Me: Destroyer I lied, I'm making this story a two-shot because the one-shot started to take too long.
Mario/Crystal: Huh?
Me: Oh right...a story exchange for Destroyer is an Elsword x Aisha story! Don't worry I brought out my fluffier side for this story!
Elsword: Oh thank god I won't die!
Me: Well...there is Red Stained...
Elsword: D:
Me: Heh heh I won't go into much detail yet, I'm still planning the ideas. Anyway here's a slice of life romance and comedy story of Elsword and Aisha's life as a couple after defeating Ran. Chapter 1, START!
Chapter 1: Everyday Life
The sunlight shone brutally through the glass window, rudely interrupting the groaning crimson boy's earned slumber. Mumbling to himself about the sun Elsword sat up and stretched, removing the bangs from his face. He rubbed his half-closed eyes open from drowsiness and glanced beside him with a smile at the other occupant of the two-person bed.
Thanks to him taking the window side the lavender haired magician kept soundly asleep, her mouth forming a little "o" and her hair untied laying against her pillow like a little lilac. As she snored softly Elsword's flaming red eyes traveled down to her purple pajamas, blushing slightly that some of the buttons on her shirt were unbuttoned. Thinking rationally, Elsword carefully and quietly buttoned up the rest of the clothing while silently commenting how her chest got slightly bigger than what he last remembered.
As he reached up to button the last of her shirt at her neck, the magician Aisha woke up with a yawn. "M...Morning Els-" She opened up her lilac eyes to find Elsword's face close up to hers and traveled her eyes down to see him buttoning her up. "ELSWORD?!" Aisha blushed profusely and immediately jumped to conclusions, sitting up and smacking the Rune Slayer across the face with her hand.
He rubbed the cheek Aisha smacked in pain. "Y'know that kind of hurts Aisha." Elsword playfully commented.
"W-W-WHAT W-WERE YOU J-JUST DOING T-TO ME?!" The magician's eyes widened in embarrassment as her voice shook when questioning the 16 year old teenager.
Elsword laughed and confessed. "Some buttons on your shirt were unbuttoned, so I put them back together."
"Oh thanks Elsword." Aisha sighed in relief then paled white upon his still grinning face. "D-Did you see my..."
"Yes, they've grown quite a bit Aisha!" He gave her his best cat smile, earning him yet another slap to the face.
"T-Thanks for the compliment Elsword." After that episode, Aisha mellowed down and smiled at her growth. "Although you would sound more convincing...if you wore more than your boxers." Elsword curiously looked down at himself to find that he indeed only had boxers on. Guess late night training can really make a man forget things. He laughed and promised to make future mornings for them less awkward.
The two got out of bed and glanced at the clock that hung on the wall, 9 in the morning. Aisha won the "rock-paper-scissors" fight against Elsword to determine who gets to shower first and headed to the bathroom to strip herself. Elsword on the other hand sighed in defeat and began to cook breakfast. While bathing herself in the shower and cooking up some pancakes for the two, Aisha and Elsword once again recalled the start of their relationship.
"What happened to all that bravado earlier young man?" Time rewinds four months ago at the final battle at the Halls of Water. The demon general, Ran, sneered at the boy in front of him who could barely stand without the weight of his sword aiding him. "All that talk of becoming stronger and protecting the El. It's all down the drain right now." He grinned viciously as he continued his foothold on the magician's head underneath him.
"S-Shut up you." Elsword barked angrily at the demon, wiping off blood from his forehead where it stung from Ran's sword. His body shook as he pleaded his vision to stay conscious, driven only by the desire to protect Aisha from the demon's hold. He began to notice on his shoulders that the "3" and "Dragon" markings are starting to disappear. "At this rate I might not be able to use runes anymore." He mumbled to himself, walking towards Ran as he clasps his hands together on the grip of his sword.
"Oh so you have a little bit of fight in you left?" Ran felt amused at this petty attempt to attack him. "I hope to have some fun knocking you out like all your little friends."
