First of all I'd like to say I realize that I made a mistake with the wump bee nest thing I realize it was the ninth birthday, but because I've already made the mistake and it would change the plot a bit I'll leave it at his eleventh. Anyways…Time for Chapter two! Well actually it's technically three. But nonetheless it's a new chapter glad to see that those of you who have read it seem to enjoy it, but I'd love some reviews for this fic cuz it would encourage me to continue even stronger than before. But thanks to Akira-chan1 and Imagination Gamer who followed this fic and to FROSTDRAGON4875, Xanaelle as well as the same users mentioned before for favoriting this fic and of course anyone I may have forgotten who have done either of the preceeding things. Also an extra special thanks to Imagination Gamer for being the first reviewer of this story. You guys are awesome! Now we will Delve into Jak's love life. Oh, boy this'll be interesting…
Note: This Fic is inspired by the fic Ulrich by Lune-Solei, so this is not my original idea and she did it so well.
Disclaimer: I don't own Jak and Daxter, cuz if I did Jak 4 would've been a PS4 launch title. Not only that but I don't own anything that may be referenced.
~Jak~
Jak:
Chapter 2:
It's Complicated…
~Jak~
2.He always loved Kiera but things became complicated when he met Ashlin, it only got worse due to their separation during the Dark Maker Conflict.
~Jak~
Five year old Jak had been living in Sandover Village for a whole month and he had never met another child since arriving in the village. That fact however was about to change today. Jak had been walking through the village with Samos moving their few belongings to the Sages new hut. They entered the second story of the large hut to find it was mostly empty except for a small hammock in the corner, obviously cleaned out from when the old owner had left the place.
"Here we are Jak," Samos smiled at the boy. "Welcome to your new home!"
Jak smiled at this, it was a very nice place from what he'd seen. Jak joined Samos in moving some of the things into the hut. They continued moving things around the hut until they heard a gentle knock at the huts entrance. The two of them turned to see two people.
The first of which was a lanky woman with an attractive figure who had teal hair tied up in a bun, she had emerald green eyes and soft features; she wore a blue shirt and green pants. She was absolutely beautiful and Samos couldn't help but notice this, he couldn't help but keep a prolonged gaze on the woman who noticed this and slightly blushed. The other was a small girl who wore purple overalls where Jak's were blue, she was a much younger version of the woman behind her as she had the same emerald eyes and teal hair.
Jak was surprised to see another child standing right in front of him but here she was looking at him with the same great curiosity as she had never met another child as well.
"Hello." The woman said in a soft, calm voice. "I hear that you're the new sage around here."
"Yes I am," Samos nodded. "I was just instated yesterday."
"Well congratulations." She nods. "I am Iris and this is my daughter Kiera."
Samos nodded. So this is where she came from. He was wondering how Jak and Kiera could be the same age when there was no sign of Kiera in the future, he was quite worried he'd made a mistake.
"Hello, Iris." Samos smiled. "I am Samos, the Green Eco Sage and this is my adoptive son Jak."
"Pleasure to meet the both of you." She nodded. "I'd seen you around the village for sometime but had never formally introduced myself."
"Why don't we chat for a bit Iris, while Jak and Kiera get to know each other." Samos insisted.
Iris nodded. "Fair enough."
"Jak go play with Kiera." Samos told the young boy. He nodded and ran past the girl taking her hand and leading her away.
"Stay in the village!" The woman called out to the two children.
Jak and Kiera then stopped in the empty hut which would later be occupied by him and his Uncle.
Kiera then took the time to introduce herself. "Hi I'm Kiera."
Jak nodded but did not verbally respond.
This slightly annoyed Kiera but she pestered him. "What's your name?"
Jak only stared at her. He couldn't really answer the question so he just stared.
"Don't be rude!" The girl shouted. "Answer me!"
Jak pointed to his lips, trying to explain his inability to speak.
Kiera still didn't understand. She sighed walking out of the empty hut and began to make a trek back up to Samos's hut.
Jak followed still trying to get the girls attention but to no avail. Once arriving in Samos's hut they found the two parents talking.
Kiera then made her presence known by wailing. "I don't like him!"
This hurt Jak a bit, the first child he had meet didn't even like him.
"Kiera!" Iris shouted as she kneeled down to scoop up her daughter. "Don't say that!"
"But he doesn't even talk!" Kiera insisted. "How am I supposed to like him when he doesn't talk!"
"Calm down Kiera," Samos said trying to comfort the girl. "Yes, it's true that Jak doesn't talk but I am sure you two will be able to befriend each other!"
"NO!" Kiera shouted.
Samos and Iris looked at each other with great concern at this. Kiera didn't even like the boy and that worried the two parents. Mostly Samos, he knew that Kiera was quite an instrumental part in Jak's destiny and he knew they'd been friends for what seemed like forever. Surely things would sort themselves out right?
~Jak~
"We have a very important announcement for the two of you." Samos told Jak and Kiera who were sitting together, despite not being on the best of terms.
"What is it?" Kiera asked curious as to what sort of news would involve the both of them.
"Kiera," Iris started. "You know Samos and I have been getting close."
"Yeah," Kiera nodded.
Samos also continued to Jak. "Jak, you know how fond of Iris I am."
Jak nodded at this.
Samos and Iris looked down at the two five year olds. They looked towards each other and finally let the news come out. "We're getting married."
"WHAT?!" Kiera shouted. "Mommy?! What about Daddy?!"
Iris looked down with slight regret. But answered. "Samos will be your new daddy, and Jak will be your brother."
"NO!" She shouted. "NO! NO! NO! I HATE YOU MOMMY!"
She ran out of the hut with tears flowing down her face. "Kiera!" She called out. Jak sprang up and immediately ran after her.
Kiera didn't get very far as Jak was much faster than her. He grabbed her arm and she turned. "What do you want?!" She asked.
Jak tried to give her a sympathetic look despite being quite happy for the couple.
"No you wouldn't understand!" She responded. This surprised Jak as only Samos and on occasion Iris knew what he was trying to get across.
He put a hand on her shoulder.
The girl shook her shoulder, clearly not wanting the boys sympathy. "I hate you! I hate Samos! And I hate my mommy!"
Jak put on a serious face, as if asking her to explain.
"She can't just betray daddy like this!" She shouted.
Jak just wrapped his arms around the girl but she squirmed out of his grasp.
"You will never be my brother and Samos will never be my daddy!" She shouted.
Jak sighed as Samos and Iris finally caught up to the two children. Kiera had actually understood him but hated even the idea of him more than ever now, he wondered if they'd ever be close.
~Jak~
Samos and Iris had been married for about two months now and Kiera was distanced from the couple as well as Jak. Jak and Kiera were in the lower level of the hut where Kiera was sitting playing alone with a small stuffed bunny. Jak watched and wished for the companionship of the young girl.
He walked over to the girl and tapped her on the shoulder. The girl looked over her shoulder to see the other five year old and sighed. "Oh it's just you."
Jak sat next to her and watched her play. He gave the bunny a curious look.
Kiera noticing this answered. "My daddy gave it to me when I was little girl. Ya' know before he died."
Jak nodded knowing that as of now she addressed Samos as Samos and not as 'dad', 'father' or 'daddy. He knew very well that Kiera was quite hurt and he wanted to change that.
She then gave her a sympathetic look.
"It won't be okay Jak." She replies. "Mommy betrayed me and my daddy."
Jak then gave her a questioning look as if asking 'are you sure?'
"Yes I'm sure." She answered. "She loved my daddy and now she goes and marries someone else!"
Jak put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
Kiera shook her shoulder to remove Jak's hand and snapped. "Jak, you don't even know your dad! How could you possibly understand?"
Jak was hurt at this. He didn't remember much of his father, all he knew at this point was purple eyes that glowed when he saw him or when he was about to do a mission for the good of the city. Jak missed the man but would shortly forget about him. Kiera had left him sad now to but he would still try with the girl.
