The Angel of Brown Eyes
Sheena went in a journey in hopes that, a certain swordsman noticed her,
How will the angelic swordsman, Lloyd, react when, he starts noticing another angel? The Beautiful Girl that accompanies him, Sheena Fujibayashi.
Chapter 1 I'm under Your Spell
Sheena Fujibayashi stared out at the starry night above her; 6 months had passed since Yggdrasil's defeat.
The once united party had taken different paths, incredibly the ex-perverted chosen; Zelos Wilder had gone steady with Colette, since they had devoted themselves to the people, and as predicted by Zelos, they became the richest couple in Iselia, and the rulers of that village of well.
Genis had stayed back with Presea in Ozette to rebuild it, because of his devotion and passion, Presea had fallen for the small half-elf, they were a couple and had settled down in Ozette.
Raine worked as Regal's right hand, both working to rebuild the world, they had rebuilt most of Sylvarant, except for the ruins. They were both intellectual and realistic so she supposed happy days awaited both.
This left her, alone, single, however you want to call it…
Though her heart had its owner, Lloyd Irving the innocent Angelic swordsman.
Ever since she met him, she saw a special light in him, what she didn't know is that she'd end up falling for him.
He had forgiven her after they were enemies, always chose to be with her whenever they broke into groups, picking her up when she fell. She didn't know why, but she loved him, in both mind and soul. Perhaps, his smile? Which seemed to be only for her, or his laugh which denoted happiness and innocence? After The duel with Volt, she definitely knew she had started to fall for him; going to such extremes to protect her had definitely won her. And the duel with Kuchinawa in which thanks to him, he had not killed himself or that party Zelos threw, in which he complimented her.
In 3 opportunities she had failed to tell him how he felt, once in Flanoir in which she called him idiot because of his denseness, in Heimdall where, she comforted the uneasy warrior prior to the battle with his father and finally the last opportunity, the one which she cherished most, in Derris-Kharlan, after liberating Of Mithos' control, there They almost kissed, but she lost her nerve and just kissed his cheek.
He was pretty dense and innocent, but she didn't mind, it was better than being a pervert.
She stared at the sleeping swordsman, and smiled. Currently, they were both in Luin where statues of them both were displayed.
"Oh Lloyd…" she whispered playing with the swordsman's auburn hair.
She could play with it four hours, so soft…
"Hey Genis! That's my Ramen! I love Sheena's cooking!" he protested in his dreams
She smiled; she just wished he'd love her as much as she loved him
She stood and went to her purse, and took out a small bag where she kept her most prized possessions.
Her Cards, Corrine's bell, Kuchinawa's Charm and most importantly, Angelic feathers.
Anyone would brand her as crazy but those were really special feathers, Lloyd's feathers.
That day, in which he used his wings he dropped a lot of feathers, so she took them as a memento.
They say the color of the feathers denoted, the personality of the angels, Kratos' and Yuan's were imponent but his feathers were of pureness, determination and gentleness.
Travelling with him had being fun, constantly making her laugh, but she couldn't tell if this was a blessing or punishment.
Why?
Because, everyday she felt a dagger being impaled in her heart, she didn't know his feelings for her, a Sister? A good friend? What did he felt? She didn't know.
One step away from his mouth and, not being able to kiss it, so close to his skin and not being able to caress it, so close to his hands and not being able to feel their warmth,
Burning with desire with each smile, laugh and look he gave her.
So near and yet far…
She had accepted to come in this journey, so that she could tell him her feelings, to love him and when it was over, they'd both settle down and start a family…
Would he want to? What would he say?
The uneasiness consumed the young ninja's heart, being so impotent drove her crazy, though she noticed he'd blush with her, she still didn't knew.
"Lloyd if only I could tell you…" she whispered
The feathers were embedded in his warmth, his essence.
After a while of staring at her crush, she opted to sleep.
The next day…
Both had gone out of Luin and were walking towards Asgard, along with Noishe.
They decided to stop in a lush, green forest to eat.
The young swordsman stared at the sky then at his ninja companion.
"Sheena? Let's stop and have lunch Ok?"
"No, I'm ok I…" she was cut off by a Growl of her stomach.
