Crazy Happenings
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem as much as I wish to.
Chapter 2: The true reason
"Greetings to you beautiful Lady Priscilla. How do you fare today?"
"Ah, Sain. I'm fine. Thank you for asking."
"No, no, surely it is right for me to ask for your well-being. It will not do if milady's beauty is marred by illness, is it not?"
"Ah…I…" A short red-haired girl named Priscilla was searching for a suitable reply.
"Do not attempt to deny that fact! Surely you realise that your beauty is beyond comparison? No others can match your beauty, kindness and gentleness! I, Sain, your green knight in shining armor can well see that!"
"Well…yes then, if you say so…"
"Yes, yes! Ahem, well then, Lady Priscilla, will you give me the greatest pleasure of accompanying me for a walk around the beautiful green plains? It will be a heavenly walk with you around."
"Um…okay, I'll go. Brother Raymond won't mind too much hopefully." She gave a slight smile to Sain.
"Excellent! Now, shall we…"
"SAIN!"
"Ah yes, my dear partner. What is it that you demand so loudly?"
A red knight also known as the 'Crimson Shield' was fuming as he replied with an angry tone, "How many times must I tell you not to flirt around with women! You are ruining our reputation as honorable and loyal Caelin knights! What will other people think of us?"
"Patience, Kent. Surely it is not wrong to relax and enjoy a beautiful walk with beautiful Lady Priscilla here? You would think that it would not do any harm to enjoy the spring of youth after all our efforts and hard work to defeat that villain Nergal," Sain said reproachfully with the hint of a pretend hurt tone.
What the red knight said in response to Sain's statement no one knew, as a group of fan girls' voices drowned Kent's voice.
"SAIN!"
"Sain-sama!"
Sain only grinned from ear to ear. "Now, if you excuse me, my dear Kent, I have some business to attend to with all this beautiful ladies here."
Kent really could not understand why all the girls were suddenly after him. "It's just so sudden, considering that he was always rejected from all the girls. I wonder why and how…" Even the girls who had their own lovers from Eliwood's Elite namely Rebecca, Farina, Serra, Nino, Isadora, Fiora, Lyndis, Florina, Karla, Ninian and even ugly Vaida (who had no lover anyway) had dumped their lovers and were going after the skirt chaser. Well, with the exception of Louise who was probably the only loyal woman to Pent. As for the guys whom were ditched namely Wil, Dart, Erk, Jaffar, Harken, Kent himself, Rath, Hector, Bartre and Eliwood were either moping around or stomping around angrily, waving their weapons around dangerously, muttering to themselves to kill Sain. But on the other hand, people like Erk were kind of happy to be rid of Serra since she was always the chatterbox.
Anyway, seeing that he was in the way of the crazy group of fan girls and would just get trampled on, Kent hurriedly moved aside and backed away from his former partner. They were crowding all over Sain right now, some of them holding book out to him, some of them having love hearts in their eyes…Kent sweatdropped heavily. "Are those books…autographs? Wow…didn't know they were until that crazy of Sain…oh Fiora…" he couldn't help sighing heavily.
On the hand, Sain was just beaming happily. "Now, now, keep yourselves calm, ladies. I know you're very pleased and eager to have a date with me, but I'm really quite busy right now……oh well, I guess I can spare some time to at least sign your autographs. After all, I shouldn't keep all of you beautiful and charming ladies waiting, can I?" he winked at them and in return, received a 'hanyan' look from all the girls.
Remembering his 'walk' with Lady Priscilla, he apologised to her, "Lady Priscilla, I really apologise as I cannot fulfill your request of having a glorious walk with me on this heavenly morning right now. Please forgive me. But do not fret. On the honor as a Caelin knight, I promise to fulfill our dream someday. Tomorrow perhaps?"
Priscilla sweatdropped. "I never asked, it was him who asked to have a walk together…but he's just so romantic…Sain…" She nodded her head, smiled at him and handed a small book to him. "Then, can you please sign in this book for me?"
"Why, surely yes! I would gladly sign for all of the charming ladies here!"
"YAY! SAIN, I LOVE YOU!"
Sain thought in his mind and smiled happily to himself. "Hmm…this is really just what I wanted all my life…beautiful women all over me…what else could I want? So comfortable…happy…"
"Sain…Sain!" In the midst of it, a far-away male voice suddenly rang out.
"Hmmm? Who's…that?"
"Sain!" This time the voice was louder.
"I wonder who's that…it sounds familiar…"
"SAAAIIINNNN!"
"What!"
"Huh?"
Sain suddenly found himself in a medium-sized room. The room was quite furnished with paintings of famous artists hung on the walls, some comfortable sofas and cushions and at the corner of the room was a bed where Sain himself lay. As his eyes darted around, he realised he was in one of the guest rooms in Castle Ositia. Then, it all dawned on him that the past happy events were all but reality. "Hmm…a dream, eh? What a pity it was just that…how I long to remain in my dream where all my wishes come true…oh well, I guess it's just too bad…sigh…But then again, my dream would have come true, just that 'it' failed…"
"SAIINN! Can you hear me? Or are you just plain deaf all of a sudden?"
