Chapter 13:: Fire and Lightning
Author's Note: This chapter is like a songfic thing too. It has the song 'You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This' by Toby Keith. So the song belongs to Toby Keith, not me of course.
"Okay, Sigurd, start wooing me." Sierra walked up to Sigurd and folded her arms. "You have tonight and tonight only to convince me to stay with you 'Yggdrasil Idiots'."
"I don't think I'll need that long." Sigurd whispered and turned around. "Would you like me to make you something to eat?"
"Wow, Sigurd, you don't cook." Sierra smiled. "What made you suddenly change your ways?"
"You haven't been around me for quite some time. Maybe I kind of like cooking." Sigurd smiled a little and began to walk out of the gear hanger, Sierra following.
"Puh-lease." Sierra laughed as she caught up to Sigurd. "You hate cooking!"
"Maybe I could change." Sigurd shrugged.
"Or how about you make Maison make some of those little Pizza Bagels?" Sierra stopped.
"You have got to be the only person on the face of the Earth other than Fei and the Young Master who will actually eat those things."
"No, remember when Racquel came to the dorms and she and Jessie ate those things all night long?." Sierra grinned.
"Yeah and a little while later they found out a sweet little baby boy was coming." Sigurd smiled.
"Sweet? That little bowl-cut twerp?" Sierra laughed. "Honey, only people like Karina like people like him."
"And what kind of people do people like you like?" Sigurd stopped at the Gunroom entrance.
"Sigurd." Sierra stopped. "Stop acting like some little teenage boy asking a cheerleader out."
"Alright." Sigurd nodded. "Want a drink?" He stopped at the bar and sat down.
"Sierra Era Special!" She grinned.
Sigurd looked at Maison and smiled. "Make a Jessie Whammy and a Jessiah Explosion and mix them together."
"Are you sure that's safe, Master Sigurd?" Maison blinked.
"We'll see." Sigurd nodded.
"Hell yeah it's safe!" Sierra grinned.
"I'll have tea, Maison." Sigurd smiled.
"Oh, c'mon Sigsipoo! Be brave." Sierra slapped his back.
"Fine. I'll have a hard lemonade." Sigurd trailed off.
"Oooh, hard lemonade! You're a high roller, Sig!" Sierra laughed.
"I'll have a sip of your drink, Sierra." Sigurd snapped.
"Heck no, I'm drinkin the whole damn thing!" Sierra folded her arms.
"I see." Sigurd nodded.
"But don't take it badly, Sigsipoo!" Sierra grinned as she downed her drink in practically one gulp. "Your pathetic alcohol tolerance is very cute."
"OK." Sigurd smiled. "Uh, Maison could you leave us alone?" Sigurd looked at Maison.
"I know when I'm not wanted, sir." Maison nodded and left the room.
"Wait! I want another.. one.. Oh fine. leave me hangin!" Sierra yelled. She turned to Sigurd and folded her arms. "So why did you banish my drink man, Sigsipoo?" She asked and tapped her finger.
"I wanted to talk about. You know." Sigurd muttered and spun the drink around in his cup.
"You mean the smooch thing? Aw, Sig it was." She trailed off and sighed. "It was no biggy."
"I've never once heard you use the word 'biggy', Era." Sigurd smiled and set down his glass.
"Well, it wasn't OK, Sigurd?" Sierra snapped and turned around in her stool to face away from Sigurd. "It was just something completely random, OK? It'll probably never happen again."
".Why are you being so evasive about this, Era? I've always known you to be a very open person with your feelings, and I have never known you to run away from your problems." Sigurd whispered and walked in from of Sierra and grabbed her stool so she couldn't spin around.
"But I ran away from you before. After the Elemental Trials. you know. I ran away from you that day because I was afraid of facing you after all that hype that I was going to beat you. I was ashamed."
"I don't understand. It was a very close fight." Sigurd looked at her, trying to lock their eyes together.
::Flashback::
"Urrgh!" Sierra yelled as she slammed her enchanted jade sword against the handle of Sigurd's whip.
"You won't beat me, LeRage." Sigurd hissed as he pulled away and pulled a whip trick that looped underneath her legs.
Sierra jumped and avoided the attack. "You wish, Harcourt! A low class sewer dwelling -Lamb- could never beat me!" She yelled, but didn't see the gleam of trickery in his eyes.
"I already have!" He shouted.
All she remembered then was a horrible searing heat slamming into the back of her, slamming her into the ground. Her skin burned from the pain of her flame ether blow. He had used the whip attack as a disguise for his final ether blow.
She was defeated.
That's all.
He was the new Fire Element.
A first class citizen of Solaris had lost to a simple-minded earth dwelling -Lamb-.
That was a complete shame. And nobody would ever understand just how it happened.
"But you still beat me, Sigurd." Sierra whispered and tried to stand up, but Sigurd kept her down.
"Era." Sigurd whispered.
"Sigurd." Sierra blushed and looked down. "Please let me go." She hissed.
Sigurd nodded reluctantly and pulled away. "I hope you didn't run away because of all those people. If you did then I don't think you are quite as powerful as you think you are, Sierra." He muttered as she began to walk away.