Kiera sighed and quietly whispered. "You wouldn't understand…"
~Jak~
The Lurker attack was brutal. It left Sandover Village ransacked but it could easily be cleaned up. However that was beyond the concern of a certain family we all know was going through its own set of issues. As of right now Samos was treating his wife of five months of her injuries during the attack. The whole attack had been a surprise, Iris had been outside tending to her flowerbeds when the Lurkers had begun attacking. Everyone made it out alive and were residing in their homes, but Jak, Kiera, Samos and Iris were attending to the woman they had called a wife or a mother.
Iris' wounds were brutal and they could not be treated with simple supplies. They needed to treat her with green eco directly which was quite a dangerous procedure. Lucky for her though she had Samos who had treated many in the Underground, though he had never seen an injury this extreme, he still tried to save her, he had to.
Samos had a green aura around him as his hands sent a flow of the green energy into a gash on her stomach, his were void of irises and instead glowed an emerald green with the power of the life energy coursing through his veins and into the woman he loved.
Kiera and Jak were holding her hands, they held so much hope.
"Hang on mommy." Kiera said to the woman.
"I'm trying Kiera." She confirmed.
"Hold on my darling!" Samos insisted, intensifying the green eco put into her.
"Samos." She choked. "This is not enough!"
Samos complied by pumping more eco into the woman. He wasn't going to give up on Iris, she had meant too much to him and wanted to spend as much time with the woman as he could before he would return to Haven within the next twelve years.
Jak willed the woman to live as well. He loved her just as much as Samos and Kiera and didn't want to lose her either.
Iris let a single tear out of one of her eyes. She sighed. "Samos, I'm not going to make it!"
"YES YOU WILL!" The Sage replied, the eco radiating off of him began to grow more intense than ever. The Eco crackled off of him like electricity and you could see the energy flowing from trees, flowers and anything organic that was did not achieve sentience. His eyes bled the substance almost like tears; it was quite wispy and flowed out of him quickly. He continued to let the eco flow out of him and into the woman.
She was trying to hold on but could hear the sounds of the Precursors and a bright light intensifying in a sort of second vision. She knew she wouldn't make it and realized it was time for her to go. She wouldn't leave without saying her goodbyes though.
"Kiera listen to me!" Iris told her. The girl turned and looked at her the immediate fear in her eyes as she didn't want to lose her mother. "You'll take good care of the boys. You hear me?" She asked referring to Jak and Samos.
"Yes I will mommy!" She cried.
"Good." She smiled. "Samos is your daddy now. He'll nurture and care for you and pick up where Mazon left off. He loves you and cares for you. Okay?"
Kiera cried. Intensifying her grip on the woman's hand as if holding her down would keep her spirit from ascending to the heavens. "I need you mommy!"
Iris didn't answer her as it was too painful to respond. "Jak, I want you to take good care of Kiera, she's your little sister and I know how much you love her! You'll grow up to be a big strong man who will watch over his family no matter what!"
Jak nodded. He took these words to heart and would try his best to follow the woman's word. She was the closest thing he had to a mother and would follow her wishes. Little did he know he would follow these words closely as he would care for Kiera, Daxter, Samos and even Torn, Ashlin and Sig when the time came. He would be what his mother wanted him to be. The tears still escaped his eyes and he intensified the grip he had on the woman's hand for the same reasons as Kiera.
She lastly turned to Samos who was going crazy with eco as he continued to pump her with it, hoping that it would keep her alive. She let out a sad smile at the man. "Samos… sweet… sweet… Samos… You're going to finish our job and watch over these children. You'll raise them to be adults who will flourish and continue our legacy!"
"No Iris!" He cried out, actually tears flowing from his eyes that were literally green. They trailed down his face staining it and making even darker green creases down it. "I won't allow you to leave! Not yet! I need you!"
She let out a final smile and said. "I love you Samos. Not just you but all three of you. You're my family and I'm glad I could get to know each and every one of you."
"Iris!" He called out.
"I love you…" She sighed.
BOOM!
A crack of thunder rang out through the sky and like that she was gone. Rain began to fall, hitting the hut making a slow pitter-patter sound as if the Precursors themselves were crying as well from the heavens. The eco immediately cut off and Samos fell to the ground on his knees.
He frantically checked the woman's pulse but found nothing. "No…" He choked. "No… NO!" He shouted. Like that the plants around the hut died from the sages cry.
The children wailed as they felt the slight warmth escape from their mother's body.
They all cried Jak, Kiera and Samos. All of them cried, being a united front for the first time ever. They cried knowing they'd lost the one woman they all cared about.
~Jak~
Kiera and Jak sat alone in their shared room. They had just finished burying their mother and the funeral had ended after Samos, The mayor and The Bird Lady had said a few words about her as she was closest to them; Samos: her lover; The Mayor: her childhood friend; and The Bird Lady: Her best friend.
As for the Hagaii family, things hadn't been going very well. Kiera blamed Samos for not saving her and he was too saddened by the loss of his wife to say much. Jak tried to comfort Kiera but of course to no avail as she would not accept the fact that he was now his half/adopted brother.
Jak noticed the girl crying over his mother's death. Perhaps it was best to give it up the child thought. Kiera would never accept Jak and perhaps he should move on with his life.
"Jak?" Kiera called out between cries surprising him. "Can you come here?"
Jak obliged and stalked over to the grieving girl. He just looked at her surprised at this.
"Did you love my mommy?" Kiera asked him.
Jak nodded.
"But why?" She asked. "She's not your mommy; Samos isn't even your father either so why do you love them so much?"
Jak shrugged. He knew that they weren't his real family, but they gave him love and a home when his parents couldn't as of the moment.
"I get it." Kiera sighed. "They loved you, and you loved them back."
Jak nodded. He put a hand on her shoulder.
Suprisingly she left it there. "I just miss her Jak…"
Jak nodded.
"Now I'm all alone. Both mommy and daddy are gone, they've both left me all alone." Kiera whined.
Jak stood up and she looked at him. He shook his head from side to side, saying no and pointed a hand at himself and another at a plank of wood.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
He brought her head up to look at him.
"I am alone Jak!" She argued. "Mommy and daddy left and I've got no one!"
Jak sighed. But continued to look at her sternly. He wasn't going to give up on Kiera.
"Jak, it's nice that you don't want me to be alone. But you and Samos can't help me! You wouldn't understand what it's like to lose your parents!"
Jak glared at her. Who was she to tell her that? At least she knows what happened to her parents. Jak didn't even remember his mother and Damas was a distant memory.
Kiera's eyes widened at this. She didn't realize the full intensity of her words. "J-Jak, I'm sorry…"
Jak didn't know what to say. His glare softening at the girls apology.
"I-I'm just so sad!" Her eyes watered. "Mommy was all I had left."
Jak once again pointed to himself and the plank of wood shaking his head from side to side.
Kiera finally got the message. "Jak, you're right I-I'm not alone."
Jak smiled at this and nodded.
She cried and flung herself at the boy wailing into his shoulder. She cried and cried and cried and Jak only patted her on the back unsure of what to do.
When she finally stopped crying she looked up at Jak and smiled. "You know Jak, you're a very good listener."
Jak nodded and smiled.
"But you're not my brother." She said to the boy, making his smile fall. "You're my friend, I'm sorry that I wasn't fair with you. Can we start over?"
Jak nodded. He didn't mind starting over with the girl, it had meant that they could grow to be closer and maybe even more over time.
~Jak~
Jak and Kiera were getting along quite well now. After the night of the funeral she calmed down a bit and was able to accept both Jak and Samos. The latter of the two was her 'daddy' and the former her best friend. Jak didn't mind being friends with Kiera and not being her brother, Samos even agreed to it and although they were still his family he was there under their refuge as a sort of guest. It still hurt a little not being a son or a brother but nevertheless he would learn to forgive and forget. He was very young and impressionable so Samos figured it was better this happened now than later, so that Kiera and Jak would develop the feelings they'll eventually develop without the barrier of family setting in and possibly causing an effect on the time stream.
