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Chapter 6: To Triet!
At the entrance of Iselia
'Whine'
"Alright, let's get goin' then." Lloyd said cheerfully.
Lloyd and Sheena hopped onto Noishe, "Let's go Noishe."
Sheena wrapped her arms around Lloyd's waist, and her body pressed up against Lloyd's, "I'm ready." Noishe started moving.
"Uh…" Lloyd mumbled, starting to blush a bit.
"The breeze is nice isn't it?" Sheena asked playfully, resting her head on Lloyd's back.
"Yeah, it is…" Lloyd said calmly, still blushing, trying to avoid the fact that Sheena's body was touching his like that.
"He's so warm and cuddly…" Sheena thought bashfully.
During the next few minutes, all Lloyd could think about was whether he should tell Sheena how he felt about her or not, "Dammit Genis, why'd you have to bring that up back then? What do I do? How do I tell Sheena? Argh! But everything's perfect the way it is now…like dad said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Sheena on the other hand, was reminiscing about all the great times Lloyd and her had had together, and wondering when Lloyd was going to say something about their relationship.
After an hour or two of day dreaming, Lloyd realized that Noishe had gone off path, "Noishe! What are you doing! Ah! Now I don't think we'll be able to make it to the tower of salvation!"
"Huh…? Lloyd…? What's going on…?" Sheena asked, slowly waking up from a peaceful nap.
"Noishe's gone off path!" Lloyd exclaimed.
'Whine' Noishe whined as he ran faster toward the wrong direction.
"Noishe!" Lloyd shouted.
"Hey Lloyd! What is that up there?" Sheena asked, seeing a weird rock formation.
Within a minute, they reached the rock formation.
"What… I don't recall seeing this before." Lloyd stated.
'Whine' Noishe cried out as he pawed at the grass.
"What is it Noishe?" Lloyd asked, as he and Sheena ran up to Noishe.
"Get back Noishe, CYCLONE SEAL!" Sheena exclaimed as the grass flew up revealing what seemed to be an attempt to construct an underground cave.
"What… is this?" Lloyd asked.
"Uhhh… looks to be some sort of entrance to somewhere." Sheena said.
"Let's try going in." Lloyd suggested. He walked in and Sheena followed.
'Whine' Noishe whined staying in place.
Lloyd sighed, "Scaredy Cat…"
Sheena laughed at his remark.
"Whoa it's really dark in here, hold on. I call upon the light of the heavens. I summon thee, come! Luna! Sheena chanted.
"What can I do for you?" Luna asked.
"Luna, illuminate this cave for us please." Sheena instructed.
Luna lit the cave up, and then disappeared.
"Good idea." Lloyd said as they both looked around.
All they saw was a big and empty cave.
"Hmmm… nothing here…" Lloyd said. Just then his eyes caught hold of something, he saw an exsphere lying on the ground. "Was this… some sort of storage for exspheres…?" He wondered as he destroyed the exsphere."
"Probably." Sheena said as she looked around for any more exspheres.
"Hey what's this?" Lloyd asked as he held up a scrap piece of paper. Lloyd showed it to Sheena and they read it together.
"Forcystus doesn't know what he's getting himself into… I will make him pay severely for what he did to my brother. Hah! That stupid fool doesn't even know what's going to hit him, he's going to be my personal slave once I've taken over this world! No one will be able to stop me! I will build an ARMY of mindless super soilders obeying my every command! Nothing will be able to stop me! I, Lord L-"
"Hmmm… it seems to cut off there… I… I don't like the looks of this." Sheena said.
"Yeah… I don't either." Lloyd agreed.
Lloyd pocketed the scrap of paper as he started feeling the walls for a possible secret entrance somewhere.
"What're you doing?" Sheena asked.
"I'm looking for a secret entrance. Errr… yeah." Lloyd replied dumbly.
Sheena looked surprised, "Good idea Lloyd! You're getting smarter!"
Lloyd blushed, "Sheena!"
Sheena laughed, "What? It's a compliment!"
"Oh." Lloyd replied dumbly.
Sheena laughed again.
After minutes of trying to look for some sort of secret entrance, they found nothing.
"Hmmm, seems like there's nothing but that exsphere I destroyed and this piece of paper." Lloyd sighed, hoping that they would have found something interesting.
"Yeah, it seems so…" Sheena sighed, also hoping for something exciting.
