Fen: Hey guys, didn't expect us back so soon?
TWF: *screams like a little girl, covering my body with the towels behind the screen* Dude! I'm still in the middle of a bath here! Why are we starting off inside the bathroom?! And you're still taking your time dropping your 'bombs', too!
Fen: Uh… actually, I just got done. O.o
TWF: Geez, and I'm still in the middle of washing my butt, squeaky clean, too! :O
Fen: I… didn't need to know that. C'mon, we got a chapter to do here.
TWF: What's it about, this time?
Fen: You'll find out soon enough.
Kiva Gaiden 11: Life with Aqua
"Hah!" I exclaimed, countering a Hero's slash with my Zanvat Sword. Currently, there's a battle inside Regna Ferox and the selection of the Khans are commenced. As I represented Flavia, for obvious reasons, Basilio decided to pit me up with another swordsman from afar.
"That's it, Kurogasa! Get him! Get him!" Flavia cheered.
"Oh please! He's got nothing on my representative!" Basilio scoffed.
"Your blade cannot be underestimated, it seems…" the Radiant Hero said. "Truly, it has proven to become an interesting battle."
"Yeah, I should say the same about you, Priam." I said, getting back into my stance. "You've given me much more work than as it is."
"Do you wish to continue this battle?" Priam asked. "Or are you going to surrender because of your strange heavy armor you're wearing?"
"Oi, aibou! Don't tell me you're gonna take that taunt hands down!" Kivat told me.
"Hah! Are you kidding me? No way!" I grinned. "Let's finish this, Kivat!" I said, before placing the Fuestle in Kivat's mouth.
TATSULOT!
"Hah! That seals the deal!" Flavia smirked. "Once he gets into that armor, your representative is as good as done, you oaf!"
"Crap…!" Basilio got out, sweating a bit.
"Pyun, pyun~!" Tatsulot fluttered above my head. "Did somebody call for Tatsulot-sama's assistance?"
"You betcha! Ikuzo!" I said, raising my left arm.
"Ha~i! Doramachikku ni ikimashou!" Tatsulot cheered as he broke the chain on my shoulder armor and golden bats flew out before he attached to my brace. "Hen~shin!" he said before the golden bats came back and formed my Emperor Armor. With a wave of my hand, flames burst out to form my cape.
"You're done, Priam." I smirked behind my helmet.
"Interesting… simply interesting." Priam smirked as well, seemingly getting more and more passionate as well. "Very well, Kiva. I shall give my all as well, to match with your burning passion. Come at me with everything you got!" he declared, also getting into a stance that I'm not familiar with.
"You heard him, aibou! Let's give this guy a royal treatment!" Kivat encouraged me.
"You got it!" I said before charging in at his direction, as I can tell this battle would last longer than usual fights I've been.
"Wow, aibou!" Kivat fluttered in front of me, as I currently have cuts and bruises all over my face and arm. "I don't know how you do it, but you managed to kick his butt!"
"Pyun, pyun~!" Tatsulot chirped. "But Kurogasa-sama already took a lot of beating from that Hero~!"
"And the crowd's loving it, too, Father!" Morgan chirped.
"Though, Mother would be upset seeing you in bruises again…" my older twin son, Mark, noted. He had similar appearance to Morgan, other than keeping his forest green hair in check and is more mellow than his chirpy twin sister, where her hair's a mess and she tends to run on a sadistic side, from time to time.
"At least I won…" I mumbled.
"That's not the point, Father. You keep doing this, then you're going to worry Mother more." Mark said.
Oh right, if you haven't guessed yet, my wife is none other than Aquariu Myers. Yes, I'm not kidding. The stoic girl that hardly smiles within our group… that's who I ended up with. Here's what happened.
Ever since Nee-san rejected me, after I met up with them again, Aqua slapped me hard for leaving the group. Ever since then, we'd kinda talk more. Aqua-chan also opened up to me, regarding her past with Storm and her big sister; his girlfriend, Annette. Then later on, when we met up with Bakuya, Kan'shou, Mark, and Morgan, memories of Annette resurfaced and she had been pretty sour because each of them seemed to resemble her deceased sister in more ways than one, especially Bakuya.
