Elysium's Heroes

Chapter 2. The New Future

Sunshine was shining through the window. It was a new day for adventure or more so, work, as Rex and the others had a lot of work to do now that Elysium has been opened up to the world. "Rex opened his eyes and had a quick flinch almost immediately when he woke up, as Pyra was extremely close to him. "That's right, I asked Pyra to sleep with me last night." Rex was calming down a little but was almost immediately worked up again as he saw Pyra was exposing just a little bit of cleavage through her pyjamas. Rex shook his thoughts out of his head and tried to get out of the bed. He noticed Pyra was still holding him from the loving embrace they gave each other last night. He gently put his hands on Pyra's, trying to break free from the embrace without waking her up. but alas Pyra slowly opened her eyes.

"Morning Pyra." "Good morning, Rex." she said as she was stretching her back and arms up. "Did you sleep okay?" She asked "Yes, thank you." Rex answered, "Well I should probably get up, I'm gonna have to make everyone breakfast." "Sure, let me help." Rex and Pyra got up from the bed and after they changed, they walked into the kitchen where they noticed Morag and Brighid were already up and talking about their business in Mor Ardain. "Good Morning" Pyra said while walking to the stove. Good Morning Pyra, Rex. "Do you still have time to get some breakfast?" Pyra asked. "I made myself some quick toast, we should be going to Mor Ardain." "You're departing already?" Rex asked as Morag was equipping her fire whips. "Yes, we will catch up soon after the orders from my brother have been executed." "Okay we will meet you when we can" Rex added, watching Morag and Brighid depart to their ship.

Zeke and Pandoria got down from the stairs and joined breakfast. "Good morning, guys, how do you want your eggs?" Pyra asked. "Good morning Pyra, I'll have mine hard boiled." "I'll have mine baked." Pandoria said. "understood" "So, what will your plans be at Tantal?" Rex asked. "Well, the old man will certainly have trouble with the paperwork now that there is more land mass, so I will be keeping an eye on him to make sure everything will be alright. we will be off after breakfast."

The rest of the party walked into the kitchen and when everyone was done with their breakfast, they waved Zeke and Pandoria goodbye. "Well, we should get to work ourselves" Rex said. "Right, so what is the job for today?" Nia asked. "Well now that the landmass had expanded, we will need more materials to build new houses in Elysium, so I divided us into groups. Nia, Dromarch and Mythra will be going to Gormott to collect flora for the new farms that need to be build. Dromarch's knowledge of plants and wildlife should be quite useful there. Tora and Poppi need to find materials in the mines of Uraya, that can be used for building. Poppi's drill should be quite effective for that. And Pyra and I will be going to the Forgotten Waste Forest in Gormott to collect wood. Pyra's fire should be most helpful for that." "Okay, how much do we need to collect?" Nia asked. "Just try to get as much as you can carry for now. we will need a lot after the new settlements will be planned out."

As everyone split up, Pyra and Rex got themselves to the Forgotten Waste Forest. after a few hours of exploring and harvesting wood they started to get a little tired. "Just a few more wooden pieces, how are you holding up Pyra?" "I'm doing fine." Pyra answered. But was Rex doing fine...? This is it. This is the place they first met. even though it was the middle of the day, sunlight had a hard time reaching them through the leaves as they walked through the forest. it was dimly lit, almost an orange-like light. "I need to open myself up a bit more, I want to tell her how I feel. I mean she probably already knows I love her but... I never actually said it to her directly."

"Hey Rex?" "YE... yes...? Rex shivered a bit and almost screamed aloud.

Pyra: "I think that is enough for today, don't you think?"

Rex: "Huh? oh yeah... you are probably right... let's head back to the others."

Pyra: "Actually Rex... I wanted to stay here a little longer"

Rex: "Okay, Come meet me at Gormott when you are done."

Pyra: "I meant with you silly"

Rex: "O… oh..."

Pyra: "You remember this place, right? this is where our journey together began!"

Rex: "yeah I remember, I am really glad I walked this path with you Pyra."

Pyra blushed a little. "Me too Rex" Pyra has a beautiful smile. every time she smiled; it just feels like all your worries are being washed away. at least that's what it feels like to Rex. "I have to make my move, if I don't say something now, I don't deserve to call myself a man."

Rex: "P... Pyra... There is something I wanted to tell you and I should have told you this much earlier."

Pyra: "What is it, Rex? Pyra already had a feeling about what he wanted to say. she curled her fingers up her hand and held it against her breast."

Rex: "I... I love you... I love you very much... I want us to be together."

Pyra got tears in her eyes. she wanted this for so long and now she finally doesn't have to restrain herself anymore.

Pyra: "Rex... I... I feel the same... I love you so much!"

They both hugged each other in a loving embrace, with their heads over their shoulders and tears in their eyes. they stood there for a solid 2 minutes hugging each other. as the dimly lit light fell down upon them through the forest. They both tilted their heads back, staring into each other's eyes. while still holding each other in their arms. "I love you Pyra, I love you with all my being." "I love you too Rex, I want us to be together as well." they kept staring into each other's lovely eyes. as their faces got closer together.

slowly but surely Pyra closed her eyes leaning in for a kiss. Rex made sure to answer it and kissed her on her beautiful lips. There they were the Aegis and her Driver fully engaging in each other's love, making sure to enjoy every sweet single second of it. The kiss lasted for a good minute and a drool of saliva connected their tongue's as they let go. "Man... that was surely something..." "it sure was Rex... you know... that was my first kiss." "Really? it was my first too" Pyra Smiled.

Pyra: "I'm very glad we were each other's first."

Rex: "Yeah me too. I am a bit surprised though... I expected you to have kissed before. Didn't you and Addam used to have a thing?"

Pyra: "No… Mythra thought she had feelings for Addam, But… Addam never felt like he was worthy of us. He always talked about how he didn't have the full potential of carrying our fear. Whatever he meant by that…"

Rex: "I think I know what he meant by that."

Pyra: "Really!? what!? Mythra and I have been trying to figure that out for 500 years in the realm of unconsciousness."

Rex: "Addam said something about it to me when I tried to retrieve your third sword. He said that the reason I had the potential of wielding Pneuma's sword was because I was able to carry your fears. This would make me the true driver of the Aegis. And this is also the reason why you got your memories back and got revived in the form of Pneuma."

Pyra: "I guess that makes sense; He did try very hard though. I'm sure he is proud of you. After all, you pretty much got back from where he left off."

Rex: "Thanks, Should we head for Gormott and meet up with everyone?"

Pyra: "You know, maybe we should gather just a few more wood, maybe I want to be here a little longer with you?" Pyra said playfully.

Rex: "Haha, Sure, we wouldn't want them to think we started slacking off."

And so, the lovely couple danced around the forest picking up more wood pieces while heading for the exit of the forest.