Lost Trust
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Summary: A trip down memory lane explains a dark part of Ike's life after restoring peace to his world. The cause of the destruction of Crimea again...is none other than Li and others. Will remembering the past be too much for Ike and will this ruin his relationship with Pit?
Me: I got plenty of information about Soren, Mist, Rolf and Princess Elincia. Thank you Bitbybooth, Rayestar Ikina, and Zelina56 for giving me information on Ike's soldiers, tips on the games and more important, information about Soren, Mist, Rolf and Princess Elincia who will be playing a huge role in Ike's past. Enjoy the chapter all of you. You will be shocked at Ike's decision in the end. This chapter will be told in two POVs.
Chapter 28: Lost Trust
I remember that day perfectly. It was a bright morning in Crimea. We just defeated Ashnard and his army and were celebrating our victory. Other nations were also starting to come together if you don't count the Beroc trying to be friends with the Laguz of course. It was just where nations that were friends with Crimea trying to rebuild the wonderful nation that the Daein nation destroyed.
Some of my members were not really fond of celebrating but this was a one time opportunity since we didn't get to do it right away with everything that we mercenaries had to do.
I allowed Mist and Rolf (or rather Boyd and Oscar) to go with Soren to Crimea to get everything they needed for the celebration. Soren didn't seem the least bit happy when I sent him with the kids though, but what can I say? He had to learn how to get along with people because he couldn't just cling to me forever.
I ordered Marcia and Jill to keep an eye on them in case one of them started something which I seriously doubt that they would. Those air units were very useful.
And then everyone else was getting ready. Titania was scolding Boyd since he was slacking off. Oscar was in the kitchen doing most of the cooking. Rhys was going around helping anyone that got injured doing their job but getting injured in some way. Then here was Mia bossing certain people around which was somewhat amusing.
I was planning on scolding Shinon and Gatrie for doing whatever they were doing with each other which wasn't following my orders. I would have if Stefan didn't stop me for a conversation. Seriously, I do not understand this guy.
"So what made you decide a celebration all of a sudden?" he asked.
I had to think about that one but when I did I replied, "I guess I wanted something that would get everyone's mind off of our job. I mean...we defeated Ashnard and brought peace to Tellius again, but we went straight to work after that. So...for one day, I thought that everyone should just have fun and actually congratulate each other for everything that person has done...that sounded stupid..."
"No, that is reasonable enough." Stefan told me. He really was confusing. I mean, I know I didn't make any sense so why did he insist that I did?
"..."
"So Ike, have you thought of settling down?"
That question came out of the blue, "What?"
"Have you decided which woman you would take as your bride when you retire one day?"
I shook my head. This question was so random yet too soon, "N-No! Why would I think about something like that?"
"Come on. You got to like one of these lovely ladies."
I glared at the master-swordsmen, "Who are you? Are you Gatrie in disguise?"
"No. It's Stefan and it would be nice if you told me who you liked."
I eyed him. He was onto something, "And for your information, I don't like anyone to that point so you can drop the subject before I give you something to do."
Stefan sighed, "If that's the case, you don't mind me taken Soren, will you?"
I fell on my back (since we were both sitting their on the grass) the instant I heard that. I knew I was angry but I didn't know how angry I was.
Stefan laughed seeing the look on my face, "Oh, that's why you're not interested in any of the women here."
"You better stay away from Soren."
"Okay. He's your boyfriend. I'll leave him alone."
"...We're not dating. I just don't need you harassing him."
Stefan sighed, "Oh, so you're just the overprotective parent. You're no fun."
"You want to know what your assignment is now?"
Stefan stood up and smiled a devilish smile. Oh how did it look similar to Oscar's grin.
"I don't want to know. I have something more important to do commander so I'll take my leave now."
He bowed to me and then walked away. I would never understand that guy. Still, I don't know why I got all mad over him mentioning Soren. It was a shocker to learn that he way gay or bisexual or whatever but...
I saw clouds hovering overhead. It seemed like it was about to rain.
"Great...the celebration is ruined..." I mumbled to myself.
Tellius was going through a rain-shadow which was very rare these days. While it was drizzling where the Greil Mercenaries were, it was perfectly sunny in the kingdom of Crimea. Everyone was moving on with life again like before Daein invaded the nation. That life would be ruined again for what was going to happen.
Soren was not amused being the one to take care of the kids while they shopped for supplies not only for the party, but other things as well. It was a bad idea to give Mist most of the money that they earned from saving Tellius. She would surely spend all of it. This was why Rolf was with her, but he wasn't doing a good job. Soren didn't even bother. He just wanted Ike to suffer dearly for sending him on this "mission" by not informing him how much they spent and how much money will be needed to pay for any damage that they done during mercenary missions. It was perfect.
"Mist, I don't think we need that," he heard Rolf tell Mist.
What Mist had in her hand was a ribbon. A pink ribbon to be exact. Soren's eyebrow twitched at the sight of that evil color.
"But it would look so cute on-"
Mist didn't get to finish because Soren rudely interrupted, "Put the things we don't need back and let's go. We don't need to diddle-daddle anymore than we already have."
Mist pouted, "You're no fun. I was going to buy this for you."
Soren looked at her like she was an idiot, "And why would I wear that?"
Mist smiled, "Because my brother would like it."
Soren felt his cheeks light up slightly, "I will never wear something like that."
"Don't you want to impress my brother though?" she asked innocently.
"Mist, I think it's best if you don't continue this conversation," Rolf mumbled as he saw the angry look on the wind mage's face.
"But my brother loves Soren just as much as Soren loves Ike!" Mist exclaimed oblivious to the attention she would bring.
"I do not like him!" Soren stuttered. His face was completely red now.
Mist sighed in defeat, "If you won't wear the pink one, at least wear the black one."
Ike's sister held up a black ribbon. It looked way better than the pink one.
"I won't wear anything that embarrassing," Soren told her but it was in a whisper now.
"We'll go home now if you let me buy it for you," Mist told him, "Please?"
"Fine...dammit...I'm still not wearing it!"
The tactician allowed Mist to buy the black ribbon as well as every other thing that was needed for the decorations which included beer, more food for Oscar to cook, more beer, party items that were made for that century only and more beer...wait that was already mentioned! The store owner asked who was the adult around here since he wouldn't allow Mist or Rolf to buy it. They both pointed to Soren who was telling them to hurry up. Upon seeing him though, the store owner allowed them to buy all the items.
Once they left the store, Mist dragged the two guys to the nearest place which was the library. She forced Soren to put on the black ribbon. He gave up because she was so annoying and he was getting a headache from her yapping.
"Ah, you look so cute!" Mist squealed.
"I don't do cute..." Soren murmured in an unenthusiastic voice.
"It does suit you though," Rolf said politely.
"Not you too..."
The two kids laugh. Soren could only sigh. Sure he loved Ike, but the bluenette couldn't love him that way. He had too many suitors that were better for him. Furthermore, Ike couldn't love a Branded like him. Sure Soren told the son of Greil that he was a Branded and Ike didn't care about his race. Soren was still Soren to him. It made the wind mage happy, but he knew deep down that they wouldn't be together in the end for many reasons.