Not only that, her… dislike for Storm intensified. So much, that she actually tried to beat the living daylights out of him and I had to hold her back. Whenever it's just the two of us, she finally let herself out within my embrace, revealing her fragile side, one that I've never seen before. That… was what sealed the deal for me. The day that I realized it's my mission to make sure she won't be sad again because from that point on… I've been helplessly in love with her. Despite having her own doubts and fears, she eventually accepted my proposal. Right after the war ended, despite the fact I have the rights to become the King of Plegia and Fangire, I decided not to become one, as becoming a King would lead to solidarity… and I really don't want that for Aqua's sake. Instead, the job's passed down to Saigo, and after moving to Regna Ferox, my life as a Mercenary/Flavia's fighter lived on.
Oh, and she does give me an ample amount of payment for fighting at her side, since I told her I don't come in cheap with my armor and all. I mean c'mon, after saving the whole world from Grima, I'm the best money can buy.
"Nice work, kid! You still got it!" Flavia laughed heartily as she approached me. "Now I'm Khan for a long time, until that oaf could find someone to fight for his side!"
"It's nothing really." I shrugged. "Now about my payment."
"The usual way, huh?" Flavia smirked. "You'll get it tomorrow morning."
"Thanks." I nodded.
"Not gonna join us for the festivity?" Flavia offered. "The victor needs to be on stage, providing morality for other fighters, y'know?"
"Thanks, but I'm gonna pass. You know how Aqua is."
"Hah, a wimp towards his strict wife." Flavia scoffed. "But you ain't hearin' it from me. Be sure to give my regards to her and her incoming delivery in the next two months."
"I will thanks." I said. "C'mon Morgan, Mark, let's get going."
"Yes, Father." Mark nodded.
"Right behind ya." Morgan chirped.
After leaving the arena, we took the walk back home and man, it is cold as ever, but our jackets kept us warm for the trip and when we got back home, we opened the door to see Bakuya and Kan'shou with Kaa-san, as they just finished preparing dinner.
"Tadaima~!" Kivat cheered.
"Wohoo~ dinner fever~!" Tatsulot cheered as they flew in.
"Welcome home." Rey-Kivat greeted.
"Tadaima, Tou-san." Kan'shou noted.
"How's the battle today, my son?" Kaa-san asked. "Did you win?"
"It wasn't easy, but I managed to scrape off for the win." I said, laughing nervously.
"Yeah, Grandmother! You should've seen how Father fights!" Morgan perked up.
"Wow, Bakuya-neesan's home, too!" Mark noticed.
"Aye, I am." Bakuya smiled. "I sought permission from Okaa-sama and Apollo to return home, seeing Mark's letter regarding Kaa-san's health."
"But, you don't really have to return home, Bakuya." I told my daughter, concerned a bit. "Running an orphanage is already tiring as it is. And you're two months pregnant, too."
"But I insisted. You should know by now that family always comes first." Bakuya reminded. "Oh, and Okaa-sama sent us her famous liver and onions to you, Tou-san."
"Blegh… liver…" Morgan blanched.
"I like them, sis." Mark noted.
"How could you eat something like that?" Morgan asked incredulously.
"I'm not that picky." Mark said.
"So, Kan'shou. How's your relationship with Lucina coming along?" I asked.
"Tou-san, please…" Kan'shou muttered, blushing slightly. "Lucina and I haven't officially become an item just yet…"
"Oh, but with Chrom suddenly being in overprotective daddy mode, I'd say otherwise." I smirked.
"…" Kan'shou could only keep silent.
"Hee, hee! It's rare seeing Nii-san like like that!" Morgan giggled, clearly enjoying the moment.
"Urusai." Kan'shou muttered.
"My son, will you get Aqua in your bedroom? Dinner's about to be done and she's probably still knitting socks at her favorite couch." Kaa-san said.
"Yeah, I got her." I said, before walking over to the bedroom.
"In the meantime, let's eat!" Kivat cheered.
"Itadakimasu!" Tatsulot chirped.
"No." Kaa-san said, smacking them with the ladle. "Not until everyone is present."
"Agreed." Rey-Kivat fluttered. "Although I can't eat, it is important to wait for everyone to be around the table."
"Yeah! It's no fun if everyone's not at the table!" Kibat added, fluttering in as well.
"Aqua-chan?" I asked, knocking on the door. "Knock, knock."
"Who's there?" I heard her motherly tone, clearly teasing me.
"Your husband."
"Your husband, who?"
"Your husband, ready to get you to come out for dinner." I said, before opening the door and revealed Aqua in her favorite couch, knitting away.
"Is it that time already?" she asked, still wearing her glasses while sitting near the fireplace. Oh, she's also wearing her white long dress, to accommodate with her currently swelling belly. "That was fast."
