A/N: Wow, twenty reviews! I'm in shock here, guys! Thanks for being so nice to me! Well, here's the story!

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Chapter Three

Reunions & Shopping & Lyn- Oh My!

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A sudden thought occurred to Eliwood as he, Lyndis, and Hector made their way towards Ostia on horseback.

"Who did you get to watch Lilina?" he asked.

Hector had the sudden look of someone who'd forgotten something, or rather someone, very important. "Uh, yeah, Lyn," Hector said, somewhat nervously, "who'd we get?"

Lyn resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Florina's watching her. She had other plans, but there was no one else available. Who's watching Roy?"

"Kent and Sain," Eliwood said.

Hector smiled. "Oh yeah. That's a two man job, isn't it?"

Eliwood laughed a little and nodded. "You might've been able to get Kent and Sain to watch Lilina, too, Lyn," he said, "Then Florina wouldn't have had to drop everything to babysit."

The green-haired blade lord grew uneasy. "Well, I suppose I could have," she said, "but, I just don't know if that'd be very smart. I mean, Kent and Sain are both very nice, but Sain... he might... Lilina..."

Hector laughed as he realized what Lyn was getting so upset about. "What, do you think Sain'd put the moves on a five-year-old girl!"

The marquess of Pherae tried not to laugh, but soon found himself laughing along with Hector eventually.

"Sain's not the most responsible guy I know," Hector said, attempting to breathe between fits of laughter, "but he'd know better than to try anything like that on our daughter. Kent'd stop him if he tried anything funny, anyway."

When Hector continued to laugh, Lyn pushed him so hard that he nearly fell off his horse.

"Whoa!" Hector was not expecting the surprise attack and had to grab hold of the reins and stop the horse for a moment. "Don't do that, Lyn! I'm not used to riding a horse."

"Maybe if you held onto the reins like you're supposed to..." Eliwood suggested.

"Yeah," Hector said, swiftly getting a tight hold on the reins as his wife sent him another withering glare, "that might help."

Lyn groaned in frustration. "I can't believe you're not taking this seriously, Hector!" She turned her horse around. "I'll have to miss this meeting. I'm going to go check on Lilina and Roy." She galloped off towards Castle Pherae before Eliwood could object.

"...What'd I say?" Hector wondered aloud, "Honestly, women have issues..."

Hector continued to grumble as he and his friend continued onward towards Ostia.

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Kent sighed as he made his way to the store. Roy had insisted upon a certain kind of cereal, which Sain had happened to consume the last of the night before – Cocoa Puffs. He'd had no choice but to leave Sain in charge. Kent certainly hoped that the brown-haired cavalier wouldn't do anything stupid... Now which way was the store?

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Sain stayed on the couch with his new best friends, the Lucky Charms. Roy was continuing with his usual antics, the breaking, the chasing, the throwing of innocent kitties named Oscar who wear Oscar Mayer bandanas and have unknown origins. But Sain, of course, just continued to eat his cereal, now almost half way through the box.

He sang the Lucky Charms song quietly to himself. "Hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, pots of golden rainbows, and the red balloons..."

"Lilina!" a voice called.

Sain froze in terror. "Whozzat!" Sain asked. Oh, no! The voices are back again! SAVE MEEE!

He cowered a little until the owner of the voice, Florina, came into the room. "Lilina?" She called again.

Sain jumped up and instantly went into flirt-mode as he walked over to the lavender-haired pegasus knight.

"Why, hello, my fair and beauteous Florina," Sain greeted, "Can I help you with something?"

"Uh... hello, Sain..." Florina said, startled by Sain's sudden appearance. She'd gotten over her fear of men quite well over the past few years, but was still a bit uncomfortable around guys like Sain – and for good reason. "I was just looking for Lilina. H-have you seen her?"

