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Iyessence- Sain's selective-hearing problems will run far and deep! (As deep as my own…heh…heh…) LOL! Christmas…heehee! Serra wasn't sure, I mean, she's up in a high loft, looking down, she could have been mistaken. But after Matthew's response she was sure! See? Oh yeah! Erk/Serra rock! HAHA! I had to have them kiss somewhere…
Fire-Emblem-Girl- YES! You gotta kill supports to make things happen in fanfics as strange as this! ;; Lyn/Rath…yeah, I think I can make that happen! I'll work on it! Thank you so much!
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Disclaimer Is it really necessary to do this every chapter? It's not like you'll sue me if I skip a chapter, is it? Oh well, I don't own Fire Emblem.
And Her Name Was-?
Chapter 5
Down Below
"He's so soft!" The red head mused softly to herself.
"Oh…um…I just finished brushing him." Kent replied, looking back from the door he'd been rattling at the other side of the barn. He was starting to wonder if the other actually cared about getting out. Not that he was claustrophobic; he just didn't really like the idea of being locked in a horse barn.
"How often do you ride him?" She asked.
"Everyday. It's part of training." He answered crossing back to where she and the horse were standing.
"You train everyday?"
"Of course."
"Wow."
"Do you not?"
"Well…I guess I sort of do, but not like you, I'm sure. My line of work is…different."
Kent wisely decided not to press the issue. It was natural for someone to not want others to know what they did for a living. Especially if they were…a spy or a….wait…a SPY? Suddenly there was a lot more noise coming from the loft. Kent decided not to look up, but his thoughts had been sorely disrupted.
"He really is sweet." She said, rubbing the horse's long fine nose.
"Um….yes, he is. Thank you." Kent replied, slightly taken aback.
In The Loft
"How long do you plan to wait up here, Sain?" Matthew asked me, sighing and resting his head on the floor.
"As long as it takes!" I replied once again lying down on the floor and peering at the scene below. "And look, things are just starting to heat up!" It was true. Kent was once again on the same side of the room as the Ostian-spy-girl and they were talking! Actually talking! I'd always known he'd had it in him! Now if he was as wise as I'd given him credit for he's begin to flirt! Then all my hard efforts would be worth it! That horse was going to turn out to be a god-send! I was sure of it!
"What are you guys doing up here?" Someone whispered from behind us. Everyone jumped, except Erk, who had noticed the intruder and not informed the rest of us…stupid little mage….
"WIL?" Matthew hissed, "How did you find us?"
"Wasn't that hard." The archer shrugged, "You were making a lot of noise. So what're you all looking at?" He leaned over me so he could see down, "Hey...isn't that Sir Kent?"
"Y-yeah!" I answered, beginning to notice how crowded the small loft was with five people in it. "That's Kent."
"What's he doing down there? Who's that with him? And why exactly are you all spying on him?" The ever curious Wil asked.
Serra then regained her usual pep, "Sain locked them down there together! He's trying to play matchmaker! Seriously I think he should have asked ME for help instead of MATTHEW." She rolled her eyes, "So far nothing has even happened! I mean, if it were ME helping him I'D have found SOMEWHERE more romantic for them than a dirty horse barn!"
Hey! We keep our horses VERY clean! Not that SHE'D know. Oh well, Serra's a beauty none the less. Anyway, it really wasn't Matthew's fault that they were in there, not that I was exactly going to ADMIT that. Anyway, we were making way too much noise. And of course, Serra was still talking;
"I could have had them together in minutes! Instead Kent is more interested in getting out and-"
"Will you shut up?" Matthew hisses.
"You mean you REALLY locked them in there?" Wil asked, turning to me.
I sighed and grinned slightly, "My dear friend, I'm afraid I had to for the sake of our dear-"
"Oh please!" Matthew interjected, "You locked them down there because you THOUGHT Kent had a crush on L-…erm….her. And you didn't have a plan!"
