Dark Anty – Hey, guys! Sorry for being late. I've been busy looking for a job and it's harder than it seems. Pray for me ya'll. Until then, here's a new chapter here to grace your eyes. Enjoy!

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"Speech"

"Letters"

'Phone calls'

-Intercom-

Thoughts

Dreams

-SFX-

-Ctarl-Ctarl Language-/-Ctarl-Ctarl Language-

Disclaimer: I don't own Outlaw Star. Rated M for mature viewers.

Chapter 4 – Finding Out Something New

"…Gene," Aisha stood in the open door to see Gene standing in his usual sleepwear, which consist of just pajama pants, nothing more. His hard body was out of this world, ripped and taut, every ridge, curve and dip visible and pleasing to the eye, her eyes right now. However, her attention was to the concern looked Gene had in his eyes.

"What are you doing here? I thought you would be asleep."

"Ano, I just came down to see if you were ok. You had a sad look in your eyes and I wanted to know if it was what I said in the lobby." His voice sounded concerned and worried, a tone she never heard him use in the entirety they have been together.

"Ina. It's nothing. Ittai…I must have been tried, that's all."

"You sure?" He leaned against the doorframe as he looked into her eyes, trying to find some truth to her words. Aisha could feel the intent of the stare and suddenly looked down to the side.

"…Hai," She looked back up to meet his gaze once more. "I'm positive." He was met with a calm look and he took a small relief that his words haven't hurt her again.

"Yoshii, then I'll let you get some sleep. See you tomorrow,"

"You too. Oyasumi,"

"Oyasumi," He turned and walked down the hallway. When Gene was nearly halfway down the hall…

"Gene, ueito!" Gene stopped dead in his tracks and looked back towards Aisha as her left shoulder was exposed under the large t-shirt. "Do…Do you want to talk for a little bit? Just the two of us?" Gene was slightly confused, his expression barely faltering.

"Uhhhmmm, yoi," He walked back to her room and she silently closed the door. Gene sat on her bed, bouncing on the comfy material. He looked around her room and saw how nice and spacious it was, slightly unlike his room with Jim. "This is nice. You deserve a room like this."

"-Giggle- Gene, you don't have to be so kind. We can still act like we use to, just tone it down a notch." He smirked at her and lay back on the cool bed. Aisha took seating on the little dresser draws next to the entertainment center.

"Anna, what would you like to talk about?"

"I was thinking that you should ask the questions since you want things to change between us to a friendlier status."

"Hm, yoi," He sat up and looked at Aisha to give his questions. "Yoshii, when did you learn to speak French and how come you never use the language as fluently now as when you did at the store with the French-accented clerk?"

"Yoi, for the first part, I learned the French language when I was in the third grade as the Terrans would call it. When an I.Q. has reached a suitably high level, our teachers test and teach students to learn up to thirteen languages, some of Sentinel III's frequently used languages. Over the years, the language of all other planets becomes second nature to remember and use to translate one language to another.

"Now for your second question. I don't speak French so often because I didn't think anyone would want to hear me speak in another language. In a way, I thought I would annoy you more if I did, and that's not my intentions." Her final words started to fade, speaking more to herself. "I was afraid to do so much of the things I love to do because I thought you would be more annoyed with me than before, so I didn't bother." Her voice trailed off, but it was still heard. The room was silent for the moment, letting Gene soak in everything she said.

"…You were really afraid to be yourself around me, weren't you?" She could only look to the side, her expression a sad one once again.

Aisha didn't notice when Gene stood in front of her until he placed his hand under her chin and turned her head to him, facing him and his eyes, his Steely Gray eyes so full of determination, courage, spirit, royalty, and heart. Eyes she couldn't help but fall in love with and the person who holds those great things in his eyes. Aisha noticed he was getting closer, but didn't care or didn't know how to respond to him. He kneeled down in front of her and moved her closer to the edge.

Gene pushed her legs apart, stood on his knees between her legs, and he hugged her tightly, his head on her chest as he hears her speeding heartbeat and breathes in the wonderful fragrance of Vanilla Sugar slathered all over her body. It was invigorating, inviting and he loved the scent very much on her. Aisha was beyond shock and was trying to contemplate on what was happening: Was he planning to make a move? Was he trying to seduce her? Why would he suddenly hug her? She was completely baffled!

