Chapter 9
Katara and Jonathan began the second part of their vacation in Bikanel, once the home of the Al Bhed before the Yevonites destroyed their original home. Now, 19 years later, Bikanel has been rebuilt and connected to Bevelle by a state of the art bridge, built by the Al Bhed and the followers of Yevon. Katara sighed as she shielded her eyes from the bright sun. She still couldn't get over the fact that Jonathan was the father of Sakuya. She knew all that happened in his past, but she just couldn't accept it. Sakuya is a sweet little girl, but once Katara began to really love Jonathan, she always dreamed that she would give birth to his first child. She sighed once again and glanced at her lover with her two tone eyes. He looked quite handsome with the sun beaming off his bare chest, the wind blowing through his brown hair and his eyes looking as crystal clear as the ocean water. "Bikanel Island."
Jonathan nods and sighs, "Shinra's ring," he held the small, gold diamond ring in his hand, "his final wish."
"I know. We have to deliver it to Kira. I'm sure she would love to have it," Katara paused, "I wonder did Zena make it back to Bikanel in time."
"Lets go find Kira so we can find out what happened," said Jonathan as he slowly walked across the large, machina like bridge.
Katara sighed as they crossed the vast desert. At this point she had pulled her summoner's attire completely off and was now wearing a white tank top, black shorts and her black combat boots. She brought her attention to Jonathan who seemed not to be bothered by the agonizing heat. "Jonathan, are we there yet?"
"I'll say we might get there in about five to ten minutes."
"Ten minutes! Wouldn't you think if the Al Bhed were so high tech they would have a transportation system at the bridge. Why couldn't they build the city right next to the bridge!"
"Because we didn't want to be bothered! That's why!" a familiar voice yelled at the top of her lungs.
Jonathan and Katara quickly turned around only to see a cheerful, short blonde hair, Rikku. "Rikku!"
"Howdy!" Rikku said in a cheerful voice. Her hair was now cut short from the last time and she wore a red tee, a short, black, silky skirt and black combat boots.
Katara ran over to her cousin and smothered her with a hug and a kiss. "You cut your hair. Mother is going to be surprised when she see you."
"Yeah I know. It's getting too hot in the desert to have long hair, so I decided to cut it. Besides, it's easy to manage. So, what brings you two out here?"
"We have to do a favor for a dying friend," said Jonathan as he shielded his eyes from the blinding sun.
"Really, who? Are they Al Bhed?"
"Yes," said Katara. "You might know him. His name is Shinra."
"Shinra! His sister returned home a few days ago...With Shinra's body. I don't see how she did it, but his body was as if he was still alive."
"You mean his body wasn't decayed or anything," asked Jonathan.
"Exactly."
Katara looked at Jonathan and asked, "Do you remember at the temple, she said that she will get her brother home?"
Jonathan nods, "Mmhmm."
"She must have some kind of powers."
"Who knows," said Rikku. "Lets discuss the rest of this at my place. Gippal will be glad to see you."
"Your place, but how can we go to your place, when we are in the middle of nowhere," said Katara.
"Actually you're not in the middle of nowhere. You just don't know your way around. Before you left Bevelle, you should have bought a map of Bikanel Island. Did you do that?"
Katara looked away with an embarrassing look on her face. "We were, but Jonathan insist he knew the way." She looked at Jonathan with an evil gaze. "Right, Jonathan?"
"Huh? Well...uh...yeah," said Jonathan in a nervous tone. He then rubbed the back of his neck and forced a smile to his face as he laughed. "I guess I did get us kind of lost."
"Not really," said Rikku as she walked over to a small ledge that wasn't noticed when Katara and Jonathan arrived at Bikanel. "Look down there."
Katara and Jonathan walked over to the ledge, where Rikku was staring at. As they looked down a beautiful city was revealed. Filled with tall buildings, machina and a blitzball stadium, Bikanel could be considered the largest city in Spira. "Wow," said the young summoners in unison.
"This can't be Bikanel," said Jonathan with excitement in his voice.
Rikku nods with a smile on her face. "We call it Haf Pegyham or New Bikanel. My father wanted it to look like our old home, but with a more up to date look. We still have the machinas," she laughs, "but we tried not to defy Yevon too much. You know how the Yevonites can get sometime."
