A/N: LoL. You guys crack me up in your reviews. And I'm very grateful for them, so here are some personalized replies to my loyal fans - er, up to the sum of 2 people...oy.
Ayako: I really like your facial expressions. ^^ See? Mine are pitiful. All of them. *shakes head* Pitiful...anyways, thanks for reviewing every chapter so far!! You have my endless gratitude.
Andromeda Highwind: Edgar/Terra/Locke, eh? Not a bad idea (I wouldn't mind too much seeing my favorite female character being fought over by 2 hunky men, myself :D) but honestly, I think Edgar's a prick. No, seriously! First of all, he has long blonde hair all pretty and smooth and tied in a purty bow. Um, EW!?! Number 2, he's a wannabe ladies' man. And a really pathetic one, compared to my man Reno (FFVII). Number 3: I think Locke looks better, anyways. Number 4: Come to think of it, so does Setzer. Number 5: Heck, even Sabin looks better than him, and they're twins!! Hey, speaking of Reno, have you ever noticed that all wannabe ladies' men in the RPG/Squaresoft world have long hair tied in a ponytail? Lessee - Edgar, Reno, Hawk (Seiken Densetsu 3), IRVINE (a very obvious one, FFVIII), ummm.. I haven't played FFIX.
Wow, this turned into a rant. Sorry. Thanks for reviewing every single tedious chapter!!!
Chapter 5
"Moles. Honestly!" Sabin broke into another round of laughing his head off. Edgar was still cross. "Its true!!"
Sabin snorted loudly. "I just have one thing to tell you, Brother - keep it in your pants, for Goddess' sake." He winked, and rose to return to his room, leaving Edgar alone to sputter indignantly.
"Oh, Gau. Why are you hounding me about this?" Relm said, exasperated with the teenage boy glaring at her.
"Edgar too old for Relm!" He scolded her.
"Oh, please!" Relm threw her hands up. "Edgar's not old! Besides," she said sniffily. "Its obvious he's infatuated with me."
Gau rolled his eyes. "Edgar like every girl! He like you! He like Terra! He like complete stranger on street! And," he said darkly, "if he do like you, against law."
"Good lord, what do you know about laws? You're jungle wild monkey boy. Like Tarzan." Relm said. Except Tarzan wasn't as cute as Gau. Right now, his spikey blonde hair, tinged with a mossy green, was in his face, and he pushed back some of it. His gangly, lanky form was filling out from all the training Sabin was giving him. And the food. He didn't like dressing in a tux for Locke and Celes' wedding, but he definitely preferred wedding cakes to dried meat. Instead of sticks and bones, he had structured, chiseled muscles that were noticeable. Relm prayed he wouldn't turn chunky-buff like Sabin. His green eyes actually had flecks of goldish yellow in them, like a hawk's. His former yellowish skin was turning tan now, from proper nutrition and all that work in the sun.
~But~, Relm chided to herself, ~He's still got nothing on Edgar.~
"Relm stupid." Gau said. Bad move. Relm's bleached blue eyes narrowed dangerously. "What did you say?"
"Gau says Relm stupid!" Gau shouted. "Relm blind as bat."
"What??" Relm seethed. "How am I blind?"
"To this!" With that, Gau jumped off the desk he was crouched on, startling Relm, and kissed her. Relm wondered, as she got over the shock and kissed back, how Gau had learned to kiss so - like he was experienced!
To be honest, his secret was from watching Edgar 'attack' one of the maids in the Inn. It had fascinated Gau, watching Edgar and the blonde maid to - well, ho hum, they were doing something with their mouths. Gau had been hoping to try it out on Relm. Relm was, to say, pleasantly surprised.
Elsewhere, another pair of lovers were united, and dawn had arrived, with the sun coming up from behind the mountain. Behind Narshe.
"Celes!"
Celes froze at the sound of her name. The voice was very familiar. Way too familiar. She walked towards the railings and looked down below the wooden bridge, where her former lover was waving.
"Oh, goddess, no." Celes muttered under her breath. She ignored him and returned to observing the blueprints map for rebuilding Vector.