"Let. Go. Of. Aisha." The Rune Slayer bluntly demanded Ran, the former activating a thin red aura around him. Following his request the demon released his foothold on the magician and, while Aisha teared up in external pain and internal pain on Elsword's decision, walked up to Elsword. His sword and demonic arm both glowed in darkness to serve the final blow to the flaming leader. Immediately Elsword dodged Ran's incoming dark-fused flaming claw and launched him into the air.
Using what little strength he had left Elsword clapped his hands together and, using both hands, summoned and swung a huge blue magical blade straight through the demon's heart, killing him easily. "LUNA BLADE!" The Rune Slayer yelled out during the duration of the attack. Once Ran was defeated, the rest of the remaining demons vanished without a trace with no leader to power their existence in the purely El controlled world of Elrios. Elsword smiled at saving the world and Aisha then plummeted to the ground from exhaustion.
"E-ELSWORD!" Aisha managed to stand on her two feet despite being held hostage on the ground for a good two minutes and rushed over to Elsword. Checking his pulse and confirming that he's still alive, the magician embraced him and succumbed into a pool of tears. Once again she broke down in tears a few days later upon the hospitalized Elsword's request to go out with her as a couple, the eradication of the demons signaling the end of their journey to save Elrios and the start of another to live life together.
"KYAAAAAAAA!" Elsword nearly dropped the pancake he was flipping on the pan from Aisha's shocked yet cute screaming. "C-C-COLD! ELSWORD ARE YOU USING THE SINK?!" The crimson boy glanced over at the kitchen sink running with hot water. Taking this chance to get her back for the bed incident, he reached for the hot water nozzle.
"Here! I'll help you with that!" He shouted across the house, turning the hot water nozzle into full power. He bursted into laughter with Aisha's "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" and "I HATE YOU ELSWORD!" and immediately turned off the unused hot water completely. "Can't take a little joke can you AiAi?" Elsword joked, giving Aisha a cute nickname.
The magician pouted and sighed in relief bathing in the warm water. While cleansing her body, Aisha plotted many, many schemes to get back at Elsword. Maybe I can- no Rena isn't here so it can't work. Ooh I can show him- wait Eve took that manga. Man and I was gonna make him suffer by reading through it all! Curse her curiosity, and nosebleeds, from reading it! *Sigh guess I'll put this plan in action then! She donned an evil cat smirk on her face as she stepped out of the shower and dried herself.
Only going out with a towel wrapped around her petite figure, the magician's nose wavered to the tasty aroma of Elsword's cooking (oh lord please help her). Aisha took in a good view of him: the Rune Slayer's long hair and bangs tied up as he flipped the sizzling pancakes and reached for two plates in the pantries next to him, still unaware of the magician's presence. Finally the lavender girl seized her opportunity when the crimson boy placed the cooked pancake into one of the plates. She leaned against the wall, trying to get herself into a seductive pose, and proceeded to take action with her plan.
Elsword turned around and blushed profusely at the sight, nearly dropping the plate in the process. "A-A-Ai...sha..." He stood petrified at his girlfriend's attire, a towel that acts as a barrier that reveals the wearer's bare body upon removal, as she walked up to him with a playful gleam tinted in her eyes.
"Elsword..." Aisha seductively called to him, laughing in dominance mentally as she walked up to her lover and caressed his face. "...Why don't we skip breakfast and go straight to dessert?" The magician licked her lips and loosened her towel slightly.
Her plan seems to be working, as Elsword couldn't stop reddening. "U-Um. L-Let's not get hasty A-Aisha...b-breakfast is the m-most important meal of the day-" Just then his "stomach" growled while switching his gaze from Aisha to the pancake.
"Breakfast huh?" Aisha grinned deviously, tip toeing and whispering into Elsword's ear. "In that case, why don't we just add bacon and eggs in the menu?" As she got closer to the nervous and heavily sweating swordsman, she noticed a slight bulge in his boxers. Taking advantage of the situation, she starts to strip.
"W-WAIT AISHA DON'T DO THIS TO ME!" Elsword practically begged, knowing full well what could happen if she went through with this.
"TOO LATE!" The petite magician immediately discarded her towel as one who would remove their jacket in a badass fashion. Elsword wanted to shut his eyes yet at the same time couldn't look away, Aisha is his girlfriend after all. The swordsman's nose started to bleed and he gulped knowing the punishment he'll face later. But...then he noticed something.
