Chapter 2- Considerations

Uhhh… I apologize for the slight OOCness in the last chapter… Wil acted like a demon, Rath acted like Jaffar, and I think I got Sain and Kent right, for the most part…

Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter, I appreciate those reviews; it's the only thing that keeps me going until 2 in the morning!

Kent will be a bit OOC in this chapter, mainly because he's too flustered in this chapter to think in his grand-all-rule-abiding-ness attitude. Muahaha. Now start reading.

Disclaimer: Why do we even need these? We're on Duhhh.

But, because I don't want a horde of lawyers chasing me down with sporks, I shall force Wil to say the disclaimer for me, because I luff him and he's far too cute for his own good. Bwahaha.

Will: So… what do I say?

Pyro: --tackleglomps--Wil! My bishi!

Wil: Uhhhh… gack… RATH!

Pyro: --glares--

Wil: Okay, okay, Pyro owns nothing. Except herself. And the plot idea thing. But me and Rath and Kent and Sain and all these peoples don't belong to her. In fact, she doesn't even know who we belong to. --starts into a long rant--

Pyro: Okay, start the story!

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Kent marched off in the opposite direction of Sain, not knowing where he was going, and neither caring. He just wanted to get away from Sain, and that odd feeling. He had never felt that way before. He felt like he was going to be sick. "What in Elimine's name was that!" He asked himself, as soon as his heart rate had returned to normal. To be completely honest with himself, he had felt a less concentrated version of that feeling a few times around Sain, as well… but it had never been that strong. He could remember the look that Sain had been giving him far too clearly. "Why… what is making me feel this way?"

As he tried to translate his confusing feelings, he heard a shout from the other end of the camp. I really do need to focus. I'll never get anything done this way…

Marching back to the tree where their horses were tied-up, he fixed a determined look on his face, the one he always wore for missions like this. He spotted Sain, already mounted, waiting for him across the camp. He mounted, and trotted across the camp, with a sigh. Let's get this little mission over with.

Sain grinned at him as he approached, and said, "Now that you're acting at least halfway normal, let's get going."

Deciding that it would be wise to ignore this comment, or else dig himself a hole that he wouldn't be able to get out of, he set off at a trot.

"So, where are we going?"

Kent gave his partner a stunned look. Hadn't he listened? Then, he remembered: This was Sain they were talking about. "Sain, you really should listen during the tactician's meetings more often. We're going on a mission to take care of some Anima Magic-users down southeast of here."

"Oh, ok." Sain chirped back at Kent. That was one thing Kent loved about Sain. He trusted his teammates unfailingly.

Wait a minute, what was he thinking? "One thing he loved about Sain"? What was he, a twelve-year-old girl with a crush? He shook his head to clear the thought as soon as it crossed his mind, he didn't need to be thinking about that, not now, at least, when--

"What's with you, anyways?" Sain interrupted his thoughts.

Kent shook his head, and flashed Sain what he hoped was a reassuring smile. "I'm fine, Sain. We have to focus."

"Oh, right. That. Yeah. How many are there, anyways? Anima-users, I mean."

"Oh, uh, I think that the tactician said there were about… 3 or 4."

"Why is she sending us so far away from the rest of the group? It's like a 3 hour ride, from camp to their location."

"Who knows? With Lady Ana, you don't ask."

"Why do you call her that? Just call her Ana."

"You have no respect for women." Kent huffed.

"Yes I do, I flirt and compliment them all the time!" Sain replied, indignant.

"That doesn't count." He sighed in reply.

"Why not?"

"Well, I don't know… it just doesn't sound like they…" He let his voice trail off, trying to find the words.

"What? They what?" Sain seemed a little agitated now.

"Well… It just doesn't seem like they enjoy it as much as you do!" He burst out.

Awkward silence.

"Well, yeah, I know."

Somehow, this silence was more awkward than the last.

"Wh… What?" Kent stumbled over his words, attempting to convert the swirling thoughts flying through his head into words.

"I know that." Sain grinned roguishly.

Kent was about to question him further when Sain said, "So… they should be around here?"

"Uh…w-who?" Kent asked, momentarily distracted, and somewhat dazed.

"The anima users, Kent."

"Oh! Oh, yes, yeah…"

After a few minutes of silence, Sain once again proceeded to confuse Kent. "So, have you ever had one?"(1)

"Have I ever had a… what?" Kent asked, getting a bit frustrated with Sain never making sense.

"Oh, sorry. Have you ever had a girlfriend?"

And yet again, Kent was stunned.

"Wh… what?"

"You seem to be doing that a lot lately."

"What?"

"Saying that."

"What?"

"You're saying "what" a lot."

"Uhm…"

"Anyways, answer the question."

"Oh, yeah… uhm…" Kent thought about it. Had he? No.

"No."

Sain was silent, an unreadable look on his face.

"Okay."

Kent shook his head, sure that what was left of his sanity was in danger around Sain.