Six year old Jak and Kiera were now walking together in Sentinel Beach ahead of Samos. They pushed and shoved ahead of each other playfully, laughing and smiling being two great friends. Needless to say everything was going well for the two now that things had calmed down.
"Slow down children!" Samos called out after the two.
"We'll be fine daddy!" Kiera reassured the man.
The two continued to push and shove each other laughing and playing. Then Jak shoved the girl a bit harder causing her to fall into the sand rather than being disoriented. But the girl wasn't going down alone as she grabbed Jak's hand pulling the young boy down with her. With Jak being on top of Kiera the two began to roll in the sand struggling for control while still laughing with each other. They laughed and laughed and laughed as they played together not caring about anything in the world.
Samos had finally caught up to the two children and grabbed them each by the collars of their shirts. The two children were still smiling despite being held by the man. "Alright that's enough. We came to the beach so that you two could play in the water, not in the sand." He laughed.
The two children nodded and they made their way towards the ocean with Samos.
~Jak~
"Jak?" Kiera asked nudging the boy awake from his slumber.
It was late at night, Jak and Kiera were sleeping in the lower level of Samos' hut that the two shared.
Jak slowly opened his eyes as he looked up at the teal haired girl.
"I had a nightmare." She said to the blonde haired boy.
Jak sighed and yawned. He got up into a sitting position and patted the bed next to her. Kiera quickly went to the place Jak had designated for her and sat down. She leaned her head against Jak's shoulder to lightly cry as Jak brought his arms around the girl.
This happened quite often as Kiera needed someone to hold her when she was weak. Luckily Jak was there to protect her.
~Jak~
Eight year old Jak smiled as he moved into his Uncle's hut. He was moving the last of his things out of the room he and Kiera shared under Samos' hut and into his new room in his Uncle's hut.
Kiera and Daxter were more than happy to help Jak move, well Kiera was. Finally the last box was moved.
"It's gonna be weird with you and Kiera not living in the same place." Daxter said. "Even weirder that Jak's living with this old geezer!"
"Daxter!" Kiera shouted. "Jak really likes this guy, you can't say that!"
"Whaaaaat?" He asks. "Jak doesn't mind…"
Jak shot daggers at the redhead but he was oblivious to this.
"Besides," Kiera sighed. "It's okay if Jak wants to leave. It won't change because we'll still be able to play together and have Samos' lessons."
"Yeah," Daxter smirked. "Nothing to worry about."
~Jak~
Nine year old Jak stood in Kiera's portion of the hut. She hadn't seen the green tint in Jak's hair yet, but Jak was going to change that. He was quite nervous about it but after showing Daxter and Samos and receiving their positive reactions. Kiera scared him the most over this as he thought the girl's reaction would hurt him the most.
He took a deep breath before walking in to see the girl doodling what appears to be Jak. He gives the pane of the hut's entrance a slight knock causing the girls head to jerk up and look at the boy in surprise.
"J-Jak?" She gasps. She then quickly shoves the drawing into a drawer her face slightly flushed red.
Jak didn't really bother to ask about what she had been drawing despite his slight curiosity, he just waved to the girl.
"Um, h-hi Jak." She halfheartedly smiles at the young boy. "How are you?"
Jak shrugs still waiting for her to notice the change in hair color. Why won't she notice?
Kiera begins to walk up to the boy and that's when she takes notice of the lingering shade of green creeping up the boy's hair. "Jak what's that?" She asks pointing at the faded grassy green of the boys roots.
Jak shrugs, still waiting for her to make a clear reaction to his slight mutation. Kiera doesn't really say much though, they just stand there in silence.
Jak wonders to this day what she thinks of this green tint to his hair.
~Jak~
"I had another nightmare last night." Kiera sighed.
Jak turned to the girl, clearly worried about this revelation. Kiera had been having nightmares for years and Jak always felt bad that he wasn't there to protect her from them.
Jak simply nodded he wouldn't dare try and ask about them but still he deeply worried for her.
"I miss having you there Jak…" She cried sighed.
Jak wrapped her arms around her caringly a bit understanding towards what the girl was feeling.
"Daddy says I have to be a big girl but…" She didn't dare continue, she didn't want to tell Jak what the true cause of her nightmares was.
Jak just sighed. Those were the few times he regretted moving out and staying with his uncle. Kiera needed him during those nights but he couldn't help her without leaving his uncle who he loved dearly.
Jak just tried to comfort the crying girl even though he knew he couldn't truly be there for her like he used to.
~Jak~
Things started to change in Jak, Daxter and Kiera now that they were ten years old. Things started growing; new feelings arose; things just weren't the same!
For Jak while his body was growing, new feelings for Kiera began to develop. It started small, Jak noticing the way her emerald eyes shone like torches in the night sky or the way he greatly desired running his fingers through the rolling fields of turquoise he came to know as Kiera's hair. Then there were unmentionable parts of his anatomy that started getting bigger and bigger, he didn't really mention those to anyone as they were an unspoken taboo. Then of course his usual grunts, gasps and other forms of audible communication began to grow deeper, he almost imagined having a voice as deep as The Fisherman's at the rate it was going. These new changes certainly confused the boy like it would most.
Daxter's changes were probably the most abrupt. It started with the way he began looking at the women in the village. He noticed the way the Mayor's wife's hips swayed; the way The Fisherman's wife had an appealing body shape; the way the bird lady didn't have any of these things. It became ridiculous. Then there was the fact that his voice got much higher than usual, his mother said it was a phase but he wasn't quite sure. It's too bad that these feelings would get worse in Haven with even more beautiful women. Then of course he would never grow out of his awkward stage as he would forever remain an ottsle.
Lastly there's Kiera who probably got the worst of them all. Mounds began to sprout out of her chest whereas Daxter and Jak remained flat; she started bleeding where she couldn't explain to her father and had to see the Bird Lady to help with; her hips and backside getting much wider than they needed to be. Needless to say she was having a ton of fun with puberty… then there were the feelings that started to arise. Much like Jak she noticed a lot of things about her best friend: The way his developing muscles would ripple when carrying out menial labor; the way his round ocean blue eyes would glow when he was with his loved ones or his dangerous lust for adventure (normally the latter of the two;) or of course the way she enjoyed his strong silence turned into a much better attraction than it had throughout her childhood. With all these things happening to the girl she could only wish for things to calm down a bit.
Needless to say all these feelings caused tension between the three children at least for a little while.
Jak and Kiera would shuffle past each other; Kiera letting out a gentle hello under her breath; Jak hardly looking up from the ground as she passes by, only letting out a shadow of a wave. Kiera and Daxter never really had any problems, that is until Daxter started flirting with her. At first it was subtle, just hinting at having a romance, references that made Kiera uncomfortable. Then it became more and more frequent distancing Kiera from the boy. Jak and Daxter however were probably the best off of the three, but even then they still had issues. Jak really liked Kiera and so did Daxter causing petty arguments to rise between them even though Jak never really saw Daxter as a threat, it just bothered him.
Needless to say puberty was a bitch to the three of them. It seemed their friendship was at its lowest but that was all about to change today.
Jak, Daxter and Kiera often hung out together, being the few children of their age in the village they didn't have many options.
The three children were on the beach as the norm. They had decided to collect seashells as Kiera had suggested. The three had decided to keep to their own corners of the beach though, not really bothering to talk to one another with all the tension that had come between them.
Daxter was getting quite tired of not having his friends around like he used to. Things just weren't the same between him, Kiera and Jak. He loved his friends and wished things weren't too awkward between the three of them. He decided that he would make an effort to talk to them and he thought he'd go to Jak first.
"Hey buddy!" Daxter approached his friend with arms full of seashells and his usual wide, mischievous grin plastered on his face.
Jak looked up at Daxter and gave him a small smile and a wave.
"How's it going?" He asked, picking up seashells that littered the sandy dunes.
Jak shrugged, not really sure how to answer the question.
Daxter nodded. "How about we go and talk to Kiera?" Daxter asked.
Jak wasn't sure about this. Things weren't exactly okay between the two of them yet, but Daxter wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"Come on!" He shouted while pushing the boy over to the girl. Jak stumbled over to Kiera and knocked her to the floor.
