Threads of Fate- Rue's Story

What happened while Rue was out cold for three days. Set after Valen's fortress, before Rue wakes up. Near the end of Rue's story. Mixes of Mint's story in here too, mwhahaha! I love being evil…

Author's Note

Okay, I've been getting into the idea of Rue/Mint. I mean you get to see both sides and maybe I'm not representing both sides as good as it could be. But hey, it's been a while since I wrote fanfictions without me or friends in them. R&R please! Enjoy! Oh and I don't own Threads of Fate. I have the game but it's not mine. Evil disclaimers.

(Day the Atelier came down)

"You explanative! We have to save him!" cried a young red headed princess. Her red eyes were angry and panicked.

"I'm sorry Mint. But going in there now would be suicide." Replied the older red head man. The girl was going hysterical with worry. "Sorry about this Mint." He whispered as he ran up and knocked her out with a punch. He carried the girl back to his plane and set her down in one of the back seats with a gold box on her lap. "Keep him safe." He said jumping down and running over to the cockpit. He jumped in and started the engine. "Sorry Rue. There's nothing I can do but get her out of here."

And he began flying away from the crumbling structure. Inside the structure, a boy with white hair was pounding at stones that had caved in on him, trapping him and the woman he had carried from atop the building. Sweat slid down his forehead where a blue gem laid embedded. His black eyes shining in desperation to knock the wall over. He finally stopped and dropped his weapon, an odd looking sword, onto the ground. Tears stung his eyes. "Damn it. I can't get through." He shut his eyes tightly before turning back to where he had lain the woman. He walked over and felt somewhat renewed and went back and picked up his weapon, trying again but soon he couldn't do it. He put his weapon back on his shoulder and knelt beside the woman. "I'm sorry Claire. I couldn't save you after all. I failed you. I failed you so miserably." The tears stung his eyes again and he shut his eyes. A red haired woman in pigtails appeared to be waiting in his closed eye sight.

He shook his head and grabbed the woman off the floor and held her tightly to him. "This time I'll go with you Claire. We'll die together and be happy." Tears slid from his shut eyes as he shuttered. Just then he heard a sound of rushing wind and felt a gentle breeze brush his cheek. He looked up to see a man that he had fought with before. The man wore his hair in three ponytails along with tall boots and odd clothes. His eyes were slightly open, peeking two ice blue orbs. "You, I thought I killed-" The white haired boy started to say before his vision went black.

The other man looked at the now empty room before doubling over. "It is done. Farewell Ruecian." He said before disappearing.

The red head girl woke to the breeze in her hair and on her face. She groggily sat up from a slouched position and realized she was flying in the Pulsar-Inferno-Typhoon-Omega. She turned around and saw the whole building she had been in blow up. Her eyes watered greatly as she knelt into the seat looking back. "RUUUUUEE!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and sobbed into the back of the seat. Her long ponytails flew into her face as she came up for a breath, tendrils of her hair sticking to her cheeks.

The plane came down into the water with a few gentle splashes. The man turned around to the sobbing girl whom had turned around to sit regularly in the seat. "Mint… I'm sorry there was noth-"

"We could have crashed in there and GOT him! Now he's GONE! He's gone, he's gone, he's gone, he's gone…" She sobbed and jumped out of the plane, running back toward town. "I hate you Rod!" She yelled as she ran, tears flying down her face. The man clutched his chest as if he had been stabbed in the heart by her words.

She ran through the outskirts of town and the straight into town. She turned a corner quickly and ran into Elena, a pink haired girl she had become friends with since she was doctor Klaus's daughter.

"Mint? Are you okay?" Elena asked.

"No! Now get outta my way!" Mint yelled getting up and running to the town gates.

Elena stared back at the gate after Mint had gone through. The poor princess ran further and further trying to get back to the lake. It had been encased by her sister's tower but that wasn't going to stop her. 'I'm a princess of the East Heaven Kingdom, and Rue is my friend, I can't let him die!' She yelled at herself mentally. 'He's done a lot and he finally found Claire! Rue can't die! He can't! Not before I tell him! Rue don't you dare die on me!' In her heart she knew that there was a bond between the two and it seemed deeper then a simple friendship. She didn't want to realize it sooner but it had hit her anyway and she knew that she was in love with the boy.

Mint continued her way toward the lake and managed to get there fairly quickly. The tower was gone and the lake had calmed down from the explosion. There were no bodies in Mint's sight as she looked around the clearing that she and Rue had visited a few times. Tears stung her eyes as she desperately searched the beach and a few yards inland. She soon ran into Fancy Mel whom had come out searching for any survivors. Not more then five minutes after meeting up with Fancy Mel did they find two bodies. One was the ever infamous Claire and the other Rue. Both were laying on the soft grass, Rue was a little bit into a puddle of mud. Mint ran over to Rue and picked up his head into her arms.

"Don't die!" she yelled. She knew that Fancy Mel knew about her affection towards the boy, she wasn't worried about her reputation right now. "If you die Rue I'll never get to tell you." She sobbed trying to glare at the boy. His eyes were shut and his lips parted a bit. He almost looked more like a sleeping babe then an injured and unconscious boy of her age.

