Warning: Grammar errors, Spoilers, and Out of Characters.
Disclaimer: Suikoden belongs to Konami but this fanfiction belongs to me.
Summary: The author arranged a meeting with the true rune bearers, will it go smoothly?
Hi there, thanks again to LucaBlightIsPUCA for the reviews, now I present you chapter 6. I hope you like it.
Chapter 6. The True Purpose.
In the Kyaro town, a group of five persons stood there waiting for someone. Then, a girl with a red robe approached them.
"Hey, why did you hide your face again?" Kyril asked.
"I thought I can run away from you like this." The real authoress sighed.
"Why do you want to run?" Gremio asked.
"Well, since our trip is over, you can leave. My duty end here."
"We can't let you go that easily," Lyon said while blocking the authoress's way.
"Why? Don't you want to go back to your duty?" The real authoress raised her eyebrows from inside the hood.
"Bring us to that meeting, something happened, right," Lyon demanded.
"Yes, I want to know what happens next," Kyril added.
"Why you are so concern about this meeting?" The real authoress sounded curious.
"Since now we know your true purpose, I don't think we can just leave." Nanami reasoned.
"Looks like I can't run, fine then, I will bring you to the meeting. You're right, something happened." The real authoress gave in.
"What's happen?" Cecile asked.
"They found her out." The real authoress answered.
"Then, did she tell them everything?" Nanami asked.
The real authoress said. "Fortunately no, so I have to go there immediately." The authoress eyed the others. "Well, I mean us."
In the meeting room.
"So, what are you waiting for? When will you tell us who are you?" Jowy sounded impatient.
"I am sorry, but I can't tell you, more specifically I am not the one who has the right to tell you." The fake authoress reasoned.
"Then who?" Freyjadour raised his eyebrows.
"The authoress. Who else?" The fake authoress shrugged off.
"She just acts cool by saying that."
They looked at the source of that voice. And they saw a girl with a red robe entered that room.
"At last, you come, Mora." The fake authoress sighed in relieved.
"Who's Mora?" Lazlo asked the obvious.
"Well, that's just a shortened form of my name Marmora. She likes to call me like that." The real authoress explained.
"Then, you're the real authoress." Lazlo still looked suspicious.
"Yes." The real authoress said while removing her hood.
"Well, actually that not helping at all, she also has the same face with you. How do we know you're the real authoress?" Freyjadour asked.
"Then, just ask me something that only the authoress know." The real authoress suggested.
"Well then, how old is Lazlo?" Freyjadour asked while remembering the first meeting.
"He is 187." The real authoress shrugged off.
"Is that true Lazlo?" Freyjadour looked at Lazlo.
"Actually, I forgot about that," Lazlo said while scratching his head.
"Well then, if you haven't sure about me, then I will present you the Five Great Bodyguards." The real authoress motioned to the door and five people entered the room.
"What did you just call us?" Lyon looked confused.
"Wow, that's cool," Nanami said with a dreamy look.
"Where is Master Thomas?" Cecile asked while looking around the room.
"What did you just call us? The Five Great General?" Gremio said.
"No, she calls us the Five Great Bodyguards." Kyril corrected him.
"Now, let me explain, since the start of this meeting today. I was in Dunan with the five of them. I summoned them there, so the five Tenkai Stars can run away and attend this meeting." The real authoress then pointed at the fake one. "Then, she told me that Riou hasn't come, yet. So, I summoned him to the meeting room, then after that, she told me she was found out by you. Now, doesn't it proof enough that I am the real authoress?"
"All right then, can you tell us who this girl is? Is she your twin or something?" Lazlo asked.
"No, she isn't my twin or someone related to me." The real authoress said.
"Then, how did she have the same face with you?" Freyjadour asked in disbelief.
"I can ask the same question about you and Roy." The real authoress pointed out.
"Okay, enough of that you two. Can you just explain it Lady Marmora?" Lazlo said.
"Okay, let me talk to her for a while. So, who is it the one who found you out?" The real authoress asked the fake one.
"Well, it's him." The fake authoress answered while trying to look anywhere but her.
"By him, you mean?" The real authoress sounded stiff.
The fake authoress hesitated while trying to look anywhere but her.
"Me," Lazlo answered instead.