Jonathan and Katara laughs, "Yeah."
"So, come on. I'll show you around."
"But um Rikku?" asked Jonathan.
With her swirly green eyes she looked at Jonathan, "Hmm?"
"How do we get down?"
Rikku walked behind Jonathan, stretches her arms out to his back and pushes him off the ledge. "Like this!" she said as she heard Jonathan scream for dear life. She then walked over to Katara and pushed her also. "Your turn girly girl!"
"Help me! Please!" Katara screamed as she landed on the sand, but that actually felt kind of hard as a ball of light formed around her, sliding her down a slide like machina. Once she reached the end she popped out the chute and landed on her feet. She glanced around at her surrounding and realized she was in the town square. In the middle was a fountain, which squirted water into the air and down to the ground as if it was raining. The buildings were tall like skyscrapers and all the Al Bhed seem to be happy. Katara said in a soft voice, "I'm glad I can speak Al Bhed are else I wouldn't be able to function here." Where could Jonathan and Rikku be?
"Katara!' Jonathan ran up to Katara with Rikku a feet behind him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. "Are you alright?"
Katara held on to the moment as she felt his warm embrace. She couldn't believe someone other than her parents would feel so concerned about her. "It's okay, Jonathan. Really, I'm fine." She patted Jonathan on the back.
Rikku smiles at the two as she watches them embrace. "Awww, how cute."
Jonathan continues to hug her and looks over his shoulder. "I love this girl."
Rikku laughs, "I bet you do." She looks up into the sky as she watched the sun begin to set. "It's getting kind of late you guys." She brought her attention back to Jonathan and Katara who were now gazing at the sunset like a happy married couple. "Um guys. Hey! Are you two joined at the hip or what! Lets go!"
Katara quickly turns around and said, "I'm sorry. The sunset was just..."
"Yeah, yeah. I get you, but how will you like it if I told Tidus what you are up to?"
"Oh Rikku, please don't do that!"
"I'm just joking. Come on." Rikku motioned for them to follow her to house.
After staying up half of the night discussing their journey with Rikku and Gippal, Katara and Jonathan were both wore out. Jonathan leaned against the building outside of Kira's house as he kicked his feet up on the building for support. He waited for Katara to arrive because she was so busy sleeping, he was hoping Rikku would wake her up and tell her where he went. He also was glad that she wasn't awake because he had something special to give her on her birthday.
Flashback
Jonathan slowly opened the door to Katara's room as he peeked in to see if she was asleep, which she was. He then closed the door and walked to the kitchen where Rikku and Gippal were sitting down eating breakfast. "Kuut sunhehk." (Good morning.)
"Good morning," said Rikku and Gippal.
Rikku took a bite of her toast and asked, "Where is Katara?"
"Asleep," said Jonathan as he fixed his self a plate and sat down at the table.
"So, Jonathan" said Gippal as he sliced his pancakes into smaller pieces, "how long have you and Katara traveled together?"
"Wow," Jonathan said as he leaned back in his chair. "I haven't really thought about it. It's been a while. I'll say about four or five months now." Jonathan stared at his plate as a flush of red came to his face. "I don't really care how long it has been, as long as I can be with her. I'm happy."
"How cute. Don't you think it is cute, Gippal? It reminds me of you and me."
Gippal said, "Really?"
"Yes, really."
"I didn't picture arguing all the time as being cute," he said with a grin on his handsome face.
Rikku rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
Gippal laughed knowing something like that would tick her off, but that cheerful and feisty attitude is what attractive him to her in the first place. "Yeah, whatever."
Jonathan asked, "Rikku, do feisty attitudes run in your family?"
Gippal burst out laughing as he waited for his wife to say something. "No! Well...yes, but it skipped over Yuna."
"And went straight to Katara."
"Exactly."
Jonathan went into his pocket and pulled out a small black box with gold trimming. He remembered to get a different box than Shinra's so he wouldn't get them mixed up. "Rikku, I wanted your opinion on this..." He placed the small black box on the table and opened it. In the black, velvety box was a gold ring with a large, blue diamond sitting in the center. "It's an engagement ring," Jonathan said softly as he smiled and waited for Rikku to say something.
"Oh my Yevon! It's beautiful!" Rikku held the small box as she admired the diamond. "This diamond looks rare." She held it up and showed it too Gippal. "What do you think?"
