Affectionate Love
By NeoRingo

Chapter 1: Love Spreads Like Fire

A/N: This is very first Golden Sun fic! It's probably not a very good one either, due to the lack of experience in this kind of
category. ^.^ I got this idea in my head and memorized all the information onto this fic. No one in the actual game has any
love relationships, but still Ivan and Sheba make a very good couple! (my opinion). Apparently, Felix is way too old for her and too scary looking as well! (He reminds me of Vincent from final fantasy 7)! Although I like to pair them up sometimes..

It seems Ivan has a big potty mouth! But hey! I like to take advantage of rated R stories such as this one...

As always
Golden Sun locations, characters, items, (except spirit egg and gunamocki which I made up and this story) blah blah blah are not mine and belong to
Nintendo/Camelot! It goes for all chapters so I don't have to repeat myself so many times.

*Jan is the author okay! Me! Myself! I! I do all the writing and puppet moving here! :P Now I shall shut up!

It wasn't a very busy morning at Tolbi docks. Sheba got up extra early to wait for Ivan. Sheba spent the night here at Tolbi
docks. It was a long walk from Lalivero and it took all day. Sheba waited by the boats of Tolbi docks for a reason. Faran
had arranged plans for her to go to Tolbi with a person named Ivan. She wasn't quite sure why Faran wanted her to go
with him. She didn't know him at all. Sheba also hated Tolbi because at one point, they took her hostage and Lalivero got into a big fight with them. Ivan though, she hasn't even had a conversation with him. Maybe once or twice on the Lumerian ship when Isaac rescued her from the Idejima and when she was held hostage by Saturos and Menardi. Ivan was unique to Sheba though. It was cool meeting another adept of her clan.

Sheba saw Ivan on the boat with a bag in hand. She didn't go up and greet him. She stayed in her place until he got
closer.
This is about 3 months after defeating Saturos and Menardi. The fight over Sheba with Tolbi and Lalivero was over and everything was peaceful again.
Ivan was pretty short for a 15 year old. He was about 5'4".
Sheba was maybe around 5'2".

"Hi, Ivan." Sheba said shyly
"Uh, hellow Sheba," Ivan responded.
"Let's go over to Tolbi then." Sheba looked up. "It's better to be early."
She lead Ivan out of Tolbi docks and on to Tolbi.
It was a busy morning of the gambling city of Tolbi. It was festival time here at Tolbi. Many parties, games,
gambling, dances, and Colossal were in session.
"So, what do you want to do right now?" Sheba asked. "There are plenty of things to do here."
Ivan thought for a while, "Well, I would like to go check around and see what they have this year."
"All right let's do that then." Sheba walked on with Ivan.

Ivan looked at many things, especially at all the merchandise.Lord Hammet told him to look out for certain items that can be traded for better things to make profit. He bought a few things that may be worth more up north in Angara and in Gondowan. Then the two were choosing where to eat lunch at.

"So, where do you want to eat at?" Sheba pointed at all the food places on the map.
Ivan pointed at the map, "How about there? I haven't eaten sushi for a while."
"Sushi sounds good," Sheba smiled.
They walked over to the sushi bar. Everything was fresh. Sheba ate two California rolls and a lot sushi with Ivan. Ivan
loved sushi. It tasted so fresh and nice. He ate just as much as Sheba did. Ivan paid for the food bill and the two headed
towards a tree covered relaxing area.

"They cooked the sushi really well this year!" Ivan laid down slightly with his back against the tree.
"I know!" Sheba agreed. She put her back against another tree. "Better than the last time I came here."
"So how are your friends doing?" Sheba questioned.
"They're fine, we haven't seen each other for about 3 months." Ivan replied. "They seem so far away."
"Wow," Sheba slyly said, "I live pretty far too you know. Across the Suhalla desert..into Gondowan...Oh! I never got to thank you for rescuing me off of Idejima!"
"It was no problem." Ivan closed his eyes and relaxed for a while. Sheba copied him.

