A/N: Aaaah. I'm sorry for those of you who have been waiting for so long to wait for chapter 11. T.T
Apparently, I wasn't on a Writer's Block. I've been drawing and playing... other games XD (coughahemBatenKaitosahem) Anyways... now that I'm back... time to get started on another chapter, ne? 83
Let's see... which one of my lackeys are here today?
Isaac: (sleeping on the couch with popcorn in his lap)
Felix: (reading a newspaper)
Link: (busy)
Marth: Hunh...? I'm here...
Goody. Someone reliable... thanks Marth. I got good news for you. XD You're in my story now... with Roy. Yaay
Marth: o.o YES! (celebrates)
Roy: 8D Hurray!
Yesh. Marth's uber cool appearance in Brawl changed my mind. So... we know the big boss for Marthy cause I know. (cackles)
Marth: ...that's not a good cackle...
Roy: No it's not...
Anyways... chapter time, for my lovelies!
Roy: ...Lovelies?
My viewers! Dummy...
Roy: T.T (sulks)
The night after the whole weretiger incident was indeed very silent. The heroes were very quiet the entire time, not making a sound, except with Link asking everyone for their bowls of finished dinner to go clean off at the lake they were nearby. After that, it was pure silence. Nobody spoke up... nothing. Isaac was playing with his Djinn; Felix was back against a tree; Link was wiping off his blade; Ryu was staring in the fire; Rei, he was lying down, his tail swaying around. Midna was still around, finally out of Link's shadow for the time, thinking to herself.
The campfire was bright, it was started by Ryu himself with a little bit of his assist magic he obtained throughout his journey a few years back.
It was silent for another few minutes, until a certain blonde had interrupted it.
"...Um... Felix..." Isaac, started, his head turning from his Djinn to him.
"Yes... Isaac...? What is it?" The tired brunette glanced his serious brown eyes over to his younger peer.
"It... well..." the blonde adept started again, his stomach getting a fuzzy feeling. The other four were looking at him, with some question-looking expression upon their faces, even Midna. Isaac felt the immediate pressure he was feeling and stared at them. "What...?"
"...Are you trying to break the silence between all of us?" Ryu asked first, rubbing his nose.
"Yeah, I am trying... and probably failing... I hate it when it's so silent like this. It gives me the chills..."
"Silence is bitter." Link commented, counting his bombs in his bomb bags.
"But silence is also very... sweet in the same time..." Midna replied after, walking over to some shadows, possibly to avoid the campfire.
"...sigh... I really tried too hard... Empty silence will just have to remain then... all night long..." the blonde adept sighed to himself, removing his boots. The others, excluding Midna, glanced at Isaac, and thought best to call it a night.
"Well, seeing as this whole thing is pointless... might as well. We can set off first thing in the morning." the weretiger said, yawning and stretching, "Plus, I'm still worn out from today's rifraf fighting those three..." he nodded towards Link, Felix, and Isaac.
"I still... am sorry for that, Rei... really I am." Link spoke, his diamond-colored eyes finding the weretiger's golden ones.
"Nah, don't worry 'bout it. I'll be good to go with a good night's sleep anyways."
"I see... Midna, are you going to stay up...?"
The twilight princess looked over her shoulder, finding the hylian's voice calling to her. She merely smiled, her beautiful purple eyes to him carefully, "I will be on alert... in your shadow later on Link... don't worry." She winked at him, which caused a rather fuzzy feeling in the hylian's stomach.
"Alright..." Link answered, shaking the feeling and his sudden blushing away, "I'll get the tents out." With that, he pulled out another small bag from only the Hyrule goddess knows where and undid the knot tied to it. Isaac was the first to reach in and grab his blue tent.
"How does all that stuff FIT into that tiny bag?" he asked Link, his face puzzeled the entire time while he hoisted up his tent. Link chuckled, handing Ryu his light blue tent.
"...I'm not really sure, Isaac. I guess you would call it natural..."
"Where does it all go?" Ryu asked next, he doing the same as Isaac before him.
Link shrugged and pointed to his bag. "Well, Midna usually holds all the important stuff... But all of my equipment I hold myself... I really... don't know where it goes either. My pockets must be really deep..."
