Greetin's and salutations fanfic readers! As you may know, I've been planning this story since quite a while. However, there's been much delay due to events IRL that have deterred me from giving 100 effort on this story. To make it easier for me to write this I've changed certain aspects of the story. Let's just say if everything went according to plan, this story would be General, Action/Adventure fic instead of General, Romance ;-)

Disclaimer: The proper nouns (and common, I s'pose) that have been thought up by Blizzard is Blizzard's property. Names, plot, and especially main char names are mine! Iz'zat it? Yep, think so - Gets zapped by Zeus OW! Oh, yeah I don't own anything that comes from ancient Greek mythology, k Zeus? Okay. W00TAGE!

Chapter 1: An age old story

Sixteen-year-old Tyler Munroe stood in the back of the Holopic theatre. He was standing there in glowing appearance as he wore his full-dress uniform with its sparkling airman wings pinned to his chest. He had just come from his graduation from the Flight Academy, top of his class and had the reputation of holding the record-breaking 500 kills in the combat simulator.

He knew he was too young to join the Air corps, first signing up at the age of thirteen. His sister was even more iffy at the age of eleven. They had joined because of poverty, being orphaned when they were infants. But, they weren't only downcast because they had no parents; on the contrary it was directly because of their parents. You see, they were not human. Their appearance and hereditary genes were identical to humans, but the people of Earth had another name for their kind; terrans.

Tyler and his sister, Erika were found onboard a merchant freighter on the fringes of Directorate space, given to an orphanage on a small planet called Vraxia that quickly closed down after their arrival and forced a six-year old Tyler to fend for the two of them himself. He pulled it off, working small-time when he grew older, begging when still young. However, eventually Vraxian Government bettered the planet's economical state; low-end jobs went down as major corporations grew.

Erika had been willing to offer herself as a prostitute when their funds grew low. Tyler rejected the idea up front. Soon she managed to come up with another, smarter suggestion; to join the armed forces. Tyler had been taken aback, but soon saw the logic. Soldiers were given three full meals (provided they behaved properly) and were given clean shelter – what did they call it? Ah, yes; quarters.

They decided against joining the marines, the recruiting officer would never accept them at such a young age anyway. To join the Stellar Navy they would need an acute knowledge of science and math, to which neither of them possessed with their education limited to the local library. They decided to join the Air corps, perhaps as dropship pilots. However, Tyler grew a natural talent at piloting and was soon transferred to the Fighter corps. Erika had been an average pilot throughout, only managing to show her talent when she and Tyler had paired up as wingmen. Because of that they earned themselves their callsigns; Aries and Eris, the mythological Greek gods of destruction. They too were brother and sister where Aries could stand alone in many of the myths while Eris was rarely mentioned when not accompanied by her brother. The names suited them. They were naturally bonded those two, due to their experience on Vraxian streets. No other siblings could be as close as them.

But back in the Holopic theatre Tyler could not remember this. Indeed he could not think at all. He was not sure if he was even breathing! You see, Tyler was lost in a world of paradise, his body rigid – or was it slack? Bah, he couldn't feel a thing! You see Tyler was sealed in something ever so wonderful to a sixteen-year-old boy; a kiss.

His sweetheart, Jia, was in his arms and was wrapping herself around his lips. It was bliss, being able to feel the texture of her perfect teeth, her soft tongue, and her smooth saliva. This was his second kiss he had received in his lifetime. His first had been given to him thirty seconds ago, until the young couple parted for a moment to blush intensely before sealing themselves once more in the embrace of the lips. Now they were kissing frantically, their tongues exploring each others mouths and Tyler's arms rested on Jia's hips while Jia's grasped Tyler's shoulders. To Tyler's regret they parted and Tyler remembered the strange concept of fillings one's lungs with oxygen. Jia looked down self-consciously, her snowy-white skin glowing red with embarrassment. Jia was always shy and silent, Tyler adored her for that. She looked so cute at that moment so that Tyler laid his hand on her cheek to bring her gaze to meet his. She smiled nervously at him and Tyler wanted to say something affectionate, but alas his power of speech had not returned as quickly as his breathing.

Instead he gazed into her beautiful eyes. Tyler had once thought that 'beautiful eyes' was a lie, nothing more than an invention from holopic directors wanting to give their film dramatic dialogue. But, her eyes were truly beautiful. Brown, wide almond-shaped, with eyebrows arched high above them, contrasting to the traditional shape of eyes her race bore. She was from Eastern Earth, once known as Asia, specifically Korea. The rest of her looked as a Korean should look; snowy-white skin, a face that thinned out towards the chin, a small straight nose with a thin mouth that would easily form dimples on her smooth face when she would move it. She was thin, and her body was still straight, having not born the curves it deserved while still at a young age. Her reddish-brown hair was ever so skillfully tied with her own hands to a small pin that formed her hair into a feather like shape at the back of her head, while at the front her hair would fall so gracefully over her forehead from the center, parting off to the sides. Tyler loved this girl with all his heart, even if he didn't know it himself – Tyler also believed that teenage love was made up by holopic directors.

Tyler first saw Meng-Jia Tsong while walking from the Flight Academy to lunch at Denzer's Diner on a lunch period. Jia was standing in the front courtyard of her high-school, chatting with her friends in their language which Tyler didn't understand. Tyler gathered up courage to talk to Jia the next week, helped by a pep-talk from Erika. Jia was very, very kind, in Tyler's opinion, to allow herself to be seen talking to this terran flight cadet. Jia only had a handful of Korean friends (which is a prime example at her shyness) at her school which was populated mostly by Westerners. Tyler himself was obviously not a westerner when talked to. He bore an accent different from the rest; they had called it a British accent. What 'British' was, Tyler didn't know.