Why did LordHammet tell me to go to Tolbi with Sheba? I don't understand. Does he want me to meet other adepts of my clan? Sheba, I guess she'sokay, but I don't really know her much. Maybe Hammet wanted me to not feel alone so he arranged something with Faran. And... what if she likes me? She is acting strangely and blushing every time she talks to me, especially when she asked me how I liked my sushi! What am I going to do if she does..... I haven't really had this kind of girl problem before.

"Of course you haven't Ivan," Sheba read his mind.

"Hey! You can read other people's minds?" Ivan read into Sheba's mind.
"Yeah I'm not surprised that you caught me. Anyway can I ask you a question Ivan?" Sheba smiled.
"Sure!" Ivan replied.
"Well you know Tolbi Springs right?" Sheba explained.
" Yes, back in the day, we played that game for good weapons!" Ivan recalled. "What about it?"
"Can you try and win a spirit egg?" Sheba begged. "I always wanted my very own little Djinn!"
"Sure," Ivan pulled out 5 lucky coins. "Isaac always picked me to handle this sort of job since I have the most luck."
"Thank you Ivan!" Sheba opened her eyes to give Ivan a soft hug.
Ivan was startled at this. It felt soft and loving. ^.^

Ivan walked to the Tolbi fountain with Sheba by his side.

"Wish me good luck Sheba!" Ivan tossed a lucky coin into the fountain.
Sheba watched the coin and cheered on.
The lucky coin spun around and hit a crab which made the coin land into the dead center of the bull eyes area. The dragon
neck extended and Ivan reached for the prize.

"A spirit egg!" Sheba's eyes grew bright.
"It was very easy to win!" Ivan smiled. ^.^

By this time the sun was setting. Children under 21 weren't allowed at the festival at night since "adult things" happen in
the streets and parties. The two weren't fond of seeing exotic dancers and drunk people.
They tried to find a place to stay. All the hotels and inns had no room.
"Oh no!" Sheba looked for more places to stay, "We are we going to stay at?"
"I'm sure King Babi can give us a place to stay." Ivan lead Sheba to Babi's Palace.
"But Ivan," Sheba didn't like King Babi at all, "he was the one who took me hostage!"
"I'll make sure he doesn't get near you." Ivan held her hand. He started to think.

What the hell am I doing? What is making me hold her like that? Oh no, I think I'm starting to like her. My heart is telling me to go to her, but why? I thought that was Felix's job to do. He seems to be always around her and close to her, more closer than me. Sheba must like him more than me. I just hope Babi won't plan anything to keep Sheba as his hostage again. If he does, he will deeply pay for his actions.

Ivan found King Babi relaxing in his throne.
"Greetings King Babi!" Ivan greeted the King.
"Ah, long time no see Ivan!" The king responded, " I see you have brought a visitor. It's Sheba!
I wanted to apologize for taking you hostage the last couple of months!"
"It's okay," Sheba hid behind Ivan. "No hard feelings."
"All the inns and hotels at Tolbi are all filled." Ivan told the king. " Do you have any places were we could stay?"
"Of course I do!" King Babi got up. "We have a guest room especially for two people. Follow me!"
King Babi lead the two to a door.
"Stay here as long as you like." King Babi opened the door.

The Guest room was huge! It had two large beds, a bathroom with a giant bathtub. The closet was filled
with brand new clothes for the guests to wear. It also had huge glass windows and doors with a balcony with soft furniture
to lay on.

"If you need room service, just ring the bell and one of my loyal servants will serve you." He smiled at the two. "I won't
bother you guys or anything. Enjoy your stay!" King Babi walked down the stairs.

Ivan checked out the room. It was very nice. So clean and wonderful. It was much better than the crowded Inns!
Sheba put her spirit egg on the dresser. She got a few small sized blankets and made a little nest for the egg. She sat on the
bed far from Ivan.

" I have a surprise for you Ivan," She giggled. ^_^ "Turn around, close your eyes and your ears. No peeking or mind
reading!"
"Uh ok Sheba," Ivan obeyed Sheba's orders.
Ivan thought, "Oh no, what is she up to now? I hope it isn't too bad. I can't read her mind now. If I did she would get so
pissed off at me!"