"...well geez they would be if I were carrying all of that..." the young dragon replied. "Rei... I KNOW you have a tent. You aren't sleeping out in this cold..."
"I HAVE one my gods, calm down Ryu... don't get so bitter and fussy." the weretiger assured him, with Ryu getting a small pouty face. Rei's face saw it and he instantly switched to a "don't-kill-me-today" look.
"Heh... Felix, are you wanting your tent...?" The hylian looked over to the tired older adept, who said nothing for the past ten minutes. Felix seemed to have not heard him, as he did not stir, nor did he look like he heard anything. His eyes were closed, his arms crossed over one another, and his legs in a half fetal position. This worried the green-clad swordsman, so he gently tapped the adept... ever so lightly.
"Felix... pssssht. Hey..."
Nothing. Poor thing was out cold for the night. Link's face turned sour after his attempts failed five different times. But of course, he was not going to let him sleep outside of his tent either.
"Someone help me put this man into his tent..." Link said, picking up Felix with ease.
"I'll do it!" Isaac jumped up first and set up Felix's tent before Ryu had a chance to volunteer. Surprisingly, the younger adept had Felix's tent inbetween his own and Rei's...
Damnit... oh well, close enough. Ryu thought.
Link nodded to thank Isaac and somehow carefully placed Felix inside the tent, then closed it after removing his armor, boots and using his cape as a rather comfortable pillow for the brunette.
"There... much better than that ole tree..." Link smiled, setting up his own tent.
"Yawn... Well, good night you all. I guess tomorrow's destination is Wyndia... right Ryu...?" Rei asked, with another yawn. The bluenette turned to his friend and raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm... I was going to say beyond that... Remember that old hut with Emiati and his family...?"
"...OH YEAH. That guy who lost to you when you were a kid. HA. HA. Yeah I 'member him... What are we gonna do with that guy and his hut...?"
"I'll tell you in the morning... but yes..." Ryu turned to the confused Link and Isaac, "You two will get more details tomorrow, I promise." The other two exchanged looks, then to Ryu and nodded sheepishly.
"Alright. I trust your good judgment Ryu... Good night and sleep well... I assume tomorrow will be heavy for us." the hylian said, yawning and stretching himself.
"Yeah... good night..." Isaac said, catching the contagious yawning from the hylian. Ryu and Rei nodded, crawling into their tents. Something caught both Isaac and Link's attention before doing the same: the campfire.
"I got it!" They both said at the same time, rushing to the fire and stomping on it like little children stomping on ants that were about to crawl in their pants. When the fire was out, they looked at each other and giggled.
"hmm I guess that was pretty dumb of me, sorry Link."
"I was acting like a child, I apologize Isaac..."
"...It doesn't matter. The fire's out... heheheh."
"Right... So um, good night... again."
"Yeah. G'night."
Both slipped out of their boots and crawled into their tents, taking their items with them just in case. Link stayed awake for some time, just to be sure he still heard Midna. He knew his mortal body couldn't handle the lateness and soon he fell asleep like a rock.
It was only until a few minutes after, that she returned to his shadow... to stay alert like she told him earlier.
It was still night, and Felix was expecting some weird dream and the Wise One appearing from nowhere. When it didn't happen, he woke up, scratching an itch he had on his right leg and checked his surroundings. Yes... it was inside a tent he was in.
God damnit... I was better off sleeping outside next to that tree... ah well. The brunette cursed to himself. He looked around some more until he grew tired again. May as well fall back asleep...
As soon as he put his head back on his makeshift pillow-cape, he heard some random footsteps... and they sounded like they were... leaving?
It didn't matter, Felix carefully and silently crawled out of his tent, and peeked around for anyone suspicious with his night vision. When he heard nothing around, he stood up fully, and looked in each direction, listening to the heart of the trees for anything odd. He closed his eyes for a moment, feeling the psynergy aura around him. He sensed everyone's aura... except Isaac's... Wait Isaac?!
...! Isaac...! Felix rushed to the younger adept's tent and did not find him inside it. His sword was gone, but his boots were still with him, and it didn't look like anyone took him either, as he would've sent the brunette a telepathic message. Perhaps Isaac up and left on his own?
