usual. Don't own this that...XP Anyhoo i want to thank suki-megane for her nice comment. Gave me the courage to write more so thank you and all the other people who read this crappy fanfic.

Victoria was now a member of a band of mercenaries led by Lyndis, sole survivor of the Lorca. Nils was reunited with his sister Ninian who was a spiting image of her brother and there they met Eliwood, Son of Elbert. He was truly a nobleman since his speech was intriguing. After a chat they soon parted ways and soon before they knew it the Fang caught up with them. Their tactician, Blaze, was busy planning on what should happen. Sain insisted that he should guard Victoria and Blaze agreed. Victoria liked Sain since he was a nice person but since he flirts too much she felt unsafe though it's better than being raped. In Sains point of view Victoria was really pretty, no gorgeous as if she was Venus herself. Her elegant black hair with her white beads trickling down, her smooth body figure, her tight black clothes and her smile. All of these added together could make the perfect woman. Now Sain, who would flirt with any woman saw something else in Victoria. Not just her looks but her personality really made him think. "Wow she's beautiful but she's also a sweet person…" he thought. This made him more determined to show her his true feelings for her. His flirting might make it worse but it was his nature to do so. Lucius seemed to be talking to her more often. Perhaps he still felt guilty for killing the person she loved. She already told him she forgave him but he still didn't believe it.

The battle plan was set. There was a ballista up ahead so it was unsafe for Florina to enter its range. Blaze sent Dorcas, Rath, Kent and Sain to take out the ballista so they could have a safe passage. Once done she sent Victoria and Lucius to take out the Shaman and the Mage who were guarding a near-by village. Lyn was sent too since a bandit was coming towards the village and Lyn hated the bandits for what they did to her tribe. Victoria, Lyn and Lucius were nearing the village when they saw a cavalier in red armour and a pink clothed cleric run out of the village. Victoria recognised them but didn't want to believe that it could be them. They were coming closer and closer and closer till the pink clothed cleric spotted her.

"Victoria! Victoria!" she yelled waving her hand frantically in the air. "Look Kyo! Victoria's here!"

The red-armoured cavalier turned round to see the black clothed Shaman nearing the village with a Sacean woman and a Monk was incredibly beautiful. He could swear he was a woman but she or he had manly features so he had to be a guy. The thought of him cross-dressing spooked Kyo but laid his eyes back on Victoria.

"Good to see you again Victoria."

"Kyo…"

Kyo smiled but the cleric just ran to her and gave her the biggest hug she could muster out.

"Oh Victoria! I missed you so much! Why did you leave?!"

"Eh? Tohru? How come you're here? I thought sensei wanted you both to remain in the temple."

"No! We..eh..hehe…snuck out." Tohru gave a sheepish smile and and scratched her head slightly. Victoria gave her a smile.

"Aww Tohru this unexpected of you to do so but I'm glad that you and Kyo are safe."

Tohru looked at Victoria in the eye and she started to cry. Normally she wouldn't be the one that would get to emotional but today was a special day. It was the day that she was reunited with her best friend Victoria. Kyo just sweat-dropped and banged his hand on Tohru's head gently.

"Geez…don't get so emotional again…it's embarrassing."

Tohru smiled. She couldn't help it. She loved Victoria so much as well as her other friends.

"Hey Victoria we're supposed to take out the Mage and the Shaman but…I'm not sure if we should even bother." Piped up Lyn as she pointed to the two magic users. They were both staring in awe and had a look of frightfulness on their faces. Kyo merely gave them an evil stare and they both scampered away. "Heh" he thought. "Too easy."

Victoria and Tohru giggled. Quite amusing seeing the enemy scurry away because of a mere look.

"Oh Tohru" Victoria spoke. "Since you're here why don't you join us? The more people the better since we do need some help. Well if that's ok with you Milady Lyn." She tossed her head to look at the Sacean woman. She nodded in approval and Victoria smiled. Her friend was going to join the army. It felt like old times when they were staying in the temple.

"Really? Oh thank you!" bowed Tohru. She turned to look at Kyo. "Hear that Kyo? We'll be staying with Victoria again! Isn't this wonderful?"

"Yeah…wonderful…"

Kyo gave a smirk and mounted his horse. This was way to emotional for him. He wasn't the person that liked mushy stuff since it was too soft for him. Tohru mounted on the back of Kyo's horse and the both of them went ahead to find the rest of the army. Victoria giggled and ran to catch up with them leaving Lucius and Lyn staring at her.

"This is getting too confusing" said Lyn.

"I find it sweet that Victoria's friends are helping us Milady."

"Well…they usually say the more the merrier."

Everyone else followed the leading men and soon the head man, Yogi, was defeated in no time flat. Everyone cheered for victory and were happy as a fiddle. Sain however was not. He, for the first time, was sulking. He didn't want to see anyone, not even his best friend Kent. He said he wanted to be alone. Victoria knew something was up so went to see him.

"Sain."

Sain turned round to see the female shaman looking at him with concern.

"Ah beautiful goddess. Why look at me like that? To have wrinkled that perfect brow of yours, oh how I have sinned."

Victoria only gave a weak smile. "Sain I know something is up. Please tell me. I know I have no right to do so but I must know what is wrong with you today. You're not your usual self and that makes me sad."

When Sain heard this he was absolutely happy. She was the first woman to be concerned for him. This made him feel like he really wanted her.

"Ah there is nothing to worry about now. Your kind words and brought me back and I am grateful to you." He clasped his hands with hers. "Let this humble knight repay his kindness to you by protecting you forever till death."

