Disclaimer: I don't own ToS. Heck, I haven't even finished it. But I know enough to scare you people.

Note: My first fic. R&R.

Prologue – A bad beginning.

Sigh, Genis sighed. Yet another day of Presea not noticing him. Well, she did notice him, but every time she did, his face ended up permanently a shade redder. Sure, she was nice when he talked to her, but Genis always messed up in some way that ended up with him getting badly hurt, him getting laughed at, or both. Thinking about last night's incident, Genis' face turned crimson.

Flashback

Genis was strolling outside, trying to psyche himself to giving Presea a small gift. He had labored a long time on it. He didn't know what she liked, so he had made… a miniature axe. "Okay Genis… she won't get too mad… you know her, she'll probably say 'thanks' and leave, not like Lloyd, who would burst out laughing…" Anyways even after reciting what he would say to her a few hundred times, he was still nervous as hell. Or of Raine. But maybe not as much as the 'Zelos shower incident…' that still made him shudder. However, while thinking, he almost walked onto Presea's head.

"Oh, uh… h-hi, Presea, didn't think you would be here, he he…" What was he thinking? Only ten minutes ago Presea had agreed to be First Watch! She must think I'm a dunce. Unless she already does. Genis had started sweating, and he was so confused he didn't notice her talking.

"…should go inside. There are monsters here."

"No! I can handle myself! I'm a p-powerful mage…"Pay attention! She won't notice you if you don't notice her!

"Still, it is my watch. You should rest."

"Oh! Uh…I'll take the watch for you! I'll protect all of us!"

"Thank you. You are very kind. "

She then proceeded to run past Genis and smash a rather large and scary monster with her axe. Genis hadn't noticed at all.

"Monster eliminated. There is a high percent chance there are more. Please get behind me."

"Huh? No! I'm supposed to protect you! See, watch!"

He began casting a spell. Meanwhile, the monsters were looking at Genis, confused.

"Eh? What's he doing? We're magic resistant."

"Ah, mebbe' dat li'l punk doesn't know, ya?"

"Well, his scary sister Magic Lens'd Louie right before smashing him into the ground."

"Wait, whaddaya say? Dat cat Louie's dead? And no one told meh?"

"And cut out your cheesy fake black man accent"

"Wahh! How can you be so insensitive? Louie's dead! He's dead! He's dead! No more Savory wine for me!"

"Chill out, dude. He respawns every minute or two."

"Oh, then-Gahh! Who did that!"

An axe smashed into his head.

"Did what? Augh!"

The axe smashed into his head as well. Presea took out a cloth and started wiping the blood off her axe. Wait, this is a PG game! No blood! dies

---awkward silence---

Genis didn't know what to say. It was, in the least, awkward. Thankfully, Lloyd, who had been looking for him, called him off. "Genis? Where are you?"

"I'm right here! Okay, um, s-see you in a while, Presea." Genis pretended to stroll off casually while running, causing him to trip and splatter mud everywhere. Phew, Lloyd saved me…

Presea was thinking. "Genis's current intelligence: 57 of max…possibility of bodyguard success: 0.2…"

End flashback

Later, Genis had thrown the model axe into a lake.

"Presea, I will protect you next time!" He thought to himself defiantly, and squeezed the handle of his kendama. The head flew off and landed behind a grove of trees.

Zelos: "Ow!"

Genis looked at his broken kendama. "Dammit!"

Well, that's the prologue! Short, but I'm a concise person. R, R, and be nice!