Endless Flames
Chapter One: A Week Until D-Day
By: Black Demon567
Heyas fans of mine... if I have any... well, what little fans I do have... welcome, to the sequel of Misfits.
As Misfits was quite short, I noticed that I didn't really get much reviews for it... perhaps if I made this quite long (who knows, 13 chapters or so?) I'll get plenty more... anyhoo... if you couldn't guess from the title, this will circle around the two fav fav Mars Adepts, Jenna and Garet.
Christmas is coming up and Garet is looking for that extra something for Jenna, will he find it? Knowing him, he'll screw up in the process... haha.
Disclaimer: fidgets trying to find his Gameboy SP... Where is it? Ah! Here it is! turns it on and shows the screen Golden Sun is owned by, screen shows Nintendo, then Camelot
Who knew that little technology could tell you so much huh?
"One more week!" Sheba chirped happily. She had been counting the days since Ivan's concert, which was about three days ago. It had been snowing, which was weird because the weather had not shown any sight of snow to come at all. (A/N: Heh... sorta forgot to write about snow in Misfits). It had to be just about 8 o'clock in the morning. She quickly searched her room for her snow clothes she had bought when she, Jenna, and Mia had gone to Imil, to check up on Mia's hometown. She quickly undressed and slipped on her shirt, then went for her snow pants.
Trying to quickly get them on, she tripped. "Ow!"
"Sheba!?" Felix's voice was heard from his room. "Keep it down!"
Sheba rubbed her head from where she hit the desk from tripping, "Sorry!" 'Ow...' She thought. As soon as she finished getting her wool hat and gloves on, she tiptoed to the front door. You see, Jenna sleeps in the room next to her and when Jenna is sleeping, she's...well, let's just say for argumentative purposes... she's not the kind of person you'd want to wake up and Sheba had found that out one of the first days she stayed here in Vale. Silently she crept past her room, hearing the loud snoring that could only be beaten by that of a certain other Mars Adept she knew. Passing the rooms she put on her boots and ran outside into the snow.
Sheba had never really seen snow before, since she was raised in Lalivero where it was most frequently hot. Apparently, the only reason she knew about snow was because she had gone to Imil with Mia and Jenna, and because she had read about it before she had gone.
Immediately after she stepped in the snow she tripped and fell into it.
"Brrrrr... cold!"
"Ugh... she woke me up with all her yelling..." Felix, grumbiling as usual, got up and pressed his right arm into his back to at least crack it back to normal. He slowly walked...well, more like dragged... himself to the kitchen table where a note still laid. He looked at it again and frowned. In it was written:
Dear Felix and Jenna,
Since you two were out and went to Ivan's concert, we decided we'd slip out to take a vacation to Tolbi. You're father and I won't be home for Christmas, so don't be bad and have anything wild in the house, alright? Well, Merry Christmas.
Love,
Mom And Dad
"Ugh..."
"C'mon sleepy head... wake up."
"Five more minutes mom...
"Mom? Well, that's rude... I sound like your mother?"
"Ugh... it's to early for this..."
"It's noon Isaac!"
"What!?" The eighteen year old boy got up surprised, throwing the blankets off.
"Yes...um, nice boxers." A cerulean haired girl issued a slight shade of blush on her face, let alone Isaac's. Instantly he covered his under garments.
"You could have just said hi, wake up, and leave ya know." He stood up, kissed her on the cheek, and rushed into his closet where he changed into a tunic and some pants.
"Isaac... I've been wondering."
"Be careful...we don't want that to rub onto Garet andwe know that if Garet does thatthe apocalypse or something bad will happen."
Mia giggled, "Well... I've just been wondering what you want for Christmas?"
"Huh...oh, well... I don't know...you?" Mia mused on the thought as Isaac came out of his closet with a bit of a seductive grin.
"Alright, perhaps... but besides that... something that I can wrap up."
"Even better, still you."
"Isaac!"
"Oh fine... well, I don't know... anything will be fine."
"You sure?" Mia asked him. He looked at her strangely then thought of something.
"Anything that pertains to something masculine."