"Yeah." I said, approaching her.
"You got cuts all over your face again…" she said, slightly stern. "Did you get yourself beaten around the bush again?"
"Ehehe… nothing gets by you." I chuckled sheepishly. "You know me though. I gotta get the money in order for us to survive out here."
"I see." she smiled lightly, putting away her knitting stuff. "C'mere and let me tend your wounds."
"Alright." I chuckled, kneeling before her as she took out her vulnerary and start putting on my cuts.
"It's already Thanksgiving, huh?" she said, still tending to my wound from her seat.
"You know there's no Thanksgiving here in this world, right?" I sweat dropped with a sheepish smile.
"I know, but the date today is Thanksgiving, after all…" she added, gently tracing her fingers on my cuts. "My sister and I would always eat together with my family, spending quality time while talking about what we do on that day."
"And also saying what you're thankful for." I added.
"Of course." Aqua-chan said. "There. All done."
"Thanks." I smiled a bit. "And that gets you a kiss." I then leaned in and kissed her briefly… before she gasped a bit.
"Oh!" she got out.
"What is it?"
"They kicked."
"Eh?" I blinked. "The babies kicked?"
"Yes. And both Rua and Ruka did it simultaneously…" she smiled. "Do you want to feel it?"
"A Double Rider Kick? Sure." I joked before leaning my head on her stomach.
"Children, your father is here…" she cooed motherly, rubbing her stomach before her hand rubbed on my hair. "…can you do it again, for me?"
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"There! I felt it!" I said excitedly. "The Double Rider kick!"
"…" she could only smile at me, as I was feeling excited. "Kurogasa."
"Hm?" I looked up at her. "Nani?"
"There's one more thing I want you to hear…" she said, slowly pulling my head towards her chest, right between her breasts. "Can you hear it?"
"Yeah… it's beating fast." I noticed. "What about it?"
"Thank you." she suddenly thanked me, not letting my head turn away from the position.
"What for?" I asked confused.
"For giving me the resolution of my past." she added. "And providing me the happiness and salvation that I've searched for the longest of times. Because of you, my heart could only beat fast and strong… just for you. As long as my heart beats strongly, my love for you shall never end."
"Aqua…" I muttered before she pushed my head back.
"Besides… it's… the same beat I felt during our… 'love' session…" she blushed a bit, which I find cute. "It was… so intense… both of us always try to one-up each other. I do not know why, but that's what makes my heart excited when doing it with you…"
"U-Uh… r-right…" I got out, blushing a bit.
"Will you make me feel excited again… for the second pair of twins?" she asked, looking at me with her serene eyes.
"For you? Anything." I said.
"I truly hope you'd last longer than me, because the last time we went at it, you already tired out." she teased me bluntly, giggling lightly. "Honestly, do men really have longer stamina than women? You tire out too fast."
"U-Urusai…" I blushed heavier.
"I do hope the mercenary jobs you've been doing would give you more stamina… and being a little bit rougher, too…" she muttered on the last part, now sharing the same blush as I am. "I actually do love it if you could roughed up a bit…"
Good grief, since when was Aqua-chan this perverted?! Is this where Morgan's sadistic personality came from?
"You're thinking of me being perverted, aren't you?" she bluntly pointed out.
Holy crap, how did she know what I was thinking?!
"Just to make it clear, I… have my needs, as well…" she said with absolution, still keeping her heavy blush. "And as my husband, it's your duty to fulfill my needs or else, I shall never be satisfied…"
"R-Right!" I squeaked, noting that her tone changed slightly.
"Shall we get going? Everyone's waiting for us… and you're carrying me." she requested, as her tone went back to motherly once more.
"Eh?!" I gawked.
"Don't 'eh' me. You know I can't walk around too much when I have twins in my belly." Aqua-chan pouted slightly. "It tires me."
In the end, I hung my head down and slumped my shoulders. "Hai…"
"Good. Now carry me."
"Hai…" I relented as I did just that. Oh well, the things I do for love.
"This feels… just right." she smiled, resting her head on my shoulder before both of us head out for dinner.
Fen: There you go. Another CoM chapter done.
TWF: And it's your OC paired up with one of my own! How cool was that? :D
Fen: Yep. It was… an interesting pair.
TWF: So, dude, as Goldberg would say to his targets, Who's Next?
Fen: I'm not telling… -_-
TWF: Hmmmm… we'll see about that! See ya later, guys!