"Celes! Come on, talk to me." She heard, but did not see, Locke, running towards some steps to climb up towards the bridge. ~Just ignore him, Celes, and he'll go away.~ Celes told herself. She began walking rather briskly. "Celes! Wait up!" Locke was panting as he tried to catch up to Celes. "Look, I-i'm sorry, Celes. I was stupid that night - in fact, I've always been stupid! I was just even more stupid!!!" He yelled at her as she walked down the stairs from the bridge. Locke suddenly tripped on one of the steps, covered in ice, and fell down all the way until his butt hit the ground, luckily covered with snow.
Typical clumsy Locke moment.
"Ow..Celes! Wait!" Locke scrambled to get up with his hand rubbing his buttox, as Celes quickly went up to a large house Locke recognized as Arvis'. He ran up after her. "Celes! I - " The door slammed in his face. "- love you."
"Is he gone yet?" Celes asked anxiously. She was sitting on the couch collecting warmth from the fireplace, her wool blanket, and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. "Not yet. He's pacing in front of the house like a stalker."
"Thats not funny." Celes scowled. "Its really cold out there.."
Setzer walked towards the couch and swooped down on her, kissing her cheek. "I know, love. I'm sorry. D'you think we should let him in?"
"I know I don't want to." Celes said gloomily. "But..I have to."
Setzer observed his lover in the firelight. She was currently under much stress, her forehead wrinkled up in an adorable way while she was biting her lip. He brushed back some pale white-blonde strands of hair back from her face. Her blue shards of ice for eyes quickly moved to him. "Setzer, he's going to be crushed."
"Maybe you should've thought of that before falling to my arms. Literally." Setzer chuckled, and kissed the top of her head, which was filled with a pleasant, flowery aroma he couldn't identify.
That was how they'd come together. A distressed Celes had arrived in Narshe at the dead of night, looking for Arvis and for some way to make herself useful. Coincidentally, Setzer was leaving the new gambling house at that moment to have a cigar. (He had forced them to make a gambling house, if he was going to have to stay in Narshe and freeze his arse off for 6 months, as Setzer so eloquently put it.) Celes was in tears, and very distracted as she rushed past the sign that said 'Still Under Construction'. She walked onto the bridge, her boots clacking, towards Arvis' house, when her boot suddenly made a hole in the wooden bridge, and the next second, her entire body broke through and she screamed as she fell down.
Into Setzer's arms. His arms buckled at the force of the weight that hit him, and they both fell to the snowy ground. "Maria? You've finally realized that you love me!" He said delightedly.
At that moment, Celes was seeing Setzer in a whole new light. Never had she been this close to him before. He smelled of engines and gasoline - just like an airship. His dark, navy blue eyes - purple in the right light - had widened when he realized it was Celes. "Celes? Why are you crying? Wait - where's Locke?" That had made Celes break out into a fresh round of tears, and he carried her to the Inn where he was staying in a room, and they got much closer than they'd ever gotten before.
Much.
So now, as Celes stared into Setzer's handsome face, hardly diminished by the two X scars on both cheeks (rather, she thought they were kind of 'sexy', if you can picture General Celes saying that word) she was feeling horrible guilt coming through, being there inlove with a friend while her husband was outside trying to apologize and take her back.
"I didn't think he would follow me here." Celes sighed, and stood up.
"Oh, I wish Arvis were here instead of travelling all the way to Vector for rebuilding issues, he's good friends with Locke and would numb the pain, if just a little. But I guess I have to face him now."
"That's my girl." Setzer smiled encouragingly, as she walked towards the door. She stopped, and hesitated. "Do I have to?" She whined in a pleading voice. "Oh, for crying out loud!" Setzer took two long strides to the door and flung it open. Locke immediately turned around and ran up the door joyfully. "Thank goodness! Its freezing out here - Setzer?" He peered behind Setzer's tall, thin frame, to see Celes standing awkwardly, feeling too guilty to meet Locke's eyes.
It took only two seconds for Locke to realize what was going on. It took 2 seconds for him to walk off. It took 20 seconds for Celes to run out after to him, to attempt to stop him. And it took 36 seconds for Locke to grab a chocobo, hand the stall manager 100 Gil, and take off.
Now, if you add all those seconds up, what do you get?
Thats right!! Gone In 60 Seconds!! I love that movie!
A/N: I hope you liked that little Gau/Relm fluffy moment. I suck at writing them, but I've been meaning to do that coupling. I've been neglecting Cyan, haven't I? Yeah, well, thats because he's boring.
