(Going to introduce a mini plot and some action before returning to chats. This is supposed to take place before Zacharias goes look for the cure.)

(Also, small retcon but I made Diana of Scottish descent rather than Irish descent)

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Diana is online.

Diana changed Serenio's nickname to Waifu.

Waifu is online.

Gay Waves is online.

Waifu: DIANA

Gay Waves: DIANA

Diana: Wow it's like I summoned you two

Diana: with an incantation

Diana: Except I angered you.

Waifu: Diana, no debes a enojar a Ike.

Diana: ¿PUEDES HABLAR ESPAÑOL?

Waifu: Sadly, not at your level yet.

Waifu: Cut me some slack I'm also learning Japanese.

Diana: ......

Gay Waves: What did you two say?

Gay Waves: I don't know Spanish.

Waifu: I just told her not anger you.

Diana: And I asked if he could speak Spanish.

Gay Waves: Oh

Gay Waves: Soren why are you learning Spanish and Japanese?

Waifu: It sounds fun

Waifu: And I want to see if Diana and Kiran are confessing to each other

Diana: *screams at you in Spanish*

Waifu: ........

Diana: *te grita en Español*

Waifu: You said the same thing again in Spanish

Gay Waves: So you aren't denying it Diana

Diana: I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH KIRAN

Waifu: I know you're not

Waifu: You have a major crush on him

Misuto is online.

Diana: SOREN

Misuto: Diana? Why isn't Oscar in this chat?

Diana: *facepalm* I forgot to make a Greil Mercenaries chat........

Gay Waves: Well no one asked you to......

Waifu: I think it would be within everyone's best interest to do so.

Diana: Sure, let me just set

Gay Waves: Diana?

Waifu: Diana, what's wrong

Diana: AmbushKiran Sharena Alfonse Anna

Diana: Trouble

Diana: WE HAVE TO SAVE THEM

Diana is offline.

Gay Waves: Oh no

Waifu: WHAT?!?!?!

Misuto is offline

Gay Waves is offline

Waifu is offline.

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Mist ran as fast as she could to the library, worried about Diana. She could hear screaming, and by the time she got there, Diana and Soren were arguing.

"WE NEED EVERY HERO OUT THERE!" Diana screamed at Soren. "WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED?!?! ALL WE GOT WAS A BLOODIED PRISCILLA WHO PASSED OUT ON US!!!!!"

"THE ORDER ONLY ALLOWS FOUR HEROES OUT AT A TIME!" Soren yelled back, and Mist could see the two of them ready to get into a physical fight. Or rather, Diana was, and Soren looked ready to defend himself.

"F**K WHAT THE ORDER SAYS!" Diana screams back.

Before Soren could retort, two hands landed on the tactician's and the librarian's shoulders. They paused and turned, seeing Oscar there with Ike behind him. Oscar looked at the two of them, and began to speak.

"Alright everyone, we need to keep our wits about us. It won't do to have a rescue mission with tempers, especially if Bruno or Veronica are there. We need to come up with a strategy, as we don't have much information and Priscilla is currently in the medbay. If anything, we should plan as we head down there," he says as he motions for everyone to follow him.

Diana thinks for a second, and as everyone gets ready to leave, she speaks.

"Simple. Ike beats the shit out of Veronica, Soren beats the shit out of Bruno, Oscar decimates the battlefield and Mist bludgeons any healers with her healing staff."

"I approve of this plan. Let's go," Ike says as he starts to run.

"Diana, you suck at strategy," Soren muttered.

"Said strategy has helped me in previous campaigns! Like Revelations!" Diana says defensively.

"What are you talking about?" Soren says.

"Nothing! Let's go save Kiran and the others!"

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When they arrive, Diana surveys the area. They were able to hide behind some trees, so they went unnoticed. She quickly points. "Over there is Camus and a healer. We need them out."

"Got it," Soren says. Diana turns to say something, but the three guys were gone. She cursed. "Great...."

Mist tugs on her coat. "Look! Bruno!"

Diana turns to see where Mist is pointing, and Mist can sense the anger coming off of Diana in waves. It didn't help that Bruno was standing in front of Kiran, who was crumpled on the ground. Anna was against a wall, with Sharena near Kiran, unable to reach him.

"What do we do?" Mist asks. "We lost our tactician, and neither of us have a weapon that can beat Bruno... Diana?"

Mist looks at Diana, who pulls out an axe from her cloak. Mist's eyes go wide. "Diana....?"

"I'm borrowing this from Narcian."

"Borrow, or steal?" Mists whispers.

"I actually asked," Diana whispers. "Why did you assume that I would steal it?"

"Because I heard that you and Kiran stole Berkut's lance."

"He was a jerk," Diana replied.

"And Wrys's staff."

"That was an accident. We thought we were grabbing Clarine's staff."

"And-"

"Okay, I get it," Diana hissed. "I'm going after Bruno. But how to sneak up on him...."

Mist closes her eyes and opens them after taking in a breath. She suddenly runs out of the trees and runs straight for Kiran, hoping that Diana would get the message. Mist stops in front of Kiran and holds her staff out, only to see a gloved hand grab it.

"Foolish girl," Bruno says. Mist's eyes go wide, and she attempts to yank her staff back, but to no avail. Bruno sighs. "Guess I'll have to deal with you as well...."

It was then she noticed Bruno carrying Alfonse under his arm, and before she could do anything, Bruno lets go of her staff and Alfonse, who hits the ground.

"What the- ARGH!"

Mist moves back as Diana swings Narcian's axe once more, catching Bruno's outfit and ripping it. He stumbles back, and Mist can see the wound on his leg from (what she assumes) Diana's first swing.

