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Alright, big announcement: I'm taking chapter requests, so let me know if there's an idea you'd like to see. Celeron96 has given me one already, so I have one more idea(his) after this, so I need suggestions, guys! Anyway, you know what I own and here's Drabble number 2!
Chapter 3: "I hate mud!"
"Hey, guys! How about we go hiking in the forest today?" Terra asked, bored. Jack was lying on the couch, his eyes closed. Aqua was reading a book, and Ven was draped over the other couch upside-down, staring at the ceiling.
"That sounds like fun!" Ven burst out immediately. Jack grunted from his state of semi-sleep. Aqua turned the page in her book and put a mark in it before closing it.
"C'mon, Jack. It's not often that Terra has a good idea." she told him, prodding him in the sides to try and get him to move. Jack grunted again as he turned over and faced the back of the couch. Why he wouldn't wear a shirt when he was sleeping was beyond any of them, but they all saw the scars on his back. Terra alone knew what they were from, but didn't say a word. Aqua looked at them and smiled as she cast a silent spell. Her hand became encased in ice as she pressed it up against Jack's bare back.
"Hey!" the brunette yelled, jumping up immediately. He looked at them angrily for a second, before he stretched and rubbed his eyes.
"Well, if you'd put a shirt on and stop trying to show off…." Terra told him, laughing quietly. Jack smirked at him.
"You're sticking your chest out again, Terra." he replied as he walked to his room to put on a shirt. Terra's face was deep red as he cleared his throat and walked out the door. Ven and Aqua followed him.
It wasn't long before Jack caught up with them. They didn't even hear his footsteps, they just noticed him all of the sudden. "So how far away's the forest?" Jack asked them. Terra looked in the distance.
"Not much farther. There's a good sized river and even a deep pond we used to swim in. Maybe today's a good day for that, huh?" he explained. Jack silently agreed. It was the hottest it had been all summer. The master didn't let them off training for heat just because he felt like it.
They approached the forest, and Jack stared at the silent trees in awe. They made a natural border that stretched for several miles. "In we go!" Ven exclaimed excitedly as they entered the shade of the trees.
"Ven, stay close. Don't let me lose sight of you." Aqua told him calmly. Ven nodded, but quickly was gaining distance from the rest of the group.
"Ven, stay close!" Terra yelled. Ven smiled and waved as he stood on a cliff overlooking the gushing stream. He suddenly frowned as he wobbled back and forth. The cliff underneath him slid down the water wall and he fell into the river with a splash.
"Ven!" they yelled together.
"Help!" they heard him yell as they ran to the bank of the river. They saw him go floating past them. Jack threw off his shirt and dove in after him. Terra and Aqua followed from the bank.
"Do you see either of them?" Aqua gasped. Terra nodded, concerned. Jack reappeared with a splash, but looked at them and shook his head. Aqua screamed in anger.
"If he's still alive, I'm gonna kill him!" she said. Terra sighed as Jack walked back on to shore, dripping wet.
"Is there anywhere that the river gets shallow?" he asked them. Terra nodded.
"Yeah, just before it flows into the pond." he replied. Without another word, he led them down the bank.
Several yards down, they found Ven's shirt laying in the mud. Aqua gasped as she picked it up. A little further down, they found his pants. "You've got to be kidding me." she muttered.
"The pool's just up ahead." Terra told them as they walked into a clearing. There was a deep wide pond in the middle of the clearing, and Ven bobbed peacefully on the top of the water, wearing nothing but his boxers.
"Ven!" Aqua yelled in relief. The blonde looked at them and smiled.
"Hey, guys! You didn't happen to find my clothes, did you?" he asked them, smiling nervously. Jack sighed as he pulled Ven out of the water and handed him his clothes.
"I told you to stay close to us, Ventus!" Aqua told him angrily. Ven looked at her nervously.
"I'm just a kid, Aqua! I'm naturally curious!" he defended. As she opened her mouth to yell again, Terra held up his hand.
"We know, he needs to be taught a lesson." he told her. As Ven looked around him fearfully, Terra nodded to Jack as they both smirked. They picked Ven up together and carried him back into the pool.
"I hope you can swim fast, Ven!" Jack told him as they let him go and chased him. Ven yelped in fear as he tried to swim away from them. Jack and Terra cackled like crazy men while Aqua watched from the shore.
"Boys…." she muttered as she took off her shoes and stockings. The three boys were still chasing each other. Jack jumped into the air and readied to splash them on his way down when the entire pond suddenly froze over. With a thud, he smacked into the ice hard. Aqua smiled as she walked across the ice toward them. Terra and Ven were both stuck in the ice, their shoulders and up being on top.
"Aqua….!" they both whined. She smiled as she walked past both of them. The ice melted and they all sank in to the water. This time, Aqua was on Ven's side, and they all chased each other around the pond for a good few hours.
Finally, they were all too exhausted to continue, and they got out to dry off. Jack smiled in contentment as he let the sun shine on his back. Ven lay next to him, too tired to move. Jack looked over at Terra, who was staring over at Aqua. The bluenette was drying her hair with her hands and a towel she had brought. He smiled as he cast a quiet wind spell that gently sent Terra scooting closer to her. Terra looked at him and held up his fist. Jack smirked at him as he stood up and put his shirt back on. "Well, I'm heading back." he told them. Ven stood up.
"Me, too!" he said, following Jack out of the clearing. Terra and Aqua looked up, suddenly realizing they were alone and were sitting very close to each other.
They looked at each other silently for several minutes. They eventually, ever so slowly, began to lean in toward each other. Their lips met for just a few seconds. This was Terra and Aqua's first kiss. They heard rustling in the bushes behind them. Terra stood up and yanked Ven out of the bushes. "I saw nothing!" the blonde yelled. Terra rolled his eyes.
"You're supposed to be with Jack!" he told him, irritated.
"He is." Jack said from above. They looked up to see him sitting casually in the tree above them. "We figured you two needed the minute alone." he told them, smiling.
"You don't want to come down from that tree, Jack." Aqua warned him. He just smiled even wider. He jumped into the air and summoned his rider.
"Ven!" he yelled. Ven struggled out of Terra's grip before jumping up and landing behind Jack.
"Terra and Aqua, sitting in a…" he didn't get to finish as Jack shot off toward the castle, but the spell and thrown Keyblade didn't hit them, either.
Terra groaned as he began to lead the way out. On the way out of the clearing, he slipped and fell in the wet mud. He stood up, and saw that he had mud all over his clothes. "I hate mud!" he groaned. Aqua laughed quietly at him as they made their way back.
"We need to get Jack and Ven back for this." Terra told her, thinking hard. Aqua nodded, smiling evilly.
"I know just the way." she told him confidently.
Cliffhanger! The next part leads into Celeron96's idea, so after that I need suggestions/requests! Review and let me know! See ya later!