The light crunch of heels on the grass made their way over to the sobbing princess. Mel gently took hold of Mint's shoulder. "We should get them to town. I'll send one of the Popper Purrles into town to get Klaus. Give this to Rue," she handed a floating bottle filled with an orange liquid in it to Mint, "and watch over him. I'll see to his friend."

Mint grabbed the floating bottle and tore out the cork. She lifted Rue's head with one arm carefully and brought the bottle to his lips. Gently tilting the bottle some of the orange liquid spilled into his mouth. Mint stopped and let the liquid disappear in his mouth. She was amazed that his jaw moved to shut and swallow before opening again. "He's ALIVE!" Mint yelled happily to the world. After this realization her heart skipped a beat. The pressure that had been cradled in her arm turned and nuzzled her shoulder.

"Stop it Rue." Mint said annoyed at him. "I have to get this stuff down your throat." He didn't move. Mint growled a bit in frustration while trying to move Rue's head with her shoulder. It wasn't working. Then a twang went through her head. Glancing around quickly mint saw Mel off aways healing Claire, 'Of course she sits still. Why can't Rue be good now like he's always been and just stay still?' she asked herself. Since Mel was concentrating on Claire and there was no one else around, her reputation was safe for now. Mint turned toward the cradled babe in her arms and leaned her head down towards him. She pushed his head aside with hers and quickly tried to get the liquid down his throat. She managed this and completed it within five minutes.

Mint laid Rue's head in her lap and sat down on her butt to wait for the Popper Purrle and Klaus. She stroked the shard on Rue's head, feeling it's cool, clean cut surface. She saw it first when he came to rescue her from her sister's tower. Absently she began stroking his snowy hair. Stroking back the one bang that stuck near straight up. "It's almost as soft as my old down velvet bed. Though it kills me to say it, I miss my old room and the castle."

Rue turned his head slightly and groaned. Mint looked down at him and saw him covered in goose bumps. Mint sighed and pulled him up into her arms. "Hush now Rue. You're safe. Claire is safe and I'm safe too." She whispered.

Suddenly Rue's head turned to her and he mouthed some words. Mint blushed as she leaned in a bit and asked him to repeat. His voice was faint but his message was clear as the sky that hung over the now empty lake. "I… love you… mint." She nearly dropped him at that. Her face turned sunset red as she held onto this man. Her eyes glazed a bit as she pulled away to look at his face fully. "Don't get your hopes up Mint. He's just talking in his sleep. He has no idea what he's saying." Mint told herself verbally.

"Mint!" Yelled a high pitched voice. The princess turned to find Elena running up and waving at her. "Mint we heard you needed help!" Elena ran up to her. "Are you okay now?" She asked in her childish tone.

"Yeah, I'm sorry for yelling at you before Elena." Mint smiled.

"I understand. Dad told me you were really worried about Rue. I forgive you." Elena gave her a big grin before plopping herself down in front of her. "Mom and Rod are coming."

"Boy they're slow then. Did you run all the way here? Hey wait, how did you find us? We're way off the path." Mint asked confused.

"You are? I just followed this new path I found going through the bushes. It looked like someone chopped through them." Elena said unaware of the possibility that it 'could' have been Mint. Sometimes that girl was smart and other times she was full of air. "Maybe I should go back and find mom incase she doesn't know the way."

"You do that Elena." Mint said a little sarcastically. "Make sure you get them here as fast as they can get here."

"Okay!" Elena cheered and jumped up. "I'll be back in a spiffy!"

And she ran off. "It's a jiffy, not a spiffy." Mint said annoyed. She felt Rue move and turned to see what he was doing but when she was face to face with him, she felt her lips touching something. It wasn't cloth, she realized that it was Rue's lips. Her pupils dilated in shock and made a fast pull back when she heard Johnny Wolf's bark. She heard his paws hitting the ground as he bounded down the open path. He was followed by three pairs of running feet. Mint saw the dog bound out of the brush and straight at her. "Johnny! Stop!" She yelled holding one hand out but the dog plowed into her and Rue all the same. The dog licked her face continuously before turning toward Rue whom was face down on the ground. "Rue!" Mint yelped and turned him over quickly.

Rod ran up as Johnny was licking his face and whining. Mira appeared and ran over to Mel. Elena walked out and waved at Mint. "How long have you two been out here?" Mira asked Mel.

"For about twenty minutes with these two." Mel replied. "Mint gave Rue some herbal syrup while I've been doing the same for his friend here."

"Let's get them to town. I'll carry her and Rod can carry Rue to the inn." Mira said before moving to grab up the woman on the ground.

Rod looked at Rue lying there. Then knelt down. "Mint sit him up would ya? I'll carry him piggy back. That way you can clear the path back."

"Dang I always have to do the hard work for you." She huffed but did as asked before they left the lake side.

Hello! Did you enjoy that? I thought i'd give my opinion on what happened during the time that Rue was totally out. I've begun to enjoy Rue/Mint with each new Rue/Mint story i read. But please review. I'll even take flames, though they burn my hands up. chuckle I know, bad joke. Anyway. I'll try to keep this story short as i tend to write very looong stories. This should be about five chapters from begginning to end. Well. Please review and watch for the first day of Mint tormenting herself with Rue being unconcious. Hehehehe...