Hey guys, this is my first attempt at a fic so please bear in mind that it won't be a super amazing story. I'm really fond of this ABxKaiser pairing and decided to write a short story about it. Please do drop a review of this story and maybe provide constructive criticism. This is the first chapter (there'll probably only be two). I'd really appreciate a review, it'd mean the world to me (:
~Kaiser's PoV~
"Psst… wake up Kaiser…" I barely hear the words as I roll in my bed.
"mmmrphhh…." is the only sound I make
'WAKE UP NOW LAZY BUGGER!" and before I can respond, an ice-cold stream of water lands square on my face. I get up immediately, furious at whoever did that
"ARGH! WHAT THE HELL CARTALION!" I yell, sitting up. I notice my good pal Cartalion standing next to my bed with a bucket in his hand. He has a grin on his face. I glance at the wall clock. 5am?! "What in Nova's name are you doing waking me up at 5am!" I ask angrily as I get out of bed. My whole body is drenched. Thanks a lot Cartalion, I think.
"Keep it down Kaiser, you'll wake up the town. You do know you shout loud as hell?" I scowl and get out of bed. Cartalion continued. "I've woken you up as I have a request from Fenelle. The Specters from Heliseum are causing havoc in Pantheon and she has requested you eliminate 300. Angelic Buster will help you. You will meet her in half an hour at the East Pantheon Plains." Cartalion twirled his sword as he explained to me.
"Alright alright, I'll do it. You could've waken me up more nicely though." I clamber into the shower. Cartalion grinned, seemingly proud of his new method of waking me up. 300 Specters… sigh… What a way to start the day. I was intending to wake up later and relax today but I could not reject a request from Fenelle. I freshened myself up in the shower and got dressed in my battle attire.
Twenty minutes later, I am fully geared up and armed with my two-handed sword. I start making my way to the East Pantheon Plains. Cartalion waved goodbye to me. "Have fun out there! I'd love to join you, but I'm on guard duty now. I would really love spending some time with Angel…" I raised an eyebrow. "I-I mean fighting those specters!" he quickly adds, face turning red. I laughed to myself and left. Cartalion had such an obvious crush on Angelic Buster, it was pointless for him to try and deny. He ogled at her whenever she struck up conversation with him and tried countless times to ask her out, only to get a F6 stare from her in return.
When I reach the East Pantheon Plains, I noticed Angelic Buster sitting on a rock. She was fast asleep. I couldn't blame her, not like I wanted to wake up at 5am either. Leaning in close to her right ear, I pushed aside her pink hair and whispered to her.
'Hey Angel…" I said in a low (probably sexy) voice. Angel was a nickname I used for her as I thought Angelic Buster was troublesome to say. Plus, it was a cute name.
"Eek!" she screams and quickly jumps up, turning around and aiming her soul shooter at me. "H-hey, you scared me Ky-Kaiser! I t-thought you were Cartalion, trying to be a pervert or something!" she lowers her weapon and came forward to give me an embrace and HEY, not that we're in a relationship or anything, she's just a really good friend. I hug her back and laughed.
"I'll definitely tell Cartalion that one, hahahaa. What're you doing napping here on a stone in the middle of the Pantheon Forest? You might get eaten by a Sleepy Grobler."
"Well I wasn't supposed to be waking up at 5am! I need my beauty sleep! And I won't be eaten by one of those weak little creatures!" she replies defensively, folding her arms and whipping her pink hair to the side.
"Ah well, let's just finish our task quickly and we can continue with whatever we intended to do. Damn Specters…" She nods in agreement and happily exclaims, "Let's do this!" Good old Angel, with her over-cheerfulness and enthusiasm. We set off together.
With the Maple Alliance too busy fighting against the Black Mage, I'd say Angel's my best ally and friend against Magnus's attack on the Nova people. She's always optimistic no matter what and I like that. And hey, she's cute y'know, with that pink hair and ridiculous dress which captivates other guys. Come to think of it, she reminds me of a certain childhood friend Tear…
"Snap out of it Kaiser, you have work to do" I told myself. I brandish my sword and charge at a group of Specters.
~AB's PoV~
"Celestial Roar!" I scream, and the spirit of the dragon Eskalade rushes forward and kills 8 Specters in front of me. I turn around and see Kaiser furiously swinging his sword at the Specters around him. I have to admit, he does look pretty hot when he fights, with his blue hair and movements… I feel my face heat and mentally slap myself for having such a thought. We sure make a good team though, it's such a shame we don't work together often. "How many more?" I shout over to him. We'd been taking these specters out for the past hour and it was quite tiring. I lost count at about 100.
"Just a few more!" he shouts back. I concentrate all my energy and scream, "Soul Resonance!" A pink pillar of light surrounds me and sucks nearby monsters in, killing them. That ought to be enough, I tell myself. Kyle-I mean Kaiser, comes up to me, panting. "Great job Angel. That should be enough." He's sweating profusely and sits down on a nearby rock to catch his breath. He gestures to a rock next to him. "Have a rest Angel, we deserve one." I smile and sit down next to him. How gentlemanly and caring, that's so typical Kyle. It seems like being Kaiser hasn't changed his personality one bit – he's still the Kyle I knew decades ago
"I got us something to eat," he said, pulling out two apples from his sack and passing me one. "Why thank you Kaiser," I say cheerfully. Kyle gives me a smile and for a moment, I suddenly seem to lose my conscious mind. I lean in to him and give him a quick peck on the cheek. Yes, my lips only brush his cheek for a short moment, but it's enough to cause a major awkward silence between us. Kyle's eyes widen and I could have sworn I saw his face turn the slightest shade of red.
