The Prince Comes Along
Thank you! I didn't know what to expect when I put it up, but I'm glad I've got encouraging feedback and no flames. I'm so glad to receive reviews! I'll take time to write back to those who've been so kind to review as they took their time telling me what they thought about my story:
MandyT: I'm very glad you like it! And yes, Vyse's great, isn't he? He's not so known all around world as someone like Sephiroth, but he's got a great personality! And his eye patch is to die for! Well, I didn't tell in the "Behind the scenes" how long before "The Smash Files" this happened, so who knows if Vyse goes to Link? And Roy's left alone?
darkhiei: I'll make sure to tell you when I've got this story finished! Though it might take me a while to complete it because I'm kind of busy… It's so great that you, too, like it!
JroCKerKei: I'm glad you're excited to see an update! I'm trying to write as fast as I can, but I want the text to be good too, so It'll probably take a while before I update again. I'm very happy to hear you like it too!
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The Island of Llena was a nice place, but big because it was in the travelling routes of many merchant ships. It's port was huge, the Swan was like a fly there and it wasn't a small boat. They docked between two tourist ships and went to the city to find a Sailor's Guild. Most of the citizens on Llena were sailors and fishers. They appreciated Vyse, who had already become a legend because of all the things he'd achieved. Not many seventeen-year-old boy had fought against a huge armada with only one ship, travelled around the world and found more than hundred discoveries. He was a celebrity, known everywhere, having everyone's admiring.
Vyse's hand was around Roy's waist, holding him close as they walked in the market. The general had snorted for a while when he'd put his hand there, but stopped when he'd kept ignoring it. He pulled the boy even closer when the jam of people grew even thicker. There were so many people it was hard to see what was in front of you.
"There!" Roy pointed at a sign that said: 'Sailor's Guild.'
"Yeah! Great!" The pirate rushed through the people mass to the door and got inside. They both sighed almost at the same time, being relieved for getting out of there.
"Next time we're not coming here." Vyse ascertained.
"No, we're not." Roy agreed, nodding his head.
"Vyse the Legend! What a pleasure to see you here on Llena!" The owner of the guild looked at the two of them, admiring shined from his eyes. He turned to the blue-haired man and said:
"I'm sorry, there's really nothing we can do for you. I'll put him on our Wanted-list, sir. Thank you for visiting." He turned back to Vyse and Roy again, smiling. He was probably very excited to meet the legendary boy. "How can I help you, Vyse the Legend?"
"I'm here to sell some discovery information. I and Roy found the Cave of the Moons!" The pirate boasted. Roy looked at the royal-looking man, who seemed to have a problem.
"Oh, how did you find that!? I thought it was just a legend!!"
"Well, Lady Luck smiled to my crew and kept my ship on course." Vyse grinned.
The man still stood there, looking at the wooden board, his cobalt eyes stared at it blankly. His expression was calm and collected, but those eyes could tell that he was thinking. The man's skin was pure and beautiful. His blue hair covered his forehead, there was a tiara on his head.
Is he a royal?
His armour was fine, there was silver in it, some gold stripes and small gemstones here and there. The man's sword, too, was very familiar, Roy saw it's handle and started to wonder who the man was.
"You coming, Roy?" Vyse came to him and looked at him in his eyes. He took his eyes off the man and looked at his beloved.
"Yeah, yeah." The redhead followed the Blue Rogue out of the guild, not seeing how the man's eyes followed him.
Vyse the Legend? Ship on course? And that just couldn't be…But he's got the same name… I don't believe that he was him, he's dead!
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"Where are we going now?" Roy asked from the brunette as they walked in the human jam. The Blue Rogue had taken his hand again, holding it tight.
"To 'buy' some food." Vyse said with a grin. "Our supplies are almost empty."
"Wait!"
"What?" The redhead stopped. He looked around himself to see that was there someone looking for him.
"What?" The pirate looked at him, looking slightly surprised.
"Someone shouted for someone to wait and I just stopped to see did he shout for us."
"I don't think he did." Vyse pulled the fiery boy near him, putting a finger under his chin and letting it caress him as it went behind his head.
