A New Beginning.
Hello again!! Thanks for the reviews!!! I'm so happy that you all
like the story!! I won't keep you here any longer, so read on and enjoy
chap 5!!
*Disclaimer* I don't own Skies of Arcadia Legends or any of its characters, items, places etc. I do own this story and my own characters.
**
Chapter 5
Once again the sun was shining all over Arcadia brining with it beautiful, clear blue skies. Golden sunlight was streaming in through the meeting room window washing over two Blue Rouges.
Vyse was woken up by something tickling his nose. He opened his eyes, blinking in the light, to see vibrant red hair. He was lying on his side on plush red carpet with Aika curled up against him, her arms wrapped around his waist. He could tell from her heavy breathing that she was still asleep.
Vyse's left arm was under Aika, his hand curled upwards around her shoulders. His right arm was locked protectively around her back, holding her close to him. Looking down at the beautiful naked girl in his arms made Vyse's heart race. Vyse had never felt so much happiness before in his life. It was as if his whole body was glowing from the inside out.
Reaching over Aika, he used his free hand to pick up one of the rose petals from the floor and lightly trailed it up and down her bare arm. After a short while Aika opened her eyes and looked up at him, smiling broadly and sleepily. She closed her eyes and buried her face in his shoulder once again, gently dragging her index finger slowly and purposefully up and down his side, making him shudder before brining it to his chest and playfully tracing small circles over his strong pecks.
Vyse wrapped his arms under Aika's shoulders and rolled onto his back pulling her on top of him. He placed his hands on her hips and took her mouth with his, kissing her deeply and passionately.
**
When Vyse finally emerged to the daylight he went to his usual spot by the pond to relax. He was surprised to find Gilder sitting there. Vyse dropped to the ground and leant back against a grey support- pillar. Looking at Gilder he asked, "How's it going? And what're you doing here out of the blue anyway?" Gilder didn't say anything but just gave Vyse a smug, sly look. Vyse raised an eyebrow and asked, "What?" Gilder smiled wider, the smugness growing, and asked, "Was it your first time?"
Vyse was taken aback by Gilder's blunt question and blinked several times before realising what his older friend meant. "What?! I, no- ....how did you know?" Vyse demanded. Gilder threw his head back and laughed, "There's only one thing that could put a smile like that on a man's face!" Vyse didn't know what to say- Gilder was totally obsessed!
Vyse was saved from this weird conversation by Aika who knelt down beside him. She smiled at Gilder and said, "Hi! How're you?" Gilder just answered, "Fine, but not as good as you!" and laughed harder. Aika gave Vyse a questioning look and he shook his head muttering, "Ignore him." Aika shrugged and said, "I was just talking to Fina, Eric invited us to join them on a double-date later. It sounds cool! You up for it?" Vyse flashed a smile, "Cool!" Aika stood up and dusted off her yellow dress. Vyse followed suit and made a last attempt at talking to Gilder, "We gotta go, talk to you later, k?" Gilder just managed to say, "Don't stay up too late!" before breaking into a loud, hearty laugh.
Vyse and Aika found Fina sitting with Cupil by the grey stone fountain. They joined her and Vyse said, "Aika told me bout the double- date. So where're we going?" Fina thought for a moment before replying, "I think Eric called it an 'ice-skating rink'? Seemingly you put on shoes with metal blades and try to walk on the ice. It sounds kind of dangerous to me." Vyse smiled in amusement, it had been a while since Fina had found a new word. "Trust me, it's safe. So where abouts is it?" questioned the brown-haired boy. "Somewhere in New Valua. Eric's picking us up in his ship at six." Answered Fina. "New Valua!? But shouldn't they be building houses and hospitals and stuff before starting on ice-rinks?" Vyse asked, surprised. Aika who had heard all the plans from Fina already had been absently playing with the cool, clear water but stopped to answer Vyse's question. "Yeah, Enrique and everyone are working on making as many houses as possible, but Izmael insisted that what those people need most right now is somewhere to have fun and forget about their worries. He has a point. And he's been working flat out for the last three weeks to get it ready."
