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Disclaimer: I do not own the Tales of series, they belong to Namco.

Pairing: Main Asch x Luke, Flynn x Yuri, Richard x Asbel.
One-sided Yuri x Luke, Natalia x Asch, Tear x Luke, and Guy x Flynn.
Hints of possible Jade x Guy and Ion x Sync.

Warning: Contains Yaoi, language and blood, OC's included, Skits and diaries included (Mainly by Luke), Luke is the main here, and OCC characters possibly.

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Chapter 2: Preemptive Attack in Capua Nor

It was the second day when the caravan stopped at Capua Nor. The Captain and Vigilant grabbed their luggage, giving their thanks to their coachmen, Alex, who nodded in return.

"I would be careful around here if I were you." Alex warned grimly.

"Why? This town pretty peaceful from the looks of it." Yuri frowned and slung his duffel bag over his shoulders.

"I heard from the other coachmen earlier that made stops to Capua Nor. The rumors aren't pretty and the town looks tense due to some knights with weird uniforms are patrolling the place." The coachmen explained, giving what he heard.

"Weird…" Luke spoke as he pondered. "There shouldn't be any knights here that were given orders to patrol in Capua Nor. The Commandant didn't say anything about this…"

"Maybe it means that these knights aren't from around here." Yuri considered in a soft tone and glanced behind his shoulder to see the townspeople a bit tense despite the cheerfulness.

"What were these knights uniform design, ensemble, or was there anyone that stood out among them?" Luke asked the coachman, who thought deeply about it a moment.

"If hearing correctly, the helmets they wore had some sort of tuned fork design at the front…and wore some sort of tabard with weird designs. I kind of heard that there were at least two guys, one with red hair and the other green, and there was a young girl too with pink hair leading them in Capua Nor." Alex shrugs and noticing that he had to leave now. "Sorry folks, that's all I heard. I have to leave now, business calling."

"Thank you, sir." Luke thanked again, nodding and turned around with Yuri as they walked into the town streets.

Skit 5: Guide

Yuri: Looks like we have to find our Guide on our own then, huh? Did you hear anything from Flynn about our Guide?

Luke: Location, no. Person, probably know.

Yuri: You sounded too vague…Unless the Guide is someone I know too.

Luke: You met her before about a year ago, Yuri. That incident, remember?

Yuri: Wait…Oh…OH?! I am not going to deal with her two-faced moods! It's annoying…

Yuri narrowed his eyes and glared while Luke smiles nervously and sweatdrop.

Luke: She's not that bad…She's the only person that knows a lot about the borders and she knows us well enough…

Yuri: Her attitude might need to change a bit…

Luke: ….

Skit Ends

Upon half a day wasted and still the duo haven't found their Guide yet. The redhead captain and raven haired vigilant took a break at small shop that sold various foods. Both of them ordered crepes and a glass of water.

"Seriously…Where the heck is that Guide?" Yuri mumbled angrily, eating his crepe.

"The only places we haven't looked are the inn and the port." Luke suggested, chewing on a strawberry fruit.

"Well, better hurry up and finish eating if we wanna find her before the sun sets." Yuri said, finishing his crepe halfway.

"Yeah, it's wouldn't be sur-"

Luke words were interrupted when a loud scream tore his ears. Immediately reacting, he jumped in time to dodge an incoming pounce of a giant feline like monster. Apple green eyes glanced at Yuri in concern if his friend had seen it coming like he did, to his relief, Yuri had already landed with his signature sword drawn in time. The redhead Captain drew his sword, Ultimatus, and flipped, landing a distance away from the giant monster and turned his head to see a young girl wearing a black dress and boots trimmed in pink. A small styled hat with a tuned fork symbol design rested on her long pink hair, the girl clutched her doll tightly and glared with all her might at Luke.

"It's you…" The pink haired girl spoke softly, her tone filled with hate as she then shouted. "The one that murdered Mommy!"

"What the hell is that brat talking about, Luke?" The Vigilant shouted from where he was, obviously confused at all of this.

"…It's one of the three people that were leading the soldiers earlier." Luke simply said, ignoring the question and statement. "Her name is Arietta."

The redhead knew he wouldn't have time to explain.

"You won't escape!" The pink haired girl, Arietta declared.

That signaled the giant monster to roar loudly and began to charge toward Luke. The monster raised its claw and aimed for Luke head. The Vigilant shouted his name in warning just in time for the redhead to move forward in a lowered position and rolled in time to dodge the monster to cleave its claws to the ground. In moments, Luke was next to Yuri both prepared for any sudden attacks.

