RuRu: ::twitch, twitch:: hello....

Chichiri: Someone asked us to change my saying to No duh! No da!

RuRu: Ok I was a little stunned at first, but maybe you didn't know LCDM....So allow me to give you a brief explanation. "No Da!" Is Chichiri's phrase off Fushigi Yuugi, The Mysterious Play. (Sorry is I misspelled Fushigi Yuugi, but I don't have the books beside me) Anyway, it means:

An exclamation used at the end of a sentence Or it means "You Know"

RuRu: Now, that is why he says "No Da!" and I am really sorry if you have trouble seeing it that way, but you'll have to take that up with Yu Watase the creator of Fushigi Yuugi.

Chichiri: I can't help it if I was always like this! No da!

RuRu: I don't want to be mean, but that's how it goes. On with the second part of the chapter! BTW I don't know if this is even real in the game, if this person really is Celia's fiancé, but don't kill me when you see who it is! ^-^'.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest moon, although it would be really cool to own it! ^-^

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Chapter 3 PART 2

Some People are only Alive because it's Illegal to Kill Them (long chappie name, eh?)

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Jack couldn't see who the figure was in the blinding glare of sunlight, but after covering his eyes and squinting a bit he finally saw who it was. Jack's jaw dropped a little, MARLIN?!

Celia stirred from her sleep and looked up to see Jack's shocked face, then she looked over to see Marlin. She grimaced, she knew what just happened.

"Celia, I told you to never go near this guy!" Marlin said, rushing over towards her.

"What are you doing here Marlin?" Celia asked, sitting up.

"I CAME TO FIND YOU! AND NOW YOU'RE WITH THIS JACKASS!" Marlin exclaimed.

"Don't call him that!" Celia yelled, angry now too.

Jack was still stunned by the fact that Marlin was Celia's fiancé. A million thoughts were rushing through his head, such as: does she love him, is so how could she love HIM, and....HIM?

Celia looked over towards Jack and frowned.

"Jack it's not what you think...."

Jack looked at her with a saddened face.

"Celia, we're going home, lets go." Marlin said grabbing her arm, still very, very mad.

"Let me go!" Celia screamed, struggling to get out of his grasp.

Jack grabbed Marlin's arm and grabbed Celia's arm, and yanked them apart. Careful to not hurt Celia though. Celia lost her balance and Jack grabbed her hand and pulled her back, Marlin fell to the hard ground with a thud.

"Don't you ever touch her." Jack said, giving Marlin the evil death glare. (^-^ roar!)

Marlin stood up, shaking with fury. Jack slowly pushed Celia behind him. Marlin looked as though his head were going to explode. (I would not miss him.)

Jack knew Marlin would try and kill him if he kept standing there, so calmly took Celia and began walking back towards his farm. Marlin was still shaking with fury, but they didn't care....well....as of this moment.

Jack opened the door to his house and Celia and him walked inside, and he locked the door. Celia took a seat on his small bed and sighed heavily.

"I am so sorry about all this Jack...." She said, unable to look him in the face.

Jack stood there a moment.

"....Do you love him?" He asked her, still frowning.

She looked at him in disbelief.

"No! I don't! Vesta's the one who arranged all this, not me!" Celia exclaimed, standing now.

Jack looked at her with a trace of relief on his face. She still looked distraught, and he walked over to her. She leaned her head against his left shoulder and stood there a moment. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, knowing that soon he would have to kill Marlin. (Not really, figure of speech....maybe ()

"I'm sorry Jack." Celia said, shaking slightly trying her hardest not to cry.

"Don't apologize for things that aren't your fault!" (Hey PuddingGurl, that sound familiar?)

Celia looked up at him.

"Celia, if you don't love him you shouldn't marry him!" Jack said holding her by the shoulders now.

"....but Vesta-"

"This is your life, Vesta can't run it for you!" Jack said looking in her eyes intently.

"....You're right." Celia said, smiling weakly now.

"Besides, you love me....right?" Jack said confident at first, then questionably at the end.

"Yes, I do. So calm down." She said giggling.

Jack smiled at her and held her close again. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head against his chest.

"If he ever hurts you, tell me. I'll deal with him." Jack said, forming his evil death glare. (Again PuddingGurl, 0.0)

Celia sighed; she was enjoying the happy moment. Jack noticed this and his face returned to normal, but Celia pulled away.