Woah, did I really just do that? That was so… unusual for me… Thank god nobody saw that.
Kyle has a slight look of shock, but he quickly wipes it off his face. He seems to not think too much about it and takes a huge bite out of his apple. Whew, that was close, why did I even do that? I quietly ponder about my little moment of… affection, while munching on my apple.
~Kaiser's PoV~
Woah, did Angel seriously just do that? I sure didn't expect that to happen. We've been great friends for years now but… that was the closest we'd ever gotten to some form of… affection. I shrug it off. Ah, that was probably just a friendly gesture… no big deal… it's not like no girl's ever done that to you, I mean like, Tear did it…
The both of us sit there, quietly munching our apples. After Angel's little moment of affection, there had been a really awkward silence. I decide to break it. Hey, we're good friends, something small like that wouldn't spoil our friendship. Tossing my apple core onto the floor, I turn to look at her and strike up a conversation.
"So… Angel, how's things been going for you? How is it being the so-called Idol of the Battlefield? Have any incredible tales to tell me of your adventures or your experiences with your good dragon pal?" She looks up at me and has a wide smile. Hopefully she isn't too worried about what happened earlier.
"Oh I've been doing fine, going round beating up some monsters and arguing with Eskalade… Why do you ask?"
"Just interested. So how about telling me about one of your incredible adventures! And has Eskalade been perv-ing on you?" For some reason, this made her smile widely.
"Of course! I've gone through so much crap since we last met. I have so many incredible stories! And Eskalade's been the same, perverted as always trying to hit on me. Just the other day he suggested that we cuddle and talk about the moon or whatever… Hehehee hahaHAHAHAHA!" Angel has that habit of suddenly bursting into maniacal laughter. Cute, I think of it, but it can be a little unsettling at times. Nevertheless, she continues. "So not too long ago I got a quest in the Temple of Time to take out 333 Chief Memory Guardians. I mean like, 333?! That was insane! And so I was hopping around unleashing hell on those memory guardians when suddenly this huge beast popped out! It looked like a freaking whale and I'm standing there so shocked like, WHY IS THERE A WHALE HERE IN THE TEMPLE?! That was even more insane than 333 chief memory guardians! So I decided to try and fight it but my gosh it was powerful! I was fighting for my life and using all my power to fight it. BUT IT WAS SO AWESOME! IT WAS ALL LIKE PEW PEW PEW KABLOOM AND I DEFEATED IT!" She started doing some sort of… dance? while aiming her soul shooter around and firing at imaginary enemies.
Yes, this is the Angelic Buster I know. Over-excited, overly cheerful and always craves an adventure. And she's always so cute when she talks like that. I smiled to myself… She sure reminded me of a certain girl from my childhood. Always cheerful and excited… knack for fun….
~AB'S PoV~
I notice Kyle-or-Kaiser staring into space. How rude! Was he even listening to my AMAZINGGGGG story? I mean I just described it so awesomely and vividly! There's a funny look in his eyes…. He looks happy, yet there's a sort of… hurt in them. How odd.
"Kaiseeerrrrrrrr….. Are you listening?" I say, shaking his arm. He snaps out of his sort of… trance, and looks at me. "Yeah Angel, I just have a lot of stuff going through my mind now… but what an interesting story! So what did you do after you beat that whale-thing?"
I decide to continue my story. "Then when I was done Eskalade was being a pervert as usual! He started saying, 'hey, you look really cute fighting like that. Do you want a new outfit? You'd look better that way!' I mean how creepy can he be! But I finished the quest and got my reward… BUT THE FIGHT WITH THE WHALE-THING WAS SO AWESOME IT WAS PEW PEW PEW KABLOOM!" Man, I do get excited way too easily. Gotta work on that. Kaiser just laughs and tells me, "Alright, I get what you're saying. It sounds like fun."
"So what was bothering you Ky-Kaiser? What was on your mind just now when you were in that trance? Is it a girl you fancy? OMG I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT!" Kyle just gave me a funny look.
"Nope, I was just thinking about something else… nothing really important."
"Nooooo tell me! I want to knoooowwww!" I plead, giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"Alright… I was thinking about… how you're always cheerful and excited about things… Just like my childhood friend Tear. Come to think of it, you remind me of her so much, you talk like her, you act like her, it's as if you were her. But I know that can't be right… she got cursed by that Eastern Relic and I haven't heard much from her… I really really hope she's well. I'd tell people she was my best friend, more so than Velderoth. She's really the most wonderful girl I'd ever known…" Kyle finishes with a sigh and he stares off into the distance.
Oh my god, he's gonna make me cry! No Angel, keep your emotions in check. You are Angelic Buster, not Tear! You cannot reveal your true identity! But Kyle… he's so sweet… I might just have fainted from bliss from all those compliments. 'Most wonderful girl he's known… Squeeeaaaaallll~
But no. Kyle cannot know the truth.
"Oh, that's so sweet…." I say, resting my hand on his shoulder. "I-Im sure your T-Tear friend is doing well, maybe she just needs… um, um.. s-some time to uh, recover! When she's fine I'm sure she'll return to you and um, you'll be happily together! As for me, I don't have much clue about her… but for you I'll hope she's fine." Ugh, I hate talking about myself like that. But I'll do it to hide the truth.
Kyle sighs. "That's really nice of you Angel… I look forward to being with her again when all this is done, I really do." Oh Kyle, you're such a sweetie. I almost feel the tears coming to my eyes…
I do look forward to that as well Kyle, I do.