"Aisha, nanitozo…please don't be afraid to be who you truly are. Not in front of our family, of the world, of us… of me," Gene hugs her tighter. "Be who you are and I will still care for you as I should before and as I should have now. Don't be afraid of who you are, Aisha." Gene waited for a responds, any responds. He finally got one when she hugged him back with all the love she had in her heart for him. Then Gene felt something wet and warm fall on his cheek. He knew what it was and held her in the best loving way he knew how, feeling more of her tears, her tears of sadness and joy, run down her cheek and eyes.

They held their embrace for who knows how long, but if given the chance, they would have stayed like that for eternity: the love, sadness, and joy circling around them with pureness and awesome power, filling them with better understanding of each other's feelings. When the last of her tears fell, they pulled from their embrace. Gene looked at her tear-stained face and smiled, rubbing away the tears on her cheeks and under her eyes as he rubbed her tears from his cheek and he cupped her face in his hands.

"Never…ever…be afraid to be you in front of me. I would never do anything to hurt you and I would never stop caring about you. Not in the least bit, so please let me see the real you: The brave, intellectual, beautiful, and wonderful Aisha that has hidden herself in fear of those she loved for years. Nanibun, let me see that. Let me see her." Aisha was on the brink of more tears.

She smiled and the tears came rolling down. "I will,"

They embraced each other once more, Aisha letting out small sounds as she cried on his shoulder. Gene was truly being a good friend to her and she couldn't be happier. They backed away from each other, still in their hold and they looked into each other eyes, a sparkle lingering in their eyes. Then it was Gene's turn to give the first kiss. It was soft, gentle, and caring; very nice and slow, their tongues massaging and caressing, licking each other's lips and exploring each other's mouths torturously slow, savoring their zest with each passing moment.

Gene made the first move, slowly raisng his right hand up to her chest and squeezed and massaged her massive left breast, receiving a cross of a cute mew and gasp from her lips. He smiled inwardly as he continued his ministrations on her soft, full globe, his fingers and palm running over her harden nipple as her breathing was becoming shallow and wavering. Gene pulled from the kiss, receiving a displeased moan from Aisha's lips but soon turned back to moans of bliss as Gene kissed and licked her neck, nipping the soft skin with his canines and leaving little love bites along her neck and collarbone.

Aisha ran her hand through his luscious red hair, wanting him to continue his lust driven kisses over her neck and his hands over her body. She moans even more when he sucks the front of her neck, the blood in her throat pulsing loudly through her as she moans his name with strangled words. Gene slowly moved his hand from her breast and rubbed on her thigh, squeezing the hard muscle under her tight skin and making her moan in bliss. He then moved his hand up her thigh, putting it slowly in between her legs and pressed his fingers on her hot cloth-covered core, burning with heat.

At that moment, Aisha had alarms blaring in her head and ears, her eyes shot wide open. "IYA! UEITO!!"

She pulled back from him, covering her already covered intimate parts from him and blushing madly with embarrassment and she heaved for air in the room. Gene, trying to catch his breath as well, was confused at her actions, but also worried. Did he do something wrong? Was he going too fast? Was it the wrong time to have sex? Barely understood women well and he was worried that he might have offended her again.

"Aisha, Ashi—,"

"Ashikarazu, Gene. I didn't mean for this to go so far." This surprised him. He was supposed to apologize to her, not the other way around.

"Demo…"

"Let me explain. Parts of me do want this, but I can't. Not that I don't want to, but because……"

Gene lifted an eyebrow at her pause. "Because?"

"-Speaking Quickly- Immavirgin!"

"………Huh??"

"I'm…I'm a virgin…" This sent mega alarms in Gene's head as well. What did she mean that she's a virgin?! Why didn't he know this before? This was too strange, surprising, and shocking all at once for him to understand. Aisha? The loud-mouthed, over-eating, bodybuilding, super-strength, high-n-mighty, extremely mega sexy Ctarl-Ctarl officer of the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire…is a VIRGIN?!

"…Uhhhhmmmmmm…I don't know what to say," Gene scratched the back of his head, really having no words to say in such a situation. It's been so long since he made love to a virgin and Aisha being one put a big hold on his advances. She looked at him with innocent sad eyes but smiled nonetheless.