Gippal's skill of digging and looking for buried machina parts in Bikanel Desert, showed that he had a keen eye for rareness. Gippal takes the ring out of the box and examines the diamond. "It looks pretty rare." He watches the diamond as he glistens in the sunlight. "There is a rare diamond called the 'Celestial Diamond'. It is said if held in the right position in the sunlight and a bright glow reveals the signature 'LC'."
"LC," asked Jonathan, "what does that mean?"
"LC stands for Lady Celeste. Lady Celeste was a summoner who was traveling to Zanarkand, but she never made it. The diamond was a gift from her fiancee. He told her that when she return, they will get married, but Lady Celeste never did come back. Sin killed her before she even set foot on the Calm Lands grounds." He held the diamond to the sunlight and what surprised him was that the letters 'LC' appeared on the wall. Gippal nods his head and says, "This is truly a rare diamond," he places it back in it's slot and gives it back to Jonathan, "hold on to it."
Rikku asked, "How much did you pay for it?"
"10,000 gil," said Jonathan.
"10,000! Dryd'c y mud uv suhao!" yelled Rikku. (That's a lot of money!) "You really love her don't you?"
Jonathan nods, "With all my heart. I would do anything for her."
Gippal nods and smiles. "Good luck."
"Thank you."
End of Flashback
Katara spotted Jonathan leaning against the building as he waited for her. He looked like he was in deep thought as she approached him. "Jonathan," she waved her hand in front of his face. He is daydreaming. "Jonathan, wake up!"
Jonathan jumped slightly as he heard Katara's voice. "Huh, oh it's just you, Katara!" He regained his posture and said, "So you finally woke up."
"Yeah. So, which house is Kiras' "
"This one," he points to the house that was in front of them. He then pulls the box out of his pocket. "Here goes nothing."
"I'm nervous. What if she get all emotional?" Katara said softly as they walked towards the door.
Jonathan looked at her quickly and said, "Katara, get a hold of yourself! You're a summoner, we are here for the people. Don't forget that."
"I know but," she lowered her voice, "I have not dealt with a person like that in four months."
"I know, but try to act natural."
"Alright."
Jonathan smiled at Katara and knocks on the door. A woman with messy, light brown, shoulder length hair opens the door, revealing her entire outfit. A brown shirt, blue flare legged pants and brown sandals. She rub her hand through her hair and looks at Katara and Jonathan with her red, puffy, swirly, green eyes. "Can I help you?"
"Hi," said Jonathan and Katara. "Can we come in?"
The woman looked at the both of them an asked, "Aren't you going to introduce yourselves?"
"Oh sorry," said Katara. "Hi, I'm Katara and this is Jonathan. We are looking for a woman name Kira. Does she live here?"
"Yes, I'm Kira. Why are you here?"
Jonathan said, "We have something to give you," he paused, "from Shinra."
Kira's arms fell to her side when she heard her boyfriend's name. Her eyes slowly began to fill with water again. For the past couple of days she had been crying her eyes out. "Come in," she turned away and went inside the medium size, brick house. She sat down at the table as she covered her face with her hands. "I can't take it anymore," she said as she removed her hands from her face and watched Katara and Jonathan take a seat at the table with her. "How...How do you know Shinra?"
Katara said, "We met him during Operation Destroy Sin." Katara paused and looked at Jonathan, signaling for him to show Kira the ring. She then brought her attention back to Kira who look like she was breaking down with even more tears. I know how it feels to lose a love one. It's a terrible feeling, but you have to stay strong. Katara grabbed Kira's hand and said, "You have to be strong."
"I know but-" Kira bawled hysterically as she watched Jonathan place the small black box in front of her. She sniffed, "What's this? Please, don't tell me you came here to bribe me for one of Shinra's inventions because I don't have anything."
"No, no. It's not like that at all," said Jonathan. He opened the black box to reveal a small golden band ring with a white diamond in the center of it. "This is from Shinra."
Kira's eyes began to feel with even more tears she took out the small ring. She inspected it to see 'SHINRA & KIRA LOVERS FOREVER' engraved into the band. "He was going to propose to me," she cried, "Shinra! Shinra! Shinra! Why did you leave me?!" She pounded her hand on the table. "He said...That he would return...To me We was going to...To build a life together." She looked at Jonathan and Katara and wipes the tears from her eyes. "I'm sorry for acting this way. I just can't let him go."