"Oh Really?" Sierra snapped and turned back to him. "Maybe I was just afraid that if I faced you then you would just push me away.
"I was fifteen, you were only thirteen!" Sigurd snapped. "You really think that would've worked?"
"You liked taking advantage of a little girl back then. A little girl who wanted you." Sierra whispered. "You would've taken complete advantage of me that one night if Hyuga hadn't stopped you." Sierra rolled her eyes and folded her arms again. "You didn't care about our age difference, you just saw a chance to get laid, Sigurd!"
"That's not true." Sigurd whispered.
"Well don't start pulling that crap that I was like a little sister to you." Sierra groaned and looked away.
"I never tried to take advantage of you." Sigurd grabbed his head and sat down.
"Oh, and I just imagined that night after we met." Sierra looked back at him.
"What are you talking about?" Sigurd groaned.
"You got me in your room and slipped your hand under my skirt. Admit it, Sigurd, you were a pervert!" Sierra chuckled and pointed at Sigurd. "A royal prick!"
"I don't even remember that!" Sigurd stood up.
"I'm sure most of your adolescent life is a blur to you." Sierra growled. "Do you remember you Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday girls?"
"What?" Sigurd blinked.
"Ugh, forget it, Sigurd! I never mattered to you and I never will." Sierra snapped and began to leave the room.
"Wait, Sierra!" Sigurd said and Sierra paused. She turned around and rolled her eyes.
"What is it now, Sigurd?" She snapped, folding her arms. "I have to get some sleep, already."
"Alright, Sierra, you win, I did some stupid things when I was a kid, and it doesn't matter right now, because right now I'm trying to keep you here. You promised me one night to convince you, and you're gonna give it to me, Sierra." Sigurd said quietly, almost menacingly as he walked up to her and grabbed her arm.
"And Sigurd is gonna make me do this. Interesting." Sierra smiled and pulled away. "You better be a little more charmi-whoa!" She screeched as Sigurd swooped down and picked her up. "What the hell are you doing, Harcourt?!" Sierra yelled.
"Taking you somewhere." He smiled and walked out of the room and to the elevator. The two took the elevator up to the main floor. He walked up to the ladder that led to the top of the ship and motioned for her to go up.
"What?" Sierra chuckled. "Go up onto the roof? Oh man, whatever floats your boat." Sierra rolled her eyes and climbed up the ladder, opening the hatch and climbing onto the roof. Sigurd followed her up there.
Sierra smiled and turned around. "You know I'm not a sucker for romantic things, Sigurd, so why are you doing this?"
"Because deep down inside you are." Sigurd smiled and folded his arms.
"And what makes you think I'd ever fall for a guy who wears belly shirts?" Sierra laughed and sat down.
"Because you like my abs." Sigurd said sarcastically and sat down next to her.
"Or lack thereof." Sierra muttered.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"Sure."
"Seriously, Sig, I didn't say anything." Sierra smiled and looked at him.
Sigurd smiled. "You know your eyes are very pretty in the moonlight."
"You got drunk on hard lemonade, Sigurd you pathetic dog." Sierra said gently.
"Maybe. Or maybe you're just pretty." Sigurd whispered and touched her face lightly with the back of his hand.
Sierra blushed. "Hey, you're not too bad yourself, dude." Sierra smiled and punched his shoulder.
"Could you stop acting like that, Sierra?" Sigurd smiled and set his hand on her shoulder.
"Like what?" Sierra mumbled.
"All tough." Sigurd whispered. "It's not very attractive."
"It drives you insane and wild with desire." Sierra whispered and leaned forward, her hair falling around their faces.
"Um." Sigurd blushed as the sweet smell of Sierra's perfume filled the air. Her eyes pierced through him, shining in the moonlight with a silvery glow. She moved closer, and the pale sheer mint green curtain of her hair surrounded his peripheral vision as she pushed him further down so he was looked up at her.
Sigurd pulled up and was about to kiss her when she tackled him and began laughing.
"Pinned ya!" Sierra laughed.
"Well, I should've foreseen that what with your normal behavior." Sigurd rolled his eyes and sat up.
"What, did you think I was trying to seduce you?" Sierra laughed. "Oh, believe me, Sigster, if I wanted to seduce you it would be easier than getting Billy to swap saliva with Karina!" Sierra rolled onto her back and looked up at the night sky.
"I suppose that is an easy thing to do?" Sigurd smiled and lay down next to Sierra.
"Pssshh yeah!" Sierra laughed. "God, I don't even wanna think about if they had kids. That would be so scary. Bowl cut kids who wear bows, have mood swings, look like Karina but have Billy's eyes or something and are all sweet and polite and tote guns around as a regular fashion accessory."
Sigurd laughed for a few moments and then shut his eyes. "Sierra, do you ever think about. what if you had never left Solaris."
"We would've gotten married and had 20 kids." Sierra said plainly. "You would've eventually found my beauty and strength irresistible and come to my room one night and just thrown me on the bed and proved to me how you love me so! Then we would've had a sweet ass Victorian Beer-Bust wedding and lived happily ever after."
