True Love

By Kyoto Dragon

Authours Note: This fic is inspired bt a fantastic piece of Harvest Moon artwork of Jack and Elli. I "borrowed" a match script form a Yu-Gi-Oh episode cause I'm so lame in inventing my own. Also I wrote this chapter in the week that I had the flu so some of it may not sound sense.

Pairing: Jack/Elli



Chapter 3

Elli heard rumbling and looked up.

"JACK LOOK OUT!!!" Elli called out

Jack looked up and saw falling rocks hurtling towards him; Jack jumped clear with the basket full of ore, but he didn't quite made it clear of the falling rocks, one grazed his arm, as he landed he hit the ground hard.

"Unng!" Jack groaned

"JACK! Are you hurt??!!" Elli said concerned

"My chest! I hit the ground a little too hard" Jack winced

"We should go the surgery" Elli said

"I doesn't hurt that much Elli, lets just get back to the farm" Jack said

Jack managed to drive his quadbike back to the farm. Elli helped Jack inside, as Jack walked over to the fridge to get a drink the pain became unbearable and Jack collapsed onto the floor.

"Jack, I'm calling doc!" Elli said picking up the phone.

As doc examined Jack wile he lay in bed; Elli paced the room outside the bedroom concerened, Elli walked up to the cabinet noticing a picture of herself and Jack among a group of sheep, she picked up the picture and smiled.

"Elli; Jack will be fine, its just a few bruised ribs I told him totake the day off tommorow, he can still do the harvesting but he must not pick up anything heavy" doc said.

"Right" Elli replied

The next day was the day before the end of summer, Jack stood on the edge of the field looking the the fields of Tomatoes, Corn, Onions, Pineapples and Pumpkins; the crop was doing well, Rick and Popuri had come over to help tend to the animals, Grey came over to help harvest the crops.

"Zack's gonna have a hard time taking this lot away!!" Grey laughed

"Huh Grey could ya start with the harvesting I just need to go into town to get some seeds from the supermarket" Jack said

"Huh sure" Grey replied

Jack walked into Jeff's supermarket; Karen wasn't there, she wouldn't be because she would be at the Inn with Ann. Jack picked up some packets of Eggplant, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Green Peppers and Spinach, a wedding magazine on the shelf rack caught his eye.

"Afternoon Jack" Sasha said "I see that magazine caught your eye, Karen's been asking me to order in some magazine for the women in this town. She says there seems to be too many magazines for the men" she added.

"But, its mainly men who come into the store and occasionally Elli" Jeff said

"Yes but if we stock womens magazines in we get female customers coming in" Sasha said

"I've gotta do the stock check, I'll be back in a few minutes" Jeff said walking into the store room

"Jack, you and Elli have been dating for a wile I know she has been in love with you since the start last summer. The day after you won that duel match against Kai, I saw Elli looking at the same wedding magazine that caught your eye...." Sasha said

"She wants to get married?" Jack said puzzled

"She's in love with you, the girl been thinking about marraige. Here take this" Sasha said giving Jack a small long rectangular box, Jack opened it

"A blue feather?" Jack said.

"Keep it, free of charge, use it when you're prepared to propose to Elli" Sasha smiled

"Oh; when Zack comes could you tell him to come with his pickup truck I've got a BIG harvest for him" Jack said

"Sure" Sasha replied

"And thanks for the feather!!" Jack smiled as he pocketed it in his jacket.

Jack got back to the farm, Grey had nearly finished harvesting the Tomatoes, Corn and Onions, Rick had just returned from putting the vats of Milk and wool into Jack's new small barn sized shipping bin and was now helping with the pineapple and pumpkin harvesting. It was getting late and Zack had come to pick up the harvest and paid him alot, Jack his the blue feather in a drawer and hoped that Elli wouldn't find it, Karen had come over erlier that evening to talk with Elli.

"I'll be fine tommorow Elli, I plan to referbish my new place tommorrow, Kai said he'd like to manage the shop when it opens wile I work on the farm" Jack said

"You just take care ok?" Elli said

"I'll come see you at lunch" Jack replied

"See you then" Elli smiled kissing Jack

Jack went back inside, took out the box with the blue feather and sat down at the table with a notepad. Jack pondered on how he would and when he would propose to Elli, he knew that his relationship would come to a point where he would eventually ask her to marry him but he was not sure how to go about it, Jack scribbled down some proposals and put the blue feather back in the drawer.

The next day:

"So Jack, you want me to mann your new store wile you're working on the farm?" Kai asked

"Yes, Karen said she would do it too during the summer wile you are working at your beach lodge, I was going to ask Rick but I knew you two don't see eye to eye so Ann aggreed to help out" Jack said

"So what is your shop going to be?" Kai asked

"A comic book store, selling computer games, figurines and TCGs as well" Jack replied

"Cool! I'd like to work in a place like that!" Sai smiled

"Sure, its a deal!" Jack said shaking Kai's hand

"And maybe I can find a way to defeat you in a duel" Kai smiled

"Likley" Jack smirked

"HEY!!!" Kai yelled

"Hi Jack" Elli said poking her head through the door

"Morning Elli" Jack smiled

"Have you eaten breakfast yet Jack?" Elli asked

"Oops I forgot" Jack slapped his forehead

"I'll go to you place to cook you breakfast" Elli smiled

"I'll be there in twenty minutes" Jack said

At Jack's farm Elli began to cook him breakfast, the eggs were taking time to cook so she decided to make Jack's bed. As she was walking towards Jack's room something on the shelves caught her eye, Elli looked at the collection of valuble gems that Jack had collected from the south mine last winter. Elli saw a box and picked it up and opened it, she was astonished to see that it was a blue feather.

::Oh Jack! you're going to propose to me?:: Elli blushed

::I've already decided on the answer when you decide to propose to me!:: she blushed even more

The door opened..

"Elli?" Jack said

::Oh no!! I must not let Jack now that he's got this!!!!:: Elli thought

"Elli?" Jack said again


To be continued...