Disclaimer: All Klonoa characters belong to Namco, All OC characters belong to me.
Chapter 1: The beauty of nature
"Hey Klonoa, how much longer until we get to the lake?"
Klonoa could hear the impatience in her voice."It shouldn't be too much longer now. We're halfway there at the very least." Lolo sighed at his comment. She had no idea the lake was so far away. They had been walking on a trail through the woods to get there for at least an hour.
He had always known to have a bit of an impatient side when it came to taking long amounts of time to wait or get to something.
Klonoa had stopped in his tracks when he felt Lolo's hand let go of his. He looked back to see her kneeling and wincing in pain After walking for an entire hour it's no wonder that Lolo's legs were in some pain.
"Lolo, are you ok?" Klonoa asked concerned.
"O-oh I'm fine. I just hurt my leg a little. But I'm OK, really." Lolo tried to stand herself up to prove it but her leg was too sore from all the walking to do it.
"You know if it's too much for your leg then we can always come back tomorrow." Klonoa didn't want Lolo to overextend herself just to get to a lake that they could visit anytime. Besides that he just didn't really like seeing her in any real sort of pain, crying especially. Klonoa sighed
"Lolo, I know you really want to go to the lake but I'm not too sure that right now it's really the best idea." He saw Lolo's face and it looked like she was ready to cry.
"F-fine." Lolo reluctantly gave in. Klonoa was torn. He knew Lolo really wanted to go to the lake today, But if she were to continue walking she'd be in serious pain. He could see how determined and excited Lolo was to get to the lake today, something about how she smiled and was made him want to find other solutions.
"On second thought. I may have an idea." Klonoa turned around with his back facing her pointing to it. "You want me to ride on your shoulders? But..." Lolo wasn't too keen on the idea.
"Don't worry I'll be fine, We've come this far so, why stop now? Besides if it gets too bad I can just carry you if that's what It takes to get you there. I made a promise and I'm going to keep it." He said confidently.
Lolo couldn't help but blush from how selfless he was being. She was surprised to see him change his mind so quickly to make her happy.
"Well, if you say it's OK then I won't argue with you." Lolo agreed.
Klonoa had grabbed her hand to help her up slowly as to not hurt her leg. Without much haste she managed to stand just enough that she could reach his shoulders. Then she picked her skirt up as she lifted one leg at a time over Klonoa's shoulders.
"You all set?" Klonoa asked. Lolo smiled. "Yeah... I think so." Klonoa nodded and began to stand up until he was fully on his feet. She had took a while to get stable but she got used to it pretty fast. Once Lolo looked up at the view she could finally see it
"Wow! The view is amazing! You can see the whole lake from up here. " Klonoa couldn't help but smile at her comment as she stared in awe. "We're close too. Come on Klonoa, let's get moving." She pointed forwards and patted his head a couple of times. "March!" Lolo jokingly commanded.
Klonoa laughed. "Ok then, Let's go!" With that he began his march towards the lake. Lolo had actually enjoyed the ride much more then she thought.
After a bit more walking they had finally made out of the thickness of the woods and into the lake. "Well, here we are" Klonoa pointed outwards towards the lake. Lolo looked in complete awe
"The view is even better up-close. This is amazing!" The view was a spectacle to behold. Mountains plains surrounding the lake with a waterfall running down, and there was an entire circle of lush, green trees bed of flowers covering the remaining area.
While Lolo was in awe of the view, Klonoa had spotted a bridge that led them all the way to the other side of the lake into more woods. He was too intrigued to just pass up going.
"Hey Lolo, look at this." He pointed her towards the bridge. "There's a bridge that leads all the way to the other side of the lake. Wanna go check it out?" Lolo had pondered it for a moment. She wasn't actually sure just where the bridge led. For all she knew it could lead them right to a dead end or worse.
"I don't know Klonoa. We don't even know where it takes you. I'm not sure if that's a good idea." Klonoa smiled at her response. "That's what makes it fun. We don't know where it leads so finding out will probably be even more interesting then the lake itself." Lolo still wasn't sure about it.
"What if something attacks us?" Danger was mostly what concerned her. She wasn't sure how safe walking in an unfamiliar location by themselves with no real sense of direction but a bridge to guide them was.
"I wouldn't worry about that. I've got my wind ring and you're an elemental priestess. I think we'll be fine." Klonoa reassured. "Only an elemental priestess in-training remember? I still don't know how to use my spells properly when it really matters." She said a bit dissapointed.
