Vieraslayer

I know this is pretty long, and it will go on for a while still. This chapter gets really suggestive. Not too graphic, but definitely rated R. This just got hit # 3,000 and it feels good. Review please! And be sure to check out Lisaviera's "Fran Goes on Jerry Springer", because Lisaviera is giving me no peace about it!

Flight or Fight

Ktjn and Tomaj had left as soon as Ktjn was done visiting her sister. Tjla didn't understand why she and her parents had to leave home. Ktjn made sure her little child wasn't upset during the trip. She couldn't bear the thought of Tjla being upset because of what was going on. Ktjn didn't want to leave either, but she knew it was for her own safety and that of her family. She hoped Krjn would be okay. If Krjn died… Ktjn didn't know what she'd do if she lost her older sister. Her own mother had been killed in battle, and she didn't want her sister to die. She wanted to see Krjn have a family of her own. Maybe find another Viera even, keep the blood pure, considering Ktjn knew she was eventually going to marry Tomaj. Ktjn didn't care as long as her sister was happy though. Krjn had a Hume boyfriend a long time ago, and they would've gotten married if he hadn't been killed.

"Is our little love okay?" Tomaj asked Ktjn.

"Tjla needs to take a nap. The move will not be easy on her. We're taking her from everything she knows." Ktjn whispered, Tjla in her arms. The little half-Viera was very cranky and Ktjn needed to find a place to put the child down for a nap, but it wouldn't be easy.

"I hope she doesn't get too upset during the trip. I'm sure there will be somewhere on the airship. We'll leave her in the cabins so she can sleep. I don't know if I can take a screaming child and an overly emotional Viera with a gravely wounded sister she's going to worry about."

"TOMAJ! That wasn't nice! Krjn could still die! She was shredded by Reena claws! Many Viera would've died already from that kind of injury! She went into shock and we had to save her ourselves. Her heart even stopped at one point. She's just lucky Montblanc knew CPR and I was there to help. Montblanc promised to keep me updated on her condition via Mognet. I really hope she makes a full recovery. She could end up crippled very easily."

"I was joking Kit. I love you and Tjla. Chill. I love both of you no matter what. Even if Tjla decides to start screaming and you won't shut up about what happened to your sister."

"I want to give Tjla a sister or brother."

"Kit! You can't be serious! There are Reena-Kaana prowling about, and you want to put another little Viera in danger!"

"I can't do it until next year anyhow. By then Clan Centurio will have stuffed and mounted the Reena for what they did to my poor sister! Then we can go back to Rabanastre and get married, and then I can have more children. I won't run away when I get pregnant again, I promise. That was a big mistake on my part, but I was nervous. I won't do something like that ever again."

Balthier and Fran were interested in the Reena Talisman. It seemed like it would be worth quite a bit, and the fact that it was magickal made it all the more desirable. Fran thought that maybe since it was taken off a slain Viera, maybe only Viera could use its magick. But now, Fran was occupied with something else. There had to be a reason the Reena had chosen now to reappear, Fran decided. They had hidden themselves for so long, and could've easily continued to do so. She was upset at what happened to Krjn. The two Viera used to get along so well.

"Something on your mind? You've been distant for a few days now. You have to be distressed. Out with it, Fran." Balthier said. The Viera hardly acknowledged him.

"Kupo! Fran, please come back to us!" Nono cried. Fran was just flying the Strahl, deep in her own thoughts, and she had to snap out of it or she'd end up crashing. In more than one way. The Viera's mind was not working right. The mysteries of the Reena were completely occupying her thoughts. Memories of the Reena Campaign were bothering her.

Balthier kept thinking of ways to try and get Fran's attention, but just as quickly discarded them. Most of them would get her attention but would result in his death, others were just plain wrong. It was not nice to play with somebody's emotions the way some of his ideas would.

"Fran must be thinking really hard. She doesn't usually get so absorbed in her thoughts like this." Balthier told Nono.

"I don't like it. We have to figure out a way to snap her out of it."

"Wait a sec. I think I know what she needs."

Balthier went and kissed Fran. The Viera got a bit angry, but at least she was out of her thoughts. She slapped Balthier.

"I suppose I deserve that, but I had to do something!"

"I'm sorry." Fran said.

"I know better, but you were going to get us in trouble and that was all I could think of doing. Watch the sky!"

"I was wondering why the Reena-Kaana have waited until now to reappear. First Alvyne shows up, and then that one in Rabanastre that has been killing the Viera. We need to tell Alvyne after we get ahold of that Reena Talisman."

