Chapter 12

By

Eiki-chan

"Eva hurry up!!" Raya called, tapping her foot impatiently.

"I am!" Eva snapped rather irritated at the fact Raya had failed to mention they would be leaving that day.

Quickly grabbing the few bags she had packed Eva rushed outside where Raya and the others waited.

"Hey little mouse what took you?" Rick asked with a smirk.

Eva glared at Rick for a moment before turning to Raya .

"R-Raya how are we going to get-" Eva started to say trying to catch her breathe.

"We use this!" Raya said already knowing what Eva was thinking.

Eva looked at Raya confused.

Suddenly Raya pulled out a strange looking object from behind her back, "Shing sparkle sparkle!!"

"Huh what is it?" Eva asked looking at the strange golden object.

"It's…uh…well I don't really know but I'm supposed to use it when were ready!"

Everyone almost fell over at Raya's honest response, a strong girl when it came to physical strength but for actual intelligence she was at the bottom of the scale.

"Well anyways here we go!" Raya said throwing the object in the air.

With a strange click the object suddenly burst into a warm glowing light. The light seemed to trickle down as though it were a liquid. After a few moments the light formed what looked like a bubble.

"So how exactly will this get us-" Rick began but was suddenly stopped as the golden bubble suddenly moved upwards with dramatic speed.

"Goody we're approaching the ship!!...huh what's wrong with you guys?" Raya asked looking at everybody.

"Um this thing is going kind of fast isn't it?" Eva asked.

"We're going to stop right now!" Raya said a large grin on her face.

Just as Raya had finished her sentence the bubble came to an abrupt stop.

"Hey Rick are we floating?" Eva asked.

"No…" Rick siad.

Suddenly everyone fell to the soft floor of the strange bubble, "We're falling…"

"Pzzah!!! We're here, hurry up you weaklings!!!" Raya cried out with a burst of excitement.

"Weaklings? She can lift a truck with her bear hands!" Koji said adjusting his glasses as he picked himself up.

"Yeah that was quite a sight to see." Stan said with a chuckle.

Earlier that day Raya had been wandering around and somehow had managed to lift the neighbor's truck.

"Geeze Raya you could have warned us about that…" Eva said smoothing out her now wrinkled shirt.

Raya had her cat like smile on which was never a good sign.

"What are you up to?" Eva asked.

Raya pointed to herself, "Me? Nothing! When am I ever up to something?"

Everyone automatically stared at Raya who started to giggle madly.

"The better question would have been when is she not up to something." A familiar voice siad.

Eva felt her face grow hot as she turned to see Prince Aikka standing behind her. It had been almost two months since she had seen Aikka but she had not expected to get so nervous when she saw him.

"Hurry up before that stupid bubble ship pops!" Raya said quickly.

Before Eva realized it Raya had pulled her from the bubble as it popped. Raya glared at Aikka.

"You're the prince you should have saved her not me!"

Aikka's face turned slightly red at Raya's words.

"Anyways take this!" Raya said shoving Eva into Aikka's arms "I have to drop all of this off!"

Raya suddenly picked up everyone's luggage and started walking off down the hall of the enormous yet elegant ship.

"Ahem…" Don coughed looking at Eva and Aikka.

The two automatically stepped away from each other both having a deep blush covering their faces.

As everyone looked around an awkward silence filled the air. Nora walked in and smiled.

"Prince why don't you show our guests to their rooms? Eva dear you come with me your room is near Raya's."

Eva quickly followed Nora as the others followed Aikka, her face still felt hot.

"Why didn't I say anything to him!?" Eva thought.

"Eva dear you may want to watch where your…"

Before Nora could finish her sentence Eva had already walked into suit of armor. With a loud clanging the armor came crashing down.

Eva could hear Raya's spirited laugh a few feet away as Nora helped her to her feet. Nora had a sweet smile on her face although it looked as though she was trying not to laugh herself.

"Are you alright?" Nora asked.

"Yeah…but now I know what its like for Raya…"

This comment made Raya laugh even harder for she had walked into the same suit of armor a few times before.

"Oh dear…" Nora said brushing away Eva's bangs revealing a nasty cut that was now dripping blood.

"We had better get that cleaned up."

As Eva started to follow Nora she suddenly felt a searing pain in her leg. It felt as though something was crushing her leg and before she realized it she found herself on the floor.

"Eva!" Raya cried as Nora turned around.

"Oh my it looks as though that armor did quite a number on you." Nora said.

"Sorry Eva." Raya said.

"Huh for what?"

"Well I forgot that armor is rather heavy so I didn't think to check if you were alright when I picked it up."

"Yes Raya is so used to walking into that armor its just natural she forgets." Nora said.

"Shhhh!!!" Raya hissed picking Eva up with a rather silly smile. "Why do I keep getting stuck carrying you!?"

Eva laughed as Raya carried her to her room.

Eva was almost in shock as Raya showed her, her room. It was large and held a royal look to it. Raya put Eva down on her bed as she took a seat on a nearby chair.

"Nora's getting the healer for you, I would heal you myself but I'm exhausted right now."

"You can heal?" Eva asked surprised.

