Chapter four ~ First flight

'Daisuke! Hey Daisuke!'

'Nnnnn…'

'Yo man, what's wrong with you?'

'Miss…Riku….'

'Huh? Did you get dumped already?'

'No, she wasn't well so she had to go to the mainland; I wonder what she's doing and how she's doing.'

'I'm sure she's fine, Mr. Niwa,'

'Huh?'

'Now can you please concentrate we're in the middle of class! Mitake would have probably let you off for this behaviour, but, he's not here today! So pull your head in and concentrate.'

'Oh! Yes sensei!'

'Thank you!'

'Miss. Riku *sigh*.'

Riku's POV

'Come on, the sun rised without you…'

'Daisuke…don't leave me…DAISUKE!' I sprang up in fright.

'Daisuke called, he said he got in trouble in class for daydreaming, so he's coming this afternoon.'

'What! OH NO! I don't have any clothes other than my school uniform; I forgot I promised him my special cookies!' Great…Now I'm crying in front of Daisuke's mum, I'm so weak!

'When it comes to clothes I've got some of my old ones you can wear, until we get you some, and two, you still have time to buy ingredients and make your cookies.'

'*Sigh* thank goodness.'

'Let me see you wing.' I let my wings unfold; I showed her the hurt one, 'see it's nearly healed. Isn't that great!'

'Yea! Um, when it comes to clothing, may I see them?'

'Of course!'

20 minutes later

'Wow! That looks great on you!'

'Really?' I was wearing an long old chocolate brown skirt and long sleeve dark green top with a chocolate brown cardigan.

'Yeah! I'm amazed you could make that out of my old clothes!'

'My mother always said I was good at fashion, before she…'

'Oh, I'm so sorry, but she was right you know, about you sense for fashion.'

'How about, we have breakfast and then we can go to the market?'

'Okay, I'm just going to put some make up on, oh! Is there a hair dresser around here?'

'Yes…why?'

'I was thinking about getting a haircut, my hair has always been too long.'

Daisuke's POV

'Finally school is over, see ya!'

'Wait! Where are you going?'

'Oh! Saehara, I'm going to go visit Miss. Riku.'

'But she's at the mainland how are you *sigh* your planning on flying there aren't you?'

'Of course! Their expecting me! See ya!'

'Be careful!'

'I will!'

Half an hour later

There's the house, and mum! 'HEY MUM!' Slowly land. Good.

'Hey Dai,'

'Hey, where's Miss. Riku?'

'Riku! Dai's here!'

'Kay!'

'Huh? M…Miss. Riku?' My hair was now cut short, I had also added in a dark green bow.

'Hey Daisuke!'

'You look, wow! And your hair wow!'

'Thanks, hurry up and get inside, I've got a surprise,'

'Surprise?' What could it be? 'Haaa, your Raspberry and Chocolate Chip Cookies! YAY!

'Thank you, eat up, I'll make some Lemon Tea, is that okay Mrs. Niwa?'

'Sure Riku.'

'You need to teach her to fly and quick, she really loves you and the sooner you make the Love Vow Flight the better. She had a terrible nightmare! She explained it to me when we were walking her from the hair dresser. She said, "Daisuke was holding me when flying, then the was a scream from her sister, you dropped Riku to find Risa," and before she woke she was crying and I heard her sleep yell "Daisuke, don't leave me! DAISUKE!" She also thinks she's a burden to you by you having to hold her when flying. But if you teach her to fly she won't feel like a burden, then you can do the Love Vow Flight, then she won't be scared of you leaving her because, after the flight, you can't leave her until you… just teach her to fly!'

'Tea's ready!'

'Thank you, it all looks so good,'

'Before my mother died, she passed on her Lemon Tea recipe, and she also passed on the family Cookie Recipe. Mother…WHY'D YOU LEAVE ME!' Great now I'm crying, why mother, 'waaaahhhh…' *hold* 'huh?'

'Shhh, it's alright Miss. Riku, she didn't want to leave, but she had too, but she's always alive in your heart. But if you need to cry, cry, don't hold it back,'

'Waaaahhhh! Mother!'

'Come on, let's go lie you down.'

Riku's POV

'I'm…sorry Daisuke…you came to see me…and…all I can do…is cry!'

'It's alright, I'm just glad I can be here to comfort you, just rest here, I'll get you water' No…Don't go! *Grab* 'Huh? Miss. Riku?'

'Don't…Don't leave me! Don't leave me all alone!'

"Daisuke don't leave me! DAISUKE!" 'Huh! *smiles*…okay I'll lay here with you.'

'Kiss me!'

'What!

'Please, its okay if you don't want to, because I've been crying, but…Mmmm'

'I didn't say I didn't want to, you just caught me off guard.'

'I love you Daisuke.'

'I love you too, Riku.'

Daisuke's POV

Next Morning

'OH NO! I fell asleep!'

'What's wrong?'

'I forgot to fly back, there's school!'

'OH NO!'

'Mum!'

'Don't worry, I called the school, said you were sick, so you're recovering at home on the mainland. You guys are not going to school, Dai you're going to teach Riku to fly! I'll make breakfast, Daisuke get out of your school uniform, Riku you remember where the old clothes are?

'Yes Mrs. Niwa.'

'Good. Breakfast will be ready soon, so hurry up.'

'Okay mum.'

Flying
'Flying is easy after you've mastered the basics…Hey why are you all smiley, this is serious!'

'Sorry Daisuke, it's just last night, you called me Riku, without the "miss" in front. I'm just so happy!'