Roy had stopped in mid havoc-wreaking to watch this. Lilina had found Oscar, who was purring when she picked him up, and then ventured over to Roy and began to watch Sain's flirtatious actions as well. Poor Florina had been backed into a corner, and couldn't seem to find a way out of the "conversation." Neither child had a clue as to what Sain was talking about. Roy shrugged and turned to Lilina.

"Hey, Lilina," Roy said to the blue-haired girl, "Wanna go break stuff?"

"Um...okay!" The two ran off with Oscar the cat to... well, "go break stuff."

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It had taken Kent nearly an hour to locate the market and finally spot the ill-placed Cocoa Puffs, clashing with onions and SPAM. This place is seriously unorganized, Kent thought.

As he turned to go pay for the food, Kent spotted two familiar people.

"Jaffar," the cheerful-looking girl with short green hair said, holding up a piece of paper, "I think we're lost."

Jaffar looked at the map for a moment before responding, "Nino, you're holding the map upside down."

"What! No I'm not!" Nino exclaimed, pointing to the map, "See, there's..."

As the two continued to argue, Kent paid for the cereal and left. He knew they were looking for Pherae, since Lord Eliwood had sent out letters to nearly everyone they'd fought alongside with. They were having a reunion- that's why there were so many people staying at the castle. Kent could've told them the way, but they were close – the castle was visible from the market, and besides, he couldn't leave Sain in charge any longer than he already had been. Who knew what was going on without him there?

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Serra stopped in front of the castle. Gosh, it takes forever to get here... They'd better appreciate my being here, or I'll be so mad... She looked up at a high window. She could faintly hear sounds of things breaking and falling... and was that a cat?

Yes, there was a cat falling from the sky. Don't ask how, don't ask why. Just know – there's a cat falling from the sky. Serra managed to catch it, somehow. The cat's eyes had grown huge. The cleric looked up to locate the source of the falling cat. She saw a small head with red hair similar to Lord Eliwood's peek out the large window, which was apparently broken.

"AAHHHHHHH!" The boy yelled suddenly. "NOOOO! Serra's here! The horror! THE HORROR!" He left his place at the window.

Why that little!... Serra silently fumed as she stormed into the castle in search of Roy...

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A/N: Well, there it is. How did you all like that one? Were Eliwood, Lyn, Hector, and Serra in character?

Thank you, Rome, Tempo90, The Silver Kitty, Phoenixfire 1389, Psie, Reka, GM ace, narugurlee 13, Gingy Mittens, and wanchoo for your reviews! They really made my day!

wanchoo- Really sorry, but I can't put Marth in this one because he's from an entirely different world than Roy. Maybe I'll have a SSBM fic out sometime, though.

Gingy Mittens- Here's a little Nino and Jaffar for ya! I probably won't be able to get the chaotic twins in here, cause I've got a lot a lot of characters to deal with, but I promise that N & J will get some more time in here later.

narugurlee 13- After reading the script to Fuiin no Tsurugi, I'm not sure if he's really a half-dragon or not. But it does seem most logical that Ninian is the mother, because Eliwood and her obviously like each other... he does have FIRE POWER in SSBM, though, so it's possible...

Reka- Yeah, it'd be funny if that happened, but Kent needs a chance to be a little insane once in a while. I might do that! Thanks for the idea!

Phoenixfire 1389- Heh... Yeah, it would make more sense for him freeze it since Ninian's an ice dragon, but in SSBM, Roy has FIRE POWER and I figured it might go into play well here.

The Silver Kitty- Heh heh. w00tage! I still haven't beat that darn thing in Fire Emblem... (grumbles)

rome- Wow... that's the most times I've seen that word used in a single sentence... If that even COUNTS as a sentence... an English teacher would yell at you. But I guess I'll take it as a compliment, though!

Well, thanks for your reviews! Feel free to share any ideas, and if you're just DYING to see a certain character, ask me to put them in. They have to be Rekka no Ken characters – just the ones from the game with Eliwood, Lyn, and Hector in it – or they just won't fit.

See ya! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! R & R please! Please point out your favorite parts and be honest!