The two were on top of each other it was awkward as they just stared into each other's eyes only wanting more and more out of each other. Daxter noticed this too and realized how out of line he was with Kiera and Jak. He figured he'd still joke with the girl about it but wouldn't be as upfront as usual.
Ignoring this thought for the time being, Daxter coughed to get their attention. "Ahem, should I give you two a minute?"
Jak and Kiera blushed before quickly getting off each other. Daxter laughed while the two were growing redder and redder.
"Daxter!" Kiera choked. "That's not funny!"
Jak nodded in agreement while his red headed friend continued laughing.
"Oh, come on lighten up a little you two!" He laughed. "It's all in good fun right. We're all still friends after all right?"
Jak and Kiera looked at each other. It's true that things had been shaky between the three of them for a while and they all really just wanted to let things get back to normal. It was just hard though.
Kiera was the first to speak what the two were thinking. "Well Daxter it's just that…"
"No! No! That what?" Daxter asked. "I say we just let whatever happens happen and just get back to normal."
Jak and Kiera looked at each other. Clearly thinking about it, to be honest they both liked the idea that Daxter presented and decided that would be best. Jak thought that as much as he had feelings for Kiera he'd rather be friends for now at least.
Jak and Kiera nodded at each other before Daxter finally sighed in relief.
It wouldn't exactly be easy to make things work out for them normally. But let's just say they'd settle down and deal with their feelings soon enough.
~Jak~
Jak looked at the goggles that rested on the floor. He was quite proud to wear them. His best friend Kiera made them for his birthday. Who wouldn't love something from her?
Of course now she was away for a week after requesting to see the Blue Sage about something. She tried to explain it to Jak but it just seemed like rambling to him. He tried following along but he lost her when she mentioned power cell and using precursor metal for some sort of flying machine.
Needless to say he missed his good friend a lot.
He was now wading in the waters of Sentinel Beach with Daxter. The two were just enjoying themselves, but Jak still seemed a little more spaced out than usual.
Daxter saw this and was saddened by it. He was hoping that being alone with Jak would be good for the two of them, not having to deal with his slight awkwardness with Kiera and all. But sadly he was mistaken. Kiera's departure had left Jak so down it was quite bothersome to the redhead.
"Come on Jak!" The redhead whined to the boy who was absentmindedly maneuvering through the still waters of the beach.
Jak looked up at his friend trying to give the best grin he could with his sadness. But it wasn't much.
"Let's have a water fight!" Daxter suggested, splashing the boy.
Jak smiled a little but it wasn't much.
"How about a race then?" He asked.
Jak just sighed, he felt bad for doing this to Daxter. It's just that he missed Kiera so much.
Daxter sighed. "Ya'know Jak you can't be moping over Kiera the whole time she's gone."
Jak looked at him unsure of where he was going with this.
"I'm just saying." He told him. "I mean while she's gone she wouldn't want you to be sad! She'd want you to miss her sure, but not so lost and sad without her."
Jak thought about what Daxter said. He was right, Kiera wouldn't want him to be this sad.
He smiled at Daxter and then began to splash at him.
"Haha!" Daxter laughed. "That's more like it Jak!"
The two then continued their water fight laughing and splashing as much as they could. Jak forgot about Kiera for a little while and was just able to have fun with Daxter. Jak still missed Kiera, but thanks to Daxter he was able to have fun without her.
This taught Jak that distance definitely did make the heart grow fonder. He couldn't wait for her to return.
~Jak~
14 year olds Jak and Kiera were alone on Geyser Rock. Jak wanted to get some more training with blue eco and wanted someone to come out with him. Naturally it would be Daxter and Kiera but the mischievous redhead found himself swamped with chores.
Kiera watched Jak zip past her as he was currently charged with blue eco. She always admired the boy's ability to channel eco into his body and use it in seemingly endless ways. She could hardly handle getting treated with green eco, she had no idea how Jak was able to get into contact with colors like blue and red.
Jak now jogged back to her looking expectantly.
"That was six seconds, Jak." She smiled at him. "You're getting faster and faster every time!"
Jak smiled at her. He loved it when she praised him for his efforts. It felt just as nice as when he would marvel at whatever mechanical masterpieces she was able to assemble.
Jak jumped up and down, a grin plastered on his face. He wanted to try some more eco.
"Really Jak?" Kiera asked. "It's getting a little late don't you think?"
Jak then looked up at the sky seeing that it was reddening. Strange, it was noon when he and Kiera had gone out. To Jak it had hardly been five minutes since he'd started. He wasn't sure if time flew because how much he loved channeling eco or how much he enjoyed spending quality time with Kiera. Perhaps it was an odd combination of the two? Whatever it was this wasn't nearly enough time for him to enjoy.
He looked at Kiera and nodded. He knew she was right, no matter how much he wanted to stay with her and channel eco.
At least it was a good day. He couldn't imagine any better way than to spend it except for maybe fitting Daxter in somewhere.
Jak began to walk with her towards the rift gate expecting Kiera to follow.
Not even taking his fifth step back Kiera called back to him. "Wait, Jak?"
He turned to see her sitting on one of the many worn boulders that litter the island with grasses growing on them making them a rather comfortable seat. He looked at her curiously.
"Can we talk for a second?" She asked.
Jak looked at her and nodded. Clearly wanting to know what she wanted to see him for. He casually strutted over to the rock and sat down next to her. He now gave her his full attention.
"What are we, Jak?" Kiera asked the boy.
Jak looked at her, clearly unsure of how to answer.
"I mean seriously, Jak." She started. "We've been so close for so long. I want more and I know you want more. So where are we in this relationship? What are we?"
Jak didn't really know how to answer the question. He understood what she was asking him but he honestly didn't know how to answer it. It's not that he didn't want to hurt her it's just he really didn't really know what kind of relationship the two of them had either. He just gave her a sad smile and shrugged at her. He knew it was bad but he honestly didn't know what to do. What could he say to her that could possibly answer the question, he always imagined more with Kiera but he would be more prepared for the million orb question.
Kiera got the picture she knew she wasn't going to get an honest answer out of the boy yet. It was too soon, she'd miscalculated it. She quickly changed the subject. "I really enjoyed the time we shared today."
Jak nodded. He was way more comfortable with this than he was with what Kiera had originally wanted.
"It was nice to spend some alone time with you." She smiled.
Jak nodded again, grinning from ear to ear. He really did enjoy the day with Kiera. He felt much closer with her now that they were all alone after some time.
She sighed and nestled her head into Jak's unarmored shoulder. Jak kind of jumped in response, he honestly hadn't expected that much from the girl. She looked up at him a little irritated but Jak looked at her apologetically. She then tried once again and Jak smiled. He felt a light tingling sensation from the girls touch and didn't want it to end.
He smiled and the two of them kind of sat there watching the sunset. This was a perfect moment and they didn't want anything to ruin it.
"There you two are!" An irritably familiar voice shouted from behind them. The two jumped in surprise, Kiera fell off the rock even. The two turned to see their redheaded friend.
Jak glared at Daxter whereas Kiera was as red as a tomato from the awkwardness of the situation.
Daxter chuckled to himself and ignored how annoyed his two friends were with him. He continued, "Old greeny and I have been looking for the two of you everywhere! You know it's past curfew and if he saw you guys like this he'd kill you!"
Jak and Kiera sighed. They knew the boy was right, even if he didn't believe those words himself and was probably had more fun embarrassing his two friends they had to listen.
Jak got up from the rock and helped Kiera up. Daxter was already heading off towards the rift gate.
"Come on lovebirds!" Daxter shouted. "Let's go home!"
The two followed after him, clearly annoyed with the boy. But nonetheless they followed after him.
The two didn't really mention the conversation after this, nor did they mention that how cozy they got with each other. Daxter didn't see the need to pick on them about it after a week of rambling on and on about it so they simply dropped it. No need to elaborate on the situation right?
Wrong. This only caused them to want each other more and wonder what they really did mean to each other. Ain't love grand?