"Victorian Beer-Bust? Oh that's original." Sigurd smiled a little. "And are you so sure that I would've fallen for you if you stayed on Solaris, Miss Sierra?" Sigurd smiled and looked at her.
"I'm positive, because I'm like a good cheeseburger. You get hooked on me!" Sierra smiled and looked at him.
"What if I don't like cheeseburgers?" Sigurd murmured.
"Then I'm like a good beer. Yeah, that's right. I'm like a good beer. A DAMN good beer!" Sierra chuckled softly.
"You've really thought this through, haven't you?" Sigurd blinked.
"You're damn right, Sigsipoo." Sierra grinned.
"So, is the life of a mercenary all that great, Sierra?" Sigurd said quietly.
"It can be." Sierra replied. "It can be really exciting. It can be really boring. Other times it could be the most fun anyone could ever have, like a huge roller coaster. And other times it makes you so lonely you could carry on a intellectual conversation with a pinecone."
"I see." Sigurd nodded.
"What about life here on the Yggdrasil?" Sierra said gently.
"Well." Sigurd looked away. "The Young Master certainly keeps me on my feet." Sigurd smiled. "But sometimes I'd just like to live outside of this ship. Then I realize that it's my responsibility to stay here. I have an obligation to stay here."
"And live a life void of all the excitement of the outside world?" Sierra asked.
"I get to see plenty of action here."
"Have you ever been in love while you were on this ship?" Sierra whispered.
".There hasn't been any time for love, Sierra." Sigurd murmured.
"I see." Sierra nodded and sat up.
"..Era." Sigurd said gently and stood up.
"Yeah?" She said weakly and stood up as well. She looked up and him.
"I could fall in love with you, Era." Sigurd whispered. "You just have to give me time."
Sierra smiled and stepped forward. "I guess I could feel something for you if you're just patient."
Sigurd smiled and took her hand. "Will you stay here and give me the chance to make you love me?"
Sierra's heart lurched and she stepped back. She had to kidnap Karina or they all would die. But she couldn't betray Sigurd. She looked down and said weakly. "I won't leave you, Sigurd."
Sigurd smiled and stepped closer. "Good."
Sierra looked down and said gently, "Sigurd, do you remember that ball we went to together because strangely enough you couldn't get a date and we danced?" She whispered.
"Yeah." He took her hands.
"Well we're not going to reenact it because A it would be corny and B you stepped on my feet like 5 times."
"Oh, I see." Sigurd smiled.
"Hope you're not too disappointed." Sierra smiled and stepped back.
"Not really. I didn't want you crushing my feet like you did last time, either." Sigurd smiled.
Sierra frowned. "I stepped on your feet to get back at you!" Sierra snapped.
"Oh, sure."
"I did, you jerk!" Sierra yelled.
"Then prove it. Dance with me." Sigurd stepped back.
"FINE! I'll dance with you, you royal pain in my ASS!" Sierra yelled and took his hands, putting one on her waist and clenching one in her hand. She put one of her hands on his shoulder and glared at him. "Dance."
"OK then." Sigurd murmured and pulled her closer. He could feel Sierra shiver when their bodies pressed together. He gently pressed the side of his face against her head.
(I got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time)
Sierra shifted a little. "That's once, Sigurd." She stated and poked his shoulder. "Strike one."
"Jeeze, sorry, I haven't danced in a long time, OK?" Sigurd muttered and continued to dance.
"Just take it slowly." Sierra muttered.
"It would help if I could lead." Sigurd muttered.
"Oh fine, have it your way then." Sierra snapped and Sigurd took the lead.
(There's a different feel about you tonight
It's got me thinking lots of crazy things
I even think I saw a flash of light
It felt like electricity)
"Whoa man, do you see what I see?" Jessie said from the ladder where he and Citan were perched, watching Sierra and Jessie.
"Isn't that sweet." Citan smiled.
"It's ain't SWEET! It's DISGUSTING!" Jessie hissed.
"What's disgusting?" Bart asked as he popped up out of nowhere.
"Bart! I thought you were asleep." Jessie glared at Bart.
"I wanted a drumstick." Bart answered and held up an ice cream cone.
"Jeeze, well anyway, THAT is disgusting." He pointed at the two dancing.
"Hey, Sig got a woma-Oh, it's Sierra, that doesn't COUNT!" Bart snapped, almost dropping his drumstick.
"Sigurd." Sierra looked up and smiled.
"Yes?" Sigurd smiled back.
"It's been a full minute and you haven't stepped on my feet." Sierra smiled and drew closer.
"Well. I guess. I'm.. uh. Just." Sigurd trailed off as Sierra pulled closer and pressed her lips against his.
(You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
'Cuz I'll just closed my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at)
"EEW!" Bart cringed and dropped his drumstick.
"Now that's how you get diseases." Jessie said quietly.
"Oh my." Citan blinked.
"Why would anyone want to kiss a monkey woman?" Jessie muttered.
"Hey guys, what's goin on?" Fei grinned as he popped up at of nowhere as well.
"FEI! What are you doin up?!" Jessie snapped.