Katara smiled at Kira and said, "I know how you feel. I lost my fiancee to Sin also and it is hard to forget about them. I miss him so much, but I remind myself everyday that you have to move on. You can't cry over somebody everyday because you will never know what life can bring you. If Kino was still alive, I would be married now, but he is not alive and there is nothing I can do about it. Now that he is gone, I became a summoner and I'm having such a wonderful time traveling with Jonathan. We're a team, so I can't let my feelings for my fiancee get in my way. I'm sure Shinra would want you to be happy. Am I right?"
"Yes, you are right," she took a deep breath, "I do have to move on with my life. No matter how much I cry, he is not coming back." For the first time Kira smiled, "Thank you Jonathan, Katara. I will cherish this with my life."
Jonathan stood up from his chair and said, "You're welcome. We try our best to fulfill wishes." He then walked towards the door and said, "I guess we will see you around."
"Sure," said Kira as she walked them to the door. "How long are you two in town?"
Katara said, "For three more days."
"Come by tomorrow. Zena and her mother would be glad to meet you."
"Zena? You mean Shinra's sister?"
"Yes. How did you know?"
"We met her at Djose Temple."
"So you're the ones she met at the temple. She told me a lot about you two."
"Oh."
"Well, it's getting kind of late. I guess I'll see you tomorrow, right?"
"Promise," said Jonathan and Katara.
The next day Katara and Jonathan arrived back at Kira's house around noon. "Hi, how are you doing," asked Katara as she entered Kira's house and sits down at the table. She glanced around and noticed Zena and an older woman sitting near the window. "Hi Zena and this must be your mother. Nice to meet you."
Zena looked at Katara, Jonathan and then back to her mother and says, "Sudran, drec ec Gydyny yht Zuhydryh. Drao yna dra uhac dryd pnuikrd Crehny du Tzuca Dasbma cu ra luimt kad cusa ramb." (Mother, this is Katara and Jonathan. They are the ones that brought Shinra to Djose Temple so he could get some help.)
The black hair Al Bhed woman looked at the two summoners with a slight smile on her face as she listened to Zena's words. "Lyh drao cbayg Ym Prat?" (Can they speak Al Bhed?)
Zena nods, "Oac. Drao yna bnaddo kuut yd ed." (Yes. They are pretty good at it.)
Jonathan listen in on the conversation between the two Al Bheds. He knew that it was wrong, but he had a feeling that Zena's mother thought they could not speak Al Bhed. "Can she speak English?"
Zena quickly said, "No."
She can speak English! But when we met her she was talking in nothing but Al Bhed. "You can speak English!" Katara said with the feeling of excitement in her voice. "I thought you didn't know the language."
Zena looked at her. "Not all Al Bheds are illiterate. Some choose to learn the language and some don't." Zena seemed to have an attitude towards Katara and Jonathan as she said those words. "My mother on the other hand, could not learn the language out of fear."
"Dryd ec ahuikr! Mad sa dymg du dras." (That is enough! Let me talk to them.) Zena's mother looked towards the young summoners and said, "So hysa ec Nocrey. E dryhg dra pudr uv oui vun rambehk so cuh." (My name is Ryshia. I thank the both of you for helping my son.)
"Ed fyc hudrehk. Fa'na cissuhanc yht uin zup ec du bnudald dra baubma yht tacdnuo Ceh," said Katara as she smiled at Ryshia. (It was nothing. We're summoners and our job is to protect the people and destroy Sin.)
"Aqyldmo" (Exactly) Jonathan eyes wandered to the floor as he thought about the day Operation Destroy Sin took action. Jonathan fell to his knees and grabbed Ryshia's hands as warm tears rolled down his face. He looked into Ryshia's eyes as he said, "Ed'c ymm so vyimd! E ys dra cuh uv Caosuin Kiytu yht E vamd yc rec cuh E cruimt muug ujan dra ubanydeuh, zicd yc ra tet pavuna sa." (It's all my fault! I am the son of Seymour Guado and I felt as his son I should look over the operation, just as he did before me.) He looked at Katara and then back at Ryshia. "Gydyny pakkat sa du cdub dras, pid E vamd mega drao yna tuehk dra cysa drehk fa yna tuehk. Dnoehk du cdub Ceh vun kuut. Crehny'c sylrehy fyc bufanvim, pid hud cdnuhk ahuikr vun Ceh. E cruimt uv cdubbat res...E cruimt uv cdub res! Bmayca! Vunkeja sa!" (Katara begged me to stop them, but I felt like they are doing the same thing we are doing. Trying to stop Sin for good. Shinra's machina was powerful, but not strong enough for Sin. I should of stopped him...I should of stop him! Please! Forgive me!)