"You ruin my fun." Mia giggled once again, kissed Isaac on the cheek and left.
Isaac sighed, "Great, what the hell am I going to get HER!?"
"I... hate... the...the winter!" Garet shivered as he chopped the wood that his father asked him to cut. "Wh-why couldn't he do this...himself!?"
Garet groaned as he remembered at breakfast when his father was putting on his scarf and coat. Garet asked him what he was going to do. His father didn't answer and only showed that his arm reached for the axe. Garet told him he'd do it, figuring it was to pick a tree for Christmas.
Oh how wrong he was...
"It's like he knew I was going to think that!" Garet said angrily, now putting more force into cutting the pieces of wood. "It's only a week until Christmas so of course we need to get a tree!"
Getting tired after a while he sat down and sniffed, the cold was really starting to bother him so he tried to think of what he'd get on Christmas. He had no idea what Isaac would get him... maybe a new coat. This coat he had was rubbish. He began to think of the others until his mind landed upon Jenna. He wished for something that she'd give him, but he doubted it after what happened only a few days.
"Stupid Garet! Stupid, stupid!" He hit his head hard. His eyes then went wide as realized something. "Oh no, what am I going to get her!?" He stood up just in time to get hit with a ice cold watery substance.
"The hell is this...?" He wondered as he wiped it off the side of his head only to get hit again, this time straight in the face. "Alright, who's throwing this stupid white stuff!?"
There was a laugh from the trees, a laugh Garet knew so well. A laugh that he heard after he was mocked in some way... the only person who could really piss him off.
It was Ivan.
"It has a name you know! Snow! Remember? Imil? Prox?" Ivan replied as he formed another snowball. "No wonder you were calling yourself stupid a minute ago!" Garet bit his lip.
'He heard that...?'The wind in the trees begin to get more powerful, and the snow became more swift.
"What are you doing back so soon Ivan!?" Garet asked, he looked in the direction of where the laughter was just in time to see a snowball flying towards him (he was hardly able to) and he ducked. "Ha! You mis-" Not a moment after he tried to make fun of Ivan did he get hit again.
"What the heck?!" Garet growled. "Ivan! Why are you here so early?" The wind in the trees and the snow calmed down to being nothing. "...Okay...I'm officially freaked..."
Garet stood there, in complete silence turning around occasionally to see any oncoming snowballs. Out of no where, four people leaped out of different sides of the woods screaming what seemed to be a war cry. Garet had no chance as he was bombarded with a barrage of snowballs. With the impact being so strong, Garet flew down onto his back.
On the ground, the Mars Adept wiped the snow off his face to see a blond haired, violet eyed, Jupiter Adept staring down on him.
"Boo." He smiled.
"Aah! Ivan!" Garet yelled. The small adept covered his mouth placing his index finger on his own mouth.
"Sssh... I don't want Sheba to know." Garet looked at him curious as Ivan took his hand off his mouth and gave him a hand to stand up.
"Why not?"
"Because Ivan's a sap." A voice was heard as one of the band members, Miles walked up to them both and placed an arm on Ivan's shoulder. He winced as he was jabbed in the ribs.
"I think it's romantic!" Natalie, the only girl in the band, said. "He's going to surprise his sweetheart for Christmas!"
"But the surprise is almost ruined as he wanted to pelt you mercilessly with snowballs..." Ken, the drummer, sighed. "And he made us help him."
"That explains everything... so is that all? Okay, have fun Ivan finding a safe place to hide from Sheba." Garet turned to the pile of wood he had chopped when he heard Ivan's voice.
"Actually... Garet... we were hoping we could stay at your place..." Ivan said with uncertainty. "It'd be just like old times...?" Garet froze in place as he turned around to look at the four of them.
"Oh, Hell no."
"C'mon Garet! Please!" Natalie gave a look of puppy eyes, which Garet found that he couldn't resist.
"Oh...alright, but let me make sure it's fine with my mother."
"I knew you'd see it our way." Miles said with a grin.
"Oh yeah... sure...." The red headed adept replied in a sarcastic tone.
