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.

Elesis is a Saber Knight here, Matthew is his class called "Free Wielder"

Elsword is Sword Knight, Eve is Base/Another Code

This oneshot is based on a soulmate AU setting! It doesn't follow Elsword's basic plot!

I do not own anything except for my ideas! Peace!

Keywords to the Soul

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"Hey, did you know? You're the most beautiful person I've ever seen."

"We still didn't find them, huh?" Elsword sighed, plopping down beside me as we set up our camp just outside of Bethma.

I looked at my brother, then down at the inscription on my arm. Those stupid words that almost everyone in Elrios has written on their arms. Everyone eventually makes a pilgrimage from their home to go find the person that matches their mark. That says the words written somewhere on their bodies. I'd been traveling for a couple years now, but I came back to Ruben to retrieve Elsword now that he also had to begin his journey to find his soulmate. My mark resides on my left arm, where the words that I have yet to understand are written.

"A-Ah, I'm fine. Thank you for helping me fight the Heartless."

I'd been researching the last term for years and years upon years here in Elrios, ever since I was a young little girl when the words had first developed. But nothing ever came up, it was merely an adjective to describe a person according to every resource in Elrios. This usually caused my brother to joke that I was going to marry an alien someday, but he had grown more serious and more concerned for me recently. His soul mark inscription was sketched right across the top of his chest, from shoulder to shoulder. It was only fully visible if he took his red jacket off and left his at his sides, to which then it read...

"F-Friends? You want to be my friend?"

It even fit around his white tank top that he wore under all of his armor and fighting clothes. Like it was just...meant to be seen. Which was true, but only to some extent.

"Man, for having marked soulmarks, this sure is difficult."

I sighed, "I guess they don't joke when they say that the rate of disappearing soul marks is increasing."

The disappearance of your soul marks means that your soulmate has died. Many see this happen without even having a chance to meet them, which is why many start their journey from a young age. Such as Elsword currently starting off on his at 15, the same age I was when I flew the coop to find mine. Except unfortunately, I've been coming up empty handed. Not only do I not have any idea what Heartless are, but not a soul in Elrios seems to know either. Even the head librarian that oversees the capital library in Velder didn't know about them. Even Seris! I've been around long enough to know that if the librarian of that library doesn't know what you're talking about...it doesn't exist.

How could my soulmate mention something that doesn't exist? Am I marrying some lunatic? God, I hope not. The night falling over Elrios goes still as Elsword sighs, lighting our campfire and staring to cook some meat for us. I just mutter a bit, getting back to my feet to finish pitching the tent for us, while my redhead of a brother looks at me with a frown.

"Sis...I know you're worried, but I'm sure there's an explanation about your soulmate. I'm sure."

"I'm sure of that too. I just...wonder what kind of explanation that is."

"You never know sis. At least yours isn't something just anyone can say. Mine is..."

"Then why has no one said it?"

"...good point."

The lull of peace we fell into as we did our respective tasks was shattered suddenly by a loud earsplitting crash that shook the entirety of the continent. I leaped to my feet, while Elsword pointed at swirling rippled circle above us. I barely heard Elsword yell to me with a cry demanding to know what that was. I managed to tell him that I didn't know as the ripple dissipated with a loud shatter that sounded like glass. Once again, the ground shook, but this time I saw the reason. Out in the distance, against the horizon was a strange ship skidding across the dessert sands now that it had struck the ground.

"Elsword!"

"Elesis! Look out!"
I turned and barely got out of the way of a woman falling out of the sky. I looked up, seeing the floating island of Altera nearby the area in the sky. A huge plume of black smoke was rising from there, the same shade of which was rising out of the crashed ship as it flipped over and stopped in the middle of the desert. Had the ship hit Altera and fallen...? The loud slam of the woman falling next to me shook me from thought and I blinked.

"Elsword, check on her! I'm checking on that ship!"

I shot off, though confused when I heard Elsword call out to me minutes later with the sentence.

"Sis! She has a huge gem on her forehead!"

"I don't care what she has, help her!" I shot back as I rushed out to the ship, only to gasp at what I saw there.

First of all, climbing from the upside down ship was a young teenage boy who couldn't be any older than Elsword. He wasn't too badly wounded, which surprised me to no end considering his ship looked devastated from slamming into Altera and the ground. But hey...I'm not going to complain, it would be horrible if he was too injured. Still the brown haired boy dusted himself, a gray stripe in the middle of his hair as he tried to fan some of the smoke away from him. I was just about to ask if he was okay, but I didn't get the opportunity before several little black shadow creatures came popping out of the ground. Which made no sense because they didn't even look like they belonged in the sand. I could tell though, even as I rushed to get to the boy, that he already knew of his impending danger. In fact, he spoke no words as he immediately ...summoned a damn key out of thin air?

What...in...the...hell?

Shaped like a standard car or house key, the large blue key was impossible to miss with a brown sword handle at the top, a strange water-like symbol on the flat of the key. Not to mention a strange keychain with a medallion hanging off the handle. What in the name of the El Lady was I seeing here? This...this was ridiculous right? I was dreaming, surely. Surely I was asleep in my tent next to Elsword dreaming this whole mess up. This wasn't real, there was no way. But, I decided that if it was a dream, it may as well be a damn good one. Besides, it was starting to look like despite him being able to fend for himself, the numbers game was getting to the boy. Well, that was enough for that...even if this was a dream.