I'm sorry. I'm not mean, I'm just blunt. ^___^
Oh, and that Tarzan comment. Let's just pretend that book exists in the FFVI world, alright? ^.^;;
Ayako: I really like your facial expressions. ^^ See? Mine are pitiful. All of them. *shakes head* Pitiful...anyways, thanks for reviewing every chapter so far!! You have my endless gratitude.
Andromeda Highwind: Edgar/Terra/Locke, eh? Not a bad idea (I wouldn't mind too much seeing my favorite female character being fought over by 2 hunky men, myself :D) but honestly, I think Edgar's a prick. No, seriously! First of all, he has long blonde hair all pretty and smooth and tied in a purty bow. Um, EW!?! Number 2, he's a wannabe ladies' man. And a really pathetic one, compared to my man Reno (FFVII). Number 3: I think Locke looks better, anyways. Number 4: Come to think of it, so does Setzer. Number 5: Heck, even Sabin looks better than him, and they're twins!! Hey, speaking of Reno, have you ever noticed that all wannabe ladies' men in the RPG/Squaresoft world have long hair tied in a ponytail? Lessee - Edgar, Reno, Hawk (Seiken Densetsu 3), IRVINE (a very obvious one, FFVIII), ummm.. I haven't played FFIX.
Wow, this turned into a rant. Sorry. Thanks for reviewing every single tedious chapter!!!
Chapter 5
"Moles. Honestly!" Sabin broke into another round of laughing his head off. Edgar was still cross. "Its true!!"
Sabin snorted loudly. "I just have one thing to tell you, Brother - keep it in your pants, for Goddess' sake." He winked, and rose to return to his room, leaving Edgar alone to sputter indignantly.
"Oh, Gau. Why are you hounding me about this?" Relm said, exasperated with the teenage boy glaring at her.
"Edgar too old for Relm!" He scolded her.
"Oh, please!" Relm threw her hands up. "Edgar's not old! Besides," she said sniffily. "Its obvious he's infatuated with me."
Gau rolled his eyes. "Edgar like every girl! He like you! He like Terra! He like complete stranger on street! And," he said darkly, "if he do like you, against law."
"Good lord, what do you know about laws? You're jungle wild monkey boy. Like Tarzan." Relm said. Except Tarzan wasn't as cute as Gau. Right now, his spikey blonde hair, tinged with a mossy green, was in his face, and he pushed back some of it. His gangly, lanky form was filling out from all the training Sabin was giving him. And the food. He didn't like dressing in a tux for Locke and Celes' wedding, but he definitely preferred wedding cakes to dried meat. Instead of sticks and bones, he had structured, chiseled muscles that were noticeable. Relm prayed he wouldn't turn chunky-buff like Sabin. His green eyes actually had flecks of goldish yellow in them, like a hawk's. His former yellowish skin was turning tan now, from proper nutrition and all that work in the sun.
~But~, Relm chided to herself, ~He's still got nothing on Edgar.~
"Relm stupid." Gau said. Bad move. Relm's bleached blue eyes narrowed dangerously. "What did you say?"
"Gau says Relm stupid!" Gau shouted. "Relm blind as bat."
"What??" Relm seethed. "How am I blind?"
"To this!" With that, Gau jumped off the desk he was crouched on, startling Relm, and kissed her. Relm wondered, as she got over the shock and kissed back, how Gau had learned to kiss so - like he was experienced!
To be honest, his secret was from watching Edgar 'attack' one of the maids in the Inn. It had fascinated Gau, watching Edgar and the blonde maid to - well, ho hum, they were doing something with their mouths. Gau had been hoping to try it out on Relm. Relm was, to say, pleasantly surprised.
Elsewhere, another pair of lovers were united, and dawn had arrived, with the sun coming up from behind the mountain. Behind Narshe.
"Celes!"
Celes froze at the sound of her name. The voice was very familiar. Way too familiar. She walked towards the railings and looked down below the wooden bridge, where her former lover was waving.
"Oh, goddess, no." Celes muttered under her breath. She ignored him and returned to observing the blueprints map for rebuilding Vector.
"Celes! Come on, talk to me." She heard, but did not see, Locke, running towards some steps to climb up towards the bridge. ~Just ignore him, Celes, and he'll go away.~ Celes told herself. She began walking rather briskly. "Celes! Wait up!" Locke was panting as he tried to catch up to Celes. "Look, I-i'm sorry, Celes. I was stupid that night - in fact, I've always been stupid! I was just even more stupid!!!" He yelled at her as she walked down the stairs from the bridge. Locke suddenly tripped on one of the steps, covered in ice, and fell down all the way until his butt hit the ground, luckily covered with snow.
