Rain Child: *humming along to Luigi's Mansion ending credits song* Well, now that I've recovered from my state of shock—
Isaac: And am done with all your vacationing and are supposed to be writing that essay for school.
Rain Child: That too, but now I've finally made myself write more, if only because the plot is starting to catch my interest. Let's see…who should do the disclaimer?
Felix: I'll do it. Rain Child doesn't own Golden Sun, Camelot, Nintendo, Jelly Beans, or anything else related. This story is merely for pleasure and a good thing it is or I'd have to kill Isaac.
Isaac: What???
Felix: *glare* You hurt Jenna!
Isaac: …*sigh* But…it's a story, remember, they had to bribe me, and now I'm rolling in money!
Felix: Pay me 1000 coins and I promise not to hurt you!
Isaac: *hands it over* fine…
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Ponderings
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An exhausted sun, more orange than yellow now, rose slowly over the eastern horizon of Gondowan, Alex was the first to see it, having not slept, as was slowly becoming usual for the blue-haired Adept. Upon his own boat that he had 'borrowed' from Agatio and Karst he followed the ship ahead, the one containing nothing of real interest at all to him, other than her. He vaguely wondered if anyone knew of his true intentions behind his motives. But what did it matter if he achieved Alchemy anymore? She would still love Isaac, and knowing them all, they'd all automatically assume he was just power hungry. No, what he needed was time to explain to her, explain everything. But when would that come? None of them every seemed to go off by themselves. Even Jenna, despite her stubborn attitude, would go grudgingly with Garet than by herself. He could easily teleport to see Mia, at night, but then she would be asleep and conclusions would be drawn that he'd rather not deal with. And then he would end up fighting Isaac. That was what any scheme of his always came to—fighting Isaac. He didn't want to, it would hurt Mia, or she would cheer Isaac on to kill him…no, Mia wouldn't do that, would she?
"Of course not!" he reassured himself out loud, stunned by how loud he had said that, if only because it was the near-silence of dawn.
The blue-haired Adept could bear it no longer. Closing his eyes, he felt his body slowly dissipate as and reappear just inside Mia's room. There she was, still blissfully asleep and dreaming, probably of Isaac, as always. 'No need for nightmares, not at all this time,' he thought smiling the first true smile in a long, as he knelt beside the bed, so close to her perfect face. No other girl could compare to his Mia. His Mia, Alex found he loved the sound of it, though the words remained unsaid, would always remain unsaid as long as Isaac was his Mia's lover. The Mercury-Adept caressed her cheek lovingly, his entirety tingling in desire, but no, he would do nothing but visit her, no matter what. Blue eyes stared in loving awe of her, wishing he didn't have to be here in such secret that only he even fathomed he was there. But something made him uneasy. What had Sheba been doing at the Jupiter Lighthouse, which had caused her face to change so rapidly? She hadn't been reading his guilt-ridden mind, had she? His gentle smile slowly changed into an angry frown. No one had the right to be reading his mind, uninvited. Teleporting to his ship, he stormed inside to his quarters, silently fuming. Someday, though that day would be a long time from now, someday he would be able to explain things to Mia, if only so that she might not hate him so.
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When Mia stirred after many pleasant dreams, she had the oddest feeling that someone had been watching her. The Mercury-Adept smiled, hoping it had been Isaac. Maybe he really did harbor feelings for her. A wave of guilt came next, as it always did. Jenna loved him too, and Garet, why had he jumped after her? Why couldn't it have been Isaac? She sighed lightly, then rummaged through the small chest of drawers and brought out her dress. It might have been a little too warm for her cloak, but she would don that too, once they reached Prox. Mia ran her brush through her long, blue hair, and hurried to the kitchen to help Picard, who was the somewhat self-claimed cook of their group.
Picard gave
Mia a small smile, and handed her a mixture of flour, milk, and eggs to stir
before turning back to the boat fireplace, over which he had a ban of butter
cooking slowly, so as not to burn it before Mia was done mixing. Felix, who had
been up and down all night making sure the course was straight, stumbled in
tiredly, plopping into one of ten chairs.
Mia handed Picard the finished mixture, and sat down across from Felix.
"Morning."
"…Oh, huh, yes, it is morning now, isn't it."