Ugh... stupid boy. Where are you? Felix growled to himself, keeping his eyes peeled for anything that may attack him while he was searching for the wandering adept. He grabbed his sword as well, and quietly left the campsite, and also didn't bother to put his boots on either...
Where... is that place...? Wise One, you didn't give me enough clues...! Isaac rushed around in the tall trees, looking for a clearing with a ring of flowers near them. His heartbeat was racing, as he knew he didn't know where he was going, but he had to follow the Wise One's words, as they were mostly important and...well... wise. Isaac came across multiple Goblins, which were easily clobbered by him with a few swings of his Sol blade.
Come on... flowers... flowers... the blonde adept rushed around, his steps quickening. It was also in his imagination that he thought he was being followed. Oh dear, who's... following me...? He didn't care to stop; his mind went on auto search and scanned his surrounding area. He felt the presence but since it was too far from him, he couldn't tell if it was friend or foe. Don't... find me... please not now...
The cold night air slashed its way into Isaac's mop as he continued to pace about, finding the location of the Wise One's directions. The blonde adept turned to his left and sure enough, he found a ring of flowers. Right on the money!
...! There it is...! he rushed over to it, dropping to his knees. He closed his eyes, trying to get the image the Wise One sent him in a mini dream he had not too long ago, and the sole reason why he was running about in the night without Felix's approval for once.
Felix is so gonna get mad at me, but this was necessary... I think. Isaac dropped his sword, and he clasped his hands together, as though he were praying. Wise One... where are you...?
As if on cue, the Wise One appeared in Isaac's mind, and nodded.
I am here, boy. When I tell you your cue, use the Golden Sun power you have. Understood?
Yes... I will... try... Isaac replied, his eyes still closed and awaiting the Wise One.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuckity fuck. Where is he?! Felix swore to himself, hellbent on finding Isaac once and for all. His wolf instincts picked up right then, he picked up the blonde adepts' scent... very easily. "I've been going the wrong way for awhile... I guess these wolf powers aren't so bad after all..." The brunette rushed over in a heartbeat, and finding the clearing Isaac was in.
What the hell is he doing?! Some monster could come of nowhere and kill him! Felix's eyebrows narrowed, and he carefully and quietly walked up to the younger adept. With light, easy steps, he walked around Isaac without him noticing; his eyes were closed and it looked like he was going to use some sort of psynergy power. Whatever it is, I should be here in case he wants to collapse and get himself killed, he thought and backed away just in case... but only a little ways, just to be safe.
Isaac. Now!
WTF Wise One!? Felix somehow heard it... and right on cue, Isaac's entire body was glowing all golden, as if he were trying to unlock the half of the Golden Sun inside of him. The brunette's face was all confused, but just stayed where he was because he was sure as hell NOT going to leave.
Wise One?
Ah Felix. Your timing is impeccible as ever.
What the hell is this? Explain.
... The gray floating rock was now inside of Felix's mind, but it remained silent for quite some time. Felix's eyes narrowed, and soon enough, it spoke up again.
There was something interfering with the warping I gave you and Isaac with that orb. Apparently, Isaac told me it broke somehow in his dream, and I am here to fix that problem...
With HIM using the Golden Sun's power? Are you mad, you could KILL him! The brunette was furious, and if he were in his wolf form, all the fur on his back would have been standing up.
I know what I am doing, Felix. Have patience. He is not going to die. Hmm...? What is this? Isaac, stop... The gray rock seemed to have felt something, possibly the interference it was mentioning earlier.
The blonde adept did as he was told, but of course, his stubborn body didn't. Come on! Stop glowing already... Isaac thought to himself, trying to "shut off" his body and failing. Ah! I...I can't!
You can't...? The Wise One began glowing itself with rings of purple psynergy, and with that image in both adepts' minds, Isaac's body was wrapped in it too. Unfortunately, that did not help too much...
"Augh... my body... it's like burning..." the blonde adept cried, trying with all his might to stop himself. "Felix, help me!!" he shouted, not knowing Felix was even THERE...
"Shit and fuck, I knew this was going to happen... but how did I know..." Felix ran over to his younger adept, placing his hands on his shoulders.