"It's ok, Gene. Ashikarazu that this happened, not that I didn't enjoy it, but I think that we should be friends first since that's what Jimmy wants."

"Hm, you're right. Jim would kill me if he found out what I was doing right now." Said Gene with a slight pout. Aisha laughed, the mood lightening as the tension left them. "If anything else, I should be a friend to you, not a one-night stand. You should give yourself to someone you love and who loves you back, yoi?"

"Yoi," They gave a small kiss to each other and Gene went back and sat on the bed, Aisha now taking his side on the bed as well.

"Anna, you want to talk some more?" asked Gene. Aisha turned and smiled.

"I would love that,"

Gene made it back to his room but the welcome wasn't so pleasant with a shoe thrown in his face. The shoe slipped off, leaving the sole print on his face and an agitated look under it.

"JIM! WHAT THE…-Gulp-," Gene's blood ran cold and anime blue streaks ran over the top half of his face as he looked into the eyes that had radiated the look to kill with a hunter's knife in his hand, the blade double jagged edged and sharp.

"What were you doing in Aisha's room?" His voice turned dark, cold, and grimly, his jaws clenched in frustration. Gene had to stop his knees from shaking so loudly in order to say something, anything that could be an excuse for being in Aisha's room.

"I…-Gulp- I went there to check on her…to see if she's alright." His voice was shaky and unnerved, but he said the truth nonetheless.

"Oya, yoi," Jim spoke in a chirper tone which calmed Gene down until…-SWISH- -POING-…Now Gene stood with his back to the door and the hunter's knife right by his left ear, a small nick in his ear as small drops of blood slid. Gene went white as a ghost from how close death was calling him. Looking at the blade, he turned from it to see Jim standing in front of him, his entire outlook dark and deadly. Jim grabbed hold of Gene's neck and slammed his head in the door. Though Gene has a slight height advantage, Jim was using pure strength and anger against him, something he didn't know Jim had until now.

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN AISHA'S ROOM?!"

"I TOLD YOU ALREADY!!"

"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!!"

"THEN WHY ASK IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?!"

"You expect me to believe that you went to Aisha's room TO CHECK ON HER?!"

"HAI!! I DO!!" Jim pulled his head to Gene's ear, hissing out his words with much deep malice.

"Then why did I hear her moan your name when you were with her?" Gene froze as a block of ice. He didn't know how to answer and when he didn't…-POW- Right in the kisser. Gene fell to the floor, holding his nose to stop potential bleeding.

"Jim! It's not what you think!"

"It isn't?! Then explain to me when I came up to her room, I heard moans and sounds of kissing from the other side of the door?!" After hearing everything and the initial shock, he just realize something.

"Wait a minute! You followed me?!"

"You just figured it out?! And you damn right I did!! What I heard in that room was so upsetting, so disgraceful, it's…I'm a shame to even call you my brother!! How can you do that to her after everything you put her through?! Taking advantage AND having your way with her!! That's low, even for you, Gene!! What you did was unforgivable and nothing you can do can change how I feel!!"

"Jim! Calm down! We didn't do anything! She stopped me before I even had a chance to go any further!"

"So it was your intention to use her for sex!!"

"Hai—I mean ina!—I mean…I'm digging myself in a deeper hole, am I?"

"More so than you think," said Jim through clenched teeth.

"-Sigh- Jim…I didn't have sex with her and it was never my intention to use her. We kissed but that's it. We talked afterwards but nothing more. If you truly don't believe me, then ask Aisha. She can very well tell you the truth and then you'll see that it was all a big misunderstanding." Jim contemplated on Gene words, not finding in signs of a lie in any of them, so he relaxed and calmed down from his killing intent, his rampaging anger, and helped Gene to his feet. He pulled the knife out of the door and rested it on the small dresser draw next to the T.V. He sat on the bed, his body facing the T.V. and his head down as he run his hands through his hair.

"Aniki…Ashikarazu…I just didn't know what to think. Aisha is like a sister to me and I truly don't want her to be hurt. When I saw you go into her room and then heard the moaning and mewing…I just…-Sigh- Ashikarazu, but can you at least try being her friend before you try anything so open with her?"

