Differences Sets Aside

Holly awoke the next morning in Genki's arms completely naked. She shivered and snuggled closer to him, the cave was damp and cold after the storm the previous night. For a few minutes she just lay in his arm's thinking about what he had said last night. She began to wonder what his religion was like a little. It was obviously tolerative of other religions and they didn't force the religion on anyone. The only other thing she knew was he believed in God but she knew nothing else. *I wonder if he would mind telling me about it* she thought. Genki began to stir a little; without opening his eyes his hand came up and caressed her cheek gently. She smiled and kissed him softly,

"Good morning love."

"Good morning Holly," he smiled, finally opening his eyes to gaze into hers. She smiled to him returning the loving gaze that he held in his eyes. He leaned forward and kissed her gently, they kissed for a few moments before he broke the kiss softly.
"Genki can I ask you something?" She carefully inquired. He smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can, I'll answer any question you may have." She hesitated a little.

"I'd like to know about your religion if that's alright, what you said last night confused me and I'd like to know more bout it. Maybe then I can understand." She said quickly expecting him to get angry with her for some reason. To her surprise he chuckled, his hand came to her cheek again to gently stroke it.

"If you want to know about it then I'll explain it to you." He then began to tell her about his beliefs and about the bible. She listened intently, trying to make sense of what he was telling her. She waited till he was done before asking.

"But how can you accept me or not force your religion on me Genki?" He chuckled and smiled to her.

"I can accept you because with my religion is has to be a voluntary acceptance of in into your life it can not be forced, also I see nothing wrong with you believing something different, it is your choice and your right to do so. I would not attempt to take that freedom away from anyone. I treat people the same way I want to be treated. Not all people of my religion are like me in my belief we all find our own meaning from the bible, and develop our own understanding, some are forceful and others are hypocritical but its still comes down to choices in our lives that make the difference. All I want is for you to be happy. I'm content with my choice and I just want you to be with yours Holly. That's all" He leaned over and kissed her softly for a moment. She looked in shock from what he had said; she had never met anyone like him before in her entire life. She wasn't sure what to say, she just kind of stared into his eyes trying to make sense of everything he said. Genki knew what was wrong and just patently waited; he knew she would need time to understand if she ever did understand him. He smiled and gazed back into her stare lovingly and calmly, his hand stroking her cheek again. She finally broke the stare and buried her face in his chest; he held her close and kissed her forehead.

"Genki I still don't understand" was all she said. He rubbed her back gently and responded,

"You may never understand, just be patient. If you're going to understand at all it make take some time. Besides does that really matter?" she looked up at him in surprise. He gazed at her lovingly and waited for her response.

"I guess not but I want to understand. Do you understand Wicca?"

"Not entirely. But it's more of a personal barrier then an understanding. I understand most of the things but because of the way I am…." He thought a moment how to put this so it wouldn't offend her in anyway, "….I can't understand some things, I personally disagree with some things in Wicca. But I don't agree with everything my own religion says either, I believe the bible more then a preacher, but over the years man has changed the bible. It's not completely accurate anymore, but I do believe before the end times a prophet will come to fix that." Holly listened and tried to understand what he was saying.

"So basically your saying you don't understand some stuff in Wicca because you disagree with some of it on a personal level"

"That's basically what I said. I'm sorry if I'm coming off sound like I'm completely against it cause I'm not. I can't really explain what I feel in this matter." He looked at her a little apologetic.

"You do sound like you're against it. I don't see how you can accept me if you're against me." She cried rather angry with him. Genki was startled by her outburst; he pulled her close and said in a soothing tone.

"I'm not against you Holly. And I do accept you just the way you are. Just cause I disagree with something doesn't mean I'm against it all together." She buried her face in his chest again rather upset with him. *sigh* "Holly I was raised in this religion by my parents, my dad didn't tolerate other religions and my mom avoid religious conversations with others normally. I have some of their characteristics in religion but I decided years ago to accept all other religions around me. I figured it's a personal choice you have to make to weather a certain religion fits you, or if you even believe in it. Just like your parents and family passed on some religious characteristics to you." She looked up at him finally, starting to understand. "Holly as long as you're happy with what you believe in then I'm happy too. I may not be able to convert to your religion for you and I don't expect you to convert for me, but as long as we're both happy and love each other. I don't think religion really matters anymore."

"Maybe your right Genki. I'm sorry"

"It's ok Holly. Don't worry about it." He leaned over and kissed her softly. Her hand come up and rested on the back of his head. They began to make out, Genki being very gentle and letting Holly guide him. When they stopped she was blushing. Genki gave her a quizzical look.

"It's just your so kind and gentle to me. I never realized how gentle you really could be till now." He nodded in understanding.

"I'll always be gentle for you Holly." She smiled, and shifted closer to him shivering a little. "We should put our clothes back on. I'll need to make a repair on your jet and then we have to find the others." She nodded and they got up and put them back on. She still shivered so he unzipped the sleeping bag and placed it around her shoulders like a blanket.

