A/N: We do not own +anima. If we did, we wouldn't be writing on fanfic. Read if you wish, it's for your entertainment. It will turn epic eventually, or so we'd wish.
There's not cannon characters, everyone in this, so every OC was made by us.
This is a collaboration Role Play/Fanfiction between Eonalis and myself. It was meant to be in somewhat of a story with a plot that wanders on occasion. Well, quite often actually. The random paragraphs are view point and writer changes.
The plot will make sense eventually, or so I would hope.
Basil belongs to Eonalis steal him and you will regret it. Sora belongs to me. Steal her and you risk her wrath.
Sora and Basil already know each other for anyone who can't figure this out in the near future. Sora is a cross-dresser. She looks like a boy, but since she is a girl, I refer to her as a she.
That should be it. Questions, comments, concerns, or compliments can be addressed in a review. Reviews appreciated.
Sorry for the long A/N, now let the fun begin!
Basil rested under a tree from the pouring rain. He sighed rain was so distasteful, and cold. Now what it was just horrible he thought.
Sora ranted under her breath, this rain was driving her nuts. She hated the rain, and all water in fact. Sora ducked into the forest, trying to gain shelter from the trees. She walked along, it was still wet under the trees, but better than completely without cover.
Basil shivered being a snake like person he really didn't appreciate this. He buttoned up his vest wandering through the forest looking for much better shelter then what he was using now. He soon saw a figure in the distance.
A tree dumped the collected water on Sora's head. She shrieked, "Are you kidding?" Sora shook out her hair, this was plain aggravating. She was now getting rained on and soaked through.
Basil ran over to the shorter figure. "Sora! It's s-s-so cold!" He said getting the kid even more wet. He felt water slide down his back and shivered some more.
Sora growled, "Thanks a freakin' lot! Why?" Sora was not pleased with him soaking her even more. She shivered as well, finally just saying, "..Yeah, it's cold, Basil."
"Let's get out of the rain then." he shivered, "Sorry for getting you more wet, but I really hate the rain." he whined not carrying that he had completely lost his cool.
Sora replied, "All right then. Where do you suggest we go?" She knew Basil would want out of the rain since he was cold-blooded. Sora shook her hair more, freeing some more of the water.
"I don't know I'm some what lost at the moment, but I think our best bet is to head to the mountains. Or some really dense trees." Water was pouring off his vest. He squeezed it and some of the water came out.
Sora nodded, since she generally agreed with his plans. She sighed, "Then let's get a move on." Sora crossed her arms across her chest, trying to keep warm.
Basil tipped the rain out of his hat. Why had it started raining so fast and hard. He nodded sort of wandering off in a direction somewhat dazed. After walking for awhile he saw a fallen tree over a small cliff that would give some protection. "There." he chattered pointing.
Sora followed after him. She queried, "Are you all right?" Sora's head cocked like a curious bird. She started towards the small cliff he had pointed out, eager to be out of the rain.
I don't like rain." he simply stated half climbing and half stumbling down the cliff till he was under the tree safely. There he huddled still trying to conserve warmth.
Sora scrambled down the cliff after him, using her arms to keep her upright. She slipped after him under the tree, sticking close to Basil. Sora asked, seeing that he was getting pale and looking very cold. She reached out, touching his forehead. Sora queried, "Are you sure you're all right? You're freezing."
Basil answered dully, "No its much to wet for fire. We'll just have to wait it out, yeah I am he finally admitted." Maybe he should invest in one of those leatherskin jackets that were oiled so the rain would run off. He nodded in his head yes that would be what he would do after this horrible rain. He lay back not really caring that he was getting more muddy. "I wish I could make tea." he mumbled.
Sora sighed, "Bummer." She added, "I'm going to try to start a fire anyways before you fall asleep on me." Sora stood up, glowering at the rain. Then she stopped, "Uh, no. It's raining."
Basil marveled wondering how he could tell exactly what he wanted to do. "It would be nice." he admitted cautiously. He looked at the sky again, "I noticed." he said somewhat forlornly. He flicked some rain from his hat at the bird boy.
Sora huffed, "Hey! I'm gonna start a fire for you pal, don't get me wet!" She looked out to the rainy forest. Sora sighed, "I'm going to get some wood, wet or no, and try to start a fire." She stretched her arms above her head, trying to devise the best way to get there.
Basil continued to look at him doubtfully. "I really don't think it's possible."
Sora frowned, "Then what do you suggest? I'm trying to do you a solid here!" She crossed her arms. Despite how angry she was pretending to be, she was grateful that she did not have to go out in the rain.
Basil shrugged, "I don't know, I just usually sleep these things out for better or wetter." he said giving a half smirk at the play on words. "What do you do when you're caught in the rain?" he asked figuring he might as well keep the conversation going.