While Ivan was waiting for his surprise, Sheba got out a mint pack from her bag. She popped a few mints into her mouth.
It dissolved into her mouth in seconds. She got closer to Ivan's head.

"You can open your ears now." Sheba told him though her mind to his.
Ivan slowly uncovered his ears.
"Now open your eyes but don't turn around yet!" Sheba got whispered in his ear. "Now you can turn around!"
Ivan turned around. Sheba wrapped her arms around Ivan's shoulders and kissed him.
o.o!
Ivan was shocked. He never felt this way before. So she did like him! It wasn't Felix she loved, it was Ivan! He held her close and kissed her back.
Sheba separated slowly from Ivan's lips and started to back her head a little slowly.
"Wow!" Ivan mumbled to Sheba. " I never felt this way before. It's so strange, ever since I saw you today."
Sheba sank closer to Ivan with affectionate love.

"The first time I saw you at the Venus lighthouse, my heart melted away. I always loved you after I saw you. I thought you
the best looking guy out of all you friends. I wasn't quite sure if you liked me though. I was too shy to tell you before
since I thought you were going to hate me instead of loving me. Besides, we are only a year apart." Sheba closed her eyes.

"I thought you liked Felix." Ivan thought of that scary guy. "You were with him all the time."
"Yeah he was." Sheba explained, "but he's too old for me. I kind of was afraid of him. He is very nice to me
though."
" I can see why, anyway you are a decent girl." Ivan talked softly. "I wouldn't reject you for anything. I accept
you."
"You do?" Sheba's eyes brighten up. "You like me?"
"I don't like you, I love you." Ivan smiled.
"Oh Ivan!" Sheba kissed him a second time.
"I love you so much Ivan!" Sheba read into Ivan's mind. "Do you love me?"
" More than anything", Ivan passed his thoughts to Sheba's mind.

Ivan was falling deeply in love with her. He couldn't help it. It was his very first kiss from a girl. His relationship with her
was spreading like wildfire. He's only been with her for one day and they are already getting close and kissing each other.

"Woah!" Ivan looked into Sheba's lavender eyes. " This is how it feels to be in love. I didn't know it was this strong."
" It has grown so fast, all in one day!" Sheba leaned forward into Ivan's chest and wrapped his arms against his shoulders.
"I'm very attached to you right now. I just can't let go of you."
"I like to be cuddled." Ivan put both of his arms around her back.

" I hope Faran doesn't find out about this Ivan," Sheba worried, " He doesn't want me to be doing this kind of stuff
yet. He and my step mom are worried I'll get pregnant at an early age."
"Nah, don't worry about it," Ivan promised Sheba. " You know were too young to be doing that. I don't even have the guts or the moods to even do that."
"We're going to be here for a while too," Sheba told Ivan. "Faran said he will be picking me up in 2 weeks!"
"That's good." Ivan smiled.

"The moon has a ring around it." Sheba slowly got up and looked out the glass door. " Want to look at it?"
"Sure," Ivan walked behind Sheba, "These kind of nights are very rare."

The two sat down together on a soft silky soft bench .

"Lord Hammet taught me all about the stars when I was a little kid." Ivan pointed out to a constellation. "That one right there is a Jupiter Djinni. That one can be only seen during a full moon.

"Wow! You must know a lot about astrology." Then Sheba remembered, " Oh no! I forgot about the sprit egg!"
"No you didn't," Ivan brought it out of his warm sleeve. "Your baby is right here."
Sheba gave a sign of relief and leaned her head onto Ivan's shoulder.
She asked, "So how was your childhood like?"

"Well, this is how I remembered it. I felt alone because I was the only person in Kalay with Psynergy. All the other kids
thought that I was a weirdo. So none of the kids wanted to played with me. I felt like an out caster.Lord Hammet knew this so he took me on his merchant journeys. There was another reason he took me too. He said I was special to him becuase I was part of the prophecy and the fact that a Jupiter Adept saved his life. So most of my life I got to see the world. I also learned how to haggle and master the skills of trading and business. It was all like school and that's how I learned a lot of things..."

