Rain Child: Well, since we're getting to a brand new part in my story…(the last on…*sniffle*) I'm going to do more review responses…
SilverSkye27: LOL! Don't worry; Isaac's beginning to figure it out, read the chapter behind this one, and then this chapter! (2nd review: ) I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for putting me on your favorites list! Good luck on your story, I'll be sure to check it out!
Kyarorain: Isaac/Jenna, Felix/Sheba, and Garet/Mia forever!!!! ^o^ I wasn't sure how people would react to that bit. But I figured, hey, if they're both Jupiter Adepts, then they could talk in their minds, and since they're very strong (or are in my fanfic…) I figured maybe they'd mastered it over long distances…Jupiter's cool, but Venus would be my favorite! One guess…*huggles Isaac plushie*
Cheese: Well, I used to know how to say 'I am the great cheese puff' in Spanish, but I'll have to get back to you on that…but I'm glad you like it!
Golden Andy: *Sweatdrops* Umm…yeah…
TigerDauthi: I think I sent you an e-mail to explain it…but if it didn't help or you didn't get it, let me know somehow, okay?
Unknown: Erm…yeah, in my little time track a few years have passed, and they're both older now…and there have been bigger age differences in real life. They are staying together! ^^
Azul Eclipse: The only one to review that last chapter!!! Yay! I'm glad you liked the lollipop and the soup! ^_^ Isaac/Jenna forever!
…Oh yeah, I'd better go ahead and clear up some things before we begin:
The story began in a memory, but in actuality, Isaac, Jenna, Garet, and Mia were all 21. You can do the rest of the math from there. Now, in Part III, the same four are about 24, give or take a month or so. Merric is almost four. This is a bit of a random, non-angst chapter, but it shows all the characters we have now, and introduces our lovely villain, who is of my own invention, not Alex, Saturos, or anyone else! As for the names of the children, the boys' names were inspired as follows: Merric was a play of Garet and Mia. It turned out to be the name of a character in a book I was reading, so I used a few of the other boys' names. The girls' names are the Japanese names of Jenna and Mia, Okay???
Merric: (still four!) Wait!!! Dis…dis…clainer.
Mia: ^_^ It's disclaimer.
Rain Child: Okay, I don't own Golden Sun, and no, I don't have some funny disclaimer song like last time (go read it!).
Isaac: *nods*
Rain Child: ISAAC!!!! ^o^
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Part III, Chapter IOf Unrequited, A Story
Written by Rain Child
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Several months passed, and what Ivan and Sheba had known quickly became obvious to everyone else—Jenna was with child. The baby was born about the time spring melds into summer, and a few months after Mia's bore Garet a second son with her turquoise hair. Jenna's daughter had Isaac's clear sapphire blue eyes, and her reddish-brown hair. Weeks became months, months became years…two to be exact. In that time, Sheba and Felix married and Sheba had a son, and Merric turned three. Things seemed almost perfect, like the eight Adepts and their families had fallen into a parallel Utopian society. But all knew it couldn't last…
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Felix called out a greeting to his sister and his brother-in-law as they approached, both helping their toddler along. The brown-haired Venus Adept smiled quietly as he heard Jenna,
"Come on Jasmine, let's go see Uncle Felix!"
Jenna had changed a lot, for the better, since having a baby, he figured, though she still managed to have a little of her fiery temper occasionally. Isaac had changed too. The once almost silent Adept was so much more loving and open. How couldn't he be that way, having little Jasmine always wanting her 'daddy' to play with her, or tell her a story?
Laughing, Felix scooped up the little two-year-old into his arms, swinging Jasmine around as she squealed in delight. After giving her to Isaac, Felix hugged his sister and clasped hands with Isaac.
"A little bit of sugar goes a long, long way with her, doesn't it?" he asked, grinning.
"She doesn't need sugar to be this hyper…" Jenna commented, the light circles under her eyes proving it, "She needs to learn to sleep!"
"Talk about endless energy. How've you been, Felix?"
"Pretty good, Isaac, but the lack of sleep is torture. Sheba's adjusting better than me though."
"How old is Neal, now?" Jenna asked, taking Jasmine from Isaac.
"A month, I think."
"And cute as ever, right?"
"Of course."
As they continued talking, the four had ended up inside, where Sheba was almost knocked over by an excited Jasmine, who'd run over to hug her 'Aunt Sheba.'
