Crazy Happenings
Author's Note: Once again, I hereby declare that I regretfully do not own Fire Emblem…
Chapter 3: The punishment
After Sain left his room (or rather a guest room) in Castle Ositia, he suddenly sensed a familiar presence in the shadows as he walked along the long corridors. He sighed. "Matthew, Matthew…you just simply love to hide and spy, don't you?"
"Guess you caught me this time. You're getting quite smart, aren't you? You're not surprised anymore…that's no fun… But then again, I don't think you wouldn't have been prepared for…THIS!"
Sain's eyes went big. Really big until you would think his eyes would pop out from their sockets. (OO - something like that perhaps?) Why? Well, firstly, the thief who had spiky brown hair had shaved (yes, SHAVED) off his hair, leaving a round and shiny bald head when reflected by the light, causing the thief to look extraordinary and very very different. Secondly, he was wearing a huge chunk of armor that made his now baldhead look extremely small (like it had shrunk), which did not comply with Sain's description of the cheery thief. And to top it off, Matthew had a big piece of cardboard on top of the armor and on it was written the words 'The best and cutest Mattay-chan ever! I'm superbly cute with this stylish new style! Yeah! Let's rock n roll people!' Sain sweatdropped heavily…like this OO;;;;;;;;; (even the author herself can't imagined Matthew like that…)
Seeing that Sain was indeed superbly astonished and shocked, he started to dance happily as daintily as he could, though failing to do so (since his armor was too heavy), at the same time shouting "Yippee! I'm teh cutest wever!" like a small kid whose pronunciation was far from perfect.
"Uhhh, okayyy…so… um, why are you here?" Sain asked, still feeling amazed as he stared wide-eyed at 'Mattay-chan'. His question was then answered by himself as light suddenly dawned upon him. His eyes narrowed and he looked suspiciously at him. "You overheard the conversation just now, didn't you?"
All of a sudden, the childish side of Matthew disappeared and he adopted his usual calm and cool manner. Sain couldn't believe his eyes. "Yeah, I did. That's what we spies naturally do."
Sain shrugged. "I wonder…so, you're not angry at me are you?"
In response, Matthew just imitated his action earlier on. "I dunno. I guess not, since Serra is just acting the same, so I have nothing to say." He chuckled at his own remark.
Sain grinned. "Only the fair maiden Lady Serra would still be faithful to the people that she admires, no?"
The thief sighed heavily. "Well, if you want to put it that way…I certainly don't mind her not being 'faithful' to me. Go ahead and bother someone else like Erk. He's kinda non-social. He really sometimes irks me, just like how his name's Erk."
"Hmm…so, what are you still doing here? The conversation was over as you know, why still stay here?" Sain inquired, his curiosity roused.
Matthew chuckled. "Thought you wouldn't ask. Just wanted to let you know that you're wanted."
Sain sighed. "Yeah, I think I should know that. Is that all?"
In response, the cheery thief shook his head. "No, what I mean is precise and accurate information that I tell you." He cleared his throat. "Ahem, well, let me start my report. Right now, Raven is coming after you, bringing a Light Brand, a Silver Blade and a Silver Sword. He's obviously mad at you for making Priscilla cry. Next opponent is that assassin Jaffar." Matthew uttered that name with some distaste before he continued talking like reading from a book monotonously."He's dashing at approximately 40 kilometers per hour. All his equipments are filled with Killing Edges. Apparently he's more than mad at you because you made Nino crazy, loving Erk and Jaffar when all the while she was only Jaffar's. He doesn't like the fact that her love for him is now split into half." Matthew paused momentarily and took a deep breath. "You're just lucky that he's still chasing after Erk and not you. Hopefully he'll entertain Jaffar until after three days. But you never know, Erk just might be heading for you!"
Sain grinned slightly. "Well, I guess Saint Elimine gave me her blessings for the mean time. There are some others, am I not correct?"
"Yeah, but not of much importance since you probably know and expect them. So, I guess that's all. See ya around if you're still alive and kicking tomorrow!" Matthew grinned back.
"Wait, Matthew."
"Huh? What is it?"
"Why did you tell me all this? I mean, it doesn't sound very much like you to do so…"
The thief only chuckled. "Why? I don't really know too. Guess it's a warning to you before you start. So since I've already said what I wanted to say, I'll go and do something else. Wish…"
"Wait!"
