Hola people, still not mine
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The only sound in the room was that of Jim's gentle snoring and the regular beeping from the machines next to the bed. It was still dark outside and the only lightsource came from beneath the closed door and from the moons which fell through the window landing on the female C'tarl C'tarl. Beneath the light of the twin moons Aisha's eyes fluttered slightly, before slowly opening. She looked at the strange ceiling above her. Try as she might she couldn't remember how she had got here or, where here was. Glancing around it appeared that she was in a hospital room. She was focusing on trying to remember what had happened when Jim released a loud sigh, alerting Aisha to his presence. She looked down at the sleeping hacker and a smile crossed her lips.
The memories slowly began to return to her, the meal at the restaurant, the attack, Jim fighting back, his 'special' technique, the feeling of the missile. She winced at that. Looking down she gazed fondly at the sleeping figure next to her. Over the years Jim had turned into quite a handsome young man, in sleep his face portrayed a far more relaxed and easy going person than he usually apeared when awake. Absent-mindedly she began stroking the side of his face, letting out a soft giggle as the blonde's face twitched slightly. Her thoughts began to wander, she began to remember the battle cry that Jim had used for that final attack. The battle cry that Hayth used for his final attack.
Hayth....she would need to think hard about what to do about that. She didn't think that Jim knew that she was Odana, but now that she knew, she didn't know what she should do. The truth of the matter was that she had began to feel attracted to Hayth. Not to the Avatar that he used, but the person behind the visor. She knew that Hayth was kind, funny, friendly, not out to start fights with others but prepared to finish them. If she had met him in the real world she might have tried something, but as it was she had been happy to keep their relationship as it was, but now.... The other problem she faced was how to tell Jim. Hayth had seemed to be attracted to Odana, if Aisha was any judge that is, but how would he react to this new development?
Her thoughts were interupted by movement beneath her fingers. Looking down she saw that Jim had began to stir. He remained still for a few moments and then looked up at her. Meeting his eyes with her own she smiled and said "Hey...."
Jim's eyes widened in delight.
"Aisha!" he shouted as he leapt up to hold her in a tight embrace, stopping only when he realised that that might cause more harm than good, settling for squeezing her hand tenderly.
"I'm pleased to see you too Jim" she said a small smile playing on her lips, squeezing his hand back.
Jim hurridly raised a hand to his face and quickly brushed away a tear which had been threatening to fall. "I'll go get a docter" he said rushing to the doorway. He turned and shot her a broad grin before walking out into the hallway.
Aisha looked around the room once more and spotted something which had previously been hidden. Next to Jim's chair was a black bag, hanging out of it on one side was an orange Illusia visor. She let her head fall back against the pillow, the smile slipping off her face. This was going to be harder than she thought
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The Docter checked his chart once more.
"Well Ms Clan Clan it appears that you have almost made a full recovery. Remarkable."
Aisha beamed. "Does that mean i can go?" She said excitedly.
"Well, not quite, if its ok with you I'd like to keep you in for one more night, just for observation."
At this Aisha stuck her bottom lip out in a pout. "But i wanna go home..."
"Ms Clan Clan i really must insist. It is not unknown for coma victims to revert back, and if this were to happen within the next 24 hours, without the proper treatment, it could be fatal." Aisha snorted at that. "Even to a C'tarl C'tarl." The docter added.
"Aisha you've got to listen to him." she turned to look at Jim. "You almost died. You should stay here, just in case." This caused her face to show a small amount of fear.
"I, almost died?" she said quietly.
"Yes Ms Clan Clan. When you arrived at the hospital, you were begining to have dificulties breathing." the docter replied.
"Allright, I'll stay" she croaked, her throat feeling like sandpaper at this new information. She looked up at Jim and fixed him with a firm stare. "On one condition. You have got to go back to the ship and get a decent nights rest."
"But Aisha-"
"No buts Jim. One of us is going back to the ship tonight, now is it going to be you or me?"
"I agree with Aisha, Jim." The two blondes and the docter turned to stare at the raven-haired woman standing in the doorway.