Fei blinked for a moment, then replied, "Drumstick." And held up an ice cream cone.
"Dude, Sig's dancing!" Bart grinned.
Fei blinked, then burst out laughing. "SIGURD?! DANCING?! (HAHA!" He started laughing as loudly as possible when Jessie, Bart and Citan grabbed him to help quiet him.
(And we'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinning around
And around
And around
And around)
"Hey, Sigurd, do you notice those guys watching us..?" Sierra whispered as she pulled away.
"Yeah." Sigurd murmured back.
"Do you really care.?" Sierra said gently.
"Not really." Sigurd responded.
"Then that makes two of us."
(They're all watching us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends)
"So what's going on?" Billy asked as he too popped up from seemingly nowhere.
"BOY!" Jessie snapped. "I thought you were all laid up!"
Billy shrugged. "Eh."
"So why are you still up?"
Billy grinned. "Pssh, why do you think?"
"Let me guess." Jessie trailed off.
"Drumstick." They said together and Billy held up another ice cream cone.
"Sigurd is dancing, Billy." Fei grinned.
"I didn't know Siggy could dance." Billy smiled.
"He can't." Jessie, Fei, Citan and Bart said together.
"Sigurd. How are they all fitting through that hole?" Sierra said weakly.
"I do not know." Sigurd shrugged. "I'm just trying to ignore it." He responded and spun them around.
"Hmm." Sierra smiled and shut her eyes, leaning in to kiss him again.
(When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do
Baby, kiss me again)
"Hey guys, what's going on? Oh, hi Billy." Karina said as she appeared as well, squeezed up next to Billy.
"Ugh." Jessie rolled his eyes. "Why are YOU up?"
"I just wanna know what happened to all the drumsticks." She said gently. She then gasped and squealed happily, "Oh look! Sigurd and Sierra are dancing!"
"How bazaar." Citan blinked.
"How disgusting." Jessie and Bart said together.
"How hilarious!" Fei laughed.
"How unpredictable." Billy said confusedly.
"How romantic." Karina swooned and everyone looked at her. She frowned and folded her arms. "Well I'm entitled to my opinion too, you know." She muttered.
(Everybody swears
We make a perfect pair
But dancing is as far as it goes)
"Sigurd." Sierra whispered and pulled away. "Where do you think you're going to take this??" She demanded.
"A relationship." Sigurd whispered and hugged her tightly. "And I don't see you as a little sister. I never did.. You've always been a mystery to me." He murmured.
"It's still so romantic." Karina sighed and leaned against Billy. He blushed and almost dropped his drumstick. Karina turned to him, her deep violet eyes shimmering. He was just about to lean closer when she snapped, "Hey, you have a drumstick, give it!"
"No! It's my drumstick!" Billy whined.
"Give her the damn drumstick and shut up, boy." Jessie snapped.
"Fine." Billy handed her the drumstick.
Karina blinked. "We could share it." Karina smiled.
Billy smiled back. "OK."
(Girl, you never moved me
Quite the way you moved me tonight
I just wanted you to know
I just wanted you to know)
"Aw look, the 'We'll Give You a Cavity With Our Sweet Cuteness' couple is sharing a drumstick." Sierra said sarcastically.
"They're a cute couple. You're just jealous." Sigurd laughed gently.
"No way." Sierra muttered and then began to regret agreeing to the deal. She could see how much the two cared about each other, and she was going to be the one to tear them apart.
(You shouldn't kiss me this
Unless you mean it like that
'Cuz I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at)
"The hell is going on up there?!" Brad yelled from the bottom of the stairs, where Karina, Fei, Billy, Bart, Jessie and Citan were standing.
"Dancing!" Karina said.
"The hell?! That ain't dancing!" Brad yelled.
"Sigurd and Sierra are dancing." Billy replied.
"Sigurd and Sierra are up there too?!" Brad turned around. "Oh, my poor pure sister is being turned into a toy!!"
(And we'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinning around
And around
And around
And around)
"Are you really going to stay.?" Sigurd murmured into her ear.
"I don't come back on a promise, Sigurd." Sierra replied and clung onto his shoulder.
"Seriously?" Sigurd asked.
"Of course." Sierra nodded.
"I knew you could pull off gentle." Sigurd smiled.
"I'll show you gentle." Sierra snapped and stepped on his foot.
"Ow!" Sigurd winced.
"Now we're even."
"I knew you'd do that."
(They're all watching us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
But when you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
And if you do
Baby, kiss me again)
"It's so romantic." Karina smiled and took a bite of the drumstick. "Ooh, that's cold."
"Hehe." Billy smiled.
"WHAT THE HELL IS COLD?!" Brad's voice screamed.
"Heehee. Billy, you go some on your nose." Karina giggled.
"Ugh." Bart rolled his eyes.
"I think I love you, Sierra." Sigurd whispered into her ear.
"Sigurd." Sierra whispered and shut her eyes, clinging onto him. ~ I'm so sorry I have to lie to you like this, Sigurd. But I promise I won't let them hurt you. ~ Sierra thought and clenched her eyes together even tighter.
