SORRY IM LATE! I will be posting most of the story this week though because I am completely free…. Provided Starcraft doesn't get me first…. Thanks for all of the reviews! 3 is a new record for me! In this chapter I probably spelled a few names and places wrong and I am dearly sorry for that. Well I hope you enjoy the new chapter!

Disclaimer… "NO ITS MINE! FIRE EMBLEM IS MINE! SCREW YOU NINTENDO!"

No seriously if you want the disclaimer look a page back.

P.S. : I make a reference to Lord of The Rings and Montey python, honestly… don't flame me for any lore missteps or anything for these… I know it isn't supposed to be in this series but I'm just having fun XD

Lute woke up and got off her cot, she stretched and yawned quietly. She smoothed her purple hair down and left the tent. She saw the sun bight in the clear blue sky... She had slept in... A lot...

Innes, Eirika and Ephraim were waiting for her they were camped near the castle Frelia and they were about to part ways, Artur smiled at her when she walked up to the group, she nodded back, her late night thinking yielded no result on why she may be oblivious.

Eirika looked at her... "Lute, we need you and Artur to deliver a message to the king of Frelia to us, will it be any trouble?"

Lute didn't mind traveling with Artur, they had been friends for a long time. "Sure it's no trouble... I'm assuming Artur has already agreed?"

"Yep, and we will be sending you two there with this message immediately" she handed Lute an envelope. "Meet us at port Kris in 4 days' time."

"Will do Eirika." spoke Artur Who seemed rather happy about the new development; he enjoyed the prospect of being able to go on a trip with Lute.

The two set out for the castle, it wasn't going to be a long journey but it would give Lute and Artur enough time to chat with each other alone, something they have seldom been able to do since they joined this army.

Lute always enjoyed going on trips, she liked to get out and see nature and all of it's details.

"Hey Artur look! Those blue birds are building a nest. Hey Artur look at that!"

Artur silently chuckled to himself; it was amazing how she could find so much to see in nature, in nature Artur always found peace and serenity, Lute just seemed to find another thing to study.

"Yep... They sure look beautiful."

"Hey Artur, did you know that a bluebird flies at twice the air speed velocity of a swallow?" (hehehe, Monty python reference)

"Hmm no I didn't... Well what kind of swallow anyways? Aren't there different species." Artur began to wonder whether or not there was a way to talk to Lute about anything other than facts...

Lute thought for a moment.. "Hmmm... The book never said.. Just goes to show you how sometimes we have to go out and see things in nature first hand.."

Artur laughed at the thought, Lute looked surprised.

"Why are you laughing at me?" asked a concerned Lute.

"Because you never left your room when we lived together at the monastery!"

"Did too! Remember when I had to catch all of those spiders!"

Artur shuddered at the memory of her releasing the spiders into his room at night. "How could I forget... That might have been one of the cruelest things someone has ever done to me..."

Lute looked hurt, "It was to help you overcome your fear of spiders! I thought that if I surrounded you with what you feared you would get over the fear."

"Ohhh..." spoke Artur, "So you did it to help me?"

Lute snickered at the memory, "Well... mostly... Your.. High pitched scream was rather... amusing to listen to..."

Artur shook his head, typical Lute.. she always had some ulterior motive. He felt the need to get off this unpleasant subject.

"So Lute.. What do you think about the people we are traveling with?"

She wasn't surprised by the change of topic.. It's only natural Artur would like to switch topics away from his greatest fear.

"Ohh.. I suppose they are all right, I never really gave it much thought, I haven't really talked to them..."

Artur was shocked by this answer, he spoke in a concerned voice, "We've been traveling with them for over a week! Why haven't you talked to any of them?"

Lute simply shrugged, "I guess I am not the most.. Social person.." she clicked her tongue, "I don't know... It's always been difficult for me to be near people, let along talk to them." said Lute in a thoughtful tone.

Artur tried to give her advice, "Maybe you should talk to Eirika or Tana, they seem like nice people."

Lute responded very matter-of-factly "Why do I need to make new friends, I have you don't I? And besides we probably won't see them much after this anyways."

Artur felt his heart lurch in his chest.. Yea she had him.. Forever...

"Well erm... More friends couldn't hurt right?" he seemed to be doubtful now.. Lute could see he was flustered but decided against mentioning it.

"Most people don't find me very... Desirable to talk to.."

Artur grinned at her words... "Maybe because some people can find you rather... Narcissistic..."

Lute responded in her simple, knowledgeable voice. "What? You mean about me being a genius? Well it's not narcissism it's a simple fact."