"Hey Suzu." Aisha said with a broad grin
"How are you feeling Aisha?"
"Pretty good, but they want me to stay the night here." she replied.
Suzuka turned to Jim. "I'm assuming that you will be staying on the ship tonight?"
With some reluctance, Jim said, "yeah i guess so."
Aisha took his hand and gave it a squeeze. "I'll be fine Jim, you'll see. Now go an' get some rest."
"Ok. I'll see you later." he said as he walked over to the door. "Bye"
Aisha raised her hand and with a smile said "see ya."
The docter followed Jim to the door and said "I shall be by again later Ms Clan Clan". He closed the door begind him leaving the two girls alone in the room.
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The pair sat there for a few minutes in silence
"It was a good decision to send Jim home, Aisha." Suzuka said. Aisha didn't reply.
"I don't think he left your side for more than twenty minutes in the past two weeks." The C'tarl C'tarl remained silent
"It hit him pretty hard." Aisha looked up at this and turned to woman beside her.
"Suzu...I need some.....advice." The ex-assasin raised an eyebrow and nodded for Aisha to continue.
"I don't know if you've heard about this new virtua-game that was released about a year ago called Illusia?" At this Suzuka's eyebrows both shot up in surprise.
"Yes....I believe i have heard of it." Suzuka said carefully.
Aisha carried on regardless. "Well for the past few months I've been playing it online and I met someone." There was a nervousness and fear in the C'tarl C'tarl's voice that Suzuka had never heard before.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. He's kind, friendly, brave, honorable, funny, smart. I was really starting to like him."
"Well.....that's certainly not the conventional method of meeting someone, but if it works for you-"
"Suzu. That's not the problem." Aisha interupted.
"What is then?" Aisha was silent for a few seconds as she collected her thoughts.
"One of the special attacks my friend has is one he calls 'Diamond Strike'." Aisha swallowed, this was harder than she had thought it would be. "Its a series of slashes, ending in a powerful thrust."
"Go on."
"When Jim and I were attacked in that restaurant, I expected him to stay back and let me do the fighting. He had other ideas. He found a sword and started to attack one of the other guys. He was doing pretty well. I just thought that it was your lessons paying off." Aisha said with a slight smile which soon disappeared. "It was the way that he finished the guy that is the problem. He used the 'Diamond Strike'. The exact same way that Hayth does."
"Hayth?"
"Yeah that was what I called him before.... It seems obvious now Suzu, all this time, Jim has been Hayth. I don't know what to do." she let her chin fall down to her chest and stared downwards.
"How do you feel about Jim now?"
"I don't know! Before all this I just thought of him as a friend but now..."
"Now?"
"Now, I'm confused. I've never looked at Jim like that before." A small smile crept onto Aisha's lips. . "He's grown up to be quite a prize catch" she said blushing.
Suzuka smiled back at her. "Well it seems like you have allready made your decision. What do you intend to do?"
The smile slipped from Aisha's face. "I dunno. Got any Ideas?"
"I am unsure of how to progress. However i would advise that you tell Jim the truth as soon as possible. This does have the potential to hurt him greatly. Something i feel that neither of us want, correct?"
Aisha nodded "Damn straight." Her face broke out into a broad grin. "Say Suzu, could you do me a favour......"
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Hayth thrust his blade into the dirt and began panting heavily. The beast he just defeated was more of a challenge than he had previously expected.
He had rested for a few hours at the ship, before deciding to venture into Illusia, just in case he could find her....If not he could still work off some frustration. Gene and Mel had been pleased to see him and even more pleased, to hear that Aisha had woken up.
When Suzuka had arrived back at the ship she informed Jim that Aisha was just feeling a little tired and was looking forward to seeing Jim tomorrow morning.
Hayth was more concerned with going over his thoughts than paying attention to his surroundings, which explained how the troll had been able to sneak up on him. He flew foward and smashed into the far wall. The air in his lungs being expelled with a grunt. He span round to look at the monster, his sword lying inbetween the two of them. With a snarl Jim charged forwards, trying to pick up the sword midway. The huge greenskin lashed out with a clawed foot, knocking the sword away from the knight.
