chapter five is up and alive! i know, i'm stupid and random. and i'm proud of it! thank you NO ONE for reviewing my story! seriously people! i will mention you in my updates if you review my story! but since nobody did so, your all not invited to my friends spa party, so there!

Disclaimer: come on people, you should all know by now that i don't own Oban Star Racers. I'm 13 and broke!

Journey to Nourasia, an After Oban Story

Ch. 5 To Kiss or not to kiss

To the girls, Nourasia was amazing! Prince Aikka was just glad that smart Mina, insane Emimi, and adventurous Eva were happy. One day the teen trio decided to explore parts of this new world. They first wanted to get a better look around the castle. After all, they were going to be staying there for a while! Mina, being the bookworm she was, wanted to check out the library. She found an interesting book, but she couldn't check it out, she couldn't even read it! The whole thing was written in Nourasian! Now she was devoting herself to study the language.

Next, Emimi, with her weird personality, wanted to look at the Nourasian training centers. She was very interested in how the people fight. Emimi also noticed that there weren't any women in any of the classes. (She's a feminist, so that was really insulting to her.) She decided to sign up. The instructor put up a heck of a fight but gave in to the Martian. Little by little, one by one, she rose up the ranks and knocked down a ton of boys and even the master, AIKKA! Emimi exceeded faster than any other student in just one day! Boy was she happy!

Eva decided to wander around the castle on her own. She found many doorways, passages and rooms. One passage led to a beautiful courtyard.

There were many radiant flowers all around. trees of all shapes, sizes, and colors (you read right, colors) were planted everywhere the racer looked. She walked along the paths and smelled every flower there. She was bent over looking at what looked like a cross between a rose and a daffodil when she noticed Aikka sitting on the wall across from her. He had his back to the girl so he didn't see her sneak up to him. Eva tip-toed as close as she could without the prince sensing her presence. She took a deep breath and shouted, "Hey Aikka! What cha' doin'?!"

Prince Aikka yelped in surprise and fell from where he was sitting! Eva laughed so hard she nearly fell to the ground herself! she clutched her belly, for it was starting to hurt after laughing so hard.

"Don't do that!" he exclaimed. Aikka was on his tail bone, rubbing it tenderly to get rid of the pain. (that's an old wives tale by the way. it never works.)

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" said Eva.

"It's alright, I know you didn't mean to. By the way, you did not scare me, you surprised me."

Eva looked to the ground and saw a book. "What were you reading before I took you by surprise?" she asked with a drop of sarcasm.

"Took my breath away was the real situation. This is a Nourasian folktale, it is a story about a prince falling in love with a princess from a far away land." She giggled; he was actually flirting with her! Eva sat down on the wall next to him. She sat only an inch away from him. They stared deeply into each other's eyes, as if they were trying to read their soles. Aikka reached behind him and plucked a beautiful flower that had sky blue petals with white tips. It looked like a lily-daisy cross. He pushed it into Eva's hair gently. Eva smiled and leaned in, once again slowly lidding her crimson eyes. The Nourasian leaned in as well. The two were seconds away from each other's lips when--

"Hey Eva check this out I got my first Nourasian dagger!" Emimi called from afar.

"Yea! It's really cool looking!" shouted Mina. The two drew back in surprise. Eva blushed and Aikka frowned, upset that he didn't get what he longed for. Disappointed but not upset Eva said goodbye and left Aikka to rejoin her friends. The Nourasian prince just sighed, said good bye, and went back to his book. (By the way, Aikka's story wasn't what he said it was. He was just flirting with Eva.)

well that just sucks doesn't it!? A short chapter and no kiss! I'm so evil! i guess i was in a bit of a bad mood. no it's true, the better the mood i'm in, the better quality of the chapter! Go figure! pay very close attention to what i said in the first two paragraphs, you'll see examples of it in later chapters. in the next chapter, the girls and their dates go to an annual celebration ball. there will also be OC action and a bit of romance! guess who it's between.