Chapter 4-Our Time is Short
Author's Note: Hello again! I'm finally back with chapter four and there is a lot…a lot…well there's just a lot of everything. I tried to put some action in here as well as some lovey dovey stuff as well. Because of that I had to go back and change the rating to M because there is some lemon in it but if that's not your thing I urge you to read because there's something for everyone if you love Air Gear. That's pretty much it. And what that here's Chapter 4.
Oh Yeah: All disclaimers still apply. I do not own Air Gear or any of its characters but I did write this story!
"No, No NO! You're not doing it right!" yelled Pyth sitting on a crate while overseeing Kazu's run. It was a nice Saturday afternoon and Pyth had thought it a good idea to get out to the skate park in the city. Ever since the night of Spitfire and Pyth's reunion, Pyth had made it her duty to take Kazu under her tutelage. Kazu should have known there was a catch when Pyth had called him that following day asking him to meet her for some "private consultation." No way would a chick that hot have a crush on him!
"Look, you're not shifting your body enough. You look like a statue out there," said Pyth, she then thought to herself, "If you don't loosen up you'll never gain the momentum and most importantly friction you need to create flames like Spit*," she then continued to rattle off, "honestly how do you think you'll stand a chance against the other storm riding teams. I mean you didn't even stand a chance against that wound up freak Aeon, let alone coming close to beating me."
*("Spit" being the nickname in which Pyth uses when referring to Spitfire. Didn't want anyone thinking I just forgot the rest of his name!)
They were cut off from the other riders gaining their own bowl shaped ramp all to themselves. Kazu wasn't sure if this was because of her beauty or because in the month since she had come to Japan she had managed to become an overnight celebrity to the AT world. In just a month's time Pyth had done a lot . She first made her way on the scene challenging and bringing down whole teams and their affiliates most time battling alone. Many of the disbanded teams gladly joined up with Revelation which only helped to make her popularity grow. Next, she became fast friends with T-Gonzo leader of the Kintetsu Bulls. He had bet her a kiss and a date if he could beat her at the B-Class game of Disc. He lost…and was eventually turned down. In exchange, he let her release a limited collection of her very own signature designed skates at his AT shop. They were quickly snatched up by fan girls and guys alike with her unisex design of an all white AT with light blue trim and bright gold pyramid near the ankle and her trademark "sphinx eyes" etched in the same blue on the heels of the skates.
Soon after, fan clubs began to pop up at every school in the area. Boys drooled over her curves and battling styles while whole packs of girls were dedicated to just watching Pyth eat lunch in the park. They fought for her clothes and personal belongings. It was a strange time that week all the girls had changed their hair to mimic Pyth's high ponytail and you were deemed a true designer "goddess" if you were able to acquire an authentic gold bangle from Pyth's riding uniform. The fan girl hype had grown so much that some of the riders from her affiliate team Aphrodite were asked to come and set up an extension of the all-girl team just for the girls of Japan. And just recently, Pyth was asked to sit on a panel with popular storm riders and city officials on bridging the gap between AT and non- AT users managing to get the city to open more skate parks and battle arenas where storm riders could safely challenge and hone their skills being less likely to destroy property in the city.
"Yep," thought Kazu to himself, "she sure is wonderful." Managing to make a name for herself in such a short time. It had almost rivaled Ikki's rise to stardom. "But even with all that, she's still just as pretty," Kazu continued thinking as he stared up at Pyth's glowing face. Even though she was yelling at him she still managed to keep a half smirk on her face while she did it. Her hair, not in the usual ponytail above her head but pulled into a clean high bun. She traded in her riding uniform for a more casual look wearing instead a pair of fashionable acid washed jeans rolled up to her knees and worn as knickerbockers instead. She also wore a cut off light grey hoodie showing off her nice tanned tummy. Instead of the clunky gold jewelry and accessories she was instead more understated wearing only a pair of studded earrings. Kazu had gone from not trusting Pyth to developing a bit of a crush on her…he of course knew nothing would come of it he thought just as Spitfire walked over towards the two.
"How's it going my Alluring Amazonian," cooed Spitfire as he walked up and grabbed Pyth by the waist lightly pecking her cheek.
Pyth smiled and tried to wiggle out of his possession. "Your little 'project' lacks any fluid in his movements. Honestly I don't know why you offered to help him. But I must admit" she said turning to look at Kazu's tired and sweaty face panting for air, "he is getting better."
"That's the ticket, Love. You know I'd be around more but there are some important things I've had to take care of. You know what they say about time, not waiting on men and all that. So I figured I'd call upon my goddess for some kind of salvation!" joked Spitfire as he and Pyth broke off into a conversation.