Sora stared out at the rain, her back to Basil for the time being. She was trusting him not to stab her for the moment, but then she turned just enough so that she could see him out of the corner of her eye. Sora smirked at his joke, it was actually kind of funny. She shrugged, "I try to avoid being caught in the rain. But otherwise I usually hide under a tree, just as we are now. But I'm not as affected by the cold as you."
"Yeah I suppose you can see it coming, flying in the sky as you do." He lay his head on his bag, "Why don't you sit down there's no reason to stand by the edge and get wet." he muttered looking at the huge tree that use to be standing tall and mighty.
Sora shrugged, "Not always, but on occasion I do spot it." She shivered, cold from the rain. Sora turned back to face him completely, shaking her hair out one last time. She hunkered down next to Basil, wishing for the rain to stop. Sora sighed, pulling her knees up to her chest. Did guys sit like this? She cocked her head, thinking about it. Sora decided they did too.
"What is it?" Basil noticed the occasional head action with a thinking face. He was trying very hard not to hug the warmer boy next to him. He was suddenly jealous of warm-blooded people, he wasn't quite sure why.
Sora's eyes widened with surprise, "What's what" She was oblivious of the fact that she was an open book. Sora was suspicious of the expression on Basil's face, but couldn't quite read it.
"What's with you making all the strange faces over there, I mean really can't you deal with your supposed sworn enemy for a little rainstorm or what?"
Sora's ears reddened, "I'm not making any strange faces!" She crossed her arms defensively. Sora sighed, "And here I was thinking you weren't actually trying to kill me. Guess I was mistaken." Sora glared at him out of the corner of her eyes.
Basil rolled his eyes Sora was the one that was always making him the enemy. He yawned still drowsy and slowly closed his eyes. It didn't take long for him to fall into a semi conscious sleep. He started to fall over on Sora's shoulder.
Sora jumped slightly when Basil landed on her shoulder. She poked his head, he seemed to be asleep. Sora whispered, "Are you all right there?" She didn't want to wake him if he was asleep, but she wanted to make sure he was sleeping not passing out.. He was certainly cold enough to be the unconscious one.
Basil just mumbled something incoherent. He could hear the question he just couldn't put it through his mind to move his mouth at all. He instead continued to sleep giving up the useless effort of trying to talk while he was already half asleep.
Sora sighed, of course he was asleep. She moved his head to her lap, his was going to hurt himself sleeping on her shoulder. Basil was freezing, hopefully the boy would warm up and wake up. Sora leaned her head against the tree trunk, wondering if she could fall asleep too.
Basil muttered some more, it was odd to know you were dreaming but were unable to do anything about it. He desperately wanted to get up and go find the nearest ray of sun. Something his mind told him that was impractical so he slowly drifted back to sleep for awhile before he was startled awake by rolling over and falling off of whatever he had been sleeping on.
Sora yelped, jolted from her daze. She grumbled, cracking her neck, "Finally you're awake, sleeping beauty. Pray tell, did you sleep well?" Sora crossed her arms.
Basil looked up somewhat sheepishly, "Yeah." he muttered he got up quickly and stretched which felt good. To his delight it was only drizzling now which wasn't as bad as a rainstorm.
Sora stood up as well, looking at the drizzle. It was much better and not as painful looking as before. She stretched as well, and Basil had had the right idea, it felt good after sitting still so long. Sora asked, looking around for potential threats, "So, are we going to get moving or shall we wait out the drizzle. Personally, I'd want to get out of here before it got worse again." Sora shrugged noncommittally at the end, just to say she did not really care.
"Alright fine lets go." Basil picked up his bag checking inside to make sure his china was still okay.
Sora sighed, stepping out in the rain. Then she mentally smacked herself. Sora queried, "Ah, where're we going Basil? Just in direction A?"
Basil looked down at him, "I was under the impression that you were leading us." he said after all it was his suggestion and Basil had already told him he was lost.
Sora cleared her throat, "Right then, I chose this way." She pointed in a direction, walking that way. Hopefully, this would get them somewhere. Otherwise they would be lost in the woods forever.
"Alright, lead on." Basil was surprised Sora hadn't made a withering remark about him following, or any indication that he wanted him to go away.
Sora lead Basil on, really hoping with all her might that she did not lead them to a band of slave hunters or something awful like that. Basil would hold it over her forever. There was a noise somewhere nearby. This resulted in Sora jumping about halfway to the moon before composing herself. She reached for her dagger, waiting to see if it was a person or just a woodland creature.
Basil just watched their surroundings trying to pin it down. He figured it was just a deer or some other woodland creature. He continued on passing Sora, still calm as ever he wasn't going to bed the weak one now that is wasn't raining.