own Fire Emblem?Falls over laughing

Nari: Introducing the only person in the world who can get a sugarhigh from sugarless raspberry popsicles.

WARNING: The following contains shonen ai (boys love). Hinting of HectorLyn too. Oh, and there was a request for HectorEliwood, so don't worry, that'll be coming in later chapters. 'Sides…the one comment on HectorLyn nearly cost our poor normal archer number three his life!

(Note: I think that fanfiction.net might be deleting my asterisks, so if things that look like they should be in asterisks in the A/N and disclaimer aren't, that's why.Sigh…were the asterisks on either side of the 'sigh' missing? o.o;;)

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The Troubles of Matchmaking

Chapter 2

By Amethyst Bubble

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            Nino was practically humming as she skipped around the campsite. Once again, her expertise as matchmaker was needed. Well, maybe she wasn't an expert, seeing as she had only played matchmaker once before, and it hadn't exactly worked, seeing as Legault was already seeing someone. But that didn't matter; all she knew was that Raven and Lucius seriously needed to be set up by someone. And that someone just happened to be her.

            She'd already done the background research, a bit of questioning here or there, and found out that they were not already a couple. Good, then what happened with Legault would not repeat itself.

            Nino was positively dying to tell someone about her brilliant plan. But who to tell? She had to confide in some one who wouldn't tell everyone else. In other words, confiding in Serra was not an option.

            Someone silent was needed. Someone who barely talked in the first place. Someone like her old friend Jaffar. Nino grinned, scanning the campsite until she found the silent assassin.

            Trotting up to him, she smiled widely, "Hi Jaffar!"

            "…"

            "Jaffar," Nino frowned, "are you listening to me?"

            "…"

            "And here I thought you cared!" Nino pouted, spinning on her heal and stamping off to find some other confident. (A/N: She means cared as in close friend…ahahaha…Dives behind a couch Philip, if you're reading this, don't hurt me!)

            The problem was, no one could keep a secret like Jaffar, mainly because Jaffar almost never talked.

            "Hmmf," Nino grumbled, "I need to tell someone! Or otherwise I'm going to burst!" She folded her arms over her chest.

            "What's eating at you?" A voice asked.

            "Huh?" Nino looked up, meeting the eyes of the resident chatterbox archer of the group.

            "You looked kind of down," Wil said, "Thought I'd come and cheer you up!"

            "Hey, Wil, can you keep a secret?" Nino asked.

            "Sure I can! Well, except for the one time I told everyone the reason Rebecca was here was to look for her brother, Dan, who was my best friend. Dart, you know, the pirate guy, he looks a lot like him! I wonder if they're related or something like that…"

            Nino raised an eyebrow, maybe Wil wasn't the best person to tell her plans too.

            "So, what's this secret?" He smiled at her.

            Well, it was Wil or no one, Nino told herself. "See, I've got this plan to play matchmaker…"

            "Matchmaker? Sounds like fun!"

            "Uh-huh," She nodded.

            "So, who are you planning to set up? It isn't Lord Hector and Lyn- oops, I mean, Lady Lyndis, I keep forgetting her whole name- because I don't think they'll appreciate it very much. I once said they'd make a nice couple, and nearly got my head chopped off!"

            "No, it isn't them. It's Raven and Lucius."

            "Sir Raven and Lucius?" Wil blinked. "You know, I've never thought of them like that. I mean, they're close and all, but Sir Raven's just too scary for Lucius I think. He's always scowling!"

            "Ah, you might think so," Nino said, her eyes lighting up at the memory of that morning. "But have you seen him around Lucius? It's like he's a totally different person! He smiled!"

            "He smiled?" Wil asked, a look of surprise on his face. "I don't believe it."

            "He really did!"  Nino exclaimed, "And he spoke differently too! All soft and quiet like!"

            "Wow! He must really be in love with Lucius to act that differently! Say, Nino, don't suppose I could help with this? I'm sort of friends with Sir Raven, well, as close to friends as you can get with him, and I'd like to see him happy! ...And maybe Lucius could get him to stop glaring at everyone."

            "Well," Nino considered this offer carefully. Surely, she could use an assistant. Matchmaking was no easy job, after all. Wil was certainly energetic enough to help, and he seemed genuinely interested. "Okay!" Nino said, grinning widely.

            "Alright! Thank you! This is going to be great!" Wil cheered, clapping his hands together.

            Nino nodded enthusiastically.

            "Hey, I don't suppose we could tell Rath about this, could we?" Wil asked, looking at Nino with inquisitive eyes.

            "Why?" Nino asked, curious. She didn't really mind if they told Rath, she just wanted to know why Wil wanted to let him know, instead of someone else.

            "Oh, no reason really," Wil said, turning his gaze to the sky, a soft smile on his lips.

            Nino was silent for a minute, before the realization dawned on her, "You like him, don't you?"

            "I-I…" Wil stuttered, blushing.

            "You do!" Nino laughed, clapping her hands in glee. "You like Rath!"

            "I…I…okay, I guess maybe I do." Wil's blush deepened.

            "Okay, we can tell him."

            "Really?" Wil grinned.

            "Of course!" Nino gave Wil the thumbs up sign. "But after we're done with Raven and Lucius, you have to let me set the two of you up!"

            Wil laughed, "Okay, madam matchmaker!"

            "Hmm…" Nino ran her fingers through her short green locks. "I rather like the sound of that, if I do say so myself. C'mon, let's go find Rath!"

            A few minutes and a bit of explaining later, the two found themselves staring up at Rath, the same eager expressions plastered to their faces.

            "And why," Rath raised an eyebrow, "are you 'setting up' Raven and Lucius in the first place?"

            "Because they're made for each other!" Nino insisted, doing a little twirl and clapping her hands together.

            "It's true love!" Wil added, sighing dramatically.

            "If it is true love, I'm sure they'll be able to…get together… on they're own." Rath said, crossing his arms.

            "No, no! They're both so oblivious to the love so obviously between them!" Nino cried, making sweeping motions with her arms to emphasize her point.

            "C'mon, Rath, won't you please help us?" Wil asked, looking up at Rath and blinking cutely. "Do it for me?"

            Rath sighed, "…Fine."

            "Yes! Thank you Rath!" Wil cried, throwing himself at Rath and hugging him tightly. Rath stood frozen, shock written all over his face. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around the other boy in a loose hug, smiling wryly.

            Nino giggled at the sight. This matchmaker thing was a lot of fun, and she'd barely even started.

            Wil pulled away from Rath, grinning like a kid in a candy store. "So, madam matchmaker, what's our first move?"

            "Okay," Nino began, raising her arms dramatically, "this is what we'll do…"

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