"Jim, I'm not trying to get into her panties."

"Hmph, the hell you aren't,"

"Do I really come off as some kind of player to you?"

"Try 'dog'. A hot dog for one,"

"Jim," Gene groaned.

"Oh, c'mon, Gene!" Jim stared Gene in the face to show how irked he is. "Almost every woman you find beautiful, attractive, busty, exotic, wild, gorgeous, and sexy with nice long legs, hair and a nice ass are pretty much you choosing of a one-night stand. You never take the time to really know these women, and you would date them for only a month or so until you go to the next girl, having mind-numbing, heat-searing, sticky, sweaty sex almost everyday. Not once have you been serious in a relationship with these girls and most of the time you go to the brothels in Downtown, having sex with who knows how many women for days or weeks on end.

"When it comes to women, you don't see yourself in a loving, caring relationship, you see yourself in a 'Wham! Bam! Thank you, ma'am!' kind of relationship and move on to the next set of legs you want to spread open, or ass you want to grope. Never have you loved any of those girls and some of the girls you date and break up with, you leave them with a broken heart, if not a sad one. Now if that's not the truth then what have I been seeing through all these years since the day I decided to live with you and have you as my family and my friend. Tell me, Gene, what have I been looking at if not the truth."

Amazing how people see you through their eyes and actually see the truth about you.

Gene never thought over it and as he looked back, he could see what Jim was saying and why he was so upset to have him in Aisha's room. He understood very clearly how he treated his relationships because he was believed to be a lone wolf, never tied down to one person, one place, and will travel where the wind and stars took him. He never considered having a full relationship because he didn't think it would be a worthwhile dream, but in truth, he didn't think he was stable enough to give someone his love, his full love, his true love.

Though he love his crew, his family, he can't say that he truly loved anyone as more than a friend, to have someone as a longtime girlfriend or lover. He may have liked that person, cared for that person, but he never loved them. His first love was with Hilda, but because The Grim Reaper had a number to pick up, it was short-lived. Moreover, somehow he reverted to his one-night stands and evenings in the brothel houses, picking up girls with long legs and a pretty face. He didn't see love in any of the women he was with, just a sweet pussy for a nice fuck and then on to the next good one and so on and so on.

Yeah, he understood plenty.

"-Sigh- Yoshii, Jim, I see what you're saying, and from now on, I will be a friend to Aisha and a good one to her. However, don't jump to wild accusation without getting the full detail. If anything, she could have come on to me." Jim gave him a 'Not-In-A-Million-Years' look with a short laugh. "Oi! It could happen." In fact, it did happen before. Gene thought.

"Bakkin, bakkin. Ashikarazu about earlier. Let's just rest and forget about everything that has happened, yoi?"

"Sadaka," They already had their showers and so they climbed to their sides of the bed and slept peacefully under the cool covers, Jim suddenly snoring lightly as Gene falls into a deep sleep.

Morning rose and the sun beamed with all its warmth and shine. The beams landed on a beautiful woman: Skin dark as Mocha, lips full and juicy like peaches, hair as Ivory as the Magnolia flowers, and eyes as deep a Viridian as the leaves of a Magnolia tree. The sun landed on her body but not her face as the curtains were pulled to make sure that would happen. The sexy cat-girl could feel the warmth of the sun beaming on her. It felt so nice and inviting to her, warming up her muscle for the new day. Aisha finally opened her eyes, yawning herself awake from one of her most peaceful sleeps ever. She couldn't happy but smile, her memories from last night still flooding in her mind. Though it tended to go another direction, it did go back to its original course and the night became a favorite memory to her.

She rose from the warm sheets and ran through the usual routine that consist of stretching, jumping jacks, push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, and squat thrusts. Afterwards, she went to the shower and ran semi hot water from the movable showerhead, switching the flow of the water from gentle to jet power streams and beating away the aches her muscles were going through. Washing up and finally drying off, she put on her original Ctarl-Ctarl clothes with the large, spiky shoulders pads and large bell. Finding the wraps for her forearms and calves, she wrapped them up, packing away all her belongs in the duffel bag, looked in the mirror to straighten her appearance only to notice the love bites Gene so generously gave her, blushing at the scene of her neck being ravished so easily. She found her scarf, wrapped it around her neck, and out the door she went with her key in the her hand.