Ryshia looked at Jonathan with her swirly, green, motherly eyes. She could sense the pain in him. She felt sorry for him to have the burden of being a killer's son and being mistreated for his action. "Tuh'd pa cunno. Pa rybbo. Yc E dumt so tyikrdan, Wahy, cra cruimt hud lno ujan ran pnudran'c taydr. Cra cruimt pa rybbo palyica ra ec hu muhkan mejehk eh dra funmt uv Ceh. Ed'c hud ouin vyimd Crehny fahd du Ubanydeuh Tacdnuo Ceh. Ra ghaf fryd luimt rybbah dra tyo ra syta dra taleceuh du vekrd Ceh. " (Don't be sorry. Be happy. As I told my daughter, Zena, she should not cry over her brother's death. She should be happy because he is no longer living in the world of Sin. It's not your fault Shinra went to Operation Destroy Sin. He knew what could happen the day he made the decision to fight Sin.) She wraps arms around Jonathan medium body as she whispers in his ear, "Fa ymm ryja du tea cusatyo. Tuh'd pmysa ouincamv vun so cuh'c tacdeho." (We all have to die someday. Don't blame yourself for my son's destiny.)
Jonathan looked up into Ryshia's swirly, green eyes with his teary ones and says, "I know you don't understand me, but I am so sorry. I can't get this off my chest, until you forgive me. Forgive me?"
Ryshia gave a light smile, trying to understand his words. She muttered out in her accented voice, "For...give...you. E vunkeja oui." (I forgive you.)
Jonathan smiles back, "Dryhg oui." (Thank you.) He hugs her once again, stands up and walks over to Katara with a look of relief on his face.
Zena seemed to have a change of attitude after listening to what Jonathan had to say. "Thank you so much for talking to my mother. I understand now that it was his destiny and I can't take my anger out on you two. It's not your fault." Zena stood up and hugs Jonathan and Katara. "Thank you."
Katara smiles, "You're welcome."
"Jonathan, where are we going?" Katara asked as Jonathan dragged her out of the city and into the large, vast desert. There is nothing out here, but sand and more sand. They began to get farther away from the city as the midnight sky and moon guided them to an oasis. "Wow!" Katara said as she gazed at the moonlight reflecting off of the water. She then stared into the sky as the stars began to twinkle like diamonds. "How did you know about this place?"
Jonathan smiled as he admired Katara's beauty and said, "Gippal told me about it. He said it would be a nice thing to show you on our last night here." He then kicked off his boots, took off his black trench coat revealing his six pack. "Come on, lets take a swim."
Katara smiled back. "Yeah," and laughs, "I think I'm already in my swimming suit." She still had on her white tank top and black shorts. If she took those off she would be completely exposed. She then took off her boots, walked over to the bank, dived in and came up, while rubbing her hand through her wet hair. "Are you coming?"
Jonathan nods as he goes into his pocket and pulls out the small box while hiding it in his hand. He then slowly took off his pants, revealing his black boxers and laid them next to his boots. He jumped in the water also as he swam around Katara's small body. "So, do you like my surprise?"
"I love it. It's...What's the word?"
"Charming, magical, sexy," said Jonathan as he looked at her.
Katara blushed at the word sexy, which it was, very sexy. "It's very sexy and romantic."
Jonathan swam over to her, slowly kissed her and pulls back, "Do you like it? Are you enjoying yourself?" he asked in a sultry voice.
Katara eyes quickly rolled into the back of her head as he kissed her. She felt like she would just melt in his arms if he kissed her again. She hoped he would kiss her again. Kiss me again, please. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him herself. This time passionately. When she pulled back, they both were panting like dogs. Her kiss was that powerful. "You know I do. I am very much enjoying it."