The swordsman laughed "Yeah sure, but your stomach disagrees!" he teased
She just blushed, both because of embarrassment and because of him.
It was his turn to cook, and if there was something she loved after him, was his cooking.
"Right, what do you want Sheena?"
She placed her finger on her cheek and closed her eyes to think. "Curry." She responded
"Ok! Curry just for you."
"I'm Looking forward to it!" she replied excitedly "Wait, I'm gonna wash my face and hands Ok?"
"Sure it'll be ready soon."
With that she drifted off, meanwhile he prepared lunch, adding spice, rice and Sheena's personal touch of pineapple.
Lloyd took a spoonful of the food and tasted it. "Yeah, spicy." He crossed his arms and nodded in his usual manner, then gave his part to the protozoan.
Finishing the ado, he wondered about his ninja companion.
"I'll go get her."
Lloyd went into the grove of trees and finally found a small river.
He started to look for her and…
He was moved by what he was seeing…
There she was, washing her face, with one big difference, her hair was down.
She had always been beautiful, for him but now she was even prettier…
She dried her face and stared at the thunderstruck swordsman who was as red as his attire.
"Lloyd…Sylvarant to Lloyd!" she waved her hand in front of his face.
"Eh?"
"Lloyd what's up? You just stared at me as if you didn't know me."
"Err…I just thought you look beau…good with your hair down."
"Lloyd, do…do you like long haired girls?" she inquired caressing her hair.
"Ye…Yeah, but you look good in anything." He stammered
"Thanks but…" she blushed "you were gonna say beautiful weren't you?" she inquired
"Sorry I…I didn't want to offend you."
"You didn't in fact, I liked it thanks." She said while smiling
"No problem."
"So, he likes my hair down, I'll keep it in mind." She thought, smiling.
The pair returned to their respective place and started to feast on the food.
"Hey Lloyd this is delicious!" she beamed
"Thanks…" he muttered deep in thought.
"Something wrong?" she inquired
"Nothing." He responded
As he ate, he was lost in his thoughts, no matter what he thought, he couldn't take off his mind the image of Sheena with her hair down, disgracefully he was a dense minded boy and that type of people, tend to think about the same thing for a long time without being able to put their minds to rest, for his own dismay, Lloyd was in that very situation now, though it was a beautiful image.
"She looked so gorgeous…WHAT?! What did I just think?!" he exclaimed mentally.
He was silent and had a lost look in his eyes; Sheena of course had started to worry because he didn't touch his food nor said anything.
"Lloyd?" a sweet voice came to his ears.
The swordsman shot his head up "Huh?"
"What's up? You ok?" she inquired with concern
"Yeah why…?"
"You look like you were lost in your thoughts Are you alright? What were you thinking?"
Lloyd blushed, should he tell her his thoughts, probably not. "Oh, I was just wondering…where should we go?"
"How about we go to the palmacosta region?"
Having finished their food, Lloyd started to pickup and pack, Sheena did the dishes,
When removing the pot from the fire Sheena burnt her finger.
"Ow…"she said retiring her hand swiftly from the fire.
"Sheena! Are you Ok?!" Lloyd exclaimed; concern was evident in her voice.
"Yeah just a small burn…"
"Let me see…" she grabbed her hand in between his. "Ah, yeah, it's not serious…" Lloyd let one of his hands go and searched and for a bandage. When he found it, he dripped in a special medicine he carried.
"Lloyd…" She blushed because their hands and fingers were intertwined
"Here…" Lloyd wrapped the bandage around her finger gently.
"Ow…" she moaned in pain.
"It'll hurt but only a bit." He said their hands were still intertwined.
Soon the pain subsided.
"Hey! What's this?" she asked relieved
"Dwarven burn heal, Lloyd Irving Version 1.0! you know my dad is a crafter and works a lot with fire, we developed this after many burns."
"Thanks…" she blushed due to the fact that he was holding her hands affectionately.
Lloyd noticed and, retreated his hands; He turned beet red, embarrassed
"So…Sorry I…"
"No…It's ok…" she responded perhaps redder than him.
"Thanks Lloyd…" she said not looking into his eyes.