"That is a good question Fran. And I know Alvyne needs to know. But the Reena Talisman comes first. We are pirates after all. Treasure before everything else."

Fran gave a rare smile. "I like when you talk like that."

"Now, I'd like to know why the Reena have reappeared too. Alvyne wouldn't know. She doesn't know that she isn't the only one left. She can't lie to me, and she already told us that she doesn't know if there are any other Reena. Perhaps we should go to Rabanastre and try to find that Reena and ask him. I'll protect you, don't worry. We can tame it and send it to Alvyne, and maybe she'll tell us about even more treasure!"

"Balthier, I don't think my sisters will appreciate having another Reena with them. Myko may, but…"

"Do you like avocado? Nono bought these things that might be avocados, and he wants us to eat them, but I don't know."

"Last time you told me to eat something Nono bought, I was sick for a week."

"I remember. I hope that never happens again. Sometimes I swear that Moogle wants to poison you."

"Why don't you eat it? Wait, I know. You want the Viera to taste test everything to make sure it's okay for you."

"Kivana, I swear. The two of them should just get married, kupo. They're perfect for each other. They've been together so long. They fight like an old married couple, kupo." Nono told one of the other Moogles.

Myko was asking Alvyne all kinds of things. She wanted to know more about Reena, and she was just making conversation. Tension was in the air. Rael sensed it more than the other Wood-warders. She wasn't even picking at Myko and Mjrn. Alvyne was making wonderful progress with her healing, and Myko was asking her some things about that.

"Aunt Jote would probably not want a Reena anywhere near that part of her." Myko said.

"Alvyne must. How Myko know about that place on females? Myko not supposed to know about Viera hole! So why she do?" Alvyne asked.

"I asked Aunt Jote about that kind of thing. She told me as long as I didn't repeat anything to the younger Viera. But you aren't even a Viera, and you're gonna have to deal with all the parts of a Viera. Even the male or female parts."

"Alvyne not know why things so odd. Alvyne sense it. Yep."

"Yeah. I feel it too. Something is gonna happen. Something big. I can just about smell it."

"Alvyne hope it no bad, nope-nope! It worrying Alvyne." The Reena said. She let out a Reena howl. Rael was standing nearby. Her ears stood straight up.

"So you feel it too." Rael remarked, turning to look at the Reena.

"A great disturbance, Alvyne feel. Before Rael say anything, it not Alvyne fault!"

"I know it isn't. It would've started the moment you entered the Wood if it was you. I went and asked Kira, and she says that something major is going to happen. The Wood can sense danger all over Ivalice. The Life Trees are worried, Kira says. Kira is very upset, and if she's worried, then I'm very worried."

"Alvyne want to meet Kira. Kira sound very wise."

"She doesn't want people around, dog-girl. I can talk to her because I'm her big sister, and sometimes she and Janzyn will have sex, but she doesn't want too many people around her. She's a loner. She's upset about all kinds of things, some she won't even tell me. It's making her lose her appetite, and she's always so tired right now, and she's crankier than I am when I can't go play with Rush. She tells me she worries about Alja, but Alja can be dead for all I care. She left the Viera! She's like your mother, Myko Sue."

Alvyne began growling at Rael for giving Myko that kind of nickname. Myko rolled her eyes. "Alvyne, chill. That's one of her nicer nicknames for me. It's something she made up. I don't know why she calls me that, but it means she's too worked up to care about insulting us."

"Myko very wise for child-Viera." Alvyne said.

"The Viera say I get my intelligence from the Vieran side of my family, but my father is no dummy either."

"Myko, I would like to be alone right now. Please take your dog and go play somewhere else." Rael told the young half-Viera. Myko nodded and she and Alvyne ran off. Rael was being nice for a change, so Myko was happy to do what she wanted. It really worried her though. The tension was so strong it was making Rael act nice!

Jote felt the tension too. It affected her quite a bit. Marl was worried about his pregnant mate. He didn't want her to have a miscarriage or anything. She was due in a few months, and Marl didn't want her to lose another of her children. She had lost one once, and it made her fall apart. Her mother had been kind and made her forget with a forbidden salve. That act had made the Wood angry at Sylva, but it had probably saved Jote's life.

Jote had gone out and picked some periwinkle, Sylva's favourite flower. Vinca. That was why Jote had given her daughter her nickname. She was going to bring the flowers to show Vinka, but she didn't feel so well all of a sudden. She knew her child wasn't coming, but she still felt terrible. What was going on? Why was the Wood so uneasy?