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After they had ridden for a couple hours, Kent noticed some dark storm clouds to the east. The tactician said that they should stop if it should start to rain. And it looked like it was about to. "Sain, we should stop here."

Sain gave him a questioning look. Spying the storm clouds a second later, he nodded enthusiastically. Kent stifled a laugh. Sain had never liked storms.

Riding into the forest and setting up camp underneath a large tree, Kent and Sain laid out their bedrolls. Kent started a fire while Sain cowered on the ground next to him.

"Kent… Kent, what if it starts thundering?" Sain asked, nervously.

"You'll live." Kent sighed.

After Kent had gotten a fire going, he collapsed on his bedroll. Glancing around their makeshift camp, he noticed that they were next to a clearing. He could faintly hear the sound of water. He got up off of his bedroll, and started walking towards it.

"Sain, I'm going to go look around."

Sain gave him a horrified look, and jumped up to follow him.

Kent couldn't stifle a laugh, and after seeing Sain's glare, he turned it into a muffled snicker.

"I hate you sometimes, you know that?" Sain grumbled.

"Yeah, that's why you're following me wherever I go." Kent answered, grinning.

Sain made a face at him, and Kent just rolled his eyes. Lout.

As they approached the clearing, the sound of water bubbling grew louder and louder. As Kent rounded the corner, he spotted the source.

A ten-foot-wide river.

He strode across the clearing, Sain hurrying to keep up.

"That's odd," Kent murmured. "Ana didn't say anything about this…"

"It's hidden by the trees," Sain reasoned, glancing around. "Farina, Fiora, Florina or Heath wouldn't be able to see or hear this from so far up in the sky…"

Kent nodded, and continued to walk up the side of the riverbank.

"Well, at least we'll have some place to get something to drink," Sain commented dryly.

"Yeah… Look at it, it looks like it's about to overflow any second now!"

Shivering, Kent glanced upwards. It was getting dark, and it was getting cold, as well.

"Let's go back to camp." Kent began to walk back when he heard his partner shout, "Kent, watch out!"

The next thing he knew, he was being attacked by fire in three different directions.

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Curses! Sain thought. I almost forgot about the anima-mages!

Kent had managed to jump out of the way of the three attacks, but just barely. Sain quickly drew his sword, and ran at a mage as it appeared out of the dense trees.

"Kent, on your right!"

Sain watched as Kent turned, drew his sword, and attacked the assaulting mage.

Sain quickly disposed of the mage he had been locked in battle with, and took the brief second of rest to whistle loudly in the direction of their camp. (2)

Two horses came crashing through the trees, nearly knocking over an opposing mage. Sain quickly jumped on his horse, grabbing his lance out of the holder on the saddle, and threw it with as much strength as he could muster at the moment.

He grimaced as it rammed through the mage, killing it instantly.

Glancing around the clearing for more opponents, he saw that the only one was currently fighting Kent,and was bound to be disposed of any second now. He took the opportunity to wipe off his sword in the grass, and glance nervously at the sky. The clouds had gotten even darker over the past few minutes…

Kent walked over to him, stepping over the body of the now-dead anima mage. "Well, I guess we took care of our mission, but it looks like we won't be going anywhere for a while…" He nodded towards the jet-black clouds gathering towards the east. "I guess we should get back to our camp…"

Sain nodded, and they set off at a trot.

"By the way, Sain, it was smart of you to call our horses over. I wouldn't have thought of it!"

Sain grinned and said, "Well, you looked like you needed a bit of assistance."

Kent rolled his eyes and said, good-naturedly, "You didn't look like you were doing too hot, yourself."

"Aaaah, I'm a good actor."

Kent snorted, and was about to reply when he was suddenly paused. "Hey, Sain… I think I just felt a raindrop."

Sain looked up and, indeed, it had started to rain.

"Well… crap."

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Sain's saying things that make much more sense in his head than they do out loud again. Don't mind him. He's just a bit crazy.

Well, sure, they'd be tied up and all, but… that wouldn't go well with the storyline, would it? P

Aaah, a sucky excuse for a cliffhanger, but… Whatever. I have, like, zero experience at this. Anyways…

Muahaha! A longer chapter! . The last one was like… only 3 pages on Microsoft Word. --gasps--This one is like… what… 7? Yes, they're getting longer, thankfully. I have another multi-chaptered story on the way. It will be called "Switches". Check out my profile thingy for more info.

I know that I started their "Romantic thoughts" off a little early in the story, (aka, first chapter) but I have never written a KentxSain story, or any Yaoi story before… in fact, I have never written a romance story before. The first romance story I've ever read was one of the Fire Emblem Yaoi stories. Ahahahaha. (Excuses, excuses.) So, please forgive my inexperience. And I plan to write many, many more KentxSain stories, and some RathxWil and MatthewxGuy stories… and hopefully my writing will get better as I go. Hopefully. This is, was, and probably will be, a little bit messy. I appreciate the reviews!

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