Starting POV's Marth's.
EDITED: Saturday, May 5 2007
Eyes of Sorrow
Chapter 3
I walked outside and scanned the meadow; I knew Roy had to be out here somewhere. I wrapped my arms around myself--it was practically 33 degrees outside and here I am, freezing my butt off.
Hmm...
I listened to the wind and it seemed to be carrying the sound of someone weeping.
Roy...
I looked around, trying to follow the direction of the sound. I walked right, down the path to a nearly dead tree.
Nearly...and there I saw Roy resting on the ground, his face red. Maybe I had imagined the sound of someone crying, because he wasn't. I walked closer to him, accidently stepping on a twig.
The sharp sound quickly snapped him awake. "Marth...?"
I had almost forgotten the reason I was out here when I heard him speak. "Roy, what you said before--you think I liked that?" Roy rolled his eyes, and drummed his fingers on the ground, obviously not caring. "I'm not weak, Roy."
"Heh, yeah. That's what they all say." He responded, getting to his feet.
I could feel my blood boiling; if only Roy had known I had anger issues. "Would you quit being so smug? I'm sick of how you act."
Roy flinched at how loud my voice was. "You can be sick all you want, that will not change how I act. You got a problem?"
"No, you're the one with the problem!" I yelled, grabbing the collar of his blue shirt. Roy swiftly reached up and dug his fingernails in my arm.
"Oww, you little..."
Roy moved back, trying to make some space in between us. "Alright Marth. It doesn't have to go this far...I'm sorry." He apologized, bowing his head. But he was already too late--that kid had already pissed me off.
"I just want to kill you. Without my sword, just with my bear hands. Then I can have the pleasure of choking the life out of you..." I growled, inching closer to him (to add that dramatic effect). Roy stumbled backwards, putting his hands out.
"C-come on Marth. You're scaring me..."
"That's even better, maybe you'll be so scared, that killing you wouldn't be so hard." I leaped over and tackled him to the ground.
I just couldn't stand people who acted like him.
I put my fingers around Roy's neck and started to squeeze. He tried to push me off, but his efforts were fruitless--I already had him pinned with my knees.
"M-Marth! S..." He took a breath and started to kick his legs widely, grabbing my wrist. I clenched my teeth; I was too determined to stop. I was going to kill him, somehow.
"You should've said that before, I warned you. But you choose not to listen." I stated calmly, glaring at him.
"Marth! I...I said I was s-sorry!"
"Not good enough!" Roy's face had already begun to turn a deep red and he his wild kicking had started to slow down; the grip he had on my wrist also slackened. His eyes began to droop and when that happened, I just grinned. Roy was almost unconscious when I heard someone scream:
"Marth! Quit it already! Are you trying to kill him?"
"Yes!" I replied quickly, not considering the consequences. A few seconds later, someone's hands were on my shoulders, yanking me off Roy. The person threw me to the ground; I was surprised that someone here had that much strength. When I found out who it was, I just frowned.
Link.
"What were you thinking?" He asked me as he tended to Roy. I looked at the redhead with narrowed eyes; he looked pathetic. His eyes were closed, so I guess it was safe to say that he was unconscious. My eyes shifted to the area around his neck and I felt kind of sick looking at the red marks I had left .
Link didn't seem to like the sight either, because his face was all screwed up. "Marth! How could you?" He asked me, resting Roy on the tree.
"Well, he...he made me angry!"
Link glared at me, his blue eyes flashing. "Doesn't matter. That does not give you the right to hurt him." Link touched the left side of Roy's neck, probably to check his pulse.
"He's alive, don't worry." I reassured, moving over to him.
Link waved his hands angrily, "Stay away from him." He muttered, closing his eyes slightly. "And what, exactly, did he say?"
"He called me weak. And that I was only thinking of myself when I left Altea to get destroyed."
Link sighed, "That's true, isn't it?"
I shook my head, "No! Of course not. I would never do such a thing..."
"If it wasn't true, then why attack him?"
"He made me angry." Link scoffed, but decided not to say anything. We sat in silence for a short amount of time, before Ness brought his troublesome self out of the house.
Ness POV
When I saw what had happened to Roy, I immediately questioned Marth. He told me what happened--casually--and I wasn't all that shocked. I couldn't look at Roy, because the marks on his neck gave me the goose bumps.
Link then asked, "Marth, what lead you to this anyway?"
Marth at first, was silent, staring at his sneakers and pulling the thread of his khaki pants before he answered, "Well, you know what's wrong with Roy, right?" Both Link and I shook our heads. "His father died. That's why he's been acting like this for the past couple of days." He paused as Roy started to squirm. I saw that his eyes were filled with regret and a bit of anger.
"I explained to him that it wasn't his fault that he died. I may be wrong, I don't know. He just didn't listen to me. I think his mind was already set."
Link gave him a weird look, "Mind set on what? That he was the cause if his father's death?"
Marth nodded, "Well sort of. A lot of things happened in his life. Things that I shouldn't be talking about..."
