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reviewed! Thanks to all! It's a little more yaoi(more serious than
shonnen ai) in this chapter, but nothing serious. Well, here we go!
Chapter 2
I sighed and leaned back against the wall of the Venus
Lighthouse. The smooth white stone was still warm from the sun's dying
rays, and I drank in from that warmth. Gondowan was a country made up
primarily of desert, and the nights quickly became cold.
Standing watch on such nights was no walk in the park.
Not that I could have slept anyway. We were SO close...the
Lighthouse that loomed behind me was a symbol of so many hopes, so many
dreams that had been shattered by a storm...
I shook my head to clear it. Tomorrow we would light the
Lighthouse...well...after I got Saturos and Menardi in, THEY would light
the Lighthouse. I would be left behind in Idejima with Kraden, Jenna,
and Alex.
Not that being left ANYWHERE with Alex was a BAD thing...
"Felix?" a tentative voice called from the shadows.
"Sheba?" I sat up straighter. "Is that you?"
"Felix..." the blonde girl came out of the shadows, her hair
shining in the moonlight. "I'm scared...I want to go home..."
"I know," I patted the ground next to me. "We all do. But we
have to light this Beacon first."
"And then I can go home?" she looked up at me, her tears shining.
Sheba was a recent addition to our group. She was a young
Jupiter Adept with blonde hair and green eyes, she had quite the striking
resemblance to the boy traveling in Isaac's company...his name escapes me
at the moment. Sheba was the adopted daughter of Faran, the Mayor of
Lavilero. Babi had taken her hostage for Colosso, and we had..."taken
her under our wing" while she was traveling back to her home town. I
wasn't quite sure why she was still with us. Her presence had allowed us
practically safe passage from Laveliro. I reasoned that Saturos and
Menardi simply wanted her along until the Beacon was lit.
"Yeah, then you can go home," I reached over and brushed her
tears away. "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."
"Thank you," she wiped the rest of her tears away. Even though I
treated her like a second little sister, I suspected she had developed
somewhat of a crush for me.
Poor girl.
"You'd better get to bed," I stood and helped her up. "It's
late, and if Saturos doesn't sleep in, he'll be wanting an early start."
"Alright," she smiled, somewhat shyly, and disappeared among the
shadows that the moon threw upon the ground.
I watched her go, then I left as well, but in a different
direction. I headed towards the forest, sitting next to a fallen branch
I had picked out earlier and waited.
I didn't have to wait long. A flash of blue and white light
announced his presence, before he had truly appeared.
"Hello, Felix," Alex said, his smile just barely visible in the
fading light of his Psynergy.
"Alex," I smiled in return, even though he probably couldn't see
it, and took the step that separated us. He pulled me close, holding me
there.
We stood like that for a long time, then he pulled back. "You
know, we really have to stop meeting like this."
"Oh, really," I grinned. "Who will tell Saturos and Menardi,
you, or I?"
"Never mind, then," he kissed me on the forehead. "We'll just
have to meet like this until our little 'mission' is over."
"'Little'?" I looked up at him. "This is 'little'?"
He considered this for a moment. "Well, considering my next goal
is total and complete world peace, I guess this is little."
"You could just do that with Alchemy," I snuggled close to him.
He rested his chin on my head, stroking my hair.
"Or I could go door to door handing out pamphlets," he murdered.
"Alchemy shouldn't be used to make people in what you want them to be,
Felix."
I couldn't think of anything to say to this, so I simply buried
my face into his tunic.
We spent most of our nights like this, just being with Alex alone
was usually enough for me.
If I could always just BE with him, that would make me happy.
"Felix," Alex whispered, pulling me away and kissing me. I
kissed him back, and he began undoing the knot on my scarf.
Just being with him is grand, but I quite like our other late
night activities, too.
**********
"Felix, open the door," Saturos growled at me. He wasn't very
happy, he had woken up when I was supposed to be on watch, and when I
wasn't there...
Well, let's just say that there's a REASON why Mars Adepts are
renown for their horrible tempers.
I pressed my hand to the wall, and the doors slid open with a
heavy grating sound. Saturos seemed satisfied, and pushed me out of the
way on his way in.
"Get going," he growled. "Alex, Felix, you take Jenna and Kraden
to the ship at Idejima."
"What about Sheba?" I asked.
"She's coming with us," Menardi answered, taking the Jupiter
Adept by the arm and dragging her along.
"Felix!" Sheba shrieked. She struggled to reach me, but Menardi
pulled her through the opening, and the doors slammed shut.
"Oh well," I sighed, turning back to our much smaller group.
"Let's go-"
"Felix," Jenna growled. "Go after them. You have to save Sheba,
got it?"
"Jenna..." I protested. "Let's just go to the ship..."
"I think it's a good idea," Alex stretched, and grinned at me.
"Don't worry, I'll protect your baby sister."
"I hate you," I growled, stalking up to the doors and opening
them. I knew Jenna wondered why I normally did what Alex said. Of
course, my hot headed little sister had never been in LOVE...and she
didn't know that I was IN love...maybe I should tell her about that...
"Alex, if I don't come back..." I turned towards them when I
reached the door.
"I know," he nodded.
"And tell Jenna about...you know..."
He smiled, that warm gentle smile reserved for me and me alone.
"I will. Be careful."
Jenna was looking more confused by the minute. Kraden had a
small smile on his face. Despite his apparent absent mindedness, the old
scholar had seen what my little sister hadn't.
"I will be," I whispered. I wanted to add "I love you", but I
didn't.
I'd see him soon. And I'd tell him then.
Once again, flames will be returned by worse flames from Garet, and
reviews are greatly appreciated. And Ivan, yes, they both have long hair
and they both could be girls, but doesn't that defeat the entire purpose?
reviewed! Thanks to all! It's a little more yaoi(more serious than
shonnen ai) in this chapter, but nothing serious. Well, here we go!