"New Valua is gonna great when it's done." said Vyse. The two girls murmured agreement, Aika began playing with the water in the fountain again and Fina stared into space, a pensive look on her face. Vyse took the opportunity to study Fina closely. Her lips were curled up into a small smile and she had a distant look in her emerald green eyes. Vyse thought that, if anything, she looked happy, and besides Aika would have warned him not to bring up the subject of Eric if Fina had any doubts or worries. Vyse took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "So Fina, how do you like Eric?" Aika stopped splashing and looked curiously at Fina, who smiled widely and said, "He is a very nice man. I really like being with him."
Aika, satisfied with Fina's response, went back to messing with the water, Vyse knew that Fina was incapable of telling a lie, but he got the feeling that there was something that she wasn't telling them so he tried again, "Do you think it's gonna last?" Fina looked at her watch and exclaimed, "I don't want to be late. I'm just going to go and get ready. Please excuse me." With that the young Silvite got up and walked gracefully to her room, shutting the door behind her.
Vyse still thought that there was something that Fina wasn't letting on, but he couldn't understand girls at the best of times and Aika seemed to think that they were getting on okay so he pushed any negative thoughts to the back of his mind.
**
It was eight o' clock when they walked through the gates to the ice-rink. There was no admission fee and it seemed like half of the population of Valua were skating on the white-blue ice or sitting in the 'ice café' drinking loqua. Eric entered first, with his arm around Fina, and led the way to the café, Vyse and Aika following closely. Eric found a table and the girls sat down, leaving the boys to go up to the small bar to get the drinks. Vyse slid onto a barstool and crossed his arms on the red plastic counter. Eric sat next to him, trying to get the attention of one of the three barmaids. After catching the eye of a pretty, brunette he turned to Vyse, drumming his fingers on the counter.
Vyse, as the man out of the three friends, felt kind of responsible for looking out for the two girls and he knew there was something up with Fina so, over the noise of the chattering crowd and the clinking of glasses and loqua bottles, Vyse said to Eric, "Fina likes you a lot you know. Do you think you're going anywhere?" Eric answered after a short pause, "Yeah. She's really sound but she's not the kind of girl to rush into anything really. Besides I barely even know her!" The conversation was interrupted by the brown-haired barmaid coming to take their order. The two men returned to the blue plastic table, Vyse with a bottle of loqua in each hand, Eric with a Pepsi and a glass of still water.
Vyse sat next to Aika and put his arm around her shoulders. She and Fina were engaged in an animated conversation about how Gilder could have possibly made it to number one on the wanted list. Again. Fina just finished telling how Gilder had properly kidnapped the whole of Ixa- ness village and tried to make himself their 'leader'
Eric laughed out along with Vyse and Aika and placed his hand on Fina's. She looked at their hands and blushed slightly then looked lovingly at Eric. Still Vyse couldn't help noticing how she didn't hold his gaze for very long.
Aika finished her Pepsi and was very eager to get out onto the ice so all four of them walked over to the counter to rent their skates. While Eric was asking for the skates Vyse took Fina aside and asked her, "Look Fina, honestly do you like Eric? You don't have to go out with him just for Aika and my sakes you know." Fina shook her head and said, "I do like Eric, He's very considerate of me. He's a lovely man," Eric then called Fina over so he could put on her shoes for her.
Aika came over to Vyse and asked, "What was all that 'bout?" Vyse sighed and said "I was just getting the feeling that there's something that Fina's not telling us about Eric but she insists that she likes him. I dunno." Aika bit her bottom lip and whispered, "I was getting that feeling too. I didn't want to say anything though." She stopped talking to pull on a yellow hoodie on over her dress. Vyse looked at it and questioned, "Is that new?" Aika answered tugging at the yellow material, "What this? No I borrowed it from Clara. I thought that it might be cold on the ice." Vyse put on a look of mock astonishment on his features, "That girl has clothes that aren't pink!?!" Aika laughed and the two of them went to put on their skates and follow Eric and Fina onto the ice.
