Author's note : Okay so I am back. Here is chapter 3 people. If you want more updates I want more reviews.

To Almark : The reason I wrote down Halkeginia was I was unsure whether Tiffania lives in Albion or Tristain, so I wrote Halkeginia for safe measure. Also thank you for notice this mistake. I intended to write down continent of Halkeginia but I miswrote it I think.

-Forest of Halkeginia-

It had been a few days since Raiden had arrived in this forest. At first he was rather curious to find out about the life in this place. It was his nature as a soldier after all to learn about the land before he went in battle. And here the only difference was he prepared himself for his life in this place, or at least temporary, but no sense preparing the worst possible.

In the day, he would help Tiffania, or Tifa as she insisted him to call her, cutting down some timbers to repair the old furniture as well as fire woods, and collecting herbs and fruits to cook the meals. For a girl living alone, she was certainly handy. And in the night they would sit outside to talk.

Tifa had explained to him how life goes in this world, or for the lack of better word, universe. To human, there were two classes, the nobles and the plebeians. Nobles are those who had magic within their bodies, which they inherited though bloodline. And of course, the nobles were the one who ruled the land. And then there were the plebeians, the common folks with no power at all, those that have to work to live. And finally there were mystical creatures, beings with magic within them, but considered lower than human. They were usually kept as familiar, with the exception of powerful or very intelligent beings such as elves, orcs and dragons.

Upon hearing this Raiden couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl. They were rather alike, as both were powerful, though they didn't ask for it, and they were both hated by people for their appearances as well as their powers.

Life continued as peacefully as it could for the next few weeks, each day Raiden started to learn more about the life of this world as much as he could. It was the kind of life he would lead, the ideal life even, if he was still living with Rose. Living together here with Tifa was all that bad, though he kept his distance toward her. He had made the mistake of bringing harm to the woman he loved, another affection would only bring this girl even more pain and sadness. And he admitted that at some point he might feel certain affection for her, he kept them for himself. While Tifa was a sweet girl, she was really naïve despite her age, and he wished to keep it that way. He never wanted to let her exposed to the darker side of life.

But the peacefulness started to get on his nerves, or synapses if you wished to be technical. He wished that there should be something he could do once in a while. And while Raiden wasn't a religious man besides his Bushido code, it would seem that his wish was replied.

One day they were walking the path to get home when the trouble started again. They had enough herbs for their meal today, so they were walking home. Tifa was smiling like usual, singing in her voice of an angel, while Raiden remained calm as usual, that was until he picked up movement from the woods. He tensed up and signaled Tifa to get behind him, and unsheathed his sword. Red glowing eyes met his gaze, and a pack of half a dozen wolves came out from the bushes. They were large, larger than normal ones, or at least ones that Raiden encountered back in his own world. Their furs were of grey purplish color, and a glowing red symbol was embedded into their heads.

They were growling, saliva was dripping from their sharp fangs and their eyes contained only anger and thirst for blood.

"Just like the orcs I met." He thought. Raiden was about to make his move when Tifa held back his arm.

"Wait Raiden." She said. "These beasts are being controlled against their will, to kill them would be wrong."

"Then you want me to scare them away ?"

"That would be fine."

He nodded as he channeled his electricity through the air. The lightning hit the ground in front of the pack, scorching the grass by each hit. The wolves whimpered, but remained hostile as well as trying to close in their distance. But when Raiden increase his power their instinct overpowered the control, and they fled. Turning to Siesta, he asked.

"Is this good enough ?" She nodded. "So how to you know they were being controlled ?" He continued.

"The symbols on their head radiated magic, and wolves are not magical beings by any mean. Besides, I can feel their cry for help. You could say that I am connected to the nature, as well as her residents."

Raiden nodded and they moved on, keeping his state of alert the whole time, even until they arrive home. That night he sat in front of the door, keeping guard until Tifa was awake.

In the next few days there was no problem. Once in a while they got attacked by wolves on their way through the forest, though that was to be expected. Raiden got no problem fending off the wolves as Tifa stated that they were only acting upon order against their will, and thus should not be harmed.

But their attacks kept rising, to the point of almost daily basic. Raiden was frustrated of course. Wolves, no matter where or how, never attack human unless they were provoked or hungry, or if their territory and pack was invaded. And taking a different path and stay away from the dark part of the woods wasn't helping.

He would have no problem finishing off the wolves, or letting Tifa get in danger, but she wished for the wolves to be left alive. He could just gather the food alone on his way, but leaving her alone on the house wasn't really safe. And though the wolves never attack them around the house, that didn't mean they won't.