~Jak~
(Once again don't remember this exactly but I think I got it close enough)
"HA!" Jak shouted and the bubble of light eco lurched from his hand and into the Precursor Robot. The robot exploded into tiny pieces, the Precursor Metal breaking into tiny bits and the additional armor Gol and Mia collected scattered. The metal pod that made the head of the Precursor robot shot up into the air.
"It's coming down!" Daxter shouted as he looked in horror at the pod that was falling down towards the completely open dark eco silo.
Jak and Daxter then dove down to the outer ring of the silo hitting the Precursor Metal hard. They quickly covered their heads with their arms in a feeble attempt to protect themselves from the falling robot or any eco that may splash out.
The robot fell into the dark eco with the corrupted eco sage and his sister inside. It immediately clamped shut with them inside.
Jak and Daxter cautiously got up, scanning the area in fear of something else happening. "Is it over?" The ottsle asked his good friend.
Suddenly the dark purple sky that had changed upon the battle's exposition lightened and changed to a pink hue that had the orange of the rising sun ever so slightly giving it a slight golden tint, it reminded Jak of a peach. The change in the sky signified that the Precursors themselves had warded off the danger. It was finally over.
Jak gave his friend a nod and a warm smile. Daxter smirked at him; they now knew that together they could do incredible things.
Finally the blue eco platform that they had used to reach the silo descended from above and sat waiting for them. Jak and Daxter approached it and they rose off into the air.
It finally dawned on Jak and Daxter that they had become heroes. This excited them, I mean who wouldn't get excited by this? When all seemed lost, they were able to right all that seemed wrong with the world. This was an amazing thing for them. So what did they do? They danced of course.
Kiera, Samos and the other three sages looked out for the boys. They saw the end of the battle but weren't sure whether Jak and Daxter would be able to come out okay.
Samos and Kiera were the most worried of the five; Samos knew Jak and Daxter could do it and he just hoped that the two of them would be able to come out in one piece so that they could still fulfill what was left of their destiny; but Kiera, Kiera was worried sick for her two good friends: Daxter, the boy that got turned into an ottsle, who constantly flirted with her, was a major annoyance and managed to ruin a lot of things in the village but was much wiser beyond his years whether he knew it or not and knew how to make the girl laugh and smile; Jak, her best friend, the strong, silent kid that she always thought was destined for great things, the boy who had a remarkable ability for channeling eco, he smiled when she created a new invention, was able to make her feel comfort from a nightmare, the boy who had rippling muscles that made her insides twist just by looking at him, she knew she loved him and was worried for him more than the ottsle.
Finally their eyes fell on the blue eco platform and Kiera let out a heavy sigh of relief as she saw her two good friends end their break dance in a defiant pose, looking up at them with the biggest grins she'd ever seen on their faces.
The platform finally reached them and the two walked off of it, a new swagger in both their strides. They were heroes.
"Well I'll be?" Samos laughed, clearly flabbergasted with what had happened and still trying to reach a clear comprehension towards the event. "You two do have what it takes to be heroes!"
Jak smirked at this, he and Daxter knew Samos would be the last to admit to that truth, of course they didn't know that he believed in them more than anyone else.
"Samos," The Blue Sage started, while tapping his staff to the ground. "This boy has an incredible gift for channeling eco. You may have been right about this one after all!" Of course they hadn't realized that there was much more to what he said, as the Sages all knew the truth.
"And Kiera, without your ingenuity we wouldn't be here to see this today." The Red Sage confirmed making Kiera smile.
But then Kiera realized something. What about Daxter? We weren't able to get him cured. Wasn't that the whole point of this journey in the first place? "But Daxter, now we can't change you back."
Daxter smirked. "Don't worry about me, baby! You know what they say: 'big things come in small packages.'"
Kiera however dropped out of the conversation in favor of the young hero in question. She stared into his big blue eyes that literally glowed with happiness.
Jak looked at Kiera, things were great. He was a hero. It was awesome, he'd imagined going on adventures and becoming a hero but he never expected to do something so great, so early in his life. He figured that there was one thing missing from all the stories his uncle had told him. The one thing that he had found disgusting as a child but felt quite desirable now. He had to kiss the girl. He and Kiera had the spark for each other but they had never officially gotten romantically involved with each other. They flirted all the time, sure and now she was staring at him with those beautiful emerald green eyes, so why not?
He leaned in close to her, time seemed to slow down as he took her in. Her ever so slightly tanned skin, the emerald green eyes that seemed to flutter as they drew closer and closer to him, he noticed the slight blush that crept on her face. Finally they would get physical with each other, finally they might become more finally they-
"JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!" The Ottsle shouted pushing their faces away from each other. The two looked at the ottsle irritably before he said. "Put it on ice big guy!"
They were 15 years old. Perhaps they should wait another couple of years to kiss. It would make sense since they were so young. But still, it's not like he didn't want to kiss her. He resented Daxter for ruining their possible first kiss.
~Jak~
Throughout his time in prison he never forgot Kiera. Between his treatments he would remember the girl with the turquoise hair and emerald green eyes. Her memory was part of the reason he was able to hold on for so long.
He sat in his cell, the dark eco slightly radiating off of him from the overexposure to dark eco. He panted from the twisted energy that was trying to eject itself from his body through a wispy gas that constantly flowed from him, he knew it would stop soon though it always did.
Even through this he still thought of Kiera. He remembered the way her hips swayed. He remembered the way his eyes liked to rest on her chest and backside. He remembered the way that when she was sad she'd let him slide a tuft of her hair away from her eyes.
But it just wasn't her body he loved, there was also her personality.
He loved her for her ingenuity, the way her eyes lit up when she would invent something new, it always amazed him when she would figure out how to make something new. He loved it when she was able to cut loose and be able to laugh and smile with both Daxter and he. He loved her maturity, the way she was able to take the severity in a situation and easily find her way out of it. He loved the fact that she was just alive in her own ways where Daxter wasn't. He missed her dearly.
'I, I just miss you…' He thought to himself.
'Again with the girl?' His ever growing dark form had asked.
'Sure,' He actually shrugged as he shot this back at him. 'Why not?'
'She's a waste of time.' He started. 'If you ask me, we need a real woman. Someone who would be able to feed us and our desires.'
'I- I'm not like that.' Jak stated. 'Kiera and I meet each other much more than on a physical level.'
The malevolent figure laughed, 'Why would you want to meet someone other than at a physical level? If you ask me you can find someone a lot better than that bitch.'
'Stop. Just, stop.' Jak said to the voice. 'Don't ever call her that again!'
His dark form didn't respond. The eco finally stopped radiating off of him so either it was out of eco and didn't have the energy to respond or he didn't feel like arguing with him. It was probably the former of the two as he always liked to argue with him.
It didn't help that his dark form didn't like Kiera much and only wanted to use her for his sexual desires. Either way he still wanted her over anyone his dark form could approve of. Not to mention he actually did love her body, regardless of what his dark form felt.
He wished he could see her again.
~Jak~
A/N God, I don't remember this scene at all and my internet sucks so I can't check.
Suddenly he felt two soft mounds with quite a diameter push against his back which made his stomach flutter. No bother trying to figure out what that was. Normally he'd like the feeling of a woman but she currently had her arm tightly around his neck and a pistol pointed at the side of his head.
"Who the hell are you?" The deeply feminine voice asked him.
The voice was right in his ear suggesting that she was taller than him. This surprise attack clearly explained to him why Torn sent out him of all people to help out this girl. No one in their right mind would ever want to show up and be at the end of the barrel of a pistol. Daxter let out words that didn't catch Jak's ears as he was too busy worrying about the pistol shoved in his face.
Jak stammered. "We- We came to help. Torn sent us!" He was usually a lot more alert and wasn't used to surprises like this.
"I don't need any help." The girl spat, she then let go of Jak and began to strut over to her hellcat completely dismissive towards the two. That's when Jak's eyes fixed on her posterior. Large, plump, her jeans hugged her ass leaving little to imagination, leaving even less to imagination were the straps of her thong that came up to her hips. All of that certainly perked up a certain part of Jak's anatomy.