Aika circled around Vyse again and taunted, "C'mon, you can do better than that!" before turning on the heel of her blade and skating away in the opposite direction. Vyse picked up speed and tore after her. For someone who could be so tomboyish and clumsy, Aika was really graceful on the ice. Vyse lost sight of her in the crowd of skaters and skidded to a halt. Looking around he saw Fina and Eric. Eric was trying to show Fina how to skate without falling over. He skated ahead of her and turned to face her again encouraging her to skate. Fina started to cautiously inch forward while Eric shouted skating tips at her.
Vyse sensed what was going to happen before it happened. Fina began to wobble and fell backwards. Vyse rushed over to her but was only halfway there when he stopped. Fina had been caught by a tall, blonde tanned guy with deep sky-blue eyes who, Vyse thought looked about Fina's age.
Eric rushed to Fina's aid not looking too happy with the blonde man who was still holding Fina in his arms. Vyse couldn't hear them over the noise in the rink but he saw Eric saying something to the to the man and leading a blushing Fina to the other side of the rink.
After two hours of chasing Aika around the ice, Vyse replaced his skates with his brown leather boots and went to join Fina and Eric at the table that they had retreated to half an hour ago. Aika joined the party and pulled off the hoodie in the heat of the café. Fina looked utterly exhausted and Eric, shooting her a caring look said to the other two, "I think it's about time we turned in. What do toy think?" Vyse and Aika agreed standing up.
After tonight Vyse's suspicions about Fina and Eric were even more mixed up. She seemed so happy with him, but Vyse was sure that there was something that she wasn't telling them. Why did girls have to be so complicated?
**
Well I hoped you liked chap 5. I know it was kinda short, but its sorta a build up for the next one. I'll have that up soon. In the meantime please review!! Bye for now! Aika o
Hello again!! Thanks for the reviews!!! I'm so happy that you all
like the story!! I won't keep you here any longer, so read on and enjoy
chap 5!!
*Disclaimer* I don't own Skies of Arcadia Legends or any of its characters, items, places etc. I do own this story and my own characters.
**
Chapter 5
Once again the sun was shining all over Arcadia brining with it beautiful, clear blue skies. Golden sunlight was streaming in through the meeting room window washing over two Blue Rouges.
Vyse was woken up by something tickling his nose. He opened his eyes, blinking in the light, to see vibrant red hair. He was lying on his side on plush red carpet with Aika curled up against him, her arms wrapped around his waist. He could tell from her heavy breathing that she was still asleep.
Vyse's left arm was under Aika, his hand curled upwards around her shoulders. His right arm was locked protectively around her back, holding her close to him. Looking down at the beautiful naked girl in his arms made Vyse's heart race. Vyse had never felt so much happiness before in his life. It was as if his whole body was glowing from the inside out.
Reaching over Aika, he used his free hand to pick up one of the rose petals from the floor and lightly trailed it up and down her bare arm. After a short while Aika opened her eyes and looked up at him, smiling broadly and sleepily. She closed her eyes and buried her face in his shoulder once again, gently dragging her index finger slowly and purposefully up and down his side, making him shudder before brining it to his chest and playfully tracing small circles over his strong pecks.
Vyse wrapped his arms under Aika's shoulders and rolled onto his back pulling her on top of him. He placed his hands on her hips and took her mouth with his, kissing her deeply and passionately.
**
When Vyse finally emerged to the daylight he went to his usual spot by the pond to relax. He was surprised to find Gilder sitting there. Vyse dropped to the ground and leant back against a grey support- pillar. Looking at Gilder he asked, "How's it going? And what're you doing here out of the blue anyway?" Gilder didn't say anything but just gave Vyse a smug, sly look. Vyse raised an eyebrow and asked, "What?" Gilder smiled wider, the smugness growing, and asked, "Was it your first time?"