And sure enough, a few days later, they started to gather around the house. They were with the whole pack, Raiden assumed, though where were no whelps. They weren't entering the house. They just sat there, outside the fences, waiting. For what exactly, Raiden didn't know. He didn't care either. And though they had enough rations, with Raiden eating nothing, which was fine with him, they would still need to come out someday.

By the third day the rations ran dry. But the wolves weren't alone either. One more joined their ranks. A human, to be exact. She had raven black hair, with a tight purple suit that fit her body. There were two black stripes under her eyes, and numerous symbols on her forehead. And from the look of it, she was the one who controlled the wolves as Raiden had seen her giving the animals her orders.

As soon as he saw her the first thing in the morning he did was walking out of the house with his katana in his hand.

"Who are you ?" He asked the woman.

"There is no point talking to a dead man." She smirked.

"You can always try." Raiden said as he started to charge the electric current. While channeling electricity through the air require a lot and lot of voltage, which he can easily create, minimize them to non-lethal level was a bit harder. With the lightning bolt ready in his left hand, he could see that the woman started to get nervous. That was even better.

"So do you want it the hard way, or let me go easy on you ?"

"Don't get cocky just because you are a mage." She said, frustration clear in her voice, and Raiden smirked a little. "Attack, my servants." She ordered the wolves.

They were hesitant at first, but moved by order anyway. But none of them made it to the door step as lightning flew around the air, stunning and incapacitated anything that came too close. And while the wolves lay there helpless, Raiden moved toward the woman, slowly, carefully. Seeing that she was going to face him alone, she took out her whip in her right hand while chanting an incantation for a magic spell in her left hand. Using the whip, she snapped it and hit Raiden's katana, trying to pull the weapon away.

But what she didn't expect was his inhuman strength as he simply tugged the blade and pulled her forward. Using the momentum and her surprise, he gave her the whole electric shock from his left hand. It was non-lethal, but will leave her stunned for a while. Checking her vital signs to ensure she was alive, he walked inside and woke up Tifa.

"Tifa, get up. We got company." He said as he nudged her. Tifa, still groggy from her sleep, just latched herself on him. While Raiden thought of the girl as a sweet girl, he couldn't help but feeling uncomfortable. Gently, he pushed himself away from her and carefully cleaned her eyes, not letting his sharp nails scratch her face. Suppressing a yawn, she woke up and followed him outside.

Seeing the wolves laying in the yard, she rushed to their side, only to sigh in relief that they weren't dead yet, and Raiden had kept his promise. Raiden also noticed that the woman was gone. Perhaps he was too light with his attack, but what done was done. Though he would preferred to have her interrogated for the reason while she would have attack them.

Together with Tifa they picked up the wolves and carried them to forest. There, they waited until the pack woke up. They were a bit hostile at first, but it was the protective kind. They kept growling for a moment before signify the two before them not a threat and then moved back to their territory.

On the way back, Raiden had been thinking, and it was best that they leave this place. There was no telling when that woman could come back, either for retaliation or to get what she wanted, perhaps both. But one thing he was sure that she would be back, and this location was no longer safe. And while alone he could have no trouble killing off an entire army, doing that while protecting someone was rather harder to do. As soon as they got back, Raiden decided to discuss his plans with her.

"Tifa, is there any settlement near this place ?" He asked as they sat down.

"Yes, near this place there is a small town called Tarbes, around two days walking. Why do you ask ?"

"We need to move there. This place is no longer safe." He said.

"But why ?"

Raiden started to tell her about his encounter with the woman, and about his theory that they will be retaliated.

"I promise I will protect you no matter what Tifa, but we must leave this place as soon as we can."

"You promise ?" She asked as she blushed a bit. Raiden nodded reassuringly.

"Pack up anything of the most value. We will leave by afternoon."

"But, do we really must leave ? I… I am not very comfortable around human, well… except you."

"And they are not very comfortable around me either. But it is safe to change our location. And if we stay in a civilization there will be less chance that we would be attack out in the open. Trust me, I love to continue the life in tranquility, but we are not safe here."

Tifa nodded as she understood the gravity of the situation. The only valuable things in the house are the ring her mother gave her, her harp and some of her clothes and a wooden flask that she filled with water before leaving. She packed them all in a bundle and put on a white hat that covered her ears completely. Together they walked out of the house. Before she left, Tifa casted a last look at her house. Sighing, she turned back and took Raiden's hand and they walked away.