Sain heard the same loud voice again and saw none other but Hector, one of the former three Eliwood's Elite lords. Hector was wearing an angry, irritated and grouchy look and to 'decorate' it, a huge frown was planted on his forehead.
"Why Lord Hector, I didn't expect you to be here. What brings you here? What is it that is so urgent?" Sain asked, with a hint of reproachfulness in it.
"Did you have a hand in this silly new 'love problem'?"
"Huh? What love problem?"
"I don't know whether you're just faking it or what…anyway, chaos and havoc is breaking all over. I just heard this from Matthew, who heard it from Florina. He says that almost all of the girls in our team have suddenly gone lovesick. According to some reports, Ninian, Fiora and Lyndis are chasing after Eliwood; Priscilla is crying from lovesick since she doesn't know who to choose, Raven, Guy, or Erk; Nino also the same case as Priscilla, just that it's either Jaffar or Erk, even Farina is chasing after ME, and even as I speak, Rebecca is hunting all over for Wil to have what she calls a 'make out' with him… what does all of this mean! The only girls not affected are like Louise who's already married to Pent, Vaida who is really just plain ugly (hey, it's the truth!), Karla who's like her crazy maniac bro, Serra the chatterbox who's always chasing after Erk and Matthew, Isadora who's obviously obsessed with Harken, and Florina…well, Florina is just herself. Anyway, the point is, you're the only guy who seemed unaffected by this. I mean, you didn't seem very surprised when you saw Farina chasing after me, yet you know that Farina loves money only…and after all, frankly speaking, this kind of thing sounds like you, so…"
Sain couldn't help but smile or rather smirked when he heard all this. Truth be told, he was the person who caused all this, though of course, he did not want the result to be like that. He had just wanted all the girls to go after him since he was kinda fed up on being rejected all the time. (I mean, surely wouldn't he feel a little fed up after getting rejected and rejected all the time in his whole life?) "Even for a while would just be enough, a happy everlasting memory…"
Anyway, since Hector wasn't as dense as pansy-boy Eliwood, he saw that smirk and figured. "So, you ARE the one huh?"
"Well, yeah. sigh I guess I can't run away from this one…"
"Okayyy, now that I know the truth, I'll just looveeeee to beat the crap outta you right up now, but I'll ask you to tell me first how you exactly managed to make all the girls damn crazy. So, you wanna tell or not?" Hector's last sentence was uttered out with a dangerous tone and to emphasize it, his hand reached out for his trusted Armads as he said those words. (Wahh, I am just soooo scared…)
Sain sweatdropped. "Uh, okay…sure."
Flashback"So, will you do it for me, lady Hannah?"
The old woman named Hannah whom some people might have thought that she was a witch was actually one of the sub-members of the Eliwood's Elite. She used to give useful auguries to the tactician before engaging into battle.
"No. How can you expect an old woman like me to do such things and to go through such troubles just for a pervert like you? Love potion, indeed!" the woman snorted.
"Please, lady Hannah. I beg you, just for this one last time; I want to achieve my dream at least once. Just three days will be enough for me. Please, as a Caelin knight, I'm pleading you! After all, it's doesn't really hurt much to do so…" Sain was really trying hard to get what he wanted.
He just had that sudden thought of wanting to be the girls' idol by using a love potion or something along that line and he wanted it to be now. "After all, this might be the last time I'll see all these gorgeous ladies…" that thought dawned on him. And so, he decided to ask Hannah for help since he thought she had some knowledge on this potions stuff. (he's also kind of misunderstanding Hannah but seems that she does know some stuff on potions…)
"No, and that will always be my answer no matter how many times you ask me, perverted green knight."
"Hmm…I guess that tactic isn't gonna work…I'll just use my final tactic." Sain thought, a smirk planted on his face.
"Then, how about if I manage to supply you a date with Lord Hector?" Sain asked with a pretend hopeful look on his face.
Pause flashbackWhen Hector heard that, he almost puked but luckily managed to stop himself in time. He gave a death glare to Sain and bellowed. " OH! SO, THAT WAS WHY YOU ASKED ME TO WAIT OUTSIDE CASTLE OSITIA. I SEE. I SEE IT SOOOO CLEARLY. HOW COULD YOU! YOU…YOU…YOU…"
"Patience, Lord Hector! I merely asked her since I knew she admired you a lot."
"EVEN SO! You should-, no, MUST ask me first! Oh gosh…I can't imagine me and that old cranky woman…I'll rather die than to go out with her!"
After Hector's outburst, Sain hurriedly continued…
Unpause flashback (ahem, sorry for the interruption )"OH REALLY! You REALLY mean it!"
"Well, yeah…that's if you fulfill my request though…"
And without hesitation, Hannah spoke excitedly, "YES! Yes, I will do it gladly. Please, just give me the chance to! Oh, Lord Hector is just sooo handsome! Those big, great muscles, his huge and muscular body…his confidence, his smile just melts my heart! Oh my dear Lord Hector! If only you were mine… "
"Uhh…Okayyyyy…I seriously didn't know she was that crazy of Lord Hector…but I'm smart, aren't I? Instead of me pleading to her, it's now the opposite! Clever me!" thought Sain. (yeah, yeah, whatever Sain.)