Jonathan went underwater while pulling Katara along with him. He slowly kissed her underwater, rubbing up and down her body with one hand. He watched as Katara came back up, but he stayed down as he slowly maneuvered her to a corner in the oasis. He placed gentle kisses on her revealing stomach. He was dying to feel her baby soft skin underneath his touch. He slowly kissed his way up to her collarbone, her neck and then he captured her soft lips with his own. "I love you, Katara. I have loved you ever since I heard your voice for the first time on the dock in Besaid. Did you know that?"
Katara quickly sucked in some air and blew it out as she felt the touch of Jonathan's skin against her own. "No...I didn't know, but now I do and that's all that matters." She kissed him, pulls back as she watched Jonathan holding a small black box in the palm of his hand and asks, "What's this?"
Jonathan opened the box revealing a gold ring with a blue diamond on the top of it. He watched as Katara's eyes lit up as she admired the ring and tears began to form in her eyes. "Katara, I know we just met, but I knew you would be the one for me." He swayed in the water as he began to kneel down on one knee, while holding the ring up. "Katara, will you marry me?"
Katara bottom lip began to tremble as warm tears rushed down her cheeks. She gasped as if she couldn't breath and smiled, "Yes! Jonathan I will love to marry you!" She jumped and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him so hard that it hurt. She pulled back as Jonathan began to place the ring on her finger. "We're getting married," she softly whispered in his ear. She slowly rubbed her fingers through his wet hair and then down his bare chest. She placed wet kisses all over his chest. She felt Jonathan tense up as she kissed him. "I love you." Katara brought her body close to his, she could feel his large erection against her stomach. A small chill came through her body. She wanted to wait until she was married, but there was always a lot of sexual tension between her and Jonathan, since that night in Kilika and especially on Tatiya's balcony in Bevelle. She wanted to wait until she was married, but tonight she just couldn't control herself. She had to have him like a drug. Katara slowly tangled her fingers in the waistband of his boxers as she pulled them down, exposing him completely. She raised her arms up so that he could lift up her tank top.
Jonathan hands quickly maneuvered down her sides, her waist, and down to her soft butt. He gently gripped her and slightly lifts her up. He manages to get her shorts down with one hand. With his hands still on her bottom he dives down and softly nibbles on her inner thigh. He could feel her tighten up as he explored deeper to her center, her innocence, her pureness. With a flick of his tongue at her entrance, he felt her jump a little. He smiled to his self at the reaction he gave her. He continue to play at her entrance and came back up for air. He looked into her two tone colored eyes and could see the fire and pleasure flickering in her eyes. He smiled at her again and kissed her deeply once again. He knew that she needed more and he was the one that could give it to her. His hand gently rubbed down her body again as he said, "I just want to please you." He hands found the sensitive mound of her breasts. He gently rubbed them, slowly kissing them and bringing his lips to the small, hard, pebble-like nipples. Blowing a cool air on to them, he watched as they hardened even more. He continued to suckle on her as if he was a baby hungry for his mother's milk.
Katara was now at her breaking point, she couldn't take it anymore. She felt like she was going to explode any minute and Jonathan wasn't making it any better, with all his rubs, his touch, his kiss and that damn tongue of his. She moaned softly as he blew a cool breeze on her rock hard nipples. While trying to balance herself against the sand wall, she gripped his hair in between her fingers. "Jonathan," she managed to say in a husky voice. "I've never," she gasped as his finger found her most sensitive spot in between her legs, "Oh...Oh...Oh..Jon...Jonat...Jonathan!" She screamed out as she lost her grip on balancing herself and fell forward on top of Jonathan making a big splash. It was amazing what Jonathan could do to her and they haven't even had intercourse yet. This was mostly foreplay. Katara managed to catch her breath as Jonathan pushed her back against the wall with a gentle force. "Please," she begged, "I can't take it anymore."
Jonathan smiled once again and softly said, "Remember, I won't hurt you, okay? I'm going to go nice and slow." With that he slowly brought Katara's legs around his waist and gently pushes his way through her tight entrance. He could feel Katara's muscles tighten around him and her fingernails going deeper into his shoulders. "It's okay," he said as he pushed his self inside and she cried softly into his ear. He kissed her, hoping to sooth her pain. Once he was fully inside of her, he pulled out and began a slow rhythm.
