Vows to You
By: Bren-chan

OOC: Holy fuckola! I didn't know I'd get this much reviews from you guys. Thankyou! Thankyou Thankyou!

Ugh, but I guess I gotta explain to you why I haven't updated any time sooner.

Well, it all started last week on Monday. I FINALLY had the first few paragraphs ready for the 2nd chapter. (Usually, it takes me forever on deciding how to start a chapter, but after that it'll pretty much get done in a faster pace)

BUT I lived in Florida… and not just Florida, but the Northwest side of Florida! Near the BALLS of Florida. And so I had to evacuate from Hurricane Ivan (btw, my house got some roof damage, but that's pretty much it. :D)

So I went and evacuated to Tampa where I stayed there until Friday when Ivan passed and then we got back… we should of gotten back on Friday night, but there was a curfew where I lived and we'd get pulled over since by the time we got there would be like… I dunno, 8 o clock? Yeah, so I stayed in some roach motel with no cable.

The next day we got through some traffic and this police officer totally dissed my dad when he was asking a simple question and we got to where I lived at like… 10 o clock in the morning.

BUT there was no power… and we had NO power until just… checks clock 25 minutes ago. (Which means I was powerless for 2 days straight, thank god not any more)

So here I am, ranting to all of you why I wasn't here, but I'm so happy I got lots of reviews so thank you all! You made my day feel so much better.

And now here comes the part where I answer all your reviews… since I really want to answer a lot of them.

Reviews:

Dark Viper: Thank you my dear cousin for reviewing my fic, even though you don't like yaoi., :P Oh yes, and thank you for revewing this thing twice.

sucura: Basically, if Eliwood was a girl, then even GUYS would think they're a great canon couple. But alas, only us yaoi likers shall see fit. :o I'm glad you like it, and there WILL be a lemon soon!

Amethyst Bubble: I'm happy you think it's adorable. And I'm sort of surprised myself that there isn't much Hector/Eliwood fics out there. I mean, with all the support it's getting, one would think the R section would be filled with lemons with them. XD

DeathsRain: Alas, such thing is true. I wish there were more though, there's a lot of potential with this pairing!

flamefirefox: I have to agree with you. Eliwood making the first move is definitely OOC for him, but hey, the poor guy's suffering so you cant really say much about it.

Oh, and about the emphasizing. I'm really sorry if that's annoying you x.x , but I really cant help it sometimes. It's actually part of my writing style to do that, especially when it's 1st person point of view. I don't know, it just makes /me/ (ha ha, emphasize there. X.x ) feel as if the person is really just talking to you and telling you about everything that happens, adding his/her expressions to it by adding emphasis.

But yeah, I speak crazy. :o

And with Hector rambling on and acting like Willeh… Basically, I think of the whole situation and how most people would react to it. I mean, he's mostly disrespectful, but Eliwood is there in a depressed state and Hector didn't purposely get his attention.

Also, he wouldn't want to degrade him more so he's a bit nervous with his words. Which is why his thoughts are more scrambled and he tends to ramble a bit, because he's trying not to speak of the subject, which is actually really hard to when there's a dead body there in the same room.

Eh, and flames… Ha ha, I laugh at flames. They're so fun to read and they brighten my day even more! :D
But thank you for the warning

Koriku: Yeah, I was a little sad too when I was writing this, but don't worry! It'll turn better soon.

Yeah, and about the smell. In my mind I was sort of thinking of objects that would actually harmonize each other in smell, and I'm also trying to fit it into Eliwood himself.

Leather is for his fighting and commanding skills, rough yet very inviting. It's like a protective sort of sense. While Honey is sweet and soft, like what he usually acts when he's with everyone. I can imagine that smell too, and it'd be very intoxicating, especially since I like both. :D

Nikki: Will do, will do. XD

avi17: Tee hee, even Eliwood not-that-much-likers enjoy this fic! :D Yes, have Hector hug and make sweet sweet love to him. n.n

Tokii: Ah, doesn't give a damn. XD I swear, if you look at a lot of the sections here (FFs, KH, Zelda, etc.) Those places are swarming with very graphic hardcore lemons, so if they ban this fic, they'll be hypocrites… which I despise. :D

And with emphasizing… well, that's up in flamefirefox's section, but I usually add emphasis to make it feel like Hector's there talking to you and explaining what happened and how he'd add more emotion to some words to give you… well… I dunno, a clearer picture? How you would feel in his shoes/boots?

