Author's Note: Daisuke Haoru here once again. Surprised to see an EX Chapter in between? Allow me to explain. The EX Chapters you will read during this story will be fillers bu also may have trigger events for the following chapters. I did say I would rewrite this story, and the EX chapters will go further into the story or will just be there for other off-story events. please, do leave your comments and reviews on how is the story!

EX Chapter 1 – Angel's Blossoming Heart

Another day had ended and begun once again for our two heroes, Leonsritt and Cassandra. They walked down a visible path towards a small village. "How much farther before we reach the next village?" asked Leonsritt. "Just a little more, and we're there," she replied, smiling. Cassandra looked at Leonsritt as he concentrated and began whistling. "What are you whistling?" she asked, curious about the melody. "What, the song I'm whistling?" he asked, "We're in the forest, so I'm whistling 'Saria's Song'." "Saria? Is she someone famous?" asked Cassandra. Urk, I forgot, this is Soul Calibur I'm in... he thought, "um... yeah... She's a person who lives in the forest..." "Wow, and did someone come up with the song?" she asked, even more curious. "Yeah, but it was a long time ago," he replied. "your music must be totally different from where you're from," she said. "Yeah it is..." he said, God, I really am a loser... Good thing she doesn't know about these things... Cassandra had slowed her pace a bit. "One question..." she said. "Hm?" he turned to her, wondering. "Do you... have... anyone... you know..." she said, "um... well... special?" Leonsritt turned to look at the path. "Um... no..." he replied, biting his lip. "Why, if you're such a really good guy," she said. Leonsritt felt flattered about the comment. "Well, girls where I come from are different..." he said, Great, she's asking me this... Cassandra face brightened and she walked closely to Leonsritt. "We're here, I suppose," he said, but the village seemed destroyed. There were screams and shouts heard. "Come on!" shouted Leonsritt. Thieves were running out with bags of items. "What the... these guys, again?" he said and the thieves recognized him. One of them began to run from the scene. "Not on my watch!" shouted Leonsritt and he swung and threw his steel paddle towards the thief, knocking him down. "Cassandra, go check the other houses, and make sure the thieves, don't get away." he ordered. She nodded and ran into the nearest house. More of the bandits appeared and began to attack Leonsritt, only to be defeated. "Anyone else wanna take me on?" he asked.

"NOT SO FAST!"

A shout was heard from behind. He turned to see the leader of the band of thieves hold Cassandra hostage. "So you're that brat who spoiled our plans are you?" he asked, "But you brought us a REALLY nice treasure..." "You son of a bitch! LET HER GO!" shouted Leonsritt, gritting his teeth. The leader licked the knife he held and slowly slid it down her body. "Now now, you don't want me to cause any bloodshed, now do you?" asked the leader. Cassandra quickly flipped the leader to the ground and stomped him. Leonsritt gripped the steel paddle tightly and picked him up, throwing him into the air. "Get out of my sight!" he said and with a mighty swing of the blade he struck the leader, with bones cracking and blood spewing out, sent him flying high into the sky. The lackeys surrounding the warrior were glared at, as fear struck them. "Who wants next..." growled Leonsritt and the rest ran. The village was quiet and Cassandra ran to Leonsritt. "Are you okay?" he asked, suddenly embracing her. Cassandra was frozen at the gesture. Wait... what am I doing? he thought. He slowly backed away and looked at Cassandra, "Um, sorry... impulse..." he said chuckling nervously. A villager came out and looked at the two. "We are saved!" he shouted and more villagers came out, nearing towards the two. The crowd began cheering and the two smiled. Cassandra looked at Leonsritt and blushed. Leonsritt and Cassandra looked around and saw that some of the houses were destroyed by the bandits. "Man, those jerks really did a number," he said, "you all don't mind if we lend a hand to fix this mess, do you?" The villagers agreed to Leonsritt's plan.

Cassandra was helping another villager in the roof, patching it with material, as Leonsritt, fixed the door. I wonder... will Leonsritt act quickly if he saw me fall? she wondered, and she moved to the side where Leonsritt was. She fell and screamed, and Leonsritt saw. "CASSANDRA!" he shouted and dashed to her, catching her. "Phew, that was close!" he said. Cassandra blushed as she looked at Leonsritt. "You okay?" he asked. Cassandra nodded yes. He set her on the ground standing and patted her on her head. "Be careful. We have an important thing to do," he said smiling and walked back to the door. Cassandra stood looking at him. W... wow... she thought as his touch was still on her body.

It was almost nighttime and Cassandra was in a small hut. Leonsritt walked in and placed himself near the entrance. "Hey," she called out. Leonsritt turned to her. "Yeah?" he asked. "Thanks, for saving me," she said. "Like I said, you gotta be careful," he replied and smiled, "but no problem. It's a good thing we helped with all that fixing, huh?" "Yeah..." she answered. Cassandra looked at him and asked him once again, "Do you have someone special?" Leonsritt looked out the doorway, sighing. "Well, yeah, I did..." he began, "but I guess I just wasn't enough..." Cassandra looked at Leonsritt, and noticed a melancholy look on him. "She... liked someone else," he continued, "no matter how long it took me to bring up my courage to tell her, it wasn't enough..." Cassandra turned to the window. "It was a long time ago, though. Now, I guess I like someone else..." he said. Cassandra looked at Leonsritt, deep down she felt crushed. "But whatever, it'll go bad anyway, so I don't really look forward to it," he said and walked out the doorway. "You're gonna stand guard again?" she asked. "Well, yeah. Why not?" he asked, "you go and sleep, I'll be fine." "Oh... okay..." she said.

Sorry, Cassandra. I wish I could tell you I like you, but I feel it can't be...