Hey everyone! These are a small collection of oneshots for a friend of mine under the penname warrior of six blades.

He's a good friend of mine and I was proud to write these for him and his OC, Matthew. That being said, Matthew is an OC for a story he has not posted yet. However, it should come out eventually and it will be betaed by...well, myself.

I'm looking forward to it, and hope you all will keep an eye out for it as well! That also being said, the Matthews used in these stories are alternate storylines to the line his story will use. In other words, they use the other two jobs of Matthew and the other two jobs of Elesis that aren't used in his story.

Matthew is a Kingdom Hearts based OC and is not owned by me.

Seris is an OC originally mentioned by KoG. I only own my personal version of her and nothing else.

Elesis is a Crimson Avenger here, Matthew is his class called "Key Mage"

I do not own anything except for my concept of Seris and my ideas! Peace!

You Don't Hear Her Heart...

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"Because he loves her, and knows that part of her she won't show us anymore."

"Elsword, you have to tell me...how in the world he still works with her?"

The Infinity Sword perked for a moment, tilting his head as he turned towards Vanessa. He quietly strode from the Battle Seraph and the Wind Sneaker behind him as they spoke with the Void Princess of their party as well. Ara and Chung, the Yama Raja and Iron Paladin, had long walked off on their own. Even Raven and Seris had went off to do whatever they wanted to do for the time being. It was just Elsword, Eve, Aisha, and Rena at this instant. Matthew and Elesis were present, but farther away...and yelling at each other again. Something that was worrying Vanessa vaguely as she watched.

"Why can't you just leave me alone!"

"Why don't you understand that I can't let you suffer like this!"

"That's no excuse for this! You've been limping all day, not telling me, and now you ask me for further training while injured? Are you trying to die? I assure you it's not pleasant!"

Elsword sighed tiredly and rubbed his face at the further screaming that continued at the edge of Velder. After holding an arm in front of Rena to prevent her from trying to break the fight while Eve held Aisha back as well, respecting Elsword's will, the knight sighed deeply as he looked to Vanessa.

"I asked him that once too...and only with his answer did I realize exactly how dedicated he is."

"For the love of...Elesis, my leg is fine! I'm not the one over here screaming at a fifteen year old boy for being worried about his mentor!"

"How dare you!"

"How does he handle this? Isn't he afraid she's going to cut him down where he stands one day?" Vanessa asked.

Elsword shook his head, "He doesn't have to fear that. She'd never raise her blade to him if it would even save her life."

"You should have seen her destroy Karis in Sander before we came back here to visit for a few days," Aisha commented, "-all because she threatened Matthew too."

Elsword shuddered, "The brutality of my sister is one thing. The way that brutality translates into a very...distant but unyielding love...is a whole other thing entirely."

"Even her fervent screaming right now," Eve added, "-it is a very odd but distinct showing of devoted love."

"How?" Vanessa asked.

"Look at her," Rena responded, "-look closely at her."

Dark blue eyes sharp, Vanessa looked up through her glasses as she hastily brushed her short light blue hair to the side. She stared over where Elesis and Matthew were currently hosting their screaming match. What did Rena want her to see? All she saw was an angry red haired Crimson Avenger screaming at a brown haired boy who was favoring his left foot while glaring at her with bright blue eyes. Until she realized...

"Wait..."

"Elesis left her sword here," Elsword murmured, pointing to where the sword was sticking in the ground less than a foot away from them, "-before she went to speak to him. She went to Matthew unarmed and defenseless. Now why, Vanessa, would she do that?"

Wide eyed, Vanessa just...stared at the scene in disbelief. The wind picked up Elesis's hair, her black ribbon tied at the bottom of the long strands as they swung through the breeze. Elesis was literally standing before Matthew disarmed. She even showed herself as disarmed, her arms hanging at her sides empty handed. Even her posture was calm and collected, almost careless at this point as she stood there, though the glare on her face was beyond fierce.

"She...but it can't be!"

"You got it. She disarmed not just herself, but the darkness within her. Even if she should lose control at any instant from right now until she retrieves her sword, she could do no harm," Eve replied.

"Eve and I had no idea about that until Matthew pointed it out. That's not all either. Even now, if you ever watch them walk, Elesis always walks in the same position when compared to Matthew. She walks to the right, and slightly ahead by approximately one pace," Elsword continued.

"It's a defensive walk that Eve demonstrates over Elsword too," Rena commented to explain the significance.

"A walk that Eve began as Code Electra and does even now in her emotion loss," Aisha pointed out.

"I do?" Eve inquired.

Rena responded by waving Eve off and giving a warning glance to Aisha. Elsword gave a weary glance to his companions as Eve shrugged and wandered off. Aisha headed off as well, followed by Rena, and thus leaving the red haired boy to talk to Vanessa now. The confused bluenette stared at the boy before looking back at the commotion.