There was suddenly an earthquake that stopped his thoughts and everyone's happiness. It was a huge one. Rolf and Mist instantly fell to the ground protecting their heads with their hands dropping all the bags they were carrying while Soren continued to stand. What could be causing an earthquake so strong?
The earthquake eventually came to a stop.
"Are you two okay?" Soren asked them.
The two shook their head in response. Soren frowned. It suddenly got too quiet. What could have possibly made everything still?
Soren made the gesture of the two to stay inside while he checked what was happening outside, but the kids didn't listen and followed him.
Outside, the sky was purple. People with black or purple wings were flying around with spears, javelins and pitch forks swooping down and killing anyone they saw. They weren't the only ones causing problems. Bats were also flying everywhere sucking the blood from the people. There were also green demons of some sort as well as white creatures that seemed to be robots.
Crimea was under attack again, but by whom?
"This is terrible!" Mist exclaimed, "We got to warn my brother right away!"
It was easier said than done. The demons were blocking the way.
Are these Crow Laguz? Soren asked himself. No. They look less like humans. They must be of a different race...but which one...
It was a good thing Rolf had his trusty Rolf's Bow with him. A demon was coming their way. He took an arrow and fired it at the demon killing it instantly.
"We might have to fight through them Soren..." Rolf murmured sounding unsure of himself.
Soren scoffed as he took the front lines defending the two kids with his wind magic. They had to make it out of this alive.
"THERE'S TROUBLE!"
Marcia was really loud but it was for her own good. All the Greil Mercenaries heard her shouting. I asked her what's up but she didn't have to answer because she pointed in the direction toward Crimea. The sky was purple there and purple things were raining from the sky and into the capital.
"What the hell is that?" Boyd asked.
Marcia shook her head, "I don't know but Princess Elincia is in danger."
"And just when we finally thought this war was over..." Mia murmured.
"I don't think it's the Daein troops at all," I told her.
Rhys suddenly came running. He was completely out of breathe. He shouldn't even be running due to his health.
"Rhys what is it?" I asked him.
"It's Mist! She hasn't come back!"
"WHAT?" I yelled.
"Rolf and Soren haven't come back either," Titania added as she appeared on horseback behind the bishop, "Jill is going to get them now but she might not come back because...the area is completely blocked by creatures I have never seen before."
"DAMN!"
I should have known something bad would happen if I let Soren and the kids go alone into the city. Now not only were they in danger but also Princess Elincia from this force we haven't heard of. I turned to my army and ordered, "Gather your weapons! We are going to protect Crimea! We are not going to have our hard work go to waste!"
Damn! I knew I shouldn't have trusted that man! When I become the Queen of Twilight and met Lived Twilight and took care of him for seven years, he comes in acting as a victim and Lived and I were foolish enough to take him in and heal him. It was a mistake I regret. He instantly showed his dark side and lied to Lived saying that the people he served under, the Goddess named Palutena and the royal bodyguards didn't care about him anymore, Lived snapped right their and decided to obey him and not listen to me. I took care of him for seven years and just like that, I lost him. It must be the Amail blood in him. And yes, I did know what an Amail was but I accept that race as well as every other race since the Amail are not bad people but this man, he made Lived seem like a bad person especially what's happening now.
He captured this two dimensional figure and then used him to create and army and then he persuaded this robot and his friends to join him in obliterating every world. Now, that man is searching for a body which he won't be able to use.
So he attacks this peaceful place calls Tellius. It seemed like this world had just finished a war with the good side winning and were going to celebrate. Now instead of raining tears of joy, it was raining tears of blood. The people wouldn't last long with an unknown army attacking them.
I followed that man into the shadows. The bastard turned me back into an imp when I tried to stop Li from obeying him and I'm going to have my revenge when I return to my human form. I don't know when, but it will happen.
He infiltrates the castle; with everyone so frantic, they don't bother looking out for their Queen at the moment since they are too busy fending off for themselves. It was when he entered the room did I realize that these people wouldn't go down easily. The Queen already had a sword ready to attack the bastard.
"Who are you?" she asked as she pointed her sword at him.
"I am the leader of this army, Tsusuki and I have come for a body that will allow me live in any world."
The Queen didn't buy it, "If that is the reason, why would you attack my kingdom?"
"It will sort out the weak from the strong. I'll find a body from this pathetic bunch eventually, but my reason for greeting you..." Tsusuki took out a dark blade, "Is to assassinate the ruler of this world. Without her, the people will fall apart."
The Queen shook her head, "I am not the only one, but I will not allow you to kill me without a fight."
This women was strong. She would fight him to the death but in the end she would lose unless reinforcements came. The only way to stop this fight was to stop Lived from doing any more damage to the people. So I disappeared into the darkness.
That mission took me outside. Lived was sitting on top of the leader of the robot who was dressed in green and looked like a black mage. He was enjoying the slaughter of people. This was not the Lived I knew. He wouldn't listen to me, so I would have to attract his attention.
I went to the streets of the capital to search for anyone who was alive. I found three people fighting back or rather two. One of them was a girl and she was healing the wounds of the other two boys. One of the boys fought from a distance with a bow and arrow. The other fought with wind magic. They were holding off really well but the army kept coming.
I noticed that the archer was getting tired fast. He collapsed to his knees.
"Rolf, are you okay?" the girl asked in concern.
"I'm okay...but...there are too many of them...we won't make it..." the boy whined. He was losing hope.
"Stop whining and continue shooting," the older male told the boy, "If we don't make it out of this alive, then Ike won't forgive us!"
This Ike person. Maybe if I went to him...then...
"It's no use Soren, he's too tired to continue," the girl said as she healed him.
The older male shook his head in annoyance and was casting more magic possibly to protect them all. He wouldn't last long on his own.
I saw in the air a girl riding on a dragon of some sort. She was heading toward them but she was too busy fighting the demons. The older male took notice of her but didn't seem happy.
"She won't make it in time..." I told myself, "They'll die when she gets to them. I guess I have to step in if I want to end this."
I did just that. I used what little weak magic I had to repel the army of demons that were coming toward them. The wind mage stopped his magic immediately and turned around to see me. The two kids did as well and they were shocked.
"What? Haven't you seen an imp before?" I asked them in an annoyed tone as I crossed my arms.
"Who are you?" the boy asked.
"...I am Midna. Queen of the Twilight Realm. I am not of this world and this army that is attacking you is not of this world either."
I seemed to have confused both of the kids but the wind mage understood what I said. At least I wouldn't have to do a lecture.
"You repelled them so easily..." he muttered, "How many more times can you do that?"
I sighed, "As long as the sky is purple, I can use it as many times as I want."
The older man nodded. He then looked at the boy with the green hair and told me this, "Take Rolf and get out of the nation. Follow him to the Greil Mercenary Base. That is where Commander Ike is. He'll know what to do in a situation like this. Tell him to hurry."