Kazu stood there seemingly spying on the couple as they joked back and forth. How had two riders from opposing teams managed to fall for one another? Kazu and the others had only known that the two knew each other since they were children but the background stopped there. Still it was a proven fact that Spitfire and his associates had backed Genesis. Spitfire had even gone so far as to merge his affiliate teams Nine Tail Fox and Coco Fire with the rest of the members of Genesis and Pyth had single handedly formed and spread the influence of Revelation, a team which called for the dismantling of Genesis. Still somehow both factions had saw the relationship between the two and understood. It was an issue which never seemed to get between the two. Spitfire and Pyth's affection for one another had been solidified ever since the night of the race between Oracle and Kogarasumaru. Though the two had never exchanged titles or alluded to a union still they were known the AT world over as being an item.
"Hmph. And while you're off doing these so-called important things I'm here teaching this…this amateur. Honestly, Spit, you're the Flame King you should be here to train him."
Spitfire snapped into a serious tone, "What I'm doing is something that will completely change the future of the AT world!" He then brought down his tone, "C'mon Duck, I really need you right now. We won't have forever you know. Our time is-"
"Time?" questioned Pyth as she looked up with a start. She grabbed Spitfire's arm and glanced at his bright fiery red watch and said, "Speaking of time, I'm late!" Pyth began to fumble around with shoes and socks. "What are you doing, Love?" asked Spitfire.
"I've got an important thing to do of my own," answered Pyth. She then asked, "Will I be able to see you later this afternoon?" as she grabbed her favorite pair of sparkling gold ATs out of her backpack. "Not the afternoon, I've got a bit of an appointment. How's about you come over later tonight around 8. I should be done then."
"Fine." said Pyth as she fastened her ATs and stuffed her shoes in her backpack. "What am I supposed to do now?" Spitfire asked while looking puzzled. "He's your student, you figure it out!" Pyth shouted as she zoomed away.
Pyth zoomed and flipped as she made her way to her destination. She had to make it all the way across town and she was already late as it was. She dodged trees, jumped off street signs and light posts, and grinded off any surface with a friction managing to make it there in record time. She panted a bit as she made her way towards what would seem like a ratty diner. As she took a step closer she noticed the diner had been long since out of business and though rundown still looked as if someone tried to take care of it. She entered inside the diner and realized that the inside was completely furnished and well kept. The booths and chairs were newly upholstered with black leather and the counter was gleaming with white and stainless steel detailing.
A young man with slicked black hair sat with one arm lying on the table in front of him and the other leaning against his side of the booth's cushioning. Pyth took in the great décor and eventually saw the young man sitting alone in the booth looking rather annoyed. She immediately clapped her hands together and bowed in apology for her lateness. Pyth finally sat down and the two began their conversation.
"It's been a long time Jintaro, can I still call you Taro? Or maybe I should address you by your most recent name, DJ Plugman?" The two laughed.
"Ya'know I'm not just fooling around when I'm hyping them up at these battles Pyth. I really am happy doing it."
"I know you are Taro, but have you truly forgotten about the past? The wonderful things we could do. The potential we used to dream of."
"Look, Pyth, yea, I remember those days but my gig now, this mask," he said as he looked over to the famous old model television set made costume sitting on the counter opposite of the two, "It isn't just some old tv helmet made to cover up my identity. I ain't hidin' from nobody. If anything when I put that thing on I'm being the most open I can be. Showin' my true self, got that? And I ain't givin' it up going chasin' dreams."
"But Taro, please…I need you. Don't tell me you've forgotten what you promised?" said Pyth as the two stared intensely into each other's eyes. Both of their consciousness resonating into one memory, simultaneously remembering the past….
Years ago…the inception of a new motorized inline wheel system was birthed by Japan's greatest minds. In order to see that this technology known as Air Trecks were ridden to their maximum potential an elite group of bioengineering scientists worked tireless to produce a group of exceptional children created with the only purpose of riding and eventually manning these "A-Ts" as super soldiers. One day becoming Japan's salvation for navigating its way to the top of the world's forces. These exceptional children were codenamed Gravity Children being that since their conception they were constantly raised and nurtured under zero gravity air pressure. The children had a natural affinity for riding AT and were constantly creating new and wonderful movements with the Air Treck technology. Their physiology was different from other children being that their cerebral cortexes were wired differently. They were better equipped at analyzing space and area often being able to picture 3-D imagery of blueprints, plans or other visual cues. They were more nimble and their bodies could take more damage and pressure than most. Some even possessed a sort of super human strength while riding. Though try as much as they did to make the children as normal as possible in the chances that they would need to hide them in plain sight the children were born with cross shaped or "twinkle" eyes as they became to be known. The experiment was going well and everyday they were creating new advances for the Air Treck systems the children used. New designs and new hardware eventually became known as their Regalia. But eventually the scientists began to see some emotional flaws in some of the children. In an effort to save economic resources and time at teaching and raising the Gravity Children a handful of the scientists began working on a new project entitled Brain Chargers, a noted few of them were Professors Minami, Daisuke, and Yazawa. Subjects were chosen from around the world, many being orphans or those looking to acquire financial barring. Again, Professors Minami, Daisuke, and Yazawa, so dedicated to their work, offered up their own children as test subjects as well. In order to make the knowledge of the Air Treck technology stick they had to infuse custom-created modifications to the children's previous personality traits.