A shrilling cry of a bird swoop down from above, a blue wyvern it appeared to be. The two monsters charged in toward the two humans. Yuri and Luke nodded and separate, Luke against the feline monster and Yuri against the blue wyvern, aiming for their weak point for a quick kill. While dodging the attacks and counterattacking against the monsters, Yuri shouted.

"Brief summary of what the hell is going on, Luke! " Yuri said, stepping away from a dive of the wyvern. "That's all I asked!"

"First off…That girl over there is name Arietta which I said already. She was raised by monsters and by unintentionally knowing, I and few other people had killed her mother which was a monster since we had to aid a village and a small animal problem. So now, she wants to kill me." The redhead Captain summarized the history part, placing his sword in front as a cross like glyph glowed in time to block against the feline monster thunderous roar.

"And that girl is part of the alien soldier squad." The Vigilant asked, through sounded sarcastic as he was referring to Arietta.

"Obvious answer there, Yuri!" Luke shouted, running around to avoid the deathly pounce of the feline monster.

"Tch! This is going to drag out if we don't do something…" Yuri cursed, feeling his back against Luke.

"There's too many citizen here too, they might get injured in between the crossfire." The redhead Captain added, slightly wary of the smirk Yuri wore.

"This calls for a switch in plans, Captain Luke." Yuri chuckled at the adorable confused expression Luke had.

"What…?"

"Wait and see…after we played with enough these guys…" The Vigilant whispered quickly in Luke ear, the apple green eyes widen.

"…Will it work?" The redhead Captain asked in an uncertain tone.

"Trust me and you'll see." Yuri winked as he charged in toward the blue wyvern.

At the last minute, the Vigilant jumped up his fist raised as a surge of fire kindle in his hand and shot at the blue wyvern beast. The screeching cry of the beast tore earned a shocked gasp from Arietta, her friend weakness found.

"Pyre Havoc!"

It wasn't the end as Yuri spun his body, his sword flashing dangerously as it slashed the beast and it ended with a fiery kick, sending the blue wyvern to the ground.

The Vigilant landed safely to watch in time the redhead Captain smoothly ran toward the feline monster. The said monster that raised its upper body up in attempt to crush Luke like an insect and smoothly Luke took the pause opportunity to place his palm on the chest of the feline monster.

"Raging Blast!" The redhead Captain shouted.

A burst of light crimson energy gathered at his palms and burst into particles, sending the feline monster flying and knocking it down.

"You…You hurt my friends!" Arietta screeched, glaring with hate now and raised her doll up to cast an Arte. "I won't forgive you!"

"Now, Luke!" Yuri ordered, throwing a rock at the pink haired girl.

The rock had hit Arietta forehead, which interrupted the pink haired girl casting and let out a yelp of pain on her forehead.

While distracted, the Vigilant grabbed Luke wrist and made a dash through the crowd. The two didn't bother to rest or look back since they needed to make much distance as they can. Yuri made a sharp turn into an alleyway, Luke following behind and the two stuck themselves against the wall shadow much as possible. Onyx and apple green eyes witness the same feline monster passing them with Arietta on its back. Once the footsteps were gone, they both sighed.

"This is going to be difficult…" Luke said, catching his breath a bit.

"Well, first step in our plan work." Yuri announced, putting both hands on his hips. "Second phase, we switch places."

"You never explained that part actually." The redhead Captain raised an eyebrow.

"It's simple, I disguise as you while you head to the port to meet up with the Guide."

"...How are you going to pull that off, Yuri?" Luke doubted the Vigilant. "We don't even look alike!"

Yuri sighed and shakes his head, obviously annoyed at that statement.

"You forget too much, Luke…" Yuri grabbed his duffel bag and rummage through it for a moment.

Luke apple green eyes stared curiously through the rectangle lenses he wore.

"Ah, here it is." The raven haired vigilant pulled out…a red wig?

Oh, now it clicked in Luke head and clear to his expression was pure anxiety.

"No, you are not…"

"Yes, yes I am." There was a smirk on Yuri features.

"…I'm not gonna change your mind, am I?" Luke drawled sarcastically.

"I'm glad you agree with me for once." The glint in those onyx eyes turned mischievous. "Now, undress out of those Imperial Knights cloths."

