Star-Crossed Snipers (An Elsword FanFic)

2 - Rena

"Why, you're just the people we've been SEARCHING for. Get it? Get it??" The little white haired girl said in response to my introduction.

"Lu.....no....stop trying." The blue haired man said, rubbing his temple with a disappointed sigh.

"Hmph! You're just jealous because you can't come up with a better one!" She walked closer to me. "I am the great Luciella R. Sourcream. You may kneel." She said in an uppity, yet dignified sort of way. I forced a smile.

"If it's all the same to you, I'll stand, thanks." I tried to think of something to say before she could complain. "So what do you two want with William?"

"We were hunting him hoping we'd run into you actually." The blue haired-Ciel, his name was Ciel, said, giving William a look. "We need your help."

"Well good thing you came to me-I mean, um, US." Aisha chimed in. "I'm-WE, are the greatest heroes in all of Elrios!"

"No we aren't! My big sis could beat us all blindfolded!" Elsword said confidently.

"Oh COME on, she can't be THAT good, no one is." She smirked teasingly. "Especially not you."

"I may not be able to beat big sis, but I can beat the crap outta you!" He shook his fist and glared at her.

"A-HEM!"

I tried to mask my annoyance with a smile. Thankfully, they both stopped. I turned my attention to Lu and Ciel.

"I love having such good people skills!" I giggled a bit and took a second to smile. Then I asked them, "so what do you need our help with?" The two of them froze and looked at each other. It was obvious that they were NOT going to tell us what it was they needed help with.

That's when I noticed their ears. I don't know how I hadn't noticed them before. I let out a slight gasp and covered my hand with my mouth.

"Oh my god........"

"There's no way...."

"You're...........you are......."

"OH MY GOD YOU'RE ELVES TOO!" I almost jumped for joy as I gave Ciel a hug, which caught him off guard.

"Y-YES, we are elven warriors from a far off land, yes indeed." Lu said proudly.

"Then why're you so short?" Elsword bonked Lu's head, causing her to shriek in terror.

"CIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!"

"I WANT MY MOMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"

Still hugging Ciel, I turned my head to the overly whiny voice that belonged to mister William phoru. To be perfectly honest I had totally forgotten he was there.

"I'll give you a reason to cry!" Elsword grabbed William by the fur in his neck and hoisted him to pin him to a tree. William sobbed.

"Please just let me go home!"

"Not until you answer some questions, we promise, that's all we want." Ciel said. "Now um, Miss Rena, could you...?" He looked down to me and glanced at my arms. I blushed with embarrassment and stopped hugging him.

"S-sorry, I didn't mean to....."

"You have nothing to be sorry for, you're fine." At this Lu raised her eyebrow at Ciel, suspicious of.....something, though I couldn't for the life of me figure out what.

"Alright, talk William! Where's the el crystal?!" Elsword shouted while hitting the tree behind William's head with the hilt of his sword. William just cried.

"We don't even have it anymore, that's what I was trying to tell you when you started attacking meeeeeeee!" He blubbered through tears. The poor thing, he was just confused and wrapped up with the wrong crowd. I tried to sound comforting.

"Well, where is it now, do you know?" Elsword rolled his eyes.

"That's not gonna work, we gotta smash it outta him!" He whacked the tree again with a dull 'thunk,' which just reactivated William's waterworks.

"We gave it to Banthus alright? He said he needed it to give to someone else. I think his name was Walter...wait, no, it was Warren-wait, that's not right either." He held his head in his hands. "I'm just a failure! I can't even remember that dummy Wally's name!"

Everyone just stared at him for a bit. William blinked in realization.

"Oh."

"Wait wait, time out for a second, you mean THE Wally? The one who took over Elder Village with his Nasod technology?" Aisha asked with a hand on her chin, thinking. "That could be a problem. Besides his fighting type Nasods, he's got hundreds of guards around his castle, there's no WAY we'd get in."

"No way we'd get in, without a fight that is!" Elsword dropped William, who started crying again. He looked to Lu and Ciel. "Hey, you wanted us to help you right? I know you just helped us with William, but could you do us one last favor?" Ciel looked to Lu, and she looked back. They didn't say anything...it was kind of awkward, but it almost seemed like they were talking to each other in their heads. Finally Ciel looked over to us and nodded.

"We'd be happy to-"

"Yes, I would be delighted to help you. As a token of cooperation, I will bring Ciel as well." Lu said proudly. Ciel gave her a look.

"You know, being that cute will only get you so far."

"How DARE you? I am your princess! You dare speak to me as my equal?" Ciel just rolled his eyes.

"Whatever you say, 'your majesty.'" Lu growled in the cutest way and stomped her feet. I tried to diffuse the situation.

"Alright, it's settled, we'll leave for Elder Village first thing tomorrow morning!"

"But first, we should get some food." Elsword's stomach growled in agreement.

"I second that." Lu piped in.

"For once, Elsword and I are on the same page, I'm hungry too." Aisha rubbed her belly.

"Well, if we stay at a place with an oven, I can make us anything." Ciel said. Lu got excited all of a sudden.
"OO OO, can you make some of your delicious cookies?" Ciel chuckled.

"Of course, I'll make everyone cookies for dessert." Lu started squealing and bragging about how good Ciel's cookies were as we started the walk towards Ruben. I walked behind Ciel, occasionally looking up to see if he was looking at me. I was busy thinking though. This man was a great shot, he could cook, and he was able to keep Lu in check while not being overly harsh. Not to mention he was attractive, and this was putting it lightly. I sighed and thought to myself:

"What a great guy."