Kenshiro-san side story
Part I
Kenshiro quickly buffed the party and bent over to heal the hunter. The clown was staring at her, and when she looked at him he'd look away.
He's changed since he proposed last time... Although... so have I...
"Alrighty, done." she said as she wiped her hands clean and put them on her hips. She smiled sweetly and walked ahead. "Let's go get those Skoguls, boys!"
The party followed, and she walked slower to let them all ahead.
Can't let the priest die now can we? She's the one saving you kids. she thought to herself. Up ahead she heard yelling.
"SKOGUL!"
"Quick! Use Ruwach! Hunters use Detect! Now!"
Kenshiro quickly moved her hands in a graceful manner and a blue ball of light swirled around her. She ran up to the party and gasped. xtwilightx's health was dropping fast, and others were slowly falling one by one. Vitality doesn't help much if you don't give it time! she thought, and quickly she began to revive each member. She stood again and cast Kyrie Eleison on the whole party.
"It may not help much but it guards you until I can help." she explained to a few puzzled members. She turned to the clown who was now bloody with cuts and scrapes from the Skogul. As she ran towards him, she could see it was not one nor two, but three of those demons approaching him rapidly, taking every chance they could grasp to try and murder the poor clown. He backed away slowly, deeply wounded, and Kenshiro saw the Skoguls heading towards her. She panicked and quickly healed xtwilightx the clown, and his cuts and deep gashes that covered his body slowly disappeared. He felt revitalized and headed to the aid of the now running priestess. Members of the party ran to aid him, but a Breeze began to approach them from behind. Kenshiro quickly cast Kyrie Eleison upon them once more and healed as much as she could. Before she could run, however, a Skogul had snuck from the clown and appeared behind her. She noticed her Ruwach was now fading, and the Skogul began to appear and disappear as she backed away slowly. It raised an arm and cut her side. She bent over in pain and looked around her. The members of the party were slowly falling, one by one...
I am such a fail priest.
"Kenshiro! Teleport!" said a voice from one of the now falling men. She tried to stand and attempted to teleport, only to be thrown back to the ground by the snickering Skogul. The priest's eyes began to close as she could not handle the pain any longer...
"NO! Kenshi!" the clown yelled and jumped quickly between her and the Skogul. The Breeze now began to fade away, beaten by one of the few still standing members of the party. Kenshiro forced her eyes open and saw her saviour, xtwilightx. She began to heal herself as she watched the Skogul miss its attacks. He was determined. Slowly she finally stood and began to heal and buff him.
"No, go ressurect the rest." he ordered, and the priestess, amazed by his determination, ran over to each member and ressurected them. She buffed them and sent them over to xtwilightx to help. She blew a lock of red hair from her face as she began to regain control of the party, buffing, healing, buffing...
Finally the Skogul began to fade away, defeated. Everyone becan to cheer.
"WOOT! We did it! Alright!"
Kenshiro sulked. "Sorry for being fail guys." she said. Everyone turned to look at her.
"You're not a fail... No one would have seen that Skogul behind you, you were busy helping everyone else and that's what a priest is supposed to do."
A bit cheered up, she walked ahead. "Let's find a better place to rest." she suggested and the all followed. They stopped at large gate and sat in front of it. They all smiled and laughed, contented by their success with the monsters.
This is my first time at Odin's Temple too... I guess I didn't do that bad. she accepted and smiled to herself.
Kenshiro suddenly felt she was being watched. She looked at xtwilightx, and found his slowly reddening face staring at her. He stood and ahem'd to everyone. Kenshiro sidled away, afraid of what was to come. The party members smiled teasingly.
Do they know something I don't...?
"Kenshiro..." he said, and he put one knee on the ground and reached for her hand. Kenshiro blushed and nodded as he grabbed hold of it gently. "You've always been on my mind... and... I want to ask you a very important question."
Everyone began to ooh and aah at the scene. The priestess was almost as red as her hair, and a slight breeze blew through it.