"Oh Sain" chuckled Victoria. "You needn't do so. If you died I would be very upset so I shall protect you also even if you are a scoundrel."

"Goddess you cut me deep. To have called me a scoundrel has broken my heart like falling shards."

"Really? Oh I'm sorry Sain! I apologize for my rudeness."

"No need to punish yourself my lady." He gave her a kiss on her right hand. "No matter what I will always love and protect you."

He walked away feeling happier than usual and Victoria just stood there. He just kissed her! Well he didn't kiss her on the lips but on her right hand! Victoria blushed. "Now this is something not to be frantic with Victoria!" she thought to herself yet she couldn't help it. "So this is what it feels like to have someone kiss you" she thought. She hugged herself happily and shakely went back to camp, bumping into a few trees at the most. Lucius was waiting for her. How unusual for him to do so.

"Hello Victoria. How are you feeling?"

"I'm very fine Lucius. Thanks for asking. What about you? Are you well?"

"Perfect as usual. If I was indeed sick I would have Serra to heal me or that new girl who was called…Tohru I think?"

Victoria gave a giggle. Serra was a noisy person and seemingly would resort to violence for anything. Not very holy for someone who was a cleric however Tohru was acceptable. She would gladly help anyone but then there was Kyo. Apparently there was an affair going on between them and Kyo had become way too over-protective of Tohru but she didn't mind. The both of them were defiantly in love. Victoria only wanted to know when the wedding will happen. "Lucius I think it would be best if we got some rest. It's getting late." Indeed it was getting late. The sky darkened and soon it was completely dark. The only light was the camp fire which stood in the middle of the camp and a few candles that were lit in some of the tents. Lucius agreed and they both walked back to their tents for some sleep.

The mercenaries were nearing Castle Caelin by the minute. Just beyond the mountains was the Castle where Lyn's Grandfather was. She was eager to get there as soon as possible and stop his brother Lundgren from harming her Grandfather. Thinking about Lundgren made her more angry. "How dare he poison my grandfather." she thought. "I'll kill him if it's the last thing I do." Her face scowled a bit but the army didn't notice. Florina, who was on scout duty, flew back to Blaze and said that Castle Caelin was near and that Lundgren had dispatched his army to stop them from coming. Lyn didn't care. She just wanted to see her Grandpa. They had recruited a new man called Wallace. He was a fine general which made things easier since he was a promoted unit. Fighting Lundgren would be instant victory. Blaze couldn't really be bothered to plan the units so she ordered them to charge all out but to also be careful while they were at it. Sain stayed with Victoria since he made a promise to her. Everyone else went ahead. Victoria casted a few Flux spells on the enemies and got everyone else to finish them off. She knew that killing wasn't fun but she was having fun right now. This was very unusual for her. Lyn was hacking and slashing her way through the enemies while nearing the castle. She saw Lundgren and her blood boiled. "Time to die" she thought but Blaze stopped her. He was too powerful for her to take on so she sent Wallace to weaken the lout. Things went according to plan. With her Mani Kaati Lyn slashed Lundgren to bits. She wanted him dead for all the things he did to her grandfather though she went to far. Even when he was dead she still slashed his remains to bits. Wallace and Kent had to restrain her and clam her down at the same time. She was panting and gasping in fury but soon she calmed. Lundgren was finally defeated. Victory belonged to Lyn. She rushed inside to find her Grandfather. Victoria stayed outside with Sain since it was none of her business.

"…so what did you think of the battle overall?" asked Sain.

"It was…hard…and yet for some reason it was fun for me. I mean, I don't like killing but it felt I was having fun out there."

"Oh really? Well the only fun I had was protecting you." He embraced her and kissed her head. Victoria blushed.

"I love you. I know it's stupid but I love you. You may never return this love but I want you to know in case anything happens."

Victoria was speechless. He was the first person to have confessed their love to her. Out of all the people it was him. Se didn't know what to say. She wasn't an expert in love.

"S-Sain! I-I-I…I'm speechless…"

"Hmm I know you are."

Footsteps approached them and Sain had to let go. From the door was Lyn. She was smiling happily.

"My Grandfather is alright. He's actually starting to get better! I want to thank you all for helping me get this far."

"I am glad I could be of service to you Milady." Bowed Victoria. Sain did the same.

After a few days Lyn decided to stay in Caelin. Sain remained as well as everybody except for four people: Victoria, Blaze, Tohru and Kyo. Victoria had to continue her course, Blaze wanted to seek out other people who would need her tactical knowledge and Tohru plus Kyo wanted to go with Victoria but she said that her training bust be done alone so they decided to go their separate ways. It was agreed that Victoria would be the sole protector of Blaze since Blaze couldn't wield any form of weapon. During the evening Lyn escorted them to the border of the country.

"So…this is it." She whispered.

"Indeed it is" said Blaze.

"Sniff…I'll miss you guys. You were such a big help." Whimpered Lyn and she went to give all of them a hug.

"I'll miss you too Lyn." Gasped Victoria.

"S-same here" gasped Blaze. Lyn was hugging them way too tight.

"Well…we'll see each other soon right?"

"Yeah we will…good-bye Lyn."

"Good-bye." Lyn waved them good-bye and they left off into the new world.

I have to say...THIS CHAPTER IS SHIT! GEEZ! what is wrong with me TTTT anyhoo i would like some reviews..and some very abusive if possible. XD