Here's chapter 17. This will be the last chapter for at least a week, as I'm going camping with my friends all next week. Hope you enjoy this chapter, and thanks for all your reviews.
Lloyd and Sheena walked back down to the entrance hall to meet their guests, whilst holding hands. All the time they were joking about who it could be, from the mayor himself, to the first boy who's nose broke by 'accidentally' falling into Sheena's chest, who retaliated...forcefully.
They were just turning round the last corner, still laughing their heads off at Sheena's harsh, yet effective punishment, when they saw two people, both with silver hair. The taller; a female, the smaller; a young boy.
"Professor Raine?" exclaimed Lloyd in surprise.
"What happened to Mr. 'I'm no longer Lloyd Irving, so you are not my teacher'?" she responded, laughing at their shocked. "If that's the case, why are you calling me 'Professor'?"
"Umm...well..." he was too shocked at their appearance, and even more so by his previous life's teacher's response to answer her question.
"What are you two doing here?" asked an equally shocked Sheena.
"We're the representatives of Iselia." Genis replied proudly.
The couple were dumbfounded of why a teacher and her little brother were chosen to be representatives at a very large gathering, hosted at the largest city in the world.
Noticing their confused faces, Raine added, "The Mayor could make it, so he asked the school to select a very talented teacher to take his place." She stopped to take a large breath, what seemed to be full of immense proud, "I was selected, and I was allowed to bring along a guest."
"So you decided to take your little brother instead of a date?" stated Lloyd.
"She hasn't got anyone to go on a date with." Laughed Genis, "She scares everyone away!" SMACK!
Raine had hit him quiet, hard. "You know very well I couldn't leave you behind to run amuck in the house!" she shouted.
To save the young lad from a massive telling off, Sheena interrupted, "Why don't we go and get some food? My treat!"
"Sounds good!" answered Lloyd happily.
"Yes. I haven't had a good meal in ages." Inputted Raine.
"HEY!" shouted Genis angrily, "I'm the one who cooks!"
"I repeat; I haven't had a good meal in ages."
Lloyd and Sheena couldn't help but laugh. It was strange to hear Raine, who always seemed to be so serious when it came to lessons, teasing her little brother, just like a little girl.
"By the way," started a very annoyed Genis, "where's Lucrus?"
Both Lloyd and Sheena stopped laughing instantly. Lloyd dropped his head in shame, whilst Sheena wrapped an arm around him in support, whilst giving a look to the siblings that obviously said "don't go into it".
"H-How did Orochi take the news of Kuchinawa?" asked Sheena, changing the subject.
Lloyd looked up. Surely this was a good subject for Sheena to get into. 'She must really care for me to make herself feel bad instead of me.' He thought, and he put an arm around her waist.
"Not overly well." Raine replied, "It seems Lucrus was right, he doesn't seem to be in a forgiving mood right now. He seemed to be angrier that it wasn't you who told her as, this is his words by the way, 'all her and her boyfriend's fault.'"
"I-I though as much." Sheena said sadly, which caused Lloyd to increase his grip. "Well anyway, what about that meal I promised you."
About a couple hours later, Lloyd and Sheena had returned to their room, laughing their heads off.
"I still can't believe you beat both the Professor and Genis at that teacher's assessment paper!" laughed Sheena, rather red, as she had drank a bit too much champagne.
"I can't believe you actually got me to take that test!" he replied.
"Well as you discovered, I can be very persuasive when I want." An mischievous grin, showing on her face.
"And so did everyone else at that restaurant." He answered slightly embarrassed, remembering how affective and pleasurable it had been. "Maybe you had a little too much to drink."
"Are you implying that I'm drunk?"
"No, I'm saying that your drunk!" he laughed loudly.
"Well you know what? I'm going to kiss you now, and there's no way you can stop me." And she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately, wrestling his tongue with hers.
Going with the flow, Lloyd returned the kiss, his hands caressing her cheeks. He then moved his hands down her body, and stopped at her hips. Feeling the support on her hips, Sheena jumped and wrapped her legs around him.