Daisuke's son Jintaro, who was normally a shy and withdrawn child at the age of seven, was infused with the consciousness of a popular disc jockey that Professor Daisuke listened to in the morning on the way to work. Yazawa's daughter Pyth, who was often clumsy and awkward at the age of three, was implanted with the stories of famous Greek Goddess and mythology that his Egyptian wife, Moira was so fond of. And Minami's son…he turned out to be something different all together. Being that Professor Minami's wife was also a fellow colleague it was safe to say his son had been around the Gravity Children's conditions of zero gravity since his conception. Once he was born he already had a natural attraction to ATs. Because he was so young, only being about 14 months old, scientists found it very hard to infuse let alone touch any of the child's personality traits within his unshaped mind. The harder they would to force any number of modifications into his head the child would reject them. It was until Professor Minami watched his son reach up to a nearby windowsill which housed a small crow was he able to download that one bit of software into his brain, that of the grace and freedom of a bird. The Brain Charger project eventually failed months later when the scientists found that though they were able to "fly" most of the subjects had no drive to do so. Another characteristic of the Brain Charger subjects were the Over-Cross eye twinkle, that was similar to that of the Gravity Children but with highlighted arrows in the pupils. Some of the subjects were kept as possible security precautions in case the Gravity Children ever got out of control. The project was considered a wash, though there were readings from one particular test subject who seemed to still hold a determination to fly. Subject Pyth Yazawa, during tests showed readings matching the level of the Gravity Children but could only do so after coming into contact with or showing footage of the Gravity's Children. Try as they might, the scientists could not get the knowledge to stick days after seeing the Gravity Children and the readings were deemed inconclusive because of the lack of validity. During the late stages of both the Gravity Children and Brain Charger Projects, in an effort towards some sort of normalcy, the scientist did an extensive procedure on all of the test subjects by covering the various designs of their pupils with a thin layer of hyper durable colored eye lenses similar to contact lenses fused to the subjects' retinas. After the Brain Charger project many of the subjects were paid off, given loving homes to highly established parental candidates, or returned to their families. As for the Gravity Children….many of them escaped.
Then suddenly their minds were filled with nothing but white light as their memories continued to meld. Pyth's voice then rang out.
I remember seeing them….the wonderful tricks they could land….that boy with the fiery red hair….how special they seemed….how lonely I was…It wasn't until I met you Taro until I felt like I really had a friend.
Their minds flash back to their childhoods. Those days in the lab. A little tan girl with black hair in a frilly dress is crying. A scruffy looking little boy with black hair walking down the corridor.
"What's wrong with ya little girl? Why're crying"
"Big men say mean things to Pyth. Call Pyth a…..a…a freak. Not sure what that means but know that is bad word. They think other bad things too. I can see them. But they not know I can. I know when grownups lie."
My mother never wanted me to be studied but my father insisted. She knew I was special already. I had a gift that may people in her family possessed, the ability to see things. Medium, soothsayer, there are many words for them but ever since I was young, if I tried really hard, I could see things that others couldn't. Not exactly, mindreading but I could feel things about people.
"It's alright. They say lousy stuff about me too. I don't care. I usedta be shy and all but it's no sweat now. I give it right back to them! I just wish they wouldn't make me ride those things all the time."
"Pyth like those things though. Pyth feel nice when she go whoosh! Wanna go higher!"
"I guess it is pretty nice riding around on those things but I like watching the other kids ride. I like watching you ride too…." A small tinge of blush highlighted his face. "How's about whenever those mean big men give you a hard time you find me and I'll punch 'em all for ya!"
"Yay! Itoko! Itoko! You're my itoko!"
"Itoko? What are you spitting on about?"
"Pyth learning Ja-pon-ese. Mommy say itoko…itoko means cousin. Pyth always wanted cousin. You Taro…you be my itoko?"
"Yea, sure I'll be your itoko; I'll always be here for ya."
The two opened their eyes and once again looked into each other's faces.
"I've been planning this for a while Taro and I can't do it alone. I need your help, itoko."
"Fine. Fine. I had already given in to helping you but please give up that itoko thing. I barely even speak to my folks these days and besides….we're not even related," spouted out Jintaro as again a small tinge of blush occupied his face.
"Good, are you still good at getting into computer specs?"
"Are you kidding? How do you think I can pinpoint such accurate reads at my ATs battles? I break into the AT website database practically every night."
"Good, because you know where we need to break into."
"I've tried every day of my life to forget that place and you want to go prancing in there? Is it really worth that?"
"It's mine Taro! They may have created it but every since I put ATs on it was mine! I know they still have them, they never had a chance to give them to us because of the end of the experiment but I know they have them. I'm going in and getting what belongs to me."
"And what about him?"
"What about him? I know he's there….but he has his job to do….and I have mine. I just need to change first!" Pyth said with a smile as she abruptly got up from the booth seemingly ending the conversation.
"I hope she doesn't get us found out or worst, killed." Jintaro said out loud to no one in particular.