"Common, I think it's time we get outta here." Lloyd said, still thinking about the paper.
"Yeah." Sheena agreed.
With that, they headed back out to Noishe and continued to Triet.
"You know… I just can't stop thinking about this paper… What does it mean… do we still have an enemy out there using exspheres?" Lloyd asked as he took out the piece of paper again.
Sheena looked at Lloyd, then at the piece of paper.
"Beats me…" She said quietly.
"Well… I guess we'll find out later. Hopefully this isn't something big." Lloyd shrugged.
"Yeah…" Sheena agreed.
At the Tethe'alla Base
"Sir!" A person in a desian costume shouted.
Yuan turned around, "What is it?"
"Word from one of our spies have confirmed that there is indeed activity in the area of the Toize Valley Mine." The renegade said.
"I see, thank you for your report." Yuan said, turning back around, "You are dismissed."
"Sir!" The renegade obeyed.
"So they really do exist… I should inform Lloyd at once." Yuan said quietly.
Cut back to Lloyd, Sheena and Noishe.
"Hey Lloyd, it's getting dark… we should set up camp." Sheena suggested.
"You're right… hehe, I'm getting tired too." Lloyd replied, "Alright Noishe, we're setting up camp over there!"
Russle russle
'Whine!' Noishe whine as he stopped in place.
Becoming more aware, Lloyd and Sheena jumped off Noishe, drew their weapons (Materia blades/Divine Judgment), and assumed their battle stances. "Who's there!" Lloyd demanded.
"Show yourself!" Sheena shouted.
What looked like eight desians rushed around them in circles, and a big desian emerged from the bushes, laughing evily.
"So you two are the ones that have been causing us some trouble eh?" The big desian smirked.
"And who are YOU?" Lloyd demanded.
"Hahahaha, that's for me to know." He laughed maniacally, "PREPARE TO DIE!"
The eight smaller desians closed in on Lloyd and Sheena while the big desian stood there laughing, "Inferior Beings…"
Lloyd and Sheena stood back to back, "Sheena, I'll get these 4, you get the other half."
"Gotcha." Sheena replied.
Sheena jumped over four desians and used Cyclone Seal on one.
"Argh!" He shouted as he fell to the ground.
The three desians looked at their fallen comrade and charged Sheena, who Demon sealed another.
"DEMONIC CIRCLE!" Lloyd shouted, sending three desians flying back.
The lone desian left was staring at Lloyd with fear. Lloyd looked at the desian with hate in his eyes, "SONIC THRUST!" He shouted.
The deisan looked at him with cold eyes as he slowly fell to the ground, "I-infe..rio…r… ugh."
Lloyd looked over at Sheena, who was down to the last desian, "DEMON FANG!"
The desian turned and was hit by the demon fang. "ARGH!" He yelled, limping.
"Life Seal!" Sheena exclaimed.
The last desian fell to the ground with empty eyes.
Lloyd looked over at the big desian who was standing there, shocked with fear.
"Who are you! And who are you working for!" Lloyd demanded, slowly moving towards him.
"HA! You think YOU can order ME? Well THINK AGAIN!" He yelled, charging Lloyd.
"Fine… have it your way. Leave this to me Sheena!" Lloyd shouted jumping out of the way of the desian's chain ball.
Sheena nodded, "Alright Lloyd!"
"HAHAHAHA! You underestimate me… inferior being." The desian smirked as he charged Lloyd once again.
Lloyd stood there, awaiting him. Just as the desian was about to hit Lloyd with the ball, Lloyd jumped up, and ran up to him, "SWORD RAIN ALPHA!" and as he finished the combo, he took a diving stance, "RISING PHOENIX!" Lloyd shouted, piercing through the heart of the deisan.
Sheena smiled, "That's that."
"UGH!" The desian screamed. He stood there shortly, blood flowing out of his chest, swaying from side to side, "Lord… Lef… will… ugh." The desian murmured, falling down.
Lloyd turned around, "Lord who?" He took out the scrap of paper he had found earlier that day, "I, Lord L…" He read quietly.
"Lloyd, what is it?" Sheena asked, stepping over a dead desian's body.
"I was just thinking… if there are still desians out there… does it mean that this paper might mean something?" He questioned with a worried look.
"Let me see…" Sheena said softly as she took the paper from Lloyd's hands, "Lord L… Lord Lef… hmmm… I think you may be right Lloyd… We should be cautious from now on. There's no telling what's going to happen next."