Chapter 2
I sighed and leaned back against the wall of the Venus
Lighthouse. The smooth white stone was still warm from the sun's dying
rays, and I drank in from that warmth. Gondowan was a country made up
primarily of desert, and the nights quickly became cold.
Standing watch on such nights was no walk in the park.
Not that I could have slept anyway. We were SO close...the
Lighthouse that loomed behind me was a symbol of so many hopes, so many
dreams that had been shattered by a storm...
I shook my head to clear it. Tomorrow we would light the
Lighthouse...well...after I got Saturos and Menardi in, THEY would light
the Lighthouse. I would be left behind in Idejima with Kraden, Jenna,
and Alex.
Not that being left ANYWHERE with Alex was a BAD thing...
"Felix?" a tentative voice called from the shadows.
"Sheba?" I sat up straighter. "Is that you?"
"Felix..." the blonde girl came out of the shadows, her hair
shining in the moonlight. "I'm scared...I want to go home..."
"I know," I patted the ground next to me. "We all do. But we
have to light this Beacon first."
"And then I can go home?" she looked up at me, her tears shining.
Sheba was a recent addition to our group. She was a young
Jupiter Adept with blonde hair and green eyes, she had quite the striking
resemblance to the boy traveling in Isaac's company...his name escapes me
at the moment. Sheba was the adopted daughter of Faran, the Mayor of
Lavilero. Babi had taken her hostage for Colosso, and we had..."taken
her under our wing" while she was traveling back to her home town. I
wasn't quite sure why she was still with us. Her presence had allowed us
practically safe passage from Laveliro. I reasoned that Saturos and
Menardi simply wanted her along until the Beacon was lit.
"Yeah, then you can go home," I reached over and brushed her
tears away. "Don't worry, I'll keep you safe."
"Thank you," she wiped the rest of her tears away. Even though I
treated her like a second little sister, I suspected she had developed
somewhat of a crush for me.
Poor girl.
"You'd better get to bed," I stood and helped her up. "It's
late, and if Saturos doesn't sleep in, he'll be wanting an early start."
"Alright," she smiled, somewhat shyly, and disappeared among the
shadows that the moon threw upon the ground.
I watched her go, then I left as well, but in a different
direction. I headed towards the forest, sitting next to a fallen branch
I had picked out earlier and waited.
I didn't have to wait long. A flash of blue and white light
announced his presence, before he had truly appeared.
"Hello, Felix," Alex said, his smile just barely visible in the
fading light of his Psynergy.
"Alex," I smiled in return, even though he probably couldn't see
it, and took the step that separated us. He pulled me close, holding me
there.
We stood like that for a long time, then he pulled back. "You
know, we really have to stop meeting like this."
"Oh, really," I grinned. "Who will tell Saturos and Menardi,
you, or I?"
"Never mind, then," he kissed me on the forehead. "We'll just
have to meet like this until our little 'mission' is over."
"'Little'?" I looked up at him. "This is 'little'?"
He considered this for a moment. "Well, considering my next goal
is total and complete world peace, I guess this is little."
"You could just do that with Alchemy," I snuggled close to him.
He rested his chin on my head, stroking my hair.
"Or I could go door to door handing out pamphlets," he murdered.
"Alchemy shouldn't be used to make people in what you want them to be,
Felix."
I couldn't think of anything to say to this, so I simply buried
my face into his tunic.
We spent most of our nights like this, just being with Alex alone
was usually enough for me.
If I could always just BE with him, that would make me happy.
"Felix," Alex whispered, pulling me away and kissing me. I
kissed him back, and he began undoing the knot on my scarf.
Just being with him is grand, but I quite like our other late
night activities, too.
**********
"Felix, open the door," Saturos growled at me. He wasn't very
happy, he had woken up when I was supposed to be on watch, and when I
wasn't there...
Well, let's just say that there's a REASON why Mars Adepts are
renown for their horrible tempers.
I pressed my hand to the wall, and the doors slid open with a
heavy grating sound. Saturos seemed satisfied, and pushed me out of the
way on his way in.
"Get going," he growled. "Alex, Felix, you take Jenna and Kraden
to the ship at Idejima."
"What about Sheba?" I asked.
"She's coming with us," Menardi answered, taking the Jupiter
Adept by the arm and dragging her along.
"Felix!" Sheba shrieked. She struggled to reach me, but Menardi
pulled her through the opening, and the doors slammed shut.
"Oh well," I sighed, turning back to our much smaller group.
"Let's go-"
"Felix," Jenna growled. "Go after them. You have to save Sheba,
got it?"
"Jenna..." I protested. "Let's just go to the ship..."
"I think it's a good idea," Alex stretched, and grinned at me.
"Don't worry, I'll protect your baby sister."
"I hate you," I growled, stalking up to the doors and opening
them. I knew Jenna wondered why I normally did what Alex said. Of
course, my hot headed little sister had never been in LOVE...and she
didn't know that I was IN love...maybe I should tell her about that...
"Alex, if I don't come back..." I turned towards them when I
reached the door.
"I know," he nodded.
"And tell Jenna about...you know..."
He smiled, that warm gentle smile reserved for me and me alone.
"I will. Be careful."
Jenna was looking more confused by the minute. Kraden had a
small smile on his face. Despite his apparent absent mindedness, the old
scholar had seen what my little sister hadn't.
"I will be," I whispered. I wanted to add "I love you", but I
didn't.
I'd see him soon. And I'd tell him then.
Once again, flames will be returned by worse flames from Garet, and
reviews are greatly appreciated. And Ivan, yes, they both have long hair
and they both could be girls, but doesn't that defeat the entire purpose?