After leaving the diner they finally arrived at Sano Enterprises, the site of their mission and where they had lived, ate, and grew when they were once a part of the experiments. Jintaro sat camouflaged near a bushed area with his pocket computer in hand. He and Pyth placed microphoned earpieces on each of their respective ears.
"Can you hear me?" tested Pyth.
"Clear." Responded Jintaro.
"Please be sure, you're my new set of eyes and ears. I'll be dead in the water in there without you."
"You're coming in fine. Anyway, what are you doing wearing a thing like that," said Jintaro as his familiar blush colored his cheeks.
Jintaro stared at Pyth's defined body as his eyes roamed up and down her physique. Instead of the white racing uniform she had become known for she instead wore a tight pair of liquid black stretch racing pants that came to the knee along with a matching short sleeved half top of the same material, her tanned abs once again exposed. For this mission she wore a pair of her all-terrain ATs, also in all black with the exception of her trademark gold pyramid near the ankle and etched eye detail in the same color. Her hair still in the high neat bun from earlier. She looked outwards towards the lab as she put on a sporty pair of gloves that covered her fingers but left a cut on part of the palm and backhand out. Jintaro, who had long refused to admit any romantic feelings for Pyth to himself or anyone else for that matter tried so very hard not to notice her beauty but felt powerless in noticing just how much of a woman she had become.
"Oh, this? I used to wear it when I rode with Team Sphinx back in Giza. It was all the rage back then. I figured it would help me stay hidden and who knows…help me out in a tight squeeze," she said as she jokingly smiled at Jintaro, "alright I'm getting ready to go in."
At their current position Jintaro and Pyth were about a block from the lab. Pyth rode her ATs to side of the brick gate closing off the public from the lab. She easily bolted upwards and over the small gate. She quietly landed behind a small shed outside near the site. She took a moment to look around and confirm her surroundings.
"Ok Taro, where am I headed?"
Jintaro typed vigorously on his laptop keyboard and then answered, "There's two ways to get in, a small vent located high up near the east wall and also a window on top of the roof. But there are guards up there."
Pyth looked up towards the steep wall eyeing the steel entry, "I think the vent door should work just fine." Pyth then darted out towards the wall. She thought about her race with Buccha and then flawlessly executed his expert wall grinding up the steep wall. She spun and jumped and was just able to hang on the ledge of the vent door. She dangled there with both arms. She reached up ever so cautiously up to one of the bars of the vent she easily grabbed it off with her left hand and sat it down inside the space. She then held back onto the ledge with both arms, gently revved her ATs up and propelled herself inside. Inside the vent she noticed it was bigger than she originally thought. She couldn't turn around inside but she had enough room to move freely around. Before she crawled away she repositioned the vent door and lightly placed it back with her foot.
"I'm in. What's next?"
While typing wildly, "Ok, you're now in the air system. You're going to keep going forward," Pyth listened intently as she made the movements to his directions while he talked, "Ok there's going to be a split going left and right coming up you go right. After that you'll keep moving forward and make the next left. Keep going , you're gonna see a weird fork coming up. One side goes forward; one goes left and the other leans upwards on a slant. Guess which way you're going?"
Pyth continued to follow Jintaro's commands during her actions. Once she came to the slant she looked upwards. "Of course it's the slant. Because nothing is ever that easy." Pyth carefully positioned herself with her hands planted in front of her and her ATs sitting aside each other slightly apart from one another. She revved them up and propelled herself up the chute.
"Once you get up that ramp you're going be on the right side of a fork in the path. Lean back a little bit and go down the center trail. After that keep going until you see the first opening and you're good."
As Pyth made her way down the path she glanced down through the little Plexiglas door. She kicked the lock off of the door and gracefully made her way to the floor beneath.
"Alright you're free to ride down this hallway. It's low security here. But get ready you're going to have to do some skilled riding once you get to the exit coming up on you're right. You're going to have to hop from one wall to the next to avoid the cameras starting with the….RIGHT!" yelled Jintaro as he waited to see which direction the first camera was facing as he watched along on his laptop. Pyth leapt from wall to wall as instructed. She miscalculated one of her jumps and had to kick her legs out to spin and project herself into the next wall. She had wondered if one of the cameras had caught a glimpse of her mistake but had heard no alarm sound and considered herself safe.
Unbeknownst to her in one of the research rooms filled with scientists, workers and guards alike one said scientist had spotted a flash of gold upon the giant security camera screen. The graying man with smudged glasses stared blankly at the screen. Had he just saw a tiny gold pyramid? Was it possible he thought? Could it really be… he was cut off from his thoughts as one of the security guards asked what was wrong with him. He told him nothing and apologized for his absentmindedness, motioning towards his dirty glasses. He told the guard that he thought he had saw a critter of some type perhaps a mouse but dismissed such an idea on account of his glasses. The answer seemed to satisfy the guard but he still called for a few men to check on the situation.
Back between the corridors Pyth had just completed the set of security cameras and was making her way to a small space between one of the supercomputers the building held. There was just enough room for her right above the machine. She was halted by the sound of footsteps.
