Air Gear, Love Road

by Ren0va

It's a story about Ringo and Ikki, about the war. How their love for each other becomes bigger, how it forms and how hard it is to be in love. in a few words, a heartbreaking, exciting, dramatic, humorous and most off all a Romanctic story.

4. Chapter 4

I DO NOT OWN AIR GEAR

Hi people,I broke my wrist so my typing speed isn't so fast. So I think it will take a little longer to write a new chapter! :( sorry! I'll do my best.

Chapter 4:

As the ground was closing in for Ringo but Ikki was also closing in, Ringo closed her eyes and saw her whole life flashing by, from baby, to learning about AT's, from getting to know Ikki to this moment. "Goodbye everyone." She said while she saw the faces of all her friends appear. Something grabbed her body, It felt like bones, probably a skeleton. she decided in her thoughts. The last person she saw was Ikki, she smiled. I'm sorry Ikki… she thought. "RINGO!" was heard in the distance, it was Ikki, yelling to her. Hopeless, trying to reach her, when he saw her falling down. Ringo couldn't hear it, all she could hear was the wind, gently blowing in hear ears. It felt the same as with AT's only then she would land and be alive. She turned around, and fell down with her back towards the ground. She smiled, I love this sensation. She thought. She was almost halfway the building, her speed was increasing like crazy, she fell faster and faster. Bye… Ikki… she thought hopeless and then that moment came, she didn't felt her body anymore, "So this is was Sora meant." She whispered smiling. Then suddenly she felt that she stopped falling, shocked as she was, she opened her eyes. She looked up. Her eyes became super big, the person who she saw, was Ikki. He was looking down on her with his gentle brown eyes. Holding onto her, flying with her, looking back in her eyes. He smiled, "I'm sorry that I came too late." He said gentle. "Baka! You came just in time!" said Ringo crying, she grabbed his t-shirt. "Thank you." She whispered while she winced again. Ikki smiled, somehow she knew that everything was going to be alright now. Ringo liked this feeling, the feeling of feeling safe around someone, the feeling of soaring through the sky in Ikki's arms. She closed her eyes and smiled, these are Ikki's real wings. The wings of the Storm King, bigger than anyone else's. Please let this moment last forever… she thought.

Ikki looked down at her again and saw she had closed her eyes. Such a cute and fragile body she has… thought Ikki embarrassed, he looked up with a little blush, hoping that she won't open her eyes. After a while, he felt Ringo's body shivering. He looked down on her, surprised, it was weird for Ringo to shiver. "Are you cold?" he asked surprised, Ringo nodded, it was weird; somehow she felt hot and cold at the same time. She felt that Ikki made a sharp turn to the left, "Why are you turning?" she asked. "I'm going to land." Answered Ikki smiling, "Why?" she asked. "Because this is far enough." Said Ikki calm. Because he was about to land, his body bended a little more over Ringo's. In fact his chest touched her ear, she could hear his heart beat. She heard that his heart was slowly pumping blood through his entire body, she leaned a bit more with her head against his chest. Ikki looked down at her, but didn't say anything, he was scared that she would look up and see his uncomfortable blush. She could hear it, his soft gentle heartbeat, beating so calm and almost quiet. She smiled and felt her body relaxing more and more. When Ikki saw her smiling face, he could not control himself; he had to smile. Ringo's eyes stayed close, she was obviously enjoying this moment. The fear she felt a few minutes ago, all suddenly disappeared. But listening to his heart beat somehow calmed her down and let her forget the whole kidnapping incident for a little while.