They tried to stay as close to the edge of the forest as possible, as Tifa disliked being out where the human were, though eventually she had to come out, Raiden wanted her to adapt the changes slowly. By moving on the edge of the forest, they were a bit off track, but that wasn't a problem, as they still moved eastward, closer to Tarbes by the hour.

They ate fruits that were plucked and drank water at the source to pass their meals. Raiden had never thought about how they are going to settle in Tarbes, but he could figure something out. And as last resort, he could always work as a mercenary. By the next afternoon, they were only a few miles away from Tarbes as Raiden could see village from his spot.

But as they got closer to the town, not quite out the forest yet, they were ambushed by rogues. They were a bunch of rag tag teamed up together, armed with only knifes and some hammers and swords. The leader, a man in his mid-40s, with a crooked smile and a tiger skin cape on his back, spoke to Raiden with a smell worse than rotten corpse.

"So where ya headin' young'in ? Quite a lovely lady there, eh ? Hand me her and all ya gold, and I'll be generous, huh ?"

"You have ten seconds to leave before I kill every one of you." Raiden coldly replied.

"Kill us all he said. Ha !" The leader laughed, and the cronies joined in. Pointing his finger at Raiden, he said with more anger. "Really now, I'd like to see ya… Urgh…" His words were cut off, along with his head. None of the rogues were able to react as all they saw was a blur, and the next thing they knew, their boss was dead and a bloody katana was in Raiden's hand.

"Ten seconds is over." He coldly stated. Tifa shrieked as the rogues screamed their battle cries as they moved in to attack. Standing still, Raiden used only one hand to cut through everyone that came in his cutting range. The high frequency katana was created to slice through the thickest metal with ease and could cut even diamonds. Comparing to unarmored, flesh and blood human, who were no match for his skills and power, they were cut like a knife slicing through melted butter.

Soon it was down to the last three rogues, who took off as fast as they could before Raiden decided to kill them. Tifa was still a bit shaken, but calmed down as he held her close and comforted her. He told her to look the other way if she felt better by it, which she nodded and turned around, away from the corpses.

Wiping his katana clean with a rag from the rouges, Raiden sheathed his swords and bent down. He salvaged a good amount of gold coins with he kept together in a leather pouches, and found a few throwing knives that were good enough, and sheathed them on a leather belt around his thigh.

"Come on Tifa, we need to go before it gets dark." Raiden said as he held his hand to her. Tifa took it and they walked out of the forest.

-Tarbes-

Tarbes was a relatively small village close to the border of Albion, the neighboring country. Outside the village there was a large field with flowers, which Tifa had taken a liking too. The air was also very fresh, with little filth in the air, which suited Raiden and the elf just fine.

As they entered the village, all eyes were upon them. While Tifa could have her identity successfully covered, Raiden was rather an odd sight to behold. Tifa crept closer to Raiden and held his arm closer to her chest, wedging it between two massive pillows, which made Raiden a bit uncomfortable but he kept his face straight. Once in a while Tifa would hide behind his back to avoid the gazes of people, though most of them were directed at Raiden. He also noticed some of the young males that looked at Tifa with lecherous eyes, and he knew that not all of them had noble intentions. However no one dared to make a comment as they saw the strange man with his armor and blade looked really deadly and dangerous.

Raiden asked several bystanders the way to the nearest inn, but none of them cared to answer him, ignored him or just simply walked away. Raiden didn't care much, he was used to the same treatment back home. Not until a little girl showed him the way to the inn at the side of the village. He petted her head and thanked her before leading Tifa to the inn.

While the hostess wasn't really keen with stranger, the clanking sounds of gold were enough to buy her hospitality. They ate the meal and rented one room, to spare their limited money, though it wasn't really theirs. From here on they would start a new life here. Raiden had no idea what he would do to make a living, but he was sure to ask around town tomorrow.

For now, Tifa needed to rest, she had walked the whole day after all, not to mention the recent events in the last few days were taxing to the mind as well. Looking down on her sleeping form, her innocence on her face, Raiden remembered the promise he had made to her. He vowed to protect her, and he would abide it. Even if it killed him. He sat down and watched the moons and the stars until sunrise, never leaving Tifa one step.

Author's note : So I got this in 3 days, 3 chapter, quite a new record for me. Too bad was acting up so I couldn't update sooner.

Recently I found out about the fact that Raiden is the Heart of God, which is rather fitting, if you have ever played MGS4. If not, you can watch it here : http:/ www. Youtube . com /watch?v=359gKwwYwrA

Just fix the spaces and that would do. But I have no idea what this Heart of God gave him what kind of power, anyone got any idea ?

Keep reviewing people, I love that stuffs.