"Oh no! Looks like they ended up catching that little screw up with the camera. I saw that by the way! You can't move but it looks like they may check over the area. You won't be able to crawl fast enough! It's curtains!"
"Not quite yet," informed Pyth, "Thank goodness I wore these today," she said as she wiggled her gloved fingers. She quietly revved up her ATs got a loose grip on each side of the wall above the computer and shot through the small passage which each leg gapped open clinging to each side of the walls. She had made it behind the machine in enough time to head off the guards. Behind the machine was a tunnel leading throughout the various laboratories. She quickly funneled through the tunnel and came to the tiny opening that Jintaro told her of. She sat and looked around the room which held the treasure she was looking for. In that tiny room was an abundance of parts. Above the compartments were various assigned numbers in no particular order aimed to correlate with the previous subjects ID numbers. She looked around and found her own. The white wheels gleaming, unknown gold lettering flecking in the light. At last she had found it, her regalia. She waited for Jintaro's cue and suddenly he had shut the lights out in the facility. Pyth ducked down and grabbed the two huge wheels which comprised her regalia and replaced them with copies. In a flash she darted back up to the tunnel and closed the opening just as the lights snapped back on. Many of the workers were confused at the surprise. Guards began to rally in the off chance that it had been a security breach.
"If you keep going down the tunnel there's gonna be an opening just like the way you got in with the other supercomputer. Get through there and get ready to duck as soon as you hit the ground because there's a post of security guards there. There's a shipment getting ready to leave in 45 seconds. You need to be on it!"
Pyth exited the crawl space as Jintaro finished his directions and immediately lowered her body once she hit the ground. She zoomed down the long hallway and made a left where a sign read "Shipping Dock."
"C'mon! 15 seconds. Ya gotta go. You're not gonna make it!"
"Chill out. I'm gonna just make it." Said Pyth just as she slid underneath the large truck and held on to its undercarriage. She held on for what seemed like a lifetime until she let go and was planted a few blocks away from the lab. She panted heavily as she was joined by Jintaro who looked over her as she panted still on the ground.
"Well I hope you at least got the damn thing." Remarked Jintaro.
Pyth smiled between her pants as she reached beneath her into her pack and held up the shiny new wheels with the wording "One Cannot Hide- from the All-Seeing Eye" decked out in gold.
"I'm glad you got those because you're gonna need to fix the ATs you've got on. From what I could tell one of your ball bearings is busted in your left front wheel. And you're accelerator timer is all off in the right one. I'm thinking some belts are rubbing in there. I'll take a look at em."
"Taro, how do you know all that?"
"I could hear it…..it was practically like right in my ears. I could see what was busted up in your ATs"
"You heard that over our communicators? With all that noise and surroundings whishing by?"
"Yea, I don't know. I've just always been able to tell when something was wrong in regards to you. Whether it was your ATs or your life in general. I don't know it's just super easy for me to hear your ATs, ok? Now come on and get cleaned up back at my place. The stove's still working in that old diner. I'll make ya a burger or something."
Once back at the diner Pyth cleaned off and changed clothes. She joined Jintaro at the counter where her meal was waiting for her.
"Ya'know I used to love coming to this place when I was a kid. It seemed like the one place I felt like I had a complete real family. Not one that barely talked and where fathers do experiments on their sons. The old man who owned it was always nice to me and made whatever I wanted. Once I left home for good I showed up here. I had money from my family. My dad thought it was an easy way to buy me off. Make his problems disappear so he could get back to his lovely experiments. I didn't know what to do with my life. He cleaned me up….gave me a job…and taught me to live for myself. I owe that old man a lot. When he got sick he finally decided to close the place and gave it to me. Told me the world was full of diners… that it was up to me to make it into something. So I made it a sort of headquarters for me. Only a few of the behind-the-scenes AT staffers come here aside from the occasional storm rider celebrity. This place….is home. And you're welcome to come here whenever Pretty Boy Red Head screws up…which I know he will."
Pyth just laughed at his statement and the two continued to talk up until it was time for Jintaro to leave to officiate a Parts War.
"Ya'know you could come along. I wouldn't think you were tagging along or nothing. In fact, you could say I want you to be there."
"Oh I can't tonite. I kinda have somewhere I'm supposed to be tonite," Pyth looked up at the clock hanging on one of the walls. It read 6pm as Pyth hopped off the stool to gather up her things.
"Oh well maybe next time," Jintaro said as he fastened his famous helmet upon his head. In his onstage voice he commented, "I'll be here after the show if ya change ya mind!"
Pyth rode towards Spitfire's apartment. He had said 8 o'clock when she talked to him earlier but maybe he had gotten out of his meeting early. If he hadn't she'd merely apologize for her intrusion and wait for him in another room. She decided since she was almost there that she might as well take the chance. What she saw next as she rode up the lower parking deck of his building felt as if someone had actually ripped her heart out of her chest and squeezed the tiny organ until nothing was left. She saw Spitfire going up to his place with that….that….that sea witch of a woman. That old hag! She saw as Spitfire and Ine Makigami laughed and whispered quite close to one another. In another instance Ine had reached over and kissed Spitfire on the lips. They both held the kiss for what seemed like an eternity. Pyth had welled up with anger and immediately zoomed off in their direction.