"Hi, Antie* Sheba!!!"
"Hello Jasmine."
"Sorry Sheba, I think she found the sugar again." Jenna said, shrugging helplessly.
"It's all right. How are you two doing?"
"Other than Jasmine waking us up with the sun every morning, we're pretty good."
The two women went into the kitchen, Jasmine toddling behind them. Isaac and Felix sat down in the next room, already discussing something or another that involved psynergy's progress. In the kitchen, Sheba had a stew cooking over the fire, while Baby Neal gurgled something in baby talk. Jasmine stood on her tippy-toes, peering curiously over the table top at her month-old cousin. Jenna lifted her daughter into her arms so the 30-month-old child could child could see better, telling her in a sweet tone,
"Remember Neal?"
"B-but…he big now."
"That's because he's growing, just like you."
"Does it hurt?"
"No, silly girl, now come on, let's help Auntie Sheba take the drinks in. Guess who's coming?"
"Who!?!"
"Uncle Garet and Aunt Mia."
"YAY!" Grinning, Jenna set a happy Jasmine down, who ran to the door to wait for them to come.
Sheba smiled, handing Jenna some of the glasses of lemon water to take to their husbands. The Jupiter Adept couldn't help smiling so. Everyone seemed so happy, with the once familiar melancholy twinges gone, if only for now. Holding two glasses in one hand, and Neal in her other arm, she and Jenna went to join Isaac and Felix, Jasmine choosing then to shout,
"The here!"
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Mia, Garet, and their sons Merric and Owen approached Felix's house, Merric running up ahead to bang on the door (or what he called knocking…), while his parents talked with Picard and Ivan. Isaac opened the door, Jasmine yelling multiple hello's. Mia, heavy with child, and a beaming Garet sat down with Picard and Ivan, while Jasmine and the two boys (Neal was still being held by Sheba) running off to play. Sheba handed Mia her son, who took the baby, smiling as she rocked him.
"I'm so happy that I'm finally going to have a baby girl." Mia commented dreamily as Neal wrapped his tiny hand around her index finger.
"I could only imagine the chaos having three boys could create," Sheba added, looking pointedly at Isaac, Garet, and Felix, who looked down.
"Oh, chaos didn't define the trouble those three caused! Especially when they were first learning psynergy. Honestly, Mia, I don't know how on Weyward you can stand to put up with even two! Jasmine's trouble enough." Jenna agreed, adding as an afterthought, "But I suppose once they're there, you become attached. I could never give up my little demon child now."
"So do you think Merric will be a Mars Adept, or a Mercury?" Picard asked, golden eyes following Merric and Owen chase a giggling Jasmine.
"It's hard to tell at this point, but I'm guess he'll be a Mercury," Garet decided, adding, "He doesn't hate baths like I did, and he wants to learn how to swim already."
"How about you, Isaac, what element do you think Jasmine will be?" Ivan questioned, also watching the three children.
"Despite the face she's a lot like her mother," Isaac admitted laughingly, "I think she's going to be a Venus Adept."
"If so, she'll be the first Venus Adept from Vale in…how many years…?" Felix thought aloud, taking a sip of the lemon water.
"…Fifty, I believe, is when the last passed away." Ivan answered, adding bashfully, "Kraden let me use his books he left here in Vale, you know, since he couldn't take them all to Tolbi."
"Ah, thanks." Felix answered.
And so the afternoon carried on for the eight Adepts and the children, all totally unaware of the evils lurking in the all too near future…
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Cold, ice-colored eyes narrowed as the focused on the two Adepts and their two children as they made their way home. He cursed under his breath as two men followed them, going to the inn. So many of them, all together! Those Jupiter Adeps were a force to be reckoned with after all. 'Damnit, at this rate, it'll be years before all of them are where they belong!' the man though angrily.
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*What Jasmine says is mostly spelled phonetically, so as to express the fact she's very new to talking. And yes, at two and a half years, they can talk a little, I have a next door neighbor that old, and two younger sisters and a younger brother! I'm not saying they can speak perfectly, but if that doesn't satisfy everyone, use the excuse Weyward is another world.
Rain Child: Well, I hope you liked this short, pointless little chapter of introductions. Please leave some reviews!!! I was very sad I only got one last time!