The redhead Captain paled visibly at that statement.

At the port of Capua Nor, Arietta looked down while being teased lightly by a petite spiky green haired boy wearing a black outfit with green accents, the noticeable thing is the beak mask he wore.

"Asch is going to be mad at you for a while if he finds out you tried to kill his replica." The green haired boy chuckled.

"Shut up, Sync!" Arietta snapped, pouting more now. "I have to get revenge for Mommy no matter what!"

"Right, right…" Sync waved away, turning to face a knight wearing a silver armor, brown tabard adorned with yellow accents and a helmet with a tuned fork design.

The knight saluted respectfully, "God-General Sync and God-General Arietta, sir. "

"Your report?" Sync demanded in a boring tone.

"There have been sightings of the man in description that look exactly like God-General Asch around the town square, sir." The knight gave his report.

"Good work, we'll head over there soon." The greed haired God-General dismissed the soldier, who left quickly.

In moments, the two God-Generals headed to the destined area. The people that lived in Capua Nor gave uneasy glances at the oddly clothed people and quickly left the vicinity with hushed whispers, fearing they might risk their sanity if they were involved with such people. The green haired God-General glanced around the now empty town square.

"Man, this place really is different from Auldrant." Sync commented dully.

"Sync...Look…" Arietta tugged the green haired God-General cloak, earning his attention as she pointed at a lone figure sitting on the bench. "Over there, it's him."

The long figure that wore an Imperial Knights uniform and his long red hair unkempt and wild stood up. The redhead turned around and smirked cockily.

"I got tired of waiting for you to come after me." The redhead faked a yawn.

"Stop acting cocky, Luke." Sync scoffed. "We're not going to fight you since Asch might get mad at us later. "

"What about her over there?" Luke pointed to Arietta, crossing his arms.

"Arietta acted for her own personal business for a while."

"Humph, really?" The redhead said sarcastically, earning a scowl from Sync and a narrowed eye from Arietta. "It seems to me that you lot had called for war between us here."

"Hah! You think you can beat us with only you here?" Sync taunted, preparing to get into stance. "That kind of trash talk is expected from a defect."

"I like to see you try if my talk is trash." The smirk on Luke face grew. "After all, what can a brat that can't fight properly and a guy that only barks, but no bite can do?"

Arietta clutched her doll tighter, the appearance of a feline like monster and wyvern at her side again. Sync clenched his fist together and was itching to punch that smirk off of Luke face.

"Don't mess with Sync the Tempest, God-General and Commander of the Fifth Division of the Oracle Knights!"

"Arietta the Wild won't back down!"

At the docks, sitting on the bench was a pale blond woman wearing a long knee-length white dress with a hard, thick blue jean jacket that covered her upper torso, and brown ankle length boots. Her eyes were closed, feeling the sea breeze blowing her shoulder length hair gently and to open them again. She puffed her cheeks, annoyed that she had been waiting for several hours now.

"Where are they…?" The blond woman mumbled to herself as she stood up. "It's rude to make a lady wait!"

Few days ago, the blond woman had a call from the Commandant of the Imperial Knights to ask a favor from her. Apparently, she is to act as a guide for one of the Commandant men that she knew very well…

Luke.

She was supposed to wait at Capua Nor for Luke to appear and head out of Capua Nor on a ship to the next subcontinent, Hypionia. But, she had been waiting for a few hours now and it was beginning to irk her.

"Oh…When I get my hands on that redhead, I'm going to punch him to the next year!" The blond woman promised in her head.

For now, she can just walk around the docks and if she see's that redhead she could surprise him. The blond woman grabbed her clothed covered staff-like weapon and let it hung over her shoulder. The wood under her foot squeaked for each step till the boots only clanked loudly on the cement floor.

If she thought about it closely, this town had begun to act strange after the appearance of rumored alien knights patrolling around. The blond woman was careful through not to act suspicious while waiting for Luke. She crosses her arms, beginning to ponder deeply about the related matters.

"It wouldn't be a surprise if there was an attack…Oh?"

A familiar red caught her eye walking between the sailors. Through she only saw the back and bits of the outfit might be different, she was sure it was Luke. Puffing her cheeks, she ran up to the redhead and shouted.

"Luke!"

The redhead in front of her stopped and the blond woman smiled softly, grabbing the person she thought was Luke shoulders. When the redhead turned around, glaring at the blond woman, she flinched and pulled her hand away from the redhead shoulder.

