Rhea-Samma Writes ANOTHER FenrisxLoki Story! XD
(What are the odds . . . ? XD) /obvious sarcasm

Chapter two of my little fanfic! I'm also sorry to inform you all, but my "Falling for You" story is a one shot, and that's how it will stay, I am sorry. I should have made that clear, but before you kill me--that's what this story is for! I can continue it without disrupting it as it is, yet at the same time, I can pretend they didn't have that conversation so that I can write more fuzzy, fluffiness! Perhaps one day I will continue it formally, but for now I'd like to leave it as is.
He was right, Fenris thought and shivered, this is quite a storm, I hope we find shelter soon. As Loki had predicted, it was raining, quite heavily too. It slapped the ground and the trees in large droplets of rain, and thunder rolled in the distance, slowly becoming louder as the storm traveled. She used the poor visibility to shoot a glare at Iris' form through the rain. She sighed irritably, why was everything being turned upside down on her? First she and Loki had shared....something, and now he was treating her, and everyone else, as though they did not exist. It was infuriating. She felt a momentary twinge of sympathy for the cleric as she shivered,

"I'm so wet and cold...I hope my runecards aren't getting wet..." Chaos shrugged off his coat and handed it to the girl,

"Here, I'm soaked through anyway..." Iris looked up surprised at him, but she put on the coat anyways,

"Th-Thank you Chaos.." Fenris shrieked inside her head as her heart felt it would tear itself apart. No, no, no!! She hugged herself tightly, tears streaming down her face, indistinguishable from the rain.
Iris hugged Chaos' coat closely around her. She didn't quite remember how she had talked herself and Chaos out of trouble earlier, but it was clear that nobody present had bought a word of it, including herself. A sort of frosty silence had prevailed the rest of the afternoon, only broken when Loki suggested they find shelter after it had started to rain. She felt terrible, it was a rotten trick she had pulled on Loki and Fenris. She sighed inwardly, I wonder what Loki meant by us hurting Fenris...? The statement had baffled them, or at least if Chaos had any more idea what it meant than her, he didn't show it. She chanced a glance at Loki, or more accurately Loki's figure. The rain and fog distorted everything so much; it was hard to see the person standing next to them. She couldn't decipher what he might possibly be thinking. She shivered again, but not from the cold. Great he's probably going to murder me as soon as I'm asleep... Iris suddenly realized that she hadn't seen Loki that angry since when they first met him. He's so scary, I can't believe Chaos trusts him. The cleric moved a little closer to the rune knight to gain a little shelter from the wind.
Loki hated being wet. He also hated being wet and cold at the same time. He didn't like the rain, which was odd, seeing has he spent so long in the dessert. One might think he would like the rain more. He peered through the rain at Fenris, she seemed worse than usual. He felt annoyed with himself, he felt partially responsible for her embarrassment, which he didn't like at all. The last thing he wanted was to alienate her. Lightning flashed brightly, followed shortly after by a slap of thunder, the storm was getting closer to them. Chaos suddenly called out pointing,

"There's a cave over there! Let's wait out the storm in there!"

After they had all tramped over there, they tried to assess the situation, though the underlying tensions seemed to make everyone uncomfortable. Iris took out a few wet runecards and sighed.

"If we had some wood I could try and light a fire...I dunno if it would work, but we could try." Chaos nodded,

"I'll go find some then, I can't guarantee anything will be dry, but I'll see what I can find." Iris gave him back his coat,

"You'll need it." Chaos nodded and smiled roguishly at her,

"Don't make such a long face, I'll be back soon."

"Be careful," Fenris advised, "Don't go too far." Chaos nodded and went back out into the pelting rain. Loki stirred and said,

"I would like to explore these caverns further. We do not know what else may lurk here." Fenris stood,

"You shouldn't go alone." He looked at her surprised, but quickly hid his expression.

