Her Smile
By, Xiakoda
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"You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold. You say you want your story to remain untold. Your love not to grow cold. All the promises we make, from the cradle to the grave. When all I want is you." – U2, All I Want Is You
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Chapter 2
The Meeting Room was always a relaxing place to be in. It seemed that only the sounds of nature would make their way through the thick wooden door. Light playfully danced through the windows and filled the inside with a peaceful glow. It was truly a room filled with serenity…that is, except for the random muttered words of frustration that came from the mountain of papers and books stacked in one far corner of the room.
"Argh! Where is it? I need that map!" Vyse grumbled angrily to himself.
Ah, yes, there he was, the "Legendary" Blue Rogue Captain. The very pirate that in fact proved himself to be the king of all the skies. There he was, on his hands and knees, searching frantically through hundreds of charts and diagrams. It was quite a sight to see.
"I know it has to be here somewhere. It has to be! Please moons…I promise to be the best Captain I can be, just help me find it! Argh, I couldn't have left it anywhere else...could I?" Vyse questioned himself while almost ripping apart the documents he currently held in his hands.
He quickly sat up, closed his eyes, and searched through his memories for this very important map. A dawning look appeared on his face as he remembered the scattered papers that were still lying on the floor of his old room back on Pirate Isle. He never did get to cleaning up his room after all. The papers he held almost disintegrated with the flames of anger he currently had.
"SON OF A..!"
"Vyse?" a soft voice chirped up in question.
He quickly turned around and his eyes fell upon Fina. The Captain's face turned a slight shade of pink realizing that he almost cursed to the highest heavens right in front of his Silvite friend. She was, after all, a very gentle person. You just couldn't go around saying those things around a lady like her.
Dumbstruck, he managed to blurt out a quick "Hey! Fina...how's it going?" as some sort of gloss over.
The Silvite's worried eyes immediately changed to a much happier and calm state.
"Everyone outside heard the racquet you were making and I decided to come up and check if you were okay."
"Is that so…" Vyse replied.
He stood up and scratched the back of his head with a huge goofy grin plastered on his face. He was clearly embarrassed.
"So, um...what exactly where you doing on the floor, if I may ask?" questioned Fina. She noticed the mess he had made and saw that one of his boots somehow ended up on top of the paper pyramid he had created. Were all of her friends turning mad today? First Aika and now Vyse!
"Oh, I was just looking for something. But it's back on Pirate Isle." He then began to clean up the mess that he made, noticing that his boot was sitting proudly as the king of the mountain. He quickly grabbed it and put it back on his foot.
'Gee...might as well start to get used to cleaning up for a change.' Vyse told himself with a slight hint of loathing.
Fina wasted no time in helping Vyse out with his mess. After everything was off the floor and in order, she stood off to the side and became quite still. After a moment of awkward silence, she spoke nervously.
"Umm, Vyse, I...I wanted to talk to you for quite some time now. Do you mind?"
"Uh, sure, Fina." He said while dusting himself off. "I'm your Captain, if you have a problem; I'll try as hard as I can to help you fix it." He smiled.
Her nervousness remained. "Okay, well... I..." she began with a bit of hesitation.
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Aika practically jumped out from her room with a bright smile that radiated through the entire island. She was finally going to tell Vyse that she had some hidden feelings for him and wanted to share them. Well, he probably already knew since she kissed him before and all, but she just had to get it out into the open. She couldn't wait! The red head walked the short distance from her door to his with a bounce in her step. She then opened the door to his room and popped her head in.
"Vyse?" she chirped into the empty room.
"Oh, guess he's not here, no worries. He's probably up in the Meeting Room...he did say he needed to find a map for some reason. I hope he doesn't notice that I doodled on the back of one of them." She said to herself with a giggle.
The young rogue shut his door, turned on her heels and almost flew down the steps which almost made her fall flat on her face, but luckily, Pinta broke her tumble with a yelp.
A minor accident wouldn't stop her in her tracks! She quickly rose to her feet and continued on her mission towards the meeting room. Leaving Pinta to himself wondering what in the Moons just happened? No stairs or young children would bring her down!
"I should really watch were I'm going." She admitted to herself as she pushed the button to start the lift up to the room. Her enthusiasm stayed with her as she neared the door. Actually opening it would be a bit different. She put her hand on the knob and immediately froze in place. Of course, tripping and falling couldn't stop her, but opening a door was just too damned hard.
"Eep, I can't move...what's wrong with me? Did somebody cast a spell on me or something? Ohhh, I'm really nervous. I want to tell him…but what if he doesn't feel the same way? Oh, what a great time to decide to now think on this. I have failed at life once again. Argh, I can't chicken out now though..."
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"Well... I... wanted to thank you for letting me stay with you all this time. It was not the easiest thing to go through, I am sure. You could have given up on me the first day we met if you chose to, but you did not. I am deeply grateful for all that you have done for me. I lost all that I knew before, but now, you have given me a place to call home." She said with a slowly forming smile.
The Captain smiled with joy. His friends meant so much to him. As long as his companions were happy, nothing could bring him down. Aika and Fina meant the world to him. Never, would he want either of them to be upset.
Fina continued, "Also, I wanted to tell you that, um...I, I am leaving...Vyse."
The Legendary Blue Rogue almost shrieked with shock. He definitely wasn't expecting THAT. The two of them shared another awkward moment of silence...but this time it seemed to last about a couple hours. The two just stood there not knowing what to say or do.
Fina was the first one to break the silence. She explained that she wanted to go to Valua and help with the rebuilding of the tragic kingdom. Feeling responsible for the causing of the Rains of Destruction, she wanted to help out as much as she could, as a sort of atonement for the extreme actions her people took. Seeing that Vyse's expression did not change, she stated that she would, indeed, visit from time to time.
Vyse then understood that she would not change her mind. He would miss her company deeply but he knew if he made her stay that her guilt would grow with each day that passed. He agreed to her decision and gave her his blessing.
"Just remember to come back as often as possible. Everyone will miss you here. Especially Aika." Vyse said.
"Yes, sir." she replied softly and sadly. She had her own inner turmoil about this ever since the newly crowned King Enrique and Queen Moegi left their positions with the Blue Rogues and headed back to their crumbling kingdom. Oh how she wished that day to leave with them to help them start anew. But she could not help but worry about leaving Vyse and Aika. But now, at least one of them knew and approved. This gave her courage to break the news to her other friend. The very one who took her under her wing from the start, her best friend, Aika.
Vyse pulled the Silvite into his arms and gave her a warm embrace. He loosened his grip to end the friendly gesture when she suddenly leaned forward and placed her lips upon his. It was a kiss that would change everything between the three friends.
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"Okay Aika-baby, you can do this!" the red head thought aloud to herself. She needed some type of driving force to keep her from falling back.
Aika looked down at her opened hand and gently touched the small moonstone she had brought with her. This was her strength and motivation to go on. Her famed smile came back in full force and she finally convinced herself that nothing could go wrong. Aika opened the door only to reveal her love kissing another.
That day, the light faded away with her smile, and the skies shattered into ten-thousand pieces.
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Author's Ending Note – Bwah! Look another chapter! LOVE ME!
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