Katara was so afraid when Jonathan penetrated her innocence. After all it was her first time. She was planning on giving her innocence to Kino on their wedding night, but that night never came. Now, she's giving her gift to a man she just met four months ago an over those four months they fell in love, but what will happen after she obtains the Final Aeon? Will she be able to continue loving Jonathan like this? Every night? For the rest of her life? Warm tears ran down her face as she bit down on Jonathan's neck. She moaned softly as Jonathan began to pick up the pace. "Oh yes! Jonathan! Jonathan!" Katara exploded in a loud moan that she swore could had been heard a mile away.
Wet and sweaty Jonathan came to his climax a few minutes after his new found lover. He softly kissed her neck, leaving his mark there for everyone to know that she was his, just as she did to him earlier. He gazed into his lover's eyes as tears began to form in his own. "Happy Birthday baby." He slowly kissed her soft lips again as he felt the aftershocks of true love flowing through his body. He place his head on her chest as he listened to her rapid heartbeat. "I love you Katara," he whispered as he stayed inside of her, not moving at all. He wanted to stay buried deep inside of her forever.
"I love you too," she said as another wave of aftershocks went through her body. "Oh, Jonathan. I love you so much." She whispered as she placed her head on top of his wet, brown hair and her legs were still wrapped around his waist. "Forever." Katara and Jonathan stayed there in that oasis that night, without saying a word. Just listening to the heartbeat of each other.
"Now where have you two been," Rikku asked as Jonathan and Katara stumbled through the front door. She could sense something was up and she looked at Gippal who was sitting at the table across from her with a smirk on his face. "Kebbym! Oui teth'd! Hu! Dryd fyc uin cbaleym cbud!" (Gippal! You didn't! No! That was our special spot!) Rikku then brought her attention back to Jonathan and Katara who were now still hot and bothered from the night before as they gazed into each other eyes all starry eyed. She cleared her throat, "Ahem."
Katara continued to stare into her fiancee's eyes lovely as she wrapped her arms around his neck and passionately kissed him without a care in the world. She didn't care what Gippal and Rikku thought. This was her fiancee. Her husband She would make him happy the best way she knew how. Last night was so amazing. I want to do it all over again, but I can't because of this pilgrimage. What am I saying? I sound like a sprung schoolgirl. Am I really sprung? I love him so much. She then realized that Rikku was clearing her throat and Gippal was constantly laughing at the way they were acting. She gave a cheerful smile. "Hi guys. How are you?"
Rikku placed her hands under her chin and asked, "The question is: How are you?" She smiled at her cousin and noticed there was a pretty large red mark on her neck. "Well, well, well. Lookie here. You got a bycceuh syng." (Passion mark.)
Gippal laughed once again and looked at Jonathan who was trying to cover his with his collar. "Don't even try it. You got one too. Kids."
"I do not have a hickey!" Katara blushed as she tried to hide it with her hand. Katara watched as Rikku stood up, grabs her arm and pulls her into the guest bedroom. "What's the big deal?" Katara asked as she sat down on the bed.
"I want details," Rikku said as she closed the door behind her and sits on the bed next to Katara. "We're cousin. You can tell me. I promise I won't tell Yuna." She held her pinky out, "Pinky swear."
"Fine. Last night was the most magical thing I have ever experience in my entire life." She laughed, "Jonathan really knows how to put it on a girl." She tried to cross her leg over the other, but winced every time she tried.
"I see that now. He got you so sore you can't even cross your legs." She laughed and notices the ring. "So he finally did it."
"Yes, but how did you know?"
"Jonathan showed me and Gippal the ring the morning you two went to go see Kira."
"I wonder how long did he have it."
"Who knows," she smiled at her younger cousin, "You're so happy with him. Look at you, you're practically glowing. I'm glad you're happy lil' cousin."
Katara smiled, "I am very happy," she sighed, "but how will it last. It won't be long until we reach Zanarkand and I know after we get there, we can't get married."
"Then why don't you go back to Besaid?"
"Besaid is so far away," Katara said softly.
"Not really. We can use my father's airship and go to Besaid and you can have your wedding there."
"Really, but Jonathan would probably want it in Bevelle. Like his father before him."
Rikku raised an eyebrow at Katara's comment. "You know?"