The wind had ceased as Sheba looked around from her snowman that she had just built. It was supposed to be a Snow-Ivan but it didn't very much look like him. Think a mutated snowman and you'll get the picture.
"What the...?" Sheba's senses were hightened. "Only a Jupiter Adept could cease the wind like this!" She gasped with hope. "Ivan!" She ran up the hill, passing houses but only saw a grumpy looking Garet walk out of his house. She thought she might as well bother to ask.
"Garet?"
"Yes...?" He looked at the person who had called his name and gave a horrified face. "Sheba!?"
"What's the matter? Am I that scary looking?" Sheba crossed her arms and tapped her foot in the snow with an annoyed expression on her face.
"No! It's not that, it's just that SHEBA IS HERE... I don't want you to GO IN THE BACK DOOR for personal reasons; I might as well HURRY... now... uh... if you don't mind... I have some wood chopping to do." He quickly hurried off to the back of the house where Sheba could hear faint wood chopping sounds.
"Why the heck was he yelling?"
"Hey... you hear that?" Ken asked Ivan.
"No... what?"
"I heard a loud 'Sheba is here'..." He replied. Ivan's eyes grew horror struck. "Listen... now 'Go in the back door...', 'Hurry...'... and that's it." They heard someone trudging to the snow and Ivan pulled the three of his friends through the back door of the house. When they heard wood-chopping Ivan peaked his head out of the door to see Garet.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine... by the way, mom says it's all right to stay here."
"Alright, thanks. We'll go unpack now." With that he vanished.
Garet looked at the wood pile and picked another piece and placed it on the standing, then pulled his arms up, "This is going to be a long week..." KLUNK!
"Ugh... so.... many... noises..." Jenna groggily got up and rubbed her eyes. "Who the hell is chopping wood so early in the morning?"
"Actually, it's noon." Felix's voice could be heard from the kitchen.
"Noon?" Jenna groaned. She looked outside her window to see falling snow as she grumbled, "I hate snow..."
Felix heard her and smirked.
"I just love the snow..." Mia said as she was arm in arm with Isaac. They were walking through the snowy woods near Kraden's house. "It's so peaceful..."
"I know, I love the snow too..." Isaac trailed off. Mia looked at him a bit confused.
"If I remember correctly, last time you were in Imil you and Garet would not stop complaining about the snow and the cold."
"I know that... but it was really fierce, you could hardly see!" Isaac said. Mia only rolled her eyes and put her head on his shoulder. "But... I love the snow for a reason, you know."
"Oh? And what's that?"
"The snow, like you said is peaceful, I also think it's beautiful, and gives the aura that can make you feel at ease." Isaac kissed the top of her head. "That's why the snow reminds me of you." Mia giggled and looked at him.
"That was such a corny remark Isaac." He laughed with her.
"I know..."
"But it was still romantic..." Mia said as her hand crept up the side of Isaac's face and grazed through his hair, then to the back of his head. "...Thank you." She put both her arms around his neck and pulled him into a heartfelt kiss. They parted and Isaac looked stunned as Mia looked at his chest unsure of what he was thinking.
"You know, if you're going to do that a lot..." Isaac trailed, a grin forming at his mouth. "I hope it snows a lot more."
Mia could only agree as he pulled her into another kiss.
"It's so cold..." Jenna complained. "Why'd you have to take me to the woods?"
"Because! You gotta see these ice formations I saw, they're so cool!" Sheba replied. "C'mon, let's hurry!" They ran as fast as they could through the cold white powder and reached a clearing, not noticing some foot tracks on the ground. "Look!"
"Wow...they're beautiful." Jenna was surprised at how stunning an icicle could be so jagged and dangerous looking yet, so beautiful. "It's an icicle right?"
"Right, but it some books they're called Winter's tear." Sheba said matter of factly. (A/N: No they don't... but I think the name's cute.)
"Let's see who can find the biggest." Jenna began to look around as she narrowed her eyes. She bundled up her cape. "Oh! How about that one!"
"Yeah, that one's big... so is that one, and hey look that one's really big!" Sheba said. Jenna looked and nodded.
