Game: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Theme: 42. Standing Still
Pairing: RennacxMarisa (LOL CRACK)
Summary: "Standing still on a battlefield will only get you killed."
Rating: K plus for Marisa's moodiness and violence?

She knew she wasn't going to win. Not against Tethys. Tethys knew how to hold a man's attention, especially the chief's. How could Marisa compete with that? Besides, it was obvious Gerik preferred the dancing beauty anyway. Marisa had caught them hugging on the battlefield two days ago.

She never knew the pain of loss before. But she couldn't let it affect business. Her sword continued to cut down all who was their enemy and protect those who were on their side.

However, her feelings were gone. She hadn't smiled or spoken much since seeing Tethys and Gerik snuggle. All she could feel was an empty hole in her chest.

Marisa sighed as the battle began to advance and the enemies began to move in on them. At least her sword arm was still strong. It all came down to this now. They were in the Grado Keep to fight the mad emperor and end this cruel war. Once this was all done, Marisa planned to hit the roads and do some soul-searching.

Or just keep away from Tethys and Gerik. Either excuse worked.

The aloof swordswoman received her orders from Prince Ephraim and headed towards the treasure rooms. According to those orders, she was suppose to find a new rogue that just joined their ranks. Marisa frowned. She didn't know of any rogue from the camp out last night or during strategies this morning, so he must have been added as recently as ten minutes ago.

How was she suppose to distinguish him from an enemy? She could kill him and have no idea that he was on their side. And her orders didn't tell her what this rogue looked like. All she knew was his name was Rennac.

Like that helped.

She spotted a figure hanging around the treasure room's doors and tensed up. Was it an enemy? She clutched her sword tightly and raced forward, going in for the kill.

"Not so fast, woman."

Marisa paused and the figure stepped forward. "Would you kill someone who is on your side?"

"You're Rennac?" she asked.

"Funny, I would have thought the Crimson Flash would at least have the smarts to know her own teammates," the man said. He twirled a ring of keys in his fingers and smirked at her.

"If you know who I am, I'm going to assume you're with Prince Ephraim's army," Marisa said with a glare.

"Many people know who you are. And technically, I'm not with your army...I'm under orders from a selfish brat of a princess to join you. My loyalty is to no one. I just do what I'm told to get paid and get out."

"Selfish princess? You can't mean Princess Eirika," Marisa asked.

Rennac laughed. "No. I mean the green haired brat who thinks she's some sort of saint. Princess L'Arachel and her royal dimwitted protector, Dolza."

"I guess we can be the same..." Marisa said thoughtfully. "I'm a mercenary, so I just do what I'm told to get paid and then leave. However..." she added, looking straight at Rennac. "Standing still on a battlefield will only get you killed. Let's fufill our missions and get out of here."

"We've stood around long enough," Rennac pointed out. "No one is here to kill us-" he was cut off by Marisa suddenly running behind him and the sounds of a dying man.

"Keep your eyes front and your ears bent backwards," Marisa said coldly. "Or you will die."

"Your concern touches me," Rennac said sarcastically. "Tell you what, you can be my eyes and I'll be your ears. I'm no good at fighting anyway. So just keep me alive and maybe I'll split some treasure I find with you."

"I have no interest in treasure," Marisa said. "I'm only keeping you alive because it's my orders."

"Fine. Whatever. If I can't change your mind about treasure, that's all the better for me," Rennac said. He unlocked the doors to the treasure rooms and ran in. Marisa quickly followed, guarding the door while Rennac stole everything he could find.

"Almost done yet?" Marisa turned around to check on Rennac. To her surprise, Rennac's eyes widened and he ran forward, pushing Marisa down to the floor with his body and landing behind the wall. An arrow flew into the door, just missing Rennac's fine boots.

Their faces were close together. To anyone who happened to notice them, it looked very compromising. Marisa looked at Rennac in shock and the rogue smirked at her.

"Standing still will get you killed on a battlefield," he said softly.

Heeheehee, that's the Rennac I love. :D

I know. I KNOW. This took me FOREVER to update! Dx I've been so focused on putting Pokemon theme after Pokemon theme out that I completely forgot this existed. Finally, we've now reached ten themes here AND I posted my favourite crack pairing.

I have no idea what to do next. WINGING IT.