"Thank you Genki." He smiled to her and went to where the jets were to start repairing hers.

After taking a closer look at her left most engine it look like an easy fix. He had it fixed with in an hour and checked the rest of her plane over, find a few other things that needed fixing.

Soon they heard some static it turned out to be the other on the CB.

Balanka: "Genki are you and Holly alright? Over."

"Yes we're fine but Holly jet took some damage so it'll take me a little bit to fix it. Over."

Balanka: "How long do you think over."

"Couple hours I'd say. I still have to check mine over to see if I took any damage that will need to be fixed. Over."

Balanka: "Ok we'll wait here for you. Try to be here within 4 hours ok? Over."

"Ok I'll try. Over and out." Holly had made them something to eat while he was fixing her engine. He sat down next to her eating rather quickly.

"So can you fix it?" He looked up and grinned at her.

"Of course, it's not as bad as it looks." He finish up within a few minutes and went back to work. Holly watched from a distance, fascinated. He finished with hers within 2 hours then checked his over. Finding some damage to his as well. Within and hour he had it fixed and sat down by Holly, who was sitting on the sleeping bag, which she had zipped back up. "All done we can leave at anytime now."

"Well if you don't mind I'd like to do something before we leave." She leaned over and whispered to him. He looked back at her rather shocked, he had been caught off guard.

"Can I ask why…" she stopped him kissing him lovingly and deeply. He fell backwards to the floor and she fell on top of him. When she broke the kiss she said.

"Sometimes its better not to ask Genki"

A few miles away…

The monsters and Alpha squadron awaited Genki and Holly. Tiger paced impatiently, while Suezo just sat nervously.

"They are fine, it will take a little bit to repair Holly's jet. It'll all depend on what was damaged to how long. They will be here soon enough." Katanna commented to those eager for their arrival. Tiger lay down and basically tried to go to sleep. Most of the others had found something to do while they waited. The Alpha squadron sat together talking about the strategies their enemy had used and how they should attack the next time to avoid a similar problem. Suezo sat by himself thinking *Holly please be safe, I just hope you weren't hurt when the jet was damaged.* Sky walked over to him and sat down.

"She's fine Suezo. Genki is the most experienced fighter we have, there is no one safer for her to be with." She smiled to him.

"I know that. I just wish I knew for sure she was safe." He looked rather distressed. Sky placed her hand on his cheek and smiled to him.

"They will be here soon, don't worry." He nodded and she rejoined her squadron.

Back in the cave…

Genki lay on his back panting heavily, he was in beast form now. Holly laid next to him, breathing hard as well. She shifted to lay her head on his broad chest now. He put his arms around her and tried to catch his breath. He whispered "Holly your very talented in many ways I never knew of" she smiled and whispered back.

"So are you Genki, so are you" He nipped her neck softly, she tilted her head for him. He continued for a few minutes before kissing her. She smiled to him.

"We should get back to the others"

"I know, I wish I could just stay here with you though"

"So do I but we can pick up on this after we save the world." He kissed her gently and gave her a wink.

"Alright, then I guess we can go" she giggled a little. They both got up and got ready to go, packing up and redressing again. Genki shifted back to his human form and they got in, turned the jets around carefully, and then took off. Heading to where the others were on the radar.

A few miles away….

Genki and Holly radioed in that they were coming the others gathered near the meadow where they were to land. Soon they appeared in the sky, both coming in perfectly and landing. The others asked them a lot of questions at once. Genki just held of his hands and said

"Both jets took damage, Holly's was damaged more, the left engine was damaged during the fight yesterday. We're both fine we found a cave to say in and I did the repairs this morning."

"Well we're all glad your safe" Tiger piped up. They all sat down to eat dinner and plan for the next day. Everyone telling Holly and Genki how worried they were and how glad they were they both were back safely. After planning a little bit with Genki's strategic help they decided to call it a night. The sun had been down for over and hour, they had been devising plans for about 3 hours now. Genki got up saying he had a headache, he took some medication for it and pullout his sleeping bag. Holly came over asking him if he was alright. He told her he was and she lay down in the sleeping back next to him. He put his arm around her and they discussed what had happened between them in hushed voices. The other smiled and discussed what might have happened between them while they were gone, coming up with many different ideas. Some Suezo really disliked because of there content. But they others finally settled down to sleep as well. Genki and Holly were the last ones awake and spoke in whispers to each other.

"Genki as long as we're together I'll be happy. Nothing else matters to me as much as being loved by you and loving you." He smiled and stroked her cheek gently.

"I'm glad you feel the same way I do Holly. I'll always be with you, that I promise." She kissed him softly.

"I know you will. We should get some rest now." He nodded in agreement.

"Good night love"

"Good night to you too Holly, my sweet heart." She blushed and he chuckled smiling. Then he snuggled up with her and they both fell fast asleep.