Journal Entry 14
Its strange really...all this time being cooped up in the belly of the ship when there this beautiful night sky above deck, its peaceful at night, just me sitting at the front of the ship hearing the crashing of the waves and the stars lighting up the night.
The ship is headed towards the Sadida Kingdom or close to it as possible, it feels unsettling, not that wanting to know more about me is bad or anything its just, this vine in my chest cavity, someone must have tried to kill me, but for what reason I don't know. And what's worse, I'm developing feelings for Cleophee...I don't know if its right to fall for her, I mean, does she feel the same way about me or is she just teasing me...
"Bah.." I grumbled as I rubbed my temples and snapped my book closed. "I shouldn't be thinking about that sort of thing at a time like this..."
"What sort of thing Xy?"
My spine quivered as I heard that familiar soft, soothing voice, Cleophee. I turned to look at her, her bright green eyes giving me a neutral expression.
"It's nothing, really." I tapped the floor beside me indicating that I wanted her to sit next to me. Which she did, with her bright smile on her face she sat beside me and gazed up into the stars.
"Wow.." She muttered.
"Cleophee, why do you keep calling me Xy?" I asked. "You know my real name yet you call me that."
"Well..." Her eyes locked with mine. "I guess I got used to calling you Xy so much I stuck with it, hehe. Why you don't like it?" She pouted.
"Eh? No its not that I was just wondering that's all." I avoided her gaze and looked back up to the stars.
Why am I acting this way towards her, I was never like this when I first met her.
I had my eyes glued to the sky until I felt something crawling across my hand ever so slowly. It was soft and nimble and was trying to lock itself between my fingers... it was Cleophee's hand. I didn't know what she was up too, but it felt nice feeling her soft nimble hands against mine again.
"Xy, can you turn to look at me." She whispered softly in my ear.
Without a second thought I turned to look at her and got caught by surprised by her lips connecting to mine.
The kiss lasted for only a moment, as she pulled away I saw her crimson blush, was I her first kiss?
"I...i..." Her voice got caught within her throat, her eyes widened as her mind sparked as she realised what she just did. "Oh Cra, Xy, I'm s-sorry, I didnt know what I was doi-"
I stopped her sentence with a kiss, I don't know why I did it, but I couldn't let the feeling of her lips leave me. I wrapped my arms around her neck pulling her closer to deepen the kiss, without hesitation she did the same slipping her tongue and wrapping it around mine made me shudder with bliss, she teased and played with it for minutes before pulling away leaving only heavy panting and a string of saliva.
Her eyes where glazed, her mind numb. "Xy...that...was"
"AMAZING!" A voice called out interrupting the moment, It was Elaine, leaning on the door frame down to the belly of the ship. "Wow I never knew you had it in you Cleophee or even you Xy." She chuckled.
"W-what are you doing here!" Cleophee stuttered as her blush became increasingly noticeable for Elaine to see.
"The Doc wants to see Xy, he wants to show you something. While you Cleo are needed in the crows nest for the night." She smirked.
A few moments later I left towards Robert's room. Still feeling the raw emotions and bliss from Cleophee...I wonder if I over did it, if I embarrassed her, I mean maybe the kiss...was just another tease...
I shook my head. "I'm just overthinking it." I said to myself as I proceeded to knock on Roberts door.
The door opened slightly to reveal a weary Eniripsa, it seemed he has been burning the candle at both ends.
"Ah Xy its good to see you, please come in." His door opened to reveal his quarters, it seems he's taken lodgings in the ships cargo bay.
Boxes flood the entire area, containing things from munition to food, some of them are all over the place while others are neatly sorted into place, it seems that Robert likes to keep things tidy... or at least try. To the right of me I see where Robert rests and do his work, he has a make-shift hammock wrapped around two beams of the ship, while his desk is two crates with a cloth covering it.
"Its not much but its home." he chuckles. "Now... I want to show you something." He turns and walks towards a crate and he grabs something from behind, my haven bag.
He drops it onto his desk and gives it a light pat, each pat revealing the Xelor sigils protecting the bag. "Remember this?" He smiled.
I shuddered at the mere glance at it. "I'd rather not remember that."
Robert gives a faint smile. "Well there's something interesting I encountered when I was looking into your haven bag again. There are small traces of Shu Shu magic on there, so small you had to be a Shu Shu Guardian to notice it."
I cocked my head to the side, Shu Shu magic, that's disturbing. "Wait a moment Robert, if the magic was so small, how where you able to notice it?"
He gave me a tired smirk. "I have my ways, but that isn't important right now, what is important is that I have found a way around said magic."
xXCleophee's POVXx
I wasn't really paying attention to the ocean around me, all I could think of was the kiss..., I felt my lips with my thumb, reliving the kiss over and over again in my mind. "Ugh, what was I thinking!" I groaned, guiding my fingerers through my hair. "I shouldn't have done that, Xy doesn't have all of his memories back, what if he has girlfriend back in Sadida, or a wife, or if he doesn't swing that way at all?!" I shook my head at the notion. "That's stupid, he wouldn't have kissed back other wise."
With a final groan I slumped down into the floor of the crows nest, just wanting to go to my bed and sleep the this night away, however.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a faint blue light and a soft hum in the atmosphere, I perked over the ridge of the nest to see the blue glow leak out of deck, the hum got louder and the light sporadic, even at this distance I knew what it was, Xelor magic.
My ears twitched at the sounds of Xy's screams of pain, he was trying to unseal his bag again, my heart skipped a beat as his screams grew louder and the light became brighter. Without a second thought I grabbed a rope beside me and slid down the crows nest, the second my feet touch the floor I made a mad dash to Roberts room.
By the time I arrived the light disappeared, the hum faded and Xy's voice was silent, I dreaded the worse when I opened the door, seeing his body on the floor covered in a hue of Xelor magic.
My eyes darted at the doctor. "Robert, what the hell happened?" I said glaring at him.
He raised his hands up in defence. "Xy attempted to open his haven bag, after I found the abnormality of the sealing spell." He took his glasses off and gave them a quick clean with his coat. "Which I can say has been an astounding success." A smile appeared on the doctors lips as he placed his glasses back on the bridge of his nose and pointed to the haven bag.
I looked to where he pointed, seeing the bags colour dull from its bright blue to a ocean blue, I then looked back to Xy who was still on the floor passed out.
I looked at him from top to bottom, his short ink black hair was still the same, his garnet eyes covered by his eye lids, his face, smooth and slightly masculine features and his lightly tanned skin still the same as always no matter how long he was out in the sun. He never wore a top, said it bound his chest to tight, though to me it wasn't an issue.
"hmm... interesting." Robert mumbled, scratching the stubble on his chin.
I looked back to see the haven bag opening up, to see only bandages and pieces of various shapes of metal float out of the bag. The bandages itself snaked its way to Xy wrapping around firstly to his legs and then upwards to his body.
Robert indicated to me that no harm would come to Xy.
As the bandages completed its journey up to his head, only his eyes were left exposed, then the pieces of metal flew at him attaching to different parts of his body. Some of the pieces warped as it came close to his feet turning into boots, the other pieces of metal did the same as the bandages, travelled up towards Xy's body. The metal took shape of various pieces of armour, greaves for his lower legs, vambraces and pauldrons for his forearm and shoulder, his gauntlets taking a talon like form on each of his fingers and finally a pointed visor that covered his face and eyes, placed itself softly on his face.
With that the bag sealed itself up again while leaving Xy a fully clothed Xelor.