"You're being a fool!"

"I'm not, Elesis! I'm keeping my promise, to you and to everyone else!"

"Then stop trying to die!"

"I'm not!" He snapped again, "Just because I'm not as weary of my injuries as I am of yours, does not mean I have a death wish!"

"Then what the hell does it mean?"

"It means that I love you and care about your safety!"

"Then you're not just a fool, you're also a bit of an idiot!"

"If that makes me a fool, then I'll accept the title!"

"W-Well...!"

Vanessa blinked, tilting her head as Elesis suddenly seemed to run out of rope. It was as though she had a whole rope of ammo and yet Matthew had torn it all out of her hands. The angry and ruffled pair came to a stable silence then...before Elesis just sighed and sat on the ground with a huff. Elsword chuckled at her anger, which was more of a 'How did he just do that to me?' anger now.

"Go rest you idiot. I'll train you further when it's a better day. You're not pushing that leg."

Matthew pondered her before sighing in some form of acceptance. He trotted over to her and sat behind her...

"What are you-"

She stiffened in shock when his back rested against hers, his legs outstretched and hers crossed.

"I said to re-!"

"I am."

"Idiot..."

"Your idiot."

Vanessa just looked at Elsword as he smiled this knowing smile...

"Vanessa, the night we defeated Karis in Sander, we spent the night camping at the Wind Stone Ruins. Elesis was injured and Matthew was healing her like usual while the rest of us set up camp. I asked Seris what had happened because Elesis had rushed ahead without us. Our huge party became smaller parties as we hunted down Karis. Matthew had gone after Elesis, so I had sent Raven and Seris after them. The rest of us fought our way after them. The thing is, we arrived in time to see Elesis decapitating Karis while Matthew was trying to heal my sister. All of this with Seris looking on in horror with an unconscious Raven in her arms. As we all know, some stuff goes a little over what our resident Holy Beckoning Transcendent is known to stomach."

Vanessa nodded and Elsword just sighed, "So Seris told me that Karis had taunted Elesis so severely over Matthew...that Elesis had become so infuriated that it basically saved everyone's lives. Because without my sister getting so possessive...they could have all died."

"That's..."

"Ah. Not done, shh."

Elsword shook his head, huffing a bit, "So I went to ask Matthew why he was going through all this. I wanted to know what was going on with their bond, because I knew it had become different since Elesis had...changed."

"What did he say...?"

"Well..."

"Why...why are you asking me that?"

"Well, I'm just curious. She's my sister after all, I have the right..."

Matthew sighed, "Everyone seems to be losing faith in her now that she's a Crimson Avenger. It's awful."

"Matthew, I'm surely not losing faith in my sister."

"I didn't mean it that way."

Elsword watched the boy hesitate, tilting his head as he sat down beside the keyblade wielder.

"I know a lot of people wonder why I make such an effort for Elesis. When she made it clear she is no longer the one we knew. Elsword, the answer for me has always been simple. I love her and even though no one sees the signs, I know she still loves me. I wouldn't be alive right now if she didn't. Elsword, she destroyed Karis over a threat on my life."

"Signs? A threat?"

Matthew shook his head, "Elsword, you're being dense..."

"Hey!"

"She never carries her sword when she comes to talk to me. She disarms herself. She walks to my right and in front of me, just like Eve does to you. Haven't you noticed? She makes me eat when she doesn't think my strength is in the right place, and she also makes me heal myself when I otherwise wouldn't."

"Matthew..."

"I do this because I've seen her eyes go from amber to red. I do this because I know who she is. I do this because I know she's still noble at her core. Most of all though...I do this because she's still the woman I love. And she always will be."

"Matthew that's beautiful..."

"I hear her heart. I know not a lot of people do now. So from now on...if anyone asks that question to me...I will tell them that they don't hear her heart like I do."

"You do that. Thank you Matthew. For loving my sister."

"Wow..."

"See Vanessa? He does it because even though he knows he's in over his head, he knows he has to try. He knows there's no point in giving up when he knows he could never stop loving her."

"So...you two are fighting an equal battle? You for Eve's memories and emotions, while he fights to protect Elesis from herself?"

"You got it. I fight for Eve because I know she's still the lady I love, whether she's human or emotionless or anything else. Matthew fights for Elesis because he loves her, and knows that part of her she won't show us anymore."

"I see...that's really beautiful..."

Elsword nodded, watching the pair in the distance.

"So what? I'm your pillow now?" She asked.

"Sorry, can't hear you. Pillows don't talk."

"Hey! Don't use my line against me!"

~Fin~