After a month of being friends with Jia, Tyler had decided time was ripe. It was Jia's birthday when Tyler set his plan into action. It took a lot of courage to approach Jia in her school at a free period with his heart beating faster than a three barreled rail-gun fired out slugs. In front of everyone and out of the wild blue he had popped his confetti popper which brought everyone's head around to see what the commotion was. Jia shrieked in surprise at the pop and was even more delighted when Tyler gave Jia a huge stuffed dog which she loved so much she forgot her shyness and hugged it so adorably. Such a wonderful surprise Tyler had given her; no one knew it was Jia's birthday, she told no one, a prime example of her shyness. Tyler had found out on his own by pure luck. Her eyes glowed at him, Tyler would never forget that spark in her eyes at that moment. But, it was the note which stupefied her. The note was attached to the dog's collar, on it was a poem written by Tyler in Korean characters. A poem which announced that Tyler's action was more than a pleasant surprise when a friend wanted to wish another friend a memorable happy birthday, it announced Tyler's interest in her and Jia's attitude towards him changed drastically over the next few months.

Asians are a proud race and Jia was naturally shy – not a very good mixture in Tyler's situation. Her instinct – possibly even her parents were not comfortable with Jia going out with someone who was not Korean, much less someone who was not human. From then on Tyler tried desperately, awkwardly casting a smile towards her when he would pass the school campus, the odd chocolates sent by mail to her condominium. But, she would not have any of Tyler Munroe for the next few months. Her eyes would cast remorselessly in the opposite direction of him whenever he would be in the same vicinity, the beating of a tactful retreat into the woman's bathroom when Tyler would try to talk to her. But it eventually paid off. His casual guitar performance in front of his fellow cadets while sitting on top of the front fountain while interested bodies would drift over to the aloof musician while busier bodies would simply push through the crowd into the Academy's front doors. He would play every Tuesday since he was granted a two hour free time on that day. Fate had placed Jia right in front of the Academy on one faithful Tuesday. In the middle of a rather lively song which involved lot's of guitar playing and simple lyrics, Jia's eyes had been naturally drawn to the source of the music. It was another stroke of faith that his eyes should look up to the exact point where the unexpected face of Jia was there watching him. She naturally looked away immediately and blushed because of her shyness.

But she was trapped now, she had been caught looking at him, in the middle of his gang; the Flight Academy. She was pushed into the small crowd by a small brown-haired girl who apparently was in great haste to join the audience (Unknown to Jia that the girl was actually Erika), escape made impossible she decided to keep her gaze low until she could leave. However, Tyler's knowledge of Jia's presence had him change the attitude at the blink of an eye. The very next song was the most romantic song Tyler knew. He played his old-fashioned solid black electric guitar into an instrument of love. She couldn't keep her gaze down any longer; the song had moved her inside. Tyler didn't leave it at that, he threw caution into the wind at the last verse. With his mind working frantically for the words of the next sentence of the song he sang the last verse slowly…in Korean! The audience that was unaware of Jia's presence was definitely aware of it now. She melted for him then, that boy, and Tyler knew it.

Another year of wonderful dates and laughs with Jia had occurred. She had accepted him as an equal at last and now she was not afraid to be seen in public laughing and joking with him. Her parents were still wary of Tyler but a few months of seeing Jia so happy changed their mind. They could treat him as an equal as well, inviting him for dinner on the weekends and letting him sit on the same couch as them when they would watch television on the evenings. Now they had come from a celebration at the day of Tyler's graduation and ending climatically at the small corner in the Holopic theatre. As these memories filled Tyler's head again his voice returned to him and evidently so did Jia's.

"No Sa – " she blurted out and changed tack at the speed of light "Sa – ow – und coming from the lobby anymore." She finished with her cheeks glowing red again.

She had meant to say 'No sarang hae' which translated directly into 'I love you'. It had, evidently, been the only thing on her mind at the time and apparently the abrupt return of her voice forced to blurt out the words before she could stop herself. Tyler couldn't let the girl he loved hang like that.

"I love you too." He said moving his face closer to hers so she could see the honesty in his eyes. She looked up to him, it looked as if she were on the verge of tears. She launched herself into his arms and embraced him. Upon doing so she felt a stiff bulge press against her when her body pressed against his. She deduced it was Tyler's erect manhood. She looked to his face with a open mouth, half smiling and it was Tyler's turn to blush. He had never actually been sexually stimulated by her, at least not like the countless female celebrities aroused him. It was a mark of a different feeling towards her that Tyler knew. It meant he was genuinely attracted to Jia herself, not her body and this was the first time his sexual instincts bubbled up inside him because of Jia.

Jia, being the ever so considerate girl that she was, smiled warmly at Tyler indicating that she didn't mind. She kissed Tyler again, and they continued kissing until late into the night. Tyler finally dropped Jia off at her condo, with one final goodnight smack on the lips she dashed into her room, possibly to hug her pillow or to scribble madly upon her diary. Whichever it was, she left a broadly grinning Tyler standing in the elevator and Tyler maintained that grin all the way back to his quarters and snuck silently into the lower bunk where Erika was already sleeping soundly on the top bunk.

Well, that's the first chapter up and running. Feel free to review, heck if you think my story sux, by all means flame me. But, please be fair.Oh, yeah, Chapter two up probably this weekend I promise some starcraft-ish stuff there.

-NaytchX