"You pig!" Pyth said as she shoved the two.
Spitfire looked at her with horror as he looked helpless in his defense, "Love, my Goddess, it's not what it looks like."
"No. You don't get to call me that. You never get to call me that again. Not when you're here, doing this, and with this woman! You know how I feel about this woman!"
Spitfire had escaped from the weight of Ine's body and tried to calm Pyth down.
"Don't touch me! You don't get to touch me. I have done everything for you. Whatever you asked I completed in the snap of your fingers. I trusted you. I've even risked my whole cause for you! Imagine how it feels to have your followers doubt you because of who you love. The rumors that I was secretly working for you. And you do this…after you said you had changed. What was I just another of your silly toy girlfriends who you get to do all your work."
Spitfire hopelessly tried interjecting while Ine watched on in silence.
"Save it, Spitfire. This. Whatever it was. Is over." And Pyth raced away just before the tears began to form in her eyes.
Pyth finally reached the place she had been staying since she arrived in Japan. It was a traditional styled small home completed with thatched roofing and a small entryway which lead to the main door. She hurried in and immediately made her way to the shower hoping that trickling water would wash away her tears. After a while of crying, washing and shampooing she finally exited the bathroom and rubbed her hair with a dry towel. She had changed into a long sleeved sort of thermal shirt and a pair of black shorts. As she roamed around her kitchen continuing to dry her hair with the towel she heard the chimes of someone ringing the doorbell. She wondered who it could be and secretly hoped it wasn't Spitfire at her door, she couldn't compose herself if she saw him now. Feeling weak and emotionally vulnerable she drug herself to the door. Upon opening the door her face created an instant scowl and in a split second her right arm had darted out in hopes of making contact with her unwanted visitor's face. Her hand was stopped just in time as Ine held Pyth's arm with her right.
"Believe it or not I didn't come here to fight over Spitfire with you."
"And yet you made it so convenient for me to strike you. You dare show your face here….after what I just saw you doing."
"Last I checked hunny, Spitfire wasn't under any particular contract…I thought he was fair game," rebuttled Ine.
The two still struggled, Ine's hand trembling while holding back Pyth's rage.
"Look this isn't about me, it's about Spitfire. He doesn't have much time to be here and you're wasting time,"Pyth looked intensely into Ine's eyes, "C'mon are you going to let me in or not? Put your arm down for heaven's sake."
"I don't bring trash into my home, I leave it outside to rot."
Pyth lowered her arm slowly and let it fall to her side. She slowly crossed her arms and leaned on her doorframe and said, "Talk, hag." A large vein of frustration throbbed atop Ine's forehead as she held back at the numerous insults by Pyth on her age.
"Spitfire didn't want me to tell you but he's planning….he's planning on sacrificing his life."
Pyth's eye immediately widened as a look of shock slowly crept onto her face. Ine continued.
"What you see on the surface of Genesis is merely a decoy, what the real facilitators want you to see. Spitfire had been secretly meeting with a few members of Genesis trying to come up with a way to actually bury the true purpose of Genesis," Pyth watched on in bewilderment as Ine continued, "the real leaders of Genesis are quite familiar to you and I. You might remember them from the experiments, the Takeuchi Brothers. Their main goal is the get rid of all the bioengineering projects that were raised with ATs in hopes of ruling the AT world…and eventually the sky. And I do mean all the test subjects. I'm talking Children* and Chargers* alike."
*(Short of course for the Gravity's Children and Brain Charger projects that Spitfire, Pyth, Ine, and the Takeuchi Brothers were all apart of respectfully.)
Ine took a pause and then continued, "Spitfire wanted to believe that his longtime friends had changed. That what they wanted for Genesis was righteous but there came a point where he could no longer follow their plot. He decided then to use all his resources to aid in taking them down. That team Kogarasumaru, that boy you've been training, even that team of riders you put together. He bet his whole life on you all. He is sacrificing his young life for the Crow, for storm riding teams everywhere, hell the whole damn world! And…for you. You would be even more of a fool than I previously thought if you allow what you saw earlier to deter your feelings. Huh? What do you have to say to that?"
Pyth began to clutch her stomach as if she had been feeling sick. She started to tremble and slowly fell to floor kneeling on her knees, an emotional wreck. Ine looked as if her emotions were overwhelming her as well and she quickly cupped her hands to her face talking between her tears.
"What you saw earlier….it was….meaningless. I just couldn't…..the thought that soon he wouldn't be alive anymore…to never take a chance…..to hope he might love me back….I just had to try. Please don't blame me for trying. Even after your argument…..and me being there he didn't make a move. All he could talk about was how meaningless things were. How his last few days of life would be wasted without you. He wanted to leave to fight the Takeuchi Brothers tonight. Just to end it. Now you tell me….does that prove anything to you?"