The boy looked at the wind mage like he was crazy, "W-What? I can't leave you two!"
"You'll only be a burden to us if you stay here," the wind mage told him harshly, "Besides, you're the fastest one of us three. You should be able to make it there. Chances are that Ike and everyone else is coming this way. You can report the situation."
"What makes you think I'll take him?" I asked provoking him.
"Is this really the time for stuff like this?" the wind mage asked harshly, "You either go take him and run to tell Commander Ike or I'll kill you right here."
He was good at getting people to do what they wanted. I turned toward the girl, "But what about the girl?"
"I need her for this battle," the older man told me, "Without a healer, I'd be dead right now."
The girl nodded her head, "I can take care of myself."
I sighed as I glanced at the boy, "When this is over, you better award me."
With that said, I used my dark magic to create an opening pushing any demon aside. The boy gave one last look at his comrades and ran through the path I created. Nothing could touch us.
"So kid, what's your name?" I asked him as we ran through the streets of the nation.
"I'm Rolf...and I'm a Greil Mercenary," he answered.
"A mercenary at a young age?"
"Yes, and Mist is a mercenary too, and so is Soren."
He was referring to those two we left behind. Both were very brave despite looking so young.
"Is this Ike person a strong man?" I asked him.
Rolf nodded his head, "Of course. He is the reason why Tellius is living in peace now. He stopped the war."
"I see. Well...this is going to be interesting..."
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Hang on! I'm going to increase your speed now."
With that said, I increased his speed instantly. It wouldn't take long for him to reach this Ike person.
We didn't get far. Once we made it to the borders of Crimea, something was preventing us from going any farther. Reyson said it was an invisible barrier of some sort. He was the only one that could go through the barrier. This pissed us off. Our comrades were in danger and we can't get past this invisible thing. I might have went Aether on it, if we didn't see Rolf coming at us at fast speed. He was being chased by these creatures with black wings. Were they crow Laguz?
"Coming through!"
Rolf shatter the barrier because of his speed, but that resulted in him tripping in front of his two brothers.
"Oww..."
Rhys instantly went to help him. Shinon shot and killed the creature instantly with his infamous sniper skills.
"Rolf, are you okay?" Oscar asked in a concerned tone to his little brother.
"I am..." Rolf mumbled.
"Where are Soren and Mist?" I asked. I couldn't help but worry about those two more. It was good that Rolf was okay but...
"They're still fighting..." Rolf told me, "They told me to leave them and warn you about what was going on inside."
"How bad is it in there?"
"Really bad," said a voice. We turned around and saw an imp of some sort, "Demons, bats and robots are killing everyone they see. If this keeps up, this nation will be lost but it won't stop here. They'll attack every nation until this world falls into darkness."
This thing wasn't making any sense. She could tell that we didn't get what she was saying, so she ended up pointing toward Crimea.
"You should hurry. They won't last long."
Did she have to tell us that? I knew those closest to me were in danger and if we didn't act fast.
I heard my comrades call out to me since I didn't wait for them. Only the imp was able to keep up with me. They all followed me nonetheless.
I got ahead of this Ike person. There was no time for introductions because those that were fighting back would be a likely victim to Tsusuki. We would speak when this was over. Using my dark powers, I made it to where the two magic users were in the nick of time. I couldn't do anything though because my powers were very limited and the stupid devils took notice of me. They threw their pitch forks at me. All I could do is hide in the shadows to avoid being impaled. They mocked me as they continued what they were doing.
I witnessed the devils getting bows and arrows now. The crafty devils shot that dragon the girl with the red hair out of the sky. She came crashing to the ground. They then ganged up on her. Her commander better hurry up and save her now.
That wasn't the only problem. The healing girl was attacked from behind by one of the green demons. The wind mage killed it, but it was too late. Another devil came from behind and captured the girl with his talons.
"MIST!" I heard him cry out.
"AAHHHHHHH!" the girl screamed as the devil ascended higher into the sky. The wind mage couldn't get to her because the green demons kept multiplying at a high speed.
I focused my powers ready to shoot the devil down...but if I did, then the girl would surely die from being that high.
It seemed useless for these rebels. It was then did I see an arrow fly through the air and pierce the the devil in the head killing it instantly. The girl fell through the air only to land on top of the white Pegasus. The girl riding the Pegasus then slowly flew to where the guy who shot the arrow was. The Greil Mercenaries were here.
The Paladins were the ones that led the attack slashing, hacking, stabbing and piercing anything in their path. The half humans were right behind them attacking with their claws. The only half human that wasn't attacking was the one that looked like an angel. He stayed in the back with the rest of the mages doing some sort of chant.
Ike ran over to the girl riding the Pegasus and the sniper first.
"Mist, are you okay?" he asked in a worried tone,
The girl hugged him tightly, "Ike, I was so scared."
"It's okay. You're with me now."
The hug quickly ended when she told Ike about the wind mage. That got his focus to the wind mage who was being pushed back farther and farther due to the demons multiplying and the devils regrouping.
"Marcia, do you think you can protect Mist?" Ike asked the Falcon Knight.
"You don't have to ask me Commander Ike," the girl told him, "Just go to him."
"Yeah...go..." the sniper mumbled in an unenthusiastic voice.
"Thanks you two."
Ike ran into the crowd of demons.
"Be careful brother!" his sister told him.
When I saw Ike swing his sword, I imagine Link hacking at Zant's minions all over again. His determination to save his friends and his nation was strong. It was truly smashing to see him kill his opponents in one hit and supporting his units. Everyone else was doing great as well. They were simply amazing.
I couldn't focus on their fighting skills now. I had to see if that wind mage would be okay.
My worse fears came when I looked up and saw that Lived and the green robot staring down at the Greil Mercenaries. Lived was disgusted as the robot showed no emotion in his eyes.
The sniper fired an arrow at the two. The green robot dodged it. Lived was not amused. I was thinking of how foolish the sniper was.
"Pathetic human..." I heard him say, "Die with the rest of them."
He fired a dark devil ball at the sniper. It was so fast that he couldn't dodge it. The attack hit him head on. He crashed into this guy wearing a bucket of armor.
"Shinon, are you okay?" the armored knight asked the sniper.
"Damn...let my guard down..."
The general examined his comrades injuries. He was bleeding from the arm down, "Don't even think of moving. Rhys is coming over to heal your wounds."
"Stop worrying about me Gatrie. I have a Vulnerary right here."
"Save it. He's coming now."
The Bishop got to work with healing the sniper's wounds. I turned toward Lived. He wasn't going to be attacking again unless provoked.
I saw the orange cat turn back into a human and support the red head girl. The blue tiger turned back into a human as well and was using his superhuman strength to carry the dragon away. A green tiger was helping him out as well.
"I don't need help from a sub-...Laguz like you..." I heard the red head girl protest.
"I don't want to help a hun...Beroc either, but if I let you die, Commander Ike won't be happy." The cat girl said.