Ringo felt that Ikki was slowing down and eventually, he landed safe and sound. When he stood on solid ground his back bended back to normal, unfortunately for Ringo. "Can you stand?" asked Ikki soft and with piercing eyes, "I think so." Said Ringo scared. Ikki putted her down slowly and gentle, "Does it hurt?" he asked careful, when she stood. "A little bit." She said with tears in her eyes. Ringo moved her leg, carefully and slow but when she was about to take the step she fell. A shooting pain appeared in her legs and her eyes got teary, "You don't have to push yourself that hard!" said Ikki when he grabbed her. Ringo bit on her underlip, to endure the shooting pain. She knew that she pain was about to get worse, and there it was, the unbearable pain. She knew she couldn't yell, and bit harder and harder on her lip. So hard that a little a small trickle of blood appeared, "Ringo…" said Ikki who was shocked of the pitiful Ringo he saw at this moment. He couldn't bear it to see her like that and patted her head, "Don't try and endure it alone." He said gentle when he saw the shocked, big eyed Ringo in front of him. He sank to his knees and wiped the little amount of blood of Ringo's face, Ringo's eyes became even wider when he touched her lips. Ikki stared deep into her eyes, those gentle blue eyes. His hands still touched her lips, Ringo looked down and said nothing. He stood up again and threw his jacket towards Ringo's head. "Put it on." He said gentle, "Why… this is your…" tried Ringo. "It will protect you from the cold." He said smiling while he turned his head towards her, "Thank you Ikki…" said Ringo crying while she made a swob of his jacket. "Be careful with it." He said smiling and then turned his head away and looked up. "My-my, what a cute couple." Said Sora who just appeared on the roof of a higher, connected building, Ikki's eyes turned from warm and gentle to ice cold and hating eyes. "Only you?" he asked cold, "That's mean. Can't you look a little bit happier?" asked Simca when she appeared, she flashed herself towards Ikki. She put gently her hand on his right cheek, "Have you already started to regret it?" she asked smooth. "Or are you going to beg to get me back?" She whispered in his ear. Ikki pushed her hand away and looked angry into her eyes, "I'll never regret it." He said angry, "And I'll never beg to anyone. Especially not to you." Said Ikki cold. Simca flashed back, she felt disappointed and insulted, "were's the rest?" asked Ikki, Sora put his hand up. At that moment the rest appeared. Nue, Orca and Nike. Ikki suspected an attack and made himself ready for battle, "where are you getting ready for, boy?" asked Nike evil. "Gettin' ready for battle." Said Ikki calm, "We won't battle you right now." Said Sora smiling like a snake. "Oh?" reacted Ikki, "In fact, we'd like to ask you something." Said Nike suspicious. "Ask me something?" said Ikki, "Then why did you kidnap Ringo?" shouted Ikki angry at them. "Think and you'll know." Said Simca challenging, "You bitch…" said Ikki furious. "Ah looks like he found your reason for kidnapping." Said Nue at Simca, Ikki's hands became fists and he started to grind his teeth. "Ikki…" said Ringo soft while she stared at his back, "Ask what you need to ask me." Said Ikki with wild and ice cold eyes. "Getting to the point, huh?" asked Sora sad when he saw Ikki's serious face. "Okay then." Said Nike, Ikki looked angry at them while Ringo couldn't do anything besides staring at his back. "Here's the question: Did you really betray Genesis?" asked Sora like a angry snake, "Talking shit again? Isn't it obvious?" asked Ikki. "I was planning from the very beginning to challenge you guys." Said Ikki, "I see…" said Sora smooth. "Then from now on, Kogarasumaru and Genesis are enemies. There will be war. But not now." Declared Sora mighty, Ikki and Sora stared in each other eyes. Sora turned around, "everyone is dismissed." Said Sora, and then everyone left. Besides Sora, Nike, Ringo and Ikki, "Sora." Said Ikki. Sora who was about to leave, stopped and turned around. "Hmm?" he said, "Will you kidnap people again?" asked Ikki careful. Sora's natural look became a snaky smile, "hmmm… maybe?" he said and then jumped off with his brother. Leaving Ikki and Ringo behind, "that bastard…" Said Ikki while he started to tremble. "Ikki…" said Ringo careful, she reached out with her hand out and softly touched his cheek. She felt something wet, it was small and warm; tears, "Ikki… Are you?" she asked. "No I'm not." He said while his tears flowed over his face, "Why can't I even protect the people I care about?" He said discouraged when he fell on his knees. Ringo kneeled down in front of him, she grabbed his chin between her thumb and fore finger and turned his face towards hers "Idiot." She said serious. She putted her hand on his cheek and softly wiped his tears away "Baka~! What are you talking about?" she whispered in his ear. "Weren't you the one who caught me in midair and saved me?" she whispered softly in his ear, "Yeah, but…" said Ikki. "No buts." Said Ringo calm, Ikki looked up and saw her gentle smile. So calm and lovely, but somehow he knew she was broken and that she was crying deep inside of herself yearning for help. Ikki didn't give a second thought about it and grabbed her and hugged her. "Why are you trying to cheer me up when you're broken up inside?" asked Ikki hurt, Ringo, who didn't expect this was shocked. How does he know? Thought Ringo shocked, a tear flowed down on her cheek. "How do you know..?" said Ringo, "I just knew." Said Ikki, he didn't let go of her but felt a bit rejected because Ringo didn't hug back but hid this fact. "Ikki…" said Ringo with a trembling voice, she felt upcoming tears in her eyes. She embraced Ikki around his waist, softly and careful. It took some time for Ikki to realize this, that the, crying, shocked, scared Ringo hugged back. He looked down on the fragile winced body of Ringo, Then he strengthened his embrace. He felt her body shaking, and sometimes it would shock. "I was so scared…" repeated Ringo a few times trough her tears. Ikki was softly rubbing Ringo's back to calm her down, but somehow they both enjoyed it.