'What a woman!' His dark from hooted from inside of him. Jak wanted to deny it but he couldn't help but agree. 'With girls like this who needs that other bitch?'
That's what turned Jak off and he returned to reality. He just couldn't imagine being attracted to a girl other than Kiera no matter how sexy she may be.
"But it looks like you two will." The woman warned as metal heads began to crawl down the walls with their four claws that acted as legs, their weapons drawn and glowing in anticipation. "Cover my six."
Jak drew his morph gun and immediately changed it to his blaster mod, firing blasts of yellow eco from the barrel of the gun making a few of the metal heads fall to the ground before they could even make it down the wall.
Other metal heads were able to crawl down the stone walls of the Pumping Station and began to scamper around Daxter and the two warriors with their electrified clubs and makeshift red eco guns. Jak fired a blast of yellow eco at an oncoming metal head knocking it down before swiftly dodging a blast of red eco from one of its surviving comrades.
Jak immediately felt a burn on his back. He turned to see a snarling metal head with a smoking gun staff. He was about to send a punch at it but it quickly fell when a single shot of red eco hit its face causing it to fall to the ground dead. Jak looked to the source of the shot to see the girl smiling.
So this is Ashlin? Besides her good body she had cream colored skin and auburn hair that shone brightly against the sunlight of the Pumping Station. She wore an open blue jean jacket that went with her blue jeans as well as a red half shirt under the jacket. She was also decked out in various Krimson Guard equipment, from medals to shoulder guards to something as simple as her gun holster, all of them bore the familiarly hated red symbol. She also had cherry red lipstick that complimented her red hair and various Krimson Guard tattoos on her face and long, pointed ears. But then there was something that intrigued Jak a bit, she had emerald green eyes. They weren't round and full of mystery like Kiera's were, they glinted with a thirst for adventure much like his own did, this common subject was quite calming and added flavor to the girl despite her natural seductiveness.
She winked at him with a slight smirk before running off and taking down more of these Metal Heads. He stood there baffled as each of her shots hit the metal heads right on target getting each one right between the eyes, even he wasn't that precise in his aim and he's fired both yellow and light eco directly from his bare hands. He noticed her agility she wasn't nearly as fierce with her punches and kicks as he was but made up for that in her agility as she was easily able to weave her way between the metal heads.
She could fend for herself. That was definitely something he wasn't used to. With Kiera he always had to run to her rescue and that felt great to see her smile when she was able to save him. But this woman before him could fight for herself. It was baffling.
"Snap out of it Jak!" Daxter shouted while backhanding the young man's forehead. "We have company!"
Jak smirked and continued to get back to the Metal Heads. However half the time his eyes fell on the girl helping him dispose of these metal heads.
Finally they finished and the girl began to strut back to her hellcat.
"You've got moves." She complemented him.
"Thanks you do to." Jak returned the gesture.
Of course Daxter wanting just as much from the woman as Jak did (probably even more) he jumped off Jak's shoulder and tried to make his voice as seductive as possible. "Must have been pretty exciting watching me take out those metal heads wasn't it."
She ignored him and started up the hellcat. This began to blow Daxter back as the jets were too much for his tiny body. "Wait gimme your digits!" He pleaded. "We can party hard! Big city style!"
Jak just chuckled at the little ottsles rants and then looked down at the pin he'd been handed.
"You're name's Ashlin?" Jak asked, although he already knew.
"Yes," She answered. She then flew off on her hell cat flying off into the distance.
Jak just looked on in wonder. He'll admit he didn't expect to be attracted to this girl. But fighting with someone rather than fighting for them felt much more exhilarating than fighting for them that was for sure.
~Jak~
"Jak," She tried to approach him before his dark form flashed in his eyes, daring her to come closer. "You've changed."
He sighed. "It's been a tough ride."
She nodded and returned to her position behind the now open curtain. "I'm glad to have you two back." She said.
"How did you get here, Kiera." He asked her.
Kiera sighed. "Daddy and I landed here in the city two years ago."
Jak nodded. "Where is Samos?" He'd hoped that maybe he was okay with her.
She sniffed. "I ended up trying to ask for directions from someone. I turned and daddy was gone, I didn't know where he was and I missed him very much."
Jak nodded.
"But now," Kiera smiled. "I have you. So I know we'll be able to find him."
She wanted to go to him. She wanted to feel comfortable with him again but whatever she saw before scared her.
Jak sighed. He didn't know he'd changed that much. He'd flirted with the girl behind the curtain so much because he'd liked to poke fun at her, for being so annoying. He didn't actually know it was the girl he desired.
Now that she was back he'd expected more from her. But alas things with Kiera would be even more complicated now.
~Jak~
"Ashlin is the Baron's daughter?" He'd asked, completely flabbergasted at the new revelation he'd been given.
He couldn't believe what he'd just heard him say. A guard had mentioned the Baron's daughter and then Ashlin's name comes up. He couldn't believe it. She was so different from her father. How could she even be in the same gene pool as someone as horrible as him?
All he knew is that now he was completely turned off to the girl. There was no way he would date the daughter of a tyrannical dictator, he'd focus all his efforts on Kiera from now on.
~Jak~
Jak and Kiera were walking around in the empty stadium just talking. Daxter had been doing God knows what with Tess since he decided to head off with her halfway through their meeting at the Hip Hog Salon.
"I've seen hundreds of drivers come through here." Kiera laughed. "But I'll admit, none of them drive like you do Jak."
"Well I did learn from the best." He smirked.
"That's true." She smiled. "If it weren't for me making the A-Grav and giving you the proper instructions you wouldn't have been able to figure it out yourself."
He chuckled. "Oh is that so?"
"Definitely." She smirked.
He laughed. He knew it was true, I mean Kiera is pretty much the reason he's great on a Zoomer. She built the thing, so obviously she knew how to work one best.
"So what do you think about all the zoomers around here?" He asked her.
"I don't know." She started. "Do you want my honest opinion?"
"How bad could it be?" He asked rhetorically.
"I can't stand them." She revealed. "They're better than what I could make with their resources, sure. But thee workmanship is terrible, you can tell that their rushed based on how weak they are not to mention pretty uncomfortable. Plus I don't even know how they got the two-seater to work, I had just started thinking about that before we left."
"It's a real mystery." Jak admitted.
Kiera nodded. "Ya I-"
"Talking to the eco freak?" A familiar voice called.
The two turned to see Errol standing with a smug expression on his face. Clearly he was amused with this. His very presence made Jak's blood broil and he almost allowed his dark form to come forward.
"Errol," Kiera gasped. "Um this is my friend Jak…"
"We've meet." They both said at the same time.
Kiera nodded. "Cool."
"So, Kiera." Errol smirked. "What could you possibly have to do with someone like him?"
"We go way… back Errol." Jak confirmed, still pretty pissed off by his mere presence. "Kiera and I are very close."
He wrapped his arm around her protectively.
"Really?" He asked. "Are you now?"
"Yeah we are." Jak confirmed.
"Kiera are we still on for tonight?" Errol asked.
This made Jak stop in his tracks. What did Errol mean? He looked at Kiera who began to glare at Errol.
"It's not a date, Errol." She said.
"What's not a date?" Jak quickly asked, his eyes darting between Kiera and Errol.
"It's just a meeting for the racing circuit, Jak." She explained. "There are going to be like three other guys there."
"So no need to worry." Errol said to him, but then quickly added. "Unless I decide to escort Kiera to her home again. You know how dangerous it is at night, with all the criminals milling about."
Jak wanted to tear Errol to shreds and why shouldn't he? The man has had it coming to him for a while. He was a Krimson Guard; He enjoyed watching people suffer; He was the Baron's lackey for crying out loud! Jak had every right to rip the man to shreds.
Then there was his hold on Kiera. They seemed to be friends which is what bothered him. He hated it even more that the man had interest in Kiera, he had issues years ago when Daxter actually did. But now this dick thinks he can come in and take her away from him. There was no way in hell he would let that happen.
