Me: yeah yeah i kno been a while since i posted right, well my comp was copping out on me, but now its fixed so i can continue to write.
Senel: sorry im late, Norma held me up with her constant chatter.
Me: actually you're just in time man i just got started.
Senel: oh and wasn't there supposed to be another person here already.
Me: yeah speaking of which where is she.
Lyn: here i am.
Me: okay great now we can really get things rolling. so ladies and gentleman heres the newest chapter fresh from the oven.
Chapter 14
"I wonder how he's doing." Romeria said to herself. It had been two weeks since the incident at Toha and in that time Romeria did nothing but eat, sleep, and stare out into the ocean, all the while thinking about her crush, Shadow. "Hey Ro., thinking about him are we?" Lyre asked stepping beside the little mage. Romeria eeped a bit before turning to her laguz friend with a scared looked on her face. "Lyre, please don't scare me like that." she requested. "Sorry Ro., anyway are you thinking about him?" Lyre asked. Romeria nodded and turned her head back to the oceanic horizon. "I'm really worried about him, what if he's dead, or taken prisoner?" Romeria asked the cat. "Okay I can't blame you for getting worried, but come on this is Shadow we're talking about here, I really doubt he'd get killed so easily, and anyway he made the choice to leave the group, so he has to be the one to face the consequences that will inevitably follow." Lyre said in a philosophical tone. "Lyre do you really need to say it like that? you're kinda scarin' me with that kind of talk." Romeria said backing away.
In the lower decks of the ship the mercenaries were using a certain sister of Lyre's was doing some thinking of her own. 'Come on Lethe, snap out of it! there is no way you could possibly like that stupid beorc.' She thought. More often than not Lethe had been getting these weird images of her and Shadow stuck in her head. Most of these images were of the two of them holding each other in the snowy fields of Daein. Lethe's latest image was not the case; however, it did fall under the 'getting married and having kids' category, except it wasn't just kids but also watching them grow up and having children of their own. 'Get real, as if you would fall for him of all people' was what she kept telling herself, but slowly, over the two weeks Shadow was gone, the images had grown stronger and more numerous thereby creating a change in the cat girl. "Ooooohhhh! Who am I trying to fool here!" she shouted that time. It was at this time that Ike decided to walk in on Lethe to see if she wanted to talk or something. "Lethe are you alright?" Ike inquired. Lethe turned to see ike standing in the doorway looking towards her worried. "It's nothing, okay, so what do you want commander?" Lethe asked. "Nothing, it's just that I heard you shout and thought maybe you wanted an open ear or something." the mercenary leader answered. "No, that's okay I'll be fine, but you might want to check on your sister, I think she might be sick or something." Lethe said changing the subject.
Moments after Ike left Lethe resumed her thoughts about the boy. 'There's no way I can like that guy, but if I did what would I do to get him to like me back?' 'I guess an apology would be a great start, after all the shit I put him through, it would be a miracle if he even forgave me much less returned whatever feelings I may have for him.' Lethe's thought. Her eyes suddenly started feeling heavy as if her body was telling her to rest. "Maybe a quick nap will help clear my thoughts." she said aloud. placing her head on a nearby pillow Lethe slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Hey Ro. I'm going to check on my sister you gonna be okay by yourself for a little bit?" Lyre asked. Romeria nodded and her laguz companion walked off to the lower decks of the ship. It didn't take long before the pink clad cat reached the room her and her twin sister shared. Upon arrival however she tip toed to see if she can hear what Lethe was saying if anything at all. 'Now let's see what she really thinks of the guy.' she thought refering to Shadow. All Lyre heard however was a small amount of low breathing. Peeking into the room Lyre noticed that her sister had fallen asleep hugging one pillow while her head rested on another. "Aww! that's cute, I wonder who she thinks the pillow is?" she asked herself. Lyre walked over to her sleeping sister and placed a blanket over Lethe. Afterward she walked out of the room and proceeded to head back and talk more with Romeria.
