Vice Captain?
"I'm back," Finral sighed, walking threw the portal.
"Something wrong?" Yami asked looking up from his paper.
"No. It's just been a long day. Flying around with you most of the day, then going home for dinner. I went early to do a little studying in the family library, but that went no where fast."
"That Father of yours still spouting those abusive comments?"
"A-abusive?! What do you mean? Father's never said anything that wasn't true."
"'Useless'. 'Failure'. 'Don't come crying to me'. I could be wrong but the way he said those things sure sounded like abuse to me."
"It's no big deal. It isn't like it's not true."
"No big deal? That's not what your ki says."
"My ki?" Finral asked tilting his head slightly to the side.
"Yeah. It's how I could tell something was bothering you when you froze up at the exam. And how I knew you wanted to tell your Father you wanted to join this squad."
"N-nothing was bothering me...," he lied.
"It's also how I can tell if a person is lying, like you just did."
So he can read ki... That's just great... We're going to have to be careful around him. And by we... I mean you.
You know what he's talking about, Fatry?
Kind of. I can't use it. But I know an elf who can. (Back at Nean in the cave Yami asked himself the question "did he read my ki?" Or something like that about Veto so I'm assuming he can read ki too, other wise Yami never would have suspected it, in my opinion. Please let me know if it was ever confirmed.) Just try not to physically react to any of our conversations and we should be fine. As long as he doesn't sense even the slightest change in your movement, breathing patterns, etc, etc, we should be fine.
Wait... etc means there's more to the list... and you said it twice... Just how many more things can he sense and how?!
"And now you're ki says you're having a mental argument with yourself. Is there something you want to talk about? How was your trip home?"
"What?! No! No argument here! Just thinking! That's all!" Finral said quickly as he defensively waved his hands out towards Yami. He turned his gaze to the floor and added while scratching the back of his head, "I don't really want to talk about it. Father wants me to come home for the day on Saturday, if that's okay. I'm not sure why though, he said I only had to come home once a week, on Fridays."
"Today's not Friday."
"I know. He's got something else planned this Friday so he told me to come home today instead. Then today he said he might have something important to tell Langris and I and that he'd send a letter Friday evening to let me know if I'm needed or not."
"You sure you don't want to talk?"
"Yeah. I'm just tired."
"Well you're going to have to get un-tired. Julius wants me to come to the Royal Capital for a meeting and I need you to take me."
"What?! But I've been taking you places all day."
"Do I look like I care? Stop whining and open a damn portal."
Scary!
"F-fine... But... who's Julius?"
"You joined the Magic Knights without knowing the name of the Wizard King?"
"We're going to see the Wizard King?!"
"No. I'm going to a meeting and you're going to do whatever until the meeting's over."
"Aww... But I'm a Magic Knight too."
"You are not a captain or vice captain, so you can't attend the meeting."
"But I want to meet the Wizard King! ...Then again..., you did say the Royal Capital... Which means there'll be a lot of cute girls out and about, right?"
"Umm... I guess... Why?"
"Alright! Let's go!" He said opening a portal.
You'll stop complaining if girls are involved? Fatry asked as Yami walked threw the spacial gate.
Wouldn't you?
I don't know... Maybe, but it would have to depend on the girl.
"Get your ass over here!" Yami said as he reached threw the portal and pulled Finral to the other side.
"I was coming!"
"Not fast enough! Do what ever you want until I get done with the meeting, but don't wonder off too far. And don't make me have to look for you."
"Yay! Flirting time!" Finral said running into the town and ignoring his captain.
"WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING, KID?!" Yami yelled after him. "Well, whatever. I'll just kill him later."
"I came over here because I thought I heard some bells. Turns out it was you ladies beautiful voices," Finral said leaning on a round table outside a cafe where two girls were having tea.
One girl scuffed a laugh.
"How old are you?" The other girl asked.
"Umm... fifteen..."
Both of them rolled their eyes before they stood up and walked away laughing.
You thought you heard bells? Fatry laughed.
"Would you just shut it," Finral muttered under his breath.
I'm just saying, you couldn't come up with anything better?
Well, I was going to say birds but then I realized, birds are practically everywhere, Finral thought sitting in one of the chairs.
That's still just as bad. Not to mention those girls where obviously in their twenties.
And you're point is? Age doesn't mater much to me.
"FINRAL!"
Finral nearly jumped out of his skin at the sound of Yami's angry yell and fell over taking the chair with him.
"Ow," he said rubbing the back of his head as he sat up. "What?"
"I thought I told you not to make me have to look for you!"
"Actually, you said not to wonder off to far."
"That's the same thing!"
"No it's not," Finral replied tilting his head to the side.
"Are you questioning me?" Yami said grabbing Finral by the head and lifting him off the ground.
"N-n-no sir!" He stammered and Yami's grip grew tighter. "Ow! I-I'm sorry! I-I'll never do it again!"
"Good. Now, get us back to the hideout."
"Yes, Yami. If you don't mind my asking, what did the Wizard King want?" He asked while opening the portal.
"Some mission he wants the Vice Captain and I to go on Saturday. But that idiot never shows up at the hideout and I've got no idea where he's at. So I guess I'll be doing it alone," Yami replied once they stepped through the portal.
"Vice Captain? I thought you said I was the only other member on the squad."
"No, I said, we'll say that you are. And before that I said they where out on missions or don't bother to show up."
"But then you said that I was the first."
"You're the first that bothers showing up. So technically you are still the superior of anyone who walks threw the door, that's not me. Because our so called Vice Captain probably never will."
"I-I never said anything about that."
You were thinking it, Fatry teased.
"You didn't have to."
"So what's the Vice Captain's name?" Finral said before letting out a yawn.
"Go get some sleep, kid," Yami replied. "We'll talk more tomorrow."