Here I am again with the first actual chapter for this story
Disclaimer: Sadly I still don't own the caracters mentioned. I'll tell you if an OC appears
Chapter 1: The Nymph
Seto awoke coughing up water. The first thing he saw after his vision cleared again, was a blond boy kneeling near him his face near Setos own.
The brunet's eyes hardened into a glare that was fixed on the strangely beautiful eyes of the unfamiliar blond. "What the hell were you doing?" Seto normally wasn't one to curse but the near proximity of the strangers face and the conclusion what it has done so close, kind of threw his manners out the window.
Though startled by the sudden outburst of the man that previously had been lying unconscious on the sand of the beach, the blond wasn't one to back down easily. "Savin' your life you ungrateful bastard!"
"By pressing your lips to mine?" It had to be the lack of oxygen in his lungs or the shock from almost drowning that made Setos brain stop functioning.
"Ya weren't any help in findin' a way to get the water out of yer lungs any other way!" The blond was getting frustrated. You think you're doing something nice and saving some one's life and all you get as thanks is the bastard screaming at you.
Seto just now realizing that he was being an idiot and the boy with honey eyes only had tried to help. So his right senses finally hitting him, he did the only right thing to do.
"Sorry. I was overreacting. I must have hit my head harder than I thought when the ship su- DAMN!" Seto now remembering why he needed help in the first place and realizing that his brother probably was in great danger tried to get up.
Only to be stopped by pain shooting trough his right leg and the hand on his shoulder that tried to keep him from injuring himself further. "Ya shouldn't try to get up yet. I hadn't had the time yet to get yer leg cleaned up and everythin'."
He frowned because the boy in front of him didn't get the importance of it all. Seto had to admit that he was in no condition to be up and running around. But before he could explain to the mysterious boy why he needed to get up as soon as possible the blond beat him to opening his mouth.
"The whole crew is dead anyway so you shouldn't worry yerself over it too much."
"You just don't get it. The crew doesn't matter. It's my little brother I'm worried about." Still not getting Setos point and a little befuddled that the brunet didn't get, that apart from him no one survived the sinking of the ship, the boy tried to explain exactly that to the extremely worried Seto.
"If he was on the ship with ya he probably drowned. Sorry to have to tell ya that."
Seto got a little agitated at that. The moment he tried to raise his voice to clear things up a sudden dizziness knocked him from his almost sitting position on his back. "See I told ya, ya shouldn't be movin'."
Seto suddenly not as loud anymore, since with the dizziness came a slight nausea, only could muster a mumble. "He didn't drown. I saw him being carried away by a winged creature before I passed out." Now realization finally hitting him the blond's eyes widened. "Oh, I see." He then continued in a much quieter voice. "That means my sister wasn't the only one who got kidnapped by the harpies."
Even though the blond had spoken very softly Seto had been able to hear him and what he heard only increased his worry for his brother. "Harpies?" he croaked out, effectively bringing the blond out of his thoughts. "Yeah, they're plannin' somethin' I just can't put my finger on what. All I know is that they have kidnapped my little sister."
"For what would they need my little brother for?" Seto had to control himself so he wouldn't jump up and do something that would worsen his injuries.
"As I said I don't know. I first thought they wanted Serenity because she's a nymph but now…" he trailed off a hand positioned near his mouth as though he wanted to chew on his fingernails.
Seto himself was in deep thought. Then he realized something. "A nymph?"
The blonds face changed to an expression of shock. He hadn't meant to let this bit of information slip. "W-well you k-know…"
Being a nymph isn't something you should blurt out like that, because most humans are said to take advantage of them. Seto however didn't seem to get the reason of the nymph's distress. "I had been wondering how you were able to save me. My ship was quite far from the next shore." He acknowledged in a calm voice.
That however only unnerved the blond more. "You're tellin' me you knew?" If the panic in his voice couldn't be heard before it was evident now.
Carefully righting himself in a sitting position once again, the brunet stated in a calm voice. "I knew you had to be some supernatural creature. I just wasn't aware which one exactly."
Taking in the frightened expression of the brown eyed boy who looked like a frightened puppy at that moment, the brunet tried to calm him. "I'm not planning on hurting you." He tried to think of a way to calm the nymph that set next to him in the sand and looked as though he was starting to hyperventilate.
Going with the first idea that came to his mind he spoke. "I realized that I haven't thanked you properly for saving my life. So thank you, …" He trailed of just now remembering that they didn't even know each other's name.
Slightly calming at the change of topic the blond opened his mouth to enlighten the brunet. "My name's Joey." It was only a whisper but Seto was able to hear it.