"So you didn't really have any friends at all did you?" Sheba interrupted. "What happened to your parents?"
"Oh....." Ivan felt pain once he thought about them, " I don't really want to talk about it. It'll be too hard for me."
"Aw.. that's okay Ivan." Sheba gently leaned over to give him a hug.

Ivan continued, " That's good, anyway I didn't really have friends of my own kind. I made friends with the animals around town since I have the ability to understand many animal languages.
We had conversations, played games and spent time together. It was like having human friends.
About 5 years later I met Isaac and Garet. They were my first human friends I ever had. They had the same kind of power
as I did."

" Your childhood wasn't very nice was it?" Sheba looked at the dark landscape lighted by the moon. "My childhood was weird."
"Really?" Ivan listened in.
"I have no idea who my real parents really are. My step mom told me I was a gift from the sky. I don't know who to
believe though. Faran says he found me on his front porch. That's what he told me. Ever since I was a baby, I had learned
how to use psynergy well but I never told anyone. At school though, everyone knew I was the savior of Lalivero so they respected me as if I was their goddess. Everyday I would come home feeling strange.
I got very tired of it though and I soon found out that the other kids at school were actually afraid of me because of my power. When I told my step parents that everyone was afraid of me, they told me about my real life and what happened. I felt really confused and so depressive. I also wanted to commit suicide. I tried about 4 times, but Faran caught me every time."

"You shouldn't commit suicide," Ivan wrapped his arm around Sheba. " I love you."
"I know," Sheba felt ashamed of herself. " I was so hurt and sad back then. I feel so much happier with you."

"Well you shouldn't be very lonely now." Ivan held Sheba close to him.
"Yeah, I never had a girlfriend before." Ivan looked at the moon. "Isaac and Garet always teased me how I was too short
and weak for girls. I didn't take it so seriously since I knew they were right .I am pretty short and weak."
"I don't think that." Sheba looked into his light violet eyes. "I think your the strongest guy I could ever have."
"Thanks Sheba," Ivan laid his head softly against Sheba's neck.
"It's a nice night, isn't it?" Sheba closed her eyes.
"Yeah, everything is so clear." Ivan softly spoke.
"It's getting late," Ivan yawned, " want to go to bed?"
"Ok," Sheba held onto Ivan's hand and took him to her bed. Sheba got into her silk sleeping gown in the closet while Ivan
got into his blue PJ's outside the closet.

Ivan waited on the bed for Sheba to come out of the closet. She came out.

"So how do I look?" Sheba showed her shiny silky gown to Ivan.
"That looks pretty good on you!" Ivan commented.
"Awww, those cute little blue PJ's with clouds on them look so cute of you!" Sheba giggled.
"..Please don't tell anyone..." Ivan blushed. º.º () "Isaac and Garet would die laughing if they saw me in my PJ's."
"Don't worry, I won't." Sheba promised. "You look better in those than anyone!"
"So, what bed are you going to sleep in?" Ivan tried to keep awake.
"Would I be able to share a bed with you?" Sheba gave a sly grin. " I feel safe around you, I don't want King Babi to secretly capture me again."
" You can stay close to me." Ivan crawled into the bed feeling nervous. "As long as you don't go too far...."
"He he you have naughty thoughts," Sheba smiled slipped into the other side of the bed. She had read Ivan's mind.
"You know I wouldn't do that for real!" Ivan talked to Sheba with mind reading. "Maybe when I'm older, but of course not at this age.. or maybe..."
" Really?" Sheba just smiled at him. " You're such a naughty little guy!"
"That's good King Babi will leave us alone." Ivan scooted closer to Sheba. "I wouldn't want anyone to interrupt or bother
us."
Sheba sat up. "Yeah, good night Ivan."
"Good night Sheba." Ivan gave her a kiss on the cheek. Sheba kissed him back.