"Fuck!" shouted Akito angry, "15 minutes already passed…" said Onigiri worried. "I hope Ikki came in time." Said Buccha when he turned his head around. "He came in time. I'm sure of it." Said Kazu serious, "Crow is fast but I'm not sure either." Said Agito. "Have faith." Said Kazu angry, "He's our leader! So why are we doubting him?" said Kazu. "Kaxu's right, let's have a bit more faith in our leader." said Onigiri serious, "We're almost there." Announced Buccha. "KOGARSUMARU?" said Kazu, "KILL! KILL! KILL!" said the rest happy. And without themselves noticing it, they went faster and faster.

When they arrived at Yokohama, nobody was there. "Are 20 minutes really too much?" Asked Onigiri careful, everybody looked at him. "What? Everybody was thinking it." He said nonchalant. Kazu noticed something and jumped of the building to the building next to it. He looked at it, tracks of AT's were carved into the stone, as if someone jumped off this building for a long jump. "Everyone! Look at this!" he yelled as hard as he could, Agito was the first who came and then came Buccha and Onigiri. "Take a look at this." Said Kazu while pointed at the tracks. "these are…" said Onigiri, "I think they're Ikki's." Said Kazu who looked suspicious at the tracks he felt the tracks, "It went North." He said while he looked North. "Let's go." Said Agito impatient and then jumped off, after that everyone followed him.

They all soared through the sky and looked for Ikki or Ringo, "FUCK! Where the hell are they?" said Agito angry. "Cool down Agito." Said Kazu, "We'll find them." Said Onigiri faithful. "Ikki has large wings, he could have flown much further than this." Said Buccha calm, "Right." Said Agito pissed. Kazu suddenly stopped, "Look at this." He said were tracks of AT's more than 1 and all different.

They followed the tracks, "geez where are we going?" said Agito irritated. "We're going where the tracks are going." said Buccha, "Tell me something I don't know! YOU FATASS!" shouted Agito angry. "Fatass?" asked Buccha angry, "I'm not fat." He said while he glared angry at Agito. "No fighting now!" said Onigiri as a guru. "Wait!" said Kazu suddenly, everyone stopped, Kazu kneeled down on 1 knee "The tracks have stopped here." He said."Maybe they walked from here on." Said Onigiri smart, "That could be." Said Kazu. Agito gave it a thought, "Who thought that Onigiri could say something smart while it's not ero*-related." Said Agito mean. "Oi! That's mean! I'm not a pervert!" said Onigiri angry, Kazu, Agito and Buccha looked at him with a that's-not-true-you're-lying look at the same time. "Okay… then maybe I'm a little bit perverted." He said down, "Not 'a little bit'". Said Agito while smiling evilly, showing his big fangs again. "Hmm, that's right." Said Kazu nodding. "yeah…" admitted Buccha silent with a little nod. "hmpf." Said Onigiri, he felt insulted and walked to the edge. "We came from that way." Said Kazu laughing at him, then he pointed the other way. "That way." He said smiling, that moment a gust started and blew off his hat. "Geez not again." He said while ran after it, when he got close he jumped and caught his hat and held it tighly. He stood at the edge of the building of the connected part, this part was higher than the other. he looked down and saw Ikki desperately trying to calm down Ringo, actually it was quite a romantic sight. Kazu made a sign with his hand that everyone had to come, but silent. "What is it?" said Agito irritated by his evil, perverted, big smile, "Shhh! Come! come!" he said softly and pointed at Ikki and Ringo. Onigiri came first and got the same face, what made Buccha and Agito curious. They also came to take a peek of the romantic scene, they both laughed normally. "I think he's just cheering her up." said Buccha, but Kazu and Onigiri didn't listen. "They finally…" said Onigiri with tears in his eyes, "We did it!" said Kazu also with tears in his eyes. "Two idiots, plus an idiotic leader. Is this what makes this team so interesting?" asked Agito, "Maybe." Said Buccha smiling. "Let's go!" said Kazu on the other edge, "And leave them alone!" said Onigiri who followed him. "FUCK!" said Agito smiling, and Buccha followed them smiling.

to be continued

* Ero = pervert, perverted