"I will be fine on my own. It is not necessary for you to--" Fenris cut him off,

"You just said yourself we don't know what else may be here right?" Loki nodded,

"Very well Fenris, as you wish." Iris conjured up a couple lights for them, she handed each of them a glowing runecard,

"Here, they won't go out until I tell them to, so you can put them down or something if you need to. I'll wait here for Chaos...don't get lost." Iris watched them as they walked off, slowly fading into the darkness, a feeling of guilt manifesting itself in her throat. She curled up in a ball and sobbed quietly, though she wasn't sure why.
Their footsteps echoed quietly around them as they walked deeper into the earth. Fenris had a slightly claustrophobic feeling as the tunnel became smaller. Every shadow seemed suspicious, she was tense, perhaps overly so. Even their breathing seemed loud to Fenris, her heart pounded softly in her ears. Thump, thump, thump, thump... She swallowed, another noisy sound. She could also feel Loki's tenseness as well, though he was better at disguising it than her. Something else fluttered in her stomach, besides disquiet...was she....nervous? Nervous, she thought incrediously, what have I to be nervous about? Fenris stopped, Loki did to a few steps ahead of her. He turned to her and spoke, breaking the silence with a voice that seemed impossibly loud, "Do you sense something Fenris? Is something the matter?" His voice echoed quietly throughout the cavern. She shook her head, her shadow doing the same motion behind her, though far more exaggerated.

"No... well.. not really. I just feel," She paused, unsure of how to word her feelings, "Tense I suppose, something's here I think, but it could be my imagination. " Loki took a step towards her,

"No, I can feel it too. It's further ahead however." Fenris frowned and shivered a bit,

"I don't like it...whatever it is." Loki tilted his head at her speaking softly now,

"Are you allright?You may always go back if you would like, I assure you I would be fine on my own." Fenris shook her head,

"No, no, it's fine, I'm just...cold." She shivered again, she wasn't completley lying...Loki nodded again, regarding her strangley, as if there were something he was considering, slowly he answered,

"As you wish." They started to move again when Fenris suddenly stopped and said in a voice that was a bit too loud,

"Wait!" He stopped again, turning his brilliant green eyes upon her again, somehow luminous and bright, even through the darkness,

"I sense everything is not allright with you Fenris." She blushed a little, and looked away,

"I-I-I just.. I just.. wanted to ask you...um about earlier, I... did you ... did you really mean what you said?" His expression changed a bit, hard to make out as the extreme lighting threw shadows over half his face. He finally answered after a moments silence,

"I do not have reason to lie Fenris...least of all to you." She blushed even more after he said that. her eyes went wide as a thought struck her, g-gods... does he mean.. what I think he means? B-but it's Loki! She straightened up and turned to him and asked him directly,

"And what," she breathed a bit oddly, "do you mean by that?" He stepped closer to her, right in front of her, encompassing her in his all-seeing gaze. Her mouth fell slightly open as she was paralyzed by those eyes. He searched her face as he answered her, murmurring gently,

"Just what I said Fenris. I have no reason to lie to you, nor would I want to." It seemed to Fenris he was holding himself back, restraining himself somehow, yet in and behind his perfect, deadly eyes she could see something there, a sort of fire, or maybe a passion of some kind. It frightened her in a way. She took a half step back, startled by the intensity of it all.

"Loki..." He took a step back and closed his eyes, turning his head slightly,

"I am sorry, " He murmured, "Please forgive me, it was not my intention to--" But whatever Loki's intentions weren't was lost on Fenris as an inhuman shriek came from down the tunnel. Fenris jerked her head up immediatley, recognizing the call very well.