"Yeah… we should." Lloyd agreed as Sheena handed back the piece of paper.
At the same time in the bushes.
"Oh no! They're as strong as I thought! I must report to Lord Lefance at once! Awww! I knew that showing ourselves would be a mistake! Now they know about us!" ? thought.
"…Common Lloyd, we should get going." Sheena said.
"Okay." Lloyd concurred.
? watched the pair and Noishe leave. Right then, he took a rheiard out of his wing pack and headed back towards a secret underground base.
"Huh? What was that?" Lloyd exclaimed turning his head around frantically.
"What was what?" Sheena asked.
"I swear I just heard a rheiard…" Lloyd murmured.
Sheena looked around, "I… don't see anything. It was probably the wind."
"Huh… I guess you're right." Lloyd said, "Anyway, let's set up camp over there." He continued pointing to the spot they had in mind before.
The spot Lloyd pointed to.
"Well, time to set up camp!" Sheena said happily as she took a tent out of her wing pack.
"Yay! Sleep!" Lloyd shouted as he removed his armour and weapons.
'Whine'
When everything was set up, Lloyd and Sheena sat next to each other blushing, thinking to themselves.
"I hope he says something…" Sheena thought, "You have to be direct Sheena!" She remembered.
"Argh! What do I do…? She's right here… um…" Lloyd thought as Sheena grabbed his hand, "Huh?"
"They sky's beautiful isn't it… so calm… so romantic. It's like there's magic in the air." Sheena said lustfully.
"Y-yeah… I-I guess so." Lloyd said dumbly, "Now's the perfect chance to tell her Lloyd!"
Sheena rested her head on Lloyd's shoulder, "You guess so?"
Lloyd scratched the back of his head dumbly, "Oh… hehe, I know so!"
Sheena sighed, "So has there been anything new with your mom?"
"Hmmm…? Oh… no… I'm still waiting and hoping..." Lloyd murmured.
"Lloyd…" Sheena said softly as she hugged him affectionately, "I'll dream some good dreams for you."
"Sheena… thanks…" He uttered as he hugged Sheena back.
"You know I'll always be there for you… I'll always be by your side…" Sheena said warmly as she smiled at Lloyd.
Lloyd smiled at her, "And I will too."
"…"
"…"
"Oh yeah! What ever happened to that box?" He asked.
"Box…? Oh that one! The one that Genis gave us. We never did open it did we." Sheena said, getting the box out, "hmmm… I wonder what's inside."
Inside was a cake with a message reading, "I love you Sheena, -Lloyd."
Blush
"…"
"Dammit Genis…" Lloyd muttered under his breath.
"Lloyd… You were just playing along eh… haha… you've finally come out with it. I… I love you too Lloyd." Sheena said lovingly.
"Huh? What?" Lloyd asked in an excited panic.
"Don't make me say it again!" Sheena exclaimed, still blushing.
"Sheena… I… I didn't make that cake, and I had no idea about it… It was Genis' idea of a joke…" Lloyd muttered.
"What…?" Sheena asked in embarrassment as her eyes started to water, "…Does that mean you don't…?"
"No no! That's not what I meant!" Lloyd paused as his face turned red again, "Uh…"
"…"
"…"
"Ha…haha… hahahaha… so then the message on this cake is true!" Sheena laughed weakly as she hugged Lloyd.
"Sheena… yeah… yeah it is…" Lloyd said affectionately as he hugged her back, "So… I had nothing to be scared about all along… hehe… I'm an idiot, but it all worked out in the end! Thanks Genis."
"Hehe… you're still embarrassed Lloyd… but that's okay. We both know how we feel about each other now." Sheena thought as both of them drifted to sleep next to each other.
Next Morning
Sheena awoke, "Yawn."
She turned around and saw Lloyd right next to her, "Wake up Lloyd, wake up."
Lloyd opened his eyes slightly, "huh? Just a few more minutes." He pleaded, turning away from Sheena.
Sheena sighed, "Ah fine…"
She got up, stretched, and sat down, smiling at Lloyd.
'Whine'
Sheena turned around and saw Noishe slowly walking towards Lloyd.
Lick
"AH!" Lloyd shouted.
'Whine'
'Yawn.' "Okay okay, I'm awake." Lloyd mumbled, blinking his eyes.
"Good morning Lloyd." Sheena smiled lovingly.