(Kiss me again..)
Author's Note: This chapter is like a songfic thing too. It has the song 'You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This' by Toby Keith. So the song belongs to Toby Keith, not me of course.
"Okay, Sigurd, start wooing me." Sierra walked up to Sigurd and folded her arms. "You have tonight and tonight only to convince me to stay with you 'Yggdrasil Idiots'."
"I don't think I'll need that long." Sigurd whispered and turned around. "Would you like me to make you something to eat?"
"Wow, Sigurd, you don't cook." Sierra smiled. "What made you suddenly change your ways?"
"You haven't been around me for quite some time. Maybe I kind of like cooking." Sigurd smiled a little and began to walk out of the gear hanger, Sierra following.
"Puh-lease." Sierra laughed as she caught up to Sigurd. "You hate cooking!"
"Maybe I could change." Sigurd shrugged.
"Or how about you make Maison make some of those little Pizza Bagels?" Sierra stopped.
"You have got to be the only person on the face of the Earth other than Fei and the Young Master who will actually eat those things."
"No, remember when Racquel came to the dorms and she and Jessie ate those things all night long?." Sierra grinned.
"Yeah and a little while later they found out a sweet little baby boy was coming." Sigurd smiled.
"Sweet? That little bowl-cut twerp?" Sierra laughed. "Honey, only people like Karina like people like him."
"And what kind of people do people like you like?" Sigurd stopped at the Gunroom entrance.
"Sigurd." Sierra stopped. "Stop acting like some little teenage boy asking a cheerleader out."
"Alright." Sigurd nodded. "Want a drink?" He stopped at the bar and sat down.
"Sierra Era Special!" She grinned.
Sigurd looked at Maison and smiled. "Make a Jessie Whammy and a Jessiah Explosion and mix them together."
"Are you sure that's safe, Master Sigurd?" Maison blinked.
"We'll see." Sigurd nodded.
"Hell yeah it's safe!" Sierra grinned.
"I'll have tea, Maison." Sigurd smiled.
"Oh, c'mon Sigsipoo! Be brave." Sierra slapped his back.
"Fine. I'll have a hard lemonade." Sigurd trailed off.
"Oooh, hard lemonade! You're a high roller, Sig!" Sierra laughed.
"I'll have a sip of your drink, Sierra." Sigurd snapped.
"Heck no, I'm drinkin the whole damn thing!" Sierra folded her arms.
"I see." Sigurd nodded.
"But don't take it badly, Sigsipoo!" Sierra grinned as she downed her drink in practically one gulp. "Your pathetic alcohol tolerance is very cute."
"OK." Sigurd smiled. "Uh, Maison could you leave us alone?" Sigurd looked at Maison.
"I know when I'm not wanted, sir." Maison nodded and left the room.
"Wait! I want another.. one.. Oh fine. leave me hangin!" Sierra yelled. She turned to Sigurd and folded her arms. "So why did you banish my drink man, Sigsipoo?" She asked and tapped her finger.
"I wanted to talk about. You know." Sigurd muttered and spun the drink around in his cup.
"You mean the smooch thing? Aw, Sig it was." She trailed off and sighed. "It was no biggy."
"I've never once heard you use the word 'biggy', Era." Sigurd smiled and set down his glass.
"Well, it wasn't OK, Sigurd?" Sierra snapped and turned around in her stool to face away from Sigurd. "It was just something completely random, OK? It'll probably never happen again."
".Why are you being so evasive about this, Era? I've always known you to be a very open person with your feelings, and I have never known you to run away from your problems." Sigurd whispered and walked in from of Sierra and grabbed her stool so she couldn't spin around.
"But I ran away from you before. After the Elemental Trials. you know. I ran away from you that day because I was afraid of facing you after all that hype that I was going to beat you. I was ashamed."
"I don't understand. It was a very close fight." Sigurd looked at her, trying to lock their eyes together.
::Flashback::
"Urrgh!" Sierra yelled as she slammed her enchanted jade sword against the handle of Sigurd's whip.
"You won't beat me, LeRage." Sigurd hissed as he pulled away and pulled a whip trick that looped underneath her legs.
Sierra jumped and avoided the attack. "You wish, Harcourt! A low class sewer dwelling -Lamb- could never beat me!" She yelled, but didn't see the gleam of trickery in his eyes.
"I already have!" He shouted.
All she remembered then was a horrible searing heat slamming into the back of her, slamming her into the ground. Her skin burned from the pain of her flame ether blow. He had used the whip attack as a disguise for his final ether blow.
She was defeated.
That's all.
He was the new Fire Element.
A first class citizen of Solaris had lost to a simple-minded earth dwelling -Lamb-.
That was a complete shame. And nobody would ever understand just how it happened.
"But you still beat me, Sigurd." Sierra whispered and tried to stand up, but Sigurd kept her down.
"Era." Sigurd whispered.
"Sigurd." Sierra blushed and looked down. "Please let me go." She hissed.
Sigurd nodded reluctantly and pulled away. "I hope you didn't run away because of all those people. If you did then I don't think you are quite as powerful as you think you are, Sierra." He muttered as she began to walk away.
