TRUE COURAGE FOUND
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or anything else, except this story, on Suikoden IV.
Author's note: The names I chose for the game are as follows; the hero's name is Link, the ship's name is the Dauntless, and the army's name is the Crusaders.
He looked up to his ship's captain, "Sir, what would you like to do now.
Vingerhut had only one answer, "We attack."
Link, Lino, Izak and Ted are standing on the deck of the Dauntless, waiting for the fight to start. On the back of the deck, all of their archers and most of their rune masters are at the ready. Right now the entire fleet is waiting for their commander to give the signal.
When a couple of red flares shot up from Vingerhut's ship into the sky, Link knew that was the signal for the Gaien ships to begin their attack. Link placed two fingers into his mouth and gave a loud whistle. That was the only thing needed to get everything into motion. When he saw Vingerhut coming out of his cabin, along with his entire crew, Link placed his hands onto his swords.
Vingerhut had a confident grin on his face, "You won't attack us Link. You wouldn't harm any of your . . ." He started saying before he was once again proven wrong.
"Fire cannons." Link yelled out, while pulling his swords out. All four cannons fired on the other side, damaging the Gaien ship that was getting to go in for the attack. Some more cannons can be heard all around them, which were followed by the screams of those going into combat. When Vingerhut recovered, he looked at Link, who said "You have two choices: Fight to be defeated badly or run like the coward you are because the ones I would consider comrades are the ones who chose to stay and Razril out during the Kooluk Occupation."
Vingerhut's ego got the best of him once again. "Kill them all!" He ordered his crew.
Just as the first wave of soldiers came aboard the ship, they were taking down by well aimed shots from Ted and the other archers while Konrad, Katarina, Jewel, and Viki were using their runes against the archers of the other ships. "Everyone, time to show them why they should fear the Crusaders." Link yelled out, while taking on the first set of soldiers.
The fighting barely lasted an hour, and the one known as Vincent Vingerhut is at the mercy of his own son, who has defeated him in a sword fight. "What are you going to do to me now, son?" He asked, trying to keep up a brave front.
"Even though you are probably the biggest, egotistical, most selfish person I've ever met, you are still my father. I'm not going to kill you." Snowe said, while placing his sword into its scabbard.
"And we're not going to place you into one of our brigs since you don't seem to possess anything valuable to us." Lino said.
"But I do have one idea that might suit you perfectly." Link said.
Two hours later, Vingerhut found himself floating in the middle of nowhere, in a lifeboat all alone, thinking about his next revenge.
Back on the Dauntless, Link and Snowe are watching the ocean, "So how does it feel to be standing up for yourself?" Link asked his friend.
"Pretty good actually." Snowe said, "I always used to think that life was just some game, where I don't have to do anything except take what is given to me. Ever since I was allowed to join this crew, I felt like finally got the chance to open my eyes."
Link just looked out to sea for a bit before saying "That's one thing about being apart of this ship and this crew, it can change you if you would allow it." He said, before leaving to attend to his duties.
Snowe just stood there for a bit before saying "The ship, maybe, the crew, probably, but I'm pretty sure the thing that inspires change the most is you, old friend."
This is it, the last chapter to this story. Sorry for the chapters, including this one for being so short, but I've got too many projects I'm working on, including a few stories on this websites. Thanks for reading this story, and check out some of my other stuff. Read and Review, and have a good Memorial Day for those who celebrate it.