Vyse was taken aback by Gilder's blunt question and blinked several times before realising what his older friend meant. "What?! I, no- ....how did you know?" Vyse demanded. Gilder threw his head back and laughed, "There's only one thing that could put a smile like that on a man's face!" Vyse didn't know what to say- Gilder was totally obsessed!
Vyse was saved from this weird conversation by Aika who knelt down beside him. She smiled at Gilder and said, "Hi! How're you?" Gilder just answered, "Fine, but not as good as you!" and laughed harder. Aika gave Vyse a questioning look and he shook his head muttering, "Ignore him." Aika shrugged and said, "I was just talking to Fina, Eric invited us to join them on a double-date later. It sounds cool! You up for it?" Vyse flashed a smile, "Cool!" Aika stood up and dusted off her yellow dress. Vyse followed suit and made a last attempt at talking to Gilder, "We gotta go, talk to you later, k?" Gilder just managed to say, "Don't stay up too late!" before breaking into a loud, hearty laugh.
Vyse and Aika found Fina sitting with Cupil by the grey stone fountain. They joined her and Vyse said, "Aika told me bout the double- date. So where're we going?" Fina thought for a moment before replying, "I think Eric called it an 'ice-skating rink'? Seemingly you put on shoes with metal blades and try to walk on the ice. It sounds kind of dangerous to me." Vyse smiled in amusement, it had been a while since Fina had found a new word. "Trust me, it's safe. So where abouts is it?" questioned the brown-haired boy. "Somewhere in New Valua. Eric's picking us up in his ship at six." Answered Fina. "New Valua!? But shouldn't they be building houses and hospitals and stuff before starting on ice-rinks?" Vyse asked, surprised. Aika who had heard all the plans from Fina already had been absently playing with the cool, clear water but stopped to answer Vyse's question. "Yeah, Enrique and everyone are working on making as many houses as possible, but Izmael insisted that what those people need most right now is somewhere to have fun and forget about their worries. He has a point. And he's been working flat out for the last three weeks to get it ready."
"New Valua is gonna great when it's done." said Vyse. The two girls murmured agreement, Aika began playing with the water in the fountain again and Fina stared into space, a pensive look on her face. Vyse took the opportunity to study Fina closely. Her lips were curled up into a small smile and she had a distant look in her emerald green eyes. Vyse thought that, if anything, she looked happy, and besides Aika would have warned him not to bring up the subject of Eric if Fina had any doubts or worries. Vyse took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "So Fina, how do you like Eric?" Aika stopped splashing and looked curiously at Fina, who smiled widely and said, "He is a very nice man. I really like being with him."
Aika, satisfied with Fina's response, went back to messing with the water, Vyse knew that Fina was incapable of telling a lie, but he got the feeling that there was something that she wasn't telling them so he tried again, "Do you think it's gonna last?" Fina looked at her watch and exclaimed, "I don't want to be late. I'm just going to go and get ready. Please excuse me." With that the young Silvite got up and walked gracefully to her room, shutting the door behind her.
Vyse still thought that there was something that Fina wasn't letting on, but he couldn't understand girls at the best of times and Aika seemed to think that they were getting on okay so he pushed any negative thoughts to the back of his mind.
**
It was eight o' clock when they walked through the gates to the ice-rink. There was no admission fee and it seemed like half of the population of Valua were skating on the white-blue ice or sitting in the 'ice café' drinking loqua. Eric entered first, with his arm around Fina, and led the way to the café, Vyse and Aika following closely. Eric found a table and the girls sat down, leaving the boys to go up to the small bar to get the drinks. Vyse slid onto a barstool and crossed his arms on the red plastic counter. Eric sat next to him, trying to get the attention of one of the three barmaids. After catching the eye of a pretty, brunette he turned to Vyse, drumming his fingers on the counter.