"What is it now?"
"…What's up with your new hairstyle and appearance?"
Matthew just gave the 'Matthew grin'. "Heh, thought you wouldn't say anything about it," he said airily. A moment later, he changed into 'Mattay-chan' and added boastingly (though his grammar and pronunciation was like crap), "I tho I shud change me old hair style 'cos dat old Wallace guy said it was so wewy old. And let me tell you, mista, I walways and walways pride me self in keeping me self weeewy up-to-det, so I cut lar!"
Sain sweatdropped again heavily. "Uh…okay…that's…great…I suppose…" So astonished by this new 'bald-head kid Mathew', the 'never at a loss' knight was for once utterly at a loss to say anything.
Meanwhile, this 'Mattay-chan' was prancing along the corridors. Coming back to Sain, he asked gleefully, "I m weeewy cute, wite? Don cha fink so, mista?"
Not knowing what to say, Sain just barely uttered, "Uhh…yeah…yeah! Yeah! It's just so great!" He even managed a small pretend smile with much effort. "Oh Saint Elimine, this can be anything but cute…oh gosh, am I really awake or am I just dreaming?"
"Yay! Wippee!" The boy was so happy, dancing as he made his exit from Sain. "Shee you weter, mista! Bai bai!"
When Sain finally recovered, he just shook his head at Mattay-chan's weird exit. "I wonder how he always manages to surprise me…well then, what should I do now?"Sain wondered aloud. Immediately an answer greeted him. "Have a chat with the ladies." But with whom? "According to Hector, the women who are not…lovesick now are Lady Louise, Lady Vaida, brave Karla, Lady Serra, Lady Isadora and petite Florina. So, whom shall I have a little chat with today?" After some thinking, the 'green lance of Caelin'finally came upon the result; and the answer was nobody. Why? Well then, according to the interview between the author and Sain (;), his answers were written and his voice was recorded below, together with some people's remarks as audience and witnesses:
Why not Lady Louise? "Because she's already married to Lord Pent and as a honorable Caelin knight, this idea is extremely preposterous! I do not allow such illegal intimacies!" (Audience: "Oh really? Isn't it trying to say that you're gonna do something really bad? snickers")
Why not Lady Vaida? "Well…to tell you the truth, I always thought that she was a male dressing up as a female though failing to do so horribly…" (Audience: "Okayyyy…suppose that's reasonable…")
Why not brave Karla? "Uhhh…can this reason be accepted by saying that I'm really scared (whimpers) that she'll kill and eat me?" (Audience: "…No comment?" )
Why not Lady Serra? "I am sure Lady Serra is busy tending to her own affairs between that anima mage Erk and Matthew, so if I were to come to her, surely she will fall in love with me instead! That will surely cause my lovely ladies sadness when they see Lady Serra and me together! Ah, no no, that is something I definitely would not like to do! I mustn't think of it!" (Audience: "Who EVER said any girls liked you? In your dreams!")
Why not Lady Isadora? "It is the same as Lady Louise as you can see! The lovely young woman, deeply in love with her partner…ah, such lovely couples must not be disturbed!" (Audience: "Yeah, yeah…whatever.")
Why not petite little Florina? "Uh, well…that is…I mean, Lord Hector already likes her! So I can't possibly break their relationship apart! …Yeah, yeah, that's it! That's a good reason, huh?" (Audience: "Just admit that you're afraid Hector will kill you if he sees you flirting with Florina!")
"So what will I do?" Sain asked himself. But before he could think any further, he suddenly felt a dark and scary presence. "No, this isn't certainly Matthew…who could it be…uh oh, don't tell me…" "Ahhh!" Sain let out a small shout as he barely dodged a sword throw that was directed towards him. The sword stabbed the wall instead and stayed there. Feeling curious, Sain examined the weapon and immediately realised that it was Jaffar's. "Oh no…just as I thought…he's already here! Then, what about Erk? He must have been able to run away or something…"
Some miles away…
"Uhhh…somebody…help…me…or am I…already dead…?" A short purple-haired mage uttered out painfully. He found himself still alive and thanked Saint Elimine silently. Then, as he opened his eyes, he saw some people looking at him, some of them laughing their heads off, most of the girls blushed or hid their faces, some just ran off. He wondered why…until he looked down on himself. Suddenly, he screamed. He screamed so loudly that it caused him to faint again from his weariness. Some people who were miles away said that they thought they heard a blood-curling scream.
