New Frontier
Part Two of "Tirragen and Trebond"
A/N: I don't own the Song Of The Lioness series- it belongs to Tamora Pierce. I also don't own "Talent Of Love (ren'ai no sainou)" from the Tenchi Muyo! soundtrack. This fic focuses on where exactly Alex and Alanna's relationship will take them, and how the others react to this new development. This one ought to be more "involved" than the last one.
BTW, I finally read "Lioness Rampant"!! Poor Alex... *sobs*
This turned out well. I like the part where Jon and Gary are arguing. *lol*
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Don't say "I love you"
They're worthless words! Fum...
Being able to pretend to be strangers
is a talent of love.
You know, when our eyes met again--
Ah, I love the moment I turn my eyes away!
I understand how you feel
'cause I feel the same, but
if you call me "lover",
it's not love anymore!
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Alex walked slowly out of Alanna's room, feeling dazed. She actually loved him, also? It was so confusing, all of this.
Suddenly he froze, a frightening thought entering his mind: how would Jon react?
Jonathon was the prince, and had at one point been known to be Alanna's lover. Alex didn't want to know how he would react if he found out about him and Alanna..
His friend Jon had never had much of a temper, but then again Alex had never loved an ex-lover of the prince, either.
Meanwhile, in the prince's chamber, Gary was talking to the younger prince, Jonathan.
"So, she really loves Alex, doesn't she?" Jon asked, feeling slightly hurt by the fact, but all the same happy that his friend- and former lover- had found someone.
"Yeah, she does." Gary nodded. Jon put his head in his hands, thinking.
Gary made no move, not wanting to intrude upon the prince's private thoughts.
In Alanna's room, the lady knight sighed softly as she sat on the edge of her bed, violet-lavender eyes half-closed in thought.
What she thought about was what happened when the two, herself and Alex, had woken up..
~*FLASHBACK*~
Alanna felt Alex stir from her embrace. She looked to see him looking up at her.
"I.." He started to say, but she cut him off with a whispered, "don't."
"Wha? Why not, Alanna? I do.." He muttered half to himself. Alanna was dangerously close to tears.
"Because... It's too soon.." She whispered, but Alex was already gone, and she whispered "I'm sorry" to him, but it was too late.
The door slammed shut and he was gone.
~*END FLASHBACK*~
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So don't try to confirm our love.
Please, let's stay the way we are.
I don't want promises.
They're meaningless rules! Fum...
Meeting by chance is also
a talent of love.
You know, at that street corner on Sunday,
Ah, passing each other unexpectedly
was wonderful!
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Alex stopped and turned back to Alanna's room.
I don't want to leave her like that, he thought glumly, I've got to apologize.
Raoul was passing in the hall when he saw Alex, dark eyes shining darkly with some hidden emotion, some hesitation. He stopped.
"Hey, Alex, what are you doing?" Raoul asked. Alex shrugged.
"Uh... nothing." Alex replied hastily.
"You're going to see Alanna." It wasn't a question. The dark-haired knight nodded.
"Um, yeah. We were in a kind of argument." He told the other, larger knight, "I need to apologize for my behavior. I was too rash."
"Oh." Raoul replied, "you love her? Gary told me.."
"Gary TOLD?! That.." Alex was fuming. If he had known.. He never would have told Gary. "What exactly did he tell you?"
"That you loved our Lioness." Raoul said honestly, "that's all."
Alex was silent, trying to keep his temper in check.
Finally, when he was calm, Alex walked away towards Alanna's room.
Meanwhile, back with Jon and Gary..
"Are you alright, Jon?" Gary asked finally. Jon nodded.
"I guess it's just sudden, that's all." Jon told him, "I shouldn't expect her to pine over me for years or something. She has a right to love."
"You ARE going to be alright, right?"
"Gary, that's the fifth time you've asked that in the last five minutes- I've been counting."
"Sorry."
"That's the seventh time you've said THAT."
"Ummm.."
"Twentieth."
"JON!"
"Five hundred."
"JONATHON!!"
Jon gasped.
"That's a new one."
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When we're by ourselves gazing at each other,
love becomes not love!
It's very fragile, so
I want to protect it preciously!
So let's look into the distance.
That's right, let's stay that way.
I understand how you feel
'cause I feel the same!
If you call me "lover",
it's not love anymore, so...
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Alanna heard a solid knock on her door. And then another. Another.
Finally she called, "the door's open!"
She saw the tall, dark-haired knight enter. "Alex."
"I wanted to apologize for before.." The young knight replied, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted so rashly."
"It's all right, Alex." She told him, "I shouldn't have acted like that. It's my fault.."
"I shouldn't have rushed you.."
"I.. Alex, we're arguing again."
"I know."
She stifled a laugh, and Alex nearly fell over laughing.
"I.. I love you, Alex.."
He sobered instantly.
"I love you, too, Alanna."
In the darkness of the ill-lit room, they kissed.
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please don't try to confirm our love
Quietly... let's stay the way we are.
