The second story of Brave frontier couples. Part one of two. Yuura and Aurelia have been sent on a mission together, and Aurelia doesn't like it. Grahdens is firm, however and they set out to bring back reinforcements to kill Afla Dilith. There are different P. in this story.
Aurelia's P.O.V
I walked briskly, purposely leaving Yuura to jog up to me again. "Will you slow down a notch?!" Yuura growled. "Every second is a second Grahdens and Karl could be killed by Afla Dilith." I retorted. Yuura snarled, but kept walking. Sometimes he can be so creepy. Why, of all people to come with me, did it have to be Yuura? I would even settle for Kafka, though she's better than Eze. We'd been sent of get reinforcements to Grahdens, because Grahdens wasn't sure if we'd be able to kill Afla Dilith by ourselves. Yuura of course said we could do it, but Karl thought just in case we should go. Grahdens said they'd be fine, but of course I'm worried for them. I heard cursing and whirled around. Yuura was facedown in the dirt, he must've tripped, he was carrying all the equipment we would need for a night in Grand Gaia. Not that I couldn't carry it myself, he volunteered because of all those magical hands or something he summons. I smirked and helped him out of the dirt. Yuura was red from embarrassment. He muttered something unintelligible and set off again. I admired his perseverance, even though I'm not fond of him, I was rather awed he could go on all day with this load. I offered to help, but he shook his head and went on. Dusk was falling. "We'd better camp here for the night." I told him. "Don't you think we could still go on for a little while, it's not totally dark yet." He responded. I sighed, and trudged onward. I could just imagine his face, with a big smirk on it as I listened to him for a change.
Yuura's P.O.V
We went on for about an hour until Aurelia said she could hardly see in front of her. I snorted, it wasn't that dark. Then again, she was a light type, and I'm a dark type, so I nodded and pitched our stuff onto a grassy hill. "I'm gonna fetch some water." I told her. "Be careful Yuura." She replied. Weeeird. Since when has she cared about my safety? I shrugged and grabbed the bucket that we use for cooking and cleaning and made my way to the nearest riverbank. I refreshed myself and washed my face of the dirt and sweat, then filled the bucket a little upstream. I returned and saw Aurelia was preparing dinner. Good. I set a fire and set the bucket to boil. While we waited I twiddled with a blade of grass, then asked Aurelia, "Why did you say, 'Be careful'? I'm not being ungrateful, but you never used to care." She thought about that for a bit before answering, "I guess I've just come to realize how valuable yo- we are to this mission." I pondered her words. What was she about to say... You? After dinner Aurelia said we'd best get some sleep, it was gonna be a long walk tomorrow. Unfortunately there was only one tent and cot, so I volunteered to sleep outside. Aurelia didn't like that, but I told I'd rather be out there than her, not only is she not a dark type like me, but I'm a guy and this is the right thing to do. Luckily she went into the tent before I felt myself blushing. I snuggled up against a tree, and kept watch on her tent, white knuckles gripping my staff. If anything got to her...
Aurelia's P.O.V
I woke up at the crack of dawn, and hurried to make breakfast, only to find that breakfast was waiting for me. Yuura had packed everything except the tent I was sleeping in, and after I ate he packed the tent and cot. He looked awful, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked tired. Was that scrape on his face there before? "Yuura, are you okay? Where did that nasty scrape on your cheek come from?" I asked worriedly. He took a moment to respond. "Huh? I'm fine, this was nothing." I got the feeling he wasn't telling me anything. (Duh) He slung the pack onto his back and failed at an attempted grin. "Ready to go?" He said. I must've looked at him pitifully, because his face slacked and he turned toward the river, not even looking to see if I followed. He washed his face, wincing at the cut on the side of his cheek. I got a rag and gingerly rubbed the cut, but he stopped me and told me he was fine. I offered to take the pack from him, mostly because I was afraid he would fall asleep and be knocked out by it, but he smiled weakly and shook his head. What had happened to him? Had I slept through a battle in the night? I asked him again and he waved me off, telling me again that he was fine, not to worry about him. I frowned but did as he asked. After a few hours, I happened to glance back and saw him slouching, like he had a great weight on his back. He looked even worse, his face oddly void of expression and walking like it was his goal in life. I took the pack from him, and he didn't object, which I took as a bad sign. It was heavy, but not unbearably so, and he looked better without it. My heart was aching for him, not love, just pity. I don't love him.
Yuura's P.O.V
I was dead tired, and the cut on my face was throbbing in pain. I didn't want Aurelia to worry though,not because I love her, but because I-we needed her...for the mission. So I never said anything, and pushed myself with every step. I was too tired to object when Aurelia took the pack from me, and watched her loft it onto her back. At this rate, if we got attacked, I was as good as dead, and Aurelia can't really fight well. She's a good healer, but I doubt she could make my strength return. Last night was quite a fight, deadly but silent. I had been resting against a tree when I woke to a scuffling noise. Right beside the tent was some guy in red, searching through our bag. He hadn't noticed me thanks to the darkness, and I used that as an advantage. I leapt and pinned him down, only to find out that he had his knives out and struggled silently to escape my grip. He butted my jaw with back of his head, and threw me off of him. He sliced at me, but I jackknifed out of the way, and poked his eye with my staff end. He recoiled in pain, but as I ran to give him a piece of my mind, he threw one of his knives at me, grazing my cheek. Some frothing green liquid stained the cut...poison. I spat in fury and we tussled down the hill, after a fifteen minute fight, I finally knocked him out by bringing my staff down with a whistling crack onto his head. I dragged his body deep into the forest and left him up a tree, that way he wouldn't get eaten if any monsters found him. I made it back to camp, and stayed awake for a long time, making sure he didn't come back. I checked our bag, and thankfully nothing was taken. Than before I knew it dawn was coming, so I made breakfast and packed everything up. I found a sack on the ground near our bag, and looking in it saw many gems and silver coins. There was also a book. I looked through it, and found out this Leon guy had been recording all of his burglary achievements. I stuffed the book in my pocket and just then Aurelia came out of the tent. So anyway we had been traveling for good while when Aurelia said she needed a quick break, and ran into the woods. I grinned, couldn't hold it all day, I reasoned. Then I blacked out.
To Be Continued...