Lolo had a point in the fact that her training had only just started a couple months ago. She had barely even knew the basics of controlling her mana yet. There was no way she'd be able to help Klonoa in a fight let alone by herself.
"Lolo trust me. We'll be fine, I doubt we'll run into something dangerous enough that we'll need to fight it anyway. The forest is a peaceful place full of nature, what's going to show up in there other then a couple of native animals?" Lolo had to admit he was probably right.
"I guess you're right. I have to admit that I am a little curious about what's over there too." Klonoa smiled. "Alright then it's settled. Next stop, the bridge." With that Klonoa had began to make his way from the shore on the opposite end to the bridge taking them to the other side.
While walking Klonoa had remembered Lolo mentioning only being a preistess in-training. "Hey Lolo. You said something about being an elemental priestess in-training right?" He hadn't really remembered much about her priestess training other then the fact that she was learning to use elemental abilities to help her in trouble.
"That's right. Why do you ask?" Lolo wasn't sure where he was going with this. "Well. I was just wondering training you do as an elemental priestess. I've never went with you to watch you train so I was just curious." Lolo was honestly a bit surprised at his curiosity. He had never really seemed to show much interest in her priestess training before.
"Well its not easy, That I can tell you from experience. Learning to master the 4 elements takes complete control over them. In order to unlock the powers that you can obtain from the elements you must first learn to form a bond with them." Klonoa looked confused.
"Form a bond?" Klonoa asked confused. Lolo nodded.
"Right. To become in total harmony with elements then you need to surrender yourself to the elements. For instance: In order to for me to be able to use the water element I would need to dive to the bottom of the ocean and trust in the water to keep me from drowning."
"Wow. All that just to bond with an element?" He asked astoundingly. Lolo nodded. Klonoa had actually started to smile after hearing how hard becoming an elemental priestess actually was. The fact that Lolo's willingly trying to overcome the difficult challenge made him incredibly happy.
"Well, I'm sure if you keep working at it then in no time you can be a full blown elemental priestess." Klonoa cheerfully encouraged. Lolo smiled. "Right. I just need to keep working at it." Lolo knew the hardships of trying to become a master of the elements, the High Priestess had warned her of the dangers as soon as she heard Lolo's request.
Lolo wasn't going to back down from a challenge anymore. Klonoa had taught her the first time that they met that even when it looks grim you can't give up. She had kept this advice with her ever since and used it as an inspiration.
They were walking past some nearby trees Klonoa suddendly felt something land on his nose. Lolo looked down to see that it was a ladybug. "Looks like its mistaken you for some kind of tree" Lolo couldn't help but smile at how pretty it's red body covered in white spots were.
"Achoo!" Klonoa's nose must have gotten irritated with it laying there. The bug flew straight up out of shock and almost ran into Lolo's face. She giggled. "It almost flew up my nose." A few fishermen on the other side of the lake must've heard Lolo and looked over to see the two. They couldn't help but smile at how cute they looked together.
"Oh, looks like we weren't the only ones at the lake today." Lolo commented. She waved to the fishermen as they waved back to her. She noticed that Klonoa wasn't responding to them, It looked like he was almost trying to pretend they weren't there.
"Klonoa, what's the matter? You don't want to say hi?" Klonoa had turned away from them. "Not in the mood to talk to them right now." Klonoa was never a fan of showing his affection towards Lolo around other people. It just made him too embarrassed to say anything to them. Lolo had looked down at him for a bit before responding.
"Do you want me to get off you now?" She asked concerned. Klonoa lowered his head a bit. "You're fine right where you are." Out of nowhere he started sprinting through the rest of the trail. Lolo had to grab her hat before it fell off her head it was so sudden. She started laughing as he continued to run down the trail with her.
One thing was for certain though. Whenever Lolo felt like she part a the problem, Klonoa never hesitates to try to fix the situation. Even if he has to sacrifice his own comfort he knows it's worth it to see her smile.
OMG LOLO IS AN ELEMENTAL PRIESTESS! Yea i was sort of racking my brain for ways to make her not just a damsel in distress and I sort of just went with it because it fits her being a elemental preistess for combat reasons and such. Oh and yea Klonoa and Lolo aren't dating fyi. It's complicated so i won't go into too much detail, but just keep in mind they aren't a couple yet. I originally planned for their lake adventures to end this chapter but I ended up adding more then I was intending to this part so I just ran with it. Oh well... hopefully my awful ideas aren't enough to keep you away from Chapter 2: End Of The Road