So I ran out to help the boy with the weird key. I quickened my pace as the small shadows began piling onto the boy, getting worse for him to fight off. Approaching the scene with a hand on my hip, hair pinned in its braided bun, I chuckled softly at just how interesting this was.

"Oh good, I walked into a shadow party. I'll take a few dead shadows, some strawberries, and a cleaning cloth for all the blood. Sound good? I sure hope so..."

I darted forward, taking the boy away from the shadows first. I may have swung him away a little hard, considering the startled gasp he made as he stumbled back behind me. But hey, at least I got him out of the way of what came next...

"Judgement Drive!" I shouted, striking forward with a slash before delivering an explosive final slash.

I carried through the slash as a few of the shadows died, before swinging the sword down and creating a standard wave of fire, while the boy ran out from behind me and slashed many of the other ones nearby.

"Wild Shock!" I yelled as my wave of fire consumed many of them.

The boy gave me a strange look, flecks of gold in his blue eyes, his expression confused as he watched the fire burn through them. He shrugged though, continuing to slash until finally I heard him speak for the first time. It was a young resounding voice that was...quite ferocious even in its youth. It was like Elsword...but different as well. Almost more restrained, as though a cry from someone otherwise short on words.

"Fire!" he shouted with fervor, launching fireballs at a few enemies.

Now...that was interesting. I'd seen similar moves before from other people...but never heard it called Fire. Not to mention the remaining...whatever these were...perished at the weight of it. Just what were they, and how in the world was this boy killing things with a key anyway? I was sure I was dreaming, but...it was starting to feel like I wasn't. Was this all real after all? I looked over my shoulder at the boy that seemed to be trying to catch his bearings. His key vanished in a glow though and I blinked in confusion before finally sighing.

"Hey are you alright? What were those things, and why are you fighting with a key?"

That drew quite a shocked reaction, the peculiar young man looking at me with wide, surprised blue eyes. He looked like I'd just slapped him in the face! What, did I say something wrong? A shaking right hand trembled as he lifted it to hold onto his left arm.

"What's wrong?" I pressed, "Did you get hurt? Here, let me check it for you."

I offered my hand, trying to content him. He blinked, his eyes seeming just all out surprised. Like he couldn't get words out of his mouth for whatever reason because he was stuck on something else. I tilted my head, worried, until he finally nodded immediately as his cheeks tinted a light pink.

"A-Ah I'm just fine. Thank you for helping me fight the heartless."

"No problem! It wouldn't be any good if I let you get killed by those-"

I was cut off when he held his left arm tighter and shook his head, starting to laugh as though he were about to cry.

"H-Hey! What's that for?" I cried.

"I finally...I finally found you...! After all this time!"

"Wha-"

Only then did it hit me...

"A-Ah, I'm fine. Thank you for helping me fight the Heartless."

"Oh...oh my God..."

"You...have one too, I suppose?"

"I...yes, I do...I'd always wondered what a Heartless was."

"Well congratulations, you just killed like ten of them."

"Hah...not how I expected to find out what they were, but hey..."

"I always have to expect the unexpected but...this wasn't on my list.

I sighed, "Sounds like I have a long story to sit through. Why don't we rejoin my brother at the camp he and I set up? You can eat something and tell me all about it."

He smiled, weakly, "I suppose so. I'm Matthew, by the way."

"Elesis Sieghart, the Red Haired Knight. Welcome to Elrios, Matthew."

"What a welcome, crashing into the sand."

"Elrios claims no responsibility for this accident," I chimed.

"Oh, great!" He laughed at that one, amused it seemed.

I laughed with him as we made our way back to the camp where Elsword was frantically tapping on the strange lady's cheeks. I tilted my head as I approached them, peering closely at the strange woman with short silver hair. She had a large blue gem wrapped in gold metal rims on her forehead as she slowly opened her gold eyes.

Oh hell, its a nasod. Great. This might end badly. So I thought until she sat up, frowning deeply as she peered at all of us in some shellshock of confusion. I couldn't find words, nor could Matthew. But Elsword did...

"Hey, don't look so upset, it's okay now. Would you like to be my friend?"

"Friend...? Y-You want to be my friend?"

"Holy hell," I whispered.

Elsword gasped loudly, his eyes wide as crimson fire as the woman clapped a hand over her mouth as well. His hand flew to his dominant shoulder while the woman clenched her leg around the ankle.

"Sis! I found her!" he cried out.

I smiled and closed my eyes, "So did I...looks like that wasn't so hard after all."

"My name is Eve...I am thankful to meet you."

"I'm Elsword. I...I return the thankful sentiment. Definitely.

I looked over my shoulder at Matthew, grinning in delight, "Congratulations Matthew. You've fallen into a ragtag group of awesome."

"Oh well. Ragtag groups of awesome are all I've ever known!"

"Then you will fit right in!"

You'll fit right in Matthew...I promise. I've been questioning just who you would be for all my life. I won't let anything happen to you...whatever the cost.

~Fin~