Vyse, as the man out of the three friends, felt kind of responsible for looking out for the two girls and he knew there was something up with Fina so, over the noise of the chattering crowd and the clinking of glasses and loqua bottles, Vyse said to Eric, "Fina likes you a lot you know. Do you think you're going anywhere?" Eric answered after a short pause, "Yeah. She's really sound but she's not the kind of girl to rush into anything really. Besides I barely even know her!" The conversation was interrupted by the brown-haired barmaid coming to take their order. The two men returned to the blue plastic table, Vyse with a bottle of loqua in each hand, Eric with a Pepsi and a glass of still water.
Vyse sat next to Aika and put his arm around her shoulders. She and Fina were engaged in an animated conversation about how Gilder could have possibly made it to number one on the wanted list. Again. Fina just finished telling how Gilder had properly kidnapped the whole of Ixa- ness village and tried to make himself their 'leader'
Eric laughed out along with Vyse and Aika and placed his hand on Fina's. She looked at their hands and blushed slightly then looked lovingly at Eric. Still Vyse couldn't help noticing how she didn't hold his gaze for very long.
Aika finished her Pepsi and was very eager to get out onto the ice so all four of them walked over to the counter to rent their skates. While Eric was asking for the skates Vyse took Fina aside and asked her, "Look Fina, honestly do you like Eric? You don't have to go out with him just for Aika and my sakes you know." Fina shook her head and said, "I do like Eric, He's very considerate of me. He's a lovely man," Eric then called Fina over so he could put on her shoes for her.
Aika came over to Vyse and asked, "What was all that 'bout?" Vyse sighed and said "I was just getting the feeling that there's something that Fina's not telling us about Eric but she insists that she likes him. I dunno." Aika bit her bottom lip and whispered, "I was getting that feeling too. I didn't want to say anything though." She stopped talking to pull on a yellow hoodie on over her dress. Vyse looked at it and questioned, "Is that new?" Aika answered tugging at the yellow material, "What this? No I borrowed it from Clara. I thought that it might be cold on the ice." Vyse put on a look of mock astonishment on his features, "That girl has clothes that aren't pink!?!" Aika laughed and the two of them went to put on their skates and follow Eric and Fina onto the ice.
Aika circled around Vyse again and taunted, "C'mon, you can do better than that!" before turning on the heel of her blade and skating away in the opposite direction. Vyse picked up speed and tore after her. For someone who could be so tomboyish and clumsy, Aika was really graceful on the ice. Vyse lost sight of her in the crowd of skaters and skidded to a halt. Looking around he saw Fina and Eric. Eric was trying to show Fina how to skate without falling over. He skated ahead of her and turned to face her again encouraging her to skate. Fina started to cautiously inch forward while Eric shouted skating tips at her.
Vyse sensed what was going to happen before it happened. Fina began to wobble and fell backwards. Vyse rushed over to her but was only halfway there when he stopped. Fina had been caught by a tall, blonde tanned guy with deep sky-blue eyes who, Vyse thought looked about Fina's age.
Eric rushed to Fina's aid not looking too happy with the blonde man who was still holding Fina in his arms. Vyse couldn't hear them over the noise in the rink but he saw Eric saying something to the to the man and leading a blushing Fina to the other side of the rink.
After two hours of chasing Aika around the ice, Vyse replaced his skates with his brown leather boots and went to join Fina and Eric at the table that they had retreated to half an hour ago. Aika joined the party and pulled off the hoodie in the heat of the café. Fina looked utterly exhausted and Eric, shooting her a caring look said to the other two, "I think it's about time we turned in. What do toy think?" Vyse and Aika agreed standing up.
After tonight Vyse's suspicions about Fina and Eric were even more mixed up. She seemed so happy with him, but Vyse was sure that there was something that she wasn't telling them. Why did girls have to be so complicated?
**
Well I hoped you liked chap 5. I know it was kinda short, but its sorta a build up for the next one. I'll have that up soon. In the meantime please review!! Bye for now! Aika o