"Yeah! And there's Isaac and Mia making out..." Jenna froze as she said those words. "...wait, what?!" Jenna jumped to behind a rock and hid looking at the couple who were trapped in love's embrace.
"Huh? Isaac and Mia..." Sheba whistled as she peered over the rock Jenna was hiding behind. "Damn... in the woods.... kinky."
(A/N: Kay... Ladies and gents, this is where the PG-13 ruling comes into affect... if you aren't into that graphic kind of PG-13 stuff, or your not a mudshipper (though I have NO idea why you'd be reading this...) skip the next 4 paragraphs or so...)
All Mia could do was let out a little moan. This was... so new to her. The snow had to be an effect as she opened her mouth to let Isaac's tongue in. The two pushed against each other. Then, Mia heard something and she parted her lips from his.
"Oh...Isaac....wait, do you hear something?" Isaac murmured a 'no' as he trailed butterfly kisses down her neck. "Isaac.... oh my... that feels... so good... wait, no... Isaac please, listen..." Isaac sadly looked up at her. "As much as I want you to continue, and trust me I do, I think someone's watching us."
"What...?" Isaac trailed off. He heard a snap of a twig and narrowed his eyes in the direction of the spot. He saw a deer jump to the left the of the sound and his eyes grew softer. "It's just a deer, nothing to worry about."
"Alright, but still, how about we go inside? I don't want you to catch a cold." Though on the inside Isaac wished that she didn't want to go inside, he nodded and took her hand as they walked back.
"You just HAD to move, didn't you Sheba?" Jenna asked her quietly.
"Well... I..."
In a Sheba-mock tone Jenna mimicked her words before hand, "I'm Sheba, I need to go get a better look at this!"
"Would you shut up?"
"No! Thanks to you, we almost got caught by Isaac, and have you ever seen Isaac angry?"
"Once..." Sheba replied. "When Mia got knocked out by the Fusion Dragon."
Jenna ran a hand down her face, "Okay, not like that."
"Then...?"
"I mean like pissed."
"Then no."
"Good, you don't want to." Jenna stood up and patted herself down to get rid of the snow on her bottom.
"Why?" Sheba asked.
"Well, let's just say for argumentative purposes, that when Isaac is pissed, he is unstoppable." Jenna sighed at the memory of when it last happened... the whole town of Vale thought he was a demon. It all happened because he was angry at himself, because he thought it was because he didn't get help fast enough that his father supposedly died.
Only those who were close to him were able to calm his soul. They even have the Priest of Sol Sanctum take a look at him and somewhat perform an exorcism. But that's the last anyone's seen of the angry Isaac.
"Thank you... um... Garet's mom for having us here... we've rented a condo up north from here but they need to clean it out." Miles said. "If you need help with the cooking just ask." He silently crept away hoping she wouldn't ask for help.
"Actually, I could use some help cooking." Miles stood in his tracks. 'Stupid, stupid Miles!'
"You do, do you?" He put on a fake smile. "I'd love to help then."
"Good, now go grab that apron." Miles did so and put it on not caring that it was pink. He began to chop some of the vegetables.
"Miles!?" Ken's voice asked. "What are you...doing in an apron?"
"I'm helping, what does it look like?" He said coolly. He noticed that Ivan was reading the writing on the apron.
"This apron was made for women who enjoy cooking..." The adept looked up at Miles, and burst out laughing along with Ken, making Miles turn red.
"Finally, I'm done..." Garet wiped what little sweat was on his forehead. He had a nicely put pile of chopped wood by the back door, and was now taking his last piece to it. He dropped the piece on the woodpile, not even caring that it wouldn't be neat anymore. He then heard some rumbling. With fear he looked at his woodpile as it tumbled down. The back door then opened and his father revealed his head.
"Garet? Where's that wood you promised to cut? Your mother needs it." With that he closed the door in front of Garet's evil glare.
"Oh this is going to be a long week indeed."
Alrighty then, who thinks I was a bit too mean to Garet? Sorry! If the mudshipping scene was a bit too graphic... but I just lurve Mudshippin'. So peoples, go review this! C'mon, leave a nice little review for me!