"Why?" I asked.
"It's none of my business."
"Then how do you know?" Link asked.
"I read his letters." Marth looked around and moved closer to us. "Guys, I think we should really watch out for him...I mean, his mind is messed up..."
I raised my eyebrow, something I was good at, "Messed up?"
Link started to put two and two together (he was smart like that), "Suicide? How do you know?"
"I think he wrote a note, but I can't seem to find it...But--damn" Marth slapped his own face and mumbled something into his hands. Link and I leaned forward to listen, "What I just did didn't help his situation at all. I don't want to be the person who pushed him over the edge.. This kid is so complicated."
I rubbed my chin, "Peach, she slapped him before and he started to cry." I chirped. Marth and Link both looked at me.
"Really? Well, that isn't good either..." Link said, looking over at Roy who eyes were starting to open.
Roy sat upright and moved his fingers over the indentations on his neck. He tried to say something but he couldn't.
"Roy, look, I'm sorry..." Marth muttered. Roy gave him a cold stare and tried to talk again:
"I...don't...care." He managed out, before he started to cough. Roy leaned back and finally noticed that both Link and I were here.
"You...? You're the one who stopped him?"
Link shrugged, "Well, you can say that..."
Roy stared at him strangely before making a comment, "I think we should watch out. Marth...he's a savage." I was surprised at how fast he got his voice back, and also at his incessant stupidity.
Marth gave Roy a look. "Shut-up." Roy waved away his comment with his hand. Marth closed his eyes, "You're really lucky, Roy." He said. I looked at both of them, and Link, who was getting pissed off in the corner.
"Oh, yeah? If you didn't jump on me, I would've beat the crap out of you." Roy said back calmly, sitting on his knees.
Marth did the same and retorted, "As if, Roy. If Link didn't come at that time, you would've been dead."
Roy snapped his fingers, "That would've saved me a lot of work. And anyway, I can kick your ass."
"You wanna go?"
Roy stood, Right here, right now!"
"Bring it." Marth also got to his feet.
It seemed that Link was really angry, I mean, I could see his veins. "OK! You two, quit it!" He said.
Roy snarled at him. "Keep out of this."
Link got up and pushed Roy away. "You want to try me?"
Roy thought for a moment and shook his head, "Uh, no." Link cracked his fingers and stared at him for a few more seconds before looking at me.
"Ness...why are you here?"
I shrugged.
"He's here, 'cause he's here. Do you need to know more than that?" Roy asked. Link ignored his remark and began walking up the hill. Roy, Marth and I followed, in silence.
So that note I had was Roy's suicide note? I thought, nodding my head.
Roy gave me a disgusting look. I stuck out my tongue and I expected a rude comment from him, but he just smiled. I was startled for a moment, and noticed that Marth had saw it to. He looked over at Roy and scowled at me, for some reason.
I knew--with my rad telekinetic powers--that he was jealous. Of what? I wouldn't know. Roy's smile quickly turned into a frown when he saw Marth staring at him.
"You have a staring problem, don't you?"
Marth opened his mouth and looked like he was about to say something cruel, "No, but why are you smiling? That's the first time I've ever seen you actually look happy."
"What are you talking about? You must be blind." Roy retorted quickly.
Marth turned around and walked past Link. Link passed him, and soon the two were racing back to the building.
This was my chance.
"Roy, could you tell me about yourself."
Roy stooped in his tracks, "Why?"
"I just want to know."
Roy chuckled and he turned towards me. "Ah, you remind of Lilina." He mumbled, narrowing his eyes. "Alright, what do you want to know?"
I brought out my list and handed it to him.
"Are you writing a biography of my life?" I didn't answer; I didn't know what that meant. Roy threw it back to me and started to walk again. "Those questions are suspiciously specific." I stared down at them.
"'Where are you from. What are the names of your family members. Are you in the military. Did anything bad happen in your life. Are you happy?' These aren't specific." I stated. Roy snickered and opened the door to the building.
Peach was standing there, frowning. "Roy." She said. He put his hands in his pockets. "Today is your day to clean the dishes. Didn't I tell you that?"
He stared at her face, "I don't remember."
Peach's cheeks filled up with air. "Roy! Of course you do! Don't play dumb with me!"
Roy gave her a look that said:'Who's playin' dumb with you?'
She read that look and slammed her fist on the counter. "Roy, your making this hard for me."
"Then if it's getting hard for you, why don't you just leave it be? You're instigating a fight."
She gasped, "Roy! What happened to your neck?" I gave a short laugh because it took her two whole minutes to realize it.
Roy rubbed his neck and cringed, "It was from...it's nothing."
"What do you mean; 'It's nothing?' Who did this to you?" Peach moved forward and touched his neck. Roy drew back, nearly hitting me. "You don't have to be afraid." She murmured, but I guessed Roy had a reason to be afraid.
"I said, nothing...It's nothing." Roy repeated. I was getting angry--Peach was wasting my time. And she was also wasting Roy's.
"Can I go now?" That was his favorite phrase when he was in trouble.