"Sheena maybe we should stop." Said Lloyd, a hint of worry in his voice.
"Why? We're just getting started." She answered seductively.
"Sheena you're drunk! You're not completely aware what you're doing. I don't want to do something that we'll regret."
"Oh come..." but before you she could finish, she fell asleep. This, obviously meant she had no grip on Lloyd, but he managed to stop her hitting the floor.
He picked her up in a cradle like fashion, and laid her on the bed, pulling the covers over her. 'That was close,' he thought, but was a bit disappointed that he did stop her.
Trying not to think that he had lost a treat, he entered the bed with Sheena, and soon fell asleep.
Sheena woke up the next morning, with a throbbing headache, but she also notice Lloyd wasn't with her.
"Here." Said a concerned voice.
She turned to see Lloyd, holding out a cup of steaming liquid. "It's a special type of tea, great for headaches."
"Thanks." She said taking the cup, "How did you know about my head?"
"Well," he said blushing, "you kinda got drunk...really drunk. So I guessed you would be needing this."
"Good call." She laughed, but then noticed his blush and guessed something, "Did we..."
"Do you wanna know the true?" he asked, guessing what she was going to say. She nodded, "Well, you tried to. But you fell asleep before we even started."
Sheena blushed furiously, "Lloyd I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry, I wasn't exactly doing my best to stop you." He replied.
Sheena giggled, then took a sip of the tea, "Wow, this is really good, thanks Lloyd!"
"No problem!"
They decided to just have a restful afternoon, Sheena had slept till noon to her disgust, before the party. Lloyd had made a very simple lunch, having not much experience making big meals, which was surprisingly very tasty. It was quite a surprise to them when they realised they had to start getting ready.
A couple hours later, they were both ready to go. Lloyd was in what seemed to be a very simple tuxedo. It was black, with silver buttons, which all had a small symbol of the manufacturer. His shirt had a frilly collar, which truthfully annoyed him quite a bit. However, he decided to put up with it, it was only for tonight after all, and it was Sheena who bought it.
Sheena was wearing a large violet dress that extended all the way down to her feet. It was strapless, and seemed to be made out of really fine silk. The rim around her neck seemed to stop just above her bosom. Though no-one could actually see them, she was wearing purple high heels, which brought her to the same height as her date. She had also decided to let her hair down, which made her look more beautiful than ever before. She had a chain necklace that bore a small, red gemstone that was shaped as a heart.
"Sheena you look gorgeous!" exclaimed Lloyd.
She giggled, "Thanks. You're looking very handsome yourself."
He blushed, "Are...Are you ready to go?"
"Sure lets go." And they locked arms, as they headed to the main hall.
"Here they are!" shouted a voice as soon as they entered, "The two lovebirds of Mizuho."
"Zelos was that really necessary?" asked Sheena, looking very annoyed.
Ignoring this, he raised his hand towards Lloyd, "Nice to meet you, Lloyd isn't it?"
"Y-Yeah," replied Lloyd shaking his hand, "good to meet you too."
"Oh by the way, I'm sorry about the uh...knocking you out thing."
"Oh...that's no problem, I should've been paying more attention on the surroundings." Then, whispering to Sheena, "He doesn't seem that bad." But she just elbowed him in the side playfully.
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you to some of the other representatives. That's Pietro, from Luin, that gorgeous mama over there is Raine, and her brat of a brother from Iselea..."
SMACK! "They're our friends, so don't call them that." Shouted Sheena.
"Sorry! Well anyway, that there's the mayor of Flanoir, no idea of what his name is. That's Regal Bryant's assistant George, you know from the Lezareno Company. That little rosebud is from Ozette, her name's Presea Combatir."
At this, both Lloyd and Sheena stared at each other, thinking the same; Cruxis had found them.
There you go, hope you enjoyed it. Sorry if it seems to be rushed, I wanted to finish it before I go away.