"Oh Really?" Sierra snapped and turned back to him. "Maybe I was just afraid that if I faced you then you would just push me away.
"I was fifteen, you were only thirteen!" Sigurd snapped. "You really think that would've worked?"
"You liked taking advantage of a little girl back then. A little girl who wanted you." Sierra whispered. "You would've taken complete advantage of me that one night if Hyuga hadn't stopped you." Sierra rolled her eyes and folded her arms again. "You didn't care about our age difference, you just saw a chance to get laid, Sigurd!"
"That's not true." Sigurd whispered.
"Well don't start pulling that crap that I was like a little sister to you." Sierra groaned and looked away.
"I never tried to take advantage of you." Sigurd grabbed his head and sat down.
"Oh, and I just imagined that night after we met." Sierra looked back at him.
"What are you talking about?" Sigurd groaned.
"You got me in your room and slipped your hand under my skirt. Admit it, Sigurd, you were a pervert!" Sierra chuckled and pointed at Sigurd. "A royal prick!"
"I don't even remember that!" Sigurd stood up.
"I'm sure most of your adolescent life is a blur to you." Sierra growled. "Do you remember you Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday girls?"
"What?" Sigurd blinked.
"Ugh, forget it, Sigurd! I never mattered to you and I never will." Sierra snapped and began to leave the room.
"Wait, Sierra!" Sigurd said and Sierra paused. She turned around and rolled her eyes.
"What is it now, Sigurd?" She snapped, folding her arms. "I have to get some sleep, already."
"Alright, Sierra, you win, I did some stupid things when I was a kid, and it doesn't matter right now, because right now I'm trying to keep you here. You promised me one night to convince you, and you're gonna give it to me, Sierra." Sigurd said quietly, almost menacingly as he walked up to her and grabbed her arm.
"And Sigurd is gonna make me do this. Interesting." Sierra smiled and pulled away. "You better be a little more charmi-whoa!" She screeched as Sigurd swooped down and picked her up. "What the hell are you doing, Harcourt?!" Sierra yelled.
"Taking you somewhere." He smiled and walked out of the room and to the elevator. The two took the elevator up to the main floor. He walked up to the ladder that led to the top of the ship and motioned for her to go up.
"What?" Sierra chuckled. "Go up onto the roof? Oh man, whatever floats your boat." Sierra rolled her eyes and climbed up the ladder, opening the hatch and climbing onto the roof. Sigurd followed her up there.
Sierra smiled and turned around. "You know I'm not a sucker for romantic things, Sigurd, so why are you doing this?"
"Because deep down inside you are." Sigurd smiled and folded his arms.
"And what makes you think I'd ever fall for a guy who wears belly shirts?" Sierra laughed and sat down.
"Because you like my abs." Sigurd said sarcastically and sat down next to her.
"Or lack thereof." Sierra muttered.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"Sure."
"Seriously, Sig, I didn't say anything." Sierra smiled and looked at him.
Sigurd smiled. "You know your eyes are very pretty in the moonlight."
"You got drunk on hard lemonade, Sigurd you pathetic dog." Sierra said gently.
"Maybe. Or maybe you're just pretty." Sigurd whispered and touched her face lightly with the back of his hand.
Sierra blushed. "Hey, you're not too bad yourself, dude." Sierra smiled and punched his shoulder.
"Could you stop acting like that, Sierra?" Sigurd smiled and set his hand on her shoulder.
"Like what?" Sierra mumbled.
"All tough." Sigurd whispered. "It's not very attractive."
"It drives you insane and wild with desire." Sierra whispered and leaned forward, her hair falling around their faces.
"Um." Sigurd blushed as the sweet smell of Sierra's perfume filled the air. Her eyes pierced through him, shining in the moonlight with a silvery glow. She moved closer, and the pale sheer mint green curtain of her hair surrounded his peripheral vision as she pushed him further down so he was looked up at her.
Sigurd pulled up and was about to kiss her when she tackled him and began laughing.
"Pinned ya!" Sierra laughed.
"Well, I should've foreseen that what with your normal behavior." Sigurd rolled his eyes and sat up.
"What, did you think I was trying to seduce you?" Sierra laughed. "Oh, believe me, Sigster, if I wanted to seduce you it would be easier than getting Billy to swap saliva with Karina!" Sierra rolled onto her back and looked up at the night sky.
"I suppose that is an easy thing to do?" Sigurd smiled and lay down next to Sierra.
"Pssshh yeah!" Sierra laughed. "God, I don't even wanna think about if they had kids. That would be so scary. Bowl cut kids who wear bows, have mood swings, look like Karina but have Billy's eyes or something and are all sweet and polite and tote guns around as a regular fashion accessory."
Sigurd laughed for a few moments and then shut his eyes. "Sierra, do you ever think about. what if you had never left Solaris."
"We would've gotten married and had 20 kids." Sierra said plainly. "You would've eventually found my beauty and strength irresistible and come to my room one night and just thrown me on the bed and proved to me how you love me so! Then we would've had a sweet ass Victorian Beer-Bust wedding and lived happily ever after."