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Part Two of "Tirragen and Trebond"
A/N: I don't own the Song Of The Lioness series- it belongs to Tamora Pierce. I also don't own "Talent Of Love (ren'ai no sainou)" from the Tenchi Muyo! soundtrack. This fic focuses on where exactly Alex and Alanna's relationship will take them, and how the others react to this new development. This one ought to be more "involved" than the last one.
BTW, I finally read "Lioness Rampant"!! Poor Alex... *sobs*
This turned out well. I like the part where Jon and Gary are arguing. *lol*
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Don't say "I love you"
They're worthless words! Fum...
Being able to pretend to be strangers
is a talent of love.
You know, when our eyes met again--
Ah, I love the moment I turn my eyes away!
I understand how you feel
'cause I feel the same, but
if you call me "lover",
it's not love anymore!
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Alex walked slowly out of Alanna's room, feeling dazed. She actually loved him, also? It was so confusing, all of this.
Suddenly he froze, a frightening thought entering his mind: how would Jon react?
Jonathon was the prince, and had at one point been known to be Alanna's lover. Alex didn't want to know how he would react if he found out about him and Alanna..
His friend Jon had never had much of a temper, but then again Alex had never loved an ex-lover of the prince, either.
Meanwhile, in the prince's chamber, Gary was talking to the younger prince, Jonathan.
"So, she really loves Alex, doesn't she?" Jon asked, feeling slightly hurt by the fact, but all the same happy that his friend- and former lover- had found someone.
"Yeah, she does." Gary nodded. Jon put his head in his hands, thinking.
Gary made no move, not wanting to intrude upon the prince's private thoughts.
In Alanna's room, the lady knight sighed softly as she sat on the edge of her bed, violet-lavender eyes half-closed in thought.
What she thought about was what happened when the two, herself and Alex, had woken up..
~*FLASHBACK*~
Alanna felt Alex stir from her embrace. She looked to see him looking up at her.
"I.." He started to say, but she cut him off with a whispered, "don't."
"Wha? Why not, Alanna? I do.." He muttered half to himself. Alanna was dangerously close to tears.
"Because... It's too soon.." She whispered, but Alex was already gone, and she whispered "I'm sorry" to him, but it was too late.
The door slammed shut and he was gone.
~*END FLASHBACK*~
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So don't try to confirm our love.
Please, let's stay the way we are.
I don't want promises.
They're meaningless rules! Fum...
Meeting by chance is also
a talent of love.
You know, at that street corner on Sunday,
Ah, passing each other unexpectedly
was wonderful!
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Alex stopped and turned back to Alanna's room.
I don't want to leave her like that, he thought glumly, I've got to apologize.
Raoul was passing in the hall when he saw Alex, dark eyes shining darkly with some hidden emotion, some hesitation. He stopped.
"Hey, Alex, what are you doing?" Raoul asked. Alex shrugged.
"Uh... nothing." Alex replied hastily.
"You're going to see Alanna." It wasn't a question. The dark-haired knight nodded.
"Um, yeah. We were in a kind of argument." He told the other, larger knight, "I need to apologize for my behavior. I was too rash."
"Oh." Raoul replied, "you love her? Gary told me.."
"Gary TOLD?! That.." Alex was fuming. If he had known.. He never would have told Gary. "What exactly did he tell you?"
"That you loved our Lioness." Raoul said honestly, "that's all."
Alex was silent, trying to keep his temper in check.
Finally, when he was calm, Alex walked away towards Alanna's room.
Meanwhile, back with Jon and Gary..
"Are you alright, Jon?" Gary asked finally. Jon nodded.
"I guess it's just sudden, that's all." Jon told him, "I shouldn't expect her to pine over me for years or something. She has a right to love."
"You ARE going to be alright, right?"
"Gary, that's the fifth time you've asked that in the last five minutes- I've been counting."
"Sorry."
"That's the seventh time you've said THAT."
"Ummm.."
"Twentieth."
"JON!"
"Five hundred."
"JONATHON!!"
Jon gasped.
"That's a new one."
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When we're by ourselves gazing at each other,
love becomes not love!
It's very fragile, so
I want to protect it preciously!
So let's look into the distance.
That's right, let's stay that way.
I understand how you feel
'cause I feel the same!
If you call me "lover",
it's not love anymore, so...
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Alanna heard a solid knock on her door. And then another. Another.
Finally she called, "the door's open!"
She saw the tall, dark-haired knight enter. "Alex."
"I wanted to apologize for before.." The young knight replied, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted so rashly."
"It's all right, Alex." She told him, "I shouldn't have acted like that. It's my fault.."
"I shouldn't have rushed you.."
"I.. Alex, we're arguing again."
"I know."
She stifled a laugh, and Alex nearly fell over laughing.
"I.. I love you, Alex.."
He sobered instantly.
"I love you, too, Alanna."
In the darkness of the ill-lit room, they kissed.
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please don't try to confirm our love
Quietly... let's stay the way we are.
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