Aisha meets up with Melfina and Suzuka, them in their original outfits as well. They waited by the elevators and soon saw Gene being pushed out the door of his room and landed face first in the floor, carpet burns imminent and a light snore coming from him. Apparently, he's still was trying to catch a few more Z's. Jim came out with a disgruntle look on his face and kicked Gene in the rear.

"OW!"

"Get up, Gene! The girls are waiting, so get your lazy ass up and let's go!" Spoke Jim in a light shout, being loud enough to that Gene can hear him, not the whole building.

"Yoshii, yoshii," Rubbing his rear, his stood up and yawned, his eyes half-closed and falling dangerously low. They trekked up to the girls and they rode down the elevator.

"Gozen (Morning), girls," spoke Gene in a groggy tone.

"Ohayo-gozaimasu, Gene," answered the girls. They rode on down in silence until the bell rang and the doors open. They walked up to the help desk to return the keys and pay for the night. With that done, they headed back to the Gem Harbor to board the ship and leave Pearl Moon in all it's splendor. They agreed to come back when they had enough money for a vacation and enjoy the sites more.

Making it to Port 32, they rode the elevator up to the Outlaw Star and boarded the ship, packing away their things before getting straight to their positions. They readied themselves into their seats and began preparing for liftoff. Melfina was already in her capsule and giving out calls about each system functional and operational. Gene flipped the little switch as the light blinked in his right eye, giving him visuals of the ship and everything around.

-The ship is air tight and ready for take off.- Spoke Gilliam through the ship's intercom.

"Everything's all set here and we're ready to go." Said Jim.

-Life support systems are reading normal.- Said Gilliam.

-All control services showing green.- spoke Melfina.

"All systems green." Repeated Gene. All gauges went to full power and the word 'Go!' appeared on the screens.

-Engine output stable. Commencing countdown. T minus 30 to launch.- The ship and engines begins to rumble. -T minus 20.-

"Crew, get ready!"

-T minus 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0-

"Let's goooo!" Gene pulls the accelerator and pulls off to ship once again. The sky becomes dark once again and soon pitches black, stars once again the view of the crew's eyes.

-We've exited the atmosphere. Please put us in orbit.- Spoke Melfina.

-We have successfully completed planetary launch.- Said Gilliam.

-Sub Ether drive commencing now.- Spoke Melfina. The ship goes into hyper-drive, going off to Venus V as their final destination.

Setting the ship into autopilot, the crew went about their usual routines with Aisha cooking breakfast for the crew, Melfina assisting her in the mix of things. Everything was cooked and ready to serve. Jim and Gene came rushing in when they were called for food. Suzuka took things in stride and came at her own pace. Everything was great, as usual, and after breakfast, washing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen, everyone went about their business with Jim and Gene looked down in the engine room to see if any maintenance were to be done.

"Oi, Jim, can you hand me the wrench?" asked Gene as he sat in front of compacters.

"Sure, which size?"

"11/16ths," Jim passed the wrench on to him and sat as he watched Gene go through the motions of tighten bolts and screws.

"…Gene,"

"Hai?"

"How do you…um…how do you honestly feel about Aisha?" Gene looked at Jim as if he grew a second head.

"Nani?!"

"I'm serious."

"Ummm," Gene stopped his work and turned fully towards Jim. As he scratched his head, he tried to find the answer to such an 'Out-Of-The-Blue' kind of question. "Ano, I guess I'm starting to care more for her, but I'm not sure."

"How can you not be sure?"

"It's hard to explain."

"Oi, we got time."

"Hmmmm," Gene went back to work as he spoke. "I can't really say, but I'm starting to care deeply for her. I should have at first, but I didn't think that she would care for my feelings for her. After the dinner on Sentinel, the arguments, and now the talking we share, I'm starting to see that she did wanted my feelings for her and that she wants me to care for her. Now I'm seeing Aisha in a whole new light and see that she's more than what she puts herself out to be. Did you know that she can speak, read, and wirte thirteen different languages and each one as fluent as the last?"

"Ina, I didn't. She never told me."