Both Mia and Picard held back laughter at the tired Adept's reply. Sheba was
next to enter the kitchen, claiming happily, "Picard, it smells as great as
always!" and took a seat next to Felix, who quickly told her good morning
before going back to his zombie-fied state. Sheba stifled a giggle by asking
Picard if she could help.
"Sure, just pour some juice into all the glasses for me, and if you're daring enough, wake everyone else up."
"Hmm…that can be arranged." Sheba declared mischievously, pouring the juice and bouncing out of the room.
Felix shook his head, "How does she do it this early?"
"It's almost ten, oh brother of mine," teased Jenna as she entered, sniffing the air appreciatively, "Smells great Picard."
"Thanks."
Jenna grinned and took a seat next to Felix, sipping absently from the glass, "I suppose I just barely escaped the torture of Sheba's wake up call?"
"Very lucky indeed," Mia answered nonchalantly, handing Jenna the napkins as the Mercury Adept set the table. "Mind helping?"
"Not at all."
Next to find his way to the kitchen was a very alarmed Garet. "Sheba said I'd missed breakfast, is there anything left!?!"
"Of course there is, Garet, no one's eaten yet." Picard explained, motioning to the cooking food.
"…Oh, I hate it when she does that." Garet muttered, taking a seat near the end of the table.
Jenna laughed, "Silly Garet…oh look, here comes another. Morning Ivan!" She greeted him cheerfully as he came in, muttering about Sheba messing with his mind.
Finally Sheba returned dragged a messy-haired Isaac along with her. "Okay, so can we eat now?" Garet asked impatiently.
Isaac stumbled sleepily into the seat next to Mia, and everyone else took his or her seats, other than Picard, who had somehow managed to balance all eight plates on his arms and was in the process of giving them to everyone. About halfway through the meal, Garet finally asked, "Umm…where's Kraden…?"
After much debate, it was decided that two things had happened: he'd died, or he wasn't hungry. And so breakfast continued without further interruption other than the idle chitchat of seven sleepy Adepts and one hyper Jupiter Adept.
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Jenna and Mia served for a mock-audience as Isaac and Garet practiced their sparring. It was obvious that, while Garet had the upper hand in power, Isaac definitely was winning this one. Both were grinning like foolish idiots, exchanging taunts and teasing the other as Jenna and Mia cheered them on, though the 'cheering' was more like insulting both fighters.
"I can fight better than that, Isaac!"
"Garet, you fool, can't you even swing your sword!"
Felix too found himself laughing as he and Picard passed by, having been 'elected' to search for Kraden. Sheba, who was serving as lookout, often found herself wistfully glancing down towards the others, about as often as Ivan, who was steering. A momentary peace in their average day this mid-morning practice was.
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Alex watched the winged ship ahead of him slowly make its way towards the icy Northern Reaches. He'd put off at Contigo earlier to return the exhausted Jupiter Adept he'd paid handsomely and found he was far behind the ship of dreams now. It was going to be a long while before this problem was resolved, he felt…
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Well, what did you think? Should I continue?
Lost in Despair: I scared you? The world really is ending!!! ^_^
Anime-Freak2k2: I'm glad you like it! Reviews are appreciated as much as Isaac loves Jelly Beans!
Kyarorain: Not only is it falling; it's turned pink!!!! After all, I did write this…this…pairing.
Victor Mayrin: Thanks for putting it on your favorites list! I have plans to finish it (if the reviewers wish) but as for more, you'll have to wait and see.
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Mikaa: -_- as much as it's scary, it really is me writing it. Angst is so much fun!
Taidigimon: thanks…
Triad Orion: Yay! You liked it! It took awhile to recover from shock, but I'm wrote more! It's starting to scare me that it's fun to write…*shudders*
Midnight C: You and Triad say a lot of the same things…hee-hee. It's a very major shock my system, but I'll recover by writing a little sequel to another story of mine that doesn't end up Isaac/Jenna.
Karie Rose: The world ended the moment I decided to write this, now all we have to do is wait for it to finish ending…end times preachers going to my head…
Flint: I'm glad you liked it. How's this chapter?
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Isaac: I like jelly beans? *Hides giant bag of jelly beans* Where'd you get that idea!?!
*rolls eyes* Jenna told me that's why she broke up with you.
Jenna: But I didn't! *hugs Isaac*
Isaac: ^_^
~Rain Child the Insane