"...whoa you came that quick...?"
"I was here to whole time. You're going to be fine..."
"... oh... Okay... I hope you're... right—Geh!"
Isaac doubled over, feeling his body's psynergy build up rapidly. Felix caught him his arms, but he knew that everything around him was changing. The sky was turning into a malstorm; the ground was leveling up, water appeared from nowhere and threatened to drown anyone or anything, and the lava from the earth was springing upward, destroying the life from their remote area. It was very clear that Isaac's power was out of control.
"Isaac! You have to calm down!!" Felix shouted, his grip on Isaac getting tighter. The blonde covered his ears, his eyes turning the same color as his entire body.
"I...I can't... I'm scared! I can't do it!! Make it stop!! It's hurting me!"
"You know full well I can't! I'm fucking powerless against you god damnit! Isaac, YOU have to stop this! This is your power! Control it like you do plants and flowers!" Felix shouted again, his wild hair coming out of it's ponytail and thrashing about in the rapid wind storms. SURELY the others would have FELT this by now...
"I can't... I really can't!! It's too hard for me!!" Isaac yelled. The winds grew more violent and with Isaac's voice it wrapped itself around Felix violently.
" ...! Shit!!" the brunette yelled, his grip on Isaac loosening with every beating second. It was only a second too late that Isaac opened his eyes and Felix being carried off by the whirlwind. "DO SOMETHING!!" Felix's voice was heard as an echo.
"No! FELIX!!" Isaac tried to grab him, but failed. Heavy tears were rolling down his face, and his heart could not bear losing him anymore... not this time. The blonde raised his arms in the air, the psynergy building up inside him again.
"I...I command you... to STOP!" he cried, gathering all of his power together. The Voice stopped everything in destruction; the skies stopped storming, the lava stopped flowing and melted instantly, the ground stopped shaking and leveled itself to normal, the water stopped and returned to it's natural places. It was as if time stopped itself... but it didn't.
"Calm..." he lowered his arms, peacefully as if to settle everything back in order, which in fact happened. Everything that was destroyed was restored by Isaac's command of the Golden Sun in him. When everything was in place, he looked up and found Felix falling... rather fast.
...! No...! I will not lose him...! Isaac lifted his right arm, his hand widespread and called forth a powerful version of what seemed like Move. The giant psynergy hand caught Felix gracefully, and once the blonde felt it... somehow, he lowered his hand and it came down slowly as ever until the brunette was safely on the ground near him.
Isaac kneeled down, grabbing Felix's shoulders and shaking him. "Please... please wake up... Don't leave me..." Everything Isaac tried to wake Felix, all his attempts seemed to fail, as the brunette did not stir at all. It was as if the whirlwind took his breath and killed him.
"Felix... Felix... please! S..stop joking around... come on..." Isaac's heart was crumbling every second... he couldn't feel any air coming from his nose. His whole face was drowned in snot and tears, but he still tried to wake him. "...this isn't funny... I don't want to lose you again...! Please... not again..."
No... no no no...! Isaac buried his face in Felix's shirt. His breathing increased, his face burning with more of his warm tears. My fault... my fault... Felix don't die on me! No no no...don't leave me all alone...!
Isaac's body stopped glowing, but his eyes remained their color. He squeezed Felix's hand and tried to wake him again. His hand was so cold, it felt like someone threw him into a lake near Prox. Isaac tried warming it with his hands, getting a little success, but it all felt hopeless. He knew he was going to lose Felix... but he didn't want to accept... In fact, he refused to accept.
"No! You can't leave me! Don't you dare leave me!! You stupid... no good. Oh you piece of no good...! You stupid... stupid...You can't...!"
Isaac finally gave up trying after his senseless yelling... he did what he thought was right; lied right on top of Felix and hugged his lifeless body close to his. His breathing increased so much, it was like he was going to have an asthma attack. Felix... I'm sorry... If only I didn't have this wretched power... you would still be alive... with me... How am I going to tell Jenna...? His head was on Felix's stomach, and his arms wrapped around his abdomen; Isaac closed his eyes and more tears flooded him again.
He felt like this was some very terrible nightmare and that he could not wake himself from it...
