Assassin's Loss

A/N Well From my reviews so far the winner of the Nino's other suitor contest is Erk, Who was exactly who I was thinking of for the part, but if I get some other people then I might have it be someone else, you still have a couple chapters yet.

I also got someone to hate me, don't worry, I intend everything to end up nice in the end…Maybe…

Personally I am a NinoxJaffar fan too.

Will I put them together? …You will have to read to find out.

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Chapter 2 – Difficulty

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I walk along the path towards Eliwood's castle, nighttime is setting in as the sun sinks into the horizon, the journey is normally difficult for a lone traveler. There are many horror stories about people getting attacked by brigands and out of work mercenaries looking for a quick buck.

Of course, that has no affect on me, I fear no man and I'm used to fighting large groups on my own, although fighting with backup so much recently may have rusted my skills, and without Mark and his ability to see the whole battlefield and give directions to us most likely spoiled me a little as well.

"Who we got here?" I hear the voice come from in front of me near a tree.

"Please…I'm on my way to see my grandpa…d-don't hurt me…" this voice is one of a young female.

"Well…I suppose we could let you pass…for the right price…" Another male voice says.

"H-how m-much?" The girl says, the fear evident in her voice.

"Oh…it's not a question of how much… it's a question of what…" The first voice says, tone sinister.

"Ah…P-please…n-no d-don't." Panic is building in the female voice.

I hear a dagger draw.

"Damn it…" I think to myself, there had been a time when I could have just kept walking, ignoring the girl's plight, but that time ended when I met Nino.

The girl screams and a loud "clang" sound echoes into the night, it is the sound of the man's dagger clashing against mine.

"W-What! Where the hell did you come from!" the man jumps from my sudden appearance.

The other man looks equally shocked as he draws his sword, "Hey! We found her! Get your own hussy loser!"

The first man, who appears to be a common thief finally recognizes me, "Y-You is that assassin from the black fang! The price on you's head 's worth much more than that girl!" He shouts, whistling into the night, I hear the sound of footsteps in all directions

"Shit…" I whisper to myself, the girl behind me had fainted.

I quickly look around to see that I'm surrounded by eight men, a large man bearing a large sword looks down at me, "Well, hello little man, I've heard much about you…" He says to me, he is over twice my size; I look up at him, "Are you the leader of this outfit?"

The man smiles a dark smile, "Why yes I am, we are the Gerinji Brotherhood."

"Stupid name." I reply quietly, I am merely biding my time, as I speak I am sizing up every weakness of my opponents.

The large man glares at me, "You know you are a dead man?"

"Death cannot die." I reply as my hands drift down towards my daggers.

The man holds his sword out at me, "You don't stand a chance."

His sword is really a masterwork, a large claymore that reminds me of Durandal, Eliwood's legendary sword, a normal man would not be able to wield such a large blade but this man seems to have excellent control over the massive blade.

"…" The look in the man's eyes is dark, cold, and without emotion, the same look is in mine.

A man to my left coughs and I send a dart at his head, hitting him right between the eyes and felling him, the other all start to rush me at once, an axe flies right next to my face and it's owner is stabbed by my right hand dagger, a sword narrowly misses my back as I spin the dagger out of the axe wielder and put my left dagger into the swordsman's neck, three spell casters stand in a line and start to chant, I reach into my dart pouch and toss three darts from it, all but one of the mages fall, the last one sends a fireball at me, hitting my arm.

"DAMN IT!" I slice the Mage in the neck with my good arm and look at the remaining forces,

There are two men left, the leader and the first man I heard talking to the girl.

I am now covered in blood from their slain comrades.

The first man is shaking in fear; the leader is shaking in anger.

I quickly toss another dart at the first man, dropping him nicely.

"YOU BASTARD!" The leader shouts at me swinging his sword on a wide arc.

I duck under the blade and rush towards, he spins and brings the sword down overhead, I dodge to the side with a spin, my dagger plunging deep into his neck.

"Ghghg…" He lets out a gargle as he falls to the ground dead, his mighty blade seeming to shake the ground as it falls from his grasp.

"Hm." They were much less dangerous than I thought they would be, but I suppose I may have gotten lucky, I looked back at the girl, she was now awake and shaking, "W-who are you?"

"…My name is not important, Where were you headed?" I didn't really care to stay any longer, the girl point back into the town I just came from an hour ago.

"Be more careful." I say sheathing my dagger and reaching into my sack for an elixer to repair my arm.

"Thank you…" the girl says softly.

"No problem…" I reply without looking at her.

I hear her get up and start towards one of the mages, she takes a book off of his corpse before moving on down the path.

"Magic users are a dime a dozen nowdays…" I mumble as I continue down my path, hoping I won't have to deal with any other fights.

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What was that?

Time waster chapter?

Pointless action?

A chance to see a really badass Jaffar?

An intro to a new character?

Will she be back?

You decide, and remember, Who will be Nino's other suitor?

The polls are still open.