"Leave, or your fingers go next," Diana hisses.

Bruno stares at her, as if contemplating something. He then whistles for his horse and gets on it. He glances at Diana and Mist, as if it he were saying, "Next time, you won't be as lucky." And with that, he left.

Mist releases a breath and begins to heal Anna before hearing Diana's shriek. She looks up to see Diana cradling Kiran, Narcian's axe forgotten in the grass. Mist (after quickly checking to see that the Order members were more or less alright) heads to see Diana, only to freeze in her tracks upon seeing Kiran.

Blood pooled on his clothes, with slashes and cuts littering his body. His eyes were closed, and his breathing was shallow, with blood bubbling out of his mouth. Diana placed her fingertips on his neck, shaking. "Kiran, please.... Don't leave me alone!" Tears cascaded down her face and she begins to sob.

Mist gulps and holds her staff out, closing her eyes. She focuses, and feels her staff pulse. Once the pulse dies down, she does it once more. Her eyes open when she hears Diana gasps, and sees Kiran smile weakly at Diana. Kist feels herself smile, glad that she was able to aid in the nick of time. She gets up and heals the others Heroes quickly before turning to Diana and Kiran. "I'm going to check on Ike and the others!"

Mist runs off in the direction that Ike and the other mercenaries had gone, but not before she heard Sharena yells, "I WON THE BET!" (Mist choose to ignore her). She arrived, only to see the three before a blonde figure and arguing.

"You can't tie up Heroes without their consent, Ike! Especially if they are the enemy! It makes us worse than them!"

"What, are you jealous that Ike doesn't get kinky with you?" Oscar teases.

"What does kinky mean?" Mist asks. Soren screams and glares at Mist, but Mist can see Soren's blush.

"Hey, warning next time!" Ike laughs. Mist cracks a smile, and Oscar starts to cackle. Ike stops laughing and looks at Mist seriously. "Are the others alright?"

"For the most part.... Kiran was on the brink of death, so we need to get him to the medbay," Mist replies.

Ike nods. "Alright." He then follows Mist to get the others, seeing Sharena and Anna standing up (and for the most part fine). Diana and Kiran were standing, with Kiran leaning on Diana for support. Alfonse, however, was laying down still. Mist checked him, noticing that his face was red, and he avoided her gaze guiltily. Was he sick?

"I got him," Oscar says.

Mist steps away and picks up Narcian's axe in order to allow Diana to support Kiran. She looks at the others, and sees Ike dealing with the blonde from earlier. Ike motions for everyone to move, and they set off towards Askr. It was quiet, for the most part. It was if the battle still weighed on everyone, and it would not fade away.

"My... My tome and... The chat..." Kiran mutters out.

Mist freezes, eyes wide. "Did Bruno grab it?"

Kiran looks away, ashamed. Diana noticed and shakes her head. "I'd rather have you here than to have the book. We can replace a tome. We can't however, replace you."

Mist couldn't help but smile at this. It was an endearing moment.

At least, it was until she heard Sharena squeal.

"I told you so, Alfonse! They'd get together without anyone's interference!"

"Oh no," Alfonse groaned.

Mist couldn't help but laugh. And with that, the tension was gone, and Mist smiled as she walked along back to Askr.

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Yes, Diana and Kiran got together on their own (forgot to mention that sometimes the chats take place weeks apart, and Diana and Kiran often spend their waking moments together, hence why everyone thinks that they are together).

Some things I would like to add:

- Originally, Titania was supposed to appear and explain that she was training with Sanaki, Nephenee, and Elinicia, hence why they couldn't come.

- Azura was supposed to be among the rescuers, but it seemed odd adding her in - like I was adding her in because I could. Mist wound up taking her parts as well.

- One thought was to have the Dancers show up and save the day. So imagine Diana with an axe going after Bruno, with Inigo dancing to help Diana.

- Diana was actually supposed to steal Narcian's axe, but Soren would have tried to ban her from the library.

- Also, to clear this up, it's okay to hold hands and kiss your significant partner in the Askran castle. Just don't take it too far - especially in the library.

- Bruno actually took the tome after Kiran was defeated, and that was why he was standing over Kiran. Bruno was attacking Anna, and Kiran pushed her out of the way, only to get hit by the spell (that was also why Anna was near a wall - Kiran shoved her really hard by accident). The tome fell out of his coat, and Bruno picked it up. However, Kiran set it up so that if you entered in the password wrong several times, the data will get deleted. Besides, Bruno can never guess the password.

- Kiran's actual phone was in the library

- Yes, Bruno/Zacharias was going to kidnap Alfonse. Why? SPOILERS!!!

- Ike wanting to tie up Camus makes more sense in context - he was mad that Camus sided with Veronica, and decided to beat the shit out of him and force him to join the Order by tying him up. No wait, it doesn't make sense. XD

- Diana and Kiran were actually about to kiss when Mist went to go check on Ike. It's just that Sharena ruined the moment by declaring that she won the bet. (Diana and Kiran still don't know about the bet - this takes place a week after the Askr chat)

- Diana and Kiran got together without interference (interference meaning that someone tried to set them up). So now Alfonse has to wear a wedding dress and do whatever Sharena says. 😉 Too bad he didn't have an option for wearing a version of Inigo's dance outfit)

- I almost wrote that Diana and Alfonse got together. That.... Would have angered Kiran. XD

- Including comments and the author's note at the beginning, this chapter is over 2000 words long. Holy Naga!

- Want me to actually write what happens with Kiran and Diana, as well as the situation with Ike and Camus?