Artur spoke up, "Well, as amazing as you are Lute, and trust me, you are the most amazing person I have met. Most people don't like it when you come off like that."

"You didn't seem to mind it when I first met you?"

Artur was surprised she brought that memory up.

"Well you had just fallen off of an apple tree and were lying there unconscious.. All because you were comparing their colors! As I recall you didn't say anything at all!"

Lute blushed, maybe at the memory or maybe at the poor piece of evidence, despite this she quickly retorted.

"It was important to see at what time they became ripe! With that information I could have stopped world hunger! I swear I was onto something... Now if only I was able to remember any of it... Besides, you had to come into contact with my quote narcissistic personality eventually, why did you remain my friend if it is difficult to deal with?"

Artur thought for a moment, "I really don't know the answer to that, I guess I didn't mind all too much.. Your intentions always seemed... Beginning... Most of the time that is..."

Lute chuckled at him, she enjoyed spending time with her old friend. "You aren't bringing up the spider issue again are you?" said Lute with an exaggerated sigh.

"No no.." spoke Artur "I'm over that now that you explained your intentions. However, why you do research on me when I'm not looking is another story entirely!"

Lute smiled.. "The purposes of my monk watching are highly confidential Artur, and besides, I doubt you would enjoy the answer anyways.."

Artur smiled, it was time to play with Lutes emotions again.. "Hmmm really? I thought it was used to explore your deep inner emotions of jealousy?"

Lute blushed at this... Then she remembered "HEY! You still have to tell me why I'm oblivious!"

Artur chuckled "Hey look over the horizon! It's castle Frelia!"

Lute shook her head and already pulled out her fire tome "There will be no excuses this time Artur!"

"Hmm maybe she's right... Indirectly of course.. Maybe I should admit my love to her... No... No she won't take it well, I just need a little more time..." thought Artur.

Artur stammered "Erm.." she began to read incarnations to elfire.."Okay okay I'll tell you tomorrow! Don't burn me!"

Lute chuckled and put it away, Artur breathed a sigh of relief. She wouldn't destroy him... Yet...

The two approached the castle and gave the envelope to king Hyraden, he thanked them for their service and asked If they wanted to stay the night, Artur and Lute accepted and a servant led them to their room... Wait... "Our room" Lute thought... "As in... Singular"

The two tried to explain to the servant that they weren't together but he said there were no other rooms, eventually they went to the next best person, princess Tana, an old friend of Eirika's. They found her outside, saddling up her Pegasus to fly out on a journey.

"Erm... Princess Tana.. "Spoke Artur, he gently poked her shoulder. She turned around "Oh I remember seeing you with Eirika! Didn't you deliver message to my father?"

"Yes.. But we are staying for the night and ermm... We have a rooming issue.. Well... There's only one room..." shuddered Artur.. He could tell by the look in her eye that she was about to say something rather awkward..

"Really!" exclaimed Tana "Hmm well it makes sense; I could have sworn you two were together! You two would make such a cute couple!" Artur and Lute could feel their cheeks turning fiery red. "but nevertheless, with the war going on, almost all of the rooms have been occupied with injured soldiers, so I'm sorry but you two will need to make do.. Besides.. Maybe you can get to know each other and spend some quality time together!" When Tana decided on a couple.. She was clearly convinced they would be a good match.. Which neither Artur or Lute disagreed with, but it didn't exempt them from the fact the situation was rather awkward. "Oh by he way.." mentioned Tana, "Where is Eirika heading?"

"To port Kris to find passage to Rastusan" responded Lute absently.

"Mmmkay, thanks" Tana mounted her Pegasus and took off without a moments delay, leaving Artur and Lute scratching their heads.

They soon arrived in their room, it was rather small, with a small simple fireplace in the left of the room, a nightstand next to a small bed barely able to fit two, and a bookcase along the right side, overall the whole thing was rather... Cramped..

The book case put Lute in heaven, she immediately began looming through it, after a few minutes of searching she stomped a foot in frustration.

"There are no good factual books in here! They are all fiction! Arrgghh!"

Artur chuckled, he spoke to Lute "There's nothing better than a good adventure story! You need to broaden your horizons Lute! And besides, I have never seen you read an adventure story! When was the last time you read one?"

Lute sneered at the memory.. "I read the Little Pegasus That Could 6 months ago... It was an insult to my intelligence." Artur's chuckle became a roar of laughter. Lute looked surprised, she shook her head. "You baffle me Artur.. I simply do not understand your sense of humor..."

