Mr.Who2123: AHHH!! Sorry for the lack of updates!! Fire Emblem is super amazing, and I got obsessed and beat the game in four days. I'll be more consistent now though because I am PLAYING TALES OF SYMPHONIA AGAIN!
Kratos: She owns nothing.
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Anna's visits to the clothes shop had become ten times more frequent since she had become pregnant. Constantly, she checked her weight and fussed over it, even though her weight changes would be inevitable. Nothing else had changed much since Kratos had agreed to have a child, except the fact that Kratos would leave for a week to look for a dwarf, and then come stay for a week with Anna.
She would count the days constantly when her husband would come to her door and embrace her as he did. But Anna, to her fortune, had not need to count on the blissful morning she was shopping, because this day was the second day since Kratos had returned for the fifth time. So, a month had passed with these changes occurring over time.
The young woman browsed the "maternity section" of the local clothes shop, looking for something that was reasonably cute, but still served her purposes. Constantly, she looked down at her growing belly to estimate the size she needed. She finally picked out a white one, plain but still nice, and a blue sweater, which also was plain. Throwing them on top of her already large stack of clothes chosen, Anna moved towards the seller. The young woman, about Anna's age, began to count the items, smiling the whole way through, and put them in brown bags.
Anna thanked her, paid her, and left the shop with a bit of a rush. She really wanted to eat something right then, and headed to the inn restaurant for a quick treat. Walking straight to the café she knew of, Anna walked promptly in and waited for a waiter. Anna had spent much of her free time in Luin, and therefore was a friend to almost everyone in the small town.
"Hi, Cathy," Anna said, smiling to a dark haired woman in a high ponytail. Her blue eyes radiated off of her defined face, and she tapped her pencil against the notepad in her thin hand. Cathy had become a friend of Anna over the months, always helping her with any problems that she had, whether it was directions (as it had changed much over the years due to constant Desian attacks) or Anna just needed someone to talk to.
"Hey, Anna. How's your husband? Still as handsome as ever?" she asked back. There was only one slight problem with Cathy. She liked to talk…a lot.
"He's good," she replied with a laughing grin on her face. Cathy nodded and walked away. She knew Anna so well that she already memorized what she would order.
The waitress came back quickly with a vibrant salad. Tomatoes, croutons, and cool chicken had been sprinkled on the green of the lettuce, creating a mixture of colors. She set the bowl in front of the increasingly hungry woman, and placed a hand on the chair across from the table.
"How does your stomach feel? I heard from my other girlfriend that it feels like a balloon is growing inside of you. If that's true, then wouldn't it feel kind of weird?" she asked, watching the enlarged stomach more than the ravenous soon-to-be mother. Anna looked up after taking about five consecutive bites, and began chewing it with huge intensity. The lettuce crackled under the teeth in a cadence as she thought of her answer. Swallowing, Anna put down her fork.
"It does kind of feel like that, but it moves around sometimes when you're really still," she answered. Cathy nodded, and then waved good bye. More customers were coming in at that hour due to the fact it was about the time everyone's work ended. Anna waved back before eating a couple more huge bites and then standing up slowly as not to irritate her child. Placing one hundred gald on the table, she scurried out with her bags of clothes.
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Kratos held his sword in front of him, the tip just exceeding the tip of his head in length. His eyes were focused on the target about five feet in front of him. His dark eyes narrowed on it as his muscles tensed from the nerves racking him. Slowly, he closed his eyes and began to count.
1…2…3…GO! The still man sprung into action, and ran towards the target with extraordinary speed. He sliced upwards, jumping with his strike. Now over thirty feet high with the help of his wings, Kratos pointed his body and blade down straight at the target. Blue energy gathered at the tip of his blade and the swordsman began to spin.
Resembling a giant drill with giant, blue spiraling energy, Kratos held his focus on the target below him as the momentum and gravity increased his speed dramatically. He came closer and closer until only a few feet away. There was a huge crash, and blue light swirled everywhere. Kratos ignored the enormous spirals of energy, but kept his gaze on the target, now blown to bits.
It was a wooden figure with cloth padding on the rough body and legs, but now it was pile of broken twigs and burnt feathers. Smirking, Kratos finally stood up and sheathed his weapon. The Seraph looked around himself, seeing the nearby trees with black, gaping marks in them, but unharmed otherwise. Slowly, the Seraph began walking towards his home to wait for his wife.
One day Yggdrasil…I'll defeat you and create a peaceful world, he thought, his eyes on the wooden cabin not far ahead. Just as he reached the door, he heard the rhythm of paws dashing on soft grass. Knowing who it was, he turned around immediately and watched Noishe and Anna appear from the forest surrounding the lake.
"Hi Kratos!" Anna called. She tapped Noishe and the protozoan stopped. Kratos greeted the two and helped his wife step off Noishe. Anna leaned on her husband's shoulder while they walked to their cozy home, a smile on her face.