Swallowing, Hayth leapt back to dodge the follow through attack. He was about to try again. When a cry, in a strange tongue, caused the troll to disappear from the outside in. As the beast vanished, behind it was a redheaded cleric.
"Hi!" Odana said smiling.
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They were both in the cottage. After using a healing spell to treat Hayth's wounds she had suggested that they go there to talk.
"I tried looking for you yesterday. Albion said you hadn't been on in a couple of weeks." The knight said.
Odana looked a little embarresed and apologetic. "Yeah I spoke to him earlier on, he told me where to find you. I wasn't able to log on for the past weeks. Sorry."
"Its ok. I'm just glad to see you." He said smiling broadly.
"Me too."
"Truth be told, last night was the first time i logged on in a couple of weeks. A friend of mine was hurt and I kinda had other things on my mind."
"I'm sorry. Are they ok?"
Hayth grinned. "Yeah she woke up this morning, so I'm really glad about that"
"She?"
"Yeah, she's my best friend really, I was really worried about her for a while."
With an Impish grin Odana said "Carefull, you'll be making me jealous."
Hayth looked embarresed and stammered "N-N-No I didn't mean it like that."
She grinned back at him. "I'm just kidding. So she's better now?"
"Yeah, she's coming out of hospital tomorrow."
Odana nodded, as if understanding something.
"I want to meet you." she said suddenly.
"Wh-Wha-What?" Hayth stuttered.
"I said, I want to meet you."
"Why?"
"Because I like you. I want to get to know you better."
Hayth looked thoughtful for a few moments and slowly said "Ok. Lets do it."
Odana smiled. "Great. Do you think that you'll be visiting Brunir 3 at any time in the near future? I'm stationed there at the moment."
"This might seem strange but we're actually on shore leave there at the moment." Hayth said sheepishly.
"That's great" she said. "Where do you want to meet?"
"Um, I'm not sure, truthfully I don't know the planet that well. Haven't seen that much of it," he admitted bashfully.
"Ah well, how about Casn Park? Relatively easy to find and it's a really nice place."
"Um, ok that would be great. How about tomorrow at 8pm?"
"That would be perfect. How will i recognise you?"
"Hmm. Ok, I'll be carrying a red flower. How about you?"
"Original. I'll be carrying a red book." She said with a giggle
"Heh, we'll match."
"Yeah...."
"We're really gonna do this then." He said, smiling.
"Yeah" she grinned back.
"Well I'll seeya tomorrow then."
Yeah, Bye" With that they both logged off.
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The next morning Jim awoke with the sun and made his way to the hospital, as quickly as possible. The nurses were struggling to keep Aisha from storming out and were highly relieved at Jim's arrival to help her check out.
"So whattaya wanna do today Jim?" The C'tarl C'tarl said. Jim fealt his mouth drop as he stared at her.
"'Do', what do i want to 'do' today? Aisha you just woke up from a coma."
"C'tarl C'tarl have incredible healing powers" she said striding fowards.
"You're amazing." Jim muttered. Aisha replied by shooting him a feral grin.
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They arrived at the ship a few hours later. Aisha had insisted that they do something to celebrate her being up and about once more and had proceeded to drag Jim into an amusement arcade, where they had spent an hour playing the various video games and contests. She had also, then dragged him into a showing of '3 men and a C'tarl C'tarl Baby' which Aisha enjoyed a great deal more than Jim.
Unfortunately once Jim got back there was a mountain of work which needed to be done on the ship which ate up most of the day and he was kept busy until dinner time. He had to rush after dinner to get ready to meet Odana.
Once he had finished getting dressed he took a look at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a pair of black trousers with an untucked red shirt covering his chest, over that was a simple black waist jacket. Satisfied with his appearence, Jim walked through his door and down towards the main exit to the outside of the ship.
