A/N: Ouch! My thighs, lower back, and arms hurt from horseback riding! Oh well. At least it's fun! Awww my new seperator didn't work. =( Oh well, I'll just use the old one. ANyway, here's the 5th chapter! Yay!

Disclaimer: "Guess what! I..."Stares blankly at the ground for a few minutes. "Woops sorry! I got lost in my mind. I find that my mind is a very confusing place. Anyway, I was going to say that I don't own Namco! Who would've guessed?"

Getting the Girl

By: Sayuiri

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"It was my fault!" Presea gave him a baffled look. Genis gulped and blinked beseechingly at Lloyd who looked a little scared himself. After all, Presea was pretty strong after wielding gigantic axes in battle.

Huh? What's Genis talking about? Does he think that-- With the realization of what Genis thought, she burst out laughing. The half-elf stared at Presea who had doubled over laughing but still kept a tight grip on the towel wrapped around her. "Umm...Presea?" He said tentatively taking a step closer to her. "Are you okay?"

The pink haired girl dragged a hand across her eyes which were filled with tears; she was still laughing a little. "Haha. Sorry Genis but it wasn't you I was glaring at! It was Zelos! I could see him hiding behind a tree and staring at Sheena's-" She coughed but then kept on laughing. Zelos who had heard all this gave a little "Eep!" and ran away.

Both Lloyd and Genis sighed in relief. The swordsman walked up to Presea and whispered in her ear, "Would you mind telling Colette that I um didn't mean to peep at them?" She nodded then turned to Genis. "I'm sorry Genis. I didn't mean for it to look like I was mad at you." She smiled at him, "But it was sweet of you to try and take the blame for Zelos." Genis' cheeks reddened a little. He looked down and the ground and kicked at the dirt with his foot. "It was nothing.." He trailed off and looked happily at Presea. "I'm glad that you're not mad at me."

"I don't think that I could ever be mad at you Genis.."

The two of them blushed at the same time and turned away from each other. "I uh...I have to go and get changed!" The pink haired girl said. She quickly ran up to the building by the hot spring where Sheena. Raine, and Colette had gone.

Lloyd grinned at his half-elf friend. He nudged Genis in the ribs and winked at him. "So Genis, aren't you and Presea getting a little close?" The mage blushed a tiny bit more. "Oh shut up Lloyd! What about you and Colette? Haven't you two become quite- Ow!" Lloyd had smacked Genis in the head. "Hey!" exclaimed the mage. "I was only teasing!" The swordsman chuckled. "Well come on Genis. We better get our friend the pervert and bring him to justice!" Genis grinned as they ran off in search of Zelos.

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That night, Zelos had to set up all the tents as his punishment for trying to peep at the girls. "Sheesh! You people are making the Chosen work like a slave!" He grinned slyly at Sheena. "Oh but my hunnies would love to see me right now hard at work!" The summoner's face turned a slight shade of red. "Your hunnies are in Meltokio! So get back to work you peeping tom!" Zelos saluted and got back to setting up the tents.

Meanwhile, Genis stirred a pot of stew hanging over a cheerful little fire. He added chopped up carrots and onions to the pot. Presea wandered by and sniffed at the steam rising up from the stew. "Mmm..It smells good Genis!" He smiled and ladled some into a bowl. "Here Presea. You get the first bowl since you were here first." He passed the bowl to her as she smiled at him.

Lloyd saw Genis handing the bowl of stew to Presea and shouted out. "Dinner time everyone!"

Zelos looked up from the jumbled mess of tent poles and large pieces of fabric. Sheena put a hand on his shoulder and smirked. "No food for you Chosen. Not until you finish setting up the tents."

"You've got to be kidding!"

After awhile, Zelos had finally gotten all the tents set up. He sat on a log wolfing down the cold stew in large amounts. Lloyd and Colette sat closely together chatting quietly to each other. Sheena stared into the fire; her eyes flicking to Zelos every few minutes. Regal and Raine had already retired to bed.

Genis lay in the grass staring up at the starry night sky. His gray eyes searched for constellations in the sky. As he searched, a face appeared above him and blocked his view of the stars. "Hi Genis. What are you doing?" He watched as Presea lay down beside him. "I'm searching for constellations in the sky." Her face turned towards him with a puzzled look. "What are constellations?" "Well, they're patterns in the sky made by stars." He replied. "For instance, that's the constellation Orion." Genis pointed it out to Presea. She smiled. "What's another one?" "Well, that one there is Aquila, and that other one is Cancer..."

A little while later, Genis stood up and stretched. "Well, everyone's already gone to bed, so we should too." Presea nodded and beamed at him. Thanks for teaching me about constellations Genis." He grinned at her and replied. "No problem. Anyway, goodnight Presea."

"'Goodnight Genis." She walked off towards the tent she shared with Colette.

But as the mage headed into his tent, a dark figure entered the camp and sat down by the dying embers of what once was a fire.

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A/N: I wondered who entered thier camp? You'll find out next chapter! Heh it was so funny when I read your review and some of you thought that Genis was in for a beating. I tricked you! Heh. And don't forget, Mr. T pities the fool who doesn't R&R!

potter2vo: The hot spring is one of my favourite scenes too! I saw it when my brother was playing the game. I'm glad that you enjoy my fluff though!

JoBob: Well I try to answer everyone's reviews. Even those who review under anonymous. Yeah I know I should get a gamecube. My parents won't let me though. They say a ps2 is enough at the moment. grumbles

Gamerctm: I'm glad that you like reading my fic so much!

royjoy: Yay! Another Gesea fan!

Urby: Tricked you! =p I made you think that Genis was in for a beating

crimson-88: Thanks!

Story Weaver1: Yep Genis gets all flustered when comes to girls, but keeps his cool in the classroom. Wow people do think I write good fluff o.0 That's odd...And here I thought that you would all ban me from ever writing fluff again! Guess I was wrong..heh..

Falyse: Mwahaha! I tricked another person into believing that Genis was in for a beating! Anyway, glad that you enjoyed the other chapters!

Angelglory: I do try to keep up the good work. Whether I am or not is up to you readers. That's why reviews were invented!

F00l3Al2: Yep. I know that Regal used to love Alicia. I just have trouble decideing whether or not to pair him with someone. I've actually had an idea to pair him with the Princess HIlda because the King would want his daughter married to a rich lord. (Bah! That's me reading too much historical fiction!)