"It's going to be so great when I get a Key Crest and have a child. We won't have to worry anymore," she sighed dreamily. Kratos made a low hum in agreement. Opening the wooden door, he stepped on the mat and led Anna inside carefully. Anna let go of her husband and sat on the couch, pulling out a new book she had bought in Luin. Kratos glanced at it, and noticed the title was "Baby Names."
"Anna, I don't think we need a baby book to get names," Kratos suddenly said. He sat next to her, looking over the vast numbers of them. "…Sandeloosa…that name must be the most revolting I have ever seen," Kratos added, frowning at the less than satisfactory names. Anna turned to him with a glare.
"Can you just butt out if you're not going to help?" she demanded quite loudly. The Seraph looked down, slightly ashamed, and nodded. "We're looking at girl names in case she's a girl." Not hearing an answer, Anna read anyways, knowing Kratos comprehended her.
"Marina, Maggie, Andrea, Shawna, Eden, Emma…I like those ones," she said. Kratos remained silent as he thought to pick a name.
"Keep going…I'm not sure about any of those," Kratos replied softly. Anna continued.
"Meagan, Jessica, Carolyn, Amy, Katherine, Hannah, Lauren-," she stopped abruptly when she saw Kratos point to a name she hadn't read.
"This one's good," he remarked. Anna glanced at it, and immediately agreed.
"Allia…," she read softly. "I like it too." It may have been easy for the girl name, but for the boy side…not so much. After Anna had turned to the boy section and read aloud names, Kratos had sided with the name Hunter, but Anna liked Lloyd.
"Lloyd is such a better name than Hunter," she said quite calmly, but the aggravation in her voice was clearly evident.
"My grandfather was named Lloyd, and he was a man of no integrity. I despise the name," Kratos replied coolly.
"Well, then this Lloyd will redeem your grandfather," Anna replied.
"I'll only remember that man more if our son is named that," the Seraph retorted.
"Let go of it Kratos because that is the name we're using, and that's final!" she finished. Kratos folded his arms stubbornly and sulked while his wife happily put down the book and began to make dinner.
Why do the women always win? He wondered as he listened to Anna's soft humming.
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Far West, across the sea, was where Yuan and Sanaro were. Fine, golden sands surrounded them, followed by buildings towering over them. The oasis was only ten yards away as they browsed items for their new "home."
"I have to say Yuan, a desert is a perfect idea for a base. No one ever travels outside of the route to Triet and the Fire Seal, so we won't have to worry much over travelers finding the place," Yuan remarked to his friend. The two looked almost completely the same, except Sanaro's hair had become shorter and had replaced his old armor with heavy leather traveling clothes that were a dark green. Yuan wore a cloak around his clothes to hide them from the desert sands that whipped up in the air when a gust of wind ever blew.
Picking up one hundred sets of long swords and metal shields for their troops as well as magic staves and spears, Sanaro and Yuan moved to a lonely alley to put their items in the wing pack before moving to the armor store. Sanaro had rapidly become thankful that he still had access to Yggdrasil's infinite amount of money in his own wing pack. There were at least billions, and the supply barely diminished even after buying three hundred sets of thick metal for creating armor similar to a Desian's.
The two once more discreetly placed their items in that wing pack, and left the city with leisure and happiness. They were happy to finally leave the desert city in all its lack of cleanliness and its loud streets. When out of range with the city, Yuan pulled out the two Rhieards and they flew the rest of the way to the base.
The base was built by a group of travelling craftsman half-elves. They had been rejected by both humans and Desians as they travelled, and were very wary of people. However, Yuan offered an amazing sum to build a magitechnologic base with the materials provided, and they came to think better of both humans and other half-elves. And, as well as building the advanced base, the half-elves had become the first Renegades.
Sanaro and Yuan hovered over their base and slowly floated down to the open hatch in the ceiling. Yuan first, then Sanaro entered it, and rested them into a hangar. Stepping onto floor again, Yuan stretched while Sanaro yawned.
"I wonder if we obtained any new recruits from all the posters we discreetly placed in all the cities," Yuan absently wondered. Sanaro nodded and entered the main hall. Dozens of half elves were strewn before them, anxiously waiting for the leaders to recruit them. With the opening of the door, all the talking had stopped, and all eyes were on the two new faces.
"There has got to be at least a hundred of them," Sanaro commented, smiling. Yuan nodded and then stepped forward to address them.
"Hello fellow half-elves. I am Yuan, leader of this new organization. This is Sanaro, a human, but my most trusted friend," he gestured a hand at the warrior, who smiled at the many faces pointed at him. "If you are here, then that means you want to fight against the Desians. However, you should know something first. Cruxis, the heavenly organization that supposedly guides this world…is actually leader of the Desians, who wreak havoc upon all people. Now, you may think me crazy or stupid, and that's fine. If you don't believe me, however, you can just leave and be ignorant of the truth."
There was a tense silence and slowly, a couple half-elves left the area. Their shuffling sounded across the huge metal walls of the room, and then there was silence again.
"I'm glad most of you stayed. Now, Sanaro will guide you all to your rooms for sleeping and go over the basic rules of staying here," he glanced quickly back at Sanaro, who nodded determinedly. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Renegades!"