By Diamond Avatar
Disclaimer: I do not own Wild ARMs 3 or anything like that. That belongs to the important people. I have the game sure but psssh everyone has the game. We're not so special HAHAHA D
Author's Note: Well this is the first fanfic I've ever done, so bear with me if I do something wrong. I've decided to base chapters around half days. This may change in some situations but otherwise it should stay that way. Reviews, flames, etc are all welcome, and I'll do my best to respond when it's possible.D.A
"talking"
'Thinking'SFX
(Author comments)
DAY 1: Treasure of the Heart
5:00 P.M – The King's Tomb
"Well, I guess this is it." Clive pointed out obviously.
After a long, arduous journey through hundreds of twists and turns, the Drifters had finally reached what appeared to be the final room. The room was virtually empty save the giant chest at the center of the room.
3:30 P.M – With a small group of nomads in the middle of nowhere
The gang had heard about a really old labyrinth that was said to contain the jewels of a dead royal family. After seeing Jet's eyes light up at the sound of jewelry, Virginia decided 'what the hey' and they headed for the King's Tomb.
4:00 P.M – The King's Tomb
Upon entry they found that they weren't kidding when they said 'labyrinth'. The place was like maze, with every few steps leading to another crossroad and at least five traps. Since disarming traps was Jet's forte, they finally coaxed him into leading the way. He managed to disarm a majority of the traps along the way, but hid the fact from his teammates that he did get hit by quite a lot of them. Needless to say Jet felt pretty crappy by the end, since he had to take the brute of the damage.
5:03 P.M – The King's Tomb
"You know for a King, he doesn't have a very amazing treasure room. Not really clean either." Gallows said, looking around the dull room.
"I'm sure it must be due to the long period of time that this has been here. And it would be pointless to decorate a room they have no intention of letting anyone enter." Clive as usual gave a factual report on Gallows' comment.
"Moron." Jet mumbled. Causing Gallows to whack him on the head.
"Well, let's just grab the treasure and get out of here!" Virginia said, and carelessly began walking up to the chest.
"Hey wait! Don't be an idiot, it could be trapped!" Jet said, straining due to his injuries.
"There's NO WAY they would put more traps after what we went through!" Virginia stated heartily, still walking.
Clive was about to run and drag her back, but then Gallows held him back, with a large grin on his face while looking at something. Or rather, someone. Clive could tell Gallows was up to something. Something stupid.
Clive, annoyed that Gallows could put them all in danger, followed his gaze towards Jet, who looked like he could sweat Filgaia back to life in his state. He was sweating waterfalls. Obviously, the pressure of watching Virginia endanger herself was getting to him, but his condition was slowing down his thinking.
"I'm opening it!" Virginia yelled, then she yanked open the large chest.
Bracing themselves for an explosion, or a flood, or some other really painful way to die, the other three drifters had latched onto the walls. After awhile, nothing happened.
"See? Everything's fi-"
CRACK.
The floor was cracking apart. The sudden jolt caused Virginia to fall into the chest and it closed itself up.
"Waah, help me!" Virginia yelled, knocking on the chest.
"AW SHIT!" Jet was dizzy enough as it was, and the floor cracking didn't help. He ran as fast as he could to the chest, barely missing the holes that seemed to go for eternity (go figure, huh?). Clive and Gallows couldn't assist, having enough trouble avoiding the holes.
Jet ran up to the chest and tried to open it. Somehow it locked itself upon closing again.
"That's just great." Jet cursed his really crappy luck.
He hurriedly pulled out his lockpicks and began unlocking the chest.
"Heeeelp mee!" Virginia was banging on the chest.
"STOP IT, I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE!" Jet yelled at her, halfway through working out the lock.
CRACK.
The floor surrounding the chest slowly began descending.
"Someone must REALLY find making fun of me FUNNY!!!" Jet yelled, working faster than before (well obviously, yes it's lots of fun D).
"Gotcha!" Jet finally took out the lock, and hurriedly opened the chest.
"JEET!!!" Virginia yelled in joy and jumped out and hugged him.
