Naohi and Crystal of Love
Chapter 4: The Truth of the Maiden
I decided to wait to the last chapter to respond to all of my reviewers. However... This is the last chapter... Oh well!
Jinn the Master Sage: Thank you... I'm only in Seventh Grade (and a true blond), so my vocabulary and spelling isn't at it's best point quite just yet. I can tell by the fact that their is now spoilers that this story is better then "Matthew and Girls". Also,this story isn't so random and is better discribed then "Hector's Birthday". I plan on using my knowledge from the reviews of these three fics to better improve my future fanfics for Fire Emblem and all other topics I enter. PS: I'm a girl. That's why I put Matthew into all of my fanfics! LOL!
Mifia Man: Thanks! I'll try to remember about that in Chapter 2.
smahlt: Don't worry, this chapter will hopefully be the long so far out of all my fanfics.
Mafia Man (again): Thank you! But... Who is Mary Sue? Sorry, but I'm not that bright! However, if she's someine who falls in love with the good guy... I'm a huge Natalie fan, so would I really pair Dorcas up with someone other then his beloved wife? No, I thought not...
No name: I perfer to stay updated! LOL!
Okay, I think that's it! Time to continue my story!
The three rushed back to the camp to warn everyone else about this information.
"My lord Hector!" Matthew yelled. "We're back with a shocking update on the enemy!"
Priscilla and Guy were about to continue what their friend said. This was before Priscilla was grabbed and forced to face another man. It was the red-head who ignored her earlier.
"Where have you been!" He exclaimed.
Tears began to fill the princess's eyes.
"Brother... Raven..?"
She quickly turned away and rushed back to Guy's side.
"What's gotten into you..?" Raven asked.
"It's a long story." Priscilla answered quietly.
"What did you find out?" Hector asked, ignoring this scene.
"Well, first of all," Matthew began "... These two newbies are very good spies! In fact, they were the one's who... "
"MATTHEW! TELL US THE DARN INFORMATION!" Hector screamed impatiently.
"Well," Guy interuped, "Priscilla has a hypothesis on a ring that Naohi wears."
"That's right." Priscilla continued. "I have a feeling it controls her."
"Because?" Eliwood ask.
"Because of her reflection." Guy answered. "It wasn't of her. It was another woman."
"Another woman..?" Dorcas questioned.
"I believe I could do an drawing of her. We spies have a talent for that type of thing." Matthew chuckled.
Dorcas looked at the ground with a upset expression.
"Matthew... Please do that... I want to know the truth about Naohi and what she wants with me!"
Everyone could tell Dorcas was angry. This scared them. Dorcas was one of the strongest members of the army... And it wasn't pretty when he was angry.
"O... Of course! Right away!" Matthew stuttered as he rushed into his tent.
Everyone else tip toed into their tents, leaving Dorcas alone.
'Did I scare them again?' Dorcas thought to himself.
After awhile, Dorcas sat on a log stump by a fire, remembering his home in Bern. His family... His friends... His wife... Natalie... He had promised her he would earn the money to heal her leg. However, things weren't as he planed. He had very little gold.
"Natalie... How I long all of this were a terrible nightmare... How I long to wake up and be by your side... How I..."
"Dorcas!"
He looked back and seen Matthew with a piece of paper in his hands, followed by the rest of the camp. A few of them had shocked looks on thier faces.
"I would never had of guessed." One of them gasped looking at the picture. She had long green hair piulled back in a ponytail and matching eyes.
"What is it, Lady Lyndis?" Dorcas asked.
Matthew handed the picture to Dorcas. It looked exactly like the woman in Naohi's reflection. He gasped as he observed the picture.
"It... Can't be..." His body began to tremble. He quickley bolted to his feet glaring at the army members. "This... This must be some cruel, sick joke! If that's the case, I'm very ticked off at all you! I was hoping to find and answer to the truth about Naohi... But this is what I get!"
"This... This is no joke..." Priscilla managed.
This was quickly interupeted be a familiar laugh.
"Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho! My, your team sure is wise! I guess I underestimated your abilities!"
They all turned around and saw Naohi.
Dorcas angerly looked at her.
"So you've returned?"
"Of course!"
Dorcas observed Naohi, then the picture Matthew drew.