Typical clumsy Locke moment.
"Ow..Celes! Wait!" Locke scrambled to get up with his hand rubbing his buttox, as Celes quickly went up to a large house Locke recognized as Arvis'. He ran up after her. "Celes! I - " The door slammed in his face. "- love you."
"Is he gone yet?" Celes asked anxiously. She was sitting on the couch collecting warmth from the fireplace, her wool blanket, and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. "Not yet. He's pacing in front of the house like a stalker."
"Thats not funny." Celes scowled. "Its really cold out there.."
Setzer walked towards the couch and swooped down on her, kissing her cheek. "I know, love. I'm sorry. D'you think we should let him in?"
"I know I don't want to." Celes said gloomily. "But..I have to."
Setzer observed his lover in the firelight. She was currently under much stress, her forehead wrinkled up in an adorable way while she was biting her lip. He brushed back some pale white-blonde strands of hair back from her face. Her blue shards of ice for eyes quickly moved to him. "Setzer, he's going to be crushed."
"Maybe you should've thought of that before falling to my arms. Literally." Setzer chuckled, and kissed the top of her head, which was filled with a pleasant, flowery aroma he couldn't identify.
That was how they'd come together. A distressed Celes had arrived in Narshe at the dead of night, looking for Arvis and for some way to make herself useful. Coincidentally, Setzer was leaving the new gambling house at that moment to have a cigar. (He had forced them to make a gambling house, if he was going to have to stay in Narshe and freeze his arse off for 6 months, as Setzer so eloquently put it.) Celes was in tears, and very distracted as she rushed past the sign that said 'Still Under Construction'. She walked onto the bridge, her boots clacking, towards Arvis' house, when her boot suddenly made a hole in the wooden bridge, and the next second, her entire body broke through and she screamed as she fell down.
Into Setzer's arms. His arms buckled at the force of the weight that hit him, and they both fell to the snowy ground. "Maria? You've finally realized that you love me!" He said delightedly.
At that moment, Celes was seeing Setzer in a whole new light. Never had she been this close to him before. He smelled of engines and gasoline - just like an airship. His dark, navy blue eyes - purple in the right light - had widened when he realized it was Celes. "Celes? Why are you crying? Wait - where's Locke?" That had made Celes break out into a fresh round of tears, and he carried her to the Inn where he was staying in a room, and they got much closer than they'd ever gotten before.
Much.
So now, as Celes stared into Setzer's handsome face, hardly diminished by the two X scars on both cheeks (rather, she thought they were kind of 'sexy', if you can picture General Celes saying that word) she was feeling horrible guilt coming through, being there inlove with a friend while her husband was outside trying to apologize and take her back.
"I didn't think he would follow me here." Celes sighed, and stood up.
"Oh, I wish Arvis were here instead of travelling all the way to Vector for rebuilding issues, he's good friends with Locke and would numb the pain, if just a little. But I guess I have to face him now."
"That's my girl." Setzer smiled encouragingly, as she walked towards the door. She stopped, and hesitated. "Do I have to?" She whined in a pleading voice. "Oh, for crying out loud!" Setzer took two long strides to the door and flung it open. Locke immediately turned around and ran up the door joyfully. "Thank goodness! Its freezing out here - Setzer?" He peered behind Setzer's tall, thin frame, to see Celes standing awkwardly, feeling too guilty to meet Locke's eyes.
It took only two seconds for Locke to realize what was going on. It took 2 seconds for him to walk off. It took 20 seconds for Celes to run out after to him, to attempt to stop him. And it took 36 seconds for Locke to grab a chocobo, hand the stall manager 100 Gil, and take off.
Now, if you add all those seconds up, what do you get?
Thats right!! Gone In 60 Seconds!! I love that movie!
A/N: I hope you liked that little Gau/Relm fluffy moment. I suck at writing them, but I've been meaning to do that coupling. I've been neglecting Cyan, haven't I? Yeah, well, thats because he's boring.
I'm sorry. I'm not mean, I'm just blunt. ^___^
Oh, and that Tarzan comment. Let's just pretend that book exists in the FFVI world, alright? ^.^;;