They both seemed really close despite their choice of words. I wouldn't address them as a couple but still.
It was amazing that most of the enemies were cleared out in the main square in sixteen minutes. If the Greil Mercenaries were this strong, then the whole planet is probably just as strong. The Queen of this nation was a strong one as well. Tsusuki won't find a body in this world.
I decided it was time for me to tell Lived to withdraw forces since they weren't going to win anyway. I flew up to the dark angel directly and said, "Please stop this Lived. You and the Ancient Minister know that this world is too strong for Tsusuki to crush."
Lived looked at me with sad eyes. He shook his head furiously, "I can't disobey Tsusuki...the only one who loves me..."
"That's bullshit Li! You know as well as I do that your captain, goddess and the royal bodyguards love you more than that man! He's lying to you! He's just using you! When you become useless to him, he'll kill you! It's common sense Lived!"
"Shut up! You don't know anything about me!"
"Is that what you're going to say to the women who raised you for SEVEN FUCKING YEARS?"
I knew I shouldn't of had snapped at him, but for him to just forget about that was just jacked up. I got what I deserved when he ordered the green robot to fire at me. I was hit directly and went down. Luckily the wind mage caught me in his arms.
"...Thanks?"
"You're pretty idiotic to just go up to the leader and tell him to stop," he said in a mocking tone.
I pouted as I got away from his grip. I was limping and that wasn't a good thing, "He's not the leader...the true villain...is in the castle..." I said.
His eyes widened, "What?"
"Lived is only the decoy. The one that is commanding him is inside the castle trying to assassinate the Queen."
The wind mage said nothing.
"Soren!"
He turned around to see Ike running toward him. I saw a small smile appear on his face.
"You're late," he said coldly. It didn't match his facial expression though.
"Sorry, I Got held up over there," Ike told him.
"I think I'm going to be sick..." I mumbled. I thought I knew what was coming next.
"Ike, don't worry about me. You should focus on getting to the castle. Elincia is in danger."
Ike nodded his head, "Understood, but are you sure you're okay Soren. You might have overdid it."
"I'm fine Ike. Just do your job in protecting Crimea again."
Ike smiled, "Okay."
I saw the wind mage's cheeks turn bright pink. God I'm good!
"Soren, you should go where Rhys is and recover your strength. You did good for today."
"Okay..."
They had a chance to have a happy ending...but I saw the look in Lived's eyes. He was communicating telepathically with the bastard. An evil grin formed on his face.
"Watch out!" I cried.
It was too late. Lived was just too god damn fast for both of them to react in time. The green robot started shooting at the two. While we could dodge that easily, it separated Soren from Ike. That was when Lived swooped in and seized the wind mage. I tried to stop him, but Li fired a dark energy ball at me sending me into the wall causing a hole in it.
"SOREN!" Ike yelled.
Soren tried to use his wind magic to counter attack, but Li was surrounded by a barrier that prevented anyone else from using magic. That bastard Tsusuki must have casted it.
"The Master needs a body now. You'll have to be the one instead of that Queen."
Soren was confused at Lived's words. He had a reason to. It was like a riddle to him.
Li spread his wings and flew toward the castle taking Soren with him. I tried to get up but I used up all my energy. I couldn't chase him anymore unless someone healed me. Ike on the other hand was furious and chased after him. The green robot tried to stop him by shooting lasers at him but Ike dodged him all. He almost hit the green robot with a powerful attack. I think it was called Aether. The green robot instantly saw the risk of attacking the leader of the Greil Mercenaries and stopped his attacks in order for Ike to continue the chase. Li was just too fast though and Ike would eventually tire out.
What I like about that girl on the Pegasus is that she brought Ike's sister along with her in order to heal me. She dropped the girl off and then gave chase to Ike. I was surprised that she would heal a complete stranger.
"Why would you help me?" I asked her weakly.
"You're not evil like these creatures. I sense kindness and integrity in you," she said in a soothing voice, "And you helped Rolf escaped and guided by brother here to help us. You can't be able if you did that much for us."
I smiled weakly. She reminded me somewhat of Zelda before that incident with Ganondorf and Link at the karaoke party.
"Thank you very much."
Damn! I let my guard down for one minute and then that crow Laguz or whatever you call it kidnaps Soren in front of my eyes. He's not going to get away with this!
That green thing was pissing me off shooting light beams at me. I would have killed it if it got any closer to me. I think that thing took the hint and backed off into the distance where I couldn't reach it. My target was too far away from me though, and these legs were giving up on me. Legs, don't give up on me now!
"Commander Ike!"
Perfect timing. Marcia comes with her Pegasus and tells me to get on so we can pursue that boy. I do just that and off we went.
"Ike," Marcia began, "When this is over, "I better see you confessing to Soren."
"W-What?"
"We all know about your feelings for him, so just say it before you lose him for good!"
I didn't want to take her advice but it might have been a good idea nonetheless.
Li saw that Ike and his Falcon Knight were catching up to him. He wasn't moving that fast because the damn mage as weighing him down greatly. His squirming wasn't helping either. He couldn't knock him out because then it would take him that long to wake up and they didn't have all day.
"Ike's going to catch up to you," Soren told the dark angel, "So you might want to give up now and spare yourself the drama."
Li gave a rather scary look to the wind mage, "Don't try me. I won't hesitate to kill you. There are better, more cooperative hosts than you."
Soren kept quiet. One wrong move and he was dead and judging from the distance that Ike and Marcia were from him, they wouldn't catch him in time. His skull would crack.
"That's better."
Li picked up the speed and flew to the castle. The Falcon Knight chased after them only for them to crash into an invisible barrier.
"Not another one!" Marcia cried out. She didn't like it that she was crashing into this stuff.
"Dammit! Soren!"
Upon seeing Li's return, the boss stopped his swordplay with the Queen of Crimea. She was good but he was obviously superior to her. He was only toying with her to give her the thoughts that she could defeat him and saver her nation. He withdrew his sword confusing her.
"That will be enough today your highness," he mocked "My slave already found someone that I can use to my advantage."
Elincia didn't withdraw her sword though.
"Are you running away?" she questioned.
"No. It's called die another day. My sweet, show me the vessel."
Li crashed into the room holding Soren captive. The dark angel had his Masumune at Soren's throat. Elincia noticed who the wind mage was immediately and pointed her sword at Tsusuki.
"What do you plan to do with him?"
"Something you will not be able to witness my fair maiden."
Li frowned. Soren noticed that the dark angel was shivering slightly showing a sign of weakness. If he could just weaken him mentally then he might be able to...
"Αρμοδιότητες Ω της σκοτεινής..." the dark angel began to chant, "Στείλτε αυτή την φτωχή ψυχή στον τάφο. Σας καλώ...SHADE!"
Dark energy emerged from the tip of Li's double edge sword. He pointed it upwards and the attack did the rest as it locked on to the Queen of Crimea and fired. She didn't have enough time to move out of the way as she was hit by the attack resulting in everything exploding around her thus causing an earthquake.
