Disclaimer: Don't own Tales of Symphonia, not at all.

Rating: M (won't appear until after a few chapters, so it's T otherwise)

A look at what might have happened after the ending of Dawn of the New World (spoilers for the True ending).

3 weeks later

"AH!" Emil gasped, sitting upright, breathing a bit heavily.

He slowly calmed down... he'd just had a flashback of Richter trying to kill him, or rather a memory of that happening. It may have been some time ago, but the sheer hatred and fury in Richter's face still made him shudder.

He slowly looked around the room, wondering what time it was... it was dark, but his body told him it was still very late... as evidenced by Marta still asleep beside him.

He smiled faintly as he looked at her sleeping form.

As he stared at her, almost as if she could sense he was still awake, Marta began to stir. "Mmh... Emil?" she breathed, blinking slowly, her eyes still sleepy.

He blushed faintly as her covers shifted around her form, revealing more skin. This was because it was a very warm night, so they had gone to bed nude, both of them. "It's okay, Marta" he whispered gently. "I'm fine, go back to sleep."

But even when sleepy, Marta didn't go with it that easily. "What's wrong, Emil?" she breathed, sitting up, pulling the covers up to her chest.

He hung his head slightly, sighing. "Just a bad dream, Marta" he whispered, then he smiled at her. "But I'm alright, really."

She looked at him for several moments, but she smiled faintly. "Trying to ease my concerns" she whispered, then she moved closer, the covers slipping. "I love that about you, Emil" she continued, then she hugged him, head against his neck.

While he did smile + hug her back, he did blush faintly: her body was pressing against him, completely unclothed, which was a bit embarrassing. Sure he had some experience with this now, but it didn't stop his blush at all, even now.

And as he hugged the brunette to him, he looked at her with a blush. Marta had done so much for him, she and everyone else... but mostly her.

As he thought, Marta pulled away slightly, smiling at him. "Emil, are you really okay?" she whispered, tilting her head at him - she blushed faintly when his hand moved through her long hair.

Emil didn't answer, but he did smile as he pulled her closer, closing his eyes. He enjoyed her squeak of surprise, and the way she shivered in delight as his other hand caressed her neck. She quickly got into the kiss, her own hands wrapping around his neck, pulling them closer. He blushed faintly as they continued to kiss, though he did start heating things up. Emil gently opened their mouths, alternately sucking on her upper lip (she really liked that), and licking across her lips.

It really made him feel good when she returned the favor as well, which included when tongues joined in.

Marta moaned slightly into his mouth, something which sent a small thrill through him (as it meant Marta was really enjoying this). Shortly after she moaned, she pulled away slightly to breathe, which he did as well.

"E-Emil..." she breathed, leaning her head against his - even from just her tone, he could tell she had thoroughly enjoyed that.

A good thing too, as he was ready to go further than normal, which didn't happen often... and he didn't need Ratatosk to help this time. He highly doubted he would want to go any further than this peak for a long time, because he was content to be this close, and wanted to learn more, but still.

So he gently took her hands, and guided them onto his muscles, to her pleased surprise. "Emil" Marta breathed in surprise, and even more so when he pulled down their covers with a slightly deeper blush.

Contrary to what her normal clothes said about her, she wasn't flat, as he had found out that one morning just after showering together. She wasn't overly big or small, but she was perky and perfectly-shaped to him, and her soft nipples only completed the image, especially when she moved a bit.

Her breath hitched as his fingers touched her chest, then when his lips touched hers again, all thoughts stopped for both of them.

Increasingly lost in the heat of the moment, Emil pushed forward in their kiss, sending them both onto the bed. Marta merely moaned, then she wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling his lips even closer. Her breath hitched several times as he caressed her breasts though, and outright gasped when he played with her nipples. After leaving her breathless, Emil moved off her lips, going for her chest. As he had learned from Zelos, it was best to start with the lips for the mood, then work his way down her body, but take his time.

"Ah!" Marta cried out, squirming under his touch, but also pleasuring his chest with her fingers. "Oh... Ah!"

