Chapter 9:Sexy Bandits come in handy

I don't own any of these characters form the game. Only Aron, Ella, Raymond, and Mary Rose. So far.

Thank you for the reviews, Water Goddess, I swear, thank you. You motivate me with reviews. If other people have read this like a year later. And there's lots of reviews by now, thanks to you too.((not likely to happen)). Thank you! ((those who like ff9, I got a fanfic about that too)) HINT HINT . . . he he he.

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My head hurt as I walked into the meeting hall. No one else was up yet. I sighed and walked around. The room was light blue, like it usually is in the morning, ya know? Everything is that same dull blue color. I hate waking up at that time. I hate waking up when it's sunny. I hate waking up. But still, I walked to the large windows and looked out. A few servants snuck around, trying to be quite. No one noticed me. I sighed as I pressed my forehead to the glass. I had had a dream last night.

I remembered it because it was of my Earth home. Home? Doubtful. It had went like this:

When I was five, we lived in a real house. My brother and his twin were about three. We were playing in the living room when my Dad burst in. He held up a broken doll.

"You did it, didn't you!" He directed towards me. I shook my head. I didn't play with mama's porcelain figurines. It was bad.

"It wasn't my fault!" I yelled. He smacked me. My mother rushed in. She scorned me.

"Harold, it was an accident. She may be a lair, don't give her any attention, and she'll stop. She's just jealous." my mom said. It really hadn't been me. They never did pay that much attention to me. They walked away with my siblings in their arms.

Yeah, that was it. I got so damn tired of them. At least I was here. Yeah, where I was despised by the man I had hoped to love. Wow, I sure was dead set, wasn't I ? I sighed again. I walked down to the training room. Yeah, I knew the maps form the Strategy Guide by heart. I picked up a wooden sword that was just like Rose's general weapons. I moved it to my liking and started to do simple moves. And then Combos. I felt sweat going down my back. And then I felt a hand touch my shoulder. He stood there in a golden light, perfect for him. His green clothes were set off by the golden sun light. If I wasn't so damn set on Zeek, I would have fallen for this sexy man called King Albert. Okay, he was older now, but that wasn't that bad . . . yeah it was.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Uh . . . Your Majesty! I'm sorry! I couldn't sleep anymore and um . . . problems?" I said, getting on my knees and bowing. Albert chuckled and lifted me up.

"That's okay. Usually, I start the day with a warm up in the Training room. What sort of problems?"

"None!" I lied."Just, uh. . . . hey, gotta question. Is Zeek engaged to Ella?" I asked.

"Yes. Actually. It's quite a strange question you'd ask. Why?" "No reason. How long had they been engaged?" I asked. Albert picked up a spear and started to spar with me.

"Since they both turned thirteen. That'd be about seven years now." He said.

"Oh. Why'd they get engaged?" I asked. Albert chuckled.

"Because Zeek was the first male friend my daughter ever made. She had her heart set on it. Zeek said that he didn't mind. They had a formal engagement. They'll be married in a year." Albert said, taking the wooden sword form my hands. I was shocked. Not too shocked, but just enough.

"She acts like they're already married most of the time. She's spoilt rotten, but I love her. She's the last bit of her mother I have left." Albert said.

"You mean . . . Emille is . . . "

"She died giving birth to our daughter. She had been ill a long time before." Albert smiled.

"I apologize! I didn't know!" I said. He shook his head.

"It's fine. Allow me to escort you to the meeting Hall." Albert said.

"It'd be an honor. You have a stunning daughter. No wonder Zeek would fall in love with her. Ella . . . she glows. . ." I said. Yeah.

"Yes, but Zeek seemed somewhat distant in his feelings for a couple of years. Makes me wonder." Albert said, looking at me. I shrunk. I damn sure didn't have anything to do with it! Or maybe . . . nah.

We walked into the meeting hall and everyone was sitting down. Everyone included: Zeek, Ella, the advisor, and Raymond. Albert gave me my seat and sat in his own.