Once out in the fresh air he looked up at the stars in the night sky. It truly was a beautiful night. As he walked towards the park Jim's excitment steadily grew until he felt fit to burst. On the way he spotted what he was looking out for. A short lady who looked about sixty was tending to a small flower stall, quietly humming a tune.
"Um excuse me" Jim said.
"Yes Young man?"
"Erm, I was wondering if I could buy a flower please."
"Of course, which would you like?"
"I don't really know, I'm meeting a lady later on and i need a red flower for her."
"Aw that's very sweet. First date?"
"Well yes" Jim admitted, blushing.
"Here how about this one?" She handed him a single red rose.
"Wow, that's nice, how much do i owe you?"
"That one's free for you. Have a nice date m'dear."
"Thanks ma'am, bye."
"Goodbye"
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The park was illuminated by a series of ornate street lamps, which led Jim down the small path, winding in amongst the flower beds of the park. Off to one side was a small parkbench with some one sitting there. He couldn't see her face but he could see that there was a red book resting on the bench next to her.
Her light blonde hair cascaded down her back freely and she appeared to be wearing a long beige dress. As he walked towards her it seemed like there was something familiar about her. His footsteps alerted her to his presence and as she stood, she picked up the book and held it close to her chest. She kept her back to him until he was about 3 feet away from her.
Jim cleared his throat and said "Odana?"
As she turned round, Aisha said, "Hello Hayth."
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They both stood there for a minute watching each other. Jim trying to understand what was happening, Aisha trying to gauge his reaction.
"Wh-Wha.... Aisha?"
"Hello Jim"
Neither was sure who moved first but a second later they were in each others arms, kissing as if their lives depended on it, the light of the moon and lamps beaming down on them and the sound of the flowers rustling in the wind surrounded them.
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Wow! This one took me a while to write, work problems an all that, sorry. I hope you all liked this, but it is still not the end, one more chapter of Illusia to go.
I actually need your guys help. I'm not sure what to do next. I have a couple of ideas for fresh Jim/Aisha fics and a few ideas for continuing this storyline. So if you guys can tell me what you'd like to see more then i can start working on plot and stuff.
Love and Peace
Nick
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The only sound in the room was that of Jim's gentle snoring and the regular beeping from the machines next to the bed. It was still dark outside and the only lightsource came from beneath the closed door and from the moons which fell through the window landing on the female C'tarl C'tarl. Beneath the light of the twin moons Aisha's eyes fluttered slightly, before slowly opening. She looked at the strange ceiling above her. Try as she might she couldn't remember how she had got here or, where here was. Glancing around it appeared that she was in a hospital room. She was focusing on trying to remember what had happened when Jim released a loud sigh, alerting Aisha to his presence. She looked down at the sleeping hacker and a smile crossed her lips.
The memories slowly began to return to her, the meal at the restaurant, the attack, Jim fighting back, his 'special' technique, the feeling of the missile. She winced at that. Looking down she gazed fondly at the sleeping figure next to her. Over the years Jim had turned into quite a handsome young man, in sleep his face portrayed a far more relaxed and easy going person than he usually apeared when awake. Absent-mindedly she began stroking the side of his face, letting out a soft giggle as the blonde's face twitched slightly. Her thoughts began to wander, she began to remember the battle cry that Jim had used for that final attack. The battle cry that Hayth used for his final attack.
Hayth....she would need to think hard about what to do about that. She didn't think that Jim knew that she was Odana, but now that she knew, she didn't know what she should do. The truth of the matter was that she had began to feel attracted to Hayth. Not to the Avatar that he used, but the person behind the visor. She knew that Hayth was kind, funny, friendly, not out to start fights with others but prepared to finish them. If she had met him in the real world she might have tried something, but as it was she had been happy to keep their relationship as it was, but now.... The other problem she faced was how to tell Jim. Hayth had seemed to be attracted to Odana, if Aisha was any judge that is, but how would he react to this new development?
Her thoughts were interupted by movement beneath her fingers. Looking down she saw that Jim had began to stir. He remained still for a few moments and then looked up at her. Meeting his eyes with her own she smiled and said "Hey...."
Jim's eyes widened in delight.