He was about to do something before he saw Kiera's pleading eyes. He sighed, holding back the eco inside of him. His fist actually crackled with the dark energy, before he turned and walked out of the stadium.
That was one of the few times he and Kiera would talk like they used to and now because of Errol it was ruined.
~Jak~
"I'm not my father you know," Ashlin started making Jak, Kiera and Daxter turned to the girl. "Everyday I looked down from that ridiculous palace and I imagined a better place."
Kiera's glare slightly softened at this revelation whereas Daxter looked at the girl in surprise and wasn't trying to stare at her chest for once.
Jak took in these words. He'd admitted the revelation that Ashlin was the Baron's daughter definitely had strained their friendship; they didn't see each other nearly as much; the hello's he would give her on the streets seemed to stop; they weren't as talkative on the few missions they had together. She was pretty much dead to Jak.
But now, this revelation was satisfying. It calmed Jak of what he felt towards Ashlin and honestly attracted him just a bit. Someone like that definitely deserved the power right?
~Jak~
"What do you see in her?" Kiera asked him.
He turned, that was a little unexpected, they had just been sitting together in Kiera's apartment. Praxis was dead, Kor was stopped, things were beginning to look up for the city and they were sitting at the party that they'd all had now that the city seemed safe.
"Who?" Jak asked, seemingly oblivious to the situation. Though he wasn't he knew that she'd meet Ashlin.
"You know exactly who I mean, Jak!" She shouted.
Jak sighed. "Kiera… Can't we just enjoy the party?"
"I would if you weren't staring at that bimbo the whole time." She shouted.
Jak's head darted around the bar, now dubbed 'The Naughty Ottsle' luckily the girl was away, probably in the bathroom or something.
"I was ready to kiss you tonight Jak." She sighed. "But now I'm almost glad I didn't. You need to stop seeing Ashlin."
"Kiera," Jak tried to calm the girl. "Ashlin and I are just friends, she has Torn and I have you."
"For now…" Kiera whispered under her breath, Jak didn't hear it though. She honestly wasn't sure what would come out of all of this. She didn't want to lose Jak and Jak most certainly didn't want to lose her.
~Jak~
"I wish there was something I could do." She said sadly looking into his blue eyes, those wide blue eyes that reminded her of oceans she'd so rarely been to.
He stared back into those emerald green eyes that didn't seem to glow like they usually did. He looked down at the energy cuffs and sighed. "I know."
And it was true, she did try to have him stay in the city but the council was just too strong, there was nothing Ashlin could do to keep him there.
She finally removed his energy cuffs. "You stay alive, you hear me?" She said to him, her eyes lightly softened at the idea of losing the man, she wanted to cry but quickly shook it off before he saw. "That's an order, someone will find you!"
She then handed him a small pendant that had a small gem in the middle of it. It blinked slightly indicating that it was a tracker.
Jak sighed as the carrier hellcat took off. He couldn't help but notice that his gaze was fixed on her ass, even now of all times. He hated the way he was attracted to this girl, yet at the same time he loved it.
Only then did he notice that Daxter and Pecker stood in the place of the Hellcat.
~Jak~
(A/N I actually remember this scene clearly I just added parts that suit my story and this chapter)
Jak panted as they'd finished off with the metal heads that had ambushed him and Ashlin in the desert. Good, they were finally finished and his dark form was able to get his daily kills so he should've been pretty satisfied with himself.
However there was still the matter of the young general that so desperately needed him to fight for the city that turned his back on him.
"Just like old times. Right, Jak?" The woman asked the still panting warrior.
He nodded, still trying to catch his breath from the great fight.
"Jak, the people need you." She started.
"And I told you that I'm finished with them." He snapped back.
She hadn't yet known he'd gained a light form and just assumed that it was his inner darkness she was responding to. Samos had told her that the dark eco makes jack very aggressive.
She sighed and continued to make their way back to the hellcat. She couldn't help but notice how familiar this scene felt to her. Her, Jak, Daxter a hellcat, and a bunch of metal heads, it reminded her of missions with the slightly younger man and of course the time they first meet. She knew Jak was all too familiar with the scene too.
"Jak, the city needs you more than ever now." She tried to reason with her friend.
"And if I'm not mistaken the same city left me to die." He blankly stated, still quite angry with the ones he'd saved just a year ago.
Ashlin still pressed. "Not everyone agreed with that, Jak! There are people who still believe in you! I believe in you!"
Jak looked away from her his eyes closed in pain. Part of him wanted that to mean more than he thought it did, he knew that his feelings for Ashlin were growing more than he'd have liked. The other part of him though wished that she didn't exist, that they could just going back to being good friends and nothing more, he felt he belonged with Kiera and that he had to be with her.
Ashlin then took out something and placed it in the palm of his hand, concealing it but he already knew what it was.
"Don't you remember who you are, Jak?" She'd asked him as he held the familiar pendant that the Kid had once worn in his hands, gazing at it as it glew in the sunlight.
He squeezed it in his palm as if it was a lifeline. He glared at her before finally saying. "I'm through with saving the world!"
Daxter looked at Jak with his mouth slightly ajar and eyes widened in complete shock. How could Jak say that? He had thought. But then he quickly came to a quick understanding and sadly nodded in agreement.
Ashlin sighed finally giving up and retreated to her hellcat. She got out something and tossed it to him. "Here, Kiera asked me to give this to you."
And like that she took off and left.
He looked at the wrapped gift that Ashlin had given him. He opened it and smirked to see the Jetboard in his hands.
Kiera was still looking out for him. Of course she did. After all they belonged together.
Right?
~Jak~
Kiera.
It was a common topic that came up as he restlessly slept at night within Spargus' palace. Damas insisted that he stay there until he became a real Wastelander.
He looked up at the night sky through the glass paneling on the ceiling. It seemed that the sky was the same as it always was in Sandover out here in Spargus, not dimmed and distorted like Haven made it out to be. The stars shone brightly over the dark expanse and the moon seemed to illuminate the sky from it's pitch black to a very dark blue. Looking up at the sky like this reminded him of his childhood. Staying up late at night with his two friends to look up at the sky and point out constellations from atop Samos' hut. It was nice, but there were the times Daxter couldn't make it and it was just him and Kiera. Sometimes he would just listen to her speak while other times they would silently watch the sky without a word with her head lying on his chest and him carefully running his fingers through her soft blue hair.
It reminded him of the girl all too much sitting in Spargus' palace.
Part of him was tempted to wake the snoring ottsle next to him to calm his nerves, but he knew Daxter would be more annoyed than he would be willing.
He continued to stare at the sky and remembered the times they had in the village, how close they'd truly become and how much he truly meant to her.
What happened to them that changed everything they had?
He knew though. It was obviously Ashlin Praxis.
What did Ashlin Praxis have over Kiera Hagaii? Well of course there was the fact that she was a bad ass, Jak loved that because it was able to compliment his own personality. Not only that but her ass wasn't that bad to look at either. Ashlin had a great body and if he were being honest she had a much better body than Kiera did and he'd probably have more fun with Ashlin than he probably ever could with Kiera. Not only that but Ashlin had the same fighting spirit that Jak had, if there was a problem she would be on the front lines trying to solve it not sitting back and waiting for someone else to handle it like Kiera. Ashlin was also a natural born leader, a much better one than her father and Count Veger that's for sure, she was able to grab a yackow right by the horns and exploit it to is full potentiality. That's what Ashlin had over Kiera.
But Kiera Hagaii definitely had her own advantages over Ashlin and those were more home hitting and down to earth. If there was anyone in this world who knew him best it was either Daxter or Kiera. He couldn't date Daxter, obviously, he wouldn't want to anyway even if he was a girl. So this naturally made Kiera a good choice because she knew Jak so well it was scary, she even helped him discover things about himself that he didn't even know. Then there was of course how natural he and Kiera were with each other. Jak and Kiera were so close that adults in the village always talked of the two getting married some day, even when the thought disgusted them as children, they would always be seen together, the only few times Jak wasn't seen with Kiera or Kiera without Jak is when one of them were with Daxter. It was fair to say that the two were practically inseparable. Finally there was the history that the two shared, Daxter and Kiera go way back… Everyone knew it. In technicality their friendship is over hundreds of years old, their friendship had actually helped save the world believe it or not. Jak and Kiera had so much of a history it didn't seem right for them not to be together.