Felix was gone...
And he couldn't do anything to save him either...
"Why does the Wise One do this to us...? Why did it let this happen... to me?"
"...geh..."
...! Felix!? Isaac's eyes shot open, and he looked up. The brunette's eyes were opening... but slowly. His left hand went straight to his head and he held it while sitting up.
"Urgh... my head... damn headache..."
"Felix?!" Isaac got up from his abdomen and hugged him tightly around the shoulders, tears coming down again. "You're alive! You didn't leave me!"
Felix didn't respond...yet. He merely hugged back just as tight as the blonde. "...you had me worried. About the whole Golden Sun power thing... you know."
"You didn't... breathe when I helped you land... you didn't say anything to me... you stopped breathing... I thought you were dead and you left me..."
The older adept was feeling Isaac's heartbeat start again and he was wheezing and all that pretty badly. Though, he didn't appreciate snot going down his back...
"Well the wind was kind of knocked out of me... again. I thought I was going to die too... but I dunno. I guess it wasn't my time..."
"I'm glad it wasn't... I want us to die together you know..."
"Heh... yeah. So... when are you going to let go and allow me to breathe?"
"...! Oops sorry..." Isaac released his hugging-grip off Felix and wiped his face clear with his long sleeves. Felix hates snotty noses and he rarely gets one unless he's really sick and just has a running nose.
"It's alright... but why were you out here in this cold fugging night anyways? And how come you didn't tell ME? Hm?"
"Um..."
"Never mind. The Wise One told me. Something about this certain interference... and our only hope back home was destroyed. Perfect... what else could go wrong?"
"... I don't know... But... who is that?" Isaac pointed ahead. Felix turned around and looked in Isaac's pointing direction.
A young man, just about in his young 20's much like Link, was lying on the ground near them, unconscious. His hair was a pure blue color, a darker tone than Ryu's hair. His armor was beautiful; decorated dark blue breast plate and shoulder plates on each shoulder. His tunic was a lighter blue than his armor, and it's decorations were hardly noticeable, but they were there as well. His cape was the exact color of his hair; it was held together by a red button looking thing. His tunic pants were a dark blue color, and his boots were also the same color as his cape. They were held together by a metal coating in the center, folding over like a bridge and connecting together like a buckle. He had a scabbard; which was a VERY light light blue on the sides and white in the long center. It was also very beautifully designed, and it was carrying a golden pommeled hilt sword. His skin was a pale apricot-ish color, and his face looked very soft from their distance as well.
After the adepts' examination, they went to have a look for themselves... up close.
Ah... it's the interference... Good job boys.
Wise One!? Both adepts panicked together, and automatically looked around.
Where the HELL were you? You completely bailed out on us when Isaac was losing it! WTF.
Remember Felix. I am not as strong when you are so far away dimensionally. I did warn you before. I do apologize... I am having difficutly staying in touch with you boys. But I am glad you did get through that. Now then...
THIS... was the interference...? Isaac asked, his face puzzeled.
Yes. This young man actually was forced through some dimension ideal much like you two are... and apparently he was coming through my connection with Isaac... so I contacted him instead of you Felix. The Golden Sun's power to transport anything out of a communication of Psynergy telepathy is also apart of its powers... and Isaac currently possess half of it. My intention was for him to just drag out the boy, which it did succeed... But at an almost heavy cost... I am deeply sorry for the pain you two suffered.
...sigh... I guess it's alright... But it just had me... very frightened. I'm still recovering from it! Isaac frowned, crossing his arms disappointingly.
And you... Felix...? How about you?
Um... It's fine by me. Just tell us BOTH next time so nothing like this will happen. Ever again.
That's acceptable. I'll try to remember that. Oh yes, I did manage to shield your friends from all of that, so I actually didn't really bail out on you two. I actually saved more lives and saved you two all the trouble of that...
I was right; you are useful when you aren't speaking in riddles. Felix smirked to himself.
So... Wise One, what do we do with him...?
Hmm... I have a feeling he will be joining your merry band, so you may as well try to get to know him when he wakes. For the time being, I will leave you boys. Have... a good night.
Wait Wise One...!
Gone. The gray rock vanished the instant it said "good night".