"ELINCIA!"
Li showed no remorse in attacking her. Tsusuki just laughed bitterly as he disappeared into the darkness ordering Li to do it out of reach of the humans.
"...She's still alive..." Li murmured in Soren's ears surprising him, "I couldn't do it..."
"If you hate this so much, why aren't you stopping it?"
"You wouldn't understand...I lost everything for protecting the ones I loved..."
Soren was indeed puzzled. How could you lose something if you protected it. Possibly...
Li opened a portal into the darkness and threw Soren in there before jumping in himself.
Ike and Marcia finally caught up to Li only to realize that there was another barrier in the way. They circled around the previous barrier and now they had to do the same.
"Soren, hang on!" Ike shouted.
Li looked at the mercenary and frowned, "It's too late. He's a goner."
Ike wasn't going to give up. He did the thing that made people think he was crazy. He jumped off of the Pegasus with Rangell in his hand.
"Idiot!" Marcia shouted.
Soren who was bounded to in a ring of darkness over the castle saw Ike jump off and called out his name.
What happened next will be carved into Ike's heart for the rest of his life.
He took Masumune and stabbed Soren in the heart. Time stopped right there for all three mercenaries.
Soren should have saw it coming, but he seriously thought that Li didn't have the guts to murder. His blood dripped from his mage outfit to the ground where it landed on the bloody street. Li clenched his jaws as he pulled the sword out. The darkness that was surrounding Soren disappeared as his body fell toward the earth.
"SOREN!" Ike screamed as he forced his way down to earth to catch Soren before he was killed.
Li saw how courageous that the leader of the Greil Mercenary was to go after the wind mage and being foolish to leave himself wide open for an attack. It was touching yet pitiful for a human. There was no way a human could love someone that much.
"You will suffer just as much as I did..." Li murmured as he disappeared into the dark portal. The barrier that was around him disappeared and Marcia was able to fly through. There was no need though. She had to catch her commander before they both died.
Ike didn't care if he lost either Rangell or his life from the fall but he had to save Soren. He reached a hand for him. In fairytales, the victim that was falling would always try to reach out to their prince charming. That didn't happen here. Soren's body was motionless and kept falling. Ike forced himself to fall faster and eventually made it to the point where he could pull Soren and hold him close. He did that, but when he did, his eyes widened in horror. His body was too cold.
"No...Soren...don't..."
Ike was too focused on holding onto Soren tightly that he didn't realize that both were close to death because they almost came in contact with the ground. If Marcia didn't swoop down on her Pegasus and save them, they might have their head split open.
"Don't do something reckless like that again Commander Ike," Marcia scolded.
Ike wasn't listening. He was too focus on Soren. When the pink haired girl saw the condition of her comrade, she quickly told her commander to calm down. He wouldn't. Soren lost too much blood during the fall. The sword went through his body and left a hole where his heart was. His heart was still there though.
"Oh God, Soren, please don't die!" he turned to Marcia, "Please get Rhys here now!"
Marcia didn't dare disobey her commander. She got on her Pegasus and soared through the sky as fast as she could. She wouldn't make it in time with the devils that were attacking her.
Ike set Soren on the ground softly and tried to wake him. He continued telling him that he was going to get through this when he wasn't.
"Please Soren, don't die! Please!"
To Ike's amazement, Soren was able to open his eyes slowly, but they were near the point where they would be devoid of life. The tactician saw the tears that were running down his commander's cheeks. Ike didn't cry even when his father died, so why was he crying now, and for him?
"Ike..."
"Soren! You're alive! Thank God."
Soren's eye went back to being half opened, "No...this is it for me Ike..."
Ike was started beyond belief, "What are you saying Soren? Rhys is going to get here and you'll be okay. You're come back to the Greil Mercenaries and be your usual self."
Soren forced himself to smile. He rarely did but since this would be his last moments, he might as well finish it with showing his commander his peaceful look before he was laid to rest.
"Thank you Ike..." he began weakly, "for being my friend. You were the only one who cared for me when I was left to die...and you are still the only one...who cares for me now...even though...I am...a Branded..."
"Stop talking nonsense Soren and save your strength! You're going to make it out of this alive!"
Soren shook his head slowly. He felt something warm fall from his eyes to his cheeks. Was he crying again?
"There's something...I needed to tell you...Ike...I wanted to tell you this a long time...I..."
Soren couldn't finish because he felt his heart failing him. It was beating slower and slower. Most of his cells were dead and they couldn't stop the bleeding. He was coughing up the remaining blood he had left. His time was up.
Ike was on the verge of breaking down. If he was a healing mage, he might be able to help his friend, but he was only the commander. He didn't know much about taking care of wounds.
"Soren, please hang on!" he begged.
Soren felt his eyes getting heavy. He was getting really sleepy, He had to sleep, but he had to tell Ike about how he really felt.
The wind mage used all the strength he had left to push his lips toward Ike's. Even before death, he could taste Ike. He tasted like lemons...but Ike couldn't say the same for Soren. He tasted the blood that was in Soren's mouth when their lips met. He wanted this so badly, but the kiss didn't last forever like he wanted because Soren broke it from being too exhausted. His eyes widened in horror as his lover closed his eyes forever mumbling those three words that he wouldn't forget.
"I love you..."
Ike lost it there. He let out his tears that he hid for all these years. Maybe he didn't cry at his father's grave because he was saving it for this tragic moment. It was his fault that this happened though because he wasn't there for Soren when he needed him the most. Now, Soren wouldn't come back and he would be alone in the world.
"Isn't this pitiful..." said a mocking voice.
Ike didn't bother looking up to see who was talking to him. It would have been wise if he did because the voice chanted some magic spell and hit the bluenette head on in the stomach. Blood gushed out of his mouth as he was sent flying at least three feet away from his dead lover.
"Now if you don't mind, I'll be taking this body for further use."
Ike could only watch as the mysterious man took Soren in his hands and opened a portal behind him. He reached for his Rangell, but it was then did he realize that he was paralyzed.
"You wont be moving for a while, but I'll tell you this. Hate me for taking the one you love away. Hate my slave for killing him. Hate the one who created by slave. When your anger is at its peak, come to me in the darkness and I'll reunite you with your lover."
Ike took those words to heart. The man disappeared into the portal and the bluenette lost consciousness. At this time though, when their leader left, all of his minions withdrew into the darkness and disappearing from that world forever.
I remember Ike's expression after the tragic defeat in Crimea. The Greil Mercenaries lost a powerful companion and a good friend, which some wouldn't admit. There were many causalities in this nation and other nations beside the one known as Daein came to help rebuild the city. Many of the most powerful warriors were injured and were unable to help the half humans known as Laguz.
I was allowed to stay with the Greil Mercenaries for a set amount of time because of their leader. Some pride was hurt among them while others lost a trusty companion or their favorite weapon broke from the battle.