"Vyse…" Roy's tone of voice was telling him not to do what he intended to. But the pirate closed his eyes as he pressed his lips on the boy's. The general decided not to break the kiss, he needed to get used to all this. His face had changed its colour to light red. He wrapped his arms around the brunette and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss. Some of the people said something in the jam to each other, those who saw them.
"Mom, what are those two men doing?"
"Eeew, yuck! Can't they go somewhere were people can't see them?"
Ignore them…
"Is that Vyse the Legend?"
"I wish my love to my fiancée was that passionate…"
"Oooh, that's sooo cute!"
"Who's that he's kissing?"
"It's not appropriate to kiss like that in front of children! They should be ashamed!"
Vyse broke the kiss finally he looked into Roy's eyes for a while with a grin before starting to pull him after him again. The general tried to ignore all the eyes people gave them, some admiring, some disgusted, some like that was normal. He felt the red rising on his face again.
It doesn't matter what they think! All that matters is that I care for Vyse! I don't care about them!
"This." The captain stood in front of a door that said: "Grocery Store."
"So, here tonight?" The redheaded pirate asked.
"Yup, this place is where we do our 'shopping.'"
"Well, then, shouldn't we go back to the Swan and get ready?"
"Yeah, we've got to make everything ready." The pirate put his hand around the general's waist again, squeezing him against his side gently. Roy smiled although he felt the red rising again.
"Wait!" The general tore himself away from the pirate's grasp and looked around. He was now sure that someone was shouting for him.
"Wait, Vyse. Did you hear someone shouting for us?"
"I heard someone shouting, but I don't think it was for us." The Blue Rogue tried to kiss him again, but he backed away.
"Wait!" The man they had seen in the Sailor's Guild rushed his way to them. When he got near enough, he heaved a deep sigh, breathing heavily.
"Thank-thank you." He said as he tried to catch his breath.
"Is everything alright?" Vyse asked, trying to estimate how valuable was his armour.
"Y-yes. Can we go somewhere where there is a bit less people?" The man had collected himself and started to lead their way. The pirates looked at each other quickly when they decided to follow him.
He stopped in the docks and turned to look at them. Especially he looked at Roy, trying to think was he the same boy who was told to be dead.
"Thank you for following me." He said. "I'm Prince Marth Lowell of Althea. It's a pleasure meeting both of you."
The general's eyes widened, then he blushed. How hadn't he recognised someone so famous as the prince of Althea! The sword was the famous Falchion, the sword he had used when he defeated the Dark Dragon Medeus!
"Well, nice to know you, prince. I'm Vyse of the Blue Rogues and this is Roy."
"Roy?"
"Uh, yeah." The fiery boy tried to hide his blush behind his bangs.
"What did you want to talk to us about, Your Highness?" Vyse said, a little annoyed that Marth was looking at Roy's body in that calm and collected way of his.
"Are you Roy of Ertruria?" The prince asked, his voice was smooth and his accent royal.
"Y-yeah. How do you know me? No one here does!" Roy thought of his father, had he sent a prince after him now?
"I've been talking with your father recently. He has told the Kingdom of Ertruria that Your Highness has died in an accident. But now that you are alive, I can ask you, why would he tell such a lie?"
"Be-because of nothing. And you can call me just Roy."
"Oh, you don't trust me?" Marth rose his eyebrows slightly. Roy blushed again, he turned away from the two.
"Why won't you get to the point?" Vyse said, he didn't like the way the prince was trying to get close with the general.
"Oh, yes, of course." He took out a brochure, it looked exactly like the one the giant hand had given to the redheaded pirate. "I was on my way here, when a pirate ship attacked my ship. I managed to escape with a few friends of mine, but they were killed in a storm before I got to this Island. I've been here for two days now and I'm looking for someone who could take me to this place. It's called the Smash Building."
The two pirates looked at him.
"Could you take me there if I paid you?" He asked politely.
"What's that armour of yours worth? 2000? 3000?" Vyse had almost accepted the prince's request.
"Much more than that. I'd say 5000." Marth smiled a small smile when he had got the brunette's mouth open. "So, will you do it?"