"Victorian Beer-Bust? Oh that's original." Sigurd smiled a little. "And are you so sure that I would've fallen for you if you stayed on Solaris, Miss Sierra?" Sigurd smiled and looked at her.
"I'm positive, because I'm like a good cheeseburger. You get hooked on me!" Sierra smiled and looked at him.
"What if I don't like cheeseburgers?" Sigurd murmured.
"Then I'm like a good beer. Yeah, that's right. I'm like a good beer. A DAMN good beer!" Sierra chuckled softly.
"You've really thought this through, haven't you?" Sigurd blinked.
"You're damn right, Sigsipoo." Sierra grinned.
"So, is the life of a mercenary all that great, Sierra?" Sigurd said quietly.
"It can be." Sierra replied. "It can be really exciting. It can be really boring. Other times it could be the most fun anyone could ever have, like a huge roller coaster. And other times it makes you so lonely you could carry on a intellectual conversation with a pinecone."
"I see." Sigurd nodded.
"What about life here on the Yggdrasil?" Sierra said gently.
"Well." Sigurd looked away. "The Young Master certainly keeps me on my feet." Sigurd smiled. "But sometimes I'd just like to live outside of this ship. Then I realize that it's my responsibility to stay here. I have an obligation to stay here."
"And live a life void of all the excitement of the outside world?" Sierra asked.
"I get to see plenty of action here."
"Have you ever been in love while you were on this ship?" Sierra whispered.
".There hasn't been any time for love, Sierra." Sigurd murmured.
"I see." Sierra nodded and sat up.
"..Era." Sigurd said gently and stood up.
"Yeah?" She said weakly and stood up as well. She looked up and him.
"I could fall in love with you, Era." Sigurd whispered. "You just have to give me time."
Sierra smiled and stepped forward. "I guess I could feel something for you if you're just patient."
Sigurd smiled and took her hand. "Will you stay here and give me the chance to make you love me?"
Sierra's heart lurched and she stepped back. She had to kidnap Karina or they all would die. But she couldn't betray Sigurd. She looked down and said weakly. "I won't leave you, Sigurd."
Sigurd smiled and stepped closer. "Good."
Sierra looked down and said gently, "Sigurd, do you remember that ball we went to together because strangely enough you couldn't get a date and we danced?" She whispered.
"Yeah." He took her hands.
"Well we're not going to reenact it because A it would be corny and B you stepped on my feet like 5 times."
"Oh, I see." Sigurd smiled.
"Hope you're not too disappointed." Sierra smiled and stepped back.
"Not really. I didn't want you crushing my feet like you did last time, either." Sigurd smiled.
Sierra frowned. "I stepped on your feet to get back at you!" Sierra snapped.
"Oh, sure."
"I did, you jerk!" Sierra yelled.
"Then prove it. Dance with me." Sigurd stepped back.
"FINE! I'll dance with you, you royal pain in my ASS!" Sierra yelled and took his hands, putting one on her waist and clenching one in her hand. She put one of her hands on his shoulder and glared at him. "Dance."
"OK then." Sigurd murmured and pulled her closer. He could feel Sierra shiver when their bodies pressed together. He gently pressed the side of his face against her head.
(I got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time)
Sierra shifted a little. "That's once, Sigurd." She stated and poked his shoulder. "Strike one."
"Jeeze, sorry, I haven't danced in a long time, OK?" Sigurd muttered and continued to dance.
"Just take it slowly." Sierra muttered.
"It would help if I could lead." Sigurd muttered.
"Oh fine, have it your way then." Sierra snapped and Sigurd took the lead.
(There's a different feel about you tonight
It's got me thinking lots of crazy things
I even think I saw a flash of light
It felt like electricity)
"Whoa man, do you see what I see?" Jessie said from the ladder where he and Citan were perched, watching Sierra and Jessie.
"Isn't that sweet." Citan smiled.
"It's ain't SWEET! It's DISGUSTING!" Jessie hissed.
"What's disgusting?" Bart asked as he popped up out of nowhere.
"Bart! I thought you were asleep." Jessie glared at Bart.
"I wanted a drumstick." Bart answered and held up an ice cream cone.
"Jeeze, well anyway, THAT is disgusting." He pointed at the two dancing.
"Hey, Sig got a woma-Oh, it's Sierra, that doesn't COUNT!" Bart snapped, almost dropping his drumstick.
"Sigurd." Sierra looked up and smiled.
"Yes?" Sigurd smiled back.
"It's been a full minute and you haven't stepped on my feet." Sierra smiled and drew closer.
"Well. I guess. I'm.. uh. Just." Sigurd trailed off as Sierra pulled closer and pressed her lips against his.
(You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
'Cuz I'll just closed my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at)
"EEW!" Bart cringed and dropped his drumstick.
"Now that's how you get diseases." Jessie said quietly.
"Oh my." Citan blinked.
"Why would anyone want to kiss a monkey woman?" Jessie muttered.
"Hey guys, what's goin on?" Fei grinned as he popped up at of nowhere as well.
"FEI! What are you doin up?!" Jessie snapped.