"No problem."
The duo got ready and started to pack.
"Um…Lloyd?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we ride on Noishe? I want to enjoy the view."
"Sure."
Both mounted on top of the protozoan and set off to destroy, the remaining exspheres in the palmacosta ranch.
"Off and away Noishe!" Lloyd exclaimed
"Whine…" he said simply
While riding, the ninja wrapped her arms around Lloyd, and lay her head on his back, Lloyd blushed due to 3 reasons, one, her arms were on his stomach, two, her god-blessed chest was pressed against his back and mainly, her head was against his back.
Lloyd blushed a crimson red though she couldn't see and thank Martel she couldn't.
For her part, Sheena, was enjoying herself fully she laid her head against his back, thankfully she got no complaints, so she'd stick like this as long as she could, and also she heard the swordsman's heart; It was off the chain, it was faster than Genis' lightning and that was saying little.
They remained in that position until they arrived at the obliterated ranch.
When it was time to get down, Sheena stared at the swordsman, who was as red as his own attire.
"Lloyd? Are you Ok? You're all red." She put the palm of her hand against his forehead "No, you don't have fever."
"Yeah, I'm hot; the Palmacosta region is pretty warm at this season." He said, lying.
With that, the pair gathered all the ex-spheres they could.
"Here." He said
"A lot of them." She replied
"Yup. By the way whose turn is it to destroy them?"
"Yours."
Lloyd gathered all of the spheres in a circle.
"Light seal, please." Lloyd begged.
"Huh, why?" the Ninja inquired.
"Regal once told me that, the enemies you destroy, can come back to haunt you, remember these spheres were once human. Light will put their souls to rest."
"Right! Try this! Silver Seal!"
"Thanks."
Lloyd held the blade close to his face and began to charge.
"Demonic Circle!" he exclaimed
Instantly all the spheres, were obliterated in a circle, of light.
"Rest peacefully." He said softly.
The pair had just destroyed the palmacosta region of all the remaining ex-spheres, both decided to take arrest under the shadow of a big tree.
"Lloyd?"
"Yeah?"
"Tell me, when we destroy all ex-spheres, what will you do with yours?"
The young man frowned a bit and didn't respond.
"S…Sorry…It's your mom's life…" Sheena stuttered.
"No, it's okay you know everyday that question, haunted me but now I know what to do…"
"Really?"
"I'll bury it on mom's grave. Once we destroy all ex-spheres fighting won't be necessary."
"Then after we finish, what will you do?"
"Don't know…Settle down….work as a craftsman…."
Sheena was a bit shocked, that was exactly her own objective.
"Lloyd…D…Do you like someone?" she asked nervous.
"Not really…" he turned his stare at her "There's one girl who interests me…"
"Really?"
Disgracefully for the young ninja, there was only one favourable answer in this situation, that he declared that it was her because, as he said it could be her as well as it couldn't.
"And you like someone Sheena?"
"Well, there's a certain boy…that drives me crazy…"
"He must be pretty lucky to have you fall for him…" Lloyd whispered.
"Huh?"
"Er…He must be lucky to have the greatest girl in 2 worlds just for him!" he exclaimed
"Thanks…" she blushed and still was processing what he said.
Suddenly he fell something pierce his heart, he felt strange, he felt uneasy because she was interested in someone, he wanted to go and tell the fool that, if he did something weird or hurt her, he'd better put himself in a grave.
Lloyd felt the sensation worsen "What's happening to…me?!" He thought. He put his hand to his heart…all normal! But what was this sensation…?
He gripped his chest, hard. At the same time he grit his teeth, and growled.
"Thanks Lloyd…" She noticed the exasperated expression on his face, his teeth and his hand "Are you ok?"
"Huh?" he let go of his hand and the sensation disappeared "Sure…Just a small…pain." He said.
Sheena stared for awhile at the handsome teen, "Lloyd was angry? Why?" she thought.
"I'll take a nap ok?" he said closing his eyes
"Right, me too, rest…" she said warmly
Lloyd lied on the tree, still deciphering what was that sensation; it felt like a sword piercing his heart…He was angry? Why? He didn't know, probably the curry…got to him…
"Note to self, make my curry lighter from now on…" he thought
Pretty soon the eternal swordsman was asleep, the ninja for her part, held her legs close to her body.