"If we get that armour, we'd be more than happy to." The captain said, grinning.
"Great. So, that's a deal then. I shall be here at nine in the evening." The prince walked back to the city, leaving the two standing on the pier.
"So, we're going to the Smash place anyway?" Roy asked. He felt like he had just swallowed a canary and tried to hide it. He was jealous. That prince got to go there, but he couldn't. But he had Vyse. He could be happy without going to the tournament too.
"What's wrong?" He woke from his thoughts and looked directly into the pirate's nougat eyes.
"Nothing. I was just--"
"Jealous."
"What!? No way!" the redhead flared up.
"But you were. You always have that face when you are. Are you jealous because he gets to the tournament?" The brunette was calm. He had already learned that with Roy, getting mad was the last way to make him open.
"I… I guess I am."
"Then go there." He said it like it was the simplest thing in the world.
"No, I don't know."
"Think about it. I think you should go if you're that jealous to him. And I'm not going to run away, you know?"
"Yeah… I'll think about it." Roy said, he wasn't happy to think about this matter again. It had been hard enough to turn down the offer back then when they'd met the hand and now he was taking someone who went to that tournament to the Smash Building. He wanted to go really bad.
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Roy sat in the captain's quarters reading the brochure over and over again. His heart said no, it wanted to be with Vyse all the time, his mind said yes, saying that he wouldn't lose the pirate if he went to the tournament. He looked out through the window, gazing to the harbour. Could he be able to sail during the tournament? Because the sea was Vyse's life, it had always been and would always be.
"Hey, Roy."
"Yeah?" He turned his head to see the Blue Rogue.
"It's eight o'clock. The prince's coming in an hour. And I thought we could spend some time together before he comes." His beloved came sitting next to him and pulled him near. Roy wrapped his arms around the boy, holding him near.
They were there for a long time, just cuddling each other. Vyse saw that the general had been thinking about the tournament again and sighed. It really wasn't such a big deal after all. The thing that mattered was that they could be together.
"Don't think about that too much, Roy, okay?"
"About what?" The redhead looked at him, loosening his grasp around the brunette.
"About the Smash-thing."
"Oh, okay." Roy pressed his lips on Vyse's, embracing him in a passionate kiss. Their tongues met and duelled softly as the kiss deepened and the pirate pulled the general on top of him on the couch.
He groaned quietly as the kiss ended and the fiery redhead started kissing his neck gently. He pulled him near, nibbling the boy's ear. They held each other there, enjoying the moment they were together.
But too soon for them, the clock pointed nine and Vyse's watch informed about it by ringing. He groaned disappointedly as Roy moved away from him, putting his tunic back on. He stood up and tossed the pirate his vest gently, smiling as he tightened his belt.
"I believe the prince's not late." The redhead said with a soft tone.
The Blue Rogue sighed loudly. "We should've asked him to come a bit later."
"Yeah, I know." Roy looked at his feet. "But Vyse…"
"Hm?"
"In front of him, can you hold yourself back?"
"Of course I can, if you want me to." Vyse went to his beloved, wrapping his hands around him and holding him there for a while.
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Marth was waiting for those two sailors. He was excited inside, he had found the so-dead general. But why was the boy travelling with a pirate? Had he been kidnapped and brainwashed? Or had he lost his memory? He decided to find out during the time he would spend with the general.
And they seemed to be awfully close with the legendary pirate. Vyse was protecting him from the prince and that could be a bit of a problem in getting close with him. So he needed to earn the pirate's trust as well.
"Hey, Marth, was it?" Vyse walked along the pier towards him in the darkening evening, close behind him followed the fiery general.
"Yes, and you were Vyse and Roy." The prince said, bowing.
"True. What happened to your armour?" The Blue Rogue asked, not even trying to hide his curiosity. The prince was now wearing grey armour with some silvery designs. It matched well with his grey pants and blue tunic.
"I bought a new one as I'll be needing an armour in the battles. Here's the one I promised to give you." He gave Roy the bag, bowing and smiling in a royal way. The general bowed as he thanked. Vyse watched the play the two swordsmen acted with a raised eyebrow. He knew that that was what the nobles did, but he had always thought that it was unnecessary and time-consuming.