"Gargoyles!! Quickly Loki we have to find the nest!" Loki nodded, suddenly in full bone armor. He and Fenris both ran down the hallway, preparing themselves for a fight....
Meanwhile, Chaos had come back, he dumped some wet branches on the cave floor, he shivered a bit and coughed a little,

"Well, there you are Iris, let's make a fire, I'm freezing!" He smiled at her. Iris nodded,

"It might take a couple of tries, but here we go...." She closed her eyes, and pulled out a pair of rune cards, "Spirits of the runes, I summon you, give to us the gift of fire. Draw forth from this fuel the will to burn, the will to nourish, the will to consume...fire spirits find your home within these sodden logs...I bid thee appear!!" The cards attatched themselves to the sticks and glowed for a moment, sending up a little smoke, but not much else. Iris sighed and started thr process over again. She had to do it twice more before a fire would start. She sighed with relief as a fire burned merrily in the center of the cave. Chaos took off his coat and shirt, setting them on a rock so that they could dry out. He looked around, noticing the absence of the two others.

"Where have Fenris and Loki gone?" Iris shrugged,

"They went exploring I guess, wanted to make sure it was safe." Chaos nodded, and stared at the fire. They sat in simple silence for some time, the only sounds were of the other's breathing, the fire, and the rain outside. Chaos finally stirred and sighed,

"We've come a long way since Fayon was destroyed....haven't we Iris?" The cleric nodded,

"I miss it... I miss everyone so much. Mom, dad, Matthew, Nuri, and even Seri I guess...everyone. Chaos...why did she have to go and do it!? What had they ever done to her?" Iris hugged Chaos around his chest, fighting back tears. The boy flushed furiously, but gently put his arms around the little cleric, to comfort her as much as himself. He leaned his head back and sighed, having know doubt who this 'she' was,

"I don't know Iris...all we can do is wait for vengence, next time we meet her, we should force her to explain her actions..." Iris burst out viciously,

"There's nothing she can explain to me!" Chaos absently strocked Iris' damp hair,

"Maybe so, but rest assured Iris...next time we meet this Sara Irine, she will pay the consequences of her actions..." Memories flashed within his mind, ones of Fayon, when it was still living, ones of the destruction. He bit his lip and hugged her tightly, with an intense ferocity. The girl was surprised, but she also clung to him, both seeking to ease thier pain. Iris spoke in a quavering voice,

"D-do you remember the first time that Seri ever said that she liked you?" Chaos laughed a bit and nodded, still holding Iris close,

"How could I forget? She never stopped pestering me after that!" Iris nestled her face aainst Chaos' chest, which was when she first realized it was completley bare. She flushed a bit and whispered,

"You're warm..." Chaos smiled fondly,

"So are you Iris, so are you..." He brushed her cheek lightly with his hand, sticking a lock of hair behind her ears. They happily shared in each other's gaze. A long, comfortable silence filled the cave. Chaos half-closed his eyes and moved his face closer to Iris's. She did as well, thier mouths slowly coming closer together. Chaos stopped a few centemeters away from her lips, he murmured,

"You're beautiful Iris...I.. I want you to know that I..." Iris smiled,

"Chaos..."

"Iris I..."
Further in the cave, Fenris and Loki fought thier way foreward, attempting to locate the gargoyle's nest so they could stop the creatures. They found themselves in a large cavern, with an underground lake. Fenris pointed with Leviatein, "Loki it's over there!" He nodded,
"I see it Fenris!" The assasain jumped up a series of rocks, but one of them cracked under his feet, shocked the assasain plunged into the water below. Fenris screamed,

"Loki!!!" She watched the water, but there didn't seem to be any sign of him. She fired a blast of lightning at an oncoming gargoyle. "No!!!" She fought her way over to the lake and dove in searching for the assasain, probably weighted down by his armour, please tell me I'm not too late....
DUN DUN DUNNNN! announcer-type voice Will Fenris be able to save Loki in time!? Will our hero and heroine relize thier feelings for each other? Will Rhea-samma write a chapter that doesn't end in a cliffhanger!? Will Chaos and Iris get it on!? Find out next time, same Ragnarok time, same Ragnarok fanfic.

Heh gomen-ne, I promise to be nicer in the next chapter...heh maybe, though I tell ya, I'm torturing myself too o.o;; Have started the second chapter, trust me, ya'll will love it!!