Pyth looked up into Ine's face, pleading with her eyes silently on what she should do next.
"Don't be a fool," said Ine, "Go! Go to him this minute!"
Pyth scrambled to her feet and strapped on her ATs. She closed her front door and off she went, leaving Ine quietly sobbing on her front door's step. Pyth was off! Unfazed by her surroundings, uncaring of any laws. The world around her was nothing but one big blur of neon lighting and stop lights. She passed children, strays, lovers all the while only thinking of one person, how one person filled her tiny little world right now and the only things keeping him from her was the tiny inline rolling systems that contained god-like power. She could finally make out Spitfire's apartment building and dashed up floors to his door. She knocked furiously, pleading with the door to open to her lover. Spitfire swung the door open with an initial air of sadness but was rejuvenated when he spotted his raven-haired goddess. Pyth hugged and pushed him back into the apartment slamming the door closed with her foot.
She began to kiss him wildly pausing a moment to look into his eyes. She raised his hands to her face and started to tear up.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Oh dear, it seems Ine has for the second time today overstepped her place….I couldn't tell you Love. You would have just talked me out of it. Insisted there was another way to solve it. At this point I can't take it back. I've already set the date with them."
"Then take me, I can protect you. I'll be strong for you Spit," tears began to stream down Pyth's face.
"What do we have here? One of heaven's loveliest creatures crying on account of a scoundrel like me? I'm truly blessed aren't I?"
"Don't say that Spit. Please….let me fight with you. I promise I won't get in the way. And I'll even…."
"Love, you don't understand….even if we fought together…..even if we won….I could never live with myself knowing I put you in harm's way. You don't understand I'm not sure if I can take them and I'm an original Gravity's Children. I'm not strong enough. It scares me because I'm not enough….I'm not enough to protect you. So this is the best way I know how."
"But Spit…"
"Please let's not ruin one of our last few nights arguing over something that can't be undone. I'd instead love to look into those beautiful dark eyes. Eyes I've been admiring since those days before I had a name. In those cold laboratories I got my first spark by knowing you. And I'd love…."
"Shush…no more words. Take me now."
And with that command Spitfire immediately lifted Pyth into his arms carrying her bride style to his bedroom. He gently placed her on the silk linens of his bed and started to undress her. He took care of lifting her back and slipping her shirt off exposing the fact that she had not put on a bra after her shower. He slowly slipped her shorts off exposing the same with her pubic area. Spitfire kneeled on the end of the bed and sat speechless. He marveled for what seemed like hours at her beautiful toned body that was indeed tanned everywhere.
In that instance, in this space there was no time. Spitfire wasn't worried about battles and kings. Here, he could take as much time as he wanted getting lost in the loveliness that was Pyth. They took breaths for what seemed like moments and they kissed for what seemed like days. Hours he spent, just brushing back her still damp hair. He kissed Pyth deeply and then began to slip down to her nape, kissing and nipping on her collarbone. Switching to the other side of her neck to do the same. He gently continued to kiss down until he reached her supple breasts. Her breasts, large yet perky, rang out for attention by way of her hardening nipples. Pyth found it hard to contain her gasps for air as well as her deep moaning. Once Spitfire reached the dark tips of her breasts she had to place a fist in her mouth to bite on, knowing her nipples were one of her most sensitive areas. What hit her next was a wave of lust hitting her body and flashing across her spine. Spitfire had taken her left breast into his mouth suckling her nipples causing Pyth's breathing to become shallower.
He then began to fondle with her right breast while he suckled the left. Her took the left breast out of his mouth and licked around the areola for good measure. He switched his movements and lapped up the right breast more fervently. Pyth felt her body jerk as Spitfire continued to make her feel the most wonderful thing she had ever experienced in her life. Spitfire continued still, down to her adorable belly button he nipped and cooed at that delicateness. As he trailed further down he prepared himself for the savor that was coming next.
He hoped he could control himself, for if she truly was a goddess he was about to enter her sanctuary. A temple he would gladly take communion in. He prepared his mouth as lips gently met her pearl, causing her to moisten on contact. This was truly a feast, her clit being the bread that he gently nibbled on and her juices causing far more intoxication than any wine could. Pyth felt her body slowly start to quake. Her eyes were shut, her breathing sporadic, and her mind a cloud of bright white. She could hardly take all the pleasure but secretly begged for him not to stop. "Spit….please….don't stop," she managed to sputter out. Spitfire's flame was lit after hearing his goddess utter his name. He continued there in that sacred place, sampling her sweet and tangy taste, filling himself with her juices. He looked up slightly during this ritual and saw the most beautiful sight. His goddess, his love. Biting her lips, her eyes glazed over in pleasure, her hands rubbing her breasts, one of them slowly making their way down atop his head. This excited him and he continued, tasting more until Pyth held a breath and let out a wonderful moan as her orgasm drained onto his tongue. Feeling satisfied that he had pleased her he stood up and got undressed. He lightly stroked himself while watching his lover come down off her arousing peak. He slowly walked to the bed balancing his weight on his knees and arms staring intensely in Pyth's eyes.