"Wh-what the hell? This isn't the right time for this! We gotta move!" She showed no sign of letting go, and the platform was sinking faster. So Jet gave a grunt and picked her up, cradling her in his arms, and quickly jumped up onto higher ground. He speedily hopped from platform to platform towards the exit, where Clive and Gallows were still jumping around like idiots.
"Move it, morons!" Jet yelled as they made their way back out of the labyrinth. Luckily, Jet was used to remembering the way to the exit, it was part of his job after all. He led the gang and soon they saw light up ahead. Just as they got out, the King's Tomb collapsed. No more traps, no more winding corridors, no more trea-
"...Hold on...ARGH CRAP I FORGOT THE TREASURE!!!"
Jet began digging through the rubble, feeling really ticked off at how he could forget such a thing. How could he forget? 'Oh... Right... The girl.'
Jet turned back for a split second to make sure that Virginia was OK, as well as making sure no one saw him making sure. She apparently fainted from the experience, but she looked OK. Clive was checking her for any problems anyway.
"HAHAHA! I see you picked up your favorite treasure from that chest, huh punk?" Gallows teased. Jet's face went red like a tomato.
"Wh-What the hell? I wa-was ju-just...WHAT??" Jet was at a loss for words and turned away, Gallows laughing his butt off.
"Don't tease him Gallows, he made the right choice. We should be grateful that he saved his princess." Clive smiled. Jet was about to agree with him until he worked out he was also making fun of him.
Giving up, Jet just grumbled and walked away, with Clive trying to conceal his laughter, and Gallows bellowing like a hippo.
"...Yeah, Whatever." Jet muttered, walking away while thinking about what he did.
'Why did I forget the treasure? I mean sure, eventually I WOULD save her, but I should've at least pocketed something!' Jet groaned at the thought of doing all that for nothing. The he groaned again remembering he got hurt. A LOT. He found a nearby tree and sat down to examine himself.
First he checked the important places. 'Face... Well that's not too bad. Hands... Pretty banged up, but the gloves helped. Feet... Just sore from running. And the really important part...Thank god it's OK!' (I'm sure no matter how emotionless Jet can be, he should care about THAT right?)After examining the important parts, he removed his scarf, jacket, and shirt to examine his chest and back.
'That's a pretty big slice wound from that axe trap, and it looks like it bled pretty bad,' Jet winced as he touched it. 'A couple of bruises too, but that's no prob.'
Satisfied that he'd live to see another day, Jet slumped onto the tree, not even bothering to put his shirt on, and closed his eyes.
'I'm glad she's OK...'"EHHHHH???" Jet's face went a little red after he worked out what he was thinking.
He shook his head and brought his hand up to his forehead.
"That girl... Jeez." He saw a lake nearby (Yeah in my world, there ARE LAKES!) and went over to cool off.
6:30 P.M – At Campsite
"Ugh... My head hurts" Virginia muttered, awakening from her rest.
"The pain should subside soon. Do you remember what happened?" Clive inquired his patient, looking at her head to make sure there were no bumps.
She looked around to find that the King's Tomb had collapsed and that camp had been set up nearby.
"Yes... The room was falling apart, and I got stuck in the chest, and then..." Virginia blushed and looked away remembering that Jet was the one who not only got her out of the chest, but also carried her all the way back. She remembered the panic on his normally emotionless face, causing her to sigh and get all bubbly.
"Yo? Yo Ginny? Yo? YO?!?!?" Gallows had to yell to snap her out of it, causing Virginia and Clive to jump.
Virginia giggled and lowered her head in apology. Then she realized Jet wasn't around.
"Where's Jet?" Virginia asked, still looking left and right.
"Haha, he's just gone for a little time alone." Clive smiled, remembering how funny it was to see him embarrassed. "Actually Virginia, why don't you go get him? The stew's just about ready, and I'm sure he is hungrier than all of us put together. He was working pretty hard, after all."
Virginia nodded and got up to find him.
6:50 P.M – Nearby Lake
Jet was sitting by the lake, looking at his reflection in the water.
"Wow, I guess even androids can grow older." Jet quoted, noticing that he started growing a little facial hair.
Jet closed his eyes and slumped backwards, then took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. Or at least what he thought would be the sky. Instead he saw bright green eyes on a certain hyper girl's upside down face, which was leaning over him.
