Fire Emblem:

"Sain's Guide to Dating"

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Epilogue: ... A Man Scorned

It is slow going for a man with a twisted ankle and only a crutch to support him, and Kent was no exception... The knight was still heading through the encampment and back towards his tent, when he caught something out of the corner of his eye.

It turned out to be Sain... The cavelier was talking animatedly to a group of men around a campfire; by Sain's arm gestures, it was quite obvious that he was recounting how Kent got his injury... At this, Kent's eyes narrowed.

The knight then marched determinedly towards his friend, as best as he could manage... As he approached, Kent thought he could overhear part of Sain's conversation.

"...So, get this... All three pegasus sisters came to visit him, and..." Sain then trailed off, as he noticed Kent glaring at him.

"Oh, hi Kent!" he greeted his friend, oblivious to the knight's obvious annoyance at him. "They let you out of the infirmary, did they?" A look of concern then crossed Sain's face.

"Say... You shouldn't be moving so much on that ankle, should you...?" he asked curiously.

"Be quiet, Sain!" interrupted Kent, irritably. "I have half a mind to hit you with my crutch..." Sain looked bewildered by his friend's negative reaction.

"What's wrong, Kent? Why are you so mad at me?

"Why do you think, Sain?" retorted the other knight. "How dare you tell everyone how I fell out of that tree! Do you have any idea how humiliating that is? Now, no one will ever take me seriously again... I'll be the laughingstock of the camp!"

"On the contrary, Kent!" protested Sain. "The men are impressed by how you won over all those women... I'm just improving your reputation with the ladies!"

"I might even add your little incident to my scroll, as an example..." continued the cavelier to himself, thoughtfully. "Do you still have it on you...?" Looking up at his friend, it was only then that he recognized Kent's infuriated expression.

Sain's eyes slowly widened. "Uh-oh..."

The cavelier carefully backed away from Kent... Then, he began to run. Kent immediately followed Sain in hot pursuit, although he was rather hampered by his bad ankle.

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Meanwhile, in another part of the camp, Lady Lyndis headed towards the infirmary... In her hands, she carried a bunch of wildflowers, which were quite obviously for Kent.

Lyn was just about to enter the healer's tent, when Sain, and then Kent both rushed past her, yelling at the top of their lungs.

"Hey, calm down, Kent!" cried Sain hastily. "You're supposed to keep off that foot, remember? What about duty and battling and all that...?"

"Shut up, Sain!" snarled Kent, waving his crutch over his head. "The only thing I care about now is breaking this crutch over your head! You and your foolish scroll... This is all your fault...!"

As the two caveliers sprinted past Lyn, she stared after both of them, astonished... Then, she shook her head.

"Gee, and I always thought Kent was so dependable and level-headed," Lyn said to herself, in disbelief. "I guess it's true what they say about redheads..."

Lyn then sighed, tossed away the flowers, and slowly walked away.

END

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Notes: To be honest, I don't care for the Epilogue... But I thought it was a better ending than Part 5. Any comments or reviews on this story would be appreciated!

As you may have noticed, this rewrite of "Sain's Guide to Dating" is pretty much the same as the original, except that it's no longer in script format... (The bulk of the new material is in Part 3, in case you didn't notice.) And as a side note, I'm actually finished the sequel to this story; it should be up here, shortly...