But then there was still Ashlin.
By the Precursors… What had he done to make things this hard?
~Jak~
The last mine car fell onto the new Precursor robot and exploded causing it to stay down and then never attack them again.
Jak looked down at it from where he stood at the edge of the cliff face and smirked. Finally it was down and hopefully he'd never see the Precursor Robot again.
A new gun mod rolled over to him it was cylindrical and seemed to fit right on the barrel of the Vulcan furry. He grinned, another new gun mod was always fun.
Daxter smirked. "Oh yeah, the boys are back in town!"
Jak smirked along ith his furry companion. "Let's go topside and see what kind of trouble we can get into."
Yep, Jak was back in Haven City meaning he would see both Kiera and Ashlin again. Of course this would be interesting, Ashlin still had her charm whereas Kiera had his heart in more ways than one.
~Jak~
Jak had been in Haven for a little while, actually it had only been several hours after the fight with the Precursor Robot, he had been wanting to get to the stadium and see Kiera.
"This place looks as bad as my old bedroom back home." Daxter commented on the rubble and destruction that had littered the area.
Jak simply nodded in agreement knowing how right he was.
"Jak," A familiar voice called out. "Over here!"
They turned to see Samos and Kiera standing behind a force field that glowed a pale blue and blurred the two people standing behind it.
It was good to see Samos again. As for Kiera, Jak wasn't as excited as he thought he should've been. He gave them a weak smile. "Samos! Kiera!" He called out to them.
He ran over to the force field separating him from his good friends.
Of course Daxter had to make a crack at the old man. "Ah, Samos… Still as green at the stuff between my toes."
Samos let out a slight growl at the comment but seemed to ignore him. "See Keira, I knew I could feel Jak's energy." He explained to his daughter.
Kiera sadly smiled.
Jak tried to test how strong the force field was by placing his hand on the seemingly transparent surface. To his surprise it repelled him as if it was solid metal.
"My boy, it's good to see you again!" Samos smiled before he took on a more serious expression. "Those passageways below the palace, they must be terribly important. The metal heads and KG robots are advancing toward them and we can't hold out forever.
Jak turned to Daxter. "So the city needs me again, huh?" Jak almost chuckled through his smirk. "What else is new?"
"Veger has turned on the force fields here." The Sage explained.
Jak returned his attention to the two. "Veger's the one who attacked the palace!" He shouted, before calming down. "He said he was looking for something below… something in the catacombs."
"Well, you're just going to have to find whatever it is before he does." Samos told him, "But first, you'll need to find another way into this section of the city. Take the sewers into the port, then find a way north to reach us."
Samos noticed that Jak was still crossed. Who could blame him, the poor boy that he'd considered a son had only saved the city just to be kicked out of it. He had every reason to be distrusting, he just wished that it wouldn't be with the two of them.
Jak nodded and began to walk away. "And Jak," His mentor called out to him. The young warrior turned to his mentor who looked at him with worn eyes. "We're sorry for what happened. We should have stopped Veger."
Jak's hands violently shook throughout the man's apology clearly showing he wasn't used to the subject yet. His dark form was begging to come forth with this, but his light form strongly advised against it.
"I'll stop him myself." Jak growled, clearly pissed at Veger for doing this to him and his friends.
Jak couldn't help but wonder why Kiera hadn't really talked to him throughout this brief encounter. Shouldn't she have been excited to see him again?
~Jak~
The Dark Maker Conflict was coming to an end, Jak had just had the creepy vision with the Dark Maker Ship when he decided to head back to Freedom League HQ.
"Okay what gives?" Jak asked grabbing the girls arm.
She turned and those deep green eyes dilated with concern. "What do you mean Jak?"
"You know exactly what I mean Kiera!" He almost shouted, turning heads of those passing by.
"Get back to work!" Kiera shouted out at the random Freedom League Soldiers who had directed their attention towards the two. Not wanting to anger their superior they quickly shuffled out of the room. She then turned back to Jak. "I have nothing to say to you."
"Really," Jak said. "Then would you mind explaining to me why you haven't given me anything since I've been back."
"Well maybe I would but you're much too busy with Ashlin!" She stated.
Jak sighed. "Kiera…"
"Don't 'Kiera' me," She snapped back. "You know all too well that there's something going on between you two."
Jak had to stop himself from gawking at his long time friend. She knew it was true to. "Kiera, don't do this to me…" He started.
"No, Jak." She started. "You shouldn't be doing this to me. I really like you but you seem not to like me and would much rather be with that bimbo!"
"I wish you wouldn't call her that." Jak grumbled.
"But you know it's true!" She shouted. "She's nothing but a slut and all she wants to do is take you away from me!"
"That's not true!" Jak shouted back.
She laughed, it was a sad and more desperate laugh. "I see the way you two look at each other, you're lucky Torn hasn't decided to kick your ass yet, he's pretty pissed."
"Kiera, don't." He started.
"Jak, I'm done. I'm not going to compete with Ashlin anymore, so just go and be with her. I know you want to."
And like that she left, leaving Jak to stand there alone. He quickly left the room and had a little rampage with Dark Jak. Lucky for him with the war going on no one seemed to care, it was less KG death bots, Metal Heads and Dark Makers off the streets.
He thought he had lost Kiera and throughout the carnage he'd left in his wake. Throughout the bots that he had torn to bits. Throughout all of it, he thought that maybe he should take Kiera up on her offer.
~Jak~
When he kissed Ashlin it was more of a spur of the moment kind of thing.
He had just saved the world again and he was feeling pretty bad ass. He'd saved the world twice and hadn't gotten the real kiss he'd wanted so why not try it with Ashlin? His kisses with Kiera were always interrupted and they weren't on the best of terms right now, so why not?
Kissing Ashlin was nice at first. When they kissed her soft lips seemed to melt into his and he couldn't help but hold her closer to him. But he refrained from going any farther than that.
But as he opened his eyes the girl began to change, her cream skin slightly tanned. Her red hair changed hues to a turquoise like color and to make matters worse when she opened those emerald green eyes she began to look a lot like Kiera.
Oh shit…
He was imagining her as Kiera.
But the kiss continued and soon Ashlin was getting more into it. She thrust her tongue into his mouth and began to fight mer way into him. This isn't at all what he expected but he couldn't let her win. He thrust back, soon their tongues began to battle each other for dominance. In all honesty he should've seen this coming with how hotheaded the two of them were. But here they were strangling each other's tongues out in the hot windy desert. Soon their teeth began to lash out and there was blood as one had to have control over the other.
The kiss was nice but at the same time it was draining. One of them had to win and they both wanted that person to be them. Who would've thought it would be like this? Wasn't this stuff supposed to simply be nice?
But this is what he wanted right?
He'd wanted to be with Ashlin?
Right?
This is what he wanted…
Oh damn, how did things get to be this complicated?
~Jak~
Oh my God, thank you. I am so… glad that's over. This one was definitely was a hassle I got writers block for a couple of weeks around the part with Jak's hair and then the next couple of scenes were hell. After that though it seemed to ease itself out. This one ended up being 45 pages on word and 13,000 some words. That's 10 pages and 3,000 more words than the last one. Oh well… Now I've gotta go edit this and then upload so I'm probably gonna be uploading this in a little while. Not sure why I added that last part I'm just really tired and I'm glad that the next one will be short. I know exactly how I'm gonna do it and am gonna try and get that one out a lot faster than this one. So until next time, this has been Ways.
Remember to review it gets chapters out faster.
Also special thanks to Imagination Gamer who was able to help me out a little in this chapter, we practically co-wrote a part of this so make sure to check him/her out I especially love their J&D fic "A Friend's Darkest Hour."