Nya was out on the islands grounds by high noon, out surveying the dragons and their young as they learned the basics of motherhood. The samurai spotted a Terrain mother teaching her little one how to dig, it seems the guy went a bit overboard with lectures on tunneling, because his mother became caked with dirt. Nya chuckled at the sight, looking over to another family, this time finding it to be a Fire dragon entertaining her babies with a nice fire show, the young creatures chirped with joy at the sight, their eyes wide in awe. Nya smiled, then slightly frowned at the sight of a lone dragon in the clearing, a father, and a Lightning dragon too.
Nya frowned at the looks of his lonesome, it saddened her heart to see something as sad as that. The samurai came over to the isolated creature, it raised its head at the instant sight of her. At first, its reaction was a brief defense, which Nya could clearly understand, but then the dragon became surprised as she began to speak gently to him. "Why are you alone amongst these happy families?" she asked calmly. The creature then bowed its head as it did before, avoiding Nya's eyes, to this, she realized the truth. "You...don't have someone, to be with don't you?" she questioned.
The poor creature stared solemnly into the girls eyes, into these she saw pure sorrow, in which she took pity on. "You poor thing," she stated, comfortably petting the dragons snout. The lightning dragon laid its ginormous head upon her lap, forcing the girl to sit down and continue to pet the creatures nose, to which she didn't mind to do at all. "You deserve to have love, you do," Nya said, in a way she would to a dog. The dragon began to thump its tail on the ground, again, the way a dog would when its happy, Nya chuckled. "Whos a good dragon? You are, yes you are!"
"Nya?"
"AH!" Nya jumped at the sudden voice, scaring her new found friend, in a flash, the dragon ran off in fright. The samurai turned to see Jay towards her looking utterly confused, the girl found herself blushing realizing she had just jumped, like a scared child, in his presence. "U-Uh...h...hey Jay," she said quietly.
"Hey. Jeez, where were you? I had to search the entire island for you and finally I spot you here near the breeding ground, why are you always hanging around here anyway? Is there some reason?" Jay asks.
"Oh! Well...uh, I just enjoy watching, the little cute dragons playing, that's all," Nya replied, nervous. All though she made it sound that that was not the case, naive as Jay is, he bought it much to Nya's relief. "O-k. Anyway, I came here to ask...something of you, after all...you know...that night," Jay began, his forehead already beginning to produce sweat. Nya got the idea, her cheeks burned with blush at the thought, great, now Jay believed she did that to bring it a step further, she was only trying to comfort him with his problems, heaven knows if she knew that if that was going to cause this she wouldn't do it in the first place. But, that was then, and this was now, she had to find a way to get it through Jay's head that she wasn't interested into being in a relationship. But, to do that, would it hurt Jay's feelings? She'd hate to be the one to crush his sense of passion for her, she'd known his affections for her the day he admitted it that day when they had their first date, the same day surprisingly, Jay almost had fallen victim to the Fangpyres bite, which she found shocking.
"Hello?"
Nya snapped back to reality to meet the kind, jet blue eyes of the ninja of lightning, who was staring at her as if awaiting a reply, she bit her lip, how could she say this without causing Jay any depression? "Jay," Nya started, already feeling guilt rush over her, "I...look...the thing is, (groans) how do I say this...?"
"Well, you don't even know what I asked for so I don't why your getting all edgy. I'm just asking if you'd like to...you know, hang out a bit on the island?" Jay finally said.
"R-Really?" Nya uttered, in great amazement, and much to her great relief, "That...yeah we can hang out, we can hang out right now as a matter of fact!" Jay was surprised by her sudden rush, as he followed her to the other side of the island to begin their walk of bond, though the reason for Nya's happiness was because Jay hadn't even mentioned going on another date or some other, love-related thing, she was happy as anyone could be. Then she stopped, a thought hitting her all of a sudden, was this just a way for her and Jay to become closer? Would hanging out be a way of Jay trying to win her over with some sappy love gift? Whatever he was doing it for, it didn't matter, she just felt glad he hadn't mentioned it, she could think about her worries later. As the two began their tour of the island, they saw sights other men and woman would die to sea, they saw leaves dance from the trees as they fell from a tall Oak, they watched dragons soar through the skies, while some did impressive swimming in the seas, they even hitched a ride on a few, while watching the sky above on their backs, in perfect tranquility.