"Ah fuck... oh well... I'll carry him." Felix said, carefully picking up the young man and hoisting him over his shoulders with ease. "Gods he's light... but you're light than he is Isaac... no offense."
"...Are you saying I'm losing weight?" the blonde cocked an eyebrow up.
"Hmm pretty much... you might need to work on those muscles of yours when we get home."
"Grrr! I'm going to train twice as hard as you do!" Isaac pouted, picking up his sword and Felix's, which he reminded himself that they had the EXACT same weapon... so he carried his sword on his shoulder and Felix's downward so he wouldn't get confused.
They found their way back to camp, and sure enough everyone was sleeping... pretty weird for all of that stuff that was happening earlier on. But then again, the Wise One did say it shielded them, so it could've blocked everything that was happening from their ears. I mean, this WAS their test, so they would've needed some aloooone time.
"So... who's tent is he gonna sleep in?" Felix notioned first, eyeing Isaac as they were approaching the tents.
"Um... he can sleep in my tent... and we can share one... if you want to..."
"He seems like my size... I think it best he were in mine. We can share yours."
"Okay..." Isaac said, opening Felix's tent and the brunette gently placing the young blue-head inside it. He also removed his boots (with much difficulty) and also his cape, which was used as a makeshift blanket for the time.
"He looks peacefully. Hopefully he doesn't wake up in the middle of the night... because I'm... really tired..." Felix mumbled, crawling into Isaac's tent.
"Ditto that." The blonde adept yawned, placing their swords inside his tent, kind of stacked on each other on the side. He snuggled up inside too, trying to find a warm spot and then settled in.
It wasn't long, and the blonde felt Felix's arm automatically wrap itself around him. Of course the older adept was out cold...
Ah come on... Isaac said, getting a fuzzy feeling and blushing like mad. He attempted to get out of that position and succeeded. Whew... He turned himself around and his blue eyes were on Felix's face. The more he stared at him, the more of this new feeling had started up. What was this feeling...?
"...I don't know what this is, but it's telling me... to..." Isaac whispered to himself, and suddenly found his lips on Felix's. It felt so good, so he kept them there, and breathing softly. Please... don't... wake... up. He prayed and continued to calypse through the kiss, deepening its strength.
His "prayer" seemed to have been answered because the brunette did not move, nor opened his eyes. It was like he was a doll that had no life for that iffy moment Isaac was pleasuring himself with. The blonde released himself from the kiss, and kind of backed away from Felix, as he was about to turn over from the uneasiness.
Heheh... that... was fun... Isaac thought to himself, smiling and turning to his left side as well. That felt... good. His lips are very soft. He sighed a sigh of relief that Felix did not wake at that time and moment, and soon he fell asleep...
A/N: DAWW Wasn't that cute? 83 And no. Nobody's dying in this fic! Cept the baddies!
Roy: Aww man! I wanted someone to die!
Shut up Pyro-loser! (flames him)
Roy: OUCH! T.T
Gawd, you friggin sadist, go away! XD Anyways... I tried moar action this time... and... KISSING SCENE! Even though it was very small, but It'll get better! I promise! And WHO IS THAT MYSTERY GUY!? (baps every one of her lackys so they can't say anything) 8D If you guess right, you get a free cookie!
Roy: I want a cookie!
NEVER.
Roy: T.T
So yeah, review this chappy! Sorry I'm so late! I know I'm lame... But dudes and dudettes it's like SO late when I was finishing this up and typing friggin 50 words a minute wasn't helping... and and (starts babbling)
Felix: Oh woman for pete's sakes... You people, just send us a god damn review and wait for her slow ass to update... whenever that'll be. (bricked)
Shut Up Felix I heard that! My ears never phail!
Isaac: Yes they do XD (bap'd) Ow!
Rrrgh. I'm watching you, Geo-losers x2 (points at them) Oh yesh. For those of you who wanna know. Felix doesn't say WTF like What the Fuck. He's spelling it out... so when you see WTF or WTH come from his mouth or anyone else's (mainly his XD) they're spelling it out. I'll personally type out the entire phrase for them if they were saying it. Otherwise, any abbreviation that appears in the story from now on is being said.