The White Climbing Rose- Chapter 36: Make a move!
After they all ate breakfast, Akasma was already back in the training room with Caressla. She practiced with her kunai and arrows, trying to perfect the elements that she was told to sharpen first. She's mastered water, air and a tiny bit of ground so far. "Very good, now you must focus Akasma! Sharpen your focus more this time, channel your emotions that's required for ground and release!" The Queen encouraged and prepared her spear for impact.
"Yes!" Akasma responded and pulled back another arrow, it was dark brown but was slowly glowing brighter the more ki beads she fazed out of her vessel. Releasing, the very surface quaked and caused chunks of the flooring to uproot, making a heavy impact on Caressla's spear when she blocked it. Again and again she shot one out, trying to perfect the element.
The Queen's light silver lips that were visible from beneath her iced helm, smiled a bit and had her head nod. "Well done, feeling the power from that element, I can tell you have already mastered it. Though I believe fire will be your hardest to overcome, considering your personality..." She added and frowned, then lowered her spear.
"Y-Yes...I know...b-but I must try!" Shigiyuki exclaimed with determination and narrowed her only visible turquoise orb. She mastered ground now, all she needs to do is fire then she could hop on to the sub elements. Once she gets the hang of all the elements, she'd be able to get perfect it faster when practicing them with her kunai. Pulling back an arrow, she tried to focus on the element and closed her eyes.
"Remember, the element of fire is similar to destruction... Focus Akasma, feel the passion you hold in your heart and pull those beads right out of your body." Caressla gave advice on how to pull it out of her and watched as fiery red ki beads began to faze out of her form. It took shape of an arrow in her grasp, then she opened her eyes and shot it towards the Queen.
All the Queen did was step to the side and let it pass her by. She simply smirked at her quick learning ability, there was a lot of promise to her and her bodyguard held no lie when he spoke of her so highly in that regard. "You are doing marvelously.~ At this rate, you will master all the elements in no time." She reassured and watched the pallid Aeronan blush from the compliment, then avert her eyes.
"T-Thank you..."She mumbled, pulled her hood over her entire face and hid herself.
"Dear, do not hide yourself. You are amongst family here, there is no reason to be shy.~" Even Caressla found her adorable for a full grown Aeronan, someone as shy and tiny framed as her, any male would fall head over hills... Seeing her peek just below the hood, her glowing turquoise orb wavered cutely and that pink flush remained.
O-Okay..." She quietly responded and fiddled with her tendril piece behind her, keeping her eyes to the floor.
"Now, let us continue." Twas all Akasma heard, making her take a deep breath and nod.
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After a while, she finally managed to master fire and the Queen was amazed at the progress she was making. No one can master all four elements within a few days...and that astonished her greatly. Now, they were eating lunch. Beerus, Whis, Akasma and the Queen all sat at the table enjoying the food.
"This stuff is great! Hey, hand me some of that fish, will ya?!" The feline excitedly asked and pointed to the platter that was in front of Whis.
"Yes, my lord..." The attendant said and moved the platter over to him. With haste, the cat swiped some fish from the plate and chowed down on it like a raptor. Akasma was too much in thought, that she wasn't hardly eating her food. Seeing that Akasma and the other two visited her parents for a while, she remembered the reaction when she told her parents about her kitten and about the adventures she had. She even bragged about how kind it was of Beerus and Whis, to help her get the antidotes for the cure. She told her parents everything, that happened while she was away from Fiijishara... Though..she didn't tell them about Eglantina, because she didn't want them to worry. When she was there, she was also informed by her mother that there should be a secret box under their bed that only 'she' was allowed to see inside of. Saying that it was going to be a gift for her, when she returned back home. That box, piqued her curiosity...she wanted to know so bad, what was inside it.
"Hey, what's up with you? Not hungry?" Beerus rose a brow and licked his chops after swallowing his fish.
The said Aeronan flinched and snapped back to reality, she was in her dress now and frantically looked around for her utensil. When she was about to look down, a hand was before her face and she saw that it was Beerus's hand holding her missing item. "T-Thank you..." She shyly thanked and took the utensil, that looked similar to a fork. When she did though, the feline refused to let go and that surprised her. She seen him smirk from the side, then lean in and plant a gentle kiss on top of her hand. Her entire features turned beat red, luckily Whis didn't see this, due to being so entranced by the food...or so the cat thought...
"Oh my, someone sure is becoming rather forward.~" The teal man mused with his eyes closed and made the purple cat widen his eyes, in midst of his lips still touching her hand. All he did after that was grumble, let go and return to eating. Whis peered over at the Aeronan and seen her red face, envy instantly washed over his form... "Akasma...I wish to ask if you'd like to go on a walk with me later. Lord Beerus, would you be alright by yourself?" He asked, after closing his eyes and returning to his food as well.
"O-Of course...yes." The protagonist accepted and slowly nibbled on her grub, just hearing that response made the teal man smile from victory.
"I do not need to send some guards to escort you, do I?" The Queen teased and smiled, before elegantly taking a bite from her fish.
"Of course not, Queen Caressla.~ I'm simply going to enjoy the...'alone time', with her is all.~" He teased back and chuckled, finding it funny how the Queen was being a bit protective of her adorable niece.
"Alright then, lord Beerus, you would not mind if you remained here...with 'me' would you?~" The Queen teased again and winked, making the cat widen his eyes and blush faintly.