I have never seen a person so distraught over losing the one they love. Well, I have. Link was the first one but that didn't really count because his childhood friend didn't lose her memory and was only faking it. The other was Li, but he never showed sorrow to me until that bastard told him lies about his Goddess and the royal bodyguards not caring or him. I think he might have killed himself if I didn't give him hope.
"Do you want your lover back?" I asked him.
Ike looked at me with sorrow but fierce determination in his eyes. He slowly nodded his head. I made sure no one was listening when I told him my opinion.
"That man was the one who took my friend away from me. He changed him, and now I can't persuade him to get out of this and now he is using him to cause harm to everyone, so I need to tell you his master plan."
"What is his master plan?" Ike asked.
"I heard that he was going use this deserted planet with almost no life to create his perfect galaxy by destroying other worlds in the galaxy. With this, he needs minions to follow his orders and if those minions are dumb enough to follow him, then not only this world, but those other worlds are in danger as well. My realm was destroyed by him but not my world. That's why I ask you this. Can you take this journey to save the world without the help of your companions?"
Ike didn't even hesitate to answer, "If I can get my revenge on that bastard and get Soren back. I'm willing to do anything."
Midna looked into his eyes. They were filled with determination but he was missing the point.
"But what about your comrades?"
"I'll ask Titania to lead until I come back," Ike told me, "But if for some strange reason that she can't lead them, I ask you that you lead them to victory."
I was started, "You want me, a total stranger from another world or rather an imp that sided with that man who took your lover away from you to lead your band of mercenaries? That's daring."
"I trust you," he told me firmly, "If you were evil, you wouldn't give me this much information. You wouldn't have had tried to stop your friends from attacking us, and besides...you seemed to gain the trust of my sister and Rolf."
I nodded my head. He was a weird human indeed.
A few days after he recovered, Ike left everything to Titania and me before I sent him to that world to help others stop that man from causing harm. It was the beginning of his journey to realize that anger and hate will never bring someone back. When he left though, I started my own journey. A journey to prevent Tsusuki from growing in power and to get the Lived I knew back. In the end, I didn't accomplish much...everything is out of my hands...all I could do was turn to the one who could see the future. That was a man name Merlon and he could tell what the future held of all worlds in the galaxy by opening this book with no title. I could only pray that this book is correct.
When Ike opened his eyes again, he was back on solid ground. Black was not surrounding him. Even though there was no black, he felt something in his heart that shouldn't be there. Hate, anger, fear and sorrow, but more importantly, distrust toward the one person he thought he wouldn't feel this way to.
The bluenette ended up glaring in the direction where the white angel was. He seemed really out of it. He looked really scared...and fragile...like saying the wrong thing would make him lose it. Ike was too angry to think about Pit's feelings though. He just knew one thing.
Pit created Li who killed the one he loved.
The angel didn't register what was happening around me. All he knew was that Ike pinned him to the ground with his sword in the ground next to his neck. It could slice his neck off if he even moved an inch.
"Ike...I..."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Ike asked in an aggravated tone, "Do you not trust me at all?"
Pit hid his eyes underneath his hair, "Please understand Ike. I can't trust anyone. If I did, then you would all hate me for being an Amail and being the one who created by other half..."
Ike gritted his teeth. At this moment, he wanted to slice off the angel's throat right there. From the beginning he had been lying and deceiving everyone only thinking about himself. Yet, the mercenary couldn't move his sword because he realized something terrible.
He was still in love with Soren when he had fallen for Pit during his journey.
"Dammit Pit..." he murmured as he pulled his sword out of the ground. He then turned and walked away confusing both Amails.
"Ike?" Pit called out.
"This has nothing to do with me anymore Pit..." Ike said in a monotone, "I have to do something more important than being with you."
Why was Ike saying all these cruel things to the angel. He was still mad at himself and Pit and Li.
"Ike what are you saying? I thought you-"
"Shut up you...thing! I can't stand you!"
Indeed, he was too upset to even realize what he said. Those words were enough to make Pit's world fall. It was already collapsing but with Ike turning on him, there was no way he could rebuild that world.
"So, you want him to join me and get revenge on Heaven?" Li asked in an amused tone.
"Do what you want," Ike said in a dark tone as he stormed off toward the mansion but in the path were the other Smashers could see him, "I don't care anymore."
Pit could only watch as the last person still on his side turn his back toward him. Something awoken in the angel's mind, something dark. It was that darkness in his heart that he could never get rid of because he was an Amail. The voice returned as well.
:Oh, what a pity. Even lover boy turned on you. What are you going to do now?:
Pit didn't answer. He still wasn't going to turn on his Goddess or royal bodyguards. He ran the opposite direction of Ike. Far away from Li. Far away from Smash Brothers Mansion. Far away from Ike.
I don't need anyone. I don't need anyone because...I never had anyone to begin with...
Li smirked as he saw his captain's back. When Pit was out of his sight, he chanted a spell that turned him into the Smasher that he was possessing. He sighed.
"I guess I'll have to shatter him one last time. Then, the darkness will take over."
With that said, he laughed bitterly to himself.
"Damn you Ash!"
That was probably the ninth time that Gary cursed. He had nothing to do in the mansion ever since the majority of the Smasher's left. Sure the Pokémon and Kirby could keep him company, but he needed to do something! He wanted to feel important to the group and not just a burden.
Lucario, Kirby, Dr. Mario and technically the other Pokémon knew that it was best to keep away from him. Only Pikachu kept his company because his trainer ordered him to be with the researcher.
All the cursing and not paying attention where he was going lead him to Lucas' room. Pikachu squeaked when they got close to the room. Gary only stopped because he realized that Lucas was one of the missing. Could it be that he was captured, or maybe...
Curiosity got to him as he slowly opened the door. Instantly did Pikachu scurry into the room and started sniffing the furniture. His ears were twitching listening for any sound as well. Gary closed his eyes. He did feel a presence in this room. He felt three people were in here actually. They were very close.
"Pika! Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed as it pointed underneath the bed.
Gary was puzzled. What could be under the bed? There was only one way to find out. Gary took out a Pokéball and called out Blastoise and ordered it to push the bed aside. The huge turtle Pokémon obeyed as it pushed the bed to the sidelines. What Pikachu was pointing to was obvious. There was a hole underneath the bed. It was sealed shut but it indeed led somewhere.
The latch wasn't hard to open. When the latch was open, Gary and Pikachu saw a ladder that went down into the darkness. The Kanto Researcher called back his Pokémon before descending the ladder with Pikachu on his back.
Gary was surprised that there was another room hidden underneath Lucas' because if memory didn't leave him, there was no door below Lucas' room. This must mean that this was the only way to enter this hidden room. Pikachu seem to know what this room was as the little Pokémon was shaking and letting out little cries.
"What's wrong Pikachu?" Gary questioned.
Pikachu squeaked weakly as a response. His ears were still twitching up and down. There was someone in the room.
Suddenly, Gary heard the groan of someone. He instantly took out a Pokéball and called out Umbreon.
"Umbreon, use flash!" Gary ordered.
Umbreon obeyed as the yellow marking on its body lit up. It then lit up the entire room. The two gasped upon seeing two...no three familiar bodies.