"Aisha!" he shouted as he leapt up to hold her in a tight embrace, stopping only when he realised that that might cause more harm than good, settling for squeezing her hand tenderly.
"I'm pleased to see you too Jim" she said a small smile playing on her lips, squeezing his hand back.
Jim hurridly raised a hand to his face and quickly brushed away a tear which had been threatening to fall. "I'll go get a docter" he said rushing to the doorway. He turned and shot her a broad grin before walking out into the hallway.
Aisha looked around the room once more and spotted something which had previously been hidden. Next to Jim's chair was a black bag, hanging out of it on one side was an orange Illusia visor. She let her head fall back against the pillow, the smile slipping off her face. This was going to be harder than she thought
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The Docter checked his chart once more.
"Well Ms Clan Clan it appears that you have almost made a full recovery. Remarkable."
Aisha beamed. "Does that mean i can go?" She said excitedly.
"Well, not quite, if its ok with you I'd like to keep you in for one more night, just for observation."
At this Aisha stuck her bottom lip out in a pout. "But i wanna go home..."
"Ms Clan Clan i really must insist. It is not unknown for coma victims to revert back, and if this were to happen within the next 24 hours, without the proper treatment, it could be fatal." Aisha snorted at that. "Even to a C'tarl C'tarl." The docter added.
"Aisha you've got to listen to him." she turned to look at Jim. "You almost died. You should stay here, just in case." This caused her face to show a small amount of fear.
"I, almost died?" she said quietly.
"Yes Ms Clan Clan. When you arrived at the hospital, you were begining to have dificulties breathing." the docter replied.
"Allright, I'll stay" she croaked, her throat feeling like sandpaper at this new information. She looked up at Jim and fixed him with a firm stare. "On one condition. You have got to go back to the ship and get a decent nights rest."
"But Aisha-"
"No buts Jim. One of us is going back to the ship tonight, now is it going to be you or me?"
"I agree with Aisha, Jim." The two blondes and the docter turned to stare at the raven-haired woman standing in the doorway.
"Hey Suzu." Aisha said with a broad grin
"How are you feeling Aisha?"
"Pretty good, but they want me to stay the night here." she replied.
Suzuka turned to Jim. "I'm assuming that you will be staying on the ship tonight?"
With some reluctance, Jim said, "yeah i guess so."
Aisha took his hand and gave it a squeeze. "I'll be fine Jim, you'll see. Now go an' get some rest."
"Ok. I'll see you later." he said as he walked over to the door. "Bye"
Aisha raised her hand and with a smile said "see ya."
The docter followed Jim to the door and said "I shall be by again later Ms Clan Clan". He closed the door begind him leaving the two girls alone in the room.
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The pair sat there for a few minutes in silence
"It was a good decision to send Jim home, Aisha." Suzuka said. Aisha didn't reply.
"I don't think he left your side for more than twenty minutes in the past two weeks." The C'tarl C'tarl remained silent
"It hit him pretty hard." Aisha looked up at this and turned to woman beside her.
"Suzu...I need some.....advice." The ex-assasin raised an eyebrow and nodded for Aisha to continue.
"I don't know if you've heard about this new virtua-game that was released about a year ago called Illusia?" At this Suzuka's eyebrows both shot up in surprise.
"Yes....I believe i have heard of it." Suzuka said carefully.
Aisha carried on regardless. "Well for the past few months I've been playing it online and I met someone." There was a nervousness and fear in the C'tarl C'tarl's voice that Suzuka had never heard before.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. He's kind, friendly, brave, honorable, funny, smart. I was really starting to like him."
"Well.....that's certainly not the conventional method of meeting someone, but if it works for you-"
"Suzu. That's not the problem." Aisha interupted.
"What is then?" Aisha was silent for a few seconds as she collected her thoughts.
"One of the special attacks my friend has is one he calls 'Diamond Strike'." Aisha swallowed, this was harder than she had thought it would be. "Its a series of slashes, ending in a powerful thrust."
"Go on."