Fei blinked for a moment, then replied, "Drumstick." And held up an ice cream cone.
"Dude, Sig's dancing!" Bart grinned.
Fei blinked, then burst out laughing. "SIGURD?! DANCING?! (HAHA!" He started laughing as loudly as possible when Jessie, Bart and Citan grabbed him to help quiet him.
(And we'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinning around
And around
And around
And around)
"Hey, Sigurd, do you notice those guys watching us..?" Sierra whispered as she pulled away.
"Yeah." Sigurd murmured back.
"Do you really care.?" Sierra said gently.
"Not really." Sigurd responded.
"Then that makes two of us."
(They're all watching us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends)
"So what's going on?" Billy asked as he too popped up from seemingly nowhere.
"BOY!" Jessie snapped. "I thought you were all laid up!"
Billy shrugged. "Eh."
"So why are you still up?"
Billy grinned. "Pssh, why do you think?"
"Let me guess." Jessie trailed off.
"Drumstick." They said together and Billy held up another ice cream cone.
"Sigurd is dancing, Billy." Fei grinned.
"I didn't know Siggy could dance." Billy smiled.
"He can't." Jessie, Fei, Citan and Bart said together.
"Sigurd. How are they all fitting through that hole?" Sierra said weakly.
"I do not know." Sigurd shrugged. "I'm just trying to ignore it." He responded and spun them around.
"Hmm." Sierra smiled and shut her eyes, leaning in to kiss him again.
(When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do
Baby, kiss me again)
"Hey guys, what's going on? Oh, hi Billy." Karina said as she appeared as well, squeezed up next to Billy.
"Ugh." Jessie rolled his eyes. "Why are YOU up?"
"I just wanna know what happened to all the drumsticks." She said gently. She then gasped and squealed happily, "Oh look! Sigurd and Sierra are dancing!"
"How bazaar." Citan blinked.
"How disgusting." Jessie and Bart said together.
"How hilarious!" Fei laughed.
"How unpredictable." Billy said confusedly.
"How romantic." Karina swooned and everyone looked at her. She frowned and folded her arms. "Well I'm entitled to my opinion too, you know." She muttered.
(Everybody swears
We make a perfect pair
But dancing is as far as it goes)
"Sigurd." Sierra whispered and pulled away. "Where do you think you're going to take this??" She demanded.
"A relationship." Sigurd whispered and hugged her tightly. "And I don't see you as a little sister. I never did.. You've always been a mystery to me." He murmured.
"It's still so romantic." Karina sighed and leaned against Billy. He blushed and almost dropped his drumstick. Karina turned to him, her deep violet eyes shimmering. He was just about to lean closer when she snapped, "Hey, you have a drumstick, give it!"
"No! It's my drumstick!" Billy whined.
"Give her the damn drumstick and shut up, boy." Jessie snapped.
"Fine." Billy handed her the drumstick.
Karina blinked. "We could share it." Karina smiled.
Billy smiled back. "OK."
(Girl, you never moved me
Quite the way you moved me tonight
I just wanted you to know
I just wanted you to know)
"Aw look, the 'We'll Give You a Cavity With Our Sweet Cuteness' couple is sharing a drumstick." Sierra said sarcastically.
"They're a cute couple. You're just jealous." Sigurd laughed gently.
"No way." Sierra muttered and then began to regret agreeing to the deal. She could see how much the two cared about each other, and she was going to be the one to tear them apart.
(You shouldn't kiss me this
Unless you mean it like that
'Cuz I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at)
"The hell is going on up there?!" Brad yelled from the bottom of the stairs, where Karina, Fei, Billy, Bart, Jessie and Citan were standing.
"Dancing!" Karina said.
"The hell?! That ain't dancing!" Brad yelled.
"Sigurd and Sierra are dancing." Billy replied.
"Sigurd and Sierra are up there too?!" Brad turned around. "Oh, my poor pure sister is being turned into a toy!!"
(And we'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinning around
And around
And around
And around)
"Are you really going to stay.?" Sigurd murmured into her ear.
"I don't come back on a promise, Sigurd." Sierra replied and clung onto his shoulder.
"Seriously?" Sigurd asked.
"Of course." Sierra nodded.
"I knew you could pull off gentle." Sigurd smiled.
"I'll show you gentle." Sierra snapped and stepped on his foot.
"Ow!" Sigurd winced.
"Now we're even."
"I knew you'd do that."
(They're all watching us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
But when you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
And if you do
Baby, kiss me again)
"It's so romantic." Karina smiled and took a bite of the drumstick. "Ooh, that's cold."
"Hehe." Billy smiled.
"WHAT THE HELL IS COLD?!" Brad's voice screamed.
"Heehee. Billy, you go some on your nose." Karina giggled.
"Ugh." Bart rolled his eyes.
"I think I love you, Sierra." Sigurd whispered into her ear.
"Sigurd." Sierra whispered and shut her eyes, clinging onto him. ~ I'm so sorry I have to lie to you like this, Sigurd. But I promise I won't let them hurt you. ~ Sierra thought and clenched her eyes together even tighter.
(Kiss me again..)