"WAAH!!" Jet jumped and started to trip into the lake.
"Look out Jet!" Virginia ran over to catch him, but instead she ran into him, causing them both to fall into the water.
SPLASH.
Jet coughed out a little water and looked up at Virginia, a little annoyed, and at the same time he felt like smiling. He wouldn't of course, it's not very Jet. Just then he realized that Virginia was on top of him. He blushed a little, but washed it out in the water, which luckily wasn't so deep as to drown him in that position.
"Hehe, sorry Jet!" Virginia put her arm behind her head and tilted it, making Jet blush at how cute she looked in that pose. Virginia didn't notice.
"Wh-Whatever..." Jet said. "Could you get off me now?" Jet said with annoyance in his tone.
"Hey! I'm trying to apologize here!" Virginia said playfully, and then proceeded to dunk Jet's head in the water.
"What the-"Jet was cut off by the water pouring into his mouth. Virginia let him go and he got up with a gasp for air.
"I'll get you!" Jet yelled angrily, but Virginia had gotten up and was wading away from him.
"You'll have to catch me first!" Virginia yelled. Jet raced after her and dived at her, causing them both to fall into the water again.
Virginia sat up and started laughing. Jet followed and sat up in the water as well.
"What?" Jet asked.
"I've never seen you without a shirt on. You're a lot more toned than I thought." Virginia blushed when she realized he might catch on that she has thought of him without a shirt on.
Jet blushed like crazy and looked away. Then Virginia noticed the numerous bruises and cuts on Jet.
"Oh my! Jet, did that happen in the Tomb?" Virginia said worriedly, crawling over to have a look.
Jet looked away. "It's just a couple of scratches, forget it."
"What are you talking about, this cut here looks like it bled a lot!" Virginia touched the axe cut, which made Jet blush and wince and the same time.
"Come on, let's go to that tree, I have some bandages."
Jet reluctantly walked, with Virginia's help, out of the lake and back to the tree where he left his clothes. Virginia then proceeded to bandage up his wounded abdomen. Had she looked up, she would've seen Jet's beetroot face from Virginia so close.
"Why the hell do I keep blushing??? Am I sick? Maybe that axe was poisoned or something!" Jet was still unaware of these things involving the opposite sex; he only knew how to fight and how to get money.
"There!" Virginia said as she finished the bandage. "As soon as we get back to town, you're getting checked out OK? Now let's get back to camp, dinner's ready."
"Yeah, whatever." Jet said. Kychuu! "Huh?"
He followed the sound to Virginia, who was wiping her nose. She was sneezing.
"Hee hee. Excuse me." Virginia said.
"Change those clothes, you'll catch a cold." Jet said, surprised he said so many words in one sentence.
"But I don't have any other clothes to change into." Virginia explained. Jet eyed his shirt, jacket, and scarf, still dry after their little game.
"You can wear those." Jet said, trying to put as little emotion into it as possible.
"But you might get a cold!" Virginia said.
"Forget it! Just change!" Jet said.
"Um... Thank you Jet." Virginia said softly.
"Yeah... You're welcome. I'll wait by the lake, just tell me when you're ready." Jet meant to say 'yeah whatever', but somehow ended up saying what he did. Jet was really confused, but he shrugged it off and sat by the lake again.
"I'm ready!" Virginia said. She wore Jet's shirt kind of like a short dress, since it was so baggy. Jet usually tucked it into his pants, so she had no idea it was as long as it was. She also had Jet's jacket and scarf on, and she kept her stockings on. She had let down her hair to dry off too. Jet found it embarrassing to see his clothes on a girl.
"Let's go." Jet said and they headed back to the campsite.
8:00 P.M – At Campsite
"So anyway, she's all like 'Oh Gallows, you're such a hunk!' and I'm like 'Damn straight baby!' and then..." Gallows kept yakking on and on about how much women wanted him, as well as making kinky poses to show what they looked like, and Clive just kept nodding his head while reading one of his textbooks.
"We're back!" Virginia said with a smile.
"... Then she... Oh hey Ginny!" Gallows stopped talking about the women, causing Clive to smile and have a small party in his head.