"When Jim and I were attacked in that restaurant, I expected him to stay back and let me do the fighting. He had other ideas. He found a sword and started to attack one of the other guys. He was doing pretty well. I just thought that it was your lessons paying off." Aisha said with a slight smile which soon disappeared. "It was the way that he finished the guy that is the problem. He used the 'Diamond Strike'. The exact same way that Hayth does."
"Hayth?"
"Yeah that was what I called him before.... It seems obvious now Suzu, all this time, Jim has been Hayth. I don't know what to do." she let her chin fall down to her chest and stared downwards.
"How do you feel about Jim now?"
"I don't know! Before all this I just thought of him as a friend but now..."
"Now?"
"Now, I'm confused. I've never looked at Jim like that before." A small smile crept onto Aisha's lips. . "He's grown up to be quite a prize catch" she said blushing.
Suzuka smiled back at her. "Well it seems like you have allready made your decision. What do you intend to do?"
The smile slipped from Aisha's face. "I dunno. Got any Ideas?"
"I am unsure of how to progress. However i would advise that you tell Jim the truth as soon as possible. This does have the potential to hurt him greatly. Something i feel that neither of us want, correct?"
Aisha nodded "Damn straight." Her face broke out into a broad grin. "Say Suzu, could you do me a favour......"
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Hayth thrust his blade into the dirt and began panting heavily. The beast he just defeated was more of a challenge than he had previously expected.
He had rested for a few hours at the ship, before deciding to venture into Illusia, just in case he could find her....If not he could still work off some frustration. Gene and Mel had been pleased to see him and even more pleased, to hear that Aisha had woken up.
When Suzuka had arrived back at the ship she informed Jim that Aisha was just feeling a little tired and was looking forward to seeing Jim tomorrow morning.
Hayth was more concerned with going over his thoughts than paying attention to his surroundings, which explained how the troll had been able to sneak up on him. He flew foward and smashed into the far wall. The air in his lungs being expelled with a grunt. He span round to look at the monster, his sword lying inbetween the two of them. With a snarl Jim charged forwards, trying to pick up the sword midway. The huge greenskin lashed out with a clawed foot, knocking the sword away from the knight.
Swallowing, Hayth leapt back to dodge the follow through attack. He was about to try again. When a cry, in a strange tongue, caused the troll to disappear from the outside in. As the beast vanished, behind it was a redheaded cleric.
"Hi!" Odana said smiling.
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They were both in the cottage. After using a healing spell to treat Hayth's wounds she had suggested that they go there to talk.
"I tried looking for you yesterday. Albion said you hadn't been on in a couple of weeks." The knight said.
Odana looked a little embarresed and apologetic. "Yeah I spoke to him earlier on, he told me where to find you. I wasn't able to log on for the past weeks. Sorry."
"Its ok. I'm just glad to see you." He said smiling broadly.
"Me too."
"Truth be told, last night was the first time i logged on in a couple of weeks. A friend of mine was hurt and I kinda had other things on my mind."
"I'm sorry. Are they ok?"
Hayth grinned. "Yeah she woke up this morning, so I'm really glad about that"
"She?"
"Yeah, she's my best friend really, I was really worried about her for a while."
With an Impish grin Odana said "Carefull, you'll be making me jealous."
Hayth looked embarresed and stammered "N-N-No I didn't mean it like that."
She grinned back at him. "I'm just kidding. So she's better now?"
"Yeah, she's coming out of hospital tomorrow."
Odana nodded, as if understanding something.
"I want to meet you." she said suddenly.
"Wh-Wha-What?" Hayth stuttered.
"I said, I want to meet you."
"Why?"
"Because I like you. I want to get to know you better."
Hayth looked thoughtful for a few moments and slowly said "Ok. Lets do it."
Odana smiled. "Great. Do you think that you'll be visiting Brunir 3 at any time in the near future? I'm stationed there at the moment."
"This might seem strange but we're actually on shore leave there at the moment." Hayth said sheepishly.
"That's great" she said. "Where do you want to meet?"
"Um, I'm not sure, truthfully I don't know the planet that well. Haven't seen that much of it," he admitted bashfully.