"Lucas! Shadow! Stafy!"
Gary didn't hesitate to help them out of those ropes. How long were they down here? How were they able to survive without any food and water? He had to ask them later. Eventually the three were untied from their bonds.
"What happened to you guys?" Gary questioned.
Lucas wasn't completely awake so he didn't respond. Stafy instantly started crying upon being untied. Shadow clenched his fist in anger.
"We...I let my guard down and that Pit look like knocked us out for a while. I just came to now and..." Shadow placed his hand on the back of his head, "It still hurts..."
Gary frowned, "This is horrible..."
"Damn straight. I lost my Chaos Emerald and Lyn..." It then hit him, "Is Lyn okay?"
Gary looked at the dark floor, "She's in a coma. We can't wake her up."
"Dammit...you guys shouldn't worry about us. You got to report to Master Hand that the Pit look like is turning the rest of the assist trophies against him."
Gary gasped, "Is that why almost all of them are missing?"
Shadow avoided eye contact with the researcher, "How long were we out?"
"Two and a half days."
"Dammit! It's too late to stop them then."
"What do you mean?"
"That guy. He already got one of the Smashers on his side and plans on..."
"Who is this guy?"
"He is..."
Dr. Mario stared at the medicine bottles in the cabinet. He wondered which one would be able to wake Lyn up from her slumber. She probably knew what happened to those close to her such as Shadow and the other assist trophies.
Sadly, the doctor couldn't find what was wrong with her either. She just seemed to be in a peaceful sleep.
"...Where is Dr. Wright when you need him?"
Dr. Mario was so focused on the medicine bottles that he didn't notice someone emerging from a dark portal behind him. The instant he turned around, his eyes widened. He saw a man who looked like the devil snatch Lyn up in his arms.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing!" he shouted.
The man didn't bother paying attention to the doctor, he just pointed his finger at him and fired a mini version of the dark beam. When it hit Dr. Mario directly in the heart, he turned into a trophy. The man sighed.
"Too bad we already have ten trophies in use. We can't afford eleven," the man looked at the girl and grinned evilly, "And I could use her to my advantage. Now all I have to do is get that hedgehog or mercenary to open that door and then everything will belong to me."
He chuckled evilly to himself as he disappeared into the darkness with Lyn in his arms.
Sonic open his eyes. Realizing that he was still in the capsule, he scowled. When his friends needed him the most, he stuck in here waiting to recover from his injuries that he couldn't even feel. Shahra wasn't even responding when he rubbed the ring.
The vessel of Yuna sighed. What was he supposed to do while the world was in danger? He couldn't sleep through it since he was a insomniac now.
He was about to give up when suddenly, he heard something. It wasn't Yuna's voice. It wasn't Shahra's voice. It was that voice he heard before when he stumbled upon the door in the dark part of the mansion. It was asking for help this time compared to the seductive "Soon" and "Come" words it spoke before.
Soon the capsule opened up on its own. It must have been the work of the voice. It continued to call him...call him...call him. The voice sounded so sad unlike before. Sonic couldn't ignore it. He didn't have a choice anyway because he soon found himself walking out of the capsule and getting out of the hidden room. He past by the Dr. Mario trophy and walked out of the infirmary.
The closer he got to the voice, the more he felt his soul being pulled out of him. These words still rang in his head as he continued to the dark part of the mansion.
I don't care who you are or what race you are from, but you must set me free. For the story cannot continue if I am not free from these bonds.
In Angel Land, Aqua reported all the bad omens to Palutena. She felt like it was something important to tell their Goddess. Palutena did not scold her nor did she tell her that she did not believe in the superstitions. She just nodded her head slowly showing some sadness in her facial expression.
"your highness, is there something wrong?" Aqua questioned.
"Actually Aqua," she began in a calm soothing tone that all the angels loved, "I feel like the worse is to come later on today...so I ask you to gather all the royal bodyguards here."
"why? are we in another crisis?"
"I think so," Palutena answered, "With that said, get Sun-Wong here first. I need to speak to him. Tell the others to get in position for battle. Have Himeno warn the citizens of Angel Land to hide in their homes. Get as many angels that are capable of fighting here as well as the Centurions. Protect all of our precious items."
Aqua wasn't sure if she could keep up with that. She wondered why Palutena didn't ask Abbigale to do this. Abbigale could have done everything in seconds.
"understood..."
Aqua wasted no time nonetheless. She left the royal chambers. As soon as she was gone though, Abbigale made her appearance in front of the Goddess of Light.
"You were listening the whole time?"
"Yes your highness. I feel that the younger generation will not last."
Palutena frowned, "What did the other rulers say?"
Abbigale read a list of what the other rulers down in the human world thought, "Queen Neptune, ruler of the alternate sea. She will try her best to hold them down when they start attacking the humans near her. Prince Pluto, ruler of time and space. He said that he will prevent these evil people from using the dark portal. Emperor Apollo, ruler of the land. He said that he'll get his army over to Japan as soon as possible. Queen Hinata, ruler of the islands. She said that she'll assist in any way she can. Queen Zoe, ruler of the dream world. She says she'll stop these bad people from using the undead. Prince Henry, ruler of sickness. He says that he'll do all in his power to stop these bad people. And finally, Queen Crystal, ruler of the Icy Forest and her cherub daughter Princess Winter. Queen Crystal said that she'll send her daughter over to assist us."
"I assume that her friends Spring, Summer and Autumn will be welcoming her?"
"That is correct, but even with the forces of these all mighty rulers, I fear that his evil is one step ahead of us."
"Yes, we can only trust what is written in that book Merlon has."
"It seems so. Still, I think we should warn the Angel Assembly about this crisis. It will get them to work their asses off. Either them or the arch-angels."
"I think we have no choice. I hope that you will tell this information to them."
"I will your highness."
"And please, don't be rash on anyone especially Isaak. He'll be hurt by all of this."
"That brat needs to learn that everything won't go his way." Abbigale hissed as she excused herself to warn the arch-angels and the Angel Assembly.
Palutena could only frown being in the royal chambers by herself. No matter what she did, everyone would suffer...and they would probably end up losing as it was written in the book. She didn't tell anyone this though because all she could do was pray for a miracle.
It was tiresome for Aqua to tell everyone to prepare their weapons and battle stations. She ordered Sun-Wong to meet up with Palutena personally and for Nina to brace herself. She noticed that Zelina and her Cabbit Sao were scolding Isaak to stop what he was doing and prepare his weapon. Isaak wouldn't do that.
"I will not go into battle on Li-Li's birthday..." He responded bitterly.
"It may be his birthday but it's a direct order from Aqua and the Goddess herself. Would you defy them both?"
"Aqua yes. Lady Palutena no..."
Sao purred, "You might want to rethink that. Here comes Aqua now."
Zelina noticed the blue angel walk toward them. She gave a bow to her before leaving to warn Mcenche.
"what was that about?" Aqua asked in an irritated tone.