"So, it's you, Lazlo." The real authoress did not look surprised.
"So, what's about your mission?" The real authoress asked the fake one.
"Oh, you mean that. Yes, I finished the mission." The fake authoress answered abruptly.
"So, how is it? A HE or SE?" The real authoress asked curiously.
"You mean a HE or SHE. What are you talking about?" Lazlo looked confused.
The real authoress turned to Lazlo. "It's a conversation between girls, boys can't interrupt." She turned back to the fake authoress. "So, what is it?"
"Well, it's a SE." The fake authoress said while turned down her head.
"So, it's an R." The real authoress guessed.
"No, actually, it's an A. But, you know what I am now, right. So, whatever it is, now it will only remain as a SE." The fake authoress sighed.
"I understand you're feeling you can leave now if you want." The real authoress sounded sad.
"Okay, I better leave." The fake authoress looked in the verge of tears.
"Wait!" Lazlo stood up from his chair.
"What is it, Lazlo?" The real authoress raised her eyebrows.
"I don't understand what are you two talking about, but she can't leave, not before you explain everything," Lazlo stated firmly.
"Are you okay with that?" The real authoress looked at the fake one.
"Yes, I am fine." The fake authoress looked hesitated.
"You're sure." The real authoress asked again.
"Huh, you keep worrying about me." The fake authoress snorted.
"Well then, Lazlo, how did you find out, she isn't me?" The real authoress turned to Lazlo.
"Well, at first, I only feel there are something weird about her, then I realized the difference between you two, and to make sure, I ask her what is the purpose of this meeting, and from her answer I know she isn't you," Lazlo explained.
"What was her answer?" The real authoress raised her eyebrows.
"How about you tell me the real answer first?" Lazlo asked.
"Oh, you want to test me too. All right, I arranged this meeting, because I want to hear your opinion about everything related to Suiko World." The real authoress answered.
"Well, you right, while her answer is so we can meet and know each other," Lazlo said.
"You heard, it's your fault that you didn't tell me about that." The fake authoress said.
"I am sorry then, I forgot about that little detail. Oh right Lazlo, so, what the difference between her and me?" The real authoress asked.
"Actually she did a good job by acting like the usual stupid and evil authoress, but the usual you don't talk too much like her," Lazlo said.
The real authoress sighed. "Then, it's your fault."
"You never said about don't talk too much." The fake authoress defended.
"Yes, but I did say, don't cause something that will make them feel weird about you." The real authoress talked back.
"You didn't explain to me, what is that something." The fake authoress defended back.
"Oh come on, please stop your argument and explain to us everything now," Lazlo ordered.
"Can I ask something first?" Freyjadour asked.
"What is it, Prince Freyjadour?" The real authoress asked.
"Why did you pretend to be stupid and evil?" Freyjadour asked.
The real authoress raised her eyebrows and stared at Freyjadour intensely, while Freyjadour returned the stare with the same intensity as if challenging her. They continued to stare at each other for a while.
Finally, the real authoress sighed. "So, you realized."
"Yes, I know when someone is pretending and when is not," Freyjadour smirked in triumph.
"All right, I pretended to be stupid and evil, so it will be easy for her to act like me." The real authoress pointed at the fake one.
"You mean that she is stupid and evil," Freyjadour said.
The fake authoress glared at him.
"Not really, she just didn't know everything as much as me and she isn't evil either, she just pisses off at the true rune bearers." The real authoress explained.
"Huh, why did she piss off at the true rune bearers? And why did I have to get in trouble too, when I am not a true rune bearer?" Freyjadour asked.
"You just get mixed up that's all, and we also did that so you can't think about the plan to rebel against me."
"Hey, Lady Marmora, did the authoress we met the day after the postponed also her?" Lazlo asked.
"That's right." The real authoress answered.
"Oh, so that's why I feel weird about her that time," Lazlo said more to himself.
"Well then, you think why I have to postpone the meeting?" The real authoress said.
"You said because you have holidays, right." Lazlo raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, that's right, but don't you think I still can continue the meeting even if I have holidays."
"Yes, I did think like that," Freyjadour commented but the real authoress ignored him.
"I have to postpone the meeting because I need time to prepare her to become my replacement." The real authoress looked at the fake one.
"What do you mean by preparing her?" Lazlo asked.