And what about the reason why Erk got so much attention? That was because he was tied tightly to a tree, covered with lots of bruises…and totally naked. No wonder. Poor Erk.
Anyway, back to Sain…
By and by, Sain was getting wearier and wearier as he dodged Jaffar's Killing Edges. It was painfully hard for him to dodge Jaffar's dangerous weapons since his aim was always very accurate, estimated to be 99.9. Not only that, but Jaffar himself was attacking Sain, 50 successful since Sain received quite some bruises, slashes and cuts all over his body. Jaffar was really going for the kill! Jaffar could see that he was easily winning over the flirty knight. "Hmph, I'll take my revenge on him for taking Nino away from me!" His face contained pure anger. Probably even the dragons wouldn't have threatened him in this state right now…
Sain winced as he got another cut on his leg. "Ouchie! Now that did hurt…oh great, this is just so great…I never bargained for this…oh well, guess I don't need to ask myself what to do right now…" Sain tried running away from the Angel of Death but stopped hurriedly when he saw a very dangerous-looking Raven coming from the same way. Seeing that his enemy was there, Raven brandished his Light Brand and walked grimly towards Sain. Jaffar too did the same.
"I'll teach that flirt not to ever disturb Priscilla ever again! I promise I'll make him suffer so much until he won't even remember his own name!"
"I'll teach that flirt not to ever disturb my Nino ever again…I promise I'll make him suffer so much, so much until he can't suffer anymore!"
Upon entertaining these thoughts, Jaffar and Raven laughed maniacally, "Ahahahahahahahahahaha! DIE BY MY HANDS!"
Though hurt, Sain couldn't help being amused. "Wow…I didn't know these guys could be similar at times…Oh, don't think about that, I better worry about my own life now…it's at stake here. What will I do? I'm not fit to fight back, especially not against these two super-strong guys; I can't even run away since I'm blocked and I think my leg's broken or something…what on earth will I do? I'm so stumped, I don't think even Mark can get me out of this situation…" For once the knight was too absorbed in his thoughts that he did not realise some other pairs of footsteps along the corridor. He only did stop thinking when he heard a familiar voice. A very familiar, booming voice.
"HEY, WHAT IN THE NAME OF SAINT ELIMINE ARE YOU THREE DOING IN MY CASTLE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY RUINING MY CASTLE WALLS AND BLOCKING THE PASSAGEWAY, HUH?"
Sain, Jaffar and Raven were deafened by the blue-haired lord's shouts. All three had to cover their ears and even then it did not lessen the Hector's volume much. As all three looked towards the source of the voice, they saw a very angry Hector, a calm and steady Oswin, a worried yet slightly angry Kent and a wide-eyed Serra near them. It seems that they were able to get close to the three guys while Raven and Jaffar had been busy laughing while on the other hand, Sain had been busy thinking and praying.
Though anyone else would have fled at the sound and look of Hector, Raven and Jaffar still remained where they were and showed no fear, only obvious displeasure. "What do you want, you little lordling?" Raven spat out. Evidently he still kept the anger even after all that time they had worked together to defeat Nergal.
Hector glared back. "What else other than to stop you freaking maniacs from tearing my castle apart!"
In response, Raven snorted. "Hmph, just back away and let me get my revenge on him first!"
Jaffar just nodded his head vigorously. "…Kill."
"Well, obviously I can't let you maniacs do it here, I can just picture my own castle in shambles!"
"That's too bad. I'm going to do what I want and I'm going to do it right now."
Seeing that nothing would be solved, Oswin leaned towards Hector and whispered to him. Moments later, Hector nodded his head and conveyed the message whatever it was to Kent and Serra. After a curt nod from Kent and a "Well, make sure you do it properly then, otherwise I'll get hurt! And clerics aren't supposed to get hurt!" from the loud-mouthed cleric, they then set their plan into motion. Hector and Oswin moved forward and Oswin declared, "I can't let you do this in Ositia's mighty castle walls."