"So, you needed a love potion, right? How much do you need?"
"Enough for all the ladies."
"Hmmm…it's not that much. Okay, I'll start doing it now. The girls will 'fall in love' temporarily with the first male they see. The effects will last for three days. When do you need it, dearie?"
"Before the party begins. I'll ask one of the maids politely to put a little in each of the women's drink. Make sure you get it done, lady Hannah, otherwise I'm afraid I have to cancel your 'date' with Lord Hector."
"Yes, yes! I promise I'll get it done! See you until then, my dear Sain!"
And as Sain walked out of her room, the 'crazy and cranky old woman' was either jumping up and down or doing a weird dance, shouting "Yippee!" now and then. There wasn't any surprise on why Sain later on said, "That old 'baba' really is dead crazy of Lord Hector…guess she wouldn't need any potion…sweatdrop"
End flashback
"And that's the story, Lord Hector. Any questions?"
Hector's fingers were really twitching like mad to beat the crap out of him, but finally decided against it. After some time calming himself down, he finally spoke. "Okay, that part's done. Now then, I do have a question. Why are the girls not crazy of you as you planned to?"
Sain grinned. "That's where my plan went wrong. Remember that time we had the party, Lord Hector? I planned to have all the males performing a song on the stage. I excluded myself so that I could get all of the women's attention after drinking the potion when all the rest of the guys were behind the stage for preparations. Though I would have missed some beautiful women like pretty, petite Florina since she didn't want to drink, Vaida wasn't there, cheerful Serra was busy trying to talk to the maids, the brave Karla was chopping trees energetically with her brother and beautiful Lady Isadora was taking a patrol outside Castle Ositia."
"Hmph, guess you do have some brains after all, huh? Though on the wrong side."
"It was all planned beforehand. But sadly, no matter how well planned something is, there's always about to be some errors or glitches. That was what happened. When all the ladies except Florina had taken a sip of their drink, I was about to get their attention, but before that happened, you guys suddenly sprung out from behind the stage."
"Yeah, that's right. I do remember that we went out too fast."
"So instead of me, all the ladies' attention was turned to the performers and well…whom the ladies chose to see was up to them…though I don't know why they did not chase the men straightaway. Probably the love potion was not fully absorbed yet. So that's the whole story, Lord Hector. I've told you all I know."
"Hmm, I see. So, what can we do know to stop the girls?"
"Uh…nothing."
"NOTHING!"
"Um…yeah. But don't worry, Lord Hector. It will only last for three days."
"AND YOU SAY THREE DAYS ONLY? LIKE THAT'S NOT ENOUGH! ARRGGH! I'LL SCREW YOU RIGHT UP! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO WITH THAT MONEY-LOVING GIRL RUNNING AFTER ME!" Hector was more than angry, he was like, really really furious. He held his axe, the legendary Armads and swung it dangerously in the air.
"Eheh…So, um Lord Hector…if you'll excuse me, I need to…"
"NO! Tell you what, you keep Farina out of bay from me, otherwise you get rid of her or something! JUST KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME, UNDERSTAND! Otherwise, I'll just give you a good taste of my axe here…"
Sain winced in his thoughts. Farina was not particularly one of his favourite subjects, especially after her continuous beating on him for disturbing her the past few days and even a few times during their journey to fight against Nergal. But it was certainly better to do as Hector wanted than to meet the end of his axe.
"Uh, okay, Lord Hector. I'll try my best to keep Farina company for the next three days," Sain said meekly.
"You better. Make sure she doesn't interrupt me when I'm with Florina, otherwise…"
"Yes yes, Lord Hector. Now, can I excuse myself?"
"Hmph, whatever."
"Then farewell, Lord Hector. I need to do some things."
And as Sain walked towards the door, Hector added evilly, "Oh, and don't forget to entertain the males who pay a visit to you. As far as I know, Jaffar is heading for you right now with incredible speed along with his Killing Edges. I wish you good luck entertaining him!"
As Sain stepped out from his room, he sighed. "This is gonna be a really long day for me…oh well, wish me luck!"
A/N: Yay! I'm finally done with the second chapter. Seems like a miracle really happened since I managed to type all this out though I have exams next week. Okay, so I guess this chapter is pretty much based on Sain's point of view where as the first chapter is based on Florina. I also plan to insert in some pairings which some of them are Hector x Florina, Rebecca x Wil, Jaffar x Nino, Erk x Serra and Guy x Priscilla. I plan to focus on Hector x Florina pairing on the next chapter, but I'm still not too sure. Anyway, please review! Thanks!
Oh, and before I forget; to reviewers:
K-Gforever: Thanks for reviewing my story! Well, I don't really like Jaffar; I'm just okay with him. But then again, I don't expect people to have the same views as I do.
SkyeDunhart: Thanks a lot to you too! Your review really inspires me to continue writing…I'm so happy!
I hope I didn't forget anyone, if I did, please tell me:)