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Clouded Dreams
Chapter Three: Anei
"I'd say that if we attacked right here, or right here, we could get to the palace easily."
Crymsyn shook his head. "No, that's all wrong! They're expecting just that." He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.
"What do you propose then, stupid?" The girl before him studied the map of Elysian before them. She turned back to him, gazing at him with her midnight blue eyes. She shifted her weight, letting the slit of her long black skirt travel a few inches up her leg. She wore a dark red halter and wrist-length black leather gloves that fit snugly around her fingers. Her hair was a deep red, long and straight down her back. She had thick, dark lashes and a small nose. She stood slightly shorter than Crymsyn, looking skeptically at him.
"I propose we attack here. They wouldn't suspect us to be this close to the castle... It'll be much faster." A wry smile crossed Crymsyn's lips. "Garnette, I thought you were getting better at this."
"My idea WAS better." She turned away, "But I suppose that your suggestion is fine."
Crymsyn shook his head, and chuckled lightly to himself. "Send for Crystalline."
"Why don't you send for her?" Garnette snorted. "You spend too much time for her."
"We have a wedding to plan, so do it." He turned from her, his cape floating to rest.
Garnette wrinkled her nose, and turned away. She walked out of the room, her heels clicking endlessly down the hall.
Moments later, a girl dressed in silver appeared at the door. Her straight, short brown hair tickled her shoulders where it ended. Her whole outfit, and her peach-colored skin brought out the icy eyes that peered at him affectionately. She spoke softly, "Crymsyn... "
He smiled at her, a humorless smile that was void of emotion. "Come, Crystalline."
She returned the void smile, and walked to him, standing by his side.
"When we take over Elysian," Crymsyn looked at the map, "You will be queen, my queen. You can have it all, all its beauty."
She nodded, not replying.
"Come, let's go to Tokyo." He offered.
She looked at him, eyes widened. "Really?"
He chuckled. "Of course."
~~
Iris listened to her own footsteps as she made her way through the outer ward. So close, she thought. Just a little farther... She reached the door, and took the handles.
"Princess, you know you're not supposed to sneak out." The voice made the hairs on the back of Iris's neck stand up, and she turned to see Aquarius standing there.
"I'm going to visit Anei," She whispered back. "Please let me go."
Aquarius sighed. Iris hadn't been to see her boyfriend in a while, but the King had forbidden it. "Your father-- "
"I don't care what my father says. He was never in love!" Iris whispered loudly.
Aquarius looked at her warily. "Be back before sunrise."
Iris nodded, and slipped out the door after pulling her hood over her head.
~~
A blonde man slipped outside a club, which blasted music out into the empty street until he shut the door behind him. "You're early." He said nervously, his forest eyes looking pleading. He swallowed, looking at the lovely girl before him.
Iris smiled happily back, and hugged him, letting his change of mood go unnoticed. "Anei-chan... " She giggled softly.
He took her shoulders, holding her at arms' length. "Iris..." He began. But before he could finish, a girl with short chestnut hair stepped out of the club.
"Nei-Nei?" She looked at them, confused. "Who is this?" She looked Iris up and down, looking at the long wavy hair, the red eyes, the long cloak. "Who is she, Nei-Nei?"
Iris immediately latched onto Anei's arm. "His girlfriend."
"This is Iris. Iris, meet Crystalline." Anei said warily, peeling Iris off of his arm. "The girl I haven't got to talk to yet."
The girl's eyes widened. "Oh, I suppose I should leave you two alone for a while, then?"
Iris looked at Crystalline. "Erm, why would you do that?"
At that moment, a familiar man stepped out of the club. "Crystalline?" He met Iris's eyes, and she gasped aloud at the sight of him.
Clouded Dreams
Chapter Three: Anei
"I'd say that if we attacked right here, or right here, we could get to the palace easily."
Crymsyn shook his head. "No, that's all wrong! They're expecting just that." He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.
"What do you propose then, stupid?" The girl before him studied the map of Elysian before them. She turned back to him, gazing at him with her midnight blue eyes. She shifted her weight, letting the slit of her long black skirt travel a few inches up her leg. She wore a dark red halter and wrist-length black leather gloves that fit snugly around her fingers. Her hair was a deep red, long and straight down her back. She had thick, dark lashes and a small nose. She stood slightly shorter than Crymsyn, looking skeptically at him.
"I propose we attack here. They wouldn't suspect us to be this close to the castle... It'll be much faster." A wry smile crossed Crymsyn's lips. "Garnette, I thought you were getting better at this."
"My idea WAS better." She turned away, "But I suppose that your suggestion is fine."
Crymsyn shook his head, and chuckled lightly to himself. "Send for Crystalline."
"Why don't you send for her?" Garnette snorted. "You spend too much time for her."
"We have a wedding to plan, so do it." He turned from her, his cape floating to rest.
Garnette wrinkled her nose, and turned away. She walked out of the room, her heels clicking endlessly down the hall.
Moments later, a girl dressed in silver appeared at the door. Her straight, short brown hair tickled her shoulders where it ended. Her whole outfit, and her peach-colored skin brought out the icy eyes that peered at him affectionately. She spoke softly, "Crymsyn... "
He smiled at her, a humorless smile that was void of emotion. "Come, Crystalline."
She returned the void smile, and walked to him, standing by his side.
"When we take over Elysian," Crymsyn looked at the map, "You will be queen, my queen. You can have it all, all its beauty."
She nodded, not replying.
"Come, let's go to Tokyo." He offered.
She looked at him, eyes widened. "Really?"
He chuckled. "Of course."
~~
Iris listened to her own footsteps as she made her way through the outer ward. So close, she thought. Just a little farther... She reached the door, and took the handles.
"Princess, you know you're not supposed to sneak out." The voice made the hairs on the back of Iris's neck stand up, and she turned to see Aquarius standing there.
"I'm going to visit Anei," She whispered back. "Please let me go."
Aquarius sighed. Iris hadn't been to see her boyfriend in a while, but the King had forbidden it. "Your father-- "
"I don't care what my father says. He was never in love!" Iris whispered loudly.
Aquarius looked at her warily. "Be back before sunrise."
Iris nodded, and slipped out the door after pulling her hood over her head.
~~
A blonde man slipped outside a club, which blasted music out into the empty street until he shut the door behind him. "You're early." He said nervously, his forest eyes looking pleading. He swallowed, looking at the lovely girl before him.
Iris smiled happily back, and hugged him, letting his change of mood go unnoticed. "Anei-chan... " She giggled softly.
He took her shoulders, holding her at arms' length. "Iris..." He began. But before he could finish, a girl with short chestnut hair stepped out of the club.
"Nei-Nei?" She looked at them, confused. "Who is this?" She looked Iris up and down, looking at the long wavy hair, the red eyes, the long cloak. "Who is she, Nei-Nei?"
Iris immediately latched onto Anei's arm. "His girlfriend."
"This is Iris. Iris, meet Crystalline." Anei said warily, peeling Iris off of his arm. "The girl I haven't got to talk to yet."
The girl's eyes widened. "Oh, I suppose I should leave you two alone for a while, then?"
Iris looked at Crystalline. "Erm, why would you do that?"
At that moment, a familiar man stepped out of the club. "Crystalline?" He met Iris's eyes, and she gasped aloud at the sight of him.