"Like, told her everything related to Suiko World." The real authoress sighed. "And after my hard works in one month, she was found out in her first day only because she talked too much."
"Well, I am sorry, Mora." The fake authoress looked guilty.
"Yeah, forget about it, and the purpose of this meeting that I said in our first meeting, actually that's just a side purpose." The real authoress said.
"You mean, about hearing our opinion," Lazlo said.
"Yes, that isn't the true purpose of this meeting." The real authoress confirmed.
"So, what is the true purpose?" Lazlo looked irritated because he was used for something that he did not even know.
"The true purpose of this meeting is her." The real authoress answered while looked at the fake authoress.
"Can you just stop talking in riddles? Just tell them." Kyril protested.
"You know how hard it is, can't you understand her feeling?" The real authoress said.
"Hey, did you tell them?" The fake authoress looked at the real authoress suspiciously.
"Yes, I told the bodyguards, sorry, I don't have another choice, if I don't tell them they will leave." The real authoress apologized.
"Why don't you just tie them or something? You're the authoress, after all, you have the power." The fake authoress looked angry.
"I am sorry, maybe I did want them to know." The real authoress confessed.
"You know what it's mean to me, Mora?" The fake authoress looked hurt.
"I know, and I think the time has come." The real authoress looked guilty while removing her robe.
"You mean." The fake authoress stated.
"The time has come to show them who you are, now wear this." The real authoress said while giving her robe to the fake one.
"So, it's come to this, after all, I failed my mission." The fake authoress sighed while wearing the robe then covered her head.
"Why she has to wear that robe?" Lazlo asked.
"So, you can't see when she changes." The real authoress answered or just called her the authoress now.
"You mean?" Lazlo raised his eyebrows.
"Actually, she has the same face with me because I change her face. Her real face isn't like me at all." The authoress explained.
"So, you really have the power to change someone then," Lazlo stated.
"Yes, that's right."
"So, that fake authoress, really serious when she said she can change Prince Luca into a pig," Lazlo said.
"Ha ha ha, you said that?" The authoress asked the girl in the red robe.
"Yes, can you change me quickly? So, I can leave." The girl in the red robe sound annoyed.
"Fine." The authoress said while writing something in her paper. "Now, it's done."
Everyone was silenced.
"Well before you see her, I will tell you her mission." The authoress proceeded to explain.
"Hey, did you have to tell them?" The girl in the red robe protested with a different voice than before.
"So, you change her voice just like you too before," Freyjadour stated but the authoress still ignoring him.
"Well, actually she has to leave this meeting after she did her mission without getting found out by anyone, then after she leaves I will take my place again without anyone realizing someone else had taken my place." The authoress explained.
"That's sure like a perfect plan, now it seems really stupid that she was found out only because she talked too much," Freyjadour commented.
The authoress looked ticked off at Frey's comment. "Forget about it."
"Well, now I understand," Freyjadour stated.
The authoress turned to him. "What?"
"I understand why you chose Lazlo as the Leader," Freyjadour said with an all-knowing face.
"Really, why?" The authoress raised her eyebrows.
"Because he is the target of her mission." Freyjadour pointed out.
"What! Really?" Lazlo asked but was ignored.
"And, all of us here, just a distraction so Lazlo doesn't realize about being a target," Freyjadour added.
"You're really smart, Prince Freyjadour, that's right." The authoress said while veins appearing in her forehead.
"So, what does it mean that I am a target?" Lazlo asked.
"Well, Lazlo did she ever ask you something?" The authoress asked finally took notice of him.
"Yes, she asked me, had I loved someone before?" Lazlo looked confused.
"So, what's your answer?" The authoress asked.
"Yes, I had."
"Who is it?" The authoress asked.
"I said it is M."
"Can you guess who she is?" The authoress sighed with Lazlo's cluelessness.
"Could it be that she's that M?" Freyjadour asked the obvious.
"Really?" Lazlo asked.
"Why don't you just see it for yourself?" The authoress sighed.
Lazlo then approached the girl in the red robe and removed the red hood that covered her head, then Lazlo saw a girl with a redwood hair and chestnut eyes in that red robe.
"So, it's really you." Lazlo did not look surprised.
