My OneShots

Naofumi x L'arc~ His New Sword

Naofumi Iwatani, the shield hero, and newly cleared of nasty and horrible rumors by the former heir to the throne. Despite his name being cleared and being worshiped like a god by the villagers. Naofumi was lonely, bored of the lack of adventure.

It would be a while until the next Wave and Naofumi needed to train, but problems arose when Naofumi's 'sword', Ralftalia, wanted to go overseas to another village to train with other Demi-humans. Ralftalia surprisingly really wanted to go, and leave the party.

Naofumi, wanting to make his companion happy and for her to get more experience, agreed.

Without Ralphtalia, Naofumi was taking care of Filo full time. And he was tired. Without a second person to help take care of the girl, Naofumi struggled to handle her. Filo was already a very energetic and playful kid, and it got even worse when she was a bird. Without Ralphtalia the bird was on edge. She missed her friend. The Demi-Human was like a big sister to Filo.

The temporarily shortened party needed help.

It was a warm day with a cool breeze in the small town of Ralphtalia's World. Naofumi was reading training books under a tree while Filo played with 'Princess' Melty. It was a calm but slightly boring day for the duo.

Most townhouses were rebuilt and the Waves were months away. But despite all this Naofumi couldn't help but feel a sense of dread looming over him and his 'kinda' adopted daughter.

The Shield Hero was snapped out of his thoughts when a familiar but unknown voice spoke to him,

"If it isn't the 'Devil of the Shield'" a masculine voice spoke in a mocking manner.

L'arc sauntered over to Naofumi and sat down next to him. A smug grin on his face.

"Well, if it isn't the Scythe Hero, What brings you here?" Naofumi responded, moving over slightly to give L'arc more room. A rare smile on his face from seeing a familiar face he hasn't seen in a while.

"Eh, one of my party members needed to come here to see family and I thought what better excuse is there to go see my 'bestest' friend in the whole world!" L'arc said cheerfully.

Naofumi rolled his eyes, the smile never leaving his face.

The two inevitably led into conversation, even though it was mostly L'arc sharing stories about his life and random facts he learned, and Naofumi just listening.

His eyes lit up as he talked about things he was passionate about. Naofumi didn't want this moment to end, he was at peace. It may not have been the excitement he was waiting for, longed for, but he was contemptuous at this moment.

L'arc stopped suddenly when he realized Naofumi was staring at him, a beautiful smile plastered on his face as he stared up at the taller male.

They stayed like that for what felt like forever, drowning in each other's eyes and staring longingly.

Filo looked over to the tree her master was sitting under. It seems like a new face had appeared while she and Melty were playing. She stopped momentarily and looked at her father, he was smiling cheerfully and gazing into the eyes of the Scythe Hero, she smiled cheerfully and genuinely at her surrogate father laughing along with the red-haired hero. Surprised out of her daydream by Melty running up behind her and almost tackling her from behind.