Assassin's Loss
A/N I'm back for another round
Oh, and one of you reviewers asked if Nino married Erk or Jarrar at the end of the game, and the answer is…
It can be either, depending on your Support convos.
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Chapter 4- The Problems with companions
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First of all some of them won't shut up; nothing is more annoying than a companion that won't leave you alone.
That is the problem I've found with Jennica, once she seemed sure I wasn't going to kill her and leave her in a bloody heap she started talking…
"So…why are we headed to Pheae?"
"I need to see someone."
"Who?"
"A…friend…"
"Girlfriend?"
"…"
"Ohhhhhh…it's a girlfriend!"
"…"
"So even cold hearted killers fall in love huh?"
"…"
"So who is the lucky la-"
"-Shut up!"
…And talking…
"So what made you the way you are?"
"I was born this way."
"You mean you never had any emotion or qualms with killing?"
"Yep."
"…So were you always this friendly?"
"Yes…"
"Wow….so-"
"Quiet!"
….And talking…
"So who taught you all those moves?""Black fang Assassins."
"Wow, tough trainers, so what did your parents think of that?
"I have no parents."
"Oh…Sorry…""I just really don't want to talk. Please shut up."
"…"
But I can understand her curiosity; most people who don't fear me wonder about me, Nino had been the same way, always asking questions, and it bugged me a little with her, but this girl, it bugs me a lot.
We had been walking an hour since the skirmish; there is a large cave up ahead.
I point at it, "We'll sleep in there."
"Alright…" she says with a sigh.
I look back, her head is downcast and she seems huffy.
"What?" I ask in an irritated tone.
"Nothing." She huffed, pushing past me into the cave.
The next problem with companions, they get moody unless you treat them just right, I can't even remember the number of people in Eliwood's little group I pissed off, but I'd say most of them would not be very concerned about me if I died.
I followed her into the cave; she had picked a spot near the back of the cave and was gathering a bunch of sticks to make a fire.
She dropped them all and shot a fireball at them, the blaze started without trouble.
She huffed and plopped against a wall, she shivered a bit.
I take off my cloak and offer it to her, "Here."
She looks up at the cloak, then at me, "Keep it."
I toss it on the ground in front of her and sit down on the other side of the fire from her.
After a moment she picked the cloak up and wrapped it around herself.
"Thanks." She says quietly.
"Welcome." I say in return, watching the flames dance and flicker.
"Jaffar…?" she asks in a soft, maybe somewhat scared tone.
"Yeah?" I ask, trying to be a little less of a jerk to her.
"Why did you save me? I mean…you really had no reason to…" She says quietly, the question had probably been knawing at her for a while.
"…There was a time when I would have kept on walking, and I would have ignored your plight…but when I met Nino…the girl that I'm going to meet, she cared for me when I was hurt…even though it was against the code…she is the reason I have a soul…"
Jennica sighed, "Wow…she must be really important to you…"
"She is…but…she…seems to love someone else…" I say, my eyes downcast, I was shocked that I admitted that to her.
"Why would she go and do that? It sounds like you've been through a lot together…" He voice is concerned for someone who was mad at me just moments ago.
"Yeah…yeah I've been asking myself the same question…" I say, almost to myself.
"I've…never been lucky with love." She sighs and looks right into the flames, "My father…was a brigand…and not a very savory person…and several things happened to me in my youth that I prefer not to remember…"
I listened silently, but intently.
"Well from there…I didn't really have a good mindset for dating…so I buried myself in studies…of course I gave them my all, and that's why I know all forms of magic…"
She pauses and I take in what she just said, "She knows all forms of magic, just like that old man Althos…"
"Anyway…a few guys tried to come onto me a couple times over my life…but I always brushed them off…" She shook her head, "Sorry for boring you, I've never told anyone all that before…it kinda slipped…oops." She blushed a little.
I nodded, "It's alright."
I sighed and started to drift off to a light sleep, glad that I had stopped to save her, if I hadn't she would have been put through more pain, and while there was a time I wouldn't have cared, that time had passed.
"Really…it's amazing she is so well mannered…most people that go though that have a lot more trouble than she seems too…but then again…never know what's just below the surface."
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This chapter is a bit short, but I felt I needed to get something out there…
Need another fight scene soon too…
Anyway, I'll take some votes on what pairings you want to see, if you feel like telling me.