Gallows noticed that they were wet and also Virginia had Jet's shirt on, with Jet carrying the wet dress over his bare shoulder.
"Damn punk! I'm so proud of you! You took her down while we weren't looking! And it must've been some kinky shit! HAHAHAHA!!!" Gallows bellowed, and stopped after a rock came flying and hit him square on his head.
"Stop getting dirty thoughts!" Virginia pouted and went into a tent to try and find new clothes to wear.
"Gallows and I ate, but we left some of the stew for you two." Clive pointed to the pot by the fire.
Gallows suddenly had another one of his brilliant ideas. He slinked off claiming he needed to do number one, then grabbed two of the tents and threw them down a nearby cliff. Then he headed back with an evil grin.
"Well, I think I'm gonna turn in for the night!" Gallows said. "Hey Clive, aren't you tired?"
"Well actually I..." Gallows gave him a wink, and then Clive smiled and rephrased his sentence. "I am indeed feeling quite tired, so I shall also be heading to bed."
Gallows and Clive got up and headed for one of the two leftover tents. "Hold on a minute... Two tents?"
"What happened to our other two tents?" Jet asked, irritated.
"We had to lessen our weight while running so we dumped them in the Tomb."Clive said matter-of-factly. Clive was really good at lying by now. "Good night then!" They got into the tent before Jet could argue "Oh yeah, since Gallows and I are in this tent, you're going to have to share with Virginia, I'm sure you wouldn't want her to sleep outside." Then he zipped up the tent and went to bed.
"Wh-what? Grr..." Jet knew they planned this, but he knew better than to try and fight Clive and Gallows at the same time. And besides, he was just going to eat alone with her? And then they just had to share a tent? It was nothing, right? Not like they were going to...
"... I am so screwed." Jet blushed at the images in his head.
Virginia had come out of her tent and was wearing her nightgown along with Jet's jacket.
"Is it OK if I still wear your jacket?" Virginia asked, noticing he still had no shirt, then feeling a little guilty.
"Yeah, whatever. I'm used to the cold." Jet said. "Let's eat."
Their meal was rather uneventful. Partly because they had nothing to talk about. Partly because their teammates weren't around. But mainly because they were alone together with Jet having no shirt and Virginia in a nightgown.
After that embarrassing moment, Jet told Virginia about the loss of their tents, and what they had to do.
"I see." Virginia turned away and blushed.
"Yeah." Jet said, following her lead and blushing as well.
There was an awkward silence before Jet said "Forget it, I'll sleep outside."
"No!" Virginia said it in such a way it surprised both of them. "I mean... You might catch a cold... 'Cos it looks like a storm's coming... I don't mind sharing... I mean... If you don't."
Jet felt like the blood in his legs had all entered his head, making him feel all wobbly.
"W-Whatever. Let's just rest."
After an awkward moment getting into the tent, they laid out their sleeping bags and tried to sleep. The key word: Tried.
11:57 P.M – In the Tent
They both faced away from each other since they were both embarrassed as heck. It was a few minutes to midnight, and they had trouble sleeping. It had been over three hours since they got into the tent.
"Jet."
"What?"
"Are you asleep?"
"Guess."
"Me too."
"Yeah, whatever."
"Recently you've been adding 'yeah' to your little catch phrase. You're talking more already!"
"...Whatever."
The sound of rain could be heard, slowly dripping onto the roof of their tent. Virginia was right about the storm coming. Jet was thankful to be indoors.
All of a sudden thunder struck.
"Yaaah!" yelled Virginia, and turned and latched onto a surprised Jet.
"Wh-What the?"
MIDNIGHT.
END DAY 1.Author's Note: That's right, I said the chapters would be days and I stick by that down to the last minute! How was that people? I know it didn't have a lot of action but I swear it will soon! Plus I managed to have a little cliffhanger for all you J/V fans! What's gonna happen after midnight? Something SASSY? Reviews are very much welcome.
NEXT TIME!
Next chapter they'll be heading to town to get Jet checked up! And what happens when the doctor of said town just happens to be a beautiful girl! Will Virginia keep her cool? Or will she go guns blazing in jealously? Will Jet ever understand what the hell is going on??? FIND OUT NEXT CHAPTER!