"She never told anyone. Hand me the size 7 screwdriver." Jim handed the tool as he listened to Gene speak. "Aisha said she spoke thirteen different languages, six from our planets, and seven from various others. Aisha is a truly smart girl and has so much ideas and different views of the universe, but we have never known that side of her. She's only given us a small portion or a different part of herself to us because she didn't think that letting us know everything about her would be a good idea. After learning much more about her, the only reason she never showed this side to us before was because she was afraid."

"Afraid?! Of what?!"

"……Of me,"

Jim was quite shocked to hear such a thing. "I…don't understand,"

"-Sigh- She's afraid that…I would hate her even more if she chose to be herself around me. She was afraid to be herself in front of everyone because of fear of my reaction and I…I…" He stopped turning the screwdriver, deep in thought as to what he would say. "I didn't want that to happen. I didn't want her to fear being herself around me. I didn't want her to fear who she is because of me. I must have been a real monster to have her fear herself as well as me; to fear me hating her more. God, I can't believe how stupid and heartless I was acting."

He spoke as he dropped the screwdriver and ran his hands through his hair, pulling a few strains as he grabbed them. He rested his elbows on his knees with his chin in his right hand, his trigger finger rubbing his upper lip. "I can't believe what I did to her made her this way. Jim, how come you never said anything before?" Jim looked at Gene, and then to the side.

"…I tried to ignore it, thinking that you were going through a phase with her and that you would try to see some good in her. However, it kept going, repeatedly and I didn't know what to think. I thought that you would try to be friendly to her, be a good friend, or a brother to her, but I didn't see that happening soon. You still treated her so harshly and though you said you cared, I didn't see it. The only reason I didn't say anything until now was that I thought you would be the bigger person and see the mistakes you made. I guess I was wrong."

"……Hmph," Gene smiled and began his work again. "You think too highly of me, Jim. Since when have I ever learned from my mistakes?" Jim looked at Gene and smiled too.

"Hmph, you're right. When have you?" They laughed and went back to work. Jim typed on the computer to check through the systems output and stability.

"Jim?"

"Un?"

"You know I'm trying, ma?" Jim looked up from the screen and back to the working Gene.

"Un…I know,"

Aisha sat in her room, looking over the ball map she had. It has truly caught her interest and she wanted to know more about it. Unfortunately, the instructions for the damn thing are long gone, and so she been looking at the ball for hours, trying to see a possible way to figure it out. She picked up the ball lying on her bed and twisted it in her hands, looking over the ancient curling designs. She looked at the middle, seeing a line dead in the middle of section as well as many more lines with ridges within in it, as if it were to be turned. Aisha held the ball on either side to see if it can do just that.

-CLLLLLLLLIIIIIICCKKK- Half of the ball twisted in the opposite direction to the other half. Suddenly, lights started to glow around different buttons on the ball. Aisha pushed them, one after the other in perfect sequence and as she pushed the last button, a burst of tiny gold lights, millions of them swarm from the ball and around her body. The lights went to the air and formed a constellation of stars and planets. The sight before her stunned her! She looked around and saw her home planet, Nekoko. She drew her finger to it and as she touch it, everything zoomed in on her and she was given a bird's eye view of her planet, her home, all the cities, the ruins, the monuments…EVERYTHING!

"Oh dear God of Ctarl…" Aisha looked and viewed her world from a far and soon it turned to a view she hasn't seen in a while. "-GASP- Mama…Papa… Imoto-chan, Ototo-chan, Aniki!!" She looks towards her family having a picnic in one of the national parks. She sees her mother, father, younger sister and brother, and her older brother, all of them enjoying their time under the sun and Guru-Guru tree (Similar to a Cherry Blossom tree with fruit.). She smiles, seeing their smiling faces and talking. She missed them greatly. She'll have to call them when she gets the time.

"Yoi, what else can this ball do?" She twists the sections of the ball and pushed few more buttons; suddenly everything twisted and swirled around her, winds from nowhere bellowing her hair in waves of ivory sheets. The lights suddenly formed into a ball of sparkling gold light, hovering above Aisha's head. Aisha covered her eyes from the brightness of the glowing energy sphere, slits of light going through her fingers.