"Kenshiro-san... would you marry me?" he asked. Silence fell upon them. Everyone's eyes rested upon the priestess. Her eyes filled with tears of joy slowly as she nodded.
"Yes xtwilightx, I'll marry you." she said, and he stood and hugged her. Everyone clapped and whistled.
xtwilightx whispered in her ear. "I'll pay for the wedding." Kenshiro gasped and whispered back.
"At least let me pay for something!"
"Fine..." he sighed. "The rings then?"
"Yay, alright."
He kissed her cheek tenderly and smiled. He turned and proclaimed to everyone. "I'm marrying a hot priestess!" he said, and he and Kenshiro laughed.
"When's the wedding going to be?" someone asked. Kenshiro and xtwilightx looked at each other.
"Hugel?" someone suggested.
"I've already married there..." Kenshiro replied, remembering her wedding with Zymiriel, and the divorce afterwards.
"Well, not Glast Heim." xtwilightx said.
"You're light allegiance. We can't marry there." she pointed out.
"Lutie?" asked the clown.
"Is it working this time?" someone else asked.
"I know! Prontera!" xtwilightx said excitedly.
"But that's the most expensive church!" Kenshiro pouted. "You want to marry there?"
"Why not?"
"I don't know.. how soon?"
"How about tonight?"
Kenshiro looked at the wedding ring she still owned. Guillermo had told her only a special officer could get rid of it. She had no wish to remember her fail relationship with the soul linker who married her and never came back. She frowned and looked up at the clown. "No. Tomorrow. It'd be better." she said. "And you also have enough time to get enough money, right?" she asked. He nodded and smiled. Kenshiro held his hand. She decided to get started on the wedding plans, so she teleported everyone back to Prontera. There she saw Naoto.
"Nao! Guess what?" Kenshiro said. "I already know! Guillermo told me the news, it's all around Prontera!" Naoto answered. She smiled and hugged her priest friend. "You think you and Telecaster can come?"
"I don't know..."
"What's been going on? You stopped leveling and everything."
"It's just that-"
"Nao, don't tell me you-"
"I'm going to tell him after the wedding, I promise!"
"But Nao! How can you make him wait like that? Besides, where are you going to find the perfect spot?" Kenshiro frowned.
"I'm sorry! I'll see what I can do! I probably won't go to the wedding, but I promise I'll do my best!"
"Alright. But since you probably won't be able to come, can I ask a favor?"
"Sure. Name it!" Naoto said, fixing up her Mystic Rose.
"Do you have anything I can wear for the wedding...?"
Naoto gasped. "Are you crazy? Of course!!" She pulled Kenshiro north of Prontera, and in a small corner she began the makeover.
"First we need to get rid of that headgear. It's pretty, but you need something that goes with the dress!"
"I'm... dressed in black..." Kenshiro said.
"Exactly, so try this wedding gown. If it looks strange, we'll ask Styla to style you up."
"Alright.." Kenshiro put on the dress and gasped.The dress was white with light pink lace. "It looks wonderful!" she looked at Naoto and hugged her. "Oh thank you!"
"Hmm... It needs a little accent... Something that completes it. Something that... Ah. I know." Naoto gently removed her Mystic Rose and carefully secured it in Kenshiro's hair.
"Your rose? No, Nao, I couldn't possibly-"
"It looks beautiful."
"Naoto, this is your most prized possession..."
"And it looks wonderful on your red hair. Trust me." Naoto smiled sweetly.
"But its yours, and Telecaster gave it to you..."
"I know. And I'm sure he'll be glad to see you with it too, he'll know I'm making a good use of it."
"Are you sure...?"
"Of course! Now go back to Prontera, you'll see how beautiful you really are."
Kenshiro smiled and hugged Naoto. "Thanks Nao..." she said, and bowed. Naoto smiled and watched Kenshiro run away to the center of Prontera again.