"Hey Lyre, so how's Lethe?" Romeria asked. "She's sleeping right now, I'll check on her later." Lyre responded. "Don't you think it's strange, I mean before Shadow left she would pick fights with him, now that he's gone she seems a little, I don't know, sad." "I think she likes him, even if she doesn't admit it." "Well even if she does, I won't lose to her." "Oh?! So you like him too huh, well then, guess I'll have to just stand back and watch the sparks fly." both girls said. "So if you like Shadow, then why haven't you said anything to him yet?" Lyre asked curiously. "Wha-what?! I-I don't think I should." Romeria said nervously. "Oh? and why not, I mean you do like him don't you?" "Y-yes I do but what if he doesn't feel the same way about me?" "Then he's not worth fawning over, cut your losses and move on." They stopped talking for a little while to allow Romeria to think things through. 'Maybe I should give it a shot, The worst thing that can happen to me is if he rejects me as a lover, but it would be nice if he accepted my feelings.' she thought producing an image of the two in each others arms kissing.
Lethe awoke later that night not knowing how long she slept. Deciding to take a little stroll around the ship she slowly got out of bed rubbing her eyes. While out on the deck Lethe breathed deep the sea air and her mind began to wander. 'Why do I keep getting this wierd feeling that I'm being watched.' She thought looking around. Aside from Nasir, the ship's captain, and Soren there didn't appear to be anyone else around at this time. 'Maybe it's just my imagination getting the better of me, or it could be that dream I had earlier.' She thought holding herself. Lethe's dream involved her, Lyre, their parents, Shadow, and one other person whom she didn't recognize. In said dream Lethe and Lyre were introducing Shadow to their parents. Things started off well enough until Shadow started feeling real dizzy and eventually passed out. As Lyre helped him up onto the couch to rest a strange man appeared wielding a peculiar weapon. It looked like a scythe but this one seemed different from the usual scythes seen on farms. This one had two blades on the same end forming a crescent. The twins parents not liking this man already for barging into their home decided to attack without question, but the man only smirked as he swung his scythe at the two, killing them. Lyre was next to try and kill and the intruder, however she too fell before his might. Lethe was all who was left standing and the man smiled sadistically as he merely walked past Lethe over to the resting Shadow. "Finally, after all this time, the boy's power is within my grasp." He said boastfully. Lethe opened her mouth to get his attention unfortunately she couldn't speak a single word. Try as she might the cat couldn't make one sound, this was only made worse when she found out that she couldn't move. Lethe was completely helpless, and was forced to watch as the intruder reached out and into Shadow's body.
After several minutes of searching, the man finally found what he was looking for and pulled it out for Lethe to see. 'Is...is that Shadow's soul? That can't be, then that would mean...'She thought switching her view between Shadow's body and the ethereal object the man pulled out of him. "Now I believe the time for the resurrection is upon me, soon my precious sister shall be reborn and we will take revenge on the fools who wronged us!" the man monologued. Lethe sat there not believing what she saw, when she was finally able to move again she rushed over to Shadow and checked his heart to see if it was beating. Lethe's eyes went wide as she discovered that the boy's heart wasn't beating at all, he was dead. This was right about the time she woke up and gone for a walk on the upper deck of the ship. 'Shadow, please be alright, just let my dream be a dream and nothing more.' she thought gazing out into the ocean. The cat began to shudder as the images from her dream repeatedly showed themselves over and over again. it wasn't long before she started holding her body to try and stop herself from trembling. 'I think I really do love him otherwise I wouldn't be shaking this much, Lyre can take care of herself, and our parents are already dead, so I guess my sister was right all along I really do love Shadow.' Lethe thought as her body started to calm down.
Me: wow i really need to get in gear here that was so short.
Senel: it wasn't that bad.
Lyn: yeah it was pretty good.
Me:thanks you two but the decision on that rests in the hands of the reviewers. so boys and girls of all ages plz plz plz review i worked hard on this.
All: See ya