From afar, the two snakes, Lasha and Spitta eyed them profoundly, hoping to get some updates on their progress, as for the two, they were as peaceful as turtle doves, just enjoying the time as the sky turned form baby blue to salmon pink. Jay glanced over to Nya, his heart unable to stabilize itself, the young man found himself blushing when the two accidentally touched hands to which he quickly moved away to not make it too awkward. Nya chuckled and continued to look upward at the sky, her mind's creativity taking control of her surroundings as she imagined the shapes of clouds in the air. "Look," she said, pointing out a funny-looking one, "that one looks a bit like an elephant, don't you think?"
Jay narrowed his eyes at the figure and grinned, "Yeah, kinda does. Oh look, that one looks like a wolf! A great big one too, see the furry tail?" Nya spotted its shape and smiled, "Why yes...it kind of does."
The lightning ninja watched as her eyes drifted downward to watch the view below, the wind blowing her lustrous black locks of hair all around her, her face visible amongst them, and there, right there, her face, was Jay's reason to stare. Her eyes portrayed the color of milk chocolate, making Jay think of sweets, the way she smiled up at the sky, put Jay into somewhat a trance, to which he could not snap out of, and her breath, smelt lightly of cinnamon and apple cider, from what he could sense through the chilly breeze that blew around them. Nya caught Jay staring at her, right before he decided to turn away to not look like a creep, she frowned and the only sounds that met their ears were the soft flaps of their dragon gliding through the air. However, the silence didn't last, because Nya's concerns began to come back to her, knowing she couldn't keep them in forever. "Jay," she began."
The lightning ninja turned to her, "Yeah?" The samurai looked at his sorry face, he showed a weak smile, but when she stared into his eyes she looked upon the face of despair and a bit of fear. She sighed, Jay found himself to frown, he suddenly began to feel as if Nya didn't want him here, with her, a feeling that made him want to cry. Of course, he didn't feel it was right to, that would only make Nya feel guilty, besides, he would make her think he was a wimp. So instead, he kept to himself, but let out a simple question, "Nya...did you...agree to hang out with me, only because you wanted to be done with me so you could attend to your previous things?"
To this, Nya looked at Jay in uttered shock, "Heavens no! Jay, why would you think that?"
The young man hid his face, looking down from their height to the far below ground, before answering truthfully, "Its just...you seem to not...want me here, I mean the minute I asked for you to spend some time with me, you seemed kind of rushed like you wanted to get this over with...do you...really want me here, anyway?"
For a long time, Nya stared at him, the guilt already setting in, she felt terrible to make Jay think she only agreed to be done with him, that was not true at all, but Jay seemed to think it was which pained her more to see. "Oh Jay," she sighed, trying to keep a calm posture, "I never agreed because I was in a rush, I just...I don't know why I made it seem like that, I hope I haven't hurt you in any way..."
Jay looked at her and found himself to smile a bit, getting lost in her eyes again, Nya grinned back. The wind howled around them, getting chillier which caused the two to nearly huddle together, but the wind also sang to which only the two could hear, in perfect sync and harmony a beautiful melody rang out almost lulling them to one another. Lasha and Spitta's eyes widened at the sight of them getting closer and to which they began to cross their fingers. Jay found himself much more closer to Nya, his insides beginning to turn warm, and his stomach being filled with butterflies, he looked upon her and she stared back with great consternation. The lightning ninja became too lost in her eyes, he went in for a kiss, but Nya frowned and pulled away.
Jay stopped, he separated from Nya, looking away to hide his blush, his mind yelling Gh! Jay why do you have to be so stupid! Nya saw his embarrassment and fought to keep herself from yelling, her cheeks were burning red with a mix of anger and distress, her beliefs had been confirmed. "So...this was a date," she finally said.