Aisha wore a sleeve-less shirt and shorts, both purple, covered underneath the towel. The magician laughed hysterically. "HAHAHA OH MY GOD ELSWORD! Y-YOU SHOULD'VE S-SEEN YOUR FACE!" She held her gut with both arms in laughter as Elsword humorously became pissed.
"D-DAMN YOU AISHA! YOU HAD ME GOING THERE FOR A SECOND!" He hung his head low and placed the plate on the dinner table, all while muttering incomprehensible swears. Once his magical girlfriend finished her laughing fit a few moments later when he made the table with breakfast for two, Elsword started with Aisha. "D-DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FREAKING SCARED I WAS?!"
Aisha amusingly took in Elsword's blushing anguished face, one that suits him very well. "Well that's what you get Elbaka!"
"FOR WHAT?!"
"For trying to make a move on me in bed AND for taking all the hot water while I was showering!" She ruffled his hair playfully and seated herself. "Oh yeah can you pass the syrup honey?" Aisha added with a sweet smile.
Elsword's mind ran with thought briefly and clicked. Scratching his hair in frustration, the swordsman gave up and sat down as well and fulfilled Aisha's request. "T-This isn't over!" He accepted defeat and poured some syrup over his pancakes.
"Hehe I know!" Aisha stifled and tore off a big chunk of her pancake.
After nearly a half hour of silence the two finish their breakfast (if only Elsword didn't cook so many damn pancakes, the swordsman really loves those), the magician decided to change topics as she washed the plates. "Hey Elsword."
"Yeah?" Elsword tied the full trash bag and slung it over his shoulder. "What's up?"
"Well I was just wondering when you're gonna start getting a part-time job that's all." Aisha asked, concerned. "I know there isn't much a swordsman like you can do after we saved Elrios and especially since you can't use your runes..." Now that she mentioned it, Elsword glanced at his two shoulders again. There was no trace of the Rune tattoos that were once there, their magic being fully absorbed in that last attack against the demon Ran and no way to recreate them without the help of Penensio all the way in Hamel. Here in Ruben, there was no need for fire runes to defend Elrios anymore. "...but I'm sure even you can find a job using your swordsmanship skills."
Elsword smirked. "No sweat remember the Red Knights camp where Lowe trains all the new recruits like me a long time ago? Maybe I can become an assistant instructor with him to teach the new generation whenever we bite the dust."
"R-Really! You already got a job?!" Aisha's eyes sparkled.
"Oh come on what better Knight can you find here than yours truly?" Elsword's eyes gleamed. "Besides it's about time I teach the old man the lessons I've learned in our journey with the others."
"Yeah." Aisha sidetracked into deep thought as Elsword went outside to discard the trash (the you-know-what is NOT in the bag if you're wondering). I'm really enjoying our new life as a couple! Underneath Elsword's arrogant and too laid-back personality lays a kind and caring heart with unwavering determination. An Elemental Master couldn't ask for a better soul mate.
"Hey uh...Aisha? You still there?" Elsword's voice brought her back. "The sink is about to overflow." The Elemental Master glanced down in confusion to find the water (along with the floating plates) almost filling up the whole sink.
"EEEEEEEEEEEK!" Thinking quickly she turned off the water nozzles and removed the cork keeping the water in the sink. Immediately the water spiraled down the drain, leaving the wet plates behind. Aisha sighed in relief and thanked Elsword for bringing her back in reality (after mentally bashing herself for not being attentive enough).
"Heh I guess not even the almighty and disciplined Aisha gets sidetracked every once in a while." Elsword teased, poking her forehead much to her pouting.
"Hey!" She continued pouting much to Elsword's amusement.
"Alright alright." Elsword finally let it go, removing some bangs from his face. "Anyway wanna stop by PhoDonalds on the way? A student teacher with nothing to eat during her lunch break isn't very productive right?"
"F-Fine, but why can't you just cook here like always?" Aisha regretted asking that question.
"Because I feel like teasing a certain employee at the fast food place that's why!" Elsword grinned. The magician gave up and the two dressed for outside. Elsword donned a plain red t-shirt and black pants while Aisha dressed in a purple shirt and blue pants. Together the two exited the front door (don't worry both of them brought their phones and keys), locked it, and proceeded on their merry way.
