I do know that Yuria's "official" name is Yuria, and I usually go by the "official" names, but I like Julia too. So some will call her Yuria, some will call her Julia. Kind of like in the real world.

"Okay, guys," Pia addressed the now-larger group as they regrouped at the Cafè Zeto, their new favorite restaurant. They had hit a plateau. Everyone was healed, they had made new friends and reunited with the old, Ike and Lyn were back together, and Pit and Pia had replaced them as the hottest Brawl couple.

"The Worlds Teleporter breaking down is kind of a blessing in disguise for us," Pia said. "We can take it easy from now on and devote a lot of time to researching the enemies and trying to figure out who the mastermind is."

"And we can keep laughing at Celice's culture shock," Ike said. "No offense," he added quickly.

Celice smiled and rolled his eyes. "None taken."

"Taking it easy? That doesn't sound too bad," Sasha said.

"Indeed. Quite the opposite," Celice agreed.

"You talk so weird," Ike mumbled under his breath.

"Oh, shut up," Celice replied.

"Enough!" Marth chastised them.

"Yes, do," Lyn said wearily. "They've been bickering like this since Roy got out of the hospital."

"Ike, Celice, try to act your age," Link said. "Please."

"Can we get food now?" Ike asked. "Please?" He added as an afterthought.

"Who's stopping you?" Marth asked as the two of them got up to get food.

Even though it was lunchtime, the Cafè Zeto offered meals for breakfast and dinner for the whole day. Ike returned with two plates: one for himself which was heaping with all kinds of food and condiments, and one for the whole table, whch was heaped with French toast sticks caramelized with sugar and cinnamon.

"Cheers!" Ike declared as everyone helped themselves to a French toast stick.

"To life!" Pit said.

"To life!" Everyone echoed.

"L'chaim!" Pia and Isaiah said a moment later.

"These things are really good!" Celice said after he took a bite.

"Finally, something we agree about," Ike said. And the two smiled at each other for the first time.

"It feels good to be back," Roy commented as he alternated bites between sweet sugary French toast and spicy hot buffalo wing. "I forgot how cool it is here."

"Oh, hey, Roy!" Someone said from behind the table. "Nice to see you back."

"Nice to see you too, Fox," Roy called back.

"How come you guys aren't disconcerted by all the... unique peoples who live here?" Celice said in a low voice to Aegeus, Isaiah, and Shoshanna.

"Well... we're kind of different," Isaiah said. "I mean, we're angels. What could possibly surprise us?"

"True," Celice agreed.

"Well... except for the fact that you support incest. That disconcerted us."

"Yeah. That's kind of weird," Aegeus said as he dipped a French toast stick in vanilla glaze. "You guys are like the rednecks of Fire Emblem."

Celice exhaled sharply. "Look. It's not like we plan to have children together. We're just in love. Is that so horrible?"

"But... Julia is your sister," Pit said. "Flesh of your flesh, blood of your blood. Don't you find that weird?"

"I thought her name was Yuria," Ike said confusedly.

"Some call her Julia. She doesn't mind. And just for the record... she's only my half-sister. I don't even remember our mother. If our parents were still alive, well, then maybe things would be different." Celice sighed. "This is actually the first time I've ever been met with incredulity about this. It's considered fairly normal in my continent."

"I think it's fine if he's okay with it," Pia said. "Why do you have to give him so much flak about it?"

"Whatever. I'm gonna let it go," Aegeus said passively. "I agree with Pia. For once."

Pia rolled her eyes. "Meh."

"How many people are stuck here, exactly?" Link asked in an obvious attempt to change the subject.

"Um..." Marth did a quick head count. "Roy, Celice, Isaiah, Shoshanna, Aegeus, and Juliana."

"Where is Juliana?" Lyn asked.

"She's with Ness and Lucas and Toon Link," Shoshanna said.

"Awww," everyone cooed.

"That's so cute!" Pia said.

"And what do we have here?" a deep, gravelly voice said from behind Celice, Ike, and Marth. They turned around to see Solid Snake standing there with an interested expression on his face.

To everyone's great surprise, Celice let out a sigh of relief.

"Finally!" He said. "Someone here who's normal!"

"Uh..." Snake raised his eyebrows. "Who exactly is this kid?"

"Celice Baldos Chalphy, the Lord of a Fire Emblem game," Marth informed him.

Snake regarded Celice for a second. "You a girl or a boy?"

"I'm a boy, thanks," Celice said coolly.

"Huh. Wouldn'tve known otherwise. Who're the rest?"

"This is Roy, Shoshanna, Aegeus, and Isaiah," Pit said, gesturing to the newcomers. "Roy was in Melee, but the rest are just stuck here."

Snake grunted, which the rest took to be a "hello."

"I like this guy," Aegeus said while regarding Snake with a strange smile. "I almost think he could beat me in a fight."

For once in his life, Snake didn't know what to say.

"Well... hope you like it here," he said finally before going on his way.

"Anyway," Pia said after Snake was gone, "that's pretty much all we need to do. Research, prepare, and strategize."

"And Celice needs to stop freaking out whenever he sees a non-humanoid," Roy added. Celice blushed. Earlier, he had come quite close to having a panic attack when Jigglypuff had bounced over and hugged him. Afterwards, however, Marth, Roy, and Ike had comforted him by saying that they had been scared of her at first also.

"I'll work on that," Celice mumbled.

I know, I know, it's filler. Cut me some slack. I have a huge Science test tomorrow, and... yeah. It's huge. And my grade really matters. The next chapter will be better! Do review, if it pleases you to. XD Oh, and also... Foxpilot claims credit for the redneck joke. We apologize if you are, in fact, a redneck.