"Lloyd loves someone but who?" she inquired to herself
She turned to face the sleeping swordsman and smiled warmly, she hoped the girl that he loved was her, cause she loved his smile, his face, his voice, Him.
As she continued her reverie, she saw that Lloyd began to fall to the side, but before he could, she caught him, so she laid his head in her legs.
As she did, unconsciously she played with his hair, caressing it with her fingers, when she realized what she was doing, she turned bright red.
Retreating her fingers, she studied the swordsman, handsome hair and eyes, well chiselled chest, strong hands, and… she averted her eyes to his lips…she became mesmerized…so attracting…she felt the necessity to join them with her own.
Realizing, what she was thinking, she shook her head hard, however, the thought still remained.
"I hope it happens someday…" she whispered.
Staring at Lloyd one last time she also drifted to sleep.
The swordsman awoke with the sensation of being on top of something soft and warm,
"This tree is so soft…" he moaned
Opening his eyes to analyze better he observed the sleeping face of his companion, and realized where he was…
"What did I…?" He said beet red.
Opening her eyes, she smiled warmly at him.
"Hello sleepyhead."
"Um…Sheena sorry…"
"No you were about to fall So I put you there, I'm the one to apologize…"
"No way, thanks for watching my sleep."
"You're welcome."
Lloyd studied, the map to the decide where they'd go, Sheena was breaking her head to decipher a way so she could know how he felt.
Then it hit her.
The fortune-teller in Triet! She could know!
"Hey Lloyd, let's go to Triet."
"Good Idea."
The rest of the trip was normal for the duo.
After leaving Noishe, in the Shack they went to check in.
"A room please." Lloyd pleaded
"Yes, oops we have small problem…"
"What it is it?" asked Sheena
"We have a room but only one bed, a king size." Replied the innkeeper
"…" Lloyd was silent if he did, Sheena might misunderstand him.
"…We take it…Is that ok Lloyd?"
"Yeah…"
The duo entered, and unpacked, it was a yellow common room, lamps tables etc.
Night arrived fast.
"Sheena sleep on the bed; I'll go to sleep on the floor."
"No Lloyd, let's share the bed."
"But…"
"You're not a pervert."
"Alright…"
"Right, I'll go and change, Lloyd."
Lloyd had taken his shirt off, only left with his black pants.
Sheena came out with a blue pyjama, which revealed her legs and her hair was down.
"Wow…she's…beautiful…" thought Lloyd
"He's handsome…" thought Sheena
"Good night."
"Yeah, goodnight."
Lloyd, couldn't sleep having a beautiful girl on his side, he turned away form her; yeah he admitted to himself that he was tired but, he just couldn't take his mind off her.
Sheena, was uneasy as well, though she was with the boy of her dreams…she still didn't know how he felt, this was taking sleep from her.
Ironically, the desert was cold at night; Though Genis had taught Lloyd the theory of "Mind over matter" Sheena couldn't stand the cold, so she was freezing.
"Here." He handed her hid jacket.
She thanked him but, but decide to use him as a teddy bear.
Putting his red attire aside, she affectionately hugged him.
"Sheena…"
"Thanks, Lloyd I'm much warmer now."
Lloyd didn't get it, it felt so good to be hugged like that, and perhaps that's why Zelos wanted women.
Lloyd couldn't, and didn't want to admit it but, he didn't want to move, Sheena had set a spell on him, 4 of his 5 senses were numb, his eyes only saw her, his touch could feel her skin soft in comparison to his own, his only smelled her perfume which smelled sweeter than anything, his taste was anxious to feel he lips.
But Why? What did this mean?
She was beautiful, but since when did she have this effect on him…
As he thought this he gave into sweet drowsiness, combined with the sweet intoxication he felt.
"Good Night Sheena…" he said unable to resist and kissing her forehead.
A/N Lloyd is starting to fell differently around Sheena? What will they ask the Fortune teller? Stay for ch.2 Confusion and Prediction thx for reading!