I don't own Star Ocean, this is a fanfiction.

If you asked me now I could probably tell you the past five years have been the best in my entire life. Ilia and I couldn't be closer and we really didn't even need to fake being married anymore since the Queen decided to actually register our marriage. She chalked it off to us being too busy to do the paperwork for that so she decided to do it herself.

At first, she was shocked to get a signed marriage license in the mail, but as time went by we simply got used to each other, and not only in the emotional or living together either. I knew she had a smoking hot body, but after our supposed delayed honeymoon I realized that she was far more experienced at this than me.

Some guys always say that they want to say that they made their lovers feel like they been to heaven and back again, I felt that way after five minutes of making the sweetest love I ever felt in my entire life and I could feel like that with a simple gesture from her or a kiss on a good morning.

"So today is the day your cousin, and the Captain show up. Are you ready to explain what we been doing?" I looked at her and smiled as I saw her blushing face.

"I have nothing to hide, we been building connections and doing the preparations for our real mission. We can begin to hunt for that Archdemon in earnest thanks to the connections and resources we have gathered. As for personal, I have nothing to hide. I love you Ilia and let's face it, I am very happy to be your husband. The only question is are you happy being my wife?"

She punched my shoulder and she leaned close to me as we waited for the others to appear. "I am perfectly happy in my marriage and I could never imagine my life without you. I guess it's a good thing we have three rooms in our house. The only problem I see in the near future is the Captain, I don't know how he will take the news that I am off the market as it were."

I held her body close to mine by putting my arms around her, "You snooze, You lose. It's as simple as that, he had plenty of chances to win your affections. It's not my fault that we decided to put in the effort to make our relationship as stable as it is."

Just as she turned around and was about ready to kiss me I could feel the air change a little. We turned around and saw a giant opening appear and two people fell out of the sky. "Guess that how we got sent back, You catch my cousin, I will catch the Captain."

We both jumped into action and we both caught them before they hit the ground hard. "Roddick, Ilia what is the meaning of this?" I looked at the Ronix as he looked at us, I guess these past years made some changes in our looks if they way he was looking at us was any indication.

"We got sent five years before you, Ilia and I been working to do the prep work for our Archdemon hunt. Come on Ronix, stand up. We got a few things to discuss, but don't worry we got a nice home ready so we actually have a nice private place for you and Millie to catch up."

Millie was staring daggers at Ilia and I could tell she actually noticed the ring on her left hand. I guess it's partially my fault. We got so used to wearing our wedding bands that we actually don't feel them anymore.

As we walked into the village we saw some of our former recruits, they were smiling as they saw us and our friends walk home. That is when two of them actually said something that made Ronix and Millie stop in their tracks. "It is always nice to see the Captain and his wife come home to the village. I wish I was as happy with my husband as she is."

Talk about an embarrassing scene, there we were walking into our home and she just had to say that. What our friends didn't know was this very same lady tried to seduce me once four years ago. Ilia pretty much told her oddly so bad that she mistook her training as a challenge. I had to remind her that she joined the Defense Force to keep the people of the village safe and that I was very much happily married.

"So Roddick why did that lady say that both of you are married? To me, it was only a few seconds ago since we all jumped into the time portal. I noticed several people greet you like they knew about both of you for a long time. Care to explain?"

As soon as we walked into our living room and we all sat down I looked at the Captain. "Ronix to you it might have been a few seconds between us jumping into the gate, but I reality we lived in this village and worked hard for the last five years. Initially, I made the excuse that we were husband and wife to keep her safe, I mean a beauty like her is not someone you find every day."

Ilia blushed as she heard me say that, "But little by little the lie became true, and we have lived as husband and wife for the last four years. It has been the happiest four years of my entire life, sure at first was a little getting used to, but that is no different for any married couple."

Millie looked at her and then at me, and she kept pointing at our hands. "So let me get this straight, you two pretended to be married, but eventually you did actually get married and have lived as a married couple for four years, does that mean that you been a married couple in all things?"

I never liked it when someone made the love of my life embarrassed, and this was my cousin asking my wife point blank range if we actually slept with each other. "We are married, we lived together, slept together and it was only thanks to a lot of discipline and hard work that we actually don't have any kids. Does that answer you rude question cousin? Or do I need to draw you a diagram?"