Anime Sage: Kurai : I cant say that I was actually CRYING when Elbert/Nini died. ( To be honest, I was a little happy when Nini died. I dunno, I try my best not to hate any female characters, but she's just so… /dependent/ on Eliwood. If she was a little more independent, I'd love her. ) But yeah, I was still really sad.

I'm glad you like this! And I'll keep going until… another writers block prevents me from finishing this thing.

And… I think that's it with all the reviews. Like any of you would read this section anyway, but just in case. XD

Anyway, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I dun own this brilliant, yet highly annoying, game of death. For the company that made this was Intelligent systems, and I am not intelligent at all. ;.;

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Chapter 2: Bubble Gum, anyone?
Hector's POV

Stupid!

Stupid! Stupid! /Stupid/!

All I heard in my mind as I hurriedly ran through the corridors were those acid slicked words, spewing dire hatred in my unforgiving direction.

You see Hector, this is why you make such a crappy teddy bear. Your insides are not made of cotton, but of snakes poised ready to strike whoever got too close to you.

And this time, that victim was Eliwood. My beloved Eliwood was caught in this attack, and through my heart I worried for his fragility. How hard had this blown affected him?

…

Oh, who am I kidding?? It was uncalled for in my part, and it clearly devastated him beyond belief. His eyes had actually held so much life when he was in my arms, being embraced so lovingly as I held him close, refusing to let go of that sudden warmth from him.

Yet I blew it all off with my cocky attitude.

Through my gasps for breath I let out a sigh in frustration. No right had come from my wrongs and I knew that. Oh how I knew that. I knew it so much that I didn't notice, that in my process of running like some crazed Brigand, a lone figure that suddenly appeared through the corner and got in my line of path…

… It's pretty obvious what happened.

Even without my armor, my body mass alone was able to knock the figure completely off his… or seemingly her feet and onto the moist, wooden floor. That was when I noticed the unbearably familiar features of this 'mystery person'.

White robes.

Long pink hair.

Blue eyes that sparkled mischief.

Oh Flux…

"Ow! Hector, you big oaf! Watch where you're going next time, will ya?" Serra huffed in annoyance and picked herself up, dusting off the imaginary stains on her white dress.

"Why are you in such a big hurry anyway?? I mean, you're so noisy! I heard your booming footsteps from the other side of the ship for crying out loud!"

"Sorry Serra, but I'm in a bit of a rush here. Have you seen Eliwood?" Might as well get to the point to make this as quick as possible. With Serra, you never know how long you'll stay stuck there, listening to one of her seemingly endless rambles…

"Eli? Oh… Oh yeah! I saw him pass by a minute ago. Geez, I don't think he noticed me when I waved, or anyone else for that matter… I think he was crying actually!" At that fact alone I couldn't help but wince. I couldn't ponder this any further though as the pink haired 'menace' continued on.

"But really, you can't blame him for being so sad! Nobody knows what to do to cheer him up! I wish we can find some way to make him feel better…"

"…"

"Say… Hector? Why do you want to see Eli-san so badly?" My teeth grazed against my bottom lip as I bit into it absent-mindedly.

"I…I…"

"You didn't make him cry did you?? Oh Hector! You're so mean! Cant you see he already have enough in his mind??" I suddenly lurched forward and tried to get passed her, but she blocked the small hallway with her form, legs spread apart so they were touching both sides of the walls and her Mend staff held in a defensive position.

"Serra, I don't really have the ti-"

"Why did you make Eli cry?"

"I never said-"

"You /implied/ it, Hector! Don't think I'm stupid!" She got me there, and she got me bad. I made an attempt to go back the way I came when her voice piped up again.

"You do realize that way is a dead end, right?"

"…"

"Well?"