Artur kept laughing in his disbelief, he said through short gasps of breath. "Thats because it's a children's book, that's not a real adventure story!" he walked to the bookcase an pulled another book out. "Here, " he handed her a book titled The Lord Of The Rings book 1

(Yes yes I know but I was too lazy to change the name and frankly I am a lord of the rings fanatic)

She looked at the book and Artur spoke.. "it was one of my favorite.. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.." Lute considered it for a moment.. "Okay fine I will try it..." just then they heard a knock on the door, Artur answered it and found a servant standing there with two outfits in hand. "The royal family has sent you some night clothes." Artur looked at him funny.. "Uuhhh... Okay... Thanks.."

They looked and felt absolutely amazing in his hand.. Like silk... Lutes in particular seemed almost.. Royal.. Why would they send them these.. Artur chuckled to himself "A parting gift from Tana I suppose..."

Lute shook her head, "Clearly she cannot comprehend our friendship.." Lute took her nightdress from Artur.. He stammered "Uhhhh I suppose I should umm... Look this way.."

"I'm going to have to write that reaction in the monk journal" thought Lute she nodded "That would probably be for the best... She changed while Artur stared at the fire, "okay you can turn around now.."

Artur turned around and looked at Lute, Tana's gift made her look beautiful he thought the purple in the dress matched her eyes very nicely..

"You look nice Lute" he mentioned offhandedly.

She simply said "Thanks," sat down on the bed, Artur stood up to change "Erm if you wouldn't mind.. looking away.."

Lute looked up and nodded "oh.. Oh yes of course." she turned around and continued reading, she thought to herself "Hmm this would be a good time to study the male anatomy..." another wiser part of her brain immediately responded "Shut up Lute" Artur sat down next to her, in his robe, she looked over at him, he didn't look to bad actually. Lute mused over the thought of it and then shook her head furiously "What am I doing?" She thought "I am above that petty attraction to looks most girls have... I think... Well then again.. Artur is rather intelligent too... Wait wait what? What is going through my head now! Am I... Attracted to Artur? Physically and emotionally..." she sat there as the color drained from her face, she looked flustered.. Artur spoke to her..

"Hey are you okay?" she nodded,

"Yes... It's... Nothing"

"Hmmm okay.. Well if your okay with it, I think we should talk about sleeping arrangements.. I think I should sleep on the floor and you can have the bed.."

Lute shook her head furiously.. Her head was still in the book, "Nonono, that won't do... You are physically and mentally exhausted from this war.. I will sleep on the floor."

Artur shook his head in turn. "No, I cannot let a lady sleep on the floor; it is against all rules of common courtesy."

Lute sighed and looked up out of the book, which she seemed to be getting drawn into.

"Okay clearly we are both going to sleep on the bed unless you expect both of us to sleep on the floor."

Artur thought for a moment... He didn't mind.. I guess this is what Tana meant by quality time with each other... He spoke "Deal, as long as there are no spiders.."

Lute laughed at the implication "Deal, you get the right half, I'll get the left."

Artur nodded, they both laid down and pulled up the covers.. Lute had a rather strange feeling... She felt... Safe... Which never really happened to her, normally when Lute tried to sleep she was always afraid of someone trying to steal her books, or a competing mage to murder her in her sleep.. She had never really felt safe... It felt odd.. An yet.. She couldn't deny that she liked it.

Artur on the other hand, wasn't actually afraid of Lute, he felt confident she wasn't going to release any spiders into his bed or which was a step... The two soon fell asleep, the exhaustion from their travels overtaking them.

Lute stirred late at night and awoke... She felt oddly.. Warm... She shook off the grogginess and looked.. her arms were around Artur... She was surprised.. But she didn't do anything.. She rather liked the feeling.. "And besides" she thought "it will provide me with his reaction to further my research.." she relaxed and fell asleep again.

She later awoke in the morning.. The result of her experiment destroyed all of her previous conclusions and knowledge about monks.. His arms were around her.. Her mind was racing "But monks shy away from contact with women at every turn... What could this mean..." she wiggled out of his embrace and took out her journal and began to scribble away quickly, what could this all mean?

And so that is the end of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! Well as said earlier I am going to start posting a lot more often! Actually I have already begun my next story, it will be Eirika and Innes, but aside from that, my next post will be in one to two days. Please review and comment! By the way I am forced to give a fair warning! The story wont be all adorable forever! It will get rather dramatic for 2 or 3 chapters in there….. sorry… but Valter is just such an indispensable character… I just have to use him at some point… but ya I am just warning you all right now.