Ruben's becoming a lot livelier ever since we saved Elrios. Elsword noticed, walking into the main plaza of Ruben with a population rivaling Elder. His ears pricked when the people around the two started to gossip.
"Hey look it's Elsword and Aisha! I heard they didn't get along during their journey."
"Yeah well now it looks like they're a lovely couple."
"They really must've matured once Elrios is at peace. Two bickering idiots now a couple, who knew!"
"E-Elsword..." Aisha clung closer to Elsword's arm, which instigated the gossip of the two in the first place.
"Just ignore them Aisha, we're almost there." She heeded his annoyed advice and the two stayed oblivious to the many, many rumors. Finally just as Elsword's patience is challenged to its last nerve, the couple finally arrive at the fast food restaurant.
The place, unsurprisingly, is rustling and bustling with full booths and tables everywhere, thank goodness the two are only ordering takeout. From what the two concluded, PhoDonalds consisted mainly of either families with little children or large single people chowing down on some Phoburgers. G-Great...are we the only ones with a life?! The two thought, going up to the cashier.
"Welcome to PhoDonalds..." The burly cashier turned around to face Elsword and Aisha. "How may I help-" his face paled. "Oh no it's you again!"
"What up Banthus!" Elsword greeted with a suspicious grin on his face. "How's life going with you and the 'Great' William?" He asked sarcastically, taunting the unseen Phoru.
Calm down Banthus, remember what the guys said about my anger management issues. The former bandit calmed his nerves and relaxed his breathing, hoping to get through the crimson teenager in a civil manner. "We are doing fine, now can you please just give us your order so we can both get on with our day?"
"For once I agree." Aisha playfully glared at Elsword.
"Heh...heh." Elsword tried his best to laugh his way out of her death glare with unsuccessful results. He cleared his throat and started to order (in fear that his waifu would do something unimaginable to him). "Anyway I'll make this simple so even a moron like you can't possibly get this order wrong. We'll both have #1 the Pho Mac. In case you forgot it's a regular PhoBurger with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and cheese."
"Tch, we can handle our own orders you little brat." Banthus snarked at Elsword, calling to the back for two #1's. "Now you two wait here."
"Fine, anything in particular you want to discuss with us Banthus? Y'know other than the times Aisha, I, and the rest of our little group beat the crap out of you guys." The swordsman challenged.
"E-Elsword..." Aisha sighed in exhaustion. "Just let it go."
"No we will not!" Both Banthus and Elsword retaliated in conjunction. "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!"
Banthus cleared his throat and explained his day with Elsword amusingly listening. "Well if you must know..." His eyes glittered and shone. "...I GOT A GIRLFRIEND!"
Elsword and Aisha's eyes widened and nearly forgot to breathe. "YOU WHAT?!"
"THAT'S RIGHT I GOT A GIRLFRIEND!" After Banthus's outburst, the manager (William the Phoru by the way) told him through clenched teeth to talk in a more civilized tone.
"No way I don't believe you!" Elsword told him straight in disbelief, removing Aisha's grip on his arm and instead let it relax over her shoulder. Aisha thought this too, except in greater shock.
"W-What was that sudden outburst Banthus honey?" Another employee, a cute woman, skipped from her post as a drive thru worker to Banthus and hugged his arm. Elsword and Aisha nearly tripped over at the female's familiar face.
"A-ANNE?!" The swordsman and magician couldn't believe it, the kind pink haired innkeeper is supposed to be Banthus' girlfriend?! "W-WHEN DID...HOW DID...WHAT ABOUT THE INN...?!" They bombarded rapid-fire questions at the poor girl, who gripped the burly cashier's arm tighter.
"Huwaaahh!" She cutely cried out in big-eyed tears. "Y-You guys changed a lot in three years."
"Heh I'll answer them my love!" As if things couldn't get any weirder, Banthus pecked her cheek...AND SHE LIKED IT! "We started dating for about a week now, Anne wondered into the wrong neighborhood and I had to beat up all the crooks who tried to get her with my old blade!" He gave a hearty laugh as he let his love answer the last question as he took care of the first two.