"What happened? Someone tried to strangle you?" Peach looked at him up and down.
"Where'd you get that?" Roy asked, stupidly. She brushed his face with her fingers and he stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Don't touch me!" He growled, snatching her hand with his. Peach slapped his arm with her free one.
"What happened?" She asked again, more firmly.
Roy ignored her and looked over her shoulder, "Soda, yes." He mumbled. Peach placed her hands on his shoulder making him look back at her. She studied his neck for a little while before nodding her head as if she figured something out.
"Marth? Did he do this?"
Both of us were shocked. How did she know?
"By your stunned face, I guess I'm correct. How could he do this?" Roy's face was filled with terror; maybe Peach frightened him. They were about the same height, without her heels. She stared into his eyes.
"I'm sorry. About before. I made you cry." Roy raised both of his eyebrows, something he was good at too. "How can I make it up to you?"
The side of his mouth raised in a small smirk, "How about leaving me alone?"
Peach placed both of her hands on either side of his face, and kissed him. I fell to the floor, in disgust and panic.
A few seconds later, I lifted up my head and looked over at them. My face twisted in fear as I watched them; I nearly threw up.
I thought that Roy would've pushed her away. I thought Roy would've punched her right in the face. I thought that Roy would've started to cry, spit and fall to the floor (like I did).
But what I didn't think was that Roy would actually kiss her back. My mouth fell open as I watched him push her slowly against the wall to deepen the kiss. How did I know this? I read. A lot.
I banged my head on the floor and almost barfed up my food. At least they weren't, like, making out. I would die.
Literally.
Peach moved her fingers over Roy's neck and felt the marks, again. I was actually pissed at seeing her touching him like that. On his neck! What? This wasn't a soap opera! I didn't need to see this.
Afterwards, they stopped to catch a breath of air (much to my delight). Roy seemed to be a bit flustered over what just happened, because he started to blush.
Peach also had a look of confusion on her face, "I, uh, expected you to push me away."
You expected him?
Roy stared at the floor, "Well, I didn't..."
Peach smiled, "Maybe you really needed that."
Roy shrugged while I screamed. He was startled that I was still there. "Ness? I forgot..." I stood up and ran off. That was the most nastiest scene I had ever seen! When I was entering the kitchen, I saw Marth and Link. They obviously saw what happened just before (voyeurs). However, they didn't see me enter.
"That hobo. I can't believe that she kissed him." Link snarled.
"Well, maybe she can make him happy." Marth sighed, which made Link gave him a look.
"We're his friends! We should be doing that for him..." They started to walk away, still talking. Peach then walked in, with Daisy.
...Where did she come from?
"Ha, I kissed him!" Peach bubbled.
Daisy jumped up and down like some excited school girl, "Ohh! Yeah! How was it?"
Peach went into a daze, "Wonderful..."
Daisy frowned and snapped her fingers in front of her face, "Hey, focus! You're still on with the plan right?" Peach nodded. "Then you shouldn't be so happy. You can't get to connected with him."
"I overheard Marth and Link talking. Maybe I shouldn't go on with it."
"Why?" Daisy inquired.
"Well, he's been through a lot, ok? I also heard that he wrote some suicide note. And..."
"You don't want to break his heart? Whoa, girl, you are getting sappy. Just stick with the plan. We need to have them. I think they have their eyes set on the other girls. And if you go out with Roy and I go out with Link or Marth, they'd be so jealous!"
Peach nodded. "And, after we get them, what will I do with Roy?"
"Dump him, of course. And be an ass about it, just like on those Lifetime movies. I don't like that kid. He's cute, but I hate him."
"Well, it's for the Mushroom Kingdom, right?"
Daisy grinned. "Yep!"
I snuck out of the kitchen; I had to see Roy.
Roy was, of course, watching television. He was also, unusually, in a happy mood; he was actually smiling for once. I felt kind of bad; I wanted to tell him what Peach was really up to. I shut off the television--much to his dismay--and filled him in on what I had just heard.
Roy gave me this angry look at the end, "Are you envious of me, or something?"
"What? You don't believe me?"
Roy rolled his eyes, "You are, aren't you? What, you can't stand seeing me happy? Or is it because you just don't have a girlfriend of your own, 'cause your ugly?"
"You see? That's why I hate love. It blinds you from the truth. And why would I be jealous? I'm totally a hot tomato."
Roy switched the television back on, "Just leave my sight before I count to five. One..."
It was useless, the idiot didn't believe me. Anybody in their right mind would've just left it alone and let him get heart-broken. But I wasn't in my right mind, even if he did make me angry. I just didn't want to see him get hurt, and do something completely drastic. I could just imagine hearing a gun go off and rushing to his room to see blood all over the walls (or something to that effect).
Or I'd just walk into his room, and see him place a noose around his neck.
One person I was really afraid for was Peach. I'm sure that if this happened, Marth and Link would have her head. And Roy would join in, no matter how bad it was. And I had to stop that before it could happen.
I just needed some allies...