He nodded. "Alright. Thank you, Joey. I'm Seto. It's a pleasure to meet you." Seto raised a hand for Joey to shake and leaned in the nymph's direction. Doing so however aggravated the wound in his leg. The brunet winced at the remembrance of his wound. This finally got Joey back to his straight forward self. "Ah, sorry I totally forgot about yer leg."
He stood up to hold out his hand for Seto to take so he could pull him up. "Didn't you say just minutes ago that I shouldn't get up?" The brunet raised one eyebrow in question but took the offered hand nonetheless.
The blond looked sympathetically at Seto noticing how much pain the simple task of standing up brought to him. "Yeah, but just minutes ago ya didn't know I was a nymph and I only had planned on cleaning your wound and bandagin' it."
As they started walking towards the water Seto asked "And what exactly are you planning now?" The brunet liked to know what was going to happen next and couldn't stand not being let in on things, especially if they were concerning his health.
"I'm plannin' on finxin' yer leg with magic." The blond huffed. He had to carry almost the whole weight of Seto, because the brunet really was in no shape to walk, so he leaned onto Joey.
Seto nodded in understanding. The magic of the nymphs was one of the reasons they were sometimes captured. The magical strength of them varied and the kind of magic they could use depended on their element and other aspects.
When they reached the water Joey carefully lowered Seto onto the ground so his legs were short of touching it.
The blond kneeled down beside him and moved the brunet's leg so he could inspect the wound on his it. There was a rather large splinter of wood embedded just over rim of his knee high leather boot. It went right through the thin fabric of Seto's pants.
"Okay, I have to pull the splinter out first before I can do anythin'. That's gonna hurt so best ya clench yer teeth." Seto already doing so only nodded in silent understanding.
Joey heartily grabbed the splinter and pulled on it with all his might. He didn't want to aggravate the wound any more by slowly pulling it out.
As soon as the wood was removed blood began seeping out of the injury. Seto's only reaction was a hiss that escaped through his gritted teeth. He was however missing the worried look on Joey's face.
The blond knew that it wasn't over quite yet. Joey made sure that the brunet still had his teeth tightly clenched, and filled some seawater in his hollow hand. "I have to pour ocean water over it so that I can use my magic. It's going to burn but won't last too long."
The brunet groaned because of the pain that the salt would cause. Taking this as an 'I'm ready' the blond slowly purred the water over the injured flesh softly humming a melody that his mother taught him in his childhood.
It didn't hurt as much as expected and the pain dimmed as soon as the nymph started humming until it vanished completely. While the blond was humming he had closed his eyes without noticing so he wasn't aware of Seto watching him.
The brunet was entranced by his calm expression. He seemed to be completely at ease, not a trace revealing that he almost had a panic attack only minutes ago.
When the wound had closed completely Joey opened his eyes again, staring straight into Seto's face. Coughing, to cover up his embarrassment at being caught staring, he tried to come up with anything to say. "Thank you for healing my leg, Joey."
Awkwardly scratching the back of his head Joey replied. "No problem ya needed help, so I simply had to help." Smiling at how naturally the blond had helped a stranger, Seto remembered that there were still things that had to be cleared up. "Why did you fish me out the ocean anyway?"
"I was on my way to Atlantis when I saw ya floating along the waves and as I said before I just had to help ya." Seto had heard from Atlantis on his journey around the world. It was said to be a large beautiful city that no human has ever seen. Only supernatural creatures were allowed past it's gates.
"What do you want in Atlantis?" Seto couldn't help being so curious. Joey might know something that was able to help the brunet to find his brother.
"I wanted to visit an old acquaintance of mine. She's a harpy so I thought she might be able to help me." That made sense. Seto himself had never seen a harpy except the one that dragged his brother away.
He had to risk asking. "Would you mind me joining you?" Joey a little surprised by the question but definitely not unpleased, thought it would be a good idea not to travel alone and he had to admit that he enjoyed Seto's company.
"Yeah that's a good idea. I wouldn't like to have to leave ya on yer own anyway and we have the same goal. It's only logical that we'd travel together."
Seto nodded and stood up. Testing if he could walk on his own again he had to admit that the blond had done a good job with fixing his leg. While Seto was occupied with examining his leg he didn't notice the gentle smile that crept on Joey's lips.
Having completed his examination the brunet held up a hand for the blond to take. "Let's get going. If you want me to join you we have to find a boat or ship." The blond nodded. "Right."
I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I'm planning to update on sundays that however is no promise.
Reviews are much appreciated. I hope to see you around for the next chapter.