"We haven't gotten much business with the inn lately due to the abundance of house cropping in Ruben nowadays." Anne wiped her tears and continued. "So I'm working part-time in drive thru to cover my wages in a more reliable way. Then I found out this handsome man worked here as well." The two embraced in an even tighter hug (which left Elsword and Aisha very uncomfortable).
"Two orders of Pho Macs!" The chef called out.
"Ah perfect timing!" No kidding! Elsword and Aisha thought, still in shock and disbelief at the supposed couple in front of them, when Banthus called back to the chef and picked up the two orders together in one bag. "Here you two are, now THIS is a REAL couple you petty swordsman!" He mocked Elsword and this time Anne and Banthus' lips moved closer together...
"Thank you and have a good day!" Elsword rushed the goodbye and he and Aisha dashed out of the place.
"Are...they...gone..." Anne spoke during their makeout session.
"Yes hon- GRAH!" Banthus answered and nodded, only to be met by an ANNE PUNCH!
"You better thank your sweet ass I made you less of a loser Banthus!" Anne's rarely shown evil side made it's debut and she jabbed a finger at the knocked down cashier. "You owe me for this!"
"F-Fine..." Banthus cried waterfall tears while taking out 60 ED out of his pocket.
"Banthus and Anne...Banthus and Anne...Banthus and Anne..." Aisha's eyes stayed shocked as she shivered slightly in fear.
"Aisha...you okay?" Elsword hugged her tighter. "You repeated those three words over and over ever since the two started to...to..." He almost threw up at the thought.
The Elemental Master snapped out of it. "Oh...sorry." She laughed it off and went back to her usual self. "Well I guess even Banthus can find love."
"Yeah..." It really hurt Elsword's pride to admit it. "...But at least Anne isn't as beautiful as you Aisha." He pecked her cheek.
"Hehe, thanks Elsword." She thanked him. As the two approached the Red Knights camp (where they help volunteer part-time), a big crowd gathered around.
"Oh my god is she finally coming back?"
"I heard the news, what's happening?"
"From what I hear, she is coming back!"
"W-What are they talking about Elsword?" Confused, Aisha turned to Elsword and asked him. "H-Hey are you okay?!" She noticed he stared at them in total disbelief and started shaking him to snap him back.
"No..." Elsword didn't even flinch when Aisha shook him as he watched the crowd look over at the entrance to Ruben just beside the Red Knights camp. "..It...can't be."
"There she is! She's back!"
"Hey anyone seen Elsword, he'll love to see who just came back!"
"Wait there he is, with his girlfriend!" The huge crowd stared at Elsword and Aisha who were at a distance away from them. While Aisha blushed at all the attention they were getting, Elsword didn't care and started to walk at the direction of the beautiful woman, looking in her mid 20s, who just arrived.
Her long flame-like crimson hair tied into a braid as it sways in tandem with the soft wind. The woman brandished her sword and rose it skywards (putting on a show perhaps), her elite red and metallic Red Knights uniform shining under the golden sun. The woman called out orders to her men, who obviously trekked back from a long and dangerous mission, which were incomprehensible to Elsword and Aisha's ears. But the former didn't care, all that mattered is getting to the flame haired woman as fast as he legs can take him.
"E-Elsword...who is she?" Aisha started to get suspicious, until she glimpsed a tear run down Elsword's cheek.
"...sa..." Elsword choked out, only using the rest of his energy to sprint.
"W-Who Elsword?" Aisha tired out faster than the more physically fit swordsman but tried her best to catch up to his sprinting.
The woman heard the trampling of grass and looked over at Elsword and Aisha, smiling at the former's presence. Suddenly the Rune Slayer succumbed into a series of flashbacks. Christmas Day and receiving the present of his Great Sword, days spent as a child training and being cared for like a little brother, the last Harmony Festival spent with his family members. All of that and the woman's face is all he needed to know as he screamed out her name in a stream of tears.
"ELSA!"
Mario: Four...thousand words...
Me: Told ya this would take too long (for me anyway, any authors who average 4k words...HOW DO YOU DO THEM?!)
Crystal: I can assume you'll try better to update your stories?
Me: Yep! No promises though XD!