-Aisha,- Aisha looked around the room, knowing she heard a voice, but from where. -Aisha,- Aisha turned her gaze back to the glowing ball, hearing the angelic voice coming from the energy ball and in her language. It suddenly formed into a beautiful…Ctarl-Ctarl! Beautiful, long Blue hair, lightly tanned skin, a beautiful body and gorgeous gold eyes that just pop out to you. Unreal. In a way, she looked just like Joko!

-Aisha. Hello, dear child.-

-How…How did you know my name?-

-Well, I wouldn't be a very good mother of Nekoko if I didn't know my children.-

-What??-

--Giggle- Let me start over. I am the mother spirit of Nekoko. I have lived for millions of centuries, watching over the world, the spirits and my children. I lived giving the world its prosperous splendor in life and tranquility, giving the children of Nekoko boundless bounties of the soil, water and air. In a way, you may see me as God, or Goddess in that matter, but for now, you may call me Baste, or as I was so playfully dubbed, Joko.- Aisha knew she looked like her! -Now you may wonder why I was in this ball.-

Aisha was shocked beacuse that's was she was going to ask.

-H-How d-did…?-

-Honey, I'm a mother. I know all,- Ain't that the truth. -Truthfully, I was tricked by my sister, Kikitu. She's a real little devil and didn't like that I can control the planet and she couldn't. She hated getting things last because she's the middle child out of 1,353 kids.-

-Wow! That's a lot,-

-Yeah, thank the stars I was born first. Nonetheless, she hated the fact that when there were things she wanted, I would get them first, so she conjured up this ball that you has miraculously opened, and made it so that when I came in contact with it, I would be sucked in and I could never get out. I'm not entirely free mind you; just that in this form, I'm free to move about, but I'm not able to break the spell placed me.-

-A spell?-

-Yes, a spell meant to keep me imprisoned in this ball for millenniums to come. The only way I can be free is unless I help you find a special treasure.-

-Treasure?! As in gold! Silver! Dragonite?!-

-Yes, some and more than you can dream of. It's a great treasure that not many have been blessed to find. It's a far away treasure, peaked with danger in every turn and corner if traveled for, and if found, the person would be rich beyond their wildest dreams and I would be free from my curse and come back to watch over Nekoko as a mother should. Knowing my sister, she probably has done some serious damage while I was away and it would take some time to return things to the way they originally were, but don't worry, I won't change everything, just small yet major pieces of my grand design. Now let's get down to business. Remember the map Jon gave you, The Map to True Love?-

-Yes?-

-It will actually lead you the way to the treasure. The names of the places on it are not exactly real, but the places are.-

-So…it's not a map to true love?-

-Hmmm, can't say. It's for you to decide whether it leads you to riches, or fantasy. Remember, the teasure can be anything and I can't make the decision for you whether you want it to be love or priceless heirlooms, just lead you to it. However, if you choice wisely, you may win in the end.-

Aisha looked down to the ball in her hands. She was kind of sad about the map could not leading her to her love, but a least she'll have an adventure of a lifetime. Riches beyond her wildest dreams and it can be a new beginning for her family, old and new. Who wouldn't want to take that chance of a lifetime? Aisha looked up to Baste and smiled gleefully at her.

-Where do we begin?-

To be continued…

Dark Anty – Another cliffhanger. My apologizes to the readers for being so late and for being long. It seems weird really: Every time I write a chapter, it gets longer. As you read the last paragraph, you might have notices a similarity to a certain Disney movie. I'll give you a hint: It's a futuristic anime of Treasure Island. I hope you like this one.

Aisha – I did. –Giggles Lecherously- The kissing was my favorite. -Rubs Up Against Gene-

Gene – Hmhm, I'll say. Tasting those lips was like heaven. ­-Huggles Aisha-

Aisha and Gene – -Giggles Uncontrollably, Snuggles-

Dark Anty – O.o' Did I miss something?

Jim – I think they're getting use to the idea of being together.

Dark Anty – So soon? O.O

Jim – Yeah.

Dark Anty – So strange.

Suzuka – Not as strange as this story you're producing.

Dark Anty – Hush, you! XP

Melfina – Please send reviews!

Jim – Tell all your friends!

Gene and Aisha – -Snuggle, Cuddle, Giggle, Kawaii Mode-

Dark Anty – This…is distrubing. ':-(