"You're not… You're not going to leave me alone, are you?" Serra's expression quickly changed from determined to one of those… Serra-like smiles. It was probably a sign of her victory, which I reluctantly agreed to.

"Not in your life!"

"… Fine. Come with me then while I look for him." With that, she immediately stood back to a normal standing position and offered me to pass her before following.

"Well?"

"Well what?" I replied, obviously in a worse mood than I was a few minutes ago.

"You said you'd tell me what's up with you two! What did you do to Lord Eliwood to make him like that??"

"…"

"Really Hector, stop being an ass…"

"… Promise not to tell a soul?" From behind me, I felt her grin widen.

"I swear upon St. Elimine herself! Cross my heart and hope a shaman would flux me!" Even in the bad condition I was in, I couldn't help but chuckle at her antics.

Serra was truly a sweet girl, but that didn't help the fact that she was so talkative and annoying. She was actually nice company though, if she wasn't giving you a splitting headache.

"… Alright then." And so I told her. I told her everything. About finding him there alone in the cargo room. About him crying in my arms…

… About our passionate kiss.

… Or so I /thought/ it was passionate. In my opinion it was. I mean, it felt so…

So powering.

What surprised me even more was that Serra just stood there and nodded as I told her these things, getting a few gasps and even a sigh, but other than that she never interrupted…

After a minute, we had stopped walking and squatted on one side of the wall as I continued to tell my tale. I could feel my eyes even water up as I recalled the expression on his face when I had said those awful words to him:

"Oh?! And what if I don't?!"

I'm such an idiot.

I was even surprised at myself for telling Serra all of this. But I needed someone to vent all of this out to, and I guess I trusted her enough to tell her. Like I had a choice now anyway.

"And so that's what happened." My breaths came in short gasps due to speaking for several minutes to my pink haired comrade. From the corner of my eye, my blue met hers and we just sat there, staring at each other for several seconds before she turned away, deep in thought.

It was hard. It really was. It felt as if my whole fate had rested in her hands as she pondered all of this.

My senses finally noticed that I was biting my lip so hard that it began to bleed. The coppery taste was nauseating, hand lifting up to wipe the crimson liquid away, but it's presence still lingered in my mouth. Oh how I loathed that sense.

"… I'm glad." I practically wretched my head to her, glaring with so much hatred that…

"No, No I'm not glad about what you did. I'm just happy that you got to him first."

"… What?" She could sense the bewilderment in my voice and pouted.

"Hector, you idiot! Haven't you seen how some of the others act towards him! Take, uh… Lyn for example!" Lyn? What did Lyn have to do with all of this?

"Serra, I have no fluxing idea about what you're talking about."

"That's because you're an idiot! Can't you see?? How she always hangs around with him and stuff?" I shook my head in disagreement, which in reply I was given a frustrated growl.

"She /likes/ Eli! And not just her! A lot of people like him like him! Even Ninian!"

"Ninian?"

"YES Ninian! If you weren't such a stupid oaf, you'd see that they're all competing for his attention! But he came to /you/!" Her expression turned soft, and maybe even sincere as she looked at me with a sad smile.

"I'm really happy he chose you. I mean, it's only right since… uh, besides Marcus you've known him the longest. It's as if fate is guiding you two together!" It was of male instinct to roll my eyes at her excitement.

"It's so romantic…"

"Hmph, then why did it shit up this badly?" I saw her scowl and immediately chuckled in spite of myself.

"Well, usually in the books, the guy says or does something really stupid that makes the girl sad."

"Sad?" Completely devastated was more like it.

"Yes, sad. Then he has to go and do something like propose his love to her in front of everyone they know and they'd share a kiss!"

"… You're kidding right?"

"I certainly am not! Read the books yourself. I have one here with me as a matter of fact." I almost barely had any time to duck as a small book flew over my head and landed a foot away from me.

"…"

"If that book is damaged, I'm completely blaming you for it so Canas can flux /you/!" My eyes rolled again while my hand reached behind me and took a firm grip on the inanimate object to bring it up to my face.

It wasn't anything special. Just a normal blue colored book with a pink ribbon sticking out he front. Probably Serra's bookmark or something…

"And… exactly /how/ will this book help me with the situation?"