"Hmm? Yeah but healing takes a lot of energy and I've used most of mine." Raya said stretching her arms.

"Plus the last time she healed something she passed out for three days."

Eva almost jumped at the sound of Aikka's voice.

"Need I remind you that something was you!?"

Eva looked at the cousins curious to what Raya had meant.

"Aikka here…"

Aikka suddenly covered Raya's mouth with his hand, "I told you not to mention anything about that!"

Raya stared at him for a moment; suddenly Aikka removed his hand rather quickly.

"Raya!" Aikka said rather annoyed.

"What did you do?" Eva asked confused.

"She bit me…"

Eva could not hold in her laughter anymore. It was then however Aikka noticed the cut on Eva's forehead; blood had now begun to trickle down the side of Eva's face.

Before Aikka could ask Eva what had happened Nora walked in with a women behind her.

"Shoo you two Melva need's to take a look at Eva."

"Bet Aikka would like to as well…" Raya said under her breathe. Aikka pushed Raya out of the room after he had given her a rather hard hit on the head.

"Eva dear this is Melva the royal healer. She will take care of you."

Melva bowed to Eva. She was a tall slender woman but was clearly not Naurasian. Her skin held a light blue tint to it and her hair was a long sea blue. As Raya her eyes held a mist like quality to them.

Sitting down Melva placed her hand on Eva's forehead, her hand began to glow and it reminded Eva of starlight. The cut soon vanished and Melva handed Eva a bottle of glowing liquid.

"This is for you to drink before you got to sleep it will mend your leg but you must be sure to drink it." With that Melva smiled at Eva and made her way out of the room.

Eva looked at the small bottle; the liquid was a light blue and shimmered in the light. After drinking the contents Eva placed it on the table next to her and lay down on the pillow. The strange liquid had been cool and rather sweet. She felt her eyes grow heavy and dozed off.

Eva was once again in the long hallway, it was covered with pictures but surprisingly they were not empty. Each canvas held an image from Eva's past. The images dated as far back as the day her mother had died to the most recent day. As she looked down the hall she could see that many canvases were still blank.

Eva continued to walk down the hall but soon found herself in front of a large canvas. It was covered in a strange mark that felt familiar but at the same time it had a forbidden aura to it.

Suddenly a large claw like hand reached out of the canvas as if to grab Eva. Opening her eyes Eva looked up at the ceiling. She felt her heart racing as she sat up.

"Why did I…" Eva thought.

It had been a long time since Eva had dreamt about the long corridor of pictures. Eva suddenly realized that she could here music. It sounded distant but intrigued Eva. Slowly and carefully Eva got up. The pain in her leg had subsided. Making her way out of the room Eva followed the sound of the music.

She soon found herself in a large room. The floors shimmered as though they were made of gold. In the middle Aikka and Raya were dancing what seemed to resemble a waltz but at the same time was rather different.

"Can we please stop now? I feel ridiculous!" Raya whined.

"Raya stop complaining you're going to have to dance at the celebration." Nora said.

Raya pushed Aikka away and scratched her head as though she were thinking. After a moment she looked up.

"Eva!" Raya said happily using the opportunity to sneak away, "You feeling better?"

Eva nodded, "Yeah but what are you two doing?"

"Pffttt! Dancing, grand celebration has this huge dancing thingy we have to attend and…Eva how about you try it! I'm getting tired of dancing."

Eva waved her hands quickly, "No no no1 I don't know how to dance!"

"Perfect! Aikka can teach you then!"

Raya quickly grabbed Eva's wrist before Eva could think of an excuse. Walking over to Aikka, Raya smiled.

"I don't suppose you have any objections to teaching her how to dance?" Raya asked with a smile.

Before Aikka could even reply Raya had already shoved Eva into his arms and had run up the stairs to where Nora was standing.

"She never takes no for an answer does she…" Eva said.

"Believe me its rather dangerous to say no to her." Aikka said.

"Uh I've never danced before…" Eva said her face starting to glow red.

Aikka smiled as he showed Eva how to dance what was called the Sunlight Waltz. It was much faster then Eva had expected and she had to be careful not to trip.

Suddenly Eva's leg seared with pain and she couldn't keep her balance as she fell over. She realized she had fallen on top of Aikka and was now looking down at him.

"Eep!" Eva squeaked her face feeling as though it were on fire. She quickly tried to get up but instead fell backwards, she could here Raya laughing and at the same time was trying not to laugh herself.

"Eva are you alright!?" Aikka cried a blush clearly burning on his own face.

"Y-Yeah I'm sorry Aikka I just uhh…I uh lost my balance!" Eva cried in a panicked voice for she was rather embarrassed.

Raya gave a teasing whistle as Aikka helped Eva up.

Nora walked down the stairs, "I must say Eva, for a first time you did very well!"

"Enough with the praise look!" Raya shouted pointing into the distant.

Squinting Eva could see a massive crowd of ships heading the same way. In a few hours they would be on Oban.

To Be Continued…

…Hello…I uh sort of forgot to update, heehee. This was supposed to be posted a few weeks ago but I forget to post it. Don't worry this story shall go on even if I only have one reader XD. Wonders if anyone actually still reads this o.O