Ilia looked at them, still blushing, she apologized for my little outburst. "Roddick tends to act this way when someone asks something that is a little too personal, we been together in good and bad, for illness and health, for richer or poor, I love him with all my heart and he loves me. If you want more proof let me show you our wedding picture."

She walked over to the bookshelf behind them and took a framed picture off the wall near it. She walked up to them and placed the frame on the table in the middle of our living room. I still remember the day that picture was taken, and more importantly how happy she looked wearing that dress the Queen let us borrow.

"So you two got married, what did you two actually do to help us find the Archdemon? I would like to remind you that is the entire reason why we asked the guardian to let us travel in time after all." I looked at him and I silently thanked him for changing the subject of our little discussion.

"Ilia and I been gathering resources and making contacts, I think I told you two that already. We did mostly mercenary work for large companies, members of royalty and some very important trade cities. From what those people that spread that virus on Roak, they pretty much said that this year is when the people who obtained the virus took it from the Archdemon."

"The plan is simple, we will go around do mercenary work and ask if anything like the thing that happened on Roak is happening anywhere else. We will slowly travel and as we gather information on the possible location of the Archdemon, we will slowly narrow down the location and gather the much-needed allies we will need, how does that sound Ronix?"

I had to agree that Ilia had a good plan, then again she was always the brains in our relationship. "Why would we need allies?" Millie asked and when she asks things like this that made me wonder if we are actually related."

"Millie the Archdemon is more than likely surrounded by an army of his followers. The word Archdemon sound more than anything a title, which means he is pretty high in the demonic hierarchy. If we go at it with just the four of us we will fail, we need people that can do the things we can't do ourselves, I can fight and so can Ilia, your symbology skills should be better, but you never actually spent enough time training them to be that effective."

"Ronix can fight too, but I think his tactical skills are what will be of most use, we need mages, healers, long range fighters, and people who know more about the world of this time period. Four people against the archdemon is an impossible task, but with the right allies we will succeed."

I just kept drinking tea while Ilia pretty much told Millie that she was a member of her family and she should just get used to it. Ronix looked at me and told me to follow him into the kitchen. I, of course, didn't want to be a poor host, and he was technically the leader of this particular mission.

"So let me get this straight, you and Executive Officer have been married for a little over four years, now I need to ask you, what in the universe were you thinking? You must realize that she has a very dominant personality, she wants things done her way and will not accept any other way. How and I mean how did you two manage to live together for this long, let alone being married?"

I looked at him and couldn't figure what he was going on about, I mean I been very happy in my marriage and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the entire universe. "We talk, most of the ideas she has are actually better than mine, and we sometimes compromise. Like for the fact that I didn't want to have kids, that technically would be five hundred years old when we go back to our own time."

Ronix was clearly worried about something, it just that he wasn't being very clear what that something was, "Look, Roddick, we dated for a few months a long time ago, we got into so many arguments and fights that we finally decided to break it off, you do know that she can't cook worth a damn right? I wouldn't feed her food to my worst enemy, that is how horrible her cooking is."

I looked at him as I held a knife in my hand, "So what? Who do you think does the cooking around here? Where does it say the wife must be the one to cook the meals in the home? I can cook, mend clothes and even knit. I, in fact, prefer that she lets me cook. It's a good stress relief for me."

I walked over to the counter and began to cut up some fish we kept in the ice box and began to marinate it in my special blend. Ronix just kept looking at me as I cooked and just stood there with his mouth open.

I made a nice fish dish for the main dish, some potatoes and gravy for a side dish and a light salad. Ronix kept picking at the potatoes, till I slapped his hand and told him to help me take the food to the dining room.

As we carried the food I saw Millie blush three shades of red, Ilia looked pretty happy with the outcome of their little talk. "Come on people, we better eat. Wait till you eat the food my husband makes, I never ate better in my entire life."

Millie looked at it and looked at me, "So you are still making the food your mom taught you. Do you ever try to invent new recipes, or try to learn new ones?" I must say that I felt insulted as she said that.

"I will have you know that dish is a recipe I learned while living in this village while I helped the mayor's wife cook when she was sick last year. Why don't you sit down and taste it, before you start passing judgments on it?"

Ronix was at least polite enough to taste my food before he started to criticize. What's the deal with my cousin? We haven't seen each other in years, and the first thing she does is criticize my cooking, she used to love the things I made for our family holiday get together.