Chris: Here is the last chapter to the Ilian trilogy of War of the Supermarkets! Enjoy!

Lord of swords and waffles: Well, here's the end! I hope you like it!

K-GForever: Glad you liked all of the stuff. And Farina is a very bad rescuer.

Snowyiji: Thanks.

narugurlee13: That's okay. Just as long as I still know you like the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem. I own Elibe-Mart in all of its 50 percent off glory.

Chapter 5: Under New Management

"Urgh…" Farina sat up from the bar floor, groaning in pain. She blinked her eyes and immediately regretted it as the bright sunlight struck her eyes. "My head is killing me…" Farina pushed herself off of the floor, staggering wildly.

"It's your fault." The bartender from last night was still there, cleaning up the tavern.

"You stop shouting and maybe I'll listen to you." Farina moaned again and sat heavily on the floor. Her head continued to pound, and she winced as she heard crashes occurring from next door. "What is that…?"

"Your friends from yesterday are staying at the tavern's rest house for the intoxicated. Oh, and by the way." The bartender whipped out a small sheet of paper. "Your bill."

"What the hell is this?" Farina shouted before clasping her ears and moaning in pain. The bartender smirked.

"Looks like you had too much to drink." He looked wickedly at a bunch of empty bottles lying on a wooden table. Picking one up, he tossed it in his hands before chucking it at the wall. The bottle shattered and Farina winced at the noise.

"I surrender! Stop….My head…Ow…I'm gonna kill you later for this." Farina staggered outside for a couple of seconds and the bartender heard sounds of heaving outside. He gave a big grin and continued cleaning up the bar, whistling cheerfully.

"Thank you for your business, sir." Ninian bowed to one of the customers in the Ilian Elibe-Mart, a fake smile on her face. "I hope you come again." 'Not! Please…Let me get out of this place!'

Due to the lack of…rescuing on the part of Farina, Sain, Kent, Eliwood, and Ninian had tried their own forms of escape. However, the doors would automatically close when they tried to leave. And although Sain worked outside and could have left at any minute, a couple of girls would block his path and promise him dates if he didn't leave. Being the cavalier that he is, he immediately accepted their offers. Currently, he had dates lined up for the next five months.

Eliwood, with his access to all parts of the Elibe-Mart, tried sneaking into the manager's room and killing him with a broom, but failed miserably. One reason was the fact that he didn't have a broom in his hands. The second was that he snuck into the bathroom. Third is that he's now on trial for killing an innocent man who was taking a leak. His main charge was chronic stupidity.

Kent only had access to marketing, but he tried to use his newfound skills to convince the Elibe-Mart employees that he was only a customer and that he had to go home. Unfortunately, it didn't work, since Kent sucked at marketing. Actually, he convinced everyone that he was a dog and received many dog treats and bones. Kent proclaimed this as the worst moment in his life. Sain countered by recalling that moment when Kent tripped over a blade of grass, fell off a cliff, crashed all the way down the cliff, and landed right onto Lyn's breasts. Kent promptly socked Sain in the mouth for saying that before storming off.

And as for Ninian…Well, her plan might have worked if she dealt with smart customers. But since that never happens in customer support, her plan had no chance of succeeding anyway.

Another week passed, and yet there was still no sign of rescue. Sain still suffered from extreme lack of womanizing and Kent was afflicted with Lyers Disease, which affects all marketers. Eliwood was serving three hours of jail time and Ninian was visibly restraining herself from going into her dragon form and wiping out everything in the continent.

However, just as Ninian was about to give into the urge and nuke the continent of Elibe, all of the employees screamed and dissolved into dust. Ninian blinked her eyes and stared at the mounts of ash that lay on the floor.

"Whoa! What the hell happened?" Eliwood, who mysteriously appeared (He broke out of jail. They really don't have many guards in the Ilian jail.), looked dismally at the piles of ash. "Great! Now I have to clean this all up!"

Sain rushed inside as well. "I was about to get body slammed by five very ugly men when suddenly they turned into ash and-Whoa! What happened here?" Sain stepped on a pile of ash and slipped, crashing into a pile of band-aids which were guaranteed to prevent harm.

"We're free!" Kent jumped in the air happily, only to conk his head on a pile of biking helmets. "Ow."

"That must mean that Farina came through for us!" The four of them left the supermarket, and looked at the Elibe-Mart sign. Hanging over it was a white banner that said, "Under New Management."

"Hey guys!"

They turned to see Farina cheerily waving at them. The pegasus knight grinned cheekily at them as she pointed at the Under New Management sign.

"You mean, you bought out the Ilian Elibe-Mart?" Sain looked at Farina incredulously.

"Of course. What'd you expect?" Farina shrugged.

"Well…Yeah, what did I expect?" Sain scratched his chin. "Anyway, this means we can leave, right?" Sain looked at Farina hopefully.