"I did so! I…." Ok, he'd got me there. I hadn't had a plan. But at least they were together…right? And it isn't like this was exactly the first time I'd done this…except last time it was to get back at Kent…not to help him…and then it had been Lady Lyn and the nomad Rath locked in the barn…And Lady Lyndis yelled at me for hours…But in the end it had worked! Hadn't it? Ok…so…Rath still left…But that didn't matter! The point was that this was a very well thought out plan…at one time…sort of…maybe…Ok, not at all! But I'd done it…now I'm rambling.
"Sain, that is pathetic." Erk mumbled.
"I can't BELIEVE you didn't even have a PLAN!" Serra growled.
"Well…I…." Everyone was ganging up on me…had to think of something, fast! "Hey! Look, now they're talking again!"
"Nice try, they've been talking for a while." Matthew sighed. "I seriously don't think this was worth it."
"Nonsense my good man!" I said with a smile, "Just give them a moment! I'm sure Kent has more fire in his heart then we could possibly imagine!"
"That wouldn't be hard to believe." A droll, female voice said from behind me. We all froze. Except again, for Erk who seemed to be keeping look-out but not caring to inform us when anyone arrived. "He's always been pretty stiff, hasn't he?"
The green-cloaked figure settled herself where she could see down below. "You really did a bad job on location, Sain." The tactician remarked.
Time for a recovery; "Ah! My dear Jaerel! What is a fair damsel like yourself doing in a place like this?"
"Same as you, I suppose." She said with a short laugh.
"Oh it's so good you're here, Jaerel!" Squealed Serra, "Maybe you can help! Sain's done a horrid job at matchmaking and we've been needing someone who can help us!"
"Why exactly are you trying to get those two together? They've got nothing in common and would NEVER see each other." She remarked.
Damn it all, she was right! But that couldn't cool the embers of their hearts! I was only trying to give them one good flame before they had to die out forever! Sort of.
"That's EXACTLY what I thought!" Serra said, a bit too loudly.
"Please, Serra, settle down!" Erk said, a pained look on his face. I was getting the impression that he didn't like heights, being the one sitting closest to the edge he did seem to be paler than usual…
"Sorry, Erky!" She giggled, then said quieter, " So, do you think you can help them?"
Jaerel gave me a side-long look and sort of shrugged, "I don't know. I do battle strategy, not matchmaking. If Sain wants to get them together I say we let HIM try."
I would have kissed her then and there if I hadn't known that she would slap me promptly afterwards. I'd need to thank her someway for believing in me though, "Oh my dear, sweet, radiant Jaerel! Brain and beauty of the battlefield! I thank you for having faith in this poor knight!"
"Well, at least you're as sappy as ever Sain!" She laughed.
Sappy? I was hoping for romantic. But from a beauty like her I'd just have to take what I could get. Still…sappy seemed a little harsh…
"It's crowded up here." Wil stated the obvious. It was VERY crowded. The loft was meant to hold 2 people at the most. It was small, with a low ceiling. There was no way to move about. And with all of us trying to look down the same small gap it was getting VERY close. Yes. This loft was crowded. I was seriously beginning to wish I'd picked a better hiding place. Or that no one had found Matthew and myself up here.
"I wonder what would happen if we threw something to spook the horses…" Wil mumbled, as if to himself.
"Hey, that's a pretty good idea!" Jaerel remarked.
OF COURSE! Why hadn't I thought of it? If the horses went wild then Kent could save her…there was only one chance! This could possibly, actually work! "Wil, how's your aim with a stone?"
"Um…not so good…" He replied, hastily.
"Erky has good aim! He can do it!" Serra volunteered.
"Eh?" Erk looked up in surprise.
"Ok! Erk, my good fellow! You are our only hope!"
A/N- YEAH! I finally got around to doing chapter 5!
Jaerel AND I GET TO BE
TACTICIAN!
Me Yes! And now we have a hook going for the next
chapter! I really hope you all liked that one…it took me a while to
get around to…what with Iyessence daring me to do fanfics left and
right…
Jaerel Well, technically…
Me Please review!