"Yeah sure...whatever...I'll just take a nap in the guest room." Twas the cat's simple reply, soon hearing both Whis and Caressla giggle at how he reacted to the tease. Even Akasma giggled, which made the cat become beat red even more. "If you don't stop laughing right now, I'm gonna-" He was suddenly cut off, when the Queen spoke over him.
"Sit back down and take it?~" She teased once again, chuckled and took a bite of some fruit. That alone shut the feline up, he just glared at her and grumbled then pointed a finger at her. Soon a ki ball formed at the tip and the attempt to scare the Queen...failed, when she smiled softly. She tilted her head, a soft look in her eyes and a gentle smile graced her light silver shining lips. "My lord, you will lose...you do understand that, correct? Aside from that, you would not do it anyway because of Akasma." She was right on the dot and saw the cat clenched his free fist after he stood from his seat. Hearing Whis sigh, she did the same and chuckled more. She too, stood from her seat and walked towards him. The cat made his finger follow the Queen, until she grabbed his wrist gently and pulled it directly to her chest. That sweet, kind, gentle and motherly look on her face made him hesitate and stiffen. "Now...release your ki blast, you will still fail at point blank...I assure you." With that said, she still kept that feature on her face and slowly, his ki blast faded away.
"WHATEVER! FINE, I'LL STAY!" He raged, sat back down and angrily ate at his grub.
As the Queen made her way towards her chair, Whis was trying to stifle his laughter because of how 'persuasive' she was..."I can't wait...u-until I c=can play with my kitten tonight..." Akasma spoke up, making all three heads look up and see her blushing, smiling face.
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Akasma was with Whis now, soaring in the sky and being lead by the teal man in front of her. Her glowing white ki wings lit up a bit of the sky. It had stopped raining before lunch ever occurred and graceful chisivans flew around them two, like a flock of birds heading south for the winter. "Hehehehehehe, hello mister Chisivan!~" She cutely spoke up with her innocent and soft voice. She viewed the nearest bird and watched as it squawked out its melodious tone.
Whis looked over his shoulder at her and smiled, seeing her sweet smile appear and hearing her adorable giggles. She giggled even more, when it rubbed against her and brushed its feathers across her cheek. She began to spin around in a circle, around the bird and outstretched her arms. "It feels so wonderful to be back home!~" She added, shut her eyes and felt the crisp, cool and comforting air of her home planet just brush past her frame. Whis giggled at her innocence, closed his eyes and looked forward.
"Akasma, we're nearing a place that seems to be some sort of park.~" He sung happily, making her pause in her spin and catch up to him. She flew next to him and saw the said park, many other Aeronans were leaving and entering the grounds, landing gently.
"Yes, that is where we Aeronans gather, for environmental family fun! Is that what it's called, a park?" She asked, looked over at him with happiness and expectations in her wavering orbs.
"Of course, what other name would it have?" He smiled and moved his purple irises to the corners, seeing her blink in thought.
"Hmmm..." She placed a finger to her small cute and gray lips, until she answered. "Oh-oh, I know! Nature's sanctuary!" She outstretched her arms again, shut her eyes and laughed with an open smile. She felt so great, so happy, so free and alive again. The effects from heaven hadn't changed, only real time it does is when she's around Beerus or anyone else. It's just Whis...she felt so comfortable, that she could just talk normally without a single worry in her mind.
"My my, you seem awfully joyful and open today.~" He smiled more, squinted his gaze and blushed. His words made her do the same, aside from smiling and she turned her head to hide her red face. "Yay.~" He mentally mused and shut his eyes.
Once they were there, they landed gently in the soft grass and she ran forward. She twirled around in place, smiled and faced the teal man with an open smile and a blushing face. "Come, I wish to show you something!" She skipped happily, ran up to him and pulled him along to where ever she was going.
"Hmm...I wonder what this 'something' might be.~" He pondered in his mind and smirked, as he allowed himself to be pulled by her tiny hands. They brushed through brightly colored flowers, passed by tiny rivers and large stones. No one around her even took their time to stop and stare at the foreign male she tugged on. Finally, through many trees and down a dirt path in the park, there was a gorgeous waterfall leading down the sides of the floating land. They were at the edge of the land, where countless waterfalls cascaded down into the ocean below. "This is where I used to play at, when mother and father weren't home! I love it here, it's so serene and secluded from everything else." She said and listened in on the birds chirping their enchanting cries, hearing the waterfalls stream down the sides of the land and wind bellowing the leaves from the many trees around them.
"It is peaceful, I admit.~" He chimed, closed his eyes and listened as well. "I'm positive lord Beerus and I would fall asleep here, quite easily...~" He softly spoke, then opened his eyes to her and saw her backside. Placing his arms against his back, he sneakily paced up behind her and nuzzled his head gently against the side of hers. "I suppose now...would be a good time to make my move.~" He mentally noted.
"EEE-!" She squeaked and stiffened, feeling tingles down her spine just by feeling his breath around her neck. Her face lit up and her turquoise irises shrunk from surprise. Though, one thing did make her blink...and that was when she heard him call her name.
"Akasuuuma...~" He mused softly in her ear, speaking in her tongue and shocking her right on the spot. Just as soon as she turned to look at him, he planted his lips gently on her cute gray ones and made her freeze in her place. They stood like that for a while, shrunken, surprised turquoise irises and a red face said it all...