"Morning Sheena." Lloyd smiled back, "Morning Noishe."
'Whine'
"Well I'm going to go make breakfast." Sheena said cheerfully.
"Ah… what a beautiful day… and what a beautiful lady…" Lloyd said softly.
"You seem awfully happy this early in the morning Lloyd." Sheena giggled.
"Yeah… well… I have a whole lot to be happy about don't I Sheena?" Lloyd replied.
"We both do." Sheena responded lovingly.
"Can I help make breakfast?" Lloyd asked as he walked up to Sheena.
"I'm just making sandwiches Lloyd! I'm done already! But thanks…" Sheena said as she touched Lloyd lovingly.
"Hehe…" Lloyd blushed, "Alright, let's eat!"
"You know it sure took you a long time to finally tell me how you felt." Sheena said playfully.
"Huh! You knew!" Lloyd exclaimed.
Sheena laughed, "Of course! It's been pretty obvious lately Lloyd. You also hold my hand a lot."
"Hehe… Sorry… I… I just didn't want to spoil what we already had. Besides… I wasn't sure how you felt…" Lloyd replied.
"Oh Lloyd… you idiot. I thought I made it painfully obvious in Heimdall!" Sheena said.
"Hehe… sorry… I'm a bit dumb sometimes." Lloyd laughed.
Sheena smiled and then pecked Lloyd on the cheek, "Well that's your only flaw, and besides, you're starting to get smarter."
Lloyd blushed furiously, and then started to eat his sandwich.
Sheena laughed and ate her sandwich.
After they finished their breakfast, they flirted a bit more with each other, dressed, packed everything up, got on Noishe and set off for Triet. It was past noon, when they saw the Iselia tower of salvation appeared before them.
"Hey it's the tower of salvation, wanna go rest and wash-up there?" Lloyd asked Sheena.
"Sure." She replied.
At the Iselia Tower of Salvation 3 minutes later.
"We're finally here! Let's go wash up." Lloyd suggested, "I think my armour has a bit of blood stained on it."
"Hehe, alright, let's go." Sheena agreed, "Hey! Isn't that Yuan?"
"Yeah, what's he doing there?" Lloyd asked.
"Don't know, let's go ask him." Sheena said.
"Hey Noishe, you can rest over at the pen over there." Lloyd said, pointing to a pen near the tower.
'Whine' Noishe whined as he walked into the pen to rest.
"Lloyd. Sheena." Yuan greeted.
Lloyd and Sheena wondered what he wanted with them, "Hey. What're you doing here?" Lloyd asked.
"Lloyd, Sheena, I have urgent news to tell you. My spies have confirmed activity of desian movement near the area of the Toize Valley Mine. Apparently, their leader is planning to take over the world. Personally, I think it's a joke… talent that surpassed Mithos', or any of the Five Grand Cardinals would have been noticed." Yuan said, "Anyway, I thought you two should know, and the renegades would appreciate any help you could give."
"I was right…" Lloyd said softly, "Well, Sheena and I would be glad to give a helping hand, right Sheena?"
Sheena nodded.
"Yeah, so what can we help you with?" Lloyd asked.
"At the moment… nothing. The renegades still have not found their base. We think that it might be underground, or in the mountains, we are not too sure about this yet, but we cannot afford to let them know that there are people watching them." Yuan responded.
"I see, alright, thanks for letting us know." Lloyd said.
"No problem, now I will be on my way. Lloyd. Sheena." Yuan nodded as he teleported back to the Tethe'alla base.
"So you were right…" Sheena murmured.
Lloyd bit his lip softly, "Yeah… Sheena, we have to be careful, this journey might be more dangerous than we thought."
Sheena nodded, "I know."
"Sheena." Lloyd said.
Sheena turned to him, "Mmhmm?"
"I'll always protect you, no matter what. I promise you this." Lloyd declared.
Sheena smiled, "Thanks Lloyd, I will too."
Lloyd smiled back as he took her hand, "Common, let's get going."
"Kay." Sheena agreed cheerfully.
In the tower
"Let's get a room Lloyd." Sheena said brushing against Lloyd's shoulder.
Lloyd blushed and smiled, "Okay."
The pair went up the stairs to ask for a room, greeting the tower's priest along the way. When they reached the top level, there was a priestess there.
"Will you be staying here for the night?" She asked.
"We'd just like a room for the afternoon." Lloyd replied.