"Ah well, how about Casn Park? Relatively easy to find and it's a really nice place."
"Um, ok that would be great. How about tomorrow at 8pm?"
"That would be perfect. How will i recognise you?"
"Hmm. Ok, I'll be carrying a red flower. How about you?"
"Original. I'll be carrying a red book." She said with a giggle
"Heh, we'll match."
"Yeah...."
"We're really gonna do this then." He said, smiling.
"Yeah" she grinned back.
"Well I'll seeya tomorrow then."
Yeah, Bye" With that they both logged off.
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The next morning Jim awoke with the sun and made his way to the hospital, as quickly as possible. The nurses were struggling to keep Aisha from storming out and were highly relieved at Jim's arrival to help her check out.
"So whattaya wanna do today Jim?" The C'tarl C'tarl said. Jim fealt his mouth drop as he stared at her.
"'Do', what do i want to 'do' today? Aisha you just woke up from a coma."
"C'tarl C'tarl have incredible healing powers" she said striding fowards.
"You're amazing." Jim muttered. Aisha replied by shooting him a feral grin.
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They arrived at the ship a few hours later. Aisha had insisted that they do something to celebrate her being up and about once more and had proceeded to drag Jim into an amusement arcade, where they had spent an hour playing the various video games and contests. She had also, then dragged him into a showing of '3 men and a C'tarl C'tarl Baby' which Aisha enjoyed a great deal more than Jim.
Unfortunately once Jim got back there was a mountain of work which needed to be done on the ship which ate up most of the day and he was kept busy until dinner time. He had to rush after dinner to get ready to meet Odana.
Once he had finished getting dressed he took a look at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a pair of black trousers with an untucked red shirt covering his chest, over that was a simple black waist jacket. Satisfied with his appearence, Jim walked through his door and down towards the main exit to the outside of the ship.
Once out in the fresh air he looked up at the stars in the night sky. It truly was a beautiful night. As he walked towards the park Jim's excitment steadily grew until he felt fit to burst. On the way he spotted what he was looking out for. A short lady who looked about sixty was tending to a small flower stall, quietly humming a tune.
"Um excuse me" Jim said.
"Yes Young man?"
"Erm, I was wondering if I could buy a flower please."
"Of course, which would you like?"
"I don't really know, I'm meeting a lady later on and i need a red flower for her."
"Aw that's very sweet. First date?"
"Well yes" Jim admitted, blushing.
"Here how about this one?" She handed him a single red rose.
"Wow, that's nice, how much do i owe you?"
"That one's free for you. Have a nice date m'dear."
"Thanks ma'am, bye."
"Goodbye"
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The park was illuminated by a series of ornate street lamps, which led Jim down the small path, winding in amongst the flower beds of the park. Off to one side was a small parkbench with some one sitting there. He couldn't see her face but he could see that there was a red book resting on the bench next to her.
Her light blonde hair cascaded down her back freely and she appeared to be wearing a long beige dress. As he walked towards her it seemed like there was something familiar about her. His footsteps alerted her to his presence and as she stood, she picked up the book and held it close to her chest. She kept her back to him until he was about 3 feet away from her.
Jim cleared his throat and said "Odana?"
As she turned round, Aisha said, "Hello Hayth."
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They both stood there for a minute watching each other. Jim trying to understand what was happening, Aisha trying to gauge his reaction.
"Wh-Wha.... Aisha?"
"Hello Jim"
Neither was sure who moved first but a second later they were in each others arms, kissing as if their lives depended on it, the light of the moon and lamps beaming down on them and the sound of the flowers rustling in the wind surrounded them.
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Wow! This one took me a while to write, work problems an all that, sorry. I hope you all liked this, but it is still not the end, one more chapter of Illusia to go.
I actually need your guys help. I'm not sure what to do next. I have a couple of ideas for fresh Jim/Aisha fics and a few ideas for continuing this storyline. So if you guys can tell me what you'd like to see more then i can start working on plot and stuff.
Love and Peace
Nick