'I... I most know they answer...' he thought as he unsheathed his Hand Axe.
"Dorcas, we'll take care of this!" A tactian with brown hair and eyes exclaimed.
"No Mark!" Dorcas cried. "This is for the truth!" He yeld as he threw his weapon towrds his enemy.
'I'm sorry, but this is the only way to find out.' he thought.
The blade of his Hand Axe slashed against her left leg as blood splatered from her body. Dorcas caught his weapon as he observed his enemy's reaction to this. She fell on he right knee, grunting and grasping onto her left leg.
"Darn it! Curse that childhood sickness!"
Dorcas gasped at this.
"Childhood sickness! Those kids might have been right!"
He rushed up to her.She grunted as she tried to hit him. However, he caught her blow. He observed the ring on her finger. Tears filled his eyes for a moment. He then forced the ring of of her finger and threw it down to the ground. It's crystal broke as Naohi gasped and fainted into Dorcas' arms.
"Huh?... What?" A beautiful aura covered Naohi as she transformed into the woman in her reflection. "It can't be.." Dorcas whispered through her tears. "Na... Natalie..?"
The brunette slowly opened her eyes.
"Dor... Dorcas?"
The axefighter's eyes widened in surprise.
"Natalie!" He wrapped his frail wife into his arms. "Natalie! I can't believe it's really you!"
Natalie looked around in confusion.
"Dorcas? Where are we?" She gasped as she seen the broken ring infront of her. "Oh... Oh no! My... My wedding ring!"
Dorcas turned and seen it as well.
"Natalie...I'm sor..."
Before he could finish, the ground began to crumble and a strange aura covered the broken memento of their love.
"Aaauuurrrggghhh!"
A strange spirit-like figure emerged from the crystal's cracks. This figure had silver hair and crimson eyes.
"Do you think..?" Priscilla stuttered.
"That's Naohi's..." Guy continued.
"True form..?" Matthew ended.
"Bwahahahahahahahaha!" Naohi laughed evilly. "Natalie, you fool!"
"Naohi..?" Natalie replied.
"Who are you!" Dorcas demanded.
"Fools! I'm Naohi, who's main focus is to destroy all men by taking control of all heart broken maidens! Mwahahaha!"
"I'll kill you!" Dorcas exclaimed.
"I can't believe I trusted you'd aid me until Dorcas returned!" Natalie cried.
Naohi chuckled and observed the whole army.
"I can't believe it. How pathetic your intelligence is! Anyone with any brains would have learned that Naohi means revenge of broken love in the old Bernian tounge! Now I shall kill all of you!"
Dorcas rose to his feet and aimed his Hand Axe towards his enemy.
"I care about Natalie and this everyone in this army too much for you to kill them!"
"Dorcas! No!" his wife cried. "Naohi's powers are unbeatable! She's never lost a single battle!"
"Well, there's a first time for everything!" he answered witha smile. "Don't worry, I can handle this."
Naohi throw her hands into the air and began to chant.
"She la mah qwu det mies ki la..."
Dorcas quickly switched from his Hand Axe to his Iron Axe.
'Maybe I can return her blow!'
Everyone else watched him in worry.
"... You can do it!" Natalie cried.
"Lah wad su!"
With this, Naohi shot a huge blast of magic towards Dorcas.
Everyone held their breath at this moment. What if Natalie was right? What if Naohi was unbeatable? Then this blast would surely kill Dorcas! This wasn't good!
"AAAUUUUUURRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!"
Dorcas let out a piercing scream as he swung his axe towards the beam.
The sound of metal clashing filled the air as everyone was blided be a infanite-like white light.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
To everyone's surprise, this scream belonged to Naohi! Dorcas had done it! He had defeated Naohi! She was dead! Her bloody body lay upon the cold, wet soil. Dorcas panted a few times, observing his lifeless enemy.
"I... I did it... I really did it!"
Natalie sniffed at the sight of her husband.
"Dorcas..."
He turned back and rushed to his wife's aid. He groaned while he saw her bleeding leg.
"I'm... I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay... You did it... For me..."
"Natalie!" he burst into tears as he embraced her.
They then gazed into each others eyes and shared a long, romantic kiss. Everyone else enjoyed the reunion of the two due to Naohi's death.
The End