"Yeah…Well…I do own this building. And it would be interesting to have you guys working for me." Farina grinned evilly. "Heh heh heh…"

"Aw crap! She's fallen under the influence of the dark side! The presence of the Elibe-Mart has corrupted her soul!" Eliwood shouted frantically and shook Kent.

"Yes! I know that!" Kent pushed the frightened lord off. "Now listen here, Farina! You were supposed to be helping us!"

"Oh? But I am helping you. By letting you work for me! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Farina laughed madly and pointed inside of the supermarket. "Now move it! I expect to see this building in tip-top shape when I reopen it!"

"Farina! Don't do this!" Sain felt himself being pulled inside of the supermarket and he held out a despairing hand to the pegasus knight.

"Don't call me Farina! You will address me as Queen Farina!" Farina glared imperiously at the cavalier.

"Nooooooooooo!" Sain struggled against the invisible force, trying to bring Farina back to her old self.

"Sain! Don't! It's too late for her! She's already lost!" Eliwood looked hopelessly at Farina, who was still laughing. "I just hope she doesn't make us do any gay stuff…"

"Tomorrow, I expect to see a fifty-foot tall statue of me erected up here!"

"Dammit."

While Farina slowly became an agent of Nergal's evil Elibe-Mart influence stuff, Merlinus was having a little trouble with his supermarket, which was located in Ryerde.

"That's the problem! No one wants to shop at a supermarket named after a fat, portly suck-up!" Matthew discussed the inner workings of economics with his friend, Guy.

"I completely agree. I mean, who would want to go to a supermarket named Merlinus's Mart? It should have something more…Original." Guy frowned. "Has there been any news of the other Elibe-Marts?"

"Not at all…It's disturbing." Matthew shook his head. "Even my spy contacts don't know anything."

"MAYDAY! MAYDAY!" Merlinus rushed in, holding a scroll. "There's trouble in Ilia! The Elibe-Mart is no longer being run by Nergal!"

"That's a good thing…Right?"

"No, it isn't! Because Farina bought it out and now she's running it! The Ilian Elibe-Mart still stands!" Merlinus sobbed. "How will I ever make money?"

"Stop crying. Tch…Just like Farina. Well, we better hope the other groups have more success." Matthew groaned. "Now, about getting new customers…We need something to attract them. For the girls….Oh Guy…" The thief turned to the myrmidon and grinned.

Guy edged away slowly. "Now Matthew…Just because I owe you a couple of favors…"

"You and Fiora will be our advertisers. Let's see…Guy, take off your shirt and show off that manly chest to all of Ryerde."

"HELL NO!"

"Are you sure?" Matthew asked him teasingly. "I'll take off two favors! You'll only have two more left."

"Please, Guy! I'm begging you!" Merlinus got on his knees and clutched Guy's arm.

"FINE! I'm going to kill you, Matthew!" Guy stalked angrily outside.

"There, that's one problem solved. Now Legault?"

"Yo!" The thief popped up next to Matthew.

"I want you to spread these fliers all over Elibe." Matthew handed Legault a couple of paper fliers advertising Elibe-Mart.

"No problem." Legault walked outside, tossed them into the wind, and walked back inside. "All done."

"…Not what I meant. Hm….I guess that's good enough for now. Fiora is good as a cashier girl and Priscilla is out greeter…Merlinus restocks the supermarket and you and I…We're publicity. Everybody loves thieves."

"Damn straight. Now, let's drink to the occasion!" Legault pulled out two bottles of whiskey and handed one to Matthew. "Cheers!"

"We are totally lost!" Raven punched a rock with his hand and shattered it. "Who was guiding us?"

"You were." Bartre pointed at Raven.

"You shut up!" Raven kicked Bartre and stalked off. It had been two whole weeks since they had left, and there was still no sign of the Elibe-Mart. Raven was getting royally pissed and had to continuously stop Karel from killing everyone.

"…"

"…"

"I heard that!" Raven pointed at Rath and Jaffar, two of the most silent people on the planet. "You say that again and I'll kill you both! I can do that!"

"I found it! Time to kill!" Karel pointed to a small, white building that was nestled between two hills. "BURN!" The berserk swordmaster raced towards the Elibe-Mart, leaving the rest of his group behind.

"Uh….We'd better go, then." Raven and the other three members of Team Fight (Raven's name for their group.) ran after Karel, eager to release their stress. Yes, they had a lot of stress. Wandering in mountains for two weeks does that to you.

Chris: Yeah….It's short. But that's okay, right? Anyway, hope you like. And the next chapter is about the Bern group.

And just so you know, the Ilian storyline is finished for now. Farina took over the Elibe-Mart and now is forcing people to work there. Tsk, tsk.

Farina: I am your queen! Review and bask in my glory! Or else you will work in Elibe-Mart and become my slave! Mwahahahahaha!

Tsk, tsk.