Jaffar only sneered while on the other hand Raven retorted back. "Hmph, then stop me if you can!"
"Very well, if you do not wish to stop this." With that, Hector and Oswin charged into battle against Raven and Jaffar. It was a team versus team battle and a very hectic battle it was indeed though Hector and Oswin tried their hardest not to break the castle walls. Not to say that the castle walls were flimsy, but then again, those four men's strength was beyond comparison, as expected from those who had stopped Nergal. (but sometimes I wonder…)
Seeing that Raven and Jaffar were busy fighting Hector and Oswin, Serra used a rescue spell and teleported the hurt Sain to them. Kent then quickly half-carried Sain who could barely walk and ran away as fast as he could together with Serra. As soon as he thought they were safe for the time being, he went into a guest room and placed Sain onto a bed. Serra then began healing and attended to Sain's wounds.
"Uhh…many thanks to you, Lady Serra…" Sain managed to speak.
"Hey, you shouldn't be talking, you know!" the cheerful cleric replied.
"And Kent…thanks and…guess I'm sorry for making Fiora crazy…I won't…be surprised if you want to… beat me up too." Despite the pink-haired cleric's advice, he continued talking to the Crimson Shield.
Kent just sighed. Inwardly he wanted to, but he restrained himself from doing so. "I do not adopt such ill-mannered actions. Especially towards a injured person…and especially not to my partner." He let out a slight smile. "After all, it only lasts for three days, does it not? Though of course it is still a long period of time…"
"Yeah. …So, I take it you'll forgive me?" (aww…so romantic…but hey, no yaoi! I don't like yaoi!)
"Well, I hope I already have," Kent smiled at his partner.
"Wow, thanks a lot, partner," Sain smiled back and rested peacefully on the bed.
"Hmm, I wonder how long will Lord Hector and Oswin continue to fight those two," Serra spoke a moment later.
Kent shrugged. "Hopefully not for long. They did say they'll try to lure them out of the castle…"
"sigh I guess Lord Hector just saved me so that I could lure Farina…" Sain piped in, remembering Hector's words to him.
"Then, you better get a good rest now! There, I've finished healing your wounds. Rest now and you'll feel much better tomorrow," Serra declared.
"Thank you, Lady Serra. I am always indebted to you," Sain managed to sit up and winked at her.
"Well, well, no problem, Sain. Oh, by the way, whose room is this?"
Kent frowned deeply, trying to remember. "Hmm…I can't rightly remember, but I think it's…"
He was interrupted when the door opened and revealed a lavender-haired girl. Upon seeing men in her room, especially Sain, she immediately let out a scream and started throwing things at Sain before leaving the room hurriedly. As Sain was not prepared for the assault, a hair blower and many other things knocked him out. He collapsed back into the bed, his eyes in circles.
Kent was indeed astonished before he completed his sentence, "…Florina's."
Serra sighed. "Oh well, luckily he's not really hurt, he just fainted. I don't have anymore Healing staves anyway. Just let him rest there. I'll find Florina and tell her to use some other guest room."
And with that, Kent and Serra left, leaving Sain drifting in the middle of a string of dreams where he was knocked out each and every time by electrical appliances and other stuff.
A/N: sighs…I'm glad I finally finished it. I'm very sorry I took a long time to post this up, but unfortunately I had exams. …And my exams are not finished yet. I know I meant this chapter was to touch on Hector x Florina, but I thought I'll write on this first. I feel that this chapter is a bit different than the rest, but I guess I'm still not very stable in terms of writing…
I hope all readers liked the 'so-called battle scenes'. Poor Erk…I pity him. And as for Matthew? I just thought it would be fun to have a bald Matthew. Anyway, I have a plan to write this fic also based on romance. I don't really know how I can do humor and romance at the same time, but I'll have a go at it. So, I'll try centering on Hector x Florina real romance but not too much. The three days have begun! D Chapter 4, the beginning of the second day!
So, to reviewers:
serra's evil twin: I kinda like Erk x Serra pairing too…they should go together, but probably they don't make the best and perfect couple. Thx a lot for reviewing!
K-Gforever: I wonder how Sain's gonna survive too. But I probably won't write too much on that. I don't really know…Again, thx for the review.
Elinjia-Elyric: Yay! Another new person's review! I'm so happy…thank you!