"Shall we get back?" he said.
"Yes, if you lead the way." Marth bowed to him too, but he didn't bow back, no matter how Roy glared at him. Vyse turned around and lead the way, suddenly he felt uncomfortable. He wanted to keep an eye on the general: like he couldn't take care of himself? And he couldn't even hug him now that the prince was present.
They got to the Swan and Roy led the prince to the room that was prepared for him. When Marth put down the few things he still owned, he tried again to get closer the general.
"I still can't stop wondering why would your father say you've died as you seem very healthy to me."
"I'm very sorry, but that's my own affair." The redhead stood in the doorway.
"Oh, I didn't mean to be rude, I was just confused that I found you travelling with a pirate."
"It's nothing. Please, don't leave the ship, we'll be setting sail at midnight." Roy was leaving, he was walking slowly towards the bridge, leaving the prince's door open.
"All right. By the way, you can call me just Marth as friends do. We can cut off the courtesies, can we?" Marth ran to the corridor with a prince's dignity.
"Yeah, sure." Roy felt more relaxed right away.
The prince went back to his room, looking around. It was a decent room to be in a pirate ship, he wouldn't complain. He sat down on the bed, sighing because he had lost his armour but glad that he could still make it in time to the tournament.
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They opened the door quietly, so that no one would wake up. There was no one inside the grocery shop. Vyse gave his crew the orders to get what they were missing and they took it, smoothly like experienced robbers. Then they left a note, saying that the Blue Rogues were there and left.
Roy carried a sack of bread walking next to the pirate. They had successfully got everything they needed, with these supplies they could sail for a couple of weeks before they'd need to go robbing again.
"Now, everyone, we need to leave quietly we don't want to draw attention." Vyse said what was obvious.
"Of course, Captain." Roy grinned to him.
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The Swan was sailing swiftly now that the wind was benign and the waves small enough. The weather was perfect for sailing. Vyse held the steering wheel with his both hands, he was now alone on the bridge. Roy was counting the ammunition they had to be sure they didn't need more.
"Vyse the Legend." Marth came to the bridge, his voice was respecting.
"Vyse's just fine." The pirate said, he was starting to feel normal around the prince. Marth hadn't tried to get too close to Roy whenever he was present. And that was good, because he was almost all the time with the general.
"Well, Vyse. Do you have any idea when we'll be arriving at the Smash Building?" The blue-haired man walked next to him, gazing to the sea.
"I'd say that with this weather, we might be there on Saturday."
"The day after tomorrow? That's very soon."
"Yeah, we'll make it if we have a weather like this all the time."
"Can I ask you a question?" Those cobalt blue eyes of the prince looked into his.
"Yeah, sure." How complicated the noble can be! Aika would've blurted the question out without any of this weird politeness. I guess I'll never get used to it.
"Why do they call you Vyse the Legend?"
"Well, I've done a lot in my life…" The Blue Rogue said simply.
"I've done a lot in my life and I don't even have an epithet yet."
"If you really want to know, I've fought against an armada with only one ship, escaped from the most secured building in the world twice and found lots of discoveries." He said, being proud of what he'd done. I've also won the heart of a nobleman.
"That's quite a lot."
"Yeah, it is." Vyse admitted. Marth looked at him from the corner of his eye. The pirate really was lovely, his body was healthy, shapely. And his face was the mix of an adult and a child. It had such childish, large brown eyes, filled with his curiosity and energy. And his hair was out of place almost all the time. But still, his face was the one of an adult's.
Am I falling in love? The prince looked at his feet his eyes open wide.
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This chapter's over… How about I make this a Square? It would be Marth/Roy/Link/Vyse… Well, who knows what my twisted mind makes up next? This chapter became a bit shorter than the first one, I'm sorry. If you're wondering where's Link, he'll be coming soon. Maybe in the next or the chapter after that… Anyway, once again, thank you for reviewing, reviewers! Please those who read this review and let me know what you think about it!