"I better get going, Vesta will worry if I stay too long...." She said, now holding his hands limply.

Jack nodded and walked her to the edge of the farm, making sure Marlin wasn't near. Celia bid him farewell, and Jack stood there until she had entered her home safely. He then turned towards his already taken-care-of animals. He walked over to his horse, Rain. He stroked her head softly, thinking about how to kill that little bastard Marlin. He never liked Jack from the beginning, but he knew if he tried to hurt Marlin he would be thrown in jail and never see Celia again....or daylight for that matter.

"HEY JACK!" He heard a high-pitched voice exclaim.

"....Muffy...." He said sighing, he really didn't want social interaction at this moment of time.

"Hey there! How goes everything?" Muffy asked winking at him playfully.

"Fine, I guess." He lied.

"Well that's good!" Muffy stated in her overly hyper voice.

"I was going down to the beach....do you wanna go?" She asked Jack, giving him the "sweet and innocent" look.

Jack wasn't affected by this, but decided to keep her company anyway. She grabbed his hand and yanked him towards the beach. Jack was in a daze and didn't realize what she was doing. They arrived momentarily and she sat down, followed by Jack.

"Thanks for coming Jack! Isn't the sunset beautiful?" She asked smiling sweetly at him.

'SUNSET!?' He thought, his eyes growing huge, the day had flown by.

"Uh....yeah." He said, still in thought.

"So romantic...." Muffy said, leaning towards him.

"uh-huh...." He said not even realizing her actions.

Muffy was a few inches away from him, when he thankfully came to his senses and scooted several feet away from her. He hit a rock, and that stopped him. He stood up and rubbed his back, Muffy still on the ground.

"I don't know if I told you, but Celia and I are together. Please don't do things like that." He said waving to her and walking off.

He was shocked he hadn't noticed what she was doing before then....and a little angry she did that. He guessed she had known, word travels in a small town such as this one. He rubbed his head and walked faster towards his farm, and decided to hit the sack early. Tomorrow he was going to go talk to Lumina, make sure she was all right. She needed a day to cool off.

He opened the door though to see Celia sitting on his bed, and tears streaming down her pale cheeks. He rushed over, and took a seat beside her, and asked her what had happened.

"Marlin forbade me to see you." Celia said, trying to make her voice as clear as possible.

"And?"

"I explained to him I wasn't going to fall victim to his feeble attempts to separate us." She replied.

Jack knew Marlin would have been confused by that sentence, he probably didn't know what half those words meant. Jack dried Celia's eyes and rubbed her shoulder. He was going to have told her the next day about what had happened, but decided against it. It was a small event, and Celia was in a lot of pain.

"Vesta told me to go for a while, I know she just wanted to keep Marlin and me separated. She now knows her mistake for trying to get us to marry, and now Marlin won't back down. Vesta is worried and told me to stay at a friend's house tonight. I knew going to someone else's house would require an explanation, and I really didn't feel like explaining something so personal to people who aren't even involved." Celia stopped talking and looked at Jack's expression.

He nodded his head and gave her a reassuring smile, answering her unspoken question. He said he'd sleep on the floor and she could have the bed, but she insisted he sleep in the bed with her. She said she trusted him not to do anything, and said she felt safe when he was around anyway. He pondered that for a moment and said he'd trust her judgment....but made absolutely sure she was okay with it. She nodded and pulled her hair up in the bandana she always wore. He changed though and brushed his teeth. (^-^ brushy, brushy!)

Celia was sound asleep by the time he was finished, and he quietly laid beside her. She automatically snuggled up against him, and he put his arm around her. He thought about a few things....like why Muffy was acting that way. He knew she had to have known news like that! And why hadn't Marlin come to check to see where Celia was....he was up to something.

END PART TWO OF THREE PARTS TO CHAPTER 3

RuRu: Ain't that just dandy, BTW, I don't think Marlin and Celia are related....at ALL. I am 99.9% sure of this. And if someone says they are, you can show me proof, but in my fic she just works there. Thank you!

Chichiri: Right, three parts! No da!

RuRu: Yup, PART 3....is very evil! (evil smile here)

Cheers to the fans of Harvest Moon. PEACE!