"Huh?"
"it was an order from Lady Palutena herself and you decided to brush it off?"
"You know why I brushed it off Aqua!"
"..."
She did know. She encouraged it. That's why she wouldn't say anything else.
They both were standing in front of Li's room. Everything was practically ready. Presents on the top of the bed Li used to sleep in. Streamers hung from the ceiling. A black and pink birthday cake placed on his desk oh so gently. The rest of the stuff was in the main dining room and if they had to go into battle, then everything would be ruined.
"Aqua," Isaak began, "Do you know who zis enemy we're fighting is?"
Aqua shook her head, "no, I have a bad feeling though..."
Isaak smiled sadly. He had this feeling that he might end up seeing Li again. He wanted to but not on different sides. It was just a hunch though.
"I hope nothing bad happens..." Isaak murmured.
"yeah. I hope so too..." Aqua said as they both walked together to the royal chambers but not before closing the door and locking it so no one could get in and ruin the place.
Me: TBC with 12769 words.
Yohko: Why did it take you two weeks to finish?
Winter: It was school. When freshmen start their first year, they have to focus if they want to stay on top.
Yohko looks at Winter.
Yohko: Who are you?
Winter: I'm the new OC Winter. I am a winter cherub. Did yo not notice?
Yohko: No...
I glomp Winter.
Me: Isn't she adorable? I want those adorable rabbit ears!
Yohko: -sweatdrop-
Winter: You should focus on the story.
Me: Oh yeah...anyway...there are no notes in this chapter. And Ike did end up leaving Pit which brings up so many questions for this chapter.
1. Whose in charge of the Greil Mercenaries? (Already stated in the chapter.)
2. What did Tsusuki did to Soren's body?
3. Is Ike really leaving Pit alone?
4. Who is the Smasher that Li is possessing? (It will be revealed in the next chapter!)
5. What does Tsusuki plan to do with Lyn?
6. Whose voice is Sonic hearing?
7. WHO THE FUCK IS TSUSUKI?
Winter: I could answer all but number 5 for the main reason that you probably don't know.
Me: I do! Anyway, please review. Chapter 29 might come out sooner but I want to finish working on Gray Reflections. The sooner that is done, the sooner I can do the Caramelldansen! I will now rant about video games, mainly Brawl!
Yohko: Here we go. If you don't want to listen to Momo rant, stop and review. Otherwise, continue.
Me: So I got a Wii point card and bought Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and the old Paper Mario. Kirby 64 to get over my fear of that game since when I played it when I was younger, I could never make it past world 2-2 because I was too scared of those Scarfy monsters that grew teeth when you got too close to it and basically anything after that was falling structures and underwater stuff. I'm on stage 2-4 now and so far gotten al the shards so far. I think I could beat this game now. My favorite kirby form is sword kirby (the one where he has a fire sword) and ninja kirby (he throws shuriken that blow up upon hitting its target). And I have to laugh at how DDD looks in this game.
Paper Mario...OMG. I MISSED THAT GAME! I made it all the way to the ice palace when I was younger in four days. It was SO addicting back then and it still is! I still remember missing a lot of stuff and never went back to get them because I wanted to beat the game before I had to return it, and I never saw that game again after that at Blockbuster. So after six years, I finally have the game. I just miss the Star Spirits and Lady Bow. Yes, I love that stuck up ghost! She was my second main back then as I used Goombario a lot when I was younger. My main now depends on the situation but I still use Bow. I realized that it's easy and harder for me now in this game because I know the bosses weakness by heart because I still remember what happened back then but it's also annoying that I get injured because I suck at the action command. I mean, I was REALLY good at it back then. Now, I'm the strategy person which is probably better anyway. And I actually increase by BP instead of keeping it at six for the majority of the game and having my FP sky rocket. I also backtrack now because there was so many things I didn't know about back then and now it's like "I see what he meant!" and so on. I so far saved Eldstar, Mamar, and Scholar from Bowser. (Yes, I still remember their names.) I'm in Shy Guy's Toy Box now to save Muskular. I won't make the same mistake though for taking on the black Shy Guy because he killed like seven times back then and that was because I had like...25 HP and I would be dead in three hits and waste one turn tattling. I remember crying because I couldn't beat him. The price was disappointing to me back then because I wasn't a badge person back then, but this time, I'm going to wait until I have Watt before I fight him for that one badge that you can buy from Meverlee. Plus, this game tells me what Merlon was like before his huge role in Super Paper Mario. He plays a big role in my story so keep an eye out for him.
Sin and Punishment was another game I bought, I technically got the controls down. I still can't destroy that meteor before it kills Saki. Saki won't stop shooting at me. Makes me wonder if he loves his fiance or not. He was probably aiming at Achi though. LOL (I can't stand her manipulating both Saki, Arian and the other so called antagonists.)
I got Kid Icarus too and I don't know how to save the game. Does anyone know how?
Anyway back to Brawl, I've been downloading many stages recently and participating in conversations on IGN with other stage experts. I'm glad the best of the best noticed me now though on the website and told me what I can do to change that Peppermint Palace stage. Now it's a matter of getting motivation to move it to my SD card and posting it on the web. The stage has a 8.5 rating out of 10. I think I could actually make good stages. If you want to test out my stages you can either download it from the website officially or give me your Brawl and Wii code so I can send you stages, replays and pictures. I'll do it really.
Nonetheless, I've been making stages and gambling more than actually playing. Must be school. I think I might make a stage dedicated to either Tales of Symphonia, Star Ocean, Till the End of Time or Super Mario Galaxy if I could just think...might just do another Kirby and the Amazing Mirror Stage though.
I downloaded this stage called Tower of Salvation and Pit is a MONSTER on that stage. I swear it that's dark angel vibe!
Oh yeah! In Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, I already stated the most funniest battle ever. But I completed chapter 17-23 so far. I'm trying to get that support of Ike/Soren and Gatrie/Shinon. They won't pop up though no matter how many times I use them. How many times do I have to use Ike/Soren when I have a support of B and Gatrie/Shinon when I have a support of C? Help me out PoR experts!
And, I just can't get Marcia or Oscar to LV up in Weapons. I'm running out of good stuff for them. All that I customize is for A rank and they're still on B rank and no matter how many critical strikes they get, they just can't level up in weapons. I mean, Boyd and Mia went to A instantly and Rolf is still stuck on C. Even Soren is stuck on B magic. I want him to be on A do I can use that powerful magic. -sigh-
Anyway that's it for the ranting. Now a note to my friends.
Zelina: I called your pet a Cabbit because it was a half cat, half rabbit and half fox. A Cabbit is that rabbit from the Tenchi series. Hope you don't mind that name for Sao.
So...got to go now...I LOVE listening to Super Mario Galaxy music! So...ja ne!
Again, because Li is Greek, his spells will be in the language. What was originally there is,
"Oh powers of the dark...Send this poor soul to the grave. I call upon you...SHADE"
Other that this, there is nothing wrong with the chapter besides a lot of grammar mistakes.