"I think our best course of action is to go to the origins in which we each found our dragoon spirits. We must find the old ones and find the new. What road we shall take will be the long way to the Black castle Kazas. There, we can sort things out and seize the rebellion there. As Raymond unveiled for us, Orcs are being continuously produced. Stopping production would be our best course of action. You're horses are ready along with supplies." Albert said. He dropped his dragoon spirit on the table. It was severely cracked. Zeek put it in his bag. And then we started to leave. And then Ella came along.

"I'm going with you, Zeek!We'll be together!" she said, excited. In her hand was a bow and across her back was a quiver full of arrows. She wore a white dress that cut off mid thigh. She had a silver belt with decorative flowers and her long tresses of golden hair were in braids. She looked delightfully beautiful. Even when she gave me a go-to-hell look. Ah well. I sighed and mounted my horse. I hated this. Please, some bandits, come, rape, and pillage.

We rode out with Albert looking at us. He glared at his daughter, it seemed they had had a fight. I wans't gonna say anything. I just rode behind Zeek and Ella. And thought of pulling out a bazooka and shooting Ella's head off. Nope. Didn't have one. Damn. We rode out of Bales and onto the main road. Hoax was on our way, but it was a good day's worth of traveling. When we did reach they road, we slowed our horses to a trot. Ella was always talking to Zeek. I was usually in the back. Dammit. We stopped around noon to eat lunch. Ella tended to Zeek by feeding him. At least she was good to him. Zeek smiled at her jokes, but seemed to not really care. I volunteered to get some water from the stream. I left and walked around in the woods for fifteen minutes before finding a small creek. I sighed as I sat by it. I cried softly and then told myself to stop.

"Hello, Rose, dear." said a silky, sexy voice from behind me. I turned to see none other than Aron. "You are crying. Well, that's something I hate to see. Women may look beautiful when they have tears streaming down their faces, but it saddens me to no extent to see them like that." he said, sincerely. He brushed the tear stains away.

"Thanks. But, I'm not pretty when I cry. My face gets all red and puffy. But, you're sweet." I told him.

"Hey, who was the blond chick at your camp, clinging to Zeek?" "his . . . fiancee. Her name's Ella." I said, putting the cold water in the pail.

"Well, you might wann get her away from Zeek." "How?"

"Me and my men, well, I am one of the leading Bandits of Endiness, and I thought it'd be nice of me to um . . . capture them. I haven't stolen anything and they haven't seen my face so, that's pretty good. Wanna play the hero?" Aron asked me as he relaxed next to me. He had a good heart. And his offer was tempting. Hmm . . . would I do it?

"Well. I think Ella has a good heart. What do you wanna do with em?" I said.

"Um . . . money? I dunno. Usually I only get merchants. I was on my way to Lohan when I fell through the Limestone cave. So yeah. Want me to kill her for you?" Aron asked. I whaked his chest and got up.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think we'll get them now. I think we'll be going by Lohan if you wanna come. It would be nice to have a friend along." I said. He stretched and walked ahead.

"Okay. I made our camp right where ya stopped." Aron said as we walked back. I grinned at his kindness. The camp had simple white tents and bandits ran around the place. Zeek and Ella were treated with rude remarks until Aron smiled and stopped the actions. He untied the two and gave Ella a charming 'give me your heart' type look. She bit into the fruit of Eden with ease. Zeek somehow gave a breath of relief.

"Thanks Aron," he whispered to him.

"Anytime bud," Aron replied, kissing Ella's hand.

"I'm Ella, daughter of the king of Serdio! Who are you?" Ella asked. Aron's eyes widened.

"I'm Aron, your savior." he said. I noticed he left off the part about him being the bandit leader. Was he wanted? More than likely. Zeek glanced at me for a moment and slightly smiled. Then he turned abruptly to get his horse. What was up with him? Two timer? Mormon? What?