Emil blushed as she continued to moan under his touch, but he kept going. She enjoyed the caressing and cupping of her breasts, as well as the pinching and toying with her nipples, but it was his kisses that drove her wild. Where he kissed was not important, it was that he did so... and the woman's wild spots were more important than standard touchings, as it showed that they truly cared about the woman. Zelos had yet to do that part though...

"Emil!" she cried out, panting heavily even as she cried out from the pleasure - this might be because Emil was lightly sucking on her breasts.

Eventually, he stopped, breathing faintly as he lay there beside her, blushing hard. He kept his hands on her breasts though, lightly caressing them slowly, but watching her pant heavily and recover. This way, he could keep the mood up, yet let his woman recover and do what she wished.

She half-opened her eyes, which sparkled as she touched his cheeks with her fingers. "Emil..." she breathed, crawling closer to him. "You're amazing."

"Thank you" Emil whispered softly, lighting kissing her fingers, which made her blush and giggle. He blushed a bit harder, gently taking her hands. "Marta... do you want to touch me now?"

She blushed harder, but she shook her head, kissing him softly. "Maybe next time" she breathed, resting her head against his cheek. "Right now... I wish to enjoy your touch. And I will do my part when I feel like it."

"Okay" he whispered with a smile, gently kissing her back, liking that she had similar wishes to remain like they normally are- anything 'more' serious can be left for marriage. Bracing himself a little, he then got up a little, back into position - he then gently licked across her breasts once, making her shiver in delight. This distracted her enough that his fingers moving down her body went unnoticed.

"Oh, Em-" she started to breathe, only to scream in surprise, her body bucking a bit. "Emil!"

A few simple touches, and she was already screaming? Emil blushed harder, keeping his eyes on her face as his fingers blindly moved across her body. A little uneasily, he slowly dug one finger inside... her fleshy opening immediately seized upon his finger, hot and wet already.

He sweat-dropped slightly; this part wasn't exactly this thing, he was discovering. This was why he also didn't look as he did so.

As Marta screamed and moaned repeatedly (and loudly), he dug around carefully, lightly kissing Marta's cheeks/lips to calm himself. It had to be around here somewhere... then Marta gave her loudest scream yet, and her body shook vigorously; he'd found it.

While one hand gently caressed her chest, and he gently kissed all over her face, his other finger slowly and gently began stroking that special spot (or thing... he wasn't sure exactly). Her back arched high, her screams/moans filling the bedroom, along with heavy panting... and along the process, her opening only tightened on his finger.

When he judged she might just 'explode' on him, he withdrew, leaving her to slump against the bed, her entire face red. He lay back down beside her, carefully tucking his arousal beneath him.

"Oh... my..." Marta breathed, her face red as she slowly looked up at him. "Emil... I wish it was our wedding night already."

"Why... why is that?" Emil asked, blushing harder and sounding a bit nervous.

"So you could take me" she whispered, sounding nervous and shy but determined.

He turned red, gulping faintly. "R-Really?" he whispered, slowly taking her hands in his - it helped calm him, and he think it helped her as well.

"Yeah" Marta breathed, then she snuggled against him. "You're so good at pleasure once you've gotten used to things, Emil, being gentle and soft... but don't worry, I'll still wait till that day."

He smiled faintly, but he didn't answer for awhile. "Do you... still want me to finish you, then?" he whispered eventually, his blush deepening as he said it. "Right now?"

"Do you want to?" she whispered simply, gently looking at him from her place against his cheek.

"Uh..." he said, not really having seen that coming. He wasn't sure how to answer, so he said "I'm not sure."

She giggled, kissing his lips. "Then let's just sleep, Emil" she whispered, snuggling closer against him. "That was your first time down there... we can always do it again later."

"Okay" he breathed after a moment, slowly pulling the covers back over them, slowly closing his eyes as he held Marta close.

He had to remember to thank Zelos later. All his advice had really helped... even the part where if his advice didn't work on Marta, to disregard them completely and do what did work.

Hope you all enjoyed this fanfiction, despite the bump :)

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