Katara nods, "Yes. I know everything. Mother tried to hide it from me, but I found out on my own. I know her and Seymour were married for a short time on the steps of Bevelle."
"I see," Rikku stood and walked towards the door. "You two wouldn't mind staying a few more days, do you?"
"I don't know. We were suppose to leave this morning. I kind of made Jonathan promise."
"But you want to get married, right?" She watched Katara nods again. "Then take a few more days off and then begin your pilgrimage again."
"I guess."
"Meanwhile, try to cover that up. My father wouldn't like seeing that on you."
Katara laughed, "I haven't seen Uncle Cid in so long."
"He is still the same. Stubborn as always." Rikku closes the door behind her as she walked down the hallway and back into the kitchen. She was welcomed by the intense laughter coming from the kitchen where Gippal and Jonathan were sitting. "Jonathan?"
Jonathan looked up at Rikku as he continued to laugh, "Yeah?"
"Katara, wants the wedding to be in Besaid, but she said that you might want it in Bevelle," She sits down next to her husband and said, "you two need to talk."
Jonathan stood up and said, "Okay." Why so soon? Maybe she doesn't want to risk the fact that she might not come back alive. Jonathan opened the door to the guest bedroom, where Katara was now dressed in her traditional summoner's attire. "You wanted to see me about something?" He walked over to her and placed a light kiss on her lips.
Katara smiles, sits on the bed, pats a spot for him to sit down and said, "It's about the wedding and the whole promise thing we had before we took this vacation."
Jonathan sits down next to her and asks, "What about it?"
"I know I made you promise to stay in Bevelle for a week and another week in Bikanel. Well, now those two weeks are up and we have to start back on our pilgrimage. Jonathan, I'm so confused! I don't know what to do! Continue my pilgrimage or get married and live a happy life," she paused, "while Sin continues to wreck havoc."
Jonathan wrapped his arm around her small frame. He understood where she was coming from. She knows the ending result of her pilgrimage, but she also wants to be happy with him. "Katara, you can quit your pilgrimage if you like, but I am summoner also and your future husband. It's your choice. Whatever you do I'll do it too, but if you want to live a happy life without Sin, lets find a way to destroy Sin without dying." He raised her chin up to his level and asked, "How did your mother do it?"
Katara eyes stammered to the wooden floor and sighs, "I don't know. I never bothered to ask. When I became a summoner I wanted to die. I really did. All for revenge. I wanted to be with Kino in the Farplane, but now..." she looked into his eyes, "I found you and I'm happy. I don't want to leave you," she cried.
"You're never going to leave me," he kissed her forehead. "I love you too much to let you go. If destroying Sin is what is going to take you away from me, then I don't want any part of it." He kissed her cheek and smiles, "Lets take another two weeks off and go visit your parents and my mom so that we can get everything ready. While we are there, lets try to find out how she destroyed Sin. Okay?"
A small smile came to her slightly tan face, "Okay, but first I really need to hide this before we visit Uncle Cid." She points the large, red spot on her neck. "I can hide the rest, but this one is a little distracting."
Jonathan laughed as he kissed the other side of her neck, "How about I put one here too?"
"Stop!" She playfully pushed him away, she then stood up, walks to the vanity mirror and takes her ribbon out of her hair, causing her hair to fall to the middle of her back. She picked up the brush and brushed through her long, brown, blonde streaks hair. "I'm going to cut it," she said softly as she looked at her and Jonathan's reflection in the mirror.
Jonathan quickly said, "Cut your hair! Why?! I like your long hair! Don't cut it! Please!"
She place the brush down on the dresser and picks up the scissors. "What happened to 'it's your decision'?"
"It's your decisions for other things, but not the hair. That belongs to me," said Jonathan with a smirk.
"Really?" She pulled her hair over her shoulder and made a small ponytail.
"Yes, really. I don't care if it is growing out of your head. It's still mines."
"Yeah, right." Katara brought the scissors to her hair and slowly began to cut. As strands of hair fell to the floor and her ending result, was a layered, shoulder length cut that hid the large mark. She faced Jonathan as he stared at her as if he was starving. "You don't like it?"
"No. I love it. It's outgoing."
She smiled, "Well, you know how I do."
"I love how you do," he quickly stood up, wrapped his arms around her and held her tight.