'HUH? NOW I REMEMBER LAST NIGHT!' "'Don't…Don't leave me! Don't leave me all alone!' ("Daisuke don't leave me! DAISUKE!") 'Huh! *smiles*…okay I'll lay here with you' 'Kiss me!' 'What!' 'Please it's okay if you don't want to because I've been crying…Mmmm'…'I didn't say I didn't want to, you just caught me off guard' 'I love you Daisuke,' 'I love you too Riku.'" 'I did! I can't believe it, I was so impolite!'

'No, you weren't, you were perfect, my Daisuke,'

'I wasn't impolite?'

'No, back to the flying lesson,'

'Okay, as I was saying Flying is easy after you've mastered the basics, let's start with hovering; you did well with hovering at school, before the accident,'

'Okay,'

'Steady does it, good your doing fine, 20 more seconds, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12 , 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Good, how do you feel, sore? Tired?'

'I'm not tired, but me scratch is a little sore,'

'Do you want me to check it's not bleeding?'

'Okay,' Okay Daisuke. You're only checking a scratch, don't get all nervous and blush. 'Hey, that tickles, be careful,'

'I think I just remembered where you're ticklish! I must remember that for later! Your scratch seems okay; now let's go a little higher. You know where you've been sleeping?'

'Yeah,'

'That's the guest bedroom, I think you should see mine, there's stuff there that might help you fly.'

'O…kay, if you say so,'

'Come on,' Strawberries are in season; hopefully mum didn't throw out my plants. Because maybe, Miss. Riku might like strawberries. 'Here it is, it's on since it's just up the stairs, you might be able to take off from the balcony.' YES! Mum didn't throw them out! She kept them alive! 'Here I'll show you how to do a proper take off.'

'Okay, so that is how you do a takeoff. Okay…I'll try,'

'Don't worry, once you're off, flap, I'll catch you, so don't worry!'

'Okay, here it goes, run, jump and flap! Run, jump and flap!'

She can do it, she can do it, come on, fly, 'Good, now flap, fly to me, you can do it! Come on! Oof. Good job, now let's try further, go back and let's go again.'

Half an hour later

'Good now you can fly by yourself. Let's try obstacles. Hold on to me, while I show you some obstacles, you'll get too exhausted easily. Okay, first, water, when you reach some sort of water item. Spray's of water are okay, be try to avoid, damaging you wings, by going under water that's falling, that's a dangerous thing to do, unless you know how to control it, but it's gonna take a while for you to know how to do it.'

'Okay, what about solid obstacles?'

'Them, easy, avoid, here, hold on tight, I'll show you. There's the corner of the house, speed, and AVOID!'

'For you this will be easy, you know how to avoid on a bike, you can avoid in the air. I'll take you back to the starting point, and then you will try, okay?'

'Yes.'

'Ready…Set…GO!'

'Speed, and, AVOID!'

'That was easy!'

'Okay do it again.'

20 minutes later

'Okay that's enough; you've learnt how to fly! Well done!'

'Yay! Thank you.'

'Let's go inside. It's starting to get chilly, that reminds me, why did you cut your hair?'

'Ah…'

Riku's POV

'Well done Riku! EXCELLENT! You've learnt to fly! Perfect, first flight, then you can fly whenever and…'

'Wait! What's the first flight?'

'Well Miss. Riku, since you've learnt everything, I set up obstacles around the town, and check points, you have to do a proper take off, avoid the obstacles, get all the checkpoints, and then land properly, which you know how to do, and then you've passed, but you must get all the checkpoints, in the time limit…'

'Time limit!'

'Yea, you get half an hour, don't worry, you can do it Miss. Riku, I'll tell you how far you're in, and how much time you have left. If you're confused, you call me, I gave you my number,'

'Um yeah, was it, (04) 94647 63 733?'

'Yes, now get some rest, tomorrow morning, you've got first flight.'

Next Morning

'You know what to do. Ready…Set…GO!'

'Okay, run, jump, flap, here I go!'

'I'll meet you at your first check point!'

'Okay,'

'Turn right!'

'OKAY!'

10 minutes later

['You're ten minutes in Miss Riku, this is your fourth checkpoint, see me? I'm near the fountain?']

'Yes, I coming in now,'

['Okay, I see you…'] *clack 'You have twenty minutes left, and three checkpoints, keep going!'

'Okay, I'll see you there!'

'Turn Left!'

'Kay, bye!'

'I love her.'

'Okay, fifth checkpoint, where are you?' [I wish hello wake up angel…beep...] 'Hello?'

['Hey, it's Nobu,']

'Hey, Nobu, I'm busy at the moment, can I call you back?' There it is the SEA!

['WHAT! Are you trying to avoid me or something? Where are you?']

'Well, Daisuke isn't well, so he had to go to the mainland, I went with him, now he's waiting for me, so I have to go, bye.'

['No, not this time, I really need to talk to you!']

'I promise I'll call you back later, right now, I need to get back to Daisuke. Bye.'

['Okay, since you promised, Bye.' Beep…Beep…Beep…] *Clack*

'DAISUKE!'

'Miss. Riku! 10 minutes left, the last two checkpoints are near the house and they're close together, go I'll fly with you for the rest,'

'Okay, come on!'

'Got it! There it is Miss. Riku, just out there!'

'Okay I see!'

'Look out! Ship!'

'AH! Speed, AVOID! I made it!'

'See you at the end Miss Riku!'

'Okay.'

'One more checkpoint that must be the end! Back to the house. DAISUKE! MRS. NIWA!'

'There she is!'

'She's only got three minutes left…MISS. RIKU…THREE MINUTES!'

Nearly there, nearly there, 'YES! Did I make it?'

'Yes you did Riku, dear.'

'Well done, Miss. Riku!'

'HELLO! DAISUKE? EMIKO?'

'Huh, Kosuke back?'