"U-Um…Luke? It's me, Aaralyn, remember?"

The redhead she thought was Luke had an exact appearance of him except for the darker shade of red hair and his bangs were pulled up. The mirrored apple green eyes widen slightly and then a strong grip on her right shoulder made her cringe.

"How do you know that dreck?" The redhead that had the exact same voice as Luke hissed, tightening the grip on her shoulder.

"O-Ow!" Aaralyn winced at the pain, trying to answer the best she can despite the confusion. "W-We're friends…"

The grip lessened to the point there wasn't much pain anymore on her shoulder. Crimson eyes stared at apple green eyes, in a stare down to be exact.

"Where is the replica?" Luke twin demanded in a harsh tone.

"I-I don't know…I haven't seen him." Aaralyn stuttered, this person was bad news she could feel it. "I was supposed to meet him here, but he hasn't appeared yet…"

No matter how much Luke and this guy look physically, the aura they gave out was on a different level. This guy had a darkening; hateful, drowning aura while the one Luke gave seemed to be more optimistic on a certain level that could cheer anyone up if he can.

"Let her go this instant!" A familiar voice shouted from the air.

The two heads look up in time to see a figure jump from the building, Luke twin let go of Aaralyn shoulder to jump back as the figure landed between them. The figure stood up straight, lighter red hair with golden tips tied in a ponytail wore a black cloak-like scarf, a white coat over his black shirt and black pants with faint red accents, his combat boots clank the metal part of the floor and his trusted sword, Ultimatus strapped behind his lower back. Apple green eyes stared down at the ones that mirrored his own that glared back.

But…that glare seemed to be softening between shock and relief, Aaralyn thought.

"Asch." The actual Luke the blond woman knew greeted.

"Replica." The other redhead, Asch scoffed.

"Luke. What's going on here?" The blond woman asked, looking between the two mirrors.

"I'll explain later, Aaralyn." Luke avoided the question, sharply turning around and grabbed the blond woman wrist. "We have to get on the ship while Yuri distracts them."

"Wait! Yuri Lowell?!" Aaralyn exclaimed, glancing behind her to see Asch not doing anything other than watching them leave with an unreadable emotion.

"What…was that about?" Aaralyn thought to herself as they left the man name Asch alone now at the docks.

On the ship heading to shore of Hypionia, in one of the cabins provided were occupied by Luke and Aaralyn. Both of them sat across from each other on the couch with the redhead Captain reading the black folder, some papers of it scattered on the table in front of them.

"Mind explaining to me about now, Luke?" The blond woman raised an eyebrow at the silence.

There was a pause from Luke, who sighed deeply and closed the folder. He put the folder down and took off his glasses. There wasn't much problem as he could see a lot better now after wearing them for years, but some things were still blurry for him.

"About what exactly?"

"Oh, I don't know. That man that looked like you and why the hell Yuri Lowell was here?" Aaralyn question mockingly.

"…Apparently Yuri chose to tag along with me up to Capua Nor as a bodyguard he termed it. Since we had been attacked while looking for you and those people were still looking for me, Yuri suggested we switch places a bit. By that, he means disguising himself as me while I escape to here to meet up with you and get on the ship while he distracts them." The redhead Captain answered one of Aaralyn questions.

"All right, I'll thank that guy later." The blond woman mumbled. "So, what about that man earlier? He looked too much like you."

There was no answer from Luke, which irritated Aaralyn once again.

"Not gonna answer, huh?" Aaralyn stood up and walked to the door, opening and leaving with a shout of, "FINE!" before closing the door loudly.

Luke winced at the volume of the curses that were audible despite a closed door and some distances away. The redhead Captain sighed and ran a hand through his bangs, letting it fall across his face when let go. It wasn't that he didn't want to answer; it's just difficult to explain the entire situation.

"What the hell is going here…?" Luke mumbled.

Skit 6: Declaration

Aaralyn was still fuming from earlier conversation with Luke.

Aaralyn: Grr…! That idiot! Why the hell he won't tell me anything concerning himself?! It's like he doesn't want me to know at all!

Aaralyn shouts, scratching her hair and messing it up in anger.

Aaralyn: I'm sure that Lowell look so smug that he knows a lot about Luke while I'm sitting in the dark here! Mark my words, Luke! I'm going to find out whatever the heck you are hiding!

There was an evil chuckle from Aaralyn as she grins evilly, her face lit up in determination.

Skit Ends