The girl in red robe turned down her face. "I am sorry, I shouldn't have done something like this, Sir Lazlo."
"Don't blame her Lazlo. All of it is my fault." The authoress said.
"Your fault? So, you're not as evil as you act after all." Lazlo raised his eyebrows.
"So, who is she?" Freyjadour asked.
"Well, I will explain it to you. All of it began the day before the first meeting." The authoress started.
Flashback begins.
Somewhere in another World, the authoress wrote something in her paper, and then she heard someone screamed, and then someone fell in front of her.
"Hi there." The authoress greeted the person.
"Huh, what happens to me and who are you?" The person looked around in confusion.
"I summoned you here and you can call me Marmora." The authoress explained.
"You summoned me? But, I am dead, just what are you?" The person looked suspicious,
"Well, just say I am a normal girl with a unique power." The authoress explained lamely.
"If you have a unique power, then you aren't a normal girl." The person stated.
"There are many people that have the same power as me."
"Okay then, where am I?"
"This is my room."
"Why is it so small?" The person commented.
"Just ignore it!" The authoress looked offended.
"So, why did you summon me?"
"I want to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"It's about your former captain."
"You mean, Sir Lazlo."
"Yes, what do you feel about him?"
"What do you mean?" The person was trying to look anywhere but her.
"Did you have any romantic feeling towards him?" The authoress elaborated.
"Well, I…"
"Just say it, no one will hear it."
"Okay, yes I have."
"Have you told him?"
"No, I can't just tell him."
"Why?"
"You won't understand."
"Don't you regret it?"
"Yes, I do, but what can I do?"
"What did you really want?"
"I just want to know, what he feels towards me, but I afraid he had a feeling for Lady Katarina, Lady Kika, or Lady Jeane."
"Huh, aren't they too old for him?"
"Yes, but he is a true rune bearer that isn't a problem, it pissed me off."
"Well then, if you get a chance to hear what he really feel to you. Do you want to hear it?"
"Of course I want to, but I can't let him see me."
"What do you expect to hear from him, if you can't even let him see you?"
"You know, it's so embarrassing."
"Well then, I can do it for you."
"You can." The person looked surprised.
"Yes, but it also depends on your effort."
"My effort, what do you mean?"
"I have a plan to do it the way you want, but if you fail to do the plan, then that time perhaps we won't have another choice but to reveal everything, including your identity. So, what do you say?"
"Okay, I will do it, but wait, why I am the one you summon? Why you don't summon another girl?"
"Because, I am not sure, who was the girl that likes him. I did think Noah, Rita, and Rene have a feeling towards him, but they are still too young for something like that, so I summon the most possible one."
"So, I am the most possible one."
"Well, since you're his former bodyguard and you're the youngest between Helga and Gretchen, also you are the same age as him, well Nataly was the same age as him, but I think you're still the most possible one."
"I am the same age as him? I never know about that."
"Fine then, here the plan."
"Wait, what did you say your name before?"
"Marmora."
"I will just call you Mora, then."
"Huh, why?" The authoress raised her eyebrows.
"It's just cuter that's why, and by the way, we have the same initial, it just makes me feel exciting."
Marmora just smiled softly at her, as if she knew it will not go according to the plan.
Flashback Ends.
"So, that was her mission," Freyjadour said.
"That was touching. I told you why don't you just revive her, but you said it will ruin this world, is this world really important?" Nanami said.
"Of course this world is important, what are you thinking?" Jowy told her.
"Master Thomas, why did you sleep in your chair?" Cecile asked after she found him.
"What, Cecile is that you, oh no Cecile please let me go," Thomas begged while standing up from his chair, apparently, he was sleeping the entire time.
"Master Thomas, I had let you go… without knowingly." Cecile said.
"What do you mean and what happens here, who is the woman with the red robe?" Thomas asked oblivious with the situation.
"I will explain to you later, just why did you sleep in your chair?" Cecile asked.
"Well, I didn't get enough sleep in the past month," Thomas told her.
"So, basically what I want to say." The authoress began while ignoring the exchange between Thomas and Cecile.
Well then, that's the end of chapter 6, I am sure you already know who the girl is. I will officially reveal her identity in the next chapter and unfortunately, the next chapter will be the last chapter. Please review me. Thank you for reading my fan fiction.