"Alright then, two people I presume?" The priestess inquired.
"Yeah, two people." Lloyd responded.
"Okay, that'll be one-hundred gald." The priestess said.
Lloyd handed the priestess the gald and headed into the room the she directed them.
The room was pretty small. It had one queen-sized bed, a table, and two chairs.
"Well, I'm going to go take a shower Lloyd. You go wash your armour and then we'll switch." Sheena said.
"Alright, I'll see you in a bit." Lloyd replied as he headed down the stairs to a place to wash clothing.
Meanwhile elsewhere…
A door to a grand chamber opened. A desian came running in.
"Sir! The humans took out eight of our men, as well as Polygh. None of our men were able to lay a scratch on them." The desian said, bowing down.
? turned around, "What? What kind of humans are they?"
"Sir! One is a ninja summoner, and the other is a swordsman, a very skilled one. It also appears that they both had exspheres." The desian replied.
"Hmmm… I must have underestimated those two. Send out Yfir and his men... immediately." ? said, turning back around.
"Sir yes sir!" The desian shouted, running out of the chamber.
"Heheheh, yes, weaken your forces…" A spy smirked.
Later in the afternoon at the Iselia Tower of Salvation after Sheena had showered and Lloyd had cleaned his armour
"Oh that feels much better!" Lloyd said as he stepped out of the washroom with a towel on, "…Sheena? You don't have any clothes to wash?"
Sheena laughed, "No, I never said I did. Why are you asking? Too embarrassed to change in front of me?"
"…" Lloyd stood there dumbly, "Can you at least look the other direction?"
Sheena giggled, "Okay okay."
A few more seconds passed by.
"Alright, I'm done now." Lloyd said, "Should we go?"
"Why don't we stay a bit longer? Triet's not that far away. Besides, I feel like resting in a bed." Sheena said happily.
"Alright… just for an hour." Lloyd shrugged.
"Hey come join me, I bet you're pretty tired too." Sheena giggled.
"…I suppose, but there's only one bed." Lloyd said.
Sheena sighed, "Well it's big enough for the both of us isn't it?"
"Yeah that's true. But I want to make it to Triet for tonight at least. I don't want to risk oversleeping." Lloyd said.
"Wow… you've become more responsible." Sheena said.
"Hehe, you think?" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah… it makes that much more attractive." Sheena smiled lustfully.
"Well I guess I'll join you." Lloyd said.
"Alright, wake me up in one hour Mr. responsible." Sheena teased as she closed her eyes.
"Whoa… it's like we've switched roles here…" Lloyd said softly as he looked at Sheena, "Hmmm… it's comfortable…"
As Lloyd said that, Sheena rolled next to Lloyd, pressed her body against him and put her arm around his chest.
Lloyd blushed, "It's really comfortable."
Sheena smiled and then started to doze off.
"…She's so beautiful…" Lloyd murmured as he looked at Sheena and dozed off as well.
"Lloyd…"
"Huh?"
"Lloyd…"
"Mom?"
"Lloyd… this isn't a dream… and neither was the last time. Know this Lloyd…" The voice said as it drifted away.
"MOM!"
"MOM!" Lloyd shouted as he woke up in a hurry.
"L-Lloyd…? What happened?" Sheena asked as she woke up in a daze.
"Mom! I think my mom just spoke to me again!" Lloyd exclaimed.
"Whoa! That's great Lloyd! What did she say?" Sheena asked excitedly.
"Sh-She told me that I wasn't dreaming, and that I wasn't dreaming the last time either…." Lloyd replied.
"Oooo I'm so happy for you Lloyd!" Sheena exclaimed as she hugged Lloyd.
"Heheh… thanks Sheena." Lloyd smiled, "Mom…"
"…"
"Anyway, let's get going. It's been an hour." Lloyd said, looking at the time.
"Hehe, okay Lloyd." Sheena smiled.
With that, they packed up, said good-bye to the priest and priestess and went down to Noishe.
"Alright Noishe, let's go." Lloyd said as Noishe came out of the pen, "To Triet!"
And so the trio headed to Triet, unaware of the dangers ahead of them.
Lloyd: YES! SCORE ONE FOR ME! TAKE THAT ZELOS! I GOT SHEENA! Man! This is so awesome! What a great body too! I can't wait 'til she and I-
Me: That's so OOC.
Lloyd: …
Next time, TRIET!