"You can read it and can relate to the guy and realize how stupid you were!"

"But I already know how stupid I am!"

"Good! You can feel even stupider then!" I threw my hands up in defeat, muttering a colorful stream of insults under my breath while Serra, all the while, continued to smile at my frustration.

"Anyway, I suggest you not go and see Eli again tonight." My head snapped up in reflex, and I was about to protest until she held her hand up for me to stop.

"Sometimes it's best to leave him to sort things out for his own once in a bit. He'll probably feel at least a little better by the morning." She gave me a smile of reassurance, but I kept my grim face.

"Serra, I wouldn't be complaining about that plan… /if/ Eliwood and I didn't share the same room… and the same /bed/!" I only frowned even more as her smile turned upside down at an instant.

"Oh, oops… Sorry Hector. I completely forgot all about that!"

"Some help you are…"

"Hey! Hey! I'm trying my best here!" I just simply sighed and rubbed my temples a bit.

"No… No, I'm sorry. I'm just under a lot of stress now."

"Well then, let's go up to the deck and mingle with some people for a bit until you're sure Eli is asleep! Then you can sneak in and wait until tomorrow morning to sort things out." It didn't sound like a good plan in my opinion… But hey? I can't do any better.

"Fine…" How I voiced those words seemed like I was surrendering to Nergal himself, and Serra gave a pout before grabbing my arm and dragging me through the rest of the hall.

"You can also go and read that book I gave you!"

"Sure…" Like I'd actually read it…

Well, maybe if I was bored or something, but /only/. The stupid thing did seem a little interesting though.

"Stupid thing…"

"Oh, you mean yourself?"

"…" Damn, she got me there too. My sighs could practically cover the small endless hallway we were in, with Serra's giggles soon filling the atmosphere as well as we finally made it to the stairs, her tugs became harder as if I was some rag doll.

I gave a small growl in protest, but other than that I let her drag me up.

…

I think I was the only one to notice this but … as we passed a nearby hall, my glance caught a pair of crimson eyes boring dangerously at me.

Hatred.

So much hatred.

But I had no more time to look for any more distinguishable features as Serra gave one more heave and dragged me out onto the deck.

…

Odd indeed.

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I think I'll stop there for now. I know! I know! This chapter is so short. X.x But these are one of those places where you seem that stopping is like… /necessary/.

I was originally gonna make this like… 3 or 4 chapters, but it looks like it's gonna be a lot longer. XD Meaning, I'll need to add in a lot more of the other characters as well! /Meaning/ H/E wont be the only pairing.

Nope nope! There'll most likely be a lot more pairings (Ranging from yaoi, yuri, AND het) So yeah, keep your eyes out for that.

And for the weirdness of the last few sentences on this chapter. O.o In order for me to make this go on longer, there MUST be an antagonist. :o And for you people who have a good guess on who it is, AND like that person, I'm really sorry! X.x

I like that person too… sorta. But conflict is a MUST. Yeah, as to /why/ I'm putting that warning-like thing up, it's usually from my own past experiences. –shrugs-

I'm also really proud of myself! I toned down my emphasizing in the chapters a great bit deal. Once again, I'm sorry that it bothered you. X.x

Oh, and Serra. She deserves more respect, and I like her a lot. XD So you're going to see A LOT of her throughout the whole thing. Don't like it? Go fuck yourselves. .

Um… one more thing before I leave you to touch the very shiny Review button, I'm planning on starting another fic here.

Main Pairings: M/G, K/G ( :D –pets teh G- )

But it's gonna be one of those weird fucked up fics with too much symbolism and many… MANY taboos. Hell, I don't even know if I might even do it. XD So I have no idea why I'm telling you all of this, but of course I'm just that nice of a person. .

Actually, if anyone of you are interested in this, leave something in your review (If I even get one. XD ) about wanting to read it, and I'll place my summary of it on the next chapter.

The reason why I'm not doing it now is because I haven't gotten everyone's roles done yet.

… Okay, this ending OOC is going a bit too long. x.x –scuttles off-

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