"Everything I'm doing…is all worth it….just to be here with you," said Spitfire.
Pyth could only lustfully sigh in response.
Spitfire adjusted himself at her entrance and asked, "Is this alright, Love?"
Pyth slowly shook her head as Spitfire said, "Well, take a deep breath," as her pressed himself inside her.
Pyth took a great gasp as her eyes popped open leaving Spitfire to stare in the whites of her eyes. He entered deeper and deeper into her with every stroke sending Pyth's body ablaze. Spitfire was sent higher and higher with the passion of feeling Pyth's tight and welcoming center. Pyth couldn't take anymore pleasure. She grabbed Spitfire's shoulders and flipped him on his back. She slowly sat down on his throbbing member and sighed at wonderful feeling that filled her. She moved up and down gripping tighter to Spitfire's solid staff with each rise. His gut tightened as he interlocked her fingers with his. He prayed she never would stop that this amazing high he was taken on truly was his decent into heaven.
His tension started building up but he couldn't bear to release before he made her explode several dozen times. No, he had to leave his imprint forever on his lover so she knew how much he felt for her. Grabbing her backside Spitfire began to rise up. He placed one hand on the back of her neck and held her close as he stroked into her endlessly. Pyth could once again feel the need for lustful ending as she finally let out another powerful orgasm. She fell on the right side of Spitfire and lay motionless panting all the while. But this was not over for him. He lightly kissed the back of her neck and back as he lay beside her, both of them on their sides. He then slowly entered her once more and began to carefully stroke her, his movements gaining in magnitude the more her continued. Pyth began to moan loudly as the soreness of her privates and the pleasure being brought from Spitfire came together in a wonderful mixture of passion.
Spitfire began to rise up while still inside of her, taking her from behind. He then began to pound into her releasing a loud roar with his movements. He then gently grabbed her by her throat bringing her to kneel on her knees, bringing her closer still to him. He nipped lovingly on her neck and she understood that he was not trying to hurt her. Sweat rolled profusely down his brow at this time, the trail of salty liquid running into his eyes causing them to become blurred, thickening his haze of lust. He let go of all the feelings he had pent up inside him. Leaving an imprint of all the loving times they had spent inside her as he entered and exited her sacred vessel and then they both felt it.
Both together covered in layers of perspiration, both kneeling upright at the edge of the bed moving into one another. Pyth gritted her teeth while Spitfire just stopped breathing, and in that intense moment they both came together. They stayed in the same position for a few minutes before dropping like dead weight onto the bed. Pyth couldn't helping thinking that was the single greatest feeling she had ever experienced in her life. Later after their breathing returned to normal they begin to chat and play lovingly.
"It's been such a long time since I've seen your hair down like this. I honestly got excited just tangling my fingers in there before we started," lulled Spitfire.
Pyth chuckled as she lay atop of Spitfire as she responded, "I don't know. I was thinking about changing it soon."
"Oh don't do that, Love. I love you like this. It feels like I'm the only man in the world that gets to see you in all your glory….and I'm not just talking about your hair," Spitfire smiled coyly as he remarked.
They made love again that night and every night for several days. Spitfire had convinced Pyth that Ine exaggerated on the amount of time he had left. He insisted they'd have a few weeks together. When Spitfire wasn't training or coaching Kogarasumaru he spent all his time with Pyth. After the fifth day of them being together Spitfire gave Pyth the keys to his place.
"I want you to know that my place is always yours. No matter wherever you are in the world know that you without a second of a doubt belong here."
"No Spitfire, I couldn't. There'd be so many memories….I'm not sure if I could handle that."
"Well bollocks then because I've already left it to you. It's signed, sealed, and just now delivered my precious goddess. Besides…this place has always been more lively with you in it."
Pyth hugged Spitfire tightly and they stayed there in that embrace for moment after moment. On the seventh night of them staying together. Spitfire couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned causing Pyth to worry. He woke up and started to put his riding gear on. When Pyth asked where he was going he brushed it off and said he needed to clear his head. Pyth dozed back off to sleep. During the night she felt a sharp pain hit her stomach but was able to get back to sleep. The next morning when she woke up Spitfire had not returned. She immediately burst into tears because she realized what the pain in her stomach was the night before. If Spitfire had not returned, it meant he never would again. Pyth gathered her things and went back to her place and sobbed for days on in.
Hey all! This is the end of Chapter 4. I hope you enjoyed as much I enjoyed writing it. I can say I put my whole soul into this and I think I'm happy with the result. I hope I didn't off put you all with the length and the fact that there is lemon in the story now. It's just something I felt was needed but I tried to cram it with much more details and delicious easter eggs lol So don't forget to read and review please! Thanks so much to all you guys that added my story to your alerts. I feel so awesome! I look forward to continuing reading your work as well as writing my own.