Jay gulped at the word, he really didn't mean to pull something like that, he just got carried away. He looked back at Nya who was looking at him with doubt, the young man shook his head, he wouldn't call this a date, better yet he didn't know what to call it anymore, pulling a stupid move like that. But, of course, he opened his mouth, "No...it wasn't."
"Then what was it?" Nya asked, a little firmness in her tone. Jay didn't want to displease her, and he certainly didn't want to make the situation anymore worse, so he just sighed and told the truth, "Look...I just...wanted...I just wanted to spend some time with you. I feel like your avoiding me lately so that's why I asked for you to hang out with me...with a had a good time didn't we?"
Nya just stared at him, not sure what to think, but her anger was gone, that was one good thing, however she still felt troubled. "Avoiding, you?" she questioned, her eyebrows slanting into a pitiful expression. Jay nodded slowly, "Yeah...I didn't want to...you know ask for much, just a simple day of bonding would've done good...Cole did suggest to go for a bigger decision, but-"
Nya stopped him there, giving a weak smile regaining her lightened mood now that she understood his reasons. "I see...I liked this better. It wasn't too much, but something, though I still don't get why you had to pull something like...that," she stated.
"O-Oh, well, uh...hehe, I guess since you kissed me I just wanted to return the favor?" Jay said, scratching the back of his neck. Nya giggled, suddenly they felt themselves coming down, seeming as their dragon began to descend to the island grounds to land. Once they got off, they thanked their ride and walked home through the brisk, autumn sky, deciding to talk on the way. "I'm just glad this didn't turn out to be like the last time we were together," Nya laughed.
"Right, yeah, that would've been really bad wouldn't it?" Jay joked, remembering that day. Finally, they arrived to the spot where they had started their "hang-out", just nearby the breeding grounds. Jay was about to head back to the Bounty, when he asked Nya if she was going to come too. "Uh, I'll catch up to you later," Nya said, turning towards the grounds.
Jay frowned a bit but then yelled back, "Hey!"
Nya turned to see Jay running back to her, he had something in his hands. "Here," he stated, handing Nya the nicely-wrapped box. She looked upon it with contempt, she thanked Jay for his kindness and he accepted her gratitude. "Its what friends do, right?" he said, his tone weakened when he said "friends". Nya nodded and smiled, "Right...catch you later Jay."
The young man clicked his ton and saluted, he then headed back to the Bounty to meet the others for dinner. Nya just stared at the box, she figured she'd open it later for right now...she had some deep thinking to do.
As for Lasha and Spitta, their entertainment had just taken a drastic turn. "Darn!" cursed Lasha, "for one second I thought he was gonna make hissss move!"
"Reckon we sssshould do ssssomething about that," Spitta stated.
Lasha rubbed his chin as he began to think, he suddenly came across an idea, "Yesss...why yesss we sssshould." He chuckled, while gaining a confused glance from Spitta, he soon quieted down as he watched Nya walk slowly back towards Destiny's Bounty, he formed a crooked smile. "Parting issss sssuch ssssweet ssssorrow nowadayssss...essspecially with a sssevere broken heart," he hissed.
Unknown to them, Nya's dragon friend had managed to catch sight of them plotting in the trees, and what had reached his ears, was not something that made him happy.
(Phew! What a chapter! So much Jaya! So much suspense! Ah! Also, Romeo and Juliet reference, see if you can find it...hehe. All in all, I found this chapter to be absolutely perfect in all romance necessary, seriously, I put so much effort its like my fingers are gonna snap in half. I don't mean to pry but, doesn't it seem that Jay grew a tad bit clingy to Nya on that part? I don't know, perhaps you guys could point it out for me, and it seems our cheeky little snakes are up to their tricks again, and it seems they have a hater, Nya's lightning dragon friend doesn't seem to happy to find that his comforter and her love interest is being toyed with by the enemy, how will he put a stop to it, and can he? Well, I gotta wrap this up, its late and I want to rest my entire body, until next time have a Splendid Saturday and I thank you all for reading.)